Zhuge Liang put on a piece of clothing and came to the outer hall, only to see a person sitting in the outer hall, about forty years old, with a clear appearance, wearing a green cloth robe and a flat scarf, Zhuge Liang saw that this person was very familiar, but he couldn't remember who he was for a while, smiled and asked: "Forgive me for being clumsy, I forgot who Mr. is?" ”

The middle-aged man bowed and saluted, "In Liao Li, Lingling, has Zhuge forgotten me?" ”

Zhuge Liang suddenly remembered that this person was the Han Army military advisor engaged in Liao Li, when Liu Bei occupied Jingnan, Zhuge Liang heard that this person was very intelligent, and specially went to visit him, hoping that he could work for Liu Bei, but Liao Li refused to agree, and finally Zhuge Liang recommended him to Liu Jing, so that Liao Li got the opportunity to show his talents.

"It turned out to be Liao Gongyuan, I haven't seen you for many years, I forgot about it, I'm ashamed! Shame!"

Zhuge Liang was polite in his mouth, but he was a little vigilant in his heart, he knew that Liao Li was a high-ranking official of the Han army, and he came to find him, he must have come for something, Zhuge Liang invited him to sit down, and ordered his entourage to serve tea.

Liao Li sat down and bowed and said: "This time the Han army went south, and I didn't want to hurt the people of Jiaozhou, and I tried not to destroy the spring plowing in Jiaozhou."

Before he finished speaking, Zhuge Liang waved his hand, "Now that the outcome has been decided, Jiaozhou has returned to the Han Kingdom, and it is no longer interesting to talk about this, I don't think Liao Junshi will come to me for this." ”

Zhuge Liang looked at Liao Li indifferently, but the meaning was very clear, if there is anything, please say it directly, no need to detour.

Liao Li smiled, "Mr. is really honest, I was actually ordered by His Royal Highness the King of Han to invite Mr. to serve in Chang'an, His Royal Highness the King of Han said that his biggest regret was that he did not get Mr. to assist back then." ”

Zhuge Liang smiled faintly and said: "The King of Han has done a good job, he has occupied most of the country, the soldiers are serving, the people live and work in peace and contentment, if he had Kong Ming back then, I am afraid that he would not have today's achievements, I think His Royal Highness the King of Han should be happy, why is it a pity?" ”

"Mr. Zhuge is too modest, the King of Han is indeed Mr. Jing's great talent, and there is still a lack of one person in the seven phases of the political hall, it is for Mr. to prepare, I hope Mr. can give up his past suspicions and work together for the rejuvenation of the Han Dynasty."

Zhuge Liang pondered for a moment, the ridicule on his face disappeared, and he also said to Liao Li very sincerely: "The heart of the King of Han is admirable, please Gongyuan to tell His Royal Highness the King of Han for me, Kong Ming thanked him for his sincerity, but Kong Ming failed to assist the imperial uncle, he was disheartened, and he had no intention of pursuing a career, and he was ready to return to his hometown in Longzhong to work as a farmer, and no longer care about political affairs." ”

Liao Li was stunned, "Mr. is not yet forty, he is young, why is he so decadent?" ”

"Everyone has their own ambitions, Gongyuan doesn't need to persuade anymore."

Liao Li saw that Zhuge Liang would rather give up the position of Xiangguo and return to his hometown to farm, and sighed in his heart, but he saw that Zhuge Liang was not modest, and he really didn't want to serve the Han Kingdom, so he had to sigh in his heart, bid farewell to Zhuge Liang, and left in a hurry.

At this time, Zhuge Liang didn't want to go back to Panyu City, so he ordered his entourage to go back to tell his wife, but he could pack up and take the children to Sihui County north of Panyu to join him, and then return to Xiangyang Longzhong together.

Five days later, Huang Yueying rushed to Sihui County with her two children, joined her husband Zhuge Liang, and under the escort of several henchmen, the family rode north to Luling County and headed for their hometown of Xiangyang.

After another ten days, Liu Bei led his family's wives and concubines, as well as dozens of high-ranking civil and military officials such as Guan Yu and Zhang Fei and their families, to board the Han warships, and hundreds of warships left Panyu City, turned around and sailed towards Lingdingyang, and began the long return journey.

In January of the twenty-third year of Jian'an, half a year after the destruction of Jiangdong, the Han army took advantage of the victory to move south and contain the main force of the Jiaozhou army in the north, but the Jingzhou naval army attacked Panyu City, Liu Bei was forced to surrender to the Han army, and the Jiaozhou forces perished.

The demise of Liu Bei's forces meant that the Han army completely unified the south, in March, Liu Jing ordered the establishment of the Jiaozhou Governor's Office, appointed Liu Zheng, the chief general of the Eagle Strike Army, as the governor of Jiaozhou, and sealed the Zhennan general, led an army of 20,000 troops to be stationed in Jiaozhi, and appointed Liao Li as the secretary of the school inspection department, Jiaozhou Observation Envoy, and inspected the counties of Jiaozhou

At the same time when the Han army perished in Jiaozhou, Cao Cao's implementation of the Ding order also encountered unprecedented resistance, because the Ding order was only aimed at the local scholars, and Cao Wei's magnates were open, which caused great indignation among the local scholars, they strongly protested, and the officials of the local counties and counties resigned and went to their posts in anger, and Yang Biao even appeared in Chang'an publicly, calling on the major scholars in the Central Plains to support the Han State.

For a time, the news of the resignation of officials from various counties and counties poured into Yedu like a tide, and in Hebei alone, more than 400 officials resigned, and many county and county officials went to their posts at the same time, causing the government to be paralyzed, and Cao Pi was anxious about it.

In the afternoon of this day, Cao Pi couldn't bear it anymore, and came to Tongque Palace by carriage, he wanted to persuade his father to temporarily slow down the Ding Order, Cao Pi got off the carriage, walked quickly into the palace gate, and met Chen Qun in the imperial history.

When Chen Qun saw Cao Pi, he hurriedly pulled him aside and said to him: "Duke Wei is in a bad mood now, and the prince had better not anger him." ”

Cao Pi was taken aback, "What happened?" ”

Seeing that there was no one left and right, Chen Qun lowered his voice and said: "I just got urgent news that the Han army has conquered Panyu City, and Liu Bei has surrendered to the Han army. ”

This news surprised Cao Pi, why did Liu Bei perish without any sign at all?

"When did this happen?"

"Just over a month ago, news came from our spies in Chang'an that Liu Jing had established the Jiaozhou Governor's Mansion."

Cao Pi felt a little strange in his heart, why didn't Yang Tian report this matter to himself, and reported it directly to his father, he was a little annoyed in his heart, could it be that Yang Tian felt that his wings were stiff and disdained to report to himself?

Although Cao Pi was angry with Yang Tian in his heart, the news of Liu Bei's demise made him even more flustered, no wonder his father was angry, this matter did come too suddenly, at this time he was a little hesitant in his heart, whether to tell his father about the Ding order.

Chen Qun persuaded him again: "Since the prince has entered the palace gate, it is better to go and see Duke Wei, otherwise it will make Duke Wei even more unhappy." ”

Cao Pi understood what Chen Qun meant, his father must have known that he had come to Tongque Palace, if he didn't see him, he would definitely be angry, he nodded, "Thank you Chen Zhongcheng for the news, I'll go see my father." ”

Cao Pi walked up the steps, and the guards went to report for him, and after a while, the guards came out and said, "Duke Wei ordered the prince to go in." ”

Cao Pi stabilized his mind, tidied up his clothes again, and then hurriedly walked into the inner palace and came to his father Cao Cao's official room.

"Duke Wei, the prince is here."

"Let him in!" Cao Cao's unhappy voice came from the room, and he could hear that he was in a bad mood.

Cao Pi had no choice but to walk into the room, kneel down and salute, "The child greets his father!" ”

'Smack! With a bang, Cao Cao slammed a piece of information in front of him, and rebuked angrily: "Look at what your subordinates are doing!" ”

Cao Pi was so frightened that he trembled, his head lowered deeper, Cao Cao paced back and forth in the room with his hands in his hands, his chest rose and fell violently, and the arrival of his son Cao Pi aroused the anger he had just suppressed, which was also the most annoying incident he had in several years, Liu Jing actually attacked Jiaozhou, and he didn't even know it in advance.

This was a strategic mistake of heavy dà, Jiaozhou was conquered, Liu Jing unified the south, but he fell into passivity, and it is only March now, which means that by the end of this year or early next year, the Han army will complete its preparations for war, so as to launch a war against Cao Wei.

Of course, Cao Cao was not angry that the Han army had won time to prepare for war, but that their intelligence organization was incompetent.

Every time Cao Cao thought of this, he gritted his teeth with hatred, since the Chang'an intelligence point got a record of the Pingzhangtai meeting a few years ago, he has never made any achievements, and the information sent is some inconsequential little things, and there is no real top-secret information.

Cao Cao's fists slowly clenched, he must clean the Chang'an Intelligence Station, and he can't be so confused anymore.

Thinking of this, Cao Cao slowly suppressed the monstrous anger in his heart, returned to his seat and sat down, he stared at his son for a long time before he said coldly: "You get up!" ”

Cao Pi slowly stood up, his knees were a little numb, he didn't dare to rub it, he stood aside with his hands down, Cao Cao snorted and said, "Do you know why I'm annoyed? ”

"The child knew that it was because of the poor intelligence, and we only got the news after the Han army destroyed Jiaozhou, and the child was also shocked."

"Is it Chen Qun suing you?"

"Yes!"

Cao Cao's face softened slightly, and he sighed: "It's only March now, no!" It should have been last month that the Han army attacked Liu Bei, so fast, was Liu Bei's army so unbearable? ”

Cao Pi felt that his father's tone softened, and he said a little boldly: "Father, the last time the Jiaozhou Army went on a northern expedition, it was also defeated by the Han Army in a short period of time. ”

"Maybe that's why! The more south the army is, the weaker the combat effectiveness, but the Jiaozhou army is a local battle, with people and geographical advantages, if Jiaozhou is so easy to be destroyed, the first emperor will not let Zhao Tuo lead 400,000 Qin troops to the south, I think there must be something strange in this, we must find the real reason. ”

"The child will send someone to investigate this matter, and within a month, he will definitely reply to his father."

Cao Cao shook his head, "I can't find anything in a month, at least three months, I won't give you a deadline for this matter, but you have to take it to heart and send the most capable people to investigate." ”

"Got it."

Cao Cao let out a long breath, Jiaozhou was destroyed, Liu Bei surrendered, and he was helpless, the key is how should he deal with this change, how should the strategy be adjusted?

After pondering for a moment, Cao Cao said to his son: "The top priority is to adjust the intelligence organization in Chang'an, I think our intelligence is very incompetent and weak, and we can't get anything important information, that Yang Tian is a villain who will only harm people, and he is not allowed to take care of foreign intelligence anymore."

Cao Pi thought that Yang Tian bypassed him and reported to the higher authorities without authorization, he couldn't help but secretly hate, and immediately said: "The child will be replaced immediately, and he will no longer be in charge of external intelligence." ”

Cao Cao gritted his teeth again and said: "In addition, the intelligence points of the Han army in Yedu will also be dug up for me, they are my confidants." ”

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