As for why Zhuge Liang chose the weakest Liu Bei instead of Cao Cao, Jiang Siming couldn't figure it out. Maybe it was because of Liu Huangshu's protagonist aura.
But it doesn't matter, whoever he takes refuge in will become his enemy.
Liu Bei received Zhuge Liang's support and was so excited that he almost burped in his heart on the spot.
From the first day Zhuge Liang took refuge with him, Liu Bei almost treated Zhuge Liang as his father.
They walk together during the day and sleep together at night, as if they were conjoined.
It's understandable, after all, Liu Bei had longed for a top counselor, but he kept looking for him to no avail.
Now that Wolong is suddenly helping me, can I not treat him well?
When the Zhuge family heard the news, their heavens were turned upside down, and they hurriedly ran to the Ming Palace to atone for their sins.
"You treasonous son! You treacherous son! King Ming thinks so highly of my son, but this child betrays his master and surrenders to the enemy. Please punish me, King Ming, and punish my Zhuge family!"
Father Zhuge Liang knelt down in the main hall with his two sons, the eldest brother and the third brother.
Both of them served as officials under Jiang Siming, and the eldest brother Zhuge Jin achieved the position of imperial censor because of Jiang Siming's special care.
Their whole family was very grateful to Jiang Siming for his kindness, but they never expected that something like this would happen.
The two brothers thought their future was ruined, so they both lowered their heads in despair.
Jiang Siming did not express his anger at them.
"Zhuge Liang is Zhuge Liang, and you are you. I will not take my anger out on you, and I will never doubt you. Just do your job with peace of mind."
"Officials, please thank my king!" The three father and son were deeply moved.
It is precisely because of Jiang Siming's magnanimity that the Zhuge family has been loyal to Jiang Siming for several generations.
On the other side, in addition to Liu Bei getting Zhuge Liang, Cao Cao finally found Jia Xu to work for him.
Because of the appearance of Zhuge Liang and Jia Xu, the plan of the five-way alliance of princes to attack Jiang Siming started ahead of schedule.
One after another, plans were spread from the Five-Road Alliance to secretly deal with Jiang Siming.
Liu Xie in the palace seems to have been completely controlled, but secretly he has not given up and has been actively trying his best to contact the outside world.
In this world, although the rule of the Han Dynasty has long been fragmented, there are still many people who still support the Han Dynasty.
This is something that not even Jiang Siming can eradicate. The minds of these people have been completely eroded by pedantry. No matter how kind he is to them, he cannot shake their hearts.
If Jiang Siming hadn't brought out the world map and asked Xun Yu to reconstruct the Three Views, his first confidant might have left him long ago.
Therefore, the pedantic people in ancient times were really pedantic to the extreme. Unless they were thoroughly brainwashed, it would be possible to change their minds.
Even among the hundreds of officials, there is still a small group that silently supports the Han Dynasty.
Jiang Siming also knew this, but he was not surprised and ignored it. After all, those people were old officials of the Han Dynasty. Now they have been transferred to positions that are insignificant. Even if they wanted to support the Han Dynasty, they could not do it.
What's up.
Liu Xie took advantage of this and began to win over old ministers to contact the five major princes outside.
And a sinister plan was quietly sent from Cao Cao's military camp to Chang'an Palace.
This day was still an ordinary day for Jiang Siming. After attending court, he went to the Yangxin Hall to review the memorials of many ministers.
When Jiang Siming was studying and watching TV series, he thought that the memorials reviewed by the emperor every day were very important.
But in fact, after he became king and used the emperor's exclusive power, he found that this was not the case.
Most of the memorials given by officials reported on work, household registration, land acres, conscription, taxes, etc.
These must be reported every half month, and there are also business letters from many out-of-town officials and ministers sent to station in other states and counties.
For example, Hanzhong Fazheng would send a memorial to Chang'an every day, reporting on Hanzhong's daily border defense, people, and construction.
I write these every day, so naturally there will be one every day.
Jiang Siming can’t help but watch it, everyone has to watch it.
There are also things that have happened or memorials have been written.
For example, where is there a drought, where are bandits found, where is the plague, etc.
These memorials are even more important. Three letters reporting on the situation have to be written a day, morning, noon and night.
If Jiang Siming could still accept these, then the last few talkative ones made him quite annoying.
At this moment, he was reviewing a memorial written by a court official. The memorial contained tens of thousands of words.
Jiang Siming read the entire memorial. This memorial was all about flattering him and saying hello to him.
The general meaning of the beginning is: Hello, my king, have you eaten? What did you eat? King Ming is really awesome.
The general meaning in the middle is: I have nothing to do, I just want to ask you how you are doing lately, and if you need me to do something. It’s been cold in Chang’an recently, so I, the king, need to wear more clothes.
The final general meaning is: My king, will you reply to my letter? My king, when will you come to my mansion as a guest, I will treat you well. Long live my king!
Wait, there are thousands of words in each paragraph, which made Jiang Siming's head spin.
After reading it, I realized that this memorial was nothing but waste paper and I had wasted so much time reading it.
It was already dinner time, but because of this kind of memorial, he didn't even have time to have dinner with his concubines.
Jiang Siming was so angry that his teeth itched.
"Someone is coming!"
As soon as Jiang Siming drank, a eunuch came in immediately.
There were also eunuchs in the Ming Palace. Jiang Siming actually didn't like this profession very much. After all, he thought it was a bit too cruel for men to become eunuchs.
But it is useless even if he objects to a profession left over from history.
Besides, it’s not enough to just have maids in this palace. The maids can’t do heavy physical work.
Jiang Siming was even less happy to invite a man in, so he chose to let the eunuchs serve him.
However, most of the eunuchs are in the front palace, and the harem is still full of palace maids. Unless they need to do some hard work, the palace maids will invite the eunuchs into the harem.
"Go and pass the order from King Gu to bring this guy named Xu Jinlong here!"
Jiang Siming gave the order, but the eunuchs didn't know what was going on. Seeing Jiang Siming's unhappy look, they didn't dare to ask any more questions and quickly followed the order to arrest him.
Not long after, a confused Xu Jinlong was brought to the palace and brought to Jiang Siming.
Xu Jinlong was still a servant, in charge of the copper seal and yellow ribbon. This man thought he had made some big mistake and was so scared that his legs became weak.
When Jiang Siming saw him coming, he got down from the king's chair, picked up the memorial he wrote and slapped him on the face.
"You are very idle. You have nothing to do every day, right? I'm just asking you, is that right????"
Bang bang...
After taking several shots in a row and asking questions at the same time, Jiang Siming still felt that it was not enough, so he raised his foot and kicked his butt again.
[Author's digression]: Second update~ (To be continued)