Liu Bei's Northern Expedition ordered the crown prince Liu Chan to supervise the country, and Prime Minister Zhuge Liang assisted.

However, it is said that he is in charge of the country, but in fact, before Liu Bei left, he told Liu Chan to follow Zhuge Liang to listen to the government, and all affairs were often handed over to Zhuge Liang.

So now all the state affairs of the Southern Han Dynasty are handled by Zhuge Liang.

Liu Chan's main task at present is to study, before the Northern Expedition, Liu Bei adopted a policy of recuperation and recuperation in the south, in addition to state affairs on weekdays, his most important thing is the cultivation of the prince Liu Chan, not only often take him to the countryside to observe the people's feelings, but also to carry out ideological education for him.

Shen Chen once served as the crown prince, and this position was not a vain position in the Han Dynasty, but was responsible for the education of the prince together with the prince and the young master, but at that time, Shen Chen was fighting in Liangzhou and training in Hanzhong, so the education task fell on Zhuge Liang's head.

At that time, Zhuge Liang served as the young master of the prince, and the prince's mansion also had the prince's family Ling Laimin, the prince's servant Yin Mo, the prince's concubine Fei Yi, the prince's horse washing Dong Yun, and the prince's housekeeper Huo Yi and others to help assist and take care of Liu Chan's daily life.

Later, at Shen Chen's suggestion, Liu Bei placed the prince and the prince and the teacher, and Zhuge Liang served as the position.

Among the three divisions of the East Palace, the crown prince and the prince originated in the Shang and Zhou dynasties and was the important minister responsible for assisting the prince. The Western Jin Dynasty placed the prince and the prince, and the prince and the prince were responsible for the education of the prince, and the prince and the prince appeared in the Sui and Tang dynasties, and since then there have been three divisions of the East Palace.

It's just that after the Sui and Tang dynasties, the three divisions of the East Palace were mostly honorary titles, and the current crown prince and prince still have certain powers on their bodies.

After Zhuge Liang became the prince and teacher, he was responsible for the prince's cultural education. On the contrary, it was Shen Chen, the crown prince, who changed to the prince's riding and archery martial arts education, and his responsibilities have changed somewhat.

So when dealing with national affairs, Zhuge Liang will work with Liu Chan to cultivate Liu Chan at the same time, but also to cultivate future national ministers such as Laimin.

At this moment, in November, the weather is getting colder, and although it is not snowing in Jingzhou, the cold wind is howling, knocking on the door curtain, making a crisp sound.

Zhuge Liang knelt in the government affairs hall of the Deyang Hall of the Xiangyang Imperial Palace.

There was a charcoal fire burning in the hall, and it was very warm.

Liu Chan sat on the main seat at the top, and Zhuge Liang, Lai Min, Yin Mo, Fei Yi, Dong Yun, Huo Yi and others sat below, accompanying the prince to help him understand government affairs and assist in state affairs.

Liu Chan is twenty years old this year, he looks white and fat, he is sexually playful, and has a strong style.

Liu Bei was naughty when he was a child, but now that he has a son, he wants him to follow the rules, so Liu Chan was quite depressed before.

Later, Shen Chen saw that he was depressed all day long, so he often sent his sons Shen Yin and Shen Xi into the palace to accompany him, and wrote to Liu Bei, hoping not to suppress Liu Chan's nature too much.

It's not a bad thing for children to love to play.

As long as we can guide him correctly, establish a good three views on Liu Chan, and let him not do things that hurt nature and reason, we should reasonably let him have fun properly, and not suppress it too much, which is easy to backfire.

People are rebellious, and if they have not been able to get it before, they may demand it twice as much in the future.

Once Liu Chan ascends the throne in the future, no one cares about him, and he will often be more indulgent. Emperor Xuan of Zhou Yu Wenyun, Emperor Yang Guang of Sui, and Zhu Zaikun of Ming Muzong are typical examples.

Although Shen Chen didn't take these things as an example, Emperor Huan and Emperor Ling also had this virtue, Liu Bei felt that he was very reasonable, so he relaxed the control of Liu Chan, which allowed him to have a certain amount of time to play outside every day.

Today, Liu Chan had just been playing with the Shen brothers in the back garden for a while, and now he had just arrived at the political affairs hall, a little absent-minded, still thinking about what he had fun with the Shen brothers just now.

Lai Min saw that he seemed to be careless, so he reminded him: "Prince, prince." ”

"Huh?"

Liu Chan came back to his senses and looked at Lai Min blankly.

Lai Min pointed in the direction of Zhuge Liang and motioned to see the prime minister's face.

Liu Chan looked over and saw that Zhuge Liang was reading a secret letter, his eyes were deep, and his face was very serious.

"Prime Minister, what's going on?"

Liu Chan asked curiously, "Is there a new battle report from the front line?" ”

"It's not."

Zhuge Liang put down the secret letter in his hand and bowed his hand to Liu Chan and said: "Prince, there is a secret report in Jiangdong, and some people are connecting some Jiangdong families and want to rebel. ”

"Huh?"

Liu Chan hurriedly said: "That's good." ”

It's not a good thing to just ask people.

Zhuge Liang frowned, then thought about it, and guided him: "What does the prince think we should do?" ”

Liu Chan thought for a while and said, "We should find those families that are connected in series, and then send troops to attack them to eliminate these possible hidden dangers." ”

Zhuge Liang said with a smile: "The other party is a one-line contact, only a few families have secretly reported to us, and we don't know which families they have found, I'm afraid it will be difficult to find each other." ”

"So what to do?"

Liu Chan thought hard and meditated, I'm afraid this matter is not easy to do.

Zhuge Liang continued to guide: "The prince might as well think about it again, who is this who is connecting the Jiangdong family, and who should be the master behind the scenes?" ”

Liu Chan said without hesitation: "That must be Cao Wei, only they are possible." ”

"Yes."

Zhuge Liang nodded, and said: "But Cao Wei can't know Jiangdong so well, so who is Cao Wei looking for to help them?" ”

Liu Chan scratched his head, this question was too difficult for him, he thought for a while, and had to say, "Are you looking for someone who is familiar with the Jiangdong family?" ”

"Yes, there are many wealthy families in Jiangdong, and there are hundreds of families, Cao Pi must find someone who is familiar with the family."

"Who's that?"

"The minister thinks that only Sun Quan has this possibility."

Zhuge Liang said.

"An Lehou? An Lehou was once the lord of Jiangdong, and he was indeed very familiar with the Jiangdong family. ”

Liu Chan was puzzled: "It's just that he has already submitted to us, why do you dare to help Cao Wei connect the Jiangdong family?" If Lone is like this, Lone will definitely be honest and dare not think about anything else. ”

Zhuge Liang said with a smile: "Because only in this way can Sun Quan return to Jiangdong instead of being imprisoned in Xiangyang like now." ”

Sun Quan wants to go back to Jiangdong?

Now even Lai Min and the others don't quite understand.

He is like this, and he is still full of thoughts about going back to the country, isn't this self-defeating?

Lai Min asked: "Prime Minister, Sun Quan helps Cao Pi, isn't he afraid that even if he helps Cao Pi defeat us, he won't get any benefits?" Did he really think he could go back to Koto? ”

"He felt a little sure."

Zhuge Liang nodded: "What's more, Sun Quan has always been ambitious, even if there is a possibility, he will gamble, if he really succeeds, there will be great hope." ”

Hope will be great?

"Amount"

Everyone looked at each other, and they could see the doubts in each other's eyes.

Now that the pattern of the Southern Han and Northern Wei Dynasty has appeared, and Jiangdong has been submissive for several years, the people have long stopped thinking about the Sun family, why does he feel that he has great hopes?

For a while, everyone really didn't understand why Sun Quan would do this.

Zhuge Liang saw that they didn't understand, so he explained the reason.

The reason is simple.

Now the size of the Northern Wei and Southern Han Dynasty is already very large, and it is not a single battle that can determine the fortunes of the country.

If Sun Quan helped Cao Wei to set off a rebellion in the rear of Jiangdong, and joined forces with Cao Wei's men and horses to break through Guan Yu, then the Eastern Front of the Southern Han Dynasty would inevitably be defeated, and Liu Bei's forces would shrink in Huainan and Jiangdong in an instant.

As soon as the battlefield on the Eastern Front was defeated, Cao Wei would be able to concentrate his main forces to deal with Liu Bei's main force, and then Cao Pi's main offensive direction would definitely be to storm Nanyang from Henan.

Luckily, Liu Beijun's main force was directly defeated, and he fled to Xiangyang all the way.

At this time, there will be chaos in the south, Liu Bei's guard of Sun Quan is not strict, as long as Sun Quan finds an opportunity, immediately escape from Xiangyang, and then run back to Jiangdong, it is possible to reorganize Jiangdong and become his Marquis of Wu.

Although Liu Bei was newly defeated, he had the danger of Xiangyang, the benefits of the naval army, and there were so many soldiers and horses in Guanzhong, it was very difficult for Cao Pi to annihilate him in one fell swoop, and it was difficult to directly unify the south.

Therefore, if it goes well, the normal situation should be that Liu Bei's main force is defeated and retreats to Jingzhou.

Cao Pi regarded Liu Bei as a big trouble, and now when Liu Bei was newly defeated, he would inevitably attack Jingzhou on a large scale and want to annex Jingzhou.

In this way, the two sides will wrestle in Nanyang, Nanjun, Jiangxia and other places, and they will not be able to take care of Jiangdong.

And when they were fighting and had no time to take care of Jiangdong, Sun Quan was able to take advantage of the fire, take advantage of the weakness, and return to Jiangdong to be his lord of Jiangdong.

As for the people, it doesn't matter if they don't miss Sun.

This world is the world of the family, as long as the Jiangdong family doesn't like Liu Bei, and likes Sun Quan and Cao Pi, who are more integrated with the family.

No matter what the people do, they can't set off any storms.

Therefore, with the help of Cao Pi and the Jiangdong family, Sun Quan is really likely to go back.

Although this idea may seem fanciful, the probability of success is still very high.

The main reason is that even if Cao Pi wins, it is unlikely that he will be directly unified, and when the time comes, Cao Liu will eat the dog, and Sun Quan will be able to take advantage of the chaos to go back.

Therefore, if Sun Quan can really launch a rebellion in the rear of Jiangdong and cooperate with Cao Pi to achieve victory on the Eastern Front, he will not have no chance.

And compared to being a prince, it is much better than a prisoner.

At least in Jiangdong, where one acre and three points of land are located, Sun Quan still has some loyal old subordinates to rely on.

When the time comes, taking advantage of the contradiction between Cao and Liu, Sun Quan jumps left and right, and may be able to divide the world into three points, complete the will of his father and brother, and stick to Yangzhou.

Hearing Zhuge Liang's analysis, everyone suddenly felt that it made sense, and they were quite embarrassed.

didn't expect that there was such a deep relationship here, but they only focused on the surface, thinking that Sun Quan would not be stupid enough to do that, but in fact, he was likely to gamble, which made people ashamed.

"Prime Minister."

Liu Chan learned that Sun Quan was likely to be the main envoy of the Jiangdong rebellion, so he immediately hesitated: "An Lehou is quite prestigious in Jiangdong, and there are many old departments, if he sets off a rebellion is really difficult to deal with, then should we strike first and take him first?" ”

As he spoke, he gestured with his palm pointing downwards.

Zhuge Liang glanced at Liu Chan quite unexpectedly, but he didn't expect that this kind-hearted little fat man on weekdays was still a little ruthless, so he said with some relief: "No, Your Majesty is benevolent and righteous, and Sun Quan was willing to submit to it, Your Majesty will not harm his life, so as not to be able to win the trust of the world, and outwit this matter." ”

"Outwitted?"

Lai Min asked, "What does the prime minister mean?" ”

Zhuge Liang said: "If you want to kill Sun Quan, you can't do it without reason. So you can't do anything to Sun Quan now, only when Sun Quan plans to escape, you can do it, so that you don't violate morality, and you can also reassure those old Jiangdong ministers. ”

Liu Chan suddenly realized: "The prime minister wants to let Sun Quan go, deliberately let him contact the old ministry more, and when they get into trouble, they will be wiped out, and then Sun Quan will be killed by the way." ”

"Hmm."

Zhuge Liang nodded: "But this is the last resort, Your Majesty is a benevolent monarch after all, if Sun Quan understands the current affairs, wakes up in time, and hands over the list of families he helped Cao Pi to string, Your Majesty will probably still forgive his sins, and may even reward him." ”

Liu Chan wondered, "But isn't Sun Quan already doing it now?" Do you want him to come to his senses? It's probably unlikely, and we can't ask directly, because it would expose what we already know he's plotting. ”

Zhuge Liang saw that Liu Chan already had a certain ability to analyze independently, and immediately became even more relieved, and said with a smile: "Yes, we really can't ask directly, but we can give him a chance to mend his ways." ”

"Oh?"

Liu Chan hurriedly said: "How to give him a chance to mend his ways?" ”

Zhuge Liang said: "Now that the country is at war with Cao Pi in the north, and the crown prince is in charge of the country in the south, the prince can test Sun Quan and make Sun Quan wary, if he is smart, he should probably know what to do." ”

Liu Chan thought for a while and said, "Then how can Lone test him?" Did you send someone to Sun Quan's mansion to ask for him? ”

"That would hurt him a lot."

Lai Min thought for a while and said: "And we don't have actual evidence to prove that this is what Sun Quan did, so we can apply directly, in case this matter is not Sun Quan's series, wouldn't it chill the hearts of those Jiangdong courtiers?" ”

"Not bad."

Zhuge Liang nodded and said: "Therefore, the minister thinks that the prince can invite Sun Quan to come to the palace to watch the song and dance in a few days, but to order the musician to play the music of Jingzhou first, and let the dancer dance the dance of Xiangyang." After that, let the musicians play the music of Jiangdong, let the dancers dance the dance of Yangzhou, and observe Sun Quan's reaction during the banquet, so as to test whether Sun Quan was really plotting a rebellion. ”

Liu Chan was puzzled: "Why is this? ”

Zhuge Liang said: "If Sun Quan was watching the music and dance in Jingzhou, he gritted his teeth and secretly held hatred. When watching the music and dance of Jiangdong, I was sad and weeping, and I was full of regret. It shows that Sun Quan still misses Jiangdong, and the person behind the rebellion is probably him. ”

Lai Min suddenly realized: "I understand, the prime minister's move can test whether Sun Quan misses Jiangdong and whether he is really the mastermind behind the Jiangdong rebellion." Second, he also secretly warned Sun Quan that this was a test for him, and if Sun Quan was smart, he should understand that the matter had been exposed and immediately hand over the rebellion list. ”

"Exactly."

Zhuge Liang smiled and nodded, and then said to Liu Chan: "During the banquet, the prince can ask Sun Quan some things, and the ministers will accompany him to see how Sun Quan responds. ”

"Okay."

Liu Chan said: "Then everything is according to the prime minister's orders, and in a few days, Gu will hold a singing and dancing banquet in the name of the great victory of the Northern Expedition, and summon Sun Quan and his old Jiangdong troops to the banquet." ”

So a few days later, Sun Quan of the Anle Hou Mansion received an invitation from Liu Chan.