Chang'an, palace

As time entered September, the weather in the north began to gradually cool down. In the palace, Liu Yi designed a special heating furnace below, but this month it was not used, so it was the coldest at this time.

Liu Chan held the small warm stove and knelt on the throne, trembling coldly, but had to make a majestic attitude and listen to the reports of the ministers.

It has been more than half a year since the war started this year. The Han Dynasty and Cao Wei have won and lost each other, but most of the time, there are more than defeats, and so far, more than seventy cities have been captured, which can be considered as having the upper hand.

However, if you want to say that you will definitely win, it is not necessarily true. There are many aspects to the victory or defeat of a great power. Although the Han Dynasty is strong now, it is not as strong as it can crush the Wei Dynasty.

Moreover, Liu Chan was a little worried about the attitude of Dongwu now. Although he seemed very honest at the moment, even Sun Quan sent envoys to worship last month, Liu Chan did not believe in such a thing. It seems that Jiangdong showed weakness has become a common practice and is not credible.

"Your Majesty." A court official suddenly stepped out and hesitated: "I wonder if Your Majesty has heard the rumors in the market recently?"

Liu Chan raised his eyebrows when he heard this. Liu Chan used Liu Yi's opinion, in order not to be partial and believe, he specially set up a department similar to the Cao Wei School Office, called Tingzheng Supervisor, which was specifically responsible to Liu Chan, without participating in the government affairs and not being controlled by anyone. He was considered to have a separate court, which was specifically responsible for collecting public opinion for Liu Chan. Recently, it has been circulated in the public that Liu Yi has a self-respecting force and refuses to send troops.

After all, compared to the hot battles in the Central Plains, although Liu Yi took over Hanoi and Jiang Wei had already fought in Jinyang in Bingzhou, Liu Yi's main force remained unmoved and confronted Sima Yi in Yanjin. There was no further information besides several small-scale conflicts.

This inevitably makes people think too much, and even come up with different versions without making any clear statements, but the finger point is directly at the two ministers and three ministers today. In addition, Liu Cheng is now emerging and showing his outstanding military talent, Liu Yi's influence in the court has reached a very terrifying level.

In addition, Pang Tong and Zhuge Liang were included, and various versions appeared based on this, which became more and more popular among the people.

Now that the remarks circulating in the market are put in the court, it can be seen how far these rumors have reached.

"I heard it." Liu Chan smiled and nodded, "But I am also very curious. Chang'an has been rich in many years, but there is nothing to do. Why are these people so idle? Even the ministers in the court are not aware of, but they are talking about things that are very clear. If they are promoted to fight against the common people, they can know the overall situation of the world and the major affairs of the court, but no one in the court knows the civil and military affairs of the court. The princes said, what is the use of civil and military affairs in the court? Are there any decorations?"

"I am guilty!" The ministers were startled when they heard this and quickly knelt down and apologized.

"What's the crime?" Liu Chan waved his hand and said, "All up. I said this, not to say that the people's hearts are useless, but to tell them that the people's hearts are naturally a major event in the court, but this public opinion may not be right. I understand the meaning of the Shangshu Pushe, but have you ever thought about whether the public opinion is right? If the court acts according to the public opinion, the people may not be able to gain benefits. Moreover, the public opinion is very easy to be agitated. This is a very good thing, and it may be a conspiracy of the Wei Dynasty. If the people's wishes are based on the public opinion, I will have to change the commander at the last minute, but if I do this, I will tell me, how many of the officials in the court can fight on behalf of Sikong?"

"This..." The ministers looked at each other and didn't know how to answer. Although Liu Yi was a little cowardly, he might not be able to win if he replaced Liu Yi.

"As for the rumors among the people..." Liu Chan smacked his lips and said, "Although it is a bit bad to talk about famous scholars behind this, everyone thinks about the battle Sikong has fought over the years. Which big battle is not like this? The people don't understand it. Sikong uses troops, don't you understand?"

When the ministers heard this, many people couldn't help laughing. Indeed, Liu Yi's style is like this. You can keep it until you are uncomfortable and take the initiative to reveal your flaws, and then take the initiative to do it.

Of course, if you include opponents like Liu Du, Han Xuan or Song Jian at that time, you can't talk about it. Basically, when Liu Yi meets similar opponents, he focuses on defending and rarely takes the initiative to attack.

"As for Sikong's army is respectful..." Liu Chan touched his chin and said: "I won't say that when my father was alive, I will say that since I ascended the throne, Sikong destroyed the Xianbei Tuoba tribe and conquered the Huns, the troops under his command could be mobilized no less than now. Even in Hetao, could only recognize Sikong at that time, and Sikong had a slight attachment to military power?"

"Later, Sikong went to the Western Regions, and the territory of thousands of miles. How far is Dayuan? You should know better than me. What did Sikong do immediately after surrendering to Dayuan? Do you still remember it?" Liu Chan looked at the ministers and asked.

At that time, Liu Yi was not polite. With just one word of his words, he could immediately place his territory, become the lord of the Western Regions, and even establish a country, and had 100,000 powerful soldiers in his hand, and established diplomatic relations with Kangju, Kushan and even the Qin Dynasty. However, Liu Yi did not do this, but immediately delegated power and focused on his construction.

"I have also suspected Sikong." Liu Chan smiled frankly: "Because when my father died of illness, I could doubt anyone, but I cannot doubt Sikong. I was puzzled at the time, but now, I gradually figured out that Sikong was not about power and wealth. What he wanted was a complete and powerful man. He had indeed done this over the years. So, Sikong did not let me down, and I would not let Sikong down, and I dare to guarantee that once this battle was won, Sikong would immediately give up his military power."

"I know the crime!" Shangshu Pushe quickly bowed.

Obviously, it is impossible for Liu Chan to change his coach at the last minute.

"No sin." Liu Chan shook his head and smiled, "It's normal for human beings, but please remember that the universe is orderly and yin and yang are lawful. What the court needs to do is to guide all people, not to be guided by all people. If this is the case, wouldn't it be that the universe is reversed and yin and yang are inconsistent?"

"Your Majesty is wise!" the ministers bowed.

Li Yan gritted his teeth and finally sighed helplessly. Liu Yi, Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong, these three mountains, he always thought that Liu Yi was the one that moved the most. Now it seems that Liu Yi is the one that is the one that is least easy to move, and these three people are still there one day.

According to the original plan, if Liu Chan can be suspicious this time, he is the one who has the most hope to replace Liu Yi. After all, although Zhuge Liang has strategy, he has no experience in leading troops alone. The other two of the three dukes, Huang Quan and Liu Ba are not very powerful handsome men. At least Li Yan has never taken these two seriously.

Pull Liu Yi down and change himself to the commander. If he can defeat Sima Yi, his reputation will be no less than that of the three dukes. Now it seems that it is unlikely to pull Liu Yi down. The most important thing is that Liu Chan trusts Liu Yi too strongly. Liu Chan has no such idea. No matter how much he does, it is useless. Fortunately, he did not expose himself.

"If there is nothing else, please retreat to the court." Liu Chan didn't care and stood up and smiled.

"I will leave." Under the leadership of Zhuge Liang, the ministers bowed to Liu Chan and then surrendered one by one.

When Zhuge Liang returned home, he saw his wife and daughter-in-law waiting for him. When he saw Zhuge Liang coming back, he said respectfully: "Father."

"I'm here to ask Bo Yuan tomorrow?" Zhuge Liang smiled at Liu Ming.

"Tomorrow, I'm afraid my father is too tired from going to the morning session, so I'm here to pay my respects to my father." Liu Cheng obediently helped Zhuge Liang take over the clothes.

"You, I grew up watching you. You can hide your thoughts from others, but you can't hide them from me? If you don't ask, that's it." Zhuge Liang twitched his lips, shook his head and smiled.

"Mom~" Liu Ming had no choice but to pull Huang Yueying's sleeve and said in a sweet voice.

"Looking at my husband's expression, I think nothing is wrong." Huang Yueying smiled and poured a tea ceremony for Zhuge Liang.

"If you say nothing is wrong, it may not be necessary." Zhuge Liang shook his head. Recently, rumors about Liu Yi's self-respecting force have caused a lot of trouble in the city. Liu Ming was so anxious that he lost weight: "But I can't say much about this."

"Your Majesty is quite heroic today, so you should not be moved by rumors, right?" Huang Yueying said in confusion.

Although Liu Chan's performance has not been very impressive since he ascended the throne, he has governed the court in an orderly manner and has good employment for people.

"Of course not." Zhuge Liang nodded. Liu Chan did an excellent job in this regard. Of course, the analysis of the supervisor must be indispensable behind it.

"Anyway, Bo Yuan is not hindered, Your Majesty has a lot of trust in Bo Yuan." After thinking about it, Zhuge Liang did not say everything he thought.

Liu Chan highly praised Liu Yi in the court. Some of this is true, but it is definitely not all. Liu Chan is praising Liu Yi and complimenting Liu Yi high, but therefore, it is equivalent to putting Liu Yi in low eyes and supporting Liu Yi with morality. Once Liu Yi does something that harms the court, he will be immediately lost and become targeted by everyone. This is equivalent to taking everyone to watch Liu Yi. It has to be said that this move is very clever, and for Liu Yi, there is actually no actual loss. With Zhuge Liang and Liu Yi for more than 30 years and understanding of Liu Yi, Liu Yi has a low desire for power, and generally he will not have such thoughts.

Since that's the case, why bother to say this? Seeing through and not saying it out loud, the best result is to be able to reach this point between the king and the minister.

Do you really expect the king to trust unconditionally?

"However, although this matter may be Sima Yi's plan, if no one responded in the court, there would be no rumors all over the place overnight." Speaking of this, Zhuge Liang picked up the feather fan in his hand: "Bo Yuan and Shi Yuan killed the enemy on the front line. Although Liang was not talented, please help Bo Yuan stabilize the rear."

"Husband?" Huang Yueying looked at Zhuge Liang and frowned slightly.
Chapter completed!