At noon the next day, Deng Zhi of the Central Supervision Army came to the mansion of Prime Minister Zhuge Liang with a bag of newly produced tea from Wu State, and then Zhuge Liang invited Xu Shu to the mansion to taste tea. Deng Zhi because of the successful envoy to Wu after Liu Bei's death, to stabilize the alliance between the two countries, and brought back Sun Song, a Wu family return visit, quite appreciated by Zhuge Liang and Xu Shu, although now it is only the post of the Central Supervisor, but in the eyes of Xu Shu is still quite weighty, today and Zhuge Liang jointly want to invite Xu Shu to taste tea, but I don't know why.

Deng Zhi waited for Xu Shu to enter the house and talked to him for a while, and finally entered the topic and said how the Shuzhong family and the Dongzhou scholars did not respect the king's order, and they had bad intentions.

Xu Shu watched coldly and listened to Deng Zhi's skillful tongue, and finally couldn't help but turn his head to Zhuge Liang, who maintained his demeanor, and asked, "Kong Ming, do you want to do something to our Sili Captain and Taichang (Zhang Song)." Xu Shu's face was unfathomable, and he didn't wait for Kong Ming to open his mouth, Deng Zhi was just a small person, how could he think of so much, even if he thought of it, it shouldn't be up to him to Xu Shu, it can be seen that this is just a pawn, and the real dish is still Zhuge Wolong, who is gently shaken by a feather fan.

The corners of Zhuge Liang's mouth raised slightly, and he smiled faintly: "Yuan Zhi, what do you mean by 'doing something', as if Liang is going to do something bad, what Liang thinks about is just cutting off the troubles for His Majesty, what does Yuan Zhi think?" ”

Xu Shu smiled: "I understand, of course I understand, otherwise Zhang Yongnian would have been transferred from Shang Shuling to Taichang before, and a certain family would not have nodded." ”

Obviously, the two of them are referring to Zhang Song, which Deng Zhi knows very well. Compared with Li Yan, Zhang Song is obviously a soft persimmon. Although he is a member of the Zhang family in Shu County, the head of the family is not him but his brother Zhang Su, Zhang Su is a loyal minister and a corrupt Confucian. It is impossible to oppose the Jingzhou system to control the power, and he does not have the courage and ability, so Zhang Song, who has lost his family, is far easier to deal with than Li Yan, who has military power.

"Zhang Yongnian was put on a table by us, and his heart must not be happy, since he transferred to Taichang, he has often had secret meetings with the Zhang clan and the Shuzhong family, he is indeed holding back a disbelief in his heart, if he is not dealt with as soon as possible, something will happen sooner or later." There are some words that Zhuge Liang's identity is inappropriate, so it is naturally said by Ma Yan, who is standing on the side......

Xu Shu glanced at Ma Jian who was standing on the side, and whispered, "But." After all, Yongnian has merit in the country, and the fault lies in his arrogance and greed for power, even if we want to target him this time, we can't go too far. ”

What Xu Shu said is meritorious to the country. That is to say, Zhang Song's dedication to the topographic map of Xichuan was indeed of great help to Liu Bei in Shu. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a meritorious service to the country. Obviously, Xu Shu said this because he didn't want to deal with Zhang Song too much. Originally, Zhang Song was demoted from the center of power to the head of the noble Jiuqing, which was too often, which was a great blow. It must be known that since Liu Bei's establishment, Shangshuling has been held by Fa Zheng, Liu Ba and Zhang Song, which means that this position has always been reserved for the Dongzhou and Shuzhong factions, and Zhuge Liang transferred Zhang Song soon after Liu Bei's death. Let Ma Liang be Shang Shuling, which is too much in Xu Shu's opinion.

"Since Zhang Yongnian can't, what about Li Zhengfang? This person's heart is not right, and he has scales and armor in his abdomen and has to be removed!! Ma Jian interjected.

"What do you mean by that?" Xu Shu couldn't help frowning. I thought to myself, you Ma Tan just a prime minister joined the army and dared to say that he would get rid of the dignified auxiliary ministers, who gave you this power.

Seeing Xu Shu's unkind face, Zhuge Liang smiled: "Yuan Zhi is too worried, how can we really harm the courtiers, just let him hand over the military power, be leisurely and rich in his old age, and stop worrying about state affairs." ”

Xu Shu was stunned when he heard this, and looked at Zhuge Liang incredulously, looking at his handsome face, and his heart was cold. Secretly slandered to himself: 'Enjoy your old age, you can come out of what you think!' Li Zhengfang is only in his early forties and is in the prime of life. Zhuge Liang actually wanted him to retreat semi-retired, he was really ruthless! And Li Yan was rated by Liu Bei as a comparable Zhou Yu's talent, and at the same time he was the minister of the auxiliary Bi, and he said that he would take it, could it be that as Zhang Wen said, Kong Ming had a heart of disobedience? ’

As early as when Sun Song and Zhang Wen were envoys to Shuzhong, these two visited Xu Shu, and during this period, they also mentioned that Zhuge Liang had a heart of disobedience, but this was Qiao Ren's plan to sow discord, but he didn't want Xu Shu to be the right one at this time.

Seeing that Xu Shu's face was not good, Zhuge Liang didn't know Xu Shu's inner activities, and hurriedly shook his fan and said: "Liang means that we can jointly write a book, saying that the positive side has worked hard and made great contributions to the country, and asked Your Majesty to promote him to a lieutenant in recognition of his meritorious service, so that this hidden danger can be solved without waves." ”

The Taiwei of Shu Han is a vain, and he can't compare to Qiao Ren of Eastern Wu. Zhuge Liang's move, its purpose is self-evident. Poor Xu Shu has always been considered by Zhang Song and others to be the mastermind of the rectification of Li Yan, but he didn't want him to know at this time, compared to Zhang Song and Li Yan are a day later.

It can be seen that Zhuge Liang's small group has long thought of ways to deal with Li Yan, Zhang Song and even Xu Shu, and when he heard this, Xu Shu's heart couldn't help but be secretly wary of him, a junior brother.

"Sir, your trick is really high, it not only makes Li Zhengfang have face on his face, but also robs him of real power, I think that even if he Li Yan is unwilling, there is no reason to make waves again." At this time, Ma Jian stood up again, and expressed his admiration to Zhuge Liang again, in fact, this move was his participation, and jumping out at this time was just to fight for face for Zhuge Liang.

"What about your opinion, Yuan Zhi." Zhuge Liang smiled and turned his gaze to Xu Shu.

Xu Shu stared at Ma Yan for a long time, and said: "This trick is not a new method, I think it is still necessary to be cautious, if Li Yan really has a bad intention, it is the only way to prevent it." ”

"But I think that if we don't use some thunderous means this time, I'm afraid that it will be difficult to deter those Shuzhong families with bad intentions, so that they will still have other thoughts in their hearts." At this time, Deng Zhi, who had not spoken for a long time, suddenly stood up with a murderous face

"What do you mean?" This is not rehearsed, Zhuge Liang's expression became solemn because of Deng Zhi's words.

"To make an example of the monkey, you must take a few Shu sergeants who jump up and down, otherwise it will not be enough to show the law." Deng Zhi replied coldly.

"Kill whom?" Xu Shu asked.

"Who else can there be, of course, Guanghan Peng Yi." Deng Zhi replied to Xu Shu.

Peng Yi is a wealthy family of the Guanghan Dynasty, proud of people, looking down on ordinary people, originally belonged to Liu Zhang, and was deposed as a slave for slandering Liu Zhang. After Liu Bei entered Shu, he returned to Liu Bei under the recommendation of Pang Tong, and was appointed to govern the central government, above the state people, Zhuge Liang saw that his heart was ambitious, and advised Liu Bei, and Liu Bei demoted Peng Yi to Jiangyang Taishou. Before the Battle of Yiling, Fa Zheng's recommendation was reused as a servant again, and he was one of the only few sons of the Shuzhong family who were in high ranks in Shu.

Hearing this name, Xu Shu couldn't help glaring at Deng Zhi, still remembering that not long ago Peng Yi criticized the Northern Expedition strategy prepared by Zhuge Liang, saying that if the Ma Chao brothers were not used, there would be no one in the northwest in the army, and the Northern Expedition would never succeed. At this juncture, if you start fighting Peng Yi, is the meaning of revenge too heavy?

Just when Xu Shu pondered whether what Deng Zhi said was due to Zhuge Liang's instructions or his own thoughts, Zhuge Liang shook his fan and said, "Peng Yongnian is tall and can't move!" As for Li Yan's matter, I have to go to Brother Lao Yuan, you are the big Sima martial arts, it depends on you. ”

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After coming out of the Prime Minister's Mansion, Xu Shu entered his carriage without saying a word, and saw that his lord's expression was not very good, and the coachman didn't dare to say anything and drove the carriage back to the Great Sima Mansion.

"How is Brother Yuan? I'm not wrong! At this time, an abrupt voice sounded in the car, and it turned out that a middle-aged scribe wearing a black official uniform had been in Xu Shu's car all along.

However, Xu Shu was not surprised by this at all, it seemed that he came with him, but for some unknown reason, he did not enter together.

"Brother Gongyuan, unfortunately you are right! Kong Ming asked me to take the lead in connecting the ministers and promote Li Yan to the rank of lieutenant!! Xu Shu's face was sluggish, and he said weakly.

Sitting opposite him was the original mastermind of Guan Yu, Liao Li, who was known as the Jingchu Qishi, and at this moment Liao Li said with a disdainful face: "Zhuge Liang wants Brother Yuan to be this up-and-coming bird, to fight against the vanguard of Shuzhong and Dongzhou, and the snipe and clam compete for him to be this fisherman." ”

"I'm not a bully! In brotherhood, how should we deal with it!? ”

Although Xu Shu was captured by the Wu army, he was not completely without strength in Shu Han, at least many of the ministers who stayed in Jingzhou and fled were headed by Xu Shu, plus Xu Shu was the keeper of Liu Bei's edict, in the minds of the ministers, he was the most trusted person behind Liu Bei, and many civil and military ministers who were loyal to Liu Bei were inclined to him, such as Zhang Fei and Chen Zhi, so it is not unreasonable to say that Xu Shu controlled the military power in Chengdu.

Liao Li put on a goatee, squinted his eyes slightly, and said coldly: "Learn from Qiao Ren!" ”

"Do you mean to let the scholars of Shuzhong and Dongzhou show goodwill, follow the example of Qiao Ren, the Taiwei of Eastern Wu, and let Li Yan lead the protection of the central capital, and control the forbidden army of the five schools?"

"Not only that, but you can also unite the rest of the families to go on a northern expedition, and if you don't have any military achievements, you can see if the generals of Zhuge Liang's family will continue to stay in his arms!!"

"Northern Expedition!?" (To be continued......)