The Three Kingdoms: I asked you to save Guan Yu, not to destroy Sun Quan.

Chapter 530 Guan Xing recites the Memorial to the Throne.

Jiang Wei launched nine campaigns against the Central Plains, but one of his schemes harmed three wise men.

Did the Han Dynasty actually use Jiang Wei's death as a symbol of its downfall?

Almost instinctively, Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Zhuge Liang all looked up at the outside of the tent. Although the tent door was closed and they could not see anything, they could vaguely see the white-clad boy following behind Zhang Bao.

The boy they brought back from Liangzhou became the last pillar of the Han Dynasty, even sacrificing the Han Dynasty's reputation after death.

It is well known that scholars value their reputation most. They might not hesitate to give their lives for the court, but few would be willing to sacrifice their posthumous reputation and be forever nailed to the pillar of shame in history.

Jiang Wei knew the consequences of being infamous for eternity, yet he did it without hesitation. If Liu Shan hadn't preserved that letter, the sacrifice Jiang Wei made for the Han Dynasty would probably have remained unknown forever.

Thinking of this, Liu Bei finally felt a little gratified for his rebellious son. "A Dou, you brat, you still have some backbone. You haven't disappointed the heroes who sacrificed themselves for the Han Dynasty."

Even a fool would know that when Jiang Wei wrote this letter, Liu Shan had already been taken to Luoyang and was under close surveillance. If it were anyone else, their first reaction upon receiving the letter would have been to burn it to prevent future trouble, otherwise, they would have been finished if Sima Zhao discovered it.

But if the letter had been burned, Jiang Wei would have been finished anyway. However, Liu Shan disregarded his own safety and preserved the letter, allowing future generations to find it and make Jiang Wei's deeds public. Liu Bei was very gratified by this.

Thinking of Jiang Wei naturally brought to mind Guan Xing and Zhang Bao, who had recently been leading Jiang Wei in his reckless behavior. Liu Bei asked in surprise, "What were you and Xingguo doing when Jiang Wei was serving the country loyally? You two just stood by and watched?"

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei glared at Guan Xing with unfriendly expressions. "We old guys have high hopes for you two brothers. If you don't achieve something, see how we deal with you."

Guan Xing sighed, "I was a short-lived man. I died of illness before the Prime Minister's sixth Northern Expedition. I don't know what illness it was. I saw Cheng Li when I was in Jiangdong, but I'm not sure if he cured me."

"What?" Liu Bei exclaimed in surprise. He sprinted to Guan Xing, grabbed him by the collar, and lifted him up to examine him, but what could he possibly see?

As Liu Bei examined the body, he said, "I'll send someone to gather the best doctors in the land to give you a proper check-up. You absolutely cannot die before us old folks."

Guan Xing is like a living Huo Qubing. If he were to die young like Huo Qubing, the loss would be too great.

Although Guan Yu did not go forward to check like Liu Bei, he nervously leaned forward and his buttocks left the heel.

Putting the soul aside for now, this body belongs to his own son. If he were to die young, wouldn't he be burying his son?

Zhang Fei said equally nervously, "We really should find a famous doctor. That Cheng Li is not well-known and cannot be trusted. We should send someone to Luoyang to kidnap Hua Tuo and bring him here. We must cure Anguo no matter what."

Going to Luoyang to kidnap someone? You really dare to think of that.

Liu Bei did not refute, but nodded emphatically, agreeing with Zhang Fei's approach, and then asked, "What about Xingguo?"

Guan Xing sighed, "Xingguo suffered an even worse fate. During the second Northern Expedition, the Prime Minister was chasing Guo Huai when he accidentally fell into a ravine with his horse and died."

Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Zhuge Liang: "..."

How come this kid died even more hastily than his father?

It seems I need to educate this kid more in the future and correct his impetuous personality. He can chase himself into a ravine just by chasing someone. What's he good for?

Guan Xing continued, "We both passed away before the Prime Minister, so we didn't submit the Prime Minister's 'Memorial on Dispatching the Troops'."

Liu Bei asked curiously, "What is the 'Memorial on Dispatching the Troops'?"

Guan Xing replied, "It is the Prime Minister's letter of advice to His Majesty before his death. It is also a text that we must memorize in school. Once, our teacher assigned us homework to copy it ten times. I went home, threw down my schoolbag, and went to play without writing a single word. As a result, that night, our teacher caught his wife having an affair with another man on his way home. The next day in class, when he saw that I was the only one in the class who hadn't written it, he vented all his anger at being cuckolded on me and almost beat me to death. So when I was a child, I hated Prime Minister Zhuge very much. Why did he have to write the 'Memorial on Dispatching the Troops'?"

Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Zhuge Liang: "..."

You think you're right not to do your homework?

Liu Bei scolded irritably, "You should be able to recite it by heart after getting a beating, recite it and let me hear it."

Guan Xing pondered for a moment and silently recited: "Your subject Liang says that the late emperor passed away before completing his great undertaking, and now the empire is divided into three parts, and Yizhou is exhausted. This is truly a critical moment of survival. However, the ministers who guard the palace are diligent, and the loyal and devoted officials who forget themselves on the frontier are doing so because they cherish the late emperor's special favor and wish to repay it to Your Majesty..."

"It's too long. I learned it when I was fifteen, and I was almost thirty when I transmigrated. I haven't read it for more than ten years, so how could I remember it so clearly? It's good that I can remember these few sentences."

Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei were so angry they wanted to hit someone. When we were kids, we didn't even have books to read, and you have books but you don't read them?

What's the difference between you and Mi Fang, that disgrace to the aristocracy?

They now understood why Guan Xing could hang out with Mi Fang; it turned out those two scoundrels were cut from the same cloth.

Guan Xing said, "However, I do remember a few names mentioned in the 'Memorial on Dispatching the Troops,' such as Guo Youzhi, Fei Yi, Dong Yun, and Xiang Chong. It should be these few. Unfortunately, none of these people lived as long as His Majesty. In the later period, only Jiang Wei was left to struggle against Cao Wei."

Liu Bei pointed at Guan Xing speechlessly and said, "You better think about it carefully. Since you've learned it, you should be able to remember it. If you can't, I'll have your father come up with a leather whip and help you think of it."

"What was Sun Quan doing when Liu Shan surrendered? What was he doing when Cao Wei was in various internal strife? Why didn't he launch a northern expedition when he had such a good opportunity? He had already occupied Jingzhou, how could he let the Sima family seize the country?"

In the eyes of Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhuge Liang, and others, losing to Cao Wei was better than losing to Sun Quan. Losing to Sun Quan was also barely acceptable, but the sudden emergence of the Sima family was too unpleasant.

Moreover, the Eastern Wu, which dominated the two provinces of Jing and Yang, was much stronger than the Shu Han. The various internal strife in Cao Wei was mentioned by Prime Minister Zhuge Liang in his "Longzhong Plan," and the "waiting for the world to change" that he had been waiting for his whole life never came. Did Sun Quan do nothing with such a good opportunity?

Guan Xing smiled bitterly and said, "Eastern Wu is even more chaotic than Cao Wei. Sun Quan is constantly fighting with the gentry. First, he cursed Lu Xun, who had turned the tide, to death. Then, he used the conflict between the two palaces to deal with many ministers. He is good at internal wars but not good at external wars. If it weren't for Lu Xun's second son, Lu Kang, Eastern Wu would probably have perished before Shu Han."

"This Lu Kang was a famous general comparable to his father. With enemy troops outside and traitors inside, he defeated the Jin army, which was ten times larger than his own, with a weaker force. In one battle, he was enshrined in the Temple of Martial Arts. There are very few fathers and sons who were enshrined in the Temple of Martial Arts. Lu Kang was the pillar of Eastern Wu. With Lu Kang dead, Eastern Wu perished."

Liu Bei pondered, "Lu Xun seems to only have one son so far. Lu Kang, like Zhong Hui, hasn't been born yet?"

Guan Xing chuckled, touching his nose, "It'll be soon. Now that the war is over, Lu Xun should already be building it."

Liu Bei was so angry he wanted to kick him, and he yelled, "And then what? Sima Zhao usurped the throne?"

Guan Xing shook his head and said, "No, because of the incident of stabbing Emperor Cao Mao to death in the street, Sima Zhao never became emperor in his lifetime. After his death, his son Sima Yan usurped the throne and established the Jin Dynasty. It was Sima Yan who destroyed Eastern Wu, and the Sima family unified the world."

The mention of Sima Zhao stabbing the emperor to death in the street and Sima Yan's usurpation of the throne caused the four men in the tent to get angry again.

They struggled their whole lives only to get this result. Who wouldn't be furious?

Zhuge Liang asked with an unfriendly expression, "With the Sima family's actions, the people of the world will surely not be satisfied. This so-called Jin Dynasty will not last long, will it?"