Following.

The sky will be dawn.

The Prince's Mansion was covered in silver, and the dew in the morning had already turned into ice.

And the coldest time of the day is this time of the day.

Liu Chan opened his eyes, and his body was covered by a thick quilt.

He was stunned for a moment, and suddenly he couldn't remember what happened yesterday.

After thinking about it again, I only felt that someone had stabbed him hard with a needle in the head, and it was extremely painful.

Slowly got up, but the body was not very willing.

The colder the weather, the greater the temptation of the bed.

Fortunately, after Liu Chan struggled, he still half lay down.

"Huh?"

Liu Chan was stunned for a moment, and looked at the edge of the bed.

I saw that on the edge of the bed, there was a beautiful woman with her head resting on her hands, half-lying on the edge of the bed, and only a small quilt that was not too thick was draped over her body.

"Lan Niang?"

Liu Chan was surprised in his heart, didn't he want to meet Lan Niang yesterday?

He leaned in to see.

In winter, the house is not bright in the morning, and the room is dimly lit.

The beautiful woman lying on the bed, covered with only a light quilt, breathed quietly.

She has jet-black eyeshadow on her face and pale lips. The long hair is scattered on the bed, giving a hint of temptation to get close to the touch.

She seemed to be dreaming, and it didn't seem like a good dream, her body trembled slightly, as if she was still looking for a warm embrace.

Liu Chan stretched out his hand and stroked Zhang Peilan's face.

The face is beautiful, but the hands are cold.

Reaching in again, under the thin quilt, the hand clenched into a fist was as cold as ice.

"Lang Jun~"

Liu Chan's actions also woke up Zhang Peilan.

She exhaled a breath of white air and hit Liu Chan in the face.

The little blushed like a ripe red apple.

"It's cold, how can you sleep soundly on the edge of the bed? The body is frostbitten, so what to do? ”

As he spoke, he stepped forward and hugged Zhang Peilan, stuffed her into the thick futon, and hugged her tightly.

Holding a piece of ice does make people feel cold, but Liu Chan has a faint smile on his face.

"Lang Jun has grown up a lot."

Zhang Peilan suddenly said this.

"How so?"

Liu Chan looked at the beauty with her head resting in her arms, like a kitten, and asked.

"The year before last, His Royal Highness was not as tall as me, but now he is taller than Lan Niang, and he can pick up Lan Niang with one hand."

Liu Chan smiled lightly and said, "I will grow bigger in the future." ”

The two hugged in a quilt for a long time, and Zhang Peilan, who was originally cold, was also warmed up by Liu Chanjun, and her body softened.

Her little face was flushed, and she buried her face on Liu Chan's chest at the moment, not daring to look at Liu Chan.

"Huh?"

Zhang Peilan suddenly raised her face from Liu Chan's chest, Sakura was surprised, and asked, "Lang Jun, when you were sleeping, did you still sleep with a sword?" ”

"Ahem."

Liu Chan coughed, a little embarrassed.

Liu Chan was just about to continue, not wanting the hand of the beauty in his arms.

"Lan Niang will take it for you."

Hiss~

Now it was Liu Chan's turn to gasp.

"Lan Niang, slow down."

Zhang Peilan seemed to have thought of something, and her little face, which was originally flushed, turned drunk red at this moment.

She took a moment, broke away from Liu Chan's arms, and jumped off the bed like a frightened kitten.

The whole person was on their own.

"This, this. This."

The more I talked, the more ashamed I became.

Zhang Peilan felt that she had lost face today.

hurriedly said: "Lan Niang still has something to do at home, so I won't accompany Lang Jun here." ”

As he spoke, he fled and left Liu Chan's room, leaving only a faint fragrance that lasted for a long time.

Liu Chan shook his head and said a little jokingly: "It's a bit like a little jasper." ”

As he spoke, he also got up.

Under the service of the maid, Liu Chan simply put on his clothes neatly and walked out of the door.

In the lobby, the cook prepares today's breakfast early.

A bowl of hot spicy soup.

Pepper, chili, grass fruit, beef cubes, lamb pieces, bone broth, flour, noodles, vegetables, peanuts, fungus.

Gather in a bowl, just to serve it, there is a strong aroma of Chinese herbs and mutton soup.

Take a sip, the soup is viscous, the entrance is smooth, the mutton and gluten are chewy, and the spicy taste is just right.

With a donkey meat sandwich bun, a mouthful of full donkey meat, a mouthful of hot spicy soup, that feeling

Meidi is very!

Fei Yi watched Liu Chan eat breakfast on the side, his eyes were straight and drooling all the time.

"Wen Wei, don't look at it, there is still spicy soup in this kettle, and there are more meat buns, let's eat them together."

Liu Chan looked at Dong Yun on the side again and said, "Xiu Zhao, you also come along." ”

Hearing this, Fei Yi prevaricated with his righteous words and said: "Your Highness's diet, how can Your Majesty eat it together." ”

But having said that, this guy honestly walked to the kettle with Hu spicy soup, scooped a bowl full of Hu spicy soup, and served it with two palm-sized meat buns, and ate it so cheerfully.

It was as if he hadn't seen anything delicious, so he almost swallowed his tongue.

"How?"

After eating, Liu Chan looked at Fei Yi and Dong Yun.

"The world is delicious, a bowl goes down, a cake goes down, the whole person is hot, even if you run naked outside, you are not afraid."

Wipe the soup stains on his mouth with a hand towel, Liu Chan said with a smile: "You can come to the prince's mansion for breakfast in the future." ”

Fei Yi smiled and said, "Although the taste is good, how can you dislike the craftsmanship of your mother-in-law at home?" ”

Don't want this guy to be an infatuated person?

Liu Chan shook his head lightly and said, "When you want to come, you can come over at any time." ”

While the two were talking, Dong Yun was silent, and he had already cooked two bowls of spicy soup and nibbled on two meat buns.

Concentrate on being a foodie.

Putting down the handkerchief, Liu Chan's hand rested on the copper basin not far in front of him.

Charcoal was burning on the copper basin, and a pot of wine was placed on top of it, which was gurgling and boiling.

"When I go back to Chengdu, what is the reaction of all parties?"

Liu Chan asked suddenly.

Fei Yi immediately stepped forward and said: "His Royal Highness returned to Chengdu, and all parties were very happy, especially the children gathered in Chengdu. ”

Before Liu Chan recruited talents in Chengdu, he set up a lecture hall and a Chongwen hall, which attracted local scholars from Chengdu.

After all, many people who have entered the martial arts hall and the Chongwen hall have now become famous.

It seems that Zhao Yue, the Chengdu ranger, has been mixed with the title of General Yamen.

Like the original big-headed soldier Yang Ben, now he is also leading an army of 10,000 people, and he has achieved a class jump.

Not to mention Xiang Pet and Qian Zhou, they were directly reused by Liu Chan.

With Zhuyu in front, those scholars who want to become famous and gain official positions are naturally moving closer to Chengdu.

It's a pity that Liu Chan is fighting abroad, and he is only coming back after more than a year.

It's not easy to live in Chengdu.

Now those who still insist on Chengdu are all determined people, and when they heard that Liu Chan had returned, they were naturally very happy, and the wine shops in the city were a lot more lively.

The money of the storyteller in the wine shop is a lot of money.

"It seems that in Chengdu, maybe we may recruit martial arts students again."

However, Liu Chan thought for a while, and still asked: "Among the scholars in Chengdu, are all Yizhou people?" ”

Fei Yi was stunned for a moment and said: "Most of them are from Yizhou, after all, His Royal Highness recruits students from the Wutang in Jingzhou, and the scholars of Jingxiang will not come to Chengdu, and some of them come from the land of Yongliang." ”

From the Cool Land?

Can there be Jiang Wei among them?

However, Liu Chan just thought about it for a moment and shook his head.

Jiang Wei is now from Wei, how could he come to Chengdu?

This talent can only be subdued when he is on the Northern Expedition.

"It's all people from Yizhou, so it shouldn't be too many martial arts students."

Last time, Liu Chan had already recruited a group of Yizhou people in Chengdu, and if he recruited again, the power of the Yizhou faction under him would be a bit big.

"Your Highness is worried about the people of Yizhou becoming bigger?"

Liu Chan shook his head and said: "Choose the best, the talented scholars in Shu will naturally take the lead, but it is not good to let them stay in Chengdu."

As for the people everywhere, as long as they are under my account, they are all contributing to the revival of the Han Dynasty, and there is no geographical distinction. ”

Of course, having said that, Liu Chan naturally had his worries in his heart.

If the people from Yizhou who were born in the martial arts hall stayed together, even if there was no faction before, they would naturally become factions.

What's more, now around Liu Bei, there are factions.

And there are quite a few factions.

Large and small, there are five factions.

They are the Yuancong faction, the Jingzhou faction, the Dongzhou faction, the Yizhou faction, and the Liangzhou faction.

There are fights among factional groups, and there are actually fights within factions.

The people who initially followed Liu Bei to start a business and fight were naturally the Yuancong faction, which was headed by Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, and later joined the Mi brothers, Sun Qian, Jian Yong, Zhao Yun, Chen Zhi, Liu Yan and others.

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were Liu Bei's left neck and right arm when he started his business, and the Mi brothers provided financial support to Liu Bei or the eldest brother, which can be said to be a major shareholder.

Now there is no doubt that the Yuan Cong faction is the most powerful person around Liu Bei.

But it's a pity that these bigwigs of the Yuancong faction are already dying.

Among the second generation, there are very few talents.

Guan Xing and Zhang Bao brought out by Liu Chan are barely okay, and with Guan Ping, there are very few characters who can be taken out.

After Guan Yu and Zhang Fei passed away, who could be sent by Yuan Cong to take on this great responsibility?

Second, it is the Jingzhou faction.

Liu Bei stayed in Jingzhou long enough, and he was stable enough, so he received a lot of talents here.

In the early stage, there was Zhuge Liang, and after the Battle of Chibi, he successively received Huang Zhong, Wei Yan, Jiang Wan, Fei Yi, Ma Liang, Ma Yan, Xiang Lang, Xiang Pet, Deng Zhi, Yan Yu, Zong Pre, Huo Jun, Huo Yi, Pang Tong, Lu Yi, Yang Yi, Gao Xiang and others.

The Jingzhou faction and the Yuancong faction are now the two strongest factions around Liu Bei.

And the factional infighting was also between the Yuancong faction and the Jingzhou faction.

Liu Bei accepted Zhuge Liang, and since then he has discussed work with Zhuge Liang every day, which caused the dissatisfaction of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.

After Liu Bei's mediation, coupled with Zhuge Liang's own excellent logistics work, he was also recognized by Guan and Zhang.

In the end, both sides fully cooperated.

When Liu Bei became the king and began to talk about meritorious deeds, there was a problem again, that is, when Guan Yu heard that he was tied with Huang Zhong, he directly said, Isn't it an insult to put me with a dead old man, and he didn't even want to accept the reward for a while.

Fortunately, Liu Chan had a clever tongue and persuaded Guan Yu.

The third time was in the selection of the Taishou in Hanzhong, Liu Bei used Wei Yan, but did not use Zhang Fei, which made people think that Liu Bei was suppressing Zhang Fei and suppressing the Yuancong faction by promoting the Jingzhou faction.

It is not so easy to get along with each other.

The third faction is Dongzhou Shi.

The Dongzhou faction was headed by Fa Zheng and Li Yan, as well as Meng Da, Wu Yi, Fei Guan, Xu Jing, Dong He, Dong Yun, Wu Yi, Wu Ban, Chen Yi and others.

As a non-local faction, it itself was used by Liu Zhang to suppress the local forces in Yizhou.

When Liu Bei officially broke with Liu Zhang and led his army south, the performance of the Yizhou faction and the Dongzhou faction was still different.

The performance of the "Dongzhou Shi" is obviously not as disciplined as the local big families in Yizhou, especially Wu Yi, Fei Guan, Li Yan and others surrendered one after another, making Liu Bei's strength stronger and stronger.

The "Dongzhou Shi" welcomed Liu Bei's rule over Yizhou even more, and Liu Bei also gave the "Dongzhou Shi" a relatively high status after eliminating Liu Zhang.

For example, Fa Zheng can be called the first strategist under Liu Bei.

even married Wu Yi's sister, Mrs. Wu.

The faction of Dongzhou Shi, Liu Bei deliberately supported.

Without roots and roots, you can only rely on the sovereign.

The fourth faction is naturally the Yizhou faction.

The Yizhou faction is a local person in Shu.

Represented by Huang Quan, Li Hui, Ma Zhong, Qian Zhou, Wang Ping, Luo Xian, Zhang Wei, Zhang Yi, Yang Hong, Li Miao, Zhang Yi and others.

In the early stage, Huang Quan, Li Hui and others were the leaders, and in the later stage, they were led by the great Confucian Zhou.

Because they are native to Yizhou, although their power is not strong now, if Han China is still limited to Yizhou, with the rise of Yizhou's local talents, their power will definitely become stronger and stronger.

Historically, in the later period of the Shu Kingdom, the second generation of the Yuancong faction itself was relatively small, and due to the discontinuation of the dynasty, it failed to get real power.

The people of the Jingzhou faction gradually died almost.

However, the local Yizhou faction is constantly supplemented by new forces.

And so they gradually gained the upper hand.

This is also the reason why Qian Zhou was full of negative remarks, and Liu Chan couldn't do anything to him at that time.

The fifth faction is the Liangzhou faction that stands aside.

To be honest, the Liangzhou faction can be counted as a faction if it is not strictly enforced, and the main representatives are Ma Chao and Ma Dai brothers.

Although Jiang Wei was born in Liangzhou, he should be classified into the Jingzhou faction.

Ma Chao came to take refuge at the critical moment when Liu Bei seized Yizhou, which was regarded as a great favor for Liu Bei, and he also had the identity of a prince, so when Liu Bei became the king of Hanzhong, he ranked first in the persuasion table.

But Liu Bei didn't dare to use such a person, so in the next few years, Ma Chao was honestly guarding the border. There is not much military power.

Liu Chan pondered how to arrange the five forces around the center of power, and fell silent for a while.

Since these factions are centered around the center of power, and Liu Chan is about to go to the center of power, then he must deal with this matter.

And it has to be dealt with!

One mistake could wipe out the good situation.

The strength of Han China is not strong, and if there is another infighting, it will be a fart in the Northern Expedition?

"Your Highness."

Seeing Liu Chan silent, Fei Yi called out with some concern.

"I'm fine."

Liu Chan waved his hand, and his eyes regained their brightness.

"In the house today, can someone hand over the prayer post?"

Hearing the word "worship post", Dong Yun, the prince Zhan Shi on the side, stepped forward and said: "The prince's mansion received a lot of worship posts last night, totaling as many as forty-six. ”

Forty-six?

Fei Yi's eyes widened, obviously startled by the number of the prayer post.

Liu Chan was slightly surprised in his heart, but his face remained unchanged, he looked at Dong Yun and said, "Who sent it?" ”

Dong Yun was prepared, took out the watch book from his cuff, and handed it to Liu Chan.

"It's all in it."

Liu Chan took the greeting note handed over by Dong Yun, opened it and looked at it, frowning slightly.

Boy!

This is Liu Bei's courtiers, and they have all invited him all over again!

Although it is a prayer post, it has full political implications.

Which post Liu Chan takes will undoubtedly show his attitude.

Which side is the future King of Hanzhong, the current Prince of Hanzhong, on?

Or rather

Which side do you prefer?

Zhang Fei, Fa Zheng, Huang Quan, Ma Chao.

How to choose?

(End of chapter)