Chapter 35: The Quarrel
Luoyang, the capital of the Han Dynasty, since Dong Zhuo left Luoyang to go to Chang'an in the name of supervising Xiliang, this Taishi Mansion is now basically empty, and now Luoyang is personally controlled by Li Ru, and naturally the "small court" that is usually in the Taishi Mansion has been moved to Li Ru's mansion.
At this time, in the hall of the Li Mansion, the generals were fighting fiercely, at this moment, Li Ru naturally did not need to be a façade like before, and found all those heavyweight civil and military ministers in the court, who knows which of them did the same thing as Wang Yun and those people at the beginning.
In case for the sake of a little face, he leaked the important military information in his army and was known to the alliance army of the princes, it would be more than worth the loss.
What he is looking for now, at least they are all trustworthy, of course, with Li Ru's current care, it is impossible to be completely at ease with them, not to mention that even if they are really loyal, they can't relax their vigilance, after all, there are too many people with different intentions in Luoyang City, so in fact, he has secretly sent people to keep an eye on them, once he finds that they have abnormal behavior, such as going out to meet strangers, or if there are strangers waiting for him to visit, he will immediately report to Li Ru.
This is also another main reason why Li Ru let Dong Zhuo leave this place, he restricts himself too much here, Dong Zhuo has a very good face, unless he is angry to the extreme, for example, for the Yuan family at the beginning, for Cao Cao who wanted to assassinate himself and Lu Bu who stood on his own, otherwise he generally does not want to kill the killer, because he wants to maintain his demeanor and strength as a superior, but unfortunately many times the timing is not right. At such times, mistakes are often made that you will regret in the future.
For example, if he turned a blind eye to Wang Yun, in Li Ru's opinion, it should not be, otherwise he would not let Lu Bu put on a role, not only killed Wang Yun, who was also valuable to Li Ru, but also took the opportunity to put the suspicion on Dong Zhuo's body, so that he was saddled with the notoriety of killing scholars, and Li Ru had worked hard for a long time to get back some of his reputation for careful management, which was also an important reason why Dong Zhuo was willing to leave Luoyang. Because the scholars who can often be seen here now look at him like an enemy.
In history, Cao Cao killed Bian Rang, but in fact, Bian Rang's reputation and prestige were far inferior to the current Wang Yun, if it weren't for Dong Zhuo, who had always been known for his domineering and domineering. There is also a well-known ruthless court lieutenant Li Ru. The court is in its grasp, the Son of Heaven has also become its puppet, and Shilin should also make trouble.
But apparently there are signs of this now, and there has been calm on the surface in Luoyang City these days. In fact, there is an undercurrent. In addition to those scholars and ministers, they secretly ran around in all directions. I am afraid that it is also indispensable to exert the influence of many people in the alliance of princes, such as Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, who are old and old in Luoyang, and this situation is undoubtedly becoming more and more unfavorable for Dong Zhuo, as the alliance of princes marches deeper and deeper. The closer it gets to Luoyang, the more obvious this situation will be.
And what Li Ru and the others are discussing here now is the problem of how to deal with the menacing army of the Princes' Alliance.
Although this topic was brought out for discussion, Li Ru already had a plan in his heart, and he didn't want to stay in Luoyang at all, because Luoyang was obviously a shameful chicken rib for him and Dong Zhuo now.
Why did you want Dong Zhuo to enter Luoyang in the first place, it was not because he took a fancy to this place as an important place for the Han Dynasty, among which the princes, nobles, civil and military ministers were everywhere, almost as long as they got here, they got most of the connections in the whole world, of course, the premise was to get the approval of those people inside.
The result is of course disappointing, to this point, Dong Zhuo and these princes and nobles in Luoyang City have no possibility of turning around, and Dong Zhuo has the best relationship with Cai Yong, who is now dedicated to compiling history, but because he once got close to Dong Zhuo, he was faintly squeezed out by the collective exclusion of Luoyang Shilin, which was a disaster.
Li Ru believes that Dong Zhuo, who was now a fantasy about Luoyang, will not have any good thoughts about this place now, and without these factors, there is really not much worth their nostalgia in Luoyang, as for the imperial court or something, just build another one, as long as Liu Xie, the Son of Heaven, is in hand...... Even if it is not good, Li Ru thought in his heart that he wanted to throw away the little emperor too, of course, he could never leave it to the alliance of princes, but to kill it while he was in chaos, and when the time came, he would casually plant himself in the alliance of princes, even if he couldn't completely get rid of suspicion, it would be muddy and blurred.
It's just that Li Ru wants to leave Luoyang, but he won't show this meaning just because of this, this is too much to affect the morale of the army, and he retreats first without a fight, which is different from Dong Zhuo's departure before, although many people with a heart can guess the inside story, but for most ordinary soldiers, he just left to go to Xiliang to suppress horses, as for the internal reasons, they can't care about it, and now to withdraw the army is equivalent to showing weakness and the enemy without a battle, and morale will be reduced by two or three points, which is also very unfavorable for dealing with the next situation; Second, who knows if there are any enemy eyes and ears mixed in, even if they see it firmly, it is difficult to ensure that the enemy is cunning, and if this is leaked out, they have the intention of retreating, and the coalition forces may not be forced as hard as they are now, but will slow down and put the problems and options on their side.
Li Ru just let the generals of the Xiliang Army such as Zhang Xiu, Hu Feng, Li Meng, Wang Fang and Song Guo quarrel fiercely in this meeting hall, and the noise was so loud that the sky was loud, and there was no intention of stopping at all.
It's not that Li Ru's majesty is not enough to suppress the field, after all, Zhang Xiu, Hu Feng are just young generals, Li Meng and several others are all old people in the Xiliang Army, and they have always respected Li Ru, but they are just military generals, if they really fight until their faces are red and their necks are thick, then they only care about their own face, where is there time to take care of so many scruples under the hot head.
Zhang Xiu is Zhang Ji's nephew, Hu Feng is Li Yu's nephew, and Zhang Ji and Li Yu are very good to them, both of them were killed by the princes' alliance army this time, although Zhang Ji does not have enough evidence to prove it, but with Li Yu and others dying one after another, there is no need for evidence, so these two people are undoubtedly the most powerful to fight to the death with the princes' alliance immediately.
Among them, Hu Feng can say that he is such a bad person anyway, but Zhang Xiu, whose parents died early when he was a child, completely lost his mind because his uncle who loved him the most died, and he kept clamoring that he was the first to rush into the enemy formation to kill Lu Bu, the anti-bone boy.
Li Meng and the others are old and serious, and they naturally see more, so their opinion is to temporarily defend Luoyang, withdraw the garrisons from all over the country first, and at least make a barrier for Dong Zhuo, who is still in Guanzhong, in their hearts, Dong Zhuo's safety is still the first place.
The two parties had different opinions, and naturally there was a dispute, and the dispute eventually evolved into a scolding war.
Li Ru always just looked at their shouting coldly, and did not stop or refute it, but his eyes were extremely sharp, which seemed to imply murderous aura, and the light just kept staring at it, which also made everyone feel chills. (To be continued......)