Late at night, the noisy Prime Minister's Mansion had quieted down. Zhuge Liang put his hands behind him, paced back and forth in the house, feeling full of thoughts.

A piece of calligraphy on the desk had been spread out and the ink had been ground in the inkstone. He was about to write a letter to the emperor tonight and request to go to the Northern Expedition.

The lights swayed, stirring Zhuge Liang's heartstrings. He wanted to walk while considering the statements, but for some reason, he recalled the past.

When he was young, his parents died early. When he was young, he had to follow his uncle Zhuge Xuan to Yuzhang to avoid disaster due to the war in Xuzhou. Later, he moved to Jingzhou to settle down.

When people are separated from their hometown, their family's life in Jingzhou is not as rich as their hometown in Langya. Fortunately, my uncle has some friendship with Liu Biao, the governor of Jingzhou, so he will not be wandering around and wandering. But even so, he and his sisters are often ridiculed by the local gentry.

In order to establish a relationship with the gentry of Jingzhou, my uncle made a lot of efforts. First, he tried his best to marry his elder sister into the Kuai family. Later, before his uncle died, he told his second sister about his next marriage with the Pang family.

"Second Sister." Thinking of the bright and elegant figure, Zhuge Liang couldn't help but chant softly.

He is closest to his second sister and has the best relationship. When he was a child, he always reads and practices and plays together.

When I arrived in Jingzhou, I had a good relationship with Cui Jun, Shi Tao, Meng Jian and Xu Shu, who were also from the north, and I often discussed the general trend of the world. At that time, my second sister often followed her.

Over the years, he had already seen that his second sister and Xu Shu had a relationship, one was his own sister and the other was his good friend. If they could be a natural match, he would be sincerely happy.

Who knew that her second sister would later?

"Aliang, my second sister doesn't want to see you being sarcastic from them every time you go to Pang's family to study."

"My second sister is too worried. Mr. Pang De treats me well. Even if one or two Pang's children speak rudely, Liang will not care at all."

"We Aliang have great ambitions and will become pillars of the Han Dynasty in the future and bring hope of peace to the people of the world. My second sister doesn't want you to run around for your studies and livelihoods, and you are worried."

"Second sister, I can handle all these things. You and Yuan Zhi are in love. Don't give up your life's happiness for me."

"Second sister knows that we Aliang are the most talented people in the world, but sometimes we should do great things that are not just talented, but also need a platform to show our ambitions. When the second sister is gone, Yuan Zhi will say sorry for me."

"Second sister..."

On the day my second sister got married, I drank until late at night with Yuanzhi. It was the first time I drank and the only time I got drunk in my life.

"Second sister, Yuan Zhi, are you all okay?" Zhuge Liang stood in front of the window, with tears in his eyes.

Zhuge Liang smiled bitterly and murmured to himself: "Aren't you thinking about the essay? Why do you think of these again?" Despite this, his thoughts continued to think of Longzhong.

My second sister was unwilling to be distracted by her studies and livelihoods, so she married someone she didn't like, but how could she bear the guarantee she earned with her second sister's happiness with peace of mind?

So he took his younger brother to Longzhong outside Xiangyang City, where he went to farm and lived in seclusion to study. During this period, he gained love and finally waited for the wise master.

The late emperor visited the cottage three times as a hero known in the world and asked him, a young man, about the great things in the world. What kind of kindness is this? I am grateful to the late emperor's courtesy, so I came out of the mountain to assist and support the Han Dynasty. Now twenty-one has passed.

Over the past twenty-one years, after many difficulties and obstacles, he finally assisted the late emperor from the Xinye county to the current foundation of Yizhou.

In the past twenty-one years, how many like-minded old friends have passed away, leaving only a few others behind.

The late emperor, Yun Chang, Yide, Zi Zhong, Gong You, Xian and Ji Chang, these vivid faces were flying in front of him, as if yesterday was nostalgic.

"The late emperor, and the duke, your will will be realized by Liang!" Zhuge Liang looked up at the deep and endless starry sky, his eyes full of determination.

Before returning to the case, he picked up a pen and wrote three big words on the right side of the memorial form - the word "department" and stared at the word "department" for a while, and then continued to write: I Liangyan, the late emperor had just started his business but the middle way collapsed...

The next day, Emperor Liu Chan was promoted to the court and gathered civil and military bureaucrats to discuss national affairs. The Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty recorded the ministerial affairs, led the lieutenant of the official position, the governor of Yizhou, and the holiday festival. Zhuge Liang, the Marquis of Wuxiang, came out to report to him: "I will report to Your Majesty, and I have a report to you."

“Accepted.”

Zhuge Liang spread his words and slowly recited: "The late emperor's business was not halfway through, but the middle way collapsed, and today's three points were left. Yizhou was exhausted, and this was a critical autumn of survival. However, the guards were unremittingly internally, and the loyal and determined people forgot their bodies outside, which was probably because they pursued the special encounter of the late emperor and wanted to repay His Majesty.

It is important to open the holy listening, to highlight the virtues of the late emperor and to magnify the aura of the patriots. It is not appropriate to underestimate oneself or to make a metaphor for the loss of righteousness and to block the path of loyal advice.

The palace and the palace are all integrated, and the promotion and punishment should not be different or similar. If there are any offenders or those who are loyal and kind, they should be given a minister to discuss the punishment and reward to show Your Majesty's wise principles, and it is not appropriate to be biased and to make the internal and external different laws.

The ministers, Guo Youzhi, Fei Yi, Dong Yun and others were all good and honest, and their ambitions were loyal and pure. Therefore, the former emperor Jianba gave his Majesty the emperor to leave his Majesty. I thought that there were no big or small things in the palace, so I consulted them all, and then implemented them, and they would be able to make up for the gaps and gain some benefits.

The general Xiang Chong, with a kind nature and a good military character, and tried to use it in the past. The former emperor called him "Entertainment", so he used the public to recommend Feng Chong as the supervisor. I thought that all the matters in the camp would be consulted, so that he would be able to make the formation harmonious and get the best and bad.

Being close to wise ministers and staying away from villains is why the Han Dynasty prospers; being close to villains and staying away from wise ministers is how the Han Dynasty is about. When the late emperor was in his resignation, he always sighed and hated Huan and Ling.

The Minister of State, Secretary of State, Chief Secretary, and Join the Army, are all ministers who are loyal to death. I hope Your Majesty will believe it in person, so that the prosperity of the Han Dynasty can be waited for every day.

I was a commoner, and I worked in Nanyang. I was willing to live a life of troubled times and did not seek to be heard from the princes. The late emperor did not regard his despicable ministers as his ministers, and he was in vain and betrayed himself. He visited the ministers three times in the thatched cottage and consulted them for the affairs of the world. Therefore, he was grateful and promised that the late emperor would drive him. Later, he was overthrown and was appointed as the defeated army, and was ordered to be in danger. It has been twenty-years since then.

The late emperor knew that his ministers were cautious, so he sent me some great things before his death. Since he received the order, he was worried and sighed all night long and night, fearing that his entrusted me will not work, which would hurt the late emperor's wisdom. Therefore, he crossed Lu in May and went deep into the barren land.

Now that the south has been settled, the troops are sufficient, we should lead the three armies and the north to settle the Central Plains, so as to exhaust the poor and dull, eliminate the evil spirits, restore the Han Dynasty, and return to the old capital. This is why this minister repays the former emperor and is loyal to His Majesty's position..."

In the court, Yang Qing looked at Zhuge Liang with a smile on his face and read the famous "Memorial of the Emperor" that has been passed down through the ages. Even though he knew the content, he could not help but be moved by the loyalty and the ambition of Xu Guo when he heard this famous blind man recited it forever.

He believed that the Northern Expedition in this life would never let people blow the autumn wind of Wuzhangyuan again, and the Northern Expedition would definitely succeed.

Hearing this touching exposition, Yang Qing's performance was actually pretty good, and many ministers in the hall had already shed tears.

Emperor Liu Chan was also deeply moved. When he recalled his father, tears almost dripped out of his eyes. Fortunately, he still remembered to maintain the emperor's dignity and secretly took the silk handwritten by the eunuch and wiped it.

"As for considering profits and losses, and giving full advice, it is up to you, Yi and Yun.

I hope that Your Majesty will entrust me to fight against the resurgence of the bandits. If it fails, then I will punish my crimes and report to the spirit of the late emperor. If there is no such thing as promoting virtue, I will blame Youzhi, Yi, Yun and others for their arrogance to demonstrate their faults.

Your Majesty should also plan for yourself, consult with good ways, observe the good words, and pursue the last emperor's will. I will be grateful to you. Now I should stay away from you, crying and not knowing what to say."

After finishing the recitation of the teacher's example in one breath, Zhuge Liang lay on the ground and could not get up for a long time. Seeing this, Liu Chan stepped down from the imperial stairs and personally went over to help Zhuge Liang up: "Please get up with your father, please."

"Your Majesty." Zhuge Liang looked at Liu Chan lovingly and presented the letter to him. Liu Chan took it and nodded, then returned to the imperial throne.

"I already know the will of my father. What do you think?"

The head of the Nine Ministers, Taichang Lai Gong, came out to report: "Your Majesty, the Prime Minister's statement is moving the world, Cao Pi has been destroyed, Cao Rui's new lord has weak foundation, which is the opportunity to attack Wei. Now our Han Dynasty has no worries and enough soldiers to eliminate the pseudo-Wei and restore the Han Dynasty at this time. I agree to send troops to the north to attack."

"Your Majesty, I also agree with the Northern Expedition of Cao Wei." The young mansion Wang Mou also gave a speech: "The pseudo-Wei has been stealing the Central Plains for several years. If we do not launch troops to fight the north and fight against the traitors, we may be afraid that the people of the Central Plains who are interested in the Han Dynasty will be decreasing. Now the opportunity has come, and it is God's will to promote the Han Dynasty. Your Majesty should follow it quickly."

The two of them were several high-ranking officials in the court, one of whom was from Jingzhou and the other was from Yizhou. Both of them agreed with the Northern Expedition, which shows the hope of the court and the country.

Liu Yan, the general in the army in this side, also agreed: "Your Majesty, our Han army soldiers have recovered their vitality after several years of rest and recuperation. In addition, the Prime Minister has been in charge of military affairs and tidying up armor and equipment. The combat power of the Han army has been greatly strengthened, which is enough to compete with the Wei bandits. Moreover, the soldiers all have the intention to restore the Central Plains for Your Majesty. I hope Your Majesty will issue an edict to attack Wei to obey people's hearts."

When Yang Qing saw that there were ministers in the court and the army who spoke out to attack Wei, he wondered if he, the only local official in the court, also wanted to support him.

As hesitated, he suddenly saw Zhuge Liang seemingly glanced at him, and realized it in his heart. He immediately came out to report: "Your Majesty, I also agree with the Prime Minister's move to attack Wei. As the prefect of Hanzhong, I have been on the border for a long time and have always known the hearts of the people of Guanlong.

Although the pseudo-Wei stole the northern region for several years, its political power was brutal and harsh, and the people were deeply harmed. Therefore, there were still many people in the northern region who were interested in the Han Dynasty. I believe that as long as my Han Dynasty royal army went north, the people would respond in groups and welcome him with food and pots of juice."

After hearing this, Liu Chan nodded and said nodded. The ministers expressed their agreement one after another. Although there were still a few people who did not speak, it was a consensus between the government and the opposition that one or two people opposed it.

Seeing that most of the ministers supported the Northern Expedition, Liu Chan finally made up his mind and stood up and shouted loudly: "Come here, I'll write an imperial edict and go on the Northern Expedition!"
Chapter completed!