Three Kingdoms: Liu Bei seeks the master and seeks to conquer the world

Chapter 221 Jia Xu's poisonous plan, Chang'an was destroyed

In the fourth year of Chuping, June.

After Lu Zhi died of illness, Liu Xie made Lu Zhi the Marquis of Haixing, worshiped in the Confucian Temple, and was buried in the southern suburb of Chang'an.

He also ordered Cai Yong, who was still in prison, to compose a Fu to highlight Lu Zhi's lifelong achievements.

In the same month, Liu Xie promoted Liu Ai as Zongzheng, and followed Lu Zhi's last order, ordered Liu Ai to go to Qingzhou on the festival to give Liu Bei the festival and enjoy the right to holiday festivals!Guan Yu, Lu Zhi's disciple, was also granted the title of Marquis of Hanshouting to show his loyalty.

Although Wang Yun objected, he believed that Liu Bei should not be given such great power, but Liu Yu should be allowed to supervise the six states of Qing, Yan, Yu, Xu, Jing, and Yang. Even if he wanted to give festivals, he should give them to Liu Yu.

But Liu Xie's attitude was unusually tough this time, and he rejected Wang Yun's objection on the spot.

In the same month, Shangshu Pushe Xun You resigned from the post of Shangshu Pushe and asked himself to be the prefect of Shu County.

Although Liu Xie was unwilling, Wang Yun wanted to place his cronies in the positions of Shangshu and Shangshu Pushe, so he persuaded Liu Xie with clever words.

So Xun You took the opportunity to leave Chang'an, a place of right and wrong, and went to Qingzhou via Yanzhou.

Wang Yun, who shared the political power with Lu Bu, became more and more arrogant.

He often refuted Liu Xie in the court hall, and quoted scriptures to teach Liu Xie how to be a good emperor.

This made Liu Xie very angry.

It is precisely because of this that Liu Xie really understood the meaning of Lu Zhi's last words, "Although Dong Zhuo died, the ambitious people have not been eliminated."

Wang Yun looks like a loyal minister, but in fact he is also an ambitious man with power.

Teaching the emperor how to be a good emperor, this kind of high-sounding rhetoric, is more insidious than Dong Zhuo's sword stepping into the palace, entering the court without going, and worshiping without being famous.

Because Liu Xie couldn't find a reason to refute Wang Yun!

Wang Yun often quotes scriptures and classics, either the famous warning words of the sages, or what Gaozu Guangwu and others did.

As for Dong Zhuo's old troops, the ministers of the DPRK and China, including Lv Bu, believed that they should all be pardoned, but Wang Yun believed that Dong Zhuo's old troops should be punished.

Lu Bu wanted to reward Dong Zhuo's property to the ministers and generals, and took the opportunity to win over Dong Zhuo's remaining troops, but Wang Yun also rejected it.

Now that Wang Yun is recording affairs of ministers and state affairs, he naturally looks down on Lu Bu, thinking that Lu Bu is just a swordsman who happened to kill Dong Zhuo, and he is unworthy of virtue to be a general.

Without him, Wang Yun, Lu Bu would not have been a great general!

Wang Yun and Lu Bu also gradually lost peace.

Someone also suggested that the generals in Liangzhou had been confronting the princes of the Kwantung. If they were dismissed and Hangu Pass was opened, these Liangzhou generals would be worried about their lives.It is better to appoint Huang Fusong, who is familiar with Liangzhou people and has a reputation, to go to Shaanxi to appease the generals in Liangzhou.

This was indeed a coup. After all, Huangfusong was Dong Zhuo's chief general before, and these Liangzhou generals were also Huangfusong's subordinates. With Huangfusong's prestige and Liu Xie's amnesty, these Liangzhou generals could be restrained.

But this suggestion was also rejected by Wang Yun.

Wang Yun doesn't want Huangfusong to take over the military power again!
Huangfu Song's reputation is too great, if he takes over the military power again, how will Wang Yun control the government?

So Wang Yun acted arbitrarily in the court hall, forcing Liu Xie to issue an edict to question the generals of Liangzhou.

As soon as this edict came out, the generals in Liangzhou were frightened.

Although Dong Zhuo is dead, his old troops are still there.

Niu Fu, Dong Yue, Duan Yan and others were stationed in Anyi, Shan County, and Huayin.

Among them, Xu Rong, Duan Yan, and Hu Zhen surrendered to the court one after another, while Niu Fu and Dong Yue refused to surrender.

Dong Yue from Mianchi went to Niu Fu to discuss countermeasures, but was killed by Niu Fu, and all his subordinates belonged to Niu Fu.

However, as soon as the edict arrived, Niu Fu, who was worried about the mutiny, directly abandoned the Liangzhou generals and absconded with the money alone.

I thought that Niu Fu was the king, and all the generals in Liangzhou recognized Niu Fu as the leader, but I didn't expect Niu Fu to be a bronze, and he would run away whenever a big incident happened.

As soon as Niu Fu fled, all the generals in Liangzhou scattered like birds and beasts.

By the time Li Jue and Guo Si, who were ordered by Niu Fu to attack Zhongmu, returned to Shaanxi, the Xiliang army had already fallen apart.

Li Jue and Guo Si wanted to escape at first, but they were afraid that they would not be pardoned, and a small official would be able to capture and kill them.

At this time, Jia Xu found Li Jue.

Originally, Jia Xu came to Shaanxi to avoid disaster, but he never thought that Wang Yun wanted to kill them all.

Among the Liangzhou generals who were questioned, Jia Xu's name was there!
This made Jia Xu very angry!
They all took the initiative to resign from the position of Taifu, and stayed away from Chang'an, but Wang Yun still refused to let him go.

"This old man came from Chang'an, His Majesty intends to pardon people from Liangzhou."

"But there are villains in the court who control the government and plan to drive out all the scholars in Liangzhou."

"If you all abandon the army and go alone, a small pavilion chief will be able to capture and kill you in the future."

"It's better to lead the army westward, attack Chang'an, and avenge the Grand Master!"

"If the matter is successful, then serve the country to rectify the world; if the matter fails, it is never too late to escape!"

Jia Xu was furious.

Since Wang Yun is not going to let himself live, then Jia Xu is not going to speak morally either.

Jia Xu, who is nearly fifty years old, is approaching the age of knowing his destiny.

Jia Xu also wants to enjoy his old age in peace, and live for another 30 to [-] years, imitating Zheng Xuan's writing and writing books, in order to leave a name in history.

As a result, such bad things happened in his later years.

It is said that the silent person is the scariest when he is angry, because no one knows how powerful the silent person will be when he is angry.

Jia Xu's words successfully convinced Li Jue.

"Since the court refuses to pardon, we have no choice but to fight to the death."

"If you capture Chang'an, you will win the world, and all the generals will be princes; if you fail to capture, we will plunder the women's belongings of Sanfu and return to our hometown in the west. We can also follow the example of Beigong Boyu in the past."

So Li Jue adopted Jia Xu's strategy and sent his cronies to lobby the generals in Liangzhou.

Guo Si, Zhang Ji and others will respond one after another.

Thousands of people rushed straight to Chang'an.

Lu Bu wanted to face Li Jue in person and deal with Li Jue quickly, but was vetoed by Wang Yun.

Wang Yun ordered Xu Rong and Hu Zhen, Dong Zhuo's old troops, to meet Li Jue, Guo Si and other generals in Xinfeng.

Hu Zhen and Xu Rong were not in harmony.

As a native of Liaodong, Xu Rong was more valued than Hu Zhen, so Hu Zhen turned against him and directly attacked Xu Rong's army, and jointly killed Xu Rong with Li Jue, Guo Si and others.

Li Jue gathered troops along the way, and Fan Chou, Li Meng, Wang Fang and others from Dong Zhuo's former troops joined them on the way.

All of a sudden, Li Jue gathered more than [-] people and besieged Chang'an with great momentum.

This completely stupefied Wang Yun!
The Liangzhou generals rebelled so quickly that Wang Yun couldn't even react.

Lu Bu was so angry that he reprimanded Wang Yun angrily.

It was wrong for Wang Yun not to listen to good words and insisted on punishing the generals in Liangzhou. It was also wrong for Xu Rong and Hu Zhen to lead troops to attack Li Jue.

As long as the choice is correct, Li Jue will not be able to gather more than [-] people!
In just eight days, Chang'an City was captured by the generals of Liangzhou.

Although Lu Bu was brave, but he had few soldiers, he could only lead more than a hundred cavalry to break out of Chang'an, and his family, wife and children fell into Chang'an.

Li Jue and others plundered and plundered, killing and injuring countless officials and civilians. Wang Yunhan, who had nowhere to go, hated himself.

Li Jue hijacked Liu Xie and proclaimed himself General Yangwu, Guo Si was General Yanglie, and Fan Chou and others were all generals of Zhonglang.

Lu Zhi finally conspired with Lu Bu to kill Dong Zhuo, and the great situation created was ruined!
Linzi city.

Zheng Ping and Kong Su rode horses and boats, climbed mountains and toured the lake for a month, and then returned with more than enough satisfaction.

Back at the mansion, Zheng Ping gently embraced Kong Su: "When the world is in peace, I will resign from office and go back to hiding, and take A Su to travel around this great river and mountain!"

Kong Su was moved, and said: "Zheng Lang doesn't have to be like this. The ambition of a man should be like Mount Tai, majestic in the world, why bother to miss the gentle hometown."

Zheng Ping chuckled: "Mount Tai's long-term existence in the world does not lie in its majesty, but in its stability. It is the most among all mountains."

"Life is short, but only a hundred years. Although I have the will to rule the world, my strength will run out."

"And the affairs of the world lie in inheritance. Traveling all over the rivers and mountains is also to find talents who can govern the world for the envoys and the kings of later generations."

Zheng Ping is not a person who is greedy for power, but because of the turbulent times, Zheng Ping has no choice but to take power and strive for peace in the world as soon as possible.

On the day of success and fame, Zheng Ping even hopes to go boating with his beautiful wife on rivers, lakes and seas, climb to the top of the Five Sacred Mountains, and travel all over this wonderful river and mountain.

As for who will govern after retirement?
Zheng Ping doesn't have to worry, the biggest reason for cultivating Zhuge Liang is: Zhuge Liang has the talent of a prime minister, and Zheng Ping can rest assured that he can assist the emperor to govern.

And what Zheng Ping has to do is to help Liu Bei calm down the world in the shortest possible time!
Life is only a hundred years in a hurry, Zheng Ping still has a lot of fun to experience, how can he tie his whole life to the officialdom?
It is an extremely irresponsible viewpoint that the predecessors plant trees and the descendants enjoy the shade.

Zheng Ping is more inclined to "predecessors plant trees and descendants cultivate forests". The pioneers conquer the world and the successors rule the world. Only in this way can the government be clean and the people harmonious and comfortable.

in the courtyard.

Kong Su played the piano, Zheng Ping danced the sword, a sense of peace and warmth.

But at this moment, a black figure loomed at the door, disrupting Zheng Ping's interest.

"Yide, come in directly if you have something to do, why do you hide at the door?" Zheng Ping sighed softly, retracted his sword back to its sheath, and Kong Su got up and went back to the inner room.

Zhang Fei laughed loudly, turned around and entered the inner courtyard: "Mr. Xianmou, didn't I see you coming back, so I came here to greet you?"

Zheng Ping picked up the feather fan, shook it contemptuously: "Yide, when you said this, did you believe it yourself?"

Zhang Fei laughed and glanced around, obviously there was something in his words: "Mr. Xianmou has been dancing swords here since he came back? Have you ever been to the study?"

Zheng Ping narrowed his eyes slightly, with a half-smile: "I've never been there, but I'm planning to go."

Zhang Fei waved his hand and invited: "Mr. Xianmou, you just came back, so why go to such a depressing place as the study. There is a new winery in Linzi City. It is said that the chef used to be the cook of a certain royal family. excellent."

"Today I'm hosting a banquet to clean up Mr. Xianmou."

Zheng Ping was not fooled: "There is no need to go to the winery, I prefer a clean place, Yide will go back first, and I will come to the banquet later."

"Don't!" Zhang Fei chuckled: "Why wait later, go now! Go now!"

Zheng Ping shook his fan and sat down: "Yide, you obviously have something to hide from me. Could it be that there is some secret hidden in my study?"

"It's been a month since I left. I also want to go to the study to see if someone has given me a nice gift."

Zhang Fei became anxious immediately, and hurried to Zheng Ping's side: "Mr. Xianmou, no one gave you a gift! How about this, how about we go find the eldest brother and the second brother to have a drink together?"

Thinking of the pictures of ladies sent by Liu Bei in Zheng Ping's study, Zhang Fei felt flustered.

Drunk mistake!
Zhang Fei didn't know that he was drawing five pictures after he was drunk, until Zhang Fei happened to see his wife Hu Shi framing a picture of a lady at home.

Zhang Fei also mocked at the court, "Who painted the picture of a lady, so ugly, how can there be a maid with a beard." But Hu said it was Zhang Fei's painting, and Zhang Fei was stunned on the spot.

Hu was more shocked than Zhang Fei, and asked Zhang Fei, "What maid? Isn't this a self-portrait of Zhang Lang?"

Mrs. Hu couldn't recognize Zhang Fei's dragon-flying phoenix-like words "Zhang Fei's maid is also".

And when Liu Bei gave the painting to Hu, he also said "Yide painted while drunk", without saying much.

Hu felt that this was a self-portrait painted by Zhang Fei himself, so she prepared to frame it and hang it in the inner hall. Zhang Fei was so ashamed on the spot that he threw the picture of a lady into the brazier.

Knowing that he had painted five pictures, one of which was sent to Zheng Ping's residence, Zhang Fei almost fainted.

Liu Bei and Guan Yu knew about the past, and Zhang Fei was not ashamed, but if Zheng Ping saw it, wouldn't he have to laugh forever?

After the hard work, Zhang Fei swears that he will only be half drunk after drinking, and Liu Bei agrees to tell Zhang Fei where the painting given to Zheng Ping is.

But Liu Bei was also treacherous, and deliberately told Zhang Fei that the painting was in Zheng Ping's study after Zheng Ping returned.

Zheng Ping pretended not to understand, got up and said, "I think I'd better go to the study, in case someone really gives a gift, wouldn't it be impolite for me not to return it?"

Seeing that he couldn't persuade Zheng Ping, Zhang Fei could only follow behind Zheng Ping, thinking to himself: "If Mr. Xianmou sees that painting, I'll grab it. Anyway, I'm strong, and Mister can't grab me!"

Come to the library.

Zhang Fei ran ahead of Zheng Ping in an instant, grabbed a scrolled painting, and quickly opened it behind Zheng Ping's back.

After confirming that it was a picture of a lady drawn by himself, Zhang Fei secretly heaved a sigh of relief, and then folded the picture and stuffed it into his arms: "Mr. Xianmou, I just remembered that elder brother is looking for me for something."

"I'll take a step first."

Zheng Ping shook his head and smiled, but did not stop Zhang Fei who was walking away.

There are some things that can be guessed, there is no need to say it, otherwise it will hurt the friendship.

After Zhang Fei left, Zheng Ping also rode his horse to the government office.

After leaving for a month, many things have passed through Zheng Ping's eyes and ears. Zheng Ping needs to check the information that came in the last month.

Come to the government office.

Mi Heng and Hua Ji had already sorted out the information and compiled it into a book in chronological order.

"On the third day of June, Shang Shu Lu Zhi conspired with Duke Tinghou Lu Bu to execute Grand Master Dong Zhuo in Mei County. Lu Shang Shu vomited blood and fell into a coma. The doctors were helpless."

Seeing this piece of information, Zheng Ping couldn't help but close his eyes and sigh.

Since Lu Zhi went west to Chang'an overnight, Zheng Ping had expected that Lu Zhi would die in Chang'an.

"Honghong's pupils are in Yuanting, but you can only see scriptures when you don't see eyebrows. You don't look like the son-in-law of the Ma family, and you will never step in the red yarn court for life." Zheng Ping said lightly.

This is a seven-character poem praised by Lu Zhi by Chen Pu, a poet of the Song Dynasty.

It is about Lu Zhi studying under Ma Rong when he was young, surrounded by many beautiful and refined beauties performing songs and dances, but Lu Zhi's eyes are as clear as a pool of water, and he only sees scriptures and no beauties in his eyes, unlike Ma Rong's sons-in-law, who are greedy Have fun and don't study the scriptures seriously.

This is in praise of Luzhi's noble character.

　The end of Chapter 218 is inconsistent with Chapter 219 and has been revised.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)