"In this world, there are always too many stupid people who cannot recognize their actual abilities and status. It is precisely because there are too many such stupid people that the world is full of chaos and shady affairs are rampant. Your existence is too special.
"
Liu Bei nodded.
"Wen He is right, it's because there are too many fools. A fool like He Jin can become a general. Dong Chong is not any better than him, but I didn't expect him to be stupid so quickly.
I thought it would take at least a year and a half."
"I think it is very important that the Jinwen School promotes it."
Xun You said slowly: "The Jinwen School did not get any benefits from this incident, and the subsequent job allocation did not reserve anything for them. They were naturally very dissatisfied, but Zhang Rang and Jian Shuo were unacceptable to them, and you and
They are not from the same group, they have only one choice, Dong Chong."
"But Dong Zhong should know me to some extent, how could he be so easily persuaded by them to use me as a knife?"
Liu Bei frowned and said, "I've been thinking about it for a long time and can't figure it out. Isn't my prestige high enough?"
"Your prestige is already great and you are well-known throughout the country."
Jia Xu shook his head and said: "Maybe it's because of some reasons that we can't guess, or maybe Dong Chong and He Jin are the same type of people, they are both hopelessly stupid."
"Maybe that's it..."
Liu Bei shook his head and sighed with emotion: "Why do things like this always happen in the world? A group of fools occupy high positions, command a group of self-righteous smart people, and bring a good situation to a complete collapse. Such things have happened throughout the ages.
It’s happened many times, but why can’t it be corrected?”
Jia Xu and Xun You looked at each other and said nothing.
Obviously, they don't know the answer to the question either.
Liu Bei no longer struggled with this matter. The things he couldn't figure out might not have been figured out in the first place. He only needed to confirm one thing.
Dong Zhong is a fool.
Under such a premise, forcing yourself to understand Dong Zhong will only make you become a fool like him. This is an unwise choice, so you can just crush him when the time comes.
There is no need to understand when dealing with such idiots.
However, Dong Zhong was just a chess piece pushed out by the Jinwen School. The person who really needed to be solved was never Dong Zhong, but the Jinwen School.
Liu Bei had already mentally planned a future for the Jinwen school that would be completely destroyed.
At the same time, in the palace, Queen Mother Dong was reprimanding Dong Chong.
"What you said before didn't happen at all, and there was no trace of arrogance at all! You kept telling us to be on guard against him, but he didn't do anything and was still as respectful and careful as ever. What do you say?"
Dong Chong looked embarrassed.
"This...this is not what my nephew meant, but what Huan Dian and Zhang Xi meant. They said that Liu was very ambitious and had great ambitions in getting to a high position, so they asked us to be careful. My nephew didn't believe it either, so he
I want to test him..."
"The results of it?"
Empress Dowager Dong said dissatisfied: "What a smart person, you must have noticed something is wrong! It was fine at first, but if you do this, something might happen! Why do I have a nephew like you? Do you believe what others say?"
I am an old woman who has never read any books, but I also know that those who hide behind their backs and stir up trouble are villains. If you walk with a group of villains, how can you not cause trouble? Don’t have anything to do with them in the future.
!”
"That's not to say that, the main thing is..."
Dong Zhong said depressedly: "Isn't it because he wanted too many things before, so I also doubt whether he has any ideas. Aren't I just thinking about it?"
Dong Chong pointed to Liu Xie who was sitting quietly aside.
"Xie is only eight years old and Liu Du is twenty-eight. If he has any disobedience, how can Xie fight against him?"
"He is a minister who cared about the fate left by the late emperor and is a member of the Han clan. If you don't even believe him, who else can you believe?"
Empress Dowager Dong shook her head and said: "What's more, is there any result from your temptation? Nothing! It's so obvious and seen by so many people. What do you and other courtiers think?"
"It doesn't matter what they think."
Dong Zhong came forward with a smile and massaged Empress Dowager Dong's shoulders: "The main thing is whether Liu is really a loyal minister. His loyalty to the late emperor does not mean that he will be loyal to the Xie. Let's test it out and see what he thinks. Isn't he right?"
"You!"
Empress Dowager Dong said helplessly: "You are all the ministers of the late emperor who have taken care of his life. The late emperor has only been away for a few months? I hope you can be more peaceful and careful. Can you let me have a peaceful life in a few days? Let alone now."
There is Yuan Shao outside, so don’t do anything like this that affects unity in the future."
"Okay, okay, I won't do it, I definitely won't do it."
Dong Zhong had a smile on his face and said nothing more.
But when he returned to the mansion and saw Huan Dian, he no longer had such a flattering smile on his face.
"Mr. Huan, you have really hurt me! You didn't test any of them, and you even made me scolded by the Empress Dowager. Now the Empress Dowager is very dissatisfied with me. Can you tell me what to do?"
?”
Huan Dian just smiled.
"Without testing, how do you know whether Liu is rebellious or not? Wouldn't it be better if he didn't? Wouldn't you be able to sit back and relax? The position of general is too sensitive, not to mention Liu's appetite is not small, and he must be on guard against others.
Nothing."
"That's what I say, but if I make him feel unhappy, how should I deal with it?"
Dong Chong worriedly said: "He has so many elite soldiers and generals, and he has the authority to command all the troops in the world. Although I am a hussar general, I don't have so many troops and horses to command. I am not even as good as He Jin. How can I do that?"
Can you fight him? I think it’s better to be careful.”
Huan Dian shook his head.
"That's wrong. No matter how many soldiers Liu Bei has, he is still a Han official. No matter how few soldiers you have, you are still the nephew of the Empress Dowager. He is a blood relative of the emperor. Liu Bei and the emperor are not related by blood after all. You have such a great advantage.
And why should we be afraid of Liu?"
Dong Chong looked at Huan Dian, then lowered his head and thought for a while.
"All in all, what the Empress Dowager said makes sense. If you don't test it, nothing will happen. If you test it, nothing will happen. At the moment, Yuan Shao is still making trouble in Jizhou, and the world is still unstable. Liu is the pillar of the country, no matter what
If you have anything to do, postpone it."
Seeing that Dong Chong could not be persuaded, Huan Dian felt somewhat unhappy.
But he also knew that Liu Bei's prestige was very high, and Dong Zhong's fear of Liu Bei was not something that could happen in a day or two. It would take some time to overcome it.
At this same time, because it was inconvenient for Lu Zhi to contact Liu Bei privately, he could only confide his worries to Cai Yong and Ma Rixi, who were traveling home with him.
"Many people have seen what happened outside the city today. I don't know if they all noticed it, but I think this is not a good phenomenon."
Lu Zhi worriedly said: "The emperor is young and does not have so many ideas. Either the empress dowager or Dong Zhong took the lead."
"No matter who it is, it's not a good thing."
Ma Rixi said in a low voice: "Dong Zhong is the general of the clan now. He is a hussar general and has the power to open a palace. Before, I heard that Huan Dian and Zhang Xi's group were very close to Dong Zhong.
I suspect that this is the Jinwen school’s hindrance.”
Lu Zhi heard this and sighed.
"How long has it been? Why are they still doing this kind of thing? Can't they see clearly what the current situation is? If the Yuan family really succeeds, will they end well? Why can't they think about the Han Dynasty?"
"If he had thought about it, this big man wouldn't be where he is today."
Cai Yong sighed and said: "I can see clearly that eunuchs, scholars, and relatives are all the same. For the sake of selfish desires, they can give up everything and pretend that they have not seen anything. Before the external enemies are eliminated, internal strife will begin.
Come on, how far will this court go..."
Ma Rixi's eyes rolled.
"Zigan, you can't just sit back and watch this time. Before eradicating the Yuan family, you have to focus on military affairs. As a teacher, you have to do something this time, right? You can't let your disciples be attacked from all sides.
Bar?"
Lu Zhi was silent for a moment.
"This time, if I need to do something, I will not avoid it. If someone really wants to do something bad to him when we are rooting out the traitors, I will never allow it."
"That's good."
Ma Rixi said with a smile: "This time, you master and apprentice can fight side by side. Otherwise, I always feel that you are not very qualified as a teacher."
"Ha ha ha ha ha……"
Lu Zhi smiled bitterly and said: "Uncle Weng, what comes out of your mouth makes me ashamed..."
"If you know you are ashamed, you can still be saved. If you don't feel ashamed, there is no cure."
Ma Rixi said slowly: "Next, pay more attention to the trends of Jinwen School and Dong Zhong. You have to share some of the pressure. You are also a lieutenant after all. The general is above you, and the hussar is
The general does not have such a high status, and Dong Zhong is not worthy of stepping on your head."
"That's natural."
Lu Zhi had a rare fighting spirit: "Anyway, I am also the Taiwei of the Han Dynasty."