Chapter 35: Hidden Worries

In the days after pacifying Ma Chao, I have been in a busy deployment. In the pre-war chaos, I always felt that something was not quite right. I thought about it again and again, from military affairs to government affairs, from my father to Liu Shengzhi, I thought carefully about every link, but I didn't find any problems. However, there must be somewhere to be sparse, I didn't think of it, it was just because I was stupid. I still trust my instincts.

So I asked Zhuge Qiao, in his eyes, there were too many open holes, and this Northern Expedition, from timing to preparation, from the use of troops to the storage of grain, was simply useless. I was very angry, so I thought that the small one would not work, so I would go find the old one.

I decided to have a deep conversation with Kong Ming before I set out on the expedition.

In my heart, even if I discuss it with Zhuge Qiao and the others, Kong Ming's role is irreplaceable. But strangely, I rarely ask for advice from these talented people. It's not that I don't want to, but whenever I see him, I feel a kind of timidity in my heart. My father did not let me serve him as a father now, nor did he say that I should obey him in everything, so now he is still a courtier, and I am a righteous young master. But the huge intellectual gap between me and him made me feel completely naked. In many cases, the monarch does not want his men to be too smart, because that would make them feel that they are no longer at the center of the crowd and hurt their dignity. It's not for this reason, I rarely see Kong Ming, most of the time I feel that with my current level, I don't deserve to talk to him, I hope I can improve a little, improve a little more, and make him feel that I am not terrible.

No matter how busy Kong Ming is at work, he will always be calm and calm, this is really something I can never learn, as long as there are many things, I will be anxious, and the sweat on my face will flow down like a river. While waiting for Kong Ming in the back hall, he was giving some details to his subordinates. Far away from the flower hall, seeing Kong Ming waving a feather fan in his hand, his heart was much quieter. The wind was blowing gently, and there was a mixture of gardenias and calligraphy in the back hall. On the case, there is a detailed map of Yizhou, which is outlined with a pen and full of illustrations. I stepped forward to take a closer look and found that this map was a hundred times more detailed than my one, not only the mountains, geography, soldiers and horses stationed in the tun, the placement of officials, the customs and folk customs, and even where there is good copper and fine iron, where there is good wood and bamboo, where there is well salt, where there is well fire (natural gas) are all indicated. There is a long knife next to the desk, which was made by Mr. Kong Ming personally commanded Xicao Peng Puyuan, a total of 300 mouths, sharpened iron like clay, and this time it will all be used in the Hubu camp. It is said that Pu Yuan melted gold in Hanzhong, but because the Han water was pure and weak, he did not allow quenching, so he sent someone to get water in Sichuan to quench, and finally made it. In fact, I know that the truth is not so simple, I don't know how to drain the water, but it is certain that the fire he used to make iron was a well fire, and this high temperature far exceeding that of ordinary flames was the key to the key.

Yizhou is really a good place, there is iron, salt, Shu brocade, and even well fire, this is the emperor's capital. No wonder Gaozu can raise troops here and dominate the world. Although it has not taken too long to obtain Yizhou, under the governance of his father and Kong Ming, the huge energy of Yizhou has been first discovered.

During the reign of Liu Yan and Liu Zhang, they have always used a tolerant policy, although it has promoted the people's livelihood to some extent, but it has also connived at some wealthy families, resulting in a lot of oppression and goodness. When my father came to Yizhou, he wanted to give these big families to the generals in the middle houses of Chengdu and the mulberry fields outside the city, but he was dissuaded by the fourth uncle Zhao Yun. He said: "Hussar General Huo Qubing once said, 'The Huns have not been destroyed, why should they be at home,' and now the national thieves are not only outside the Great Wall, but also in the court. If you want to be happy, you must wait until the world is stable, and the generals return to Sangzi and return to the local area, before you can mention this matter. The people of Yizhou, at the beginning of the military revolution, can return the fields and houses, so that they can live and resume business, and then they can be transferred, so that all the people can be happy and embrace together." His father agreed to his words and tried his best to maintain the status quo of Yizhou. But in some large households, my father still took a lot of measures to govern, and even he appointed the law to be the Taishou of Shu County, and with his personality of retribution, he took revenge on some disobedient and unpractical surnames. At the same time, he and Kong Ming took all the salt, iron and Shu brocade industries under official control, and formulated various strict laws to strengthen the management of Yizhou. In Kong Ming's answer to the law, he said: The law should be made according to the time, and it should be lenient and strict. Previously, when Liu Zhang's father and son ruled, they were mediocre and cowardly, the law and discipline were unclear, and the local forces were dictatorial and laissez-faire, resulting in chaos. At this time, it is necessary to formulate strict laws to crack down on the powerful and punish indulgence. As far as the formulation of laws and regulations is concerned, I have great admiration for Mr. Kong Ming, since ancient times, every monarch thinks that tolerance is the way to win the hearts of the people, but Kong Ming uses strict laws to manage the place, the law is indispensable, the punishment is imposed on the crime of self-crime, the lord is not selfish, and the punishment is not complaining, there is no one in the world who is not convinced, and under the condition that the burden is not lightened, it can be supported and affirmed by the people, which has never been as effective as Zhuge Liang in other Chinese dynasties before and after the Three Kingdoms.

Under the governance of these methods, Yizhou quickly became stronger. Take my father's personal guard Bai'er Army as an example, all of them are equipped with crossbow machines developed by Mr. Kong Ming, although the legendary mysterious semi-automatic weapon Zhuge God crossbow has not become an army, but all kinds of crossbow machines have been put to great use, some need to use the power of both feet to wind the crossbow, can fire six hundred steps, there is a kind of ten stone machine, the crossbow arm is as long as two zhang, can be ten arrows out together, shoot a thousand steps away, through the stone through the iron, the power is incomparable. This white-eared army even dared to directly face Cao Cao's rampant tiger and leopard cavalry without being inferior.

While I was looking at the map, I was thinking about it in my heart, and suddenly found that a place was heavily drawn by Kong Ming with ink, and when I looked at it carefully, I realized that it was Langzhong!

Langzhong! I suddenly understood what I was worried about these days, I was worried about Zhang Fei! In this Northern Expedition, although his father couldn't oppose it in a drowsy, how could the third uncle, who was bent on avenging the second uncle, agree, he must have wanted to go east to conquer Sun Quan. This man is my future father-in-law, and my father's brother, and he doesn't listen to me, and I can't do anything about it. Besides, if he makes a big fuss when he goes out, how will I deal with it?

When I thought of the overly tall Black Iron Tower with angry eyebrows in front of me, I felt chills in my heart, not to mention, there was still my father and Liu Shengzhi at this time.

So how do I appease him?

Historically, my father had no intention of looking north at this time. Because of the Eastern Wu attack on Guan Yu and the seizure of Jingzhou, he devoted all his mental strength to Sun Quan. At that time, in order to alleviate the pressure on the north, Su Ri, who regarded himself as a Han clan and regarded Cao Cao's father and son as usurpers of the Han Dynasty, secretly mourned Cao Cao's funeral to Cao Pi and sent brocade cloth as an expedient measure. Even so, the third uncle still beat and scolded the sergeant day and night in the army, crying blood, and finally was plotted by the villain. And at this time, I am not facing east, but north, how can he tolerate me?

No, I've got to figure out a way, I've got to think of a way......

Thinking like this, I almost couldn't stay for a moment, so I wanted to turn around and leave, and talk to Zhuge Qiao about how to deal with Zhang Fei. After thinking about it, I couldn't help but smile secretly, I actually have a dependence on Zhuge Qiao, it's not good to go on like this, after all, if I want to be in charge of Yizhou in the future, it's better to rely on one person as little as possible. What's more, there was a Mr. Kong Ming who had summoned Zhuge Qiao from afar, so he tried to calm his mind and calm down.

Finally, I heard Kong Ming's clear voice say in front: "Liang has some urgent matters in the palace that need to be dealt with, and I will wait for you tomorrow." Officials stood up and took their leave. Kong Ming paced out of the room and walked towards the back hall. Walk under the flower tree, spread your arms, and stretch out a long yaw. He hammered his waist with a hammer, and then he entered the back hall.

I bowed early, "Sir." "Not above the court, I am holding the gift of a disciple.

Kong Ming looked at me and smiled, then turned to look at the Yizhou map on the table, and smiled: "Young master, Liang guessed your intention?" ”

"Guess right, guess right, please sir teach me."

"If you want to sweep the north, this Yizhou chief general, you need a respected person to guard, at this time, in addition to the three generals, who is more?"

Ah, I was taken aback, the third uncle is a big trouble in my eyes, I can't cope with his request for the Eastern Expedition, how can I hand over Yizhou to him, then I won't lose the base camp: "The third uncle is reckless by nature and can't bear the big responsibility." ”

Kong Ming said with a smile: "The world thinks that the three generals are reckless by nature and dare not take on big responsibilities; But I don't know, although he is usually impulsive, but the more he encounters major events, the more calm he can be, when the suspicious soldiers of Yangqiao, so that Cao Jun millions dare not move forward, the strategy of Bajun City, the veteran Yan Yan is tied to it, the trick of Wakou Pass, the famous generals Cao Hong and Zhang He are also defeated, how can this brave man do? At this time, Guan Gong has been lost, the lord is sick, Jingzhou is not there, Shangyong is in danger, and Cheng is in danger of survival. ”

I listened dumbly, it seems to make some sense, but how do I explain it?

Kong Ming laughed: "Come here with your ears." ”