At this moment, Chu Feng's voice sounded again.
"In the 16th year of Jian 'an, Cao Cao sent Zhong Yao, a lieutenant of Si Li, to attack Zhang Lu of Hanzhong.
Liu Zhang was worried that Cao Cao would seize the opportunity to annex Yizhou after taking Hanzhong.
Fa Zheng and others took the opportunity to persuade Liu Zhang to welcome Liu Bei to attack Zhang Lu in Yizhou.
Liu Zhang had no idea, so he agreed without thinking. He appointed Fa Zheng as the envoy and sent him to Liu Bei again.
After Fa Zheng received the order, he and his good friend Meng Da each led 2,000 troops to Jingzhou to meet Liu Bei and welcome him to Yizhou to attack Zhang Lu.
After the discussion that day, Fa Zheng secretly came to see Liu Bei in the middle of the night.”
On the screen, Fa Zheng bowed to Liu Bei and said,"Ming Gong is the hero of the world. He has the aura to devour the world, but he doesn't have the foundation to devour the world.
Liu Zhang had the foundation to annex the world, but he did not have the spirit of a wise monarch.
Zhang Song and I want to defect to the wise monarch. We should be inside to help you seize Yizhou.
Yizhou was rich and had endless natural dangers.
If they could occupy Yizhou, it would be easy for them to achieve great things.”
At first, Liu Bei did not agree, but under the persuasion of Pang Tong and the others, he finally agreed to Fa Zheng's plan.
In the 17th year of Jian 'an, Zhang Song was exposed by his brother Zhang Su as Liu Bei's spy. Liu Zhang killed Zhang Song in anger.
Liu Bei and Liu Zhang broke off completely and led the army to attack Chengdu.
Zheng Du, an officer in Yizhou, suggested that Liu Zhang strengthen the fortifications and transfer all the food and finance in the city to drag Liu Bei down.
After Liu Bei learned of this plan, he was very worried and quickly gathered everyone to discuss countermeasures.
Fa Zheng shook his head and said,"My lord, you don't have to worry."”
"Why?"
Liu Bei asked in confusion.
In his opinion, if Liu Zhang adopted this plan, it would undoubtedly be a heavy blow to him.
At the same time, his plan to conquer Chengdu would be completely foiled.
Fa Zheng smiled."My lord, although Liu Zhang has no talent, he loves his people."
Fortifying the walls and clearing the fields would greatly harm the interests of the people, so Liu Zhang would not adopt this strategy.”
Hearing this, Liu Bei finally let go of his worries and continued to march according to his original plan.
The following developments were just as Fa Zheng had expected. Liu Zhang rejected Zheng Du's plan and even dismissed Zheng Du from his official position.
In the 19th year of Jian 'an, Liu Bei led his army to surround Chengdu.
Xu Jing, the Governor of Shu Prefecture, wanted to leave the city and surrender to Liu Bei. After the matter was leaked, he was arrested by Liu Zhang.
However, considering Xu Jing's reputation in Shu and the fact that the two armies were at a critical juncture, Liu Zhang did not kill Xu Jing.
After Liu Zhang surrendered, Liu Bei did not want to use Xu Jing.
Fa Zheng advised,"My Lord, Xu Jing's fame is resounding throughout Shu, but he does not have the talent to be a minister."
A person like Xu Jing was just a name.
But now that the lord had just taken over Yizhou, his foundation was not stable.
As for Xu Jing, his reputation resounded throughout Shu.
If the lord did not even use such a person, who would be willing to serve under the lord in the future?
You should follow the example of King Zhao of Yan in the Warring States Period and put Guo Kui in an important position, while putting Xu Jing in an important position.
In this way, there would be an endless stream of talents coming over in the future.”
"Fortunately, I am filial and upright. Otherwise, my foundation will be destroyed.”
Hearing this, Liu Bei began to put Xu Jing in an important position.
After occupying Yizhou, Liu Bei wanted to gain a firm foothold in Yizhou. He had to get close to the powerful aristocrats in Shu.
Only with their support could he stabilize his foundation.
Therefore, someone advised Liu Bei to marry the sister of Wu Yi, an old general of Liu Zhang.
Liu Bei quickly refused." Wu is Liu Zhang's deceased elder brother and Liu Mao's wife. Liu Mao and I are of the same clan.
Marrying a wife of the same clan was against etiquette. It was inappropriate, extremely inappropriate.”
Fa Zheng heard this and said,"Speaking of relationship, how does my lord and the Wu clan compare to Duke Wen of Jin and Zi Yu?"”
"This!"
Liu Bei was speechless.
Fa Zheng continued," In the past, Duke Wen of Jin fled to the State of Qin and married his nephew, Duke Yu of Jin Huai's wife, Huai Ying. However, he was not attacked by the laws of etiquette.
Duke Wen of Jin was already like this, not to mention that the lord and Liu Mao were not related by blood or kinship. How could he be attacked by the etiquette law?”
"Since that's the case, then let's do it."
Liu Bei listened to Fa Zheng's persuasion and finally agreed to marry Wu.
By marrying the Wu family, Liu Bei had successfully strengthened his training with the aristocrats of Yizhou and gained a firm foothold.
Fa Zheng was appointed prefect of Shu Prefecture and general of Yang Wu.
Not long after, he was ordered to formulate the Shu Science together with General Zhuge Liang and others to change the loose military discipline and lax criminal law in Shu.
Seeing this, Liu Yan said to Liu Zhang,""Remember Xu Jing. If you find any excuse, get rid of him.
Remember, you must find a reasonable excuse.”
Liu Yan didn't know when he would " leave " Yizhou. He wanted to take this opportunity to impart some experience to his weak son.
"I will remember, Father."
Liu Zhang nodded.
Liu Mao's face turned ashen when he saw this scene.
"Damned Liu Bei, how dare you take my wife?”
If it were any other man, he would be furious when he saw his wife marrying another man.
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