Zhang Liao was a little confused.
He didn't understand what Cao Ang meant.
After ordinary people recruit a general, they want to express their respect for the general and their joy in their hearts.
They often say, "It's my honor to have your service", so that the general will feel valued, and will feel grateful and more loyal.
But why is the Shangguan in front of him doing the opposite?
You don't play by the rules!
Why do you think it's my Zhang Liao's luck that I can take refuge with you at this time?
How to say?
Because you, General Cao, are a rare master in the world, and most people who want to follow you are not qualified, so it is a lifelong honor for me, Zhang Liao, to join the team?
Zhang Liao felt it was a bit ridiculous.
For the first time, I have doubts about who I will be loyal to next. Is he an arrogant person?
However, in line with the mentality of Shangguan being the most important, he still handed over to Cao Ang and said: "The general is full of martial virtue and extraordinary magnanimity. It is indeed an honor for Liao to be able to serve under the general."
Look, this is the pattern of top subordinates.
Even if you don't agree, you won't contradict the leader face to face, and you will even flatter him, saying that the leader is right.
Of course, it is inevitable to have some mental fuss.
And Cao Ang just needed Zhang Liao's dissatisfaction.
As the saying goes, suppress first and then raise. If you don't lower the tune at first, then when it rises later, how can Zhang Liao feel a psychological gap?
…
After confirming that Zhang Liao was not convinced.
Cao Ang was not in a hurry to refute, just poured him a bowl of tea soup, and then said with a smile.
"If I don't recruit Wen Yuan's unit today, will you choose to stay under Dong Zhuo forever, or will you have other considerations in the future?"
Zhang Liao thought for a moment, and then said solemnly: "I have nothing to think about. If there is an order from above, I will act according to the order. If there is no order, I should have stayed in Dong Gong's army."
Cao Ang nodded.
After taking a sip of tea soup, he said lightly: "Then did you know that Dong Zhuo will hold a ceremony in two days to openly force the emperor to abdicate and establish a new emperor?"
Zhang Liao's pupils shrank instantly, and it was obvious that he had just felt a little bit of throbbing in his heart.
"My subordinates know!"
"This matter has spread throughout Luoyang City since yesterday. Even the traffickers and soldiers have heard about it, let alone us generals serving in the army."
"It's just that my subordinates think that this matter has nothing to do with us lower-level officers. After all, the decision is made by the superiors, and we below can only obey."
"Liao Geng is just a military commander. Although he can't bear to do this to dethrone the emperor, there is nothing he can do. If there is infamy in the future, it will naturally be Dong Gong. What can we who can't help ourselves do?"
Cao Ang still didn't refute.
He still nodded lightly, as if he had become a nodding machine.
"Then let me tell you one more thing. I wonder if you will change your mind after listening to it."
"I have obtained the exact information from Dong Zhuo. According to what he revealed, I am afraid that things will not go well for me when I abdicate."
"Dong Zhuo planned to put the Emperor and the Queen Mother under house arrest first. After the world stopped paying attention to these two venerables, he secretly killed them both with a glass of poisonous wine and three feet of white silk."
"I wonder what Wen Yuan thinks about this news?"
…
no respond.
There was silence in the camp.
Zhang Liao was already stupid at this time.
He couldn't even hold the tea bowl filled with tea soup in his hand, and it fell on the table with a dull sound, and the tea was spilled on the floor.
But Zhang Liao was still stunned.
The news is really too exciting.
It was equivalent to stuffing a ton of explosives directly into his mind and then lighting it on the spot, instantly stunning Zhang Liao.
His eyes widened in horror.
His eyes are like copper bells.
He looked at Cao Ang as if he had seen a ghost.
After struggling for a long time, he finally asked with trembling lips: "Is what the general said true?"
"How dare I speak lightly about such a big thing? Dong Zhuo himself said it and it came to my ears."
Cao Ang gave an extremely positive answer.
"hiss!"
Zhang Liao took a deep breath.
He could barely sit still and collapsed on the ground.
Isn't this regicide?
Although the abdication ceremony was held two days later, the emperor was no longer the emperor today.
However, the emperor Liu Bian was designated as the successor by the late emperor, and he was forced to abdicate by Dong Zhuo this time.
There is nothing wrong with virtue and conduct. He is still the Son of Heaven in the hearts of the world.
What Dong Zhuo did was tantamount to regicide and treason. The nature of such actions was completely different from deposing an emperor and abdicating the throne.
The severity of the two is not on the same level.
Zhang Liao asked himself that he was not a die-hard loyalist, and if there really was a change of dynasty, there would be nothing he could not accept.
After all, no one stipulates that everyone in the world must have the surname Liu. If someone can take the surname Liu and replace it, it means that they are talented and it is destiny to replace the Han Dynasty with the surname Liu.
Besides, even if Zhang Liao couldn't accept it, he couldn't do anything. On the contrary, it was only proper to take advantage of the changes in the world to establish achievements.
Therefore, when he learned that Dong Zhuo forced the emperor to abdicate, Zhang Liao did not have any extreme reaction, but continued to do what he should do every day.
But regicide is different!
Such cruel things show that Dong Zhuo's methods are vicious and he has no bottom line in his heart.
If you dare to kill the abdicated king today, you will dare to kill the reigning king tomorrow.
If you follow him, there are only a few consequences.
First, he got ahead of himself and was worthy of leaving his name in the history books. At the same time, Dong Zhuo also tore off the fig leaf, took the final step, and then followed Dong Zhuo, the regicide, to be infamous for thousands of years.
Second, he failed to get ahead, and Dong Zhuo also failed and was beaten to death. He was wiped out along with Dong Zhuo, and became a number in someone else's credit book.
The last possibility is the most terrifying, that is, he got ahead of himself, but Dong Zhuo failed again. Then Zhang Liao would not only gain no benefits while alive, but also lose a good reputation after death.
No matter which ending, Zhang Liao doesn't want it!
Even if he is a person who obeys the rules and obeys orders from above diligently, he would never want to have such a leader.
…
Zhang Liao knelt and sat on the soft cushion.
His expression changed from gloomy to bright, and after flipping back and forth several times, he finally adjusted his inner emotions.
Then he stood up and walked to the position facing Cao Ang.
He cupped his hands in front of his chest, bowed his hands to the bottom, and made a very solemn salute.
"Liao's vision is shallow. If the general hadn't awakened him, I'm afraid he would have been stuck in it till now, and his future would have been almost lost, and future generations would also suffer infamy."
"Previously, the general said that it was a blessing for Liao to be able to serve under your command today."
"Originally, my subordinates still had some doubts, but now they understand everything."
"General, please accept your thanks for your great kindness!"
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