Liu Bei's sudden question made Zhang Xi understand a little.

Liu Bei hadn't reached the point of being old and confused, it was impossible not to know Zhang Xi's embarrassing position, but he just asked.

didn't ask Pang Tong and Fa Zheng, who had never expressed their position, but asked Zhang Xi, and in terms of words and deeds, it was not the kind of dead horse face that made people scratch their heads, but a smiling expression, which is not like dissatisfaction with the previous statement, right? !

Combined with the special identity of his daughter-in-law, Zhang Xi suddenly understood Liu Bei's intentions.

"Your Majesty, I think." Zhang Xi paused slightly, and peeked at Zhuge Liang OK, no problem, this dead fish head is fanning with a smile on his face, there is nothing particularly abnormal.

"I think it's okay to go according to the original plan!"

Zhang Xi gave his own suggestions.

The original plan was to let Guan Yu garrison the four counties to see the success or failure.

Zhang Xi didn't want to say too conspicuous decisions, so he used this as a reason to express his thoughts - in fact, we didn't want to fight, so it was better to get off the donkey and strive for more benefits, which is true.

After Zhang Xi finished speaking, Liu Ba was okay, he was a public heart, but Xu Jing and Qin Mi suddenly felt cold in their hearts. It seems that he just said the wrong thing.

They are all thousand-year-old foxes, who doesn't know whose bottom of their hearts Liu Bei can not know why you two oppose the war?!

Besides, from the beginning, Liu Bei didn't have much intention of starting a war, and now it's just to discuss whether the steps given by Dongwu are suitable, and you two can't wait to jump out and say what it means to make peace?!

Liu Bei's reaction to this was to nod with a smile and say, "Very much."

And then there was no follow-up.

The current scene has become a situation where three people are in harmony with each other, one person suggests acting according to the original plan, and the remaining five people do not object, and there will really be some arguments in the future, which is also the pot of the lord and the faction.

And the main and faction, one is Xu Jing, a famous person in the world, and the other is Qin Mi, a representative of the Shuzhong family. If these two can make arguments in Shuzhong, it will be hell.

I have to say that a person like Liu Bei is really born to be an emperor, and he just used a little trick to throw out the pot of the lord and he.

After figuring out this, Qin Mi and Xu Jing's faces immediately remained unchanged, and after the discussion was over, they hurriedly went home to arrange things.

But you have to watch the public opinion, don't let the stunned young people come out and make trouble. This is not a needle attack, it is a stab at them.

And Zhang Xi. Zhang Xi was left behind by Liu Bei.

Those who stayed together also included Zhuge Liang, Fa Zheng, and Pang Tong.

"This is not a discussion, but a private discussion." Liu Bei put down his emperor's shelf, re-became the lord he was familiar with, and said with a smile, "Mr. Kong Ming doesn't need to avoid suspicion, and Yuan Chang shouldn't be ambiguous, filial piety, Shi Yuan, you can say everything you want, there is no need to shy away. Ladies and gentlemen, please consult on the matter of Sun Quan's proclamation as emperor. ”

This is the relationship between monarchs and ministers in this era, which is different from the era in later generations when the emperor needs to kneel no matter what the occasion, and the emperor has to hold the shelf at any time.

In these days, the public is public, and the private is private.

In public, the emperor must show majesty, and his courtiers must also be respectful.

But in private, the emperor will not call him "I" at every turn, and courtiers with good relations do not have so many rules with each other when they talk with the emperor.

In addition, Liu Bei himself is from the grassroots, and he has won his current position by fighting, he actually doesn't have so many so-called court etiquette, if it weren't for the so-called emperor's majesty, he wouldn't even want to make any fights when talking about official affairs.

Now there are only four people left, these people all took refuge in him when he was in the most difficult time, and helped him lay such a big foundation, Liu Bei is not the kind of boss who takes people seriously when he works, so in this kind of private occasion, he still humbly asks the four important strategists for advice.

In the matter of Sun Quan being called emperor, Liu Bei has already tended to call each other the name of the lord of the country as Zhuge Jin said, and does not recognize the other party's method of the Son of Heaven, but it is so cheap Sun Quan, Liu Bei is still a little unwilling.

Gotta find a way to make some money, don't you?!

Let's see if there is a chance to take back the two counties of Changsha and Guiyang, at least the four counties of Jingnan have been put together.

In this way, except for Nanyang County, Jingzhou is completely controlled in his hands.

Liu Bei didn't hide it, anyway, it was discussed in private, and he didn't form a resolution, so he simply said his thoughts directly.

But this matter, including Zhang Xi, thinks it's not feasible.

"Lord, Sun Zhongmou has just ascended to the throne, how can he have the heart to cut the land?!" Zhuge Liang finally spoke and said with persuasion.

And Zhang Xi also arched his hand and said, "Lord, when Xi was stationed in Jiangling in the past, I learned that Jiangdong invested a lot of manpower and material resources in the development of Changsha, Guiyang and other places. ”

Pang Tong and Fa Zheng also shook their heads slightly, and finally Pang Tong said, "My lord, the land of Jingxiang cannot be promoted, and the two counties of Changsha and Guiyang are not as good as in the past, but after all, they are not as good as Nanjun. It would be good if you let the Jiangdong continue to develop, and when the time is right, you will ask for it again. ”

This is giving Liu Bei a step.

In the past few years, Jiangdong has carried out the large-scale development of Dongting Lake in Changsha and Guiyang counties, and has done a good job of turning swamps into fertile land. But even after nearly a decade of development, Jiangdong has only transformed a third of the swamps in Changsha.

Although this has already given Changsha the potential to become the second grain-producing area, but now that he wants to come back, Liu Bei will inevitably increase investment.

Money is not a problem, the development of Nanzhong University has led to no shortage of copper in Shuzhong, and if there is no money, open the furnace to smelt copper, and it is enough to cast five baht coins.

After all, copper is a precious metal and has a certain use value in itself, so there is no need to worry about large-scale inflation caused by large-scale minting money.

The real problem is food.

Now it's a troubled time, even if it's a good year in various places, the grain output is not too rich, and you have to hoard a part of it as military food, and Shuzhong is the country of abundance, and the cultivated land is vast, otherwise it is really difficult to support.

If Changsha and Guiyang counties are now recovered, how can we not increase investment in the face of such a semi-finished agricultural transformation?

But if we increase the investment in Jingzhou, what should we do about the development of northern Yongzhou and the maintenance of stability in Liangzhou? !

The newly established country is a time when it is necessary to use money and grain to maintain stability, and it is not appropriate to return to Changsha and Guiyang counties at this time.

The four of them each told their own reasons, and Liu Bei also had his own judgment ability, knowing that it was not the right time to return to Changsha and Guiyang counties at this time, whether politically or economically.

I can only give up my mind for the time being.

However, he was still unhappy in his heart, so Liu Bei said dissatisfiedly, "Do you have to be so cheap Sun Quan, a kid with wolf ambitions?!" ”

In the final analysis, Liu Bei is still unhappy with Sun Quan's claim to be emperor, what qualifications do you have for Sun Quan, and what legal basis do you have to be called emperor? !

Although strength is respected in troubled times, it hasn't completely collapsed in these years, what to do, you have to have a reason, right?!

In fact, to put it bluntly, Liu Bei's heart is still unbalanced. In terms of strength and status, Sun Quan's claim to be emperor is actually not such an unimaginable thing.

Zhang Xi glanced at Zhuge Liang, and said in his heart that at this time, shouldn't you, the big housekeeper, come forward to persuade him? !

Zhuge Liang saw Zhang Xi's eyes, but he didn't speak, but looked at Fa Zheng. Filial piety, you have always understood the mind of the lord best, and the lord can listen to your advice the most, why don't you come forward to persuade you?!

Fa Zheng saw that these two goods were so unparticular about pushing this kind of trouble to himself, and looked at Pang Tong without saying a word.

Shi Yuan is resourceful, if you want to come to this little thing, it will be difficult for Shi Yuan, right?!

Pang Tongyi looked at it, these three goods were so shameless that they all looked at themselves, and then turned their heads and found that they didn't seem to have to push. Xu Shu is not in Chengdu, who can he push to.

raised his head again, glanced at the three people in front of him, and then took the initiative to go out of class, arching his hand and saying, "Your Majesty has no worries." Yuan Chang has always been resourceful and has many strange ideas, why doesn't Your Majesty ask Yuan Chang if there is a way to make Sun Zhongmou pay a little price?! ”

Zhang Xi was stunned for a moment, and then became unhappy. You turkey actually sold your teammates on the spot?!

Pang Tongyi looked at Zhang Xi's eyes and shook his head slightly, when he didn't see it. You're the youngest here, who are you not pitting?!

This matter, it's really not that the three of them have no choice, the key is to make the boss angry, and at the same time, you can't offend Sun Quan too ruthlessly, who makes you Sun Quan's brother-in-law, you can talk about this kind of thing, it's more appropriate than us to speak.

Zhang Xi was depressed for a long time, and then looked up at Liu Bei. Well, this lord looks like he is looking at the excitement, and it is clear that he wants to make fun of himself.

Come on, don't bother, have a simple idea.

"The minister has a plan, please see your majesty!" Zhang Xi was helpless and said, "The lord can write a letter to Sun Quan, recalling the friendship with General Sun Poyu in the past to discuss the national thief Dong Zhuo, and it is okay to call him a brother." ”

When Liu Bei heard this, his face suddenly became playful.

And Zhuge Liang and others also squinted at Zhang Xi. If you want to talk about loss, it's still your kid who is enough to lose.

Isn't this a copy of Cao Cao's "Giving birth to a son should be like Sun Zhongmou"?!

It is true that Cao Cao said the words "giving birth to a son should be like Sun Zhongmou", in this era, it means to praise Sun Quan, but others may think that this is good, he is praising Sun Quan, but Sun Quan sounds a little awkward.

Who's your son?!

But Cao Cao was indeed praising himself, feeling that his sons were not as good as Sun Quan, but Cao Cao was really the same generation as Sun Jian in terms of generation, plus Cao Cao's social status at that time was there, Sun Quan had no choice, and he could only pinch his nose and admit it.

To paraphrase it now, in fact, the current Liu Bei is also qualified to say this.

Although Liu Bei's official position was very low when he was begging Dong, he was just a general under Gongsun Zhan, but Liu Bei had to say that he had a friendship with Sun Jian to fight side by side, which was actually reasonable.

After all, now that Liu Bei's status is also high, everyone will not investigate the status gap between Liu Bei and Sun Jian at that time.

Moreover, recalling this incident, you can also use this to show Liu Bei's attitude When Dong Zhuo held the Son of Heaven hostage, your father and we fought against him together, and now you bastard boy actually dare to be the emperor?!

Another one is to praise Sun Jian and take advantage of Sun Quan in disguise.

Anyway, Cao Cao has already taken advantage of it, and it doesn't matter if Liu Bei takes advantage of another generation, right?!

(End of chapter)