Liu Cong picked up the cloth towel on the tray, wiped his mouth and hands, got up and picked up the tray, and walked to Liao Li, "You have a very correct saying. All your 100s can be given to you. When the Great Chu is strong and the Gu is satisfied, you can have your stutter. Do you understand?"
As he said that, Liu Cong placed most of the mutton left on the tray in front of Liao Li, and the other teapot in his hand also placed on the ground, "Eat it, I've been hungry for two days."
"I thank you for the food!"
Liu Cong walked out, and behind him, the sound of Liao Li kowtowing and thanking came.
After leaving the hall, Duan Kun came up and bowed, "Your Majesty, the prefect of Fancheng, wrote a letter from the envoy of Shu, Yan Pu, has arrived in Fancheng and is rushing towards Xiangyang."
"So quickly?" Liu Cong was a little surprised. Shu Kingdom had just sent someone to come a few days ago. In the secret letter from the Jinyiwei, how long has it been since the news of Yangpingguan's defeat?
Duan Kun bowed, "It is said that this Yan Pu 1 did not stop and rushed towards my Great Chu without stopping."
Liu Cong sneered, "Liu Bei will win people's hearts. Anyone will work so hard for him everywhere. At this speed, Yan Pu should be in Xiangyang tonight, right?"
"The king is wise."
"Call Yiji to the reception and have someone stay in the inn first."
"No." Duan Kun bowed, "Your Majesty, do you want to tell Lord Yiji that you will receive the envoy of Shu Kingdom tomorrow?"
Liu Cong laughed and walked forward, "What's the hurry? What's the worry now? Liu Bei and Shu Kingdom are not anxious. Tell Yiji to leave him for a few days before talking about it."
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After a few days of face, Yan Pu was asking Yi Ji to see Liu Cong. Yi Ji ignored it and arranged for officials from the Ministry of Rites to take Yan Pu to visit Xiangyang. Where can Yan Pu have the intention to visit now?
Starting from the Secretariat of the Central Secretariat Pang Tong and the Secretariat of Jiang Wan, the thresholds of the six officials' residences were almost broken by Yan Pu. But no matter what, Yan Pu never saw anyone, either in charge of illness or not in the mansion.
"The government affairs for a few days have been dealt with. Today is rare. You and I will go to the back garden to enjoy the flowers." In the Qilin Hall, Liu Cong spoke to the heads of the six ministries.
Pang Tong laughed and understood that Liu Cong was preparing to ask them about Shu Kingdom, "I am willing to follow the king."
"I am willing to follow the king!"
At noon, I wouldn't have any more meals. Liu Cong called the musician and the singer to the back garden, and ordered people to bring tables to get good wine, pastries and tea, and enjoy the flowers and the singing and dancing with the important officials.
Looking at the blooming flowers, Liu Cong said, "The weather is getting warmer and warmer. If the plan of Liu Xun is going well, Gongsun Gong should have been defeated. North Korea's military operation is coming to an end. It is time to send officials to take care of the internal affairs."
Jiang Wan drank a sip of wine and looked at Liu Cong with a smile and said, "Since the king mentioned this, I'm afraid there is a candidate, right?"
Liu Cong looked at the dancer beside the pond and said, "I will change the Korean Peninsula to Chuzhou, and the Korean people will be treated as the people of our Chu State. As for the officials."
As he said that, Liu Cong looked at Liu Ba and said, "Zichu, are you willing to be the governor of Chuzhou?"
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After the Battle of Jiangdong, Liu Ba stayed in Jiangdong to deal with the immigration of Shanyue. He only returned to Xiangyang recently. After hearing what Liu Cong said, Liu Ba stood up and knelt down and bowed, "I am determined to be the king and govern Chuzhou well!"
"I'm sorry, please come up quickly. I know my goodness and I'm the first minister to follow me. Compared to others, I can feel more at ease when I go to Chuzhou."
"I am ashamed." Liu Ba stood up with a wry smile. At the beginning, he looked down on Liu Cong. It was Liu Cong who tied him up and forced him to seize him. I don't expect that today, Chu has become a truly powerful country that can win the world.
Gu Yong said, "King, Chuzhou is newly established, and it is probably useless to just Zichu. If the king has no one to choose, the Ministry of Personnel will select some more officials to go north with Zichu."
Liu Cong thought for a while and said, "There are still many new talents in the imperial examination. The Ministry of Personnel will choose one batch first, but leave one place."
"promise."
Then, Liu Cong said to the ministers, "In the past few days, you have been disturbed by Yan Pu a lot, are you?"
"Hahaha"
Pang Tong said, "King, Wei State relied on our great Chu's catapult cart and crossbow to defeat the Shu army at Yangping Pass. It is said that all parts of Hanzhong are under the control of the Wei army. Cao Cao's army has approached Nanzheng. It is no wonder that Liu Bei is anxious."
Xu Shu continued, "King, the Shu army does not know the power of these two killing weapons, so they faced the battle rashly. The defeat was something we expected, but no matter what, they could not sit idly by and watch Cao Cao win with all their will. If Liu Bei suffered too much loss, he would probably not be able to support our army in the future when we attacked the north."
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Liu Cong touched the beard that had already been raised on his chin and thought, "The Wei army's military peak is strong, coupled with the crossbow and the catapult cart, even a powerful general like Guan and Zhang are no match for defending the pass. It is true that Cao Cao can't sit idly by and watch as Cao Cao crush the Shu army like this."
"My Bo, you and Yan Pu have also met you. Do you know what purpose he has for this trip? Isn't it because I want my Da Chu to send troops to help me?"
Yi Ji smiled and said, "The king is so serious. Shu Kingdom just swears to us a few days ago. I won't think of our reinforcements. According to Yan Pu's opinion, I want to trade the method of making catapults and crossbows with my Da Chu. It is best to directly support one batch of Shu Kingdom."
Fei Yi sneered, "It's simply a delusion. If Liu Bei has such a powerful weapon, wouldn't it be even more difficult for us to conquer Shu in the future?"
Then, he put down his chopsticks and bowed to Liu Cong, "Your Majesty, the military and national weapon is not enough if Wei has it. Never give it to Shu."
"I'm going to discuss it!"
"Wenwei is right."
Many of the ministers agreed. Xu Shu saw what he wanted to say when he saw this scene, but in the end he frowned and didn't say anything. He was a later minister and even did things under Liu Bei's command. Some things were not convenient for him to say.
Pang Tong looked at Xu Shu's expression, bowed to Liu Cong and said, "Your Majesty, I think that Wei already has a crossbow and a catapult cart anyway. If Shu's conditions are sufficient, it would be okay to give them."
"Shi Yuan, you are investing in the enemy!" Jiang Wan rarely had a disagreement with Pang Tong.
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Pang Tong retorted, "Liu Bei is weak and he will need his efforts to deal with Cao Cao in the future. How can we sit back and see that he suffers too much losses?"
"But the terrain in Shu is rugged and the dangers of mountains and rivers are difficult to overcome. If Liu Bei had these two things again, how difficult would it be for us to enter Shu in the future?"
"How can wars rely entirely on weapons? I think that my military strategy is not inferior to Zhuge Kongming, and my great Chu's foundation is several times stronger than Shu Kingdom. How could I not be able to conquer Xichuan?"
"That's not OK. Liu Bei's hero should have killed him back then. He can sit in Yizhou without anything. If there is a crossbow and a catapult, it will be like a tiger with wings!"
Pang Tong no longer argued with Jiang Wan, but bowed to Liu Cong, "This matter depends on how the king decides."