Shu Chen

Chapter 4 Planning
Du Wei was born in Fu County, Zitong.

When he was young, he was educated by Ren An, a great scholar in Yizhou.

Previously, he served Liu Zhang for the state, and later he was dismissed from office due to illness; when the First Sovereign settled Shu, he claimed to be deaf and did not serve in Shu Han behind closed doors.After the prime minister Zhuge Liang led the Yizhou shepherd, he set up a vassal, but Du Wei still refused.

Then, something happened that made people talk about it.

Zhuge Liang, who was "acted like a father" by the emperor and held the full power of Shu Han, sent a chariot and horse to take Du Wei to the official office for an interview with great etiquette; when Du Wei refused to talk because of deafness, he wrote a book in person twice Persuade him to work.

Although the result of the matter was that Du Weigu resigned, he was changed to the official position of a high-ranking and noble old-age counselor, and he was released.

However, Zhuge Liang's thirst for talent, his attitude of being a virtuous corporal, and his goodwill towards Yizhou scholars can make some people who are interested in it secretly taste it.

In particular, Zhuge Liang's second handwritten letter to persuade Du Wei contains a very intriguing sentence: "You should use De Fu as your ear, and don't blame your military affairs. Why do you want to go!"

Very blatantly, he stated his purpose of conquering Du Wei.

There is no need for Du Wei to work on the papers, or to be busy at work; but I ask Du Wei, the representative of the Yizhou aristocracy and one of the leaders of the scholars, to show a good attitude, accept the official position, and let other Bashu scholars stop resisting the Shu Han. regime.

And Zheng Pu, who is familiar with the historical trajectory, had to hear about this, and the insight was even deeper.

Zhuge Liang, who was entrusted to orphans, is the only goal in this life to restore the Han Dynasty!
In front of this goal, everything must be avoided!
In order to make the land of Bashu become a stable foundation for the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains, he could even compromise and ask Du Wei to serve.It can be deduced from this that as long as the talents are of great benefit to the goal of restoring the Han Dynasty, he will not be stingy to help him!
In other words, what Zheng Pu was worried about before was that he would be involved in factional disputes because of his background, which was nonsense during Zhuge Liang's reign.

Of course, the prerequisite is that Zheng Pu has to show the talents that others can't reach!

Otherwise, natural selection is an eternal law.

Who would have the spare time to pay attention to whether the situation of a mediocre person is fair or not?

Moreover, Zheng Pu also knows that if he wants to get an exceptional support, he must first be favored by Zhuge Liang and enter the Prime Minister's Mansion and enter the power center of Shu Han before quelling the Nanzhong rebellion!

Because when the crusade against the Nanzhong rebellion, it was the period when Zhuge Liang gave priority to the use of Yizhou scholars.

This is a compromise with the times.

The five counties in the south of Yizhou are geographically remote, and the Han and barbarians live together.

Whether you want to crusade against the rebellion or to appease after the war, you need to rely on the prestige of the local aristocratic family to implement the policy of restraint.

This kind of prestige is the reputation accumulated by the local scholars who settled here for generations, and neither the Jingxiang clan nor the Dongzhou scholars can replace it.

From the perspective of the Shuhan court, if you want to expedition the Central Plains to the north, you need a stable rear; and if you want to quickly stabilize the five counties in the south, it is necessary to treat the local scholars in Yizhou favorably.Let those rebellious people feel that accepting the rule of the Shuhan court is more in line with their own interests than raising troops to rebel!

And then disintegrate the fighting spirit of the rebels, and defeat the soldiers without fighting!
Once the Nanzhong rebellion is quelled, from the perspective of long-term stability, the imperial court will inevitably cancel the preferential treatment for Yizhou scholars.

After all, the appropriation of land and acres of land by the wealthy family and the hiding of the population will reduce the taxation and military resources of the imperial court.

The pros and cons between the two are changing, and there is a natural contradiction that cannot be resolved.

As for when Zhuge Liang is going to fight the rebellion in the Nanzhong counties, anyone who pays attention to the current situation in the world has the answer: next year!
One of the reasons was that Cao Wei was about to attack Wu.

After the Battle of Yiling, the emperor of Wei, Cao Pi, sent three large armies to attack on the grounds that Sun Quan did not send his eldest son Deng as a hostage.

In the results of that year, Cao Zhen, Cao Xiu and other troops defeated Sun Sheng, Lu Fan and Zhuge Jin and other troops; only Cao Ren, who attacked Ruxukou, was defeated by Zhu Huan.If it weren't for the outbreak of the plague in the Cao army on the southern front, and Sun Quan once again paying tribute to become his vassal, Cao Wei might have captured Jiangling City, which Zhu Ran had been defending.

However, when the emperor of Wei, Cao Pi, was retreating, he also took the opportunity to transfer Zang Ba, Sun Guan and other people named Wei Chen, who were actually separatist princes, to Luoyang, completely eliminating the internal hidden dangers of the eastern line of Wei.It is also possible to integrate the forces of Xuzhou and Yangzhou, and have navy and warships no less than that of Soochow.

Now that Sun Quan once again abandoned Wei and Shu, Cao Pi could not sit idly by, and he would definitely start an attack again!
This means that in the next one or two years, there will be no foreign troubles in the Shu Kingdom!
It is also a great opportunity to eliminate internal rebellion!

Another reason was that the Shuhan court could not afford to delay.

The Nanzhong counties have been in rebellion for nearly two years. If the Shuhan court continues to ignore it, the barbarian tribes and the people who are watching will lose confidence in the Shuhan court as time goes by!
They felt that the imperial court was unable to send a large army to crusade, so they simply turned to pursuing immediate interests and chose a common rebellion!

Yes, there is only one year left for Zheng Pu.

In such a short period of time, it is not easy to enter the power center with a white body!

But Zheng Pu felt that he could try it himself.

As a man, I have to decorate my heart with dreams and fighting spirit.

It doesn't take up any space anyway.

What if it happened accidentally?
If they are expropriated, they will follow the steps of Yixiang through the ages and compose a period of golden and iron horses.No matter whether it is the high-spirited success or the tragic return of Ma Ge's body, it is not in vain for God to let him come to the Three Kingdoms.

If things don't go according to your wishes, then choose to live in seclusion, cultivate and study, indulge in the landscape, and be a copywriter without shame or shame; by the way, implement the radio seeding plan.To the best of our ability, we will contribute to the inheritance of Chinese culture and the continuation of our bloodline.

Make life unpretentious and boring.

As for how to try it, of course Zheng Pu would not learn to fish with Jiang Taigong.

He is not Du Wei, and he does not have the prestige of "helping him with virtue"; at best, the Zheng family in Shifang is only a medium and powerful, and it is not ranked in the land of Bashu.

If you want to gain Zhuge Liang's appreciation, you can only put forward different opinions on the war against Nanzhong, at least better than Ma Su's "attack on the heart"!
This shows that you are a rare talent!
It will be of great benefit to the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains after Shu and Han!
Of course, with Zheng Pu's current status, he still can't get in touch with Zhuge Liang, and he doesn't even have the chance to recommend himself.

Therefore, after thinking about it, Zheng Pu turned his attention to Qin Mi, a famous scholar who had a good relationship with the Zheng family.I want to use Qin Mi's reputation as a bridge to meet Zhuge Liang face to face.

Well, now Qin Mi happens to have something to look for him.

The reason is that in the nearly two years after the mourning ended, Zheng Pu has been opening the Sanglin Mengxue, inheriting the reputation of Zheng Du's excellent teaching.Moreover, the content of the teaching he taught the children was different from ordinary people.

Even Qin Mi, a famous scholar, found it novel and sent his son and nephew to transcribe it.

(End of this chapter)