Chapter 10 A bold move, using Ma Mengqi
"Your Majesty! The rebellion is uneven, how can we strengthen the country and rejuvenate the Han! A burly general arched his hand, looking respectful, but his eyes glanced at Liu Chan slightly, quite disdainful!
"The rules of the court meeting just mentioned!" Carefully probing this fierce general, Liu Chan was a little disliked, some generals are like this, they always put their inner thoughts on their faces at will, and never knew how to hide them.
"Chen Zhang Yi!" The fierce general snorted coldly: "The rebellion is uneven, Your Majesty doesn't think about how to quell the rebellion, but here you are tinkering with the rules of the court, the country is no longer a country, what is the use of so many rules!" ”
"Presumptuous!" Shooting the case, Liu Chan pointed at Zhang Yi, who didn't put himself in his eyes, and shouted.
"Someone!"
As Liu Chan drank it, the four black armor warriors immediately flashed into the main hall!
"Zhang Yi was insulted, dragged out and cut down!"
"No!"
Hearing this, the four black armorers responded and set up their wings to drag them out.
But I saw a person walking out with a board in his hand, bowed to Liu Chan, and said: "Minister, Your Majesty Wu Banqi, the rebellion in the two counties is huge, and General Zhang is also anxious for my Shu Han, but his temperament is a little anxious, I hope Your Majesty can forgive him this time!" ”
"Minister, Zhang is suspicious! I hope Your Majesty will forgive General Zhang this time! ”
"Your Majesty Li Huiwang forgives General Zhang this time!"
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There were several generals who pleaded for Zhang Yi one after another, looking at these pleasers, Liu Chan didn't expect that not long after Liu Bei's death, the hidden dangers of Shu Han's party were revealed.
The person who pleaded for mercy was not the Yizhou faction headed by Li Yan!
Liu Chan never expected that his first court meeting after crossing would be so embarrassing, such a situation, even if he had the heart to change the fate of Shu Han's destruction, he was afraid that he would be powerless because he had no power in his hands!
"What does Father think?" Liu Chan asked.
Now Li Yan is still in Yong'an Palace, the Yizhou faction has no leader, so they are hugging together, look at this posture, Liu Chan knows that this wing is unkillable, since this is the case, it is better to sell Kong Ming's favor, in exchange for the friendship of the Yizhou faction and the Jingzhou faction, after all, the friendship between the two parties is beneficial to Shu Han and no harm, on the contrary, the two factions are fighting, no matter what the outcome is, what is lost is the strength of Shu Han!
"Your Majesty, although General Zhang's words contradicted Your Majesty, but his original intention is really good, and now my Shu Han is struggling, and it is more important than ever to need a talent like General Zhang, I hope Your Majesty will put the society first and forgive his capital crime!"
"That's it! Since my father has interceded for you, I will spare you this time! However, capital sins can be avoided, but living sins cannot be escaped! From now on, you Zhang Yiguan will be demoted by one level and will be guilty of meritorious service! "Things have come to this point, lose some face, lose some face, as the so-called heroes don't suffer immediate losses, although Liu Chan is the emperor, he can't make decisions about political affairs, and there is no one under him, and it can only be more embarrassing if he continues to make trouble, so it's better to stop there.
"The population of my Shu country is already small, and the battle of Yiling is a serious loss, and now the troops are insufficient, and the source of troops is scarce, how to quell the rebellion? Do you not want to? I have a heart but no power! Now all the soldiers and horses of Shu Han add up to less than 100,000! And the three of Yonghong, Zhu Bao, and Gao Ding, with a total of more than 100,000 people, may not win or lose, but they are in danger of losing the country! If Cao Wei comes to attack at that time, how will our army respond? ”
"Now what my Shu Han needs is to repair the army and support the people, and during the autumn harvest this year, I need to send soldiers to help the people cut wheat! What does my father think? Liu Chan asked. In history, during the Yonghong Rebellion, Kong Ming did not immediately send troops to quell the rebellion, on the contrary, it took three years before Jianxing sent troops to quell the rebellion, so Liu Chan was sure that he would get Kong Ming's support.
"Your Majesty is benevolent and righteous, and the ministers are full of admiration, and you know that if a country wants to be strong, it must first strengthen the peasants! As long as there is enough food, we can raise enough soldiers and horses to rejuvenate the Han Dynasty, but now there is a serious shortage of farmers in our country, and agricultural production is lagging behind. Kong Ming said slowly.
Sure enough, Kong Ming opened his mouth, and no one objected to it, looking at this scene, Liu Chan couldn't help sneering in his heart, the power is down! If Kong Ming is allowed to do a word, how will this history change? It seems that it is time for you to cultivate your own forces! Liu Chan thought to himself.
After experiencing this court meeting, Liu Chan realized that things did not seem to be as simple as he imagined, if he wanted to change the fate of Shu Han, he needed to plan in detail, and the most urgent thing at present was to build his own power gang!
After the court meeting, Liu Chan stayed in the study for an afternoon, racking his brains to screen the target candidates he needed to woo, and these targets must not belong to the Jingzhou faction headed by Kong Ming, nor to the Yizhou faction headed by Li Yan!
Even if Liu Chan was a lover of the Three Kingdoms in his previous life, how could he distinguish the Shu Han generals so clearly, after all, there were few people who paid attention to the latter Three Kingdoms, so Liu Chan could only let Huang Hao write a list of neutral officials.
And on this list, there is one person who makes Liu Chan frown, that is Xiliang Jin Ma Chao!
Speaking of Ma Chao, Liu Chan couldn't help but sigh a little, recorded in the official history, although he was also a general of the Five Tigers, Ma Chao's life after taking refuge in Liu Bei was not comfortable, and he was frightened all day long, which was not mentioned in the romance.
But now, if Liu Chan wants to truly establish his own power, among the suitable personnel, Ma Mengqi is nothing more than the most capable one!
But the problem is here, for Ma Chao, the evaluation of later generations is mixed, this is mainly because Lao Luo Romance wrote Ma Mengqi as a loyal and courageous person, but in the official history, Ma Mengqi once ignored his father and brother's family, failed to resist Cao Cao, voted for Zhang Lu, and betrayed Zhang Lu not long after, and finally voted for Liu Bei, it can be said that he is very similar to Lu Bu, although his ability is high, but he has some flaws.
Although he was awarded the honor of hussar general, he could not enter the core of Liu Bei's group at all, and the main reason was that Liu Chan believed that the mountaineering of the Shu Han group during Liu Bei's period was too serious, and Liu Bei himself was actually guarding against Ma Mengqi.
But now it is different, if Liu Chan wants to really take power, there are only two ways, one is to have a showdown with Kong Ming, and the other is to take the risk of using Ma Mengqi!
Liu Chan knew that Ma Mengqi was depressed at this time, if he was willing to give him a chance, so that he could have the opportunity to hold real power and display his ambitions, he would definitely have a great chance to draw him into his camp!
"Huang Hao! Is the hussar general Ma Chao in Hanzhong now? After pushing the time carefully, Liu Chan guessed.
"Your Majesty, the hussar general is indeed in Hanzhong!"
"Secretly summoned him to see me!" Pointing at Huang Hao, Liu Chan said lightly.
"It's... The Prime Minister's side? Huang Hao said with some uncertainty, you must know that the prime minister's power is very great now, and it is not a trivial matter to call the generals back without permission, and he can't afford to take responsibility.
"Father's side, I will go and say, you just do it!"
"Slaves obey!" After saluting, Huang Hao immediately retreated.
"Meng Qi, Meng Qi, I really don't know if it's right or wrong to enable you?" In the quiet study, I could only hear Liu Chan muttering.