I will be the master of Xuande

Chapter 461
After listening to Liu Jian's advice today, Niu Fu seemed to have found a bright window in the darkness.

His gloomy life has a direction to move forward, and he himself has the motivation to charge.

Of course, it is impossible for Liu Jian to do Niu Fu's good for nothing, and he also has his own plans for pointing Niu Fu in this way.

Dong Zhuo's use of troops in Xiliang to open access to the Western Regions is crucial to the future development of the Han Dynasty.

But the reason why Liu Jian encouraged Niu Fu and Lu Bu to do this task was because after the battle in Sizhou, Niu Fu and Lu Bu's vitality was seriously injured, and their prestige in the army was greatly reduced. They needed to go to Liangzhou to recover their vitality. Gain strength and restore reputation.

Only in this way can they become an important part of Dong Zhuo's many forces in the future.

Dong Zhuo had too many generals, and Li Jue and Guo Si of the Xiliang Army could not be allowed to take power after Dong Zhuo's death. Someone must be able to stand up to them.

Therefore, letting Niu Fu and Lu Bu go to the west to open the way for Dong Zhuo is also to let them recuperate and become a force in the imperial court's army in the future.

As for Ma Teng and Han Sui... Liu Jian didn't know much about them, but he also knew from history that every action of these two people was done in response to the changes in the court.

Anyway, in Liu Jian's mind, these two people were not pure rebels. To be more accurate, the two of them should be speculators.

The rebel army in Xiliang has now formed a certain threat to the imperial court. Ma Teng and Han Sui have kidnapped Yan Zhong, a famous scholar in Liangzhou, as the commander-in-chief, and won the hearts of Liangzhou. What is their purpose?Is it to establish a country and fight against the Han Dynasty?Of course it is impossible.

Neither of them would be crazy enough to do that.

All fools understand that these two people are now up for grabs, waiting for the court to make an offer for them.

According to Liu Jian's understanding of Yang Biao, Wang Yun, Chun Yujia and those old guys from the Jinwen Department, the rebels in Liangzhou are likely to be targeted by them.

What these old guys are best at is exchanging political resources for military support and sharing benefits.

Even if they were rebels, they were very happy to use them. In their minds, they would wait until Dong Zhuo was destroyed before suppressing them!
Wang Yun in history has made quite a few mistakes in this regard.

Therefore, the behavior of Ma Teng and Han Sui is quite critical during this time period.

During this period, Liu Jian felt that the two of them belonged to an independent group swinging left and right, and they might be biased towards courtiers or Dong Zhuo.

Of course, for Liu Jian, it's not good for them to be too biased towards either side.

So Liu Jian wanted to use Niu Fu to remind Dong Zhuo that he should give some benefits to the Liangzhou rebels so that they could remain neutral as much as possible and not be used too much by the courtiers.

As long as the government is currently in a period of balance, it is the best for Liu Jian. He does not want the Chang'an court to have too much trouble now.

Afterwards, Liu Jian sent someone to send Niu Fu and Wei Xu back to freshen up, ordered the sergeants to prepare meals, arranged for them to have a full meal, and then sent them to Dong Zhuo's camp.

Just when the two of them reached the entrance of the commander's tent, Liu Jian suddenly called Wei Xu: "Wei Sima, Liu just forgot an important matter and wanted to tell you! Please stay still."

Niu Fu had already been led out of the command post, while Wei Xu continued to stay in his camp because of Liu Jian's words.

"What important matters does General Liu want to tell Wei?"

Liu Jian smiled and said to Wei Xu: "Actually, there is really no big deal, but there are a few things I want to give to Wei Sima."

"We didn't meet much before, but now that we know each other today, then Liu wants to make friends with Sima Wei."

"From now on, Wei Sima will ask Wei Sima for more help from Captain Lu."

Wei Xu became a little wary when he heard this.

What do you mean Lu Bu wants to trouble me for a lot of help?Is this intended to make me a traitor?
Seeing the vigilant look on Wei Xu's face, Liu Jian laughed loudly: "I know that Wei Sima is a relative of Captain Lu, and he is one with Captain Lu. No matter how arrogant Liu is, he would not dare Let Wei Sima be my internal response, and murder Captain Lu?"

"What does the general mean?"

Liu Jian comforted: "Actually, when I traveled around the world, I met Lu Duwei when I was in Bingzhou. Wei Sima must know this, right?"

Wei Xu nodded.

"This matter, Lu Duwei also told me in the past."

Liu Jian said with a smile: "Actually, I have known Feng Xianshen for a long time. As far as Feng Xian is concerned, I never wanted to be his enemy. It was just a coincidence that I had to fight him many times. It was not my original intention. "

"What I said to General Niu just now seems to be for the sake of General Niu on the surface, but in fact it is for the sake of giving priority to others."

"Liu has always hoped to reconcile with Fengxian as before. I have always held a friendly feeling towards Fengxian. After all, in my heart, Fengxian is the number one flying general in the world! Fengxian is my hero, As a clan member, Liu has always had the idea of ​​accumulating talents for the Han Dynasty."

Seeing Liu Jian's sincerity, Wei Xu believed it a little bit.

He cupped his hands to Liu Jian and said, "Fengxian and the general both came from border counties. In this world of great struggle, we should work together with one heart and one mind!"

Liu Jian laughed and said, "That's true!"

After finishing speaking, Liu Jian clapped his hands.

Afterwards, several guards brought several large boxes.

Liu Jian ordered people to open the box, only to find rare things such as gold and silk, jade, bronze, and pearls inside.

Although Wei Xu has been in Beijing for a few years, he is still a bumpkin under Lu Bu who has never seen the world. Seeing so many rare things at once, Wei Xu was stunned.

"General Liu? Are you...?"

"They are all gifts for Wei Sima. I hope that Wei Sima will contact us in front of Fengxian in the future. These gifts today are a little bit of care. Of course, Wei Sima can't take them back. Store it with Liu, and when Sima returns to Chang'an, Liu Jian will naturally send someone to the mansion, and he will never break his promise."

As Lu Bu's brother-in-law, although Wei Xu was respected by his Xiliang soldiers on weekdays, it was the first time he was given such a generous gift.

The value of the gift is second to none, the key is that he found a rare feeling of being valued.

"General, are you serious about what the general said?"

Liu Jian said with a hearty smile: "What Sima said, is Liu a reckless person? Besides, I have a vast land and abundant resources in Hebei. Do I still care about these properties?"

After finishing speaking, Liu Jian stretched out his hand to hold Wei Xu's hand, and said: "In Liu Jian's eyes, no gold, silver, or wealth can make people fall in love with talents. Captain Lu is an outstanding man in the world, and Jun Wei is an outstanding man in a state!"

That said...it's so comforting!

"Hey, I have heard for a long time that General Liu is a man of benevolence and righteousness. He loves talent and is thirsty. Today, he knows that his reputation is not in vain. How can Wei Xu be able to make the general value him so much? Don't worry, general, from now on, as long as it is related to my family's captain and Regarding general matters, as long as they do not violate morality, Wei Xuding can do the work of a dog and a horse."

"It's the best!"

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After Dong Zhuo received Niu Fu and Wei Xu, he immediately withdrew his troops, and he slowly headed west, no longer encircling Luoyang.

It seems that Dong Zhuo is indeed adhering to the negotiations with Liu Jian.

After Dong Zhuo withdrew his troops, Liu Jian took people into Luoyang City after confirming that the other party had made no further misdeeds.

Here, he met his teacher Lu Zhi again.

But what Liu Jian didn't expect was that after seeing Lu Zhi, his teacher would do something big enough to alarm Shilin.

He bowed his hands and bowed to Liu Jian to apologize.

Liu Jian was shocked when he saw Lu Zhi make such an action.

He absolutely cannot bear the gift of a mentor.

Liu Jian dodged in a hurry, passed Lu Zhi's salute, then swung the front of his armor and knelt down on one knee.

"Teacher, why is this so? Could it be that the students have committed some crimes and offended the teacher?"

Lu Zhi straightened up slowly, with a rare expression of guilt on his face.

"I'm a bad old man, I'm causing you trouble."

"Where did the teacher say this?"

Lu Zhi waved his hand and said, "Don't you admit it, this time, it was Lu Bu Niufu first, and then Dong Zhuo, all because of this old man, who made you difficult in Sizhou several times, and even traveled hundreds of miles to protect this old man, Galloping day and night, although you succeeded...But these few days, this old man is thinking, what if you don't succeed? So what? Did this old man feel sorry for you? Did he feel ashamed of your filial piety. "

Liu Jian stood up and said with a smile, "Teacher, you are serious. These are what students should do."

Lu Zhi shook his head: "I'm old, but I'm not confused, and I have self-knowledge. This world is no longer the world I know, and what I believe in is not enough to stand in the present."

"If the old man continues to be stubborn, it will only bring disaster to the people around him, and you..."

"At the beginning, when Your Majesty was appointed as the prefect of Luoyang, you urged me not to come, but now, looking back, I have caused you so much trouble by insisting on going my own way!"

Liu Jian said with a smile: "Teacher's words are serious, what disaster is not a disaster, isn't the student calmed down?"

Lu Zhi smiled wryly and said: "You can calm down once, twice, three times and five times, but you can't make it ten or twenty times without omissions, even a god can't do it."

Speaking of this, Lu Zhi waved at him and said, "Come here."

Liu Jian followed Lu Zhi to the table in the main hall of the prefect's mansion. Lu Zhi picked up a memorabilia on the table, handed it to him and said, "Look."

Liu Jian opened the playlist, took a look at it, and asked, "Teacher, you want to resign from His Majesty? Return to your hometown?"

Lu Zhi sighed: "It's time to go back to Fanyang. In fact, when I think about it carefully, the days when I was teaching and educating people in Gou's Mountain were the most suitable for me. As a teacher, I don't want to continue to work hard in this situation. It's better to be a teacher." Wouldn't it be better to go back to your hometown, open a private school, continue to teach and lecture, and cultivate a few more talents for you than to make trouble for you here?"

(End of this chapter)