Xuande

Chapter 690 Dong Zhuo Wants to Surprise the Situation
Dong Zhuo's age is very old, he has entered old age, he thinks he doesn't have a long life.

Before he died, he wanted to explore the lofty position of the big man, and he wanted to experience what it was like to be in the position that the man he hated the most had held.

Yuan Kui, the person he hated the most, once made a big splash in that position.

So he wanted to try it too.

Therefore, if Liu Bei wants to scold, let him scold, as long as Da Honglu's position can be kept, anything is fine.

Now Liu Bei is the only one who can realize his dream, and no one else can.

So Dong Zhuo looked at the back of Liu Bei leaving, his eyes were a little dull.

Standing behind Dong Zhuo, Li Jue saw Liu Bei's figure disappearing from sight, finally couldn't bear it anymore, and stepped forward to stand beside Dong Zhuo.

"General! Are we just being humiliated by Liu Bei like this? It's just a trivial matter! He actually humiliated us like this! Where does this make us feel? What will we do in the future...ah!"

Li Jue cried out in pain before he finished speaking.

The reason for crying out is also very simple.

Dong Zhuo turned around with a dark face, and kicked him on the ground, knocking him to the ground. He was suddenly hit hard, and felt pain in his stomach, and screamed out.

"General! I..."

"Shut up! Someone! Catch him!"

Dong Zhuo's eyes widened, and a strong killing intent enveloped Li Jue.

Li Jue was stunned for a moment, and soldiers around him stepped forward to arrest him and did not resist.

"General!"

Dong Zhuo was still puzzled, stepped forward and slapped Li Jue on the face.

"Shut up! I've worked so hard, spent so much money and hard work, and I've finally come here. I'm about to become a high-ranking official in Jiuqing, and I have a bright future! You bastard can't handle it My subordinates have caused so many troubles for me!

Do you know what Jiuqing stands for?Two thousand stones!Two thousand stones!This is the only way to become the Sangong!If you want to be Sangong, you must first be Jiuqing!If I can't be Da Honglu this time, you are ready to apologize to me with your head! "

Dong Zhuo warned Li Jue fiercely, then ordered Li Jue to be imprisoned, and Li Jue was relieved of his position as Zhonglang General.

Li Jue shouted for injustice, shouted that he had made great contributions to Dong Zhuo, and begged Dong Zhuo not to treat him like this.

But it was useless, Dong Zhuo had made up his mind.

The rest of the generals looked at each other, sighing.

They all understood that in Dong Zhuo's heart, their status could not be compared with Da Honglu's position.

For the next three days, Dong Zhuo didn't think about tea, didn't want to eat, turned day and night upside down, and couldn't fall asleep. Even if he fell asleep, he would soon be awakened by the cruel dream of losing his position, dreaming that his years of hard work were ruined.

He really felt that he had never had such a bad experience, even if he was often hungry earlier, it was not as uncomfortable as it is now.

After bouts of apprehension, Dong Zhuo finally got good news.

The matter of Jiuqing was settled, Liu Bei asked Dong Zhuo to enter the city to discuss, Dong Zhuo was overjoyed to enter, and went to the General's Mansion to meet Liu Bei.

But before he said a few words of thanks, before he had time to thank him, Liu Bei told him a fact that made him extremely entangled.

"It's fine for you to be Jiuqing, but the army you brought must be disbanded. The princes of the Manchu Dynasty can accept you as Dahonghe, but they can't accept that the army with extremely poor military discipline is around Luoyang. They're very insecure."

After Dong Zhuo heard this, he was stunned on the spot.

After a while, Dong Zhuo came back to his senses and hurriedly pleaded with Liu Bei.

"General, they are all old subordinates who have followed me for a long time. Everyone has made military exploits, and they have made great contributions to the big man. They... they can have good military discipline, as long as they are restrained, That's fine."

"Don't tell me this, you go and tell the princes of the Manchu Dynasty to see if they believe that your subordinates will become as strict as other armies and will not threaten their safety."

Liu Bei didn't even raise his head, and was talking to Dong Zhuo while handling the official affairs of the General's Mansion.

After hearing this, Dong Zhuo's thoughts turned back and forth.

"General, they are all strong men, brave soldiers, and most of them are in the prime of life. If they are dismissed, where will they go? Bingzhou or Liangzhou? That is completely different from their past hometown!

And the general, as you know, they are all rough people, they have never read a book, they don’t know etiquette, they only know how to chop people with knives. Likely to cause some unrest, right? "

"Do you think that for the princes of the Manchu Dynasty, their safety is more important, or the safety of Liangzhou and Bingzhou? Will they care about the safety of Bingzhou and Liangzhou?"

Liu Bei raised his head, stared at Dong Zhuo calmly, and said slowly: "It is my suggestion to let you be the Great Honglu, but if you don't have the approval of the princes of the court, even if you do it, it won't last long.

There will be no one to communicate with you, no one to socialize with you, no one to cooperate with your work, they will make you extremely uncomfortable, sitting on pins and needles, and make you accomplish nothing.

In the end, you may be impeached and resign, or even voluntarily resign and leave Luoyang with nothing. At that time, what can this army bring to you?Zhongying, you have been fighting for so many years, is it just for a dream? "

Dong Zhuo stopped talking.

His expression was dull and motionless, like a statue.

And Dong Zhuo's reaction was also within Liu Bei's expectation—or in other words, this was his purpose.

To be honest, the things that Dong Zhuo caused were just trivial things to him.

All the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty just hated Dong Zhuo's character and didn't want Dong Zhuo to be listed in the Jiuqing, but Da Hongxi was not a position of great power.

To be precise, they are just mentally obsessed with cleanliness and double standards, which is difficult for Dong Zhuo who has a betrayal experience, but if they really attack Dong Zhuo with this, whether it will cause Liu Bei's displeasure is also their opinion. worry about things.

They hate Dong Zhuo, but if Liu Bei is behind Dong Zhuo, then they have to think about whether to continue to attack Dong Zhuo.

Liu Bei originally planned to let Ruan Yu prepare to launch a public opinion defense war, but what he didn't expect was that after a few days, this matter was only widely spread and everyone talked about it, but no one stood up to set the pace, and there was no signal for a public opinion war.

No one tried to attack Liu Bei with this, and Liu Bei's previous worries were in vain.

So Liu Bei realized that although the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were dissatisfied with Dong Zhuo, they did not dare to offend him for it.

Even if Dong Zhuo killed someone, they still had to look at Liu Bei's face. If Liu Bei insisted on Dong Zhuo being a big scorpion, then they would not go against Liu Bei no matter what.

At least not yet.

So regarding this matter, it mainly depends on how Liu Bei handles it.

After realizing this point, Guo Jia, who wanted to show his talents, took the initiative to speak to Liu Bei, suggesting that Liu Bei take this opportunity to directly solve Dong Zhuo's problem and let Dong Zhuo choose one of the two.

Or, continue to be his former general, lead his troops, and station somewhere outside Luoyang City, waiting for the imperial court's command to fight among the troops loyal to Liu Bei.

Or let Dong Zhuo give up the former general and the army, and transform into a Dahonghe, preparing to follow the path of a traditional bureaucrat.

(End of this chapter)