Pang Tong's idea can indeed be said to be reasonable and well-founded, Zhuge Liang is not unable to refute it, but in the end, it is inevitable that he will fall into the situation of the dispute between Qin Mi and Zhang Fei, and it will become a situation where each has its own reason.

Qin Mi and Zhang Fei have a dispute, it is not a big problem, after all, although Qin Mi is in a high position, he is not powerful, and no matter how fierce he quarrels with Zhang Fei, it will not affect the normal operation of the government. Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong are different.

Both of them are important ministers of the imperial court, and the power in their hands is not small Obviously, Zhuge Liang does not want to have an argument with Pang Tong in this regard, which will cause unnecessary internal friction.

Therefore, Zhuge Liang suggested that Zhang Xi, Zhao Yun, Jiang Xu, Wang Ji and other state assassins should be recalled to Chengdu, and discussed with Pang Tong, Fa Zheng, Yang Hong, and other six important ministers who stayed in Chengdu, and finally made a decision.

Although the decisions made in this way cannot satisfy all parties, the strategy that everyone finally worked out together will not cause internal friction even if it does not conform to their own wishes.

In this regard, Zhuge Liang really worked hard to maintain the balance of the court.

And as Zhang Xi and others returned to Chengdu, Zhuge Liang sent someone to send an invitation to discuss matters together in front of the Son of Heaven.

Actually, Liu Chan really didn't understand, why Zhuge Liang wanted to put the location of the meeting in his palace with such fanfare this time, and he had to discuss it in front of himself. As in the past, in the Prime Minister's Mansion, wouldn't it be okay to send Fu Yi or Jiang Wei to observe? !

How much to delay your own efforts, if you have this time, it is better to accompany the queen more in the harem, or fight cocks, and yo-yo dogs.

Really, that is, Liu Chan did not say this directly, otherwise, it is estimated that Zhuge Liang would be angry to the point of internal injury.

This is Zhuge Liang giving Liu Chan an opportunity to participate in important national affairs, not only to let Liu Chan learn, but also to help Liu Chan accumulate prestige in front of the assassins in various places. This kid still wants to play?!

Hawkers, fortunately, Zhuge Liang didn't know, and although the little fat man was indeed a little heartless at this time, he still knew that national affairs were important and he was not absent.

Then, in front of the emperor, in front of the Son of Heaven, Zhuge Liang described in detail the situation facing the Han Dynasty today, and then invited all the important ministers of the court to express their opinions.

Qin Mi was the first to stand up and express his opinion, believing that now the Han should recuperate, restore people's livelihood, accumulate strength, and wait until the country is rich and the people are strong, and then it is not too late to go on the Northern Expedition.

Standing up with Qin Mi, there were also Yang Hong, the Taishou of Shu County, Dong He, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, and others.

As soon as Zhang Fei saw this posture, he immediately stood up against it, expressing that he should take advantage of the change of Cao Wei regime and the chaos of the people, immediately send troops to the Northern Expedition, attack Luoyang, once Luoyang is captured, the general situation can be determined, and it is not too late to rest and recuperate at that time.

Most of the people who supported Zhang Fei were generals in the army, and most of them were not in the palace at this time, so Zhang Fei almost stood up to express his opinions.

As for Zhao Yun and Zhang Xi, although they also belong to the military generals, they are now on the ruling side, and they can't easily express their position.

Besides, Zhao Yun and Zhang Xi didn't think that now was a good time to attack the Central Plains.

Zhang Fei suddenly looked a little embarrassed, he was a bare-bones commander, and he seemed to be at a disadvantage in terms of numbers.

And just when Zhang Fei was a little embarrassed, Pang Tong stood up.

He supported the dispatch of troops, but not the Northern Expedition, but suggested that the imperial court march east to attack Eastern Wu on the grounds of trustworthiness and betrayal of the alliance.

Until now, Dongwu has not had a saying and reason for the Han to betray the alliance, and it has always been a stalemate, just right, taking this opportunity to attack Dongwu and recapture the two counties of Jingnan, which can be said to be justified.

The specific reason is that Pang Tong said to Zhuge Liang before, plus now that Cao Wei Xinjun has succeeded to the throne, there is no need to worry that Dongwu will form an alliance with Cao Wei in the short term, Dongwu can only rely on its own military strength to fight against the Han Dynasty, which is the best time to solve your worries.

Although Pang Tong and Zhang Fei's goals are not the same, Zhang Fei, who supported the use of troops after all, still leaned towards Pang Tong very kindly and expressed his support for Pang Tong.

At this time, Wang Ji suddenly came out of the ranks, stood behind Pang Tong, and expressed his agreement, but soon, Wang Ji withdrew to his original position and explained the reason to Zhuge Liang.

Supporting the expedition to Eastern Wu was an instruction given by Guan Yu before Wang Ji rushed to Chengdu from Jingzhou, and Guan Yu hoped that the imperial court would carefully consider the possibility of sending troops to Eastern Wu. The second master has been unpleasant to see these Jiangdong rats for a long time, and under the two backstabs, the second master really has the kung fu to completely solve such Jiangdong rats' ideas while he can still move.

But Wang Ji himself did not support this idea, so he stood up to support Pang Tong, but finally withdrew from his position.

Standing up in support is the expression of the opinion of the general of the Han Dynasty, and withdrawing it represents the opinion of Wang Ji of Jingzhou's assassin history.

But even so, Pang Tong was very satisfied.

After all, it was from the support of the Great Han General. Really, if it weren't for Guan Yujiu's town in Jingzhou, and his physical condition is not very good now, this matter can already be settled now.

How can a Shudi group represented by Qin Mi fight with the Jingzhou group supported by the general? !

Zhuge Liang really didn't expect that Guan Yu would endorse Pang Tong so easily, considering Guan Yu's potential influence, Zhuge Liang was not suitable to continue to hide at this time, so he hurriedly came out and expressed his thoughts to the Son of Heaven.

Zhuge Liang also doesn't think that now is a good time to send troops. At least before this year's autumn harvest, it is not the right time.

Qin Mi is right, it has only been less than three years since the last Northern Expedition, and last year it had just encountered a three-way attack, although they were all repulsed, but it was inevitable that a batch of grain, grass and ordnance would be lost, and it was far from the time when it could start a big war.

As for the Eastern Wu side, although it is a scourge and needs to find a way to solve it, it is not that it cannot be solved through political means, and there is no need to fight each other as soon as it comes up.

In today's situation, none of the three forces in the world can destroy anyone in a short period of time, once a war starts, it will inevitably be a big war, no matter which direction to use troops, it is not Zhuge Liang's best choice.

Therefore, Zhuge Liang's suggestion is still the old-fashioned "external and Zhurong, internal cultivation of political principles", rest and recuperate, accumulate national strength, and wait for Guanzhong to mature and Jingzhou to worry-free, and then carry out the Northern Expedition, and decide the Central Plains in World War I.

In other words, Zhuge Liang agreed with Qin Mi's opinion at this moment.

Let's make this statement, to be honest, everyone present, except for Fa Zheng and Zhang Xi, no one thought of it.

Qin Mi and Yang Hong didn't expect that Zhuge Liang, who had been suppressing the Yizhou faction more, would choose to support the proposal put forward by the Yizhou faction at this time.

And Zhang Fei and Pang Tong did not expect that Zhuge Liang, who has always shown a hawk to the outside world, would not advocate the use of troops abroad.

That is, Fa Zheng understands through daily government observation, and Zhang Xi understands through Zhuge Liang's historical cognition - although Zhuge Liang is a staunch hawk, he is not a brainless hawk.

In the final analysis, what you fight is national strength, what you fight is logistics, and without enough logistics support, you can't win any war at all.

He is very aware of the current amount of grain and five-baht money in the Ministry of Households, and he also knows the number of ordnance stocks in the Ministry of Industry and the number of new additions every year, and the current Han Dynasty really can't support a large-scale war.

And Zhang Xi, because he knows very well that in history, Zhuge Liang has accumulated enough strength after five years of immersion in development, reversed the decline of the Han Dynasty in all aspects after the Battle of Yiling, and first practiced with the relatively easy Nanzhong barbarians, and found that there was no problem, so he launched the first Northern Expedition.

Although Zhuge Liang often went on the Northern Expedition, he never delayed the economic construction of Shuzhong, and he would launch the next Northern Expedition only after he had accumulated enough strength, which was a completely different concept from Jiang Wei's Northern Expedition in order to realize the Prime Minister's long-cherished wish.

One thing to say, Jiang Wei's loyalty and spirit are indeed commendable, but his Northern Expedition is somewhat suspicious of being reckless, just for the Northern Expedition, and he doesn't care about the domestic economic situation at all.

Of course, this is also directly related to the later period of Liu Chan, the Shuzhong family controlled the government.

How could a group of Shuzhong families really do anything for the benefit of the Han Dynasty to do something Northern Expedition, as soon as Qian Zhou's "Qiu Guolun" came out, no one cared about this matter.

And since Chen Yi, Ji Han no longer has the kind of talent who can engage in the economy and people's livelihood, how can a group of people who only think about their own selfish interests work hard to help Jiang Wei in the Northern Expedition, it's not good to lie in Shu to make money.

It's a big deal that the enemy army is coming, let's vote, this world is not my family's world, as long as it doesn't delay the interests of my family, what difference does it make who is the emperor This is the true idea of the Shuzhong family who controlled the Ji Han dynasty at that time.

Therefore, Jiang Wei's Northern Expedition caused so much controversy and was considered to be a reckless force. But in fact, this pot really shouldn't be carried by Jiang Wei alone.

Hawkers, it's far away. Pull back to the present.

Because Zhuge Liang agreed to recuperate, the main battle faction was a little caught off guard. Zhang Fei looked at Zhang Xi and Zhao Yun.

Wang Ji's kid was unreliable, he stood up and withdrew, which in itself represented his attitude, and what about Jiang Xu, Zhang Fei was not familiar with it, so he could only count on Yuan Chang and Zilong? !

But so be it. Zhang Xi and Zhao Yun slowly glanced at each other, also with a helpless face, and chose to stand behind Zhuge Liang.

These two de facto rulers are aware of the practical difficulties of their states and counties.

If the imperial court must go on a northern expedition, then they will also do their best to support it, but both of them actually know that forcing the northern expedition is not a good thing for the people under their rule.

Therefore, if they can, they also hope to have two or three years of recuperation, at least so that the people's lives can be stabilized. Don't ask for a better life, at least don't have the situation of forced displacement, selling children and daughters.

As soon as these two people expressed their attitude, they almost distorted Zhang Fei's nose, and there were two traitors in the generals.

There was no way, Zhang Fei had no choice but to pin his hopes on the important minister who still has his opinions, the representative of the Dongzhou faction, Fa Zheng.

And Fa Zheng just smiled slightly, walked up to Zhang Fei, and nodded slightly. Then he turned his head and walked behind Zhuge Liang.

(End of chapter)