After Xue Li returned, Zhang Yi immediately returned to Yangzhou. He still has a lot of things to do, and staying here is a complete waste of time.

Seeing Zhang Yi retreat as promised, Liu Bei breathed a sigh of relief, he was really afraid that Zhang Yi would take away this hard-won foundation, even if he already knew that Zhang Yi wanted to attack Jingzhou, but being afraid was being afraid.

Withdrawn to Tatexian County, Zhang Yi began to talk about meritorious deeds, and the greatest merit in this battle was Xue Li, who was promoted to the rank of lieutenant of Zhongyi and led 2,000 cavalry to be stationed in Tatexian County. Hua Rong and Yang Zhi did not move, but Zhang Yi rewarded them with a lot of the property seized this time. Di Qing also received some rewards, his current official position is too high, and he has reached the peak for the time being.

The same is true for Zhu Zhi, Wei Wentong and others, who want to be promoted and accumulate credit.

After the reward, Zhang Yi set off again and returned to Shouchun. After returning to Shouchun, Zhang Yi had not reunited with his wife and daughter enough, so he had to face government affairs again. The first thing to deal with is the war in Guangling County, Master Shang and his apprentice took Meng Liang Jiaozan to bring back a large number of people from Guangling County, these need to be resettled, Lu Su has almost finished it, Lu Su is very good at this.

The three of Shang master and apprentice also need to be rewarded, and Zhao Yu will just give them a promotion. However, for the time being, they can only be stationed in Quanjiao and Jianyang, and now is not the time to attack Guangling.

"My lord, General Lin Fengxiang has sent a messenger."

"Lin Fengxiang?" Zhang Yi was surprised, he asked Lin Fengxiang to guard Huiji County, how could he send a messenger? "Please come in!"

After a while, a young man walked in and saluted Zhang Yi and said, "Huiji Wang Yun meets General Zhendong!" ”

Zhang Yi looked at this young man, from the time he came in to the time he gave the ceremony, he was completely courteous, and he didn't mean to be sloppy at all. Zhang Yi was thinking in his heart, there was another figure like an old pedant. He didn't dare to slack off, so he hurriedly returned the salute and asked him to sit down, for fear that if he slowed down, it would cause him to be dissatisfied.

After Wang Yun sat down, Zhang Yi picked up the name thorn that the messenger had just taken out, and the words written on it were Shouren. Wang Shouren? Zhang Yi immediately became suspicious, this can't be that Wang Shouren, right? But isn't Wang Shouren famous? How did it become a word?

Isn't it, just ask?

"Wang Shouren? Do you live in Huiji Yuyao? Has been lifted to filial piety? ”

"General Hui Zhendong, it's Wang Yun!" Wang Yun replied.

After confirming that Wang Yun was that Wang Shouren, Zhang Yi couldn't help but be curious, "Why did Lin Fengxiang send you to see me?" ”

Wang Shouren said: "A month ago, I went to General Lin's camp to join the army and offer General Lin the strategy of pacifying Shanyue. General Lin felt that what I said made some sense, so he sent me to explain it to the general in person. ”

Zhang Yi was even more curious, he thought that he had to wait for Zhuge Ke to grow up before he could find a better strategy! I didn't expect Wang Shouren to have a strategy. Based on Zhang Yi's understanding of Wang Shouren, this person is a person who does what he says, a dead brain, and will definitely not say some unreliable strategies.

"What's Shouren's plan?"

Wang Shouren stood up and said: "General Zhendong, the current policy of suppressing and appeasing seems to be feasible, but it is a symptom but not a root cause. Shan Yue is reckless, favoring saints, if they identify a person, they will live and die together. If they hate someone, they will fight him to the death. ”

Zhang Yi nodded, he understood this a little. Human beings, in the case of ignorance and backwardness, always need gods, so all kinds of myths come out, and all kinds of things that people cannot explain are deified. Shanyue was basically in the late stage of this state, equivalent to the Spring and Autumn period of the Han people. If the Han people had not experienced the enlightenment of a hundred schools of thought, they might not be much better than the mountains.

Wang Shouren continued: "Therefore, the general needs to set up an object of worship for Shanyue, a saint! ”

When Zhang Yi heard this, countless thoughts flashed through his mind, and then asked, "Then how can I ensure that this saint will not betray me?" ”

Wang Shouren was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Then the general will make himself a saint!" ”

Zhang Yi muttered softly and established himself as a saint, of course Zhang Yi wanted to do this. But how do you make yourself a saint? He asked Wang Shouren, "What should I do?" ”

Wang Shouren said: "When I entered the city, I saw a Taoist temple in the city, which enshrined the words heaven and earth? This must be the envoy's idea, right? ”

Zhang Yi nodded, "The Taoist inherits the will of Lao Tzu, and the five thousand words of "Lao Tzu" are all the principles of heaven and earth, so the Taoist should only worship heaven and earth. ”

Wang Shouren said: "Scholars know about this, but the people think that there is something mysterious about it. Now there is a saying in the outside world that generals are not mortals and do not need to worship gods. In addition, the general was invincible before, and this year there was a bumper harvest in Yangzhou, and they all thought that it was blessed by the gods, so the general had a complete foundation for establishing himself as a saint. ”

Zhang Yi frowned, he really didn't think that the Taoist temple he built by the way would have such a role. I can't believe that this Taoist temple will play a role in the issue of Shanyue.

"What should I do?" Zhang Yi asked.

"The general should not interfere in this matter, but should leave it to the Lord to carry it out."

"Ge Hong?" Zhang Yi looked at Wang Shouren, "What did he do?" ”

"Write a Taoist scripture!" Wang Shouren said: "Looking at the way of Buddhism, the Tao is heard by the scriptures, and the Buddha is prosperous by the gods. Establish a saint with the Word, and there will be scriptures to be recited! Its saints can learn from the Buddha and God, praise God with scriptures, spread widely, and can confuse people's hearts. ”

Zhang Yi frowned, "What kind of god is it?" Who are the gods of Taoism? ”

Wang Shouren said: "The gods of the Han Dynasty and the gods worshiped today are mainly the ancient sages (the three emperors and five emperors, including the Queen Mother, Taiyi, Chiyou, etc.), the god of the four seasons (the main god of spring, summer, autumn and winter), the god of the sun, the moon and the wind and rain (the god of the sun, the god of the moon, the god of wind, the god of rain), the god of the shrine (the god of the shrine, including the god of the mountain, the city god, etc.), if the general establishes the god, he must establish the god of the town!" ”

The god of Zhenyu is the god of rule, such as the Four Emperors, which is the Crape Myrtle Arctic Emperor, the Antarctic Immortal Emperor, the Gouchen Shanggong Emperor, and the Houtu Emperor. These are the gods of the town guard, so they are weighty.

Zhang Yi looked at him Wang Shouren, he really can't participate too much in the creation of gods, after all, it is he who wants to make it. He said to Wang Shouren: "I will leave this matter to you, can you handle it?" ”

Wang Shouren immediately bowed down and said: "I will live up to my mission!" ”

Zhang Yi warned: "Don't let too many people know about this matter, after it is done, the position of the auditor will be yours!" ”

Wang Shouren said: "Thank you, lord! ”

Zhang Yi wrote a warrant to Wang Shouren, asking him to go to Ge Hong, this matter is very important to him, as long as Shanyue can be leveled, then there will be basically no problem in the future to settle the Nanban, Qiangdi, Xiongnu, Wuhuan, Xianbei and other Hu people.

As for whether the warrant will be leaked, Zhang Yi really doesn't care! As long as his plan succeeds, even if the warrant is leaked in the end, it will only be sung, which is a great achievement!