Zhong Yao was really tired after he was bumpy all the way. He had just burned his feet and was about to go to bed. At this time, a follower quickly walked to the door and reported: "Report to the military advisor, Sima Gong is asking for a meeting!"

Zhong Yao was puzzled. What did Sima Yi come to him so late to do? But he thought that Zhuge Liang had just visited Sima Yi, so there must be some reason for this, so he said, "Please wait in the guest hall, and I will come soon."

Zhong Yao put on his shoes and socks, and put on a long robe. Then he slowly came to the living room. Sima Yi was sitting in the living room having tea. When he saw Zhong Yao coming in, he quickly stood up and apologized, "I'll disturb Mr. Zhong to rest."

"It's okay, I can't sleep so early, Zhongda please sit down!"

The two sat down, Sima Yi took out a letter and handed it to Zhong Yao with a smile, "This is a letter written by His Highness the King of Han to Zhong Junshi."

Zhong Yao was stunned. Liu Jing actually wrote a letter to him. He took the letter and opened it and read it. In the letter, Liu Jing praised himself for governing Guanzhong and restoring Chang'an, which laid a solid foundation for the Han Dynasty to move the capital Chang'an. This made Zhong Yao smile bitterly. He was not managing Guanzhong for the purpose of moving the capital to the Han Dynasty, but in the end he clearly made a wedding dress for the Han Dynasty.

However, Liu Jing's words were very sincere in the letter. After seeing it, Zhong Yao was moved. He felt that Liu Jing was sincerely grateful to him. At the end of the letter, Zhong Yao was stunned. The letter said that the Han Dynasty's Central Secretariat has always been vacant, just to be vacant for him, hoping that he could go to Han Dynasty to serve as the Central Secretariat and become the leader of all officials in the Han Dynasty.

Liu Jing's last words made Zhong Yao feel very confused. It was not that he was disgusted, but that he was a little uncomfortable for a moment. He actually asked himself to be the Secretariat Order. At this time, Sima Yi said sincerely: "Duke Wei has only been one or two years at most. Now Cao Pi has become a foregone conclusion. Cao Cao acquiesced to launch the case of the Seven Sons of Jian'an, but he did not want Cao Wei to have another chaos. Once Cao Pi ascended the throne, he believed that the first person he wanted to deal with was Duke Zhong, who would be demoted at the least, and imprisoned at the worst. Moreover, Cao Pi's ambition was very likely to depose Han and establish Wei. Duke became a minister of Han, how could he watch the Han demise? The King of Han had the ambition to revive the Han Dynasty and had the strength to rebuild the Han Dynasty. Whether it was for his own country and the people of the world, he should devote himself to the great cause of the revive Han Dynasty."

After a long time, Zhong Yao sighed, "His Royal Highness of Han values ​​me so much, which is beyond my expectations, and it also deeply touched me. However, I am now an envoy of Cao and am responsible for the heavy trust of Duke Wei. I asked me to abandon Wei and join the Han Dynasty at this time, which violates my principles of being a human being and will also make people laugh at the world. I can only be very sorry."

Sima Yi smiled and said, "His Highness of the King of Han did not ask Mr. Zhong to abandon Wei and join the Han Dynasty at this time. He just hoped that Mr. Zhong would think of a bright place at the low point of his life. In addition, His Highness of the King of Han sincerely invited Mr. Zhong to take a detour to Chang'an to visit his hometown again after the envoy."

Zhong Yao reacted very quickly, and he immediately asked tentatively: "What Zhongda means is that His Highness the King of Han is ready?"

Sima Yi nodded, "The King of Han is already waiting for the seats in Chang'an, and Mr. Zhong cannot return from the original route. However, His Highness of the King of Han will never force Mr. Zhong to give an explanation to Cao Cao. If Mr. Zhong is unwilling to go to Chang'an, I will immediately send an order to Jingzhou and cancel the interception. Everything will be decided by Mr. Zhong, and it is not my real purpose to go to Jiaozhou. We are actually not in the alliance between Cao Cao and Liu Bei."

Only then did Zhong Yao realize that Sima Yi's real mission to Jiaozhou was to continue to complete his mission for himself, not intercepting halfway, but to allow him to continue to complete his mission. Although it was only one of the reasons, it was enough to move him. Liu Jing's sincerity made him unable to refuse. He pondered for a moment and finally nodded, "Since His Highness the King of Han invited him so enthusiastically, I am willing to go to Chang'an."

Sima Yi was overjoyed, "Then it's a matter of just one word. We will intercept Mr. Zhong in Xiangyang and ask Mr. Zhong to turn the road to Chang'an."

Sima Yi's mission to Jiaozhou was not to destroy the alliance between Liu Bei and Cao Cao. In fact, the alliance between Liu Bei and Cao Cao had no impact on the Han strategy. Cao Cao could neither transport supplies to Jiaozhou nor send troops from the north to respond to Jiaozhou when the Han army and Jiaozhou army were fighting fiercely. After all, Cao Cao was just using Liu Bei to use Jiaozhou to restrain the Han army.

Therefore, Sima Yi had two purposes for his mission to Jiaozhou. One was to impress Zhong Yao with sincerity and asked him to turn to Chang'an. The other was to confuse Jiaozhou and make Liu Bei think that the Han army was not in a hurry to attack Jiaozhou.

So he wanted to sign a border treaty with Jiaozhou, and early the next morning, Sima Yi personally visited the representatives of the Zhan tribe and the barbarian tribes stationed in Fanyu.

The Chamists and the Barbarians are the two largest tribes in Jiaozhi. They support the Shixie family and hate Liu Bei. When Liu Bei occupied Jiaozhi and destroyed the Shi family, although the Chamists and barbarians resisted Liu Bei's revenge on Liu Bei's revenge, on the other hand, they did not want to fight with Liu Bei's army. As a compromise between the two sides, the two major tribes also sent representatives to station Fan Yu, which barely recognized Liu Bei as the lord of Jiaozhou, while they remained independent so that both sides were at peace.

Just when Sima Yi visited the representatives of the Zhan tribe and the barbarians stationed in Fan Yu, Liu Bei also officially met Zhong Yao in the Palace of King Yue.

Zhong Yao was still bathing and changing clothes, preparing for the formal reception etiquette, while Liu Bei took advantage of this gap to meet again with Zhuge Liang to learn about the situation of Zhuge Liang's talks with Sima Yi last night.

Liu Bei scoffed at Liu Jing's so-called kindness. These are all official words. Just listen to them, you can't take them seriously. He is more concerned about some practical interests, such as pig iron trade, etc.

Zhuge Liang said to Liu Bei: "Although Sima Yi expressed his tactfully and found many reasons, I understand what he meant. He actually told us that the Han Dynasty would not sell us pig iron again."

Liu Bei's face looked extremely ugly, and he snorted heavily after a while, "What else did he say?"

"He also warned us not to seek Jian'an County. He came to Jiaozhou this time to determine the border between the two countries with us."

"It's so shameless. Jian'an County has always been directly under the jurisdiction of the court and was occupied by Jiangdong. The court did not recognize it at all. Now that he annexed Jiaozhou, would Jian'an County be annexed by him?"

Jian'an County, which is now Fujian Province, has a vast territory and almost covers the entire Fujian Province. Due to its vast territory and sparse population, Jian'an County has no troops stationed in Jiangdong. Liu Bei sent troops to Jian'an County several times to test, and then withdrew. Jiangdong also sent envoys to negotiate the matter at the beginning of the year.

Just when Liu Bei decided to send troops to occupy Jian'an County, news of the demise of Jiangdong came, which meant that Jian'an County had already belonged to the Han Dynasty, which made Liu Bei dare not act rashly.

At this time, Liu Bei was angry and regretful. At the beginning of the year, Jiangdong had already proposed to sell Jian'an County to Jiangdong for 200,000 stones and 10,000 taels of gold. However, Liu Bei felt that there was no need to pay so much grain and gold and could bargain with Jiangdong again. Unexpectedly, it took too long, but they lost the only chance to get Jian'an County.

Now that Sima Yi has arrived, he directly warned them not to seek Jian'an County. How could Liu Bei calm down? Liu Bei paced back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back, unable to hide his anger and anger.

Zhuge Liang also thought about this for a night, and he thought more deeply than Liu Bei. "Lord, please listen to my words. Sima Yi's mission to Jiaozhou is definitely not as simple as Jian'an County. If Liu Jing really did it for Jian'an County, he would directly send troops to Jian'an County, which would be the best warning. Wei Ming believes that Sima Yi was just to paralyze us, making us think that the Han State would fight for the border with us, and that the Han army would not attack us, so he took it lightly. This is the real purpose of Sima Yi's mission to Jiaozhou."

Zhuge Liang's words poured on Liu Bei's head like a basin of cold water, which made him suddenly awake. He was indeed a little confused. He forgot the threat of the Han army to attack Jiaozhou, but he was too concerned about the ownership of Jian'an County.

"The military advisor is right, I'm really a little confused."

As soon as Liu Bei finished speaking, a guard reported outside the door, "Report to the Emperor, and the Minister of County Lin has an important matter."

The county magistrate Lin is named Lin Zhan, and he is a group of local literati promoted by Liu Bei in Jiaozhou. Lin Zhan is the eldest son of the Lin family of Nanhai County. He is only over thirty years old. He was appointed as the county magistrate of Nanhai by Liu Bei. This time he was responsible for accompanying Sima Yi and also monitoring Sima Yi. If he had an urgent matter, it must be related to Sima Yi. Liu Bei immediately ordered: "Let him come in!"

After a moment, the county magistrate Lin Zhan walked in quickly and bowed and said, "See the governor of the state!"

"Is there anything wrong with Sima Yi?" Liu Bei asked.

"Report to the governor of the state, Sima Yi went to visit the people of the Zhan and barbarians early this morning."

"What?" Liu Bei was shocked. Sima Yi actually visited the Cham and barbarians. What does this mean?

Zhuge Liang next to him asked calmly: "What did they talk about, how long did they last?"

"I don't know what I've talked about. They talked secretly and they each lasted about half an hour."

As soon as Lin Zhan finished speaking, a report from the guard came from outside: "Your Majesty, the Zhan tribe and the barbarians hurriedly left the city and returned to the tribe."

"asshole!"

Liu Bei gritted his teeth and cursed: "Is Liu Jing trying to make an enemy for me?"

Zhuge Liang gave Lin Zhan a wink and asked him to retreat first. Then Zhuge Liang said to Liu Bei: "Lord, this proves that the inference is correct. Liu Jing is confusing us and making enemies for us, making us think that Liu Jing wants to support the Zhan tribe and the barbarians to restrain us. All this is a plan, which makes us not prepared for war, and then the war will suddenly come."

Zhuge Liang's explanation this time did not convince Liu Bei. Liu Bei frowned and said, "The military advisor should think of this. It is not easy to attack Jiaozhou. The army is easily trapped in Jiaozhou. I believe Liu Jing also understands this. If I were Liu Jing, I would have made enemies in Jiaozhou. In the past, the Shi family, but now there is no Shi family. The Zhan and barbarians who are dissatisfied with us are the best candidates. With enemies within, we dare not go north easily. Liu Jing will have no worries and can attack Cao Cao and the military advisor with all his strength. This is a good strategy."

Seeing that Liu Bei was shaken, Zhuge Liang said anxiously: "My lord underestimates Liu Jing too much. He will never put his destiny in the hands of others."
Chapter completed!