I Can Control My Ancestors-Chapter 294 - 11: Zhuge Liang’s Passing, Gu Ye’s Rising Momentum

Chapter 294: Chapter 11: Zhuge Liang’s Passing, Gu Ye’s Rising Momentum

But Liu Shan’s attitude is extremely resolute.

He naturally had a fondness for the Gu Clan disciples, not to mention that this matter was brought up by Zhuge Liang himself.

Gu Yi, of course, would not refuse.

The moment he chose to let Gu Ye gain momentum, there was only one path forward — to keep moving ahead.

For him, this was just a starting point.

This time, Gu Yi did not plan to hold back.

Whether academically or in martial arts, he planned to complete everything he had long intended.

To Liu Shan, he was also a very good emperor.

At the very least —

Gu Yi need not worry about overflowing like before when he was in control!

Of course, this matter was destined to need a process.

The current focal point for the Great Han is still on the disaster in Yan Province.

Liu Shan was genuinely very concerned about Zhuge Liang.

He knew Zhuge Liang had much regard for Gu Ye, even going so far as to find Gu Ye, hoping to persuade him to go to Yan Province to convince Zhuge Liang to return.

But Gu Yi refused.

He understood Zhuge Liang well.

Once he set out from Luoyang, unless he achieved complete success, Zhuge Liang would not return!

Going to see Zhuge Liang would only serve to distract him, offering no meaningful purpose.

In fact, his body being able to recover even slightly was already beyond Gu Yi’s expectations; at such a time, it was better to wholeheartedly support Zhuge Liang.

He merely suggested that Liu Shan issue an edict to provide greater support to Yan Province.

To this, Liu Shan, of course, would not refuse!

The fifth year of Yankang, September;

The construction work in Chenliu Commandery completed.

While the entire court’s attention was on Yan Province, the speed of the construction also accelerated significantly.

More and more people joined in the effort.

Liu Shan even mobilized some soldiers to help Zhuge Liang!

Finally, in November.

The construction was completed.

Amidst the continuous cheering, Zhuge Liang, as if having completed some mission, collapsed once more.

This illness was far more severe than the previous one.

In just one day.

Zhuge Liang was on the brink of death, without even the strength to speak.

But the only difference was —

His face no longer bore the worry of times past.

Instead, he seemed rather at peace.

For Zhuge Liang, he had done everything he could.

The rest could only be entrusted to future generations.

At least in the court now were ministers he understood, and in the future were people he valued.

Having taken over the burden from Gu Chen years ago.

He had always proceeded as if on thin ice.

Now, it was time to take a proper rest.

This day came faster than imagined. 𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢

Just the next morning, Zhuge Liang passed away with a smile in Ren City.

The fifth year of Yankang, November;

The Chancellor of the Great Han, Zhuge Liang, passed away in Ren City.

In his dying moments, he imitated Gu Chen’s actions, advising Liu Shan not to give special attention to family disciples.

The funeral was to be simple.

It must not surpass the rites given to Gu Ze;

If possible, he wished to be buried in the lands of Julu, to rest alongside Gu Ze.

When hearing this news, even Gu Yi paused for a moment, feeling both surprised and unsurprised.

Surprised that Zhuge Liang would be willing to be buried in Julu.

Unsurprised at his posthumous advice.

But upon further thought, Gu Yi felt at ease.

To Zhuge Liang...

Perhaps the freest and least burdened time in his life was during his student years in Julu...

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"In the fifth year of Yankang, winter, November, the great famine that plagued the world finally ceased.

At the time, Chancellor Zhuge Liang devotedly attended to the famine in Yan Province, toiling day and night, passing from illness.

As a youth, orphaned early, he was nurtured under the poetry and rites of the Gu Clan, and in his early twenties, received special favor from Emperor Zhao Wu.

When entrusted with the heavy responsibility by Gu Chen, he labored unremittingly day and night to safeguard the Han dynasty.

In his decades as Chancellor, he clarified laws, stabilized court protocol, encouraged agriculture and sericulture, and filled granaries.

Thus, peace reigned throughout the land, distant peoples admired the righteousness, and envoys consistently traveled to the court.

On his deathbed, his hand wrote, ’My family has planted eight hundred mulberries, owns fifteen qing of land, sufficient for my descendants’ sustenance. On the day of my demise, there will be no surplus cloth inside, nor excess wealth outside, so I bear no burden before Your Majesty.’

—— "Yan Han Book. Biography of Zhuge Liang"