After nearly half a month of contemplation, Zhuge Liang finally came up with a solution.
In May of the 13th year of Jianxing, the emperor issued an edict to summarize the situation in the world. He thought that since the Yellow Turban turbulence, the world had been disturbed for more than 50 years and the people were uneasy. Now the King of Wu abandoned the secret and turned to the light, and surrendered to the Han Dynasty. Jiangnan was unified, and only the Emperor of Wei still remained.
He did not know the current affairs and refused to follow the times. Therefore, the emperor decided to visit Guanzhong after the autumn, understand the situation in Guanzhong, and set an opportunity to launch a decisive battle to unify the world, and restore peace to the people of the world.
Immediately afterwards, the edict pointed out that the reason why several wars failed to make obvious progress was that the legions failed to coordinate and unify and did not cooperate tacitly enough. Therefore, Prime Minister Zhuge Liang failed in Guanzhong in front, and General Wei Ba of the chariot and cavalry lost in Pengcheng in the back, and even
It is a pity that the general Wei Yan, the senior general of Zhendong, was damaged. In order to avoid such problems again, the emperor asked King Sun Quan of Wu, Prime Minister Zhuge Liang, General Li Yan, General Cheqi and Cavalry Wei Ba and other important officials to gather in Chengdu.
We discussed major plans and offered suggestions for the decisive battle to unify the world. At the same time, we called on all prefectures and counties to make suggestions and contribute talents and brave men.
Finally, the emperor called on Cao Rui to follow the times, not to be stubborn, follow the example of the King of Wu, get rid of the emperor's title, and be a minister of the Han Dynasty. For the sake of the people of the world, the emperor could be awarded the title of King of Wei and the title of the fortress of the fortress to commend his merits.
After the edict was issued, I don’t know how many people were applauding Zhuge Liang’s intelligence.
Zhuge Liang took his advantages to the limit.
Zhuge Liang's advantage is that he has the right to speak. He can issue an edict in the name of the emperor, and innately occupy the commanding heights morally. His decision is the emperor's decision. If there is no appropriate reason, you cannot refuse his request, otherwise
It is to reject the edict. This is something that no one can tolerate. Cao Cao used the emperor to order the princes to take advantage of this advantage. Now, Zhuge Liang continues to carry forward this advantage, and it is more legitimate.
Because he was the orphan-entrusted minister appointed by the late emperor himself, he was the prime minister recognized by the emperor.
The world has been in turmoil for more than fifty years, and almost every family has suffered the harm caused by the war turmoil. At this moment, except for those who are ambitious and want to live in the world, I am afraid that no one will think that the war should not be terminated and disagree.
The world should be unified again. Peace in the world should be said to be the common aspiration of the people of the world. Even those ambitious people dare not stand up and oppose this.
Since that's the case, then Li Yan and Wei Ba cannot oppose the justice of the emperor's decision to launch a unified war. Even if they have thousands of reasons to shirk, they cannot refuse the emperor's request to gather in the capital to discuss the major plan. Regardless of whether they can fight or not
, Is it okay to ask you to discuss it?
Not only did Li Yan, Wei Ba and others have no room for refutation, but Emperor Wei Cao Rui was also pushed to an embarrassing situation. He retreated step by step in Wei State. He lost half of Guanzhong and Longyou. Moreover, the emperor was over thirty years old but had no descendants.
Under the circumstances, even if they were under Han Zen, they seemed to be inconvenient. No matter how they looked, they did not seem to be favored by God and qualified to replace Han De.
To put it bluntly, it seems that destiny has not fallen into their Cao family.
In this case, it would be less rational to reject the Chengdu emperor's initiative to stop the war, or at least not justified enough.
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In Chang'an, Li Yan looked at Fa Miao anxiously, and showed a rare intention of asking for help.
Fa Miao had been to Guanzhong for more than half a year. Li Yan had always regarded him as an aide and a think tank, but not a confidant. Because he knew that although Fa Miao was once his gangster, he was sent to Wei Ba by him. But later he had been sent by Wei.
The Ba conquered him, and now he looks back again. No matter what the reason is, he is in a grudge and cannot be trusted without reservation.
But this time, Li Yan's own talent is no longer enough to solve this problem, and he cannot fight Zhuge Liang alone. He must join forces with Wei Ba again through Fa Miao. Fa Miao returned to Guanzhong, and was sick on the surface, but in private.
The reason is said to be a mistake, which put Wei Ba in danger. But the real reason is probably only known to them. Li Yan believes that Fa Miao and Wei Ba must have colluded.
The edict issued by Zhuge Liang in the name of the emperor had been sent to Guanzhong and summoned Li Yanyuan to Chengdu in the name of launching the Battle of Unification. This matter was strange. The biggest problem was that Wu Yi, the general of the cavalry, was not mentioned.
General Li Yan, General Wei Ba of the chariots and cavalry, General Lu Xun of the Zhenbei, and three generals went to Chengdu, but Wu Yi, who was not promoted to his post, was only under Li Yan. The meaning was clear, and Li Yan went to Beijing.
At that time, the military power will naturally be taken over by Wu Yi. The military power will be handed over to Wu Yi, and Zhuge Liang is relieved, but Li Yan is not relieved.
However, it would not be possible if you don’t go. With Li Feng’s ability, he might not be able to control the military power in Guanzhong smoothly. He is not a match for Wu Yi. Although Wu Yi is not usually showing off his mountains and waters, he can be in the changing Shu Han court.
After persisting until now, who can say that Wu Yi is not a master?
In desperation, Li Yan had no choice but to take the initiative to ask Fa Miao for advice.
"I'm afraid it's not just Wu Yi." After pondering for a while, Fa Miao said with a serious expression: "General, have you ever thought that it's March now, and it's still half a year before the war started in the autumn?
Is it a bit too early for the Prime Minister to summon generals from various war zones to Beijing to discuss matters? Such a long time is enough to cause many changes."
"And Jiang Wei?"
Fa Miao nodded: "It is said that after Jiang Wei arrived in Dunhuang, his temperament became much calmer, which won the hearts of the Qiang people, and also gathered many Xianbei people and Xiongnu people, forming a group of about 10,000 people, using Huqi as the
The Lord’s cavalry. He is still in Dunhuang at present, but if the Prime Minister threatens the emperor to personally expedition, how could he not use this cavalry?"
Li Yan smiled and agreed with Fa Miao's analysis. Most people were attracted by Zhuge Liang's reuse of his nephew Zhuge Xun, thinking that Jiang Wei had fallen out of favor. In fact, it was not. Jiang Wei had never fallen out of favor. Jiang Wei was both him and Wei Ba
After joining forces to drive out of Guanzhong, he seemed to live in Dunhuang and was insignificant. However, Zhuge Liang reopened the Western Regions and handed over almost all the profits of the Western Regions business road to Jiang Wei. Jiang Wei's strength grew rapidly. However, he was far away in the border area, and there were not many people.
Notice him.
As one of Zhuge Liang's main opponents, Li Yan did not dare to take it lightly, and he saw Jiang Wei's every move.
"There is Wu Yi inside and Jiang Wei outside. I'm afraid that the general will never come back once he goes to Chengdu."
"So what, why don't you go?" Li Yan frowned: "I'm afraid it's not good, resisting the imperial edict is a serious crime."
"If you don't go, I'm afraid it won't work." Fa Miao raised his eyebrows lightly, and shook his head with a wry smile: "What reason does the general not go? I'm sick? If this is the case, it's probably the Prime Minister's mind."
Li Yan rolled his eyes. He did want to be sick, but after Fa Miao reminded him, he also felt that calling him sick would be a trap.
Li Yan has no idea.
"General Cheqi once said that if there is no good solution for the time being, then waiting is the best way." Fa Miao said slowly: "Let's find a way to drag it out. It will take more than a thousand miles to go from Chang'an to Chengdu.
The plank road, who knows what will happen? If you drag it, at least you can make the Prime Minister not so satisfied."
Li Yan's eyes flashed and he smiled.
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The edict to Wei Ba was also sent to Xiangguan shortly afterwards, but Wei Ba was not in Xiangguan. Guan Xing was the one who received the envoy. Guan Xing said to the envoy with a confused look on his face, "You don't know that General Ding You, Ding You, ignores government affairs, has already
Have you gone to his fiefdom Zhuya? You sent him an edict to him, and you should go to Zhuya, what should you do to Xiangguan?
The messenger had a dark line on his forehead. Zhu Ya, in his eyes, was the end of the world. He thought it was far away from Xiang Pass, but he didn't expect that he had only left halfway.
The envoy made a roundabout way and discussed with Guan Xing, could he ask General, you, to take the imperial edict instead of General Cheqi, and then tell him?
Guan Xing shook his head like a rattle. That won’t work. Who dares to take on this edict? Please send me a message to Zhuya in person.
The messenger had no choice but to pack up his luggage, muster up the courage, and embark on the journey again. He left Xiangguan and went south and entered Wuling. The mountains and forests were dense and the roads were narrow. The messenger was very unaccustomed to it, and his speed was greatly reduced. He walked for a month but did not go out.
Then he was surprised to find that he was lost.
Wei Ba did not receive the edict, but instead received Guan Xing's notice. When he learned that the edict had arrived, he had not seen the envoy. Wei Ba did not dare to neglect and immediately asked Guan Xing to report to Chengdu and inquire about what it was.
When the news was delivered to Chengdu, Zhuge Liang was furious.
It was late May, and two and a half months had passed since the emperor's retreat. As a result, only one of the three generals that the emperor wanted to summon came, Lu Xun, the general of the North. Li Yan left Chang'an and passed through the Taurus Valley Road, the plank road was rained.
Crashed. Li Yan was blocked in the plank road and was in a dilemma. He had to retreat to Hanzhong and send someone to take a detour to send messages, waiting for Wu Yu to repair the plank road before leaving. Wei Ba was even better. He has not received the edict so far, of course he will be even more
It can't come. Even if the edict is issued again, it will be a month later for Wei Ba to receive the edict. When he arrives in Chengdu, it will be at the end of July and early August. Anyway, it will definitely not be able to get there within the scheduled time.
Now it seems that the emperor's personal crusade in the autumn and unify the world is simply a joke.
Li Yan and Wei Ba used different methods to resist the emperor's edict, but Zhuge Liang could not find the handle. The Jinniu Valley Plank Road is a major transportation road connecting Hanzhong and Zitong County. The plank road here was discontinued and was damaged by rain, or it was a supervisor.
The responsibility of Wu Yu in Hanzhong is either the responsibility of the prefect of Zitong, or Li Yan's responsibility. As for the disappearance of the envoy who sent the edict to Zhuya, it seems that Wei Ba is not blamed. It can only be said that the Prime Minister's Mansion will be chosen.
The messenger seemed a little stupid, and could not even do such a simple errand.
When Zhuge Liang's plan was frustrated, the contact between Li Yan and Wei Ba was very close. Li Yan received a reply from Wei Ba and unified his opinion. At this time, Wu Yu also repaired the plank road and asked Li Yan to set off again.
.Li Yan did not delay this time and started his journey happily.
Half a month later, he appeared in the court in Chengdu. The first thing he wanted to say was to pour a basin of cold water on the imperial guards who had become unrealistic. He said in front of the civil and military officials of the court and proposed
Those who command in person should be killed!
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