Chen Gong was calm and composed, without any panic, and said with a smile: "If Lu Shijun wants to kill me, he will not see me. Or, he can just hand me over to Cao Cao and it will be over. Why do you need to see me?"
Lu Xuan looked at Chen Gong's confident look and asked, "Mr. Chen came to see me late at night. What's the matter?"
"I'm here for Lu Shijun's grand ambition and hegemony."
Chen Gong spoke firmly.
Lu Xuan leaned forward slightly and asked, "Where did I get my ambition and dominance?"
Chen Gong's eyes suddenly widened, his eyes flashed, and he said loudly: "Swallow Yanzhou, seize Xuzhou, encompass Yanzhou, Xuzhou, and Yangzhou, and then go north to sweep Yuan Shao and dominate the world. Isn't this situation a grand plan for hegemony?"
Lu Xuan shook his head and said: "It's a good idea, but it's too simple."
"No, it's just very simple!"
Chen Gongzhizhu said: "There was civil strife in Yanzhou, and Cao Cao and Lu Bu were fighting. Cao Cao was a mantis, and Lu Bu was a cicada. The mantis stalked the cicada, and the oriole was behind. When Cao Cao and Lu Bu were fighting, Lu Shijun had enough opportunities to do this and hide in
The oriole behind."
Lu Xuan looked at Chen Gong's ambitious appearance and listened to the confusing words, but he was unmoved and asked with a smile: "Does Mr. Chen mean to betray Lu Bu with these words?"
Chen Gong said confidently: "I have never been loyal, so how can I betray you?"
Lu Xuan nodded and said: "That's true. You, Chen Gong, have never served anyone. You serve only yourself. You persuaded Jibei Prime Minister Bao Xin and other Yanzhou nobles to support Cao Cao as Yanzhou Shepherd, just for the sake of
Your interests."
"What you hope for is not what will happen to Cao Cao in the future, but what you hope will be the profits of the Yanzhou nobles you represent."
"You and Cao Cao are just partners."
"So after Cao Cao established his foothold in Yanzhou and weakened the Yanzhou gentry, you betrayed him."
"It's the same here at Lu Bu."
"When you support Lu Bu, you actually want to support someone and benefit the Yanzhou nobles. When Lu Bu loses his value, just throw it away like a worn-out shoe. Because to you, Lu Bu is just a tool."
Lu Xuan stared at Chen Gong with faint eyes and asked, "I said that, right?"
Historically, Chen Gong was a professional rebel.
Everyone knows that he betrayed Cao Cao. In fact, after Chen Gong surrendered to Lu Bu, he also betrayed Lu Bu.
After Lu Bu was defeated by Cao Cao and arrived in Xuzhou, Chen Gong and Lu Bu's general Hao Meng rebelled together, intending to kill Lu Bu to welcome Yuan Shu. Unfortunately, Hao Meng was beheaded by Gao Shun. Afterwards, Lu Bu interrogated Hao Meng's general Cao Xing.
Asked who was involved, Cao Xing said that Chen Gong was also involved in the conspiracy.
However, Chen Gong is not just Lu Bu's counselor, he has his own tribe.
Lu Bu needed Chen Gong, so he didn't do anything about it.
Chen Gong's eyes were bright and he said with some complacency: "I admire Lu Shijun's sharp eyes. What I need from beginning to end is the interests of Yanzhou and my own interests."
"The big people in Yanzhou need the interests of Yanzhou. We will help whoever gives it to us."
"I came to see Mr. Lu this time, and I have prepared everything."
"I persuaded Lu Bu to marry his daughter to Lu Shijun. The marriage between the two parties will dispel Lu Bu's wariness about Lu Shijun and make Lu Bu no longer doubt Lu Shijun."
"Then, Lu Shijun helped Lu Bu and counterattacked Cao Cao. Lu Shijun and Lu Bu jointly attacked, and Cao Cao was bound to die. When Cao Cao was defeated and died, Lu Bu was not wary of Lu Shijun, and with the support of our local wealthy people in Yanzhou
, let’s unite to destroy Lu Bu.”
"From then on, Lu Shijun took control of Yanzhou."
Chen Gong's eyes were full of greed, and he said confidently: "After Lu Shijun captured Yanzhou, and with the death of Tao Qian in Xuzhou, it will be easy to capture Xuzhou. By then, Lu Shijun will sweep through the three states of Xuzhou, Yangzhou and Yanzhou.
Even Yuan Shao can't compare to Lu Shijun."
Lu Xuan sneered and said nothing.
Chen Gong looked slightly cold and asked: "Mr. Lu, do you think my approach is too insidious?"
Lu Xuan asked: "Isn't it?"
Chen Gong's eyes widened and he looked a little crazy. He said loudly: "In troubled times, interests are fundamental."
"Isn't it insidious that Yuan Shao plotted to seize Jizhou and asked Ju Sue, Tian Feng, Xun Chen and others to coerce Han Fu, the shepherd of Jizhou, to give up his throne? Isn't it insidious that Cao Cao plotted to seize Yanzhou and massacred countless people, causing the death of countless people? Isn't it not cold-blooded?"
"What you said is ridiculous."
"you are too young."
Chen Gong's eyes were cold and he looked crazy. He thought that everything he did was right.
Lu Xuan said calmly: "No, you have confused the concepts, and I don't agree."
Chen Gong said: "How is it different?"
Lu Xuan also stood up and said: "Yuan Shao went to Jizhou to establish a foothold in Bohai County. Everyone knows that Yuan Shao's intention is to seize Jizhou. Yuan Shao did not show allegiance to Han Fu on the surface, but secretly plotted against Han Fu. Therefore, what Yuan Shao did in Jizhou
Because, there is no act of betrayal."
"It was Yuan Shao's ability that Yuan Shao recruited Jushu, Tian Feng, Xun Chen and others. Han Fu was not capable enough and could not let his subordinates serve. He could not defeat Yuan Shao. It is normal for him to lose to Yuan Shao."
"This is not cunning."
"This is Yuan Shao's ability."
"Cao Cao's plan to seize Yanzhou is so cold-blooded and ruthless, it's even more of a joke."
"Cao Cao became the shepherd of Yanzhou. It was you, Chen Gong, who ran around and shouted, persuaded the big families in Yanzhou, and supported Cao Cao. From the beginning, you, Chen Gong, were not loyal to Cao Cao. You felt that Cao Cao, a eunuch, was easy to control and not very powerful.
"
"Unexpectedly, after Liu Dai's death, Cao Cao swept away the Yellow Turbans in Yanzhou and recruited soldiers from Qingzhou. Suddenly he jumped over the dragon gate and turned into a dragon. He was no longer under the control of your Yanzhou clan and instead turned around to weaken you."
"Cao Cao's frequent massacres of the city in Xuzhou were indeed cold-blooded and crazy. But Cao Cao's actions in Yanzhou, when he wiped out local bandits, were not cold-blooded, but to stabilize the place."
"Compassion cannot control soldiers; kindness in troubled times can only harm others and ourselves."
"This is not cold-blooded cunning."
Lu Xuan's voice echoed in the camp.
He stared at Chen Gong with burning eyes and said, "What is insidiousness and what is betrayal?"
"People like Lu Bu are..."
"He served Ding Yuan, but he killed Ding Yuan, and the seller wanted glory. This is an insidious betrayal. He served Dong Zhuo, and then killed Dong Zhuo and betrayed him. This is an insidious betrayal."
"The same goes for you, Chen Gong."
"You think you are Cao Cao's partner, but Cao Cao is the governor of the state and you are his subordinate. You think you and Cao Cao should share Yanzhou, but in everyone's eyes, you think you work for Cao Cao."
"You betrayed, you are the insidious one."
"I came from Yangzhou to help Cao Cao. When word spread, everyone in the world said that I, Lu Xuan, was a righteous man. In the blink of an eye, in the name of rushing to help Cao Cao, I plotted against Cao Cao and attacked him. This is an insidious plan."
"This is shameless and immoral."
Lu Xuanji spoke sternly and loudly: "I shamelessly plotted against Cao Cao today. In the future, my generals will follow my example and imitate the methods I used to kill Cao Cao, betray me, and kill me. I myself am not upright.
Why do you require loyalty from your subordinates?"
Chen Gong shook his head and said: "No, you are wrong. All this is for survival."
Lu Xuan flicked his sleeves and said decisively: "This is not survival, this is the despicability and depravity of human nature."
Chen Gong said: "I don't agree."
Lu Xuan said: "If I had taken the banner of capturing Yanzhou from the beginning, and I had annihilated Cao Cao and Lu Bu openly and captured Yanzhou, no one would be able to say anything. All my generals would have to admire me."
"When Cao Cao and I join forces, there will be little calculations and there will be certain frictions, but the fundamental principles cannot be touched."
"Otherwise, under the banner of loyalty, you willfully betray and make willful calculations, and no one will trust you in the future."
"There are some things you can do. However, there are some bottom-line things you can't do. Because once you do it, your reputation will be ruined. You will never get it back again, no matter how hard you try in this life."
"Reputation is a bottom line. Even if the bottom line is gone, who will have your subordinates and your relatives? You are an unfaithful and unfilial person, and you still expect the people below you to be loyal ministers and filial sons.
?"
Chen Gong's expression changed again and again.
The look he looked at Lu Xuan was full of confusion and surprise.
He doesn't understand.
He has the situation right, and as long as Lu Xuan agrees, he can first unite with Lu Bu to kill Cao Cao. Then, Lu Xuan and the Yanzhou clan take action, and then kill Lu Bu. Finally, Lu Xuan takes over Yanzhou and becomes the lord of Yanzhou.
The Yanzhou clan represented by Chen Gong surrendered to Lu Xuan and helped Lu Xuan govern the place, and both parties benefited.
Why not do it?
Chen Gong looked at Lu Xuan and asked, "Lu Xuan, is reputation so important?"
