Having said this, they all understood what Liu Bei meant.
Cao Cao glanced at Yan Wen, and Yan Wen glanced at Zhen Yan. Zhen Yan walked directly in front of Liu Bei and bowed to Liu Bei.
"Everything I get is given by you. I am your minister, not the emperor's minister. If you make up your mind, I will never retreat, I will definitely rush to the front for you."
Among the five people, Zhen Yan was the first to express his stance, which deeply touched the other four.
But it didn't take long for Yan Wen to react and step forward, following Zhen Yan, to express his stance to Liu Bei.
"Although this matter is difficult and dangerous, it is not impossible. If you have any needs, Wen Ye will travel far and wide for you and will never refuse."
Gai Xun glanced at Cao Cao and Han Rong, who looked wrong, sighed, and stepped forward to salute Liu Bei.
"Without you, Gai and Xun would not be where they are today. If things really come to that point, Gai and Xun will definitely stand by your side and advance and retreat together with you."
Zhen Yan, Yan Wen and Gai Xun have already made their choices.
This choice is not difficult for them, and they can come to a conclusion with just a little thought.
Cao Cao was not as entangled as Liu Bei imagined.
He quickly figured it out, because even if Liu Bei became emperor, the Han Dynasty would still be the Han Dynasty. Cao wanted to be a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty, and his ambition was to become an able minister of the Han Dynasty.
No matter who becomes the emperor, it doesn't matter as long as the Han Dynasty is still a Han Dynasty, so Cao Cao also made the right choice.
"Mr. Cao will definitely follow you and overcome obstacles for you, and will never refuse!"
Finally, Han Rong was left.
Han Rong didn't understand why this private inquiry suddenly turned into an occasion to express loyalty, but for Liu Bei's first family member, Han's statement is still very important. No matter what the purpose is, Han should have his own
's statement.
Whether you support or oppose it, Han Rong is Liu Bei's father-in-law and he cannot stay out of it.
So Han Rong sighed and walked to Liu Bei.
"You walked too fast, too high, and too far, which made me feel a little unreal."
Liu Bei smiled.
"My father-in-law, this is indeed not my original intention. I don't want to go so high, so fast, or so far, but the current situation is like this, people's hearts are unpredictable, and I have no choice."
"If that day comes, won't I... also become a relative of the emperor?"
Han Rong smiled bitterly and said: "At the beginning, how could I have imagined that such a day would come? It's a bit unbelievable in this world."
"My father-in-law is like this, and so am I."
Liu Bei sighed slowly and said: "The world is unpredictable. It is impossible to know what will happen tomorrow today. All we can do is to strengthen ourselves and respect ourselves, stick to our hearts, and don't let the world change us."
Han Rong said nothing more, held Liu Bei's hand and nodded.
"Han has no ability, so I can only hope for you."
"Um."
Because of their special relationship with Liu Bei, Han Rong, Cao Cao and other five people were the first and most comprehensive to understand Liu Bei's will.
However, they were instructed by Liu Bei to keep tight-lipped and not reveal the contents of today's conversation to the outside world. They must remain silent until Liu Bei told them that they could announce it to the outside world.
But after they left, except Han Rong who went home to rest due to fatigue, the other four people gathered together for a small meeting.
The content of the meeting was to discuss any auspicious things in the world in the near future that could be borrowed and used.
It would be great if you could find colorful divine birds, white dragons, rocs, kuns, unicorns, etc.
They also feel they should take action now.
With the current situation, maybe Liu Bei will take action at some point. If he becomes emperor by then, but they can't come up with good auspiciousness to use, wouldn't it make the situation very embarrassing and make them useless?
?
Auspicious auspiciousness appears when people ascend the throne and proclaim themselves emperor, or simply when they are born, so should they also follow the normal routine and make some auspicious ones?
If you start collecting now, you should still be able to catch up.
So several people assigned their own tasks. Zhen Yan went to find Dapeng, Yan Wen went to Bailong, Gai Xun went to Kun, Cao Cao went to Qilin, and then Cao Cao went to Han Rong and asked Han Rong to compile Liu Bei's book.
Let’s talk about his special birth situation.
For example, when I was born, there was the sound of a dragon roaring, a roc flying by, a red light filling the house, iron trees blooming, etc.
The sooner the better, the more true the better, and this series of things must be prepared before Liu Bei becomes emperor. It will be bad if it is overdue.
So several people went separately.
The development of this matter was just as Liu Bei expected. After the initial strange silence, Liu Bei's subordinates soon began to become restless.
It was learned that Han Rong, Cao Cao and five other people went to see Liu Bei and chatted for a long time. The subordinates did not dare to disturb Liu Bei directly, so they went to consult the five of them. They went to see whoever they were familiar with and wanted to learn from them.
They learned Liu Bei's views on the matter from their mouths.
However, they adhered to Liu Bei's request and did not say a word, avoiding talking about the matter. Once someone brought up the matter, they ignored him and said nothing, which made other subordinates feel uneasy.
Not only the administrative and judicial officials in the imperial court, and not only the military personnel, but even those in Taixue and other universities who admired and agreed with Liu Bei felt restless and wanted to know what these things were.
what happened.
Everyone was looking for people to talk to about this matter in private, relying on connections to find connections. Rumors were flying all over the place, but they couldn't get any effective information - those five people were tight-lipped and didn't leak a word, which was really hard to accept.
Due to the implementation of the military region system, many generals who are closely related to Liu Bei are out of town and not in Luoyang. They have not immediately learned about this matter, but there are always some people who still stay in Luoyang.
Liu Yong, Pang De, Dong Huang, Xia Houyuan, Cheng Pu, Cao Ren and others, some of them have been stationed in Luoyang, and some of them came back to garrison in Luoyang after rotation under the military region system. They happened to catch up with this wave of rumors.
A full-blown outbreak.
Then they all became bad.
They know very well who they rely on to achieve their current status and power.
If another person were to be their immediate boss, they would know better whether they could still obtain such status and power.
And really, besides Liu Bei, who else could they identify with?
Liu Bei single-handedly recruited them, trained them, taught them, gave them room for advancement, and brought them from the low-level bastards to where they are today. They don't recognize anyone except Liu Bei.
Only Liu Bei's orders and Liu Bei's words can make them obey. How can they be willing to change someone else?
Not to mention the young emperor Liu Xie, whom they had never met before. Even if he was an acquaintance of everyone in the army and the five highest-ranking generals under Liu Bei, others might not be convinced.
Except for Liu Bei, there is no other person who can unify everyone under his command. This is an indisputable fact.
So if we don’t talk about anything else, just talk about these generals, they are a group of people who take the lead in feeling uneasy, anxious and even surprised about this matter - uneasiness and anxiety are the uncertainty about this matter, but Liu Bei in the rumors wants to
If the idea of becoming emperor was true, they would be ecstatic.
Once it is confirmed that Liu Bei will be the emperor, then they will all be ministers of Conglong, no longer ministers of ministers, no longer secondary ministers, but ministers of the emperor.
Your status will immediately rise to a higher level.
And since Liu Bei became emperor, their future and the family's future would be stable.
This rumor not only talks about Liu Bei's "ambition", but actually also touches on a huge hidden worry in the hearts of these capable guys under Liu Bei.
That means Liu Bei will eventually return to power. Will the little emperor Liu Association, who came to power after Liu Bei return to power, continue to trust these people and appoint them?
What should they do if the little emperor doesn't trust them and wants to replace them?
Accept it or resist it?
Accept that it is impossible to accept it, it is absolutely impossible to accept it. It took a lot of hard work to get all this. How many times did you kill the enemy and perform meritorious services, stay up late to study at night, and take the exam? You can just take it away?
who do you think You Are?
If Liu Bei wants to take it away, they have no choice, because to them, all this was given by Liu Bei, but Liu Xie wants to take it away... Who do you think you are?
If such a day comes, except for a few generals who are more rational, many generals who have a bad temper will never be captured without mercy.
Luoyang City is right in front of them, and the danger of death is also right in front of them. As long as they raise their arms and shout "Qingjun side", Liu Xie will become a puppet even worse than before in minutes.
After a few more years of chaos, it would be interesting if the Han Dynasty directly transitioned to the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms.
If no one mentioned this matter, they might not become worried so quickly, but if someone mentioned it, someone would talk about it, then they would naturally think divergently, start to think along this angle, and come up with some very interesting ideas.
important things.
Then they immediately thought of the option that best served their interests.
They unanimously sent someone to send a message and gathered together for a small meeting to discuss the matter internally.