Lu Xun received the news earlier than Li Yan, and while he was surprised, he also felt relieved. Obviously, no matter what Zhuge Liang was doing, as far as the current situation was concerned, if he could defeat Li Yan and Wei Ba, it would definitely be a good thing for Wu Guo. Compared with Li Yan and Wei Ba's aggressiveness, opponents like Zhuge Liang are less threatening.

Lu Xun reported the news he received to Sun Quan in its original form, and attached his own analysis, he hoped that Sun Quan could seize this opportunity and take advantage of the convenience of Sun Deng and others in Chengdu to help Zhuge Liang control the situation as much as possible, give Wu Guo a chance to breathe, and block Wei Ba's approaching footsteps.

Sun Quan received Lu Xun's recital, and there were mixed tastes and mixed feelings. He didn't know how much of what Lu Xun did was out of loyalty to him, in his personal opinion, it was more like Lu Xun fighting for the rights of the Jiangdong family.

Not long ago, he received a letter from Lu Xun, saying that Li Yan would recruit Wu talents in the name of the emperor and was asking Wei Ba to draw up a list. In order to avoid being occupied by Chengdu on the moral and moral heights, Lu Xun asked Sun Quan to preemptively let those people enter the office, so as to minimize the impact as much as possible. At that time, he suspected that Lu Xun was selfish, but then the news that Zhang Wen came back confirmed Lu Xun's worries, and he had no choice but to accept Lu Xun's suggestion and recruit a large number of Jiangdong families to enter the office.

He has no way out, and compared to being hollowed out by Li Yan and Wei Ba, turning the Wu State into the Wu State of the Wu people may be a reluctantly acceptable result. In just half a month, he issued more than 30 earnestly worded edicts. Before he made a decision in Chengdu, he would pull those representatives of the family who were enough to influence the hearts of the people in Jiangdong into the court of Wu.

Who is the winner of Zuihou? It's not Li Yan or Wei Ba. It's not his grandson Quan, it's the Jiangdong family.

As soon as he thought of this result, Sun Quan felt that he had been raped. He felt that those Jiangdong people in the court were laughing at him, but he still had to pretend to be smiling, and he didn't dare to offend them, lest they leave and switch to the Chengdu court, and the humiliation he endured would not only not have a haode effect, but would bring greater destructiveness.

Over the years, Sun Quan has not had a good time. But he was never so humiliated as he is today.

This King Wu is really boring.

Go back to the roots. Wei Ba is the culprit. So when Sun Quan saw that Zhuge Liang actually had Liliang to fight back, there was an inexplicable excitement in his heart. He immediately sent someone to send the news to Sun Deng. Sun Deng was in Chengdu, but he wandered outside the Shu Han court, before Zhuge Liang arrived in Chengdu. He may not receive any news.

In order to strengthen Sun Deng's strength. Give Zhuge Liang a boost. Sun Quan sent Zhuge Ke and Gu Tan to Chengdu. Needless to say, Zhuge Ke is the younger generation he trusts the most, and Gu Tan should not be underestimated. He is not only a member of the Gu family of Wu County, the grandson of Prime Minister Gu Yong, but also has an inseparable relationship with the Sun family, his mother is Sun Ce's daughter, and in terms of generation, he is Sun Quan's nephew. At the same time, his grandmother Lu is Lu Kang's daughter, Lu Ji's sister, and the Lu family has the same deep relationship.

With such a background, Sun Quan believed that Gu Tan would not abandon the Sun family easily, and his scheming beyond ordinary people could be used by the Sun family. As Lu Xun said, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and in order to fight for the interests of Wu as much as possible, he must send the most capable manpower.

Zhuge Ke and Gu Tan are the two candidates he dares to use and believes are useful. They also knew how heavy the burden was on their shoulders, and after receiving the task, they immediately set off, not even caring about the upcoming New Year.

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Because of the distance, Wei Ba received the message much later. When he received the news, he was preparing for the annual Chinese New Year's Eve feast.

As the general of Zhennan, who monopolized the power, Wei Ba would meet with the heads of the counties under his rule every year around the New Year, as well as representatives of the powerful families in various places. From a ruler's point of view, he doesn't like those greedy families, but in the current situation, he can't eradicate these people, so he can only control them as much as possible, and use both grace and power to prevent them from becoming malignant tumors.

The annual New Year's feast plays this role, and those who are invited to participate are all people who have entered the control of Wei Ba, and it is naturally an honor to be able to enter this list, and it is also a vigilance, because once you are kicked out of this list, it usually means that General Zhennan is dissatisfied with you and wants to use some means to sanction you. In contrast, it is less terrible to fall in the middle of the road because of a failed investment.

To some extent, the Chinese New Year's Eve feast is the New Year's Pass, and Wei Ba is the gatekeeper of this pass. Fortunately, this gatekeeper is quite reasonable, unless someone touches some insurmountable prohibitions, he generally will not put people to death, and he will leave a little way to live. More often than not, he will only use the power in his hands to carefully adjust the direction and impose flexible restrictions.

More often, he is a groomer like Dayu, rather than only knowing how to block defenses like Kun. This is probably the reason why he has developed well over the years. Many people say that this may be related to the fact that he is a heavenly master who moves the people and believes in the way of Huang Lao. Because of this, many people began to believe in the Tao of the Heavenly Master and re-study the Tao of Huang Lao.

This is probably a result that Wei Ba did not expect, but he does not object to this result. The more people who believe in the Tao of the Heavenly Master, the stronger his appeal as a god general will be. Sometimes, the absence of faith is not necessarily a good thing, and if people do not have reverence, morality will fall faster.

There are many guests, but the number of people who are qualified to be received by Wei Ba is limited, most people can only meet with the public, and the people who can meet alone are a few after all, and it is also a rare honor.

Changsha County has just entered Wei Ba's rule this year, and Changsha's family Haoqiang has also received some care, especially those who have dealt with Wei Ba many years ago and supported Wei Ba, this time not only received an invitation, but also received a special reception from Wei Ba.

In addition to Wei Ba, there was also Liao Li, the former Changsha Taishou.

After sitting on the cold bench for a few years, coupled with the growing age, although Liao Li still can't get rid of that kind of arrogant spirit, he has somewhat eliminated a little frivolity. Now that he is in control of the seven counties of Jiaozhou, he is a veritable official, and he doesn't need to make any gestures at all.

These days, he and Wei Ba met with the gentry of Changsha, and they played a role in fixing the sea. With him sitting next to the mountain, Wei Ba's lightness and even frivolity no longer become frivolous, but a kind of approachability, a real casualness.

However, when the news of Zhuge Liang's departure from Chang'an and his return to Chengdu was sent to the Zhennan General's Mansion, whether it was Liao Li, the Dinghai God Mountain, or the casual Zhennan General, they were a little distracted in an instant.

Wei Ba and Liao Li glanced at each other, and they both saw shock in each other's eyes, as well as a trace of helplessness.

Wei Ba quickly regained his composure, quietly stuffed the emergency report into his sleeve, and continued to talk with those gentry. Liao Li also quickly calmed down and sat aside without saying a word. However, those gentry were all human spirits, and they somewhat saw that the atmosphere was wrong, and found a reason to withdraw.

There were only two people left in the hall, Wei Ba and Liao Li, they glanced at each other, got up in unison, and came to Wei Ba's study.

Fa Miao was already waiting, pacing in the house, and when he heard the footsteps of Wei Ba and the others, he hurriedly walked to the door, arched his hand at Liao Li, and smiled humbly: "Sir, your opportunity has come." ”

Liao Li glanced at him, his footsteps froze for a moment, his eyelids lifted, entered the door, and sat down by himself. Wei Ba also took a seat and glanced at Fa Miao: "Boyuan, do you mean to ask Mr. Gongyuan to go back to Chengdu and fight against Cheng?" ”

Fa Miao smiled and nodded.

"General, the general has his own rules and regulations, but in terms of political disputes, he is probably not the opponent of the prime minister. Ma Tan and Fei Yi are both former officials of the prime minister, and I am afraid that the prime minister can guess seven or eight points how much weight they have. Others, even more insignificant. The prime minister tried in Guanzhong, gathered people, and drove General Zhenxi back to Chengdu, afraid that he had already held the military power in Guanzhong. At this time, when he returned to Chengdu, he naturally wanted to launch a thunderous blow, completely defeat the general, and regain control of the court. ”

Wei Ba sneered: "With his body, can he support Chengdu?" ”

"What if he could?" Fa Miao asked unceremoniously: "What if his illness is a game from the beginning?" ”

Wei Ba rolled his eyes, speechless. It has to be said that Fa Miao's suspicion is very likely. If he hadn't thought that Zhuge Liang was so sick that he was about to ascend to immortality, Li Yan would not have been so proud, and he would not have tolerated Zhuge Liang's calm mobilization of the soldiers and horses in Guanzhong without any action. If Zhuge Liang is really about to die, and returning to Chengdu is just a dying blow, then it's nothing. If Zhuge Liang was a game from the beginning, a game that made them slow down the pace of their attacks, then things would be in trouble.

As you can imagine, this is just the beginning, far from the end.

Because of the distance, he has only received the news now, and Zhuge Liang is probably about to arrive in Chengdu, and in terms of time, he has fallen behind a lot. If he couldn't prepare early, he would be very passive next, and he could only count on Li Yan and the others to be able to block the prime minister's attack.

However, as Fa Miao said, in terms of political struggle, although Li Yan cannot be regarded as a weak person, he is too far from Cheng. Ma Jian is very strong, but Zhuge Liang is familiar with Ma Tan, just as Ma Jian is familiar with Zhuge Liang, no one has an absolute advantage, and Zhuge Liang's many years of accumulation of power are not at all possessed by Ma Tan. As for Fei Yi, he couldn't help much at all to deal with this kind of internal struggle.

It is Wei Ba who can play a decisive role, but Wei Ba can't leave easily at all. If you leave, no one can say if you can come back. Once the general with a heavy army leaves his army, he will become water without a source and a tree without roots. When Wei Ba could not blatantly raise the anti-flag, their confrontation could only be carried out in the form of a court battle.

This is probably the reason why Zhuge Liang suddenly wants to return to Chengdu. Back in Chengdu, Wei Ba's strong economic strength and military role were weakened, and everyone competed in IQ and scheming, and they were united in vertical and horizontal, unlike on the battlefield, where whoever has a hard fist has the final say.

Fa Miao suggested that Liao Li return to Chengdu, and Wei Ba stayed in Jiaozhou to wait and see what happened, for now, it may be the only safe way

(To be continued......)