The words of the conservative bosses left Zheng Tai and Jia Xi speechless and did not know how to argue.
The main thing is that what they said is indeed the truth. It is indeed what happened. Everything happened. Liu Bei is indeed aboveboard and an upright person. Everything he does is done under the sun. There is nothing to criticize.
Everything is within the scope of his authority as the chief minister and general, and does not exceed the scope of his authority, so the royal family does not have much opinion on this.
And to put it bluntly, Liu Bei's surname is Liu, he is a clan member of the Han Dynasty, eldest brother, he is a member of the Han royal family!
When you target a Han clan member like this, have you considered the possibility that if the royal family becomes unhappy, they will directly support him and use their righteousness to attack you?
Kong Jia, the representative of the Kong family in Fufeng Maoling, made Zheng Tai and Jia Xi blush and became very angry.
Jia Xi pointed at Kong Jia's face and roared angrily.
"Today we are not only speaking for ourselves, but also for you! Once Liu Bei really does all these things, can you be alone? Can you escape his power and suppression?
Don’t you know who Liu Bei is? You guys can't see his true face, but I can! He is as ferocious as a tiger or a wolf. If you remain his slave for the rest of your life and still survive, if you disobey him even a little bit, you will definitely be killed by him! "
Kong Jia strongly disagreed with Jia Xi's remarks.
"Who Liu Xuande is is a matter of public opinion. Even if you talk about it, you can't change the world's recognition. Everything he has done before is enough to prove what kind of person he is, isn't it? Don't all the gentlemen have the same opinion? Eyes?"
"You...don't you feel the coldness of your lips and teeth? If we are killed by him, can you survive alone?!"
Zheng Tai jumped up and said angrily: "Now is the last chance for us to unite to fight against Liu Bei. If we miss it and he sends his troops to various places, then we will never be able to stand up again! He wants to Whatever you do, you can do whatever you want!"
"It's ridiculous. Is there anyone in the world who can do whatever they want?"
Kong Jia looked impatient: "It's just a shame, without Liu Xuande, where would we be today? How many people in the school think so? Now that you are standing up and saying that you want to break up and confront Liu Xuande, you think there will be many Do people follow you?"
Zheng Tai and Jia Xi were silent.
Seeing that most of the people around them had indifferent expressions on their faces, they suddenly realized that although Kong Jia was stupid, what he said was correct.
The reputation Liu Bei has created for himself is really good. This reputation is enough to withstand a considerable number of negative public opinion attacks. The reputation accumulated over the years is enough to put a considerable number of people into a state of "unable to die until the Yellow River".
Did this guy start planning for today a long time ago? !
Zheng Tai and Jia Xi looked at each other.
Of course, they did not think that Liu Bei could survive to this day, but it is undeniable that his good reputation brought great help to his political actions, so much so that when Zheng Tai and Jia Xi sought to establish a unified alliance against Liu Bei, While fighting on the front, they encountered serious defeats.
Not many people are willing to believe that Liu Bei, the leader of Zuo's Spring and Autumn Period, would actually do something detrimental to the school. They believe that there must be some misunderstandings, or that Liu Bei has other deeper thoughts. He is playing a big game. .
All in all, no one thinks that Liu Bei will harm his own interests in order to accomplish anything.
In their eyes, people who can harm their own interests have not even been born yet!
As for the military affairs and the separation of military areas, many people discussed it, but not many people raised objections.
Moreover, Liu Bei later openly announced a plan to build an army of 300,000 people, saying that in order to protect the national security of the Han Dynasty and the dignity of the emperor, he was authorized by the emperor to establish a Central Han Army of 300,000 people under the command of Luoyang Court.
In the future, the military security and local public order of the Han Dynasty will be taken care of by 300,000 central Han troops and 200,000 county and state soldiers. These 500,000 very professional armed forces will definitely make the security of the Han Dynasty achieve a leap forward.
Yes, Liu Bei classified all these actions as public security.
He said that whether his military zone planning, the construction of county and national troops, or the recruitment of 300,000 troops, were all for the sake of national security, for long-term peace and stability, and to deter those rebellious people with evil intentions.
This was for the emperor and the dignity of the Luoyang court, not for him personally.
In this regard, the young emperor Liu Xie also publicly issued an edict, saying that everything Liu Bei did was allowed by the emperor and was known to the royal family. Therefore, officials in the government and the public should not have too many doubts and objections about this matter, otherwise the losses would still be suffered. The imperial court is still the people of the world.
The opposition's objections are thus more fragile and untenable.
A few days later, before October, Liu Bei's military region plan and the subsequent series of military changes were fully approved and officially became the imperial court's implementation policy and recognized.
Everything settled.
After all, Zheng Tai and Jia Xi failed to stop Liu Bei, and Liu Bei's series of operations were also successful. While they felt that things were very bad, they also became really anxious, feeling that they could not sit back and wait for death like this.
They decided to do something to secure their future.
But looking at the world, who else can confront Liu Bei, who else has enough troops, and who else can be their real helper?
There really aren’t many left.
Therefore, we really need to immediately start looking for forces that we can win over, gather them all together, and make a last-ditch effort, otherwise, we will really be doomed.
The two began to discuss privately how to deal with this situation.
First of all, there are many conservatives within the Ancient Literature School, and most of them are at the top.
For example, in addition to the Maoling Kong family in Fufeng, the Zheng family in Kaifeng, Henan, the Chen family in Cangwu Guangxin, and the Jia family in Pingling, Fufeng are all in a conservative position. In addition, the Zhou family in Ruyang, Runan, and the Lu family are in a conservative position. Kong is also in a conservative position.
The Fufeng Maoling Kong family itself is also a conservative, but Kong Jia has a higher favorability towards Liu Bei, but the political stance of the entire family is conservative. If Liu Bei really uses some powerful means, Kong Shi doesn't sit on his butt crookedly.
Among the major families at this stage, only the Maoling Ma family in Fufeng, the Lu family and the Liu family in Zhuoxian County are in the position of the reformists. The Xun family in Yingchuan has an ambiguous attitude, and their specific political leanings are not known. .
Avoiding the Ma family, Liu family and Kong family, the others can be said to be allies and can be roped in as support.
On the other side, in the imperial court, there were fewer and fewer such people. Apart from the fans and die-hard supporters of the major families, there were only a few people such as Dong Chong, Jian Shuo, Huang Wan, etc. who looked like He still maintained a relatively independent attitude and did not join Liu Bei's disciples.
Dong Zhong and Jian Shuo were the ones they thought they must win over. They were the few people who actually had an army and could compete with Liu Bei. Therefore, in the first stage, they decided to go to Dong Zhong and Jian Shuo.
In the past, they had many contacts with Dong Zhong and cooperated several times. Although it was unsuccessful and Dong Zhong was frightened out of fear and became autistic for a long time, they believed that with Dong Zhong's status as a hussar general, and The army and power he theoretically possesses are still valuable.
So they decided that Zheng Tai would come forward and visit Dong Chong quietly.
As a result, I didn’t know what to look at, and I was shocked when I saw it.
After not seeing each other for so long, Dong Zhong became as fat as an inflatable. It was completely unbelievable that the guy who once had a somewhat heroic appearance had now turned into a ball.
When Zheng Tai went to visit Dong Zhong, Dong Zhong was having snacks and playing with his two beautiful concubines in his palace.
The specific manifestation is that two beautiful concubines in thin clothes sit on his legs, and then each holds a fried chicken leg and feeds it to Dong Chong.
Dong Chong was dressed in clothes made of gorgeous Shu brocade, his face was rosy and shiny, and his whole body was like an oil bomb about to explode.
In this way, he was still biting the fried chicken leg that the beautiful concubine handed to his mouth with a look of intoxication on his face. He showed no dignity to Zheng Tai who came to visit, and he did not use any serious hospitality method. , simply let the two of them sit down, and then let the servants serve the dishes.
(End of chapter)
