On the sixth day of the ninth month, Luoyang, Lufu.

Li Su only handed over the name thorn worship post one night in advance, and visited the door early the next morning. Of course, it is indispensable to let Dian Wei carry a gift as an entourage - a little digression, with Li Su's steadiness, of course he will not go out without bodyguards, this time everyone else is not available, so he only brought Dian Wei.

Even if he walked with Zheng Tai as an angel, he still couldn't trust that bit of security. How much is Zheng Tai's life worth?

According to the etiquette of the Han Dynasty, the buffer period is still relatively hasty and rude for a visit with only one night's notice. But Lu Zhi met him very simply, obviously knowing Li Su's intentions, and wanted to pull Liu Bei a little.

After Dian Wei handed over the gift to the subordinates of the Lu Mansion, Li Su held a folding fan alone and entered to salute respectfully:

"I have heard that Lu Shangshu is expected to be in the sea for a long time, and the younger generations have come to Beijing several times and have the heart to visit. But coming and going in a hurry, fate and one side, what a pity, today to be seen, it is a great honor. ”

Lu Zhi had actually met Li Su several times in public, but he didn't have the opportunity to chat privately.

Lu Zhi said without pretentiousness: "Captain Li is polite, at the beginning of the Shangyuan Festival, Captain Li fought with his tongue, and His Majesty personally praised him for knowing the destiny of heaven, and the future is terrifying." ”

The two first said a polite word, which can be regarded as deepening their understanding of each other's character.

After all, there are a lot of heartfelt words involving the secrets of the imperial court, and you don't dare to understand the other party's temperament, and you don't dare to talk deeply.

While chatting, Lu Zhi gradually deepened his credibility with Li Su, and at the same time, he was also observing from all aspects.

Looking at the chic folding fan in Li Su's hand, as well as the more and more luxurious clothes, like a jade tree in the wind, Lu Zhi was also slightly in a trance:

This Li Boya, every time he has to enter Beijing once after about half a year, and every time his image changes greatly, his official position has also risen rapidly, and Liu Bei can be called the leader among the rising stars in the past two years.

In fact, the body Li Su is wearing now is not taboo at all, but there are many atmospheric details.

The fan surface of his folding fan is made of the latest optimized pure white hard Zuobo paper, which has reached the soft and hard texture of the Tang and Song dynasties, and is very crisp. It is also since the birth of engraving printing, the Zhen family has been continuously improving themselves in combination with Li Su's technical direction for more than a year, and they have used alum to prevent seepage and harden in the final link of papermaking.

Even paper has just come out, and of course Li Su is the only one who can be used to make folding fans. What's more, the bamboo shaft opening and closing structure of the folding fan was also invented after Li Su described it, and it took a little time for others to imitate it. The best thing is that there is also a small painting of flowers and birds drawn by Cai Yan himself, as well as a few lines of Cai Yongti's writing.

In addition to the folding fan, on the belt of wearing flowers and broken jade around Li Su's waist, there are also two bags made of high-quality crimson Shu brocade.

One is the traditional sachet, which is a clove pill concocted by a famous doctor, which contains a fresh breath when the courtiers are in the court, which is more elegant than the unprocessed natural cloves directly contained by the courtiers today.

The other is a fan-shaped rune bag shaped like a "goldfish bag" in the Sui and Tang dynasties, with official seals. In the Qin and Han dynasties, the seal of officials had strict etiquette requirements, such as the "gold seal purple ribbon" for high-ranking officials above Jiuqing, and the lower "silver seal green ribbon". But there are no rules for the bag with printed ribbons, no matter what you take, it is not over-controlled, and this thing will not be clear until the Sui Dynasty.

Li Su is the captain of Wuhuan Guard, more than 2,000 stones, with a silver seal and a blue ribbon. He used Cai Yan's hand-embroidered goldfish bag to put the silver seal, only revealing the cyan ribbon hanging the seal, so that no one could see the seal itself, and no one could say anything about him.

Lu Zhi also secretly had a strange idea in his heart: with this Li Su's talent, and His Majesty has repeatedly praised him for "knowing the destiny of heaven", if he can be a Beijing official for a long time with a little leisure, I am afraid that there are not too many powerful people in the court who want to recruit him as a son-in-law......

Known to the outside world, the 20-year-old captain of Huwuhuan, where to find it!

In the era of the imperial examination in later generations, the son-in-law could not catch such a great man.

But even if the conditions were so good, Li Su insisted on following Liu Bei to quell the rebellion in the local area, and repeatedly persuaded Chief Hu and the handsome to surrender to the court with his incorruptible tongue, without thinking about personal glory and wealth marriage and nepotism.

Thinking of this, Lu Zhi had a little more trust in Li Su's "loyalty" attribute in his heart.

Such a person may be resourceful, but there can be no problem with loyalty to the imperial court! If he is for glory, wealth, promotion, and development, why do he spend so much time? Isn't it good to stay as a Beijing official for two years and be a son-in-law for the third duke or a general?

In this way, the two gradually chatted deeper and deeper, but they also have the potential to forget the New Year's friendship.

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Li Su saw that the conversation and laughter were almost over, so he began to cut into a sensitive topic: "Lu Shangshu, when Brother Su and Xuande were chasing the Wuhuan Wusu Division, they have also felt constrained every time recently, and the imperial court has become more and more cautious in dealing with the impeachment of the local assassin and the thief generals.

After coming to Beijing, although he tried his best to clear up the misunderstanding, His Majesty and the general were convinced that Brother Xuande was dedicated to serving the country. Ran Su still faintly felt that the imperial court had a ...... for the generals of the border counties Undifferentiated worries. No matter how good Brother Xuande's performance is, it is inevitable that he will be repeatedly tossed by the imperial court, and he has always been shallow in Beijing, so he has no time to explore the root cause, and he also asked Lu Shangshu to see the friendship between teachers and students with Brother Xuande, and give him a clear explanation! ”

Speaking of which, it is also a manifestation of the improvement of trust between the two sides.

Lu Zhi adapted to this straightforward request for advice a little, brewed his emotional wording, and sighed slightly: "Xuande's achievements are now the highest under a certain sect. Bogui's achievements are also slightly inferior to his, how can I not hope that Xuande can have a great future.

This time he was suspicious of the imperial court, and at first it was nothing more than a routine, and the recital of Qingzhou's Jiao Thorn History, the reminder of Cao Shangshu, a soldier of Shaofu, and even the persuasion of some staff members around the general, all played a role. But after the explanation is clear, these three aspects are no longer in the way.

But the imperial court does not need to be at fault for transferring the generals with heavy troops back to Beijing, after all, this is not a punishment, it all depends on whether the imperial court is at ease now. And the source of this uneasiness is complicated. ”

Li Su nodded respectfully: "I have time today, so I can only ask Lu Gong to speak slowly." ”

Lu Zhi took a sip of water: "The court is jealous, and there are internal and external reasons. The internal cause is that His Majesty's health is poor again, and it is inevitable to be suspicious. And after His Majesty's preparations for the construction of the Eighth Lieutenant of the West Garden are completed, and the equipment of the Eighth Army is completed, not only the general can be dispatched to the generals of the other towns at will. Since the second half of this year, even the captain of the military academy has also interfered in the dispatch of military power.

Jian Shuo acts more casually than the general, and is more obedient to the likes and dislikes of the will, and has caused several chaos recently. Sometimes His Majesty was in a good mood and his health was improving, and he would instruct a few words on the dispatch of the border army, and Jian Shuo would immediately pass on the decree on his behalf. Just like the Huangfu brother who is currently fighting with Han Sui in Chencang, he received two opposite military orders in July and August.

The front-line fighting border troops can't advance or retreat, and they are miserable! Later, Brother Huangfu was also angry and chose to defend the cage city. Let Han Sui surround the official army in Chencang City, and the angel who announced the decree of the imperial court is pure. The angel can only point fingers at Brother Huangfu, but he can't break through the siege of the rebels, so he can't send the orders of the court to Brother Huangfu. ”

When Li Su heard these inside stories, he was also helpless.

Among all the factors that were suspicious of the imperial court, the most feared was that Emperor Han Ling's dying brain was not good enough to make blind commands, and this move was too destructive.

Moreover, after Jian Shuo took charge of the dispatch of the world's generals, the harm was obviously greater than He Jin. He Jin is a bureaucratic person, he knows what is chaotic, he will let it go, and when the emperor calms down, he may change his mind.

But the eunuchs did not have this kind of literacy, they were proud of "carrying out all the emperor's orders anytime and anywhere", and they felt that this was a sign of absolute loyalty to the emperor. This kind of rootless person will not leave a buffer period for chaotic life, and listening to the wind is rain.

No, before Emperor Ling died, he must find a way to take up a foreign appointment! Even if Liu Bei wants to be a Beijing official, he must not be the moment of death.

Because whether it is Alzheimer's disease or a person's confusion before death, the more dying, the more destructive and confused the decision-making is.

What if Emperor Ling of Han said a few days before his death that he had a dream and dreamed that someone was going to usurp him and kill people who were potential threats? Of course, the farther away you are, the better.

For a moment, Li Su even understood Liu Yan's bitterness of going to be a pastor in Yizhou or even Jiaozhou.

Li Su sighed dejectedly: "Alas, what a difficult autumn, Your Majesty is seriously ill, and he has not stopped, so that Jian Shuo can directly transfer the border generals directly by bypassing the general...... Let's talk about the external reasons for His Majesty's suspicions. ”

Lu Zhi's lips moved, and he seemed to be a little unbearable, but in the end he said: "There's nothing to hide, in order to let Xuande know what to do, I'll tell you all." Now there are as many as five border generals who make His Majesty suspicious! ”

"What? How many are there? Rao is Li Su is resourceful, and he was still a little confused when he heard this.

To say that Emperor Ling of Han was worried that there were five ways to rebel against thieves, this is absolutely reasonable, because Gepi, Qingzhou, Baibo, Montenegro, and Qiang are chaotic...... Count casually, there are more than five anti-thief rebels in the territory of the Han Dynasty today.

But Lu Zhi is not talking about rebels, but counterinsurgency generals!

In this way, isn't every counterinsurgency general who is fighting the rebels also suspected by the emperor? This is also an exaggeration!

Lu Zhi smiled miserably: "I knew you would be surprised, and I will count them to you one by one: the first suspicion is the Southern Xiongnu Shan Yufuluo, who is stranded in Hedong and claims to assist the imperial court in quelling the newly rising white wave thieves in the local area." Your Majesty knows that the rise of the White Wave Thieves in the early summer of this year was because the local supply of 10,000 Southern Xiongnu elite horsemen in Hedong was overwhelmed, which provoked the popular uprising.

After the civil uprising, Yu Furo made a statement. But from the perspective of the court, Yu Fuluo could not quell the rebellion at all, or that the symptoms were not cured, and the root cause of this rebellion was that the local government had no money to support Yu Fuluo, how could he calm it? It's nothing more than looting in Hedong all year round in the name of counterinsurgency! ”

The plundering of Uvro and the rise of the White Polish army can be summed up in one sentence: the army is in arrears, and the armed forces are asking for wages.

There is no solution to this matter, but fortunately, he is not a Han Chinese, and the blow to Emperor Ling's "tolerance" is limited.

It is estimated that the last four make the emperor even more sad, and Li Su predicted it in his heart.

Sure enough, after a slight pause, Lu Zhi continued: "Yu Fuluo's matter is still expected, Your Majesty has no higher expectations for him, so he can't be disappointed. And slightly more serious than Yufuluo is Youzhou Mu Liu Yu and Xuande, who is too guarded in Liaodong. Crossing the border to Qingzhou to chase and kill the rest of Wuhuan did make His Majesty feel a little pimple at that time, but now it is also solved.

What really made His Majesty suspicious of everyone was the last two major cases: First, Liu Yan, the pastor of Yizhou, who had just taken office at the end of last year, didn't know what to think, and he actually cut off the imperial envoys from entering and leaving Sichuan for several months, and the imperial court could not find out what was happening in the local area.

The other is that the Huangfu brother mentioned just now allowed Han Sui to surround Chencang City because he was unwilling to let Shuo lose his life, so that the imperial court could not command the specific actions of the Liangzhou counterinsurgency army for a while. As far as I am concerned, I don't dare to guarantee what Yizhou Mu thinks, but Brother Huangfu's move is definitely not dissenting to the imperial court.

He just couldn't bear the blind command, and wanted to 'just be unaffected by the foreign king's life', but unfortunately it happened to coincide with the time when His Majesty's suspicion was the heaviest, and the coincidence was also suspicious. Dong Zhuo, who is now leading the troops in Chencang with Brother Huangfu, is greatly trusted by Jian Shuo, and Jian Shuo has also given Dong Zhuo good words many times in front of His Majesty-

It was only because Dong Zhuo's previous opinions differed from those of the Huangfu brothers on the specific combat command, and Dong Zhuo suggested that the Chen Cang Han army take the initiative to attack and defeat Han Sui, instead of defending the city. This gesture happened to fall in the eyes of His Majesty and Jian Shuo, but it was seen as 'Dong Zhuo is loyal to the imperial court, always has to ensure that the army has smooth communication with the imperial court, and is willing to accept the detailed command of the imperial court at all times', which is really unreasonable! ”

Lu Zhi's complaint, Li Su immediately understood.

Translate it in the words of later generations, that is, Huangfu Song is in Liangzhou, and he is not willing to be remotely manipulated by the leader who does not know the soldiers!

And Dong Zhuo's tactics are actually worse than Huangfu Song, and the combat effectiveness is also poor, which is wrong from a military point of view.

But now at this juncture, the military factor is not the most important, and the most important thing for the imperial court is the political card.

It's like in Chang Kaishen's eyes, it doesn't matter how many defeats someone Chen from the civil engineering department makes, as long as someone Chen is a general who is "most willing to accept remote micro-manipulation", then he is a good person who is loyal and commendable!

Dong Zhuo participated in the last battle before Emperor Ling's death, that is, the Battle of Chencang, which he worked with Huangfu Song, but he didn't expect it to play such a role in character screening!

Li Su suddenly realized that many of the confusions he had when he read history in his previous life had also been solved.

Li Su secretly wondered in his heart: "I said, why did Dong Zhuo's last few battles before Emperor Ling's death obviously lost militarily, but the imperial court trusted him so much, and allowed him to lead his troops back to Hedong to temporarily station, and grant the state pastor - the previous Ding Yuan was only a state assassin, and Dong Zhuo was a state pastor, which was the first person with a foreign surname who was not surnamed Liu in the late Han Dynasty to be named a state pastor!"

After a long time, because in the battle of Chencang, as long as we insisted on the posture of 'not letting the enemy completely besiege the city, and trying to let the messengers of the imperial court can manipulate us at any time', then the loyalty points can be full! ”

When the generals of the border army were unwilling to be manipulated by the emperor, Dong Zhuo became a positive example of taking the initiative to be willing to micro-manipulation, even if he lost the battle every time, he should be rewarded! In this way, we can play the role of educating generals and make everyone proud of being micro-manipulated.

Huangfu Song, Liu Yan! In this way, it turns out that these two are the biggest heart problems in the heart of the Spirit Emperor right now!