Survival Three Kingdoms

Chapter 740 Tu Gaoxin's Solution
"Your Majesty, the late emperor ordered Wei Wenchang to defend Hanzhong because he was good at fighting. What I am thinking of is not how to take Cao Zhen out of the country, but to find an opportunity to regain Chang'an after defeat. Therefore, I want to go to Hanzhong in person."

Liu Chan frowned and said: "The first emperor said at the end of his life: A truce to support the people, wait for the chaos in the Central Plains, and send troops out of Sichuan to revive the great rivers and mountains. Now that the Central Plains is not in chaos, Xiangfu has just returned from the southern expedition, and the army and horses are exhausted. Is it appropriate to go out at this time?"

Zhuge Liang smiled and said: "Your Majesty only knows one thing but not the other. What the late emperor said about the chaos in the Central Plains cannot be generalized. Cao Zhen was rude and invaded the country. If I can win a big defeat, I can chase after him with the power of a big victory. How can he miss out on his own chaos? Moreover, this Southern Expedition not only quelled the war, but also made a lot of money. He built an invincible force and gained military funds for the Northern Expedition."

"I believe what Xiangfu said. But if Cao Zhen retreats without losing his troops, Xiangfu needs to be careful." If you really win, Cao Zhen loses his troops and loses his generals. You might as well pursue and take Chang'an, but if Cao Zhen has no losses, you can still win. It's better not to send troops lightly.

Zhuge Liang was really worried about leaving Li Yan in Yizhou when he was going to Hanzhong, so he ordered Li Yan to go north. Li Yan was a general of hussars, and he also asked his son Li Feng to take over the defense of Jiangzhou, so Li Yan was willing to go north to Hanzhong.Zhuge Liang ordered Li Yan to protect the affairs of the prime minister's mansion in Zhongdu, and Li Yan changed his name to Li Ping.

Liu Chan sighed softly after hearing this, Li Yan, Li Yan, it's hard for the late emperor to value you so much, but you can't appreciate the painstaking efforts of the late emperor.It was originally a hole card left by Liu Bei to Liu Chan, but he jumped out out of control, and this card was spent.

In the past two years, Liu Chan listened to Yi Ji's speech on Zuo Zhuan, talking about the general trend of chaos in the world, the changes since Dong Zhuo's rebellion, and his evaluation of Cao Pi, Zhou Cang and Sun Quan.He even realized that maybe Liu Bei was inspired by Zhou Cang, and deliberately promoted Zhuge Liang's prime minister power to preserve the throne of his descendants of the Liu family.But Liu Chan has many doubts about this: the prime minister has too much power!The emperor doesn't have to work so hard, but it's better to have three centimeters of power. It's a pity that Zhuge Liang, like Zhou Cang, has too much prestige to decentralize power.

Liu Bei's intention of entrusting Gu to Liu Chan was clear in his heart: he entrusted Gu to Zhuge Liang, and was worried about what Zhuge Liang would do, so he gave Li Yan a lot of power to check and balance Zhuge Liang.It is said that Zhuge Liang is ten times as talented as Cao Pi, is he talking about Cao Pi?It's Liu Chan and Li Yan, you can't beat Zhuge Liang, don't fight him, fight him!As long as Li Yan is honest, shows weakness and does not make mistakes like Liu Chan, his rights will not be weakened!It's a pity that Li Yan didn't understand, but felt that he was great. Facing Zhuge Liang's concession, he became more and more presumptuous, and he was on the verge of ruin.

So Liu Chan once again promoted Zhuge Liang to be the Marquis of Wuxiang, and all military and state affairs were especially adjudicated, and he only cared about sacrifices.

Li Yan succeeded Wei Yan, and Zhuge Liang promoted Wei Yan to Prime Minister Sima and Governor of Liangzhou. In June [-], he led an army of [-] to Hanzhong. Zhao Yun, Wu Yi, Wu Ban, Zhang Yi, and others traveled with him. Cuan Xi, Meng Yan and others brought back from Nanzhong.Zhuge Liang was so eager to go north, not only to defend against Cao Zhen and seek opportunities for the Northern Expedition, he also got a secret letter from Yang Yi, which said Wei Yan had many things wrong, and Wei Yan seemed to be a bit self-respecting!

Since Wei Yan returned to Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang had a prejudice against Wei Yan. Although he recognized Wei Yan's wisdom and bravery like Liu Bei, he did not trust Wei Yan like Liu Bei.Zhou Cang's momentum is getting stronger and stronger, and Liu Bei is gone. Zhuge Liang is very worried that Wei Yan will give birth to other ideas.A wise and courageous general, armed with heavy troops, guarding important areas in Hanzhong, and a student of Zhou Cang, how could Zhou Cang not win over Wei Yan, and how could Wei Yan not be tempted to fall back into Zhou Cang's embrace.

Hanzhong is too important, Zhuge Liang is not worried that Wei Yan will join Cao Pi, but Wei Yan can go east to attack Cao Pi with Zhou Cang, or go south to occupy the road to Sichuan. Even if Wei Yan does nothing to strangle the Hanzhong fortress, Yizhou is very dangerous.When Yang Yi was sent to Hanzhong to control the military resources, it was to give Wei Yan a bottom-up salary to prevent him from dissenting.

Whether it is Liu Chan or Zhuge Liang, none of them expected to spread a new rhetoric among the Yizhou gentry:
In the Han Dynasty, it should be Tu Gao.What is Tu Gao?Tu Tong's "tu" means road. Yuan Shu thought he was talking about himself from the road, so he proclaimed himself emperor, but he was wrong, and eventually ended up ruined and died of vomiting blood; Gao means high platform.Then Tu Gao is the high platform facing the road, isn't that the "Wei Que" that Zhuangzi said?It was Wei who replaced the Han!
From this, some people began to deduce that since ancient times, officials have not been called Cao, and this dynasty began to have the titles of belonging to Cao and serving Cao, which shows that Cao Wei is God's will.

If these rumors were known by Zhou Cang, he would probably laugh his ass off. He had originally asked Zhang Jiong to fool Yuan Shu, but was interpreted by the people of Yizhou in this way. Is this because the Yizhou Group wanted to bottom out after being suppressed?
This is like "three sworn brothers in Taoyuan, one lonely branch", it can be said to be three, or one or even countless, you can explain it however you want.

Is Dai Han a change of dynasty?Generation, is it a substitute?Can the representatives do it?
High, is it a high platform?Is it okay to be tall?

Wei, is it the country of Wei?Wei Yan is also Wei!

As for the absence of the official position of Cao before this dynasty, it is even more nonsense. There were meritorious officers in the pre-Qin period. Isn't Xiao He the meritorious officer of Pei County?It's just that the responsibilities are slightly different.

All Zhou Cang's thoughts are now on how to send troops and the development of Jiangnan Road.The original plan was to launch the Battle of Hedong in September [-], but at the joint meeting of the governors, all the governors proposed that such a large-scale battle required complete preparations, and several more rehearsals were needed to ensure the coordinated operations of the various armies and the possibility of fighting. facing emergencies.Therefore, Zhou Cang postponed the time for half a year, and put it in the spring of [-].

Gan Ning came to attend the meeting and brought Liu Xiu to Liu Xie. Liu Xie once again demonstrated his rights and ordered Liu Ming to enclose Liu Xiu in the clan mansion and strictly discipline him. Spread rumors; and ordered Liu Liang to follow Gan Ning to Xiakou to confiscate Liu Xiu's family property.

There is no way, the emperor's family has no food left.Liu Xie originally thought he was very rich, and after granting several scholarships and doing several good deeds, he realized that the money was not spent. Although Zhang Lu was good at financial management, the value-added was too slow.Great rivers and mountains. Liu Xie has never been to many places. It is inconvenient to go out without money in your pocket. Some activities cannot be spent on the treasury, so you have to pay for it yourself. Jiangnan Road is very good.

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