Chapter 36, the Book of Iron Coupons
This "General Zhenwei" is neither Cao Wei's military number, nor the Shu Han military number, but the sixth year of Jian'an in the former Han Dynasty, Cao Cao ordered the Son of Heaven of the Han Dynasty to worship the name of Yizhou Mu Liu Zhang. Qin Mi said that he was afraid that the city of Chengdu would be broken, and his own lord would not be able to protect it, but Xun Xin said who is your lord? It's definitely not Liu Feng, it shouldn't be Liu Chan - if Shu Han is destroyed, Liu Chan will be a prisoner if he doesn't die, he deserves it, how can it be said that "jade is burned"? Then it can only be one person - Liu Zhang, the old lord of Shuzhong, and Liu Jiyu are also.
Ma Tan explored the customs and customs of Shuzhong for Shixun, and he had already paid off, saying that the people of Shu thought more about Liu Zhang. In fact, Liu Zhang and Liu Bei can't be compared at all, the latter is a phoenix, the former is a grass chicken, when Liu Zhang ruled Shu, most of the Shu people did not obey him, and they thought of the master and replaced him. But who would have thought that after Liu Bei came to power, many Shu people turned their heads and missed Liu Zhang.
For the Shu people, Liu Zhang was originally an outsider, and he reused the Dongzhou Shi - that was the old team left by his father, and he would not succeed if he didn't reuse it - to suppress the surname of Bashu. However, Liu Bei was also an outsider, not only reusing Dongzhou scholars, but also bringing a large number of Jingzhou scholars and former generals, suppressing the Shu people even more ruthlessly. To put it bluntly, the natives of Shu under Liu Zhang's rule were second-class citizens, and after Liu Bei entered Sichuan, he was demoted to a fourth-class citizen.
Moreover, in the later period of Liu Zhang's reign, in order to balance the forces under his command and control the Dongzhou scholars who were gradually getting bigger, there was a faint intention to reuse the Bashu natives, and Liu Beike did not have the slightest idea of this. Therefore, although Liu Zhang is weak and Liu Bei is benevolent, the indigenous scholars are more inclined to Liu Zhang-as for the common people, Liu Bei has been fighting for many years, and he still does not have enough time to recuperate. The people did not gain anything. Therefore, they may not be convinced.
In the original history. It was not until after Zhuge Liang ruled Shu that the people's hearts were attached -- of course, the suppressed feudal landlords were still not satisfied, and they had to make some small moves from time to time. For the landlord class, who cares whether the country is prosperous or not, whether the politics is clear, as long as I am given enough upward channels, I can ensure the peace of the family.
Plus Liu Bei is dead. And Cao Wei's army pressed the border, and the natives of Shu had a much stronger desire to change their courts than those Jingzhou and Dongzhou scholars. It's just that if you want to succeed and get enough benefits under the new ruler, you must twist into a rope and push a leader out, who can be the leader? Liu Bei's old enemy, the former lord of Shu, that is a natural banner that can be used.
It was Xun Yin who asked Qin Mi: "Where is Ziyi's hometown?" "Regarding Qin Mi's origin, of course, it is also recorded in the history books, but unfortunately Xun can't remember it clearly. Qin Mi replied: "Mi is the Guanghan Mianzhu people. Shixun nodded. The heart said that sure enough, this is also an old landlord of the indigenous land of Shu.
So kind words soothed. said: "General Zhenwei was a loyal minister of the former Han Dynasty, shepherd Yizhou, when the Son of Heaven was a Han minister, he also tasted tribute, and there was no loss to the minister......s" In fact, this is pure nonsense, starting from Liu Zhang's father Liu Yan, he stopped paying tribute to the Han Dynasty under the pretext of "rice thieves blocking the way", and closed the door to be the soil emperor in Yizhou; When Liu Zhang came to power, Ben also "did not change his father's way for three years", and later watched Cao Cao coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes, and his power became stronger and stronger, and Shuzhong became weaker and weaker because of Zhao Wei's rebellion, so he pretended to send an envoy to pay tribute. At that time, Cao Cao had no intention of going to the western soil, and he was afraid that Liu Zhang and Liu Biao would join forces and it would be difficult to restrain him in the future, so he asked Liu Zhang to be the "General Zhenwei" to temporarily restrain and appease him.
“…… Liu Bei betrayed the alliance and attacked each other, seized this land, and imprisoned General Zhenwei, every time the Son of Heaven thought about it, he said: 'If Zhenwei is in Shu, he will be able to return to the king and make Bashu peaceful.' Of course, Cao Cao never said such a thing at all, he almost forgot Liu Jiyu completely, but Xun's lie came as soon as he opened his mouth, and his face did not change and his heart did not beat - "If Jinqing and others can assist Zhenwei and follow the king's master, on the day of Pingshu, the earth will be sealed!" But what plan did I have to get into Chengdu? ”
He knew that relying on Qin Mi and a scribe, he definitely didn't have the energy or the courage to support Liu Zhang, and if he wanted to cooperate with the outside, it must be the general will of the indigenous officials of Shu, and it should have formed a secret group of a large scale, so he bluntly said "Qing and others".
Sure enough, Qin Mi said: "The former Wu Yi killed Guan Yu and embraced Liu Chan, but he had no choice but to use my Shu people to ......" Wu and Li were purely to unite a wider force to compete with Liu Feng, so they were forced to reuse a group of Shu natives - "Today, Zhang Ren, Ling Bao and others have obtained military power, that is, they are secretly wearing my lord and looking for an opportunity to start an incident." Please ask the governor to temporarily retreat to Mianzhu, then the enemy in front of Liu Feng will go, and he will go south to meet Wu and Li ...... "Liu Feng will not be so stupid, the enemy will start to join Wu and Li Huo as soon as he retreats slightly, even if his brain is pumped, isn't there still Huang Quan by his side." But he must want to take advantage of this short respite to subdue Wu and Li through negotiations as soon as possible, or at least to reach more favorable terms for the alliance -- "However, Wu and Li Wenfeng will not ......obey if they want to kill them all."
Both sides wanted to take this opportunity to unite the remnants of Shu Han's army, but Liu Feng could play soft, Wu and Li had to come hard, Liu Feng could compromise temporarily, but Wu and Li would never dare to compromise - this was still the credit of Ma You's frequent rumors. Qin Mi said: "Li Zhengfang is cunning and vicious, Huang Gongheng is upright, he will be unable to resist, then Liu Feng will die." We can take advantage of the situation to support our lord and chaos Chengdu, the governor of the capital is from Mianzhu, inside and outside the compatible, Shu can be determined. I only hope to get a hand-hand book, with the heart of peace. ”
This is a condition, you have to promise to treat us well, at least use the resealing of Liu Zhang to make a statement, so that we can set our hearts down and attach ourselves to the Wei Dynasty. When Xun heard this, he couldn't help but ponder for a long time - Qin Mi, is this true? Or were they taught by Li Yan to deceive me and make me withdraw temporarily, so that they could take the opportunity to unite the last forces in Shuzhong? If you plan to do so, when you wait until Luocheng and Chengdu are unified into one, it will be several times more difficult to attack.
But after pondering again, Shu is difficult to govern, only when Liu Yan relied on the central government of the Han Dynasty where Yu Wei was still his backer, he could barely calm down, and then Liu Zhang and Liu Bei era, the indigenous people were all pressed at the bottom, and the big troublemakers were not brave enough to make small troubles. Even if I capture Chengdu, I will have to face this group of local snakes who are also feudal tumors, and if I force them to completely turn their hearts to Liu Chan, I am afraid it will be easy to decide.
In terms of momentum and emotion, what Qin Mi said seems to be true, and once it succeeds, the benefits in the future will be infinite. If you don't listen to Qin Mi's words, then you must attack Ruocheng, and then Chengdu - Shi Xun is indeed a little nervous broken by the hardships along the way, if there is a plan to outwit, I really don't want to fight hard to attack. Thinking about it again, Mianzhu is only more than fifty miles away from Luocheng, and the morning is coming, even if I retreat for the time being, as long as the information is accurate, it is not difficult to see the opportunity to come back - can you Li Yan really completely turn the tables overnight?
After thinking about it for a long time, he finally decided to take such a risk, so he wrote a handwritten letter in his own hand, promising that after Pingshu, he would appoint Liu Zhang as the assassin of Yizhou - as the commander of the whole army and the governor of the festival, he had this authority. However, Cao Wei was assassinated in all states, and without the position of state pastor, Liu Zhang could not recover his past power after all; Moreover, under the new administrative division of Cao Wei, Hanzhong, Fangling, Wudu and other counties were separated from Yizhou, and Liangzhou was set up alone, and Liu Zhang's ruling area was also greatly reduced.
In addition, he also promised to play the Son of Heaven and confer the title of Lord Liu Zhang—this is beyond the scope of his authority, and can only mean that I will help to speak—and all those who have helped and contributed to each other will be rewarded.
Qin Mi picked up the handwritten letter of Xun, and left happily, but Xun turned his head and ordered to temporarily retire from Mianzhu. In fact, he could have found a more reliable reason to convince the generals -- as far as his mouth was concerned, he pointed to the black and white, and boasted about it, so that it was so difficult that he could not use his brain, and he spoke casually and perfunctorily, so that the generals would be suspicious. This is to pave the way for Qin Mi's actions, and I believe that there will be a secret report to Wu and Li after being investigated by Shu Di spies.
It's just that Xun still had some hesitation in his heart, so as soon as he returned to Mianzhu, he went to visit Fu Zhu, and explained the situation before and after, and waited until he got the approval of Fu Zifu, so he put his heart at ease and waited happily.
Besides, Qin Mi returned to Chengdu and met Wu Yi and Li Yan, pretending that he had shaken Shixun's heart, and the other party would delay the offensive and retreat temporarily. Qin Mi said: "Mi Yan we don't want to descend to Wei, I'm afraid that the heir (Liu Chan) will be difficult to protect, if the public is self-reliant in Shuzhong, and the heir is the lord and use us, then it can be lowered to ......" Li Yanyi frowned, saying that what you said was a bit too much: "It's a Hongfu resourceful person, can you believe it?" Qin Mi smiled and said: "How can he believe it, but he hesitates, so he will temporarily retire to see how we take Liu Fengzhi's head." ”
Wu Yi said: "This must be Hongfu's desire to take advantage of the fisherman." But can we quickly level Liu Fengye? "If we can quickly annex Liu Feng's forces, then everything is easy to say, as long as there is a slight delay, when the chaos is still unsettled, General Xun will personally lead the army to kill, and then the situation will be out of control.
Li Yan smiled: "Can he hide it from me?" This is precisely in order to make it temporarily retreat - the danger is imminent, so it has to use danger. As for taking Liu Feng's head, Huang Gongheng sent an envoy to come, and he just planned it......"
Huang Quan sent someone over and asked Xu Shuguan to say that he asked Wu Yi and Li Yan to open the gate of Chengdu and return to Liu Feng, promising that after Liu Feng succeeded to the throne, he would make Liu Chan the crown prince, and still let Wu and Li grasp the military power. Of course, this is just an expedient measure, Liu Bang was the first to do things like Danshu iron coupons, but he has never been soft at all in killing heroes in the future, even if Ma Jian did not spread rumors, Wu and Li may not be naïve enough to believe it.
Therefore, Wu and Li also have to put forward conditions, saying that we can open the gate of Chengdu and let Liu Feng in, but you can't bring more people, you can only lead 500 soldiers, and after you come in, you will go to the temple with us to swear an oath, and give us an iron coupon for Danshu, so that we can believe you.
In terms of human feelings, this condition is very reasonable, but Liu Feng can't believe it - if I only send 500 soldiers into the city, if I go into the tiger's den alone, and set up you and others to hide treacherous plots, I can easily take my life. Immediately bargained, saying that it was okay for me to enter the city first, but it was too few to bring 500 people, and I had to get 5,000. His idea is that as long as he divides 3,000 troops to guard the city gate and 2,000 troops to defend himself, he is not afraid of a violent uprising and hurting people.
In the end, Qin Mi went to Luocheng to negotiate with Liu Feng and Huang Quan, and Qin Ziyi talked eloquently, saying that the country has reached such a point, you are still suspicious of each other, how short-sighted! Of course, relying only on the benefits of words and tongues, blaming each other with righteousness, or being able to say that Huang Quan was not convinced by Liu Feng after all, but fortunately, Qin Mi immediately took out Xu Shu's handwritten letter and presented it...... (To be continued.) )