Baidi Chunshen

Liang has done so many times... I am a blunt minister, I really don't know how to answer..." Zhuge Liang finally said in a warm voice.

"Yes, so I'm waiting for an answer from Kong Ming." Liu Bei smiled and said, "Say it quickly, Prime Minister, otherwise there will be no chance in the future."

"Because," Zhuge Liang raised the corners of his mouth and smiled, "I am a commoner. Your majesty will not regard your minister as despicable, humble and self-defeating, and pay attention to your minister in the thatched hut. I feel that your majesty knows the kindness of the situation, so I am willing to do the work of dogs and horses... "

Liu Bei shook his head: "This seems to be said to the group."

Zhuge Liang said solemnly again: "Because Your Majesty is benevolent and loves the people, treats people well, and treats people well. He has the style of a great ancestor and the weapon of a hero. All the people look up to you like water returning to the sea."

"Like talking to those rotten Confucians in Jiangdong." Liu Bei curled his lips.

"...So, I really won't answer." Zhuge Liang said with a smile: "Please punish the crime of the minister."

Liu Bei laughed and said, "I will punish you for the crime of ignorance."

Zhuge Liang couldn't help laughing.At present, the two monarchs and ministers are lying on the same couch, the palace lamps are turned off one by one, and the light in the sleeping hall is gradually dimmed.The two talked while lying on their pillows.

"Kong Ming..." Liu Bei sighed, "Kong Ming...has been answering me all the time." He said slowly and tiredly: "For the past 17 years, the prime minister, every word he said, every word he wrote...every thing he did , all of them are answering me... It's just that I'm always greedy, and I insist on you saying it yourself..."

"His Majesty…"

"...The prime minister is not like the cuckoo crying blood, one after another, never regretting. However, the world is unpredictable, and changes happen frequently. My nature is so careless and contemptuous, which caused the collapse of my family and country, and made the prime minister unable to finish singing this song A song. After I go, you still have to sing it alone...Even if I can't hear it anymore...I can't accompany you to sing a song in this world...I will accompany you to see the beautiful rivers and mountains...Prime Minister..."

"...I don't want you to be that Du Yu weeping. Kong Ming wants to be that crane that sings nine highs, and his name is heard in the sky. Be that phoenix that spreads its wings and become a blockbuster."

"Liang swears to fight for the thieves and settle the frontiers for His Majesty, return to the old capital, and fulfill His Majesty's unfinished ambitions, and will not hesitate to die!"

Liu Bei laughed softly in the dark: "Kong Ming followed me out of the mountain back then... There was a saying in the past, and the prime minister didn't know what was good and bad when I was under the fence. Now I don't fear the destiny, and the prime minister is going against the sky. The two of us...really..."

Zhuge Liang grasped the emperor's hand in the dark: "To be able to join hands with His Majesty is to be a madman. I have fulfilled my wish in this life."

"It's not enough, it's not enough. I still want you to be with me...to go down in history."

"His Majesty…"

29. My heart is a bandit

I can’t turn my heart.

My heart is arrogant, and I can't be curled.

-- "Book of Songs · Beifeng · Baizhou"

In early summer and April, on the official road to Yong'an, there was a procession of people galloping.The leading officials were dressed in civil official robes and sage crowns. They were sweating profusely from the long journey, and looked anxious, fearing that they would not see the emperor if they were too late.

He came to Baidi City, reined in his horse and showed the customs clearance documents.The guard was full of surprise: "Wang Changshi...?! Why do you..."

Wang Lian didn't care about talking with the guard, and hurried to Yong'an Palace.He stayed as the governor of the prime minister's mansion and assisted the prince in guarding Chengdu.Coming to Yong'an at this moment is clearly leaving his post without authorization.At the moment, the guard hurriedly asked his subordinates to report to Zhuge Liang.And this Wang Lian went straight into Liu Bei's bedroom, and when he saw the sick emperor, he knelt down and cried.

Liu Bei looked at him for a while.Ever since he got sick, he hated crying in front of people the most.But he didn't stop Wang Lian this time. After a while, he smiled: "Wang Changshi, it's a good cry. You are not crying for me, but for your own prime minister, right?"

Hearing this, Wang Lian restrained his crying and asked anxiously, "Your Majesty! Do you really want the Prime Minister to make the Northern Expedition?"

Liu Bei stared at him for a moment, thinking that Wang Lian must have received the news from Baidi City in Chengdu, so he couldn't sit still.Liu Bei stared meaningfully at Wang Lian for a while, then smiled and said, "How does Wang Changshi know that he is going to visit the enemy's court in person?"

Wang Lian was stunned, he admired Zhuge Liang very much, how could he not understand his prime minister's temperament.Zhuge Liang is a person who loves to do things by himself.What's more, when he was young, he compared himself to Le Yi, ambitious, heroic and domineering, and a talent among the crowd... How could he stay in the middle school by himself and send his subordinates there?

Wang Lian didn't have time to explain, but he said to Liu Bei more eagerly: "The prime minister rarely leads troops in battle, and he is not someone who has been on the battlefield! Your Majesty! You can bear to let him wear armor and go to the front line in person?! After a hundred years, your majesty, the prime minister will be burdened The importance of a country is not to take risks lightly... Didn't you see that General Guan, a brave general who was defeated by thousands of people, was still hit by a stray arrow? Have you forgotten that Pang Junshi led his troops to attack the city and sacrificed his life before the battle..."

Liu Bei listened quietly.Seeing that the emperor did not respond, Wang Lian continued to cite scriptures and continue to discuss it eloquently.Until Zhuge Liang finally heard the news and came, what he saw was that his parents' history was still wet with tears, and his mouth was full of foam.And Liu Bei listened calmly.

"...Wenyi! Chengdu is empty, why do you make your own decisions and leave your post?" Zhuge Liang became strict, and everyone was afraid.But Wang Lian didn't care about him at the moment, he just called urgently: "Your Majesty! Please take back your order..."

Liu Bei said indifferently: "From now on, the prime minister will be the master of this country. Please Wang Changshi answer the prime minister's questions first."

Wang Lian's heart sank to the bottom of the valley, so he got up and turned to face Zhuge Liang: "Prime Minister... Huang Yuan's rebellion has been put to rest. It is expected that nothing will happen in a few days, subordinate..." He spoke, tongue-tied, not knowing what to say.

Zhuge Liang sighed, his eyes turned soft: "Liang knows the heart of Wenyi. Please return to Chengdu quickly."

Wang Lian's eyes turned red.He was promoted and appreciated by Zhuge Liang, and he was the Captain of the Department of Salt. Compared with the benefits of salt and iron, he made a lot of money.When I followed Zhuge Liang to watch Linqiong Huojing and reformed the method of boiling salt, Zhuge Junshi's forehead was dripping with sweat, and his smile was warmer and brighter reflected by the firelight, which is vivid in my memory.He thought it was probably at that time that he admired Zhuge Liang wholeheartedly, and he was dead set on it.Therefore, he became stubborn instead: "The prime minister doesn't care about the body of a thousand gold, and wants to kiss the stone with his flesh and blood. Is this a wise move? Your Majesty has been on the battlefield for a long time, but the prime minister..."

"Wenyi..."

"Okay." Liu Bei stopped him: "Go and call Zheng Fang."

The attendant at the side whispered: "Your Excellency has already been waiting outside the door."

"..." Liu Bei was speechless for a moment, and said, "Let him in."

So the waiter led Li Yan into the bedroom, and saw that Li Yan also imitated Wang Lian, knelt in front of the couch, and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, please take back your order. If you want to go to the north, just send a general. Why bother with the prime minister?" Come to the enemy's court in person?"

Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang looked at each other.A Shangshuling and a long history of the prime minister are his most important subordinates.At this moment, it is all for the prime minister to oppose the Northern Expedition.Li Yan had an idea long ago, but he just didn't say it.He had to wait for Wang Lian to arrive before he seconded the proposal.In this way, I don't know how many civil and military officials followed the second proposal.

Zhuge Liang helped Li Yan up, and said coldly: "How can Zhengfang Wenyi not know that many Yizhou scholars feel that it is difficult to defend the country and protect themselves, let alone the Northern Expedition. Some people even only want to face the north and surrender."

Wang Lian said decisively: "We are all officials of the Han Dynasty, and we are not afraid of discussion. We only consider it for the Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty!"

"I know the hearts of the two of you very well. But how many people have you given a reason to live in peace?" Zhuge Liang shook his head: "I will never agree to this matter."

"But…"

"Ah...Wenyi, Zhengfang..." Liu Bei sighed: "The three of us are all for the good of Kong Ming. But the two of you don't understand him. If you don't love the way, it's enough to harm him. The Northern Expedition was only for the sake of my foundation?" Liu Bei shook his head: "A gentleman is not well-known when he dies. Don't you want to see him begging for land and homes, defending the country and protecting oneself, rather than seeing him shine in the world and be famous in history? You Do you want to see him trapped in an impoverished state until he dies of old age, or will he be so powerful that he can shake the world and bring peace to the people of the world?"

"..." Li Yan and Wang Lian looked at each other.Liu Bei sighed again: "You should raise the phoenix like a bird. He is a crouching dragon, and he should swim in the river and sea. He is not a little snake trapped in the shallows. Zhengfang, pass down the order and order all officials with more than two thousand stones to come Sleeping hall."

"It's time for me to tell you everything."

While waiting for the courtiers, Zhuge Liang sat beside Liu Bei's couch, stretched the quilt for the emperor, and said softly: "My heart is a rock, and I can't change it."

Liu Bei shook his head with a smile: "Show me a gentleman, it's hard work for me."

Wang Lian and Li Yan couldn't help looking at each other.The two monarchs and ministers express their emotions through poems, which is very clear.Zhuge Liang vowed to make the Northern Expedition himself, and his ambition was unwavering.Liu Bei observed his ambitions, so he spent his dying years working hard to help his own prime minister to clear the way ahead.Just like when Zhuge Liang decided to go out to help General Han Zuo.The two of them are still ambitious at this moment.

When the two monarchs and ministers met, it was like fire, burning and blending into one, illuminating one side, and no longer distinguishing each other.If they don't rekindle the fire of the Great Han Baoding, they will burn themselves to death.Zhuge Kongming's light shines and fades with Dahan Guozuo.At this time, Liu Bei is trying his best to pass on his light and confidence to Zhuge Liang, pushing him to a high place, trying to make him the most shining North Star in the long night of troubled times.

30. Tuo Gu

Not long after, all the officials in Baidi City had gathered in Liu Bei's bedroom in Yong'an Palace.At this moment, seats are placed in the sleeping hall, just like when the court discusses affairs.The elders of the old Ministry of Jingzhou were headed by Zhao Yun, and the civil and military officials such as Chen Dao, Liao Hua, Xiang Chong, Chen Zhen, Jiang Wan and so on.The officials in Yizhou were headed by Li Yan, and Sheyuan, Wu Ban, Wang Lian, Fei Yi, Zhang Yi and others all came one after another.Everyone was sitting upright, looking at Zhuge Liang who was sitting on the side of the couch and Liu Bei who was half-lying on the couch.

After the officials sat down, Liu Bei slowly stood up and looked at the officials with solemn eyes.The voice of the sick person was not loud, but the words were clear: "I entrust the whole country to the prime minister. However, I still have a big mistake, and I will announce it at this time."