With Jufu's help, Zhang Xi suddenly felt a lot more relaxed.
Although there is no help from Zhang Yi and Deng Ai, having one more sentence to help him is somewhat of a comfort.
Now Zhang Xi doesn't have to worry about having no one to help him for the time being. The only thing left is to wait for Zhuge Liang to organize the front army and then officially set off for the expedition.
In June of the 25th year of Jian'an, Zhuge Liang spent more than a month to finally form the Northern Expeditionary Army.
Liu Bei formally went to the stage to pay homage to the generals in Chengdu, with the military advisor general Zhuge Liang as the leading general, Shangshu Ling Fazheng, and the general Zhang Xi who promoted the Han Dynasty as his assistant. He led 30,000 troops and stationed in Hanzhong.
These three people went to Hanzhong, on the one hand to pave the way for Liu Bei's rear army, and on the other hand, they also had to make various preparations for the Northern Expedition.
Zhang Xi used to command the Hanzhong army, including Wei Yan, and train his soldiers for the Northern Expedition.
In the past, Fa Zheng's purpose was to receive intelligence from the north, analyze it, and come up with appropriate marching strategies based on the intelligence.
In the past, Zhuge Liang continued to do his usual job, hoarding grain, grass and weapons in Hanzhong, and overall planning the logistics support for the entire Northern Expedition.
These three people will go over first, and after all preparations are made, Liu Bei will lead the rear army and set out with all the famous generals.
After all, Liu Bei is about to go on an expedition, and this news cannot be ignored. Once Liu Bei enters Hanzhong, it means that the Northern Expedition is about to begin, and Cao Wei will definitely respond accordingly.
Therefore, Liu Bei set out as late as possible. If Cao Wei got the news and triggered a chain reaction, it would be bad.
But in fact, although Yizhou is far away from Yecheng, in a place as big as Yizhou, it is impossible for Cao Wei not to intervene carefully.
Liu Bei made the decision to conduct the Northern Expedition in April. No matter how secretive the preparations were, it would not be possible to hide it from everyone.
What's more, it only took Zhuge Liang a month to form the front army. When the front army set off, Liu Bei personally paid homage to the general and sent him out of the city gate. This clearly indicated that there would be a major military operation in Yizhou.
But now in Yizhou, Nanzhong has been pacified, and Sun and Liu have just negotiated a new alliance, so it is unlikely that they will fall out in the short term. If they really want to use troops, they can only go north to attack Cao Wei.
Cao Wei's careful investigation detected this obvious troop mobilization, and he quickly passed the news to the north, passing the news that Liu Bei might attack northward to Yecheng.
At this time, Cao Pi had just succeeded to the throne of Wei and had finished the funeral of his father Cao Cao. He was wondering whether he should let a certain emperor in Xudu move his position and make way for himself.
The Cao family has been fighting in the north and south for so long. The result of Cao Cao's hard work is just for this day.
Even Cao Cao himself said, "If the destiny of God is to be alone, I will be King Wen of Zhou." Doesn't this mean that after Cao Pi succeeds to the throne, he can start the process of usurping the Han Dynasty and becoming self-reliant? !
Cao Pi really thought so. He had even begun to instruct his own people in the government and the public to cause trouble, create some so-called auspiciousness, and interpret some so-called prophecies, especially the sentence "Those who represent the Han Dynasty should be Tu Gao." Cao Pi I brought it up to talk about something again.
This sentence has been circulated since the time of Emperor Xiaowu of the Han Dynasty to the present, almost three hundred years ago, and it is still so enduring.
The sentence "Those who represent the Han Dynasty should be Tu Gao" is actually a truncated sentence, that is, something made out of context. The original words of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty were "The Han Dynasty has suffered six or seven years of misfortune, Fa Ying will be ordered again, and the descendants of the clan will Who should respond to this? The Han people of the 67th and 42nd generations should be Tu Gao."
It roughly means that if the Han Dynasty suffers disasters, the descendants must bear these disasters and help the Han Dynasty continue the country.
And whether six seven forty-two is a multiplication formula, which means that the Han Dynasty should have forty-two emperors, or does it refer to the four numbers six, seven, four, and twelve, which add up to a total of 29, implying that there were 29 emperors in the Han Dynasty .This is hard to say.
From a consequentialist perspective, it should be the latter.
From Liu Bang, the founder of the Han Dynasty, to Liu Xie, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, there were exactly 29 emperors in the Han Dynasty, including the three young emperors before and after him, plus Liu He, the deposed emperor of the Han Dynasty.
But this is a backward deduction based on consequentialism, and it is difficult to say that it is a true interpretation. In other words, those in power can interpret these numbers arbitrarily according to their own needs, as long as they make sense.
The real trouble is the interpretation of "Dang Tu Gao" in the past dynasties.
Two hundred years ago, Gongsun Shu thought this was about him, because his surname was Gongsun.
Everyone who knows the surname Gongsun knows that during the Spring and Autumn Period, only direct descendants of the royal family or princes could be called this way. Therefore, Gongsun Shu believed that his surname fit the character "Gao" in "Dangtu Gao" .
After all, the status of ancestors is very noble.
So Gongsun Shu separatized Shu and proclaimed himself emperor, and even built Baidi City to hypnotize himself.
Then Liu Xiu specially wrote a letter telling Gongsun Shu that the Gongsun mentioned by "Dang Tu Gao" was referring to me, a descendant of the great Han clan. The value of my Gongsun is much higher than that of your surname.
Besides, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty also said that when the Han Dynasty is in trouble, the descendants of the Han Dynasty must stand up to eliminate these disasters, so the person who is Tu Gao refers to the descendants of the Han Dynasty like me, not you, Gongsun.
Then, Emperor Guangwu won, and naturally some people thought that it was because Emperor Guangwu had fulfilled the prophecy that he won the world.
But in this prophecy, the Han Dynasty did not have only one disaster. After all, the "disaster of June 7" cannot be justified. Therefore, people in this era believed that the Han Dynasty would eventually have another disaster, and this disaster may not be avoided. past.
So more than ten years ago, there was a dead man named Yuan Shu who believed that the word "Tu" in "Dang Tu Gao" represented road, and it just so happened that Yuan Shu's word meant "highway".
And the Yuan family, with four generations and three nobles, was indeed the top family in the late Han Dynasty, so the word "high" can also correspond to it.
Therefore, Yuan Shu, a fool, believed that destiny was his. In addition, Sun Jian happened to obtain the jade seal, and Sun Jian was considered Yuan Shu's subordinate at the time. After Sun Jian's death, Yuan Shu forced Sun Jian's wife to hand over the jade seal.
After getting the jade seal, Yuan Shu believed that he was "destined to return" and proclaimed himself emperor. In the end, he couldn't even drink the honey water and was depressed to death.
Now, in order to usurp the Han Dynasty and become independent, Cao Pi also began to think about this sentence.
Moreover, a group of literati under Cao Wei could really connect Cao Wei with this sentence.
Cao Pi was the king of Wei. In ancient times, the word Wei was connected with "巍", which means high mountain. Doesn't this correspond to "Dangtu Gao"? !
Coupled with the situation at that time, the world was divided into three parts, and the Cao family accounted for two. Under this situation, if Cao Pi wanted to usurp the Han Dynasty and stand on his own feet, would he still be able to find someone willing to take advantage of him? !
Therefore, during this period of time, Cao Pi was busy adding legitimacy to his attempts to usurp the Han Dynasty and become self-reliant, and tried his best to promote the connection between the Cao family and this "Dang Tu Gao". The next step is to prepare to usurp the Han Dynasty and become independent.
At this time, Cao Pi received a detailed report from Yizhou that Liu Bei was trying to move his troops north to attack Yongliang.
Cao Pi is a person, although he is more than a star and a half worse than his father Cao Cao, but after all he is not a fool or a fool. Although his tolerance is a little small and his moral character is a little worse, he is not lacking in brains.
Faced with Liu Bei's advance as soon as he took the throne, Cao Pi immediately responded and summoned his civil and military men to discuss what to do about this matter.
Therefore, Cao Pi urgently recruited the southern general Cao Ren, the central leader Cao Xiu, Xia Houshang, Shangshu Chen Qun, Taiwei Jia Xu and others to discuss countermeasures.
At this time, the general Xiahou Dun had died of illness, and Cao Hong stayed behind in Chang'an. Moreover, Cao Pi was jealous of Cao Hong because he asked Cao Hong to borrow money in the early years, but Cao Hong refused to borrow money. Therefore, among the Cao clan, there was only one general with certain abilities, that is, Cao Ren. Cao Xiu, Xia Houshang and others.
To be honest, Cao Pi in history was different from his father Cao Cao. He did not like the generals of the Cao clan controlling too much power in the court.
On the one hand, Cao Pi was fighting for power with his younger brother Cao Zhi. Cao Zhi did not lack the support of some Cao family members, especially the second-generation Cao family's Xiahou family. Cao Pi did not trust these people.
On the other hand, in order to usurp the Han Dynasty and establish itself, Cao Pi made deals with the aristocratic families in the north and made some compromises. The children of the Cao family needed to free up some positions to meet the needs of these aristocratic families to enter the core of the government. .
Therefore, Cao Pi really didn't want to discuss this kind of matter with the generals of the Cao clan.
But there was no way. Cao Pi had just succeeded to the throne at this time, and his reputation and control were insufficient.
Forget about government affairs, Cao Pi had his own team, so he didn't necessarily have to rely on the generals of the Cao clan.
But at this time, the military power was basically in the hands of the generals of the Cao clan. Cao Pi had not had the chance to completely take it back, even if he didn't want to talk to these uncles and brothers about this matter.
As for Chen Qun and Jia Xu, they are both old foxes. Who wouldn't know that Cao Pi came to them just to make up the numbers? !
If Cao Cao was in power, Cao Cao would still ask Chen Qun and Jia Xu about this kind of thing, but now the king of Wei is Cao Pi, who is not a magnanimous person.
What's more, Chen Qun also pinned his political ambitions on Cao Pi and planned to persuade Cao Pi to implement the ninth-grade official law he designed, so it was impossible for him to speak against Cao Pi.
And Jia Xu, an old fox, knows how to protect himself very well. He knows how to speak when facing Cao Cao, but when facing Cao Pi, it is best for him not to say a word.
After all, with the original sentence of "Thinking of Yuan Benchu, Liu Jingsheng and his son" at the bottom, Jia Xu's prosperity and wealth are enough guaranteed, why do he have to tell the truth to offend Cao Pi.
Therefore, these two old foxes basically said nothing about Liu Bei's possible march north to attack Yongliang.
Cao Pi had no choice but to ask Cao Ren, Cao Xiu and Xia Houshang.
After all, Cao Ren is an elder, and he is the only one among the existing generals of the Cao clan who can be called a famous general. Although he got the nickname "Liu Bian Taishou" in the past few years, this nickname has no influence in the Cao Wei Group. , it must not be said publicly.
After hearing Cao Pi's inquiry, Cao Ren also frowned.
(End of chapter)
