Chapter 023: Lessons from the Past

Wei Ba was mentally prepared before he spoke, but he still didn't expect his father to be so confident, and he couldn't listen to his opinion at all. There is no point in admonishing them, and it is more convincing to speak with facts. What's more, Wei Ba also has to admit that what his father said has some truth, although the Shu army is superior in numbers, but the comprehensive combat power does not have the upper hand, in the long run, Shu's strength is not as good as Wei's strength is even more obvious, if you want to make a breakthrough, although it is risky to capture Guanzhong, once it succeeds, it also has attractive prospects.

Regarding strategy and tactics, Wei Ba has no advantages, what he can do now is to solve some jishu problems as much as possible, such as improving the feasibility of Meridian Valley Jihua and reducing the risk a little.

Seeing that Wei Ba no longer insisted on his opinion, Wei Yan was very happy, thinking that he had explained Wei Ba. He is very satisfied with the changes that Wei Ba has made these days, although he can't help as much as Wei Feng, but after all, he is working hard and working hard, which is a good thing.

After eating a warm dinner, the father and son chatted for a while, and then parted. Wei Ba was really tired after a day's journey, so he went to rest first. Wei Yan continued to prepare speeches in the account, thinking that he wanted to persuade Prime Minister Zhuge in one fell swoop, agree with his opinion, and let him make a great contribution. But somehow, he was no longer as confident as he was at the beginning, and he was often distracted, and Wei Ba's words always echoed in his ears.

"Daddy, I guess the prime minister will definitely not agree with your Jihua."

Wei Yan couldn't help but feel funny. "Surely not? Hehe, you stinky boy, you don't have much ability, but your tone is not small, do you think the prime minister has no vision like you? Lao Tzu is so haodejihua, can he not adopt it? Hmph, when the prime minister agrees with my jihua, I see if you have anything else to say. The hair hasn't grown yet, but you've learned to pretend, and you're still a little tender. When Lao Tzu was as old as you, he took his troops to fight with the first emperor, what do you know. ”

Wei Feng walked in, just in time to hear Wei Yan's self-talk, and couldn't help laughing. Wei Yan was a little embarrassed, and asked in disguise: "Ah Feng, do you think what I said makes sense, or does what Ah Ba say make sense?" ”

"You all have a point." Wei Feng said with a smile: "Judging from the comparison of the strength of the two sides, Daddy's Jihua is of course a good Jihua, and on the way back just now, Abba said the same." ”

"What did he say?" Wei Yan came to his senses and sat up straight.

He said that Wei is strong and Han is weak, and if you want to defeat the strong with the weak, it is inevitable to win by surprise. And right now, Cao Wei is not on guard against me, it is a good opportunity for a surprise attack, and the chance of success is the greatest. If it doesn't work, when Cao Wei is on guard in the future, we won't have such a chance. But the risk of this jihua is indeed too great, but I am afraid that Prime Minister Zhuge will not agree. Wei Feng paused and said softly: "Daddy, what Aba is most worried about now is not whether the prime minister agrees with your jihua, but that you and the prime minister will have a conflict because of this, and some people will take advantage of it and cause dislike." ”

Wei Yan frowned: "Is he worried about Yang Yi?" ”

Wei Feng smiled silently wryly, and said in his heart that Prime Minister Zhuge was not in harmony with my father and son, and Yang Yi was not the only one, my father was really just as Aba was worried about, there were too many enemies, and the situation of the Wei family was relatively special, and it was easy to make people jealous.

"What kind of person is the prime minister, how can he listen to the villain's words." Wei Yan was silent for a moment, and then forced a laugh: "Just let him do his own thing, tomorrow we must let Yang Yi's fish have nothing to say." ”

"Daddy, don't worry, Aba is ready, he just went to Mr. Cheng to discuss this matter again."

"Well, that's good." Wei Yan rubbed his hands, inexplicably a little excited.

……

In the partial account, Wei Ba and Cheng An, the main bookkeeper, sat opposite each other, Wei Ba's face was calm, a little melancholy, but Cheng An's eyes were full of surprise. Wei Ba came to him, he had no surprise, tomorrow he was going to report to the Prime Minister's Mansion about the situation of Hanzhong's grain preparation, as the inventor of the new account book, Wei Ba, who would inevitably help Wei Yan deal with various affairs in the future, naturally wanted to go, and it was not surprising to talk to him in advance. But what is surprising is that Wei Ba asked him to be more restrained when he reported to Yang Yi tomorrow, and try not to have conflicts, even if Yang Yi was unhappy, he could endure it. Anyway, what Hanzhong should have done, Hanzhong has already done, and it has been overdone, presumably Yang Yi will not deliberately make trouble for nothing and pick bones in the egg.

Cheng An was very surprised by this. He couldn't be clearer about what kind of virtue the Wei family's father and son were. In order to make Yang Yi lose face, Wei Yan didn't know how ruthless he was behind his back, and Wei Feng had expressed this meaning more than once. Wei Ba now asked him to make a step and avoid conflict as much as possible, which didn't sound like the words of the Wei family at all.

Cheng An suddenly became interested in Wei Ba, he twisted his beard and smiled slightly: "Weishenme? ”

Wei Ba looked at Cheng An calmly, Cheng An was a little weak-hearted, for fear that he would see his contempt for the Wei family, so he looked away. Wei Ba said: "Mr. Cheng, you are a big family in Yizhou, you have rich experience, and you have assisted your father for many years, and you are also clear about his temperament, I must not know that there is only a temper disagreement between him and Yang Senjun, and there is no conflict of interest." Now how important is the Prime Minister's Northern Expedition to the Central Plains and the restoration of the Han Dynasty? Yang Yi is talented, and his father is rough and strategic, they should be the prime minister's right-hand man, assisting the prime minister to complete this great cause. ”

Cheng An was silent for a long time, and nodded approvingly: "Young General, I understand what you mean, and I will try not to conflict with him tomorrow." However, the old man has a word, he wants to tell the young general first, and he hopes that the young general will not misunderstand. ”

Wei Ba bowed down and said, "Old gentleman, please speak up to your face." ”

Cheng An sighed softly: "Yang Yi's matter is actually a trivial matter, with the prime minister, the contradiction between them will not expand after all." In the eyes of the old man, the general's temper is the big problem. It stands to reason that whether it is a general or Yang Yi, they are all Jingxiang people, and they should have been the liliang that the prime minister relied on. Now that there is no contagion, it must not be what the prime minister wants to see. The prime minister is the most important person, even if he is a Jingxiang person, he will not bend the law for personal gain. He has never been lenient with people who are chaotic, and Liao Li is an example. ”

Wei Ba's heart moved. He knew Liao Li, and when he read the Di newspaper over the years a few days ago, he also noticed that there was something derogatory about Liao Li. At this time, when Cheng An mentioned Liao Li, didn't he remind Wei Yan not to follow Liao Li's old path?

"Liao Li was demoted because of the chaos?"

The corners of Cheng An's mouth twitched, picked up the water cup on the case, took a shallow sip, and nodded unhurriedly. "Liao Li is talented, and he is a Jingxiang person who followed the ancestor very early, and was promoted to Changsha Taishou by the ancestor before the age of thirty. Later, the Wu people attacked Jingzhou, he escaped and left, and the ancestor did not blame him, and let him be the Taishou of Bajun. After the first lord ascended the throne, he was appointed as a servant, and his respect for the lord can be seen. The ancestor abandoned the world, and now Bixia is on the throne, he became the captain of Changshui, and he should have assisted Bixia side by side with the prime minister and achieved great achievements, but because of his rebellious words and slander the government, he was demoted to a concubine. The car in front is overturned, and the car behind is a lesson, the young general, you have a chance, but you have to persuade the general more. ”

Wei Ba nodded again and again: "Thank you for the reminder, if I have the opportunity, I will definitely persuade my father, and I usually ask the old gentleman to give advice." ”

Cheng An smiled slightly: "This is nature. Major General, it's not early, you've been on the road for another day, so it's better to rest early. Tomorrow's business, I have my own measure. Anyway, I'm old, and Yang Yi won't embarrass me too much. But the major general has to bear it, I think he will definitely argue with you tomorrow. ”

Wei Ba agreed.

Cheng stroking his beard, solemnly looked at Wei Ba in front of him, and nodded quietly. Wei Ba said goodbye and went out and returned to his residence, Wei Wu had already slept, spread his hands and feet, and leaned on the bed, snoring and swaying. Wei Ba frowned lovingly, stabbed Wei Wu, tucked the corner of the quilt he kicked open, fetched water by himself, finished washing, and went to bed and lay down.

He was very tired, but he didn't fall asleep for a long time. It wasn't because of Wei Wu's snoring, his brother had been used to sleeping in the same bed for so long. He always felt that something had not been handled properly, but he couldn't remember what it was for a while. He sat up and slowly recalled today's experience from the beginning, and when he recalled Cheng An, he suddenly understood.

Cheng An's expression at that time was a little weird, as if he had something to say, but he didn't say it, although he didn't say it, but he seemed to hope that he could understand, and he stopped talking and stopped, as if he wanted to attract his attention and give him enough time to react.

What exactly is he trying to say? Wei Ba flipped through his memories over and over again, and Zuihou vaguely felt that Cheng An's expression began to become weird when he mentioned Liao Li.

Could it be that there is something hidden in Liao Li's matter? But what exactly does Cheng An want to say? Wei Ba thought about it so badly, and he didn't find any problems from Liao Li's resume, did he just want Wei Yan to take Liao Li as a lesson and change his conceited temper?

Wei Ba patted his forehead and sighed, it's really a waste of brains to talk to these people, what can't be said clearly, do you have to guess like this? ―――――― ask for recommendations, ask for collections!