Three Kingdoms: Ancestors of the Han Dynasty

Chapter 6 Huo Yi's Ambition
The night covered the earth with a layer of black veil, and the white tents lit by fire looked like pearls sprinkled on the ground from a distance.

Jiangzhou Governor's Camp
Inside Liu Chan's tent

Liu Chan stood focused on cutting the candles, as if he forgot about Huo Yi in the tent.

Huo Yi hesitated to speak, worried that his question should not be asked, after all, it was His Highness's job to employ people.

Although Liu Chan was carrying Huo Yi behind his back, he seemed to have seen Huo Yi's uneasy expression with his own eyes, talking and laughing: "Is there something wrong with Shaoxian (Huo Yi's character)? Is it Wang Ping's business?"

Huo Yi responded: "It's Your Highness, why do you love Wang Ping so much? Although Wang Ping is talented, it's not that you personally teach the book, and Zhao Dudu will accept him as a disciple."

Liu Chan stopped his hands and sighed: "Yes, why do you treat Wang Ping so favorably? This is also everyone's doubt. It's normal for you to have this problem."

"Shaoxian, you are the brother I grew up with, so it's okay to tell you. Do you know my Shuzhong faction?"

Huo Yi thought about it and said: "I know a little bit, such as the Yuan Cong faction of Governor Zhao and General Wei, the Jingchu faction from Jingzhou, the Shu Zhongzhou faction, and the native faction in Sichuan."

Liu Chan talked behind his back: "It's almost the same. In fact, it can be simply said that there are two factions, the old and the new, and the powerful and powerful families in the middle of Sichuan."

"The new ones are: Yuan Cong, Jingchu, and a few people from Dongzhou; the old ones are: the aristocratic families in central Shu, the powerful people in central Shu, and some people from Dongzhou. The high positions and real powers of our Han court are all held by Yuan Cong, people from Jingchu, and people from Shu There are few people in the middle.

This contradiction is determined by the length of time in our army and the level of ability.But this contradiction will be resolved naturally over time. The prime minister recruits officials with real talents and practical knowledge, regardless of the background behind them.Do things justly, who will not accept it.There are many people in Shu, so naturally, most of the people in the court will be from Shu, and the number of outsiders will decrease day by day! "

Liu Chan picked up the case and continued to speak slowly: "But if the Northern Expedition is to be carried out, the real high-level real power must be held by people from other states, and the people in central Shu lack enterprising spirit in power. If the Northern Expedition will definitely lose the interests of the tyrants, the people in the middle of Shu will hold high power. In severe cases, the tyrants in the middle of Shu will use their power for profit, annex the land, and the people will have no land to cultivate. Talk about Xingfu Dahan!"

Huo Yi seemed to understand what was going on and said: "His Royal Highness wants to train Wang Ping to stand on top of the imperial court to succeed the Yuan Cong faction, and to control the military power. After a hundred years as the governor, he can be reused."

Huo Yi said excitedly: "Wang Ping came from a humble background. Although he is appreciated by the crown prince, others tend to despise him. Wang Ping worshiped under Dudu Zhao, so his background is different. Dudu Zhao in the army has a very high prestige. The people in the middle, but it is difficult to get rid of the people of the Yuan Cong faction, let alone Wang Ping is still a person."

Liu Chan turned to Huo Yi and nodded with satisfaction: "It's good that you understand that the court can have people from Sichuan, but those in power must be people from other states or lonely ministers, so that I, a big man, can be aggressive."

Huo Yi cupped his hands and bowed: "His Highness, thank you for clarifying the doubts. Yi will not let it out."

Liu Chan secretly laughed at some old foxes, who could tell at a glance. If Fei Yi saw through him at a glance, of course Dong Yun should also understand the purpose of doing it, and only Huo Yi and Wang Ping's political Xiaobai didn't know.

Liu Chan patted Huo Yi on the shoulder: "I have explained so much to you, one of which is that you are my brother who grew up together, although not a real brother, but better than a real brother.

Based on our own relationship, I hope that you, Shao Xian, can become my big man's Wei Qing in the future.

Second, I have been with you for many years, and I am well aware of your ability. Although I don't know how it compares to Wang Ping, I believe it will not be much different.In the future, you need to study the art of war hard, learn martial arts diligently, ask for advice on how to deploy an army, and you need to be familiar with the right time and place. "

Huo Yi agreed again and again, and the idea of ​​teaching Wang Ping to compete with Wang Ping arose in his heart.

Seeing Huo Yi's expression, Liu Chan knew that his goal had been achieved, and secretly smiled in his heart, seeing that my reserve Wei Qing could win.

Liu Chan would not explain so much to Huo Yi in vain. The reason for explaining so much is that Huo Yi felt competitive. Huo Yi, who grew up with Liu Chan, saw that Liu Chan treated Wang Ping so kindly and enjoyed the respect he had never had before. Must not be angry.

Although the two will not be at odds, it must be impossible for the two to be intimate!
It's not that Liu Chan doesn't want them to get along intimately, but because they will be generals in the army in the future. If they get along intimately, many emperors must be very worried, and he just laid the groundwork in advance.

Liu Chan thought so!
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Huo Yi met on the way back to the tent, Wang Ping was holding a book by the fire, reading hard, only listening to those few words turned over and over again, and still writing and drawing on the ground with burnt wooden branches, he secretly sighed in his heart that Wang Ping was so diligent.

Wang Ping was illiterate before, but now he has been asking Dong Yun for advice in just a few days, and he has achieved such results.Every day, Wang Ping prepares the slips with a book, and whenever he is free, he asks Dong Yun with salute. Except for big occasions, Wang Ping always asks Dong Yun. question.

Huo Yi walked to the road, Wang Ping saw Huo Yi go up to salute with a book, and took out the words he didn't know before: "Shao Xian, can I borrow some time?"

Huo Yi replied, "What's the matter?"

Wang Ping smiled stupidly: "What do these words mean? What's the explanation? The grandson's purpose in this passage?"

Huo Yi read the book, and the book said: "The invincible can defend; You can protect yourself and win all."

Wang Ping pointed to the characters Zang, Yu and Bao, and Huo Yi replied, "This is Zang, which means hiding." Wang Ping explained the rest of the questions one by one.

Wang Ping read it several times in a low voice, and read the whole sentence several times together.Excitedly said to Huo Yi: "I know!"

Huo Yi was surprised. With Wang Ping's level, how could he understand this sentence in a short time? He probably deliberately asked, "What does Zijun mean?"

Wang Ping said with a chuckle: "Sun Tzu said that if you want to avoid being defeated by the enemy, you must defend; if you want to defeat the enemy, you must attack. Defense is due to insufficient troops; attack is due to sufficient troops and the enemy is relatively weak. Those who are good at defense, Concealing one's own strength is like hiding deep in the ground, making the enemy invisible; those who are good at attacking deploy one's own strength like divine soldiers descending from the sky. Therefore, one can effectively protect oneself and win an all-round victory.

It really means: defense comes before attack, and we leaders need to think about defeat first, and then think about victory. Attack means that our troops need to be stronger than the enemy.Regardless of defense or offense, we need to hide our real strength, so that the enemy does not know our true strength, and our defense can be easily carried out. On the offensive, we need to quickly call soldiers to intersperse, hiding the army so that the enemy does not know our real target, and the enemy will find out There was no time to react.

This is how Cao Cao used his troops. In the battle of Guandu, Cao Cao’s troops were inferior to Yuan Shao’s. He defended against Yuan Shao’s attack. "

Huo Yi sighed secretly after listening to the worship, Wang Ping really had what His Highness said.

Huo Yi made up his mind to imitate Su Qin and Zhang Yi who used to study hard with their heads hanging from the beams and buttocks. I, Huo Yi, will definitely not be inferior to you, Wang Ping.

Paying his respects, Wang Ping quickened his pace and walked towards the tent.

Chen Shou: "Wang Ping is loyal, courageous and strict. He grew up in the army. He couldn't write with his hands, and he couldn't read the cross. He wrote books by oral instruction. They all have meaning. It makes people read the biographies of history and Han Dynasty, and listen to them to know their righteousness. The argument doesn’t lose its point.”

(End of this chapter)