Liu Bei still stayed in Chang'an, preparing for the ancestor worship ceremony to be held after the autumn harvest in September.

At this time, Liu Bei, the government affairs of the DPRK and China were handed over to Zhuge Liang to solve the problem, the military affairs of Chang'an, the main work was in charge of Zhang Xi, Wei Yan and others, and the strategic planning and formulation of the Northern Expeditionary Army was planned by Pang Tong, Huang Quan and others, he was actually not too busy.

Therefore, it is not too difficult for Zhang Xi to meet Liu Bei.

However, Liu Bei's recent days have not been too easy.

The reason is simple, Liu Bei is sick.

At present, it is not a major illness, it is nothing more than some minor diseases such as typhoid fever, and the symptoms are not obvious.

But the problem is that Liu Bei is already sixty-five this year.

According to Wei Shen, Liu Bei is fighting all year round, and his body is weak and qi is overworked, coupled with the dissatisfaction with the climate and soil in Guanzhong, which is a minor illness If he can, Wei Shen suggested that Liu Bei return to Chengdu as soon as possible, and it is the best policy to cultivate well with the climatic conditions of Chengdu.

Wei Shen didn't have any selfish intentions, and he made a real suggestion, but Liu Bei didn't listen to it.

Liu Bei stayed in Chang'an, not only to satisfy his vanity, but also to have a certain political purpose for the Chengdu family, if he can't take this opportunity to beat for a while and subdue their hearts, then when he has a hundred years later, Adou's kid will succeed to the throne, it will be more troublesome.

Who knows whose son, Adou that kid is not an incompetent king, but he is not a master of great talent, if he can't subdue the families in Shu at this time, then wait until the future. God knows what it will become.

Maybe even if you choose to move the capital to Chang'an, the southwest will be unstable.

One more. Liu Bei is indeed a little similar to Emperor Taizu Gao of the Han Dynasty, and his attitude towards life and death is really "free and easy".

In the dispute between Chu and Han, in order to survive, Liu Bang could kick his wife and children out of the car mercilessly, but when the world was decided, Liu Bang couldn't afford to be seriously injured because of the pacification of the Yingbu Rebellion. For this reason, he refused to treat his injuries and finally died.

Now, Liu Bei also feels that he has lived to be sixty-five years old, and he is already a high life in this era, and the rest of the time will be handed over to the Mandate of Heaven, and the Mandate of Heaven will allow him to live, and he will be able to continue to live, and the Mandate of Heaven will let him die tomorrow, and he can't hide from it.

In this way, Liu Bei did not listen to Wei Shen's advice at all and insisted on staying in Chang'an, and because of this, Qin Mi was forced to change the time of ancestor worship from the first month of next year to September this year.

Originally, Qin Mi felt that since he wanted to worship his ancestors, it was naturally more appropriate to worship his ancestors, which was in line with Zhou etiquette.

The first month of the first month was supposed to be the day for the Son of Heaven to worship the heavens and worship the ancestors, and in the first month of this year, Liu Bei was busy competing with Cao Wei for Guanzhong, and now he has won the Guanzhong, and he will worship the heavens and worship the ancestors in the first month of next year, isn't that the most suitable day? !

But now, with Liu Bei's attitude towards his condition and Liu Bei's current physical condition, Qin Mi is really afraid that something will go wrong.

In this era, for the elderly, winter is a difficult life and death pass, get through it, you can't say that you can live another year, if you can't get through it, then you really go back to the west.

Even if Liu Bei is now the Son of Heaven, when God accepts people, he won't care so much about you.

Therefore, Qin Mi must advance the time of ancestor worship, before winter comes, so that Liu Bei can complete the ancestor worship ceremony, and then spend the winter with peace of mind. In case he worships his ancestors in the first month of the new year, and then freezes Liu Bei out of a bad place, then he Qin Mi is the most evil crime.

Fortunately, worshipping ancestors after the autumn harvest is also considered to be in line with the festival season of the Zhou ceremony, and the ceremony is said to be in the past, and the weather is not too cold, and the time is just right.

Therefore, when Zhang Xi met Liu Bei, in fact, Qin Mi had just finished reporting the ancestor worship process to Liu Bei, and with Liu Bei's consent, he confirmed all the etiquette norms for ancestor worship.

The two of them are in and out, no one can do anything if they don't see it, and whoever makes these two people have a conflict some time ago, and no one can get used to it.

After Qin Mi left, Zhang Xi went inside to see Liu Bei.

Although Liu Bei has been on the throne and emperor for four years, he still has the same way of life as before, but there are not so many evasions.

Why do you kneel and bow nine times, it is not a great court meeting, and Liu Bei is not the emperor of the Ming and Qing dynasties, so there is no such rule.

Zhang Xi still bowed, Liu Bei also waved his hand to signal that Zhang Xi didn't have to be polite, if it wasn't for his weakness and allowment, Liu Bei could still take Zhang Xi's hand and sit down like before.

After the two sat down, Liu Bei first asked with a smile, "Yuan Chang has always been casual and unwilling to stick to the case, but he has been working hard in politics recently, so come to me to relax?!" ”

It's just a joke.

After getting along for so many years, with Liu Bei's level of looking at people, I still don't know Zhang Xi's character.

Zhang Xi is a person, in fact, everything is good, although he is cautious in leading troops to fight, he does not lose the opportunity, he has a lot of thoughts about handling government affairs, although he is not thoughtful, he often has wonderful ideas, and he makes good use of people, he is a rare talent.

It's just that sometimes I'm too lazy, and if I don't force him, I won't be able to make a big deal.

This is Liu Bei's evaluation of Zhang Xi, so as soon as we meet today, I will make a fun show for Zhang Xi first, and by the way, it can be regarded as persecuting Zhang Xi in disguise.

No matter how thick-skinned you are, you can't admit it in front of the Son of Heaven that you are here to be lazy, so you can come up with some government affairs and report to Liu Bei, right?!

But Liu Bei didn't expect that Zhang Xi really didn't come to him to be lazy this time, he really had something to say.

Zhang Xi didn't say anything to justify, but first presented the plan and his own recital to Liu Bei to see, and then said, "The minister is not distracted, but if he wants to play Your Majesty, I hope Your Majesty will decide." ”

After saying this, Zhang Xi stopped talking, but sat on the side, waiting for Liu Bei to ask questions after reading the chapter and the plan.

And Liu Bei's face became more and more solemn when he saw Zhang Xi's plan, and he was thinking about it while reading it. It wasn't until a quarter of an hour later that Liu Bei put down the plan.

"This matter is widely implicated, and" Liu Bei hesitated slightly, and finally called the Huangmen squire and asked him to pass on the edict to Pang Tong, and Huang Quan and the two of them met him.

Before the two arrived, Liu Bei looked at Zhang Xi with a wry smile and said, "Although the Yuan Chang is really a wonderful plan, the implementation may not be as smooth as the Yuan Chang said." ”

Zhang Xi nodded and said, "I also know about this matter, but the Dingkou in Guanzhong is missing, if both wings are not true, it is not as true as one wing, as a guard." ”

"However, Zuo Feng Yi can't afford to lose!" Liu Bei shook his head slightly, and said, "I don't object to the intention of the military tun, but Zuo Fengyi's land is very wide, if all the military tuns are located, where will the soldiers and horses be mobilized?!" ”

Zhang Xi bowed his head slightly and was silent.

Although the matter of the transfer of soldiers and horses is under the control of him, the secretary of the military department, the military power is definitely not in his hands.

Liu Bei smiled and said, "I can also guess the meaning of the chief. It's just that the whole army of the Northern Expedition is less than 100,000 people, the 20,000 Liangzhou Legion need to return to Liangzhou, and the Yizhou County soldiers also need to return to Yizhou in turn, and the elite of the Northern Army cannot leave the capital without permission. Even if I allow you to recruit county soldiers and soldiers from the Yongzhou Assassin History Department, such a big gap, how can you plug it for a while?! ”

Liu Bei said this, Zhang Xi was stunned for a moment.

These words are basically equivalent to Liu Bei giving Zhang Xi the right to recruit county soldiers and soldiers in the Yongzhou Assassination History Department. It is tantamount to delegating military power.

Liu Bei said so, and Zhang Xi didn't dare to hide it anymore, and told him the method he and Wei Yan discussed.

And Liu Bei listened, listen. Really, if it weren't for the two people who came up with this idea, one was Zhang Xi and the other was Wei Yan, Liu Bei would have been suspicious of what these two were going to do.

These two people suggested that Liu Bei divide a part of the soldiers and soldiers of Yizhou, Jingzhou, and Liangzhou, and transfer them to Zuo Feng Yijuntun in the name of garrisoning.

It doesn't take much, a state divides 20,000 county soldiers to come over, and there are 60,000 soldiers.

This is not a big deal, in fact, it was also common for the county soldiers to garrison the border during the Han Dynasty and the Han Dynasty, and it was not an exception to garrison the border for two years at a time.

But the problem is that the county soldiers in the Han Dynasty and the Han Dynasty were divided among the states in turn, that is to say, the county soldiers of a state will basically have a border defense task in five to ten years, but the requirement of these two goods is to let the three states under Liu Bei undertake the border defense task at the same time within one year, and it is even possible that in the next three or five years, there will be border defense tasks every year.

Guess what the state governors and county soldiers will think about this?!

It's never a good thing to garrison the border, even if it's just to build a military camp, not necessarily how many county soldiers will be happy about it.

Of course, if it's just like this, forget it, Liu Bei thinks that although these two are a little too beautiful, this is not a way to solve things, but they also asked Liu Bei to leave the 30,000 elites of the Northern Army in Chang'an and carry out Zuo Feng Yi Tuntian, which is a bit excessive.

The elite of the Northern Army does have the responsibility to go out to fight, but the matter of garrisoning the border is not the scope of responsibility of the Northern Army.

Again, the Northern Army is a pro-army directly under the Son of Heaven of the Han Dynasty, and it is the sharpest sword in the hands of the Son of Heaven of the Han Dynasty. Let them obey the command of the two of you, and stay in Guanzhong to engage in military tun If Cao Cao is replaced, you two will not know where your heads are now.

That's why Liu Bei feels that this matter is very important, and it is widely implicated to be honest, which means that Liu Bei's temperament is more benevolent, otherwise, don't replace it with Cao Cao, and Sun Shiwan will not tolerate these two fooling around.

(End of chapter)