The last three kingdoms

Chapter 229 The Disappearing Memorial

In the next few days, all Liu Yin can do is wait. Liu Chan's attitude will determine everything.

Although Liu Yin doesn't expect Liu Chan to be so wise, at least he can assess the situation and understand the crisis that the Shu Han is in now. Even if his own solution to the crisis is not the best solution, it is also the most effective solution at present. Only by attacking the weak point can we have a chance to reverse the current unfavorable battle situation.

Liu Yin estimated that when Lu Kang went to Fucheng, the military rations he carried could last at most a month. Even if he could get some plundered supplements in Fucheng, it would only last for one and a half months. If it is cut off, the entire Wu army will surely fall into the plight of no food supplies.The first thing Lu Kang had to do was not to go all out to capture Chengdu, but to try to dredge the grain roads. He only needed to fortify the dangerous pass along the Fushui River, and wait for work at leisure, so he could control the initiative of the whole battle situation.

But now Liu Yin can only wait for Liu Chan's will. It is completely nonsense to say that the emperor will not grant it. Chengdu is only three or four hundred miles away from Qixian County. Even the six-hundred-mile express horses can arrive in less than a day. If you don't obey the decree, it will be a crime of beheading.

Liu Yin is now only General Anxi, and there are only three battalions under his command. The Habayashi Army's Huben Army and Yan Yu's You Army are only temporarily affiliated with him, and have no direct affiliation with him. However, even if Liu Yin acted against the holy will, whether people like Li Qiu and Huang Chong would definitely obey his orders, Liu Yin had no way of knowing.

What's more, now that the enemy is at hand, the entire Shu army is required to be united and twisted into one rope, so as to have a chance to compete with a powerful opponent. If the generals of all parties fight on their own, the entire Shu country will collapse without attack.

This time the imperial envoy did not disappoint Liu Yin. On the afternoon of the third day, the imperial envoy arrived, and it was rare to be so efficient, which made Liu Yin overjoyed.

This time it was not the servant of Huangmen who came to announce the decree, but the secretary Ling Quezheng, which surprised Liu Yin a little.

Secretary Ling is the emperor's close attendant official, Dian Shangshu, although his rank is only six hundred stones, he is a role that no one can underestimate.Quezheng's grandfather served as the Governor of Yizhou during the period of Emperor Ling of Han Dynasty, and died in the Yellow Turban Rebellion. His father died early and his family was poor, but he was eager to learn and content with poverty since he was a child. Secretary official, transferred to Ling Shi, promoted to Secretary Lang, and official to Secretary Ling.

But he is a very special person. The reason why he is special is that he is involved with the three major factions of the imperial court, but he is outside the three major factions.But he was born in Yizhou, so he can be regarded as a native of Yizhou. His ancestral home is Yanshi, Henan, and he seems to have some ties to the Dongzhou family. However, he himself has a good relationship with Jiang Wei. is given.

He has been an official in the palace for 30 years, but he has been dealing with Huang Hao for almost 30 years. He has also witnessed Huang Hao's transformation from an unknown eunuch to a hot and powerful figure, but he is not pleased by Huang Hao, nor is he I hate it, so the official position has always been no more than six hundred stones. .

This has a lot to do with Quezheng's personality. He is indifferent to fame and fortune, only obsessed with literature. Although he is in a high position, he never participates in power struggles.

In fact, Liu Yin is not very interested in people like Quezheng, just like lukewarm water, neither cold nor hot, tasteless, and the characters Liu Yin admires are all flesh and blood, who dare to love and hate, who can kill and kill. The beheaded heroes and passionate people, at this time of national calamity, it is precisely with these passionate heroes that the country's backbone can be supported.

However, as an envoy of the imperial court, Liu Yin still gave Quezheng the proper etiquette, and waited for Quezheng to come to announce the decree.

This time the emperor's imperial decree was slightly longer than the last one. It affirmed Liu Yin's achievements in Qi County, and named Liu Yin the general of Anxi, who also led the right army and assisted the central army. On the day of receiving the decree, he immediately led the army back to Beijing. without delay.

Liu Yin was stunned immediately, except that the imperial edict this time was almost the same as last time except for the title of official title, but the wording was stronger, demanding immediate return to the army, and using the words without delay. The matter of playing was not mentioned in the imperial edict at all.

But he was taking his time, with a harmless smile on his face, and congratulated: "Congratulations to General Liu, honored to be promoted to the position of General Anxi."

Liu Yin didn't have the leisure time to care about the matter of being promoted, he asked anxiously: "My lord, did your Majesty ever read the memorial that I handed over the day before yesterday? Why didn't you mention it in the imperial edict?"

"What memorial?" But it was a look of bewilderment.

Liu Yin had black hair, and when he saw Zheng Zheng's dazed and ignorant expression, he felt a little bit wrong, but it was the emperor's secretary order, and all the memorials and forms to the emperor must first be passed by him, but he was right. If you don't know, it's obvious that Liu Chan didn't see his memorial at all.

Liu Yin immediately took the copy. Liu Yin must have kept a copy of the memorial submitted to the court. He handed it to Que Zheng and said, "This is a copy of the memorial, but are you sure you haven't seen this memorial?"

But he opened it and looked at it, and said in a positive tone: "No! Absolutely not! Although I handle a lot of documents every day, I will never remember it wrong. I must have never seen this memorial from General Liu."

Liu Yin's heart couldn't help but feel cold. The importance of this memorial to Liu Yin is self-evident. It can be said that it almost determines the life and death of the Shu Han Dynasty, but at this most critical moment, this memorial will be lost. And flew away.Liu Chan has never seen the memorial, so it is naturally impossible to know Liu Yin's thoughts.

But this memorial was lost there, could it be that it was in the middle of delivering the letter?
Liu Yin shook his head lightly. This is obviously impossible. In order to ensure nothing goes wrong, the person who sent the letter was Liu Yin's most trusted private soldier of the Liu family, and he was escorted throughout the journey.The person who sent the letter had already returned to Qi County a day earlier, and Liu Yin personally asked whether the memorial was indeed delivered to the palace.Liu Yin believed that these private soldiers would definitely not lie, and if the memorial was lost on the way, they wouldn't dare to hide it even if they had ten guts.

Since it was not lost on the way, it proves that the memorial has indeed been sent to the palace. As for who lost it, Liu Yin does not know.

"My lord, every memorial is related to the important affairs of the court. It stands to reason that it should not be lost when it is handed over to the palace?"

But Zhengzheng said with a little embarrassment: "If in the past, all the memorials were directly submitted to the Shangshutai, filed and reviewed by the Shangshutai, and then handed over to the secretary for presentation to His Majesty, nothing would be lost, but now the palace rules have changed, and the memorials have appeared. Lost things are inevitable."

(End of this chapter)