Chapter 438 Liu Chan kowtows to whose family is the world?
Author: Soy Sauce Mixed History
Chapter 438 Liu Chan kowtows to whose family is the world?
What is the concept of hundreds of thousands of soldiers?
It is a powerful force that can break a river with a whip.
Everyone in the world knows that Cao Wei's national power is arrogant to the world. With their national power, they can definitely raise such a huge army.
Of course, ordinary people also know that among the hundreds of thousands of troops advocated by Cao Zhen, the proportion of regular soldiers is generally not too high.
But with an army of hundreds of thousands, even if the proportion of regular soldiers is not large, the number of regular soldiers in Cao Wei's southern expedition will not be small.
Due to this judgment, when the news of Cao Zhen's southern expedition spread throughout Chengdu, the people in Chengdu suddenly became shocked.
It's good to have Liu Bei in charge of Chengdu, but most of the people in Chengdu are just mortals.
Liu Bei's prestige is useful, but his prestige is not great enough to make people ignore the shocking news that hundreds of thousands of Wei troops are about to attack the country.
Especially now, Yizhou is the emptiest it has ever been.
However, the most panicked person in Chengdu right now is not the officials and people, but the prince Liu Chan who is in charge of state affairs.
Liu Chan seemed more panicked than others, and the reason was very simple.
He seriously lacks experience in dealing with critical matters, and because Liu Bei protected him so well before, he doesn't even have some common sense.
After reading the content of "Fighting Shu", Liu Chan's first reaction was that he really thought that Cao Zhen had sent hundreds of thousands of soldiers south to attack Hanzhong.
Liu Chan's misjudgment of the enemy's military strength plunged Liu Chan into panic.
In panic, Liu Chan subconsciously wanted to seek help from someone he trusted.
But now that Zhuge Liang and Mi Yang are not in Chengdu, who can Liu Chan look for?
The voice and appearance of a close relative instantly appeared in Liu Chan's mind.
The father-in-law and cousin are not here, but his father is still there.
After thinking of Liu Bei, Liu Chan, who was full of panic, gave an order to his attendant Huang Hao.
He asked Huang Hao to pull an ox cart, and then Liu Chan asked many small Huangmen to carry the piles of bamboo slips onto the ox cart.
After doing this, Liu Chan hurriedly directed Huang Hao to drive the ox cart loaded with bamboo slips towards Liu Bei's dormitory.
The many bamboo slips on this oxcart were all written to Liu Chan by the ministers after they learned about Cao Zhen's large-scale southern expedition in the past few days.
Among the many bamboo slips, some ministers offered what they thought were strategies to deal with the enemy, but more ministers asked Liu Chan to convene a court meeting to discuss countermeasures together.
Logically speaking, Liu Bei has issued an edict to Liu Chan to supervise the country, so Liu Chan has the power to convene a court meeting.
It's a pity that Liu Chan has this power, which is good, but he doesn't have the courage.
Sitting high in the clouds and making decisions in the middle is something Liu Chan has never done before, let alone thought of.
Under Liu Chan's personal escort, the ox cart loaded with bamboo slips soon arrived outside Liu Bei's dormitory.
When Huben who was on duty outside Liu Bei's dormitory saw Liu Chan arriving in person, they did not stop Liu Chan.
There was even Huben who took the initiative to run into the hall to report Liu Bei.
Liu Chan, who was standing outside Liu Bei's dormitory, saw that someone had come in to report, and he felt that Liu Bei would summon him soon.
But what Liu Chan didn't expect was that as time passed slowly, no one came out of Liu Bei's dormitory to take him in.
Before he knew it, Liu Chan had been standing outside the hall for almost an hour.
It is March, and although the weather in Chengdu is not yet extremely hot, the temperature in Chengdu is slowly rising.
The low temperature coupled with the humid air in Chengdu soon caused dense beads of sweat to appear on Liu Chan's head.
A sultry feeling surrounded Liu Chan's heart, making him feel more and more impatient.
Just when Liu Chan thought about whether to send someone in person to report, a servant finally walked out of Liu Bei's bedroom and came to Liu Chan.
After the chamberlain bowed to Liu Chan, he took Liu Chan towards the palace.
Liu Chan was overjoyed when he saw this. He originally wanted the little Huangmen who followed him to pick some bamboo slips from the oxcart and enter the palace with him, but Liu Chan's actions were quickly noticed by Liu Bei's servants.
Liu Bei's chamberlain stopped Liu Chan's move with one sentence:
"Your Majesty only sees the prince, no one else or anything else."
Hearing that Liu Bei meant this, Liu Chan no longer insisted.
Anyway, he has read most of the contents on the bamboo slips on the ox cart. As long as he sees Liu Bei, he can relay the contents to Liu Bei.
So Liu Chan obediently followed Liu Bei's chamberlain and entered Liu Bei's bedroom.
The sun was shining brightly outside the hall, and the sun shone in through the windows of the hall, illuminating the entire hall.
With the help of good lighting, the moment Liu Chan stepped into the palace, he saw Liu Bei lying on the imperial couch.
Liu Chan looked over and felt that Liu Bei looked much better, which made him feel more at ease.
Liu Chan quickly walked to Liu Bei's bed, bowed deeply to Liu Bei and said:
"My son pays my respects to my father."
Liu Chan did not claim to be a minister in front of Liu Bei, which means that he is now simply paying respects to Liu Bei as his son.
Liu Chan was the son that Liu Bei only got after most of his life. Liu Bei naturally loved Liu Chan a lot in the past.
Under the meticulous love, although both Liu Bei and Liu Chan were members of the royal family, their relationship was very close, no different from ordinary father and son.
Due to Liu Bei's doting on Liu Chan, in the past Liu Chan came to greet Liu Bei as his son, and Liu Bei was usually very happy.
But today is different.
Liu Bei looked at his eldest son, whom he had high hopes for, and calmly replied, "I'm in peace." Then he stopped talking.
Liu Bei's silence suddenly made Liu Chan feel a little embarrassed.
In the past, when he saw Liu Bei, Liu Bei would take the initiative to talk to him and teach him some ways to be a king from time to time.
So originally Liu Chan planned to ask Liu Bei for help when Liu Bei taught him as usual.
This might be able to somewhat conceal his true intention.
But now Liu Bei's behavior was different from usual, which made Liu Chan suddenly become embarrassed.
To say so would appear to be incompetent and would inevitably disappoint Liu Bei.
If you don’t say it, how is this possible?
Hundreds of thousands of enemy troops took advantage of the situation and Hanzhong was in danger. In this extremely dangerous situation, Liu Chan had already lost his mind and was in a panic.
It can even be said that if Mi Yang was not still in Hanzhong, Liu Chan would be inclined to give up Hanzhong temporarily.
Liu Chan's idea was very simple. The Wei army invaded Yizhou while it was empty.
Then it is better to avoid the Wei army's attack for the time being and let the Liangzhou army retreat into the sword pavilion and defend it.
As long as the Wei army is not allowed to enter Yizhou, the loss of Hanzhong will not be too important.
At worst, we can wait until Yizhou recovers its strength in the future, and then send troops to retake Hanzhong.
The Wei army led by Cao Cao himself was unable to defend Hanzhong, let alone Cao Zhen.
He knows his son better than his father. Although Liu Chan deliberately concealed his inner emotions, Liu Bei still saw the clues from Liu Chan's face.
"Are you scared?"
Suddenly, these words came out of Liu Bei's mouth.
It was this sentence that frightened Liu Chan to quickly raise his head, but after meeting Liu Bei's eyes, he quickly lowered his head subconsciously.
Because Liu Bei revealed the true emotions in his heart that he had always wanted to hide.
What a panic and shock, he was actually afraid of the hundreds of thousands of Wei troops pressing on the border.
When a person feels scared, he will subconsciously think of the people closest to him and want their help to find a sense of security.
Seeing Liu Chan's face changed drastically after hearing his words, Liu Bei's calm eyes gradually disappeared.
Instead, there was a deep look of disappointment.
Although Liu Bei has not openly dealt with government affairs during this period of time, with his control over the entire court, even if he is deep in the palace, he is still well aware of changes in the outside world.
Liu Bei saw the "Fighting of Shu" letter earlier than Liu Chan.
Of course, after this letter "Fighting Shu" caused an uproar in Chengdu, Liu Bei had been silently watching the development of the situation.
Even Liu Bei was quite surprised that the Wei army would dispatch hundreds of thousands of troops to march south.
However, this battle was not enough to scare Liu Bei.
Hundreds of thousands of Wei troops marched south. Liu Bei had experienced this twice before.
But the recent shock to people's hearts in Chengdu has made Liu Bei faintly worried.
Today, this worry suddenly reached its extreme in Liu Bei's heart.
This is attributed to Liu Chan's performance today.
"The dignified prince of the Han Dynasty Supervisor, when faced with the pressure of a powerful enemy, was at a loss and showed no responsibility. He personally escorted the officials to submit a letter to my bedroom.
What kind of country are you in prison for?"
When he said this, Liu Bei's tone had become quite harsh.
From Liu Bei's educational arrangements for Liu Chan, we can see that Liu Bei has very high expectations for Liu Chan.
There was a very important reason why he planned to let Liu Chan supervise the country this time. He also really hoped that Liu Chan could make some achievements, so that his prestige among the officials could be initially established.
Liu Bei trusted Zhuge Liang and Mi Yang very much, and he indeed planned to make Zhuge Liang, Zhang Fei, and Mi Yang co-ministers in the future.
However, the auxiliary minister is not the minister of government. The difference in one word represents the position of the king in the future in the government and the public.
The key to the status lies in the king's performance before he succeeds to the throne.
But how is Liu Chan's performance today?
It can be described in four words: terrible.
"The prince of the prison country has a status like an emperor.
Are you just showing your performance to the people of the world?
How do you think the people of the world will feel after seeing your performance today?"
Liu Bei's two consecutive rhetorical questions made Liu Chan, who was already panicking, almost kneel down in fright.
Liu Bei had never been so harsh in front of him.
The reason why Liu Bei was so harsh on Liu Chan today was because he knew that although the palace was where he lived, there were already eye spies from various forces inside and outside.
In less than a day, Liu Chan's behavior today will spread.
And just as Liu Bei said, Liu Chan is the current leader of the Han Dynasty. Once word of his fearful behavior spreads, it will inevitably make the already turbulent people in Chengdu become even more uneasy.
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The Hanzhong Defense War was originally a battle to protect people's hearts.
But no matter how good Mi Yang does, if Yizhou in the rear area has problems first, then Hanzhong will be beyond redemption.
Liu Bei has been fighting for most of his life, and the majesty on his body is very profound. In the past, he did not impose his majesty on Liu Chan.
But now in anger, Liu Bei's majesty was released.
Liu Chan's will was not strong to begin with. Under Liu Bei's majestic shock, he did not last long before he knelt down.
No matter how stupid Liu Chan is, he knows that he should confess to Liu Bei in time now.
Now Liu Bei is no longer his father, but the supreme emperor.
Words of apology came out of Liu Chan's mouth with a panicked tone. Every time Liu Chan said a word, he kowtowed to Liu Bei.
He was really scared by Liu Bei today.
Seeing that Liu Chan was almost crying from fear, Liu Bei sighed heavily.
It is not that the Han family had no precedent for deposing a prince.
But he currently only has three sons, and the other two are still only in their prime years.
If he had been in his prime, it would not have been impossible for him to select virtuous people and set them up, but he was already old, so how could he have time to wait until his two sons grew up and then see if they were virtuous?
Although Guolai Changjun and Liu Chan were disappointed, Liu Bei had no other choice.
After sighing heavily, Liu Bei finally couldn't bear Liu Chan's repeated behavior of admitting his mistakes. His tone softened and he said to Liu Chan:
"Get up."
Liu Bei's words were like the sound of nature, causing Liu Chan to stop kowtowing instantly.
But when he stood up, Liu Bei found that Liu Chan's face was covered with tears.
Seeing this, Liu Bei's heart became even more unbearable.
If you think about it carefully, Liu Chan is only sixteen years old this year.
Maybe I had too high expectations for him.
Liu Bei temporarily exposed Liu Chan's mistakes today and said to Liu Chan:
"You don't need to give me those bamboo slips to read. I know what the bamboo slips are probably about even if I don't read them.
Everyone seeks advantages and avoids disadvantages. As long as Hanzhong is not lost, no matter how agitated people's hearts are, one day they will calm down."
In just a few words, Liu Bei revealed the essence of the heated debate inside and outside Chengdu today.
After saying these words, Liu Bei continued: "Yizhou is currently empty, and I really cannot mobilize troops to support Hanzhong, but there are still some troops in Jingzhou that can be used."
"Tomorrow you will issue an edict to the Shangshutai and ask them to send an edict to Jingzhou. The content of the edict is to ask Jingzhou Mu to lead the army north to station troops in Yiyang County.
This may be able to hold back Sima Yi's army in Wancheng and prevent the enemy from forming a complete encirclement."
"In addition, you can send an envoy to Jiangdong and ask the envoy to intimidate Sun Quan with his words, so that he will not act rashly.
As long as Ni Wei and Jiangdong do not unite, the situation is not the worst."
After talking about these two points of disposal, Liu Bei finally solemnly told Liu Chan:
"This will all be done in your name!"
Although Liu Bei's two arrangements cannot help Mi Yang defeat the Wei army, they can also relieve Mi Yang's pressure to a certain extent. They are considered two good arrangements.
The reason why Liu Bei wanted to name these two arrangements in Liu Chan's name is also simple, that is, he hoped to restore some reputation for Liu Chan.
After these two instructions were given, Liu Bei showed fatigue on his face and asked Liu Chan to retreat.
After Liu Chan left, Liu Bei took out a letter from his arms. This letter was urgently delivered by Mi Yang from Liangzhou yesterday.
In his letter, Mi Yang informed Liu Bei of all his arrangements in Liangzhou.
After knowing Mi Yang's arrangement, Liu Bei was very pleased that the big man could have such a minister.
While feeling pleased, Liu Bei thought of Liu Chan's performance just now. Under the strong contrast between the two, Liu Bei, who was depressed, couldn't help but cough violently.
After finally controlling his cough, Liu Bei suddenly had an idea in his mind:
He couldn't see what Liu Li and Liu Yong would look like when they grew up, but Zhuge Liang and Mi Yang could.
In this case, thinking of this, Liu Bei closed his eyes and began to think.
After thinking for a long time, Liu Bei slowly opened his eyes, and his eyes had returned to calm.
In the lonely dormitory, Liu Bei opened Mi Yang's letter and read it again. When he saw the last sentence written by Mi Yang, a smile appeared on Liu Bei's face.
"People are in panic, so let's see who controls the world in today's realm!"
This kid's literary talent is as good as ever.
(End of chapter)
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