After the meeting to discuss merits and rewards, Liu Hong quickly left the previous court and returned to the inner palace without seeing anyone again.
After that, Yuan Wei and others asked to see Liu Hong many times, but Liu Hong said that he was unwell and needed to rest, and the ministers were not allowed to disturb him.
Yuan Wei suddenly felt a sense of frustration well up in his heart. Looking at his colleagues around him, his expression was very ugly.
"What's next?"
Xun Shuang walked to Yuan Wei: "The wind in the court has suddenly changed. I guess the peaceful days will not last long. Yang Ci is getting older and stronger. It won't be too far before he attacks us next time. We also need to stabilize our hearts. , otherwise the internal chaos will occur before the war breaks out, and the problem will be huge."
Yuan Wei looked at Xun Shuang and sighed heavily.
"Of course I knew, but I didn't expect that after so many days of busy work, all my efforts would be in vain. How can I swallow this sigh of relief?"
"You have to swallow even if you can't swallow it."
Xun Shuang sighed and said: "The Emperor, or Zhang Rang and those people, someone must have changed anyway. They don't want us to gain the upper hand, and they don't want us to drive Yang Ci to death."
Yuan Wei was silent for a while and then snorted coldly.
"Some things cannot be decided by the emperor or the eunuchs. The world is so big that it cannot be decided by one person?"
"That's true, but the righteousness is always there."
Xun Shuang patted Yuan Wei on the shoulder and whispered: "Even if you want to go against the emperor, you can't do it blatantly, otherwise, the third party imprisonment is just around the corner! How will you and I deal with it then?"
Hearing this, Yuan Wei pursed his lips and wanted to say something, but in the end nothing came out.
The political whirlpool in Luoyang City that lasted for more than a month entered a trough as the dust settled. News began to be sent to the three war zones. In late May, the northern war zone received specific news.
It was not just Lu Zhi and Liu Bei who received rewards, many officers and even soldiers received rewards, so everyone was very happy.
However, regarding Lu Zhi's appointment as Jizhou Mu, most of the military officers who were not keen on politics simply came to congratulate Lu Zhi. They felt that it was a great honor for Lu Zhi to be granted the title of Marquis and General and to receive the powerful position of Jizhou Mu.
They were really happy for Lu Zhi and wanted to ask for some more rewards from Lu Zhi.
Even Liu Bei, who was granted the title of Lord Ting, was congratulated by everyone.
Although the Marquis of Ting is only the lowest rank among the Marquises, he is also a Marquis and the highest rank in the Han Dynasty. Liu Bei immediately surpassed the Marquis of Guannei and directly became a Marquis. This is also considered to be the reason why Liu Bei Jian is in the heart of the emperor. .
So when everyone respectfully congratulated Lu Zhi on becoming a general and assuming the post of governor of the state, they also did not forget to pronounce the honorific title of Liu Bei.
Among the large group of people who came to congratulate him, some people with a keen political sense sensed something was wrong.
Such as Qianzhao, such as Zhen Yan.
"I have always speculated that after this great victory, the imperial court may push Duke Lu to ascend the throne of the Third Duke. With Lu Gong's reputation, achievements and qualifications, no matter how you look at it, it is time to become the Third Duke. Why is it only Jizhou Mu and not the Third Duke? ?”
Qianzhao was very curious.
Zhen Yan knew something about the debate between modern and ancient literature, so he looked at Liu Bei and asked in a low voice.
"Junhou, does this have something to do with those people from the Jinwen School?"
"What does it mean to have a relationship? They are the reason."
Liu Bei smiled and shook his head. Looking at Qianzhao with a puzzled look, Liu Bei patted Zhen Yan's arm: "Ziya, please tell Zijing in detail about some of the things we did in Luoyang before. "
Zhen Yan nodded and took over the lead, intending to teach him about Liu Bei's previous experience in Luoyang City and the current political situation in Luoyang City.
In this regard, fresh graduates who were still in their hometown three months ago are not very clear about recruiting.
Liu Bei had no intention of doing science popularization work for Qianzhao. After congratulating him that the trend had passed, he found Lu Zhi alone.
"Teacher, regarding this matter..."
“I can only say that it didn’t exceed my expectations.”
Lu Zhi shook his head and said with a smile: "I imagined that if I go back this time, someone will definitely want to push me to a high position. I also thought that Yang Ci would never want to see this scene and would definitely try his best to stop it. So I thought about the possibility of staying in Jizhou, but I didn’t expect to become a shepherd in Jizhou.”
Liu Bei looked at Lu Zhi's face.
"Aren't you angry?"
"not angry."
Lu Zhi chuckled and said: "It's just a little regretful, because you, teacher, I still want to ascend to the position of San Gong. After all, San Gong is the greatest compliment to a human being. How can I turn a blind eye?"
"You can definitely become San Gong."
Liu Bei said slowly: "If it doesn't work this time, it will definitely work next time."
"Really?"
Lu Zhi smiled and said: "Then, I will inherit Xuande's auspicious words."
It seemed that Lu Zhi was very free and easy. He dismissed the matter without saying a few words and started talking about Liu Bei's problem instead.
"The only thing I didn't expect was that they suppressed me, but they didn't suppress you."
Lu Zhi looked quite worried and said: "I am here, no matter how sharp you are, I can still protect you, which will make them have some scruples. If I am not here, they will have one less scruple. Xuande, your The situation is even more dangerous.
In fact, in my opinion, your talents are very strong. It will be of great benefit to you to continue to observe politics in Luoyang and accumulate experience. However, the disputes in the court will probably become more intense after this battle. With your identity and status , Staying in Luoyang may be dangerous.
Therefore, I originally hoped that you would stay in the local area and serve as a county magistrate or even a county guard to hone your abilities. At the same time, you would stay away from the whirlpool of government affairs and avoid unnecessary disputes. I would leave these matters to my teacher to deal with. You just need to grow up. In a few years, when you grow up, I can rest assured. "
After Lu Zhi finished speaking, Liu Bei felt a little touched in his heart.
Lu Zhi is a good teacher, and his treatment of him can be regarded as selfless. He treats him directly as his nephew, and his caring heart is beyond words.
But Liu Bei had his own selfish motives.
Liu Bei himself must go back. His identity is no longer just Lu Zhi's disciple.
He still has his own identity, his own circle of influence, and his own small political and military group.
He needs to return to Luoyang to truly eat what belongs to him, so that he can get more and develop better.
Even if they don't consider this, the forces surrounding Liu Bei don't want him to seek refuge elsewhere. They want to see Liu Bei prosper in the central government, and they want to see Liu Bei show energy worthy of their further investment and reliance.
Liu Bei is now like the helmsman of a listed company that is not large enough. He needs to make his company show excellent performance in order to gain the trust of investors and continue to inject capital, so that the company's stock price can continue to rise, or at least not fall. .
Otherwise, the market will panic, and the small circle of power he has finally built to belong to him will be in danger of falling apart. By then, he will have nothing, and he may even be in debt.
Liu Bei's return is like the prosperity created by the beautiful financial statements of listed companies.
A good-looking financial statement can create a prosperous scene for the "shareholders" who invest in Liu Bei, attracting them to continue investing, and can also provide a very good reference for free capital outside the market, allowing them to choose to invest. It’s time to have more choices.
When they realize that Liu Bei is a "blue chip stock" that will continue to rise, a large amount of hot money will continue to pour in, pushing up the price of the stock of "Xuande Co., Ltd.", making Xuande Company more prosperous and more prosperous. valuable.
No matter what era, people generally have the mentality of buying up and not buying down. The more things go up, the more they buy, no matter how expensive they are. The more they go down, the less they buy, no matter how cheap they are.
As a male lecturer who is well versed in human nature, Liu Bei said that he wanted to capture this common psychology of people, attract more investment to his "Xuande Co., Ltd.", create more value, and make it more prosperous.
The starting point and basic requirement of all this is that Liu Bei returns to Luoyang with full military exploits, receives rewards and titles from the emperor, and gains a greater future.
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PS: Because I had delicious egg fried rice this morning, I’ll add another chapter.
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