Zhuge Liang stayed in Hanzhong for a few days in order to discuss with Fazheng how to deal with the affairs between the Shuzhong family and the Dongzhou faction after returning to Chengdu this time.
After all, Fa Zheng is one of the representatives of the Dongzhou faction, and Fa Zheng also has great influence within Liu Bei's group. It is impossible for Zhuge Liang not to get along with him.
As for Fazheng, after learning that Liu Bei did not want to completely liquidate Li Yan, his last worries disappeared.
Liu Bei has no intention of thoroughly pursuing Li Yan's responsibility, which means that the interests of the Dongzhou faction will not suffer too much loss, and Fazheng can be regarded as worthy of the rest of the Dongzhou faction.
As for Li Yan, from the moment he decided to marry a local family in Yizhou, he had to be prepared to be resented by Liu Bei.
Fa Zheng believed that Li Yan himself also had this awareness, and as long as Liu Bei had no intention of liquidating Li Yan, then with Li Yan's ability, this loss would not be a big deal.
Zhuge Liang and Fazheng had a great conversation, and it took only a few days to reach an agreement. After that, although Zhuge Liang stayed in Hanzhong for a few days, most of them were on inspections to see Hanzhong's support work for Chang'an. How are you preparing?
The battle of Sanfu in Guanzhong has just ended, and about half of the people have been lost. There is no hope for this year's harvest.
In the Sanfu area of Guanzhong, where hundreds of thousands of people live, it would be impossible to quickly resume production without assistance from other areas of the Liu Bei Group.
As for Liangzhou, which is closest to Sanfu in Guanzhong, the poor one has not recovered yet. How can he have any spare energy to support the Sanfu area?
Therefore, the first batch of relief supplies must be shipped from Hanzhong.
This is also a big deal. With Zhuge Liang's character, he must see it for himself before he can feel reassured.
After a few days of delay, when Zhuge Liang was about to leave Hanzhong and set off south, Yang Hong and Dong He, who were left behind in Chengdu, sent a report.
Huang Yuan rebelled in Hanjia County.
Zhuge Liang was stunned when he heard the news, because Zhuge Liang really didn't understand what was wrong with Huang Yuan's mind in this situation, and he dared to rebel? !
But then, Zhuge Liang's mind changed a little, and after replying a letter to Yang Hong and Dong He, he stayed in Hanzhong again.
Yes, Zhuge Liang does not plan to return to Chengdu in a hurry to preside over the work of quelling the rebellion. He now wants to see what the Shuzhong family thinks of this matter and whether there is any Shuzhong family in this rebellion.
At the same time, he also wanted to see what role Li Yan played in this rebellion.
Liu Bei's idea is right. Only when he leaves Chengdu can he see clearly what some people really think.
Therefore, Zhuge Liang was not in a hurry to return to Chengdu. He just deliberately stayed in Hanzhong to see how things would develop next.
As for the rebellion in Hanjia County, Zhuge Liang really didn't take it too seriously.
Even though the Han Dynasty has been focusing its energy on the Northern Expedition in the past few years, and most of its troops have been deployed abroad, Chengdu is the capital of the Han Dynasty after all. Prince Liu Chan still stays in Chengdu to supervise the country. How could there be no remaining troops at all.
In addition, the northern and southern armies of the Han Dynasty were rebuilt in the past two years. The northern army followed Liu Bei north to conquer the Wei thieves, but the responsibility of the southern army was to protect the capital, and the southern army of the Han Dynasty had always been in Chengdu.
As for the left-behind talents, Dong He and Yang Hong were not only skilled in government affairs, but also quite capable in military strategy. Not to mention that Liu Bei specifically left Jiang Wei in Chengdu.
Although Jiang Wei is young, he is courageous and knowledgeable in military strategy. The only thing he lacks may be leadership experience.
But then again, if you let the current Jiang Wei fight against Cao Zhen, Guo Huai and others may suffer. How can a mere Huang Yuan be Jiang Wei's opponent?
Therefore, Zhuge Liang is not worried about whether Chengdu can suppress the rebellion at all. In fact, what Zhuge Liang is most worried about now is that Chengdu quickly suppresses the rebellion, which prevents him from seeing clearly the faces of the aristocratic families in Shu. When he returns to Chengdu in the future, he will not take this opportunity to rectify Shu. Middle-class families.
In fact, the aristocratic families in Shu are also very anxious about this.
Of course, the aristocratic families in Shu, represented by Li Yu, somewhat allowed Zhang Shen to cause trouble. They also wanted to test Liu Bei's bottom line, but Zhang Shen, this fool, had as always no vision and no efficiency in doing things. It's quite high.
It had only been a few days, but Huang Yuan had been so frightened that he immediately set up a rebellion? !
You can at least wait until Zhuge Liang returns to Chengdu, under our noses, so that at least we can see Zhuge Liang's response clearly and understand Liu Bei's real thoughts.
It's better now, Zhuge Liang is dragging his feet in Hanzhong and won't come back, and the court has been noisy about this matter. It seems that they have no clue. In fact, everyone is not an idiot. Who can see clearly that this is Zhuge Liang fishing? !
At this time, you must be careful in your words and deeds. Whoever dances happily will be unlucky in the end.
However, this matter must come to an end. The longer it is delayed, the easier it will be to change.
Really, no one is optimistic about Huang Yuan's rebellion, and it is impossible for it to happen.
Even though Hanjia County is located to the south of Shu County and is close to Chengdu, it seems to be very threatening. However, the population and number of soldiers in Hanjia County cannot be compared with Chengdu.
Moreover, the aristocratic families would not want to see Huang Yuan really leading his troops to attack Chengdu.
If he gained a certain momentum after the rebellion broke out, and then fled directly to Nanzhong, maybe these aristocratic families would really not mind helping him. If he dared to march into Chengdu, he would definitely be dead.
But among the aristocratic families in central Shu, no one knows what kind of virtuous person Huang Yuan is.
He's just a fool with high ambitions and low ambitions. If it weren't for everyone's concern for the Bajun Huang family, Huang Yuan wouldn't be the governor of Hanjia at all.
Huang Yuan will definitely not flee south. This guy may be holding back and planning to attack Chengdu now.
Don't tell me. After Huang Yuan saw that he had rebelled, the court was in turmoil and had no idea. Chengdu's army was not mobilized at all. Even Zhuge Liang was still in Hanzhong and never went south. This guy really feels that, Now is a good opportunity.
If we really want to march into Chengdu and capture Liu Chan, not to mention Zhuge Liang, even Liu Bei will have to bow to him.
Even if it is done well, taking advantage of Liu Bei's Northern Expedition to attack Chengdu, and relying on the relationship between the Huang family and various aristocratic families in Shu, he might be able to establish himself as the lord of Chengdu.
This is what Huang Yuan is really thinking right now. He doesn't know whether he is really brainless or just lost his mind.
Anyway, Huang Yuan is really preparing to attack Chengdu.
This is such a big deal that Zhang Shen can’t stand it anymore.
Although Zhang Shen is not even a little bit worse than the heads of several other aristocratic families, compared to Huang Yuan, Zhang Shen can be considered a person with a long-term vision.
The reason why you are causing trouble is to force the emperor to return to the capital, not to let you really attack Chengdu. Zhang Shen quickly asked his third son to see Huang Yuan again and give him advice and let him lead the army south. As long as he enters Nanzhong, With the current mixed situation in Nanzhong, it is easy to escape for a while.
As long as Huang Yuan did not attack Chengdu, the nature of the matter can be said in two ways.
When Liu Bei returned to Chengdu afterwards, the noble families begged for Huang Yuan's mercy again, saying that Huang Yuan was deceived by villains and rebelled just to save his life. The fact that he did not attack Chengdu proved that although it was impossible to reinstate Huang Yuan official, saving his life was still not a problem. of.
But if Huang Yuan really attacked Chengdu, then the nature of the matter would be completely convinced that it was a rebellion, and there was no way to clean it up.
By the way, Zhang Shen was also thinking about how to escape if this thing didn't work out. Now Zhang Shen also discovered how painful it is to cooperate with an idiot.
For this reason, Zhang Shen had to visit Li Yu secretly, and asked Li Yu to help him put an end to this farce of rebellion as soon as possible.
As for Li Yu, he really doesn't want to wade into this troubled waters, but the reality is that this Huang Yuanzhen is a fool. If he really attacks Chengdu, it will not be in the interest of everyone.
Although I don’t want to care about it, the real problem cannot be ignored.
For this reason, Li Yu contacted Yang Chong of the Yang family, and through him, he asked Yang Hong to come forward and persuade Prince Liu Chan to eliminate the bandits as soon as possible.
There are two reasons for this.
First, Huang Yuan rebelled after all. No matter what his purpose was, he could not be allowed to continue to harm the people of Hanjia County.
Second, the prince is young and has the responsibility of supervising the country, so his prestige is not established. If Huang Yuan is allowed to wreak havoc, it will be a blow to the prince's prestige.
These two reasons are both reasonable and well-founded, and you can't find any objections.
As for Liu Chan, it sounds reasonable, especially the second one.
Liu Chan this year is only eighteen years old. Although he has been crowned prince for two years, staying in Chengdu this time is his first official contact with government affairs. Eighteen-year-old Liu Chan does not want to let his career as a superintendent of the country end. There is such a stain on it.
Liu Chan is indeed not an ambitious monarch, but he is not an idiot either, and at the age of eighteen, it is the time when he is trying his best to prove himself, and it has nothing to do with his ability.
In addition, Yang Hong's persuasion was indeed reasonable, and he stood from the standpoint of the people and Liu Chan. Even though Dong He knew that Yang Hong had selfish motives, he really had no position to oppose them.
Dong He was one of the rare people in this era who came from a noble family, but he cared about the people. In his early years when Dong He was serving as the capital of Chengdu under Liu Zhang, he had been punishing the powerful and helping the people safeguard their rights and interests.
Therefore, although Dong He knew that Yang Hong had selfish motives in this matter, as he said, the people of Hanjia County were innocent.
If Huang Yuan continues to make trouble like this, Hanjia County will definitely miss the spring plowing, and the harvest will inevitably fail one year. Aren't the people of Hanjia County who will be most unlucky then? !
Therefore, Dong He adopted the default mode. He did not agree with Yang Hong's words, nor did he oppose Yang Hong.
As for Jiang Wei, there is one thing to say. Jiang Wei's military ability is indeed excellent, but his political thinking is just like that.
Of the three people who stayed to assist Liu Chan, one suggested wiping out the rebellion as soon as possible, while the other two remained silent. The decision-making power rested with Liu Chan.
Liu Chan's decision was simple - to send troops to conquer.
He must not let his father think that he is an incompetent prince.
(End of chapter)
