[Rebirth] Emperor Yonggao Ji

"Your Majesty, why do you suddenly want to eat outside?"

"Isn't it because you've been too busy recently, are you afraid that you'll lose weight again? Besides," Liu Fu took Wang Sheng's hand, and said in a low voice while going up the stairs, "Chunwei revealed the list, and the imperial examination is only a month away. No matter how busy your prime minister is, why don't you even have the time to come out for a meal?"

Wang Sheng smiled and sighed, "I have to eat for two quarters of an hour every day, so naturally I spend a lot of time eating."

Liu Fu hurriedly interrupted him, "Okay, there are so many people, don't be a 'chen, a minister', let people hear, this meal will not be eaten. I come to this place often, and you are satisfied."

He has a special private room here, which is always reserved at all times, and he was leading Wang Sheng there, when passing by a certain room, he happened to hear a conversation coming from inside——

"Brother Zhang is a great talent, comparable to Zhuge Wuhou!"

Liu Fu smiled, stood still, and secretly opened the door a crack, wanting to see what Zhuge looked like in the present age.Before he could see clearly, he heard another voice from inside, "Zhuge Liang, you are just a person who deceives the world and steals his name, what's the point?"

Liu Fu's eyes widened all of a sudden, and he looked around. Seeing Xiao Er walking by, he directly took away the wine on his plate, and ordered Li Qi to keep watch outside, and took the wine, and led Wang Sheng to push the door in. , smiled and said: "I was passing by just now, and I suddenly heard amazing words. I knew there must be strange people in the house, and I would offend you if I interrupted rashly. I came here with wine today. If you don't abandon your humbleness, can you accommodate the two of you and you?" Drinking at the same table is also a good way to listen to teachings."

As he spoke, he looked at the people in the room calmly.One person is sitting at the front, dressed as a scholar, with a red face, seems to be high-spirited, the two are companions, they also seem to be scholars, there is a hint of admiration on their faces, they don't answer when they hear the words, they all look at the person in the middle, as if waiting for him to speak decision.When he was talking, the man in the middle was also looking at them, and he saw that one of the two people who came in was young and seemed to have just passed the age. The beard on his chin was short and dense, which seemed to have just been grown, and the two mustaches were very energetic. , with clear eyebrows and heroic spirit.The other person came in a little later, a little older, with a clean body and thin blood on his face, he seemed to be sick, his face seemed to be in his forties, but some gray hair had grown on his temples, when the young man was speaking, He just stood behind, not making a sound, a little taciturn.

"I think you two look good," the person at the head smiled and raised his hand to signal them, "Since you enter this room, you are friends, so why not have a drink together? Please."

"Thank you, Your Excellency." Liu Fu was overjoyed, and hurriedly pulled Wang Sheng to sit down beside the case, and said with a smile, "Just now I heard that someone in the room thought Kong Ming was insignificant, so it must be Your Excellency?"

The man in the middle stroked his beard and said nothing, and someone else answered for him: "Do you know who he is?"

Liu Fu hurriedly asked, "Who is it?"

"This is the meeting element for this test!"

"Oh my God!" Liu Fu exclaimed, sitting upright all of a sudden, he seemed to come back to his senses after a moment of stunned, and poured a glass of wine diligently, "I don't know Taishan, Your Excellency, please drink this glass!"

"You don't have to be so outspoken, I'm next to Zhang Yuan." The man drank a glass of wine and said with a smile.

"Brother Zhang!" Liu Fu immediately changed his words, shook his head and sighed: "This is the first year of our Dayong's first year of examinations, and Brother Zhang won the first prize. He is really a dragon among men, enough... enough to go down in history The future is limitless, and I will offer another toast to Brother Zhang."

Zhang Yuan drank another cup with him, "I don't know how to address you two?"

Liu Fu answered without hesitation, "my surname is Zhu Mingfu, my younger brother is from Longxi. He has been at the border for a long time and has been doing some horse business with the Turkic people. This time I drove horse dealers to Chang'an, and I happened to be looking for old friends to drink here. "He pointed to Wang Sheng, "My friend is surnamed Wang, named Wusan, and he is a teacher. The youngest son of Dr. Chu in our Chaoli, after changing the official system, he became an official in the court. Doctor—that's his student."

Being able to be Mr. Chu He means that he has been in contact with the censor Chu Yuyuan. Zhang Yuan hurriedly raised his glass to Wang Sheng, "Disrespect and disrespect! Mr. must be a great Confucian, why don't you show him your real name? Could it be that you don't like Zhang Yuan? ?”

Wang Sheng sat still, "I can't drink alcohol, please forgive me, Brother Zhang."

Liu Fu waved his hand and said with a smile: "Brother Zhang has never heard of my friend's name and surname, so he said that he deliberately concealed his identity, and really wronged the two of us! Brother Zhang doesn't know, my friend has been a 20-year-old friend. Mr. Chu, who is in his early years, taught Chu Langzhong, a student who is in his early years." He patted Wang Sheng on the shoulder, "That's it, I guess it depends on the family background of the Chu family. Don't say it, every time I say it, My friend turned his back on him, come, Brother Zhang, let's have another drink!"

Zhang Yuan laughed, and had another drink with him, "Brother Zhu is really a wonderful person."

"Brother Zhang is a great talent, but there is one thing, I find it strange." Liu Fu changed the subject again, "To tell the truth, Brother Zhang, I deal with those Turkic people all day long, and I haven't read much seriously, but I also heard that Zhuge Wuhou is a first-class figure, how can Brother Zhang say that he is deceiving the world and stealing his name?"

Zhang Yuan smiled, "Most of the people in the world read books for a while, and follow others' opinions, so they can't delve into the secrets. In fact, the turbulence and cunning are all in a few strokes, but it is difficult for anyone to get a glimpse of the mystery."

Liu Fu nodded repeatedly when he heard it, and while saying yes, he secretly poked Wang Sheng under the table, so Wang Sheng also nodded.

Zhang Yuan continued: "For example, Zhuge Liang, the world said that he has the talents of Yi and Lu, and he is loyal to the Han Dynasty and devotes himself to everything. In fact, it is absurd!"

"Let's start with Longzhong Dui. When the world talks about Zhuge, they must mention Longzhong Dui, thinking that he knows the three parts of the world before he is a fledgling. The world is changing rapidly, how can the world remain the same for decades? Zhuge only knows how to follow the old ways and doesn't know how to adapt, he only acts according to this paper strategy, how can he be undefeated?"

"The so-called strategy, isn't it that it can determine the national situation for decades?" Liu Fu was puzzled: "Let's not talk about Longzhong's right, just say that my friend taught for a while in Dr. Chu's residence, and once heard him talk about it. , Said that the Prime Minister Wang told us the same way back then, saying that we should fight first and then fight again. I heard that Dayong really followed this step by step for many years, and it is not wrong at all."

"I've heard about this too," Zhang Yuan smiled mysteriously, "But Brother Zhu, do you know whether it was I, Dayong, who took down these places first, or was this rumor first?"

If you put forward a general plan, if you can’t realize it all in the end, then it was wrong at the beginning; if you realize it one by one in the end, it will be attached later. It seems that the truth in this world is really wonderful and wonderful. .Liu Fu also smiled, and then suddenly realized, "Brother Zhang said, these are added after the fight is over, right? When I first heard about it, I thought our prime minister was really a god," he said angrily. Drank a glass of wine, put it on the table with a "click", "Damn it, I didn't expect it to be made up later! You really know how to put gold on your face!"

Zhang Yuan shook his head, "Brother Zhu, be careful, how can you say such disrespectful words to important officials of the court?"

"Hey..." Liu Fu sighed, shook his head, and took him another drink, while Wang Sheng stroked the pleats on his cuffs and continued to listen to them.

"That's why," Zhang Yuan continued, "Longzhong made a mistake from the very beginning, and Zhuge has been following that path. Naturally, he will fail. After all, this person is good at political affairs and short at military affairs, so it is inevitable."

"Wait, wait..." Liu Fu asked again, "Isn't there some kind of martial arts temple? I heard that it is full of famous people, such as Bai Qi, Han Xin, Li Jing... Zhuge Liang is also in it, how can it be Shorter than the military?"

"Brother Zhu, don't you understand?" Zhang Yuan took a few mouthfuls of food, "Let me ask you, what kind of person does the emperor like most?"

Liu Fu thought for a while, then shook his head, "I've never been one before, so where would I know?"

"Ha!" Zhang Yuan said with a smile: "That's fine, let me tell you, the emperor's favorites are never those who are capable or smart, but those who are loyal and obedient. It doesn't matter if they are stupid, as long as they can do things. It has been like this from ancient times to the present. The emperor likes the dull courtiers, and the courtiers don't like the clever emperor, because everyone knows that the shrewd ministers are hard to resist, and the shrewd masters are hard to serve. So, all dynasties have advocated loyalty and filial piety , Zhuge Liang has always been among the ten philosophers of the Wu Temple."

"Oh, that's how it is...Why, isn't Zhuge Liang good at fighting? I heard that his eight formations are very strong, and he can use the infantry phalanx to resist the cavalry. And a country as big as the Shu Kingdom can actually catch up with the cavalry. Wei Guo has been fighting for so many years. In the first battle of Lucheng, he even killed [-] heads of the Wei army, which made the old Sima of Wei Guo fear Shu as a tiger. I remember that he still has the art of war handed down from generation to generation. What is it called... It seems to be "General Garden" Well, I have turned over two pages before—can this be said to be shorter than the military?"

"Hey——" Zhang Yuan waved his hand, "Brother Zhu doesn't know, but Chen Chengzuo commented on Zhuge as: governing the army is good, but tricks are short; I have attacked Chang'an long ago, so how can I go out of Qishan six times and return without success? What achievements have I made in the Northern Expedition in my life? Among the Three Kingdoms, Shu was the first to perish, and I am afraid that he must take responsibility for it. As for his military tactics, I once I’ve read the full text, but I’m just picking up people’s wisdom, and many chapters can be found in "Sun Tzu’s Art of War."

"I'm a rough person, and I don't know anything else, but I've heard of Ziwu Valley. Didn't Cao really want to go to Shu Kingdom via Ziwu Valley? But it rained, and he only left halfway in a month, leaving Zhuge Liang on the other side Repair the defenses and wait for him. Later, Cao Zhen had no choice but to turn around and go back. I have been to Meridian Road before. The place is very dangerous, full of cliffs and cliffs, and I barely pass by a few plank roads. Wei Yan takes Meridian Road to go. Not to mention how long it will take to attack Chang'an, even if they arrive on time, the soldiers will probably be exhausted, how can they fight? Moreover, the journey took so long, the Wei army must have been prepared at Taniguchi, even if they did not, they would have arrived in Chang'an , but how can Chang’an be defeated immediately by relying on a few thousand people alone? I think his Ziwu Valley conspiracy—ah, it’s a fantasy. Zhuge Liang is responsible for a country, and it’s only natural that he didn’t listen to him.”

"Brother Zhu is quite knowledgeable," Zhang Yuan smiled reservedly, "but I'm afraid he can't compare to Wei Wenchang, who has fought in many battles from the state of Shu to the general who conquered the west? He said yes, but Brother Zhu said no— hey-hey……"

Liu Fu was taken aback, and rubbed his head, "Hey! That's my problem. I like to talk on paper when I'm drinking, pretending that I'm someone else, but in fact I can only command a few horses. Come on, Brother Zhang, have another drink! "

"Brother Zhu is a straightforward person." Zhang Yuan blushed, and he was a little drunk, "Zhuge Liang can't use conspiracies, but also use troops without resorting to violence. He made the people of Shu look good, which is really harmful."

"The Kingdom of Shu is small. If you don't take the initiative to attack others, but slowly encroach, create variables, and seize the population, isn't it just sitting and waiting for death?" Liu Fu ate a few mouthfuls of food, and then asked: "What's more, after he died, the people of Shu will all die." I miss him very much, and I sacrificed to him spontaneously, and there is still the custom of wearing a white cloth on his head to mourn for him, if it really makes the people look good, how can the people still do this?"

Zhang Yuan laughed loudly, and said to the left and right: "Brother Zhu has a lot of truths!"

Liu Fu also laughed, "I am born to like to ask questions."

"The general situation of the world is so, how can it be reversed by manpower? Zhuge didn't understand the general situation, and went against the sky, trying to seize the Central Plains with a single state. Isn't it just a dream? Such a big country is fighting every day, how can there be no reason for it to be endless?"

Liu Fu nodded, looked around the crowd and said with a smile: "It seems that the Guixin Hou knows the current affairs, and took the initiative to surrender to Dayong with Yan."

"But Brother Zhu knows that Zhuge knows that the Northern Expedition will not be successful, but he still continues the Northern Expedition again and again. Is there any reason?"

"Why?"

Zhang Yuan asked instead: "Why did the current king of Liang attack Xiangyang at that time?"

"This... I really don't know," Liu Fu turned to Wang Sheng, "Why did Liang Yu attack Xiangyang?"

Wang Sheng didn't expect Liu Fu to turn to him suddenly, he was taken aback for a moment, and then replied: "From my point of view, King Liang's Northern Expedition was to improve his reputation in the country, so as to 'change the world'."

"Hey!" Zhang Yuan pointed to Wang Sheng and said to Liu Fu, "Brother Zhu, your friend is a sensible person!"

Liu Fu clinked a glass with him again, "He is a teacher, so he has read a lot and learned a lot... But what does this have to do with Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition—oh! Brother Zhang is saying..."

"Yes, Li Yan persuaded Zhuge Liang to join Jiuxi early in the morning, but Zhuge Liang pretended to resign, saying that if he was beaten back to Chang'an, all ten tins would be able to bear it, let alone Jiuxi. He has returned to Chang'an, will the world still belong to him Liu Adou? By then Zhuge Liang will be the second Cao Cao!"

"That's really scary." Liu Fu sighed.

"There's something even scarier," Zhang Yuan asked, "Have you ever heard of Tuogu in Baidi City?"

Liu Fu nodded, "Before he died, Liu Bei handed over all military affairs to Zhuge Liang. He also said that if his son could help him, he would help him. If not, he would become emperor himself. Zhuge Liang cried and said that he would be loyal to the country until he died."

"Brother Zhu, do you really think that Liu Bei really thinks so? Do you really want Zhuge Liang to usurp his son's throne after his death? Zhuge Liang also really wants to do what he said, just after he dies?"

"Of course it is impossible for Liu Bei to make Zhuge Liang the emperor, and Zhuge Liang will not accept this either." Seeing Zhang Yuan nodding, Liu Fu stroked his beard, "I think Liu Bei said this in order to give Zhuge Liang absolute power over everyone. It is also a reminder to Liu Chan and the ministers that after his death, he can guarantee from the system that Zhuge Liang's rule of the government can be legitimate and legal without hindrance."

"You take it for granted, and it's too simple to think of someone who is an emperor and a prime minister." Zhang Yuan shook his head, "How can someone not give power to his own son after death, but to an outsider? Liu Bei said so , It’s actually a test, it’s very likely that there’s an axe behind the screen, after he’s finished saying this, if Zhuge Liang doesn’t react right, he’ll be done right away!”

Liu Fu put down his chopsticks in fright, "It's too scary!"

Zhang Yuan continued: "Zhuge Liang is so smart, of course he also knows this, so there was that conversation, and Liu Bei cried and expressed his loyalty in front of Liu Bei, so Liu Bei didn't touch him."

"But after killing Zhuge Liang, what will Shu do? Don't you want it?"

Zhang Yuan was stunned for a moment, then slowly said after a while: "The country doesn't have the surname Liu anymore, what difference does it make if it is dead or not?"

"Oh, so that's the case. It seems that what a thousand years of business is, in the end it is not as good as a one-acre land with one family name! Hey..." Liu Fu drank a few more glasses with him, and then grabbed a handful of peanuts In his hand, "It turns out that the two of them are so wretched. I thought they were a role model for the emperor and his ministers who are like ducks in water through the ages, and the whole country trusts each other without any second thoughts."

Zhang Yuan shook his head vigorously, as if he had heard something extremely funny, hiccupped, and was drunk when he spoke again, "Brother Zhu, do you usually only deal with horses and not people? When you get to their seat, what you think about and grasp in your hands is just two words—power. Do you think there is really anything like a fish in water? After reading the book thoroughly, you can see the way, what Baidi Tuogu, six out Qi Shan, it's all for this." Zhang Yuan knocked on the table, and suddenly lowered his voice, "Don't say anything else, the two above us in Dayong also pretend to be fish and water, the government and the public know it, and the king even said in public that the prime minister is his son. Kong Ming—but is this actually the case?"

Liu Fu suddenly became interested, quickly put down the peanuts and approached him, and lowered his voice, "Then tell me what's going on?" Seeing that Wang Sheng was still sitting upright, he pulled him over, "Quick, listen too. , How can you hear such high-minded remarks like Brother Zhang on weekdays!"

"You're right. Usually you can't hear it. People who are hypocritical hear it from hearsay, but those who are really transparent will not speak up easily. When did I tell people about this? I am happy today, and it looks like we are both angry." You have picked it up!" Zhang Yuan drank another cup, saw his two friends also approaching, so he looked around at them, and said in a low voice: "Do you know that our former right-hand man of Dayong General, how did you die?"

Liu Fu's eyes sank, he lowered his head and ate a peanut, "Didn't you die in Xiangyang?"

"Yes, he died in battle in Xiangyang." Zhang Yuan asked again: "How did the original Haiqihou Liu De, Haixinhou Liuling, and Pinyanghou Liu Zhuo and Liu Yi's father and son die?"

Liu Fu was at a loss for words for a while, seeing that he couldn't answer, Zhang Yuan smiled and lowered his voice so low that it was almost overwhelmed by the noise outside the door, "Let me tell you, these people were all killed by the prime minister. One exception! Do you think that Zhonghou died simply in battle? Of course not. I heard during this test that the king ordered the prime minister to send reinforcements to rescue him. , forced to drag Zhonghou to death. The prime minister's faction and the clan faction have been fighting for six full years. With Zhonghou's death, I think the clan has completely declined, and there will be no more fights."

Liu Fu lowered his face, holding the wine glass, the wine in the glass rippled a few times, he put the glass on the table, and seemed to have digested it for a long time before he realized it.After a while, his expression eased, he looked at Wang Sheng and said with a smile, "If that's the case, wouldn't the king be deceived by this villain?"

Just now when his face darkened, everyone felt uneasy for some reason, but after a while his expression returned to normal. These people were drunk and didn't feel anything wrong at all, and the atmosphere became relaxed again when they saw this.Zhang Yuan shook his head again, "Your Majesty is so dazed that you don't even know this? All the people above are human beings. I can see it, but they can't see it. If it weren't for the acquiescence of the King, the prime minister How dare you do this? Think about it, the prime minister disobeyed his orders after he set off on the king's expedition, and lost Xiangyang and also damaged the general. How could it be so simple to be sent to Taiyuan and then transferred back to his original post after a year? It's nothing more than a cooperating play between the two."

Liu Fu looked puzzled, "What did the king acquiesce in killing his own family?"

Zhang Yuan glanced at him, as if he was surprised by his question, "Are the brothers in your family the same as our brothers? If you don't cut off the clan, is his position secure? The prime minister uses the king to expand his power, The king also used the prime minister to consolidate his position, and each took what he needed."

"Oh——" Liu Fu poured a cup of tea for Wang Sheng, and sighed, "This is really a fish and water king and minister."

Zhang Yuan shook his head, "It's a pity that the game is over and I can't stop it. The death of Zhonghou is a clear proof. The king sent the prime minister to contain the power of the clan faction, but he didn't expect that it was to kill the ten servants and let Dong Zhuojin go." In Beijing, the clan faction has been in a slump since then, and has no power to fight back, while the prime minister faction has gradually grown, and has reached the point where it dares to challenge the royal power. The lesson from the past is right in front of us. Do you think I, Dayong, suddenly opened the imperial examination this year? The king is trying to raise a new force to compete with the prime minister. Governing the country is like holding a bowl of water. , it depends on the means, when the palace test is over, newcomers will come up, hehe, just watch..."

Liu Fu suddenly turned his head up and laughed loudly, which made everyone look at each other in shock. After laughing enough, Liu Fu filled a cup, stood up and said to Zhang Yuan, "Listening to what you say is better than reading ten years of books. Brother Zhang has such insight, January In the subsequent palace examinations, I will definitely be the champion of high school, and I will have a long journey!"

Zhang Yuan waved his hands with a smile, stood up unsteadily, and had a drink with him, "Then I will borrow a good word from Brother Zhu!"