What Dong Fu said did make sense, and Liu Bei had to admit it.
Liu Hongyi's mistake was that he did not identify his successor in time to cut off the suspicion of the outside world.
The second mistake was that he did not find his real opponent, thus missing the opportunity to unite with He Jin to attack the Yuan family.
After all, He Jin is also a relative of Liu Hong, and Yuan and He Jin have no blood relationship.
As long as Liu Bian's heir status is clear, He Jin cannot be easily won over by the Yuan family, which will affect the Yuan family's layout. Once the Yuan family loses the legitimacy of He Jin as a general, there will be many constraints in doing things.
As the Third Duke, there are many things that Yuan Wei cannot do personally. Someone must help him implement his plan, and this person must have a certain status and power, and his political rank must be relatively low, and his brains must be higher. Not very easy to use.
He Jin is his most suitable choice.
Without He Jin, Yuan Wei could not find a suitable person to take the blame. With He Jin, Yuan Wei's operations would be possible to implement.
When these two people come together, they can achieve good or bad things, it all depends on the situation.
Faced with this situation, Liu Hong did not do the most correct thing, and moreover, he made the most intolerable mistake - he died.
Liu Hong's death was the most important factor in his failure.
If he lives, no matter what happens to the world, the inertia of rule brought to him by the emperor for twenty years can still be sustained for a while. No one dares to enter the palace openly while he is alive.
As long as he lives, as long as he does not play the game in person, then no matter how many ideas He Jin and Yuan Wei have, they can't really take action. They can only deter him until the end.
But Liu Hong died at an important point.
Why Liu Hong died, how he died, and when he died are something Liu Bei is currently unable to determine because he changed a lot of things. I don’t know if it will affect certain details of Liu Hong’s life and death. .
This is also the most significant variable that Liu Bei cannot control at present.
The plan Liu Bei made for this was the intelligence system and Zhang Rang.
Zhang Rang can be said to be his biggest guarantee. Even Lu Zhi cannot be regarded as his guarantee, Zhang Rang is.
Liu Bei believed that if something unexpected happened to Liu Hong, Zhang Rang would definitely find ways to let him know about it as quickly as possible.
Then he called him back to Luoyang.
Liu Bei can be sure of this.
Because after losing control of He Jin, the New Army did not have Zhang Rang's share. Liu Hong did not use Zhang Rang and Zhang Rang's people to control the New Army. This was a major uncertainty for him.
Under the huge political risk, Liu Bei believed that Zhang Rang had felt the crisis coming. In this situation, the only person who had said that he would protect him, and the only person who had the ability to protect him, was himself.
Luoyang must be returned.
What Dong Fu said is a false proposition.
With Liu Bei's current identity and status, if he cannot return to Luoyang at this time to fight for power and gain, once He Jin and Yuan Wei successfully manipulate the eunuchs and dominate the court, Yuan Wei will be able to take the lead without waiting for Dong Zhuo to come from behind. Use the emperor's name to target yourself.
Yuan Wei will definitely use his rightful name to launch a fierce political offensive against himself as soon as the new emperor ascends the throne. By then, he will be very uncomfortable.
If he wanted to resist, he would have to bear the reputation of attacking the emperor as a minister and lose his reputation as the first to be righteous. This would be a huge blow to his reputation, and Liu Bei was not willing to take this risk.
If you don't resist, will you just watch everything you own become a prisoner of your righteousness?
So Liu Bei finally rejected Dong Fu's suggestion.
"Dong Gong's suggestion is an old advice for the country. Bei will consider it carefully. But for now, the situation is not that bad. Bei just wants to do what His Majesty has entrusted. He has no other ideas. Please don't misunderstand, Mr. Dong."
Liu Bei rejected Dong Fu's suggestion with a smile, and Dong Fu felt a little disappointed.
Because his goal was to persuade Liu Bei to use Liangzhou and Yizhou as his foundation, then strive for world hegemony, retreat to preserve Liangzhou and Yizhou, and at the same time find a safety valve for himself.
Yizhou needed to be protected by a capable and not greedy strong man, just like Liangzhou was protected by Liu Bei. Dong Fu had heard about what Liu Bei had done in Liangzhou and felt that Liu Bei was using his methods of governance. He is quite capable.
It's just that Liu Bei doesn't like this proposal...
However, Liu Bei's words just now made him feel that Liu Bei seemed to have other intentions.
Dong Fu was a little confused about what Liu Bei was thinking.
But this did not prevent him from choosing to leave and return to his hometown. After all, he was getting old, too tired, and needed a good rest. Maybe when he finished resting, everything would be settled.
After Dong Fu left, Liu Bei did not talk to anyone about the content of his conversation with Dong Fu, but devoted himself to his new work and life.
Liu Bei personally participated in the training and training of this new army. He trained the Liangzhou soldiers the same way he trained the Yizhou soldiers. Whether they were Han or Tibetan, the rules were the same.
At the founding meeting of the army, Liu Bei made an important speech, and then asked the officers to convey his complete meaning to all the soldiers.
The general meaning is that no matter whether you are Han, Taoist, or anyone else, after entering the army, when you are in the military camp, you all have only one identity, and that is my Liu Bei's soldiers.
Military regulations and military laws must be kept in mind, and military disciplines must be observed. What should be done and what should not be done must be clear during the training of new recruits, and everyone must know it.
No matter who violates military regulations and military laws, he will never forgive them. Military laws are like mountains, and they are definitely more than just four words written on paper.
Liu Bei also ordered the veterans who served as military officers to widely disseminate in the army famous cases in which Liu Bei was punished for violating military laws in the process of running the army.
For example, he was beheaded for gambling secretly in the army.
There were also cases of people being beheaded for drinking secretly in the army.
There were also cases of people being beheaded for embezzling military food expenses and passing off inferior goods.
One by one, they are all the "achievements" of Liu Bei's military management.
I give you enough treatment, so I am also demanding in my demands. If you want to get my generous treatment, you must abide by my strict requirements. There is no such thing as having both sides in the world, so don’t even think about taking advantage of any loopholes!
Regarding this issue, Liu Bei thought that the cheating people would bring him some trouble, but unexpectedly, the cheating people did not bring much trouble to Liu Bei in this aspect.
In terms of obeying military regulations, the people did a really good job.
It seems that although this fighting nation has an unrestrained character, it can show amazing obedience and organization when it comes to business. Therefore, during Liu Bei's military training, the soldiers' performance was generally excellent and their acceptance of military regulations was very high. Gao, this makes Liu Bei happy.
Besides training, Liu Bei would also communicate with his new subordinates.
Those people from Yizhou who have newly joined Liu Bei each have their own abilities. Most of them are qualified for their new positions and respect Liu Bei very much. However, there are some who are more individual among this group of people.
Such as Gan Ning.
(End of chapter)
