"It doesn't have to be like this, but my husband's illness is just a disease, not an incurable disease. Now that the Taishan thief has retired, and the last remnant of Wusu under Zhang Ju's command has also been awarded, Mr. and Zhang Reverse's relationship can be said to have been completely cleared. Once the heart disease is gone, it will not be a day to be Huo Ran. ”

Liu Bei is still very good at being a man, he is now a Taishou and Duliao general with 2,000 stones, and his official position is much higher than that of the county with only 600 stones, so he is not an official when he chats with Zhuge Jue, and only respects the other party's elders and calls him "Mr".

This spontaneous Corporal Lixian's emotional intelligence made Li Sudu have to nod secretly.

And Zhuge Jue is indeed a handful of age, he looks nearly fifty years old, at least in his early twenties older than Liu Bei, and it is no problem to be called Mr. by his age - the age difference between Zhuge Jue and Liu Bei seems to be just equal to the age difference between Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang.

It seems that everyone in the Zhuge family has the genes of being old and having children. When Zhuge had the eldest son Zhuge Jin, he was already in his thirties, and Zhuge Liang was the second son, and seven years later, Zhuge Jin was born in his early forties.

Later in history, Zhuge Zhan was also born to Zhuge Liang in his forties, so that Zhuge Liang lost his father at the age of nine, and Zhuge Zhan also lost his father at the age of nine.

It can only be said that there are many coincidences of fate.

The other people next to him, except for Li Su, listened to Liu Bei's words of "Once the heart disease is gone, it will definitely be cured", and they also felt that it was very reasonable, thinking that Zhuge Jue might really have a chance to recover.

Zhuge Jin also repeatedly persuaded his father to relax and recuperate.

Only Zhuge Jue's own body knows it, and his heart disease has not been completely eliminated at all, and some words are not easy to say, so he waved his hand and drove his sons and daughters to leave first:

"Jin'er, Liang'er, you take them first, and I'll have a few words with General Liu and Captain Li."

"Yes, father." Zhuge Jin respectfully took his younger siblings to go first.

"Come back."

"Yes, what else does my father command?" Zhuge Jin didn't lose his temper at all because he was called and drunk.

Zhuge Jue gasped a few times, as if thinking: "Although you have not reached the crown, you will be the pillar of the family in the future, I will give you the word, your name is Jin, just the word Ziyu!" For the father's heart is upset and confused, don't be sloppy. ”

Zhuge Jin hurriedly saluted: "Father gives the word, how can it be hasty, this word is peaceful, the child should be cautious all his life, often reflect on his own body, and be vigilant." ”

After speaking, he got up and pulled his younger siblings away.

……

Seeing that everyone else had disappeared, Zhuge Jue sighed and said: "I was also surprised just now, how could the 100,000 thieves in Qingzhou be defeated so quickly, and asked Liang'er in private, he said that it was Captain Li's discord plan, and the thieves were defeated but not destroyed."

From this point of view, the disaster in Qingzhou is far from ending, and the tranquility of Mount Tai is just a temporary respite. As a county prince, I was favored by the imperial court, and only by martyrdom at the last moment could I clear the suspicion of being an official in the same county as Zhang Ju. ”

Liu Bei didn't expect Zhuge Jue to be so pessimistic, and couldn't help but say righteously: "Since Bei can defeat the thief army once and kill Wusu, he can also defeat the second and third times, anyway, Liaodong has been decided, Wuhuan has been served, and there will be no soldiers in Youzhou in the next few years." Seeing that the court is shabby and the people are suffering, how can there be no reason not to declare the righteousness of the world. ”

Zhuge Jue smiled bitterly: "This is an exaggeration, General Du Liao is also the Taishou of Liaodong, Wusu is dead, you still stay in Qingzhou to suppress bandits for a long time, aren't you afraid of the suspicion of the imperial court?" General Liu's excuse for crossing the border to fight thieves has been exhausted so far. ”

Liu Bei's heart sank, and then he realized that he had just taken care of everything, and he was indeed not politically sensitive enough.

He also frankly admitted his mistake: "This statement is pertinent, and it is prepared to be in a hurry to save the people, and it is serious." He should obey the dispatch of the imperial court. ”

While admitting his mistakes, Liu Bei also quickly reflected in his heart, how could he speak so carelessly.

After introspection, he realized: everything, he still has to blame him for climbing too fast!

Two years, twenty months to be exact, climbed from the county lieutenant to the Taishou and the miscellaneous general!

Of course, before that, he had been a county lieutenant for more than two years, but the pattern was too low.

So much so that he still lacked the string in his mind to always think about "how jealous the emperor would be of the military attache who took the initiative to cross the border to kill thieves".

Who let him "disobey the order to return to his hometown to kill thieves" for the first time, and he also received a special praise from Emperor Ling, and specially asked Zhuo County to give him filial piety on this ground, as a result, Liu Bei subconsciously had a dangerous illusion: As long as I am for the sake of quelling the rebellion and the good of the court, the court will definitely support me.

When he was a county commander and a lieutenant, Liu Yu could authorize him to quell the rebellion across counties and counties, anyway, it was all within Youzhou, and Liu Yu had the authority to approve it.

But out of Youzhou, Liu Yu can't cover it, Wusu is the last excuse to kill the enemy in Yuezhou, and it's gone.

A basin of cold water was poured down, and Liu Bei calmly remembered Li Su's original intention when he persuaded him to cross the border to beg for thieves:

I didn't come to Qingzhou to occupy territory! No matter how many counties in Qingzhou are recovered, none of them belong to you!

The purpose of coming is first of all to coerce the population, save some of the people who have gone astray, and let them put themselves in the right position and go to Liaodong or take Fangtuntian to cross the famine.

The second is to take the opportunity to recruit talents from Donglai, Beihai and Taishan counties.

The third is to train the troops and select a part of the Qingzhou soldiers to expand their armament.

Finally, it is "because of grain to the enemy", to reduce the logistical pressure in the bitter cold land of eastern Liaodong in the first year, and to use Shandong's grain to raise soldiers for half a year.

At the beginning, Li Su said clearly to him one, two, three, four, there is absolutely no fifth point!

Don't forget your original intention!

Now it is still a world where Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty has not died, and if the emperor has a little IQ, he will never encourage "Whoever takes the initiative to help me quell the chaos, I will also seal the territory he has leveled to him", that is the way to take chaos.

Because the emperor knew that as long as he "recognized" once, the next day, the general of the state pastor Taishou would take the initiative to attack the rebels next door to expand his territory.

At the beginning, Liu Bei's "abandoning the official and killing the thief" can be encouraged, because you have to abandon the official first, you have to give the court benefits first, and the emperor can't wait for him to promote you again after you abandon the official, and sell you the favor again.

The political logic of these two events is diametrically opposed.

The logic of the world is divided into several stages.

The year 188 is the authoritarian world where the emperor tells you to go, you have to go.

If you show the slightest idea of spontaneously relying on force to expand your territory without the authorization of your will, you will be directly beaten into a thief and condemned by the whole world, and how many of the previous loyal dramas have been played in vain.

With Liu Bei's IQ, as long as he notices this, he will not have the delusion of trying to divide Qingzhou.

From another point of view, if this delusion works, the world should not be Cao Liu Sun to come to three points, but Lu Zhi, Huangfu Song, and Zhu Jun - which of the territories they have recovered for the imperial court over the years is not more than Liu Bei? How old are you Liu Bei?

It wasn't until 190 that the world evolved to the second stage of logic: you can grab land under the banner of asking for Dong, but only to grab the territory directly under Dong Zhuo and the territory of pro-Dong magistrates. And the civil war between the princes of Dong is still not good, and it will be punished by the whole world.

Moreover, only the seizure of the territory directly under Dong Zhuo's jurisdiction is without any political risk, and the risk of grabbing the territory of "Dong Zhuo's henchmen" is still very great.

The main representative is that Sun Jian killed Wang Rui, the assassin of Jingzhou, who was said to be "ambiguous and unclear about Dong", and as a result, Sun Jian himself almost became an enemy of the DPRK, but fortunately, he made a very firm gesture to please Dong and made meritorious contributions, and sold to Yuan Shu to work, so that he escaped the danger of being beaten by the group.

Throughout history, it was not until 192 that the world completely entered the third stage of "no reason is needed to grab anyone's territory". The representative event is that Liu Dai killed Qiao Mao, and then Liu Dai himself was killed in battle, plus the battle of Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shaolongmiao in the same year.

Since then, any land grabbing will not have to bear the infamy of "betraying the Dong Alliance" and will not become a public enemy of the world.

If Li Su thought that he wanted to rely on "foresight" to persuade Liu Bei to make arrangements in advance to resist the secession of the imperial court, it would be a harm to Liu Bei.

……

Liu Bei chatted with Zhuge Jue and Li Su for a while, and after reflecting on his mistakes of "eagerly saving the people", he was also sincere, and hurriedly asked Li Su:

"Boya, the war is over here, I wonder if the imperial court will send an angel to inquire about the details? How should the envoy respond when the time comes? I'm going to bother you. ”

Li Su arched his hand and said: "Fu Jun rest assured, in the recital of the war situation, Su Zi will organize the wording, in addition, we have made enough profits, and in terms of some merits, it should be vague or vague, and the Spring and Autumn penmanship should be let or let go, so as to reduce the suspicion of the imperial court." We only need to make real profits, and we don't want to be famous, and we can stop in moderation. ”

Because he was in front of outsiders, it was inconvenient for him to call Liu Bei "brother", so he called Fujun.

"Captain Li is really a young man and an old man, and he is committed to seeking the country." Zhuge Jue interjected in approval on the side, and then took the opportunity to change the conversation, "In this case, the disaster of Mount Tai is only a temporary respite, and it is impossible to expect General Liu to do all the work."

My heart is dead, I'm afraid I won't be able to survive these few days, so I can only ask General Liu not to resign. As a county prince, I can't abandon the people and run for my life, and the general must take my family away. If I live, my parents are not far away, and Jin'er Liang'er refuses to die with the city, won't it become unfilial? ”

Speaking of this, it can be regarded as a complete expression of Zhuge Jue's mortal heart, and he doesn't want to struggle.

His Taishan County Cheng has never been willing to remove him from his post by the imperial court, so he must be loyal to death, and he can't run.

Zhuge Jin Zhuge Liang doesn't have to be loyal to the court, but if their father doesn't die, they have to be filial!

The Han Dynasty ruled the world with filial piety, investigated filial piety so ruthlessly and strictly, and was burdened with a major unfilial piety charge of "abandoning his father in danger", can Zhuge Jin Zhuge Liang still be a man in this life?

Unless Zhuge Jue didn't bring his children with him from the beginning, they didn't know that their father was going to die in battle, so it didn't matter. If you take it with you and then drive it away, you can't explain it.

Only when you die of illness can you be clean, completely severing the bond that the former must be loyal and the latter must be filial!

If Zhuge doesn't die, the whole Zhuge family will die.

This also put an end to Liu Bei's fantasy of hoping that Zhuge Jue would live.

Liu Bei finally fully realized for the first time that after climbing to a high position, "the tree wants to be quiet and the wind does not stop".

"I didn't expect to watch the loyal ministers of the court give up the idea of survival. There are so many suspicions and taboos in this court, and serving the country is really a constraint everywhere. Liu Bei got up and sighed, it can't be said that it is blackened, but at least his mind has matured a little further, and he has a little more heart to figure it out.

Li Su quietly watched Liu Bei's growth, and when he sighed, he made up for it appropriately: "Since you understand Zhuge Juncheng's heart of serving the country with death, you don't have to shy away from it." ”

Zhuge Jue's eyes flashed, and he turned to Li Su: "Captain Li is resourceful, please say it, I believe that Captain Li must be for the good of our Zhuge family." ”

Li Su nodded: "That's right, when I persuaded Zang Ba to rebel against the water and join forces with us to kill Wusu, the rhetoric I used was actually to induce Zang Ba to sell and force the enemy away as soon as Wusu died."

However, this plan is somewhat suspicious of figuring out the hidden rules of the imperial court, and if I write like this on the performance of the performance, wouldn't it become the way for us to figure out the appointment and deposition of officials in the imperial court? These words are not easy to say.

In this case, General Liu and I only received the merit of killing the enemy and breaking the thief head-on, and the credit of this divisive plan cannot be boasted of in our position anyway, so it will be fulfilled sir. As a county leader of Taishan, Mr. understands the internal contradictions and grievances of various thieves in Taishan, so after knowing that General Liu will fight a decisive battle with Wusu, the starry night envoy turned against Zang Ba.

If this plan comes from the mouth of Mr., it is Mr. 'speculating that Zang Ba will believe that General Liu will be worried about being jealous of the court from this point of view', it is Zang Ba who believes in the heart of a villain and believes in the belly of a gentleman, not General Liu really thinks so in his heart. And the gentleman can also reap the trick of dividing the thieves and making some of them anyway before he dies, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds? ”

Li Su's plan sounds a bit too much, and normal people may have to be elusive for a while.

But Zhuge Jue and Liu Bei reacted one after another.

Wonderful!

In this way, Liu Bei is the image of "only wanting to kill thieves and serve the country", and he never thought about the question of "if I don't withdraw after Wusu dies, will the court suspect me", it is really "the same heart, the supreme justice of the monarch and the minister, and the prosperity of ancient and modern".

It was Zhuge Jue who reminded Zang Ba how to force Liu Bei to the situation of "if he does not retreat from the army, the court will be suspicious of him", and Zang Ba figured it out.

Liu Bei is simple, Zhuge is smart, and Zang is a villain. The three parties have their own place.

This stupid, Liu Bei and Li Su are worthy of pretending, pretending to be wise and stupid!

One yin unravels three knots.

Zhuge thought about it, and finally was dumbfounded: Even this layer, did Li Su think of it in advance?

"Captain Li's plan is really ...... I don't have to worry about it. I also asked Captain Li to accept Jin'er as a clerical assistant after my death, and allow Liang'er to worship you as a teacher, and die without regrets. This is on the table, detailing the inside story of Mount Tai's thief-breaking skills, and it will definitely be called to get its place. ”

Saying that, Zhuge Jue actually returned to his energy a little, picked up the pen and hurriedly flew away, how he designed Zang Ba, who had the merit of dividing traitors, and how Liu Bei and Li Su planned on the frontal battlefield, and relied on the natural spirit rhino to defeat the thief army when the two sides had no ventilation...... Roughly written.

Li Su comforted on the side: "Two sons, I will treat them as brothers, and I am still reluctant to be a teacher." In this way, plain reading only looks at the general outline, and does not pay attention to the subtleties of the scriptures. I saw that Ziyu's virtuous brother's articles were neat and tidy, so I left him by my side to be a western seat.

It just so happened that Mi Zizhong of Liaodong also entrusted his son Mi Wei to me to teach, and I had no time to teach, lest I mislead people's children. That Mi Wei and Zhuge Liang are about the same age, and they both follow Ziyu and his younger brother to learn daily articles, scriptures, and hundreds of schools. After three years of study, when I have finished learning and want to apply what I have learned, I will personally guide me. ”

Zhuge Jin Zhuge Liang, after his father's death, he also had to keep filial piety for three years.

Li Su was also afraid that interfering too much in Zhuge Liang's growth would make Zhuge Liang deviate, so the most stable way was to let him and Mi Wei learn the basic skills with his eldest brother. Read the book for three years and then talk about something else.

The last glimmer of light flashed in Zhuge Jue's eyes, and Lingtai smiled brightly: "Liaodong Elk Zhong sent a son to ask Captain Li to teach?" I'm afraid it's also a proton. Hehe, Captain Li is a cheerful person, knowing that I am dying, he doesn't even avoid me with these words.

Okay, I'll rest assured when I say this, Captain Li, please invite my unscrupulous children to come in, and I'll give them a few words in the end. ”

Only then did Li Su bring back those teenagers and girls who couldn't listen to the content of the conversation that was not suitable for children.

Zhuge Jue was also very righteous, and he didn't mention a word of the secret that shouldn't have been said in front of the child, only said: "Ziyu! Captain Li is willing to give you a salary and hire him as a Xixi. In the next three years, you will teach your younger siblings and Mi Zhu's son, Mi Wei, to study together. After three years, whether you can become a leader depends on whether you have grown up or not. ”

After speaking, Zhuge Jue touched the children's hair one by one, and was relieved.