Chapter 859: Uprooted
Under the gaze of everyone, Li Yan sat on pins and needles. He wanted to ask Wei Ba what was going on, but at this moment, he couldn't do that at all.
He had a sense of being plotted. Wei Ba's methods, he has always been very clear, and he is also very vigilant. He knew that they could only unite because they had a common enemy, and once Zhuge Liang was brought down, they would definitely turn against each other. But now that Zhuge Liang hasn't fallen, why did Wei Ba attack him?
Li Yan felt that his scalp was tingling for a while, and even his breathing became short.
Liu Chan was also a little surprised, but he was not nervous, but curious, and urged Wei Ba to hurry up.
Wei Ba began to read aloud this recital, which was written by Yang Xi after killing many brain cells, and impeached the general Li Yan. Yang Opera is written very elegantly, quoting classics, the meaning of the words is ancient, and some allusions are also confused and inexplicable. I have to say that if Wei Ba hadn't gotten the manuscript in advance, he might not even be able to read it, and only after Yang Xi's detailed explanation could he figure out the meaning of those words and the implied intentions.
This is a good article, and if nothing else, it will soon spread throughout Chengdu.
However, at this moment, no one in the court pays attention to the quality of the article, and everyone is trying to figure out Wei Ba's intentions.
After listening to it for a while, everyone gradually understood. That's right, this is the impeachment of Li Yan, but the target is not Li Yan, but Zhuge Liang, who is talking about the battle of annexing states, but using the general Li Yan as a target.
Wei Ba said that since Li Yan became a general, the rewards and punishments for military merits have not been timely. It is also unfair, and it is expected by the public, so it is appropriate to condemn it and punish it.
Wei Ba started with Zhuge Liang's battle of Guanzhong. Zhuge Liang wanted to send troops to Longyou, but Cao Zhi led his troops to break into the pass, causing heavy losses and the war was protracted. Later, although Zhuge Liang killed Cao Zhi and captured Longyou, the time spent with troops greatly exceeded that of Jihua. The cost has also increased exponentially. Wartime. The General's Mansion did not intervene in time, allowing the Guanzhong Army to surround Ji County, and without solving the problem, sent troops to Nanyang. Postwar. There are no rewards and punishments for those responsible. The most obvious of these is Jiang Wei. He lost 20,000 elites in Liupan Mountain. Fleeing alone, causing heavy losses, but not being punished in any way.
Secondly. In the case of heavy losses, the Guanzhong Army sent troops to attack Luoyang without the permission of the General's Mansion. For nearly eight months from the dispatch of troops to the evacuation of Zuihou and the annexation of the state, the general turned a blind eye to the war of the Guanzhong Army, neither stopped nor cooperated, and did not fulfill the due responsibilities of the general's office. After the defeat and annexation of the state, it dragged on for more than half a year before the merit was discussed, and the result of the merit was also very puzzling: Jiang Wei, who was defeated again, not only was not punished, but was promoted to the general of Zhenbei.
On the contrary, the Battle of Jingzhou was a great success, Sun Quan was declared a vassal, and the proton entered the court, but the relevant personnel were not rewarded for a long time. The chief envoy Du Qiong, the deputy envoy Li Feng and Fei Yi, except for Li Feng who awarded the Nanjun Taishou, the other two did not receive the due reward, and as for the soldiers who went on the expedition, they were not rewarded for a long time. Compared with the battle of annexing the state, the Shogun's Office was inappropriate and disappointing.
Wei Ba read it for a long time, but in fact, there is only one meaning, the rewards and punishments for the relevant personnel of the Guanzhong Legion are inappropriate, and they should be reconsidered to set the record straight. Of course, the general Li Yan was the first person responsible, but everyone who participated in the discussion at that time was responsible, and Li Yan was just a representative.
Li Yan understood after listening to half of it, and his heart was overjoyed. At the beginning, he had no choice but to do this, because he was unwilling to accept Zhuge Liang's plan - Zhuge Liang had to shoulder all the responsibilities and exempt himself from being prime minister, which was of course a good thing, but let Liao Li continue to be prime minister, which Li Yan did not want to see. The reason why he did this was to provoke the dissatisfaction of Wei Ba, Meng Da and others, and ask them to jump out and oppose it.
Now, Wei Ba really jumped out, although the game was more thrilling, even he was startled, but this scene was exactly what he expected. If it weren't for Wei Ba's recital being too long, he would have jumped out and pleaded guilty at that time.
As soon as Wei Ba's voice fell, Li Yan came out of the queue and fell to the ground.
"Bixia, the minister is guilty, and the crimes of the ministers played by General Zhennan are all true. Please Bixia to punish him severely, and reconsider the war in Jingzhou and Jingzhou, reward the good and punish the bad, and set an example. ”
Liu Chan was at a loss, and looked at Zhuge Liang for help. No matter how stupid he is, he can hear the meaning. This is the impeachment of Li Yan, this clearly refers to something else, and the spearhead is directed at Zhuge Liang.
Zhuge Liang has long understood, but his physical strength is a little weak now, and he can't sit up straight. Above the court, you must pay attention to your majesty, your buttocks can fall on your feet, but your waist must be straight. In the past, he may not have cared, but now his body is too weak, he has been lying down these days, and today he is holding on to attend the court meeting, it is not easy to get here, I didn't expect Wei Ba to read this piece for half an hour, his legs and waist have lost consciousness, if it weren't for the willpower to support, he would have laid down a long time ago.
Compared with the physical burden, he was more annoyed by Wei Ba's accusations. Of course, the biggest person responsible for the battle of Bingzhou is Jiang Wei, but he has already taken the responsibility off, and would rather avoid the prime minister, even if Jiang Wei's responsibility is great, this matter can be stopped. What's more, in order to keep Jiang Wei, he also ignored Wei Yan's responsibility, and even let Wei Yan be the general of the right car cavalry and himself the general of the left car cavalry, such a compromise is not enough? Wei Ba still has to chase after him?
How can there be such a truth in politics, politics is compromise, unwilling to compromise, everything comes according to the system, that can only be a story, it cannot be a fact. Wei Ba has done this kind of thing before, if he really talks about military merits, can Wei Feng be the general of Dangkou?
But in this case, he can't export, Wei Ba asked to reconsider and merge the military merits in accordance with the relevant laws, which is completely in line with the rules. At this time, pulling out Wei Feng's matter was like playing a scoundrel, and he fell behind.
"What General Zhennan said, it can't be said that it is unreasonable, and the minister also asked Bixia to re-evaluate the military exploits of Bingzhou and Jingzhou." Zhuge Liang decided not to entangle with Wei Ba, he didn't have the physical strength to talk to Wei Ba here. Wei Ba obviously had bad intentions, he still had a book hidden in his sleeve, he was going to consume himself to death.
Zhuge Liang wisely agreed to reconsider, of course Liu Chan had nothing to say, and immediately instructed Li Yan and Zhuge Liang to organize relevant personnel to reconsider the battle achievements.
Zhuge Liang raised his hand in surrender, the expected controversy did not happen, some people were relieved, and some people were disappointed - they didn't see the expected excitement, and they always felt a little unwilling. However, Wei Ba still has a book in his sleeve, and I hope that Zuihou has not been cut off yet.
In full view of everyone, Wei Ba took out the book from his sleeve and began to read it aloud. With the experience of reading a book just now, he became more and more calm, reading in a low tone, full of emotion, sometimes indignant, sometimes excited, with the meaning of treating the court as a recitation performance, and reveling in the beauty of literature.
But others don't have such a sense of beauty, especially Zhuge Liang.
Zhuge Liang's face was pale, and the green tendons on his forehead twitched for a while, causing the corners of his eyes to beat with him. He forgot his fatigue and straightened his back like a threatened lion, but despite his old age, he still arched his back and shook his sideburns, ready to roar angrily at his enemies.
Because Wei Ba touched his sore spot.
Wei Ba's recital is very long, starting from the origin of the prime minister's system, talking about the Qin Dynasty Prime Minister Lu Buwei, speaking of the first prime minister of the Han Dynasty Xiao He, Emperor Wu Dynasty restricted the rights of the prime minister, and the Mourning Emperor Dynasty changed the prime minister to Da Situ, after a long period of time, finally said that in the thirteenth year of Jian'an, Cao Cao re-established the prime minister, established the prime minister's mansion, and finally emptied the imperial court with the prime minister's mansion, laying the foundation for Cao Pi to die for the Han Dynasty.
By the time I hear this, most people have already woken up from a dream. Wei Ba said that so many are introductions, the key is behind, Cao Cao's re-establishment of the Prime Minister's Mansion is a bad attempt, and the command of the Prime Minister's Mansion is not the old system of the Han Dynasty, but Cao Cao's deliberate usurpation of the throne. Since this is the case, the re-establishment of the Prime Minister's Mansion was illegal from the beginning, and the Prime Minister's command of the army was even more rebellious, the foundation of the chaos of the country, and the cause of the chaos.
In this case, should the Prime Minister's Mansion still exist, should it be canceled and restored to Situ? The prime minister's command of the army is not in line with the old system, and there is a danger to the country, should it be corrected immediately, return the military power to the general's office, and end the internal strife between the prime minister's office and the general to compete for military power?
Hearing this, everyone was dumbfounded, only Li Yan was ecstatic.
Wei Ba's knife was cut down, and he actually wanted to uproot the entire Prime Minister's Mansion without leaving any trouble.
Li Yan has always wanted to take the military power from Zhuge Liang, but he didn't dare to be as desperate as Wei Ba, and even the Prime Minister's Mansion was banned. If it can really be implemented according to his jihua, then what room does Zhuge Liang have for resistance? Without military power, he is a lamb to be slaughtered, and the only one who really holds the power is the general Li Yan.
This is the most common system in the Han Dynasty since Emperor Guangwu's advancement, and the re-emergence of the Prime Minister's Mansion was illegal from the beginning, and it was an institution that hid the heart of rebellion.
Li couldn't help but want to let out a loud daxiao. Zhuge Liang was worried that Wei Ba had a heart of disobedience, and Wei Ba in turn took Zhuge Liang's army: using the prime minister in charge of the army is a rebellion, you want to follow in the footsteps of Cao Cao and take the road of usurping the throne of the Han Dynasty.
This is more straightforward than unsubstantiated suspicions, because there is a living example in front of us.
This move is so ruthless that no one dared to imagine it before.
Zhuge Liang's heart was beating like a drum, and the little comfort brought by Zhao Yun's words had already flown out of the clouds. He looked at Wei Ba, who was still talking, and his eyes turned black for a while. He knew that Wei Ba would fight back, but he didn't know that Wei Ba would make such a decisive move.
Compared with this trick, what drawings are leaked, what 40,000 gold white strips, and what Liaodong jihua are all floating clouds, which are not worth mentioning.
Since there is no legal principle for the existence of the Prime Minister's Mansion, everything that the Prime Minister's Mansion does has no basis and may become evidence of rebellion.
If this problem is not solved, nothing else can be discussed.
Zhuge Liang opened his mouth, but he didn't make any sound, and a mouthful of blood spurted out. He stared at Wei Ba's face, and his body slowly tilted.
Wei Yan was shocked, his eyes were quick, and he held Zhuge Liang.
"Prime Minister—" ...... (To be continued......)
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