Cheng An was busy, and when he saw Wei Ba coming to see him, he was a little surprised for a while, and after listening to Wei Ba's intention, he put down the pen in his hand, straightened his waist, clenched his hollow fist and knocked it gently, groaned for a long time, and said with a smile: "Where do my Cheng family dare to call the four surnames of Hanzhong, the young general, don't listen to that little girl." ”

"The old gentleman is modest." Wei Ba said: "Please also ask the old gentleman for advice." ”

Cheng An waved his hand, motioned for someone to bring a seat for Wei Ba, invited Wei Ba to take a seat, and gave him water and wine. Wei Ba was not used to drinking wine as water, even if the alcohol was very low, so he asked for some water. When everything was ready, the waiter retreated, and Cheng An opened his mouth unhurriedly.

"Major General, in fact, the conspiracy sounds very profound, but it is very simple to say. Those who are in power and weigh them are nothing more than comparing the gains and losses, seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages, and preventing problems before they occur. Of course, the level of the means depends on the state of mind of each person. Let's take the simplest thing as an analogy. In the face of a sheep, the wolf can be very vicious and do whatever he wants. But if a tiger comes at this time, what will the wolf do? ”

"Of course, it's a runaway."

"By the way, Weishenme wants to escape? The reason is very simple, the wolf knows that he is not an opponent of the tiger, and if he escapes, he will certainly lose a good meal, and if he stays, not only will he not be able to eat the sheep, but he may also become the prey of the tiger. Losing one's life is more terrible than dying, which is why the wolf flees. ”

Cheng An looked at Wei Ba quietly: "Actually, the fight didn't happen, but the wolf saw the strength of both sides and chose the decision to escape in advance, so it saved its life, and this decision is not difficult to make." But if it is a milk tiger, far less powerful than an adult tiger, and the wolf still seems to have some hope of winning, then it is very knowledgeable what to do. ”

Wei Ba pondered for a long time, and then bowed slightly: "The old gentleman is reasonable, and accurately judging the strength of the opponent is indeed a science. ”

"Yes, yes." Cheng An daxiao, picked up the pen again, and spread out an account book: "The young general has already gotten a glimpse of the door, and the old man has nothing to teach you." ”

Wei Ba didn't say anything. He knew that Cheng An didn't have nothing to teach him, he didn't want to teach him, at least he didn't want to teach him easily. Maybe Cheng An is still trying to see his performance and decide whether he is worth teaching, maybe he doesn't want to get too deep into this whirlpool, so he can protect himself. In Hanzhong, the Wei family is a strong dragon from outside, while the Cheng family is the head snake. The Wei family can leave at any time, but the Cheng family wants to survive from generation to generation, they will not rashly tie themselves to their bosses, especially their father Wei Yan is still that virtuous.

"Thank you, sir." Wei Ba got up, bowed again, and then got up to leave. Out of the account, he left with Dunwu and others. Cheng An held the pen, wrote the official document stroke by stroke, and took the abacus from time to time and fiddled with it a few times. After a while, the scribe Zhao Su walked in and said with a smile: "Cheng Gong, Wei Ba is gone." ”

Cheng An responded, without even raising his head.

Zhao Su and Cheng An were familiar with each other, and they didn't go outside, sitting in Wei Ba's position just now, picking up the water cup that Wei Ba was drinking and smelling it, and said strangely: "This kid actually drinks water?" ”

"He doesn't like to drink." Cheng An raised his head and glanced at Zhao Su: "What's the matter, I can't hold it back?" ”

Zhao Su sighed: "It's not that I can't hold it. Cheng Gong, you also know, I'm not interested in these things at all. But the old man of our family was a little unhappy. The prime minister has been in Hanzhong for so long, and he hasn't even sent someone to greet him, which is really disappointing. ”

Cheng An snorted: "It seems that your old man is also quietly thinking." ”

"How can it be that my old man, and the other families are similar, one by one sitting at home in a serious manner, refusing to take the initiative to ask for a meeting, but every day I look forward to the prime minister to invite them, hoping that the old eyes are dizzy, and the eye is a lot more white." Zhao Su smacked his lips as he spoke, his expression exaggerated.

Cheng An couldn't help laughing. "You just say that about your old man, aren't you afraid that he will break your leg with a cane?"

"I'm not wrong, I'm just telling the truth."

Cheng An pondered for a moment, put down the pen in his hand, and clasped his hands together. "In my opinion, you still persuade your old man to die of this heart."

“weishenme？” Zhao Su asked in surprise: "The prime minister has made up his mind and refuses to let us Yizhou people come out?" Yizhou is the Yizhou of Yizhou people, not the Yizhou of Jingxiang people. ”

"Prime Minister, it's not a simple character. His means...... Hehe, it's not just that I'm ruthless to the people of Yizhou, and I don't want to pretend to be a color to the people of Jingxiang, Liao Li has been deposed, and Li Yan has also left Yong'an, which seems to be reused, but it is actually a tiger leaving the mountain, but he himself has not yet known it. As for the people of Yizhou, if you look at those people in the DPRK and China, how many of them have real power in their hands? Even Yang Jixiu is just like this, do you still want to come out? ”

Zhao Su frowned, and the expression on his grinning face swept away and became serious. He thought for a moment, and suddenly exclaimed, "What does Cheng Gong mean...... Wei family father and son? ”

"Them?" Cheng An shook his head contemptuously: "Rotten wood can't be carved, and the wall of dung can't be smashed, stay away from them, so as not to burn yourself." ”

"Then Cheng Gong, you still have such a close relationship with Wei Ba?" Zhao Su laughed again.

"It's not me looking for him, it's him looking for me." Cheng An frowned, thoughtful: "There is a servant girl next to him, and it is quite strange that he actually knows our four surnames in Hanzhong." Zhao Su, you have time to ask what is the origin of this servant girl. ”

Zhao Su nodded and didn't ask anything more.

……

Wei Ba returned to the big tent, and Wei Yan was sitting in the tent, sweating on his face, but he didn't remove his armor, he just took off his helmet and wiped it with a cloth towel. The hard work of being a soldier in the previous life was described as sweat on his clothes, which is nothing compared to the soldiers in this life. Ordinary soldiers wear leather armor or armor, which is slightly better, and generals like Wei Yan wear fine-scale iron armor, which looks imposing, but in fact it is very offensive. The iron armor weighs nearly twenty kilograms, not to mention, and in order to prevent the skin from being worn out, a thick battle jacket must be worn. Winter is enough, and in summer, fully armed drills are not pleasant.

"Where did you go?"

Wei Ba hurriedly stepped forward, took the cloth towel from the hand of the guard, washed it in the basin, and helped Wei Yan wipe the sweat from his neck. "I just went back to see Fu Xing, and then I went to the baggage camp and looked at Mr. Cheng."

"Oh." Wei Yan responded, and said, "You sent Ma Jian and Zhuge Qiao in the morning, and what did you say later?" ”

Wei Ba thought about it, roughly said what they said, zuihou said: "Daddy, I think Ma joins the army in front of the prime minister has a different status, and in the future, the prime minister will send troops, maybe he will lead the army alone." ”

Wei Yan raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "You are only half right. Ma Yan's brother Ma Liang and the prime minister were friends back then, and they were like brothers. Ma Liang sacrificed his life for the country, and the prime minister treated Ma Jian well, that is as it should be, not to mention that Ma Jian was not only born in the Ma family in Xiangyang, with a high reputation, but also has real talent and learning, which is far from being comparable to those small officials. It is more natural for the prime minister to rely on him. However, it is simply impossible to say that the prime minister will let him lead the army alone. It's true that Ma Tan is talented, but he has never led a soldier, and he followed the prime minister to participate in the military, so it doesn't matter, how could he suddenly let him lead an army alone? As you said, the prime minister is a cautious man, and he would not do such a rash thing. ”

Wei Ba had nothing to say, and his father was so confident that he couldn't help it. However, from another point of view, Zhuge Liang's use of Ma Jian is indeed not very reliable, and it is quite criticized in history, and people with a little normal thinking will not agree. It's not ridiculous for Dad to say this now, at most it only proves how unwise Zhuge Liang was to make this decision later.

"That...... I listened to the meaning of Ma joining the army, and he seemed to be jihua to Daddy...... There are some concerns. Wei Ba said carefully: "He is worried that the risk is too great, and the prime minister may not agree." ”

Wei Yan snorted and disagreed: "Here it is again, you think so yourself, why bother with the name of Tomayan." As he spoke, he stood up, put his helmet back on, fastened his lacing, and strode out. When he walked to the door of the tent, he stopped again, turned to Wei Ba and said, "Meridian Valley Jihua is confidential, and it must not be leaked out, otherwise I will only ask you." I see? ”

Wei Ba was taken aback, and hurriedly said, "Daddy, how could I leak the secret." ”

Wei Yan nodded, turned around and was about to leave. Wei Ba suddenly thought of what Fu Xing had said, and hurriedly chased after him and said, "Daddy, when will the prime minister send troops?" The time has dragged on for a long time, but I am afraid that Cao Wei will be on guard, and the risk will be even greater at that time. ”

Wei Yan's eyebrows frowned slightly, and he sighed unnaturally: "Prime Minister...... Be cautious, and you will have to prepare for a while, and in my opinion, it will be after the autumn harvest at the earliest. Cao Wei...... Alas, this is also something that cannot be helped, after all, he is a scholar. He patted Wei Ba on the shoulder: "It's good to take a long time to prepare, you can prepare a little more." Don't be idle, be familiar with Kumon. The big war is coming, there are many things to prepare, you are just better, don't be too tired. ”

Wei Ba's heart warmed and nodded in agreement. Wei Yan turned around and strode away. Wei Ba returned to the case, cleaned up the case, worried about his father's personality for a while, and puzzled by Cheng Anyunshan's words for a while. He could vaguely understand what Cheng An meant, which was nothing more than the meaning of recognizing the opponent and not being reckless and impulsive. So who is the opponent of the Wei family? Yang Yi, or Prime Minister Zhuge Cheng? Cheng An specifically mentioned Liao Li last time, what was his purpose?

Wei Ba complained that Cheng An refused to speak well, and at the same time rerecalled the official document about Liao Li's demotion according to new ideas. He also knows that although this matter is elusive, after all, you still have to rely on yourself to figure it out, others can provide advice, but they can't make decisions for you, and it is a very dangerous thing to put your fate in the hands of others. —————— ask for recommendations, ask for collections.