When Zhuge Liang expressed all his concerns, Liu Bei did not show worry on his face.
He looked at Zhuge Liang with gentle eyes and said with relief in his words: "Meeting you back then was the luckiest thing in my life." The ancients used their own names as a form of modesty.
If others call themselves this in front of Zhuge Liang, it is naturally normal. It's just that the person standing in front of Zhuge Liang is the Emperor of Han.
As a monarch, Liu Bei claimed his name in front of his ministers, which shows that what he said now is the truest thought in his heart.
Liu Bei has always regarded Zhuge Liang as the most important arm in achieving his great cause, rather than a subordinate whose life and death is under his control.
Zhuge Liang's eyes narrowed slightly after hearing Liu Bei's self-promotion. He has always been loyal and loyal, and now he should have reminded Liu Beili that Liu Beili cannot be abolished.
But when he saw the sincere look in Liu Bei's eyes, Zhuge Liang couldn't say those words.
More than ten years of staying together through thick and thin, and more than ten years of close intimacy, have already made the relationship between Zhuge Liang and Liu Bei transcend the boundaries of ordinary monarchs and ministers.
After saying this, Liu Bei handed the document in his hand to Xiao Huangmen aside, and then continued to speak to Zhuge Liang: "Back then, I became a disciple of Duke Lu, and Duke Lu once taught me what the Six Honest Ministers are."
"My wife, the bud has not yet moved, and the signs have not been seen. I clearly see the opportunity of survival and failure, the key to gain and loss, and the prohibition is almost before it happens, so that the country is transcendent and invincible. Such a person is also a holy minister."
"I was still young at the time, and I always thought that the kind of holy ministers mentioned by Duke Lu only existed in history books. But when I met you, I knew who the holy ministers in this world were."
"Whether it is your concern about the situation in Liangzhou today or your judgment about the situation in the world before, it is enough to prove that you are my holy minister. I am happy to have you as my minister. But Kong Ming, you have a little shortcomings But it has always made me worried." Hearing Liu Bei's change of topic and saying that he had some shortcomings that made him worried, Zhuge Liang immediately straightened his face, bowed to Liu Bei and said, "I hope your majesty can correct me." We know that Zhuge Liang played the most important role in making Liu Bei what he is today.
But what the world doesn't know is that Liu Bei often taught Zhuge Liang in the past.
Just as Zhuge Liang called Liu Bei his lord, Liu Bei was his lord in Zhuge Liang's heart, and he was also the wise man who often taught him.
Seeing Zhuge Liang bending down to ask for advice humbly like before, Liu Bei's face showed a smile.
"Using you as prime minister, including my intentional evasion of Shangshu Ling, allows you to have no constraints on political affairs, because I value your talents that are comparable to Guan Zhong. I know that as long as you are here, you will handle the political affairs of the Han Dynasty for me. It's very appropriate. It's just that although Kong Ming has far-reaching knowledge and is loyal to his duties, you have not learned this advantage from me. When it comes to governing the country, I am far inferior to you. When it comes to marching and fighting, Yun Chang, Yide and Zi They are all above me. However, I am not a leader in military and political affairs, but I can reopen the Han Dynasty because I always know people well. As you said, Zicheng's taking over Wu Yi's military power may bring about many benefits. The nobles of the state are dissatisfied. However, the Yizhou nobles have always been at odds with Zicheng. If Zicheng does not take over Wu Yi's military power, won't those ignorant people be dissatisfied with Zicheng's rule of Liangzhou and Qiankun's arbitrary power?"
"Furthermore, even if those Yizhou nobles want to disrupt the situation in Liangzhou. But since I have appointed Zicheng as the pastor of Liangzhou, he must have means to smooth these undercurrents. This is also something he should solve. If he Incompetent, if he needs me or you to eliminate hidden dangers behind his back, is that a good thing for him and Liangzhou? Is it a good thing for you, Kong Ming?" Liu Beiyue The warning in the words is deeper.
But when he said the last sentence, Liu Bei looked at Zhuge Liang, who was just over forty years old and had a lot of gray hair on his temples, and his tone changed to worry.
When his tone changed, Liu Bei sighed and said: "I know that you came to the palace to see me today because you were thinking about the future of the Han Dynasty. You were worried that the situation in Liangzhou would be unstable. Just like when you were dealing with political affairs, Everything must be done carefully, and there must be no omissions. But Kong Ming, you know, the reason why I spare no effort to promote Zicheng is to let him share your worries in the future. I just don’t want you to work too hard anymore. If you lose too much mental energy, it will have a negative impact on your body. What's the use?" This is the deepest worry in Liu Bei's heart today.
Since Zhuge Liang was highly regarded by Liu Bei in Jingzhou, he began to become the de facto leader of Liu Bei's shogunate.
After "Prime Minister", Zhuge Liang's character was noticed by Liu Bei. Due to Zhuge Liang's hands-on character, no one has slandered Zhuge Liang in the past for his strong desire for power and his fondness for taking power into his own hands, rather than appointing talented people.
But Liu Bei knew that Zhuge Liang was not such a person. In the past ten years, Zhuge Liang has recommended and promoted many talents, such as Pang Tong, Jiang Wan, Ma Liang, Yang Hong, etc., who are not heroes for a while, and who have never held great power in their hands.
Zhuge Liang is not a man obsessed with power. It's just that Zhuge Liang has a strong sense of responsibility in his heart. He is used to planning ahead and thinks a lot about all the important military and political affairs of the Han Dynasty.
Zhuge Liang knew very well that the current Han Dynasty was not a powerful country, which made his character more cautious.
A big man with a poor national power cannot make a single trip, otherwise he may be in a state of eternal disaster. Judging from Zhuge Liang's talents and his position, his character has a strong catalytic effect on the improvement of the Han's national power.
In the past few years, no matter how proud Guan Yu or Mi Yang achieved on the battlefield, everything was inseparable from Zhuge Liang's painstaking efforts and steady progress behind the scenes.
For the country, Zhuge Liang's character is a benefit. For Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang's character also allowed him to sit back and relax and be an emperor on horseback with peace of mind.
But for Zhuge Liang, his character will affect his physical health to a great extent.
The growing white hair on Zhuge Liang's temples is proof of this. So for Liu Bei, what he should worry about now is not the possible unrest in Liangzhou, but Zhuge Liang's health.
Because even if there is a turmoil in Liangzhou that even Mi Yang cannot handle, Liangzhou is not far from Yizhou. As long as he and Zhuge Liang are still together, the situation will not be too corrupt.
If he hadn't been worried about Zhuge Liang's health, Liu Bei would not have specially issued a decree to Zhuge Liang to take supplements at noon.
But Liu Bei knew that his behavior was always treating the symptoms rather than the root cause. If Zhuge Liang does not change his character, his physical health will only get worse.
When Liu Bei expressed his worries, Zhuge Liang couldn't help but be stunned. He didn't expect Liu Bei to be worried about this.
After understanding Liu Bei's worries, Zhuge Liang felt a strong sense of warmth in his heart. But Zhuge Liang had his own opinion. Zhuge Liang raised his hands to Liu Bei and replied: "That's what your Majesty taught you."
"However, the war in the world has not subsided, and China has not returned to unity. At this time, how can I not do my best, and how can I dare to slack off?" Zhuge Liang said these words with sincerity in his eyes, because this is what he thinks in his heart. .
Zhuge Liang came from a noble family, and this background led to him receiving a good education from childhood to adulthood. But at the same time, Zhuge Liang was born in troubled times. Even Zhuge Liang, who was born into a famous family, suffered from the troubles since he was a child.
There were even many unspeakable things that he had witnessed with his own eyes. It is precisely because of this past experience that Zhuge Liang vowed when he was young that he would become a famous minister like Guan Zhong and Le Yi, and assist Zuo Mingzhu to rebuild the broken mountains and rivers.
Zhuge Liang is not unaware that excessive use of mental energy will affect his physical health. But compared to the peace of the world and his inner aspirations, why should he care about his own safety, honor and disgrace?
This was Zhuge Liang's original intention, and it was his original intention that attracted countless people in later generations to admire him.
Seeing that although Zhuge Liang sincerely accepted his teachings, he did not intend to truly accept his warnings, Liu Bei couldn't help but shook his head.
For a person like Zhuge Liang, his true intention cannot be shaken by anyone. Even as Zhuge Liang's lord.
But Liu Bei was not completely helpless about the matter. He is an emperor after all. Liu Bei raised the Liangzhou document in his hand and said to Zhuge Liang: "Notify the prefectures and counties of Zicheng's document and issue a clear document to reprimand Zicheng." When Zhuge Liang heard that Liu Bei was going to write a document to reprimand Mi Yang, he felt Some doubts.
He admitted that he wanted Liu Bei to eliminate hidden dangers for Mi Yang, but his reprimand was too much. After all, judging from the current situation, what Mi Yang did was not wrong.
Zhuge Liang was about to give Liu Bei some advice, but Liu Bei reached out to stop Zhuge Liang.
It seems that he has made up his mind to reprimand Mi Yang. Liu Bei asked Zhuge Liang to send a reprimand document to Liangzhou: He reprimanded Mi Yang for not having any responsibility as the shepherd of Liangzhou and actually submitting a letter for everything.
When Zhuge Liang heard that this was the content of the reprimand document Liu Bei asked him to send to Liangzhou, he immediately understood Liu Bei's intention.
Explicit documents must be announced to the world according to the standing system. But most of the people in the world were illiterate, so the so-called clear announcements were only for the children of the gentry.
The emperor was dissatisfied with Zhou Mu, and it was not unprecedented in the past for him to expressly issue reprimands. But the important thing is the reprimand document Liu Bei sent to Mi Yang. Its content is easy to imagine.
When the Yizhou nobles saw this reprimanding document, they would feel that Mi Yang had displeased Liu Bei because of his autocratic rule.
Or do you think Liu Bei is giving Mi Yang an obvious political signal? There is no need to report everything in the future.
It's obviously the latter. Everyone with a discerning eye knows what this political signal means. Liu Bei has always spared no effort in trusting the Yuan Cong Department.
Moreover, Zhuge Liang also knew that Liu Bei's move was not only to announce a political signal to the world, but also to use the power of the emperor to distract him from worries about Liangzhou affairs.
Liangzhou has its own Mi Yang who is guarded by the Han Dynasty. After understanding Liu Bei's two-tiered intentions, a smile appeared on Zhuge Liang's face.
Liu Bei has always cared for him in every possible way. When Liu Bei saw a smile on Zhuge Liang's face, he knew that Zhuge Liang understood his intentions.
The communication between fish and water is so effortless. After handling this matter, Liu Bei asked one thing inadvertently: "Is there any news coming from Zilong recently?" After Liu Bei became emperor, Zhao Yun, who had always followed Liu Bei and led his troops, was not in Chengdu. .
That's because Nanzhong was unstable during that time. Zhuge Liang was worried that Nanzhong would cause trouble at the critical moment when Liu Bei became emperor, so he suggested that Liu Bei send Zhao Yun to guard Nanzhong.
It has been two years since Zhao Yun led the army to guard Nanzhong. When Zhao Yun arrived in Nanzhong, as Zhuge Liang expected, some unrest in Nanzhong was quickly suppressed.
Even if Cao Wei sent envoys to contact the foreign tribes in Nanzhong before, those foreign tribes never made any move.
Gradually, everyone in the Han court became less wary of Nanzhong. Upon hearing Liu Bei's inquiry, Zhuge Liang replied: "It has been several months since Zilong's last letter. In his last letter, he said everything in Nanzhong was stable." Nanzhong is the collective name for several counties in the south of Yizhou.
There are dense forests and miasma there, and the roads are all mountainous, so external transportation has been difficult.
It is not uncommon for Zhao Yun to send a petition within a few months. But Liu Bei saw some clues from this news.
"Why is Nanzhong so stable?" Liu Bei's doubt seemed sudden, but it was not groundless.
Due to geographical and historical factors, Nanzhong has always been a gathering area for foreign ethnic groups in Yizhou. In the Han Dynasty, those who could be called aliens were those who did not understand etiquette and drank blood like hair.
For such a group of people, loyalty is undoubtedly very cheap. Survival and profit are what they value most.
In addition, Nanzhong is underdeveloped and has limited resources. Therefore, Nanzhong often undergoes turmoil for survival and interests.
Even though the foreigners in Nanzhong could not afford to fight against the Han, they often fought among themselves for their own interests.
It’s just that the unrest may be large or small. This is the norm in Nanzhong. However, according to Zhao Yun's letter, Nanzhong seems to be quite stable recently. It seems that all the ambitious people in Nanzhong have learned their lesson and are doing good.
is it possible? Liu Bei, who knew human nature well, was determined not to believe this. When something goes wrong, there must be a monster.
With the current anomalies in Nanzhong, there must be something big happening somewhere that ordinary people are not paying attention to.
Just like before the storm, there will be an extraordinary tranquility. Under Liu Bei's confusion, Zhuge Liang quickly realized this.
Zhuge Liang frowned and said without thinking: "Your Majesty is worried that there will eventually be chaos in Nanzhong?" Seeing that Zhuge Liang guessed the hidden worries in his heart, Liu Bei nodded.
"What I'm worried about is not that South and Central will rebel now, but that they will rebel when I launch a large-scale Northern Expedition."
"So I want to take the first step and eliminate this hidden danger for Yizhou."
