Chen Gong was calm and calm, without any panic, and said with a smile: "If Lu Shijun wants to kill me, he will not see me. Or, just hand me over to Cao Cao and it will be over. Why do you need to see me?"
Lu Xuan looked at Chen Gong's confident look and asked, "Mr. Chen came to see me late at night. What's the matter?"
"I'm here for Mr. Lu's grand ambition to achieve hegemony."
Chen Gong spoke firmly.
Lu Xuan leaned forward slightly and asked, "Where did I get my ambition and dominance?"
Chen Gong's eyes suddenly widened, his eyes flashed, and he said loudly: "Swallow Yanzhou, seize Xuzhou, encompass Yanzhou, Xu, and Yangzhou, and then go north to sweep Yuan Shao and rule the world. Isn't this situation a grand plan for hegemony?"
Lu Xuan shook his head and said: "It's a good idea, but it's too simple."
"No, it's very simple!"
Chen Gongzhizhu said: "The civil war in Yanzhou, Cao Cao and Lu Bu are fighting. Cao Cao is a mantis, Lu Bu is a cicada, the mantis stalks the cicada and the oriole is behind. When Cao Cao and Lu Bu were fighting, Lu Shijun had enough opportunities to do this and hide in The oriole behind.”
Lu Xuan looked at Chen Gong's ambitious look and listened to the confusing words, but remained unmoved. He asked with a smile, "Does Mr. Chen mean to betray Lu Bu with these words?"
Chen Gong said confidently: "I have never been loyal, so how can I betray you?"
Lu Xuan nodded and said: "That's true. You, Chen Gong, have never served anyone. You only serve yourself. You persuaded Jibei Prime Minister Bao Xin and other Yanzhou nobles to support Cao Cao as Yanzhou Shepherd, just for the sake of Your interests.”
"What you hope for is not what Cao Cao will do in the future, but the Yanzhou nobles you represent to benefit."
"You and Cao Cao are just partners."
"So after Cao Cao established his foothold in Yanzhou and weakened the Yanzhou nobles, you betrayed him."
"It's the same here at Lu Bu."
"When you support Lu Bu, you actually want to support a person and benefit the Yanzhou nobles. When Lu Bu loses his value, just throw it away like a worn-out shoe. Because to you, Lu Bu is just a tool."
Lu Xuan stared at Chen Gong with faint eyes and asked, "I said that, right?"
Historically, Chen Gong was a professional rebel.
Everyone knew about his betrayal of Cao Cao. In fact, after Chen Gong surrendered to Lu Bu, he also betrayed Lu Bu.
After Lu Bu was defeated by Cao Cao and arrived in Xuzhou, Chen Gong and Lu Bu's general Hao Meng rebelled together, intending to kill Lu Bu and welcome Yuan Shu. Unfortunately, Hao Meng was killed by Gao Shun. Afterwards, Lu Bu interrogated Hao Meng's general Cao Xing and asked who was involved. Cao Xing said that Chen Gong was also involved in the conspiracy.
However, Chen Gong is not just Lu Bu's adviser, he has his own tribe.
Lu Bu needed Chen Gong, so he didn't deal with it.
Chen Gong's eyes were bright and he said with some satisfaction: "I admire Lu Shijun's sharp eyes. What I need from beginning to end is the interests of Yanzhou and my own interests."
"The big people in Yanzhou need the interests of Yanzhou. We will help whoever gives it to us."
"I came to see Mr. Lu this time, and I have prepared everything."
"I persuaded Lu Bu to marry his daughter to Lu Shijun. The marriage between the two parties will dispel Lu Bu's wariness about Lu Shijun and make Lu Bu no longer doubt Lu Shijun."
"Then, Lu Shijun helped Lu Bu and counterattacked Cao Cao. Lu Shijun and Lu Bu jointly attacked, and Cao Cao was bound to die. When Cao Cao was defeated and died, Lu Bu was not wary of Lu Shijun, and with the support of our local wealthy people in Yanzhou , let’s unite to destroy Lu Bu.”
"From then on, Lu Shijun took control of Yanzhou."
Chen Gong's eyes were filled with greed, and he said confidently: "After Lu Shijun captured Yanzhou, and with the death of Xuzhou Tao Qian, it will be easy to capture Xuzhou. By then, Lu Shijun will sweep through the three states of Xuzhou, Yangzhou and Yanzhou. Even Yuan Shao can't compare to Lu Shijun."
Lu Xuan sneered and said nothing.
Chen Gong looked slightly cold and asked, "Mr. Lu, do you think my approach is too insidious?"
Lu Xuan asked: "Isn't it?"
Chen Gong's eyes widened and he looked a little crazy. He said loudly: "In troubled times, interests are fundamental."
"Isn't it insidious that Yuan Shao plotted to seize Jizhou and let Ju Sue, Tian Feng, Xun Chen and others use coercion and inducement to force Han Fu, the shepherd of Jizhou, to give up his throne? Isn't it insidious that Cao Cao plotted to seize Yanzhou and massacred countless people, causing the death of countless people? Isn't it not cold-blooded?"
"What you said is ridiculous."
"you are too young."
Chen Gong's eyes were cold and he looked crazy. He thought that everything he did was not wrong.
Lu Xuan said calmly: "No, you have confused the concepts, and I don't agree."
Chen Gong said: "How is it different?"
Lu Xuan also stood up and said: "Yuan Shao went to Jizhou to establish a foothold in Bohai County. Everyone knows Yuan Shao's intention, which is to seize Jizhou. Yuan Shao did not show allegiance to Han Fu on the surface, but plotted against Han Fu secretly, so what Yuan Shao did in Jizhou Because, there is no act of betrayal.”
"It was Yuan Shao's ability to win over Ju Sue, Tian Feng, Xun Chen and others. Han Fu was not capable enough and could not let his subordinates serve. He could not defeat Yuan Shao. It is normal for him to lose to Yuan Shao."
"This is not treacherous."
"This is Yuan Shao's ability."
"Cao Cao's plan to seize Yanzhou is so cold-blooded and ruthless, it's even more of a joke."
"Cao Cao became the shepherd of Yanzhou. It was you, Chen Gong, who ran around and shouted, persuaded the big families in Yanzhou, and supported Cao Cao. From the beginning, you, Chen Gong, were not loyal to Cao Cao. You felt that Cao Cao was easy to control after being an eunuch and not very powerful. "
"Unexpectedly, after Liu Dai's death, Cao Cao swept away the Yanzhou Yellow Turbans and recruited Qingzhou soldiers. Suddenly he jumped over the dragon gate and turned into a dragon. He was no longer under the control of your Yanzhou clan, and instead turned around to weaken you."
"Cao Cao slaughtered the city at every turn in Xuzhou, which was indeed cold-blooded and crazy. But Cao Cao's actions in Yanzhou, when he wiped out local bandits, were not cold-blooded, but to stabilize the place."
"Compassion cannot control soldiers; kindness in troubled times can only harm others and ourselves."
"This is not cold-blooded cunning."
Lu Xuan's voice echoed in the camp.
He stared at Chen Gong with burning eyes and said, "What is insidiousness and what is betrayal?"
"People like Lu Bu are."
"He served Ding Yuan, but he killed Ding Yuan. The seller wanted glory. This is an insidious betrayal. He served Dong Zhuo, but he killed Dong Zhuo and betrayed him. This is an insidious betrayal."
"The same goes for you, Chen Gong."
"You think you are Cao Cao's partner, but Cao Cao is the governor of the state and you are a subordinate. You think you and Cao Cao should share Yanzhou, but in everyone's eyes, you think you work for Cao Cao."
"You betrayed, you are the insidious one."
"I came from Yangzhou to help Cao Cao. When word spread, everyone in the world said that I, Lu Xuan, was a righteous man. In the blink of an eye, in the name of rushing to help Cao Cao, I plotted against Cao Cao and attacked Cao Cao. This is an insidious plan."
"This is shameless and immoral."
Lu Xuanji spoke sternly and loudly: "I shamelessly plotted against Cao Cao today. In the future, my generals will follow my example and imitate the methods I used to kill Cao Cao, betray me, and kill me. I myself am not upright. Why do you require loyalty from your subordinates?”
Chen Gong shook his head and said: "No, you are wrong. This is all for survival."
Lu Xuan flicked his sleeves and said decisively: "This is not survival, this is the despicability and depravity of human nature."
Chen Gong said: "I don't agree."
Lu Xuan said: "If I had taken the banner of capturing Yanzhou from the beginning, and I had annihilated Cao Cao and Lu Bu openly and captured Yanzhou, no one would be able to say anything. All my generals would have to admire me."
"When Cao Cao and I join forces, there will be some small calculations and there will be some friction, but the fundamental principles cannot be touched."
"Otherwise, if you betray and plot in the name of loyalty, no one will trust you in the future."
"There are some things that you can do. However, there are some bottom-line things that you can't do. Because once you do it, your reputation will be ruined. You will never get it back even if you try everything in your life."
"Reputation is a bottom line. Even if the bottom line is gone, who will have your subordinates and relatives? You yourself are unfaithful and unfilial, and you still expect the people below to be loyal ministers and filial sons. ?"
Chen Gong's expression changed again and again.
The look he looked at Lu Xuan was full of confusion and surprise.
He doesn't understand.
He has the situation right, and as long as Lu Xuan agrees, he can first join forces with Lu Bu to kill Cao Cao. Then, Lu Xuan and the Yanzhou clan took action to kill Lu Bu again. Finally, Lu Xuan took over Yanzhou and became the lord of Yanzhou.
The Yanzhou clan represented by Chen Gong surrendered to Lu Xuan and helped Lu Xuan govern the place. Both parties benefited.
Why not do it?
Chen Gong looked at Lu Xuan and asked, "Lu Xuan, is reputation so important?"
