Chapter 931 The road is chosen by oneself

  Hanzhong, Prime Minister's Mansion.

  The Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty leaned on the back of the chair, holding the document in one hand, and holding the water jade lens hanging on the bridge of his nose with the other, and was concentrating on reviewing it.

  After the imperial court rebuilt Shangshutai, official documents below the county level were generally sent to Shangshutai.

  Wait for the Shangshutai to finish processing, and then send the result to the prime minister.

  As for matters above the county level, Shangshutai will give advice on how to deal with it, and then hand it over to the prime minister for review.

  If the prime minister has no opinion, it will be handed over to Yousi for handling.

   This can save the prime minister a lot of thought.

  In fact, because of the serious illness, although the prime minister survived in the end, it is obvious that his energy is not continuing.

  The current prime minister of the Han Dynasty has gray hair and beard, and his handsome figure in the past has shown a faint rickety.

  The loose robe is obviously long in the front and short in the back, and the cheeks full of vicissitudes are extremely thin.

  No one could have imagined that the thin old man sitting on the chair was the eight-foot-long and majestic Wolong back then.

   At this moment, there was a sudden sound of hurried footsteps outside the study.

  The visitor broke in without being notified.

   Those who can receive this kind of treatment can be counted on one hand in the prime minister's mansion.

  Yang Yi looked panic-stricken, she didn't even know that she had kicked over the threshold of the study.

  Seeing that he had no time to salute the prime minister, he said directly:

   "Prime Minister, there is news from the north that His Majesty from Sanyang County... has passed away!"

  Shanyang City, in the eyes of the world, is a special existence.

  Although Shanyang City is in the Wei territory, and the title is no more than a prince, but in the city, the etiquette of the emperor can be used.

  Because the name of the city owner is Liu Xie.

   Zhuge Liang, who has always been calm in situations, changed his expression when he heard the word "Ji Beng", and the document in his hand fell to the ground with a "beep".

  I saw him take a deep breath, quickly restrained his emotions, bent down slowly, picked up the document, stretched out his hand to pat the dust on it, and put it on the table.

   Then he supported the table with his hands, as if he wanted to stand up, but he didn't know he was standing halfway, and suddenly fell back into the chair.

   "Prime Minister!"

  Yang Yi was shocked, and quickly stepped forward two steps, trying to support the prime minister.

  Zhuge Liang waved his hand to stop his movement.

   Zhuge Liang closed his eyes, as if he was adjusting his emotions.

  After the violently heaving chest calmed down a bit, Zhuge Liang opened his eyes and asked slowly:

   "Is the news true?"

   "It's absolutely true! Not only is it spreading everywhere in Luoyang, but even the Wei thief deliberately spread the news to Guanzhong. I heard that the false emperor Cao Rui went to Shanyang County and personally wore plain clothes for the funeral."

  Hearing this, Zhuge Liang showed an extremely complicated expression on his face.

   "Is it still going after all..."

   For the current big man, Emperor Xian Liu Xie is a person who is reluctant to mention.

  But it is a character that has to be mentioned.

  Because he was orthodox in the Han Dynasty, and he handed over the throne to the Wei thief.

  Received the news of his death that year, the first emperor issued a mourning uniform, and led all his officials to pay homage to Emperor Xiaomin.

  Unexpectedly, the first emperor has passed away for more than ten years, and the emperor Xiaomin once again received news of his death.

  Zhuge Liang was full of thoughts and sadness, but he seemed to have a kind of relief.

  He asked in a low voice:

   "Apart from the funeral of the Wei thief and the puppet emperor, is there any other news from the Wei thief?"

  Zhuge Liang originally wanted to ask if there were rumors that Cao Rui harmed Emperor Xiaomin.

  Although I know that this possibility is unlikely, after all these years, if the Wei thief really wanted to harm Emperor Xiaomin, he would not wait until today.

   But what if?

  Unexpectedly, Yang Yi nodded:

   "Prime Minister, there is indeed another matter in the north. I heard that after the death of His Majesty, the plague began to spread in Luoyang, and at the same time a fire broke out in the Chonghua Hall of the Luoyang Imperial Palace."

   "Now that Cao Rui has gone to Shandong to hold a funeral, people in Luoyang are in a state of panic, and they can say anything..."

  Zhuge Liang raised his brows, and said with emotion: "This happened! This can be called heaven's punishment for the Wei thief!"

  As he spoke, he couldn't help getting up and walking back and forth a few steps, sighing:

   "It's a pity that the big man and Luoyang are separated by a pass, otherwise they might not be able to disrupt the situation."

  If the Wei thieves were strong and the big Han could only temporarily shrink to the land of Shu, the death of Emperor Xiaomin would naturally not be a big deal to Cao Rui.

  As long as Cao Rui makes the gesture of personally wearing mourning for the funeral, he can not only easily neutralize the impact of this matter, but even buy people's hearts by the way.

   But not now.

   Over the years, the national power of the Wei thief has declined visibly with the naked eye.

  As for Dahan, there is great hope of revitalization.

   This is potential.

  Emperor Xiaomin's death, coupled with the prevalence of the plague in Luoyang, may not be able to deepen the suspicion of people in Wei.

  Thinking of this, Zhuge Liang hastily called out:

   "Come on!"

   Li Yi's figure immediately appeared at the door: "Prime Minister."

  Zhuge Liang asked Yang Yi to repeat the news from Wei Guo, and then said to Li Yi:

   "You immediately send people to inform Feng Mingwen of this matter."

  The Qishan Road between Hanzhong and Longyou is full of postal kiosks.

   Coupled with the waterway, the speed of transferring official documents is very fast.

  After arriving in Longyou, because Liangzhou has no shortage of horses and the roads that caravans are accustomed to taking, the speed will not be too slow.

  So the relationship between Liangzhou and Hanzhong is actually very close.

   "No." After Li Yi agreed, he asked hesitantly, "Does the Prime Minister have any orders?"

   Zhuge Liang shook his head and said with a smile:

   "After Feng Mingwen got the news, he knew what to do. If even he can't influence Luoyang, then there is no good way here in Hanzhong."

   It is no secret that Feng Yongneng has influenced You Xiaer.

  Combined with the exchange of caravans between the Han and Wei dynasties, the prime minister of the Han Dynasty believed that there must be some unknown channels in Feng Mingwen's hands.

   Besides, this kind of thing is supposed to be notified over there.

   It's just that it's being sent urgently, which is faster than usual official documents.

  After Li Yi went down, Zhuge Liang sat back on the chair and asked a casual question:

   "Over there in Liangzhou, is there any news recently?"

  Recently, because of the opening of the Liangzhou Workshop, many people began clamoring to regain Guanzhong as soon as possible.

  The reason is also very simple.

  The caravan leading to Guanzhong, after arriving in Chang'an, the goods can only be traded at the designated place, and can no longer enter the Guandong at will, and find another place to sell by themselves.

  Although I don’t know how Sima Yi settled the Guandong side.

   It is only heard that Cao Rui allowed Sima Yi to seek financial resources for the Guanzhong army.

  But most of the caravans transported from the big man's side will still be controlled by Sima Yi after all.

   This of course does not satisfy some people in Dahan.

  So they are eager to regain Guanzhong.

  The prime minister of the Han Dynasty wanted to regain Guanzhong more than anyone else.

  But he knew better, if there was no response from Liangzhou.

   To be precise, without the cooperation of the army led by Feng Yong.

   Relying on Hanzhong alone, there is no way to break through the various camps that Sima Yi set up in Guanzhong.

  In the battle of Xiaoguan, Feng Yong defeated the bandits in Guanzhong until they lost all courage.

   At least for ten years, Wei thieves dare not look westward at Longyou.

   Just look at the actions of the Wei thief in Guanzhong when the big man regained Liangzhou.

  Sima Yi had no intention of supporting Liangzhou at all, and just buried himself in digging ditches and building fortifications in Guanzhong.

   The battle of Xiaoguan completely won the strategic advantage for the big Han over Guanzhong.

   It's just that there are gains and losses.

   This battle also disabled Feng Yong's elite that had been raised with countless money and food over the years.

   Until now, Liangzhou's military strength has not been able to restore Xiaoguan's grand occasion before the First World War.

  Feng Yong has his own set of tactics for training elite soldiers.

  But no matter how much you practice, no matter how much money and food you spend, in the end you have to go through real swords and guns before you can be regarded as a real elite.

  At the beginning when he went to Yuexuan County, he took the barbarians to train soldiers, so that he had the elite soldiers who fought in Jieting.

   Later in Longyou, we took the Wei thieves and Hu people from Longyou and Liangzhou to train soldiers, and only then did we have the elite soldiers for the first battle of Xiaoguan.

   Now in Liangzhou, the year before last, he continued to fight against Xianbei in the west. This was his method of training troops.

  According to the estimates of the prime minister of the Han Dynasty, this elite soldier cannot be trained without two or three years.

  So for those who only care about taking back Guanzhong all day long, the prime minister of the Han Dynasty simply dismisses them.

  Now looking at the whole big man, the prime minister can be completely assured that he will lead an army alone, and Feng Mingwen is the only one who cooperates with him in killing thieves.

  Feng Mingwen does not leave Liangzhou for a day, and the Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty does not leave Hanzhong for a day.

  No matter how loudly other people screamed, the prime minister of the Han Dynasty would just think it was mosquitoes buzzing.

  The Battle of Longyou is a touchstone, it is clear at a glance who is capable and who is mediocre.

   There may be omissions, or there may be bad luck, but the prime minister of Dahan is old, and the development momentum of Dahan is quite good.

   It's good to go on like this, so don't bother if you have nothing to do.

  Yang Yi has been with the prime minister for a long time, even if he can't completely guess what the prime minister is thinking, he can still know a thing or two.

   At this time, when the prime minister heard about Liangzhou, he was actually asking about Feng Yong.

  Although he felt displeased at the moment, he still replied respectfully:

   "It's nothing serious to go back to the prime minister. The news from Liangzhou said that Governor Feng went to Juyan County to patrol the border a few days ago and asked people to reset the barrier."

   "I heard that because of what the big man did in Juyan County, the barbarians in the north were dissatisfied..."

  Hearing this, the Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty suddenly smiled, which made Yang Yi a little confused.

   "Hu people are also dissatisfied with that kid?"

  Dahan Cheng seems to be talking to himself, but also seems to be asking.

  Yang Yi saw that the prime minister seemed to be in a good mood, so he tentatively said:

   "Feng Junhou's work...sometimes it is indeed unpredictable. If you follow the previous practice, you will slowly harvest it with the benefits of wool."

   "In two or three years at most, the Hu people living in Yanze can return to their hearts. Why do they need to use weapons to work soldiers and arouse resentment among the Hu people in the north?"

  Zhuge Liang glanced at Yang Yi, but his expression remained unchanged: "That kid does behave a little unreasonably sometimes."

   "What the prime minister said is very true. I heard that Feng Junhou took his concubine to live in Yanze on a boat one day. The concubine's room only said that the lake is beautiful."

   "So he ordered that a monument be erected around Juyanze, engraved with the words that no filling of marshes for land reclamation is allowed, and offenders will be punished severely."

   "It is even stipulated that the surrounding area of ​​Yanze is not allowed to cut trees at will, and those who cut down one tree must replant two trees. All these measures are really absurd..."

   Cao!

  The face of the prime minister of the great Han finally lost his composure.

  He seemed to have the face of a lecherous person who disregarded people's livelihood in order to make women happy.

   "Which concubine's room?"

   "Li Mu."

  The corner of the prime minister's mouth twitched: When I sent Li Mu to your side, I never saw you so lustful?

   "The people living in Yanze, do you have any complaints?"

"Hey, I haven't heard of this. It's probably to flatter Feng Junhou. Many officials also said that this move is for the people. They are afraid that the people's fields will have no water to draw, and the livestock will have no water to drink. That's why they made such a move." Measures..."

  No complaints, what a fart!

  The prime minister of the Han Dynasty didn't bother to care about it.

   This is not flattering the kid, it is clearly flattering the kid's concubine.

  Then Li Mu is in charge of the entire textile workshop in Liangzhou.

   Those who went to Juyanze to open pastures were basically from aristocratic families in Liangzhou. Do you think those so-called officials can not cater to them?

  As for the real head of Guizhou Cangtou, he can't even open up a wasteland on the flat land, and he still has the ability to reclaim the lake?

   "Any more?"

   "Yes, when Feng Junhou and Feng Guan were visiting the pass, he composed two poems, and even arranged one of them into a song, saying that everyone in the army could sing..."

   "Prime Minister, tell me, isn't this... this... isn't this nonsense?"

  I know that many of your soldiers under Feng Junhou are literate, but literate is fine, and now even such elegant things as poetry are used to be ruined by the big soldiers. Isn't this insulting to the gentleman?

  The Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty gave a "tsk", and was about to speak when suddenly there was a cough outside the door.

  Hearing this cough, the prime minister's expression suddenly changed.

   "Here, Duke Wei, you go down first, I will find you tomorrow if I have something to do."

   "No, Prime Minister, rest well first."

  Yang Yi understood, saluted quickly and retreated.

   Then the prime minister's wife appeared at the door of the study: "Ah Lang, it's time to take medicine..."

  The heroic and short-tempered prime minister took the bowl obediently and drank the medicine.

   Seeing that Zhuge Liang didn't leave any medicine residue behind, Huang Yueying nodded in satisfaction.

  She took back the bowl from Zhuge Liang, and said while tidying up the things on the table:

   "Although Yang Yi is talented, he is a complete villain. There are so many talents in the big man. Now Alang doesn't need to rely on him to handle the affairs of the family. Why should he listen to his greedy words?"

  Zhuge Liang shook his head and said:

   "After all, he helped me a lot in the past, and he hasn't made any big mistakes now. If he just abandons it, wouldn't it be chilling?"

  In the past, Yang Weigong assisted in all kinds of planning and planning and various trivial matters in the army.

  In the past few years, as school students have gradually entered the army, it is most convenient to leave this kind of matter to them.

   "Besides, is it that you, a woman, are just talking about this matter in court?"

  When Huang Yueying heard this, she sneered:

   "Why don't you tell Feng Mingwen about this? Why don't you tell him not to use a woman?"

   "The concubine has heard that there is a secretariat in the Liangzhou governor's mansion, and the background is not simple."

  As she spoke, she threw the bowl on the table with a bang:

   "If the Prime Minister ordered you to withdraw the Secretariat of the Liangzhou Governor's Mansion, and only say that women interfere in politics, it is against the rules!"

  The medicine that Prime Minister Dahan had just taken suddenly surged in his stomach, and he was almost about to be vomited out of anger.

  He pointed at Huang Yueying tremblingly:

"you you you you you…"

  The prime minister's wife raised her chest and did not back down at all:

   "What's the matter? Yang Wei is a majestic prime minister, and he knows to talk about other people's wives and concubines all day long. Don't you feel ashamed?"

  The prime minister's wife gave a "bah" and made no secret of her contempt: "It's worse than a woman!"

"you shut up!"

  The Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty trembled for a long time, and finally he was able to say a complete sentence, "I keep Yang Weigong, there is a reason for it, you are not allowed to talk nonsense!"

  The prime minister's wife squinted at him, disbelief written all over her face.

  Zhuge Liang let out a long sigh:

   "Now the people in the prime minister's mansion are either arranged to enter the palace or the Shangshutai. Only Yang Weigong, although he is a long history, has not changed at all. Don't you find it strange?"

   "This is really strange. If you say you value him, then you should arrange a way for him like you arranged for Jiang Gongyan."

   "But if you say you don't value him, then why do you ask him every day for advice and let him have his way without stopping?"

  The Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty did not answer this question directly, but stretched out his hand to motion for Huang Yueying to help her, and said meaningfully:

   "In any case, Yang Weigong is talented after all, and after me, the big man probably won't have a prime minister's house anymore."

   "Therefore, the long history of the prime minister's mansion, what to do in the future, whether to use him, how to use, someone will decide. Don't worry about such things."

  Huang Yueying was shocked: "You left him on purpose..."

  Zhuge Liang waved his hand: "The way to go, in fact, mainly depends on Yang Weigong himself. After all, the emperor is kind and will not kill people lightly."

   "I'm getting old, I can't control that much anymore. Now, I just want to live to see Chang'an..."

  Huang Yueying glanced at him: "The Son of Heaven is naturally benevolent, but he can't help but have a ruthless courtier underneath."

  Zhuge Liang sneered: "Don't you hear about Liu Hanzi in Liangzhou? How does the resentment between Yang Weigong and Feng Mingwen compare with the resentment between Liu Hanzi and Feng Mingwen?"

  Huang Yueying couldn't help laughing: "What does the Hu girl Liu Hanzi married with his ability have anything to do with Feng Mingwen?"

  (end of this chapter)