The biggest impact of that incident has been solved through Liu Bei's superior military capabilities at the expense of the Northern Expedition.
After the Northern Expedition, no one used this as a reason to make things difficult for Liu Bei. At most, they murmured a few words in private and felt that Liu Bei also had a ruthless side.
So the impact from the perspective of people's hearts is indeed still there.
In various senses, the people of the Han Dynasty were quite troubled.
On the one hand, we need the fairness of the law, and on the other hand, we need the humane touch of Confucianism. However, many times, the two are incompatible. If they were really compatible, some people would be dissatisfied.
It can only be said that in the eyes of the awkward burly people, nothing is absolutely perfect or absolutely correct.
Furthermore, their true pursuit is to use Confucianism for others and Confucianism for themselves. If others make mistakes, they will be killed. If they make mistakes themselves, they will pay attention to [everyone is qualified to be forgiven once] and pay attention to the "first offender" .
Quite hypocritical actually.
Therefore, Liu Yu believed that what Liu Bei did was to minimize the negative impact of this matter and resolve the matter before public opinion fermented. Punish those who deserved to be punished and kill those who deserved to be killed. As long as it was fast enough, before public opinion fermented, this The matter is settled.
The so-called martial arts in the world can only be fast and unbreakable. This is the truth.
In addition, this is really not a big deal, so Bao Dong Zhuo is the most correct decision.
It's just that Liu Bei was a bit dissatisfied. He recommended Gongsun Zan at first, but Gongsun Zan caused such a big mistake. Now he recommended Dong Zhuo, and Dong Zhuo brought him so much trouble.
Liu Yu felt a little curious and asked Liu Bei.
"Dong Zhuo had followed Zhang Wen before, but later betrayed and followed Yuan Wei. He was an old official of the Yuan family. Later, he was judged to have followed you. He was considered a person without credibility. Logically speaking, such a person is not worthy of trust and trust. If he is of great importance, just give him a random position, why should he be gifted with Jiuqing?"
"I know Dong Zhuo is unreliable, and I don't like his behavior, but what he did back then was really beneficial to me, and some of the rewards were what I had promised him."
Liu Bei smiled bitterly and said: "Liu Xuande will never do anything treacherous in his life, and he will never do anything to get rich by breaking his promise. When he says it, he must do it. Otherwise, how can I live up to the trust of so many people in me?"
Liu Yu immediately admired Liu Bei.
No matter what his starting point was, he did keep his promise. For a ruler, this is indeed a very remarkable and admirable behavior.
Even he himself knew something about Liu Bei's reputation for keeping his promises, so he resolutely cooperated with him until today.
So Liu Yu nodded.
"You are right. People who break promises are not worth saving. People who break their promises and get fat are hopeless people. The higher you are in a high position, the more cautious you must be and cherish your feathers. Otherwise, the higher you stand, the harder you will fall. , others will not die, but people standing at high places will probably die for this."
What Liu Yu said was right, and Liu Bei believed it, so he smiled bitterly and shook his head.
"Originally, I wanted to hold a reception banquet for Mr. Situ. Now that something has happened, I probably won't have time in the past two days. Please don't blame Mr. Situ. If you have time later, I will come to apologize in person."
"I don't dare. The general's official duties are important. Yu Xian will take his leave."
Liu Yu stood up and saluted Liu Bei.
Liu Bei returned the gift and the two said goodbye.
After that, Liu Bei took some of the attachés and guards from the General's Mansion out of Luoyang City and arrived at Dong Zhuo's temporary garrison camp outside the city - this was the temporary garrison point assigned to Dong Zhuo by Liu Bei before, and it was relatively close to Luoyang City. .
At that time, Liu Bei thought that the process had to be completed. After all, Dong Zhuo had won the battle and had to give some explanation, so he decided to hold a celebration banquet for them first, reward them with cattle and wine, eat and drink, and calm down their emotions. Then arrange them into the predetermined military camp.
But Liu Bei didn't expect that these old Han soldiers would cause such an ugly thing for him in just a short while.
Do you really think that Luoyang City belongs to their family?
Liu Bei was very angry.
It should be said that Man Chong acted very quickly. When Liu Bei arrived at Dong Zhuo's temporary military camp, Man Chong had already arrived, bringing more than a hundred armed county soldiers with him to enter the military camp to arrest people according to Liu Bei's order.
But at this moment, Man Chong and the armed county soldiers he led were stopped outside the military camp by Dong Zhuo's army, and the two armed teams were confronting each other.
What's interesting is that the one party facing the confrontation is Man Chong, and the other party is not Dong Zhuo, but... Niu Fu.
Liu Bei had met Niu Fu before and had a little impression of him. He knew that he was Dong Zhuo's son-in-law and that he wore the same pants as Dong Zhuo.
At this moment, he was the one leading Dong Zhuo's army to confront Man Chong.
Dong Zhuo, on the other hand, stood between the two of them with a depressed expression and a "Don't fight" expression on his face, as if he was trying to persuade them, and he seemed very unwilling to see this situation.
Liu Bei frowned, wondering what Dong Zhuo was up to.
This order was issued by him, in order to protect Dong Zhuo and at the same time ensure the majesty of the Zhongshutai. If this failed, and others would follow suit in the future, wouldn't Zhongshutai, a powerful department that had just started, have a difficult time?
"what happened?"
Liu Bei led the team over with a majestic look and immediately became the center of the audience. When Dong Zhuo saw him coming, he actually looked like he had seen the savior.
"General! You are finally here!"
Dong Zhuo came to Liu Bei in three steps and saluted him, and almost knelt down before Liu Bei.
"General Dong, what are you..."
Liu Bei was a little confused about what Dong Zhuo meant.
Dong Zhuo's meaning is actually very simple.
"It's not that I don't want to cooperate with Man Lingjun, but...but the voice of disobedience in the army is very loud, and I'm really in a bit of a dilemma..."
Liu Bei frowned and looked at Dong Zhuo.
When did this guy become so weak?
This army he has single-handedly raised has been his decision from the beginning. He has absolute authority. Does he still have the final say on what he wants to do or not to do?
Now you can't even make the decision on such a small issue?
Could it be that even if Lu Fengxian is no longer his subordinate, his subordinates still have a large number of junior Fengxians according to historical inertia?
Is the leader Xiao Fengxian this Niu Fu?
The son-in-law bites the master?
For a moment, Liu Bei thought that Niu Fu had taken the script of The Crooked Dragon King.
But soon, Liu Bei reacted and realized something was wrong.
As a veteran on the battlefield, Liu Bei is very aware of the powerful control that prestigious generals have over his subordinates these days.
You say it's possible that they didn't listen to the orders of less prestigious emperors like Liu Hong or Liu Xie. An old soldier like Dong Zhuo who has been fighting for decades can't help the more than 5,000 troops he led single-handedly. Control.
If he couldn't do this, there was no way he would insist on bringing these troops to Luoyang, so he would definitely be able to control every aspect of this army.
But now, Dong Zhuo showed a weak look, which was very inconsistent with his personality and made Liu Bei look a little disgusted.
This old guy is playing tricks on himself!
Liu Bei figured it out quickly.
This matter was probably not ordered by him, but he was very panicked when he found out. He realized that something was going to happen, but for the sake of his own face or majesty, he couldn't just watch his people being satisfied under his orders. Take pet away.
He wanted to stay tough and didn't want to be bullied by the people of Luoyang.
Therefore, Dong Zhuo didn't want to be the bad guy, but he didn't dare to openly confront Liu Bei, so he could only play the role of a peacemaker who suffered from both sides in this way, and then let Liu Bei be the bad guy.
Who is Liu Bei? Dong Zhuo was bullied by Liu Bei, which is a passable thing in anyone's eyes.
This old boy has been leading troops outside all year round. He has little experience in political struggle, but he has a keen sense of politics. He knows what to do when and what to do. He seems to be quite interesting.
But the mistake I made was that I wanted to be the bad guy. When I first came to Luoyang, I tried to plot against my immediate boss. This guy is the serious Xiao Fengxian.
So don't blame Dong Zhuo for Lü Bu's Fengxian behavior against him. He himself is a high-level Fengxian player. In the end, he was "fengxian" by Lu Bu and fell into the trap.
Dig the hole yourself and bury it yourself!
(End of chapter)
