Chapter 676: Internal Contradictions
Regarding the relocation of the capital, although Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong, and Huang Quan also have opposing opinions, these three people also recognized the necessity of Liu Bei's relocation of the capital.
They did oppose Liu Bei's relocation of the capital, but they all just thought that the time to move the capital was not the right time.
Once the time is ripe, not to mention Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong, even Fa Zheng, Huang Quan, Liu Ba and others, they can't say the slightest objection to moving the capital to Chang'an.
Compared with Chang'an, Chengdu has a very different political significance, and in terms of geographical location and degree of development, Guanzhong is clearly more suitable as a place for Gyeonggi than Shuzhong.
Therefore, the opposition of these three people, for Liu Bei, is just hoping that Liu Bei can move the capital when the time is right.
But it's good to get to your Zhang Yuanchang's side, and go directly to Luoyang, the capital of the city.
Liu Bei was depressed at that time - Lao Tzu still didn't know that it was better to move the capital to Luoyang, but the question is, can Lao Tzu wait until that day?!
Originally, Liu Bei also wanted Zhang Xi to help talk about it, find a little face, and give a step down. Now it seems that I am thinking blind.
However, the matter has come to this point, and Liu Bei is not the kind of person who angers his subordinates for the sake of face. The matter of moving the capital can only be put on hold for the time being.
But when it comes to withdrawing troops back to Chengdu, Liu Bei doesn't want to just give in.
Some people, some things, can only be seen thoroughly when he leaves Chengdu.
Therefore, Liu Bei took out Fa Zheng's personal letter to himself from his sleeve pocket and handed it to Zhuge Liang and others to read.
This letter, Zhuge Liang, who read it, frowned, Huang Quan looked embarrassed, Pang Tong sneered, Zhang Xi. Zhang Xi almost directly dismissed Liu Bei and directly dismissed Li Yanjiang from his post as the governor of Jiangzhou.
Anyway, this person is also a villain in history who disregards the country for his own interests, not to mention dereliction of duty, and dares to falsely preach the holy decree, which is simply lawless.
But unfortunately, Liu Bei didn't listen.
It is impossible for Liu Bei to punish Li Yan for this trivial matter, and even he cannot have any punishment measures for the Li family in Chengdu.
No matter what Li Yan's careful thinking is, his ability is beyond doubt, and Li Yan has done quite well in these years by sitting in Jiangzhou, connecting the transportation between Jingzhou and Yizhou, pacifying the local people, developing production, etc.
Moreover, Li Yan is a representative of the Dongzhou faction, and Liu Bei can't watch him fall like this.
Although Liu Bei would not be as obsessed with checks and balances as Sun Shiwan when he treated his subordinates, as a sovereign, it was impossible for Liu Bei not to know the importance of checks and balances.
Liu Bei will also take into account the relationship between the Jingzhou faction, the Yizhou faction, and the Dongzhou faction under his own command, and will not easily get rid of the leaders of a faction.
As for the families in Shuzhong, Liu Bei will not easily target them.
Today's world, is no longer the era of Emperor Xiaowu to engage in centralization, since the fight against Emperor Guangwu Zhongxing, the power of the family is growing day by day, two hundred years have passed, the family has long grown into a behemoth of this era.
These families, with money and food in their hands, are in troubled times, and they are not short of people who are really urgent, they will not be polite to you, support one or two agents, and give you a few rebellions, that is a common thing.
Therefore, not to mention that it is such a trivial matter that Li Yan wants to marry the Li family in Shuzhong, even if the Dongzhou faction represented by Li Yan openly stands with the Shuzhong family, Liu Bei cannot do it easily, and must do it slowly.
There is no urgency.
However, this matter cannot be delayed.
From Liu Bei's eyes, it is not difficult to see that this private letter from Fa Zheng to himself does not rule out the shadow of Li Yan behind him, and even Fa Zheng has a tacit understanding, on the one hand, on behalf of the Dongzhou faction to show loyalty to Liu Bei, on the other hand, it is also hoped to deepen Liu Bei's vigilance against the Shuzhong family and maintain the Dongzhou party's advantage over the Shu family in the court.
This matter is quite complicated, but Liu Bei's way of dealing with it is extremely clever.
Take these things that can't be on the table to the sun to bask in the sun, so that these people have mustard in their hearts, then the final decision-making initiative is all in Liu Bei's own hands.
And the current development of events is indeed within Liu Bei's expectations.
Zhuge Liang looked at it and frowned, he was worried about the instability of the government and the undercurrent surging in Shu, which must have someone who could come forward to deter it, otherwise there would be chaos.
Huang Quan looked embarrassed, because the bastards in Shuzhong, such a big matter, didn't even get angry with him, and now he didn't know what to say even if he wanted to defend the Shuzhong family.
Pang Tong sneered, but he was a little suspicious of watching the excitement. You Yizhou faction and Dongzhou faction are doing this, do you really think that we Jingzhou people will be afraid?!
In this time and space, Jingzhou, the foundation of the Jingzhou faction, has not been lost, and it has most of the right to speak within Liu Bei's group.
As for Zhang Xi, although Zhang Xi is now a mountain, he himself has no such concept at all, he just can't get used to Li Yan.
Really, Zhang Xi has a very deep resentment about the failure of the Northern Expedition caused by Li Yan's rumors in history, and he is also extremely incomprehensible.
It stands to reason that Zhuge Liang is really very tolerant of Li Yan.
You must know that Zhuge Liang in history, that is the person who achieved "the palace and the house, all as one", although he is a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty, but in the same way, he is indeed a powerful minister of the Han Dynasty.
But as for Li Yan, Zhuge Liang has been tolerating.
Li Yan used to persuade Zhuge Liang to "accept Jiuxi" to test Zhuge Liang, and what Li Yan did was quite inauthentic.
If Zhuge Liang is a loyal minister, it is naturally impossible to accept this suggestion, but in order to avoid suspicion, Zhuge Liang must assign a certain amount of authority to Li Yan, so that Li Yan, the "lonely minister", can return to the center of power.
And if Zhuge Liang really accepts, then he Li Yan will be the hero of persuasion, and Zhuge Liang will definitely repay Li Yan for reusing him.
Anyway, inside and out, he Li Yan will definitely not suffer, the only problem is that Li Yan has never taken Liu Chan, the son of heaven, in his eyes.
Who is Zhuge Liang, how could he not see through Li Yan's sinister intentions, but what can Zhuge Liang do, Li Yan is also a lonely minister, he writes such a letter, Zhuge Liang must answer, otherwise God knows the content of this letter, when and in what form, will appear in front of Liu Chan? !
Therefore, Zhuge Liang could only pinch his nose and write a letter to Li Yan, telling him to put the country first, wait until the world is pacified and the Han dynasty is restored, and at that time, we will accept the reward of the Son of Heaven together, not to mention nine tin, that is, ten tin, we can also bear it.
It's a fool of the past.
Later, Li Yan thought about it again and proposed to divide five counties into Bazhou and let him serve as the assassin of Bazhou.
This behavior this time is not just to ask for power for Zhuge Liang, but even to put it ugly, this is to cut the soil and stand on his own.
Even in the face of such a request, although Zhuge Liang did not agree, he did not treat Li Yan well.
Even an old minister of Ji Han like Chen Zhen couldn't stand Li Yan's behavior anymore, and told Zhuge Liang that Li Yan was "scaly armor in his belly" and his heart was not right, and he and the villagers were unwilling to get too close to him.
But Zhuge Liang's attitude towards Li Yan has always been "the big thing is undecided, the Han family is in danger, and the shortness of the war is not praised", hoping to endure with Li Yan for the country and restore the Han family together.
Really, Zhuge Liang can really do it, you want Li Yan to try a Huo Guang?!
As for what Li Yan did during the Northern Expedition later, it is really not much different from what was described in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Li Yan's behavior of making excuses on both sides because of the unfavorable grain transportation is really stupid and incomprehensible, not like an excuse that a mature politician can come up with.
Really, when Zhang Xi watched "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" in his last life, he really couldn't understand why Li Yan would tell such a lie that could be easily exposed as long as the two sides confronted each other.
But in this life, when Zhang Xi stayed in the Jihan Group for a long time, understood the internal contradictions, and deepened his understanding of Li Yan, he could probably guess some of Li Yan's thoughts.
Ji Han's interior is not as happy as described in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", there are factions, contradictions, and conflicts of interest between each other, but whether it is Liu Bei or Zhuge Liang, they have controlled these things very well, and there have never been strong sequelae.
As for Li Yan, he is probably selfish and self-interested, he probably lives with himself, and thinks that Liu Chan cannot trust Zhuge Liang 100%.
As long as there is a little bit of distrust in this, then Li Yan can take the opportunity to amplify Liu Chan's inner sense of crisis, and by doing so, he can not only clear himself of the responsibility for the unfavorable transportation of grain, but also give Liu Chan an excuse to take back the military power in Zhuge Liang's hands, and maybe further increase his power and status in the court.
As long as Liu Chan has a heart, then in this matter, he is not only guilty, but also meritorious, Liu Chan will help him fulfill this lie.
But Li Yan was indeed wrong. Liu Chan in history, no matter what his own ability is, but he has 100% trust in Zhuge Liang.
But even so, Zhuge Liang did not kill Li Yan in the end, but just demoted Li Yan to a commoner, and let his son Li Feng continue to sit in Jiangzhou and be responsible for the grain and grass logistics of the Northern Expeditionary Army.
Therefore, Zhang Xi really can't get used to this Li Yan, and always feels that it is too dangerous to let such a person guard the core position of the Chengdu Plain.
But alas. Today's Liu Bei has not moved Li Yan's mind for the time being, and Zhang Xi's pinch is somewhat useless.
On the contrary, it was Zhuge Liang, who was delicate, and took a deep look at Zhang Xi.
Zhuge Liang didn't have any crooked thoughts, mainly because he didn't know when Li Yan offended Zhang Xi, so Zhang Xi gave him eye medicine Zhuge Liang pondered, whether to find an opportunity to make peace with these two people afterwards.
After all, everyone is contributing to the Han Dynasty and recovering the Han Dynasty. Even if there are disagreements, we must endure each other for the sake of the country
But soon, Zhuge Liang didn't have this mind.
It's not that Zhuge Liang changed his mind again, but because Zhuge Liang suddenly had a task.
Liu Bei wanted Zhuge Liang to return to Chengdu to sit in the town, replace him, the son of the Han Dynasty, and always take charge of the Chengdu government.
(End of chapter)