Survival Three Kingdoms

Chapter 695 The Horrible Inside Story
"Finally, I have another idea. The residence newspaper has been abandoned for a long time. The editorial office of the Department of Culture and Propaganda edits Jian'an Anthology. In order to make the government order smooth, can the Privy Council restart the system of the residence newspaper?"

"Shan, you should inform Duanmuling of this matter and ask him to come up with a charter to set up mansion stations in each state and county to deliver the mansion newspaper." Zhou Cang changed the previous practice of each state setting up a representative office in the capital, and changed it to convey from top to bottom. "Also, you can talk to Zhang Jin, Su Yang, and Han Yue with Duanmu Ling again to see if the Chamber of Commerce will run a business newspaper again, maybe there will be another way of making money."

Zhou Cang has always wanted to run a newspaper, and finally put it on the agenda. "By the way, let Wu Gang also participate, let Wu Gang build a confidentiality mechanism, set the level and delivery range."

The father and son talked for most of the night without knowing it, and they didn't go to sleep until four o'clock.

At the beginning of May, Wang Can entered Sichuan.Liu Bei and Zhou Cang had almost become enemies. He was very surprised by Wang Can's entry into Sichuan. He could only understand that Zhou Cang wanted to support him to become king himself, and regarded Cao Cao as a common enemy.In accordance with the practice of not reaching out to the gift giver, Yizhou was very polite to Wang Can and his party on the surface, secretly monitoring their every move.But no matter how much they monitor and defend, it is impossible to prohibit them from buying local specialties, so the hidden lines buried by Mu Xi and Zhou Chong are connected.At the end of May, Wang Can left Sichuan, Mu Xi left the brigade, and hurried all the way back to report.

The news that Muxi brought back was mixed.Fortunately, after Zhang Fei's death, although Liu Bei hated Sun Quan, Zhuge Liang, Fazheng and others tried their best to dissuade him.What was worrying was that Fazheng was ill, and the illness was so severe that he did not show up when receiving Wang Can.

There is also a more subtle phenomenon. Wang Can was originally an old official of Liu Biao. Liu Bei was once attached to Liu Biao, so he was familiar with Yiji, Ma Liang, Jian Yong, Mi Zhu and others. However, Jian Yong and Mi Zhu did not show up. The victim of the power struggle with the Yizhou gentry was alienated.

The seed has been planted, just wait for it to take root and germinate slowly.Zhou Cang temporarily put Liu Bei's affairs aside, the Privy Council's daily agenda is full, and various matters need to be decided.Zhou Xin and Duan Muling made a good start. Their proposal was discussed and passed by the Privy Council, and the leaders and ministers of each court and the heads of departments submitted their proposals one after another.And the various proposals have to be decomposed and implemented layer by layer, and everyone is extremely busy.

In September, Mubei rushed back from Shangyong.The news brought back is very simple. In July, Meng Da voted for Cao Cao. Cao Cao combined the three counties of Fangling, Shangyong and Xicheng into a new city and made him the prefect of the new city. After Liu Feng returned to Chengdu in August, he was reprimanded for not saving Guan Yu and committed suicide .

Zhou Cang couldn't help sighing after hearing this, but Xu Shu and others believed that Liu Feng was innocent, let alone killed.Cao Cao, Liu Bei, and Sun Quan did not dare to delegate power as boldly as Zhou Cang. In every war, Zhou Cang would always add one thing to his deployment: act according to the military situation.Liu Feng was ordered to guard the three cities of Shangyong, and his duties should not be taken lightly. How could he send troops without the order of the commander?Even if it's too late to save him, he doesn't have the ability.However, no one expected that there was an astonishing conspiracy behind this.

Rumors spread very successfully in Chengdu and Shangyong. Liu Feng had complaints against Meng Dado and often uttered bad words.Meng Da was very frightened. He sent someone to Chengdu to find out the news from Fazheng. Unexpectedly, Fazheng was seriously ill. After Liu Bei heard the rumors in Chengdu, he was furious and wanted to send someone to call Liu Feng into Sichuan. Meng Da was even more nervous. His two brothers, Shen Dan and Shen Yi, proposed to join Cao Cao, so Meng Da surrendered to Cao Cao.

Meng Da sent a letter to Liu Feng, urging Liu Feng to surrender. The letter mentioned three reasons: First, your surname is Kou, and Liu Bei is not of the same blood. It can be seen that I have scruples about you; the second is that your clansmen are all in Jingzhou, and you abandoned your family and went to join Liu Bei alone. Since you are not reused by Liu Bei, why don't you recognize your ancestors and return to your clan to reunite with your clansmen?The third is that you have been on the battlefield for a long time and have outstanding military exploits. You are a threat to Liu Chan. Even if you have no other thoughts, others don't think so.

Meng Da's letter seems to be sincere for Liu Feng's sake, but there are also crooked thoughts in it. If he can persuade Liu Feng to surrender to Cao Cao, it will be a great achievement.Saying that Liu Bei's adopted son surrendered, what a shame it would be in front of Cao Cao.However, Liu Feng didn't think too much, he tore up the letter in a rage, and led the army to attack, but was defeated by Meng Da and the Shen brothers.

Liu Feng wanted to ask Wei Yan for reinforcements, but Liu Bei's messenger arrived, and Liu Feng led the remnants back to Chengdu.Liu Bei asked why, and reprimanded Liu Feng for a few words, but Zhuge Liang secretly advised Liu Bei: "Liu Feng is fierce, and my lord will be difficult to control after a hundred years, so he should be eliminated early."

This sentence deeply moved Liu Bei. He was not worried that Liu Feng would be so fierce that he could surpass Ma Chao no matter how fierce he was. After his death, people with ulterior motives provoked Liu Feng and Liu Chan to compete for the throne.The tyrants in Yizhou are already dormant, which doesn't mean they just swallowed their anger. Liu Bei knew very well that there was something wrong with Zhang Fei's death, but he couldn't find out.Liu Bei knew better how powerful the Yizhou tycoon was. After Liu Yan died, the Yizhou tycoon Zhao Wei raised his youngest son Liu Zhang as a puppet, but he didn't expect that the seemingly weak Liu Zhang actually had a city government. He cut off, and also took advantage of the situation to force the third brother Liu Hao to death, and ordered a powerful Zhang Song to welcome him into Sichuan, etc. These powerful people are good at speculation and grasping opportunities, and they can't leave troubles for their sons!
So Liu Bei forced Liu Feng to commit suicide on the grounds that Liu Feng would not send troops to rescue Guan Yu.After Liu Feng's death, Liu Bei inevitably shed countless tears.When Liu Feng died, two more people, Guan Xing, the son of Guan Yu, and Zhang Bao, the son of Zhang Fei, cried to Liu Bei, asking Liu Bei to send troops to avenge their father.

Since Liu Feng was forced to death, Liu Bei could only agree to the request of the two, so Liu Bei ordered the expansion of the army, recruited troops to buy horses and grass to store food, and ordered Guan Xing and Zhang Bao to train recruits to prepare to send troops to Jingzhou the next year.According to Liu Bei's idea, he would definitely be willing to stay in Yizhou and become the local emperor. The time to take advantage of Hanzhong to send troops to Chang'an is not yet ripe. It will take at least five years for Hanzhong to guarantee the supply of the army. Therefore, sending troops to Jingzhou to expand the sphere of influence has become the first choice.Of course, compared to Cao Cao, Sun Quan's persimmon is softer and easier to pinch.

After Meng Da took refuge in Cao Cao, Cao Cao was not interested in him. Cao Cao thought that Meng Da first betrayed Liu Zhang and took refuge in Liu Bei, and now he betrayed Liu Bei, which was a bit capricious.Meng Da knew Cao Cao's attitude towards him, so he put his focus on Cao Pi. Cao Pi was worried that he was not rich enough. , Cao Zhen, Xia Houshang and others got along very well, but Sima Yi dismissed it.

(End of this chapter)