Chapter 127

This statement proved that Gu Yi did not treat him, Zhang Yongnian, as an outsider at all.

"Fulfilling the duties of a host at the gates of Chengdu City" also indicated that Gu Yi did not take Liu Zhang, the Yizhou Inspector, seriously at all.

After all.

The banner of Gu Yi’s southern expedition this time was precisely to crusade against the "rebel" Liu Zhang.

This was completely different from the concept of Liu Bei entering Shu in history.

Liu Bei entered Shu under the banner of helping Liu Zhang resist Zhang Lu.

As a result, he didn't fight Zhang Lu much, but turned around to deprive Liu Zhang of his foundation.

From a certain perspective, Liu Bei could be considered to have "betrayed" Liu Zhang.

And on Gu Yi’s side, it was Liu Zhang who "betrayed" the Han imperial court.

If Liu Bei killed Liu Zhang, the hearts of the people in Yizhou would be unstable.

If Gu Yi killed Liu Zhang, Yizhou would not cause any turmoil because of this.

After all.

As long as Gu Yi controlled this group of people with high political energy in Yizhou, such as Zhang Song, Wu Yi, Pang Xi, and Yan Yan, he could ensure the stability of Yizhou.

Liu Zhang was the least important one among them.

Whether to kill Liu Zhang or not was entirely in Gu Yi’s thought.

Next.

The conversation between Gu Yi and Zhang Song went very smoothly.

On the surface, the two were talking about Liu Zhang’s intention to surrender.

In reality, they were talking about the distribution of interests in Yizhou.

The Zhang family had great energy in Yizhou, and Gu Yi could not let the Zhang family continue to stay in Yizhou in its original form.

Therefore, Gu Yi planned to take Zhang Song and several direct members of the Zhang family back to Chang’an.

Regarding this, Zhang Song did not object.

The Zhang family could already be called the number one noble family in Yizhou.

Their eyes should be placed on the entire Guanxi region next.

However.

What Zhang Song did not know was.

Gu Yi, who came from a humble background, naturally understood what kind of tumor the noble families would form in the near future!

Therefore, Gu Yi could not allow such a behemoth as the noble families to continue to possess high political energy.

After unifying Guanxi.

Gu Yi planned to take a series of measures to sanction these noble families, weaken their influence step by step, and even destroy them completely!

Of course, this was not something that could be easily explained in a few words.

In the original history, it took thousands of years, and they still couldn't solve the problem of noble families completely.

Let alone now?

However, because under Dong Zhuo’s rule, the number of noble families was far less than in Guandong.

The difficulty of solving this big trouble of noble families would be relatively simpler.

Suppose Gu Yi had defected under Yuan Shao’s command or Cao Cao’s command.

Want to solve the problem of noble families?

Heh, that was completely wishful thinking!

From a certain perspective, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, and almost all the Guandong warlords, were themselves spokespersons for the noble families.

Eradicate the noble families?

That was digging up their own roots!

However.

Although Gu Yi had already set the "ultimate goal" of wanting to eradicate the noble families in his heart.

But he obviously couldn't say this out loud.

On the contrary.

He now still needed to use various ways of cheating and deceiving to coax these noble families!

Thus, Gu Yi spared no effort in painting grand pictures for Zhang Song.

Making him believe that following the Dong Zhuo army, the future was very good!

Just like that.

Zhang Song returned to Chengdu from Fucheng in high spirits.

Liu Zhang waited expectantly and finally waited for the news brought back by Zhang Song.

Hearing that Gu Yi was willing to accept the surrender from Chengdu, Liu Zhang was very happy in his heart.

In this way, I believe it would be no problem for him to be a wealthy man in the future.

Little did he know.

Zhang Song didn't take his life and death seriously at all.

In Zhang Song’s view, whether Liu Zhang lived or died was completely unimportant.

As long as the family’s interests could be guaranteed, everything would be easy to talk about.

……

Seven days later

Gu Yi led tens of thousands of troops to the gates of Chengdu.

Liu Zhang personally led the civil and military officials of the whole city, as well as the official seal of the Yizhou Inspector, standing under the city tower waiting for Gu Yi and the army behind him.

Who knew, Gu Yi didn't pay any attention to Liu Zhang at all.

Instead, he led the army behind him into Chengdu on his own.

Led by Zhang Song, those Yizhou civil and military officials who had already been in secret contact with Gu Yi hurriedly greeted him with enthusiasm.

In the blink of an eye.

Only a few people like Huang Quan and Wang Lei remained by Liu Zhang’s side.

Looking at the smiling Zhang Song.

As long as Liu Zhang was not a fool, he could realize that something was wrong at this moment.

However.

His life and death were already completely out of his control.

This fellow Zhang Song had sold him out so thoroughly that not even a pair of underpants was left!

…….

"Yongnian, you were originally the Bieja of this Yizhou, and you are very familiar with the affairs within the province."

"All political affairs will be temporarily handed over to you to handle."

"Wait until the imperial court sends officials over, and then we will hand them over separately."

Gu Yi ordered Zhang Song.

The latter nodded repeatedly.

Subsequently, the group hurried toward the Inspector’s Mansion.

On the contrary, Liu Zhang, the original master of Yizhou, fell into a situation where no one paid attention to him.

"A scholar can be killed but not humiliated!"

"This Gu Linzhi is really too hateful!"

"My Lord, let this subordinate help you seek justice."

By Liu Zhang’s side, Wang Lei said with full anger.

In history, before Liu Bei entered Shu, Wang Lei had hung himself on the city wall of Chengdu.

Attempting to use this method to persuade Liu Zhang not to let Liu Bei enter Shu.

But it was a pity that Liu Zhang did not follow Wang Lei’s suggestion.

In the end, Wang Lei died for his ambition and fell from the city to his death.

It could be said that Wang Lei was one of the few loyal ministers under Liu Zhang.