After Liu Bei announced the reward to Zhou Mo, he also announced another important matter, changing Yufu County to Yongan County.

The meaning is also very simple, always safe. As long as this place is safe, Shuzhong will not fall, and Ji Han's regime will not fall.

Then, Liu Bei excused himself from feeling unwell and went back to his palace to rest early.

As soon as the big leader left, the banquet scene suddenly became much more relaxed.

A group of officials came forward one after another to toast Zhou Mo and congratulate him. Some officials who had been familiar with his uncle Zhou Qun also came to get close to him.

Zhou Mo refused to come and drank heavily. Suddenly, the banquet was full of people drinking and drinking, and it was very lively.

Only Zhao Yun sat at the head of the generals and ate in silence.

Zhou Mo took the initiative to step forward and raised his glass: "General Zhao, I would like to give you a silent toast."

Zhao Yun refused: "The army has collapsed, the country is in danger, Yun has a heavy burden on his shoulders, it is not appropriate to drink, I hope you will forgive me."

"General Zhao has devoted himself to his duties, and I admire him deeply." Zhou Mo picked up the wine glass and drank it in one gulp.

Although the trick almost failed, Zhou Mo developed a lot of affection for Zhao Yun.

After the banquet was over, Zhou Mo returned to his bedroom, but he didn't feel sleepy at all.

He is thinking about his next plan.

Although, he has successfully entered Liu Bei's field of vision in a dazzling way and has entered the middle and high-level officialdom of Shu Han.

But there is nothing to be proud of.

Today's Shuhan is just a broken ship, in a precarious state and about to fall apart.

Three years ago, Guan Yu was defeated and the entire territory of southern Jingzhou belonged to Soochow.

Two years ago, Meng Da defected, and the three eastern counties were included in the territory of Wei.

During this period, another incident of Cao Pi usurping the Han Dynasty occurred, and Han Emperor Liu Xie abdicated and became Duke of Shanyang.

Compared with the temporary defeat on the battlefield, the impact of this incident on the Shu Han regime should not be underestimated. Because it shook the Shu Han's founding program, which was to destroy Cao Fuhan.

Now that the emperor of the Han Dynasty is gone, and the handover procedure with Cao Pi has been completed, what kind of Han are you still supporting? You don't care whether this procedure is voluntary or not, and how much coercion is involved, at least Liu Xie has pressed his fingerprints

, the program is legal.

Is this what is called, all the ministers want to fight to the death, why does Your Majesty surrender first?

Therefore, Liu Bei could only announce to the outside world that the real Liu Xie had been killed by Cao Pi. Then he held a funeral ceremony for Liu Xie in Longzhong in Shuzhong.

Your Majesty, in order to revive the great cause of the Han Dynasty, I can only accept your death.

Then, Liu Bei proclaimed himself emperor.

Then, there is the defeat of Yiling.

In the foreseeable future, Liu Bei died of a serious illness, rebellions continued throughout Shu, and people were panicked. As Zhuge Liang said in his apprenticeship, this is a critical time for survival.

If it weren't for Zhuge Liang, the divine needle that stabilized the sea, which saved the building from falling and held the world in ruins, the Shu Han could continue to survive, and Liu Chan could comfortably serve as emperor for more than forty years.

This is a difficult script and there are too many things that need to be done.

Everything is extremely difficult.

Even if the traveler's eyes are opened, there is no ready-made credit for this huge Yizhou, so Zhou Mobai picked it up.

If Zhou Mo had studied traditional Chinese medicine at university, he might have been able to use modern health knowledge to try to save Liu Bei's life. Unfortunately, what he studied was useless history.

Liu Bei is not so lucky. It seems that his health is not good anymore.

Zhou Mo sighed and fell asleep.

A few days later.

Liu Bei summoned Zhou Mo alone in his palace.

Zhou Mo came to Liu Bei's palace and was led into the inner room by a palace servant. Although it was a palace, Liu Bei's bedroom was still too plain and the furnishings were simple. It didn't have any emperor's style at all.

Liu Bei was wearing casual clothes, sitting in front of his desk reading a book and sipping tea.

His face looked a little too pale.

"Your Majesty."

"Si Qian, you're here, no need to be polite, please sit down."

Zhou Mo sat down and was served tea.

Liu Bei said: "I called you here today because I want to consult with you about the current situation."

"Your Majesty, please speak."

Liu Bei sighed and said: "According to General Zhao Zilong's report, the Wu army Li Yi and Liu Abe who occupied Nanshan showed faint signs of increasing their troops."

Zhou Mo said: "Your Majesty is worried that the Soochow Army will attack Yong'an and then enter Shu?"

Liu Bei nodded.

Zhou Mo said: "Your Majesty, don't worry. I think Li Yi and Liu Abe will retreat soon."

"Oh? How can you see it?"

"Because Cao Pi will soon conquer Soochow in the south. And knowledgeable people in Soochow, such as Lu Yi, Zhu Ran, etc., must have expected this. If Soochow does not want to fight on both sides, they will definitely ask Li Yi and others

Retreat the army to prevent the Wei army from going south."

Liu Bei said: "This is wrong. I had a confrontation with Lu Xun in Yiling before, which was the best time for Cao Pi to attack Soochow. I didn't see him making any moves at that time. Why did he wait until the Wu army was victorious before he took action? Isn't it in vain?

Missed opportunity?"

Zhou Mo said: "Precisely because the victory between our army and Soochow was not decided before, Sun Quan was afraid that Cao Pi would attack from both sides, so he responded to Cao Pi's request and confused him. Now that Soochow has won, Sun Quan no longer needs to act.

Soon, Cao Pi will feel betrayed and deceived by Sun Quan, and he will be ashamed and angry, so he will definitely attack Soochow."

Liu Bei said: "As you said, Cao Pi is not as far away as his father."

"The literature is not as good as that of his younger brother, and the martial arts is not as good as that of his father. Only if he is narrow-minded and arrogant, he will be better than his predecessor."

"Si Qian's words made me suddenly enlightened. In this way, as long as Cao Pi starts the war, I will have no worries in Yizhou."

Zhou Mo said seriously: "Your Majesty cannot be too optimistic."

"How do you say this?"

"Although there are no external worries, there are internal worries."

"Alas!" Liu Bei sighed, "You are right."

As he spoke, Liu Bei took out a few volumes of silk books from the case and handed them to Zhou Mo.

"This has been reported from various places in Yizhou in recent days. Take a look."

Zhou Mo quickly browsed through each volume.

"Yong Kai, Meng Huo and others from Yizhou County rebelled and exiled the prefect Zhang Yi to Wu."

"Gaoding, the leader of the barbarians in Yuexi County, refused to accept guests from the county."

"Zhu Bao, the governor of Xang'an, and Xie, a scholar in Jiaozhou, secretly communicated with each other, and they are suspected of being disobedient."

"Huang Yuan, the prefect of Hanjia and Hanjia, has close contacts with the barbarians of Hanjia and is suspected of being disobedient."

"Huang Yuan filed a lawsuit against Prime Minister Zhuge Liang for pretending to be a public servant for personal gain and framed Zhongliang."

"Wei Yan, the governor of Hanzhong, corresponded with the state of Wei, and he was suspected of being disobedient."

"..."

"How does Si Qian view these events?" Liu Bei asked.

"Let Chen distinguish the true from the false one by one." Zhou Mo said, "This, the so-called Wei Yan suspected of being disloyal, must be false."

"Yes. I also firmly believe that Chang Wen will not betray me."

"Zhuge Liang pretended to be a public servant and framed Zhongliang. This must be a lie."

"Yes. I have a heart-to-heart relationship with Kong Ming, and I know very well what a human being Kong Ming is. Such a villain's words are not worth mentioning."

"The rest should be true." Zhou Mo said, "The four counties in Nanzhong are Yongchang, Yizhou, Yuexi, and Zangqi. Except for Yongchang County, no news has come yet. The other three counties have already had rebels.

There are signs.”

Zhou Mo continued: "The barbarians in Nanzhong are originally at odds with the Han people. If the Han is strong, Nanzhong will be dependent on it. If the Han is weak, Nanzhong will be independent. However, Nanzhong is far away from the Yizhou mainland. Even if they rebel, they will only seek to tear apart the soil.

They are just for protection, they cannot pose a real threat to Chengdu."

Liu Bei said: "What does Si Qian think of Huang Yuan, the prefect of Hanjia?"

Zhou Mo asked: "I am not very familiar with this person. May I ask your majesty, where is Huang Yuan, the prefect of Hanjia?"
Chapter completed!