Zhang Bin entered the palace to persuade Shi Le, wanting to make a final effort, but in the end he returned in vain. But when he made such a trip, even if he had ears and eyes to report to Cheng Yao, Cheng Ziyuan had discussed with Zhang Jing, and hurriedly came to meet Shi Le to strengthen his heart for a decisive battle.

Cheng Yao said first: "Taifu's words yesterday are clearly compared to Zhuge Liang, and His Majesty is Liu Bei. Liu Bei listened to Zhuge Liang, but there was the victory of Chibi and the annexation of Shu; Once you don't listen to Zhuge Liang, Yiling will be defeated, and you can only entrust it with your heir. Ranchen thinks that His Majesty is only a high Han ancestor, how can Liu Bei be compared? Liu Beidong's invasion of Wu may not be a mistake, if he can be a general like His Majesty, how can Lu Xun deserve it? ”

Shile waved his hand, that means, this flattering nonsense will end here.

But Cheng Yao calculated the words full of words, naturally he didn't vomit or be unhappy, and he said: "Listening to Taifu's words, not only did I expect Pei to usurp, but I also wanted to usurp it, so I didn't want the whole army to go west, so I only sat down." For example, in the past, the Yuan brothers, Cao ** was urgent, and if he was slow, then if His Majesty was as Zhang Zhongshu said, Zhang Tart fell, even if the ancestor died, Pei and Xun would also be together, and they would not usurp it. Zhang Zhongshu Zeng Yun, Cao Cao is very worldly and has seven, does not usurp, fifty and knows the destiny of heaven, only sighs Lao Ji Fu Fang. Now Pei is just standing, why should he be in a hurry?

"However, if Your Majesty retreats, and there is no warning signal in the country, Pei will inevitably take advantage of the time, and the illness of the ancestor may be difficult to cure, so with the ability of the Xun family, can it be stopped? When the time comes, Chang'an, Luoyang, and shake their hands, although Wang Dun is in the south of the Yangtze River, after all, it is difficult for the southern soldiers to release the boat and compete with the Central Plains knights, what is the problem? Naiyun Jin people have a gap to take advantage of, isn't it also ridiculous? Your Majesty also asked you to think carefully about what the minister said in the past, and Taifu Gu loved Pei and ......"

What did Cheng Yao say in the past? He had already taken Zhang Bin's eye medicine in front of Shi Le, saying that Zhang Bin did not assist the Heavenly King, so that Shi Zhao had the ambition and confidence to defeat the Jin people and unify the world, and even in a sense, he would feel that he would not be able to divide for a long time, and he would eventually be defeated. But he is Shi Zhao's important minister, unless Shi Le leads the crowd to surrender, otherwise it will not end well if it falls into the hands of the Jin people. Therefore, Zhang Bin tried his best to push Pei to usurp, because Pei should have a good relationship with him, and he used to be in the camp together, touting each other, and almost having the affection of "big and young", then only Pei should be called the emperor and then destroy Zhao, and Zhang Mengsun could get a way to live.

In short, it is to turn around and slander, saying: Zhang Bin is disloyal!

When Shi Le heard this, his face was gloomy, and he was silent.

Cheng Yao gave Zhang Jing a look, and Zhang Jingnai said: "If Mrs. Zhang really has the ability of Zhuge Liang, or can slowly accumulate and make Jizhou majestic in the world." However, His Majesty thinks about it, Zhuge Kong Mingzhi Shu, and the road is not left behind, that is, after his death, the people also think about the ancestral hall sacrifice, can Mrs. Zhang Fu have it? In Xiangguo, there is very little civil planning......"

Zhang Bin took Zhuge Liang as an example, but in fact, he should be compared to Zhang Liang and Chen Ping, who were advisors in the early Han Dynasty. He is quite talented in planning the overall situation, strategizing, and even building systems at the macro level, but he is short in dealing with the people - at least he doesn't want to develop in this direction. In Zhang Mengsun's view, I can plan the general trend, if I really want to grasp the military, government, and civilian, are I not afraid of being jealous of the master? Zhuge Liang also got Liu Bei's death before he dared to gather military and political power.

So Zhang Jing said, is Zhang Bin as good as Zhuge Liang? Can he really make my Zhao develop more than the Jin people through several years of accumulation? "If Your Majesty is better than Henkel, there may be no Xiao and Cao among the ministers, on the contrary, Pei should be built in Guanzhong, which is quite curious, or Pei Wei is Xiao and Cao's generation. If, as Mrs. Zhang said, the phase and the accumulation, I will not be as good as Guan Zhongming! ”

Shi Le nodded and said, "This is reasonable. However, since I have made up my mind, why should I keep bothering with my plan? Am I the one who changes the day? ”

So Zhang Jing looked at Cheng Yao again, and Cheng Yao said: "Your Majesty, have you ever heard of Zhong Hui's attack on Shu?" In the past, Sima Zhao wanted to destroy Shu, and when the ministers were all wrong, only Zhong would try his best to pinch him, and he ordered him to be the general, leading 100,000 people to Hanzhong. Xicao belongs to Shao Yi and Yun, Zhong Hui is single and has no heavy responsibilities, so it is better to make others generals. Sima Zhao Naiyun: 'Everyone says that Shu cannot be defeated, then the people's hearts hesitate, wisdom and courage are exhausted, if they are forced, they will inevitably be captured by the enemy; Only Zhong will be the same as the lonely, so he will send Shu to cut down. ’”

Shi Leduo is a smart person, and he immediately understood the meaning of Cheng Yao's words-"Qing's words, shouldn't you make Taifu Zuo cut down Jin?" ”

Cheng Yao arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty's holy candle shines, naturally it is not difficult to weigh the pros and cons. Since Taifu does not want His Majesty to go out with all his divisions and attack Luoyang, his wisdom will be exhausted, and I am afraid it will be difficult to plan for His Majesty. And in fact, I love Pei Cai...... "The implication is that if Zhang Bin is made to join the expedition and plan a strategy, I am afraid that he will deliberately drag you back - of course, this can be said to the point, it is unnecessary, and it cannot be said too clearly."

Shi Le propped up the table with his hands and was silent. Listen to Cheng Yao continue: "Zhang Zhongshu also has the ability to strategize and win a thousand miles, even Taifu does not dare to despise it. Then there is Zhang Zhongshu, and His Majesty is sacred and heroic, and the military lives, are you afraid that you can't destroy the robbers and drink the Yellow River? But he no longer mentions the comparison of Fang Cai, if Zhang Jing is compared to Zhonghui, it will be too unlucky.

Shi Le replied: "I know what I said, and I will step back first, and let me think twice." ”

In the original history, it is said that Shi Le and Zhang Bin Jun and Chen got along, pinned their hearts, and always appointed without doubt, after Zhang Bin died, Shi Le wept for it, Gu left and right said: "Heaven does not become my evil, how to take my right marquis early!" However, peeling back the pretentious words in the history books and studying the relationship between the two, can Shile's generation of heroes really open their hearts and minds completely and have no doubts about a wise and resourceful person like Zhang Bin?

After all, Zhang Bin is just Shi Le's mastermind, looking at his actions, he has never been in the army, and the newly created position of "big law enforcement", although it is said that "the chief of the government and the head of the crown bureaucracy", is actually just a false title, because Zhang Bin's official position is still only the "right long history" of King Zhao. Moreover, even if Liu Bangzhi and Xiao He, cloth and clothes intersect and accompany each other all the time, Xiao He is forced to "buy more land and borrow money to defile himself", for example, how many feudal emperors are not suspicious?

- Maybe only Fu Jian is an exception, he dared to entrust the whole army to Wang Meng to destroy Yan. But it was precisely because Fu firmly believed that people were too much, so he was later betrayed by the Yao family and the Murong family, and died and the country was destroyed.

In the original history, the last few years of Zhang Bin's life may not have been very comfortable. Cheng Yao slandered Shi Le through his sister, saying: "Zhang Pi and Zhang Bin are rangers, and the doormen and guests are more than 100 times a day, and everything is expected to return to them, and it is not for the benefit of the society, so it is advisable to remove the cloth for the country." So Shi Le casually found an excuse and executed Zhang Pi as a warning to Zhang Bin. Zhang Mengsun did not dare to say this, which led to Cheng Yao acting as the right long history and then dictating the government.

In this timeline, Zhang Pi was killed by Cheng Ziyuan's plot a few years earlier, and Zhang Bin's power shrank greatly because of this. It can be said that although Cheng Yao, Wang Gong and others conspired, they failed to completely bring down Zhang Bin, but after all, there were many schemes, and "three people became tigers", then Shi Le's trust in Zhang Bin had already begun to deteriorate a few years in advance.

Moreover, in the original history, Shi Le used Zhang Bin's strategy, and after the northern occupation of Xiangguo, it can be said that it was basically smooth sailing militarily, and he did not suffer too many setbacks, so he would naturally be grateful for Zhang Bin's strategy and feel that he could not leave the "Right Hou" for a moment. But history has been changed by Pei Cai, in the past few years, Shi Zhao has suffered setbacks in many ways, and this year he was defeated in Bingzhou, losing Taiyuan County, which is extremely important in strategic position, so Shi Le's view of Zhang Bin will naturally be different from the original.

In addition, Cheng Yao found a new entry point for slander, and then through his sister Chenghou, he blew the pillow wind to Shi Le many times, to the effect that Zhang Mengsun's plan gradually failed, not a problem of ability, but a problem of attitude! Zhang Bin is intentionally or unintentionally supporting Pei Gai, then his loyalty to the Heavenly King may not be comparable to the past!

Shi Le naturally can't doubt this, but it is inconvenient for him to question Zhang Bin directly, he just observes it coldly, which seems to be what Cheng Yao said, and it is not unreasonable...... In fact, Pei Gai's momentum has been established, and it is not easy to weaken it, and it is far away, even if Zhang Mengsun has the ability to penetrate the heavens and the earth, it is impossible to directly affect Pei Gai - in the same way, Pei Gai can't directly get rid of Zhang Bin - but if you take preconceived ideas and look at the problem from a different angle, you will naturally come to a completely different conclusion.

Therefore, today, Cheng Yao compared the matter of Zhonghui, and added the last weight, which finally made the balance in Shi Le's heart completely tilted.

So the next morning, Shi Le decided that the two counties of Leping and Shangdang would take a defensive position, and then raise all the soldiers and horses of Youping and Ji, and he personally led the army to attack Jin in the south. Cui Xuan, who had already been instructed by Cheng Yao, took the opportunity to bring up the conversation and asked: "Murong Fang Po Yuwen, his momentum is strong, if the Youzhou soldiers are transferred to the south, and Murong comes to disturb, I don't know what to do?" Your Majesty must first decide. ”

Cheng Yao came out of the class and said: "The ministers have to report that Murong Diao had to be helped by Wen Qiao before, retreated to Tuoba, and defeated Yuwen, but he made an agreement with Wen Qiao to send troops to help Liu Kun and Cui Yu in the east, so most of them will not come to disturb Youzhou." Although General Youzhou Kong led his troops south, he had to keep his affairs secret, and His Majesty should make a heavy minister to suppress Youzhou on behalf of him, so as to stabilize the northern border. ”

Shi Lecai said that the Youzhou soldiers were transferred south, and he didn't mention that Kong Chang would also go on the expedition, but Cheng Yao seemed to have decided that Kong Chang and Youzhou soldiers were one and two, two and one, and if they wanted to go, they would pack up and go. Hearing this, Shi Le couldn't help but smile and asked, "In Qing's opinion, who is the best to calm down?" ”

Cheng Yao held the wat version in his hand and made a clear statement: "I'm afraid it has to be too much!" ”

When Zhang Bin heard this, he couldn't help but be surprised. He was by Shile's side, although he was known as the president's hundred bureaucrats, in fact, he was always just a staff officer, and whenever the army moved, he would inevitably follow and give advice at any time. But Cheng Yao's words clearly said: This southern expedition, you don't need to be too fu, so don't follow it......

If it was a violent temper, he would jump out on the spot and ask Cheng Yao: What do you mean by this?! However, Zhang Bin has always had a gentle temper, and he himself knew that Shi Le was becoming more and more estranged from him, so he was shocked and turned his head to observe Shi Le's expression. Seeing that Shi Le seemed to be smiling, he turned his face, met his eyes, and then asked, "Is Tai Fu willing to worry about me?" ”

Zhang Mengsun couldn't help but sigh in his heart, it didn't seem that he was going south with the army, this was not an idea that Cheng Yao came up with temporarily, he must have hinted at the Heavenly King, and at least got his tacit approval. So what should you do? Crying and wiping tears to express loyalty, do you want Shile to take himself? Or is this battle in danger, and if you don't take me with you, you will lose? This is the true way to die!

In the end, Zhang Bin had no choice but to bow down and say: "The life and death of the minister, honor and disgrace, are all in the mind of Your Majesty, how dare you go against Your Majesty's order......"

So Shi Le ordered Cheng Yao to be the governor of grain, materials, and mobilize the army, expecting a month later, he personally went out to join the army, with Zhang Jing as the army, Guo Ao as the vanguard, and led Kong Chang, Wu Yu, Lu Ming and other seventeen generals, 130,000 soldiers and horses, 300,000 to the outside world, and went south to attack Jin!

As for the specific route of the march, the main goal is naturally inconvenient to discuss between the court and the public, and it is necessary to prevent the leakage of news, so that the Jin people have precautions in advance.

A month's time, not short, but not long, must immediately go to Youzhou, to Kong Chang to prepare to lead the army south to help, so he urged Zhang Bin to pack up, go north as soon as possible, and act on behalf of Kong Chang as the governor of Youzhou. When Zhang Bin heard this, he felt even more depressed - you have to exclude me even for specific military planning and early deployment......

returned to the mansion and ordered his family to pack their luggage, and Zhang Mengsun sat alone and sulked. From time to time, there were reports from the door, saying that some officials asked to see him - although Zhang Bin was honest and self-controlled, rarely interacted with people, and "kept away from personal nicknames", after all, there were still so many relatives and friends, or party henchmen, but he waved his hand and did not make excuses. Zhang Binxin said that my political future can be said to be basically finished, even if the king can really return victorious this time, it is estimated that I only have to vote for my idle life, so why bother others?

In the past few years, Cheng Yao originally had the meaning of gradually driving above himself, so he went to Youzhou, and he Cheng Ziyuan was completely alone in the court, and he could act arbitrarily. That guy has always been jealous, and he has been fighting with me for power and profit, for nearly ten years, if I see someone today, this person will be harmed by Cheng Yao in the future!

Zhang Mengsun couldn't help but ask himself, why did he come to this point?

He couldn't say how ambitious he was, but when he defected to Shile with a sword, he said: "I have seen many generals in my history, and General Duhu can achieve great things together." This so-called "big event" is just a lifetime, as for the Central Plains, it is still guided by the situation and gradually formed ambitions. At first, the development seemed to be quite smooth, so that Shile got rid of the situation of a rogue and occupied the country of Xiang, gradually expanding his territory. For a while, Zhang Mengsun really thought that the heavens would protect him, and the cause of the king could be expected!

However, after Pei Gai escaped from the camp, he immediately revitalized the Northern Expedition within a few years, which actually revitalized the originally declining Jinshan...... Shi Zhao is under increasing external pressure because of this, and it is only natural that the internal changes will take place.

For a moment, Zhang Bin really had a hatred for himself! I can be "General Hu", different from Liu Hanzhu's generals, but I can't meet Pei Wenyue, when I first met, I thought I was a scholar, even if I parted ways, I only thought he was Chen Ping's first-class Wang Zuozhi. Who would have thought that it was Cao Mengde!

(The end of the eleventh volume of "Yulei Jinglunyuan")

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