Chapter 1301 Fazheng pits Liu Bei
No matter how angry Liu Bei was, he could not change the fact that Liu Zhang left Chengdu.
All kinds of feedback have been concentrated on Liu Bei, the situation of the four gates last night, the results of the search, and the interrogation of the soldiers guarding Liu Zhang, etc.
Liu Bei patiently read all the reports.
The biggest key figure here is Chen Dan, but no matter how much he searches, he can't find Chen Dan's trace.
What Liu Bei needs most now is a counselor to give him some advice and give him more help.
However, the military advisor Xu Shu was stationed in Hanping City to defend against the attack of Gao Shun of Jingzhou. Liao Li was sent to Jianwei County to be the prefect. People like Sun Gan were at most a master of eloquence or expert in internal affairs. It would not work if they could see through the overall situation and the mystery.
After this, Liu Bei did not believe in the scholars of Yizhou who had served him before. Even if he had trust, Liu Bei did not dare to tell them the truth. When a big incident happened, Liu Bei knew how few people he had in his hands.
"By the way! Isn't there still Xiaozhi?" Liu Bei thought of Fa Zheng.
When Liu Zhang ruled Yizhou, Fa Zheng was not reused at all, and it was very inconsistent with the scholars in Yizhou. Therefore, Fa Zheng is a person that Liu Bei can trust at present. In addition, although Fa Zheng is usually lukewarm with Liu Bei, Liu Bei knew that Fa Zheng's ability was excellent, and he was just a little inferior to Xu Shu. But why did Liu Bei know Fa Zheng's ability, but he did not value Fa Zheng like he reused Xu Shu?
Our Liu Xuande, Liu Bei, Uncle Liu, believes that Fa Zheng has the ability, but this person is more arrogant and must be good at killing and killing. Otherwise, he will be unable to control himself in the future.
Whether you believe it or not, Uncle Liu believes it anyway.
Relatively speaking, in Liu Bei, Fa was much more reused than during the period of Liu Zhang.
In other words, Fa Zheng will definitely be devoted to Liu Bei. In fact, Liu Bei can also see Fa Zheng's loyalty from Fa Zheng's performance.
This is also the personal feeling of Uncle Liu.
Fazheng is not an easy person.
When he was employed, Liu Bei couldn't care about so many people, so he immediately sent someone to invite Fa Zheng over. Liu Bei had important things to ask for advice.
When the people sent by Liu Bei found Fazheng, Fazheng was ready.
It was not a coincidence, but the role of Fa Zheng's prophecy. Fa Zheng believed that Liu Zhang's disappearance would definitely be exposed, and Liu Bei would definitely make big moves. With Fa Zheng's understanding of Liu Bei, a big search was certain. Without Fa Zheng's expectations, Liu Bei spent a lot of troops to search Chengdu.
No matter how Liu Bei searched, Liu Zhang could not find it.
In this situation, Fa Zheng felt that Liu Bei must need a counselor to look at it. Fa Zheng thought that Liu Bei would come to find him in the end.
The most powerful person around Liu Bei was Xu Shu, but he was not in Chengdu. It was not Fa Zheng who boasted, but he was only worthy of following him like Liao Li.
Liu Bei could no longer believe the people from Yizhou. Only those who were not in conflict with Yizhou could gain Liu Bei's trust.
So Fazheng tidied up his clothes so that he would not waste time later. At the same time, Fazheng also silently calculated to see if he could trick Liu Bei and push Liu Bei into the abyss.
Fa Zheng was very casually moving towards the provincial and ministerial palace where Liu Bei was. When the person sent by Liu Bei to deliver the message, he immediately became fascinated when he saw Fa Zheng's attitude. This was the top master.
Liu Bei thought he would have to wait for a while, but he didn't expect that Fazheng's speed was too fast.
"See lord!" Fa Zheng was very casual today, which surprised Liu Bei.
Liu Bei smiled and said, "Xiaozhi, I have been waiting for you for a long time! Come and sit down!"
Liu Bei eagerly called Fa Zheng, who was very despised, but his face was full of respect and humility, and he didn't even dare to say that he was afraid.
After compliments and refusals between the two sides, Fa Zheng sat respectfully opposite Liu Bei.
"Lord, I don't know that I'm so anxious to call Bei Yi to come, do you have important instructions?" Fa Zheng asked knowingly, the same recipe and the same routine.
Liu Bei said with a worried look on his face: "Xiaozhi, something big happened today! The soldiers in charge of guarding Ji Yu came to repay him, Ji Yu and his two sons disappeared."
Fa Zheng laughed in his heart, do you, Liu Bei, do you, Liu Bei, just planned this Liu Zhang's affairs?
"This is a big deal!" Fa Zheng's acting skills are not impressive. He can win the Golden Duck Award in later generations with a terrifying performance.
Liu Bei nodded in distress.
"Lord, is it because of Liu Zhang's incident today?" Fa Zheng asked.
Liu Bei said affirmatively: "Yes!"
"My lord is so confused!" Fa Zheng said sadly: "In this way, Chengdu has a knowledgeable person, and he can definitely guess the reason! Lord, it's a big mistake! Yizhou is unstable! Lord, you have misled yourself."
Liu Bei said in shock: "No way!"
"Lord, let me analyze it for you." Fa Zheng said in a pretentious manner: "If you don't talk about the importance of Liu Zhang to his lord, you will know it. In the current situation, the entire Yizhou is undercurrent, and it will move your whole body! Liu Zhang is probably in the hands of those who are interested. Gao Shun of Jingzhou invaded Fuling, and the Yongshi people have prospered in Yongchang. The lord's army has been restrained a lot. People with interested must realize this and will definitely raise an army in the name of Liu Zhang. How should you deal with yourself at that time?"
Liu Bei was sweating coldly when he heard this. This result was what he thought of, but there was no way to avoid it.
"Xiaozhi, can there be a plan?" Liu Bei hoped that Fazheng could give a plan.
"Hi!" Fa Zheng sighed and said, "At the time, Beizhi hoped that the lord could eliminate those who were unfavorable to the lord, but the lord was very concerned and did not obey the lord's words. He even thought that this was Beizhi who wanted to take revenge on others. In fact, even if the lord's personality was stingy, how could this be for the overall situation of the lord!"
Liu Bei was a little embarrassed. Fa Zheng had hoped that Liu Bei could deal with the scholars in Yizhou, but Liu Bei had not yet gained a foothold and did not want to go against the scholars in Yizhou, so he did not let Fa Zheng do it.
As time goes by, the significance of Fazheng's existence was gradually ignored by Liu Bei. The stability of Yizhou lies more in whether the scholars in Yizhou were willing to defect to Liu Bei, and Liu Bei became a favorite of the scholars in Yizhou.
Now that Fa Zheng has brought it up in person, Liu Bei is very embarrassed.
"Xiaozhi, I regret not not not listening to your words. Now that the military advisor is outside, the only reliable person around me is Xiaozhi." Liu Bei is a person who is willing to admit his mistakes, especially at this critical moment.
Fa Zheng still admires Liu Bei very much. Being able to keep his face is indeed a rare quality.
But now nothing Liu Bei said is useless in front of Fa Zheng. Because Fa Zheng has already applied to Liu Yu, he will not do anything beneficial to Liu Bei.
Fa Zheng said so much, just to plot and kill Liu Bei.
"Lord, I have a plan for humble duties, but I don't know whether to talk about it or not!" Fa Zheng began to plot against Liu Bei, and it depends on whether Liu Bei is willing to listen.
"Xiaozhi, if you have something to say, I will definitely obey it!" Liu Bei was overjoyed. What he needed most was Fazheng's blunt words. As for whether it could work, it was not Liu Bei who made his own decision.
"Lord, please be honest and say nothing, the lord must have spies around you now! The lord has to eliminate it! Otherwise, the lord's current situation will definitely be in a passive state." Fa Zheng said.
Liu Bei was silent. This traitor must have existed, but he just didn't know who it was.
"Xiaozhi, but who is the traitor? I have no conclusion! If the blow is too big, it will cause chaos in Yizhou and be taken advantage of by others!" Liu Bei expressed his inner worries.
Fa Zheng said firmly: "Lord, if this traitor is not eliminated, then how can the lord deal with hidden dangers? Yizhou is still unstable. In addition, Gao Shun, Kou Feng, and Yong disrupt Yizhou. When spies make trouble, the lord can be confident that Yizhou will not be lost. At that time, Liu Yu in the north will be unable to help but take action when he sees Yizhou exhausted?"
When Liu Bei heard this, he became nervous. If Liu Yu took the opportunity to attack Yizhou, Liu Bei would be in a dilemma. But wasn’t Gao Shun from Jingzhou the person on Liu Yu’s side? Liu Bei thought that Liu Yu was probably already calculating him, so he waited for his troops to pass away little by little, and finally Liu Yu took action against Yizhou again.
Liu Bei became an emperor in later generations, and his personal abilities were still very strong, at least this predictive ability was excellent.
Seeing that Liu Bei was interested, Fa Zheng continued: "My lord, a traitor must be strong. If he does not eliminate it, he will regret it in the future. It is not wise to know that it is not wise to not eliminate it! As for the lord's concerns, there is no need to worry too much. The lord just arrests and interrogates the suspicious person and proves his innocence. How could the lord make things difficult for those innocent and loyal to the lord? How could the lord make things difficult for us as subordinates? How could we not be able to do anything to do with our lord?"
This sentence talks into Liu Bei's heart. It's not that he knows that there are traitors but he still doesn't eradicate them, so he keeps them in trouble for himself internally. It's not that he is unwise!
It was just that the blow was too wide, and Liu Bei was worried that it would cause instability in Yizhou and increase his own worries.
Now that Fa is saying this, it makes sense. Just arrest the suspect and interrogate him. There is no problem and release him.
Liu Bei was a little relieved to have a positive view. This is a subordinate who is betrayed by him. It is worthless that Liu Bei trusts Fazheng so much.
At the same time, Liu Bei also believed that Fa Zheng must have his own selfish intentions and wanted to revenge his enemies.
If not, Liu Bei was very happy.
"Let's discuss this again." Liu Bei temporarily put aside this matter and did not give Fa Zheng so affirmation, and continued to ask: "Xiaozhi, there are other plans for the current situation."
Fa Zheng observed his words and expressions, and knew that Liu Bei had made a decision, but he just didn't say it on the surface, so Fa Zheng was naturally willing to obey his wishes. Anyway, Fa Zheng had the ability to turn the words around later.
"I would like to announce to the world immediately that Liu Zhang and his son were harmed by a traitor!" Fa Zheng suggested.
This is also a big pit! It is something that everyone in the world knows when Liu Zhang and his son fall into Liu Bei's palm. If Liu Bei announces Liu Zhang's death to the world, then the world will think that it was Liu Bei's own hands. Liu Bei's reputation will rot and he will become a hypocritical villain.
Originally, Liu Bei's reputation was not much better.
"This is not possible! Once the news of Liu Zhang's death is announced, if the traitor brings Liu Zhangliang out, wouldn't it be a slap in the face? Even if the traitor doesn't dare to bring Liu Zhangliang out, people will think that I killed Liu Zhang and his son. This plan is inappropriate!" Liu Bei shook his head directly.
Fa Zheng said in a tempting manner: "Lord, Liu Zhang's death is of great use than Liu Zhang's life. Please think about it. Why did the traitor rescue Liu Zhang instead of sending someone to kill Liu Zhang? It's not because Liu Zhang's life has a huge value for him. If Liu Zhang is used to frame the lord, he can send someone to assassinate Liu Zhang, so why bother to plot against him. Therefore, I think that instead of letting others take advantage of it, the lord should be able to stop his thoughts!"
"This?" Liu Bei was a little confused.
"Lord, people think that Liu Zhang was harmed by the lord. How much harm does this hurt to the lord? It's just a loss of reputation! The lord has explained to the world that Liu Zhang was harmed by a traitor. If someone asks Liu Zhang to come out, the lord can generously express his previous announcement that Liu Zhang is fake, not real. It is difficult to distinguish between true and false, and the lord can hold the initiative tightly." Fa Zheng said without blinking his eyes, trying his best to fool Liu Bei.
Liu Bei thought about it and it was really just like Fa Zheng said. If others want to frame their reputation, they can assassinate Liu Zhang, so why should they take Liu Zhang away? There must be an ulterior motive. Since that is the case, why didn't Liu Bei immediately stop others' thoughts? At that time, even if Liu Zhang is really pushed out by others, Liu Bei would announce the news of Liu Zhang's death as soon as possible. At that time, it would be said that Liu Zhang was fake, and he would have the advantage of public opinion.
"This plan is very good! Xiaozhi, please make arrangements." Liu Bei combined the pros and cons and felt that what Fa Zheng said was feasible.
"Lord, wise!" Fa Zheng slapped Liu Bei's flattery and said, "Lord, it's better to be a traitor than to be late."
In the end, Fa Zheng still told the story of the traitor.
Liu Bei had already made a decision before, and Fa Zheng proposed it again. He knew that he was not clear about his statement now, and Fa Zheng might be disappointed in him.
Now there is only one Fa Zheng who can do his best for himself. Liu Bei is really worried about the old subordinates of Liu Zhang like Zhang Song.
"Xiaozhi, just investigate those who are suspected!" Liu Bei said it very tactfully, as if he had expressed his attitude.
Fa Zheng showed joy on his face and bowed and said, "Don't worry, lord! Bei Zhi will definitely not disappoint you."
"I feel most at ease when doing things in Xiaozhi." Liu Bei could only believe in Fazheng.
Chapter completed!