Three Kingdoms: Ancestors of the Han Dynasty

Chapter 200
Before Li Yan entered the palace, Liu Chan had adjusted his mood and greeted Li Yan calmly.

It may be said that Liu Chan is hypocritical, but there is no doubt that under the thousands of years of political rules in China, a mature and excellent leader should not display emotions.

This point of Liu Chan is undoubtedly a skill point to learn from Lao Liu. The real Lao Liu never likes to cry, but is a hero with a heroic and talented strategy.

Liu Chan often regrets that his time with Lao Liu is too short to learn more from him.In the early years, I kept imagining what kind of style Boss Cao, who is also a hero in the world, would be, but it is a pity that everything is gone!
"Li Yan, governor of Chenjiang Prefecture, pay homage to Your Majesty!" Li Yan was sweating profusely, and he walked into the hall slowly, feeling the coolness, and saw the emperor sitting in front of the desk, kneeling on the ground and saluting, said.

Liu Chan got up and went down the steps, helped Li Yan up, and said in a gentle voice, "Li Qing has been waiting outside the hall for a long time, it is very hard."

Seeing Liu Chan's gentle attitude, Li Yan's depressed mood due to waiting for a long time dissipated slightly, and replied with a submissive face: "Everyone contributes to the country, the emperor has an edict, how dare Chen An not come?"

Liu Chan sighed slightly, and said with emotion: "If all the ministers in the court are dedicated to serving the country like Li Qing, I don't have to be so troubled."

The speaker has no intention, but the listener has the heart.Li Yan's eyes flickered, it was obvious that Liu Chan's words could not help but let his imagination run wild.

Pointing to the seat, Liu Chan said, "Sit down first, I ordered Li Qing to enter Chengdu, because I have important business to discuss!"

After Li Yan took his seat, he asked tentatively: "I don't know if your majesty is confused about the Bazhou incident, so he ordered the minister to enter the court?"

Liu Chan pointed to the memorial on the case, pondered for a while, and said, "Please report the establishment of Bazhou. After reading it, I think it is true. You said that Jiangzhou City is small and crowded, and life is very inconvenient. You want to divert water around the city. , to build a big city, I thought there was nothing impossible to know.”

"However, given the current situation of the Han Dynasty, there may be no spare power to allocate the five counties of Badi to establish Bazhou. And let Qing send Jiangzhou corvee to build a new city, I am afraid that the people will complain a lot!"

Li Yan frowned slightly after listening to Liu Chan's words, and explained: "Badi is located in the east border, bordering Cao Wei in the north, and east Wu in the east. If we set up Bazhou, we can unite the hearts of the people internally and defend against powerful enemies externally. If Hanzhong and Ankang are attacked by Cao Wei, Bazhou can quickly dispatch troops to support the two counties to ensure peace.”

Liu Chan nodded approvingly, and said, "What you said is the opinion of a seasoned seeker of the country."

Liu Chan changed his tone again and said with regret: "If it wasn't for the time when there was no war, I would definitely agree. It's just that Cao Wei's army is about to overwhelm the border and invade our northern border. I don't know what Li Qing thinks about discussing the matter of Bazhou?"

Hearing this, how could Li Yan not know that His Majesty vetoed his proposal to establish Bazhou on the basis of Cao Wei's attack.

However, although Li Yan is greedy for profit, he also knows that Cao Wei needs to be resolved first.

Li Yan glanced at Liu Chan and saw that his expression was calm.

After pondering for a long time, Li Yan thought that Liu Chan's words had come to this point, and it was not easy to veto, so he respectfully replied: "Your Majesty's words are very true, and I also deeply agree with them. We need to retreat the Wei soldiers first, and then set up Bazhou."

Li Yan's words differed slightly from what Liu Chan said. Liu Chan said he could discuss this matter, but Li Yan said he would set up Bazhou directly.

However, Liu Chan pretended not to understand Li Yan's meaning. In order to let Li Yan enter the trap, he showed joy and said in praise: "Qing understands the righteousness. I ordered Li Qing to enter the court because I hope to discuss this matter. Now Cao Wei is ready to move. I don't know who you think can take on this important task to support Hanzhong and Ankang?"

Li Yan pondered for a while, then said: "The prime minister is amiable and leads the army to support Hanzhong."

Liu Chan shook his head and said, "The prime minister needs to be in Chengdu, so it's difficult to dispatch, and the prime minister is not feeling well recently."

"Li Qing is the Minister of Tuogu left to me by the late emperor. Today Hanzhong is empty of troops, but there are only more than [-] troops. Li Qing needs to lead [-] troops from Jiangzhou to the north to support Hanzhong and Ankang counties. After this battle, I will live up to it. Li Qing!" Liu Chan said solemnly.

Li Yan closed his eyes and sighed. There are more than [-] soldiers in the Jiangzhou Governor's area. Now that [-] soldiers are directly transferred, the Jiangzhou Governor's area will be empty.If [-] soldiers were left in Hanzhong after the war, wouldn't it be that his military power in Jiangzhou was wasted.

And since he was far away from Jiangzhou, wouldn't the governor of Jiangzhou let someone else take up the post?
Li Yan hesitated for a while, then declined and said: "If Your Majesty transfers [-] troops from Jiangzhou, it may be taken advantage of by Soochow. It is better to send thousands of people to support Hanzhong."

Liu Chan looked at Li Yan, knowing that he was thinking carefully again, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, don't worry, a few days ago, the envoy of Wu visited Han, and the two countries made an alliance. Soochow evacuated the soldiers from Xinling, in order to make good friends with Jiang. There is no external disaster in the state, please rest assured Li Qing."

Li Yan continued to bite the bullet and said: "Jiangzhou's affairs are of great importance, and Jiangzhou's soldiers are supporting and calming down the soldiers and horses in various places. Moreover, Dongwu's one-sided words are not credible. I hope your majesty will think twice."

The king suppressed it with power, and the courtiers did not resist too much, but Li Yan still hoped to make a final struggle.

Liu Chan narrowed his eyes slightly. He didn't expect that Li Yan would refuse when he said this. It seems that he is really hopeless!
In order to appease Li Yan, Liu Chan said with a smile: "You go north with peace of mind, and the affairs of Jiangzhou will be handed over to Qing's son Li Feng. From now on, Li Qing will move to the North General of the town and lead the army north to support Hanzhong. Qing's son Li Feng will be the governor of Jiangzhou Overseer, the commander-in-chief is in charge of Jiangzhou affairs. I will never forget the Bazhou affairs!"

Hearing this, Li Yan was overjoyed, the dissatisfaction with being transferred to Hanzhong had dissipated.

His Majesty is so generous, he promoted himself first, and he was the general of Beibei to Hanzhong. Wouldn't he be able to take charge of Hanzhong's military affairs, and then let his son succeed him?

Li Yan couldn't believe all of this, he stared at Liu Chan on the steps, could it be that the matter of his nine tins really made His Majesty suspect the prime minister...

"Could it be that Qing doesn't want to take orders?" Liu Chan said with a cold tone.

Hearing this, Li Yan came back to his senses, showed joy on his face, and said respectfully: "I am willing to do the work of a dog and a horse for Your Majesty, and dare you not want to go north!"

Liu Chan looked at Li Yan who was bowing forward and backward, and could only sneer.Sure enough, he lived up to the reputation of having scales in his belly, with sinister intentions, and ordinary people can't get close.

Cao Wei was about to move around in Guanzhong, mobilizing troops and horses, and transporting food and grass. Although there were [-] soldiers in Hanzhong and Longyou, they were scattered across the border for thousands of miles.Cao Wei's large-scale attack will inevitably be stretched and needs reinforcements, and the [-] soldiers in Jiangzhou are undoubtedly the most suitable reinforcements.

So before summoning Li Yan, Liu Chan had countermeasures.

If Li Yan is willing to do things for the country, just comfort him; if he has selfish intentions...

In order to know whether Li Yan really has the heart for the country, he specially asked Li Yan to go north to support Hanzhong.Looking at his words and demeanor again, it is true that Li Yan's desire is to sway his heart, he has no thought of serving the country at all, and he is full of his own thoughts.

As for appeasing Li Yan's promotion in the future, it is to let him go north to fight against Wei with peace of mind, and not to be unwilling to send troops and act slack after returning to Jiangzhou.

But all of this is in Liu Chan's plan, military power and his basic state of Jiangzhou, ha ha!
(End of this chapter)