Zhuge Liang was sitting in the study, and Xun Yu was sitting not far away, reading a book, looking very comfortable. These days, although he was serving as the governor of Jingnan, Zhuge Liang was taking care of everything, and Xun Yu never interfered.
Occasionally, he would remind Zhuge Liang one or two words. Even these few words helped Zhuge Liang learn a lot. Therefore, Zhuge Liang also respected him very much and did not do anything out of the ordinary.
Zhuge Liang looked at the letter in his hand with some annoyance and threw it on the table. Seeing Zhuge Liang's appearance, Xun Yu in the distance raised his head and glanced at him. He ignored him and continued to lower his head and read.
Pick up the book in your hand.
Sima Fu was sitting next to Zhuge Liang. When Sima Fu first arrived, Zhuge Liang was also a little shocked. Everyone thought that he was a traitor that Sima Yi had photographed and was here to infiltrate their Jingnan. Zhuge Liang ignored everyone's objections and decided to kill him.
After he stayed, no matter whether he was in the north or south of Jing, it was the land of the emperor, and no matter Zhuge Sima, he was the minister of the emperor. There was no such thing as a traitor.
Sima Fu initially served as the county magistrate and did quite well. Zhuge Liang saw the young man's talent and promoted him all the way. Finally, he came to Zhuge Liang and served as his chief historian. Zhuge Liang personally taught him and wanted to promote this young man.
He was introduced to the right path and did not want to become a bad guy like his brother, and they gradually became closer.
Sima Fu looked at the somewhat irritable Zhuge Liang and felt a little strange. He had known Zhuge Liang for more than a year, but he had never seen Zhuge Liang look so angry. In his opinion, Zhuge Liang had always been so calm.
No matter what happened, he never lost his composure, and he always found the best way to solve it. How could this letter make the governor so angry?
Zhuge Liang frowned and said: "This guy is really inappropriate...", and just as he was about to curse, he saw Sima Fu on the side, forcibly holding back the remaining words. Sima Fu asked with some confusion:
"Mr. Zhuge, where did the book come from?"
"Of course he came from Jingbei...look!"
Sima Fu picked up the letter and read it for a moment. It turned out that it was a letter from his brother Sima Yi. In the letter, he only exchanged greetings with Zhuge Liang and talked about the current farming work. The farming work had just ended and he had some leisure time.
Today, however, I still have to help Situ Gong with the big strategy, and I am thinking about it, so I can't come to see him in person. Sima Fu looked at it for a long time, and it seems that his brother didn't say anything excessive? Why is Zhuge Gong so angry?
?
Seeing that he still didn't understand, Zhuge Liang then said: "Haha, you can't see Zhongda's heart, it's normal. His letter seems to be a greeting to me, but it's a threat, but it's a hidden greeting.
Within... The busy farming season is over, and the people are now resting. He also mentioned that Cao Situ needs manpower to dig the canal. Doesn't this mean that he wants to propose to Situ that he transfer my people from Jingbei to dig the canal?
What’s the matter??”
Sima Fu suddenly woke up, threw the letter on the case, and said angrily: "This guy is really not a human being!"
Sima Fu cursed loudly and realized what was wrong. Then he stopped and coughed awkwardly.
Zhuge Liang did not pay attention to his crime of disrespect to his brother, and said helplessly: "If I am not mistaken, another letter will arrive soon. I, the people of Jingnan, have been busy with me for nearly a year, and now I still have it."
I'm going to Jingbei to dig a canal..."
"My brother is the governor of Jingbei, he does not have this power!" Sima Fu said angrily.
"Zhongda doesn't have it, but Situ Gong does. Situ Gong is building the canal, and officials from all over the country have to cooperate with him...including Jingnan..." Zhuge Liang said, with a dilemma on his face for the first time.
Once, he really didn't know how to deal with it. If Cao Cao asked him to send men, he would not dare not to obey. After all, that person was Sangong, and the canal was also a great strategy. However, just sending men like this, Zhuge Liang felt that
Also unwilling.
He was very disgusted with what Cao Cao did in Jingzhou. Sima Yi was like a tiger by his side. Cao Cao's construction of the canal was a good thing, but the bad thing was that Situ was eager for success and didn't take the people seriously at all. He used a large number of
Corvee labor and canal digging are also extremely harsh on these people, and there are even situations where they die from exhaustion. The last time this happened was more than 400 years ago!!
And this Situ should be clear about the consequences of that large-scale corvee!
This Situ cannot bear the consequences of oppressing the people in this way.
Zhuge Liang wrote a lot of letters to persuade Cao Cao. Cao Cao's reply only praised his calligraphy without any explanation for the content of the letters. Cao Cao was also very powerful. With Sima Yi's help, the two used
Various methods made the people dare to be angry but dare not speak out. The progress of the canal was rapid, the area around Xiangyang was surprisingly prosperous, the traffic was busy, and the ships were almost crowded at the port. However, their methods made Zhuge Liang feel deeply ashamed.
Seeing that Zhuge Liang was silent, Sima Fu said nervously: "How can I send my people from Jingbei to help Sima Yi with his affairs?"
"It doesn't matter. The people are doing corvées. This is their duty. If they can treat these people well and act according to the law, like Mr. Xing in the northwest, I will personally send the people there. I can help him myself. Jing
The north is also Han territory, but with what they are doing now, I will never let the people suffer in the past. The emperor has warned him several times, but Situ Gong still thinks he is right. I will report to the emperor..."
Zhuge Liang said that as of now, the best way for him is to report to the Emperor.
Sima Fu nodded aside.
"Hahaha!" Xun Yu suddenly laughed. Zhuge Liang and Sima Fu looked at him. Zhuge Liang said nothing, but Sima Fu asked: "Mr. Xun, is what Zhuge Gong said wrong?"
Xun Yu shook his head and said: "The temple invested billions and billions, and the food consumed was countless. Kong Ming thought that when Jingzhou was about to be completed, would the emperor really stop? If Cao Cao was severely punished and stopped digging, the previous
Isn’t all the money spent in vain? Emperor, I stay by his side and know him well. Now, he has long been resentful of what Situ Gong said. It’s a pity that Situ’s canal plan is about to be completed.
If he deals with Situ, the gains outweigh the losses..."
"When your letter reaches the emperor, the emperor will definitely agree with it, and will definitely punish Situ, and may depose him again. However, this will have to wait until he completes his big plan. By that time, the people of Jingnan will have already embarked on the journey.
Is it too late to find my way home...?"
Hearing Xun Yu's words, Zhuge Liang was immediately startled, frowned, thought for a long time, and then sighed helplessly.
Sima Fu walked around nervously, thinking about how to solve this problem, and Zhuge Liang was even more so. He frowned tightly, closed his eyes, and kept thinking about the solution. Sima Fu suddenly stopped walking and turned his head.
He came, looked at Zhuge Liang, and asked: "Mr. Zhuge?! Maybe my brother can help? If I write a letter, if he has no other ideas, I'm afraid he won't write a letter to Gong Zhuge."
"Haha, he wrote the letter just to show off to me. This time, he defeated me..."
"Stupid..." Xun Yu said this while still reading the book.
Zhuge Liang was startled. He looked at Xun Yu who was reading quietly in the distance. He was silent for a moment, stood up, walked to Xun Yu's side, bowed to Xun Yu, and asked, "I don't know, can you teach me?"
Xun Yu was speechless and continued to read his book.
"I hope Xun Gong can teach me a thing or two..."
Xun Yu suddenly threw the book in his hand and hit Zhuge Liang on the forehead. Sima Fu on the side was frightened by this unexpected incident and put his hand directly on the hilt of the sword. Zhuge Liang's face turned red, but
Without words, Xun Yu looked at his face seriously and then nodded, "What? I'm not arrogant now?? This is much better..."
"This is your stupidity, and it is also Sima Yi's, as well as Fazheng, Pang Tong and others... You are all just stupid..." Xun Yu shook his head and continued: "You all think too highly of yourself.
, you think you have extraordinary intelligence... but you don’t know that you are still far apart... In the temple, do you think you can overpower the ministers?? Haha, I, Fengxiao, even Ju Gong, Tian Gong, Wenhe
, these people can play with you in their hands with their eyes closed..."
"As for us people..." Xun Yu raised his head and said with a smile: "There are also three men, Cao Cao, Liu Bei, and Sun Jian. These three are outstanding people in the world. Why do you think they can sit in that position?
Is it because they are old??”
"When you encounter difficulties, you only think of the emperor, but not anyone else. Maybe you think that no one can match your intelligence and can't solve the problems that you can't solve?"
"You should keep my humiliation in mind today. You people from the Eastern Palace are indeed very good. Unfortunately, you are still a little behind. When you get older, you should be able to surpass me when you reach my age.
My, but now you, in front of me, are just a arrogant and ignorant young man..."
Xun Yu said, but Zhuge Liang still lowered his head and remained silent.
"Okay, I'll tell you how to solve it... There are not many people in the temple who can deal with Cao Cao. Anyway, I can't do it. If you want to defeat a tiger, you have to find another tiger...
.”
Xun Yu stood up, walked to Zhuge Liang, and whispered in his ear:
"Liu Bei."
Zhuge Liang was startled and was about to ask, but Xun Yu laughed, shook his head, picked up the book, and walked out the door. Zhuge Liang watched him leave, while Sima Fu beside him was completely confused.
He didn't know why Xun Yu wanted to hit Zhuge Liang, nor did he know what Xun Yu had just said to Zhuge Liang. It wasn't until Xun Yu left that Zhuge Liang finally woke up, frowned, and touched the scar on his forehead.
"Zhuge Gong, why does he treat you like this?"
"Mr. Xun is teaching me..."
"Then what is his solution?"
"Complain to Sikong..."
"Ah?? Sikong has a close relationship with Situ, how can he help us??"
"Well..." Zhuge Liang was also thinking about this issue. He thought for a long time and suddenly woke up. He widened his eyes and said seriously:
"You are wrong. The relationship between the three father-in-laws cannot be too close, especially for the in-laws. It is impossible without conflicts..."