Zhuge Liang was a little weak when he said this, but now this is also the best way.

Zhao Hao did not suddenly rebel and put him under house arrest, he had already temporarily expressed Zhao Hao's goodwill, Zhuge Liang had secretly made up his mind, and now it was time to show the sincerity of the court.

"The revival of the Han Dynasty, Zi Xuanju has made great contributions,

In order to reward Zi Xuan for making up for the heavens, the imperial court plans to make an exception, take Zi Xuan as the Duke of Jin, and seal Jin Yang, I don't know what Zi Xuan wants? ”

Zhao Hao was silent for a while, and said with a smile: "The prime minister has worked hard from afar, how about going back to the city to rest first?" ”

Zhuge Liang nodded and said, "That's fine." ”

He is a smart person, and he naturally knows that this kind of thing can't be too anxious, otherwise it will damage the face of the imperial court and make Zhao Hao feel too much pressure.

The establishment of the Han Dynasty did not have a duke, not that there was none, in the 400-year history of the Han Dynasty, there were two dukes who were famous,

They are Wang Mang, Duke of Anhan, and Cao Cao, Duke of Wei.

It just so happened that these two people were once regarded as the saviors and hopes of the Han Dynasty, but their ambitions swelled after they were crowned dukes, and finally became emperors on behalf of the Han Dynasty.

In particular, Wang Mang left a set of standard usurpation textbooks for later generations of usurpers - duke, nine tin, king, and then three times to ask for three resignations to be difficult for him.

Now Zhao Hao's power is also very strong, and his foundation is deeper than that of Wang Mang and Cao Cao back then, he can't look down on anything else, and Zhuge Liang can only take out this title to test Zhao Hao's loyalty.

At night, Zhuge Liang lived in Chang'an City,

Although Chang'an has experienced war, it did not suffer much damage because the Han army was extra careful in this attack.

The gate of the palace in the distance was closed, and Cao Pi's queen Guo and Sima Yi's wife Zhang Chunhua were imprisoned inside, Zhuge Liang knew that this was Zhao Hao's way to show his loyalty to the court, so he began to pray silently, hoping that the negotiations with Zhao Hao would go smoothly in the future.

Zhao Hao has long said that as long as Chang'an is broken, the Son of Heaven can return to the old capital, but with the rapid expansion of Zhao Hao's power, different voices began to appear in the court.

In particular, the family of Yizhou began to shout one after another, saying that if Liu Chan went to Chang'an, it would be like going to Xuchang as an emperor, and he would definitely be caught by Zhao Hao and fiddle with it at will.

Liu Chan also seemed to believe their rumors, and did not take the initiative to make the slightest contact with Zhao Hao.

Since Liu Yan's death, Liu Chan has been very afraid of contact with Zhao Hao, he is afraid that this powerful champion Hou will rise up and attack him, the little emperor, in the name of avenging his friends.

And this is what Zhuge Liang is most worried about.

After leaving Chengdu, Zhuge Liang rarely participated in the handling of Chengdu's government affairs, but he still felt the undercurrent surging around him.

Zhao Hao's subordinates are no longer satisfied with their current status, and want higher official positions, greater power and territory.

These are not what Zhao Hao can give as a champion Hou and a hussar general, whether to be a prince or a king, not only does it need Zhuge Liang's wisdom, but it also needs to look at Liu Chan's meaning in the end.

Zhuge Liang was afraid that he had negotiated with Zhao Hao, and the family of Yizhou instigated Liu Chan to engage in it again and provoked Zhao Hao, and now the Han can't withstand the wrath of the champion Hou.

"Duke Jin...... The site is a bit remote, but it's not bad. ”

Champion Houfu, Lu Luan and Cheng You gathered in front of the map, their two heads together, carefully studying the news brought by Zhuge Liang.

Guan Yinping sat beside Zhao Hao with some concern, and said: "Zixuan's merits are really unprecedented in history, and the reward of the Son of Heaven can be regarded as breaking the norm, but it is just ...... It's just that I always think of Wang Mang's affairs,

I'm worried that if Zixuan agrees, the Son of Heaven will be extraordinarily angry with Zixuan in the future. ”

"Isn't it time to give birth?" Cheng You rarely bumped into Guan Yinping, "The master's contribution is unprecedented, it can be said that he recreated the Han, if the Son of Heaven is really sincere, he should change the ancestral system, and the lord is the king." ”

Lu Luan glanced at Cheng You in annoyance, and said, "If it is the king, it is the old man who is roasted on the fire, and this feudal prince is already another workaround." ”

Zhao Hao was not upset by this, when he heard the title of Duke Jin today, his whole body trembled almost like an electric shock.

Sima Yi committed suicide, and the Jin Dynasty in history was about to end before it began, but history played a new joke on him.

Hand-picked himself to be the Duke of Jin?

What is this?

Zhao Hao yawned lazily, reached out and gently knocked on Cheng You's head,

"If you are rebellious, let's say less in the future, I, Zhao Hao, am Hanchen today, and I will be Hanchen in the future."

"People don't want to hurt tigers, but tigers always hurt people.

Master, your authority is too great, even if you cut your own authority, the people of the world will know that this big man is the country you defeated.

Which of the kings of the early Han Dynasty is not a great war achievement, looking at the world, but the world is calm, there are always villains who chew some tongues, maybe the lord will enter the palace one day, it will be the end of the Marquis of Huaiyin! ”

Cheng You is a staunch rebel, and now that the world is half in her own hands, she naturally wants to start planning her own big things.

In her opinion, only by sending Zhao Hao to the supreme position can she be completely relieved and settled.

Zhao Hao sighed slightly, and put his face close to Cheng You, and Cheng You also raised his head persistently, so that Zhao Hao could see the seriousness and seriousness in her eyes.

"Don't worry, I'm a person who takes a few steps at a time, and when I decided to go on the Northern Expedition, I already had a way back.

Even though there may be few people in the world who will believe me, I will continue to do so. ”

"Why!" Cheng Yu said impatiently, "Master, you don't need a back road now, as long as you try your best, you can quickly ascend to the supreme position.

The number of Dahan's qi has long been exhausted, and this world will be your world sooner or later. ”

"You don't understand." Zhao Haole said, "There is no banquet in this world, let alone a dynasty that does not fall, what I want to do is not only responsible for myself, but also responsible for history." ”

There is no dynasty that does not fall, and every time the dynasty ends, or foreign invasions, or when it is exhausted, it is not that there are no loyal people in the world who stand up and fight for the world.

But every time they have achieved success in their battles and have mastered a certain territory and power, they will bring with them the suspicion and jealousy that they deserve.

In order to protect themselves and protect everything they get, these ministers will also plan their own way back, and gradually embark on the confrontation with the imperial power, and the imperial power will also prevent this from happening, from the time they have a little achievement, they began to let go of suppression,

This has almost become an endless cycle, and even if the royal family is wiped out in later generations, this understanding will become the consensus of everyone.

Therefore, after a thousand years, people began to worship Cao Cao gradually, and did not believe that there was such a person as Zhuge Liang in the world.

They saw their own shadow in Cao Cao, and from Zhuge Liang's body, they could only see a great saint.

Because of the appearance of Zhao Hao, Zhuge Liang is only a capable minister, far from being a tragic hero who will eventually be unable to recover from the fortunes of the Han Zuo in later generations.

The power of example is endless, maybe there is no opportunity for a monarch and a minister in this life, but Zhao Hao is firm in his heart about the road he wants to take-

Unless the knife is on your neck, you will never rebel,

And he believes that the person who can hold the knife to his neck has not yet been born.

"Help me wash up tomorrow, and I'm going to have a good tour of Chang'an with Prime Minister Zhuge Cheng."

In the early morning of the second day, Zhao Hao asked Zhuge Liang to have breakfast together.

Breakfast is Lu Luan's craft, the rice is covered with roast meat, and then served with fresh vegetables, poured with sauce, fragrant and very attractive.

Zhuge Liang had never seen this way of eating, but he praised it and began to discuss the problem of cooking with Zhao Hao.

As the inventor of steamed bread in history, the smart Zhuge Liang has a lot of say in eating this link, Zhao Hao chatted with him more and more speculatively, and counted the things he had eaten in later generations one by one, and the envious Zhuge Liang was amazed.

Until the two rode together, Zhuge Liang seemed to be immersed in the world of food depicted by Zhao Hao and couldn't extricate himself, he sighed faintly, and said: "When the world is calm, Liang will also taste all the food in the world, and then I have to ask Zixuan for advice." ”

Uh, did the prime minister learn to cook? It's too beautiful to look at.

Zhao Hao casually raised his horsewhip and said: "The world will soon be completely calm, but the gentleman is far away from cooking, and the prime minister can't experience the fun of cooking." ”

"Hehe, when I was ploughing Nanyang, I cooked by myself, and on the way to escape, I also took Ziheng with me...... Hey, it's just that it was already quite good to be able to eat during those days, and where to talk about fun. ”

Later generations say that the Zhuge family is more chicken thieves, and the eggs are not put in one basket, so there are people in the three kingdoms, which is purely to use their own office philosophy to invent history,

When the young Zhuge Liang experienced the war, he was forced to flee, and he and his brother did not meet until many years later.

In the midst of the war, it is not easy to survive, and at that time, you can still think about betting long, but I am afraid that my brain will not be kicked by a donkey.

Seeing that Zhuge Liang accidentally reminded him of his sadness, Zhao Hao said embarrassedly: "It's all my nonsense, don't take it to heart." ”

"Hehe, where will it be, in fact, I also want to thank Zixuan for you."

"Thank me for what?"

"After entering Shu, I worked day and night, and the whole court had to rely on me, I always thought about it, when would I go back to Longzhong and take a look,

Look at the people who took me in that day,

Look at the green mountains and green waters over there,

Look at the acres of cattle over there.

Cao Wei is powerful, I once thought that it would take more than ten years to go back, as for my hometown Langya, hehe, every time I dream back, I am worried that I will never go back. ”

"I'm not afraid of Zixuan's jokes, every time I dreamed at that time, I dreamed that I led my troops to the Northern Expedition, and I didn't build an inch, and it was difficult to repay the first emperor.

Now that I have Zixuan, I finally stop having that nightmare, and I feel that the day of returning home is getting closer and closer. ”

Looking at the silent Zhao Hao, Zhuge Liang said faintly: "Zixuan, do you know why I tried my best to follow the lord and swear to the death?" ”