"That's right, it's just a law word, the law is strict and the punishment is clear, and those who violate it will be punished, and the people of the three states will obey." Zhuge Liang replied categorically.

Liu Bei hesitated and said: "I am newly benefiting the state, and I am just using benevolence and virtue to influence the people, if I use the law strictly, will I lose the hearts of the people?" ”

Zhuge Liang shook his head and said, "The lord's words are wrong. In the past, there was endless infighting in Yizhou, all because Liu Zhang was weak, and he used high positions to win over those scholars, and after those high positions of human rights, they became even more presumptuous. When they are treated with kindness and kindness, and when they are so thick that they can no longer be thicker, these people are accustomed to it, but they are dissatisfied. The reason for such a situation is that Liu Zhang's punishment is not severe, and the lord must not ignore it. ”

Zhuge Liang said a few words, and talked about the previous chaos in Yizhou to the root, and then he glanced at Fang Shao again.

Fang Shao understood, and also said: "The military advisor is reasonable, so the lord of Shu must put the law first, so that the rewards and punishments are clear, those who have been rewarded by the official will be grateful, and those who are arrogant will be afraid and dare not be wanton." Such a combination of grace and power, there are knots up and down, and it is the way to govern Shu. ”

The words of the master and apprentice only made Liu Bei listen to him as if he had been empowered, and finally suddenly became enlightened, and shouted: "Yes, yes, it is this truth, the way to govern Shu should be according to the law." Please ask the military advisor to work hard and draw up a set of criminal laws as soon as possible. ”

Zhuge Liang said with a smile: "Don't worry, Liang has already drafted a lot of drafts when he was in Jingzhou, and he only needs to improve them before they can be released and implemented." ”

When the two of his ministers set the general policy of using the rule of law in Shu, Fang Shao cautiously reminded him: "My lord, military advisor, it is naturally good to rule Shu by law, but the so-called legal principles are not human, I am afraid that for some special people, they should be extrajudicial and benevolent." ”

The two of them were stunned for a moment, and after a moment, Liu Bei suddenly woke up and sighed: "The person who Zhongzheng alludes to should be filial piety." ”

Fang Shao is referring to Fa Zheng, a generation of geniuses who have been a small county magistrate in Yizhou for more than ten years, and now after being promoted to the Taishou of Shu County, he uses a bad word to describe it, which can be described as "villain's ambition".

In the past few months since Zhuge Liang entered Shu, those officials who have offended Fazheng in Chengdu can be called miserable, those who have been killed have been killed, those who have been imprisoned, and there have been more than 100 people who have been retaliated against in a short period of time. It seems that Fa Zheng's suppressed anger in the past ten years is indeed not small, and he must have a good breath of nausea when he raised his eyebrows this time.

Fang Shao didn't say it explicitly, just smiled and didn't say anything.

Liu Bei said to Zhuge Liang: "The military advisor doesn't know, after Xiaozhi was appointed as the Taishou of Shu County, he was quite merciless to some Yizhou officials who offended him, and I tried to stop him several times, but I really couldn't open this mouth." ”

Zhuge Liang smiled and said: "Actually, the lord doesn't have to worry about it, Liang thinks that this is actually a good thing to have the best of both worlds." ”

The two of them were stunned at the same time, Fang Shao was also a little confused, and said suspiciously: "The meaning of the military advisor is nothing more than to show outsiders the lord's favor for filial piety, in order to show the lord's determination to treat meritorious ministers, but what is the best of both worlds?" ”

Zhuge Liang smiled and said: "When the lord is in Jingzhou, he is afraid of Cao Ye in the north, Sun Quan in the east, and he is restless at night. However, this is only one of them, you must know that the situation in Yizhou when Liu Zhang was in the country, the Yizhou scholars were dominant, and the Dongzhou scholars were seriously suppressed, which was naturally inconsistent with the lord's general rule of Shu. Therefore, the lord might as well take the opportunity of conniving at filial piety and the revenge of the Dongzhou scholars, and if their hands suppress the Yizhou scholars, when the power of the Yizhou scholars is weakened, the lord will stand up and comfort them, aren't they grateful to the lord? This is exactly what Ryo calls the best of both worlds. ”

"Why didn't I think of it, Kong Ming, you are really a genius who plays politics, I admire you to death, student."

Fang Shao listened to Zhuge Liang's words, and couldn't help but be stunned, when he saw Liu Bei's connivance with Fa Zheng wanton revenge in history, Fang Shao only speculated about the previous intention, but what Zhuge Liang said about using his hand to attack the Yizhou scholars, he really didn't expect it.

It seems that the relationship between Yizhou is really complicated, he was the first envoy, and he followed Liu Bei to Yizhou for a few months, but he was not as good as Zhuge Liang's analysis and planning thousands of miles away, and he was afraid that he would have to learn from his master slowly in the future.

"It's still the military advisor who thinks thoughtfully." Liu Bei praised with a smile, obviously Kong Ming's best of both worlds was also in line with his heart.

Zhuge Liang said: "Actually, this is not the main thing, what the lord needs to do most at the moment is to set a reward plan as soon as possible, and the civil and military personnel of the two states are all looking at it, and let them wait, I am afraid that it will cold people's hearts." ”

Liu Bei nodded and said, "This time, I am in a hurry to summon the military division into Sichuan, and it is precisely for this reason." Then let's take advantage of the time of filial piety to avenge his enemies, and hurry up to settle the matter of this reward. ”

So, Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang and other henchmen negotiated all night, and more than ten days later, the list of rewards was released.

And when the soldiers of the two states were cheering for the benefits they had gained, thousands of miles away in the north, more than a dozen remnants of the cavalry were defeated in the gray fog, and hurried to the northwest.

After walking for miles, after passing through a small narrow valley, a white-haired veteran gasped and shouted, "Meng Qiwu'er, stop for a while." ”

The young general reined in the white horse under his crotch, turned around, and said to the old general, "Why do you stop? ”

The young general's blood-stained robes were mostly stained with blood, but he could still distinguish a little bit of heroism in his eyes, but there was a heavy gloom in his eyebrows.

He is the Xiliang Lion Jin Ma Chao, but at this moment, he is a fugitive in a hurry.

"Let's run all the way west from Weishui, it's been a day and a night, Cao Jun is afraid that we have already thrown us hundreds of miles, why don't you rest for a while."

That veteran is Han Sui, his old bones are not comparable to young people, he has been galloping for a long time, he is already so tired and out of breath that he can't even speak.

Ma Chao glanced at Han Sui, as well as more than a dozen Xiliang athletes who followed him, these warriors who had once been with him in Guanzhong, were also disgraced at the moment, describing themselves as tired. They looked at their Shenwei Tian General with a begging look, hoping that he would promise to let him rest for a moment.

Ma Chao raised his eyes and glanced at the east again, and there was nothing unusual in the long road, as if the enemy did not intend to kill them all.

Ma hesitated silently for a moment, and said coldly: "Okay, just rest for half an hour." ”

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and the soldiers dismounted one after another, and avoided a dead forest beside the avenue, and they did not bother to find a clean field, so they sat down with their butts. They were so tired that they heard a dull snoring sound after a while.

Ma Chao found a clean big stone and sat down, untied the water bladder on his body and poured it violently, when he put down the water bladder, Han Sui was already sitting not far from him, and sighed while drinking water: "I didn't expect Cao Ying's tiger and leopard to ride so well, I knew that Cao Jun was so powerful, and he shouldn't have easily rebelled in the first place." ”

Han Sui's words seemed to be self-deprecating, and it seemed to be said to Ma Chao, no matter what his intentions were, in an instant, a trace of killing intent flashed in Ma Chao's eyes.

He stared at Han Sui opposite, the resentment and anger in his heart constantly burning and rising.

In the battle of Tongguan, first of all, this old man did not listen to his own persuasion and did not send troops to guard the ferries in Hexi, which resulted in Cao Ying easily smuggling across the Yellow River. Then, he stupidly turned the attack into an act and did not send troops to assist him, and as a result, Cao Ying poured troops on the Weinan beach to build a city, and successfully crossed the Weishui River to the south. Then, the old horseman exchanged letters with the thief, which was not clear. At the time of the final decisive battle, our entire army was out, but he left 5,000 soldiers and horses, which gave the tiger and leopard cavalry the opportunity to make a detour from the flank, so that the battle of Weishui was defeated.

"This old horseman surnamed Han, if it weren't for him, how could my Ma Chao be defeated by the hands of Cao Thief, it's all him, I lost the more than 10,000 iron horsemen I worked so hard to manage, I want to kill him, I want to kill him!"

Recalling all the miscalculations in the Battle of Guanzhong, the anger in Ma Chao's heart burned to the extreme, he blamed all the blame on Han Sui, and the killing intent had risen, so he slowly stood up and walked towards Han Sui step by step.

And Han Sui didn't seem to realize that death was approaching him, and after he sighed, a little smile appeared on his face, and said: "Meng Qi, you don't have to be discouraged, victory or defeat is a common thing in soldiers, as long as you and my father and son are of the same heart, it is naturally not a problem to keep Xiliang without losing it." At that time, the court can't help us, and we will ask for submission again, and the court will have to allow it. ”

Scold! The sword came out of its sheath, the cold light flashed, and the blood-stained cold blade was already on Han Sui's neck.

Everyone was taken aback, but seeing Ma Chao's angry and murderous aura, everyone was so frightened that they froze in place and didn't dare to move.

And Han Sui was also extremely shocked, and shouted in a trembling voice: "Meng Qi, what are you doing here?" ”

Ma Chao looked at him coldly, and shouted angrily: "Old horseman, if it weren't for your collusion with Cao Thief, my dignified Ma Chaoyan would have been able to fail so miserably, such a shame, I won't kill you and get rid of the hatred in my heart." ”

Han Sui trembled with fright, and hurriedly defended: "Meng Qi, you must be calm." How could a father collude with Cao Thief, that is all Cao Ying's discordant plan, think about it, if I really colluded with Cao Ying to harm you, why did I end up in such an embarrassing field. ”

Han Sui's words suddenly poured Ma Chaoteng's anger down, he suddenly woke up from his original stubbornness, and said in his heart: "Han Sui is right, he is also the whole army in this battle, if he colludes with Cao Ying, how can he end up with such a miserable result." ”

Han Sui's tragic facts proved his innocence.

After figuring out this section, Ma Chao gritted his teeth fiercely, and still put the sword back into the sheath.

Han Sui breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly said: "Meng Qi, our failure this time is because the father and son have not been able to work together, we will definitely believe ...... in the future."

"Shut up! What are you, and you are worthy of being my Ma Chao's father! ”

Ma Chao believed that Han Sui did not betray him, but this does not mean that he can forgive Han Sui for all the mistakes he made before, besides, with the scene just now, the so-called father-son relationship is deep, what is the need to continue.

Ma Chao turned over and got on the horse, looked at the surprised Han Sui coldly, and said silently: "In the future, you and I will break off our righteousness, we will each go our own way, if you want to descend Cao, just go and surrender." But I, Ma Chao, will leave the words here, if you surrender to Cao, I will slaughter your officials and people, so that I can do it myself. ”

Leaving these threatening words, Ma Chao rode away, leaving only a dozen people, stunned and watched the lonely shadow disappear.

(To be continued)