Guan Yu finally received Liu Ji's letter in Pingling. Originally, Guan Yu wanted to burn it directly, but fortunately Zhuge Liang took it and took a look...
"Humph, what's there to read in that little beast's letter? Kong Ming, you are really curious, so you burned it directly after reading it. Don't bother me!" Guan Yu said disdainfully.
After Zhuge Liang saw it, he first looked pleased, and then... looked at Guan Yu strangely.
"Brother Guan, you really don't want to watch?" Zhuge Liang asked strangely.
Guan Yu felt depressed after hearing this - he thought you would know me well after we have cooperated for a while!
Am I the kind of person who doesn't mean what I say? I looked happy... Could it be that the boy repented? That's useless!
"Did he admit his mistake?" Guan Yu asked like a domineering president.
"No, he said that General Guan recognized him by mistake... and said that he is now the Marquis of Qi." Zhuge Liang said truthfully.
Guan Yu became even more angry when he heard this: "When I capture Chang'an and avenge my elder brother, I will go back and clean up the family for my elder brother!"
"But there is a second letter that Brother Guan needs to read."
In the middle of Zhuge Liang's words, Guan Yu interrupted: "Don't look at it! Burn it!"
"This... I don't know the master's handwriting as well as Brother Guan, and from Brother Guan's words, I should be able to tell whether there are secret words in it, right?" Zhuge Liang said with a smile.
Guan Yu was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then appeared in front of Zhuge Liang in an instant and snatched the letter away!
When Zhuge Liang saw this, he suppressed his joy, shook his head with a sigh, and then walked out of the military tent - after all, if Guan Yu shed tears later, he would probably be "blacklisted" if he saw it.
As for the reason for "sighing", it was because Zhuge Liang was sighing himself...
For Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, this is really good news. For other generals under Liu Bei and the civil servants under his rule, it is not bad news.
Of course, except for Liu Yan, a clan member of the Han Dynasty who was ambitious and talented, the status of the clan clan of the Han Dynasty plummeted after he surrendered to Chu.
But not to mention this kind of trash, the other biggest "victim" is Zhuge Liang!
For Zhuge Liang, this almost completely ended his life ideal...
As a supporter of the orthodox plot and the plot of Duke of Zhou, if he could successfully assist Liu Bei in the past, whether Liu Bei retired and became Duke of Zhou or continued to become Liu Xiu, Zhuge Liang believed that he had achieved his ideal of reviving the Han Dynasty.
Even after Liu Bei's "death", Zhuge Liang did not completely despair.
If Guan Yu can really make a desperate move to break into Chang'an, or even pass through Guanzhong and join Qingxu Qi's army, Qi's army will still have a chance to reorganize the country!
Naturally, Zhuge Liang actually only considered Liu Chan as Liu Bei's successor.
Liu Ji and so on, just use him as a spare tire to appease him...
Otherwise, after reviving the Han Dynasty, we can't let a stepson become the emperor, right?
This is also the reason why Zhuge Liang and Guan Yu have great differences in terms of grand strategy, but they are still willing to help him wholeheartedly.
However, Liu Ji's letter now made Zhuge Liang very happy at first. After all, he also had a heart-to-heart relationship with the benevolent Liu Bei.
In front of Guan Yu, Zhuge Liang didn't show anything, but... Zhuge Liang knew in his heart that if he cut off 90% of his dream line before, now he has completely cut off the last 10%!
After all, Liu Bei is now obviously under the control of the Chu State. No matter how it develops, it is impossible to enter the ending route that Zhuge Liang expected.
The only possibility I can think of is to be like Sima Yi, assisting Liu Bei to lurk in the Chu Kingdom, and ultimately win the results through internal fighting?
However, Zhuge Liang only had a fleeting thought about this, leaving aside whether the Chu State could be "seized" so easily.
Such a revival of the Han Dynasty did not mean anything to Zhuge Liang.
Zhuge Liang's entanglement with the Han Dynasty was not due to foolish loyalty, but a hope to once again strengthen the sanctity of the "Han Dynasty". If there was another Ji Han after the Former Han and the Later Han, then the sanctity of the Han Dynasty would be more stable.
From now on, one lineage for all eternity is not an illusion.
Otherwise, who knows when, we may fall back into the chaos of pre-Qin times where heroes competed for hegemony!
At that time, chaos and chaos may be the best result. After all, the demise of the Han Dynasty, as the first unified empire, would mean that the dynasty would no longer have any sanctity at all.
That's why compared to Bai Tu and Cao Cao, the mediocre Liu Bei met Zhuge Liang's requirements so much that he even avoided Bai Tu who came to Nanyang and took the initiative to go north to join Liu Bei.
Although the Chu State was powerful, in Zhuge Liang's view, it was not sacred enough after all, and it was just a small splash if it could unify the world for a while.
However, although Zhuge Liang's logic is stubborn, he is not paranoid. He knows best that using the behavior of "doves occupying the magpie's nest" to continue a period of Han Dynasty is meaningless - if the country is not righteous, what kind of sanctity can there be?
On the contrary, it will bring shame to the Han Dynasty, and it will become a "warning" to future generations who must kill all Liu's descendants if they want to rebel...
As for finding another Liu family disciple who can support the wall and starting from scratch?
Even more impossible!
Seeing that Chu and Wei are already facing a duel between the north and the south, it is too late to help anyone at this time!
Although Sima Yi still maintains the pseudo-Han name, Zhuge Liang already knows that the Han Dynasty... is destined to be a thing of the past.
Not to mention the blow of having his life ideals far away from him, to put it more utilitarian, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and other old ministers may still be used by the Chu State, but Zhuge Liang is unlikely to be reused.
After all, his thoughts have been "exposed" for a long time, and he didn't hide them specifically.
He is so incompatible with Chu Xue, no matter how powerful he is, Chu State will not reuse him...
In fact, it is not that the Chu State is harsh, but that Zhuge Liang's ideals are already at the level of "the foundation of a country." Except for Liu Bei, who already meets the conditions, no party can shake their "foundation of the country" for Zhuge Liang.
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This is indeed the case. After asking Zhuge Jin, Bai Tu and Dian Ge's view of Zhuge Liang was that if he could not accept Chu studies, the upper limit of his appointment would be "Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs".
The kind who have no military power or political power and are only responsible for arranging projects of the Ministry of Civil Affairs across the country...
If you want to live in seclusion, you can support it from the court, but it must be specially monitored and you are not allowed to run a school without a license.
Zhuge Liang waited for more than an hour before Guan Yu called him over again.
Zhuge Liang knew from the time that Guan Yu must have been in agitated mood before, but luckily he escaped.
There is indeed a secret word in the secret language, but it only tells Guan Yu that his situation is safe and reminds Guan Yu to be careful when withdrawing.
After learning that Liu Bei was still alive, Guan Yu did not continue to attack Chang'an with a small number of troops, but instead prepared to withdraw.
Zhuge Liang also steeled himself and prepared to stand on the last post. His ideal was gone, but Liu Bei still had to repay his kindness. At least he had to bring back Guan Yu as much as possible...