"Ladies and gentlemen, you must have known the news that the lord plans to marry the Wu family, I don't know what everyone thinks?"

As the host, Mi Zhu couldn't wait to ask for everyone's opinions after showing the tea to the guests.

Pang Tong took a sip of tea and said simply: "Do you still need to think about it, Fa Xiaozhi gave this idea to the lord, it seems that he is trying to win over Yizhou scholars, but in fact, it is not for him Dongzhou scholars." ”

Pang Tong was still so straightforward, and he broke Fa Zheng's intentions in one sentence.

"Now that the scholars in Dongzhou are in the limelight, if a big backer is placed next to the lord, if this Wu family gives birth to a son for the lord in the future, this thing is really hard to say."

Fang Shao also expressed his opinion, although it was not as direct as Pang Tong, but it also showed his attitude on this matter. After all, he is also a member of the Jingzhou Group, and his relationship with Mrs. Mi is not ordinary, so it is reasonable to oppose this matter.

Although Fang Shao knew that in history, although the Wu family also gave birth to several sons for Liu Bei, Liu Bei finally chose Liu Chan as his heir, but the premise was based on the destruction of Jingzhou, the death of Fa Zheng, the surrender of Meng Da to Wei, the rapid fall of the Fufeng Group, and the slim hope of the Northern Expedition.

But now that history has changed, if Liu Bei goes out of Qinchuan in the future and competes for Guanlong, then he will inevitably rely on the Fufeng Group from Guanlong. If the Northern Expedition achieves results and Guanlong is obtained, then the power of the Fufeng Group will be greatly enriched.

Jingzhou, as the auxiliary offensive route of Longzhong, obviously cannot be compared with the Fufeng group in terms of military expansion, and at that time, when the power of the two groups reaches parity, the key to the struggle for leadership will lie in Liu Bei's choice of heir.

If there is no threat from the Wu family, then it is clear that the Jingzhou Group does not have to worry about the future, but the reality is that this threat is turning into reality.

This time, for his own interests, Fang Shao could no longer stand on the overall situation of winning people's hearts and speak as a bystander.

Mi Zhu learned that Fang Shao recommended his son to be the Taishou of Nanjun last time, and he had a good impression of this young man in his heart, but now listening to his words, he was obviously on his side, and immediately smiled on his face, and said: "What Zhongzheng said is extremely true, Zhu thinks that this matter involves the interests of our Jingxiang people, and we can't stand idly by." ”

Mi Zhu said very naturally, obviously he has lived in Jingzhou for so many years, and he has already regarded himself as a member of the Jingxiang people.

Pang Tong waved his hand and said: "Anyway, I am against this marriage, it is okay to win over Dongzhou scholars, but there must also be a degree, and it will not work after this degree." Speaking of Kong Ming, when someone sued Xiaozhi, you persuaded the lord to acquiesce in Xiaozhi to suppress the aborigines of Yizhou, but now the arrogance of Xiaozhi is getting stronger and stronger, and they all rode to the head of our Jingzhou scholars, I don't know how you plan to end it. ”

Pang Tong pointed the finger at Zhuge Liang, and there was obviously a meaning to blame him in his words.

Pang Tong's emotions Fang Shao also understood, but Zhuge Liang's reason for Liu Bei to condone Fa Zheng was also very sufficient, but who would have thought that after Fa Zheng and his Dongzhou scholars gained power, they would be so arrogant and openly began to challenge the interests of Jingzhou scholars.

"Well, it's no wonder that Kong Ming's military division, I think we originally wanted to use the Dongzhou scholars to fight the Yizhou scholars, who knew that filial piety and their insatiable greed, and now they have such evil thoughts."

Fang Shao defended his teacher, and this remark was obviously standing in the profit field of his own group, calling the kindness of the people Fazheng "evil thoughts".

Pang Tong waved his hand and said, "It doesn't matter what the intention was at the beginning, in short, how to deal with the current situation." ”

Over there, Zhuge Liang shook the feather fan lightly, his expression was relaxed and indifferent, and after listening to everyone's disputes, he smiled and said: "Actually, have you thought about it carefully, filial piety to the lord to persuade this marriage may not be as simple as we think." ”

Everyone was stunned, Pang Tong frowned and said: "Kong Ming, what do you mean, hurry up and tell everyone, don't sell it." ”

Zhuge Liang said: "Actually, I thought about it carefully, let's simply classify the scholars outside the indigenous people of Yizhou as Dongzhou scholars, is this a bit taken for granted." In fact, some of the foreign scholars who entered Yizhou at the beginning were Sanfu scholars who entered through Hanzhong, which can be called Fufeng scholars or Guanlong scholars. The other part is the Central Plains scholars who entered from Nanyang, which can also be called the Kanto scholars. These two factions of scholars may have common interests in the face of the indigenous scholars of Yizhou, but now that the situation has changed, will they still be monolithic Dongzhou scholars? ”

Zhuge Liang's words broke the key point of the Dongzhou Group, in fact, in the Dongzhou Group, only the Xianglong Group, that is, the Fufeng Group, due to geographical factors, each other's township concepts are heavier. As for the so-called Kwantung scholars, some are from Henan, some are from Jingxiang, and some are even from Zhuge Liang's hometown Qingxu. It is obviously inappropriate for these scholars from the Kanto prefectures to be simply grouped into the Toshu group.

Zhuge Liang, who is good at politics, keenly noticed this.

After his reminder, Fang Shao suddenly remembered something, and said: "Listening to what the military advisor said, I remembered that Fei Guan, Zhuo Ying, Liu Ba and others seem to be from Kanto, and the Wu family's elder brother Wu Yi is also from Henan, so it can be calculated that the Wu family recommended by Fa Xiaozhi does not belong to his most trusted Sanfu clan. ”

Pang Tong over there seemed to have speculated something, his expression became less impatient, and he said calmly: "Kong Ming, do you want to say that this marriage is probably secretly promoted by those Kwantung scholars, not the mastermind of Fa Xiaozhi." ”

Zhuge Liang said with a smile: "Since Xiaozhi was favored, most of the Fufeng scholars have been in the position of honor, but those Kanto scholars are obviously not as beautiful as the Fufeng scholars. I'm just afraid that this group of people is worried that in the near future, they will also become the target of the Fufeng Warriors, so I secretly came up with such a plan. If we think about it carefully, it is not as terrible as we thought before, as long as we can hold on a little firmly, then there is no need to worry about the future. ”

Fang Shao suddenly had an understanding, and said with a smile: "The military advisor didn't mean that as long as the status of Mrs. Mi's main family is maintained, then no matter whether the Wu family can give birth to an heir in the future, it cannot shake the inheritance status of the two sons." ”

Zhuge Liang nodded and said, "Zhongzheng, what you said is good. As the so-called establishment of the heir, the establishment of the chief is the great plan of the prince, the eldest son is the eldest son, the second son is the son-in-law, there is a precedent of Yuan Shao and Liu Biao, with the wisdom of the lord, there will never be an out-of-line move in the selection of the heir. Therefore, as long as we stick to this section, it doesn't hurt to let the lord marry the Wu family, so that we can divide the Dongzhou scholars, why not do it. ”

Fang Shao also said: "In this way, this matter is not feasible. And the lord has already agreed to be filial piety, if we force the lord to repent, I'm afraid it's not good. ”

With the relief and analysis of his master and apprentice, Mi Zhu and Pang Tong were obviously in a much better mood, and after a few more discussions, they decided to temporarily back down on this matter.

At the end, Pang Tong said: "It's okay for us to back down a little in this matter, but Kong Ming, it's not a way to continue to indulge Xiaozhi like this, it's time to hit his arrogance, so that he and his Fufeng people know who is the person the lord relies on the most." ”

Zhuge Liang stood up, paced back and forth a few steps, and between his indifferent expressions, a few traces of slaughter gradually began to appear, this was the first time Fang Shao had seen Zhuge Liang have such an expression.

After pondering for a long time, he turned around and said, "Fa Xiaozhi has a lot of credit to the lord, we can't directly target him, not only will it chill people's hearts, but it may even incur the lord's disgust." So I thought that one person should be selected from the Fufeng scholars, kill the chicken to set an example for the monkey, and euphemistically warn Xiaozhi not to cross the line again. ”

It turned out that Zhuge Liang was planning to kill the chicken to the monkey, when he was in Jingzhou before, maybe he was mostly a fellow villager here, so what Fang Shao saw was Zhuge Liang's ability to recruit scholars and coordinate relations, and now he was in Yizhou, facing a more complex political struggle, Fang Shao Fang Shi saw Zhuge Liang's ruthless methods, but I don't know which unlucky egg will become the chicken who will be the one who will be the one who is correct.

Of course, Fang Shao wouldn't do this kind of thing that offended people, so he didn't squeak, and that Mi Zhu was also a good person, so he kept silent at this time.

Pang Tong lowered his eyebrows and thought about it for a while, then suddenly smiled strangely and said, "I have the most suitable candidate." ”

It was rare for Zhuge Liang to smile as weirdly as Pang Tong, and said, "I don't know who it is?" ”

Pang Tong then said: "This person's surname is Peng Mingyi, the word is Yongnian, and his surname has always been arrogant. Later, when the lord first decided to Yizhou, Fa Xiaozhi introduced this person to me, and I talked to him, and found that this person also had some talent, so he recommended it to the lord, so he was promoted to the position of governor. However, this person once was above the state people, and became arrogant and self-contained in front of the bureaucrats, and the arrogance was more than filial piety, and I have heard a lot of people sue him recently, and this person [***] is the most suitable. ”

Zhuge Liang also nodded and said: "I also heard that this person has a close relationship with filial piety, and he is a filial piety cronie, and this person's character is very poor. It's just that I heard that this person is quite talented, and if you take advantage of him, I'm afraid that I will damage a talent. ”

Pang Tong waved his hand and said disapprerovitically: "This person is also a little talented, but compared to filial piety, it is ten times worse than a hundred times, and without such a person, it has nothing to do with the overall situation, Kong Ming, you don't have to worry about this." ”

Hearing Pang Tong's person, Zhuge Liang's expression became cold, and he said, "Okay, then let's take this Peng Yongnian." ”

(To be continued)