Chapter Ninety-Eight: Kong Ming Ascends to the Throne
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Lu Su knew that Liu Bei was taking care of his own face. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 info He has only been the prime minister for four months, and now he is so sick, Liu Bei should not set up another prime minister for a while, so he came up with such a compromise method, which not only takes care of his own face, but also takes into account the handling of court affairs.
Liu Bei nodded when he heard this, these two candidates are still more appropriate, but then frowned and said: "Yuan Si is the court captain, Kong Ming is Sima, one is Jiuqing, and the other is the third duke." If the two of them serve as prime ministers, who will take over the original position? ”
Lu Su thought for a while, and finally spoke: "The position of Tingwei is in charge of the criminal law, and the Han law is compiled by Zhuge Kongming and Qin Ziyi, and it can be taken over by others. As for Da Situ," Lu Su also paused a little when he said this, and finally said cautiously: "The position of Da Situ can be taken over by Xu Jing and Xu Wenxiu." ”
"Zijing's discussion is wonderful!" Liu Bei nodded in agreement. Although Situ is the third duke, he has relatively little real power, and it doesn't hurt to let Xu Jing serve as it. Seeing that Lu Su's expression was very aggrieved, Liu Bei was inconvenient to bother more, but just said good words to appease him, let him take supplements, and then left.
After a few days, Liu Bei made some adjustments to the personnel according to Lu Su's proposal. After Qin Mi's appointment was transferred to Xichuan, Zhao Feng was also in his heart, it seemed that Lu Su's body was really bad, and it was time for him to think of a way to see if he could live a few years longer than in history.
"I didn't expect it, Qin Ziyi is now also ranked in Jiuqing!" It was Zhang Ren who said this, and there was still a hint of envy in his words. At the age of Qin Mi who is less than thirty years old, he can be ranked among the nine kings, and this matter has caused quite a stir in Xichuan. On the contrary, Zhang Ren's appointment as the general of the expedition to the west is very unremarkable. As a member of the Dongzhou faction, although he has also been an official in Xichuan for many years, Zhang Ren really has no sense of identity with him, so he is not interested in Fa Zheng's appointment as Jiuqing.
"Righteousness, you still call me a general, don't call me a prince." Zhao Feng said a little helplessly. Since they were crowned the throne, these people no longer call themselves generals, but change their names to the prince. Since his debut, he has been called a general for more than 20 years. Suddenly changed his words, he really didn't fit in, and besides, he was still a hussar general.
"Lord, you are now the prince, you can't just scream!" Zhang Ren said with a smile, he was in a good mood, and it was rare for him to make a little joke. Zhao Feng was even more uncomfortable when he heard this, looking at Zhang Ren who was smiling like a cramp on his face, Zhao Feng also diverted the topic and said: "Now that the lord has asked me to eliminate Sima Yi, I don't know what good plan you have?" ”
"Sima Yi is entrenched in Hanzhong, so there is nothing to worry about. Although Yangping Pass is in danger, if you march from the three eastern counties and avoid this natural danger, you can break the enemy in one fell swoop! Zhang Ren is a matter of course. Not only him, but Huang Quan and Lu Xun also nodded in agreement. If you don't occupy the three eastern counties in Hanzhong, it's like missing your front teeth, and it's really not tight enough. And the three counties of Shangyong have been merged into one by Liu Bei before, and Xincheng County was established, and Taishou was naturally Zhang Xiu. Although Zhang Xiu's talent is not as good as Sima Yi, he can still do it if he sticks to the new city and does not seek merit but no fault. If he marched from the three eastern counties, then Sima Yi would not have too many dangers to defend, and his troops would be at a disadvantage, so he could only be slowly crushed to death by himself.
"It's just strange, when did this Sima Yi defect to Cao Pi, and he was actually given the title of king?" Wang Lei suddenly said at this time, not only him, but almost everyone was surprised by this.
"I don't think Cao Pi's move is necessarily based on good intentions, but he just wants to use Sima Yi to consume our energy." Zhao Feng pouted. Cao Pi's move was really ruthless enough, and immediately pushed Sima Yi to the forefront. Just with Sima Yi's little strength, how much energy can he consume? And what's even more spoofed is that Sima Yi was actually named the king of Hanzhong. God, this is Liu Bei's throne in history. Could it be that Sima Yi wants to become Liu Bei? As soon as this terrible thought came to mind, it was quickly and automatically deleted.
"Cao Pi should have the idea of fighting, but in this way, wouldn't we have a chance?" Lu Xun said suddenly, Zhao Feng frowned slightly when he heard this, and then motioned to Lu Xun to explain more clearly.
"Now that Cao Pi wants to use Sima Yi's hand to consume the strength of our army, why don't we take the initiative to induce Cao Pi to attack us, and then take something from it?" Lu Xun said with a smile, and then explained in detail: "We can pretend to transfer troops from the Central Plains and Jingzhou to enter the customs, create the illusion of emptiness in the Central Plains, and then induce Cao Pi's army to go south for a decisive battle in the Central Plains, and then let His Majesty lead the army out of the customs to capture Hebei." In this way, once Hebei is pacified, the foundation of the Cao family will inevitably be completely cut off, and the pacification of the world is just around the corner! ”
"Not bad!" Zhao Feng nodded, this proposal is very bold and novel, although it is only a framework for conception now, but the surname is still relatively strong. Moreover, Cao Pi is not Cao Ying after all, and it is indeed easier to deceive him. It's just that he is now in Xichuan, and he still has to deal with Sima Yi, so he really lacks skills. Fortunately, after he conquered Guanzhong, he had made enough meritorious deeds, so he didn't care about giving this credit to anyone else.
At that moment, Zhao Feng wrote a reply to Liu Bei, only saying that as soon as he waited for the beginning of spring, he would send troops to recruit Sima Yi in Hanzhong. At the same time, Zhao Feng also put forward Lu Xun's proposal, and it was up to Liu Bei to decide how to decide. With Zhuge Liang and the others here, there shouldn't be any need for them to make their own plans. Moreover, Zhao Feng vaguely felt that his historical mission was almost complete. At most, that is, to clean up Sima Yi again.
In this somewhat chaotic atmosphere, 213 A.D. became a thing of the past, and the time came to 214 A.D. In this year in history, after three years of hard fighting, Liu Bei took Xichuan and obtained the capital in a corner of peace. Now he has ascended to the throne of the Ninth Five-Year Supreme, and even the unification of the world is just a matter of waiting. And Cao Ying, who is his number one enemy in the world, has returned to dust. And the blue-eyed children and grandchildren who should have divided the world into three parts have been dead for ten years. History is moving along a path that no one knows about in the future.
After the beginning of spring, Guan Yu, the pastor of Jingzhou and the king and general of Xiangyang, claimed that the recruits in the Central Plains had been properly trained and could lead the army north at any time to sweep away the Cao Pi forces entrenched in Hebei. At the same time, the general Ma Chao, the general of the Che Cavalry, Pang De, the general of Zhenxi, and Ma Dai, the general of Pingxi, also jointly signed the table, saying that 50,000 Xiliang Iron Cavalry were on standby at any time and were ready to march into Hebei. Next, Zhang Liao, Li Yan, Wei Yan and other local officials all asked the imperial court to lead the army on the northern expedition to dominate the world. And Zhao Feng of Yizhou directly informed him, saying that he was ready to enter Hanzhong to exterminate the new king of Hanzhong, Sima Yi, and cut the grass and eradicate the roots.
Looking at the positive and eager letters of invitation, Liu Bei knew that the last battle to unify the world was almost time, and he immediately convened the ministers to discuss the matter. Even Prime Minister Lu Su, who was recovering from a serious illness, also participated in the court meeting.
"Zhongqing, after settling in Guanzhong the year before last, Zhongqing admonished me to temporarily stop the military revolution on the grounds that Guanzhong was deserted and people's hearts were not attached, so I never entered Hebei. Now that the soldiers of the Central Plains have been trained and skilled, I intend to sweep away Hebei in one fell swoop and dominate the world, I don't know what the ministers think? Looking at everyone, Liu Bei also asked.
"What Your Majesty said is very true, now that everything is ready, it is the time to enter the army!" Prime Minister Lu Su agreed, and then Chen Qun and Zhuge Liang agreed. Liu Bei nodded, and then said: "I don't know what the Qing Qing thinks, how to enter the army?" ”
"Your Majesty, although Cao Wei's strength is slightly inferior to that of my Han, it is not far behind. Now Hedong County is separated by the Yellow River, and it is difficult to capture it for a while. Why don't you order the general of the Western Liangche to march from Liangzhou, take the state directly, and then make a detour to attack Hedong County, so that the army will enter Hebei and fight the main force of the Cao army, and Hebei will be determined in one fell swoop! Shaofu Fa Zheng played first.
At first glance, Fazheng's proposal seems reasonable, and the strategy is quite clever. But the discerning people present could see that his proposal was more to fight for Ma Chao of Guan Long's faction to get a chance to perform. is different from history, although Ma Chao is still holding important positions under Liu Bei, but the first two Northern Expeditions were almost all soy sauce, and the degree of weight is far inferior to Zhang Fei and other historical Five Tiger Generals, even compared with Zhang Liao and Wei Yan, it is also worse. If it weren't for the consideration of appeasing the Guan Longshi people and controlling the most elite iron cavalry troops of the Han Dynasty, Liu Bei would not have made him a chariot general. Moreover, what this chariot general can mobilize is only the soldiers and horses of Liangzhou. Although according to the order of the Great Han, he should command the soldiers and horses of Yongliang and Erzhou. But unfortunately, the Yongzhou Thorn Shi is Taiwei Zhang Fei. No matter how qualified Ma Chao was, he also ordered Zhang Fei not to move.
Seeing that the world is about to calm down now, if you don't find some opportunities to show Ma Chao, it will really be cold daylily, so Fa Zheng is only proposing now to let Ma Chao enter the state and make a head. Liu Bei nodded when he heard this, but he was noncommittal.
There is far more than one Fa Zheng who is smart, and as soon as his seemingly reasonable words came out, some people suddenly couldn't sit still. At that moment, Chen Qun admonished: "Your Majesty, Cao Pi occupies Hebei, and the army is no less than 400,000. If you only rely on 50,000 Xiliang iron horses, how can you enter the land of Hebei. Now that the soldiers and horses of the Central Plains are also ready, it is better to march from the Central Plains, fight steadily, and annihilate Cao Pi in one fell swoop! ”
Chen Qun's words are also very reasonable, Liu Bei now has the advantage of strength, and it is better to act safely. Liu Bei was still noncommittal when he heard this, but his eyes were looking at Lu Su. For so many years, Lu Su's overall view is what he trusts the most. No matter when, no matter what, he has to listen to Lu Su's opinion before making a decision.
But this time, Lu Su didn't speak, just looked at the young right prime minister Zhuge Liang. The latter felt Lu Su's vision, but he was not modest at the moment, and directly stepped forward and said calmly: "Your Majesty, what Changwen and Xiaozhi said has its own reasons. In the opinion of the ministers, why not do both? ”
"A two-pronged approach?" Liu Bei was stunned when he heard this, and then motioned to Zhuge Liang to explain more clearly. Zhuge Liang nodded, then stood up and talked eloquently at the huge sand table on the table, his tone full of confidence.
(To be continued)