On March 17, Liu Bei learned about a series of things that happened in Luoyang City that were initiated by the Jinwen School through Liu Hui's intelligence transmission.
The Jinwen school should also know what they will do after returning if they win a big victory this time. They know that their death is approaching, so they are very anxious.
However, just when Liu Bei was about to return to Luoyang from Jizhou, an updated news came to Yecheng, which made him frown slightly.
A nursery rhyme circulated in Luoyang City. The content of the nursery rhyme was about Liu Bei's desire for power after his victory, and his desire to rebel and usurp the throne.
This latest information surprised Liu Bei slightly.
He didn't expect that the Jinwen School would take the initiative to cause such a big thing. In order to survive, they actually made up their mind to release tactical nuclear bombs, formally broke up with him, and started a war on their own initiative.
Is the second act of the post-Liu Hong era actually so big?
Once this tactical nuclear bomb is released, the seeds for the complete liquidation of Jinwen School in the future have already been planted.
Aren't they afraid?
Liu Bei sneered.
In fact, the Jinwen school chose to release this tactical nuclear bomb precisely because of fear and fear.
As early as when Liu Bei defeated Yuan Shao and just launched the eastern expedition against the Wuhuan people in Liaodong, the news of defeating Yuan Shao and the Xianbei people reached Luoyang, and the Jinwen School could not help but start taking action.
At that time, after learning that Liu Bei had killed the Xianbei and Yuan Shao armies and achieved initial victory, no one doubted that Liu Bei could not solve the Youzhou Rebellion. The main issue was the lack of military exploits, so the concerns of both the government and the public were Lifted.
When we first learned about the chaos in Youzhou, Xianbei, and Wuhuan, the imperial court was still very panicked. Many people were worried that Liu Bei could not solve this unexpected situation, so their words were often offensive.
But soon Liu Bei used absolute force to tell them that confronting him head-on would lead to death. When it came to using troops, everyone was a younger brother, and he was the only eldest brother.
So the insects breathed a sigh of relief and continued to do whatever they were supposed to do. However, the Jinwen School became very uneasy at this time.
When Huan Dian and Zhang Xi were talking privately, they talked about what would happen after Liu Bei's triumphant return to Luoyang this time, and they were deeply worried.
"He is a general himself and the best prince in the world. This time he returns to Luoyang, he is even more famous and powerful. I am very worried that he will take action against us immediately."
Huan Dian looked at Zhang Xi and whispered: "If we can't find a countermeasure, even if he doesn't take action this time, there's no guarantee that he won't take action next time. We are the swordsmen and I are the flesh and blood. It is not a good thing to control life and death with the hands of others. We must You have to be able to fight back.”
"You mean, Dong Chong?"
Zhang Xi hesitated: "Dong Chong is indeed dissatisfied with Liu Bei, but it is hard to say whether he will fully confront Liu Bei because of this. He does not have the courage, and he is also afraid of Liu Xuande. Besides, even if he dares, Liu Xuande has ten Ten thousand troops, and he doesn’t have that many troops at all.”
"To deal with Liu Xuande now, we cannot use the army."
Huan Dian shook his head and said: "Liu Xuande is unparalleled in the world in his use of troops. How unthinkable is it to use the army to fight against him? This is stupid. We cannot do such a thing."
"But in terms of means, is Liu Xuande weak?"
Zhang Xi said coldly: "He Jin and Yuan Wei are tied together and they are no match for him. I don't know where Liu Xuande's weakness is! How can I fight against someone who doesn't know where his weakness is?"
"Then we can't just wait for him to lead the Ancient Literature School to destroy us all, right?"
Huan Dian said loudly: "Our ancestors passed down the inheritance to our hands. Do we want to watch Liu Xuande become powerful in the world and then destroy our ancestral inheritance? In this case, even if we die, how can we face our ancestors?" Zong?"
Zhang Xi was speechless.
After hesitating for a long time, he whispered: "Then, assassination? This is the last resort."
"Are you going to commit an assassination?"
Huan Dian looked at Zhang Xi with an idiot look: "If the assassination can be successful, Yang Ci can't? Yuan Wei can't? They have so many disciples and former officials who can become dead soldiers at any time. It won't work!"
"Then what should we do? We can't compete with the army, we can't compete with the court, and now we can't even compete with assassinations. What else can we do?!"
Zhang Xi was very angry and said loudly: "Tell me, what should we do?"
"You said that Liu Xuande has no weaknesses. I don't admit it. He is a human being and has weaknesses."
Huan Dian clasped his hands behind his back and walked slowly: "Liu Bei doesn't have the final say in the court, but four people. Counting the Empress Dowager, there are five people. These five people can make decisions together. Now Liu Xuande is alone. He has too much credit and too much power, tell me, what is his weakness?"
Zhang Xi raised his eyebrows.
"What are the other four afraid of?"
"correct."
Huan Dian whispered: "We only thought of Dong Zhong before, but Dong Zhong alone cannot do it. It would only make sense if we can get Jian Shuo and the Empress Dowager to stand on our side."
"Why didn't you say Zhang Rang?"
"Zhang Rang has no soldiers, and Liu Xuande has put too many people in his office. I suspect that Zhang Rang has some unknown relationship with Liu Xuande. This person may not necessarily go against Liu Xuande. We can't count on Zhang Rang." let."
"That's it..."
"So, we must decide the outcome in the court and use political means to attack Liu Xuande instead of using the army to decide the outcome."
"Then what if he sends his army to the court to fight us? It's not impossible. There are not a few people who have died in the court since ancient times, right?"
Zhang Xi looked at Huan Dian.
Huan Dian also looked at Zhang Xi.
"We have tried our best while the manpower is still there. If we fail in the end, there will be nothing we can do about it, right?"
"That's it..."
The two of them finally understood the cards in their hands and what they could do. At the same time, they realized that Liu Bei had too great an advantage, and they also knew the worst ending they might face.
So they made their final move.
The starting point of the action was Gongsun Zan, who was escorted to Luoyang to discuss the crime.
For Gongsun Zan, even the people from Liu Bei's faction did not have anything good to say for him. Instead, they were all angry that Gongsun Zan disobeyed orders and mobilized troops without permission, which led to the collapse of Youzhou, causing Liu Bei to personally send troops north to clean up the mess.
Although when Gongsun Zan was escorted away, his close subordinate Guan Jing accompanied him all the way. After arriving in Luoyang, he quickly found Lu Zhi and hoped to intercede for Gongsun Zan, but Lu Zhi expressed his powerlessness in this matter.
To put it bluntly, not everyone is Liu Bei and is worthy of Lu Zhi investing so much energy in him.
Lu Zhi and Gongsun Zan lacked the friendship and contact between teachers and students, and lacked serious getting along and mutual help.
Gongsun Zan claimed to be a disciple of the Lu family, but he had never received even one face-to-face education from Lu Zhi, and he had basically never met Lu Zhi. Lu Zhi didn't even know him very well.
If he hadn't been the magistrate of Zhuoxian County and had a good relationship with Liu Bei, Lu Zhi would not have recognized this disciple.
Not to mention that this time Gongsun Zan disobeyed orders and sent troops without authorization, resulting in a huge defeat, forcing Liu Bei to quickly send troops north to clean up the mess. He personally sent troops to fight twice within a year. Lu Zhi, who felt sorry for his disciple, had no good impression of Gongsun Zan.
Lu Zhi even hated Gongsun Zan.
So Lu Zhi rejected Guan Jing's plea.
"The country has its own laws. If we had known today, why did we do it in the first place? Wouldn't you, the subordinates, advise the superior not to do things that disobey orders? The imperial court clearly ordered him not to go into the army, but he disobeyed the order, so that Youzhou almost collapsed , tell me, how can I plead for him?"
Lu Zhi's reasons were very good. Guan Jing had nothing to say. He could only shed tears and kowtow, asking Lu Zhi to show mercy.
He hoped that Lu Zhi, as the head of the famous Zuo family's Spring and Autumn period family, would quote the case of Zuo's Spring and Autumn period and help Gongsun Zan during the Spring and Autumn period to prevent his death.
Lu Zhi thought for a while and hesitated slightly, but ultimately did not agree.
"If he had not disobeyed orders, even if he was defeated by Yuan Shao, I would have interceded for him and saved his life. But he made a mistake himself, which caused the death of many people in Youzhou and the destruction of many families and their wives. , Guan Changshi, tell me, if I do this, how will I feel at ease?"
Guan Jing was finally desperate and couldn't do anything except cry.
Lu Zhi lamented Guan Jing's loyalty, but did not intend to do anything for it. Gongsun Zan did not have any fundamental power in Luoyang City, and no one helped him. Therefore, when discussing Gongsun Zan's crimes, no one interceded for him. .
(End of chapter)
