I will be the master of Xuande

Chapter 227 The Traitor Dong Zhuo, or the Loyal Minister Dong Zhuo
"Oh?"

After listening to Li Ru's answer, Dong Zhuo was very interested. He stretched out his hand to ask Li Ru to sit down, and asked, "How can there be advantages and disadvantages? Please tell Wenyou in detail?"

Li Ru immediately said: "Sikong needs to know that Liu Deran, as a member of the clan of the Han Dynasty, had a close relationship with Yuan Ji before, and he was used by both His Majesty and the Yuan family. It is a gesture of innocence."

"Now, the true face of him has surfaced. If Liu Jian really wanted to avoid crimes, then the most appropriate way to get the letter from Zhang Jiao and the well-dressed family was to burn it, and then secretly told Yuan Ji about it. In order to win the favor of the world's famous families, but he didn't do it!"

Dong Zhuo's reaction was quick, he figured it out right away.

"Liu Deran also regards aristocratic families and well-dressed families as his strong enemies, but he has been hiding it all the time!"

Li Ru cupped his hands and said, "Exactly! Otherwise, he wouldn't have kept this thing secretly."

Dong Zhuo nodded slowly.

Li Ru suddenly asked again: "Dare to ask Mr. Dong, how did you enter Beijing?"

Dong Zhuo was taken aback when he heard the words, and then laughed loudly: "Naturally, he was introduced into the capital by the Yuan family. At the beginning, He Jin summoned the old man to the capital with the military order of the general, and the person behind this was the Yuan family. How to enter the dispute, lure the old man into the capital, use the old man as a knife, and kill all the dissidents in the capital!"

Li Ru smiled and said, "This dissident, besides the eunuch, presumably also includes He Jin, but it is about today's emperor and Empress Dowager He."

Dong Zhuo laughed loudly and said, "That's right, this old man understands Yuan Kui's mind best. There are already six people in the five generations of Yuan's family who sit on the third seat. It can be said that they are extremely prestigious."

"Old thief Yuan knows that if the family is extremely prosperous, if they can't take another step forward, and go two or three generations, they will be hated by others!"

"When today's son has He's relatives behind him, it is not considered a widow. The ultimate goal of the old thief Yuan is to take advantage of the changes in the capital to depose the emperor and support King Chenliu, so that the emperor and the royal family will become a widow!"

"And this charge, they still want to throw it on the old man's head in the end, but how can the old man do what they want?"

Jia Xu remained silent, as if she couldn't hear her.

Li Ru heaved a long sigh, and said, "If Mr. Dong hadn't been self-aware, he would have been put to death by the Yuan family long ago."

Dong Zhuo said with a smile: "So, if the old man wants to survive, he can only fight against Yuan Kai, but the old man did think about abolishing the establishment before, not for the Yuan family, but for the old man himself."

"Unfortunately, King Chen Liu was finally detained by Liu Jian! Otherwise, the old man really wanted to show his prestige."

Li Ru cupped his hands and said, "Dong Gong is indeed a powerful person. Li Ru is really lucky to be able to vote under Dong Gong's command."

Dong Zhuo raised his hand at him and said with a smile, "Continue talking!"

"After hearing Dong Gong's words, Li already understood that the split between Dong Gong and the Yuan family was inevitable, because from the moment Dong Gong was called to Beijing, what the Yuan family had to do was to sacrifice Dong Gong."

"He is not benevolent, Dong Gong has nothing to worry about, and now using Liu Jian's gift to deal with the well-dressed men headed by the Yuan family is in harmony with the current situation. But it is a great strategy to establish loyalty, and it is a benefit!"

Dong Zhuo nodded and said, "This old man also thinks that's the reason!"

Li Ru continued: "The second benefit is that the Emperor and Empress Dowager He can be temporarily drawn to Dong Gong's side."

"Although the Son of Heaven is young, he is close to adulthood. Although the Empress Dowager He is a girl, she followed the late Emperor in the past and was somewhat influenced by the government. Now that the eunuchs, He Jin and Miao are all dead, the Son of Heaven and the Empress Dowager must want to find a new one. To check and balance the powerful family, if Dong Gong acts like abolishing and establishing power, and establishes Chenliu Wang as the emperor, then he will push himself to the opposite of the emperor and the Han Dynasty."

"Nowadays, as long as Mr. Dong takes Zhang Jiao's suicide note as an opportunity to show his loyalty to the emperor, he will be considered as monopolizing the power of the government. But in the eyes of the emperor and the queen mother, Mr. Dong is now the most loyal minister of the Han Dynasty! The public is the confidant and arm of the Son of Heaven!"

Dong Zhuo was taken aback when he heard this.

Rao Jia Xu couldn't help but take a deep look at Li Ru.

Good insight!
When Dong Zhuo first entered Beijing, he had a falling out with Yuan Kai, perhaps deep down in his heart he wanted to be a minister of power!He is a powerful minister who can threaten the imperial power!

But now, if we look at things from another angle, this powerful minister may also become a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty in a certain sense!
Although it may not be able to last forever, but thinking about it, it will not leave a bad name forever!

After listening to Li Ru's analysis, Dong Zhuo was a little excited.

He hurriedly stood up, stomping back and forth in the hall, with a big bearded face, flushed with excitement.

It is no wonder that Dong Zhuo is excited. To be honest, no matter who wants to be a loyal minister instead of a traitor, Dong Zhuo also knows that once he follows Yuan Kai's intention to abolish the establishment in order to establish himself in Luoyang, it will be useless. Undoubtedly, although he can exert power for a while, he is bound to become a public enemy of the world.

Although it can be prominent for a while, I am afraid that the road ahead will be extremely difficult.

But as far as Dong Zhuo was concerned at that time, he really had no other way to go!

But after Li Ruyi's analysis today, Dong Zhuo found that he could not only establish his prestige, but also seemed to be able to become a close minister of the emperor, a guard of honor of the royal family, and even from a certain point of view, it was not enough to say that he was a loyal minister who maintained the majesty of the Han Dynasty. point.

Of course, he himself was not a loyal minister.

But so what?

No one can see through a person's true heart, but it depends on everyone in the world to comment.

"Wen You is really a great talent!" Dong Zhuo laughed suddenly, pointed at Li Ru, and said, "It's really a blessing for me to be so talented and willing to join me!"

Seeing that Dong Zhuo praised Li Ru so highly, Jia Xu couldn't help breathing a little in relief.

It seemed that Dong Zhuo admired and attached great importance to this Li Ru.

But it's no wonder, if it were someone else, who wouldn't be shocked after hearing Li Rushicai's words?
Even Jia Xu is no exception.

A somewhat smug smile appeared on Li Ru's face.

Immediately afterwards, I saw him making a long bow to Dong Zhuo, and said: "But apart from these two advantages, there is another disadvantage!"

Dong Zhuo stopped and looked at Li Ru: "What's the harm?"

"From now on, Dong Gong and the world's gentry will always be on opposite sides, and it will be difficult to turn back! Just like Wang Fu, Zhang Rang, and Zhao Zhong, oh, even worse than them! The world's gentry will regard Dong Gong as a scourge, "

"After Liu Jian obtained these relics from Zhang Jiao, why didn't he take them out and hand them over to Mr. Dong until today? It's because he didn't dare to do this himself!"

"Besides, even if Dong Gong pushes this matter to Liu Jian in the future, I'm afraid no one will believe it. Everything can only be carried by Dong Gong himself. After all, among the people who jointly exterminated Zhang Jiao, In addition to Liu Jian, Dong Gong is also there."

Dong Zhuo stopped abruptly after hearing this.

He looked deeply at Li Ru, and then a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Liu Deran, you really didn't hold back your fart!"

Li Ru sighed: "In fact, it's normal to think about it carefully. In this world, who would give benefits for nothing? As far as Dong Gong is concerned, Liu Deran can be regarded as both a partner and a competitor! "

Dong Zhuo stood still on the spot, lost in deep thought.

To be honest, Dong Zhuo still has expectations in his heart for the nobles in the world.

After all, if he really wanted to stand completely against the world's gentry, he would not have set out to rehabilitate Chen Fan, Dou Wu, and the party officials.

Throughout history, Dong Zhuo was indeed showing favor to scholars in the early days of his administration.

For example, he recruited a large number of famous people, such as Xun Shuang, Han Rong, Chen Ji, Cai Yong, etc., and at the same time sent a large number of famous people to serve in local areas, such as Han Fu, Liu Dai, Kong Ni, Zhang Zi, Ying Shao, Zhang Zi, etc. Miao et al.

These are all after he took power in history, he hoped to reconcile with the gentry.

But the problem is, in the end, it all falls short.

In fact, a complete falling out with the scholars is an inevitable result no matter what Dong Zhuo does, so it is not a disadvantage.

But these things have been witnessed by history, which Dong Zhuo still doesn't know.

After Dong Zhuo heard these words, he stood still in the hall.

He silently raised his head and looked out the window, muttering: "People change people's hearts, some things are not static! It doesn't matter!"

(End of this chapter)