Chapter 340: The Scholar's Face



"Super ignorant, this matter ...... This is very different from what is rumored in the world. Chao really doesn't know, this is so ......" Ma Chao was shocked by the facts Li Ru said at this time, but he still asked with a trace of doubt: "The rumors in the world are not groundless, why is the matter of the DPRK and China spread to the people, and it is so reversed?" ”

"The lord doesn't know that since Emperor Wu deposed the hundred schools of thought and respected Confucianism alone, the only people in the world who have mastered public opinion are those powerful people. Hundreds of years of exhibition have already made the Han a puppet controlled by the scholars. In order to protect the interests of the scholars, they naturally agitated the means of incorruptible tongues and the means of confusing black and white, so that the foolish people of the entire Han Dynasty only believed what they could hear......" Li Ru sighed, as if he was powerless to fight back against the ugly faces of the scholars.

Ma Chao was stunned, this situation was expected by him. As early as Fufeng, he discussed the affairs of the Shi clan with the core figures of the entire group. It also determined the policy of the humanization of the warriors, and vigorously propagated a variety of schools of thought and engaged in personality cultism to counteract the impact of the warrior forces. At this time, it seems that his precautionary strategies are indeed not useless, but a magic weapon to win the war on another battlefield where there are no swords and guns!

"Even so, Chao still can't figure out why those scholars would secretly communicate with Dong Zhuo on the matter of Dong Zhuo's abolition of the Young Emperor......

"Do you think that the lord doesn't want to abolish the young emperor?" Speaking of this, Li Ru smiled secretly, and had an indescribable cold and deep feeling: "At that time, the young emperor was abolished, and Yuan Kui released the emperor's seal, so as to serve King Chen Liu, support King Hongnong to go down to the palace, and call the north a minister." The queen mother was sobbing, and the ministers were sad. Don't dare to speak. Hum...... At that time, it was really a deep love for the monarch and the ministers, but the people of the world did not think carefully about it, and the person who abolished the young emperor. Is it Dong Zhuo? That was the leader of the Shiren group, Yuan Kui, who was the auxiliary minister at the time, personally carried out the procedure of abolition! ”

When Li Ru said this. The corners of his mouth twitched a strange arc, and the light in his eyes was like a ghost fire in a ten-mile mass grave, bewitching and miserable: "These pretentious scholars care more about their reputation, and they never take the lead in the birds." Dong Zhuo's move just helped them solve their big problems and became their scapegoat! On the surface, they are sad and inexplicable. Secretly, it's a celebration of the crown! ”

"Confidant?" Ma Chao was even more confused, this conversation had subverted all his cognitions. made his thinking chaotic, and he couldn't think calmly at all......

Li Ru saw Ma Chao's confused look. I know Ma Chao's state at this time. showed a strange smile again, and continued to say to Ma Chao: "The lord also knows that when the heroes of the Kwantung region raised troops against Dong Zhuo, and his subordinates discussed with Dong Zhuo to move the capital to avoid trouble, how did those scholars and doctors in the court react? ”

Ma Chao is stupid. He couldn't figure out why Li Ru suddenly asked this unrelated question, but he still answered truthfully: "According to Chao later, it was the sergeant doctor who fought hard and advised him to the death. angrily reprimanded Dong Zhuo for shaking the foundation of the society and opposing the fierce abnormality. ”

"Yes! There were successively Henan Yin Zhujun, Situ Yang Biao, Taiwei Huang Wan, Chengmen Captain Wu Qiong, Inspector Zhou Yu and others risked their lives to admonish. As a result, Dong Zhuo was furious and used iron-fisted means to dismiss Yang Biao and Huang Wan, and Wu Qiong and Zhou Yu were executed......" When he said this, Li Ru deliberately glanced at Ma Chao, and then asked meaningfully: "The lord doesn't realize that the struggle of the scholars and doctors at this time is simply like two worlds when Dong Zhuo abolished the young emperor?" ”

"Huh? The attitudes of these two things are really very different, and there should be a big difference in them. If you say that this abolition of the emperor is more serious than the matter of moving the capital...... "Ma Chao only felt that he was a marionette at this time, and his thinking could only be led by Li Ru. As a result, I couldn't help but feel a little annoyed in my heart, and said in a deep voice: "The doctor has something to say, and he is super natural, and he really doesn't understand this political game. ”

"It's Confucianism that is excessive, and I hope the lord will forgive his sins." Li Ru saw that Ma Chao was annoyed, and he also felt a little proud in his heart, and saw that Ma Chao's appetite had been satisfied at this time, so he replied: "When the courtier's doctor, the mouth is full of saints, a sanctimonious and worried about the world, and he has always coaxed the world under the banner of loyalty and patriotism. But in private, they spare no effort to seek power for their scholar group! ”

After Li Ru said this assertion, without waiting for Ma Chao to refute it, he hurriedly said: "Abolish the Young Emperor, that's because it's beneficial to them!" Dong Zhuo will not be abolished, and they will slowly set aside the young emperor Liu Wei and Empress Dowager He at that time. And the reason why they remained silent about the abolition of the establishment and even secretly helped each other was because they were worried about the retaliation of the young emperor and the empress dowager He! ”

"At the beginning, it was they who instigated He Jin to kill the eunuchs, but these scholars were not successful enough to do more than anything, resulting in He Jin being killed by the eunuchs. He Jin's death, they can't escape the blame, this is one of them; Empress Dowager He has always favored the eunuchs, and after He Jin's death, the scholars and doctors drove out all the eunuchs, I am afraid that the Empress Dowager will not tolerate them, this is the second; These two items made it impossible for them to face the young emperor and the Empress Dowager He who were about to take power. Therefore, even if Dong Zhuo does not implement the abolition, if these scholars and doctors are in power, they may have to take certain actions to restrict the young emperor and the Empress Dowager He, and play with the Han dynasty to applause! ”

"As for their fierce opposition when it comes to moving the capital, it is because after the relocation of the capital, the connection between the Chang'an scholars and the powerful people of the Kwantung clan will be severed and they will fall into an isolated and helpless situation. They will lose their roots, become fish on the board, and the delusion of coming to power will be even more difficult. As a result, they had to rise up for the last hope of the scholars in power. ”

When these words fell, Ma Chao opened his mouth, and finally closed it helplessly: Li Ru said, although it was unbelievable, there was no flaw at all, so he couldn't help but believe it. It's just that these facts take a certain amount of time to digest. After all, these things are too different from the inherent historical impression in my mind......

Also, Li Ru, who was sitting in front of him at this time, was by no means a vicious and ruthless person as recorded in history, but should be a master with great wisdom and political vision! It's just that Dong Zhuo made mistakes and was arrogant in his later years, and he no longer adopted Li Ru's plan in its entirety, which made Li Ru's career as a strategist come to an end, leaving history with a silent sigh......

If this person really takes refuge in himself, with his great wisdom and such political vision, the Ma Family Group will definitely be a good stage for him to display his strengths. And...... A desire suddenly popped up in Ma Chao's mind, an extremely tempting desire: if he subdued Li Ru, he would be able to unify the Shadow Army!

Nowadays, to be precise, the shadow of the Ma family focuses on the exploration of the trade road; Diao Chan's intelligence network obtains information from camp prostitutes, official prostitutes, and palace prostitutes; But Li Ru's Black Ice Platform is different, it was operated by Li Ru for two years, and it was originally built to find out who those ministers had any objections to Dong Zhuo. Therefore, his focus is on the undercover infiltration of the servants of the various princes, ministers, and generals of the Han Dynasty.

It is true that the shadow of the Ma family is also gradually working hard to infiltrate undercover agents. But this kind of work takes a long time. The reason for this is very simple: because ordinary undercover agents can't find out any important news. It can only be achieved with the passage of time, when the trust of those target people is gradually gained.

Therefore, taking over the Black Ice Terrace, which Li Ru has painstakingly operated for many years, is beneficial to the Ma family. It is even said that after receiving Li Ru's Black Ice Platform, the entire intelligence network of the Ma family will be completely perfected!

Yes, this Li Ru?

Even though Li Ru said his situation, Li Ru was too cold and treacherous, which made people dare not believe it easily. And in this detailed discussion, although Ma Chao can indeed feel Li Ru's situation at this time, but unless he sees with his own eyes that Dong Zhuo no longer trusts Li Ru, and completely sees through the insidiousness and viciousness of the scholars, so that he believes that Li Ru is indeed desperate and sincerely attached, Ma Chao will sincerely accept Li Ru.

At this time, I have to say that the things Li Ru said were indeed very successful. has made Ma Chao feel the essence of the scholar who is high-spirited on the surface, pickled in his heart, and unscrupulous in power. But obviously, these are not enough! Because these can only make Ma Chao a little disgusted with scholars, but he will not be afraid, unless Li Ru can come up with facts that make him feel afraid......

And Li Ru seemed to have been prepared for this, and his words after that made Ma Chao suddenly become very serious about his previous underestimation of scholars!

ps: First of all, thank you Tang Xiaomi, Fat Sheep, and Zihao for their rewards, and if you go back to the wheat field, it's not that it's heavy, but it's been modified, and it was originally the first time Ma Chao met Li Ru, and I wanted to write this. Later, when I controlled the rhythm, I still felt that it was better to show this when I was poor and dagger. Don't believe you look back? Hehe......