Pang Tong shouldn't have appeared in the police, really.

After assisting Zhuge Liang to go north to quell the Qiang Rebellion, Pang Tong, Zhuge Liang, and Zhang Xi worked out the actual strategy of the Northern Expedition, but after that, he did not stay in Guanzhong, but returned to Chengdu.

There was no way, Zhuge Liang chose to stay in Qinzhou, ready to lead the Northern Army into the Northern Expedition at any time, and someone in the DPRK must always stand up and preside over the government.

The prime minister is gone, and the people with the biggest official positions left, one is Shangshu Ling Fazheng, and the other is Pang Tong in the service.

Coincidentally, these two people are the representatives of the two largest forces in the DPRK today, the Yizhou faction and the Jingzhou faction.

Strictly speaking, Fazheng is considered to be the Dongzhou faction, but the problem is that the Dongzhou faction and the Yizhou faction, after so many years of reconciliation, have basically reached a consensus - the dispute between Dongzhou and Yizhou is just an internal matter, and when facing the Jingzhou faction, everyone's interests are the same, and they are all Yizhou factions.

Otherwise, there will be no way to confront the powerful Jingzhou faction.

After all, Jingzhou was not lost at this time, and the talent reserve of the Jingzhou faction was extremely rich, as long as the court needed it, Jingzhou people could enter Sichuan as officials at any time.

Therefore, if Fa Zheng is left alone to preside over the government in Chengdu, Pang Tong and Zhuge Liang are not too relieved.

After all, Fa Zheng is a person with outstanding abilities, but his character is also a problem. I will repay you!!

Even if Zhuge Liang could rest assured, Pang Tong didn't believe that Fa Zheng could be selfless, especially when it came to targeting the Jingzhou faction.

Zhuge Liang is a neutral faction, but the traces of the Jingzhou faction on him are also very heavy, of course, the most important thing is that when the Northern Expedition is about to begin, Pang Tong and Zhuge Liang do not want any turmoil in the DPRK, so it is also inevitable for Pang Tong to go back to Chengdu to sit in Chengdu and balance the Yizhou faction.

However, just using a world-class military genius as a tool to check and balance the government, not only Zhuge Liang felt that it was a bit wasteful, but even Pang Tong himself did not agree.

Therefore, after Pang Tong returned to Chengdu, he still had a task - to contact Chen Dao, who was guarding Badong County, so that he could prepare for Jingzhou and prepare for a sneak attack by Eastern Wu.

Originally, this matter didn't need Pang Tong to go out to Yufu to supervise the battle in person, and let Chen Zhi handle it himself. Chen Zhi is just a low-key official, which does not mean that he is incapable.

But what. Pang Tong can't sit still.

Especially in the case of Guanzhong being a pot of porridge, Pang Tong and Fa Zheng, facing the military reports from the front line every day, read it with itching, and they couldn't wait to go to the front line immediately and personally make suggestions for the war.

In addition, with the gradual progress of the Northern Expedition, after the Wei army that invaded Guanzhong was driven back to Guannei again, these two people really couldn't sit still.

On the one hand, the war is about to enter the critical stage of attacking Luoyang, and in terms of the current situation, this is simply the best opportunity to make a contribution, but he can only sit in the rear. Both of them were a little unwilling.

On the other hand, with the smooth development of the war, the unrest caused by the unfavorable war in the early stage has now subsided, and the role of these two people in continuing to stay in the DPRK and China to stabilize the government is no longer great.

One more. When today's son is already in his early twenties, he can't always be under the protection of his own wings and others, and he should try to control the government and increase his prestige.

Whether it is Zhuge Liang, Fa Zheng, or Pang Tong, they have never thought of being a powerful minister and covering the sky with one hand. Compared with this matter, calming the world, repaying the kindness of the first emperor, and finally leaving a name in history is what they hope for the most.

Therefore, seeing that there is nothing important in the DPRK and China, there is a special person in charge of all aspects of logistics and supply. The two discussed it and decided that one would go to Hanzhong to supervise the operation of military rations, and the other would go to Padang to inspect local defenses and prevent a sneak attack by Soochow.

Hanzhong Taishou is Li Yan, so it must be more appropriate for Fa Zheng to go to Hanzhong, and Badong County should do a good job of preparing for Jingzhou's war, so it is naturally more appropriate for Pang Tong to go.

These two couldn't stay idle, so they gave Liu Chan a soothing note, threw the government to Liu Chan, and arranged for Liu Chan to be Guo Youzhi, Qian Zhou, Dong Yun, Ma Jian and others to assist the government, and each took his own personal guards on the road.

In this regard, Liu Chan actually has a headache, he actually likes a few uncles and uncles to help him deal with the government affairs, so that he doesn't have to bother so much.

But so be it. It's an emperor anyway, and this kind of thing is always what Liu Chan should do, and he must do.

Therefore, Liu Chan could only take over this matter head-on, but at the same time, Liu Chan did not forget that he was an emperor in the end, and he also made himself a little special.

Fa Zheng went to Hanzhong and brought Zhang Fei's eldest son Zhang Bao, and Pang Tong went to Badong and brought Jiang Xu's nephew Jiang Wei.

These two people have a common identity, they were once the prince's housekeepers when Liu Chan was the prince, and now they are both confessors in the middle palace. Proper Liu Chan's own team.

To put it simply, Liu Chan hopes that Fa Zheng and Pang Tong will bring their own teams, and if possible, let them establish meritorious service and be promoted and reused in the future.

Anyway, he is also a great man, so he must cultivate a little bit of his own people, so that he can use them easily in the future.

Fa Zheng and Pang Tong actually understood Liu Chan's intentions, so they naturally readily agreed, and each set off with one with the other.

Fa Zheng took Zhang Bao to Hanzhong, let's not talk about it first, let's talk about Pang Tong taking Jiang Wei all the way to the east and going to Badong County.

Along the way, Pang Tong is real, and the more he looks at Jiang Wei, the more he likes it.

On the one hand, it is because Jiang Wei is indeed talented and intelligent, and he understands the way of the military formation very quickly, and he can also draw inferences from one another, and often put forward some answers that Pang Tong needs to think carefully before he can make it.

On the other hand, Jiang Wei's personality and temper make Pang Tong feel a little similar to himself, but not too similar.

Jiang Wei is very interested in the art of war and the way of the military formation, but he often lacks attention to government affairs and mundane affairs, which is very similar to Pang Tong.

It's not that I don't have the ability to handle these government affairs well, but the main thing is that I really can't be interested in these government affairs, and my favorite is the art of war. The two of them are quite compatible in this regard.

However, Pang Tong found that Jiang Wei is not too different from himself, compared to his casual personality, Jiang Wei seems to be much more serious, and he is also a one-sided person, a bit of a certain person's shadow.

This is the difference between the two, but Pang Tong feels that it is not impossible to "save".

Because through the observation of getting along in the past few days, Pang Tong still discovered that Jiang Wei's nature is not what he shows now.

Jiang Wei's nature, in Pang Tong's opinion, is somewhat bold and reckless, but between his words and deeds now, he is always deliberately imitating this person, which is just artificially suppressing his own nature.

This can't work, it's not good, that dead fish head is already very unpleasant to look at, and you can't let that dead fish head teach a good child badly.

Well, by the way, the title of the dead fish head was privately passed on by Zhang Xi's kid, and Pang Tongyi listened to it, and felt that the thief was suitable for no reason.

Anyway, Pang Tong is not happy to see a child who is obviously bold and bold to learn Zhuge Liang's style. That's not a waste of your talent.

So, along the way, Pang Tong kept talking to Jiang Wei, chatting, and even teaching him the art of war and strategies he knew, trying to "save" such a young man who was about to "go astray".

By the way, I also gave Jiang Wei a rough evaluation, in his eyes, the famous generals and ministers of the Han Dynasty.

This is Pang Tong's old business, when he was young, Pang Tong was famous for being good at appreciating characters.

Other people actually have nothing to talk about, people like Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Zhao Yun have been famous for a long time, and there have long been public opinions in the world, and Pang Tong can't say anything new.

Therefore, Pang Tong mainly told Jiang Wei about the characters who have only become famous in the past ten years.

First of all, naturally Zhuge Liang has no choice, Zhuge Liang's reputation over the years is too loud, and Jiang Wei, this kid, obviously admires Zhuge Liang very much, Pang Tong must say a little "bad thing" about Zhuge Liang in order to break Jiang Wei over.

"Kong Ming is the prime minister, cares for the people, shows rituals, makes appointments with official positions, follows the power system, is open-minded, and preaches justice; No matter how big or small, everything has been known, the world is fair, and no one is dissatisfied. Therefore, it is only because of the Han Dynasty that the government is harmonious and respectful. Pang Tong first praised Zhuge Liang, and then began to carry private goods to Jiang Wei, saying, "However, what Kong Ming said and did, how many people in the world can do it?!" For the way of officials, do not seek harmony with the light and dust, but also need to master the scale of proportion, if there is no ability of Kong Ming, and the matter of Kong Ming is strong, it will only end up in the court, no one will help you, and everyone will betray and leave your relatives. ”

To put it simply, in Pang Tong's eyes, Zhuge Liang is a capable person and an admirable person, but like him, everything is national affairs first, never considering human feelings, and can make everyone respectful, ordinary people really can't do it.

People, living in this world, it is inevitable that there will be human relations, and Chinese, who are very particular about human feelings, even if they are reasonable, when things happen to themselves, even if they can understand Zhuge Liang's approach, they will also complain about Zhuge Liang's decision.

Just like Pang Tong and Fa Zheng, the relationship between them and Zhuge Liang is also close, but when there is a dispute between the Yizhou faction and the Jingzhou faction, even if Zhuge Liang is fair, the party who thinks that he has suffered will still feel that Zhuge Liang is too faceless.

Although everyone actually knows in their hearts that Zhuge Liang's approach is the most correct and appropriate, but sometimes, it is inevitable to have a mouthful.

This is also what Pang Tong admires Zhuge Liang the most.

Whether it is Pang Tong or Fa Zheng, even if they are unwilling, there is always a group of people and a whole interest group standing behind them, although they know that some things are wrong with them, but when it is time to fight for them, they still have to stand up and speak.

Only Zhuge Liang can completely ignore these personal relationships, completely stand on the side of the imperial court, and make the most beneficial decisions for state affairs, and at the same time have enough reasons to convince the various factions in the court and coordinate the relationship between the various factions.

Really, people who don't have this ability, even if they follow Zhuge Liang's approach, will only be complained about and even abandoned by all factions in the end.

Therefore, Pang Tong is persuading Jiang Wei that he doesn't have enough administrative ability and personality charm, so he should not learn to do everything easily, which will only make trouble for himself.

Of course, by the way, it also instilled in Jiang Wei the most normal way of being an official in this era. Finding one's own position, standing firm on one's own interest groups, and striving for interests at the same time must know that compromise and concession are the real ways of life in this era.

Especially now, Jiang Wei is already a member of the personal guard team valued by the Son of Heaven, and there are some things that cannot be considered from the perspective of state affairs like Zhuge Liang, he is now a close minister of the Son of Heaven, and he needs to put the interests of the Son of Heaven first.

Although in most cases, the interests of the Son of Heaven are consistent with the interests of the state, sometimes, they are not certain.

At this time, Jiang Wei needs to find his own position and learn to speak for the Son of Heaven, but at the same time, he must also learn to persuade the Son of Heaven to compromise.

This is very important for Jiang Wei's future.

(End of chapter)