Three Kingdoms: Liu Bei seeks the master and seeks to conquer the world

Chapter 341 Zheng Ping commits suicide, Liu Bei all-star battle

Liu Bei personally conquered the country, and Zheng Ping supervised the country.

However, such a decision has already caused dissatisfaction among many old ministers.

Although Liu Bei proclaimed himself emperor, he rarely conferred civil and military titles on Yuan Cong. One of the reasons was that Liu Xie's former ministers were left behind.

It is impossible for Liu Bei to proclaim himself emperor, and he will replace all these old ministers and ministers directly.

There must be a reason for changing the minister.

If the reason is not chosen well, it will directly have a bad impact on Liu Bei's reputation.

This is one of the reasons why Zheng Ping will stay in Xudu.

The battle on the front line does not happen overnight. Even if Zheng Ping went to Puyang, it is impossible to pacify the three northern states within a month.

Liu Bei was kind and virtuous, and his thoughts were not as treacherous as those of Cao Cao who had been used to court power struggles since childhood.

If Zheng Ping is on the front line and Liu Bei is in Xudu, it will be difficult for Liu Bei to deal with the old ministers in the court.

After all, if the emperor's words and deeds are not careful, he may become a coward, a tyrant, or a mediocre king.

While Liu Bei is on the front line and Zheng Ping is in Xudu, not only can Liu Bei not be distracted from fighting with the old ministers in the court, but he can focus on destroying Yuan and achieve great fame, it can also give Zheng Ping enough power to control these worms in the court. Get rid of.

Although Zheng Ping is Zheng Xuan's son, he is not as humble and loyal as Zheng Xuan.

A deceitful person is also a poisonous person.

Zheng Ping always bases his strategy on results and never cares about whether the strategy is dirty or not.

Jia Xu was able to obediently go to Puyang to give Zhuge Liang and Lu Xun the truth because she didn't want to make Zheng Ping an enemy.

If he becomes an enemy of Zheng Ping, Jia Xu feels that his life may be in danger.

Jia Xu can be sure that if Zheng Ping takes action, he will never be merciful!

Especially now, Zheng Ping has the power to oversee the country!
"Zhengping, how is the collection of evidence?" Zheng Ping summoned Mi Heng.

During the few months in Xudu, Zheng Ping was not as seen by the old ministers. He was handling the affairs of the court for Liu Bei every day.

All government affairs were carried out step by step by the officials of the Prime Minister's Office in accordance with the procedures established by Zheng Ping. Almost all government affairs were eventually brought to the attention of Prime Minister Zhuge Jin.

Unless Zhuge Jin is unsure, he will send it to Zheng Ping.

And Zheng Ping spent most of his time concentrating on collecting criminal evidence from the court officials and ex-officials.

Mi Heng replied: "Led by Yang Biao and Ma Rizun, there are a total of 72 ministers. The criminal evidence collected so far is enough to convict them and send them to prison. However, we lack a knife that can kill people."

Zheng Ping's eyes were burning and he looked at Sima Yi, who was standing silently beside him: "Zhongda, who do you think I should choose as my sword?"

Since Hanoi brought Sima Yi out, Zheng Ping kept Sima Yi by his side.

In line with the original intention of making the best use of everything, Sima Yi has always been involved in collecting evidence of the crimes of the officials.

Sima Yi, who had not yet reached the crown because he had already served as an official, also took the title of cousin in advance.

Sima Yi glanced at Zheng Ping with some fear, gritted his teeth, and said: "Prime Minister, Yi thought that he could use the Black Mountain bandits as swords. Use the Black Mountain bandits to wipe out the influence of these ministers outside Xudu."

"At that time, the Prime Minister will send troops to conquer again to win the hearts of all the ministers."

"In this way, all the ministers will not dare to cause trouble in Xudu without external help."

Sima Yi's answer was quite satisfactory. It not only attacked the power of the old ministers, but also left room for other ministers.

However, this was not the answer Zheng Ping wanted.

"Zhongda, you still don't trust the truth enough." Zheng Ping looked at Sima Yi with a half-smile.

Sima Yi's expression changed, and he quickly came forward and bowed: "Yi has always admired the Prime Minister, and the Prime Minister's words are what I will believe in for the rest of my life."

Zheng Ping gently shook his feather fan, and his seemingly calm tone was undeniably majestic: "Everything in this world is white and black, light and dark. If no one walks in the darkness, there will be no light. world.”

"Zhongda, whether the Sima family can survive in the world depends entirely on your choice between light and darkness."

Sima Yi's face became even more ugly.

Although Zheng Ping didn't say it explicitly, he had already hinted at Sima Yi.

Sima Yi must be responsible for this sword!
However, Sima Yi knew very well that Zheng Ping's purpose was to eliminate all the 72 ministers and their families on the list.

Once Sima Yi becomes the sword, not only will the Sima family be expelled from the family tree, but the Sima family will also suffer from infamy for several years, and they will not be able to hold their head high in the gentry circle.

But if he doesn't agree, Sima Yi feels that he won't survive today.

What Zheng Ping wants to do is too cruel, and Sima Yi is a full participant in the process!
Join or keep it a secret.

And only the dead can keep secrets!

"If Yi goes to do this, the prime minister's reputation will be damaged." Sima Yi tried to persuade.

After all, many people know that Sima Yi is now working for Zheng Ping in the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Zheng Ping's eyes were slightly stern: "Zhongda thinks that Benxiang is a person who cares about that kind of reputation? It is Benxiang's blessing to destroy one person's reputation and make the world stable for a hundred years. Zhongda, don't make the mistake!"

Sima Yi suddenly felt a chill running down his spine.

a long time.

Sima Yi gritted his teeth again, clenched his fists, lowered his head and said, "I am willing to obey the Prime Minister's order."

"Very good!" Zheng Ping helped Sima Yi up, and gave the feather fan in his hand to Sima Yi, saying: "The original feather fan was only given to two people. One is A Liang in Puyang, and the second is Zhongda. .”

"Zhongda, you have one month!"

Sima Yi tremblingly took the feather fan from Zheng Ping's hand and bowed again: "Yi will definitely live up to the prime minister's high expectations."

After Sima Yi left, Mi Heng approached and said, "Prime Minister, Sima Yi is a very forbearing person. He dares to agree to things like this that make the Sima family extirpate themselves from the noble clan. I'm afraid that it will be very difficult to control him in the future."

"It doesn't matter, I will make my own decision." Zheng Ping waved his hand, interrupting Mi Heng's worries and said: "When you release the news, just say that I have been suffering from cold occasionally and cannot handle affairs recently. All matters in the DPRK will be left to Yang Biao for the time being. He and Ma Rixi made the decision."

Zheng Ping claimed to be ill, and Yang Biao, Ma Rixi and other former ministers became even more aggressive, thinking that Zheng Ping had given in and acted more unscrupulously.

What's more, the information about Zheng Ping's illness was directly passed to Yuan Shao's spies secretly.

however.

Before the ministers could be happy for a long time, news came that shocked Xu Du's court.

The Yang family of Hongnong was robbed by Black Mountain thieves overnight, and all their money, grain, land, property, and house were robbed!

Yang Biao vomited blood and fell into coma on the spot!

Immediately afterwards, the forces involved with the 72 ministers on the list and who had opposed Liu Bei's claim to emperor were also robbed and killed by Black Mountain bandits.

Suddenly, the ministers of Xudu were panic-stricken, and they all went to the Prime Minister's Mansion to ask Zheng Ping to take charge.

However, no matter who came to see Zheng Ping, they were told that Zheng Ping was ill in bed and could not take charge.

After a long time, these ministers were not fools, they guessed that the black bandit who appeared suddenly must be related to Zheng Ping.

When Yang Biao's son Yang Xiu appeared in Xudu City like a beggar and accused Sima Yi of colluding with the Black Mountain bandits to destroy the Hongnong Yang family, all the officials were completely angry.

"Zheng Ping, the dog thief, are you going to risk the disapproval of the world and drive us all away?"

"We have no fault, how can we be humiliated like this!"

"Your Majesty is so stupid that he dared to let Zheng Ping be a thief to oversee the country. You can send them to Puyang jointly. Your Majesty, please depose Zheng Ping."

"Kang Chenggong's son turned out to be so cruel, and the Zheng family's family tradition was ruined." "Hanoi Sima Fang has always been kind and righteous, but how could he have such a vicious son and collude with Zheng Ping's thieves."

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Just when the ministers were insulting Zheng Ping, Mi Heng suddenly led the imperial guards to arrest and imprison all the 72 ministers on the list. At the same time, the charges of the 72 ministers were read out one by one in front of the people of Xudu.

It took three days just to read out the charges!

None of these noble families are clean, and it is not very difficult to collect accusations.

However, no one is more ruthless than Zheng Ping.

Not only must the influence of these 72 ministers be destroyed outside Xudu, but the 72 ministers must also be put on trial and their crimes made public.

In this way, even if these 72 ministers are still alive, their reputation will be ruined.

Zheng Ping will not kill these 72 ministers, but he will kill their hearts!
Suddenly, the situation in Xudu became polarized.

Some who supported the 72 ministers scolded Zheng Ping for abusing his power to supervise the country.

There are those who oppose the 72 ministers and denounce the corpses as a dishonorable dish that harms the country and the people.

Many scholars were arguing non-stop.

Zheng Ping also asked Ni Heng to preside over the gathering of the scholars in Xudu City, provide accommodation and food, and let the scholars debate to their heart's content.

As for the joint letter from all the ministers, it was silent after it was sent to Puyang.

Liu Bei is currently fighting Yuan Shao on the north bank of the Yellow River, and he doesn't care about Xu Du's changes at all.

Since Zheng Ping was allowed to supervise the country, Liu Bei had enough trust in Zheng Ping.

As the forces of the 72 Gongqing outside Xudu City were eliminated one by one, these former arrogant old ministers gradually became frightened.

It's been a month.

Liu Bei on the front line didn't respond at all!

In terms of public opinion, it has gradually evolved into a dispute between "self-discipline and diligence".

Yang Biao, Ma Rixi and others didn't even know how they lost!

Unable to defeat Zheng Ping, everyone's anger began to turn towards the Sima family, forcing Sima Fang to announce in front of everyone that Sima Yi would be removed from the Sima family tree!
At the same time, all members of the Sima clan who were serving as official officials resigned and returned to Hanoi, and have been living in isolation ever since.

"A plate of loose sand!"

Prime Minister's House.

Zheng Ping breathed out contemptuously and made his final evaluation of Xu Ducheng's changes.

As for the damaged reputation, Zheng Ping didn't care at all.

Leave a reason to taint yourself, and you can resign naturally when Liu Bei comes back.

In this way, Liu Bei can use the victory to re-appoint the ministers and officials, and completely turn the ministers into Liu Bei's confidants.

If the court is unstable, the world will be unstable.

Zheng Ping has already seen this clearly.

"It's all over, and it's up to His Majesty!" After handing over the matter at hand to Zhuge Jin, Zheng Ping set his sights on the war in Hebei.

Zhuge Liang was reminded by Jia Xu and knew that this battle was going to be fought not only by Yuan Shao, but also by the powerful Hebei families who relied on Yuan Shao.

Most of the conflicts in troubled times were caused by powerful and powerful families annexing land.

The poor have no place to stand and can no longer survive, so they will naturally rebel.

The rich annexed a large amount of land and felt that no one could control them, so they would disobey the imperial court's decree.

If we want to solve the problem, we must defeat these powerful families who have annexed the land and disobeyed the imperial decree and followed Yuan Shao.

When the world was not in chaos, powerful families had their own reasons for annexing land. It was difficult for the court to find charges and to restrain land annexation.

But now, the world is in chaos, broken and then established.

As long as the powerful families in Hebei are all attached to Yuan Shao, then the imperial court will have enough reason to annihilate these powerful families through counter-rebellion, and then return their land to the imperial court.

Winter November.

Seven days.

Lu Bu and Huang Zhong attacked the Liyang camp, and Xun Chen ambushed the army. The army was defeated and scattered the rear camps along the way.

Yuan Shao ordered Wen Chou, Chunyu Qiong, Jiang Qi and other generals to take advantage of the victory and pursue them all the way to Huaxian County, defeating Liu Bei ten times in a row.

eighteenth.

Liu Beibing was bet on the north bank of the Yellow River.

Zhuge Liang gathered his troops and formed a formation with his back to the Yellow River to resist Yuan Shao's army.

"Liu Bei is so stupid. He actually let Lu Xun, a young man, take command. He really dares to play a last-ditch battle." Yuan Shao won ten formations in a row and saw Liu Bei's formation again. He couldn't help but laugh.

Xun Chen echoed: "Lu Xun is indeed capable of generalship, but he is too proud. With a arrogant soldier's plan, Lu Xun forgets about himself and is defeated by Ming Gong ten times in a row."

"The Marquis of Huaiyin fought his last battle because his opponent was too weak and his morale was not low, so the sergeants were able to take the lead and defeat the Zhao army one to ten."

"But now, how much morale can Sergeant Liu Bei have after losing ten battles in a row?"

Xu You also stroked his beard proudly and said: "Ming Gong, today you go all out to capture Liu Bei alive. Even if Liu Bei has six states, his subordinates will run around like hozens."

Yuan Shao's fighting spirit was high: "Okay! I will personally lead the troops and I will capture Liu Bei alive!"

However, what Yuan Shao didn't know was that the morale of Liu Bei's sergeants seemed to be low, but they all held their breath and waited for this last-ditch battle.

The four armies of Guan Yu, Zhao Yun, Sun Jian and Zhang Fei, who originally divided Yuan Shao's forces, each bluffed, leaving behind a mixed army of banners.

Twenty thousand elites from Xianden Camp, Baipao Camp, Pojun Camp and Ruishi Camp have quietly returned to Liu Bei's main camp.

In other words.

What Yuan Shao has to face is not the demoralized Liu Beibing.

It's Liu Bei's all-star lineup!

First ascend, break the army, white robe, sharp warrior, shooting sound, euphorbia, white grate, trap, wolf cavalry.
And, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Sun Jian, Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong, Zhang Ying, Chen Dao, Gao Shun, Lu Bu, Zhang Liao, Dian Wei, Sun Ce.
Although the number of soldiers and horses is not as large as that of Yuan Shao, the battlefield has never been won by more people.

When the base of soldiers and horses reaches a certain number, it will be difficult to have the advantage of overwhelming them unless there is a several times difference in numbers.

Liu Bei has more than [-] soldiers and horses, of which more than [-] are elite soldiers who form separate camps!

"Yuan Shao has fallen into the trap."

"Your Majesty, you can give the order."

Zhuge Liang was in high spirits.

Let Yuan Shao win ten battles in a row, and let Guan Yu, Sun Jian, Zhang Fei, and Zhao Yun's four battalions of elite soldiers withdraw secretly.

It seems like a simple thing, but it requires a lot of computing power to execute.

These days, Zhuge Liang's nerves are also tense.

Now, it can finally be released!

(End of this chapter)