Chapter 68 Envoy to Jiangdong
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"No, the envoy is not a person who can take on it by the way, and Bo Song has attacked the public security city this time, Dongwu must hate you to the core, if there is an accident, the gain outweighs the loss" Liu Bei was also shocked by Zhuge Qiao, he didn't expect Zhuge Qiao to have this guts, now that the Han army has captured nearly three counties in Jingzhou, Sun Quan can give the envoy a good face.
"Your Majesty, the minister also thinks that the Zhuge guards are not suitable to envoy to Eastern Wu, after all, the Zhuge guards have made great achievements in Jingzhou, if Sun Quan turns his face and imprisons the Zhuge guards to threaten Your Majesty, then our army will be in a dilemma" Chen Zhen, the clerk, also stood up and objected, and every sentence of truth pierced into Liu Bei's heart;
Ma Liang was staring at Zhuge Qiao at the moment, as if he was pondering something, and he didn't move.
"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that it is not a good thing to send Zhuge Guards as envoys to Eastern Wu, Zhuge Guards, as the son of the Prime Minister, will not make Sun Quan feel that we are not sincere, and Zhuge Guards grew up in Jiangdong and are more familiar with Jiangdong, and there are Zhuge Jin as officials in Eastern Wu, Sun Quan will definitely not harm Zhuge Guards; In this battle of Jingzhou, His Majesty also saw the talent and strategy of Zhuge Guard, and it was personally taught by the Prime Minister, and the Prime Minister was good at arguing, and Zhuge Guard's guard was certainly not bad; Therefore, the minister thought that Zhuge Escort was the best candidate to go to Jiangdong Yanhe. Ma Liang carefully analyzed the situation and said to Liu Bei;
Zhuge Qiao stared at Ma Liang in disbelief, unable to let go for a long time; He didn't know why Ma Liang spoke for himself, and he said everything to the point, which made it impossible to justify; Ma Liang also felt Zhuge Qiao's blazing gaze shooting towards him, but he didn't intend to make any response, and continued to pretend to ponder.
"Your Majesty, the major affairs of the two countries, the minister thinks that Zhuge is too young to take on the guard, if there is a little bit of insecurity, it will incite the two countries to continue to fight, and please choose another person" Chen Zhen continued to propose; And Chen Zhen has also sent two envoys to Soochow in history, so it is not difficult to know why Chen Zhen repeatedly stopped him.
In fact, it was not Chen Zhen alone, and the civil and military officials behind him were also pulling their faces at this time, and they didn't seem to agree with Zhuge Qiao's envoy to Eastern Wu, but because of Zhuge Qiao's identity and his military exploits, he did not refute it head-on.
And Liu Bei was also in a dilemma at this time, although he was not worried at all that Zhuge Qiao would not be able to complete the task of envoying to Eastern Wu, because Zhuge Qiao's previous sentence of learning from the ancients and taking history as a teacher had made him completely trust; But he is still worried that Zhuge Qiao will have an accident in Dongwu, after all, Zhuge Qiao's talent can already be a good general in the world, how can Liu Bei, who is eager for talent, give up.
Seeing that Liu Bei had not made a decision for a long time, "Your Majesty, the last general knows that Your Majesty is worried about the safety of the last general; But if you don't enter the tiger's den, you can get the tiger's son, not to mention that my father is still an official in Eastern Wu, how dare Sun Quan have the intention of murdering me" Zhuge Qiao continued to ask for his life;
"Your Majesty, if you don't worry about Zhuge guarding one person, you can send another person to assist Zhuge escort to Jiangdong together" Ma Liang saw that Liu Bei had not yet made a decision, and persuaded again.
"Who can be sent to assist," Liu Bei replied as if grasping a straw; This also Zhuge Qiao finally breathed a sigh of relief, but he was also full of doubts, what kind of medicine did Ma Liang sell this gourd plum, and who did he want to send to accompany me.
Chen Zhen took a deep breath and stared at Ma Liang fiercely, there were not many people in the hall who could be sent as envoys, but he himself was one.
"Back to Your Majesty, my brother Ma Yan can take on this task," Ma Liang replied calmly, and there was no hesitation between raising his hands; Chen Zhen, who was next to him, finally breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the person recommended by Ma Liang;
Zhuge Qiao gasped again, the name Ma Jian was not unfamiliar to him, but on the contrary, it was very familiar; Ma Tan's use of soldiers - exaggerated, it is the evaluation of him by later generations, and it suddenly appeared in Zhuge Qiao's ears at this time, but it made him feel surprised, happy and afraid; I am glad that I finally met this person who was specially instructed by Liu Bei, but Zhuge Liang still dared to use it; I am afraid that Ma Jian will make the same mistake again, resulting in another missed opportunity.
"Ji Chang didn't say that I forgot, Ma's Wuchang, Youchang is second only to you; "Liu Bei said with a smile; And there seems to be a lot of trust in Ma Jian in his words.
Hearing Liu Bei's comment, Zhuge Qiao suddenly felt that he couldn't seem to face this fact, obviously when you were in the White Emperor City, you specially instructed Zhuge Liang to say that Ma Yan's words were exaggerated and unusable, why did he use it himself; Zhuge Qiao was full of questions, and he couldn't figure it out.
Just as Ma Jian stepped into the hall and looked at the moment when the seven-foot-tall and heroic young scribe in front of him came in, Zhuge Qiao suddenly thought of something; How did Liu Bei know that Ma Tan's words were exaggerated and could not be used, if there were no few examples to prove it, Liu Bei would definitely not come to such a conclusion, it would show that Ma Tan once held an official position by Liu Bei's side, and Liu Bei's last battle before his death was the Battle of Yiling, 'I see' Zhuge Qiao read silently.
"Your Majesty"
"Young Chang, do you dare to send an envoy to Eastern Wu" Liu Bei did not beat around the bush and said bluntly;
"Why don't you dare" Ma Jian didn't think at all, and responded directly, with a firm expression and a calm voice.
"Good! Sure enough, it is worthy of the five constants of the Ma family; Zhuge Qiao and Ma Jian listened to the order," Liu Bei ordered; The eyes immediately became unusually determined, as if something had been decided at this moment.
Zhuge Qiao and Ma Tan all walked to the position closest to Liu Bei in the center; Ma Jian was still wondering what His Majesty had sent him to Dongwu, but he was even more surprised that Zhuge Qiao had actually returned from the front line.
"Let the two of you go to Jiangdong to make peace with Sun Quan, Zhuge Qiao is Zheng, Ma Jian is right; Deputy set off tomorrow," Liu Bei ordered; He glared at Zhuge Qiao a few more times, as if hoping that he would change his mind.
"No," the two of them replied in unison; At the moment of holding his fist, Ma Jian looked at Zhuge Qiao, Zhuge Qiao also looked at Ma Tan, and the moment the two pairs of eyes looked at each other, Ma Jian finally solved the question in his heart, the reason why Zhuge Qiao came down from the battlefield was because of the imminent truce, and the reason why he wanted to send Dongwu; But thinking about the fact that a few days ago, my brother was still very distressed in the face of His Majesty's death; Now he suddenly changed his strategy, could this also be related to Zhuge Qiao, Ma Jian thought silently.
And when Zhuge Qiao looked at Ma Yan, he saw the firmness in his deep eyes;
"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that since Zhuge Guard is going to envoy to Eastern Wu, the current official position is the palace guard appointed by His Majesty in Zigui City; Now that he is still holding this position, the minister thinks that there is something wrong with it," Ma Liangjin admonished;
"What Ji Chang said is extremely true, I almost forgot about this matter, it is indeed inappropriate for Bo Song to make such a military exploit, but still hold the position of a guard; Zhongqing thinks that I should be appointed to Bosong, so as to show Bosong's merits," Liu Bei asked the ministers in the hall.