In April of the fifteenth year of Jian'an, after Cao Cao's false model and three resignations, he finally accepted the edict of the king, and from then on he became the king of Wei, ranking above the three princes and princes - theoretically except for the emperor, empress, crown prince, empress dowager, and empress dowager...... Outside, no one is more noble than Cao Cao. At the same time, the party county was added to Wei.

The next month, he issued an edict to seal Lü Bu as the Duke of Liang, and the five counties of Jincheng, Wuwei, Zhangye, Jiuquan, and Dunhuang as the Liang State - because the Wei ministers discussed coming and going, and for the time being, they still wanted to bind Lü Bu, since he wanted five counties, then give him five counties, anyway, they were all deserted places with a population of no more than 50,000. And since Cao Cao didn't want Lu Bu to have a bigger territory than himself even in name, he would simply add another party to Wei Guo.

When the news reached Chengdu, Liu Bei was furious, and scolded him: "The old thief's usurpation is obvious!" ”

In fact, Liu Xuande was not as angry as he expressed at all, because Cao Cao's usurpation of the throne had become a success, and anyone with a discerning eye could see it, and Liu Bei had already been mentally prepared. He couldn't even help but think that he could obviously step into the throne of God in one step, but he would like to be Qiao and be crowned a king first - Cao Cao is really old, and he is so muddy and muddy in doing things, if he changes Lao Tzu......

This must be an old thief who is jealous of me and Lu Buye, so he has to take a detour to get into his ears.

Liu Bei's ambition is not under Cao Cao, of course, if Cao Cao usurps the Han and Liu Bei supports the Han, the words cannot be wrong. After all, Liu Bei is a relative of the Han family - even if the world is too complicated to take the test, at least it is the same surname - his feelings for Yan Han are much deeper than Cao Cao's, and even if he usurps the throne and becomes emperor, the name of the dynasty will not change, and he will still be called "Han". To show legitimacy.

So Liu Bei summoned the ministers. Discuss countermeasures. Cao Cao was crowned king. Even if we just protest verbally, we have to come up with a plan; Second, once Cao Cao consolidates the Kwantung territory, he will inevitably march westward, and the first attack will be Yizhou, and preparations must be made in advance.

Shu County Taishou, Zhenwei General Changshi Fa Zhengfa Xiaozhi took the lead in mentioning yì, since Cao Cao was crowned king, the lord should also be called the king, but he can also resist it. Xu Jing, Pang Xi, and shooting aid all seconded the proposal, but another important minister in Yizhou, Pang Shiyuan, who was engaged in Pang Tong in Zhizhong, watched coldly and did not say a word.

Liu Bei looked at Fa Zheng, who was making an impassioned statement, and then looked at Pang Tong, who was sitting precariously, although his face was expressionless as if he was wearing a mask as always, the actual blue tendons on his forehead jumped slightly, and he felt a lot of anger in his heart.

Before withdrawing troops from Guanzhong and returning to the Chengdu Prefecture Bureau, before his ass was hot, he received the impeachment of Fa Zheng and Pang Tong successively. For the law filial piety. It is to impeach him for breaking the law and order, and to make himself a prestige. Innocence of manslaughter; As for Pang Shiyuan, he was impeached for deceiving the lord and quoting private individuals. In fact, Liu Bei knows all these things, just for "when the water is clear, there is no fish", so he used his strengths to cover his shortcomings, pretending to close his eyes and not seeing, and now he was exposed in person, but he felt a headache.

However, if these charges are returned, as for those who impeach the law and do not know the trend of the small and the big, and even those who worked in vain in the battle of Guanzhong, and those who impeached Pang Tong for failing to ensure the delivery of grain and straw, causing the army to run out of food and retreat - in a word, the root cause of our defeat this time is all on the heads of Fa and Pang - this is too obvious a condemnation of the heart, and the party is the same and different.

Although Jingzhou Shi and Dongzhou Shi are both outsiders, according to the time sequence of the benefits, as well as the original from Liu Bei or from Liu Zhang's Shun as the separation, each into a system, attacking each other, this is also expected by Liu Bei. He originally planned to find a way to bridge the contradiction between these two groups first, and then wave the Northern Expedition after stabilizing Yizhou, but in order to save Sun Wu, he hastily dispatched troops, which intensified the contradiction.

To put it simply, Yizhou's flatbread is such a big piece, and it was originally a situation where the natives of Shu and Dongzhou were grabbing food, but suddenly a group of Liu Bei Group came in the air, which was even more insufficient. If Dongzhou Shiduo is purged, it will naturally be able to vacate a part of the interests to accommodate Jingzhou Shi, the problem is that there are many Dongzhou Shishi led by Fa Zheng, and Liu Bei also tried his best to stabilize the situation in Shudi, and wantonly recruited rebellion, without investigating the past, there are not a few old people who guide the pie, and there are countless new people, but the pie is still so big, how can it not be an accident?

Therefore, after Liu Bei received these impeachment cases, he hurriedly pressed them all, with the heart of Anfazheng and Pang Tong, and at the same time he relegated several middle-level ministers who played (of course, it will not be Pang Tong who personally impeached Fa Zheng, and Fa Zheng personally impeached Pang Tong, all of whom instructed the party to explore the way first) to other counties as a warning. The two factions competed, and Liu Bei was eager to find a person who was above Jingzhou and Dongzhou to solve the problem or restrain him, but the problem was left and right, and he was also a little bit of a politician in the party - Sun Gongyou was a pedantic scholar; Guan, Zhang, Zhao and others know how to use soldiers, but they don't know how to be political; Xiahou was compiled as the Guanghan Taishou and was not in Chengdu.

So he had no choice but to pull out the general, summon Jian Yong to have a secret talk, and bring out the worries and concerns in his heart. Jian Yong said: "Filial piety, Shiyuan, are all proud, how can they be willing to be subordinate?" The lord has these two masters, if he makes harmony, he can determine the world, but I am afraid that he will not be able to stand together. After speaking, he sighed: "If the positive side and the Yuan straight generation, although they are slightly inferior, they can be helped." ”

It's a pity that the leaders of the two factions are not Li Yan and Xu Shu, although these two are slightly inferior to Fa Zheng and Pang Tong, their self-esteem is not so high, and they may have the possibility of working together in harmony and joining the great cause.

Liu Bei frowned and asked, "What can I do?" I can't bear to be wasted. "He is reluctant to Pang Tong or Fa Zheng, and more importantly, these two people are the leaders of Jingzhou Shi and Dongzhou Shi, and any suppression of any one of them may directly lead to the detachment of the group to which he belongs - what should I do? Do they have to keep attacking?

Jian Xianhe is a masterpiece of the first generation (although he has been compared to Shixun), and his vision is not bad, but his specific planning ability is also mediocre, he can see that it is difficult for Fazheng and Pang Tong to stand side by side, but he can't come up with a specific solution at all, so he can only comfort Liu Bei: "But let Yun Chang, Yide and other soldiers, Gongxu (Xiahou Su) and others sit on the big county, why hurt?" "As long as our original team holds the military power and the main local political power in the palm of our hands, even if the party fights, there won't be too much chaos, right?

Liu Bei shook his head again and again: "Han Feizi Youyun: How is the 'embankment of a thousand zhang' ......" He didn't read much, and Jian Yong also knew it, so he hurriedly added: "The embankment of a thousand zhang collapses with the nest of ants; The hundred-foot room was burned with a sudden gap. Liu Bei said right-"If the small gap is not filled, the building will eventually fall, and it will not be light." Of course, he also understood the limitations of Jian Yong's ability, so he said: "Shu Zhida, how can there be no good talent, can you relieve my worries?" It is to make the constitution and inspect the counties, and visit the sages for me. "Go and see if there are any resourceful locals who can come up with ideas to help me solve this problem.

Jian Yong took the order and left, and before he came back, he caught up with this time to discuss Cao Cao's kingship. Fa Zhengjian yì Liu Bei is also called the king, in order to show the people of the world that he and Cao Cao are incompatible, so as to facilitate the gathering of people's hearts and accumulate strength. Although Pang Tong also agreed with what Fa Zheng said in his heart, because the two of them had a deep contradiction, they deliberately kept silent, and his henchmen looked at the boss with this attitude, and they were all silent.

Liu Bei looked at it from above, and he was angry, but it was not easy to break it directly. Anyway, since Pang Tong and the others did not object, then they could be regarded as acquiescing, he was about to recognize what Fa Zheng was playing, and suddenly he heard a long sigh not far away: "Woohoo, mercy on the sky!" The Central Plains tiger and wolf stole the evidence, I was traveling to the south to Jingchu, thinking that I could see the hero, but I could be the anger of Zhu Xu. Now I know that Zhu Xutho's words are for his own desires. ”

"Zhu Xu" refers to Liu Zhang, the Marquis of Zhu Xu, when Zhu Lu and the king, Liu Zhang said to Lu Hou at the banquet: "Deep cultivation of both seeds, seedlings want to be sparse, those who are not their seeds, and go away." It means that the principle of farming is to keep the seedlings and remove all the weeds - the implication is that the Liu family is the seedlings that need to be protected, and the Lu family is just weeds, how can they grow together with the seedlings? When Empress Lü died, Liu Zhang conspired with Zhou Bo and Chen Ping to destroy Zhu Lü and was named the king of Chengyang for his merits.

This person said, I only understood today that Liu Zhang dared to suppress Zhu Lu, not for the sake of the Han family, but for the sake of being the king - Liu Bei, if you dare to be the king, then it will be the same as Cao Cao, and it will be a usurper!

Before the words fell, everyone was terrified - who is this? How dare you mock my lord to my face (although he turned a corner) and usurped it? Fa Zheng was even more embarrassed, after all, Liu Bei didn't nod his head, that is to say, I wanted to guide the lord to usurp? What's the difference between this and pointing at my nose and scolding me for being a "slanderous villain"? What is so rampant that you have to do nothing Jingzhou Shiye?

At the moment, he was angry and followed the prestige, but after glancing at it, he was relieved - it turned out to be him! Dare to love is not our own people, just an outsider, or used to running trains with his mouth full of words, and he is out of tune......

I saw that the person who spoke was in his twilight years, but his spirit was still very strong, his complexion was good, his stature was not high, his beard was gray, he had a square face, thin eyebrows and raised eyes, he had a proud attitude of looking at the world, with a high nose and thin lips, and he looked like a hero.

Seeing that the eyes of the big guy all fell on him, this person was quite proud, and immediately stood up, shook three times in one step, and came to the opposite side of Liu Bei, and then folded his sleeves and arched his hands, squinting at Fa Zheng: "Filial piety to the sergeant of Zhongzhou, it is a pity to live in the middle of nowhere for a long time, but to count the classics and forget the etiquette?" Emperor Xigao's White Horse swore that he was not King Liu Bu, so Cao Cao was not the king, and he was the same as Zhu Lu. Xuande Gong Liu's surname is the king, and the matter is appropriate, but there is no Son of Heaven Jiace, and the ministers are promoted at the same time, what is the difference between this and Cao Cao? ”

Then Cao Cao also instructed the ministers to play and forced the emperor to make him king, Fa Zheng, do you also plan to instigate Liu Bei to do this? What's the difference between that and Cao Cao?

As soon as the words of "counting the dictionary and forgetting the etiquette" came out, Fa Zheng could no longer be calm - bastard, you still kicked your nose in the face? Could it be that Pang Shiyuan instructed him? Have you boarded Pang Tong's thief ship? Thus defile me in the presence of the Lord! raised his eyebrows, and was about to refute it, but was stopped by Liu Bei waving his hand. Liu Bei was quite respectful to this person, and asked softly: "Even if I use Kong Gongyi, what should I do?" (To be continued......)

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