Chengdu.
After Liu Bei learned that Jiangling was surrounded by Cao's army, he was about to mobilize his troops, especially the main force in Liangzhou.
As an important part of the Longzhong pair, Jingzhou must not be lost.
Zhuge Liang signaled to Liu Bei to relax.
"Don't worry, Your Majesty, the prince's path is good. Even if something unexpected happens, he will be able to stop his losses in time."
misfortune?
Liu Bei frowned. The Shangyong guards were Liu Feng and Meng Da.
One is the adopted son who followed him in all directions, and the other is the hero who led him to Shu.
If possible, Liu Bei really doesn't want these two people to have any rebellious intentions.
"My lord, today's Yizhou is completely different from the Yizhou where Emperor Gaozu lived."
Zhuge Liang gently shook his feather fan and patiently explained to Liu Bei: "During the Emperor Gaozu's time, Yizhou was not yet fully civilized, and the entire imperial court was dominated by people from Peixian County."
"Looking at Yizhou today, there are not only the local Yizhou faction and Dongzhou faction, but also the troops brought by the lord from Jingzhou, or your veteran faction."
"There are many factions. If they are not integrated, there will be unrest."
Liu Bei nodded and said, "Didn't Manger use various methods to ease the relationship between the Yizhou faction and the Dongzhou faction?"
"Could it be that sir, you think that the two factions will still fight among themselves?"
Zhuge Liang slowly shook his head. The Yizhou faction had been suppressed by the Dongzhou faction before.
Liu Mang's little plan made them feel a little fair, and the Yizhou faction admired it, put aside their prejudices, and began to fully support Liu Bei.
On the contrary, it was the Dongzhou faction who had received too many dividends from Liu Yan, Liu Zhang and his son.
Fazheng and Mengda, the two heroes who led Liu Bei to Shu, also belonged to the Dongzhou faction. As a result, it seems that Liu Bei's main team is still his veteran faction and Jingzhou faction.
The Yizhou faction has a tendency to rise, especially Zhang Song, who is also regarded as a confidant by Liu Bei.
Looking at the Dongzhou faction, Wu Yi and Wu Ban performed poorly in the Battle of Hanzhong.
Meng Da even had a conflict with Liu Mang and was directly demoted to garrison in Shangyong.
In the view of the Dongzhou faction, noble Dongzhou people should stay in Chengdu, how can they go to Shangyong?
Only Fazheng moved closer to Liu Mang, and now he is prospering.
However, Fa Zheng was devoted to Liu Bei and his son and had no intention of participating in the so-called factional struggle.
Everyone in the Dongzhou Faction had not warned Fa Zheng, but the latter would definitely retaliate, so the Dongzhou Faction did not dare to break up easily.
After a series of tricks, the Dongzhou faction married Wu Yi's sister to Liu Bei.
It was thought that this marriage would greatly increase the power of the Dongzhou faction.
Unexpectedly, Liu Bei married someone and did nothing, and was not moved at all.
The Dongzhou faction, dominated by Peng Yi, gradually became restless.
However, compared with Zhuge Liang, three-year-old children are nothing to worry about.
Seeing that several efforts to influence Liu Bei were fruitless, Meng Da decisively chose to join Cao Cao, but in the end he failed and was killed by Liu Mang.
"Mengda rebelled and was killed by the Crown Prince!"
As one of Feiyu's elders, Zhuge Liang had already received the information, but he deliberately concealed the information and did not leak it.
Now that Liu Bei learned about it, he was still frightened.
"Sir... the Dongzhou faction was able to lure me to Shu back then. If they were dissatisfied with me, wouldn't they be able to accept others?"
Liu Bei took a deep breath. No matter how benevolent and righteous he was, he did not want his men to be a bunch of ignorant wolves.
"Your Majesty, you are not mean to the Dongzhou faction, but they have received too many benefits before."
"Now, just ceding benefits to Yizhou people is already painful."
"Liang actually thinks that if there are people from Yizhou who are willing to serve as officials in other states, they can be sent there."
Jiaozhou has a vast land and sparsely populated areas, so it needs people with lofty ideals to build it.
"Okay! As you wish, as long as you are willing to go to another state to serve as an official, we will accept everything!"
Zhuge Liang's move brought the Yizhou faction closer to the court, and at the same time he also defeated the Dongzhou faction.
If you want to be an official, you can just put away those little thoughts first!
Once Liu Bei's decree was announced, it caused an uproar in the court.
Everyone from the Yizhou sect enthusiastically signed up, and the Yizhou nobles even made great efforts to send their young disciples to Jiaozhou for training.
Dong Yun, Fei Yi and others were on the list, and Zhuge Liang was overjoyed. If these talents could go to Jiaozhou to practice, they would definitely become indispensable pillars of the Han Dynasty when they returned.
On the contrary, the Dongzhou faction was not interested in this. They wanted the hateful Yizhou people to get out of the house quickly, so that they could free up more official positions for them.
When he was working in Pengyi in Zhongzhong, he was always looked down upon by others, and he even looked down upon everyone in the Yizhou faction.
However, this person was recommended by Fa Zheng and Meng Da, and Zhang Song and others also gave him some respect.
Zhuge Liang was respectful on the surface, but secretly ordered Feiyu to investigate him.
Soon, Zhuge Liang discovered the correspondence between Peng Yi and Meng Da.
Sure enough, Meng Da complained many times that he was not reused under Liu Bei, and even said that he knew he should have gone to Xuchang to join Cao Cao.
Not only did Peng Yi not express his position, but he supported Meng Da.
"Sir, this is a great plan! Yizhou natives are increasingly supporting me!"
"The Dongzhou faction thought I was looking down on the Yizhou people, but in fact I was putting them in a position of importance."
Liu Bei was in a good mood, but Zhuge Liang was unhappy.
"Sir, what are you worried about?"
"What does the king think of Peng Yi?"
Mentioning Peng Yi, Liu Bei frowned and said, "This man treats others lightly, but he is always talented. I thought he was useful at that time, so I ordered him to work in the government."
Zhuge Liang informed Liu Bei of all the correspondence between Peng Yi and Meng Da.
"Your Majesty, this man has great ambitions. I hope you can make plans for what he will do in the future if he is not protected!"
Zhuge Liang said this, he was definitely not a slanderous person, and Liu Bei knew that Mr. Wolong kept himself clean.
If Peng Yi had no clue, Zhuge Liang would never frame him out of thin air.
"Forget it... let Peng Yi be the governor of Jiangyang and set off today. Don't delay!"
Zhuge Liang nodded. Meng Da, a high-ranking member of the Dongzhou faction, had defected to the enemy and was killed, and he didn't want anything to happen to Peng Yi.
Otherwise, the Dongzhou faction would have thought that the imperial court was deliberately targeting them.
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Peng Mansion.
A transfer order from the imperial court allowed Peng Yi to take up administrative duties and become the prefect of Jiangyang.
Everyone from the Dongzhou faction gathered together, and Peng Yi was now gnashing his teeth in hatred.
"It must be Zhuge Kongming who is making slanderous remarks in front of the king!"
"Mengda was forced to rebel by this person!"
"Now that I am the governor of Jiangyang, I am afraid that I will never be able to return to Chengdu again in this life!"
Peng Yi looked at brothers Wu Yi and Wu Ban. These two were his main targets.
"Yongnian, your Majesty's move must have deep meaning. All you need to do is fulfill your duties."
Wu Yi knew Peng Yi's little moves, so he stopped them immediately.
Wu Ban also nodded. Although they are from the Dongzhou faction, they are also Liu Bei's relatives now, so they will definitely not get involved in this matter too much.
"Haha, it seems you have accepted your fate?"
Peng Yi sneered, "Now our Dongzhou faction does not have a general who can speak up in the army, so we are jealous of the king!"
"As long as I contact this person, I will definitely be able to change the current situation of the Dongzhou Sect!"
