Among the Yuan family of the Five Generations and Three Dukes, Yuan Shang is the most unusual, and the only one who is despised and hated by the officials. Of course, he has done nothing wrong. He is just the eyes and ears of those above him, and the butcher's knife in his hands.
That's all. However, no one dared to blame the superior person, nor did they reflect on their own mistakes. Therefore, this crime naturally fell on Yuan Shang.
He naturally became the number one traitor in Yankang and the butcher in everyone's eyes. He was a great villain. Almost no one dared to make friends with him, and no one dared to approach him. Even the members of the Yuan family complained that he had abandoned him.
Because of Yuan's glory, he often had conflicts with him, and his position did not allow him to get too close to others, which made Yuan Shang completely a lonely and cold person.
When Yuan Shang rushed to Liangzhou, he hid among the horsemen transporting baggage. It was not easy to separate Yuan Shang from hundreds of carriages. When the carriage arrived, the local officials asked
When the grooms rested for a day before continuing on their way, Yuan Shang changed his clothes, left among them, and rushed directly to Zhuge Liang's mansion in Liangzhou.
Zhuge Liang, who was dealing with many memorials in the study, seemed a little surprised, "Xianfu? When did you arrive??" When the servants brought Yuan Shang into the study, Zhuge Liang said this. He did not know that Yuan Shangqian came.
The emperor had never disclosed the news to him, and Yuan Shang never left Luoxian County. He only left once in so many years. What was the purpose of coming this time?
"Kong Ming..." Even when he was treating his old friend, Yuan Shang couldn't squeeze out a smile on his face. He had been pretending for too long, and his whole person became what he pretended to be, too cold and unapproachable.
However, Zhuge Liang was able to understand him. He walked forward with a smile, pulled Yuan Shang and made him sit in front of him. He and Yuan Shang also grew up together, and their friendship was good.
"Why are you here? His Majesty sent you to help?" Zhuge Liang immediately thought of the purpose of Yuan Shang's arrival.
Yuan Shang nodded, and then said: "I came here just for the matter of Kushan. Maybe you also know that we have a lot of secrets in Kushan, and we have also attracted many people. They
Among them, there are generals, vassal princes, princes... and ministers in the palace..."
"I have heard about this. His Majesty once told me that all this was arranged by Mr. Jia..."
"I am here just to assist you. Only I know the details of these people. I will help you contact these people... During the war, it will be much easier with the help of these people.
.", Yuan Shang said, took out a document from his sleeve, placed it in front of Zhuge Liang, and continued: "Only you can see this thing, not anyone else."
"I understand..." Zhuge Liang nodded and then picked up the document. Sure enough, there were some names in it, most of them were Kushan people. Of course, there were also some merchants and even Husbands from other areas.
People, these people are not members of the Embroidered Clothes Messenger, but people bribed by the Embroidered Clothes Messenger. In fact, the Han Dynasty has always made expenditures in this regard. Only Liu Ba knew about this in the temple.
The Embroidered Clothes Messenger has been wooing and buying these people for a long time just for this opportunity.
Zhuge Liang read this carefully, then nodded with a smile and said: "Very good, it seems that the Embroidered Clothes Envoy knows more about Kushan's defense and troop strength than the Northern Army... Well, I hope
The Embroidered Clothes Envoy can find this information for me as soon as possible, preferably within two months. I want to get all the information inside Kushan... Is it possible?"
Yuan Shang shook his head, "It doesn't take that long."
"You need to be more prudent in your work..."
"Know."
"Then what are you going to do next?"
"This matter has nothing to do with you. You can go to the west of the city now. The baggage from Luoxian County has just arrived here. You can leave one of the coachmen behind and leave him in the house to drive the coach for you."
"Oh? There must be a lot of grooms there. Who should I keep?"
"There are more than three hundred horsemen there. You can stay with any of them. If anything happens, he will tell you." After Yuan Shang finished speaking, he turned and left. Zhuge Liang was a little surprised. It seemed that this time the embroidered messenger was
All of them were dispatched. The more than 300 horsemen were all embroidered messengers. If you encountered bandits on the way, there was no need to worry.
After sending Yuan Shang away, Zhuge Liang went to the west of the city to pick up a horseman to drive for him. Faced with the three orders' request, the local officials naturally did not dare to say anything and hurriedly agreed. Zhuge Liang did not say anything to this man and took him back to his mansion.
Inside, I just exchanged a few words and then started to get busy again.
Hu'er had just arrived in Liangzhou and had no time to spare. He kept trying to go to the Northern and Southern Army. However, Zhuge Liang did not allow it. He did not want the prince to participate in this war. This battle
, the opponent seems weak, but after all, it is also a big country with millions of people. This time it is deep into the enemy's territory. Who knows what kind of changes will happen?
If the prince was killed on the battlefield... Zhuge Liang didn't dare to continue thinking about it, so he could only make up some reasons to stall the prince. On the contrary, Hu'er respected and trusted him very much. He would not care about anything Zhuge Liang said.
After Zhuge Liang's persuasion, he gave up the idea of going to the Northern and Southern Army garrison. However, he couldn't rest on weekdays and wandered around Liangzhou all day long. He said he was inspecting the public sentiment, but in fact he just wanted to have fun.
Hu'er went to many places, even to the border with Xizhou. However, fortunately, he was still able to listen to Zhuge Liang's words, and did not leave Liangzhou privately and run into Xizhou.
On the way, he even went to pay homage to the spirit of a local sage. Seven or eight poplar trees were planted beside a road. These poplar trees surrounded a grave, like a guard.
People often came to worship. Hu'er was also very curious at the time. The officials following him told him that the person buried here was the former famous minister, Duke Xing.
Hu'er led everyone to worship the heroic spirits here seriously.
It can be considered as doing some serious things.
In the temple, the officials gradually smelled the smell of war. The Northern and Southern armies suddenly moved north, and even the ministers rushed to the north. One batch after another, the baggage was continuously transported to Xizhou and Liangzhou.
No matter how you look at it, the temple is going to make some big move in the northwest in the near future. After the temple officials realized this, Liu Yi had no free time.
Every day, ministers came to visit and asked Liu Yi to hold a court meeting to discuss the specific matters of the war. They wanted to know whether the emperor was preparing to use force with Guishang. Liu Yi was obviously not suitable to deal with these matters.
Ridu was troubled by the ministers, but fortunately he gradually became wiser. Facing the visitors, he expressed indignantly that he did not know about these things, and the emperor had never had such an idea. If he wanted to know, he still had to ask the minister.
The ministers could not go to Liangzhou to question Zhuge Liang, so they had no choice but to leave.
However, at this moment, the emperor suddenly ordered Liu Yi to hold a court meeting.
At this court meeting, only two of the three orders were present. However, Sima Yi still had to give up his position of leading hundreds of officials into the court and follow Liu Yi. During this period, Liu Yi's sense of Sima Yi
It's very good. Their names are the same. Liu Yi likes him quite a lot, but for some reason, he doesn't seem to want to get too close to him.
Liu Yi led the ministers into the hall. This was not the first time he entered the hall, but it was the first time he led everyone into the hall. Looking at everyone sitting in their seats, Liu Yi was still thinking silently.
What I want to say later, Zhongshu Ling is not a simple matter, because there are many etiquette restrictions, and the words must comply with etiquette and there are many rules.
Of course, if your daughter marries the emperor, or you are known as the best warrior in the dynasty, then you don't need to care about these etiquette.
As the grandson of Emperor Xiaokang, Liu Yi has a high status, but compared to the previous two Zhongshu Ling, he seems to be somewhat unqualified. After all, he only has one life experience and no corresponding political achievements. When the emperor comes,
Everyone held their breath and lowered their heads. Liu Yi could watch the emperor come in. Even if the emperor's behavior in the court meeting was not in line with etiquette, he could still reprimand him face to face.
However, Liu Yi did not have such courage.
The emperor looked very angry. He frowned, and the anger was written directly on his face. When he sat down and looked at the ministers, everyone almost trembled. When they glanced at Liu Yi
, Liu Yi could also feel the uneasiness and oppression like needles. He also hurriedly lowered his head, and the emperor slowly asked: "Where is the minister's order?"
"I'm here!"
"Inform everyone about yesterday's performance in Xizhou."
Sima Yi agreed, then walked to the middle position, faced the emperor, and said loudly: "Xizhou Mu Chen Deng reported that on March 16, the 22nd year of Yankang, there were Kushan thieves who tore up the contract.
They unexpectedly sent troops to sneak attack the base of our Northern Army of the Han Dynasty, injuring sixteen soldiers. After encountering the counterattack of the Northern Army, they retreated in a hurry, but then attacked four caravans of the Han Dynasty and plundered a large amount of supplies!!"
"What?!"
"Guishang dares to sneak attack on my Han garrison?!"
The ministers were stunned, and then became furious. They didn't like war, and they didn't want the emperor to use troops against Guishang, but this did not mean that they were weak. In this era where the blood of the pre-Qin Dynasty has not been wiped out, these gentle and elegant people in the temple
The ministers were all like bloodthirsty beasts, showing their sharp claws and fangs. Even the gentle Liu Yi was full of anger and shouted: "These Kushan dogs!! Do you think you have lived too long?"
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"Your Majesty!! You will definitely make Kushan pay the price!"
"Your Majesty, please allow the Northern and Southern armies to go out!!"
The Han Dynasty has always been indifferent between civil and military affairs. These ministers in the temple are not weak scholars. On the contrary, they are all capable men who are proficient in archery and swordsmanship. The ordinary four or five thieves are not enough for them to kill. They and the generals
The only difference is that they are used to hiding their claws in the long sleeves, and if the sleeves are rolled up, most of the thieves can see the traces of flesh and blood remaining on the claws.