Chapter 357: Loyal Ministers and Righteous Soldiers

Xinfeng, the camp of the Qin army. Zhuge Liang, Zhong Xuan, Mi Zhu, Jian Yong, Zhao Rong, Zhuge Jun, Gao Xiang and others were all dressed in white and robes, mourning for Liu Bei, the Duke of Qin.

The soldiers cut down a few giant trees, and Zhuge Liang personally built a coffin for Liu Bei, and a place with good feng shui was found, and Liu Bei was buried with the gift of a prince.

"With the ability of the lord, he could have been able to divide the world into three parts, achieve the hegemony of the king, and call the emperor in the south, but unfortunately he died at the hands of Liu Qi, resulting in the failure of the emperor's business, even when he was buried at the end of his life, there were only a few of us, and the tomb built could not be called a mausoleum. But in our hearts, we recognize him as the emperor, and a few of us can privately serve as Emperor Zhaolie of the Han Dynasty, and the mausoleum of the lord is called Huiling. Although this move is an arrogance, it also fulfills the wish of the lord before his death, not to mention that we are all dying, so why should we be afraid? ”

Looking at Liu Bei's tomb, Zhuge Liang said slowly to Zhong Xuan and the others beside him in a low voice.

Naturally, these people have nothing to say, anyway, it's just a false name in their hearts, so what dare they not admit? What's more, as Zhuge Liang said, they are all dying, so what's so terrible?

At this moment, only the sound of stomping on the ground came from the surroundings, Zhuge Liang and the others knew that it must be Zhou Yu who led the army to capture a few of them, but they did not feel a trace of nervousness in their hearts.

Only Gao Xiang was an exception, this young man who resolutely refused to surrender with an impulse and was promoted to the general of the expedition to the north by Zhuge Liang felt that he could not bear such a great pressure when he saw tens of thousands of enemy troops slowly coming in front of him, his face became pale, and his whole body trembled involuntarily.

Although this time he only captured these dozens of enemy troops who had no power to resist, Zhou Yu still took the matter seriously and personally led his elite soldiers to rush over. When he saw the calm and calm few civil and military generals, as well as the dozens of soldiers under their command who regarded death as home, he couldn't help but be in awe.

Although they are only a few people, they can calmly and calmly look at them under the siege of tens of thousands of troops, not because they are not afraid of death, but because they have regarded death as a kind of glory. It is their supreme honor to be able to die faithfully.

Historically, those loyal ministers who regarded death as their home existed in any period, but now they are all vividly embodied in them, what they represent is a kind of integrity, a kind of spirit, and the embodiment of the national spirit of the entire Chinese nation. This spirit is the backbone of the Chinese nation.

How many such figures have inherited this inheritance in their later generations? They are loyal to their country. Loyal to his beliefs, no matter how coercive and tempting the enemy is, he can always be righteous and awe-inspiring, heroic and unyielding.

It was precisely because of this respect that Zhou Yu did not order someone to forcibly capture them, but dismounted, like friends, and politely invited them to the barracks. He ordered them to be taken care of, and later he ordered them to be helped into the carriage. Sent to Chang'an.

After Liu Qi in Chang'an heard the news that Liu Bei died of illness and Zhuge Liang and others would rather die than give in, he also sighed in his heart, and hurriedly found Zhang Fei to apologize in person, and wrote a letter to Zhao Yun in Xuzhou to express his apologies, because his promise to leave Liu Bei's life was not fulfilled. At the same time, he also presented himself to the Son of Heaven, asking for Liu Bei to be posthumously named the king of Han Zhaolie, and praised Liu Bei's efforts to restore the Han dynasty, and also praised Liu Bei's son Liu Chan as the Duke of Anle. Ordered Liu Chan to move to Jingzhou, take Xiaoling County as the public security, let him live here with food, clothing, rent and taxes, and spend the rest of his life in peace, and for the sake of the Han clan, he was called his younger brother to appease Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun's hearts, and of course, he also wanted to accept the civil and military ministers who were loyal to Liu Bei.

Of course, this does not include Gao Xiang, Zhou Yu could see the fear in this person's heart at a glance, so after only a little intimidation, he gave up the insistence in his heart and announced his surrender.

And Zhuge Liang is different, they are not only famous, but also loyal, they have long held a will to die, even if Liu Qi personally persuaded him to surrender, he was not at all sure in his heart.

In order to persuade him to surrender, Liu Qi did not hesitate to use 100,000 urgent military orders, respectively from Xuzhou to transfer the general Mi Fang of the Fu army, and from Xiangyang to serve Zhuge Jin, so that they could play the card of family affection and persuade Zhuge Liang and Mi Zhu to surrender.

Unexpectedly, Mi Zhu did not hesitate to refuse the persuasion of his brother Mi Fang, and said calmly: "It is enough for our Mi family to have brothers, and now you are too shou for the East China Sea, which is enough to make my Mi ancestor win glory, as long as you follow Chu Gong to work hard in the future, you will definitely have a bright future, virtuous brother, you will go one step first for your brother, your sister-in-law and nephew, will be handed over to you to take care of in the future." ”

After finishing speaking, Mi Zhu walked out of the gate proudly, willing to kill.

Liu Qi persuaded hard, but saw that Mi Zhu never nodded, and had no choice but to fulfill his name of loyalty.

And Jian Yong was even more resolute, he had been on hunger strike since he was captured, and he never saw anyone again, and finally got the opportunity to hit his head against the stone pillar and died......

Zhong Qi was deeply ashamed because of the surrender of Liu Bei in order to protect himself, and he was bent on death, but Liu Qi knew that the regular script had not yet been developed, and Zhong Hui had not yet been born, so he resolutely did not allow Zhong Xuan to die, and lured Zhong Xuan with the not very good italic script he wrote, but Zhong Xuan finally agreed not to die, but he resigned from all official positions and was willing to live in seclusion.

Zhao Rong was famous for saving Liu Chan, so as to obtain a high position, but he knew that his ability and reputation were not a little worse than those of several other people, seeing that Liu Qi treated him politely, and promised to be the general of Guangwei from the fourth grade, he agreed to surrender, Liu Qi saw that this person could know how many catties and taels he had, but he looked down on him.

In the end, Liu Qi had to face Zhuge Liang and Zhuge Jun brothers.

Zhuge Jun is okay to say, with the persuasion of the eldest brother Zhuge Jin, after some hesitation, he still agreed to surrender to Liu Qi and was awarded the Guanglu big axe.

But Zhuge Liang's persuasion really encountered the biggest dilemma in history.

In fact, Liu Qi still admires Zhuge Liang, first of all, this person is indeed not an incompetent person, although judging from his appearance, there is still a big gap between Guan Zhong and Le Yi who he flaunted at the beginning, but Liu Qi knows. This is not entirely his personal reason, in history, he single-handedly supported the entire Shu Han, and with a weak Shu Han, he actually sent troops to the north to attack Cao Wei six times. Although all of them ended in failure, it is a miracle that he can make the Shu Han regime take the initiative in the war against Wei as long as he is in one day.

In addition, although he was slightly lacking in strategy, but his talent in the regular army was recognized, and his eight formations were still approved by Li Jing until the Tang Dynasty, when Zhuge Liang died of illness in Wuzhangyuan, after the Shu army retreated. Sima Yi watched his camp and praised him as "the genius of the world". His military books "Southern Expedition", "Northern Expedition", "Northern Exit", etc., also made certain contributions in later military circles

In terms of governing the country, Zhuge Liang's talent is even more rare, even Jia Xu has to admit: "Zhuge Liang is good at governing the country." Sun Quan even gave a very high praise: "The prime minister is bequeathed and assisted, and the country is rich and criminal." Although Yi Yin Ge is in the emperor, Zhou Gongguang is in the four tables. Nothing could be further from that. ”

The historian even praised: "Zhuge Liang is the prime minister of the country, cares for the people, shows rituals, makes appointments with official positions, follows the power system, and is open-minded." preaching justice; Those who are loyal and beneficial will be rewarded even if they are revenged, those who violate the law and neglect will be punished, those who admit guilt and lose their feelings will be released even if they are serious, and those who are clever in rhetoric will be killed; Good is not rewarded, evil is not degraded; Refinement. Physics is its foundation, following the name and being responsible, and hypocrisy; Finally, within the state, those who are afraid and loved, and those who have no grievances despite the harshness of the criminal government, admonish Ming Ye with their intentions. It can be described as a good talent for knowledge and governance, and the management and Xiao are the best people. ”

Li Yan and Liao Li were punished by Zhuge Liang for their crimes and were deprived of their official positions, and later heard that Zhuge Liang had passed away, and they all sighed for it, and Liao Li sighed: "I will be the left in the end." Li Yan fell ill and died of despair.

In terms of economy, Zhuge Liang built a mountain and river weir in Hanzhong to "irrigate more than 8,000 acres of Chengtian, more than 30,000 acres of Zhengxian Tian, and more than 7,000 acres of Guanjiu County, totaling more than 46,000 acres." "Zephi is more than 1,800 years old.

What is more respectable is Zhuge Liang's personal quality, Zhuge Liang is loyal to the country, and truly achieved the eight words of "bow and die and die", becoming a model of loyal ministers in later generations, Zhuge Liang is the dignity of the prime minister of Shu Han, there are only 800 mulberries in the family, and 15 acres of thin fields. "As for the ministers in the field, there is no other arrangement, they carry food and clothing, they all rely on the officials, and they do not treat their lives with long size." It's really amazing to have a breeze like this.

It is precisely because of these reasons that Liu Qi still has great respect for Zhuge Liang's talent, so he decided to try his best to recruit him, so Liu Qi transferred Zhuge Jin, wanting to impress Zhuge Liang with the family card, and prepared some words, intending to blame him with righteousness, and even he could ignore the dissatisfaction of some generals under his command, and promote this young man who was only twenty-seven years old to Shangshu Zuocheng, assisting Shangshu Ling Jia Xu, second only to Shangshu Ling Jia Xu and left and right servants in terms of authority.

Liu Qi thought that he would be able to recruit Zhuge Liang as a great talent no matter what. But this time, he realized that he was very wrong.

As soon as Zhuge Jin saw Zhuge Liang, Zhuge Liang asked categorically: "Brother, when you were ordered to go to Chang'an to return Nanyang, did the foolish brother ever persuade him to surrender?" ”

Zhuge Jin was stunned for a moment, shook his head and said, "No." ”

Zhuge Liang said: "If the foolish brother persuaded his brother to surrender, would the brother agree?" ”

As soon as Zhuge Jin's face changed, he knew Zhuge Liang's intentions, but he still stubbornly said: "Duke Chu is as kind to the foolish brother as a mountain, how can the foolish brother abolish the country's major affairs with his personal feelings?" But that's no longer the case......"

"Hehe, it is exactly like this, the foolish brother did not have a word of persuasion to the elder brother, today's younger brother's ambition is not the same as the elder brother, the younger brother received the grace of the prophet's knowledge, although the bones are broken, there is no way to reciprocate, although it is valued by the Duke of Chu, how can he be apostasy? Brother is now a great Chu Shangshu, Liang expects to use the ability of the lord, as long as he does not lose his enterprising spirit, he will definitely be able to calm the world in the future, and then my Zhuge clan should also be famous in the world, and the family affairs do not have to worry about the younger brother, the younger brother's family is small, and they are all in the hands of the Duke of Chu. ”

After finishing speaking, Zhuge Liang issued an eviction order and drove Zhuge Jin out of the prison door, although he saw Zhuge Jin in tears, he didn't say anything more. (To be continued......)