Chapter 48 The Imperial Court Is Not Killing
"No need to do this. I think Mr.'s illness is just a disease that leads to trouble, not an incurable disease. Now that the bandits of Mount Tai have retreated, Wu Su, the last remnant under Zhang Ju's command, has been awarded the title. The relationship between Mr. and Zhang Ni has been completely cleared. Once the heart disease is gone, it will be absent soon."
Liu Bei is still very good at being a human being. He is now the prefect of two thousand stones and the general of Liao. His official position is far higher than that of a county magistrate who is only six hundred stones. Therefore, he did not call him an official position when chatting with Zhuge Gui. He only respected the other party as an older person and called him "Mr.".
This spontaneous emotional intelligence of the wise and wise man made Li Su have to nod secretly.
Zhuge Gui is indeed very old. He looks nearly fifty years old last year, at least in his early twenties than Liu Bei. It is no problem to call him a master with his age as a scholar. The age difference between Zhuge Gui and Liu Bei seems to be exactly equal to the age difference between Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang.
It seems that the people in the Zhuge family have the genes to get a son when they are old. When Zhuge Gui had his eldest son Zhuge Jin, he was already in his thirties, and Zhuge Liang was the second son. Seven years later, he was born in his early forties.
In history, Zhuge Zhan was born in his forties, so that Zhuge Liang lost his father at the age of nine, and Zhuge Zhan lost his father at the age of nine.
I can only say that there are so many coincidences of fate.
Others next to him, except Li Su, also felt that it made sense after hearing Liu Bei's words that "if the heart disease is gone, he will definitely be cured", and thought that Zhuge Gui might have a chance to recover.
Zhuge Jin also repeatedly advised his father to relax and take good care of his illness.
Only Zhuge Gui's own body knew, and his heart disease was not completely eliminated. Some things were hard to say, so he waved his hand and drove his sons and daughters away first:
"Jin'er, Liang'er, you take them away first. I will say a few words to General Liu and Li Zhengwei."
"Yes, father." Zhuge Jin respectfully took his younger brothers and sisters away first.
"return."
"Yes, what else does my father have to do?" Zhuge Jin was not angry at all because he was called and drunk.
Zhuge Gui breathed a few breaths, as if thinking: "Although you are not as good as the crown, you will be the pillar of your family in the future. I will give you the word "Jin" and your name is Ziyu! I am upset about my father and my mind is confused. Don't think that this word is sloppy."
Zhuge Jin hurriedly bowed: "How can my father give the word "sloppy"? This word is peaceful and peaceful. Children should follow it carefully throughout their lives, always care about themselves, and be vigilant at night."
After saying that, he got up and pulled his brother and sister away.
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Seeing that everyone else had disappeared, Zhuge Gui sighed: "I was surprised just now. How could the 100,000 bandit soldiers in Qingzhou be defeated so quickly? I asked Liang'er privately, and he said it was Li's plan to dissuade the enemy, and the bandit soldiers were defeated but not destroyed.
From this point of view, the disaster in Qingzhou is far from over, and the peace of Mount Tai is just a breath of breath. As a county magistrate, I have been kind to the court. Only when I die in the city until the last moment can I clear my suspicion of being an official in the same county as Zhang Ju."
Liu Bei did not expect that Zhuge Gui was still so pessimistic and could not help but say righteously: "Since Bei can defeat the bandit army once and kill Wusu, he can defeat the second and third times. Anyway, Liaodong has been settled and Wuhuan has been subjugated, and there will be no war in Youzhou for a few years. Seeing that the court is in a ruthless way and the people suffer, how can you not declare great justice in the world?"
Zhuge Gui smiled bitterly: "This is an exaggeration. General Liu Duan Liao is the prefect of Liaodong. Wusu is dead. You have stayed in Qingzhou for a long time to suppress bandits. Are you not afraid of suspicion of the court? General Liu's excuses for crossing the border to attack the bandits have been used up at this point."
Liu Bei felt a little shocked, and then he realized that he had taken over the big things just now, and he was indeed lacking in political sensitivity.
He also admitted his mistake openly: "This is a pertinent statement. He is eager to save the people for a while and he is tempted. He should obey the orders of the court."
While admitting his mistake, Liu Bei also quickly reflected on himself, how could he speak so accidentally?
After reflecting on it, he realized that everything is still a fault for crawling too fast!
Two years, to be precise, in twenty months, I climbed from the county magistrate to the prefect, and the miscellaneous general!
Of course, earlier, he had been a county lieutenant for more than two years, but the situation was too low.
So much so that he lacked the string in his mind that he always considered "how afraid of the military officers who took the initiative to cross the border and kill thieves."
Who made him "disobey orders and go back to his hometown to kill thieves" for the first time? He also received praise from Emperor Ling, and asked Zhuo County to give him a filial and honest person on this ground. As a result, Liu Bei had a dangerous illusion in his subconscious: as long as I was to quell the rebellion and to serve the court, the court would definitely support me.
When he was the county magistrate and commander, Liu Yu could authorize him to cross counties and counties to quell the rebellions. Anyway, it was all within Youzhou, and Liu Yu had this special approval authority.
But after leaving Youzhou, Liu Yu couldn't cover it anymore. Wusu was the last excuse for Yuezhou to kill the enemy, and it was gone after it was used up.
After pouring a basin of cold water, Liu Bei calmly remembered Li Su's original intention when he advised him to cross the border to fight against the thief:
I came to Qingzhou not to occupy territory! Even if I recovered many counties in Qingzhou, no one belongs to you!
The purpose of coming was to first take over the population and save some people who went astray, so that they could place their positions in Liaodong or bring farmland to rush to the desert.
The second is to take the opportunity to recruit talents from Donglai, Beihai and Taishan counties.
The third is to train troops, select some troops from Qingzhou soldiers to expand their armed forces.
Finally, it is to "because food to the enemy" to reduce the logistical pressure in the bitter and cold places in Liaodong for the first year, and use Shandong's grain to support soldiers for half a year.
Li Su made it clear to him one, two, three, four, and there was absolutely no fifth point!
You can’t forget your original intention!
Now it is a world where Emperor Ling of Han has not passed away. If the emperor has a little IQ, he will never encourage "Whoever takes the initiative to help me quell the rebellion, I will also grant him the territory he has pacified." That is the way to cause chaos.
Because the emperor knew that as long as he "recognizes" once, the prefect generals of the state governors and prefects in the world would take the initiative to attack the rebels next door to expand their territory the next day.
Liu Bei was encouraged to "abandon his official position and kill the thief" because you had to abandon his official position first and you had to give the court benefits first. The emperor wished that you would re-promote you and then sell you the favors.
The political logic of these two things is completely opposite.
The logic of the world is divided into several stages.
188 is the authoritative world where the emperor asked you to go wherever you went.
If you show that you spontaneously rely on force to expand your territory without any intention and authorization, you will be directly beaten to be a rebel and punished by the whole world. Many of the previous loyal and righteous dramas were in vain.
With Liu Bei's IQ, as long as he noticed this, he would not have the delusion of trying to govern Qingzhou.
From another perspective, if this delusion works, it shouldn’t be Cao, Liu and Sun’s three-pointer in the world, but Lu Zhi, Huangfu Song, and Zhu Yan’s three-pointer. Which of the territory they have recovered for the court over the years is not more than Liu Bei? Who are you, Liu Bei?
It was the first time that Liu Bei fully realized the "trees want to be quiet but the wind does not stop" after climbing to a high position.
"I didn't expect that I would watch the loyal ministers of the court give up the idea of survival. There were so many suspicions and avoidances in the court. It was really hindering everywhere to serve the country." Liu Bei stood up and sighed. It could not be said that he was turning black, but at least his mind was slightly mature, and he had a little more thought of the truth.
Li Su looked at Liu Bei's growth quietly, and after he sighed, he made up a plan just right: "Since he has understood Zhuge Jung-seong's intention to serve the country with death, he has always had a word, so there is no need to avoid it."
Zhuge Gui's eyes flashed and he turned to Li Su: "Person Li is resourceful. Please tell me about it. I believe that Captain Li must be for the sake of our Zhuge family."
Li Su nodded: "That's right. This time I convinced Zang Ba to rebel and join forces with us to kill Wusu, the rhetoric used was actually to induce Zang Ba to sell the owner and force the enemy to leave, "As long as Wusu dies, General Liu will never be able to stay in Qingzhou again."
However, this plan is somewhat suspicious of guessing about the secret examples of the court. If I wrote this in the memorials of the memorials, wouldn’t it be our way to understand the court’s appointment and promotion? These words are not easy to say clearly.
Since this is the case, General Liu and I only took the merit of killing the enemy and defeating the thieves head-on. In our position, we cannot boast about the merits of this alienation plan, so let's fulfill my wish. As the magistrate of Taishan County, Mr. Liu understood the internal conflicts and grievances of various bandits in Taishan. Therefore, after knowing that General Liu and Wusu were fighting against Wusu, Xingye used the merits to rebel Zang Ba.
If this plan is out of the teacher's mouth, it is that the teacher's "speculation that Zang Ba will believe that General Liu will be afraid of being afraid of being afraid of being the court from this perspective." It is because Zang Ba believes in the heart of a villain, not General Liu really thinks so in his heart. And Mr. can also gain a thief before his death, so that some of the thief troops can make the decisions of the thief army correct. Wouldn't it be the best of both worlds?"
Li Su's plan sounds a bit too many, and normal people may have to figure it out for a while.
But Zhuge Gui and Liu Bei reacted one after another.
It's amazing!
In this way, Liu Bei was the image of "just trying to kill thieves and serve the country". From beginning to end, he never thought about the question of "if I did not retreat after Wusu died, would the court suspect me?" It was truly "the mind and spirit are the most important thing of the king and the ministers, and the prosperity of ancient and modern times."
It was Zhuge Gui who reminded Zang Ba that he could force Liu Bei to a situation where "the court would be suspicious of him if he did not retreat." Zang Ba only understood.
Liu Bei was simple, Zhuge Gui was smart, and Zang Ba was a villain. The three characters were designed to be their own.
This stupid, Liu Bei and Li Su are worth pretending to be wise and foolish!
One Yin resolves three knots.
Zhuge Gui thought about it before and finally responded to him with a shock: Did Li Su even think of this level in advance?
"The plan of Li Zhengwei is really... I have no worries. I also asked Li Zhengwei to accept Jin'er as a clerk after I died and allow Liang'er to take you as his teacher. Gui has no regrets when he died. Gui then wrote a note to detail the inside story of Taishan's achievements in destroying the thieves, so he must have their own place."
As he said that, Zhuge Gui had some energy regained his energy. He picked up his pen and flew away. He described how he designed Zang Ba as a detachment. How did Liu Bei and Li Su plan on the front battlefield? Without the two sides' respective ventilations, he relied on the natural spiritual cooperation to defeat the thief army... and wrote it briefly.
Li Su comforted him: "I will regard two young masters as my brother, but I will be a little more forced to be a teacher. So, Su only reads the general principles and does not carefully understand the subtle meaning of the scriptures. I think that the articles and scriptures of Tzu-Yu are neat, so I keep him by my side as a mat.
It just so happened that Mi Zizhong from Liaodong also entrusted his son Mi Wei to me to teach, and I had no time to teach, for fear of misleading people's children. Mi Wei and Zhuge Liang seemed to be old, so they followed Ziyu's brother to learn daily articles, classics and schools of thought. After learning for three years, I will give myself guidance when I have to put all the learning into practice."
Zhuge Jin and Zhuge Liang had to keep mourning for three years after their father's death.
Li Su was also afraid that excessive intervention in Zhuge Liang's growth would make Zhuge Liang go astray, so the most stable way was to let him and Mi Wei learn basic skills with his elder brother. After studying for three years, he would talk about something else.
Zhuge Gui's eyes flashed with a last glint, and Lingtai smiled brightly: "Liudong Mizi Zhong sent his son to ask Li Zhengwei for teaching? I'm afraid he is also a proton. Haha, Li Zhengwei is quite ready and knows that I'm about to die, so he doesn't even avoid me of these words.
OK, I'll feel relieved if I say this. Li Zheng, please invite my unworthy children to come in. I'll give them a few words at the end."
Only then did Li Su bring back those teenage girls who cannot listen to the contents of children's not suitable for conversation.
Zhuge Gui was also very righteous. He did not mention a single secret that he should have said in front of his children, but said: "Tiyu! Li Zhengwei is willing to give you a salary and hire you as a Western Palace. In the next three years, you will teach your younger brothers and sisters, as well as Mi Zhu's son Mi Wei. Whether you can become an official in three years depends on whether you have made progress."
Chapter completed!