Soon, a letter returned the same way and was delivered to the hands of the aristocratic families. The new content was very brief, "Act according to the rules, and anyone who crosses the line will be punished according to the law."

Not reporting it, not ignoring it, but directly rejecting it. This is Zhuge Liang's choice and Zhuge Liang's attitude.

Yuan Shu asked him to come not to act as a mouthpiece or peacemaker for the family, but to manage the family. Although Zhuge Liang acted calmly and peacefully, in the face of the collective provocation of the family, he could only choose to fight back hard. To manage the family,

It is inevitable to confront the aristocratic families head-on and offend them. If you avoid them blindly, you will only reveal your weakness, and in the end you will have to retreat again and again. By then, Zhuge Liang's future will be ruined.

The head of the officials of Da Chu must be a person with strong principles, fair in doing things, and tough enough in dealing with the family, just like Tian Feng now.

Under Yuan Shu's command, although Tian Feng's ability is top-notch, he is not the best among counselors. It is difficult to even enter the top five. He is not as good as Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong in domestic affairs, not as good as Lu Su in the overall situation, and even worse in military terms.

Not as good as Jia Xu, Guo Jia and others. As the head of a hundred officials, Tian Feng's ability can only be said to be excellent, and his upright character is the reason why Yuan Shu entrusted him with important tasks.

The necessary qualities for the head of officials are justice, uprightness, and the inability to shrink back and avoid trouble. This is also Yuan Shu's test for Zhuge Liang. If Zhuge Liang does not dare to face the family in this situation now, Zhuge Liang will not dare to punish the family in the future when he is in power.

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Yuan Shu had high hopes for Zhuge Liang. To be honest, Zhuge Liang is only sixteen now. After Yuan Shu goes west, Zhuge Liang may still be alive and well. At that time, he will be Yuan Shu's minister, continuing Yuan Shu's plans and strategies.

Achieve Yuan Shu's ultimate goal.

"Yuan Jiujiu will be very happy if you do this!" Seeing Zhuge Liang write these words that were both strong and soft, neither humble nor overbearing, and sent him back the same way without hesitation, Xun Yue

He said in an inexplicable tone.

"Your Majesty appreciates the kindness of trust, and Liang will never forget it. Now that he is in his position, Liang is willing to devote himself to our great Chu and the Han people." Zhuge Liang said with firm eyes and a firm tone.

Then Zhuge Liang suddenly looked at Xun Yue again, smiled and said: "Master Xun, you should be very pleased! Liang did not disappoint you."

Xun Yue was stunned when she heard this, looked at Zhuge Liang's eyes that seemed to see through everything, and smiled lightly: "I really can't underestimate you! I am really ashamed to be called a teacher by you."

Everyone is drunk and I am alone. Xun Yue has been in this state since his thoughts matured. Xun Yue is almost used to that kind of desolateness and independence, extraordinary yet lonely.

He vaguely found a new path, but no one understood or supported him. But he was unwilling to give up. Even if he had to betray his class and his family, he still wanted to verify his ideas.

But he knew that his deviant thoughts were basically impossible to realize, and no prince would accept them. Until he discovered another "lunatic" like himself, Yuan Shu.

When he was under Liu Bei's command, although he served Liu Bei loyally, he could not conceal his recognition and appreciation of Yuan Shu. It was a kind of like-mindedness, a feeling of mountains and rivers, which made him feel addicted. However, his own moral persistence prevented him from being with Yuan Shu.

Yuan Shu discusses collusion and loyal ministers do not interfere with the two masters. This is the insistence that Xun Yue, who advocates morality, cannot let go. Zhuge Liang is his sustenance and his continuation.

Being benevolent and virtuous, he would not force Zhuge Liang, but could only guide and teach him everything he knew, and let him choose his own path, although he had always expected Zhuge Liang to embark on a path that was hostile to the aristocratic family class like him.

Road. In the end, Zhuge Liang did not disappoint him.

"You have to think clearly. If this happens, your Zhuge family may have a lot of trouble in the future. Your parents, brothers and even your descendants will be implicated to a certain extent." Xun Yue said in a low tone. He was alone and had no heirs.

Part of the reason is that he doesn't want his descendants to have to bear all this.

"With His Majesty's protection, there will be no problem. And all this is not irreparable. Don't the aristocratic families respect and fear His Majesty? In the future, if Liang becomes the role in His Majesty's mind, these aristocratic families will do the same to Liang." Zhuge Liang.

Be confident.

"That's right. Based on your words, there will definitely be no problem." Xun Yue looked at Zhuge Liang who had an indifferent attitude and said with a smile.

"Master Xun, you already know something about the current situation in Guishuang, right?" Zhuge Liang said suddenly.

"After doing a lot of research, I already know a rough idea, at least it's not a black eye." Xun Yue sighed: "I didn't expect that the little Yuezhi would develop to where it is today. If it weren't for in-depth investigation, it would be really difficult.

Imagine how powerful Guishang is. Fortunately, Yuan Jiujiu had warned him, otherwise he would have disturbed them if he acted rashly, and things would have been bad then."

Hearing Xun Yue repeatedly calling Yuan Shu by name, Zhuge Liang smiled bitterly, but he had nothing to do. After selectively ignoring it, Zhuge Liang said: "This is also one of the reasons why His Majesty has not allowed the noble families to start poisoning. Faced with this

This is a powerful enemy, especially when the enemy is overt and covert, it is never advisable to alert the enemy. When we, Chu, unite the world, we will be well prepared before attacking suddenly, and taking it down directly with a thunderous force is the best strategy.

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"It's such a far distance and it's such a huge empire. It's probably impossible to capture it directly with the force of thunder." Xun Yue was not as optimistic as Zhuge Liang and said cautiously: "If you want to capture such a huge empire,

It will take at least several years to build a huge empire, not to mention that there is a Parthian Empire to the west of the Kushan Empire, and we can't let them pick the peaches."

"It's not impossible. You must know that Kushan is in decline now. Moreover, this country itself is resigned and has little resistance. As long as it shows a strong enough offensive, it is not impossible to make them despair and make them surrender," Zhuge Liang said.

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After occupying Yizhou for so many years, how could Yuan Shu not infiltrate Guishang? Guo Jia and Jia Xu's spies had already sneaked in and basically figured out the details of Guishang. Zhuge Liang served as a high-ranking official in such a sensitive place.

Yuan Shu had already told him some things that he should know, and even some things that he should not know yet. Yuan Shu also told him a lot. His understanding of Guishuang was much deeper than that of Xun Yue.

The Kushan Empire, formerly known as the Yueshi, was not a strong person, and could even be called weak. After being defeated by Zhang Qian, it directly chose to seek peace, and since then it has contributed to the Eastern Han Dynasty year after year. When the Han Dynasty was preparing to destroy the Northern Xiongnu, it also

I once greeted this little brother who had the same problem and had been bullied by the Huns in the past, but he was too timid to join the war and completely forgot about the hatred he had.

As far as its internal affairs are concerned, there are also constant conflicts. It seems that Kushan is a unified and stable empire, but in fact there are constant wars like the late Han Dynasty. The internal dynasty changes almost every few decades, but it is different from the late Han Dynasty.

Because their resistance mentality is relatively weak, unification is relatively easy. The title of the Kushan Empire has been maintained externally, but in fact the rulers have been constantly changing.

Now, during the reign of Hubisaka II, Kushan has begun to decline. Now that he is not sure of winning Kushan, Yuan Shu does not want to have too much contact with the other party, so as not to arouse the other party's vigilance and changes.
Chapter completed!