"Pillars of the nation?" Ma Jian sneered: "What a pillar of a country." ”

Li Yan looked at Ma Jian with some schadenfreude, but said regretfully: "The prime minister is a man and a politician, and it is beyond reproach, but this vision is somewhat lacking." Jiang Wei is an unfilial person, why did he get into his eyes like this? Liupan Mountain was wiped out, and this time the party lost another loss, and returned in vain, Jiang Weizhi was a mediocre talent who could not be used. Compared with Youchang and Wei Balai, he is really not worth mentioning, but the prime minister values him so much, and he maintains it in many ways, which is really incomprehensible. ”

Ma Yan snorted: "General, what's so incomprehensible, it's just that two lonely geese are leaning on each other." ”

Li Yan thought about it and echoed it. "Yes, the prime minister is not a Jingxiang person, he always wants to use the Jingxiang people, and he has a lot of precautions, so he regards people like Jiang Wei and Jiang Wan as henchmen, but he suppresses talents like Youchang and Wei Ba in many ways. However, politicians should be careful about the world, how can they care about the township? The prime minister's mind is still a little smaller after all. ”

Ma Tan flattered him with interest: "What the general said is very true. If you want to achieve great things, you should be like a general who is inclusive of the world and has the world in mind. General, what do you think should be done with those responsible for the Battle of Luoyang? ”

"There are too many people involved in this matter, and in a hurry, it is difficult to make a conclusion, so let's wait for the court to talk about it. But, I think it's an opportunity. ”

"A chance?" Ma Yan looked at Li Yan blankly: "Please also ask the general for instructions." ”

Li Yan leaned on the case, and his fingers tapped lightly on the case a few times. prompted: "Youchang, do you remember Wei Ba's suggestion? ”

Ma Tan was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized, and said with a smile: "It's still a wise general." Yes, this is a good opportunity. ”

Li Feng went to Jiaozhou for a few months, and kept sending the news back to Chengdu, but he never brought back the news that Li Yan wanted to hear the most. Although Wei Ba was willing to cling to their father and son, he did not approve of launching an offensive against Wu now. He was worried about two things, one was that he was not strong enough and rashly started a war against Wu. You can't destroy the state of Wu. However, at the risk of sabotaging the alliance, once the Wu State was forced to form an alliance with the Wei State, it was obviously very unfavorable to the overall situation of Shu Han. The second is that he is worried that Zhuge Liang will leak Jishu secrets to Wu Guo and further narrow the gap between the two sides. caused greater difficulties for Li Yan. To solve this problem. He hoped that Li Yan would include Guanzhong, led by Zhuge Liang, into the scope of this expedition. lest Zhuge Liang obstruct it and use the forces of Guanzhong to contain Wei.

When Li Yan heard this suggestion for the first time, he almost laughed out loud. He felt that Wei Ba was talking nonsense. Will Zhuge Liang follow his orders and act together? Zhuge Liang can't do this even if he is dedicated to the public, unless he has a bad brain.

But now, Li Yan sees a glimmer of hope. Of course, he didn't have confidence in Zhuge Liang's morality, but felt that after this defeat, Zhuge Liang suffered a heavy setback, maybe he could take advantage of the fire to rob and stretch out a hand to Guanzhong. If he can pocket the military power in Guanzhong, Li Yan can not only defeat Zhuge Liang smoothly, but even Wei Ba can not be taken into account. No matter how strong Wei Ba is, he has a fatal flaw, he has no reliable source of war horses, and he must rely on Guanzhong.

Li Yan revealed his meaning to Ma Yan, and Ma Yan praised him. He then made another suggestion.

"General, the art of war is cloudy, go to the army to plan, and then fight and fight. For the time being, we are indeed not sure of the victory of Wu, but it is self-evident that we have the advantage. Now Jiaozhou is changing with each passing day, Guanzhong is gradually recovering, Yizhou is the country and the people, if three or five years, it is easy for my Han to sweep the world, not to mention the Wu country. From this point of view, Wei Ba's consideration still has some truth. ”

Li Yan nodded slowly: "As you often say, although Wei Ba's plan is a little more detouring, it can't be said that it is unreasonable. ”

"What the general said is very true, and it is more than a step beyond Wei Ba." Ma Jian flattered: "However, these three or five years cannot be easily let go." General, we can fight internally and externally. ”

Li Yan blinked his eyes and sat up: "Young Chang, tell me in detail, how is it an internal war plot and an external war relationship?" ”

"The intrigue conspirators, gather the power of the army in the hands of the general, and prepare for the conquest of the world. The foreign war made friends, forced Wu to break with Wei, declared himself a vassal to our Han Dynasty, first cut off the possibility of his alliance with Cao Wei, divide and rule. Revise the covenant made by the previous prime minister, include Yingchuan County in the territory of our Han Dynasty, and open the way for Meng Da and Wei Ba to march into Luoyang, first destroy Wei, and then destroy Wu. ”

Ma Yan walked to the map and explained to Li Yan diligently. As he explained, Li Yan's waist became straighter and straighter, and his eyes became brighter and brighter, and Zuihou couldn't help but stroke his palm.

"Young, clever, clever."

Ma Tan's suggestion is indeed good. After such an adjustment by him, Shu Han did not need to use force against Wu State, as long as he maintained pressure, he could force Sun Quan to bow his head. Sun Quan's strength is not good now, and he doesn't dare to be the emperor at all, and his King Wu is sealed by Cao Wei, and in terms of Taoism, he is still the vassal king of Cao Wei. Since it is going to be an alliance with Shu Han, this identity is naturally a bit nondescript.

asked Sun Quan to be a vassal to Shu Han, and Liu Chan, the son of the Han Dynasty, came to worship Sun Quan and turned him into a vassal king of the Han Dynasty. Although it is only a procedure, it is a matter of name. The Han people value Confucianism, and Confucianism first values the correct name, and the so-called name is justified. Since Sun Quan wants to form an alliance with the Han Dynasty, how can he still bear the identity of the king of Cao Wei.

This reason is something that Sun Quan cannot shirk. And to include Sun Quan in the system of Shu Han, next, many things will be much more convenient.

For example, cutting the feudal domain and letting Sun Quan pay tribute.

For example, attacking Wei, since it is a relationship between monarchs and ministers, then the joint attack on Wei by the two sides is no longer an alliance, but his obligation, if he turns against each other again, it is a rebellion, and Li Yan can justifiably crusade against him. The vassal king rebelled, so can he still crusade?

Or...... Named a king with a different surname, since Sun Quan can be crowned king, is there anyone else who can be crowned king?

These are the tacit subtexts of everyone, and Li Yan, who has been in the court for so long, naturally understands it as soon as he hears it. Sun Quan can cut off the claimed king by force, why can't he Li Yan? In the news that Li Feng sent back, even Wei Ba showed a similar idea, he wanted to use Zhuya Island as a fief, didn't that mean he wanted to be the king? Zhuya used to be the establishment of the county, and this level of food is naturally only owned by the prince. Although Wei Ba did not say it explicitly, the meaning was already very clear. This is his offer, and Li Yan agrees to this condition in order to get his allegiance.

Sun Quan's act of proclaiming himself to the Han Dynasty opened a door for the king with a different surname. If Li Yan can do this, it will be a major diplomatic victory, although it will not be crowned king immediately, but it will be enough for him to suppress Zhuge Liang again.

Li Yan's heart was full of joy, patted Ma Yan's back and said, "Youchang, you are really my ovary." ”

Ma Jian bowed respectfully: "I am willing to serve the general." ”

……

Li Yan quickly arranged for someone to write a letter, believing that Sun Quan was crowned king by Cao Wei, which was not in line with etiquette, and he should be asked to be a vassal to the Han Dynasty, and the Han Dynasty would crown him as the king and the Han Dynasty. In this way, everyone can communicate with each other, coordinate steps, and cooperate more.

Liu Chan had nothing to do, and as usual, he pushed this issue to the Prime Minister's Mansion. Jiang Wan and Zhang Yi were shocked when they received this letter, this letter looks like a pedantic scholar, but there are many murderous intentions hidden behind it, needless to say, it must have been instructed by Li Yan, and the person who came up with this idea is most likely that Ma Yan is the same Ma Youchang.

Jiang Wan and Zhang Yi thought that they were not Ma Tan's opponents, and they couldn't think of a way to crack Ma Tan's move, so they had to send the news to Guanzhong quickly.

However, this time Li Yan did not sit back and wait for Zhuge Liang's reply, he took the initiative to openly express his support for this proposal at the court meeting, and reminded Emperor Liu Chan that this is a major matter related to Taoism and cannot be done carelessly. Considering that Fei Yi had always been in charge of liaison with Soochow, he suggested that Fei Yi should still be in charge of the negotiations, but in order to show the determination of the Great Han, he hoped to send another envoy to accompany Fei Yi.

This messenger was his son Li Feng.

At the same time, he proposed that the Zhennan general Wei Ba and the Zhendong general Meng Da provide support, especially Wei Ba, who had dealt with Wu Guo a lot and knew Sun Quan well, and if he presided over this important matter, he would definitely succeed immediately.

Jiang Wan objected to this, and his reason was that since it was a diplomatic matter, it should be sent by the Prime Minister's Mansion, and Li Feng, as a member of the Great General's Mansion, seemed inappropriate to send an envoy to Wu, and it was more appropriate for the Great Honglu Du Qiong to send an envoy.

In the face of Jiang Wan's insistence, Li Yan did not object, he simply proposed that Du Qiong should be the chief envoy, Fei Yi and Li Feng should be the deputy envoys, and Meng Da and Wei Ba would provide backup support. At the same time, he also proposed that if Sun Quan refused this request, it would be tantamount to rebellion and should be punished, so while negotiating, he should be prepared to crusade against Wu.

Jiang Wan was dumbfounded. He knew that he had been fooled, Li Yan didn't care who was the mastermind, and he didn't even care if this negotiation could succeed, perhaps, he didn't intend to succeed at all, so that he would have an excuse to start a war.

Jiang Wan regretted it and blamed himself. On the one hand, he immediately reported the news to Zhuge Liang, and on the other hand, he notified Fei Yi and asked him to inform Sun Quan in time. In his opinion, Li Yan was a precursor to the use of force against Wu State, and the use of force against Wu State was also fake, but the real target of the attack was Prime Minister Zhuge in Guanzhong.

Li Yan was so arrogant and domineering this time, which also aroused Jiang Wan's vigilance. Prior to this, although the General's Mansion and the Prime Minister's Mansion were fighting openly and secretly, Li Yan still maintained a respect for Zhuge Liang, and everything had to wait for Zhuge Liang's reply before making a decision. This time, he made his own decision and did not consider Zhuge Liang's opinion at all, which is a very bad signal, perhaps indicating that Li Yan is going to tear through a fig leaf and launch the most direct attack on Zhuge Liang.

Especially when Jiang Wei had just been defeated and joined the party

(To be continued......)