"This time, if things go well, Jingzhou's food supply channels will be almost entirely under our control."
Feng Duhu exhaled and looked at Deng Liang:
"After this incident, Jincheng won't have to watch it so closely as it does now. Is Wei Zhe really not planning to come to Chang'an?"
Deng Liang shook his head, smiled, and rejected Feng Duhu's kindness:
"My mother is not in good health and should not be overworked. I plan to let her spend her old age in Jincheng."
"I heard it's quite cold here in Chang'an. My mother is from the south, so I'm afraid she's not used to it. It's more comfortable to live in Jincheng."
Feng Duhu nodded:
"That's right. As the saying goes, if you are young, you will not go to Sichuan, and if you are old, you will not leave Shu. If you really want to provide for your retirement, Jincheng is indeed more suitable."
Deng Liang was speechless:
"Brother, I always feel like something is wrong with what I said. It's understandable that you can't leave Shu when you are old, but what does it mean that you can't go to Sichuan when you are young?"
Feng Duhu said half-jokingly:
"Sichuan has beautiful mountains and clear waters, a suitable climate, and is surrounded by mountains. Living in it is leisurely and contented. Young men who are not strong-willed may easily lose their fighting spirit."
This time, Deng Liang didn't know whether he thought Feng Duhu was joking or if he really didn't agree:
"I don't think so. For example, I have been waiting for this day to control Jingzhou's food this time."
As he spoke, there was fighting spirit in his eyes:
"My younger brother and his family are all from Jingzhou, especially the adults and my mother. They are old. Their biggest wish is to return to their hometown in Jingzhou in this life."
"Brother, if we really control the food supply in Jingzhou, then the day when the Han will regain Jingzhou is not far away, right?"
Deng Liang's eyes were filled with light.
"Don't worry. It's best to destroy Wei first. It's not easy to fight if we just go down to Jingzhou from Yong'an."
If it were easy to fight, the late emperor would have defeated him long ago.
If we talk about attacking Yong'an from Jingzhou, it is very difficult.
So attacking Jingzhou from Yongan is seven to eight points difficult - especially with Lu Xun.
"A thousand miles to the tombs returned in a day" is just a poet's romance.
In fact, from Yongan to Jiangling, not only the mountain road has eighteen bends, but the waterway also has eighteen bends.
Taking the waterway, there are many dangerous waters and dangerous shoals.
Taking the land route, there are also many rugged mountain roads.
It is a very big test for the morale and logistics of the army.
However, Feng Duhu also knew that without the suppression of the prime minister, many people in the Jingzhou faction were already starting to make moves.
Not to mention that the big man now is not the big man before.
The Wei State is about to be defeated by the Han Dynasty. The successive victories over the years have swelled not only the territory, but also the confidence.
To some people, attacking another Wu country is no longer unimaginable.
"Besides, the students who went to Jiangdong to learn boating skills have not come back yet. Some actions should not be overdone."
"After waiting for so many years, I don't care about waiting for a few more years." Deng Liang was still calm, "It's just those students. I remember they should be back this year, right?"
"I have to study for one more year." Feng Duhu said with a smile on his face, "Who asked Wu Ren to borrow so many things? Just treat it as interest."
Horses, food, armor and weapons.
Those who take people have short hands and eat people with soft mouths.
After taking so many things from the big man and letting the students of the college stay for one more year, could Emperor Wu still say no?
When Deng Liang heard this, he calculated the time of correspondence between Chang'an and Jianye, and he understood:
"Is this Ma Youchang's idea?"
"Exactly." Feng Duhu nodded and said with some emotion, "I sent Ma Youchang to Jiangdong, but I didn't expect him to do this."
Nowadays, many people in Jianye know that there is a famous scholar in Jingzhou who does not stick to trivial matters and is free and easy.
When you are down, you can make friends with traffickers and pawns, and when you are above, you can talk and laugh with powerful officials.
He is a warmhearted and generous person.
Even people like Lu Yi, the school secretary and secretary of the school, can be friends with him and even call him "Mr. Ma".
"Ma Youchang is also a person that the Prime Minister values after all. Although he may be exaggerating, and he may not be good at leading troops, he should be considered talented."
Celebrities, don’t most of them rely on their words?
During his lifetime, the Prime Minister often had discussions with Ma You, which lasted from day to night.
It can be seen that Ma Youchang is also a good talker.
You may not be able to achieve eloquence and beauty, but if you are eloquent, you should be able to afford it.
Deng Liang looked at Feng Duhu again and said with a smile:
"Besides, if anyone has the support of his elder brother and Xinghan, wouldn't it be embarrassing if he still can't do something?"
Feng Duhu also laughed, and he pointed at Deng Liang helplessly:
"Weizhe, between you and me, there is no need for such flattery between brothers."
"This is not flattery."
Even though it had been more than ten years since he called King Feng Gui as his brother, Deng Zhi still had some admiration in his eyes:
"My brother helped the Wu State School Affairs Office a few years ago. Who would have thought that the School Affairs Office would be able to help us so much now?"
"Actually, I didn't expect this." Feng Duhu waved his hand, but he didn't take any credit. "I just thought that the school affairs office was causing trouble in the Wu Kingdom."
"What the enemy hates is what I like, so I thought of supporting them, but I didn't expect that it would actually open a hole within the Wu Kingdom."
For Sun Quan in the school affairs office, if it sounds nice, he is called a retainer, and if it sounds bad, he is called a domestic slave.
There are many similarities with the group of eunuchs during the reign of Emperor Huanling of the Later Han Dynasty.
The biggest difference may be whether there are two ounces of meat in the crotch.
Both of them relied on imperial power for their existence.
If you gain favor, you will be ranked above the Nine Qings; if you lose favor, you will fall below the Nine Abyss.
But regardless of whether they have sex or not, they are still a group of villains who manipulate power and seek personal gain.
Otherwise, Pan Jun would not have been provoked to threaten to kill Lu Yi.
It can be seen from this that the resentment of the officials of the Wu State towards the school affairs office is comparable to the resentment of the scholar-bureaucrats towards the eunuchs during the calamity of the Party in the Later Han Dynasty.
Pan Jun, who wanted to kill Lu Yi, was originally a Jingzhou official appointed by the late emperor.
After the Wu people attacked Jingzhou, all the generals, officers and officials of Jingzhou surrendered.
In particular, Pan Jun was not only deeply trusted by Sun Quan, but was also reused.
Pan Jun also reciprocated the favor and was extremely loyal to Sun Quan.
In troubled times, this kind of thing is nothing.
After all, good birds choose trees to roost in, and wise ministers choose their masters to serve.
But from Ji Han's point of view, he is a little bit worried.
Therefore, in King Feng Gui's view, since Pan Jun is so loyal to the state of Wu and can't wait to kill Lu Yi, I must support him.
Sun Quan can do disgusting things, can't I do it?
I can't disgust Sun Quan now, but I can still disgust you, the loyal ministers of Wu.
"Lu Yi and others asked me for personal favor, but they are loyal to Sun Quan after all."
"If one day they find out that their brother has another purpose, what will they think?"
Feng Duhu smiled proudly:
"I guess there won't be such a day. Anyway, I never thought about asking Lu Yi and others to do anything for us."
"Based on what the school administration has done in the past, what they want to do is actually something we are happy to see come to fruition."
"Anyway, the Han Dynasty no longer needs Wu's cooperation to deal with the Wei thieves. I don't expect Sun Quan to lead his troops to attack Hefei."
"So it is better to let Lu Yi lead the school affairs office and let the Wu Kingdom continue to be internally consumed."
Others dared to think of dealing with Wei thieves and Wu at the same time. Feng Duhu felt that it was normal for a big man to deal with Wei thieves alone, right?
Deng Liang had been in Jincheng for a long time and didn't know much about the affairs of the center.
At this time, after hearing Feng Duhu's words, he had already come to some understanding.
It seems that the big man has too much hope that Wu will not retaliate.
In other words, the princes in the court believe that the current Han Dynasty can destroy the Wei thieves on their own.
In fact, those who expressed such confidence were not only the princes in the court, but also the mistress of Weiyang Palace.
"You don't want to marry a girl, but you want to marry a princess?"
Queen Zhang sat on the bamboo mat and looked at Mrs. Feng Zhang with a slightly displeased look on her face:
"What do Feng Mingwen think? He doesn't like his daughter to be...a princess?"
I originally wanted to be a queen, but I think now is the time when Your Majesty is in the prime of life.
I am still very young, so it would be a bit inappropriate for the Feng family daughter to be the queen.
So I subconsciously changed my words and said she was the crown princess.
"He was not unhappy, he just doted on his daughter. He said he let her make her own choice."
Although both sisters have the surname Zhang, one is now Liu Zhang and the other is Feng Zhang.
Madam Right naturally wants to speak for her A Lang.
"Besides, it's just a marriage. There's no difference between marrying a prince and marrying a princess..."
Before Madam Right could finish speaking, she was directly interrupted by the Queen:
"What do you mean there is no difference? Can marrying a prince be the same as marrying a princess?"
"That's not what you said before." Mrs. Right muttered unconvincingly.
"You also said that was before!" The queen raised her voice and glared at Mrs. Right, getting a little annoyed, "Now you are Mrs. Right!"
"Even if Your Majesty marries another princess to the Feng Mansion, what's the point of that?"
"But if the prince marries a daughter of the Feng family, and you are in the Feng family's house, then they are one with each other, do you understand?"
"I don't understand!" Mrs. You also had a temper. She deliberately did not look at the Queen. "The relationship between Alang and Your Majesty as a monarch and a minister is extraordinary."
"Sister, you are so troubled, so you have to ask someone to marry your daughter over in order to feel at ease?"
"What nonsense are you talking about? What do you mean by being troublesome? Why am I worried?"
The queen scolded her. Seeing that Mrs. Right's expression was not good-looking, she knew that she was angry, so she couldn't help but soften her tone:
"The Sword Comes"
"You and I are biological sisters. Why do I want the prince to marry the daughter of the Feng family? Don't you know the reason?"
"This matter is not only good for the prince, but also of great benefit to the Feng family."
"Since you married into the Feng family, you should also make good plans for the future of the Feng family..."
As soon as the right lady heard the Queen's words, she immediately became more and more impatient:
"What plans does the Feng family need to make? To put it bluntly, even if the Feng family starts over from scratch, are they afraid?"
"What has Alang relied on to make his fortune over the years? When did he rely on marriage?"
"Sister, I am a member of the Feng family now. You always ask me to do these things. Have you never thought about how difficult it is for me?"
Thinking of her dilemma in the house, she felt more aggrieved:
"I didn't say that I didn't want to get married, I just said that we both like her. A Lang's words have gone to this extent. Sister, don't you understand?"
"You have been hiding the prince in the palace, what good is it to the prince? What is the difference between this and being born in a deep palace and growing up with the hands of a woman?"
"The late emperor started in his youth, fought all over the world for decades, and finally established his country in Shu. Your Majesty was born in troubled times, and was almost lost in the chaos of the army when he was a baby."
"I grew up in Jingzhou when I was young, and then followed the late emperor to Shu. It is not easy to ascend the throne at a time of crisis without losing my crown."
"Where's Alang? Few people can match him in both civil and military affairs. Mrs. Zuo of the Feng family, Your Majesty personally conferred the title of General Zhendong."
The right lady pointed at herself again, "Even if I am the right lady, it's not too bad, right? I have assisted Alang with merit in these years."
"Tell me, being born into such a family, how bad will it be for both of you?"
"And what about the prince? Has he seen with his own eyes what it's like outside the palace? Ever since you were a child, you have wanted to hold him in your hands all the time, so as not to let him suffer any injustice."
My sister finally got such a son over the years, so it is understandable that she dotes on the prince.
"As a courtier, Alang is really not qualified to comment on matters in the palace, but as both adults, do you think he will trust his daughter and leave his daughter in the hands of the prince?"
The right lady said this in a crackling voice, and then she let out a long breath.
I just felt that some of the grievances and resentments that had been buried in my heart for a long time finally came out.
The queen did not expect that Mrs. Right's emotions would suddenly burst out.
She looked at Zhang Xingyi blankly, as if she felt that the girl in front of her was a little strange.
It's just that she is a female hero after all.
"Born in a deep palace and raised by women's hands?"
The queen repeated the words of the right lady with a complicated expression on her face.
Now that the words have been spoken, the right husband no longer hides and tucks him in, and says:
"Born in a deep palace, raised in a woman's hands. He has never known sorrow, he has never known sorrow, he has never known labor, he has never known fear, he has never known danger."
The words come from "Xunzi·Ai Gong".
"Sister, you don't know that the Feng family's education is very strict. Even if Ah Chong is the eldest son, even if they are both girls."
"But if the two of them don't learn well, it's common for them to be beaten. Moreover, the tiger girl of the Guan family did it herself, and she barely got hung up and whipped with a riding crop."
"The prince has grown so big, are you willing to let him get through it once?"
The queen stared at Madam Right and suddenly asked:
"Are these words said by Feng Mingwen, or are they what you think in your heart?"
The right lady didn't seem to understand the meaning of the queen's words, with a look of indifference on her face:
"Sister, are you looking down on me too much? Alang and I have known each other for more than ten years. Don't I still understand what kind of person he is?"
"Others are interested in the position of Crown Princess, so would he? In comparison, he would rather want his daughter to marry a suitable man."
"Are you saying that the prince is not a good man?" The queen's face had become a little gloomy.
"Whether he is a beloved man or not, who can tell at such a young age?"
Others are afraid of the Queen's appearance, but Mrs. Right is not afraid, and she also has the confidence not to be afraid:
"Now we are just two sisters here. Sister, let's talk privately. My nephew, sister, do you think he can become a good man if this continues?"
