Volume II, Chapter 14
"Dong Zhongying?" Liu Hong's brows sank, obviously quite puzzled by the third person blurted out by Liu Wei.
Seeing this, Liu Wei was also stagnant in his heart, and hurriedly answered: "Your Majesty, although Dong Zhuoying is a border martial artist and is despised by the minister, but his person is fierce and arbitrary, and he has the style of a famous general. ”
Liu Hong nodded, as if he had no objection to Liu's words, but he sighed and said: "I don't think Dong Zhongying is useless, and I don't think that he is just a border martial artist with a humble background. ”
Liu Wei was in a hurry, and hurriedly asked: "In this case, Your Majesty thinks that Dong Zhuo is not as good as Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun, but is it because there are already other candidates?" ”
"Ah Bian, the first two generals you and I talked about, I both highly recognize." Liu Hong didn't answer Liu Wei's question immediately, but just looked at himself and said slowly: "Actually, since Tang Zhou reported the Taiping Dao rebellion, the ministers of the former dynasty have recommended three generals to me. ”
"Who is it?" Liu Wei said that although the three people who had been discussing in the court for a long time were well known, he still asked after all.
"Two of them are indeed the same as the people recommended by Ah Wei, they are Huangfu Yizhen, a native of Chaona County, Anding County, and Zhu Gongwei, a person from Shangyu in Huiji County." Liu Hong didn't think much about it, but said slowly: "As for this third person, it is Lu Zhi and Lu Zigan of Zhuo County, who is still running a school in Zhuo County, and has not served in the court. ”
In fact, judging from historical facts, after Tang Zhou reported the Taiping Dao rebellion, the imperial court quickly convened an emergency meeting, the main purpose of which was to appoint three Zhonglang generals to conquer the Taiping Dao thieves who revolted in various places in turn, and these three Zhonglang generals were Huangfu Song, Zhu Jun and Lu Zhi.
It's just that at this time, Huangfu Song was the Taishou of Beidi County, with a rank of 2,000 stones, and Zhu Jun was moved back to the imperial court after the rebellion in Jiaozhou was pacified, and was appointed as a counselor, and was also worshiped by the emperor as the Marquis of Duting, as for Lu Zhi, although he had been an official to 2,000 stones more than ten years ago, but judging from the current situation of these three people, only this Lu Zhi is still a white body, and he is a teacher in his hometown in Zhuo County.
Of course, Liu Wei knows this, although he doesn't know what kind of officials Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun are currently in the court, and what positions they hold, but he clearly knows that these two people are currently officials of the imperial court, and they are quite important to the imperial court, so when they made the recommendation for the Yellow Turban candidates, they also recommended these two without hesitation.
First, it is because the Taiping Dao anti-thief troops that these three Zhonglang will face are very clear from the records in the history books, Zhu Jun and Huangfu Song will fight with Bocai, the main general of the Yellow Turban Army, and then need to suppress the Yellow Turban troops of Runan and Chen Guo, if the march wins, Huangfu Song should fight a decisive battle with Cangting, and Lu Zhi needs to directly take the Jizhou Thorn History Department and face the Yellow Turban elite led by Zhang Jiao in the hinterland of Hebei.
According to Liu Bian's assumption, and Liu Bian also referred to the historical memory of this period of history in his mind, Lu Zhi's main force against Zhang Jiao's Yellow Turban did not achieve a comprehensive victory in the front, and even a partial victory could not be discussed, and it should be a complete confrontation from beginning to end.
However, at this point in time, Zhu Jun and Huangfu Songbu, who were fighting against the Taiping Dao thieves at the same time, had already gained huge military superiority with Bocai and Bu Jibu, and even gradually defeated these two Yellow Turban forces.
So why did Liu Wei let Dong Zhuo replace Lu Zhi?
In fact, the reason is very simple, Liu Wei's understanding of Lu Zhi is by no means like his emperor father said, just an old teacher who teaches in his hometown. Liu Wei knew very well that Lu Zhi, a senior official of the Central Committee who had already been ranked 2,000 stone more than ten years ago, not only had political ability that was not comparable to ordinary people, but also had the military ability to be one in a million.
What kind of person is Lu Zhi? It can be said that this person is indeed the top boss under the Han regime in the Later Han Dynasty, he is eight feet two inches tall, has an outstanding appearance, and has a voice like a bell. In the fourth year of Xiping (175 AD), the barbarian rebellion in Jiujiang County, Yangzhou, Lu Zhi worshiped Jiujiang Taishou, served as a locality, suppressed the rebels, the scale of the barbarian rebellion in Jiujiang County was very large at that time, and the local government was invincible, but it was Lu Zhi who took office, but more than a month, he easily quelled the rebellion.
After that, Lu Zhi was arranged as a counselor by the imperial court, with a rank of 600 stones, responsible for participating in the production and recording of the Xiping Stone Sutra, as well as the verification and compilation of the "Dongguan Hanji".
And such a person, in Liu Wei's mind, is naturally a hundred times stronger than the cruel and tyrannical, extravagant Dong Zhuo, in this case, when Lu Zhi encountered the Taiping Dao troops led by Zhang Jiao, he could not overcome it instantly, and the confrontation lasted for more than three months, so if the coach was replaced by Dong Zhuo, it would naturally be even worse, and it was even possible to be defeated by Zhang Jiao's troops.
If Dong Zhuo can really lose to Zhang Jiao, that is Liu Bian's expectation.
In fact, the person who was afraid in the hearts of Liu Bian, Hu Wei and Yong'an Hall before this was Dong Zhuo, and the reason why Liu Wei proposed Dong Zhuo to be the Zhonglang general of the Taiping Road anti-thief army in this third way was to hope that Dong Zhuo could suffer some setbacks in this battle.
Such a setback can be a large attrition of his descendants, or it can be the central government's reproach after the defeat, of course, the best, Liu Bian's most desired result is that Dong Zhuo can die directly on the front line, this series of ideas blessing, finally let Liu Biao have his words: "The son of the minister has been admiring Lu Gong for a long time, and I hope to be able to worship him as a teacher as soon as possible, and learn the scriptures with him." ”
Emperor Liu Hong was overjoyed when he heard this, and said with a smile: "I didn't expect Ah Wei to like such an old man? Lu Zigan has a resolute personality and tries to reproach me for acting in politics, but I don't like it anymore. ”
After that, Liu Hong waved his sleeves and continued: "That's it, don't talk about these old things, if Ah Biao really likes this Lu Zigan, I will ask him to enter the palace to teach and tell the story of Ah Bian, so good?" ”
Liu Wei was overjoyed in his heart, and hurriedly agreed: "Thank you, Your Majesty, in this way, Duke Lu doesn't have to go to the front line to be this lieutenant general?" ”
"Not really." Liu Hong shook his head: "Lu Zhi is not only very knowledgeable with this classic, but he is also a good hand at fighting with leading soldiers. ”
When Liu Wei heard this, he was a little sad, but he continued to listen to Liu Hong said: "Now the Taiping Road is full of thieves and thieves, and the morale is quite good, if the three Zhonglang generals can't lead the army overnight, frustrate their edge, and then the war will be difficult to say, Dong Zhuo recommended by Ah Bian, but he is also a general, but his person is more than Lu Zigan, but it is not as good as it, so I think that the candidate for the third Zhonglang general should also be Lu Zigan. ”
"But Duke Lu is already so old, if there are three long and two short, wouldn't there be no teacher there?" Liu Wei was so anxious that he shouted loudly.
Liu Hong also raised his head and laughed when he heard this: "Ah argue that you are talking about this, don't you mean that I am a big man, and only Lu Zigan can be your teacher?" ”
When Liu Wei heard this, he was unspeakable.
Liu Hong continued: "Actually, if you want to say that there are many people who are proficient in this classic than Lu Zigan, and there is one person who has a very good relationship with Ah Bian, how can Ah Bian have to worship Lu Zigan as a teacher? ”
The so-called apprenticeship to learn the scriptures is just a pretext in Liu Bian's mouth, but I didn't expect Liu Hong to take it seriously, so Liu Biao had to pretend to agree, and asked: "Friends with me?" Is it better than Lu Zigan to be proficient and understand? Who is it? ”
"I have heard that this man is over forty years old and has a daughter, and he seems to have plans to marry this little girl to you." Liu Hong smiled.
"Cai Yong?" Liu Wei's heart moved, and he immediately asked.
"Not bad." Liu Hong's smile did not decrease, and his voice seemed to be more hearty: "Cai Bojiao's attainments in the classics are not a hundred times stronger than Lu Zigan?" If Ah Wei really wants to learn a middle school, it is better to be a teacher with Cai Bojiao, and if someone else really wants to marry his little daughter as a wife, he will also be a teacher and a master, which can also be called a good story. ”
Marrying Cai Bojiao's daughter, that is, the famous talented woman Cai Wenji, this is really a small wish in Liu Bian's heart, now Liu Bian is eight years old, this Cai Wenji, now her name is Cai Zhaoji, she is also more than seven years old, and she was born with pink carving jade, and her eyebrows and eyes are like water. Judging from Liu Wei's experience, this is already a real, fake beauty embryo.
If Cai Yong is a promise, if the emperor is maybe, why not do it? But the most important thing now is how to escape Dong Zhuo, the nemesis of fate, otherwise, if even his life is gone, what kind of wife and beautiful woman can he talk about, tossing and turning?
That's why Liu Wei smiled helplessly and said: "Your Majesty, don't joke with your sons anymore, now that the Taiping Dao is imminent, there must always be a decision." ”
When Liu Hong heard this, his laughter stopped, and he looked beyond the high platform, and said angrily: "Actually, these three Zhonglang generals have already been decided when the DPRK discussed military politics a few days ago, but Huangfu Yizhen is the left middle general, Zhu Jun is the right middle lang general, and Lu Zhi is the North Zhonglang general. ”