Chapter 899: Can't Roll Over the Waves
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It's still too early to say this, and what Dong Zhuo wants, he can only wait until the end to know his true purpose. It's still too early to tell Liu Xie about this, after all, he is still just a teenager, and it is too difficult for him to know so many things at a young age
However, there are always some things that are always wrong to say first. In the opinion of Empress Dowager Dong, Liu Xie doesn't understand these words now, but he will always understand them in the future, and he will speed up his comprehension.
It's just that it's still too early to say this, and there are still difficulties that must be overcome to really let Liu Xie sit in that position. Although they are in the grange and can't go out, there are some news outside that the Empress Dowager Dong still knows, and now Liu Wei will soon ascend the throne as the emperor, and if there are no twists and turns in the middle by then, they will no longer have the slightest chance.
Yes, there is no chance. In any case, there is no problem in letting Liu Wei, the eldest son, succeed to the throne, which is reasonable and legal. On the contrary, if Liu Xie is made the crown prince and eventually ascends the throne, there will be too many difficulties in the middle, after all, Liu Xie is not the eldest son.
For a long time, the succession of the eldest son to the throne has been a tacit understanding between the royal family and the imperial court. Only the eldest son of the real grandson died young. Other princes will have a chance, and if the emperor has no queen, they will also select suitable candidates from the royal family to succeed to the emperor's knees.
Although it was very difficult, Empress Dowager Dong understood that there was only this one chance. If this opportunity is not seized, then whether it is her or Liu Xie, the importance will be greatly reduced, and they will have no chance at that time, and it is unknown whether Dong Zhuo will still maintain this kind of respect.
That's why she said that what people are most afraid of is not being used, but that there is no use value at all. If you have use value, others will come to you and take advantage of you. You can also use them to achieve some of the goals you want to achieve, so to speak, and you can say that it is a perfect fit.
If there is no use value, the corresponding value is gone, and the natural path can use others to accomplish some things that you want to accomplish.
No matter what you pay attention to, Empress Dowager Dong will definitely promise what she will give him at this time, and as for the future, no one knows what will happen in the future. If it is really according to what she said, Dong Zhuo really has the intention of rebellion, or wants to be a powerful minister, it is not impossible to eradicate it when the time comes.
There are many powerful ministers who have died, and there are not many people like Dong Zhuo.
Only a few palace maids heard the conversation between Liu Xie and Empress Dowager Dong, and they hid the words they heard in the deepest part of their hearts. The palace ladies who have been in the palace for so long, everyone knows how to take care of their mouths and ears, otherwise they will die.
Too many examples also illustrate this point, so now that they have heard Liu Xie's conversation with Empress Dowager Dong, they have consciously and deliberately forgotten the words they heard from their memories. As for going to tell Dong Zhuo? That's no one will do this, compared to Dong Zhuo, the master they serve is the Empress Dowager Dong, and their net worth and life are also related to the Empress Dowager Dong, not Dong Zhuo.
If the palace maids don't say it, naturally no one will know that Empress Dowager Dong has talked to Liu Xie about such a thing today, and they won't know the content of the conversation.
Although this grange belonged to Dong Zhuo and was his territory, he really didn't try to plant any eyeliner beside the Empress Dowager Dong. The people who were responsible for serving in the entire mansion were all palace maids who followed Empress Dowager Dong here.
These palace maids are all old faces, brought out of the palace by the Empress Dowager Dong, so what kind of faces appear in them, it will be noticed at once. Dong Zhuo knew this, so he didn't do this thing that would obviously be discovered, there was no point in it.
Besides, for Empress Dowager Dong and Liu Xie, Dong Zhuo cares about their identities, not other things. It is their identity that determines that they will be valued by him, if it weren't for this, Dong Zhuo wouldn't care about the life or death of Liu Xie and Empress Dowager Dong at all.
How could an old woman, a young man, turn the sky upside down in the palm of his hand? Moreover, now that Empress Dowager Dong and Liu Xie are the only ones who can rely on Dong Zhuo. For these reasons, Dong Zhuocai did not choose to install eyeliner.
All he wants is people, and it doesn't matter what they have in mind, what they want to do, whether they cooperate or refuse. The important thing is that the young man in his hand is the prince, and the old woman is the queen mother.
Dong Zhuo doesn't care much about these side matters, and the people who are generally responsible for these are Li Ru, which is also a few times when Li Ru does not have those cautious moments. His thoughts with Dong Zhuo are basically the same, as long as Liu Xie and Empress Dowager Dong are in their hands and under their control.
No matter what Liu Xie and Empress Dowager Dong think or do, it still depends on them, and they can't follow their own hearts. Moreover, at this time, it is necessary to show a picture of a loyal and good general, at least to make them feel cordial, so as to pave the way for the next behavior.
Even if the plan is discovered, Li Ru feels that there is no change, and there will be no irreversible variables. Anyway, no matter whether Liu Xie and Empress Dowager Dong are dead or alive, their plans will not fail, the difference is just that the dead Liu Xie and Empress Dowager Dong will make them a little more troublesome, and it may also make things out of their hands.
Otherwise, in Li Ru's view, the prince and the queen mother are still people, but their status is relatively high. Removing their identities, they were just a teenager and an old woman, just like the common people who could be seen everywhere on the road.
Ordinary people are human beings, and they are human beings. Ordinary people will die, and they will die, no different. Anyway, he won't have any respect for this, just because of the shadow of his ancestors, he can enjoy the glory and wealth that others may not be able to enjoy in several lifetimes.
It's ridiculous.
Li Ru has no good impression of those scholars, and he has the same little good impression of the royal family. As for respect? The only ones who can be worthy of his respect are those emperors who have made achievements, but these emperors are dead.
Outside the house, the secret sentinels that should be waiting everywhere have not been relaxed. These people are all carefully selected by Xu Rong, and they belong to the kind of people who are strong in execution and will not make mistakes in the process of carrying out the task.
What was handed over was only a small task, and it turned out that Xu Rong didn't need to come to ask about his parents. But because of his habits, Xu Rong has been treating these things with the same dedication, and he is as dedicated and serious as when he leads the army.
After the task was handed over, Xu Rong no longer asked about this matter personally. Only every day, I will also receive information from the secret sentinel monitoring the residence of Empress Dowager Dong and Liu Xieju.
There was no problem, after paying attention for a few days, Xu Rong found that there were no accidents, so he gradually relaxed and turned to train the soldiers in the grange. However, this does not mean that Xu Rong doesn't care at all, the secret sentinels he has arranged will still stare closely at the mansion according to his initial request.
On the other hand, Xu Rong trained his soldiers according to the habits he had in Liangzhou. Although he didn't know when he was going to fight or who he was going to fight, Xu Rong knew that as a general, he couldn't wait stupidly.
You can't wait for the battle to come, you should make all the preparations before the battle starts, and wait until the battle comes.
Both situations look the same, but in reality they are the same. The former is unprepared, and when the battle begins, when it comes to those sudden events, it is impossible to respond effectively. The latter is to prepare what should be prepared, and when the battle begins, no matter what situation is not prepared, it is better than not being prepared.
At least, the one that emerged in battle was completely unexpected, and the occurrence was very rare. It's more about the appearance of some things that were originally prepared and prepared to deal with. When these things arise, those who are ready can solve them in the fastest and most effective way.
On the battlefield, on the battlefield, it is often those who are unprepared who die first. If you want to survive, you can only avoid dying on the battlefield if you are prepared and sweat in your usual training.
Although there is no 100% guarantee, as long as the odds of survival are improved, it is scary enough.
There is only one life, and after dying once, you can't survive again. Therefore, Xu Rong has always had very high requirements for the soldiers under him, and if there are no soldiers who meet his requirements, he will decisively remove them from his army.
Playing under others under Dong Zhuo, maybe you can work less hard and not have so much training. But it was someone else, under his hands, it was different!
From Liangzhou to Luoyang, on the way, he did not simply rush with his army. What's more, Xu Rong regards this as a training, rushing along the way, training at the same time, exercising the physical fitness of his soldiers, as well as the ability to run long distances.
Now that it's stopped, this kind of training can't be missing. Although I don't know who the enemy is going to appear, whether it is strong or not, only its own strength is the hardest truth.
The training in the Grange, Xu Rong is also non-stop all day now, but because of the relationship in the Grange, it can't be noticed, so the scale has been very small, and he can't be trained in the same way as when he was in Liangzhou.
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