Chapter XXVIII

As mentioned last time, Zhuge Liang has already refuted five articles in front of Xu Jing's impeachment of the prince, and is now refuting the sixth sin:

"Sixth, it is true that the number of people engaged in industry and commerce has increased greatly in recent years, but at present, the treasury of our dynasty is full, and the people are also in a warehouse, and there is no longer a starvation, how does Taifu explain this phenomenon?"

"This, this ......" Xu Jing was naturally speechless.

"Let's explain why. Over the years, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has vigorously developed industry and commerce, and produced many strange things, which were sold in large quantities to Wei and Wu, and then purchased a large amount of grain, salt, and iron from Wei and Wu to return to China.

Therefore, the scourge of the two enemy countries of Wei and Wu has made our country's treasury full, although it has been fighting for many years, but there has never been a shortage of food, which is the credit of His Royal Highness the Prince. ”

How did Xu Jing know that Zhuge Liang and Liu Bei had long conspired to carry out a trade war against Wei and Wu, but Zhuge Liang didn't explain so much to him in detail, after all, this is the top secret of the state, and the fewer people who know, the better.

"Besides, the Agricultural Research Institute established by the prince has been researching the cultivation of improved varieties and better cultivation methods. Now, using intensive farming methods, they have increased the grain yield per mu by 50 percent.

Fifty percent, do you know how much it means? Do you know how much credit this means to the court and the people? The prince attaches so much importance to farming, you dare to falsely accuse the prince of sacrificing his roots. ”

As Zhuge Liang refuted one by one, Xu Jing's face became more and more gloomy, how many things did he not know about this prince?

Back in Yulin County, Zhao Yun led the troops to Bushan County, and the county guard was so frightened by the army outside the city that he trembled and did not dare to go out of the city to face the battle. Zhao Yun raised the hot air balloon and dropped two bombs, and the frightened county guard surrendered.

In this way, Zhao Yun quickly recovered the 7 counties of the Imperial Forest Army. Six of the counties surrendered without much resistance, and only one county had a county order that would not surrender, and Zhao Yun ordered the demolition team to bury the explosives under the base of the wall at night, blowing down the city wall, and then the vine armor army swarmed in.

In a hurry, the men and horses organized by the county order could not resist the superior force at all, and the invulnerable vine armor army wrapped in rattan armor all over the body, the small county town was occupied in less than an hour.

It can be said that it only took one day to obtain each county seat, and the most troublesome county that needed to be attacked only took 2 days, and that was because Zhao Yun wanted to minimize his own casualties, so he deliberately waited until night to launch a sneak attack.

Liu Hou took control of the entire Yulin County in a short period of time, leaving Fei Yi to temporarily guard Yulin County, and then divided 10,000 horses from Zhu Bao's Yuyu army and handed them over to Fei Yi, so that he could suppress those fierce Wuhu barbarians.

After the dust settled in Yulin County, Liu Hou led a large army to continue to march towards Nanhai County. However, this time, as soon as the large army arrived in Cangwu County, they encountered a force from Eastern Wu, and they had been waiting here for a long time. Obviously, the whereabouts of the Shu army have long been leaked.

Guo Youzhi thought of hiding his whereabouts before, a sneak attack for thousands of miles would not work at all, 160,000 troops crossed the border, flying sand and stones, ghosts and gods, and Dongwu had been paying attention to the situation in Nanzhong, so almost as soon as Liu Hou's army was launched, the spies of Buqi quickly passed the news back to Panyu.

Moreover, Liu Hou stayed in Yulin County for so long, making such a big noise, giving Bu Qi enough time to deploy troops.

Back in the court in Chengdu, at this time, Zhuge Liang had already refuted Xu Jing's impeachment chapter one by one. At the end, I didn't forget to add: "The prince slandered the prince like this, could it be that there is any plot that cannot be achieved?" ”

"Hmph, spend the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain, Xu Mouxing is right, sitting upright, everything he plans is considered by His Majesty, and considered by the court." After speaking, he turned to Liu Bei and arched his hand and said:

"Your Majesty, whether what you say is true or not, Your Majesty can send someone to investigate, but regardless of whether what you say is true or not, it is definitely a fact that the prince is acting too high-profile and perverse.

With hundreds of thousands of soldiers, he gave grace everywhere to win people's hearts, and fought in Jingzhou, Nanzhong and even Lingnan, his popularity and prestige were unparalleled for a while, comparable to the king of the people.

It must be known that there are no two heavens and no two people, and the prince is no different from the princes of one side, which has never been heard of in all dynasties, and has never been seen in the long run......"

"Presumptuous!" Liu Bei stood up and shouted angrily. Xu Jingzheng spoke impassionedly, saliva sprayed everywhere, and Liu Bei stopped drinking it in the hall.

"You, you, you are presumptuous......" Liu Bei pointed at Xu Jing with one hand and covered his chest with one hand, but his words became lower and lower, and he suddenly collapsed on the dragon chair behind him.

There were eunuchs on the left and right of the "Emperor's ......", and they immediately pounced on it and helped Liu Bei up. I saw that Liu Bei's face was pale, his teeth were clenched, his breathing was short, a bean-sized cold sweat had broken out on his forehead, and his right hand covered his left chest. Apparently angina was committed.

Seeing this, the ministers were also confused, and they all wanted to come forward to find out. At this time, Zhuge Liang stepped forward and said loudly: "Don't panic, colleagues, please go back first to perform your duties, the emperor will naturally have a doctor to treat you." ”

After speaking, he asked the eunuch to quickly carry Liu Bei back to the dormitory and urgently summon the imperial doctor for treatment. After Liu Bei entered, Zhuge Liang turned around and once again let the chattering ministers disperse. Seeing that Xu Jing was still there and didn't leave, he snorted coldly and said to Xu Jing: "Hmph, if anything happens to the emperor, I will definitely participate in your crime of killing the king." ”

After speaking, regardless of the pale Xu Jing, he flicked his sleeves and followed into the palace. Ordinary ministers are not allowed to enter and leave the palace casually, obviously, Zhuge Liang is an exception, he often has to enter the palace to discuss state affairs with Liu Bei, and the palace ban is useless for him.

Liu Bei took a Hua Tuo rebuilding pill, and after being administered by the imperial doctor, he had already relieved his strength, but his body was still weak and weak, and he didn't get up while lying on the bed.

Seeing Zhuge Liang walk in, he said, "Prime Minister, you're here." ”

Zhuge Liang stepped forward and bowed, and said, "Your Majesty is a little better, please take care of your dragon body." ”

"Prime Minister, please rest assured, I am fine. Xu Jing, the old horseman, was really angry, if it weren't for his ability to follow the dragon and be one of the three princes, I really wanted to give him a good look. ”

At that time, Xu Jing was one of the few people who persuaded Liu Bei to be the king and the emperor, and he had the merit of supporting him, but Liu Bei was not easy to move him lightly, worried that he would say that he would be a tyrant who hid the bow and cooked the rabbit and the dog.

"Your Majesty, please calm your anger, Xu Jing suddenly talked nonsense today, this matter is definitely not simple. He is a man who is afraid of death and will not do such a thankless thing for no reason. ”

When Liu Bei besieged Chengdu, Xu Jing was Liu Zhang's subordinate, and he didn't want to worry about the king but wanted to defect over the wall, but was later captured by Liu Zhang and couldn't escape. Therefore, after Liu Bei pacified Yizhou, he despised his character and wanted to abandon it, and finally appointed him as the general of Zuo Changshi at the recommendation of Fazheng.

"Check, you must check it, I want to see what kind of cow ghost snake god is doing it." Liu Bei said angrily.

"Your Majesty, please stop your anger." The imperial doctor next to him hurriedly said. Although TCM does not know that anger can cause blood pressure to rise and even burst blood vessels, TCM has long known that patients with symptoms like Liu Bei cannot be stimulated and cannot be angry.

The seven emotions, namely happiness, anger, sorrow, thought, sadness, fear, and shock, are one of the main factors that lead to internal injury diseases, so they are called the seven emotions of internal injury. "Su Wen?? Yin and Yang should be like the Great Treatise on "Anger" says: "anger hurts the liver", "joy hurts the heart", "thinking hurts the spleen", "sorrow hurts the lungs", "fear hurts the kidneys".

Liu Bei's disease belongs to the hyperactive hypertension of the liver yang, "anger hurts the liver", and anger will lead to aggravation of the condition.

The theories of Chinese medicine are in their own right, and it can be said that they are completely inconsistent with the scientific explanations of Western medicine, but the results they point to are surprisingly consistent.

Zhuge Liang is a scholar and a little bit of medicine, so he immediately advised Liu Bei: "Your Majesty, please calm your anger, anger is not good for your illness." Please rest assured, this matter will definitely come to light. ”

The two chatted for a while, and Liu Bei's last words always sounded in Liu Bei's head: "The prince's popularity and prestige are incomparable to those of the people", "There are no two heavens and no two people......

"Prime Minister, you say, am I too indulgent? In the past few years, I have become more and more incomprehensible to what Adou has done. Liu Bei said suddenly.

Zhuge Liang, who was chatting with Liu Bei about other topics, was shocked, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, you must not be misled by Xu Jing's old horseman." He certainly didn't have good intentions. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has been smart since he was a child, and he has been guided by a master, and his intelligence is rare in the world, and he will definitely be a wise monarch through the ages in the future.

There are indeed many things he has done that are unexpected, we don't want to say that we have seen or heard of them, and we don't even dare to think about them, but please think about it, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has done one by one, one by one, and that one is not a major event for the benefit of the country and the people. For so long, has the prince ever done anything like a dangerous hài sheji, a dangerous hài country, or a dangerous hài majesty?

Let's just say that this time His Majesty was sick and took Hua Tuo re-creation pills, which was also a life-saving medicine that the prince did everything possible to invite the divine doctor Hua Tuo to research in the Medical Research Institute for many years. The Imperial Physician also said that this medicine is indeed a life-saving medicine for His Majesty's illness. In fact, it is also true that His Majesty has suffered repeated illnesses and has relied on this medicine to tide over the difficulties.

Sometimes the ministers also admire the prince, and even think of building a people's hospital and a medical research institute. How many people can this thing save? If such a prince still has to be suspected, then it is really unreasonable.

For a long time, we couldn't understand what the prince did at first, but later it was confirmed that these things were of great significance and greatly benefited the country and the people. This is true for hospitals, schools and research institutes, and the trade war is even more remarkable.

Now the livelihood of Wei and Wu is withering, but our country has always had a full treasury, thanks to the trade war.

It's a little puzzling that the prince led the troops to fight, but there is no way, and the prince is constantly expanding the territory for the imperial court, isn't it? From this point of view, this is also something that is beneficial to the community.

The prince did lead the troops with the suspicion of supporting the troops and respecting himself, but the minister faintly felt that the reason why the prince went out to lead the troops to fight at such a young age may have plans to sharpen himself. Although my Shu Han has established a country, it is in a corner.

To put it mildly, His Majesty is also old, the two generals Guan Zhang and many generals in the army are already old, and the task of unifying the world and reviving the Han family is likely to fall on the crown prince in the future. The prince has seen farther than we do. Alas......"

"Are you saying that Adou knew that he would need to compete with Wei and Wu for the world in the future, so he went out in advance to practice leading troops to fight when he was only a teenager?" Liu Hou asked suspiciously.

"Chances are, that's what he thinks. He may have seen what the world will look like in the future. ”

"How is this possible? Adou is still so young, how can he think so much. ”

"Your Majesty, don't forget that the prince still has Zuo Ci, a half-immortal master, and the prince has been mentally mature since he was a child, not like a child."

"Alas, I shouldn't suspect Adou, he has indeed never done anything dangerous to the country, my Shu Han has today's economic prosperity, and the military strength depends on him and his Ministry of Industry. If there is a son like this, what more can the husband ask for? I'm also worried, this world will be passed on to him sooner or later, he can let him go as he wants, even if he wants to take over in advance. ”

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