Emperor Shuang: The counterattack started from the Gaopingling Incident Chapter 135 Zhuges political skills and Liu Xuandes opposite approach to Cao Mengdes!
Chapter 135 Zhuges political skills and Liu Xuandes opposite approach to Cao Mengdes!
Time will not stop with the passing of someone. Later, in March of the third year of Zhangwu (223), Liu Bei left Zhuge Liang alone. On April 24 of the summer (June 10th), Liu Bei died of illness at the age of six.
Thirteen,
The Shu Han Dynasty has completely ushered in the era of Zhuge Liang's rule. As for Li Feng's father, Li Yan, he is much inferior to Zhuge Liang in terms of ability and political means.
After all, Wolong's reputation is not for nothing. He has been competing with Cao Wei and Soochow for so many years and has not been defeated. Even if he is living in Jingzhou, his clan relative Liu Biao can only rely on Zhuge Liang's assistance to save himself.
In the sixth year of Jian'an (201), Liu Bei was defeated by Cao Cao and defected to Jingzhou. At the same time, Liu Biao actively contacted local heroes. At that time, Liu Bei attached himself to Liu Biao and stationed troops in Xinye (located in today's Nanyang, Henan Province).
Later, when Sima Hui met with Liu Bei, he said: "Those Confucian scholars are all ignorant people. How can they understand the affairs and situation of the world? Only those who can understand the affairs and situation of the world are outstanding. At this time, only Wolong (Zhuge Liang) and Fengchu (Pang Tong)
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In the twelfth year of Jian'an (207), Zhuge Liang was recommended by Xu Shu. Liu Bei hoped that Xu Shu would introduce Liang to see him, but Xu Shu suggested: "You can go see this man, but you can't make him come here. The general should condescend to visit him."
"Liu Bei went to visit him in person and visited Zhuge Liang several times before meeting him.
After meeting Zhuge Liang, Liu Bei asked others to avoid him and asked him: "Now the Han Dynasty is in decline, traitors have taken the emperor's orders under the guise, and the emperor has lost his power. I have not measured my own virtue and ability, and want to uphold righteousness and revive the world."
, but my wisdom and strategies are not enough, so I often fail, until today. However, my ambition has not calmed down, sir, do you have any strategies that can help me?"
Zhuge Liang then told him the plan of dividing the world into three parts. Zhuge Liang analyzed: "Since Dong Zhuo took charge of the government, heroes from all over the country have emerged and countless people have occupied multiple states and counties.
Compared with Yuan Shao, Cao Cao had very little prestige at the beginning. However, the reason why Cao Cao was able to defeat Yuan Shao in the end was because he relied not only on the timing of the day, but also on the proper planning of people.
Now Cao Cao has an army of millions, holding the emperor to command the princes. This really cannot compete with him. Sun Quan has occupied Jiangdong for three generations. The terrain is dangerous, the people have surrendered, and he has appointed talented people, so he can only be used as a foreign aid.
, but do not seek him.
Jingzhou is connected to the Han River and Mian River in the north, and supplies can be obtained all the way to the South China Sea. It is connected to Wu County and Kuaiji County in the east, and to Ba County and Shu County in the west. This is a place that everyone must compete for, but its owner
But there is no way to keep it.
Zhuge Liang then told him the plan of dividing the world into three parts. Zhuge Liang analyzed: "Since Dong Zhuo took charge of the government, heroes from all over the country have emerged and countless people have occupied multiple states and counties.
Compared with Yuan Shao, Cao Cao had very little prestige at the beginning. However, the reason why Cao Cao was able to defeat Yuan Shao in the end was because he relied not only on the timing of the day, but also on the proper planning of people.
Now Cao Cao has an army of millions, holding the emperor to command the princes. This really cannot compete with him. Sun Quan has occupied Jiangdong for three generations. The terrain is dangerous, the people have surrendered, and he has appointed talented people, so he can only be used as a foreign aid.
, but do not seek him.
Jingzhou is connected to the Han River and Mian River in the north, and supplies can be obtained all the way to the South China Sea. It is connected to Wu County and Kuaiji County in the east, and to Ba County and Shu County in the west. This is a place that everyone must compete for, but its owner
But there is no way to keep it.
After hearing this, Liu Bei praised Zhuge Liang greatly and strongly invited Zhuge Liang to come out to help, so Zhuge Liang came out. Liu Bei often discussed with him, and their relationship became increasingly close.
Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and others were very unhappy. Liu Bei explained to them: "I have Kong Ming, just like a fish gets water. I hope you will stop talking."
Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and others no longer complained. The "Longzhong Dui" proposed by Zhuge Liang became the basic national policy of Liu Bei and Shu Han in the following decades. Zhuge Liang was 27 years old at this time.
In the 13th year of Jian'an (208 years), Liu Biao's eldest son Liu Qi thought highly of Zhuge Liang. Liu Biao's wife, Liu Qi's stepmother Cai, made repeated slanders. Liu Biao doted on his youngest son Liu Cong, and gradually became dissatisfied with Liu Qi.
Liu Qi asked Zhuge Liang several times for advice on how to stabilize himself, but Zhuge Liang always refused and did not plan for it. Liu Qi used a plan to take out the ladder from the house during a banquet and asked Zhuge Liang to come up with a solution.
Liu Qi said to Zhuge Liang: "Now the two of us can't reach the sky when we go up, and we can't reach the earth when we go down. It's just the two of us. The words come from your mouth and enter my ears, and no one else knows. Can I say it now?"
In desperation, Zhuge Liang said to Liu Qi: "Can't you see that in history, Shen Sheng caused disasters in the country and Chong'er escaped and survived?" Liu Qi realized that Zhuge Liang asked him to go out to protect himself.
At that time, Huang Zu was killed by Soochow, and Liu Qi recommended him as the prefect of Jiangxia to protect himself. At this time, Zhuge Liang stayed mostly so that Liu Xuande, who had visited the thatched cottage, could temporarily have a place to stay in Jingzhou, such as the small town of Xinye.
He also knew that although Liu Qi at this time was the son of Liu Biao, a shepherd in Jingzhou, and was a "second-generation official", he was still not as good as the weaver and seller of mats and shoes in the previous years.
Liu Xuan who came out of the mountain.
In August of the 13th year of Jian'an (208 years), Liu Biao died of illness and his second son Liu Cong succeeded him. This was of course because Zhuge Liang saw that Liu Qi could not become a big man and was unwilling to help him. He also wanted to take this opportunity to take over Jingzhou, so he allowed Liu Cong to take the throne first.
This Lord of Jingzhou,
If he takes action to push Liu Qi into this position, then taking Jingzhou will not be as justifiable as it is now. This is also something Liu Bei is unwilling to accept. At that time, Cao Cao, who was named Han Prime Minister, unified the north and led an army of 200,000 south to Jingchu.
, upon hearing the news that Cao Cao was going south, he sent his envoys to surrender.
Zhuge Liang persuaded Liu Bei to attack Liu Cong in time and take the opportunity to occupy Jingzhou. However, even Liu Cong and Liu Bei still couldn't bear it. They wanted to continue to have the reputation of benevolence and righteousness, and went against Cao Mengde. He would rather let the world betray me than the world.
A benevolent person,
After Liu Bei learned that Cao Cao's army was heading south in Fancheng, he led his army and people to flee south. Cao's army caught up with Liu's army at Changban in Dangyang and defeated Liu's army.
In the same year, Liu Bei was defeated in Xiakou. Sun Quan had previously sent Lu Su to observe the situation and suggested to Liu Bei that he ask Sun Quan for help. Zhuge Liang then recommended himself to Chaisang as a lobbyist and became friends with Lu Su.
After Liu Bei led his army to Xiakou (now Hankou, Hubei), Zhuge Liang said: "The situation is urgent now, and I request to go to Jiangdong in person to seek help from Sun Quan." At that time, Sun Quan led the army and was stationed in Chaisang (now Jiujiang, Jiangxi) to watch the development of the situation.
After arriving at Chaisang, Zhuge Liang met Sun Quan. Zhuge Liang analyzed the situation for Sun Quan: "There was great chaos in the sea, and the general raised troops to occupy Jiangdong. Liu Yuzhou also gathered his troops south of the Han River, intending to compete with Cao Cao for the world.
Now Cao Cao has put down other forces and basically occupied the north. Now he goes south to conquer Jingzhou and is powerful all over the world. The hero has no use for force, so Liu Yuzhou fled here.
Then, Zhuge Liang first used a dichotomy to give Sun Quan two choices, "If we can compete with the Central Plains countries with the military power of Wu and Yue, it is better to break off diplomatic relations with Cao Cao as soon as possible."
Another option is to provoke the generals, "If you think you can't resist, why don't you stop military operations and surrender to the north!" Sun Quan asked Zhuge Liang why Liu Bei didn't surrender.
Zhuge Liang then raised Liu Bei's status, saying that Liu Bei had integrity and would never surrender to show Sun Quan Liu Bei's determination. Sun Quan was furious and vowed not to surrender to Cao Cao, but he was worried about how much fighting power Liu Bei still had.
Zhuge Liang finally analyzed the situation of the two armies. He first said that the scattered soldiers from the army returned and Guan Yu's navy had ten thousand people. In addition, Liu Qifan's Jiangxia soldiers were no less than ten thousand. He then said that Cao's army was exhausted from afar. When chasing Liu Bei, he used a light cavalry.
After traveling more than three hundred miles day and night, it was "at the end of a strong crossbow, and its power could not penetrate Lu's silk".
Moreover, northerners were not used to water warfare, and the people of Jingzhou were forced to obey Cao Cao, but they were not convinced; in the end, it was definitely said that Cao Cao could definitely be defeated.
In this way, Soochow was fooled into forming an alliance with the weak Liu Bei. Sun Quan was very happy. Later, he was lobbied by Lu Su and Zhou Yu and decided to join forces with Liu to fight against Cao. He sent Zhou Yu, Cheng Pu, Lu Su and others to lead 30,000 naval troops.
Start a war with Cao Cao.
Zhuge Liang returned to Liu Bei with his army; in November, Cao Cao's army encountered a fire attack by Sun and Liu's coalition forces in Chibi. Cao Cao's army suffered heavy losses. At this time, a plague broke out in Cao Cao's army. Cao Cao had no choice but to lead his army back north. At this time
The right time, place and people are all on Sun and Liu's side,
In December of the 13th year of Jian'an (208 years), Liu Bei took advantage of Cao Cao's return to the north, followed Zhuge Liang's plan, pacified the four counties of Jingnan, and appointed Zhuge Liang as the military advisor Zhonglang General, commanding the three counties of Lingling, Guiyang, and Changsha.
, responsible for adjusting taxes and replenishing military resources. In the fifteenth year of Jian'an (210), Liu Bei appointed Pang Tong as the order of Leiyang. Pang Tong was dismissed because he had no political achievements. Zhuge Liang advised Liu Bei that Pang Tong had great talents and should not be underestimated. So Liu Bei
Pang Tong was appointed as the Zhongzhong, and he was regarded as highly as Zhuge Liang, and he was ranked as the military advisor Zhonglang General along with Zhuge Liang.
In the 16th year of Jian'an (211), Yizhou Shepherd Liu Zhang, instigated by Zhang Song, sent Fazheng to Jingzhou to ask Liu Bei to lead troops to protect Yizhou's safety. Zhuge Liang believed that the opportunity was not to be missed and persuaded Liu Bei to agree. Zhuge Liang and Guan Yu
, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun and others guarded Jingzhou, and Liu Bei personally led his army into Yizhou accompanied by counselor Pang Tong.
In December of the following year, Liu Zhang discovered that Zhang Song was having an affair with Liu Bei, so he executed Zhang Song and ordered the generals guarding the pass not to allow Liu Bei's troops to pass. Liu Bei broke with Liu Zhang and also attacked Chengdu. Liu Bei made the first move and occupied Fucheng.
(Today's Mianyang, Sichuan). Liu Zhang sent Li Yan and others to surrender Mianzhu, while Liu Bei sent Zhuge Liang, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun and others to Sichuan to divide the counties in central Shu.
In the 19th year of Jian'an (214), Zhuge Liang, Zhang Fei, and Zhao Yun led their troops up the Yangtze River, captured Badong, and joined forces with Liu Bei in Chengdu. Liu Zhang was forced to leave the city and surrender. After Chengdu was captured, Zhuge Liang received five hundred catties of gold and one thousand catties of silver.
, 50 million yuan, thousands of pieces of brocade, and was appointed as military advisor general, in charge of the Zuo General's office.
Whenever Liu Bei sent out troops to conquer, Zhuge Liang was responsible for guarding Chengdu and providing Liu Bei with enough food and troops. At that time, Fa Zhengzheng was fending off foreign troops, and he served as a counselor within the government.
Someone said to Zhuge Liang: "Fa Zheng is too domineering. The general should tell the lord to suppress his momentum." Zhuge Liang said: "The lord is in Gong'an. There is Cao Cao's army to the north. He is afraid of Sun Quan's coercion to the east, and he is afraid of Sun Fu inside.
life events.
Since Fa Zheng assisted the lord, he seemed to have wings to soar in the sky and was no longer trapped by others. Why should we restrain him now and prevent him from getting what he wants?" So the matter was no longer pursued.
Zhuge Liang governed Shu and advocated severe punishments and laws, and many people had grievances. Fa Zheng cited Zhuge Liang's story of Han Emperor Gaozu abolishing the Qin Dynasty's harsh laws after entering Guanzhong and making a three-chapter agreement, hoping to be tolerant in governance.
Zhuge Liang, however, believed that Fa Zheng only knew one thing and did not know the other. He believed that the current situation was different from that of the late Qin Dynasty. Liu Zhang was ignorant and incompetent. Since he took charge of Shu, he had not formulated effective laws, and he did not practice virtuous governance. He was intimidating.
There is no punishment.
The large clans in Shu are autocratic and self-reliant, and the rule of monarchs and ministers is gradually replaced by the exclusive power of the large clans. Therefore, I am now implementing severe punishments and laws to correct this political situation.
How could a military and political veteran who could compete with Pang Tong and Fa Zheng and win in the end be able to deal with his father, a rising star from a wealthy Shu clan?
However, when the former Lord Liu Bei appointed his father as an auxiliary minister when he was dying, his father inevitably had to compete with Zhuge Liang. After all, his father was already the leader of the great clan of Shu at that time, and he had to bear the growth of the noble clan of Shu.
On his shoulders, this will make the Shu nobles more convinced of him and secure his position as the leader of the Shu nobles.
Even if he knew he couldn't fight, he would still fight with all his strength. If he didn't want to fight, the Shu nobles would find others who were willing to fight to replace him as the leader of the Shu nobles. They fought like this for nine years, and fell into defeat in just nine years.
In the hands of Zhuge Pifu,
But now that he has the opportunity to get back everything he lost in the past, Li Feng naturally has to plan more carefully, and cannot be like his father who failed in the end!
Li Feng just used some for lunch. Because the weather was hot and he couldn't eat much food, he just used some casually.
"Uncle Zhong, it's almost time. Are the escort manpower and silver ready?"
Li Feng wiped the oil stains on the corners of his mouth with a brocade handkerchief, washed his hands in the copper basin brought by the maid, and wiped the water stains on his hands with another clean brocade handkerchief.
Hu Zhong, who came from outside the hospital, said,
"Everything is ready and you can set off at any time." Hu Zhong replied in a somewhat old and thick voice.
"In that case, let me change my clothes and set off. It's time to go visit my old friends for my father. After so many years, the gifts should be heavier." Li Feng nodded and said,
This silver may be considered valuable elsewhere, but to Li Feng it can only be regarded as a specialty of the area under his jurisdiction.
Then Li Feng took a carriage with Hu Zhong to the Taifu's Mansion, carrying the exquisite silver utensils in five vermilion lacquer boxes that had just arrived a few days ago. After a stick of incense, they arrived in front of the Taifu's Mansion.
No matter how you look at it, this Tutor's Mansion is much more imposing than the declining Li family's mansion, even though Sima Yi's time to surrender to the Shu Han was short-lived...