This is considered a traditional performing skill of Shu families. It’s not about new tricks, it just works.
To put it bluntly, Zhang Shen's intention was to use the personal conflict between Huang Yuan and Zhuge Liang to create the illusion that Zhuge Liang returned to Chengdu to rectify Huang Yuan, and then incited Huang Yuan to rebel, thereby forcing the emperor to return to Chengdu.
You see, my hometown is on fire. If the emperor is still in Chang'an, won't he be afraid that one day rebellion will happen everywhere in Shu and the foundation will be damaged? !
You have to say that Zhang Shen is not without any means, otherwise he would not be able to rise to the position of the head of the Zhang family.
That's the vision. Li Yu was very lucky. Fortunately, he had the foresight to let the boy from his fourth room take the daughter of the Qin family. Otherwise, the boy from his fourth cousin's family would definitely be implicated.
Why, it's been almost ten years since Liu Bei took control of Yizhou. How come there are still people who can't see the situation clearly and still mistook Liu Bei for Liu Zhang? !
Your method is quite effective when used to scare Liu Zhang, but when used against Liu Bei, you think your life is too long.
Not only Li Yu felt this way, but Yang Chong and Liu Shen also looked at the proud Zhang Shen with surprised expressions, and then began to wonder in their hearts whether any of their children had close contacts with anyone from the Zhang family. If so, It's best to cut off contact immediately.
I have never seen such a head of a family who doesn't know whether to live or die.
But then, the faces of the three old foxes all changed, and they smiled at Zhang Shen and said, "Zhang Gong's method is very wonderful. Very wonderful."
They are all old foxes. If a fool is willing to gamble with the lives of his own children on this kind of thing, then there is nothing they can't accept.
Anyway, it was not one of his family members who died.
Besides, what if it really happens? !
If there are disadvantages, others will take the initiative to bear them, and if there are advantages, you can also enjoy them. I haven’t encountered such a good thing in many years, so why shouldn’t I agree?
The three guys even looked at each other and immediately developed a tacit understanding. They kept saying good things to Zhang Shen, so that they could at least find out the attitudes of Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang by asking him to explore the road early. Why not? !
Zhang Shen really didn't expect so much for a while, and he didn't know that the three old foxes were trying to trick people. Zhang Shen was really high-spirited now.
Among the aristocratic families in central Shu, the Li family has always been the largest, followed by the Wang family. After that, the Yang family, the Liu family, and the Zhang family are all about the same size, and no one is better than the other.
Needless to say the influence of the Li family, there are Li family and branch families in every county in Yizhou, truly spreading throughout the state.
As for the Wang family, because of Wang Lei's stance in the early years, he fell to his death under the city gate after failing to persuade Liu Zhang. The Wang family's attitude towards Liu Bei has always been mainly resistance. None of them were attended by Wang.
This actually gave the Liu family, Yang family, Zhang family and other families more say.
But now, not only Yang Chong and Liu Shen, but also Li Yu praised him and kept complimenting him. Zhang Shen vaguely felt that the peak period of the Zhang family might be coming.
It is impossible to replace the Li family and become the first family in Shu, but it is not impossible to go a little further and replace the Wang family, which has been closed in and its influence has seriously declined.
Of course, the most important thing is that Zhang Shen really doesn't think Liu Bei dares to really fall out with the aristocratic families in Sichuan.
It's hard to say whether Zhang Shen's judgment of the current situation was wrong, or whether Liu Zhang really spoiled the aristocratic families represented by Zhang Shen. They just felt that if Liu Bei wanted to take root in Shu, he must reuse these aristocratic families.
This statement is not wrong, especially in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, when the warlords were fighting, with the support of the aristocratic family and without the support of the aristocratic family, they were completely different concepts.
How did Cao Cao gain momentum? !
It was not because of the strong support of the Yingchuan family, especially the Xun family who came to serve Cao Cao, who brought a large number of talents to Cao Cao, that Cao Cao was able to "serve the emperor and not obey the orders".
Let’s look at Jiangdong Sun Ce. He maintained a hostile attitude towards the Jiangdong family, but died unexpectedly at a young age. If Sun Quan hadn’t adjusted his attitude towards the family in time, how would he have the foundation of Soochow today? !
As for Liu Bei, you can see how miserable Liu Bei would have been in such troubled times without the support of his family.
After finally getting a piece of land, the local aristocratic families in Xuzhou were more willing to choose Cao Cao instead of Liu Bei. In their late fifties, they still had to stay in the small county of Xinye as a shield for Liu Biao.
In Zhang Shen's view, Liu Bei had been so homeless for the first half of his life. He must have realized the importance of the family's support to his imperial career, even if the news was leaked afterwards and Liu Bei learned that the matter was related to his Zhang family. , the biggest possibility is to hold it high and let it go. When the time comes, you will push out a few scapegoats, and the matter will be settled.
This is what Zhang Shen thinks, and he really thinks that his idea is correct.
After the meeting, Zhang Shen asked the third boy from home to go to Hanjia County, meet Huang Yuan, make some alarmist remarks, and then don't do anything else and just come back directly.
Let Huang Yuan decide what happens next.
And Huang Yuan. Don't tell me, Huang Yuan is really flustered.
There is a saying that Huang Yuan is somewhat related to Huang Quan, but not a close relationship. Huang Quan's grandfather and Huang Yuan's grandfather are cousins.
In other words, Huang Yuan and Huang Quan are clan brothers.
However, the relationship between the Huang family of Bajun where Huang Quan is located and the Huang family of Hanjia where Huang Yuan is located has not been very good in recent years.
For no other reason than because the Bajun Huang family controlled the paper sales rights in several surrounding counties, while the Hanjia Huang family made nothing.
Originally, Huang Yuan thought, his Hanjia Huang family and the Bajun Huang family were considered a family a hundred years ago. Seeing the Bajun Huang family getting rich and famous, Huang Yuan also thought about the relationship. Ask Huang Quan to come forward and talk to Liu Bei, and leave it to him, Huang Yuan, to authorize the paper issuance in Hanjia County.
Huang Quan didn't say much at all. After all, they were still a family a hundred years ago, and he told Zhuge Liang, who was responsible for distributing paper and issuing authorizations, about this.
But, it was only a word.
After all, this is not my own business. If I can help you, it is already a great honor to you.
Then Zhuge Liang considered it all and decided that this was not feasible. Huang Yuan was already the prefect of Hanjia. If he was allowed to control the paper of a county to issue authorization, it would be equivalent to handing over the financial power to Huang Yuan again.
Another thing is that Hanjia County is close to Chengdu, and there are many aristocratic families in Chengdu. Everyone is thinking about getting a piece of the pie. When will it be the turn of Huang Yuan of the Hanjia Huang family to take charge of the paper sales rights in Hanjia County? !
Can Mr. Li agree? ! Or can the Yang family, the Liu family, and the Zhang family agree? !
Therefore, Zhuge Liang ignored Huang Quan's intercession, but after comprehensive consideration, authorized the paper to be handed over to the Wang family in Chengdu.
Well, Zhuge Liang did this, on the one hand, to avoid other aristocratic families from getting rich and powerful, and on the other hand, it was also to win over the Wang family in Chengdu. After all, although the Wang family was dissatisfied with Liu Bei, their power was not small. Even if these people could not What you use must also be as comforting as possible.
For this arrangement, Huang Quan did not blame Zhuge Liang much. After all, he also knew Zhuge Liang's difficulties, and he also knew the purpose of issuing the authorization paper. If he was the prefect of Bajun, then it would not be Huang Quan's turn to issue the authorization paper. To take control.
Of course, Huang Quan didn't take Huang Yuan's affairs to heart. In Huang Quan's view, based on Huang Yuan's ability and governance level, if his surname was not Huang and he was the head of the Hanjia Huang family, this Hanjia It was never his turn for the prefect to do it.
We are already considered wealthy, so why should we be greedy again? !
Huang Quan ignored Huang Yuan, as Huang Yuan would not get any benefit, and asked again that Zhuge Liang had denied the matter. Huang Yuan hated Huang Quan and Zhuge Liang together.
In addition, Huang Yuan's rough methods of governing the local area caused some resentment due to his ability issues, and Hanjia County was not far from Chengdu and had always been under Zhuge Liang's nose. Zhuge Liang was helping the Han Dynasty in many things. Jiajun wipes his ass.
At that time, Zhuge Liang was just staying in Chengdu, not Zhongshu Ling, and Liu Bei had just taken control of Yizhou. The only thing Huang Yuan had done to win over the people was Zhuge Liang, who did not directly remove Huang Yuan from his position as Hanjia Prefect. It's all for Huang Quan's sake.
Although Huang Yuan was not removed from the position of governor, Zhuge Liang inevitably reprimanded Huang Yuan several times. There were several serious incidents, and Zhuge Liang even issued a special warning to Huang Yuan.
In Huang Yuan's eyes, he believed that Zhuge Liang was deliberately targeting him.
It's not surprising that Huang Yuan thought so, after all, he did this under Liu Zhang in his early years, and Liu Zhang even praised him for his good governance.
But now, I have changed my master, and my governance methods have suddenly become ineffective. This must not be my fault, it must be Zhuge Liang who is targeting me.
For this reason, Huang Yuan was very unconvinced with Zhuge Liang. As long as Zhuge Liang's decrees came to Hanjia, Huang Yuan would delay them as long as he could, and would not implement them if he could.
Later, when Liu Bei ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, and Zhuge Liang became Zhongshu Ling, things became even more serious.
Huang Yuan didn't understand. How could a cruel and cruel person like Zhuge Liang be promoted to a high official position? Moreover, he was now directly responsible for decision-making. Why should he, Huang Yuan, govern the place based on the decisions of such a person? ? !
The more Huang Yuan thought about it, the more unhappy he became. Therefore, he believed that some of the court's decisions were Zhuge Liang's decisions, or even Zhuge Liang's decisions specifically made to target him.
In any case, we should postpone it if we can, and if we can’t do it, we won’t do it.
But after all, Huang Yuan was just the prefect of a county. He didn't do these things. When the evaluation at the end of the year came, the Ministry of Personnel would naturally not be able to give him any praise. To be honest, if Qin Mi, who was the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel at the time, hadn't saved him face, The influence of the Hanjia Huang family in Hanjia County is not small. Huang Yuan may not be able to continue as the prefect.
But Huang Yuan didn't care. Huang Yuan firmly believed that Zhuge Liang was targeting him, or even framing him.
Now the emperor is stranded in Chang'an and has not returned, but Zhuge Liang has been ordered to return to the capital. According to rumors, Zhuge Liang returned to Chengdu on a regular basis. Although the purpose is unknown, in Huang Yuan's view, he wanted to deal with him, a small Hanjia prefect, but enough.
Huang Yuan didn't understand Zhuge Liang at all. He didn't know that even if Zhuge Liang wanted to target him, he wouldn't do anything to him. At most, he would be dismissed from office. Huang Yuan always felt that Zhuge Liang wanted to harm him.
Coupled with the Zhang family's instigation, he himself was frightened. At the same time, in Hanjia County, Huang Yuan really didn't have any confidence at all.
After weighing back and forth for several days, the news that Zhuge Liang had arrived in Hanzhong and was planning to stay in Hanzhong for a few days reached Chengdu. Huang Yuan couldn't sit still.
Instead of waiting for Zhuge Liang to arrive in Chengdu and lead an army to encircle and suppress him, it is better to fight to the death before Zhuge Liang comes back.
Huang Yuan decided to raise troops in Hanjia County.
Of course, Huang Yuan can't say that he wants to rebel. There is no soil for him to rebel now.
The excuse he came up with was very strange - Qing Junzi.
(End of chapter)
