While Zhuge Liang's military order was sent from Chang'an, a piece of evidence was also sent to Chang'an.

The Xi family of the Wei family and Nanyang and dozens of Xiangyang families jointly wrote a letter to the emperor, accusing Prime Minister Zhuge Liang of not paying back the debt.

Looking at the indignant accusation, Zhuge Liang did not recall it for a long time. Someone wanted to sue me in front of the emperor?

Whether Zhuge Liang believed it or not, this matter was true.

Let’s start with Meng Da.

When Li Yan was defeated, he gave him five thousand heavy armored cavalry. Of course, he valued him and entrusted him with the most precious inheritance to him to strengthen his strength. It can be said that with these five

Thousand-armored cavalry, looking at the world, in terms of cavalry strength, Wei Ba is the first and he is the second, and no one else can compete with them.

But Meng Da knew that it was difficult for him to have these five thousand cavalry for a long time. Li Yan could give him the reason because Li Yan was still a general at that time. When he returned to Chang'an, he would not be a general. Zhuge Liang ordered it,

He had to hand over all these treasures, Jiang Wei was cheap.

He didn't want to give it, but he couldn't refuse it. After discussing with Deng Xian, Li Fu and others for a long time, Meng Da still couldn't find a solution and had to ask Fa Miao for help.

Even Meng Da now knows that Fa Miao has always been a member of Wei Ba. When he came to Li Yan, it was probably Wei Ba's intention. Although Li Yan fell, they still regarded themselves as Li Yan's party and were unwilling to go to Wei easily.

Ba bowed his head, and naturally he was unwilling to ask Fa Miao for advice. He would not regard Fa Miao as a confidant unless he had no choice.

Faced with Meng Da’s problem, Fa Miao said: The Prime Minister was apart from the money of the general. A large sum of money. Now the debt of this money is in Wei Feng’s hands, and the person directly in charge is Wei Feng’s wife Xi.

The indirect creditor is a family in Nanyang and Xiangyang.

Meng Da didn't understand it for a moment. Fa Miao had to remind him again that the money was owed by the Prime Minister at the beginning, but it was not paid back later. The general was in charge of Guanzhong. It was difficult for the general to ask for money from the general, but now

The situation is different. The general has been defeated, and the prime minister is still responsible for Guanzhong. Then the money should be asked from the prime minister. If the prime minister doesn’t give it, he will take the horse armor to pay the account. What’s wrong?

Meng Da hesitated a little. This sounded unreliable. Fa Miao wouldn't be cheating him, right?

Fa Miao smiled and said a very authentic truth: It is indeed a bit unreliable to do this. Most people cannot do it, and they will die if they do it. But the general of the chariot can do it. He killed Wang Ping, you see, the Prime Minister has it.

No word? Everyone knows that Wang Ping should not have died of guilt, but the general of the chariot and cavalry killed him, and he was justified and justified.

If you take a step back, even if this matter is not good, Liaodong is so far away, it will take at least one or two months to negotiate several times, and the time will be delayed. The Prime Minister became so ill, who knows how many days he could live?

Even the general of the chariot and cavalry can’t help, so just hand it over. There is one thing that can the general of the chariot and cavalry not protect you?

Meng Da was skeptical and sent someone to Xiangyang with Fa Miao to see Wei Feng. After hearing this, Wei Feng was a little hesitant, but Mrs. Xi made a quick decision and agreed. She immediately summoned the heads of the relevant families to the Yingchuan military camp and went with Meng Da.

He rolled around and asked Meng Da to use the five thousand sets of horse armor as collateral for debt.

Meng Da failed to ask for it, so he agreed. After completing the procedures and receiving five thousand sets of horse armor, Mrs. Xi wrote another IOU, lent the five thousand sets of horse armor to Meng Da, indicating the rent, and settled monthly

.If there is any loss, compensation will be made at the price. The matters will be so detailed that Meng Da’s scalp will be numb.

Meng Da’s problem was solved, but Mrs. Xi did not end. She joined hands with everyone and sued the emperor with a lawsuit, suing the Prime Minister, Mu Wu, who ignored the people’s livelihood and economy and owed Nanyang and Xiangyang’s family more than 40,000 gold.

The debts were not paid back, but they were all determined to start a war. Now the huge debts have dragged dozens of families on the verge of bankruptcy, and nearly a thousand people of old and young were left unshakable. They asked the emperor to make the decision and instructed the prime minister to pay back the money.

They sued Prime Minister Zhuge Liang, but now that the Prime Minister's Mansion is in charge of power, any letter will pass through the Prime Minister's Mansion first, and of course it will be placed in front of Zhuge Liang first.

Zhuge Liang could press the paper in his arms, but he didn't know that this would not solve the problem. Or, the paper was not intended to show it to the emperor, so he had to show it to him Zhuge Liang, so he said that

Many, there is only one sentence:

Don't think about those five thousand sets of horse armor.

It is really strange that the people sued the prime minister of the dynasty and asked the prime minister to pay back the money. Although Zhuge Liang thought this was too ridiculous, he couldn't help but applaud the pen holder of the paper. He didn't know who wrote the paper.

First, based on the policies implemented in Jingxiang area, it is natural to pay back debts. In the face of this rule, the prime minister is equal to ordinary people, and it is no different. He has found a stable foothold for himself and also given to the later ones.

The performance has laid a foundation.

Because the Jingxiang area was under the rule of Wei Ba, these policies were formulated by him. To deny this policy, it is to question Wei Ba.

But now Zhuge Liang's least want to have a conflict is Wei Ba. He didn't want to reconcile with Wei Ba, but it was because he wanted to solve the problem of Wei Ba in one fell swoop that he refused to get involved with Wei Ba in such a trivial matter to avoid

There are branches outside the room.

He had no time and energy to deal with these accidents. He knew that Yu Ri had not much. Xi probably understood this, so he dared to cause trouble for him like this and do such a great defiance.

Zhuge Liang was amused and felt even more moved by the influence of Wei Ba. The aristocratic family and warlords joined forces to rob military capital and attack the prime minister of the dynasty. What is this not rebellion? What is this not the aristocratic family? Why should we suppress the aristocratic family? Such a aristocratic family can not suppress it.

Is it OK?

Although Zhuge Liang was very angry, he was not furious. He asked someone to hand the paper in front of the emperor, letting the emperor see the arrogant face of the aristocratic family, and then left as if nothing had happened.

Zhuge Liang passed the message to Jiang Wei, it seems that these five thousand sets of horse armor will not be able to be brought back in the short term. You should find a way based on yourself. No matter what, keep the front, block the Wei army east of Tongguan, and protect Guanzhong, is it

The most important task at present.

Jiang Wei was ridiculous when he received the news. The Prime Minister was old and was so weak in dealing with Wei Ba and the Wei family. It was incredible to replace the former Prime Minister.

It seems that without strength, it is not enough. Jiang Wei transferred all his energy to the preparation for the whole army.

Li Yan was defeated and lost more than half of the 30,000 troops he led. Of the remaining 10,000 people, 5,000 cavalry were given to Meng Da, and only more than 7,000 remaining soldiers were brought back to Guanzhong. Later, they ran back one after another.

More than 2,000 people were involved, with a total of nearly 10,000 infantrymen. These people became Jiang Wei's subordinates. Jiang Wei put in great effort to boost the morale of these people and reorganize them into a warlike army.

With the troops coming from Longyou one after another, Jiang Wei now has 20,000 infantrymen and 10,000 elite cavalry, which is very powerful.

The impact of Li Yan's defeat was not only the losses of the soldiers, but also the losses of the supplies. A large number of thunderbolt chariots and crossbow chariots became Sima Yi's spoils, which was also a very troublesome thing for Jiang Wei. Fortunately, Guanzhong was not

The lack of wood and the workshop was the foundation laid by Wei Ba. Under the leadership of Zhuge Liang, it has been updated three times. As long as he is given time, it is not a problem to re-equip him.

There are only two problems: one is time and the other is money.

Jiang Wei learned to use troops from Zhuge Liang, but did not learn the skills of machinery. He had no outstanding features in terms of machinery. With Zhuge Liang's body, it would probably be a bit unrealistic to let him improve those weapons. In other words,

, In the future, neither Han nor Wei will have any advantage in military orders, and Wei may even be a little stronger because Wei has a genius like Ma Jun.

Jiang Wei felt that he could not wait any longer. If he waited, the situation would be even worse for him. Moreover, autumn has come, and the Prime Minister's health is getting worse day by day, and he often faints. He will definitely not be able to survive next spring, or even be able to survive.

It will be a problem by the end of the year.

Jiang Wei once again suggested launching a secret plan in advance, but Zhuge Liang insisted on the reason why the time was not ripe. Jiang Wei even doubted whether Zhuge Liang had changed his mind.

Jiang Wei was anxious.

...

Things went much smoother than Jiang Wei was worried about, and the negotiations between Wei Ba and Cao Wei were soon to come to an end.

Guo Li finally told Fei Yi that the emperor was actually the Empress Dowager Guo also knew that no matter how he talked about it, Qingzhou and Xuzhou would definitely not be able to defend it in the end. It would be a matter of time before he gave up, so he did not object to Wei Ba's request.

From a military perspective, in terms of Cao Wei's current economic strength and military strength, giving up the south of the river, retreating to Jizhou, and shrinking the defense line is also more beneficial than disadvantages.

The problem is that actively cede land and defeat in war are completely two concepts. cede land and seeking peace have always been regarded as a manifestation of cowardice and incompetence, and a standard strategy for the destruction of the country. In the early Han Dynasty, the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period before the Qin Dynasty, especially the later struggle for the seven countries.

There is a basic unification opinion that the six countries refused to fight, but instead scrambled to bribe Qin, so that Qin became stronger and stronger as the war broke out, and finally wiped out the six countries one by one and unified the world.

If the emperor now advocates giving up Qing Xu, he and Empress Dowager Guo are likely to be immediately criticized by the husbands. If others don’t say it, Xiahou Ba, who is guarding the battlefield on the Eastern Front, will not agree. He has always distrust the emperor and privately resigned.

When pursuing this matter, if the emperor issued an edict to ask him to give up Qing Xu, with the temper of Xiahou Ba, he might be able to raise troops to clear the emperor's side.

Therefore, Qing Xu may give it, but he still needs to fight. With Wei Ba's strength and the current situation of Wei, the victory or defeat is obvious at a glance, and it is like giving away for nothing. But in this way, Wang Ling and Xiahou Ba were defeated and lost and lost.

Qing Xu, their responsibility is theirs, and the emperor and Empress Dowager Guo can be preserved.

After talking for a long time, in fact, in one sentence, you go to fight Qingxu. Luoyang does not object, and will never send a reinforcement to support Xiahou Ba and Wang Ling.

Fei Yi returned to Wei Ba. After Wei Ba summoned the generals to discuss, he decided to send troops to Qingxu. He sent an emergency military report, hoping that Chang'an and Yingchuan would send troops together to restrain Sima Yi and Cao Shuang and other troops, and create opportunities for him to seize Qingxu.

Then he instructed Yinfan to check me carefully about what Cao Fang was. As the king of a country, how could he be so suspicious that he was not clear about his background.
Chapter completed!