Liu Chan also knew that Dong Yun was a high-level spy that Zhuge Liang had placed beside Ah Dou.
However, as an emperor, he couldn't act too emotionally. Before Liu Chan transmigrated, he knew that Jiang Wan, Fei Yi, Dong Yun, and Xiang Chong were all loyal to him.
Therefore, it was enough to give them a hint as to who the real master was.
After the words "victory in battle" were conveyed to the three armies, morale soared. Zhuge Liang looked at it thoughtfully, thinking that it was indeed better to encourage the morale of the soldiers as simple as possible.
The battle in front of them was urgent, and the army in Hanzhong could not withstand Lu Bu's fierce attacks.
The only thing that could support the battle was the terrain of Shu Country. The road to Shu was difficult, but it was even harder to climb up to the sky.
After Zhuge Liang kowtowed to Liu Chan, he began to urge the army to set off.
Liu Chan was also preparing to return to the palace. Huang Hao was very efficient. He brought a low-level officer with him.
"Your Majesty, Wei Zhongxian is here."
This person was about twenty years old and had a long face. When he saw Liu Chan, he hurriedly knelt on the ground and shouted long live.
"You are Wei Zhongxian?" Liu Chan asked through the beaded curtain of the crown.
"I am Wei Zhongxian."
The royal study was quiet and peaceful. The golden oranges were already shining outside the window.
"Your Majesty, I believe that the most urgent matter now is to strengthen the imperial power. With strong enemies surrounding us, we must be holy inside and king outside.”Wei Zhongxian bowed his head and said to Liu Chan.
"How to strengthen the imperial power?" Liu Chan said with interest.
"Your Majesty, it is already very obvious that there is factional strife in the court, and the distance between the court and the martial world is growing. If these two problems are not resolved, it will be difficult to strengthen the imperial power. To resolve these two problems, we must strengthen the monitoring of the officials.”
Liu Chan nodded silently after hearing this. This was indeed the case. On the surface, the court was harmonious, but the undercurrents could be seen by ordinary people.
In the court, Liu Chan was like a puppet.
In fact, Liu Chan himself had previously sighed that the government was controlled by the Ge family, and sacrifices were rarely made.
However, Zhuge Liang used severe punishments and laws to govern the country, the way the Legalists did.
For Liu Chan, who had transmigrated, Zhuge Liang's plan was a failure because he knew history.
If it was the native Shu people who ruled Shu, Legalism might be able to govern the country. However, the Shu people treated the people that Liu Bei brought over as "foreign political power".
Under such a background, any more severe punishment would inevitably lead to an even more serious public backlash.
Liu Chan, who had transmigrated, was not stupid enough to use the "people's cooking" to govern the country.
What they needed the most right now was to monitor the entire Shu region, which was to strengthen the imperial power.
Wei Zhongxian's meaning was very clear. He was originally a system reward for information.
Liu Chan naturally thought of how to use him.
"I understand what you mean. You can try it first. In the entire country, you can find talents yourself and build a team of eyes and ears that belong to me. In the future, if there are any urgent matters, you can directly look for me.”
Liu Chan gave Huang Hao a verbal order to first take out two hundred thousand taels of silver from the palace treasury for Dai Li as funds.
Wei Zhongxian was instantly deeply grateful, and his sudden favor made Huang Hao look at him from the corner of his eyes. Huang Hao could not think of how this low-ranking officer had caught the Emperor's eye.
"Your Majesty, this servant has something to report.”Huang Hao said to Liu Chan after Dai Li left.
"Just say it."
"Thank you, Your Majesty. This servant feels that the Prime Minister's appointment of Li Yan as the grain transport officer is somewhat inappropriate. The two of them have always had conflicts, and now that they are facing the powerful enemy Lu Bu, if the two of them do not cooperate well, I am afraid that Your Majesty's plans will be delayed.”
After Liu Chan heard this, he immediately felt that it made sense. It seemed that this eunuch was not only good at flattering, but also had some skills.
"Just do your own job. With the Prime Minister's wisdom, how could he not have thought of this?”
Although Liu Chan said this, he was already thinking about how to solve this problem.
After all, the entire Shu Han was still his. Even if Zhuge Liang failed, he could still gain the reputation of being a loyal official. However, he had no way out.
"Your Majesty is wise. This old servant has spoken too much. This old servant will slap his own mouth!" Huang Hao gave himself a few tight slaps.
"Little Huang, where is Li Yan now? Did they prepare enough food to follow the army, or did they go to Hanzhong first?”Liu Chan asked.
Because all military affairs were decided by Zhuge Liang, Liu Chan, who had transmigrated, searched his previous memories and was completely blank about military affairs.
"Your Majesty, this old servant was worried about this matter when I boldly spoke just now. Li Yan is still in Jiang Du and hasn't made any moves. The Prime Minister knew that Li Yan was like this, but he didn't urge him before he left.”Huang Hao said.
"I know what happened. Let me think about it.”
Liu Chan immediately knew what was going on. Li Yan wanted to cut off the supply route. Zhuge Liang would definitely lose the battle. If he lost the battle, he could force Zhuge Liang to step down, or at least demote.
Zhuge Liang wanted to punish Li Yan for the lack of food and grass.
Liu Chan had read about it in the history books before he transmigrated. In history, it was because of this that Li Yan was defeated by Zhuge Liang in one fell swoop.
However, this kind of infighting did not benefit the entire Shu Han at all. It also caused the Shu people to be estranged from the court.
Liu Chan decided to take action to change the situation.
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