The First Military Division of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 629 Three Big Groups
"It must not be done." As soon as Chen Deng finished speaking, Liu Ba immediately objected, and said sharply: "Wei Chen's new arrival, you should treat him with courtesy to show your majesty's benevolence. If you take heavy responsibility, it will make the people of the newly arrived place panic and fear that there will be changes. .”

"Huh!" Chen Deng snorted coldly, and said without cutting: "The land of the world, is it the land of the king? , otherwise, how can we rule by law, how can we show the power of heaven.”

"You..." As soon as Chen Deng said this, not only Liu Ba's face changed drastically, but even Li Hui, Wu Yi and others were shocked. You must know that they are also surrendered ministers, and Chen Deng's words shocked them. Bring it on.

"Let's talk about it again." Chen Deng continued: "The Son of Heaven has a million tigers in his hands, sweeping the world, who dares to block, who dares to rebel, Your Majesty, I think that you should be punished severely, and at the same time, the army monitors all directions. Therefore, to uphold the power of heaven."

"Hurry!" Wang Lei objected sharply: "Your Majesty, I think that Chen Deng's words are not acceptable..."

Some people objected, some people agreed. The ministers of the DPRK and China were basically divided into three groups. One was the Xuzhou Group headed by Chen Deng, who supported Chen Deng and severely punished Cao Wei officials, and the other was the Yizhou Group headed by Li Hui, Liu Ba and others. Oppose Chen Deng's theory of severe punishment.

There is another one, the clan officials of Ji, You, and Bingzhou. Most of their leaders are absent, such as Tian Feng, Feng Ji, Shen Pei and other backbone forces are not there, and Ju Shou can see Liu Bei's intentions clearly and dare not Hastily opened his mouth.

Ju Shou is good at strategy, but he doesn't know much about politics, so he wisely chose to keep silent, not wanting to get burned. He has a feeling that this is not an easy matter, and the Xuzhou Group and Yizhou Group are very influential, so he dare not offend at will.

It's a pity that Liu Bei would let another group stay out of the matter, and immediately asked, "Gongyu, what do you think?"

"Your Majesty." Ju Shou trembled slightly when he heard Liu Bei's question. Although he was not good at politics, he knew the power of it. At this time, people from the two major groups of Xuzhou and Yizhou looked at him, waiting for him to express his opinion.

"I think." Ju Shou said cautiously: "The old officials of Cao Wei are guilty and should be punished, but they should not be involved too widely. The most serious ones should be punished, and the rest should be appeased to show the benevolence of the emperor."

As soon as Ju Shou's words came out, it was regarded as a neutral answer. He agreed with Chen Deng's punishment and supported Li Hui and others' appeasement.

Chen Deng, Li Hui and others also believed that this was the best result. They all achieved their goals, so they stopped talking. They also believed that Liu Bei would accept a compromise.

But what made everyone puzzled was that Liu Bei didn't express his opinion, didn't comment, and his face didn't even change a bit. He just found an excuse to let everyone leave, and didn't mention it again.

"I'm careless." Back at the residence, Chen Deng recalled Jiantian's discussion process and Liu Bei's reaction, and then his face changed slightly. He still underestimated Liu Bei, or played a little too scheming.

Liu Bei is a hero of He Xu, who started for nothing, and now has millions of soldiers in his hands, conquering Cao and destroying Sun, and supporting the world, and will be restricted by their clan groups, so why ask their opinions on how to punish the old ministers of Cao and Wei.

Thinking of this, Chen Deng burst into a cold sweat. Liu Bei was just testing them today, and also wanted to see how united these clan groups were, or how much influence these people had on his rule.

"Damn it!" The more Chen Deng thought about it, the more afraid he became, and the more he thought about it, the more angry he became. He wanted to take this opportunity to tell Liu Bei that the Xuzhou clan had bowed to Liu Bei, and that the Xuzhou clan would not join forces with clans in other places. rest assured.

But the other officials in Xuzhou didn't know Chen Deng's intentions, nor did they understand what Liu Bei was thinking about now. Whatever Chen Deng said, they supported Chen Deng and united to deal with the Yizhou Group.

Because of this kind of unity, it is what the rulers don't want to see, and it is Liu Bei's taboo. When he met this group of pig teammates, Chen Deng was helpless. He wanted to dispel Liu Bei's hostility towards the Xuzhou clan, but today he came With such an appearance, Liu Bei may be even more afraid of the Xuzhou clan.

Chen Deng didn't think that Liu Bei needed to rely on them to rule the world. Chen Deng knew very well that Liu Bei was not comparable to Cao Cao and Sun Quan. Cao Cao and Sun Quan needed to rely on the clan to rule, but Liu Bei didn't need it, at least not now.

Didn't you see that the Jiangdong clan has been slaughtered? On the surface, the Jiangdong clan was slaughtered because Zhou Yu avenged Sun Ce, but in Chen Deng's view, it was all done by Liu Bei.

Otherwise, Chen Ziming has already arrived in Jiangdong, and Zhou Yu, who is already at the end of the storm, can escape the siege, but Chen Ziming is a talent, and he will really have nothing to do with Zhou Yu. What's more, the Jiangdong clan conspired to assassinate Sun Ce. , and can be detected by ordinary people.

Chen Deng recalled the question Liu Bei asked when he summoned him, and remembered that it was the time when Chen Ziming hurried south.

Chen Deng was afraid. He was afraid that the Xuzhou clan would also be slaughtered. His Chen family was exterminated. If Liu Bei really attacked the Xuzhou clan, they would have no power to resist. Regardless of the fact that the Xuzhou clan is powerful in the court, it can be compared with Liu Bei's control Strength is simply insignificant.

Whether it is the Xuzhou Group, or the Yizhou Group, or the Ji, You, and Bing Group, they are far behind Liu Bei. Many departments of the Han court and the three major groups have their hands, but the main power is in Liu Bei's confidantes hands.

Compared with Liu Bei's confidant group, the three major groups are nothing, and because of the Linzi Academy, Liu Bei no longer needs to rely on the clan for the talents of governing the country, and now the academy is blooming everywhere, and it can train countless talents for Liu Bei every year. The clan has slowly lost its power to contain the ruler.

Chen Deng saw this clearly, so he devoted himself to serving Liu Bei, without any small calculations, the purpose was to protect his family.

"No." Chen Deng thought of this, and immediately made a decision. He gritted his teeth, got up immediately, and went to see Liu Bei.

Chen Deng and Liu Bei spies in the middle of the night, and on the second day, an edict was announced to the world, and at the same time, there was also a list. The people on the list were all former ministers of Cao Wei, or Yan, Yu, Jing, and Sili. In the land of the four states, the clan that surrendered to Cao Cao.

The content of the imperial edict roughly said that Chen Deng was appointed as the official to review these rebellious officials and thieves, and punish them according to the severity of the crimes.

As soon as this edict came out, the world was shocked, especially the clans in the four prefectures of Yan, Yu, Jing, and Sili.

Liu Bei has long ordered the army to control all the places, and those who dare to resist will be wiped out without waiting for Chen Deng to go and interrogate slowly.

(End of this chapter)