Xuande

Chapter 407 But He Was Dead
What Dong Fu said was indeed reasonable, and Liu Bei had to admit it.

Liu Hong made a mistake in not clarifying his heir in time to cut off the suspicion of the outside world.

The second mistake was that he didn't find his real opponent, and thus missed the opportunity to unite He Jin to attack Yuan.

Anyway, He Jin is also Liu Hong's relative, and Yuan and He Jin have no blood relationship.

As long as the status of Liu Bian's successor is clarified, He Jin cannot be easily won over by the Yuan family. This will affect the Yuan family's layout. Once the Yuan family loses He Jin's reputation as a great general, there will be many constraints in doing things.

As a Sangong, Yuan Kai has many things that he cannot personally handle. Someone must help him implement his plan, and this person must have a certain status and power, and his political rank must be relatively low, and his brain must be strong. Not so easy.

He Jin is his most suitable choice.

Without He Jin, Yuan Kai couldn't find such a suitable person to take the blame. With He Jin, Yuan Wei's operation would be possible to implement.

When these two people get together, things can be successful or bad, depending on the situation.

Faced with this situation, Liu Hong did not do the most correct thing, and, moreover, made the most intolerable mistake - he died.

Liu Hong's death was the most important factor in his failure.

If he is alive, no matter what the world has become, the inertia of rule brought to him by the emperor for 20 years can still last for a while, and no one dares to enter the palace in a fair manner while he is alive.

As long as he is alive, as long as he doesn't play the game himself, then no matter how many ideas He Jin and Yuan Kai have, they can't really do it. They can only deter and deter to the end.

But Liu Hong died at an important juncture.

Why did Liu Hong die, how did he die, and when did he die? Liu Bei is currently unable to determine, because he has changed a lot of things. I don’t know if there will be some details that will affect Liu Hong’s life and death. .

This is also the most important variable that Liu Bei cannot control at present.

And Liu Bei's plan for this is the intelligence system and Zhang Rang.

Zhang Rang can be said to be his greatest guarantee, even Lu Zhi cannot be regarded as his guarantee, Zhang Rang is.

Liu Bei believed that if something unexpected happened to Liu Hong, Zhang Rang would definitely try his best to let him know about it as quickly as possible.

Then call him back to Luoyang.

This point, Liu Bei can be sure.

Because after losing control of He Jin, the new army did not have Zhang Rang's share, and Liu Hong did not use Zhang Rang and Zhang Rang's people to control the new army, which was a major uncertainty for him.

Under the huge political risk, Liu Bei believed that Zhang Rang had already felt that the crisis was coming, and in this case, the only person who had said that he would protect him, the only person who had the ability to protect him, was himself.

Luo Yang must go back.

What Dong Fu said was a false proposition.

With Liu Bei's current status and status, if he can't return to Luoyang to fight for power at this point in time, once He Jin and Yuan Kui manage to kill the eunuchs and dominate the court, Yuan Kui can take the lead without waiting for Dong Zhuo to come from behind. Use the name of the emperor to target yourself.

Yuan Kai will definitely use his righteous name to launch a fierce political offensive against himself as soon as the new king ascends the throne, and he will feel very uncomfortable at that time.

If you want to resist, you must bear the infamy of being a minister and defeating the emperor, and you will be the first to lose your righteousness. This is a huge blow to your reputation, and Liu Bei is unwilling to take this risk.

If you don't resist, will you just watch everything you have become a prisoner of righteousness?
So Liu Bei finally rejected Dong Fu's suggestion.

"Dong Gong's suggestion is an old man's advice for the country, and he will think carefully, but at present, the situation is not that bad. Bei only wants to do the things entrusted by His Majesty, and has no other ideas. Please don't misunderstand Dong Gong."

Liu Bei rejected Dong Fu's suggestion with a smile, and Dong Fu felt a little lost.

Because his goal is to persuade Liu Bei to use Liangzhou and Yizhou as his foundation, and then fight for hegemony in the world, retreat to preserve Liangzhou and Yizhou, and find a safety valve for himself by the way.

Yizhou needs to be protected by a strong man who is capable and not greedy, just like Liangzhou was protected by Liu Bei. Dong Fu has heard about what Liu Bei did in Liangzhou and feels that Liu Bei is using the means of governance. It is very capable.

It's just that Liu Bei doesn't like this proposal...

However, Liu Bei's words just now made him feel that Liu Bei seemed to have other plans.

Dong Fu didn't understand what Liu Bei was thinking.

But this does not prevent him from choosing to leave and return to his hometown. After all, he is still old and too tired. He needs to take a good rest for a while. Maybe after his rest, everything will be settled.

After Dong Fu left, Liu Bei didn't talk to anyone about the content of the conversation between him and Dong Fu, but devoted himself to his new work and life.

For the preparation and training of this recruit, Liu Bei personally did it. How to train soldiers from Liangzhou is how to train soldiers from Yizhou. Whether they are Han people or Jin people, the rules are the same.

At the founding meeting of the army, Liu Bei made an important speech, and then asked the officers to fully convey their meaning to all the soldiers.

The general meaning is that regardless of whether you are Han Chinese, Jian people or other people, after entering the army, when you are in the barracks, you all have only one identity, and that is my soldier Liu Bei.

Military regulations and military laws must be kept in mind, military discipline must be observed, what should be done and what should not be done, it must be clear during recruit training, or the kind that everyone must be clear about.

No matter who violates military regulations and military laws, he will never forgive them. Military laws are like mountains, and they are definitely not just four words written on paper.

Liu Bei also ordered the veterans who served as officers to spread widely in the army the famous cases of Liu Bei being punished for violating military laws in the past when he was in charge of the army.

For example, the case of being beheaded for gambling in the army without permission.

There are also cases of being beheaded for secretly drinking alcohol in the army.

There are also cases of being beheaded for embezzling the army's food expenses and shoddy.

One pile after another is all the "achievements" of Liu Bei's rule of the army.

I give enough treatment, so I am also demanding. If you want to get my generous treatment, you must abide by my strict requirements. There is no such thing as the best of both worlds.

On this issue, Liu Bei originally thought that the confidants would cause him some trouble, but unexpectedly, the confidants did not cause Liu Bei much trouble in this regard.

In terms of obedience to military regulations, Jinren did really well.

It seems that although this fighting nation has an unrestrained personality, it can show amazing obedience and organization in business matters. Therefore, during Liu Bei's military training, the performance of the soldiers of the Jin people was generally excellent, and their acceptance of military regulations was very high. Gao, this made Liu Bei very happy.

In addition to training, Liu Bei will also communicate with his new subordinates.

Those people from Yizhou who newly joined Liu Bei each had their own abilities, and most of them were qualified for the new positions, and they respected Liu Bei very much, but among this group of people, there were also some who had more personality.

Such as Gan Ning.

(End of this chapter)