Chapter Twenty-Nine: I Justify Wei Yan's Name

Wei Yan, Wei Wenchang.

It seems that when Wei Yan is mentioned, the first impression that comes to everyone's mind is that he is quite handsome, but he has a backbone in the back of his head and often has a heart of disobedience.

Alas, it is not surprising that everyone has such an opinion on Wei Yan, only to blame that Lao Luo played too much with fire when he was reprocessing his literary creation, and was too devoted to Zhuge Liang (deeply suspected that he was Kong Ming's brainless fan), in order to highlight Kong Ming's witty image as "heaven", Shengsheng made Wei Yan a chaotic minister and thief lurking in the Shu Han court, always wanting to subvert the great Shu Han Dynasty.

In the end, according to the clever plan arranged by Zhuge Liang before his death, he was attacked and hung up by Ma Dai behind his back.

Okay, let's restore history and see what kind of person Wei Yan is.

History: Wei Yan, the character is long, and he is from Yiyang (pay attention to the nationality of this goods, from Jingzhou). With the first master into Shu, there are several military exploits, and the general of the Yamen Gate.

Pay attention to "follow the ancestor into Shu with the trilogy", which shows that Wei Yan not only brought his own dry food to sell himself, but also brought a vote of people to defect. Just rushing to this, doesn't it still mean that Wei Yan's defection to Liu Bei was made after careful consideration and seeing that Liu Bei was a figure?

And Liu Bei's attitude towards Wei Yan is even more revealing.

Ren Qi is the general of Yamen, the general of Yamen, one of the miscellaneous generals, created by Liu Bei, and awarded Zhao Yun this position after the battle of Changbanpo.

Its responsibilities are: always accompany the lord, counsellor the military strategy, and lead the personal soldiers on behalf of the lord; When the lord personally conquered, General Yamen was responsible for leading his own soldiers to fight.

This is Liu Bei's attitude - trust and love, if Wei Yan has wolf ambitions, then the big ears who have wandered the world and experienced countless ups and downs will not be able to see through this joint?

Looking at Wei Yan's predecessor Zhao Yun, you must understand Liu Bei's intentions......

History: The first lord was the king of Hanzhong, Bayan was the general of Zhenyuan in Hanzhong, and he led Hanzhong Taishou, and the army was shocked!

At that time, everyone speculated that the candidate was Zhang Fei, one of Liu Bei's only two henchmen, and no one thought of Wei Yan, but the fact is that it ...... Wei Yan was exceptionally promoted and greatly reused, Wei Yan is also worthy of Liu Bei's kindness, he has been supervising Hanzhong for more than ten years, and Hanzhong is as stable as Mount Tai!

And the reason why Wei Yan's later ending was so tragic and even shocking was nothing more than two reasons:

1. After Zhuge Liang's death, the latter lord did not immediately bring the entire country into his control, which led to the unclear political line of the Shu Han dynasty in the post-Zhuge Liang era. The younger generation of Yang Yi, Dong Yun, and Fei Yi, who have grown up in the DPRK, said...... I don't want to fight......

So when Yang Yi and Wei Yan wrote to each other accusing each other of plotting misdeeds and wanton rebellion, and then the lord asked Fei Yi and Dong Yun who were loyal ministers and who were traitors...... They didn't say a word about Wei Yan, they just said that Yang Yi was a loyal minister, and it was because of their influence that the queen chose to give up Wei Yan...... And then believe in Yang Yi.

Second, Yang Yi plotted to kill Wei Yan under personal grudges, and Wei Yan, who was unprepared, finally fell into Yang Yi's trap.

Wei Yan, his patriotic feelings, after the dark clouds of history receded, were finally revealed to the world!

In short, as the most shining general in the middle and late Shu Han Dynasty, Liu Yong will definitely reuse this Wei Wenchang in the Northern Expedition in the future.

As for Wei Yan's request to go to Beijing to report on his work, this was a slight surprise to Liu Yong, but this was a good thing, and Liu Yong also wanted to hear the views of the famous general of the Three Kingdoms on the Northern Expedition.

After digesting the contents of the two letters, Liu Yong knocked on the car window.

"Your Majesty, what's the matter?" Chuntuo soon appeared in front of him

Liu Yong saw that Chen Zhen was still reading the two letters, and gently spit out a few words in his mouth: "Drive back to the palace and go to the palace." ”

After hesitating for a second, he said again: "In addition, summon the Prime Minister, Jiuqing, all the generals and officials of the Criminal Title Department to gather in the hall to discuss matters." ”

"No, the slave obeys." Chuntuo replied quickly, quickly turned around and ran to order.

Liu Yong received the news that Wang Shan committed suicide in fear of crime, so ...... The prime minister must have also learned about it, and the rest of the ministers have also learned or will soon learn about it.

Wang Shan is dead, he is not just a small county magistrate, he is the Pingyang Pavilion Marquis, the Liehou, and the top nobles of Shu Han!

It's not a cat or a dog, Pingyang Tinghou has become a dead man, no matter what the cause of death is, the court needs to give him a coffin! Therefore, instead of waiting for Zhuge Liang to summon the ministers to face the saint, it is better to take the initiative.

Moreover, doesn't Zhuge Liang like to exclude Jiuqing when discussing national affairs, so when Liu Yong convenes ministers, he will add Jiuqing.

This is not Liu Yong's unwanted to target the prime minister of the current dynasty, but a last resort before the prime minister is put in a cage. In Liu Yong's worldview...... The imperial power must prevail over the prime minister's power!

As for why Shu Han's Jiuqing is obviously respected, but the actual power is very small, of course, this is not the power limit forcibly drawn by a coaxing figure, but the existing embarrassing situation that they are congenitally stunted and naturally act.

For example, Taichang Lai Gong, he is the chief official of the Taichang Administration, and there are Taile, Taizhu, Dazai, Taishi, Taibu, and Taiyi under the six orders, and there are subordinate officials, small officials, and temple worshippers under the six orders. Hundreds or thousands of them form an operating system to carry out the normal ceremonies and sacrificial activities of the state.

He is not fighting alone, Lai Gong has a group of younger brothers behind him to give him a platform!

Correct...... Too often, it is equivalent to the Ministry of Etiquette, and there are too few important national affairs that have anything to do with them......

But Wei Wei, Guangluxun, and Tai Servant are different, they are positions with important functions and powers, and the reality is that they lack a systematic subordinate official, and there may be two subordinate officials who are only nominally related and do not subordinate to each other.

Li Yan was in the position of Guangluxun, and he was supposed to be the minister of the guards guarding the gate of the palace and the commander-in-chief of the palace affairs, but in fact, he was far away in Jiangzhou, and Jiuqing became an honorary title.

Why is this happening? The reason is actually as mentioned earlier, nominally the whole world is Han soil, but in fact only holds beneficial states, and the state pastoral officials of the Yizhou government have completely replaced their role, and they don't need to be equipped with a government office and a complete subordinate official system!

Without a group of subordinate officials waving their flags and shouting and endorsing important powers, it is not normal for the waists of the Shu Han and Jiuqing to be able to stiffen.

So this is also one of the reasons why Liu Yong supports Li Yan, as long as Zhuge Liang is still serving as the pastor of Yizhou for a day, Liu Yong will be afraid of one day.

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The Chamber

After Liu Yong arrived at the council hall, it took another half an hour for the courtiers to arrive.

After seeing the ceremony, the monarchs and ministers sat down, as long as it was not a big court meeting and a particularly serious occasion, the monarchs and ministers were still quite casual.

If you can't move, you will be degraded by such degrading as "slaves respectfully invite the emperor to Sheng'an", "I bow to An", "kneel to play" and "Kneel to be safe".

Zhuge Liang was the head of the courtiers, his eyes wandered, and before leaving the Prime Minister's Mansion, he received an edict from Liu Yong, an edict to complete the formal process, because of this edict, he also delayed for some time.

The content of the edict is not something that shocks the four seats, it is nothing more than spending more money on rice brocade silk every year, but Zhuge Liang is uneasy about this, and frequently issues edicts...... It means that the emperor is too restless, but it is all trivial things that are not painful, which shows that the emperor is very cautious and does not trust himself, and he is testing himself little by little.

So...... Break through little by little, although it is very slow, but there will be a day when you will have a sharp conflict with yourself!

This...... is what Zhuge Liang is worried about now, Liu Yong has been on the throne for almost a month, but he has not yet established a harmonious and benign relationship with himself, to put it bluntly, the division of power between the two sides is not clear!

His friendship with Emperor Zhaolie Liu Bei, that is, he was in charge of basic affairs and had the right to make suggestions, but all major military affairs were decided by Liu Bei himself.

As for the relationship with Liu Chan, he is in charge of all state affairs, and he also decides major matters by himself, and only needs to report to Liu Chan afterwards what decisions he made and why he made such decisions.

But...... Zhuge Liang felt that in Liu Yong's place, the method of dealing with Liu Chan would not work...... Although Imajo respects him abnormally, there is still a trace of ............ hidden behind the respect Alienation and ...... Wary!

"It's really difficult!" Zhuge Liang lowered his voice and sighed.

Sitting on the throne, Liu Yong naturally didn't know such complex psychological fluctuations of Prime Minister Zhuge under the steps.

He was sitting upright, leaning forward slightly, and went straight to the point, and said loudly: "I just received the news, Shifang Ling, Pingyang Pavilion Marquis Wang Shan...... It's gone! ”

"How did you die?" Liu Yong said here, pausing deliberately and glancing around.

The faces of the crowd were in full view.

Some people are indifferent, looking at the nose and the heart, and the eyes are slightly closed, just like wandering outside the world.

Such people are mainly Lai Gong and Wang Mou, and their age and qualifications are here, and it is hopeless for you to take another step forward for Jiuqing. I'm afraid that for them, there is no need to make a fuss when the emperor dies, and the brother will wait for death to eat......

There were also people, slightly surprised, and couldn't help but raise their eyes to look at Liu Yong on the throne, with curiosity and concern in their eyes.

Such people are mainly Liu Yan and Fei Yi. Either they are in high positions and have power addictions, or they are reserve cadres who have not yet taken up their posts and have no ears, eyes, and channels, but they care about all the avenues and gossip of the DPRK and central officials and ministers, and they are eager to fish in troubled waters and make a lot of money for their political capital.

And there are others, their faces are expressionless, their expressions are unwavering, obviously they have already known the news and the inside story, such a person, represented by Prime Minister Zhuge Liang!

Liu Yong looked at his ministers, "He hanged himself in the lobby!" He died a heroic death, wearing a brand-new official uniform, and hanging the seal ribbon on the beam, for fear that others would not know that he committed suicide!! ”

As he spoke, Liu Yong slowly got up, and when he said the last sentence, Liu Yong was already standing there and shouted loudly.