Zhuge Liang wanted to return to Chengdu with only one purpose - to move the capital.
We can no longer let the emperor stay in Chengdu. If he continues to stay in Chengdu, even if the Han Dynasty really revives three times in the future, with the emperor's current prestige, he will not be able to bear the reputation of the leader of the ZTE.
Everyone in the world will say that it was Zhuge Liang, Zhang Xi and others who created the situation for the resurgence of the Han Dynasty. If one thing is not done well, it may cause discord between the emperor and his ministers.
There is a saying, if the emperor is really a weak and incompetent person, Zhuge Liang can fight for his own reputation, as long as he can rejuvenate the Han Dynasty and repay the kindness of the late emperor, that will be fine.
But in Zhuge Liang's eyes, the emperor Liu Chan may not be as good as the late emperor Liu Bei, but at least he is still a qualified lord.
Since the master trusted him wholeheartedly, Zhuge Liang had to make some plans for Liu Chan, lest he retreated in the future and Liu Chan would no longer be able to control his power.
Therefore, it is imperative to move the capital.
The last time he asked Pang Tong to take the lead, Zhuge Liang already knew the attitude of the court officials towards moving the capital. When he returned to Chengdu this time, Zhuge Liang wanted to do his best to facilitate this matter.
As for whether to move the capital to Chang'an or to Luoyang. To be honest, Zhuge Liang also knew that it was most appropriate to move the capital to Luoyang, but Luoyang is still not very safe now. If Hedong, Hanoi, and Hulao cannot be closed, let the emperor move the capital to Luoyang, and then move the capital to Luoyang. There is almost no difference on the front lines.
Therefore, Zhuge Liang's plan was to let the emperor stay in Chang'an temporarily, and then consider moving the capital to Luoyang after the war ahead progressed and Luoyang was safe.
However, if he does this, Zhuge Liang also knows how much trouble and pressure there will be. Therefore, before returning to Chengdu, Zhuge Liang needs to win the support of some people.
Xu Shu and Zhao Yun are both in Luoyang, so it is convenient to discuss things on the spot.
Anyway, I don’t know what method Zhuge Liang used to convince the two people, so that they agreed to jointly sign Zhuge Liang’s memorials, submit the memorials together, and agree to move the capital.
With the support of these two people, Zhuge Liang felt that it was not enough. He wrote to Zhang Xi in Jiangling and asked him to take time to visit Nanyang. The two met on Zhuge Liang's way back to Chengdu.
In fact, Zhuge Liang's intention was very simple. He wanted to use the prestige of a powerful veteran to endorse the move of the capital and forcibly suppress the opposition voices in the DPRK and China.
Among them, General Wei, Zhao Yun, the governor of Guanzhong, and former general Zhang Xi, the Mu of Jingzhou, are two very important candidates.
Zhao Yun is one of the late emperor's loyal ministers who is still alive. Not to mention Liu Yan, he is just a mascot.
Needless to say, Zhang Xi was not only the local general with real power, but also one of the most important officials. Without his endorsement, Zhuge Liang would not dare to forcefully move the capital.
Zhao Yun and Zhuge Liang have always had a close relationship, and they also know each other's character. When Zhao Yun learned Zhuge Liang's true intention of moving the capital, it was not difficult for Zhao Yun to support Zhuge Liang.
But Zhang Xi and Zhuge Liang were still a little bit embarrassed.
In the eyes of Zhuge Liang, although Zhang Xi is also his political ally, Zhang Xi also has his own ideas and concerns.
Although there is no actual entangled interest group behind Zhang Xi. Well, at least until Yingchuan County is captured, Zhang Xi does not have it yet. However, Zhuge Liang and Zhang Xi also discussed the matter of moving the capital last time. At that time Zhang Xi made it clear that it was not time to move the capital and it was not advisable to act rashly.
Therefore, if Zhang Xi wanted Zhang Xi to sign his memorial and agree to jointly submit the memorial, Zhuge Liang still needed to persuade him personally.
In this way, after receiving Zhuge Liang's letter, Zhang Xi temporarily handed over the reconstruction of Jiangling to Wang Ji and set off north to Wancheng to meet Zhuge Liang.
After the two met in Wancheng, Zhuge Liang didn't waste any time and directly put forward his proposal-to move the capital to Chang'an first and then to Luoyang.
Maybe now is indeed not a good time to directly move the capital to Luoyang, but out of consideration for the emperor's prestige and control over the Central Plains and Guanzhong areas, it is definitely not right for the emperor to continue to stay in Chengdu.
"Therefore, Liang believes that it is imperative to move the capital at this time."
Zhuge Liang's categorical words tried to make Zhang Xi agree with his ideas.
As for Zhang Xi, Zhang Xi thought for a long time before asking, "Does the Prime Minister have a perfect plan?! You must know that the people in Yizhou may not be willing for the emperor to move the capital!!!"
Zhang Xi just wanted to ask what method Zhuge Liang planned to use to convince the Yizhou native faction, or in other words, what price Zhuge Liang planned to pay in exchange for the Yizhou native faction to agree to move the capital.
If Zhuge Liang only intends to use the local garrison general's military power to intimidate the Yizhou native faction into agreeing, then Zhang Xi really cannot agree to Zhuge Liang's request.
This is a very bad example, and this head cannot be opened.
If it is opened, it is very likely to evolve into the consequences of the military governor of the feudal town in the late Tang Dynasty.
You really can't blame Zhang Xi for wanting to go there. The main reason is that on the list of joint memorials Zhuge Liang showed Zhang Xi, the first one was Zhao Yun, the second one was Xu Shu, and the third one was Wei Yanyishui's local powerful general.
Now that Zhuge Liang asked Zhang Xi to sign and endorse the memorial, it was easy for Zhang Xi to think wrongly, thinking that Zhuge Liang wanted to collude with internal and external parties and use military power to control the government.
This is something Zhang Xi is absolutely unwilling to accept.
But considering that the person in front of him was Zhuge Liang after all, Zhang Xi also felt that Zhuge Liang was not the kind of person who would ignore the long-term for immediate interests. Therefore, Zhang Xi took the initiative to ask Zhuge Liang about his plan to move the capital, hoping to see what Zhuge Liang planned. .
In short, Zhang Xi will not easily agree to endorse Zhuge Liang before he understands what Zhuge Liang plans to do.
Zhuge Liang did not expect Zhang Xi to think so much. But it was within Zhuge Liang's expectation to explain his plan to move the capital to Zhang Xi and persuade Zhang Xi.
"In the middle of the year, a letter came from Shiyuan, saying that Xiaozhi was seriously ill and difficult to recover. In August, Xiaozhi died of illness. The emperor gave him the posthumous title of Yihou and was buried at the southern foot of Jinping Mountain."
Zhuge Liang said while Zhang Xi was listening to this. Zhang Xi indeed knew about it, but not in August, but in November, after the Jiangling War.
Let me tell you something, Zhang Xi is not heartless, but the thing that shocked Zhang Xi most at that time was Zhou Yu's death.
Although we have a good friendship with Fazheng, we really don't know him that well.
Moreover, what Zhang Xi wanted to know now was what Zhuge Liang's purpose was in talking about this matter. He didn't want to mourn Fazheng in front of Zhang Xi, right? !
"When Xiaozhi was dying, he recommended Li Zhengfang to serve as acting minister. Yuan Chang thought it was feasible?!"
You, the prime minister, are asking whether it is feasible for you, the prime minister, to ask a border general about personnel appointments in the court. It is somewhat redundant.
Of course, Zhang Xi also understood that Zhuge Liang's "Is it feasible?" was not asking whether Li Yan could hold the post of Shangshu Ling, but wanted to ask Zhang Xi if he could support Li Yan as a Shangshu Ling in exchange for Dong Dong. The state party supports moving the capital, but this is not feasible.
Fa Zheng was one of the leaders of the Dongzhou faction, and his official position was Shangshu Ling.
Although there is still Zhuge Liang who is the regent of the government at the head of Fazheng, in these years, Zhuge Liang went out to take charge of Guanzhong and is now sitting in Luoyang. Fazheng, the Shangshu Order, actually handles most of the government affairs in Chengdu. He is also the key to the Dongzhou faction's revitalization in recent years.
Now that Fazheng has died of illness, the Dongzhou Faction has lost a leading figure. Naturally, it also hopes that the leader of the Dongzhou Faction, Li Yan, will still take over Fazheng's rights.
After all, if nothing unexpected happens, Zhuge Liang will continue to go out and stay in Luoyang. In this case, most of the affairs in the court will still be decided by Shangshu Ling.
Therefore, before Fa Zheng died, he recommended Li Yan to take over as Shangshu Ling, and Zhuge Liang also hoped to gain the support of the Dongzhou Party for moving the capital by agreeing to Li Yan's replacement as Shangshu Ling.
Li Yan is capable enough to take over as Shangshu Ling, but his character is really...
"Although Li Zhengfang has outstanding abilities, his selfish desires are too strong, and it is as if he is fighting against the chancellor." Zhang Xi expressed his objections not euphemistically.
But Zhuge Liang smiled and said, "There is a scholar named Yuan who is in charge of the province, so you don't have to worry too much about it. Well, if Chang Yuan is really worried, Liang intends to recommend Jiang Gongyan as the minister of Zhongshu, and Dong Gongyun as the servant of the minister. How about that?" ?!”
I understand, one is from Jingzhou and the other is from Yizhou, decentralizing power, checking and balancing Li Yan of the Dongzhou faction is doing the same old thing.
In this case, Li Yan is indeed unable to dominate the court and take charge of the government for his own personal gain, but at the same time, he can still meet the requirements of the Dongzhou Party to develop and expand his own interest group.
Of course, the most important thing is that this exchange of interests does not depart from the distribution of interests in the court system. It is not considered collusion between internal and external parties and breaks the rules.
Really, as long as there is no internal and external collusion and the use of military power to suppress this, Zhang Xi will not be too disgusted with this matter. What he is most worried about is that Zhuge Liang will break the rules and do things in his eagerness for success.
The consequences are endless.
Hearing this, Zhang Xi actually already roughly understood Zhuge Liang's approach, and had no objection. However, to be on the safe side, Zhang Xi still asked one more question.
"If this is the case, how will the Prime Minister respond to the people's situation in Yizhou?"
To put it simply, how do you, Zhuge Liang, plan to exchange benefits with those Yizhou locals? !
Zhuge Liang thought for a while and said, "Liang thought that Yizhou was so vast from Hanzhong to Nanzhong that it was not conducive to long-term governance. Liang intended to divide it into two parts, with Jianwei and Jiangzhou counties as the boundary, and the Yizhou Governor's Department in the north. To the south is the Yunzhou Governor's Department, which we divide and rule."
Well, Zhang Xi understood it as soon as he said this.
Pingbai created an official position in one state to appease the Yizhou local faction. At the same time, the imperial court gave up part of the local governance rights in Yizhou.
The so-called Yizhou Governor's Department is not a big deal, it is the traditional sphere of influence of the Yizhou native faction.
But if the extra Yunzhou Governor's Department is also managed by Yizhou people, then the Nanzhong area is now producing iron, copper, and even a royal cement factory, the only one in the world!
The benefits here are huge.
The price Zhuge Liang paid was a bit too high.
"If this is the case, I'm afraid it will be difficult to control the situation in the long run." Zhang Xi was not too tactful this time and raised his objection.
Zhuge Liang still smiled slightly and said, "It is enough to declare Ma Zhong as the governor of Yunzhou and Qiao Zhou as the governor of Yizhou."
Although Ma Zhong is from Yizhou, he comes from a poor family and has nothing to do with the wealthy family. Moreover, he himself was captured by Liu Bei a long time ago and is a die-hard imperialist.
If Ma Zhong keeps an eye on Nanzhong and controls the copper and iron output here, even if the people of Yizhou benefit, he will not lose control of the place.
As for Qiao Zhou, this is a reassurance and placebo for the Yizhou natives, telling the people of Yizhou that it is your own people who have the final say in Yizhou.
It's the same old thing again, checks and balances, appeasement, and then exchange of benefits.
It can be seen that Zhuge Liang has thought very comprehensively, and all exchanges of interests are within the existing framework of the court. Zhuge Liang has no intention of breaking through the existing framework and taking risks.
As for Zhang Xi's approval, he probably wanted to use the military power of Zhao Yun, Zhang Xi and others to intimidate the Yizhou native faction in the court and save them from jumping over the wall in a hurry, right? !
Well, probably
(End of chapter)
