For this Peng Yi, Liu Bei actually did not have a deeper contact, but when he pacified Yizhou, Pang Tong and Fa Zheng recommended this person successively and praised this person for being quite talented. Moreover, this person had offended Liu Zhang before and was punished by Liu Zhang as a prisoner, so Liu Bei promoted Peng Yi to Zhizhong in order to show his virtuous heart.

Now that so many people have impeached this person, even though Liu Bei knows that there must be an inside story, but Peng Yi's official position is not small now, and he certainly does not dare to act arbitrarily about how to deal with this person, so he specially invited Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong, Fa Zheng and others to discuss this matter together.

Fa Zheng's expression was solemn, obviously Peng Yi's impeachment was indeed out of his expectations, and with his city government, he naturally knew who directed this good play behind the scenes, and who this play was played for.

Peng Yi is extremely conceited, which is very similar to Fazheng's surname, which is also an important reason why Peng Yi, as a native scholar of Yizhou, can become Fazheng's confidant.

And the people of Jingzhou picked Peng Yi, a Yizhou person, to start, but instead of directly using the Dongzhou scholars, they obviously also wanted to save face for the Dongzhou scholars, this section, of course, Fa Zheng also knew, but he couldn't tolerate it.

A person who has been spoiled by honor can easily lose his judgment, and Fazheng is in such a state now.

After reading those recitals, Fa Zheng said with a calm face: "Lord, I just think that these people are unfair to Peng Yongnian's impeachment. Yongnian's surname is a little unsociable, straightforward and fast-talking, sometimes it is inevitable to speak harshly, perhaps because of this, he has offended many people, so he has incurred such slander, the lord is clear-sighted, and he must not believe people's words. ”

Fa Zheng's rebuttal is also very ingenious, he first took the initiative to blame Peng Yi for "mean words" and retreated as advance, but he explained to Liu Bei that Peng Yi was impeached by so many people, not because he really violated the law, but because he was unsociable that he aroused the jealousy of others, and then he "slandered", and in a few words, he pushed Peng Yi to an innocent situation.

"'Everyone is pouring gold, accumulating and destroying bones', it seems that what Xiaozhi said is not unreasonable, Kong Ming and Shiyuan, I don't know what you two think of this matter." Liu Bei put himself in a neutral position.

Pang Tong sighed first, and then said: "Speaking of which, I am also responsible for this matter. Before I recommended Peng Yongnian to my lord, I actually only talked to him about some things in the world, and I felt that this person was quite knowledgeable, so I recommended it to my lord. However, now it seems that Peng Yongnian's talent is not as outstanding as I expected, and because of his surname, his personal emotions are too heavy when dealing with official affairs, and most of them are unfair, perhaps because of this, which caused everyone's injustice. ”

Pang Tong's response is also very old-fashioned, he skillfully transferred Peng Yi from the problem of surname to the problem of ability, because Liu Bei's way of employing people, advocating 'only the amount of appointment', then if Peng Yi's ability is indeed inconsistent with his official position, then there is naturally a reasonable excuse to disparage it.

Pang Tong first made the foreshadowing, and Zhuge Liang immediately said: "Shiyuan is reasonable. In fact, Liang had already heard that the group of bureaucrats had complained about Yongnian, and Liang did not dare to draw conclusions, so he privately investigated it in many ways, and found that although there was no big mistake in what this person had done since he was in power, there were many loopholes. And he is in a high position, but he is so incapable of handling official affairs, it is no wonder that the group of officials is not convinced. As for the crimes mentioned in the impeachment, Liang thought it was an exaggeration. ”

Zhuge Liang has made a final conclusion on Peng Yi's coffin, what he said is that this person's talent does not match his official position, and even if he is not punished, his official position will be demoted.

The status of Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong in Liu Bei's heart, of course Fa Zheng will not be unaware, he knows very well that Liu Bei is now so honored and favored, that is because he is thinking that he has merit, and that his Dongzhou scholars will be useful for the Northern Expedition in the future, which is very different from Liu Bei's trust in Zhuge Liang.

After listening to the words of the two people, Fa Zheng realized that he and the Dongzhou scholars were indeed jealous of others, and this time they were determined to suppress their arrogance. However, listening to the tone of the words, he didn't intend to put Peng Yi to death, obviously saving face for himself.

Fa Zheng is now in a dilemma, to protect Peng Yi or not to protect it? If he doesn't, he and Dongzhou Group will swallow this bitter water, and Peng Yi is his friend, if he doesn't speak for him, how should he explain to him in the future.

Fa Zheng's expression became more and more gloomy, and Liu Bei, who was quiet, saw it clearly, guessing that he was already leaning towards regression in his heart, so he said: "The two military advisors mentioned it like this, I seem to have remembered that the last time I asked Peng Yongnian to draft a decree, and the draft he handed in was a lot of omissions, and I didn't care much about it at the time. ”

Liu Bei also stood on Zhuge Liang's side at this time, after all, he already had the heart to suppress the Dongzhou scholars, and since Zhuge Liang and others proposed it first, they just took advantage of the situation.

As soon as Liu Bei said this, Fa Zheng couldn't be tough, after thinking about it, after considering the overall situation, Fa Zheng had to change his tone and said: "Yongnian's talent is still there, it may be that he was punished as a prisoner by Liu Zhang for many years, and he has not dealt with political affairs for a long time, so he will have some omissions, and I hope that the lord can give him a chance to correct it." ”

When Fa Zheng said this, he was obviously convinced, and the two military advisors were suddenly proud in their hearts. Of course, they tossed such a gas, they just wanted to give Fa Zheng a small punishment, since Fa Zheng had retreated, there was no need to kill them all.

So, Zhuge Liang said: "Fa Xiao is blunt, Liang knows that Jiangyang Taishou is still vacant, so it is better for the lord to let Yongnian take on this position, and it can be regarded as letting him have a good experience, and the time is right in the future, and it is not too late to reuse it." ”

Liu Bei nodded slightly, and asked Fa Zheng for advice: "Xiaozhi, what do you think of Kong Ming's military advisor's suggestion?" ”

Fa Zheng's serious expression was closed, he smiled faintly, and said: "Kong Ming's method is both humane and law-abiding, and it is indeed the best way, and I fully agree with it." ”

Seeing that the two courtiers had reached a consensus, Liu Bei also breathed a sigh of relief, and said: "Okay, according to your wishes, transfer Peng Yongnian to Jiangyang Taishou." ”

The next day, an order was issued on Peng Yi's appointment, and Peng Yi was ordered to leave for his post immediately.

This news caused a lot of shocks inside and outside Chengdu, and people with discerning eyes knew what the purpose of this matter was, but for Peng Yi's demotion to the official, no matter which side of the scholar was, they all had a kind of schadenfreude in their hearts. There is no other reason, that is, Peng Yi's temper is too stinky, and his mean surname not only annoys Jingzhou and Yizhou people, but even Dongzhou people don't have a good impression of him.

Therefore, except for Fa Zheng, no one interceded for Peng Yi. Peng Yi had no choice but to pack his luggage silently and leave Chengdu on a lonely evening to go to Jiangyang to take up his post.

On the day he left, only Fa Zheng came to see him off, and on the official road under the residual sun, there were only two of them and a servant, and the atmosphere was particularly lonely and desolate.

"Alas, the human affection is warm and cold, the world is hot and cold, I Peng Yi finally realized it."

With his back to the sun, Peng Yi sighed with resentment, maybe he had forgotten that it was not the first time he had experienced the heat and coldness of the world, and the last time he was sent out of Chengdu by Liu Zhang, it was also such a lonely dusk, and only Fa Zheng sent him alone.

"Yongnian, I'm sorry, I couldn't keep you."

It is rare that Fa Zheng will take the initiative to apologize to others, but even when he apologizes, he still holds his head up and looks confident.

Peng Yi gritted his teeth and said: "This matter is obviously that those Jingzhou people deliberately want to suppress us, filial piety, I wonder, according to your surname, why did you swallow your anger like this." ”

Fa Zheng sighed: "I thought about this matter for a while, but I can't completely blame others, during this period of time, we may indeed have gone too far, after all, the lord started in Jingzhou, and Jingzhou talents are the foundation of the lord's dependence, and the reuse of Dongzhou people such as us is far beyond Liu Zhang's time, if you are not satisfied, you can only make enemies yourself." ”

Peng Yi snorted and said disdainfully: "Filial piety, why do you want to be prestigious, the lord is from Jingzhou, but if it weren't for us to dedicate Yizhou to him, at this time he was still nesting in that small place in Jingnan, Cao Ye in the north, and Sun Quan in the east, how could he have the scenery of today." ”

In Peng Yi's complaints, he seemed to be disrespectful to Liu Bei, Fa Zheng's expression changed, and he said: "Yongnian, pay attention to your words, don't be rude to the lord." ”

Peng Yi thought that Fa was contrived, so he smiled and said: "There are only you and me here, don't pretend to be filial." In fact, whether it is Liu Xuande or Liu Jiyu, whoever can let me wait for the scenery we will be loyal to. Now that Liu Xuande is treating us like this, filial piety should also leave a way back. I think that Sun Zhongmou of Eastern Wu is also a master of Ming, so we might as well consider ...... Yizhou."

"Yongnian, shut up!" Fa Zheng cut off Peng Yi's wanton words with a word, his face was blue, and he said with a straight face: "Back then, we were snubbed by Liu Zhang, if it weren't for the lord, there would be the scenery we have today." We have received the grace of the Lord's knowledge, and we are doing our best to assist the Lord in achieving great causes, and we are also famous in history, how can we have dissenting thoughts because of a little dissatisfaction! ”

Peng Yi thought that he understood Fazheng, but he didn't expect Fazheng's attitude to be so resolute, and he was speechless for a while.

"Yongnian, I advise you to restrain your mouth, the so-called disaster comes from the mouth, if you are still so open-mouthed, you will regret it sooner or later in the future, and no one will be able to protect you at that time. Hello self-cherished, farewell. ”

Fa Zheng didn't want to say much to him, so he immediately brushed his sleeves out, only throwing Peng Yi on the avenue, and watched him gradually move away with a stunned face.

(To be continued)