Chapter 239 Retreat is the advance, the sea and the sky are wide
As soon as Yang Xiu's words came out, a group of prime ministers' confidants and military generals were all excited, and more than 100 people in the main hall were all present, kneeling all over the hall, and said in unison: "Please go further, I am willing to follow the work of dogs and horses, and I will never give up." β
Lu Bu watched His Royal Highness's hundreds of people kneeling on the ground, and even Sima Lang and Chen Lin, who had always been old and respectful, were also in the crowd, and they also fell into these clichΓ©s.
This made Lu Bu a little angry, it was not that he didn't have much ambition, but Lu Bu didn't think about being the king and hegemonic at all.
Since he rescued the emperor who was still the king of Chen Liu at the foot of the mountain, Lu Bu often regarded the emperor as a poor child who was lonely and miserable, and every time he looked at it, he would think of him when he was in Xiaomengjin, and his face was covered with dust and dirt.
For many years after that, since Ding Yuan's assassination, Lu Bu controlled the government alone, and protected the weak royal family under the cover, which naturally had a deep meaning of licking calves. Although the two monarchs and ministers are called monarchs and ministers, they are actually like master and apprentice father and son.
Lu Bu became almost the only person that the young emperor could rely on at that time, and Lu Bu didn't treat the young emperor as a son and nephew, otherwise the emperor would have repeatedly offended the majesty of the prime minister when he grew up, and even secretly calculated against the people of the prime minister's mansion, almost harming the relatives of the prime minister's mansion, but Lu Bu did not retaliate, just cut off the emperor's wings and imprisoned him in the palace.
It's not that Lu Bu doesn't love power, it's that he is unwilling to change his original intention and deviate from his original ambition.
Chen Lin is just a pedantic scholar, but Sima Lang is regarded by Lu Bu as a confidant in his life, and Lu Bu even only tells Sima Lang alone many things in his heart, and in many things, even Yan Xiuli can only rank last in Sima Lang.
If one day, Lu Bu drove the crane to the west, then before leaving, Lu Bu would definitely summon Sima Lang for the last time and entrust it to his little wife and children, as well as this hard-won half of the country.
It's just that he didn't expect that even Sima Lang, who was regarded as his confidant, became one of the many persuasions to enter, forcing Lu Bu to go against his heart and do what he was not willing to do.
"Why?"
Lu Bu's voice was a little cold, like the north wind howling outside the hall.
Everyone seemed to have a tacit understanding in their hearts, or they also knew who Lu Bu was asking for this, and they all turned their eyes to Sima Lang.
"Junhou think about it, since we met in Luoyang, we have traveled from north to south and east to west, and how many hard battles have been fought during this period to get today's results. Now that our army is powerful all over the world and the world is in the heart, even the common people only know that there is a prime minister in Anyi but do not know that there is an emperor in the palace. The hearts of the princes are attached, and the heroes of the Quartet bow their heads and claim to be ministers. If the prince does not want to forge ahead, he will slack the hearts of the people who support the prince and the prince in the world. If you don't advance against the current, you will retreat, and if you don't advance, you won't know that it will chill the hearts of those who are loyal and dependent. Do you know that there are hundreds of thousands of soldiers in our ranks, and how many of them follow the prince because of their loyalty and righteousness? How many people want to follow the prince to create a new world? β
Sima Lang's words were simple and unpretentious, not too ornamented, but the affection contained in them really made Lu Bu's heart move: Could it be that I, Lu Bu, am I going to be forced to be the emperor?
"No, absolutely not! I, Lu Bu, will starve to death, and because of this, I will fall into a situation of collapse and centrifugation, and I will not be a person who has no beginning and no end, and forgets his righteousness. β
Lu Bu's words cut through the gold and iron, and there was no room for maneuver, which made a group of people who knelt down and persuaded how to give up, and countless fierce people spoke up one after another.
"Junhou thinks twice, I think the best time at that time, the royal power is weak, and the prestige of the prince has long been enough to replace the royal family, even among the famous families, the prince has also sown a good reputation of enlightened and virtuous saints in many years of good governance, and now the people's hearts and minds are expected to return, if the prince still insists on going his own way, it will inevitably disappoint the soldiers and the people."
Gao Shun is the first general in front of Lu Bu's tent, almost half of Lu Bu's troops are under Gao Shun's control, if it is divided, except for Lu Bu himself, I am afraid that no other princes in this world can be equal to Gao Shun in terms of strength. These words were naturally said by Gao Shun.
With Gao Shun taking the lead, a group of generals asked for their lives, and Zhao Yun, Yan Liang, Wei Yue, Wei Xu, Guo Yan, Zhao Zhao, Ding Xu and other famous generals with outstanding achievements spoke one after another, asking Lu Bu to follow the advice of the military advisor and the metropolitan governor, and to go further and make this world look new.
In the face of the momentum of persuasion, Lu Bu didn't have much pressure, he just felt that it was unusually funny, there was still someone in the world who was forced to make people emperors? In later generations, there was a Chenqiao mutiny, and now do you still want to come to a Xiangfu mutiny!
What Lu Bu is unwilling to, no one can force it.
"Presumptuous, the hundred officials are you, and the people are also you, only you can represent the hearts of all the people in the world? I, Lu Bu, will succeed or fail, and you can't judge it? If I don't go any further, will you all leave me? β
Lu Bu's words were so strong that he couldn't help but make more than 100 people in the palace sweat coldly, they gathered to persuade the people to advance, and they didn't threaten the prime minister with the power of everyone. The reason why this is so is not because Lu Bu has not been motivated for many years, and he doesn't seem to have any disobedience. Lu Bu didn't, but more than half of the more than 100 people in the palace had the intention of changing the dynasty, so they could only make this decision, hoping to exchange Lu Bu for a further opportunity with the hearts of everyone.
Although the ministers are affectionate, but such a good opportunity will not return, if you miss today's opportunity, I am afraid that there may not be today's good opportunity in the future. It was because more than 100 people in the hall were still kneeling on the ground, confronting Lu Bu, who was glaring angrily, without saying a word, and there seemed to be no intention of compromise.
For the first time, Lu Bu sent the power that he had worked hard to manage for many years, but it was out of control at this moment, and the military generals of Wenchen were all diametrically opposed to his own will, although it was a good intention to persuade him, but Lu Bu's heart at the moment was an unspeakable panic, just like watching a tiger that had been fed for many years and finally grown to perfection, and was roaring loudly at him at this moment.
"You, good, good, good! You are really a good subordinate that I have to use, don't you come to be the prime minister for me, whether you advance or retreat is up to you, I can't control you now! β
The chill in Lu Bu's tone was obvious, and no matter how dull a person was, he could sense the anger in his heart at the moment. But everyone is loyal, and with the will of everyone, the so-called wealth and danger are sought, and if he doesn't force Lu Bu to help, how can he be willing to take on such a big responsibility and do such a big thing.
The two sides confronted each other up and down, and each did not give in to each other, which made the atmosphere in the hall freeze for a while, like condensed ice, and the forest was piercing.
"The Divine Decree has arrived!"
A shout and singing into the hall, so that Lu Bu and a group of civil and military generals were all surprised, since the emperor came to Anyi, it seems that there has never been a holy decree to the prime minister's mansion, generally Lu Bu enters the palace to meet the emperor, it seems that there are few things that the emperor has taken the initiative to summon, no, it has never happened. Even if the emperor wanted to see Lu Bu, he would only let the inner servants pass the word, and would never officially write the holy decree in plain text.
And Lu Bu is in charge of the secretary's order, and he has full authority to draft and issue the holy decree on his behalf, and only he issues the holy decree to people, who would have thought that one day he would also receive the holy decree.
At this moment, he couldn't help but be a little at a loss, in front of all the generals, although Lu Bu had the heart to welcome the holy decree, but seeing the current situation in the palace, he had to be patient for the time being.
The chamberlain Zhang Qian was ordered to pass the holy decree to the prime minister's mansion, this is the most daring time in his life, thinking about how majestic the prime minister Lu Bu is, he has always acted on behalf of the imperial power, how has he been bound by the holy decree, he has summoned up the courage accumulated all his life.
When he entered the main hall, he saw more than 100 soldiers kneeling on the ground, and Lu Bu was sitting alone on the top of the main hall, his eyes were cold and bright, like two sharp blades, only to see Zhang Qian's heart tremble, and he almost knelt on the ground with a group of ministers.
Finally, Zhang Qian still tensed the nerves in his body, suppressed his fear in his heart, and said in a trembling voice to the head Lu Bu: "Your Majesty has a decree, please accept the decree." β
"You say."
Lu Bu didn't move, he had to be named prime minister, open the palace and set up a government, perform the honor guard of the Son of Heaven, and he didn't have to pay homage to the temple with a sword, so he could naturally be indifferent to the holy decree.
"Your Majesty has a will: Prime Minister Lu Bu has repeatedly made military exploits, pacified the princes of the Quartet for me, helped the Han family to fall in the generals, turned the tide of the tide, repaired the scriptures and history inside, determined the world outside, and made immortal contributions for my Han Dynasty. Chin this! β
After Zhang Qian recited the holy decree, the needles in the hall were almost audible, and all the civil and military generals who had planned to persuade them changed their colors. Lu Bu was unwilling to risk the disapproval of the world to replace the Han family, and now the emperor is crowned king, but I am afraid that there will be no room for change.
Yang Xiu, Sima Lang, Chen Lin and others sighed even more, it seems that the fate of the Han family is not over, and now the plan can only be done here.
"Congratulations to His Royal Highness King Jin!"
Under the leadership of Sima Lang, the generals knelt down to Lu Bu to congratulate.
A group of generals is not as long as Wenchen thought, since Lu Bu is unwilling to be the emperor, then it is not bad to be a prince, you must know that the prince of the Han Dynasty is only a royal child, since Gaozu, there has never been a king with a different surname, and now Lu Bu has to be crowned the king of Jin, isn't it a manifestation of the royal family's constant succession?
But Lu Bu himself was like an old monk who had settled down, just looked at Zhang Qian fixedly, only to see that his whole body was trembling, and he almost knelt on the ground.
"Who entered the palace today?"
Lu Bu suddenly asked, a little abruptly.
Zhang Qian's expression was a little evasive: "No one has entered the palace." β
"Honestly, you can live."
The chilling killing intent in Lu Bu's words made Zhang Qian finally unable to stand on his knees and cry: "At the end of today's military parade, when Your Majesty returned to the palace to rest, suddenly the prince entered the palace and asked to see Your Majesty, and discussed secretly with Your Majesty in Weiyang Palace for an hour, as for the content, I don't know, at that time, Your Majesty sent everyone to the attendants, and no one knew the content of their conversation. All I know is that shortly after the departure of the child, His Majesty personally drafted this edict and ordered me to come and announce it. β
"Where is Lu Xing?"
Lu Bu didn't pay attention to the military generals who were kneeling on the ground, he needed to know, why did Lu Xing go to meet the emperor alone, and why did the emperor make an exception to make an exception to crown himself as the king of Jin, what did they talk about?
Today's events are all beyond Lu Bu's control, as if everything has happened so strangely.
"Childe was ordered to patrol the city and deal with the aftermath of the parade, and he is not in the palace at the moment."
Hearing the waiter's reply, Lu Bu finally moved, he walked to the inner servant Zhang Qian, helped him up, took the holy decree in his hand, and said in a harmonious voice: "The inner servant went back to tell Your Majesty, and said that Lu Bu accepted the order." β
Zhang Qian suddenly fled as if he had been amnestied.
"Rise up and stand down, all of you, for I am tired."
Lu Bu threw the holy decree in his hand aside, sat back on the main seat and said lightly.
A group of civil and military generals glanced at each other, with unwillingness, excitement, helplessness and comfort in their eyes, all of them, each with gains and losses from what had just happened.
"Newspaper... Gongzi was assassinated in the city, but fortunately the son-in-law rescued him, but fortunately he was not injured, and captured a total of 13 people including Zhang Hu, the mastermind of the assassination, and killed 37 assassins. A guard reported in a hurry.
The crowd was about to disband, and suddenly heard such a big event. I couldn't help but change my expression.
Who is Zhang Hu? He is the eldest son of Zhang Liao, an important minister of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and the elder brother of the current queen, he actually participated in the treacherous plot to assassinate the prince, and the person behind him is obvious.
"The minister has no way to teach his son, so that he has committed such a monstrous disaster, and the minister has the fault of raising but not teaching, and he is willing to be punished by the king of Jin."
Zhang Liao's face was pale, because of the emperor, he had already lost a daughter, and he didn't want to bury another son because of him. The daughter is now imprisoned in the palace, and he is only afraid that it will be rare to see him again in this life, and his son, Zhang Liao, has always taught him not to participate in the power struggle of the royal family, but he just didn't listen, and now he is doing such a big rebellion, so that he can clear this heinous crime. No matter how generous a person is, how can he let the murderer of his son go unpunished.
Knowing that Lu Xing was safe and sound, Lu Bu paid attention to Zhang Liao, and listened to him plead for his guilt, he must have wanted to say for his son Zhang Hu, and said quietly: "Wen Yuan waits for a while, and when Lu Xing comes back to restore his life, it is not too late to ask the cause of the incident and deal with it." β
Not long after, Lu Xing and Ruyi escorted Zhang Hu and other strong men into the main hall, Zhang Hu was gagged with sackcloth, and his face was ashamed and angry, and the rest of the strong men were also very familiar, and they seemed to be the guards in Zhang Liao's mansion.
"The sons see their father, Zhang Hu did evil and misbehaved in the city, and was taken down by the sons, so he came to ask his father for what to do."
Lu Xing looked young and old, and his words were not leaky, which not only explained the truth of Zhang Hu's murder in the city, but also concealed Zhang Hu's behavior of wanting to assassinate him, giving Zhang Liao enough face to prevent Zhang Hu from falling into a place of no return.
"Oh? What Zhang Hu has done, you can tell me in detail. Lu Bu was a little surprised by his son's attitude, and Lu Xing was not in the mansion, but he knew that he was crowned the king of Jin, which shows that what Zhang Qian said was the truth, and his own prince must have a great relationship with this son.
"Zhang Hu is armed in the city and disturbs the peace in the city, which is not a big deal, and he asks his father to be gracious and exempt from punishment."
Hearing Lu Xing's words, Zhang Hu obviously had a different opinion, held his head high, and let out a whining howl. It's just that because he was gagged with a sackcloth, he couldn't say a word.
"It seems that Zhang Hu has something to say, take it down and let him say it."
Lu Xing's face changed, this Zhang Hu did not have a good word of foul language along the way, Zhang Hu said that he assassinated himself, but he did not succeed after all, but he almost took his life because of this, if he hadn't begged his sister to spare his life, Zhang Hu was afraid that he would have been in a different place at this time.
The reason why this is the case is that Lu Xingnian is an important minister in Zhang Liao, and he really shouldn't have a dislike with his father because of his son.
If he takes off the sackcloth from his mouth at this time, perhaps he will speak wildly again, and even his father will not be able to save his life.
Seeing Lu Xing's hesitation, Lu Bu smiled and said, "It's okay, if you have anything to say, let him make it clear." β
Lu Xing had no choice but to take off the sackcloth in Zhang Hu's mouth, and as soon as Zhang Hu was free to speak, he suddenly shouted: "Traitor, stealing the country and bullying the king, you can't die well!" β
A loud voice interrupted Zhang Hu's cursing, and Zhang Liao almost slapped Zhang Hu with all his strength, and suddenly Zhang Hu's face swelled on one side, and blood flowed from the corners of his mouth.
"Rebel, do you want me to die at the foot of Shouyang Mountain?"
Zhang Liao's cold words carried a hint of crying.
Shouyang Mountain is in the southern suburbs of Anyi City, which is the place where the soldiers and horses in the city are stationed. Shouyang Mountain looks south to Luoyang, there is an altar on the mountain, and it is the royal hunting ground, so it is a very high status mountain in Anyi City, and many guilty people will burn incense and pray in the temple under Shouyang Mountain to redeem their sins.
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