Chapter 381: Collaboration with the enemy and betraying the country, Chengdu is boiling
Author: Soy Sauce Mixed History
Chapter 381: Collaboration with the enemy and betraying the country, Chengdu is boiling
After getting the clever idea on how to deal with Mi Yang, many Yizhou nobles present gradually retreated.
In the end, only two people remained in Qiao's secret room.
These two people are Qiao Zhou and Li Chao respectively.
Among them, Li Chao left it voluntarily, which is enough to show that he and Qiao Yu still had some private things to talk about.
However, Qiao Zhou was retained by Qiao Yu. This shows that Qiao Yu valued Qiao Zhou.
Li Chao looked at the secret room where there were only three people left including him, and his last eyes focused on Qiao Zhou.
After coughing several times, he asked: "It seems that you have decided to hand over the Qiao family to his hands in the future."
After coughing, Li Chao looked a little depressed.
But his eyes were very bright.
Faced with Li Chao's speculation, Qiao Yu raised the wine glass in his hand and took a sip, then said "hmm" in a calm tone.
Under Qiao Yu's "yes", a flattered look instantly appeared on Qiao Zhou's face.
He knew that Qiao Yu valued him highly, and he also knew that Qiao Yu's only son had died long ago, so he had to choose an adoptive successor to his position as the clan leader.
But when he really knew that he was about to become the next patriarch of the Qiao clan, Qiao Zhou could not hide his shock and joy.
Looking at the look on Qiao Zhou's face, Li Chao had a smile on his face.
I still remember the look on his face when he was preparing to take over the important task of clan leader from his father.
At that time, he only felt that he would definitely lead the Guanghan Li family to a new level. At that time, he also felt that he would definitely use his talents to contribute to the country.
With the passage of more than ten years, the Li family of Guanghan has indeed become the first-class noble family in Yizhou under his leadership. Who knows the reputation of the "Three Dragons of the Li family" in Yizhou now?
But the other ambition in his heart became farther and farther away from him due to the transformation of reality.
Is there any scholar in the world who has not learned the eight characters of etiquette, justice, integrity, loyalty, courage, publicity and benevolence?
If he were more than ten years ago, he would definitely not bother to participate in today's secret meeting.
But more than ten years later, he naturally became one of the leaders of the secret meeting.
The reason why he has such a change is not that he is born a villain, but that his more than ten years as a patriarch has made him understand a truth:
Home, country, country, home is in front of the country.
So when he saw some shadows of his former self in Qiao Zhou, he would naturally smile.
Maybe Qiao Zhou will become like him in the future, but that doesn't stop Li Chao from expressing his love for his former self.
When Qiao Yu saw that Li Chao was still silent, he directly asked: "As the head of the Li clan, you stayed in my secret room specifically, so you couldn't have just wanted to ask me about this matter."
Perhaps the reputations of contemporary scholars are exaggerated, but that does not mean that this is the case for everyone.
Qiao Yu and Li Chao had known each other since childhood, and they both studied under a famous teacher. He knew Li Chao very well.
Perhaps in the eyes of the world, the current official position of the Li Dynasty is not high, and there are no shocking achievements in the past that are spread to the world.
But under such a humble situation, the Guanghan Li family has risen rapidly in the past ten years under the leadership of the Li Dynasty.
Even during the great turmoil that spread throughout Yizhou, the Li family of Guanghan was always able to make ends meet under the leadership of the Li Dynasty.
Afterwards, not only was the family's power not reduced, but it was a blessing in disguise. All three Li brothers became officials with certain real power in Yizhou.
Even Zhuge Liang respected the reputation of "Li's Three Dragons". From this point alone, we can see Li Chao's personal skills.
Including tonight's plan to deal with Mi Yang, most of it was also thought up by Li Chao.
Li Chao is the head of the "Three Dragons of the Li Family".
Seeing Qiao Yu asking about his true purpose, Li Chao put away the smile on his face and his expression turned solemn.
He took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Qiao Yu naturally.
After Qiao Yu saw some of the codes on the letter, his face became serious.
Those codes mean that this letter comes from Guanzhong.
After realizing this, Qiao Yu immediately took the letter from Li Chao and read it.
As Qiao Yu's eyes focused on the content of the letter, his expression could no longer be summed up in the word serious.
Still shocked.
Because this letter was personally written by Yang Fu, the governor of Wei Liangzhou!
If it were just like this, Qiao Yu, who had gone through many trials and tribulations, would not feel this way.
After all, although the Han Dynasty and Cao Wei were mortal enemies, it was common for ministers from the two sides to exchange letters.
This is true even for Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang.
But the content of the letter in Qiao Yu's hand is not a simple conversation between friends.
Instead, Yang Fu, as the governor of Wei Liangzhou, was asking the nobles of Yizhou to do something.
Ordinary exchanges of pleasantries were fine, but the contents of this letter were not.
Once a letter with such content falls into the hands of outsiders, the crime of collaborating with the enemy and treason will definitely not escape!
That's why Qiao Yu was so shocked.
But perhaps it was not the first time he had received such a letter, so the shocked look on Qiao Yu's face quickly calmed down.
After reading the contents of the letter very quickly, he immediately threw the letter in his hand into the brazier in front of him.
As this decapitating letter gradually turned into ashes in the brazier, the worried look on Qiao Yu's face gradually dissipated.
But the look of shock on his face was still there, and he couldn't calm down for a long time.
After calming down for a while, Qiao Yu asked Li Chaodao: "Do you want to join forces with the North?"
Hearing Qiao Yu's words, Qiao Zhou on the side was immediately frightened to death.
He was just curious why Qiao Yu reacted like that after seeing the letter, but now he knows.
What kind of crime is it to have an affair with Ni Wei?
Qiao Zhou didn't dare to think about it any more.
But now it was obvious that he did not have the strength to change this matter, so he could only continue to listen to the conversation between Qiao Yu and Li Chao.
After Li Chao listened to Qiao Yu's words, he stretched out his slender fingers and put them on the candlelight in front of him to bake.
It seemed like this could bring some warmth to his sick body.
As warmth continued to spread from his fingertips, Li Chao also replied: "Why else would I let you read this letter?"
The tone of Li Chao's answer was very casual, as if he was doing something very ordinary.
After getting the answer, Qiao Yu frowned.
He felt that with the current situation, the Yizhou nobles no longer needed to rely on the power of the north.
Qiao Yu quickly told Li Chao his opinion.
Unexpectedly, after listening to Qiao Yu's words, Li Chao had a smile on his face.
This smile seemed to be mocking Qiao Yu for being naive.
"The North is not writing this letter because we need their help.
It's because the time has come for them to take advantage of us.
And can we refuse their use?"
Li Chao's words instantly made Qiao Yu speechless.
The Yizhou gentry had some connection with Cao Wei, which happened a long time ago.
Otherwise, how could Cao Cao have such a clear understanding of the situation in Yizhou when he conquered Hanzhong?
Perhaps the two sides only had a cooperative relationship at the beginning, but the power between the two was not equal.
Such cooperation will eventually turn into one party simply taking advantage of it.
Just like Cao Wei's current attitude towards the Yizhou nobles.
Despite Yang Fu's tone in the letter, Qiao Yu is not a fool.
Under Li Chao's reminder, he also knew that if the Yizhou nobles did not handle this matter well, they might lose the trust of Cao Wei.
Isn't the first criterion for nobles to survive in troubled times to be able to play both sides and make bets everywhere?
Qiao Yu was definitely not willing to accept such a result.
Because currently, in the hearts of many Yizhou nobles, they still believe that Cao Wei will be the one who can finally unify the world.
After all, Cao Wei's national power was so powerful that it couldn't be wiped out with just a few great victories.
After realizing this, Qiao Yu nodded to Li Chao and said, "I will try my best to handle this matter."
Perhaps Qiao Yu and Li Chao had equal identities at first, but now Li Chao has become the spokesperson of Cao Wei, so now Qiao Yu's status in front of Li Chao is no longer equal.
Anyway, Yang Fu's request in the letter is not difficult for Qiao Yu to implement at present, and it will not conflict with the strategy he just mentioned.
As for what kind of situation Liangzhou will fall into after he brings Mi Yang back, this is not something he should consider.
No matter whether the world is Liu or Cao, as long as the Qiao family is always the crown clan of Yizhou.
After listening to Qiao Yu's words, Li Chao also breathed a sigh of relief.
But before leaving, he still had something to remind Qiao Yu.
Li Chao said to Qiao Yu: "Among the ministers in the current imperial court, it is not necessary to mention Yuan Cong, and there is no need to pay attention to the two ends of Dongzhou. We only need to pay attention to the attitude of the ministers of the Jingzhou clan.
If they all support Mi Yang, it will be greatly detrimental to our plan."
Seeing Li Chao express his concern, Qiao Yu nodded.
So he asked Li Chaodao: "What's your plan?"
Under Qiao Yu's inquiry, Li Chao thought for a while and replied: "There are many ministers in Jingzhou, and most of them follow Zhuge Liang.
However, people's minds are different, and Zhuge Liang cannot fully control the entire Jingzhou ministers.
Since Zhuge Liang became prime minister, Shangshu ordered Liu Ba to have no real power. In addition, he has long been dissatisfied with Mi Yang. You can try to contact him.
If Liu Ba could take the lead in impeaching Mi Yang, his prestige among the Jingzhou ministers would not cause them to defect, but it would still be enough to shake some of the Jingzhou ministers.
In addition, given Liu Ba's status, his impeachment will attract Liu Bei's attention."
After listening to Li Chao's words, Qiao Yu's face first showed joy.
How could he forget such a heavyweight who was dissatisfied with Mi Yang?
But then doubt appeared on his face.
"The power in Liu Zichu's hands is no longer what it used to be. Moreover, in the past, because he was afraid of suspicion, he kept silent and did not talk about non-official matters. Will he impeach Mi Yang like this?"
Faced with Qiao Yu's doubts, Li Chao thought for a while and replied:
"Perhaps Liu Zichu didn't want to get into trouble with the world, but he himself was a very noble and independent person, and this has never changed. Have you forgotten that he humiliated Zhang Fei back then?
Liu Zichu was not even willing to flatter Zhang Fei, so how could he be afraid of the power behind Mi Yang?
Moreover, Liu Zichu always regarded himself as a Miao descendant of the Han Dynasty, and he would not be inferior to Liu Bei when it came to the stability of the Han Dynasty.
When a big man faces instability, he will not sit idly by and ignore it."
After hearing what Li Chao said, Qiao Yu's doubts slowly calmed down.
Regardless of whether Liu Ba will take this initiative, if it is possible, then he is willing to give it a try.
After discussing everything with Qiao Yu, Li Chaoqiang stood up, said goodbye to Qiao Yu and left slowly.
After Li Chao left, only Qiao Yu and Qiao Zhou were left in the secret room.
After listening to Li Chao and Qiao Yu's real plan, Qiao Zhou felt like a stormy sea and could not calm down for a long time.
He learned too many secrets tonight.
After Li Chao left, Qiao Yu's eyes all fell on Qiao Zhou.
Although Qiao Yu just looked at Qiao Zhou quietly, Qiao Zhou now felt that there was a strong pressure wrapped around him.
This comes from the natural pressure that Qiao Yu, the patriarch, exerts on Qiao Zhou.
Qiao Zhou was so frightened that cold sweat broke out on his face.
But fortunately, Qiao Yu didn't want to do anything to Qiao Zhou. After looking at Qiao Zhou for a long time, he said to him: "What we said tonight is what you will do in the future.
So you have to study hard."
Hearing what Qiao Yu said, Qiao Zhou nodded hurriedly.
Seeing Qiao Zhou's obedient look, Qiao Yu's face showed a smile.
Since the death of his only son, he has poured all his family's hopes into Qiao Zhou, and Qiao Zhou's performance has never let him down.
Under such complicated emotions, Qiao Yu suddenly asked Qiao Zhou: "Can you beat Mi Yang?"
Faced with Qiao Yu's sudden inquiry, Qiao Zhou was stunned on the spot.
For a moment he didn't know how to answer.
But why should he answer?
Everyone knows the answer.
If Mi Yang is compared to a bright moon, then Qiao Zhou can at most be regarded as a star dotting the side.
Qiao Yu naturally knew this too.
So he didn't wait for Qiao Zhou to answer him. He just looked at Qiao Zhou and said to himself:
"Maybe you can't fight him.
But I will help you get rid of him.
Years later, you are still the winner."
Under what circumstances will stars become the protagonists in the dark night sky?
That is when Haoyue falls.
On the second day after the secret meeting, the documents from Liangzhou finally arrived in Chengdu.
As usual, this document was given priority to Zhuge Liang.
After Zhuge Liang saw the contents of the document, a complicated look appeared on his face.
The three-head system and the equal land system were both very novel systems for him.
It's just that although Zhuge Liang's philosophy of governing the country emphasizes living with the people and keeping them calm.
But for Zhuge Liang, who wrote the law "Shu Ke", he was not someone who could not accept novel things.
On the contrary, Zhuge Liang himself is a man with innovative ideas.
So after understanding what the three-head system and the equal land system were, Zhuge Liang's first reaction was surprise.
To be fair, he did not expect Mi Yang to behave like this before.
Most of the current politicians are still stuck in the fixed formula of cracking down on powerful people and restoring production to develop the economy.
Zhuge Liang thought that Mi Yang would do the same thing, after all, it was the safest way to avoid making mistakes.
As for his would-be disciple, he could only attack powerful people harder than anyone else.
It also directly created two brand-new systems to develop production. This is the first time in decades.
Regardless of how advanced Cao Wei's farming system was boasted by northern scholars, Cao Wei's farming system was not the first to be pioneered. At best, it could be regarded as being carried forward.
It can be said that Mi Yang's move is very bold.
But Zhuge Liang was full of expectations for Mi Yang's governing style.
It's just that Zhuge Liang has expectations, but others are different.
When the news came out that Mi Yang was planning to implement the three-chief system and the equal land system in Liangzhou, the whole of Chengdu instantly fell into a boil.
Soon after, this kind of boiling mixed with malice spread throughout Shu County at an extremely fast speed, driven by many caring people.
and even more places in Yizhou.
(End of chapter)
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