Chapter 1: Yizhou's internal troubles

Located in the middle of the Sichuan Basin, Chengdu is said to have a history dating back to the middle of the fifth century B.C., when the ancient Shu Kingdom moved its capital from Fanxiang, the capital of Guangdu. According to the "Taiping Huanyu Ji", the name of Chengdu is taken from the Zhou Gong Qianqi, "one year and the residence into a gathering, two years into a city, three years into Chengdu" meaning, Chengdu, the end of Chengdu also.

In 316 B.C., Qin destroyed Ba and Shu, that is, the old Shu land was Shu County, and Chengdu was used as the county rule, and the two Han Dynasty also used it - although the Shu County of the Han Dynasty was more extensive than the Shu County of Qin. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty began to set up the Department of Thorn History, Shu County belonged to Yizhou, to the Eastern Han Dynasty when the Thorn History was Chang, from the supervisor gradually transformed into an administrator, and the state was governed in the northeast of Chengdu, the county of Guanghan County. During the early peace period, the county was burned and the city was burned to the ground, so Liu Yan, the pastor of Yizhou, moved the state to Chengdu, which became the center of Yizhou's rule.

After Liu Yan died, he passed on his son Liu Zhang, and after ten years of Jian'an, Liu Bei led the army to conquer Chengdu, and Liu Zhang surrendered by himself, so Chengdu City became the core base of Liu Bei Group. However, unlike the original history, Liu Bei's entry into Shu this time lacked sufficient righteousness.

In "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", it is written that Liu Bei visited Zhuge Liang at the beginning of the Maolu, and said to the boy guarding the door: "General Hanzuo, Yicheng Tinghou, Lingyu Zhou Mu, and Imperial Uncle Liu Bei have come to meet Mr. "The military title is a heavy general, the lord is a liehou, and he is also the pastor of a state, which is really Xuanhe - "Uncle Huang" Yunyun is a novelist, and it can be ignored. But in this timeline, Liu Bei did not get Tao Qiansan to let Xuzhou, nor did he follow Cao Cao into Xudu to become the Son of Heaven. Wait until you are attached to Jingzhou. Cao Cao disintegrated Liu Biao's camp in order to divide it. gave him an empty title of Yuanzhou Assassin History.

Yuanzhou stabbed history and entered Yizhou, not only did he have no military number, but he didn't even have a title, what do you use to appeal to people's hearts, and then rule the huge Yizhou?

Therefore, the law is offering a plan, didn't Liu Zhang descend? Why don't you snatch all of his names? So Liu Bei joined forces with Liu Zhang, and asked Liu Zhang to give up the titles of General Zhenwei, Yangcheng Tinghou, and Yizhou Mu inherited from his father. Liu Bei gave Liu Zhang the history of the Yuanzhou Thorn - it's useless anyway, it's purely an exchange, this business has been done.

So Liu Bei opened the council as the new general Zhenwei and Yizhou pastor, appointed Fa Zheng as the general of Zhenwei and the Taishou of Shu County, appointed Pang Tong as the governor of Yizhou, and Xu Shu as the director of Yizhou, all of which were entrusted with important tasks. During this expedition, Liu Bei accompanied Fa Zheng and Xu Shu, left Pang Tong to manage state affairs, and was responsible for the collection and transportation of grain and materials.

Pang Tong Pang Shiyuan was only thirty years old. Originally, it was only a scholar in Xiangyang, although it was praised by celebrities Sima Hui and others. But he was not liked by Liu Biao and failed to appear. When Liu Bei was stationed in Xinye, Pang Tong was recommended by Xu Shu and was deeply valued by Liu Bei, almost surpassing the old ministers Sun Qian, Jian Yong, etc., and became the first adviser under Liu Bei. In the original history, Pang Tong was killed in the attack on Yucheng this year, but in this timeline he avoided the catastrophe, and he was alive, seeing that there was no disease and no disaster, and there were still twenty or thirty years to show his talents.

However, the aftermath is extremely cumbersome, coupled with the initial decision of Shuzhong, Dongzhou Shi has not yet been completely subdued, and the aborigines of Yizhou are still as detached from morality as in Liu Zhang's era, Pang Shiyuan is so busy that he even loses weight on his originally plump cheeks. Especially when he was nervous and busy, he was engaged in Yang Hong's thick stack of files, and he saw Pang Tong's false fire rising, and couldn't help but slap the table: "Vertical son dares to do this!" ”

Yang Hong replied: "Fa Xiao is straightforward and narrow-minded, now he is favored by the lord, the outside is the capital, and the inside is the master, the virtue of a meal, the resentment of the eyes, all retaliate, and dozens of people have killed and injured themselves." It is advisable to enlighten the lord in the middle of the rule and suppress his prestige, otherwise there will be no restraint in the vertical and horizontal, which will lead to the loss of criminal and political unity, and the chaos in Shu. ”

Pang Tong pondered for a while, and finally slowly closed the file, and said in a deep voice: "I also know that filial piety is arrogant, only thinking that it has great merits, the lord can get the whole of Shu, thanks to his strength, so I can't bear to be deeply responsible-I don't know if it is arrogant!" However, now that his side is marching north from the lord, if he immediately punishes his subordinates, or enlightens the lord to suppress him, he is afraid that the morale of the army will be shaken and it will be unfavorable to the war. Ji Xiu can secretly investigate his lawlessness, so as to be conclusive, and wait for the lord to return from victory, and then make a difference. ”

Yang Hong bowed down and agreed, so he went out with the dossier in his hand. But I didn't expect that the wall had ears, and even if a scribe recorded what Pang Tong said, the secret book was transmitted to the front-line army to report the law. Fa Zheng was furious when he saw it, and said hatefully: "Pang Shiyuan wants to harm me? Guzhi Jingzhou people are the most credible! ”

But then he glanced at his good friend Li Yan beside him, and quickly explained: "What I said is that the lord hired people from Jingzhou is not a matter of business. ”

Li Yan is also a native of Jingzhou, his ancestral home is Nanyang, and he was used by Liu Biao as the county commander of Zigui, and later there was a conflict between Jing Yi, because he offended Cai Mao and other powerful people, he simply went west to Yizhou, and was appointed by Liu Zhang as the county commander of Chengdu, and became friends with Fa Zheng. Although if he ran two days late, maybe Li Yan would be the same as Pang Tong, and he would have been "taken from Jingzhou" by Liu Bei, but he ran away after all, so he turned into a Yizhou leading party of the same kind as Fazheng.

Originally, when he heard Fa Zheng scolding the people of Jingzhou, Li Yanzheng was embarrassed, so he wanted to say that Pang Tong and I were not all the way, so Fa Zheng was busy explaining and clarifying it. Fa Zheng has a narrow temperament, and at the same time has a good memory, even if others just give him a blank look, he can remember it clearly, and he will take revenge when he has the opportunity; But at the same time, if there is the slightest favor for him, he will surely repay him. So as a friend, Fa Zheng is still worth associating, and Li Yan will not ruin his many years of friendship with Fa Zheng because of an unintentional remark.

Of course, if Li Yan accidentally stabbed Fa Zheng when he spoke, would Fa Xiaozhi not say it, in fact, he secretly gave Li Zhengping a negative score in his heart and waited for an opportunity to retaliate, it would be difficult to say......

Li Yan immediately advised Fa Zheng: "Pang Shiyuan appointed himself as a sergeant of Jing Chu, but he regarded it strictly, but he was just a mediocre officer. They first followed the lord, aided the river into the benefit, thought that the Yuan Cong meritorious service, but set up a non-filial piety plan, Chengdu Anke? The merit of filial piety is known to the lord, and it is to make the name above Pang Tong. Now the lord and the princess have something to do in the north, if they immediately clash with them and fight against the army, how can it be like sleeping, and we will discuss it later? "Your ability is greater than Pang Tong, and your credit is greater than him, and the lord sees it all, so you don't have to be afraid of him at all. It's just that in the time of war, it is inconvenient for us to have a conflict within ourselves, so listen to my advice, let this matter go for a while, and talk about it later.

Fa Zheng frowned and said: "The meaning of the unification, when the army returns, it will be difficult, I don't prepare for it, I am afraid that it will be counted by the villain." Li Yan smiled and said: "Today's filial piety is directly planned, Xiahou is about to be annihilated, and he has made such a great achievement, and he has a deep-rooted and unshakable momentum, why is it difficult for Pang Shiyuan?" If there is any concern, the people will secretly watch their yin, and then confront each other, not to lose. "Will he collect evidence of your crimes? I don't believe that Pang Tong is really that clean, we can also investigate what he did and leave it to the future.

Fa Zheng nodded: "Zhengping said yes, but who can make it?" "Who should I ask for this? Li Yan said in a low voice: "Peng Yongnian." Fa Zheng shook his head: "The former Pang Tong entered Shu with the lord, and he recommended himself in the boat in Yongnian, and it is rumored that they talked very happily. "Do you mean Peng Yi? That kid was recommended to my lord by me and Pang Tong, I heard that he has a good relationship with Pang Tong, is he suitable for this?

Li Yan waved his hand and reminded Fa Zheng: "Yongnian is in Shu, and he has a good relationship with us, how can he bear to see you being harmed by Pang Tong?" Moreover, if the unification is thick, the unification will not be prepared, but can be taken from it. "Actually, what Li Yan means, I don't dare to persuade you to correct the law, but Peng Yi has a relationship with both sides of the conflict, so I just took the opportunity to disclose the news to him, let him be a peacemaker, and mediate from it, maybe we can avoid the internal disputes of the group......

Any political group will inevitably be divided into internal parties and fight for power and profit, just as Taizu said: "There is no faction in the party, and there are all kinds of strange things." "There are the Qian Pei faction and the Ruying faction within the Cao Cao group, the Huaisi faction and the Wu Hui faction within the Soochow group, and the Liu Qi party and Liu Cong party within the Liu Biao group, all of which are unavoidable facts. The same is true of Liu Bei's group, which is not only related to Zhang and other Yuancong factions, but also the party of Pang Tong and Xu Shu who were recruited in Jingzhou, and the party of Fa Zheng and Li Yan who were only collected after entering Shu.

When the leader is wise and strong enough, he can try to unite the different factions, keep the conflict to a minimum, and avoid fierce infighting. Of course, this will also require a period of transition, and within Liu Bei's group, it is clear that this stage has not yet been finalized.

This is the main reason why Xun put forward the eight-character strategy before Cao Cao's westward expedition. Eight-character Fang Luoyun: "Distinguish Chen Lu, and divide Fa Pang." "Chen refers to Chen Gong, Lu refers to Lu Bu, and it is Xun who asked Cao Cao not to treat these two as the same camp, but to treat them differently. Because according to his previous observations, and the synthesis of various intelligence, he came to a conclusion that Lü Bu did not have the ambition to fight Cao Cao to the end, nor did he necessarily have the determination to fight Cao Cao to the end, and still had a certain loyalty to the Yan and Han courts, or rather, it was easy to succumb to traditional authority by nature. Cao Cao still holds the title of Han Xiang, and he can completely conspire to detain Lu Bu so that he will not be harmed.

But Chen Gong is different, he turned his back on Cao Cao in Yanzhou back then, and almost forced Cao Cao to a dead end, and Cao Cao hated him to the core. Chen Gong himself also understands this, so it is necessary to fight Cao Cao to the death. Then, as long as Chen and Lu are treated differently, it is possible to dissipate their mutual trust and split the Liangzhou group.

Because in the original history, Chen Gong once persuaded Lü Bu to unite with Yuan Shu to fight against Cao Cao, and after Lü Bu showed a wavering attitude, he directly instigated Hao Meng to admonish him. From this, it can be seen that Chen Gongzhen is not as loyal to Lu Bu as said in the romance, the two are just merging and using each other because of the situation, if they provoke, they will inevitably part ways.

The corresponding Liangzhou Group relies on these four words, and for Liu Bei's Yizhou Group, it is necessary to "divide the Fapang...... (To be continued......) R1292