Xuande

Chapter 691 Is it good news, good news, or bad news?
In Guo Jia's view, at present, Liu Bei has an excellent opportunity to threaten Dong Zhuo, and he can even use this to achieve the effect of releasing military power with a glass of wine without bloodshed.

Dong Zhuo longs for high position and recognition, but high position and recognition are never free.

So, General, what is the price?

Guo Jia grinned.

"Dong Zhuo never understood Luoyang politics, didn't know the ups and downs in Luoyang City, and didn't know how strong your control over Luoyang City is, so you can use this trend to force Dong Zhuo to make a choice. , Either, be promoted to Jiuqing, or be returned to the original state."

"Do you think he will definitely choose Jiuqing?"

Liu Bei looked at Guo Jia with a smile.

Guo Jia showed a look of victory.

"Dong Zhuo would rather give up his position as governor of Bingzhou than go to Xuzhou to be governor, and now he is willing to give up his position as governor of Xuzhou to come to Luoyang, which in itself represents his extreme yearning for Luoyang. He should really want this Zhong Erqian Stone's post.

Right now, this position is so close that it can even be regarded as a piece of meat in his mouth, but he can't swallow it immediately, and there is even a possibility of losing it, which must make him suffer and suffer.

The power and status are right in front of him, but when he stretches out his hand, the position of power seems to retreat automatically, preventing him from touching it. In this way, he must be unwilling to eat and sleep well, waiting for the general to deal with him! "

Liu Bei smiled.

He agrees with Guo Jia's point of view.

The sunk cost that Dong Zhuo put into it was already too high, and he had almost no choice. If he could even handle this, Liu Bei would really dare not underestimate Dong Zhuo.

"Then how do you think his army should be dealt with?"

"Disbanded on the spot, you can keep a guard of 30 people, other than that, no one is allowed to stay, and you can't simply move back to your original place, but you should disperse and arrange to settle in various places."

Guo Jia said with a cold face: "This group of people staying in Luoyang for a day is a threat, and they can't simply send troops to destroy them. In this case, if they can be dismissed, they should be dismissed as soon as possible, so as to avoid long nights and dreams."

"Also, a big man cannot have an army that is not under the command of the imperial court."

Liu Bei nodded, accepted Guo Jia's opinion, and decided to carry out strategic deception against Dong Zhuo, which can be regarded as revenge for his previous self——

This old boy dared to deceive and use himself face to face, so he should have a taste of the general's methods.

Touch me, what rank are you?Just because you are worthy?
So, there is the present scene.

Dong Zhuo stared blankly at Liu Bei, completely overwhelmed by Liu Bei's general pattern, at a loss, completely unaware that he had entered Liu Bei's rhythm, unable to extricate himself.

Army, or Dahonghe?

Keep the army under its own independent command, or give up the army in exchange for the position of Jiuqing?
If you keep the army, you will not be able to get the position of Jiuqing. The lords in Luoyang will not accept you. All your previous efforts will be in vain, and you will lose the opportunity to enter Luoyang. For the rest of your life, you may never enter Luoyang again. Possibly positive.

Then what has he been fighting so hard all this time?
Why did he abandon Yuan Wei and seek refuge with Liu Bei?

Without the army, the gentlemen in Luoyang City will have a sense of security, but Dong Zhuo, who was born as an old soldier, will feel very insecure. He will worry that even if he becomes Jiuqing, he will not be able to hold the position for a long time, and everything in the future will depend on Liu Bei. For Dong Zhuo, this was a moderate test.

He is not used to giving everything about himself to an outsider.

So, how to choose?

Dong Zhuo thought about it, but couldn't make up his mind, and begged Liu Bei if he could have both.

Liu Bei was furious, and threw a stack of papers in front of Dong Zhuo with a flick of his hand.

"Look at the dissatisfaction of the princes of Luoyang towards you! These are the pressures I have to face! You have caused things yourself, but you want me to take responsibility for you? Then why do I have to recommend you to be a big queen?" He? If you don’t do it, there are plenty of people queuing up to do it!”

Dong Zhuo was taken aback, picked up the scattered papers, and found that they were all written by Luoyang officials to Liu Bei about his worries and dissatisfaction with him. Liu Bei thought more about it.

The words were quite polite, and the tone was not intense, but it made Dong Zhuo feel cold in his heart.

As Liu Bei said, he has no right to choose, he does not do it, and some people rush to do it.

The reason why Liu Bei helped him was to fulfill his promise. If it wasn't for this promise, Dong Zhuo didn't think Liu Bei would take political risks for himself at all.

Right now, Dong Zhuo is faced with a difficult choice, choose his old brothers and autonomy, or give up everything and enter Luoyang?
Dong Zhuo didn't know how to choose, but Liu Bei only gave him a stick of incense time.

"At the time of one stick of incense, if you can't make a choice, I will help you choose. At that time, I will issue an order to order the former general Dong Zhuo to lead the army to Bingzhou Yunzhong County to take on garrison duties."

Dong Zhuo was taken aback for a moment, and then his face turned pale with shock.

Even if Liu Bei transferred him to the south, he thought it was preferential treatment.

Although the conditions are difficult, at least there are enemies and wars, and rewards can be obtained through wars, and they can barely be regarded as professional counterparts. As long as they win the battle and deal with some restless aliens, there is still hope for the future.

But go north...

The north used to be a good place to go, there were many foreigners, the soldiers went there, they could fight and earn military merits, and they would not be buried, but now the north is not the same.

Both the Huns and Wuhuan people were killed, and the Xianbei people were beaten and moved westward continuously. The only remaining group of Xianbei people did not know where they went.

The current north of Bingzhou and Youzhou is a nomadic vacuum, and the Han army can't find any opponents at all. There are only some tribes in the east of Liaodong, but there is a Gongsundu there, and it is not the turn of others to intervene.

Stationed there, I am afraid that Dong Zhuo will never have any more battles to fight in his life. He can only repair the Great Wall and run horses. Scale encounters, and then get some trivial feats.

Is this what he's after?
Yes, he is old, he is old, he longs for comfort, and no longer longs for war, but the comfort he longs for is the comfort of Yuan Kai. If you want comfort, you must have power!
And right now...

As time passed bit by bit, Dong Zhuo's inner struggle became more and more intense, until at the last moment, he finally made his own choice.

"General, if I dismiss the army, then those generals, they..."

"Let's disband them together. At present, there are enough people in the positions of my army, and no more people are needed. Of course, you can keep [-] to [-] guards."

"Aren't the subordinates of Dahonghe still..."

"The current state is full, and the person in charge has not broken the law. It is inappropriate to resign for no reason, but your subordinates have broken the law. Those who broke the law will be transferred to another position. This makes me I can’t convince everyone, Zhong Ying, I hope you don’t make things difficult for me.”

Liu Bei looked at Dong Zhuo with sharp eyes.

Dong Zhuo didn't dare to look at Liu Bei, and lowered his head.

In desperation, Dong Zhuo could only accept Liu Bei's conditions in exchange for his protection.

After Dong Zhuo left, Liu Bei thought for a while and called for the guards.

"Go and send an order to let Xiaoguo's Zhonglang General Dong Huang and the rear general Lu Bu come to see me."

"only!"

The guard ran out immediately.

On the other hand, later that day, Dong Zhuo returned to the temporary barracks.

After returning, apart from Li Jue, Dong Zhuo summoned his main cronies and officers, including his son-in-law Niu Fu, and announced to them that he had successfully obtained the position of Da Honglu, and that Liu Bei had solved all the problems and fulfilled his promise.

Dong Zhuo, a veteran frontier soldier from Liangzhou with a humble background, is about to enter the central government as one of the Nine Ministers, Da Honglu.

This is the first time in a long time that an official from Liangzhou who is not directly related to Liu Bei has become one of the Nine Ministers of the imperial court. No matter from which point of view, it is worth celebrating.

The subordinates were very pleasantly surprised by this, and congratulated Dong Zhuo again and again, flattering Dong Zhuo to be promoted to Luoyang, and his future will be bright from then on, and some even wished him to ascend to the position of Sangong as soon as possible.

While everyone was rejoicing, Niu Fu noticed that his father-in-law didn't seem to be that happy, as if he had something heavy on his heart.

"Zhang... General... Da Honglu, what's wrong with you?"

Niu Fu corrected Dong Zhuo's current identity after changing his words twice.

But Dong Zhuo didn't seem to care much about titles all of a sudden.

He had a bitter smile on his face.

"There's good news and there's bad news."

"bad news?"

"Well, bad news."

Dong Zhuo looked around at the trusted generals, and said slowly: "I will take the initiative to resign as the former general and dismiss the army, keeping only twenty guards, in exchange for the opportunity to become Jiuqing."

As soon as these words came out, the entire military tent fell silent, everyone had incomprehensible expressions on their faces, and they were all stunned for a while, unable to utter a word.

After the suffocating silence, Niu Fu spoke first.

"My husband, why?"

"Because of Li Jue's incident, more than 100 officials in the court accused me to the general. They didn't want me to become a big scorpion. They thought our army was barbaric. They worried that their family and property would be in danger, so In order to resist me, I became a big honglu.

The general did a lot of work for this matter, persuaded many people, and finally exchanged the approval of the government and the public on the condition of disbanding our army. As long as our army is disbanded, I can become a big scorpion and a big man. One of the nine ministers. "

Dong Zhuo sighed deeply: "A good news and a bad news, what do you think? Is the good news better, or the bad news worse?"

(End of this chapter)