Zhuge Liang's eyebrows frowned slightly, turned sideways, and squinted at Zhuge Ke: "Yuan Xun, I remember that you are six or seven years older than Wei Ba, right?" ”

Zhuge Ke touched his nose and closed his mouth. He knew that his uncle was not satisfied. Usually if Zhuge Liang is dissatisfied with anyone, he will compare Wei Ba's abnormal person, who can compare with Wei Ba, who was promoted to general of the chariot at the age of twenty-four, which is greater than his father's military exploits and higher ranks. Thinking about it, the only person who is really stronger than him may be the Huo Qubing who died young.

It's a pity that Huo Qubing only lived to be twenty-four years old, and Wei Ba didn't look like a short-lived person at all.

It is really sad to be in the same life as someone like Wei Ba, especially for a high-spirited person like Zhuge Ke. No matter how young and talented he is, he is dwarfed in front of Wei Ba, which is too frustrating.

I don't know if that person is a human or a demon.

If there was a different person, Zhuge Ke would definitely have a lot to refute, but in the face of Zhuge Liang, he was unwilling and did not dare.

He knew that his uncle had high expectations of him. What is due to the relationship between uncle and nephew, he can't be allowed to enter the prime minister's mansion, that's all an excuse. The uncle's real intention was to give him the opportunity to be taught with Liu Chan and Sun Deng, and even the real student was not Liu Chan, let alone Sun Deng, but he Zhuge Ke.

With this letter alone, he can't go too far.

"Yuan Xun, you have read a thousand times more books than Wei Ba, but how much have you comprehended? How much knowledge is just used to refute and show off one's erudition, and how much is really used in practice? ”

Zhuge Kegan laughed twice.

"Cao Mengde said, don't be vain and deal with real trouble. You walk the talk. If you lose your steadyness, your talent will not only be useless, but it will harm you. Zhuge Liang slowed down his tone and took a breath, along the way, after saying so many words, he also felt that his heart was beating faster and his breath was unsteady. Look at Wei Ba, when did he sell off his literary talent? Do you really think he has no talent? You know, that question he asked. So far, no one has been able to solve it? ”

Zhuge Ke was even more speechless. He knew the question Wei Ba had raised. That question not only stumped Xiahou Xuan. also stumped Zhuge Liang, and it can even be said that he stumped the people of the world. Of course, he Zhuge Ke is also among them. He'd been thinking about it for a long time, but he just couldn't find a convincing answer. This question has become one of the propositions that people who think they are talented to refute each other, which is comparable to such profound metaphysical propositions as "Lao Tzu" and "Zhou Yi".

Zhuge Ke didn't want Zhuge Liang to say any more. Hurriedly interrupted him: "Uncle." In fact. It was Wei Ba who was worried about me. ”

"Oh, you're worried about Wei Ba?"

"Now that my uncle is sitting in the court, he is the head of the people. Li Yan and Wei Ba were like arms, flanking Cao Wei left and right, in order to dominate the world. Li Yan's foundation is in Guanzhong, what about Wei Ba's foundation, is it Jingjiao or Yangzhou? ”

Zhuge Liang's eyes flashed, and he coughed lightly. Zhuge Ke immediately shut his mouth, they went out of the palace gate, got into the car, and Zhuge Liang said: "Are you worried that Wei Ba will fight back and compete with the imperial court for Yangzhou?" ”

Zhuge Ke nodded.

Zhuge Liang chuckled: "You want to intercede for Sun Quan, let me not push him too hard." ”

Zhuge Ke was stunned for a moment, then nodded again, and explained: "I'm afraid of ......"

Zhuge Liang raised his hand and interrupted Zhuge Ke's explanation: "You don't need to say it, I understand your feelings." Sun Quan is very important to your father and son, and you have to repay him for his kindness, I can understand this. However, there are important things, righteousness and public and private, you should put national affairs and the world first. ”

"I'm just ......"

"Are you still worried that if I push too hard, Sun Quan will be annoyed and angry, and will instead join forces with Wei Ba?"

Zhuge Ke was silent for a long time, bowing slightly.

"No, Sun Quan is today, and it's all the credit of Wei Ba. Now Wei Ba is instigating Sun Shao to take the children of the Sun family on an expedition, which is obviously to divide the Sun clan, how can Sun Quan unite with him. Besides, on the issue of disintegrating the state of Wu, Wei Ba and I have the same goal. “

"But ......"

"But we also have contentions." Zhuge Liang smiled: "Yes, I want to turn Wu into the Wu State of the imperial court, and Wei Ba wants to turn Wu State into his Yangzhou, so there will inevitably be a conflict between us." ”

Zhuge Ke lowered his head in frustration, he found that he had nothing to hide in front of his uncle.

"So, I don't want Sun Quan to be too weak yet, because I still need him to control the clan in Jiangdong and not let Wei Ba's hand stretch too long and too fast. Zhang Wen has been co-opted by him, and Lu Xun probably has some tacit understanding with him, the Gu family, the Zhu family, I can't let him succeed anymore. Yuan Xun, you write a letter to Sun Quan, relax his heart, and tell him not to think too much. ”

Zhuge Ke nodded silently.

"Wei Ba...... It should be Liaodong. Zhuge Liang looked at the sky in the distance and suddenly sighed.

……

As soon as Zhuge Liang walked into the gate of the Prime Minister's Mansion, Yang Yi and Gu Tan greeted him. As soon as Zhuge Ke looked at their faces, he knew that something had happened again.

"Come to the hall and say it." Zhuge Liang raised his hand, rubbed his somewhat sore eyebrows, and walked briskly ahead. Zhuge Ke hurriedly followed, ready to help Zhuge Liang at any time.

After the meeting of the giant ship, which has become a legend, Zhuge Liang has been trying his best to correct his habit of doing everything, and handed over most of the trivial matters to the deputy prime minister Liao Li and Changshi Yang Yi and others, and concentrated on teaching Liu Chan, but the habits are difficult to change, and some important things he still can't rest assured if he doesn't handle them, although his body has improved, after all, there is still a distance from recovery. As a nephew, Zhuge Ke is of course responsible for his safety.

In the classroom, Yang Yi first reported one thing. Li Yan was transferring a large number of war horses from Liangzhou and begging for food from Chengdu. His reason was that the Wei army in Bingzhou was frequently mobilized, and it was possible to invade Guanzhong, and Guanzhong would not be able to deal with the Wei army in Bingzhou, which was dominated by cavalry, without enough cavalry, so he had to transfer war horses to replenish it. In addition, the warehouse in Guanzhong was empty and not enough to cope with a big war, and he needed Chengdu to allocate a certain amount of grain and grass.

Zhuge Liang stretched out his hand, and Yang Yi hurriedly handed over the account book. This is a list sent by Li Yan, which lists the types and quantities of materials needed.

Zhuge Ke coughed: "Prime Minister, Yang Changshi is good at accounting, and there will be no problem with the accounts he has calculated." ”

"I know Wei Gong's actuarial calculations, but Li Yan is also not to be underestimated." Zhuge Liang took the account book, his eyes shrunk: "If my guess is right, Cheng An and Zhao Su are probably Li Yan's right-hand men now." ”

Yang Yi nodded, her face a little uncertain. Zhuge Liang's reason is a bit far-fetched, although Cheng An is also the old master, but how can he be his opponent Yang Yi in arithmetic. As for Zhao Su, that person has a plan, but arithmetic is not his forte. Even if Li Yan had these two people to help, it was impossible for him to deceive him in the accounts. Zhuge Liang said this, just to find an excuse to see it in person.

"What's the matter with Zimo?"

Gu Tan stepped forward: "Prime Minister, Li Yan asked that General Wei Meng Da be placed under his command and placed under Guanzhong for unified dispatch. ”

Zhuge Liang frowned.

When Wei Ba was in Chengdu, the most serious accusation against the Prime Minister's Mansion was that the Prime Minister's Mansion was in charge of the army, and he was suspected of usurping the throne. This matter was vigorously cooperated by Li Yan, and under their mutual echo, the Prime Minister's Office had to give up part of its military power, and no longer directly ordered the garrisons in various places, but changed to directly control the general Li Yan and the general Wei Ba, and then control the armies in various places through these two people. The only military power that the Prime Minister's Mansion can directly control is now the forbidden army in Chengdu, including the Northern Army led by Xiang Chong, the Gongzhong Langguan led by Zhao Yun, the Hu Benlang led by Zhao Tong, and the Yulin Cavalry led by Zhang Shao, the total number is only 20,000, which can only be used to protect Gyeonggi.

The reason why Meng Da was placed under Wei Ba was to weaken Li Yan's strength on the one hand, and to create some trouble between Wei Ba and Li Yan on the other hand. Now Li Yan asked to reassign Meng Da to the unified command of Guanzhong, which naturally contradicted Zhuge Liang's original intention, how could he easily agree.

"This matter is related to the military system of the imperial court, how can it be changed overnight?" Zhuge Liang vetoed it lightly.

"Then how do you reply to the general?"

"Let's just say that this matter has to be discussed with the cavalry general Wei Ba, and I can't reply to him for the time being." Zhuge Liang scratched his eyebrows, paused, and said: "However, you can transfer the sect pre-institute to Guanzhong to make up for its shortcomings." ”

"Whoa." Gu Tan replied and stepped aside.

……

Changan.

Li Yan slapped the official letter from Chengdu on the case, and sneered: "Kong Ming is really scheming. ”

Li Feng picked up the official letter and read it, and couldn't help sneering: "Prime Minister, this is a place to calculate that my father and son will die without a burial, and he is already arranging for someone to take over Guanzhong." ”

"His abacus is too fine, and he is too careful and clever, and he has lost his life."

Li Feng also sneered. The abacus is Wei Ba's invention, and now it is a necessary thing for settling accounts, and Prime Minister Zhuge Cheng, who is bent on calculating their father and son, even if he doesn't have an abacus in his hand, he is afraid that he also has an abacus in his heart. It's just that he calculates too much and exerts too much mental energy, so he can't help but worry about his life.

"Wei Ziyu, after all, he is still young." Li Yan sighed: "If God doesn't take it, he will be blamed." If he hadn't eased his hand, how could there be today's situation. ”

"After all, he is still young, even if he makes a mistake, he still has a chance to change." Li Feng raised his eyelids and looked at his father Li Yan's tired face: "Father, Guanzhong is in danger, if we have any mistakes, we won't have a chance to regret it." ”

Li Yan scratched his head and sighed. He was worried that the Wei army in Bingzhou would come to attack the fortified and wanted to transfer Meng Dalai, but Zhuge Liang refused to let Meng Dalai come, but instead gave him a Zongpre, Zongpre was Zhuge Liang's diehard, he went to Guanzhong, could he listen to his Li Yan's orders? Zhuge Liang asked him to come, probably preparing to take over Guanzhong.

Kong Ming, even if you decide that I have no way out?

(To be continued......)