Chapter 652: Tough

Soon, a letter returned the same way and was delivered to the family. The new content is very short, "Act according to the rules, and those who cross the line will be punished according to the law." ”

It's not escalating, it's not ignoring, it's just rejecting. This is Zhuge Liang's choice and Zhuge Liang's attitude.

Yuan Shu asked him to come, not to be a mouthpiece and peacemaker for the family, but to manage the family. Although Zhuge Liang acted calmly and peacefully, in the face of this situation of collective provocation by the families, he could only choose to fight back strongly. To manage a family, it is inevitable to confront the families and offend them. If you blindly dodge, you will only reveal your weakness, and in the end you can only retreat again and again. When the time comes, Zhuge Liang's future will be ruined.

The head of the hundred officials of Great Chu must be a person who is extremely principled, fair, and tough enough to treat the family, just like Tian Feng now.

Under Yuan Shu, although Tian Feng's ability is top-notch, he is not the best among the strategists, and it is difficult to even enter the top five. The internal affairs are not as good as Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong, the overall situation is not as good as Lu Su, and the military is far inferior to Jia Xu, Guo Jia and others. As the head of the hundred officials, Tian Feng's ability can only be said to be excellent, and his upright character is the reason why Yuan Shu entrusted him with important tasks.

The necessary qualities of the first hundred officials are fairness and uprightness, and they cannot retreat and avoid things. This is also Yuan Shu's test for Zhuge Liang, if this situation is now, Zhuge Liang will not dare to face the family, and Zhuge Liang will not dare to punish the family in the future.

Yuan Shu had high hopes for Zhuge Liang. To say something that shouldn't be said, Zhuge Liang is only sixteen now, and after Yuan Shu goes west in the future, Zhuge Liang may still be alive and well. At that time, he will be Yuan Shu's minister, continue Yuan Shu's plan and strategy, and achieve Yuan Shu's ultimate goal.

"If you do this, Yuan Highway should be very pleased!" Seeing Zhuge Liang Yan directly write down these words that are both rigid and soft, neither humble nor arrogant, and without hesitation, he directly sent people back the way he came, Xun Yue said inexplicably.

"Your Majesty appreciates the grace of trust, and Liang is unforgettable. Since he is in his position, Liang is willing to do his best for my Dachu and my Han people. Zhuge Liang said with a resolute and firm tone.

Then Zhuge Liang suddenly looked at Xun Yue again, and said with a smile: "Master Xun, you should be very pleased!" Bright didn't disappoint you. ”

Xun Yue was stunned when she heard this, looked at Zhuge Liang's eyes that seemed to have seen through everything, and smiled faintly: "I really can't underestimate you!" It's a bit of a shame to be called a teacher by you. ”

Everyone is drunk and I am sober, since his thoughts have matured, Xun Yue has basically been in this state. That kind of secular and independent, transcendent but lonely desertion, Xun Yue is almost used to it.

He vaguely found a new path, but no one understood or supported him. But he is unwilling to give up, even if he wants to betray his own class and betray his family, he also wants to verify his ideas.

But he knew that his deviant ideas were basically impossible to realize, and no prince would accept them. Until he discovered another "madman" like himself, Yuan Shu.

When he was under Liu Bei, although he also served Liu Bei loyally, he couldn't hide his recognition and appreciation for Yuan Shu. It was a like-minded, alpine feeling that made him addicted. But his own moral insistence made it impossible for him to discuss and conspire with Yuan Shu, and the loyal ministers did not care about the two masters, which was the insistence that Xun Yue of Chongde could not let go. And Zhuge Liang is his sustenance and his continuation.

He is benevolent and virtuous, he will not persecute Zhuge Liang, he can only guide and teach everything to the other party, and the other party will choose his own path, although he has always hoped that Zhuge Liang can be like him, and embark on this road hostile to the family class. As a result, Zhuge Liang did not disappoint him.

"You have to think clearly, in this way, I am afraid that your Zhuge family will have a lot of troubles in the future, and your father, brother, and even descendants will be implicated to a certain extent." Xun Yue's tone was gloomy. Part of the reason he was alone and childless was that he didn't want his descendants to carry it all as well.

"With His Majesty's protection, there is no problem. And all this is not irreparable, don't the families also respect His Majesty more than they fear? In the future, Liang will become the character in His Majesty's mind, and these families will do the same to Liang. Zhuge Liang said confidently.

"That's right, in your words, it's definitely fine." Xun Yue looked at Zhuge Liang, who had an indifferent attitude, and said with a smile.

"Guishuang's current situation, Master Xun, you already have some understanding!" Zhuge Liang said suddenly.

"I have inquired in many ways, and I already know a rough idea, at least it's not a black eye." Xun Yue sighed: "I really didn't expect that the little Dayue Clan had developed to the point where it is today. If it weren't for the deep investigation, it would be hard to imagine that Guishan would be so powerful. Fortunately, Yuan Highway had already reminded them, otherwise he would have disturbed them if he acted rashly, and it would have been terrible. ”

Hearing Xun Yue repeatedly call Yuan Shu's name, Zhuge Liang smiled bitterly at the corner of his mouth, but he was helpless. After selectively ignoring it, Zhuge Liang said: "This is also one of the reasons why Your Majesty has not allowed the family to use poison." In the face of such a strong enemy, especially when the enemy is in the open and the dark, it is absolutely not advisable to startle the snake. When my Great Chu unifies the world, it is the best policy to make a surprise attack after being fully prepared, and take it down directly with the momentum of thunder. ”

"It's so far away, and it's such a huge empire, if you want to take it down directly with the power of thunder, I'm afraid it's impossible." Xun Yue was not as optimistic as Zhuge Liang, and said cautiously: "If you want to take down such a huge empire, it will take at least a few years, not to mention that there is still a resting empire in the west of the Guishan Empire, so you can't let them pick peaches." ”

"It's not impossible, you must know that Guishan is going downhill now. Moreover, the country itself is submissive, with little resistance to it, and it is not impossible to show a strong enough offensive to make them desperate and make them surrender. Zhuge Liang said.

After occupying Yizhou for so many years, how could Yuan Shu not infiltrate Guishuang? Guo Jia and Jia Xude's spies had already dived over, and they basically touched the bottom of Guishuang. Zhuge Liang served as a party official in such a sensitive place, and Yuan Shu had already told him some things he should know, and even some things that he shouldn't know now Yuan Shu told him a lot. For Guishuang's understanding, he is far deeper than Xun Yue.

The Kushan Empire, formerly known as the Great Moon Clan, is not a hard bone, and can even be called weak. After being defeated by Zhang Qian, he directly chose to sue for peace, and since then he has contributed to the Eastern Han Dynasty every year. And when the Han was preparing to eliminate the Northern Xiongnu, he also greeted this little brother who had sympathy for the same disease and had been bullied by the Xiongnu in the past, but this cowardly did not dare to participate in the war directly, completely forgetting the hatred of the past.

Even internally, there is constant turmoil. It seems that Guishan is a unified and stable empire, but in fact, it is in constant war with the end of the Han Dynasty, and the internal dynasty has to change almost every few decades, but unlike the secession of the late Han Dynasty, because their resistance psychology is relatively weak, unification is relatively easy. The title of the Kushan Empire has always been maintained externally, but in reality the rulers are constantly changing.

And now, during the reign of Khabishega II, the Kushan has begun to decline. Now that he is not sure of taking Guishuang, Yuan Shu is reluctant to have too much contact with the other party, so as not to cause the other party's vigilance and changes. What if you learn that there is a behemoth around you who is about to replace the Great Han, and is extremely aggressive to the outside world, and is eyeing them, this empire that has always had no temper is forced to explode suddenly.