Riding and cutting the imperial pirates of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 688 Untitled Left and Right
So how can Liu Zhang think that sending troops to join the war is a matter of "little risk and great benefit"?
That naturally depends on the performance of the Xuzhou army in Jingzhou.

The greater the advantage, the smaller the risk of the Yizhou Army participating.

So when the Benming Division sent the latest military report to Chengdu in eight hundred miles, Lu Su immediately had a premonition when he learned that Huang Zhong's troops had not long ago been the vanguard of Wenpin's defeat in the Tang Dynasty. Another summoning must be imminent, so from yesterday to tonight, even when he was sleeping, he was always dressed neatly, so as not to panic when he was summoned.

It seemed that Lu Su's feeling was right. Just as he was looking at the door from the window, there was a sound of the door shattering the quietness of the courtyard.

The servant ran to open the door, and Wang Lei, Zhang Song and others suddenly fell into the eyes outside the small courtyard.

"Has Lu Zun fallen asleep?"

"Not yet."

"Quickly tell envoy Lu Zun that my lord is here to invite you."

When the servant turned around to leave, Lu Su had already arranged his clothes, walked out of the room grandly, and bowed his hands to everyone: "I expect Liu Yizhou to be summoned tonight, so I have been waiting for a long time with clean clothes and body."

"Oh?"

Wang Lei and Zhang Song glanced at each other, and they both felt terrified in their hearts. Wang Lei was silent for a moment, and smiled casually: "Emissary Lu Zun must have foresight, and even guessed my lord's summons in advance, I admire you!" , I admire that the carriage is ready, please take a seat."

Accompanied by a group of important ministers from Chengdu who personally invited and accompanied him, Lu Su got into the carriage and entered Liu Yizhou Mansion for the second time at night.This time was different from the previous time, the process of verbally fighting against the Confucians was omitted, and they came directly to the living room, where everyone was divided into guests and hosts, and each sat down, with beautifully dressed maidservants shuttled between the desks, serving tea and water.

Not long after, accompanied by a young scribe, Yizhou Mu Liuzhang stepped into the hall boldly.

Everyone stood up and waited for Liu Zhang to enter the table. Lu Su also stepped forward to pay respects: "Yangzhou Lu Su, pay my respects to Liu Yizhou."

"The honorable envoy is free." Liu Zhang helped Lu Su up himself, and said with a smile: "Since the last few days, I have been wanting to have a good talk with the honorable envoy again. It's just that I am busy with government affairs, and I really don't have time Come. Please don't be offended by your envoy."

"Zhou Mu's words are serious."

Lu Su hurriedly said: "Liu Yizhou is the arm of my big man, and the land under his rule is more than a thousand miles away. If he is not busy, it would be a strange thing. It is really a blessing for me to be able to get my respected driver to meet him twice."

"Haha." Liu Zhang patted Lu Su's arm, "Let me introduce you, this one is Fazheng, the captain of the Military Council, and he is the direct descendant of Fazheng, a well-known Chenwei master."

Lu Su and Fazheng have known each other for many years, and recognized each other when they first entered the hall, but now they pretended to have never met each other, and immediately showed a respectful look when they heard the words, and cupped their hands to Fazheng: "It turns out that it is Mr. Xuande." His descendants are really disrespectful and disrespectful."

Fazheng was also very cooperative, but he just returned a salute, "Zhengde has little ability, but it's nothing more than relying on the virtues of our ancestors. It's nothing to worry about, but it's a respected envoy. Since I entered Chengdu in the past few days, I've heard a lot of compliments. Duan is extremely quick-witted and unparalleled in eloquence."

"Haha, both of you are young men and heroes, so there is no need to come to these formalities. Envoy Lu Zun, please sit down."

After inviting Lu Su to sit down in the guest seat, Liu Zhang just took the main seat, and Fazheng sat sideways at the lower head of the main seat, slightly behind Wang Lei, Zhang Song and others, and raised a teacup to Lu Su Yaoyao: "Shi Cai I heard the envoy call Liu Yizhou the arm of the great man, I don't know where he said this?"

Liu Zhang also cast his gaze over there, he could guess that it must be a compliment when he heard this just now, but he didn't understand its meaning.

Hearing this, Lu Su stood up, raised his glass and said, "Then I will show my shame in front of the sages of Shu."

Liu Zhang nodded and said, "Your envoy, please speak."

"In today's world, there are many heroes and feudal lords, but there are very few who are truly loyal to Zhengshuo. If today's son moves to Xudu, if this place is compared to the head of the people, then Xuzhou is just to the west, and Yizhou If it is located to the east, it is like the arms of a human being. The east of Xuzhou is the right, so naturally it is the right arm; the west of Chengdu is the left, and Liu Yizhou is the left arm.”

"It's just that my lord and Liu Yizhou are both ministers with the heart of the emperor, like raising two arms, thinking that they will help the Han Dynasty and support the hope of the people."

Although he knew that Lu Su's words might not be sincere, but Liu Zhang still listened very well. After all, Wang Zheng has been too powerful in the past few years. It is rare for someone who is his enemy to recognize his ability very much. The young hero, to be compared with such a person, is naturally a matter of honor.

"I see."

Fazheng nodded slightly. At this time, Zhang Song pretended to be casual and suddenly said: "Lu Zunshi's statement is also interesting, but I don't know if your 'right-hand man' is in terms of literature or martial arts?"

Zhang Song's words seemed to be an understatement, but in fact they were very tricky. A bad response would lead to a discord between the guests and hosts tonight, or at least it would be detrimental to the harmony of the atmosphere.

Why?

Because the Chinese dynasties had a strict feudal hierarchical order, many things have been ordered and hierarchical, including Chinese characters.

Especially the left and right of Chinese characters, originally they were just positional nouns of Chinese characters, but since the Spring and Autumn Period, they have been closely related to social status and identity, such as the [-]th-rank noble system invented by the Qin Dynasty, among which There is a clear division of respect between left and right. For example, the elders of the eleventh rank are taller than the elders of the tenth rank.

The Han Dynasty inherited the Qin system, and many political bureaucracies in the Qin Dynasty were directly copied and misappropriated. Therefore, at the beginning of the Western Han Dynasty, the right was always respected. For example, although they are all prime ministers, the right prime minister ranks first in the entire bureaucratic system Prime Minister Zuo ranks second in the entire bureaucracy.

However, such a right-handed tradition was undergoing gradual changes due to different social conditions. Until the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the social situation at that time was very different from the social situation faced in the early Western Han Dynasty. It started to take a big hit.

The biggest impact is naturally the military field. After all, the biggest change is that the territory of the Celestial Dynasty almost doubled during Emperor Wu's period. The situation of the left and right equal deities.

In the Eastern Han Dynasty, it became the standard of political and military systems or even the opposite. In politics, the right was respected and the left was inferior in the Qin and Han Dynasties, but it was reversed in military affairs, and the left was respected. , the phenomenon that the right is humble.

Logically speaking, since Wang Zheng is Lu Su's lord, and his strength and prestige is indeed higher than that of Liu Zhang, Lu Su should naturally answer in terms of writing, but now he needs someone else, and he wants to form an alliance with Liu Zhang and use his strength. It is obviously inappropriate to say.

Lu Su had been prepared for a long time, and said in a calm and unhurried manner: "Governing the world talks about etiquette, and the virtuous are respected; What's important?"

"The envoy's speech is somewhat inconsistent."

"Why don't you say that?"

Zhang Songdao: "The last time I met the envoy in the lobby, the envoy was aggressive and aggressive, and he must be courteous. Why didn't we see each other for a few days, and then he said 'propriety is not as good as martial arts'?"

"Don't be so wrong." Lu Su smiled slightly: "When we meet the guest of honor, of course we need to be polite, but on the battlefield, how can we be polite? Don't you see that in the Spring and Autumn Period of the past, Song Xianggong was rigid , do not want to attack halfway, but after thousands of years, will it still be ridiculed?"

"Hey." Zhang Song sneered when he heard the words, "Honorable Envoy's words are still sharp."

He had just finished speaking, but Lu Su's face suddenly changed, and he flicked his robe sleeve: "What is a 'lip gun'? And what is a 'tongue sword'? Is it because of the lip gun and the tongue sword?"

Looking at everyone, Lu Su sternly shouted: "As I said just now, Liu Yizhou and my lord were originally the right-hand men of my big man. There is a saying that 'the lips are dead and the teeth are cold'. If you and my two families work together, we will surely help the Han Dynasty and restore the peace of the country." Jing, if it is not the case, if we become suspicious of each other and refuse to help each other, then we will follow the wishes of some rebellious officials and thieves!"

"Su came to Chengdu, why? Did he come here for the sake of 'talking with swords'? He came here for the community of the big man, for my future in Yangzhou, and for the community of Yizhou, which is the pastor of the state!"

"Liu Yizhou is busy with government affairs, if he has no time to meet, Su will naturally understand, but every time he summons, why does he allow his subordinates to make things difficult, again and again, is this the way to welcome guests?"

As he spoke, Lu Su attended with his head held high, and bowed solemnly to Liu Zhang, "Since this is the case, it is useless to talk too much. Su has been away from Yangzhou for a long time, and my lord has long been thinking about it, so I will leave!"

This moment caught the chief minister of Chengdu by surprise, he was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but look at each other.

Zhang Song's complexion was extremely ugly. His words were just a casual remark, which can be said to be sarcastic at a large scale; but at a small scale, it can be regarded as a joke at most, but Lu Su's reaction was so big, what's the matter?Making such a fuss out of a molehill clearly made him unable to step down in front of Liu Zhang, Fazheng, and Wang Lei!
He gritted his teeth and wanted to stand up to argue, but at this moment Liu Zhang finally spoke. "Haha, Zhang Song is just talking unintentionally. Why does the envoy need to do this? Just as the envoy said, you are here this time to plan for the well-being of our two families and the great Han community. Now that the plan has not been completed, you want to leave in a hurry? That's right. If I let you go and go back to meet Marquis Li Yang, it won't be easy, right?"

"Please get up quickly. If you have something to say, let's sit down and talk slowly."

Lu Su didn't answer, still knelt on the ground and refused to get up.

"Oh," Liu Zhang touched his nose in embarrassment, and couldn't help but look at Zhang Song.

Zhang Song naturally knew what it meant, but he felt unwilling. At this time, Fazheng tugged at his sleeve. He hesitated again and again, but finally held back his anger, left the seat under Liu Zhang's gaze, and walked to Lu In front of Su, he stretched out his hand to support him, forced a smile and said, "It is Song who made a slip of the tongue for a while, please Lu Zun envoy to be gracious to Wang Han, don't be offended."

Lu Su stood up, and said to Zhang Songyi sternly: "It's not Su and Don't get angry, it's just that the plotter here is big, and I really can't bear to engage in unnecessary verbal disputes."

Confucianism!

Get cheap and sell well!
Cursing secretly, Zhang Song nodded repeatedly: "Yes, please take a seat."

Lu Su hurried back to the table, saluted Liu Zhang, Fazheng and the others, explained a few words tactfully, and justified his anger just now, and just sat down, after this small episode, He became more confident about mobilizing Yizhou to send troops.

This anger was originally a show, or it could be said to be a kind of temptation. Lu Su was trying to test the mind of the chief minister in Chengdu. Seeing that Liu Zhang was in a hurry, he wanted an arrogant minister like Zhang Song to subdue him, so Lu Su was right. I was determined, if Liu Zhang hadn't been tempted, he would never have forced Zhang Song to apologize.

As for the reason why Liu Zhang was tempted, just like why he was summoned tonight, it was naturally because the Xuzhou army had won consecutive battles in Jingzhou, and even gained the upper hand, so a timid person like him felt that the risk of sending troops had been reduced to a minimum. acceptable level,
The risk is determined by the record, so what Lu Su has to do and can do next is to propose the "profit" that Xuzhou is willing to give up, and then wait for the monarchs and ministers in Yizhou to bargain.

Having said that, what if Liu Zhang doesn't let Zhang Song apologize?

Wasn't Lu Su afraid that the meeting would collapse?
Of course Lu Su was not afraid.

For one thing, even if Liu Zhang didn't ask Zhang Song to apologize, he had already prepared another set of excuses to step him down; secondly, if Liu Zhang really didn't ask Zhang Song to apologize, it would actually mean that Liu Zhang had no intention of going out to the army at all. , did not intend to form an alliance with Wang Zheng, and it would be useless to talk about it any further, it would be a waste of time.

Of course, the most crucial point is whether or not Yizhou will send troops, although it can be said that it has a great impact on the current Jingzhou hunting, but it has not yet played a key role in determining success or failure.

Now that Liu Zhang is out of the army, the pressure on Wang Zheng will be less, and the chances of winning will be greater. If Liu Zhang does not leave the army, will Wang Zheng not be able to defeat Jingzhou?Obviously not, because if this is the case, then it is impossible for him to go to the prelude before the alliance is finalized.

Seeing that Lu Su was seated again, Liu Zhang made a show of embarrassment, Fazheng understood, and said: "The envoy just said that coming to Shu is not only for Wangzhou Mu, but also for my Yizhou. What do you mean by this, I wish you Hear the details."

"Today, the world is full of disturbances from all directions, heroes compete, male and female are undecided, Cao Cao and Liu Cong of Jingzhou are in the center, Yuan Shao, Han Sui, Ma Teng, Liu Qi of Jingzhou are in the north, Shixie of Jiaozhou is in the south, and my lord is in the east. , As for the west, there are Han Sui, Ma Teng and Liu Yizhou. It can be said that each of them occupies the land and space, or joins forces vertically and horizontally, or fights with neighbors. Under such a situation, it is like sailing against the current. ' and can't!"

While talking eloquently, Lu Su looked around with his eyes, looking at the audience, and finally landed on Liu Zhang who was in the main seat: "I don't know if the state shepherd and the lords think so?"

Everyone nodded, Lu Su's analysis was indeed correct, "That's true."

"This is the situation in the world." Lu Su paused and said, "Although Su is not talented, please have the courage to analyze the situation in Yizhou for the state herdsman."

Liu Zhang sat upright when he heard the words, "Your envoy, please speak."

PS:

1. Regardless of the real history or the novel, Fazheng has not been reused by Liu Zhang, which is one of the reasons why he chose Liu Bei. This is changed for the needs of the plot (because Liu Zhang’s courtiers are too famous, Just Fazheng, Meng Da, Zhang Song, and Yan Yan are some high points.)
2. Recently, the text has been written, and there is no leave note, so I can only write about the plot of the negotiations in the middle of Shu. In the future, the title "Untitled" means that the content was forced to be written during the text stage, which can be understood as "hydrology". If you don't like to read it, you can just skip it and don't subscribe.

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