Liu Bei was very happy, and when he was talking about the specific planning process, a personal guard reported outside: "My lord, a messenger from the Tang King is here." Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo”

"What is Li Yi's envoy here for?" Liu Bei looked at Pang Tong very suspiciously.

Pang Tong was also a little confused, so he said: "You can go and see, don't accept something for the time being, just delay." ”

Liu Bei followed his words and met with Li Yi's envoy.

It turned out that the messenger brought Li Yi's letter, which probably meant something like this: Brother Xuande, your eldest nephew Liu Xie is going to die. The lonely king is going to be the Duke of Zhou, although there are many Liu clan relatives in the whole world, but they are all incapable wine bags and rice bags, and it is definitely not possible to inherit the throne, so Brother Xuande has prestige and can succeed to the throne. Brother Xuande should give priority to the Han family and come to Jicheng as soon as possible to inherit the throne.

After Liu Bei read it, he was so surprised that he didn't close his mouth for a long time, and said in his heart What does Li Yi's kid mean? Really took the lonely king as a fool, gave the lonely king such a secret edict, and wanted the lonely king to go to Jicheng? If the lonely king goes to Jicheng, you cut the lonely king with a click, who will the lonely king go to?

Liu Bei wanted to click the envoy immediately, but Pang Tongyi on the side looked straight at him, so he sent the envoy to the post house to rest, and returned to the back hall with Li Yi's secret letter and Pang Tong.

Liu Bei asked Pang Tong: "Shiyuan, did you have any plan to ask King Gu not to kill the envoy sent by Li Yi's kid just now?" ”

Pang Tong nodded and said, "King, Li Yi is paving the way for his ascension to the throne." As Li Yi said, the talents of the Han family are withering, and the only one who can inherit the unification is you, the king. Li Yi asked the king to go to Jicheng to ascend the throne, if the king didn't go, he could say that the king didn't want to ascend the throne. Then there will be no one in the Han family, and Li Yi will be able to ascend to the throne openly. ”

Liu Bei nodded violently and said, "The military advisor is indeed a military advisor." ”

However, he thought about it for a while, and said: "Military advisor, this king can't let the Han family be left unmanned." ”

Pang Tongyi smiled, and said in his heart that he knew that you wanted to be the emperor, so he said: "Tong has already thought of a plan. ”

Liu Bei got up, sat down next to Pang Tong, touched Pang Tong's knee with his hand, and said with a smile: "Strategist, say it quickly." ”

Pang Tong was touched by Liu Bei's hand, and suddenly got goosebumps, and said in his heart, Is this guy as good as Longyang? If that's the case, then you have to be careful when you get along with him in the future.

Thinking so, Pang Tong hurriedly moved and got rid of Liu Bei's evil hand, and then said: "The king can send someone to Jicheng to tell Li Yi with great fanfare: There is no evidence for empty words, and if you get the edict of succession, you will go to Jicheng to succeed to the throne." ”

When Liu Bei heard this, his face became gloomy, and he said in his heart Are you a traitor, and you actually persuaded the lonely king to go to Jicheng, didn't you let the lonely king go to death.

Thinking so in his heart, Liu Bei said in an unkind tone: "The military advisor asked the lonely king to go to Jicheng, isn't this letting the lonely king go to death?" ”

Pang Tongxin said that this old boy is really stupid, no wonder he has been displaced for decades, if you are half as smart as Li Yi, this army division will not be so difficult.

Of course, Pang Tong didn't dare to say such words, and he said: "King, why are you so honest? As soon as the succession edict arrives, you will be the emperor in Chengdu, and then you will be the emperor, what you say is Chrysostom Yuyan, which is the mandate of heaven, you can say whatever you want, do you still need to go to Jicheng? ”

"It's extreme, it's extreme!" Liu Bei was overjoyed, clapped his slap and stood up, and instructed Pang Tongdao, "This matter will be handed over to the military advisor, come to the Japanese emperor, and the military advisor will be the prime minister of my Han Dynasty." ”

Pang Tong rarely showed a sincere smile and said loudly: "Oh! ”

After Pang Tong left, Liu Bei jumped up excitedly, and laughed alone: "I'm going to be the emperor, hahaha, I'm going to be the emperor, hahaha......"

The next day, Liu Bei sent the wise strategist Deng Zhi as an envoy, waving Li Yi's secret letter to Liu Bei all the way, and went to Jicheng with great fanfare. Therefore, everyone in the world knows the news that Emperor Han is seriously ill, and also knows the news that Liu Bei may succeed to the throne.

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Jicheng, Tang Palace.

"King Tang, if there is a clear edict from His Majesty to inherit the throne, the king of my family will come to Jicheng." Deng Zhi bowed cautiously.

Li Yi was noncommittal, but just asked people to lead Deng Zhi to the post house to rest.

After Deng Zhi left, Li Yi was a little displeased, he sent a secret letter to Liu Bei, just to carry out his plan in secret, he didn't expect Liu Bei to send a messenger with great fanfare, if everyone knows about it today, it will be very difficult to plan under the gaze of thousands of pairs of eyes. If he really gave Liu Bei an edict, Liu Bei would be called the emperor in the name of the truth, and he would still be a usurper if he was the emperor again, what should I do?

The corners of Jia Xu's mouth curled slightly, and the fox's smile flashed, but it couldn't escape Li Yi's discerning eyes. He immediately asked, "Wenhe, is there a good way to resolve the current predicament?" ”

Jia Xu bowed and said: "King, your second step is to mobilize the intelligence personnel in Chengdu, buy off the officials of Shudi, and encourage Liu Bei to ascend the throne." Liu Bei came with great fanfare, intending to occupy the righteousness, but he was also in the middle of it. The king can say to Liu Bei's messenger: The Son of Heaven is not dead, how can he give an edict? Therefore, you can't give a clear edict to pass on the throne, but you can give a secret edict, and the edict can be written like this: Uncle Liu Huang has great merit and social succession, I have no heirs, if I die, Uncle Huang can succeed to the throne, this is the edict for the preparation of succession. After that, the third step of the king can be implemented. ”

Li Yi also showed a yin smile when he heard this, nodded and said, "Yes, let's give him such an edict." Design it again, and unilaterally spread the news that the Son of Heaven was dead to Liu Bei. Let Liu Bei think that King Gu intends to cover up the news, Liu Bei must think that King Gu's plan to be the emperor has failed, so he covers up the news, and then asks the intelligence personnel to encourage the officials of Shu to persuade him. In this way, Liu Bei must be called the emperor. After Liu Bei became emperor, the lonely king brought the Son of Heaven back to life and accused Liu Bei of scolding the usurper. Proceed to the third step immediately. ”

Jia Xu nodded and said, "The king is wise and thoughtful. ”

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The next day, Li Yi summoned Deng Zhi again and said, "Although my son is critically ill today, he has not died yet. King Gu and Brother Xuande are both courtiers, if the edict of passing on the throne is given to Brother Xuande at this moment, it is inevitable that there will be suspicion of usurpation, which is not good for King Lone, and even worse for Brother Xuande. It's not as good as this, King Gu sent a secret edict to Brother Xuande, writing like this: The emperor's uncle Liu Bei has made great contributions to Sheji, I have no heirs, if I die, the emperor's uncle can succeed to the throne. ”

In fact, both sides don't value the Son of Heaven, it's just a game between Li Yi and Liu Bei. Deng Zhi thought about it, firstly, what the Tang King said was reasonable, and secondly, the edict of succession and the edict of succession, although one could be fulfilled immediately, and the other needed to wait for a while, but the Han Emperor saw that he could not live, and the meaning for Liu Bei was the same.

So, Deng Zhi asked Li Yi to give Liu Bei a secret edict.

After Deng Zhi received the secret edict, he left capable people to find out the information of the Son of Heaven. He himself took the edict and returned to Shu with great fanfare, and the news that Liu Bei had received the secret edict of succession spread to the world.

Although Liu Bei successfully let the world know the news that he was about to ascend the throne, his layout was not deep, and he still fell into Li Yi's trap.

A few days after Deng Zhi left Jicheng, the spies he left behind found out about the death of the Han Emperor. The shadow guard dispatched to arrest the inner servant and the fine work who leaked the news, and then "beheaded" the inner servant, and then hunted and killed the fine work. But leaving Liu Bei as the leader of the Han Emperor has died, the Tang King wants to cover up the information about the death of the Son of Heaven, and quickly returns to Shu.

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Deng Zhi had just entered the boundary of Yizhou, and the news of his victorious return reached Chengdu.

Liu Bei was very excited, he immediately gave a death order, and all the governors above the county level in Xichuan came to Chengdu to receive the edict.

On this day, Liu Bei put on a brand-new royal python robe and led hundreds of civil and military officials to welcome the arrival of the holy decree.

In this life, Liu Bei did not attach as much importance to the will of the Han family as he did today, but on this day, he tried his best to show the dignity of the Han family, and to show that the holy decree is the mandate of heaven and an existence that cannot be blasphemed.

Liu Bei is announcing to everyone: I, the king of Shu of the Great Han Dynasty and the uncle of the Emperor of Heaven, am the next emperor of the Mandate of Heaven, and I am orthodox.

Zhou Cang and Wu Yi were draped all over their bodies, one holding a big knife and the other holding a spear, standing on both sides of the procession to welcome the holy decree, as if Liu Bei's two door gods, guarding Liu Bei.

After the decree was received, the ceremony dispersed. Liu Bei held the holy decree and called Pang Tong to the back hall to discuss secretly.

Liu Bei looked at the holy decree as he walked, and said with some regret in joy: "It's a pity, it's not the edict of succession, if it is the edict of succession, you can be called emperor now." ”

Pang Tong said with a smile: "The lord spread Li Yi's secret letter to the world with great fanfare, and Li Yi was afraid that he would slap himself in the face, so he gave the edict." He also wanted to be the emperor, so he didn't give the edict of succession. If Tong guessed correctly, Li Yi would definitely conceal the death of Emperor Han. ”

When Liu Bei heard this, he immediately panicked, hurriedly put down the edict, and asked, "Shiyuan, if this is the case, wouldn't it be impossible to succeed to the throne with this edict?" ”

Pang Tong said calmly: "This is an edict given by Li Yi because of his remarks." He couldn't cover it up for long. When the king received this edict, he became famous. Wait a few years at most, and you will be able to claim the title of emperor. ”

But the temptation of the throne made Liu Bei not want to wait for a day, he said: "Now with the strategy of the military advisor and the fanfare, Li Yi has been forced, and at this moment it is necessary to awaken the people of the world to the Han family to crusade against him with great righteousness." If in a few years, after the world forgets about it, Li Yi will give himself an edict, won't what I have in my hand be wasted? ”

Pang Tongyi pondered and felt that it was also the same truth, the so-called long nights and many dreams, this time has been long, who will remember this secret edict at that time? With Li Yi's prestige in the Han Dynasty now, when the time comes, he will get another posthumous photo of the Son of Heaven, saying that it is a Zen position given to him, and Liu Bei's edict will have no effect.

Pang Tong felt that he had to think of a foolproof plan so that Liu Bei could inherit the throne smoothly.