"Li Ru, do you think all scholars in the world are fools?"
"Why did you just listen to Yuan Shu's words? The Heavenly Book in our hands is the real one!" Dong Zhuo deeply regretted not choosing the first one. Now the emperor's edict has been delivered to various states and counties, plus Wang Yun's letter
Going to various aristocratic families, this matter would have been possible at least in various states and counties. Who would have thought that Yuan Shu would come out halfway and insist that the book in his hand was the real fairy book, and what kind of cool brain could be refined based on the fairy book?
Dan, but the one in his hand is a fake, a fake fairy book to deceive the world’s scholars!
Under the special propaganda of some aristocratic families, almost everyone believed that the fairy book in Yuan Shu's hand was real. They didn't believe in the fairy book in their own hands. Dong Zhuo almost exploded when he got the news. I have the genuine heavenly book in my hand.
ah!
Until now, only a few winter melons and cracked dates have come, and they are useless people with little knowledge. Dong Zhuo is so angry!
"Xiang Guo, please calm down. Yuan Shu deceived the world for a while, but he cannot deceive the world for a lifetime. In the end, everyone in the world will know that what Yuan Shu has in his hands is a fake fairy book!" Li Ru immediately continued to comfort Dong Zhuo.
He didn't expect that Yuan Shu would do this. He randomly found an alchemy book in Luoyang and pasted it on the cover of a fairy book, intending to trick a destined person. Who knew that Yuan Shu actually had a talent for alchemy?
He came up with the so-called elixir and cheated himself.
"Could it be that a book I picked up at that time recorded the real alchemy technique?"
In addition to using time to prove that Yuan Shu's fairy book is fake, Li Ru actually has another way, which is to study the contents of the heavenly book. However, the content of the heavenly book is too obscure, and even Cai Yong cannot understand it.
Yes, some things can be understood individually, but taken together they are astronomy. No one knows their meaning, and the research progress is slow.
"Hey, our family is so angry." Dong Zhuo sighed. He finally wanted to do something good, but no one believed him.
"By the way, Li Ru, there are several leaders of the Qiang tribe who have a good relationship with our family. They wrote to our family, wanting to join us and ask our family to let them enter the customs." Dong Zhuo suddenly remembered what happened two days ago.
Li Ru's face changed drastically when he heard this.
"The Prime Minister must never agree to them. The ambitions of the Qiang people will be different if they are not of my race. The barbarians have been coveting our Central Plains for a long time. Letting them in will only harm our Han people. If the Prime Minister wants to win over the world, the barbarians must not touch them.
Yes!" Li Ru said to Dong Zhuo extremely seriously.
"Is Li Ru so serious?" Dong Zhuo was also frightened by Li Ru's serious expression. He thought that those barbarians were just young people and had nothing to fear. If they joined, his strength could be increased.
"Yes!" Li Ru replied solemnly. The Han people could keep suppressing the barbarians. In addition to their outstanding intelligence, they also had equipment to crush them. The barbarians didn't know about planting or metallurgy, so they could only rely on capturing the Han people.
Their slaves helped with planting and metallurgy. It can be said that the Han people had a blood feud with the barbarians.
If these barbarians are allowed to enter the border, Dong Zhuo, who was already notorious, will never have a chance to turn around and will completely lose trust among the people.
"Okay, I'll listen to you, just don't let them enter the customs." Seeing how serious Li Ru was, Dong Zhuo agreed to Li Ru's suggestion and not let them enter the customs.
"Prime Minister, if possible, it would be best to issue an edict to appoint Ma Teng and Han Sui as Generals of Suppressing the West and Generals of Conquering the West, so that Ma Teng and Han Sui can encircle and suppress the barbarians around Liangzhou to suppress the power of the Han people!" Li Ru continued to offer advice to Dong Zhuo.
road.
"Li Ru, if you don't let us let them in, we'll just listen to you. Now we have to send troops to encircle and suppress them. Isn't that bad?" Dong Zhuo replied with some embarrassment, our family is a family of loyal people.
, this is too unkind.
"Back to the Prime Minister, this matter is for the eyes of the world. You must do it whether you do it or not!"
"The purpose is to let the world see the prime minister's attitude towards the barbarians. Youzhou Gongsun Zan protected Youzhou from Wuhuan Xianbei and was supported by a large number of Youzhou civilians. Even if Liu Yu was ignored, no one would speak out for Liu Yu."
"Even recently, Lu Bu recaptured Yanmen Pass and captured tens of thousands of Xiongnu people. His reputation in Bingzhou instantly surpassed that of Shangdang Governor Zhang Yang. Therefore, as the prime minister, resisting the barbarians is the best way to gain popularity among the people. The Qiang people must be killed if they don't want to!
"Li Ru explained, encouraging Dong Zhuo to attack the Qiang people. This was the only quickest way he could think of to restore some trust in Dong Zhuo among the people.
As long as Dong Zhuo's trust among the people is restored, the world will be conquered!
"Okay, our family listens to you, and we will go to the emperor to issue an edict!" What kind of friendship and loyalty were completely forgotten by Dong Zhuo at this moment. Compared with the world, these two things are insignificant.
Seeing that Dong Zhuo could listen, Li Ru also relaxed, which shows that Dong Zhuo really has his heart set on the world.
After coming out of the Prime Minister's place, Li Ru came to the palace of Cai Yong, the servant.
"Master Li." When the servant in Cai Yong's mansion saw it was Li Ru, he greeted him respectfully.
"Well, where is Uncle?" Li Ru asked the boy.
"Back to Mr. Li, my master is practicing calligraphy in the study. I will take you there." The boy replied truthfully. Li Ru was a popular person around Dong Zhuo and he did not dare to hide anything.
"No need, you go down, I'll go find Uncle myself." Li Ru waved his hand and asked the young man to retreat.
If you ask who has the largest collection of books in the entire city of Chang'an, it must be Cai Yong. Cai Yong studied under the Taifu Hu Guang and was very knowledgeable. He participated in the continuation of "Dongguan Hanji" and the engraving of the Xiping Stone Sutra. He was later exiled for crimes.
Shuofang, after many twists and turns, took refuge for twelve years. It was not until Dong Zhuo came to power that he was forced to sacrifice wine by Dong Zhuo, and he dared to regain his true identity.
Before Dong Zhuo set fire to Luoyang this time, Li Ru sent people to move all Cai Yong out. The alchemy technique used to deceive people was found from Cai Yong.
During this period, Li Ru went to Cai Yong a lot in order to expand the library, so he was quite familiar with it.
"Bo Zhe, are you practicing calligraphy again?" Li Ru opened the door directly and saw Cai Yong practicing calligraphy.
When Cai Yong heard that someone was coming, he immediately stopped writing and looked back. It was Li Ru who smiled and said, "Haha, it's Mr. Li."
"Bo Zhe, your calligraphy has regressed, are you worried?" Li Ru picked up the calligraphy that Cai Yong had just written and found that it was not as good as what he had written before. The form and meaning were not as good as before.
"Hahaha, I can't hide anything from you, Mr. Li!" Cai Yong continued to laugh, not at all embarrassed because Li Ru saw through his thoughts.
"I am concerned about my daughter who is far away from my hometown. This move to the capital is too hasty. My daughter is still in my hometown. I am worried that she will encounter some bad people or accidents." Cai Yong sighed.
After his escape, he sent his daughter Cai Yan back to his hometown of Chenliu, far away from the temple. Who knew that Dong Zhuo suddenly moved the capital and he didn't have time to take Cai Yan over with her.
"Hahaha, what did I think? This matter is easy to handle. Chen Liuzhou is in Yanzhou, and Yanzhou is Cao Cao's territory. Without the relationship of Xiangguo, you can be regarded as half of Cao Cao's teacher. Write a letter to Cao Cao
, just ask him to take more care of him, this is not a difficult problem for Cao Cao." This kind of trivial matter couldn't be easier for Li Ru, and he quickly came up with a countermeasure.
When Cai Yong heard what Li Ru said, it was the same. When he returned to Luoyang, Cao Cao was still working under Dong Zhuo, so he often asked him for relevant knowledge. The relationship between the two was both teacher and friend. His own daughter also met Cao Cao.
several times.
"Thank you, Mr. Li, for reminding me. I will write a letter to Cao Cao right now." Cai Yong thanked Li Ru. If Li Ru hadn't reminded him, he would have forgotten that Yanzhou was Cao Cao's territory. He was really a fan of the authorities.
"Bojie, you don't have to be polite. I'm here today to tell you that the Prime Minister is preparing to launch troops against the Qiang people to restore some of the prestige among the people. At that time, a large number of people will come to seek refuge with the Prime Minister or come to study. At that time, I would like to ask Bojie to continue to serve as a priest.
Li Ru told Cai Yong the purpose of his visit and asked Cai Yong to prepare in advance.
"Although Yong is not talented, he still knows the righteousness. Please rest assured, Prime Minister and Mr. Li."
