Xuande

Chapter 717 Dong Zhong is Like a Ball

Zheng Tai and Jia Xi were speechless at what the conservative bigwigs said, and they didn't know how to refute.

The main thing is that what they said is indeed true, that’s what happened, everything happened, Liu Bei is indeed aboveboard, he is an upright person, everything he does is under the sun, there is nothing to criticize.

Everything is what he should and can do as the chief auxiliary minister and general, and within the scope of power, and it is not beyond the scope of power, so the royal family does not have much opinion on this.

And to say a thousand words and ten thousand, Liu Bei's surname is Liu, he is a clan member of the Han family, brother, he is a member of the Han royal family!

When you target a clan member of the Han family like this, have you ever considered the possibility that if the royal family gets upset, they will directly stand for him and use righteousness to attack you?
Kong Po, the representative of the Confucian family in Fufeng Maoling, turned Zheng Tai and Jia Xi into red faces and was very angry.

Jia Xi pointed at Kong Po's face and spouted angrily.

"Today, we are not only speaking for ourselves, but also for you! Once Liu Bei really does all these things, can you be alone? Can you escape his power and suppression?

Don't you know who Liu Bei is?You can't see his true face, but I can see it!He is as vicious as a tiger and wolf. If you wait to be his slave for the rest of your life, you can still survive. If you disobey him even a little bit, you will definitely be killed by him! "

Kong Po disagreed with Jia Xi's remarks.

"What kind of person Liu Xuande is, the world has its own opinions. You can talk about it, but it can't change the recognition of the people in the world. Everything he has done before is enough to prove what kind of person he is, isn't it? Don't all the lords have Eyes?"

"You...don't you hear that your lips are dead and your teeth are cold? If we are killed by him, can you be alone?!"

Zheng Tai jumped up and said angrily: "Now is the last chance for us to unite against Liu Bei. If we miss it, and he sends the army to various places, then we will have no power to stand up again! He wants to fight against Liu Bei!" You can do whatever you want!"

"Ridiculous, is there anyone in the world who can do whatever they want?"

Kong Po looked impatient: "Mediocrity, without Liu Xuande, where would we be today? How many people in the school think so? Now you stand up and say you want to break with Liu Xuande, you think there will be many Do people follow you?"

Zheng Tai and Jia Xi were silent.

Looking at the indifferent expressions of most of the people around them who wanted to stay out of the matter, they suddenly realized that although Kong Po was stupid, what he said was true.

The reputation Liu Bei created for himself before is really good. These reputations are enough to resist a considerable part of negative public opinion attacks for him. The reputation accumulated over the years is enough to make quite a few people enter a state of "until the Yellow River will never die".

Did this guy start planning for today from a long time ago? !
Zheng Tai and Jia Xi looked at each other.

Of course, they didn't think Liu Bei could be counted to this day in the end, but it is undeniable that his good reputation has brought great help to his political actions, so that when Zheng Tai and Jia Xi sought to establish a unified system against Liu Bei On the front line, they encountered serious failures.

Not many people are willing to believe that Liu Bei, the master of Zuo's spring and Autumn family, would actually do something unfavorable to the school. They think that there must be some misunderstandings, or that Liu Bei has other deeper thoughts, and he is playing a big game of chess. .

All in all, no one thinks that Liu Bei will harm his own interests in order to accomplish something.

People who can harm their own interests, in their view, have not yet been born!

As for the military affairs, and the distribution of the military districts, there are quite a few people discussing it, but not many people raised objections.

Moreover, Liu Bei also announced the 30 army building plan in a fair manner, saying that in order to protect the national security of the great Han and the emperor's prestige, he was authorized by the emperor to establish a 30 Central Han Army under the command of the Luoyang court.

In the future, 30 central Han troops and 20 county soldiers will be responsible for the military security and local security of Dahan. These 50 very professional armed forces will surely make Dahan's law and order grow by leaps and bounds.

Yes, Liu Bei classified all these actions as law and order.

He said that whether his planning of the military region, the construction of the county army, or the recruitment of 30 troops, they are all for the sake of national security, for long-term stability, and to deter those rebels who have evil intentions.

This is for the Son of Heaven, for the prestige of the Luoyang court, not for him personally.

In this regard, the little emperor Liu Xie also publicly issued an edict, saying that Liu Bei's actions were allowed by the emperor and known to the royal family, so the officials of the government and the public should not have too many doubts and objections to this matter, otherwise the ones who suffer losses will still be The imperial court is still the people of the world.

The objections of the opponents are then more fragile and untenable.

A few days later, before October, Liu Bei's military region plan and the series of military changes that followed were fully approved, and officially became the imperial court's implementation policy and were recognized.

Everything was settled.

Zheng Tai and Jia Xi failed to stop Liu Bei after all, and Liu Bei's series of operations were also successful. While they felt that things were going very badly, they also became really anxious, feeling that they couldn't go on like this and wait to die.

They decided to do something to gain a guarantee for their future.

But looking at the world, who else can fight against Liu Bei, who else has enough troops, and who else can be their real help?

Not much really.

Therefore, I really need to immediately start looking for forces that can be drawn in, gather all of them together, and make a last-ditch effort, otherwise, I will really be doomed.

The two began to discuss in private how to deal with the situation.

First of all, within the School of Ancient Literature, there are quite a few conservatives, and most of them are at the top.

For example, in addition to the Kong family in Fufeng Maoling, the Zheng family in Kaifeng, Cangwu Guangxin Chen in Henan, and the Jia family in Fufeng Pingling are all in a conservative position. In addition, the Ruyang Zhou family in Runan and Lu Guo Kong is also in a conservative position.

The Kong family in Fufeng Maoling itself is also a conservative, but Kong Po has a relatively high degree of favorability for Liu Bei, but the political position of the entire family is conservative. If Liu Bei really resorted to some powerful means, Kong Po Shi doesn't sit on his ass.

At present, among the main families of Fanyue, only the Ma family in Fufeng Maoling and the Lu family and Liu family in Zhuo County, Zhuo County are in the position of reformers, while the Xun family in Yingchuan has an ambiguous attitude and does not know their specific political orientation. .

Avoid the Ma family, Liu family, and Kong family. The others can be said to be allies and can be drawn in as a boost.

On the other hand, in the imperial court, there are fewer and fewer such people. Apart from the fans and die-hard supporters of the major families, there are only a few people like Dong Zhong, Jian Shuo, Huang Wan, etc. He also maintained a relatively independent attitude and did not join Liu Bei's sect.

Dong Zhong and Jian Shuo are the ones they think they must win over. They are the few people who really have an army and can compete with Liu Bei, so in the first stage, they decided to go to Dong Zhong and Jian Shuo.

In the past, they had a lot of contact with Dong Zhong, and they also cooperated several times. Although they were unsuccessful, Dong Zhong was frightened and kept autistic for a long time. The army and power he theoretically possesses are still valuable.

So they decided that Zheng Tai would come forward and visit Dong Zhong quietly.

As a result, I didn't know it, and I was shocked when I saw it.

After not seeing him for a few days, Dong Zhong became fat as if he was inflated. People couldn't believe that the guy who used to have a slightly heroic appearance turned into a ball now.

When Zheng Tai went to visit Dong Zhong, Dong Zhong was having snacks and playing with two beautiful concubines at his Hussar General's mansion.

The specific manifestation is that two concubines in light clothes sit on his two legs, and then each holds a fried chicken leg and feeds it to Dong Zhong.

Dong Zhong was dressed in gorgeous Shu brocade clothes, his face was rosy and shiny, and his whole person looked like an oil bomb that was about to explode.

Just like that, he was still gnawing on the fried chicken leg that the concubine handed to him with a fascinated look, showing no dignity to Zheng Tai who came to visit, and he didn't use any serious way of hospitality , simply let the two sit down, and then let the servants serve the dishes.

(End of this chapter)