As soon as Pang Tong said this, Liu Bei was stunned.
If Pang Tong hadn't mentioned it, he hadn't thought of Mrs. Sun for a long time.
This is not a false view, nor is it that he has forgotten his wife, but he just subconsciously doesn't want to think too much.
Over the past two years, Liu Bei has gone from his initial obsession with Mrs. Sun to his later guard against her, and then to avoiding her like a tiger. Mrs. Sun has always been both cheerful and unruly, and has never changed. What has changed is Liu Bei himself, because he has less tolerance for Mrs. Sun and less compromises.
When Jiangdong was in power and Liu Bei had to breathe, Liu Bei was able to endure everything. Even if he was so distressed that he was in a group, he could still talk and laugh on his face, and he could still follow her and spoil her without any mind. But as Liu Bei's strength increased to a certain level, he could not tolerate this situation.
As a result, Liu Bei refused more and more, and the feelings between the couple fell apart. Until the Sun and Liu families were in Tang, and the public security forces fought each other, Liu Bei led Mrs. Sun to live in Chanling, which was like imprisonment.
When the Sun-Liu alliance was reconciled, the ownership of Jingzhou was confirmed by both parties, and Mrs. Sun returned to Liu Bei again. This time, Mrs. Sun's stubborn behavior was much more restrained than in the past, and Duke Xuande favored her even more than in the past.
It seems that everything has returned to the initial wonderful moment, but everything is different from the beginning. After all, Mrs. Sun is just a girl who is used to being pampered. She can't feel it, but Liu Bei can feel that once some barriers arise, they will never be able to make up for it.
When Liu Bei set out to enter Sichuan, he bid farewell to Mrs. Sun. For several months, he was plagued by military and political affairs and under tremendous pressure. He relied on his ideals and fighting spirit to burn like a fire, squeezing every bit of energy in his fifty-year-old body, and then he persisted until the end.
He really devoted everything he could to this time of entering Shu, only success was allowed, not failure. And when everything was settled, Liu Bei was a person who was very different from before.
As the hero of Jingyi, he was full of confidence and spirit. He subconsciously wanted to get rid of the humiliation he had to endure back then and abandon the past that made him unhappy. Among them, there was the woman who was in Jiangling City and was looking forward to her husband's victory.
Until today, Pang Tong suddenly mentioned...
Facing Pang Tong's bright eyes, Liu Bei suddenly felt a little embarrassed. It seemed that he had become a rich man and wanted to get rid of his original wife's unfaithful person. He felt like he had done something wrong and was exposed in person.
He tried his best to recall Mrs. Sun's pretty appearance and words, but he felt a little blurred. How long did he have separated? This made him a little scared and he felt sad that was difficult to relieve... No matter what, he was still his wife after all!
Then, according to what Pang Tong said, he sent an important minister, Chen Chen, to welcome his wife into Sichuan. He remembered that when the two were arguing, Mrs. Sun shook his sword in anger, and suddenly had a headache again.
"Ahem..." Zhuge Liang looked at Liu Bei's changing expression, and interrupted with a wry smile: "Shi Yuan, this is the lord's family matter, and wait for the lord to make a decision slowly, so there is no need to rush for a moment."
Pang Tong responded seriously: "The lord is the lord of Jingyi and the two states, and he is full of the world. Since that's the case, where can there be family affairs? In the lord or private affairs, family affairs, in us, it is official affairs and state affairs!"
He turned around and faced Liu Bei again:
"Lord, last year, Wu Hou moved to Moling, and this year he built Ruxu Yao Pass. Both projects used tens of thousands of people, and the scale was extremely large. The main forces of the Wu army continued to gather to the front line of the Jianghuai line. At this time, if you respect Mrs. Sun, it would be a reflection of the unbreakable alliance between Sun and Liu, which would be of great benefit to Wu Hou promoting his power in various parts of the Jianghuai area... At the same time, we can also purify civil and military officials in Jingzhou without any scruples and investigate those who collude with internal and external forces."
"Just..." Liu Bei whispered two words, not knowing how to speak for a while.
"Lord, the Public Security Bureau is different from Jiangling, and Jiangling is even more different from Chengdu. Now the lord's power is enough to make Wu Hou Wangchen beyond his reach. What else can I worry about?"
"It's reasonable!" Liu Bei made up his mind. He suppressed his longing for Mrs. Sun and sat down calmly and said, "Then do it like this. Let Xu Ci and Hu Qian make careful arrangements, and the etiquette of the greeting should be as grand as possible, and the ceremonial guard should be as previewed as possible!"
These government affairs were transferred to Zhuge Liang's hands. Zhuge Liang bowed to take the order.
The big difficult task turned into invisible between Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong's words. By the way, it also eliminated and beaten, taking this as an opportunity to make a lot of additional progress.
Liu Bei looked at Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong. He felt that he was so lucky that he could get such a great talent and support him. He got up and walked a few steps to a corner of the small hall, and personally picked up the copper pot from the charcoal basin: "Come on, come on. Since the plan has been decided, I feel relieved. It's cold today, and the two military advisors will use some hot slurry to warm up their bodies."
The so-called hot slurry is similar to hot wine, slightly sour and sweet. But Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong dared not sit and wait for Liu Bei to serve him? The two of them rushed up and snatched the copper pot.
Pang Tong took a quick move and ordered Zhuge Liang with a copper pot: "Kong Ming, please take the cup!"
Zhuge Liang hurriedly held the cup and served it.
The three of them were laughing and talking about gossip, and the minor official from outside came to report: "Report to the Grand Sima, General An Han is waiting outside, saying that there is an urgent matter to ask for a meeting."
Liu Bei sighed.
"Mi Zizhong is here, it must be because of this... I will go to welcome him, and the two military advisors will go by themselves, so there is no need to accompany him."
Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong retired immediately.
In the following month, the serious case of Mi Fang, the prefect of Nanjun, with Wen Shuo, the governor of Zigui County, and Fan An, the chief of Tie, colluding with each other to invade Qimin, producing inferior military equipment and even selling military equipment in private, spreading a lot in Chengdu. Because General Anhan Mi Zhu repeatedly begged Xuande Gong to show mercy, Xuande Gong was undecided and never could deal with it.
This situation made many scholars in Yizhou very happy. Many people even gathered to discuss it openly and wrote letters from many sources, begging the Zuo General, Grand Sima Bing, to deal with it impartially. There were also many literary talent like Li Miao, Zhang Yu, etc. who made long articles to satirize and criticized the Yuan Cong as rude military officials, and the Jingchu scholars were incompetent in governance, and they also mocked the relaxation of the Jingzhou law and ban, which made officials seek personal gain and be good at the market, which is probably not the way to maintain long-term stability.
Several powerful articles were published, and the crowd was even more intense, but Yizhou people were also worried that such behaviors were almost openly provoking the governance of Grand Sima, sensationalism, and madman life. If they make Grand Sima angry, they may not be good.
One day later, Duke Xuande gathered all civil and military officials. At this gathering, he suddenly called out Li Miao and Zhang Yu, and praised him for his loyalty to the king's affairs, thought carefully, and had great achievements in checking and filling the gaps. He led the two to the Yizhou side and created a general's name, called "General Suggestion", and granted them generously gold and silk.
The ministers were in a daze, and Duke Xuande immediately announced that at the request of the two, the positions of General of the Salt and General of the Sijin were re-established, and Wang Lian and Zhang Yi were assigned to the salt and iron affairs of Jingyi and the two states. Later, the Yizhou was in chaos, which was the case.
Chapter completed!