Not long after, a secret memorial written by Mi Yang was sent from the Han army camp outside the entrance of Xiegu, heading south towards Yangping Pass via Baoxie Road at extremely fast speed.

This secret memorial is Mi Yang's latest judgment on the military situation in Guanzhong and his suggestions to Liu Bei.

Because it was an urgent military situation, the messenger never stopped along the way.

However, a few days later, the messenger arrived outside Yangping Pass.

When Ma Liang, the minister who accompanied the Northern Expedition, learned that Mi Yang had sent an urgent military report, he did not dare to delay and immediately set off to find Liu Bei.

However, when Ma Liang arrived outside the courtyard where Liu Bei lived, he was told by the Yulin military captain who was on duty in the courtyard that his Majesty had taken General Zhengbei out for hunting early this morning.

It is winter now, and since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Chinese kings have had the practice of hunting in winter.

This practice was of course followed well by Liu Bei, the King of Horses.

This incident is normal. After all, when the army has not yet set off, winter hunting as a recreational activity can very well relieve the boredom in leisure time.

But after Ma Liang learned about this, he felt faintly worried.

The reason is that Liu Bei has been very close to Liu Feng in recent times.

Originally, Liu Feng was Liu Bei's son, and it was normal for Liu Bei to be close to him, but what if we add in the recent rumors in Yangping Pass?

It turned out that after Liu Bei arrived at Yangping Pass, he suddenly issued an imperial edict for some reason.

The content of that imperial edict was to confer his two princes Liu Yong and Liu Li as King of Lu and King of Zhao respectively.

This is what it should be.

But after the two princes were canonized as queens, some discussions gradually spread in Yangpingguan. Since the two young princes Liu Yong and Liu Li have become vassal kings, what about Liu Feng?

You must know that although Liu Feng is not Liu Bei's biological son, he is Liu Bei's stepson.

At the beginning, Liu Bei accepted Liu Feng as his stepson because he had no children. This fact is known to the world, which shows that Liu Feng is legally qualified to become king.

Now Liu Yong and Liu Li have both been crowned kings, and Liu Feng, the oldest and most accomplished in battle, is still just a prince, which is really inappropriate.

However, Liu Feng and Zhuge Liang were at odds!

Although since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the power in the hands of the princes and kings of the Han Dynasty has continued to shrink.

By the Eastern Han Dynasty, the princes and kings of the Han Dynasty were almost equal to the idle people supported by the court.

It's just that Liu Feng is different. He holds military power in his hands.

Judging from Liu Bei's intention of worshiping Liu Feng as the general of the Northern Conquest, Liu Bei had no intention of reducing Liu Feng's military power.

He not only has military power in his hands, but he is also a vassal king, even though Liu Feng is far inferior to Zhuge Liang in terms of ability.

But the harm that Liu Feng would bring to Zhuge Liang in the future, or the harm to the entire Han Dynasty, is unimaginable.

Isn’t it clearly recorded in history books about what princes and kings with military power in their hands would do?

Ma Liang's political wisdom is not low, but he is not an emperor after all.

He could not understand Liu Bei's actions of releasing Liu Feng from the perspective of an emperor.

As a courtier, he was wary or hostile towards Liu Feng because of Liu Feng's past performance and Liu Feng's character.

Whenever he thinks of this, Ma's conscience is filled with worry.

Ma Liang also has a son, and he knows how much the affection of licking a calf affects a person.

If Liu Feng suddenly asked Liu Bei to make him king when Liu Bei was passionate about licking his calf, would Liu Bei agree?

The emperor's words are as important as nine tripods, and Liu Bei's agreement means that there is no room for turning around on this matter.

So today, after hearing that Liu Bei took Liu Feng out hunting, Ma Liang felt even more worried.

In recent years, the Han Dynasty has continuously achieved great military victories. However, as each great victory pushes the Han Dynasty's national destiny to a new level, many political hidden dangers will lurk beneath those great victories.

The power of a separatist regime has different temptations than the power of a power that has the potential to unify the world.

In the past, all political dangers were suppressed by Liu Bei, but seeing Liu Bei getting older, will he be able to do this when the prince succeeds to the throne in the future?

On the way to find Liu Bei, Ma Liang kept worrying in his heart.

But in the end, Ma Liang could only sigh deeply.

The only one who can solve hidden dangers for the Han Dynasty is Liu Bei.

I hope your Majesty will make appropriate arrangements for tomorrow!

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Liu Bei was riding a horse and walking in the deep mountain road. Not far behind him were hundreds of Yulin riders who were protecting him, but only Liu Feng was following him.

It can be seen that Liu Bei has been quite fond of Liu Feng recently.

And Liu Feng also understood that this was Liu Bei's favor for him, so he had a satisfied smile on his face.

Liu Feng has never been good at hiding his feelings.

When Liu Bei used his eyes to search for prey around him, he also saw the joy on Liu Feng's face.

He just smiled helplessly at this.

No one is perfect, Liu Chan was too benevolent and weak but lacked firmness, Liu Feng was too firm and lacked tolerance.

His two sons are almost at opposite extremes in temperament.

Liu Bei once thought that if the temperaments of Liu Chan and Liu Feng could be reconciled, the next ruler of the Han Dynasty would definitely achieve great success in the future.

But unfortunately, how can things in this world fulfill our wishes?

He already had Mi Yang, a great disciple, but he thought that his son could catch up with Mi Yang's excellence. This was really a bit too greedy.

But after seeing the joy on Liu Feng's face, Liu Bei remembered something.

Seeing that there was no one else around, Liu Bei asked casually:

"Recently there have been rumors in the customs about when you will be crowned king?"

When Liu Feng saw Liu Bei asking him about this matter without hesitation, the joy on his face disappeared instantly, leaving only a cautious expression.

Liu Feng immediately bent his body slightly, bowed and replied:

"I've heard a little bit about it."

This matter has been widely circulated in Yangping Pass recently, and even Liu Bei has heard of it. It would be too false for Liu Feng to answer that he didn't know.

Therefore, Liu Feng chose a compromise answer.

Just heard it.

It's a pity that Liu Feng still underestimated his father.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! After hearing Liu Feng's answer, Liu Bei turned to look at Liu Feng, and then gently advised:

"Let your people stop."

Liu Bei's words made Liu Feng's expression change greatly. He was anxious to explain something, but Liu Bei did not give him a chance to explain.

"I don't blame you for what you did.

But don’t continue.”

Liu Bei's tone was very firm. He knew that this discussion was spread secretly by Liu Feng's people.

The reason is very simple. The three major forces that currently make up the politics of the Han Dynasty are Yuancong, Jingzhou, and Dongzhou.

Among them, the ministers of the Yuan Cong Department and the Jingzhou Department had bad feelings towards Liu Feng due to Guan Yu and Zhuge Liang respectively.

The ministers of the Dongzhou Department are currently more Buddhist-minded, and as long as it does not touch Mi Yang's interests, they will rarely take the initiative to do something.

Under such circumstances, besides Liu Feng's own people, who would spontaneously discuss this matter for Liu Feng?

Moreover, Liu Bei knew Liu Feng very well, and Liu Feng, who had a daring temperament, would do such a thing.

After hearing Liu Bei's determined tone, Liu Feng also lost his mind to quibble. He lowered his head and said honestly:

"My son, I know I was wrong."

Seeing Liu Feng admitting his mistake, Liu Bei lost interest in this matter.

As he said, he did not mean to blame Liu Feng for this matter.

Because it is understandable that Liu Feng did this.

People don't worry about scarcity but about inequality.

The premise that Liu Bei is good at understanding people is that he always faces human nature seriously.

However, Liu Bei seemed to be trying to appease Liu Feng, so he later promised:

"If you sincerely serve the great man, I will definitely give it to you in the future if it belongs to you."

After getting this promise from Liu Bei, Liu Feng was overjoyed.

His father never broke his promise.

Seeing Liu Feng's happy face, Liu Bei, who had not yet found his prey, asked Liu Feng with the idea of ​​​​bringing the relationship between Liu Feng and Mi Yang closer:

"What do you think of General?"
To be continued...