At the end of August in 234 AD (the second year of Qinglong in Wei), the Wei-Shu War, which lasted nearly seven months, finally ended with no victory or defeat between the two sides. At the beginning of this battle, Zhuge Liang had an absolute advantage in military strength and almost blocked Sima Yi in Fuhuling. However, in the end, under Liu Xie's self-sacrifice and Sima Yi's persistent strategy, Zhuge Liang's ambition to fight against the sky finally turned into smoke and dust with the sad autumn wind blowing on Wuzhangyuan...

However, when Zhuge Liang was dying and had a very clear understanding of the government of Shu Han. He deliberately asked Jiang Wan to return to CD first, and reported the news of his death to Shu Emperor Liu Chan to know. Then he handed Liu Chan the memorial that he strongly recommended Yang Yi.

Liu Chan, who was determined to abandon Zhuge Liang's members, so as to completely get rid of his control and then take over power, prefers Wei Yan, who is loyal to the late emperor Liu Bei, and has a grudge against Yang Yi, who is strongly recommended by Zhuge Liang.

At the same time, Liu Chan also secretly signaled that Wei Yan could get rid of Yang Yi at the right time. As a result, Wei Yan and Yang Yi had a fierce conflict over the withdrawal of troops. Wei Yan learned that the army was retreating and the Wei army was about to pursue him. He knew that he was outnumbered and was angry.

With Liu Chan's acquiescence, Wei Yan rushed forward in front of the army led by Yang Yi and Fei Yi in one night, and burned down all the plank roads to prevent the army from returning to Hanzhong safely. At the same time, he reported to Yang Yi that Liu Chan had the intention of rebellion. What's more important is that Wei Yan also openly presented Liu Chan's edict to secretly remove Yang Yi, which made the matter suddenly complicated.

Wei Yan's move really caught Liu Chan off guard. He immediately denied the edict he had granted Wei Yan in the court. At the same time, he pretended to seek the opinions of all officials. As a result, everyone said that Yang Yi would never rebel, and Wei Yan held a false edict and was inappropriate intention. Liu Chan also knew that the matter would be out of control if it continued, but he was unwilling to let him abandon Wei Yan like this, so he secretly issued an edict to Wei Yan, ordering him to lead his army back to CD immediately.

However, Wei Yan did not receive Liu Chan's secret edict in time, so he led his army to occupy Nangukou to launch an attack on Yang Yi's frontal army.

Jiang Wei had long expected this. He and Zhuge Ling ordered the dispatch of Wang Ping, who had rich combat experience and was awe-inspiring Yizhou in the name of loyalty and courage, to lead troops to resist Wei Yan. Wang Ping scolded Wei Yan in front of the two armies, not only violated the will of Prime Minister Zhuge, but also ordered the Shu army to commit suicide by fighting in internal struggles. It was simply a rebellious act.

The generals under Wei Yan did not want to attack his brother's army at all. Under Wang Ping's loud shouts, they all lost their fighting spirit and left Wei Yan scattered and fled. Wei Yan had no choice but to lead the only hundreds of cavalry under his command to escape into Hanzhong, hoping that Wu Yi, who was ordered to guard Hanzhong, could help him, but who would dare to get close to Wei Yan at this time? Wu Yi faced Wei Yan's arrival to close the city gate and blocked him outside the city. At this time, Ma Dai sent by Yang Yi arrived and killed him. Wei Yan smiled bitterly:

"I didn't expect that Wei Yan, who followed the late emperor to fight south and north, made all his contributions, and ended up like this!"

In the end, Wei Yan was beheaded and fell off the horse by Ma Dai when he resisted to the last person. Ma Dai cut off Wei Yan's head and returned to the army to report to Yang Yi. Yang Yi was secretly happy and kicked Wei Yan's head to the ground, and then trampled and cursed:

"Dog thief! Can you still go against me!"

And all of this was seen by Zhuge Ling, Jiang Wei and Fei Yi...

After leading his army back to the court, Yang Yi, who was self-reliant indecently thought that he was the only candidate to take over Zhuge Liang, but he did not know that he had already become a chess piece in Zhuge Liang's hands. His value was to help Zhuge Liang get rid of Wei Yan. In addition, Zhuge Liang strongly recommended him to serve as prime minister, he would also become a thorn in Liu Chan's side.

Finally, Liu Chan issued an edict to order Jiang Wan to be the Minister of the Shangshu. Soon after, he was promoted to the governor of Yizhou and was promoted to the General, and was appointed as the Minister of the Shangshu, and was granted the title of the Minister of the Shangshu. Jiang Wei was also named the General of the Supplementary Han and the Hou of Pingxiang.

Looking at Yang Yi, who was only appointed as the dispensable position of the Central Military Advisor, anyone with a discerning eye could see that the person Liu Chan really wanted to reuse and replace Zhuge Liang was definitely not Yang Yi, but Jiang Wan.

Whether it was Jiang Wan, Jiang Wei, or the knowledgeable people in the court and the country, they all knew very well that although Liu Chan had not yet explicitly abolished the prime minister system that symbolized supreme power, he adopted the method of undermining the prime minister to make the position of prime minister useless.

Liu Chan's tricks were not just these. After burying him in Dingjun Mountain in accordance with Zhuge Liang's last wish, although Liu Chan showed extreme grief over the death of this humeral minister, he also personally came to the Marquis's Mansion in Wuxiang to pay condolences. However, when officials from all over the Shu Han Dynasty submitted memorials to the court to open a temple for Zhuge Liang, Liu Chan did not agree.

For this reason, Jiang Wan, Jiang Wei, Dong Yun, Fei Yi and others asked Liu Chan for the reason. Liu Chan pretended to be embarrassed and told them that although he wanted to do this, it was not in line with the ritual regulations, and the court had no such precedent, so he refused to accept it.

After they left, Liu Chan said with fierce eyes:

"Did I have endured myself for so many years and now I still want to let a dead person overtake my head?"

Although Liu Chan had originally wanted to reuse and promote his absolute loyal Wei Yan, he failed, but he still had a backup plan and ordered his uncle Wu Yi (because Wu Yi's sister, Empress Mu, married Emperor Zhaolie Liu Bei, so he was called the governor of Hanzhong, guarding Hanzhong, an important barrier in the north of Shu Han, and was promoted to General of Cheqi and Cavalry, awarded military talismans, as the governor of Yongzhou, and granted the title of Marquis of Jiyang.

In this way, the Shu Han regime was completely taken into his hands by Liu Chan in a very short time, and his career as a puppet emperor for more than 20 years was declared to be over.

Yang Yi, who was used by Zhuge Liang to get rid of Wei Yan, often vented his dissatisfaction with Liu Chan and the Shu Han court after being neglected by Liu Chan for nearly half a year. He even privately talked to Fei Yi about his regret of obeying the Prime Minister's words and eliminating Wei Yan without leading his army to surrender to Sima Yi, otherwise he would not be in such a down-and-out situation today.

Afterwards, Fei Yi told Liu Chan truthfully about his remarks. After hearing this, Liu Chan thought that this was a good time to uproot Yang Yi, so he issued an edict to remove Yang Yi from all his official positions, just like Li Yan back then, he was demoted to a civilian and exiled to Hanjia County.

As a result, after Yang Yi arrived at the exile, he continued to slander the court and Liu Chan. His tone was extremely stern, and he regarded himself as an exterminate hero all day long, and his attitude became more and more arrogant and unruly.

After the news reached CD, Jiang Wei and Jiang Wan, who were visiting Huang Yueying at the Prime Minister's Office, couldn't help but sigh:

"I didn't expect that the Prime Minister was really imaginary. It seems that Yang Yi's life is not long..."

Huang Yueying, dressed in plain clothes, said to them:

"Yang Yi is stubborn by nature and her self-esteem is also as hard as ordinary people. After experiencing unfair treatment of being unrestrained and being dismissed from office and exile, he will definitely feel that life is worse than death. Instead of venting so happily, he will die..."

The fact is as Huang Yueying expected, Yang Yi's words soon reached the ears of the court and Liu Chan. Liu Chan finally felt that the time was ripe, so he immediately sent someone to Hanjia County to arrest him and return to the cd for punishment. However, when the officials ordered to go to Hanjia arrived at the door of Yang Yi's residence, they found that Yang Yi had already committed suicide. In order to show his lenientness, Liu Chan issued an edict to stop pursuing Yang Yi's past, and Yang Yi's family and children could also return to the cd to live.

At this point, the political situation of Shu State finally returned to peace with Zhuge Liang's careful arrangement.
Chapter completed!