Karbenggabeng.
The shortbread was crispy and delicious. Zhuge Liang immediately frowned. The shortbread looked ordinary, but it tasted good.
"Father!"
"Does this cake suit your taste?"
Liu Chan asked expectantly, this is something that every cook cares about.
Received praise from diners.
This is better than anything else.
"Yeah!" Zhuge Liang nodded: "This cake is very crispy and has a fragrant aftertaste, but -"
Liu Chan was stunned immediately, he could hear it.
This cake is not perfect.
"Just what?" Liu Chan asked.
Zhuge Liang smiled faintly and said: "Although this cake is crispy, it just lacks a hint of sweetness. If some candied sugarcane juice is added to it, it may be more delicious."
When Liu Chan heard this, he sighed secretly.
Humans have loved sweet foods since ancient times.
But now in the Three Kingdoms era, the commonly used sugars are still cane juice and candied fruits.
Liu Chan originally thought about using cane juice or candied fruit to sweeten the shortbread, but neither candied fruit nor cane juice is cheap.
He wants to mass-produce it.
If cane juice preserves are added, the investment cost will be too high.
So when Liu Chan made shortbread, he chose to make it salty. After all, big men now have more refined salt.
"If my father-in-law likes sweets," Liu Chan said with a smile, "I will ask them to make some sweets for my father-in-law someday."
When Zhuge Liang heard this, he waved his hand: "Your Majesty, don't bother me. I am busy with affairs, so I don't care about eating." As he said, he put the shortbread in the food box and said, "Your Majesty, please don't put too much."
If you spend your time on these foods, you should study hard so that you can govern the Han Dynasty in the future."
Khan——
Liu Chan was speechless for a moment.
However, Zhuge Liang changed the topic and asked curiously: "Your Majesty asked me about the Northern Expedition that day. How do you view the current situation?"
These days, he has been a little confused.
Why did Liu Chan suddenly care about the Northern Expedition?
At first, I thought Liu Chan wanted to take over the government personally, or that someone said something to Liu Chan while he was away in Chengdu, but later I found out that was not the case.
Since you don’t want to be pro-government.
Then why does he care about the Northern Expedition?
Zhuge Liang actually had many questions about Liu Chan, such as the method of growing rice and the method of refining refined salt.
Although Liu Chan said that that day.
This is the late emperor’s instruction.
But Zhuge Liang is still a little curious. His Majesty happens to be here today, so he might as well discuss the world situation with him.
See how he answers.
Liu Chan took a sip of tea and said calmly: "The general trend of the world will divide if it is united for a long time, and it will unite if it is divided for a long time. Now that the world is divided into three parts, it has formed a powerful trend."
Well——
I know a lot.
Zhuge Liang seemed to be interested and wanted to hear Liu Chan continue talking, so he did not reply, but just nodded slightly in response.
"However, among the three kingdoms of Han, Wei and Wu, Wei is the strongest, followed by Soochow. We, the Han Dynasty, are the weakest among the three kingdoms in terms of population and military."
"The great momentum currently formed is only due to the alliance between Han and Wu, and the Wei State does not dare to act rashly for the time being."
"If there is a gap between Han and Wu in the future, Wei will definitely attack Wu and destroy Han."
Liu Chan kept talking, and Zhuge Liang was very convinced. The current situation of the Three Kingdoms is exactly what Liu Chan said.
"Your Majesty!" Zhuge Liang suddenly asked: "What should the Han Dynasty do to protect itself or revive the Han Dynasty?"
Since Your Majesty has seen the situation in the world so clearly, Your Majesty would like to tell you, how should we big men face it?
Zhuge Liang has some expectations.
Liu Chan did not intend to play dumb and said with a smile: "Use offense instead of defense, wait for the opportunity to move!"
Zhuge Liang was stunned for a moment.
At the same time, he was very happy. He had discussed it with some ministers before, but many people said that the big Han lived in a corner and the small people were sparse.
The big man should close his door and revise his government.
It would be better to take this opportunity to give the people a chance to recuperate and wait until the country is strong enough in the future to plan for the Central Plains.
But they didn’t understand Zhuge Liang at all.
I would like to ask the two countries Wei and Wu, especially the State of Wei, will they give the Han a chance to recuperate?
No——
As long as they free their hands, the Han Dynasty will surely be faced with the invasion of Wei's troops. By then, how will the Han Dynasty resist the powerful Wei army?
I don’t think of Your Majesty but I can think of this.
This made Zhuge Liang marvel.
If the Han Dynasty has such a monarch, why should the Han Dynasty worry about not being prosperous?
However, Zhuge Liang was a little curious. Liu Chan did not have such thoughts in the past.
He is more content with the status quo.
How did he suddenly change his temper?
"Your Majesty!" Zhuge Liang asked: "Who informed your Majesty of this plan?"
Hearing this, Liu Chan secretly laughed, this is what Chen Shou, Luo Guanzhong, and thousands of netizens in later generations taught me.
I have been watching "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" since I was a child. The small country of Shu could survive for decades, if you hadn't been struggling all your life and continued the Northern Expedition.
The Kingdom of Shu is probably gone long ago.
This is the conclusion reached by many scholars and professors in later generations after various studies.
If Shu wants to survive, it may die too late.
Taking the initiative to launch a war is the only way out.
Let’s not talk about the powerful Wei from outside, but let’s talk about the internal situation of Shu. If Zhuge Liang hadn’t launched the Northern Expedition again and again, Shu itself would have been in chaos.
By then, there is no need to wait for Wei to attack, Shu itself will have been torn apart.
And this has already laid the root of this disaster since Liu Bei entered Shu.
Because there are obvious factions within the Shu Kingdom.
The main ones are of course the Jingzhou Group brought in when Liu Bei entered Shu, the original Dongzhou Group of Liu Zhang and his son, and the local Yizhou Group in Yizhou.
From the beginning, Liu Bei mainly relied on the Jingzhou Group he brought in, followed by the Dongzhou Group who joined after entering Shu. As for the Yizhou Group headed by local clans, neither Liu Bei nor Zhuge Liang had much trust in them.
As a result, benefits are unevenly distributed.
In particular, how could the local clans in Yizhou be willing to be loyal to the Shu Han regime established by Liu Bei?
In fact, Zhuge Liang understands it better than anyone else.
There were obvious internal conflicts in the Shu Han Dynasty, and there was also the threat of a strong external Wei Dynasty. If the Shu Han Dynasty wanted to revive the Han Dynasty, they could only use war to divert the conflicts.
This is why Shuhan has always been in a state of war.
Instead, internal conflicts were covered up.
Of course he didn’t know the original Liu Chan.
After all, he has been living in the inner palace all year round. He doesn't know much about the outside world. Anyway, he has a wise man like Zhuge Liang to help him.
Liu Chan is different now.
I have read too many analyzes about the Three Kingdoms in my previous life. Now that I have transformed into Liu Chan, he naturally knows Zhuge Liang’s good intentions.
Of course, he would definitely not tell Zhuge Liang truthfully that I was a time traveler. I have long been familiar with the process of the Three Kingdoms.
Liu Chan said with a smile: "This is what my father told me in a dream. My father said that everything my father-in-law did was to stabilize Shu and revive the Han Dynasty. Otherwise, the Han Dynasty would surely perish."
After saying that, Liu Chan was secretly proud. When dealing with these ancients, especially someone as awesome as Zhuge Liang, if you want to go around and around with him, you will definitely be the one who ends up in a dead end.
Fortunately, the ancients believed in ghosts and gods.
Isn’t it very common for ancestors to ask their dreams?
What's more, this is Liu Beituo's dream. Even if Zhuge Liang doesn't believe it, it's hard to expose it to his face.
After all, what he talks about all day long is how the late Emperor Liu Bei is doing.
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This chapter has been completed!