Hanzhong, Prime Minister's Mansion.

 The Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty was leaning on the back of his chair, holding the document in one hand and holding the jade lens hanging on the bridge of his nose with the other hand, and was reviewing it intently.

 After the imperial court rebuilt the Shangshutai, official documents from the county level and below were generally sent to the Shangshutai.

 After the Shangshu Desk has finished processing, the results will be sent to the Prime Minister.

 As for matters above the county level, the Shangshutai will give opinions on how to deal with them and then hand them over to the Prime Minister for review.

 If the Prime Minister has no objection, it will be handed over to the Secretary for processing.

 This will save the prime minister a lot of thought.

 In fact, because of that serious illness, although the Prime Minister finally survived, it was obvious that he was not able to maintain his energy.

 The current prime minister of the Han Dynasty has turned gray in hair and beard, and his tall and handsome figure in the past has become slightly rickety.

　　The loose robe is clearly longer in the front and shorter in the back, and her cheeks are extremely thin.

No one would have thought that the thin old man sitting on the chair was Wolong, who was eight feet tall and very handsome.

At this moment, there was a sudden rush of footsteps outside the study.

 The visitor barged in without notice.

 The number of people in the Prime Minister's Palace who can receive such treatment can be counted on one hand.

Yang Yi looked so panicked that she even kicked over the threshold of the study room without realizing it.

Seeing that he had no time to salute the prime minister, he said directly:

“Prime Minister, there is news from the north that His Majesty from Shanyang County... has passed away!”

 Shanyang County is a special existence in the eyes of the world.

Although Shanyang County is within the territory of Wei, and its title is no more than a county prince, the emperor's etiquette can be used in the county.

 Because his name is Liu Xie.

Zhuge Liang, who was always calm and calm when faced with troubles, changed his expression when he heard the word "die" and the document in his hand fell to the ground with a "clack" sound.

He took a deep breath, quickly calmed down, slowly bent down, picked up the document, patted the dust on it, and put it on the table.

Then he supported the table with his hands and seemed to want to stand up. Unexpectedly, he was halfway up and suddenly fell back into the chair.

 “Prime Minister!”

Yang Yi was shocked and quickly took two steps forward to help the prime minister.

Zhuge Liang waved his hand to stop his movement.

 Zhuge Liang closed his eyes and seemed to be adjusting his emotions.

After his violently heaving chest calmed down a little, Zhuge Liang opened his eyes and asked slowly:

 “Is the news true?”

"It's absolutely true! Not only was it spread everywhere in Luoyang, but the Wei thieves even specially spread the news to Guanzhong. When they heard about the false emperor Cao Rui, they even went to Shanyang County and personally draped sackcloth on his funeral."

Hearing this, Zhuge Liang showed an extremely complicated expression on his face.

 “Did you go after all?”

 For today's Han Dynasty, Emperor Xian Liu Xie is a figure who does not want to be mentioned.

 But it is a person who must be mentioned.

 Because he was originally an orthodox member of the Han Dynasty, and he personally gave up the throne to the Wei thieves.

　　When news of his death was received that year, the late emperor issued mourning uniforms and led all his ministers to pay homage to Emperor Xiaomin from afar.

Unexpectedly, more than ten years have passed since the late emperor passed away, and news of the death of Emperor Xiaomin once again came.

Zhuge Liang had a lot of thoughts and was sad, but he seemed to have a kind of relief.

 He asked in a low voice:

“Besides the funeral of the Wei thief and the fake emperor, is there any other news from the Wei thief?”

Zhuge Liang originally wanted to ask if there were any rumors that Cao Rui had harmed Emperor Xiaomin.

Although I know that this possibility is unlikely, after all these years, if the Wei thieves really wanted to harm Emperor Xiaomin, they would not wait until today.

 But what if?

Unexpectedly, Yang Yi nodded:

“Prime Minister, there is indeed something going on in the north. I heard that after the death of His Majesty, a plague began to spread in Luoyang, and at the same time a fire broke out in the Chonghua Hall of the Luoyang Imperial Palace.”

“Now that Cao Rui has gone to Shandong to pay his respects, people in Luoyang are panicking and saying anything..."

Zhuge Liang raised his eyebrows and said with emotion: "This is happening! This can be said to be God's punishment for the Wei thief!"

As he spoke, he couldn't help but get up and take a few steps back and forth, sighing:

“It’s a pity that the Han Dynasty is separated from Luoyang by a pass, otherwise it would be impossible to disrupt the situation.”

If the Wei thieves had become stronger and the Han Dynasty could only temporarily retreat to Shu, the death of Emperor Xiaomin would naturally not be a big deal to Cao Rui.

As long as Cao Rui made a gesture of personally mourning the funeral, he could not only easily neutralize the impact of this incident, but even win people's hearts by the way.

 But it’s different now.

Over the years, the national power of the Wei thieves has declined visibly.

 As for the Han Dynasty, there is great hope for revitalization.

 This is momentum.

The death of Emperor Xiaomin, coupled with the epidemic of the Luoyang plague, may have deepened the suspicion among people in the Wei state.

Thinking of this, Zhuge Liang quickly shouted:

 “Here comes someone!”

Li Yi's figure immediately appeared at the door: "Prime Minister."

Zhuge Liang asked Yang Yi to repeat the news from Wei, and then said to Li Yi:

“Send someone immediately to inform Feng Mingwen of this matter.”

 The Qishan Road from Hanzhong to Longyou is full of postal kiosks.

 Coupled with the access to waterways, official documents can be delivered very quickly.

 After arriving at Longyou, because there is no shortage of horses in Liangzhou and there are roads that caravans are accustomed to taking, the speed will not be too slow.

 So now the connection between Liangzhou and Hanzhong is actually very close.

"No." After Li Yi agreed, he asked hesitantly, "Does the Prime Minister have any other instructions?"

 Zhuge Liang shook his head and said with a smile:

"After Feng Mingwen got the news, he knew what to do. If he couldn't influence Luoyang, then there would be no good way in Hanzhong."

 It is no secret that Feng Yong can influence You Xiaer.

Coupled with the exchanges of caravans between the Han and Wei countries, the Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty believed that Feng Mingwen must have some channels unknown to others.

 Besides, the purpose of this kind of thing is to inform the other side.

 It's just that now it's being sent on an expedited basis, which is faster than normal official documents.

After Li Yi left, Zhuge Liang sat back on the chair and asked casually:

“What’s the latest news from Liangzhou?”

 Recently, due to the opening of Liangzhou Workshop, many people have begun to clamor to regain Guanzhong as soon as possible.

 The reason is also very simple.

 For caravans heading to Guanzhong, after arriving in Chang'an, the goods can only be traded at designated places. They can no longer enter Guandong at will and find a home to sell on their own.

 Although I don’t know how Sima Yi settled the situation in Guandong.

 I only heard that he got permission from Cao Rui, so that Sima Yi could find his own financial resources to provide for the army in Guanzhong.

 But most of the caravans shipped from the Han Dynasty would still be controlled by Sima Yi.

 This certainly does not satisfy some people in the Han Dynasty.

 So they eagerly wanted to regain Guanzhong.

 The Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty actually wanted to regain Guanzhong more than anyone else.

 But he knew better that without the response from Liangzhou.

To be precise, without the cooperation of the army led by Feng Yong.

With Hanzhong alone, there is no way to break through the various camps and fortresses set up by Sima Yi in Guanzhong.

 In the battle of Xiaoguan, Feng Yong defeated the rebels in Guanzhong until they lost all their courage.

 For at least ten years, Wei thieves will not dare to peek westward at Longyou.

 Just look at the actions of the Wei thieves in Guanzhong when the Han Dynasty recaptured Liangzhou.

Sima Yi had no intention of supporting Liangzhou at all, and only focused on digging trenches and building fortifications in Guanzhong.

 The battle at Xiaoguan gave the Han Dynasty a complete strategic advantage over Guanzhong.
To be continued...