In fact, the most important reason why Fu Wan recommended Liu Bei to return to Chang'an was that with the second imperial examination progressing, more and more people in the court chose to stand behind Lu Bu, including those scholars who used to be irreconcilable with Lu Bu, and now they also chose to stand behind Lu Bu.

People seek benefits and avoid harm, and scholars are not separated from the scope of human beings. There are many scholars in the world, and there will inevitably be strong people who stick to their own positions and pay their lives for them.

But when the general trend is clear and the imperial examination was straightened out by Lu Bu, it is clear that in order to maintain their own interests, the interests here are not that Lu Bu will guarantee their wealth, but that after joining Lu Bu, they still have the ability to enter the officialdom through the imperial examination. The wealth is gone, but the right to speak must be.

Even if it is fair competition, aristocratic families do not have to be afraid of being replaced by poor families. The resources they have are different. Although it cannot be said that the poor families are not talented, in a wealthy family, they can have a stable environment, spend money, and contacts to find famous teachers. Relatively speaking, their chances of becoming successful are naturally higher than those of poor families.

But this status is not as stable as before. If you are not careful, you may be squeezed out by a poor family.

In short, the people who are standing on the emperor's side are actually constantly losing. Even though Lu Bu does not have much intention to seize the throne, with Cai Yong's death and the accelerated loss of the imperial party, Fu Wanjue should strengthen it.

The imperial party here is not a party, just like Cai Yong, who was closer to Lu Bu, but he always recognized himself as a Han minister and always stood on the side of the emperor in orthodox terms. Although he had never opposed Lu Bu, his attitude and influence have always restricted Lu Bu.

Although Lu Bu never thought of taking Liu Xie down, Cai Yong's existence still made these imperial parties have a firm foundation in their hearts. Now that Cai Yong has left, even though Lu Bu's attitude towards the emperor has not changed, the situation in the court and the people's will have gradually reached Lu Bu's side.

In order to strengthen the imperial power, the imperial party led by Fu Wan hopes to bring Liu Bei in and strengthen the imperial party's strength.

When Liu Bei returned to Chang'an, Lu Bu went to Beigong City and didn't see him. Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were naturally happy to know that Liu Bei had returned to Chang'an. The three brothers gathered together to talk about the world.

"Brother, now he is ranked as the Ninth Minister, why are you unhappy?" Guan Yu returned from a defense change this day and saw Liu Bei staring in a daze in the courtyard, and came over with some confusion.

"Before the New Year, the Ministry of Personnel had already asked his brother to return to Chang'an to take over as Jingzhao Yin. He also asked about his brother's intention, but for some reason he asked his brother to come back to take over the master of the emperor?" Liu Bei felt a little confused. He offended Lu Bu? No, right?

Zong Zheng was nominally ranked nine ministers and had a high status, but in fact, Zong Zheng was in charge of the royal family and basically had no real power, otherwise Liu Zhang would not have been willing to eat, drink and play all day long to kill himself.

For this reason, Lu Bu also went to Shuzhong to clarify the matter to Shuzhong officials because he was afraid that Shuzhong would cause trouble because of Liu Zhang's death.

Now that he recalled himself as a priest, Liu Bei was a little puzzled.

"I know this." Zhang Fei said after hearing this: "Lao Dian told me that it seemed that the father-in-law Fu Wan submitted a memorial in the main hall that day, hoping that his brother would come back to take over the position of Zong Zheng."

Liu Bei frowned slightly when he heard this. He didn't seem to have any grudges after Fu Wan, right? What are you doing?

Just as he was thinking, a guest came in and bowed to Liu Bei and said, "Lord, General Fu Wan of the Supplementary State sent someone to send an invitation."

Guan Yu reached out to take the invitation and handed it to Liu Bei, frowned and said, "What does Fu Wan mean?"

After seeing the invitation, Liu Bei shook his head and said, "I don't know the circle of my eyes. I'll talk about it after seeing him."

Two days later, Liu Bei brought Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to Fuwan's mansion for a banquet. Fuwan's time was just a banquet for Liu Bei, but he did not take anyone else. When he saw Liu Bei, he hurriedly welcomed him in.

"Is Zong Zheng still used to living in Chang'an these days?" Fu Wan looked at Liu Bei and asked with a smile.

"It's still good. I have heard of the name of the father-in-law for a long time, but unfortunately I have not been able to visit me. Today I want the father-in-law to invite him. It's a mistake." Liu Bei replied with a smile: "I can get the position of Zongzheng this time, thanks to the father-in-law."

"Duke Xuande doesn't have to do this. With Duke Xuande's reputation, he deserves his name to be appointed Zongzheng." Fu Wan said with a smile.

"Hmph!" Zhang Fei snorted coldly. Liu Bei could tolerate it, but he couldn't stand this hypocritical look.

Fu Wan looked at Zhang Fei in confusion, then looked at Liu Bei: "What does General Yide mean?"

"What do you mean?" Zhang Fei snorted coldly despite Liu Bei's obstruction: "The court has intended to transfer my brother to Jingzhao Yin. He had issued a document a few months ago, but for no reason, you were called to be a Zongzheng!"

"Yide, don't be rude!" Liu Bei waved his hand and bowed to Fu Wan, saying, "Don't blame me, my third brother is a little straightforward and does not know the right attitude. He has collided with the predecessor. I hope to forgive my crime."

Fu Wan was a little dazed, looking at Zhang Fei unable to speak, and after a long time he said in a stern voice: "Is this true?"

"The Ministry of Personnel does have documents, but Bei is a Han official, and the court also has its considerations. No matter where he goes, he will do things for the court, and there is no difference." Liu Bei smiled and comforted him with a smile.

"Hey, this difference is so great!" Zhang Fei said with a broken mouth.

"Yide!" Liu Bei's tone became stronger, he glared at Zhang Fei, and sat down and said, "I think the father-in-law is also out of good intentions, not thinking that he harmed me."

Fu Wan nodded with a wry smile and said, "Since Duke Bo Yi left, there have been more and more voices towards the Taiwei in the center, and some people even openly want His Majesty to abdicate!"

When Liu Bei heard this, his expression also became dark. Naturally, he could not allow this incident to happen. Guan Yu and Zhang Fei frowned slightly and did not say anything. This was not a small matter.

"There are fewer and fewer people willing to stand on Your Majesty's side, but more and more people support the Grand Marshal Lu, so..." Fu Wan looked at Liu Bei and said, "It's my fault that it will ruin the future of Duke Xuande."

"It has been explained before that it is not the fault of the father-in-law." Liu Bei waved his hand and said, "Bei has been in Fengyi for a long time. He doesn't know the situation in the capital, but he doesn't know what the Taiwei means?"

Fu Wan hesitated for a moment and did not answer positively: "What does the Taiwei mean in the current situation? What does Xuandegong think of the meaning?"

"How can I explain this?" Liu Bei frowned.

"If everyone wants him to ascend the throne and become emperor, and wants His Majesty to abdicate, Duke Xuande thought he would refuse?" Fu Wan sighed.

Liu Bei did not answer, but his brows gradually became tight.

"A lot of things are like this. I am also thinking about His Majesty, so I invited Duke Xuande back to Chang'an. The Ministry of Personnel is in charge of the promotion and reward of officials. Most of the personnel are transferred to the Taiwei Mansion rather than the court. I really don't know about this. I hope Duke Xuande will forgive me if he offends!" Fu Wan sighed.

"I dare not." Liu Bei quickly supported Fu Wan, who was standing up and wanted to apologize, and sighed and said, "Bi is also a relative of the Han Dynasty. Although the Taiwei Yu Bei had the kindness of knowing the favor, if it really came to the day when the Taiwei and Your Majesty fight, Bei was willing to cut off his arm to repay the kindness of the Taiwei's knowing the favor, but he would also swear to defend our Han Dynasty ancestral temple to the death. This position of justice is exactly what I want."

Fu Wan breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this and looked at Guan and Zhang.

Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were just standing behind Liu Bei, but their position had been clear. They did admire Lu Bu, but if Lu Bu really wanted to bully the emperor and usurp the throne and seize power, he would have to fight even if he couldn't win.

These two people are really loyal and righteous people!

Although the two of them did not speak, there were some things that needed no more. It was a blessing that Liu Bei could have these two men to help him.

He probably confirmed Liu Bei's attitude, but Fu Wan didn't continue to say in depth. Today is to host a banquet to entertain Liu Bei, and the atmosphere next became much more relaxed.

Liu Bei also asked some things about Chang'an. Generally speaking, this time the banquet was considered a joy for the host and guests.

"Brother, what the father-in-law said is true?" After the banquet, on the way home, Zhang Fei finally couldn't help asking, if Liu Bei really wanted to oppose Lu Bu, they would naturally have to stand on Liu Bei's side, but Zhang Fei was a little unbelievable if the matter was really as Fu Wan said. After all, he was obedient under Lu Bu during this period and his impression of Lu Bu was quite good.

Whether in the army or in the people, I never stopped praise for Lu Bu. After listening to this for a long time, I naturally felt more trust in Lu Bu. Instead, after burying this person, I always gave Zhang Fei a bit vulgar.

"Half-true and half-false." Liu Bei rubbed his temple helplessly. When the wine was halfway through, he had figured it out. Fu Wan came back to him and did have the intention of strengthening the imperial party, but he also wanted to let him take the lead. Fu Wan did not dare to argue with Lu Bu head-on, so he wanted to find Liu Bei to come and stand on the front line of fighting Lu Bu.

But who is Liu Bei? After all, he has been a prince. Fu Wan's performances are not exquisite to Liu Bei, but the questions Fu Wan said are not aimless.

With Lu Bu's prestige in Guanzhong now, it would be easy to have an imperial throne. Judging from Lu Bu's attitude, he really didn't have the intention to transcend, but when things got to this point, more and more people walked behind Lu Bu and pushed him forward. If they wanted to stop, they had to have enough strength to compete with these people and stop Lu Bu's progress.

From this point of view, there is no harm in forming an alliance with the other party. The court does need a new force to suppress the power behind Lu Bu and dare to stand up and suppress the other party.

Although he may have been used as a gun by Fu Wan, someone must be the gun. Since he has found himself, then do it yourself.

Zhang Fei hesitated for a moment, looked at Liu Bei and said, "What are you going to do with your brother?"

"No matter what, as a relative of the Han Dynasty, I have to do some things." Liu Bei said in a deep voice.

"Yu wishes to accompany his brother to be a good person. Even if the world is overturned, he will die without a place to bury himself!" Guan Yu said solemnly.

Zhang Fei nodded and said, "Brother, I am the same!"

Liu Bei looked at the two brothers, smiled and nodded, "Good brother."

"What will you do next?" Zhang Fei looked at Liu Bei and said.
Chapter completed!