Zhuge Liang frowned slightly, turned his body and glanced at Zhuge Ke: "Yuan Xun, I remember 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 was dissatisfied with anyone, he would compare Wei Ba with the abnormal person. Who could compare with Wei Ba? He was promoted to General of Chariot at the age of 24, which was even greater than his father's military achievements and higher official titles. When he thought about it carefully, the only one who was really better than him might be Huo Qubing, who died young.

Unfortunately, Huo Qubing only lived twenty-four years old, and Wei Ba did not look like he was short-lived at all.

It is really a tragedy to be in the same world as someone like Wei Ba, especially for a person with a high spirit like Zhuge Ke. No matter how young and talented he is, he is pale in comparison when he comes to Wei Ba, which is so frustrating.

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

If someone else was changed, Zhuge Ke would definitely have a lot of refutation, but when facing Zhuge Liang, he was unwilling and did not dare to.

He knew that his uncle had high expectations for him. It was an excuse for not being able to enter the Prime Minister's Mansion due to his uncle and nephew relationship. His real intention was to give him the opportunity to be taught with Liu Chan and Sun Deng. Even the real student was not Liu Chan, nor Sun Deng, but Zhuge Ke.

With this love letter alone, he cannot be too much.

"Yuan Xun, you read a thousand times as many as Wei Ba, but how much do you understand? How much knowledge is just for refutation and to demonstrate your erudition, and how many are they really used in practice?"

Zhuge Ke laughed dryly.

"Cao Mengde has words, so he should not seek fame and live in real trouble. If you speak and act without restraint, your talent will not only be useless, but will harm you." Zhuge Liang slowed down his tone and took a breath. After saying so many words along the way, he felt a little his heartbeat faster and his breath was unstable. "Look at Wei Ba, when did he show off his talent? Do you really think he has no talent? Do you know that no one can solve the question he raised so far?"

Zhuge Ke was even more speechless. He knew the question raised by Wei Ba. That question not only stumped Xiahou Xuan, but also stumped Zhuge Liang, and it could even be said to stump all over the world. Of course, Zhuge Ke was also in it. He had been thinking about it for a long time, but he couldn't find a convincing answer. This question has become one of the propositions that people who consider themselves talented have refuted each other. It is comparable to the profound metaphysical propositions such as "Laozi" and "Zhou Yi".

Zhuge Ke didn't want Zhuge Liang to continue talking, so he quickly interrupted him: "Uncle, in fact, what I am worried about is Wei Ba."

"Oh, why are you worried about Wei Ba?"

"Now uncle is in charge of the court, and he is the leader of the people. Li Yan and Wei Ba are like arm-to-arms attacking Cao Wei left and right in order to unify the world. Li Yan's foundation is in Guanzhong, and what about Wei Ba's foundation, is it Jingjiao or Yangzhou?"

Zhuge Liang's eyes flashed and he coughed lightly. Zhuge Ke immediately closed his mouth and they left the palace gate. After getting in the car, Zhuge Liang then said, "Are you worried that Wei Ba will fight back and compete with the court for Yangzhou?"

Zhuge Ke nodded.

Zhuge Liang chuckled: "You want to plead for Sun Quan, so I don't force him too much."

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

Zhuge Liang raised his hand and interrupted Zhuge Ke's explanation: "You need not say, I understand your mood. Sun Quan attaches great importance to you, father and son. I can understand this if you want to repay him for his kindness. However, things have severity and righteousness have public and private affairs. You should put national affairs first and the world first."

"I just..."

"Are you worried that I would be too nervous, Sun Quan would be angry and embarrassed. Turn to join forces with Wei Ba?"

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

"No, Sun Quan has today, it is all Wei Ba's contribution. Now Wei Ba encourages Sun Shao to take the Sun family's children to expedition. This is clearly to alienate the Sun family's royal family, how could Sun Quan join forces with him? Besides, on the issue of disintegrating the Wu Kingdom, Wei Ba and I have the same goal."

"But……"

"But there is also a fight between us." Zhuge Liang smiled: "Yes, I want to turn Wu into the Wu State of the court, and Wei Ba wants to turn Wu into his Yangzhou, so there will inevitably be conflicts between us."

Zhuge Ke lowered his head in frustration, and he found that he had nowhere to hide in front of his uncle.

"So, I don't want Sun Quan to be too weak now, because I still need him to control the aristocratic clans in Jiangdong and prevent Wei Ba from stretching his hands too long and too fast. Zhang Wen has been pulled over by him, and Lu Xun probably has some tacit understanding with him. Gu family and Zhu family, I can't let him succeed anymore. Yuan Xun, please write a letter to Sun Quan to broaden his heart and let him not think too much."

Zhuge Ke nodded silently.

"Wei Ba... should have arrived in Liaodong." Zhuge Liang looked at the horizon 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 came up. When Zhuge Ke saw their faces, he knew that something was wrong again.

"Go to the hall and say." Zhuge Liang raised his hand, rubbed his slightly sore eyebrows, and walked quickly in front. Zhuge Ke hurriedly followed, ready to help Zhuge Liang at any time.

After that legendary giant ship meeting, Zhuge Liang was already trying his best to correct his habit of doing everything himself, and handed over most of the trivial matters to Deputy Prime Minister Liao Li and Chief Secretary Yang Yi and others. He focused on teaching Liu Chan, but it was difficult to change his habits. If he didn't take care of some important things, he still couldn't feel at ease. Although his health improved, he was still a little far from recovery. Once there were too many things, he would inevitably be palpitations, shortness of breath, dizziness, and he might fall to the ground while walking. As a nephew, Zhuge Ke had to take responsibility for his safety without hesitation.

After entering the hall, Yang Yi first reported something. Li Yan was allocating a large number of war horses from Liangzhou and asking Chengdu for food. His reason was that the Wei army in Bingzhou was frequently mobilized and might invade Guanzhong. Guanzhong did not have enough cavalry to deal with the Wei army in Bingzhou, which was mainly cavalry, so he had to transfer war horses to supplement it. In addition, the warehouse in Guanzhong was empty and not enough to deal with a big battle. He needed Chengdu to allocate a certain amount of food and grass.

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

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

"I know the actuary of Wei Gong, but Li Yan should not be underestimated." Zhuge Liang took the account book and his eyes narrowed: "If I guessed well, Cheng An and Zhao Su are probably Li Yan's right-hand man now."

Yang Yi nodded with a little unhesitant expression. Zhuge Liang's reason was a bit far-fetched. Although Cheng An was also the old chief clerk, how could he be his opponent in mathematics? As for Zhao Su, that man had a plan, but mathematics was not his strength. Even if Li Yan had these two people help him, he would not have deceived him in the account. Zhuge Liang said this just to find an excuse for himself.

"What's wrong with Zimo?"

Gu Tan stepped forward: "Prime Minister, Li Yan asked General Meng Da to be assigned to him and to the unified dispatch of Guanzhong."

Zhuge Liang frowned.

When Wei Ba was in Chengdu, the most serious accusation against the Prime Minister's Office was that the Prime Minister's Office was in charge of the troops, which was suspected of usurping the throne. This matter was strongly cooperated by Li Yan. With their mutual response, the Prime Minister's Office had to give up part of its military power and no longer directly ordered the garrisons in various places. Instead, it was changed to directly control the general Li Yan and the general Wei Ba of the chariots and cavalry. These two people were used to control the army in various places. The military power that the Prime Minister's Office could still directly control was now only the imperial guards in Chengdu, including the Northern Army led by Xiang Chong, the Palace Jung-in-Law led by Zhao Yun, the Hu Benlang led by Zhao Commander, and the Yulin Cavalry led by Zhang Shao. The total number was only 20,000, and it could only be used to protect the capital.

The reason why Meng Da was assigned to Wei Ba was, on the one hand, it was to weaken Li Yan's strength, and on the other hand, it was to create some trouble between Wei Ba and Li Yan. Now Li Yan requested that Meng Da be re-signed to Guanzhong and unified command, which was naturally contrary to Zhuge Liang's original intention at the time. How could he easily agree?

"This matter is related to the court's military system. How can orders be changed every day?" Zhuge Liang vetoed it lightly.

"How to reply to the general?"

"Just say that this matter needs to be discussed with General Wei Ba of the Cheqi General, and he cannot reply to him for the time being." Zhuge Liang scratched his eyebrows, paused, and said, "However, the Zongyu's troops can be transferred to Guanzhong to make up for their shortcomings."

"Here." Gu Tan responded and stepped aside.

...

Chang'an.

Li Yan slapped the official letter that had just come from Chengdu on the case and sneered: "Kong Ming is indeed scheming."

Li Feng picked up the official letter and read it, and couldn't help but sneer: "Prime Minister is a sure place for my father and son to die without a burial. He is already arranging someone to take over Guanzhong."

"He is too smart and he will lose his life if he is too smart."

Li Feng also sneered. Abacus was the invention of Wei Ba, and it is now a must-have for accounts settlement. Even if Prime Minister Zhuge, who was determined to plot against their father and son, had no abacus in his hand, he was afraid that he would have a bacus in his heart. But he calculated too much and spent too much effort, and he would inevitably have life worries.

"Wei Ziyu, she is still young after all." Li Yan sighed long: "If God doesn't take it, he will be blamed. If he hadn't slowed down, he wouldn't have been like this today."

"He is still young after all, even if he makes a mistake, he still has a chance to correct it." Li Feng raised his eyelids and looked at his father Li Yan's tired face: "Father, Guanzhong is in danger. If we make any mistakes, we will not 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 Guanzhong and wanted to transfer Meng Da. As a result, Zhuge Liang refused to let Meng Da come, but instead gave him a Zong Yu. Zong Yu was Zhuge Liang's loyalty. Can he listen to Li Yan's orders when he came to Guanzhong? Zhuge Liang asked him to come, probably to prepare to take over Guanzhong.

Kong Ming, even if you are sure I have no way out?

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Chapter completed!