After laying the groundwork, Zhang Song finally expressed the true intention of the envoy Zhang Lu's trip: "Zhang Lu sent an envoy to ask for help from the lord, begging the lord to send troops to Hanzhong, and join forces with him to fight against Li Li's army!"

"Send troops to help Hanzhong? Hahaha!"

Liu Zhang pondered and then laughed loudly: "Zhang Lu is really a fool, and he is fantastic!"

After a brief tone, Liu Zhang suddenly stood up, walked slowly on the steps, and sneered: "Last day, Zhang Lu took advantage of the civil turmoil in Yizhou, sent troops to seize the four counties of Ba County, seized Jiameng Pass in one fell swoop, and asked me for a large amount of money and food to compensate for the withdrawal of troops. Unexpectedly, how long has it been, Zhang Lu was in trouble. He has today! This is retribution, the evil people will be punished by the evil people, and he deserves it, and he deserves it!"

"Uh!" The civil and military officials in the hall were in an uproar, and they looked up at Liu Zhang's figures paced back and forth in a daze. They all looked different and were very wonderful.

Indeed, Liu Zhang said it all. Last year, when Liu Zhang succeeded to the throne of the prefecture, Zhang Lu did take advantage of the situation to rob, send troops to Ba County, plunder money and grain, and seize the four counties of Ba County, and has not returned yet. He also captured Jiameng Pass and directly occupied the entrance of Shu Road, posing a great threat to the security of Yizhou. However, this time and then, Zhang Lu's army has been defeated by the Xiliang army, and has lost its troops and generals, retreated to Hanzhong, and defended the pass to death. If Zhang Lu was indeed wiped out by the Xiliang army, then Yizhou would be in danger. Previously, Zhang Lu had only one county to threaten Yizhou. If Hanzhong was occupied by the Xiliang army, the result would be truly unimaginable.

In the eyes of the officials of Yizhou, Zhang Lu of Hanzhong was at best just an unfamiliar ungrateful wolf, seizing Hanzhong and releasing himself. It was just a threat to Yizhou. However, once the Xiliang army seized Hanzhong, it would no longer be a threat to Yizhou. In their opinion, if Zhang Lu was an ungrateful wolf, then Li Li of Xiliang was a real tiger, and could annex Yizhou at any time, take away the wealth and honor of Yizhou's subordinates, and even endanger his lives. This is a fatal threat, and one mistake is torn to pieces.

Therefore, everyone in the hall had a lot of thoughts about Zhang Lu's request for help and thoughts were flying. Most people were negative about what Liu Zhang said, because it was directly related to their glory, wealth and future and destiny.

Zhang Lu in Hanzhong is indeed powerful, but when it comes to the roots, he is just an ambitious family thief in Yizhou, but who is Li Li in Xiliang? He is the fierce tiger in Xiliang that is so powerful that he is invincible. He occupied the four states in just a few years. He has 500,000 troops, thousands of soldiers, and many civil officials gathered. If Li Li was allowed to attack Yizhou, then the people standing in the lobby to discuss matters at this moment have no place to stand. The fame and fortune that he had been pursuing for half his life has been lost. Wouldn't this force them to a dead end?

Therefore, when the officials in the hall heard that their lord Liu Zhang did not want to send troops to help Zhang Lu, they felt as if they were struck by lightning. Their hearts were as chaotic as they were, and the people's hearts were dispersed.

At this moment, they had no overall situation in Yizhou, nor did they have the lord Liu Zhang. They thought about how they would handle themselves once the Xiliang army attacked Yizhou, and how they could protect their existing fame, wealth, glory and wealth. Therefore, whether Zhang Lu was dead or alive, they did not care. How did the lord Liu Zhang hate Zhang Lu had nothing to do with them. What was really closely related to them was that Hanzhong could not be lost, and Xiliang army could not be allowed to approach Yizhou, otherwise Yizhou would be in danger and their glory and wealth would not be preserved.

People have selfishness, and the more they have, the more selfishness they are. These people with extremely heavy selfishness cannot usually see them. On the contrary, they are often the kindest, most kind and most selfless, because only in this way can they get more. However, once a disaster comes, these people will completely tear off their disguise and reveal their true colors. At this time, don’t talk to them about the overall situation first and country. They only care whether their own interests can be preserved, and how to obtain more and greater benefits while protecting their own interests.

Interests drive people's hearts, and people's hearts move closely with interests, like shadows, and the same spirits are connected. After thousands of years of historical changes, they have remained unchanged. Among them, there are many people with noble sentiments and pure aspirations, but they are the minority after all, so they are remembered in the hearts of future generations and will be recorded in history. (If you need to write a letter, please understand correctly. In fact, there are still many good people in the world, just like ordinary people on the earth occupying 90% of the total population.)

Seeing that the officials around him looked different and seemed to have some small words to his lord, Zhang Song saw that the opportunity was not good, and immediately spoke out: "Report to the lord, Zhang Lu, Hanzhong, is willing to submit to the lord's command as a minister, obey the lord's orders, and be willing to return to the four counties of Ba County. This is a letter written by Zhang Lu, please check it out."

After saying that, Zhang Song escaped from his sleeve and walked quickly to the stairs, handed the letter to the eunuch eunuch, and then retreated back to his original position without saying anything more. Obviously, he had seen that the situation was wrong, and the atmosphere in the hall was very strange, so he told the matter early, threw out the burden as soon as possible, and escaped unscathed to avoid public anger.

It is not difficult to see from this that Zhang Song himself tends to send troops to help Zhang Lu fight against the Xiliang army. Unfortunately, he is just a little slight, just doing nothing. Now there are other people in the lobby, and it is not his turn to talk too much. Moreover, the Zhang family in Chengdu is a large clan of Yizhou. Once the Western Liang army seizes Hanzhong and threatens Yizhou, his Zhang family will be the first to be affected, and it will inevitably be affected.

In addition, it is worth mentioning that the Zhang family in Chengdu and the Zhang family in Hanzhong are not the same clan, but only have the same surname. Because the Yizhou deliberation system imitates the early dynasty of the court, the envoy Zhang Lu was unable to enter the lobby to directly report the matters of help without Liu Zhang's permission, so it could only be conveyed by Zhang Song. Of course, the envoy Zhang Lu must have given him a lot of benefits, otherwise he would not have revealed such obvious tendencies inside and outside, and seemed to be intentionally guiding his staff to support the dispatch of troops.

Liu Zhang took Zhang Lu's handwritten handwritten letters casually, glanced at them at a glance, and threw them to the waiter beside him, with a disdainful expression: "The first is arrogant and respectful, and it makes people laugh. Zhang Lu's husband is a man who is inclined to be in power. In the past, my father ordered him to seize Hanzhong, and then Zhang Xiu was the prefect to guard Hanzhong's throat. As a result, the thief conspired to kill Zhang Xiu, and he had his own troops and refused to obey the orders. Now that Hanzhong is in danger, he came to ask me to send troops again, and said he was willing to join my command and obey the orders. Since that is the case, why didn't he come here in person? How could a letter be convinced by such a villain who seeks profit and avoids harm? If he regrets it later, what can we do?"

A man from the hall immediately left the list, which was Huang Quan, the chief clerk: "What the lord said is very true. However, Hanzhong is the throat of my Yizhou. Once it is lost, our Yizhou will face the front of the Xiliang army directly. By then, Yizhou will be in danger. Therefore, no matter how Zhang Lu is a person, we should send troops to Hanzhong this time and join forces with the Hanzhong army to fight against the Xiliang army. I would like to ask my lord to think twice before acting."

Liu Zhang's expression changed slightly when he heard this. He looked at Huang Quan with displeasure and said disapprovingly: "My Yizhou and Xiliang are not at all aggravated. Although the annual tax tributes have not been paid in full in total, they have also paid 50% of them, and they are paid every six months. For a long time, both sides have been in good condition and live in harmony. The general has never been embarrassed by our Yizhou officials. Any requests from the above are approved. In this case, how can we send troops to fight against the imperial army? As soon as the war begins, we will make enemies in the Xiliang army and conspire to rebel. I wonder if you have ever thought about the interests in this regard?"

"This" Huang Quan was silent when he heard this and didn't know how to answer. Then he looked at the colleagues around him, but saw that they were also embarrassed, with their eyes floating, wandering, and hesitating.

Indeed, as Liu Zhang said, once Yizhou takes the initiative to send troops to become enemies with the Western Liang army, it would be a blatant confrontation with the imperial army, which is equivalent to a rebellion by the superiors. However, this crime is not important for Yizhou officials. After all, Yizhou has long been separatist and independent, formed a unity, possessing the dangers of Shu Road, and not afraid of external enemies. What really makes them feel embarrassed is that once the war begins, Yizhou will make enemies with the Western Liang army. Even if it blocks the Western Liang army this time and keeps Hanzhong, it will leave a reputation for the Western Liang army in the future, and can make a comeback at any time, fight Hanzhong again, or even directly attack Yizhou.

This consequence is extremely serious and must not be ignored. Today, no one knows that the Western Liang army is a tiger and wolf army. No matter who attacks the Western Liang army, there will be no good ending. Sooner or later, they will be wiped out by the Western Liang army. Ma Teng, Jincheng Han Sui, the Southern Xiongnu rage in Fuluo and Yellow Turbans, the Baibo thieves are in trouble, Bingzhou, the alliance of princes of the Central Plains, and Zhang Lu, the Hanzhong, etc.; they are all defeated by the Western Liang army, and they are all defeated by the soldiers and generals, either destroyed or defeated. The survivors are also greatly damaged in strength and their vitality.

The facts are right in front of you. Compared with Zhang Lu, the Western Liang army under Li Li is the truly powerful existence that cannot be provoked. Once an enemy is made by the Western Liang army, the consequences will be unimaginable.

However, if you watch the Western Liang army capture Hanzhong, who can guarantee that Li Li will not lead a large army to attack Yizhou? Even if Li Li will not attack Yizhou for the time being, it is difficult to guarantee that he will not send troops to raid in the future, because if Hanzhong is lost, Yizhou will be opened, and the Western Liang army may attack the Shu Road at any time. Isn’t it known that there are only thousands of days in the world to be thieves, and how can one defend against thieves for thousands of days?

"Master, have you forgotten how the two princes, Liu Fan and Liu Dan, died?"

Suddenly, just as everyone in the hall was in a dilemma, a voice suddenly rang in the lobby, as if it were thunderous: "The two young men have been in Chang'an for many years, which has allowed our Yizhou peace, but were beheaded in front of the palace for three days on the charge of spreading rumors and plotting evil. This scene happened two months ago and was spread to Yizhou for only more than a month. These two young men are the lord's brothers and a mother! Could it be that the lord doesn't want to avenge the brother who died suddenly?"

There is only one person who dares to talk to Liu Zhang in such a tough tone, and this is Zhao Wei, the chief minister of the provincial governor. In addition to the position of chief minister, he also took over the Chengdu Order. He was the first old minister to come to Yizhou with Liu Yan, and the greatest hero to support Liu Zhang ascend the throne.

The only person in the hall who could be compared with Zhao Wei was Wu Yi, the general of the Central Army of the Conquest. When Liu Yan entered Shu, he had two confidants, namely, one literary and one martial artist. The scholar was Zhao Wei, and the military general was Wu Yi, who was at the top of the general at this moment.

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Chapter completed!