Although Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong, and Huang Quan were opposed to moving the capital, they ultimately recognized the necessity of Liu Bei moving the capital.
They did oppose Liu Bei moving the capital, but they all just believed that the time to move the capital was not right.
Once the time is right, not to mention Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong, not even Fazheng, Huang Quan, Liu Ba and others can express any objection to moving the capital to Chang'an.
Compared with Chang'an, the political significance of Chengdu is very different, and in terms of geographical location and degree of development, Guanzhong is obviously more suitable as a capital city than Shuzhong.
Therefore, for Liu Bei, the opposition of these three people was just a hope that Liu Bei could move the capital when the time was right.
But when it comes to Zhang Yuanchang, it's great. He can directly move the capital to Luoyang.
Liu Bei was depressed at the time - I still don't know that it would be better to move the capital to Luoyang, but the question is, can I wait until that day? !
Originally, Liu Bei wanted Zhang Xi to help him talk, to save some face, and to give him a way to get down. But now it seems that he is wrong.
However, the matter has come to this, and Liu Bei is not the kind of person to anger his subordinates just to save face. The matter of moving the capital can only be shelved for the time being.
But Liu Bei didn't want to just give in to the matter of withdrawing his troops back to Chengdu.
Some people and some things can only be seen clearly after he leaves Chengdu.
Therefore, Liu Bei took out Fazheng's personal letter from his sleeve and gave it to Zhuge Liang and others to read.
Zhuge Liang frowned when he read this letter, Huang Quan looked embarrassed, Pang Tong sneered, Zhang Xi. Zhang Xi could have just persuaded Liu Bei to directly remove Li Yan from the post of governor of Jiangzhou.
Anyway, this man was a villain in history who ignored the country for his own interests. Not only did he neglect his duties, but he also dared to falsely pass on the imperial edict, which was simply lawless.
But unfortunately, Liu Bei didn't listen.
It is impossible for Liu Bei to punish Li Yan for this trivial matter, and it is even impossible for him to take any punitive measures against the Li family in Chengdu.
No matter what Li Yan's little thoughts are, there is no doubt about his ability. Over the years, Li Yan has done an outstanding job in Jiangzhou, connecting transportation between Jingzhou and Yizhou, appeasing local people, developing production, etc. of.
Moreover, as Li Yan is a representative of the Dongzhou faction, Liu Bei cannot just watch him fall like this.
Although Liu Bei would not be as obsessed with checks and balances when treating his subordinates as Sun Shiwan was, as a ruler, it is impossible for Liu Bei not to know the importance of checks and balances.
Liu Bei will also consider the relationship between his own Jingzhou Faction, Yizhou Faction, and Dongzhou Faction, and will not easily get rid of the leader of a faction.
As for the aristocratic families in Shu, Liu Bei would not easily target them.
Today's world is no longer the era of Emperor Xiaowu's centralization of power. Since Emperor Guangwu's revival, the family's power has grown day by day. Two hundred years have passed, and the family has already grown into a behemoth in this era.
These aristocratic families have money and food in their hands, but they are in troubled times now, and they are not short of people. They are really desperate. They will not be polite to you, support one or two agents, and start a few rebellions for you. That's a common thing.
Therefore, let alone something as trivial as Li Yan's marriage to the Li family in Shuzhong, even if the Dongzhou faction represented by Li Yan publicly sided with the Shuzhong family, Liu Bei could not take action easily and had to do it slowly.
This matter cannot be rushed.
However, this matter cannot be slowed down.
From Liu Bei's point of view, it is not difficult to see that Fazheng's private letter to him does not rule out the shadow of Li Yan behind him. Even Fazheng has a tacit understanding. On the one hand, he represents the Dongzhou faction to express his loyalty to Liu Bei, and on the other hand, he also hopes to use it. This deepened Liu Bei's wariness against the aristocratic families in central Shu and maintained the advantage of the Dongzhou party over the aristocratic families in Shu in the court.
This matter is quite complicated, but Liu Bei's method of handling it is extremely clever.
Taking these things that are not on the table and exposing them to the sun will make these people feel grudges, and then the final decision-making initiative will be entirely in Liu Bei's own hands.
The current development of the situation is indeed within Liu Bei's expectations.
Zhuge Liang frowned as he looked at it, because he was worried about the instability of the government and the undercurrent in Shu. Someone must come forward to deter him, otherwise chaos would inevitably occur.
Huang Quan looked embarrassed because those bastards in Shuzhong didn't even get angry with him about such a big matter. Now even if he wanted to defend the aristocratic families in Shuzhong, he didn't know what to do. How to say.
Pang Tong sneered, a bit suspicious of watching the fun. You Yizhou and Dongzhou factions are doing this. Do you really think that we Jingzhou people will be afraid? !
In this time and space, Jingzhou, the foundation of the Jingzhou Sect, has not been lost, and it has the majority of the say within the Liu Bei Group. Today, Pang Tong has enough confidence to continue to watch the excitement.
As for Zhang Xi, although Zhang Xi can be regarded as a mountain now, he has no such concept at all. He just can't stand Li Yan.
Really, Zhang Xi has very deep resentment and extreme incomprehension about Li Yan's rumors that led to the failure of the Northern Expedition.
Logically speaking, Zhuge Liang is really very tolerant of Li Yan.
You must know that Zhuge Liang in history was a man who achieved "the palace and the palace are all integrated into one". Although he was a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty, he was also indeed a powerful minister of the Han Dynasty.
But when it comes to Li Yan, Zhuge Liang has been tolerant.
Li Yan tried to test Zhuge Liang by persuading him to join Zhuge Liang and "accept Jiuxi". What Li Yan did was quite unethical.
If Zhuge Liang was a loyal minister, it would be impossible to accept this suggestion, but in order to avoid suspicion, Zhuge Liang must assign a certain amount of authority to Li Yan, so that Li Yan, the "lonely and important minister", can return to the center of power.
And if Zhuge Liang really accepts it, then Li Yan will be the hero of the persuasion, and Zhuge Liang will definitely reciprocate and use Li Yan.
Anyway, Li Yan will never suffer any loss inside or outside. The only problem is that Li Yan has never taken Liu Chan, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, seriously.
Who is Zhuge Liang? How could he not see through Li Yan's sinister intentions? But what can Zhuge Liang do? Li Yan also entrusts an important minister to him. When he writes such a letter, Zhuge Liang must give an answer. Otherwise, God knows what the content of this letter will be. When and in what form did he appear in front of Liu Chan? !
Therefore, Zhuge Liang could only hold his nose and wrote a letter in reply to Li Yan, telling him to put the country first and wait until the world is pacified and the Han Dynasty is restored. At that time, we will accept the emperor's reward together, let alone Jiuxi, that is Ten tins, we can bear it.
This matter is considered a fool.
Later, Li Yan came up with another idea and proposed to divide five counties into Bazhou and let him serve as the governor of Bazhou.
This behavior this time is not just a simple request for power for Zhuge Liang, but it is even, to put it more unpleasantly, an attempt to cut off the territory for self-reliance.
Even in the face of such a request, although Zhuge Liang did not agree, he did not do anything to Li Yan.
Even Chen Zhen, a veteran of the Ji Han Dynasty, couldn't stand Li Yan's behavior anymore. He told Zhuge Liang that Li Yan had "scales on his belly" and had evil intentions, and even the villagers were unwilling to get too close to him. .
But Zhuge Liang's attitude towards Li Yan has always been "the major events are yet to be decided, the Han Dynasty is in danger, and there is nothing better than praise for the shortcomings of the defeat." He hopes that he and Li Yan can tolerate each other for the sake of the country and jointly revive the Han Dynasty.
Really, Zhuge Liang is really good at what he did. Do you want Li Yan to give Huo Guang a try? !
As for what Li Yan did during the Northern Expedition, it was not very different from what was described in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms". Li Yan's behavior of making excuses from both sides because of the difficulty in transporting grain was really so stupid that it is incomprehensible and does not look like a mature man. Any excuse politicians can come up with.
Really, when Zhang Xi watched "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" in his previous life, he really couldn't understand why Li Yan would tell such a lie that could be easily exposed by a confrontation between the two sides.
But in this life, when Zhang Xi has stayed within the Jihan Group for a long time, understood the internal contradictions, and deepened his understanding of Li Yan, he can probably guess some of Li Yan's thoughts.
Ji Han's internal affairs were not as harmonious as described in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms". There were also factions, conflicts, and conflicts of interest among each other. However, both Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang controlled these things very well and never broke out. Strong sequelae emerged.
As for Li Yan, he was probably used to being selfish. He probably judged others by himself, thinking that Liu Chan could not have 100% trust in Zhuge Liang.
As long as there is a little bit of distrust, then Li Yan can take the opportunity to amplify Liu Chan's inner sense of crisis. In doing so, he can not only absolve himself of the responsibility for the failure in transporting grain, but also give Liu Chan an opportunity to take back Zhuge Liang's military power. As an excuse, you might be able to further increase your power and status in the court.
As long as Liu Chan is sincere, then he will not only have no fault in this matter, but also have merit. Liu Chan will help him cover up this lie.
But Li Yan was indeed wrong. Liu Chan in history, no matter what his own ability was, he had 100% trust in Zhuge Liang.
But even so, Zhuge Liang did not kill Li Yan in the end, but demoted Li Yan to a commoner, and let his son Li Feng continue to sit in Jiangzhou and be responsible for the grain and grass logistics of the Northern Expedition.
Therefore, Zhang Xi really dislikes this Li Yan, and always feels that it is too dangerous for such a person to guard the core position of the Chengdu Plain.
But it's a pity that Liu Bei has no intention of swaying Li Yan yet. Zhang Xi's persuasion is somewhat useless.
On the contrary, Zhuge Liang, who was thoughtful, looked at Zhang Xi deeply.
Zhuge Liang didn't have any evil intentions, mainly because he didn't know when Li Yan offended Zhang Xi, causing Zhang Xi to give him eye drops like this. Zhuge Liang wondered whether he should find an opportunity to make peace with the two afterwards. one time.
After all, everyone is working hard for the Han Dynasty and for the restoration of the Han Dynasty. Even if there are differences, we must tolerate each other for the sake of the country.
But soon, Zhuge Liang no longer had this intention.
It's not that Zhuge Liang changed his mind again, but because Zhuge Liang suddenly had a mission.
Liu Bei wanted Zhuge Liang to return to Chengdu and take charge of the affairs of Chengdu instead of him, the emperor of the Han Dynasty.
(End of chapter)
