Chapter 405: Guiding the Maze (Part II)
Tian Feng's last question surprised Liu Zheng.
He didn't expect that now that the entire Central Plains was in chaos, and with Dong Zhuo still controlling the court, Tian Feng would consider such a long-term problem.
What he didn't expect was that Tian Feng would ask him questions about the usurpation of the throne.
The former can show that Tian Feng has a foresight, and he has expected that Dong Zhuo will be destroyed, and there will be someone controlling the court, but the latter is clearly suspicious of him and feels that he is extremely dangerous.
However, Liu Zheng realized these two meanings, and he didn't want to be too elegant, he was more curious at this time, why did Tian Feng ask him this.
Ordinary people will never be so heart-to-heart when they meet for the first time, this is already a shallow conversation, touching the bottom line, Liu Zheng doesn't think that Tian Feng is just asking casually, it is definitely full of meaning, and Liu Zheng also feels that Tian Feng's words are to guide him.
Based on this consideration, it is also because he knows that the purpose of this trip has been known to Tian Feng, and it is because Tian Feng feels that he is fighting alone, so from the overall situation, he wants to help him, but this is only due to Liu Zheng's association, and the specific reason has to be tested and tempted.
Liu Zheng thought about it and said with a dry smile: "I don't know yet...... What does Yuan Haogong mean by this? To tell the truth, Liu never thought of being so meticulous. I'm just asking for a king to worship ......"
"Oh?" Tian Feng interrupted Liu Zheng's words, and said with a smile: "Liu Gongzi has such foresight, he really didn't think about what to do after the past?" It's just that you don't want to, many people in the Xun family can participate in the planning of your trip, and you can think that they haven't discussed this matter with you? Have you wasted all your years of hard work? Or is it ...... Gongzi and the Xun family, but they are actually inseparable? ”
Liu Zheng's face was grim, but he didn't know how to answer.
Of course he thought about it.
How could he not have thought about it!
Dong Zhuo is extinguished, who is in power? What should his people do? Liu Yu, Yuan Kui, Lu Zhi, will they really let him mess around all the time? Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, Sun Jian, Liu Bei, and other too shou assassin histories, will they really tolerate him to lead an army alone and let him develop and grow? What will the ministers of the court have towards him? Can the soldiers in his hands remain in his hands? Does he want to rescue the emperor step by step, and then mix seniority and merit until he leads all his generals to become famous? Or, is it really under the orders of the Son of Heaven? Or even go one step further and become an emperor?
Although he thinks that he has no talent and can't be an emperor, he really thinks about everything!
But there are some things that he can't say, at least for this period of time, and it's useless to say them to anyone.
He could think that if he told Lu Zhi about these concerns, Lu Zhi would definitely want him to assist Liu Yu.
Because Liu Yu is the most authoritative and qualified person to assist the emperor in commanding the world, and he is also the person who can tolerate him, and he is just a commoner, even if he holds the Zhongxing sword, there are not many people who obey him. At this time, only Liu Yu is the most suitable person.
And aside from Lu Zhi, I'm afraid that Xun Shuang will also think like this.
Of course, the older generation of people are old-fashioned and may not be able to communicate, and among the younger generation, Liu Zheng is not without people who can talk about their hearts.
It's just that among these people, except for Xun You, who can most reassure Liu Zheng, everyone else Liu Zheng has scruples, and what he cares about the most is Xun Yu's attitude.
In Liu Zheng's opinion, as long as Xun Yu agrees, other people's opinions are not even very important, but the biggest problem is that Liu Zheng cannot open his mouth to Xun Yu.
After many years of getting along, although Xun Yu has just entered his career, Liu Zheng has already seen Xun Yu's strategy for the overall situation on weekdays, and Liu Zheng can expect that according to Xun Yu's ability, it is impossible not to think about what they should do after Dong Zhuo is destroyed.
But on the other hand, Liu Zheng is also a person trusted by Xun Yu, they have a certain tacit understanding in the past, Liu Zheng doesn't need to ask more, Xun Yu knows how to deal with Liu Zheng.
So this has become Liu Zheng's biggest concern. Knowing that Xun Yu was prepared, Liu Zheng went to say these thoughts again, it is true that Liu Zheng would not say anything about the usurpation of the dynasty, but the previous questions will also make Xun Yu have some ideas.
You must know that Liu Zheng's current situation is not as good as when Cao Cao controlled Emperor Han Xian in Xuchang. Cao Cao Xun was already dead at that time, Liu Yu was also dead, the world was in chaos, compared with other princes, Cao Cao was the one who really had ideals, ambitions and strength, so Xun Yu wholeheartedly assisted Cao Cao, which was equivalent to realizing his ideal of supporting the Han family and unifying the Han Dynasty.
But Liu Zheng had just raised troops to fight against Dong Zhuo at this time, Liu Yu was still alive, and Xun Shuang was still the real head of the Xun family. At this time, Liu Zheng and Xun Yu mentioned where to go, and whether they would be feared by those people in the court, doesn't this make it clear that they don't want to bird Liu Yu and have the idea of setting up their own door?
What if Xun Yu minds and takes refuge in Liu Yu? Xun Shuang knew about it, what should he do if he beat him and even let the Xun family stay away from him?
In general, the timing is not right, the situation is not right, and Liu Zheng has no way to talk to Xun Yu at all.
At this time, Tian Feng asked him such a question......
Liu Zheng swallowed his saliva and looked around.
The sun was very strong, the whole camp was busy, although everyone was busy and sweating, but at this time, the words and deeds were hard-working, there was no complaint, and the atmosphere was also happy.
He looked at it for a moment, leaned over to Tian Feng, and said with a serious expression: "Yuan Haogong, Liu doesn't want to go around with you anymore." Then you said, "What is the purpose of your trip?" Don't worry, what you said today can come out of your mouth and into my ears, Liu swore to God that he would never let a third person know. ”
Seeing Liu Zheng's serious expression, Tian Feng's smiling expression was also put away, his eyes lowered, and he said in a deep voice: "The old man wants the son to do a few things." ”
Liu Zheng raised his eyebrows slightly, "You say." ”
"First, a letter ordering all the people who are still idle to obey you to spread to Jizhou, Qingzhou, and Yanzhou." Seeing that Liu Zheng didn't speak, Tian Feng's face became more and more serious: "Second, list the list of military generals under your command, as well as all internal affairs, the old man wants the most detailed." Third, after you came here, what was the deployment of Dong Zhuo in other places...... Well, it's internal and external affairs, everything is available, and the old man wants it. ”
Liu Zheng realized something, took a deep breath, and said with wide eyes: "Why me?" ”
Tian Feng looked at Liu Zheng's expression and smiled slightly softly, "Because you have a vision, you can do things, and you can do great things." It's all good thing. And because you want to take care of the old man, it means that you value the old man. ”
Liu Zheng was a little incredulous, he really had a feeling that the world was falling out of pie, "Yuan Haogong doesn't think Liu Youzhou is a good place to go......"
Tian Feng waved his hand, glanced around, and his smile became softer, "Everyone says that Liu Gongzi is impulsive and arrogant, but in fact, you have a lot of concerns, right?" Perhaps, in your heart, you still feel that you are inferior to others? ”
"I just didn't expect that in my current situation, Yuan Haogong, you actually want to join, you are from Maocai, how can you be comparable to ordinary people in your skills."
"Liu Gongzi's words are wrong...... Tian Feng sighed, and sighed: "The ability must be valued by someone to be useful." It is also necessary for both parties to be in agreement. The king chooses the minister, and the minister chooses the king...... The old man's temperament, the old man himself knows. Problems arise when you meet ordinary people. And Liu Gongzi's temperament will also have problems. The old man thinks that you and I smell the same, and we may be able to get along. ”
He laughed a few times, and then said, "Naturally, Liu Gongzi must not misunderstand." If you don't succeed in this journey, you'll die...... cough, or forced to become a thief due to the situation, the old man didn't say anything. If you have nothing to do after the deed, you can let the old man leave, and the old man is willing to continue to find a master to take refuge in as if nothing happened. As for knowing all your circumstances this time, I also think that Liu Gongzi, you value the old man, and there is righteousness in this trip, so the old man has to do his part in this matter. What's more, Childe's trip to the south was not perfect, and he had already sold the flaws to Dong Zhuo. The old man wants to make everything more real and make the son safer. ”
Speaking of this, Liu Zheng also understood that Tian Feng was also afraid that after learning all about himself, he would not let go, not that he was really impressed by his integrity and wanted to stay.
He comprehended it and asked curiously, "What flaw?" ”
The old man noticed that the son had always acted violently, in the past, Guangzong was in the camp, and even the court envoys dared to kill if he didn't agree with a word, and then he dared to disobey several Zhonglang generals under the city of Wancheng, and even ridiculed the literati and marriage with two poems. Plus what happened in Youzhou...... Childe thinks that Liu Youzhou is so unkind, according to your usual temperament, will you let your subordinates stay there? Even if you keep it, you have to rebel a few times, right? This trip to the south, but the matter of Youzhou is dragging mud and water, and I haven't seen you for a few months, if anyone in Dong Zhuo's mansion knows, won't he be suspicious to investigate? ”
Liu Zheng was stunned, "Yuan Hao just asked me to send all the people I can send to the other three states, just to call me ......"
Tian Feng nodded, "Not bad." One is to clear up the relationship, and the other is to ...... Plan for the future. ”
Liu Zheng nodded in understanding, and then hesitated: "However, you don't have to be so troublesome, right?" Now that most of the Yellow Turban Army has returned to Qingzhou, I can pretend that the rest of the people have cleared up the relationship......"
"Xun Wenruo was the person who followed you incognito, as well as your farm and field, and private workshop...... Do you think that the court is full of stupid people, and they won't find out if those things have anything to do with you? Even if you don't check it, as long as Dong Zhuo is suspicious, it's enough. When you go to Luoyang, if someone beats you a few times, or blames you for this matter, Liu Gongzi can guarantee that he will not show his flaws. You must know that only when you really feel that you are at the end of the road, and you have to join Dong Zhuo, can you do this without any flaws. If not, then ...... Oh, it's a thousand miles to miss it. ”
Tian Feng squinted at Liu Zheng, and then changed his words and said: "Naturally, if Liu Gongzi doesn't want to be perfect in this matter, he will be too cautious as an old man." However, the old man still has a sentence, does the son really plan to let his years of achievements be eaten by Liu Youzhou? Don't you think that if you are not there, no one in Youzhou will have a different heart for your things? ”
Liu Zheng's expression was dazed, and he didn't answer, Tian Feng looked up at the blue sky, and said with a smile: "Childe, do you and I still need to see the outside like this?" You really can't tell the old man? Oh, you haven't answered the old man, what the hell do you think? The old man felt that it was not wishful thinking or a taboo to obey the order of the Son of Heaven. In this sour jujube camp, many people have such thoughts, and even the other two, why didn't Liu Gongzi dare to say it? If you think about what you've done, I don't think the rest of us have that strategy. No one is better suited than you. ”
Liu Zheng was used in his heart, but he was also afraid that Tian Feng was inspecting him, so after thinking for a while, he still said: "Yuan Haogong has a good reputation...... If the time has not come, don't mention it. ”
"Hehe, since the son doesn't want to say it, then the old man will wait for that opportunity. However, there are a few other things that the old man thinks that Liu Gongzi should do himself. ”
"Please also ask Yuan Haogong for advice." Liu Zheng asked for advice with an open face, and Tian Feng said with a smile: "You just said that the situation in the sour jujube camp is not optimistic for you, why don't you disclose this matter to Dong Zhuojun as soon as possible?" ”
Liu Zheng was stunned, "You mean ......?"
Tian Feng said with a smile: "Seven days at the latest, within seven days, wave the army westward, and when you meet Dong Zhuo's troops, you will inform them that no one will tolerate you in the sour jujube camp." In this battle, if you can win, you will win, if you can't do anything, you will feign defeat and retreat, and then come back to fight with the Taishou assassin history in the camp. ”
Liu Zheng frowned, "So urgent? Why? ”
"Childe's trip is to save Luoyang, right?" Seeing Liu Zheng nodding, Tian Feng said in a deep voice: "Since the news of the crusade against Dong Zhuo spread last year, Zhang Miao has already sent troops to the area of Sujujube. This means that the matter of going to war has long been heard among the subordinates, not only the people have moved when they hear the wind, but Dong Zhuo has also responded. ”
Liu Zheng nodded, Tian Feng moved his body to sit on the mat, and wrote and painted on the loess, "The old man came all the way, if you heard correctly, now the people of Hanoi County and Henan Yin County under the jurisdiction of the division have three places to go. The first is to stay put, the second is to flee outside the division, and the third is to flee into the jurisdiction of Dong Zhuo in the west. ”
Tian Feng drew on the ground the Yin and Hanoi counties of Henan, which were close to the allied army, and then marked a few arrows, and then smoothed out the arrows scattered to other states, "The people who go to Sili don't care, the people who stay in place, I think there are not too many people under the rumors and Dong Zhuo's strong wall, and the rest are in the place under Dong Zhuo's jurisdiction, that is, west of the revolving gate pass, near Luoyang." ”
He looked up at Liu Zheng, "However, Liu Gongzi, don't forget, how much grain and grass is there in Luoyang?" In recent years, the Yellow Turban Rebellion has plagued the grain storage in Taicang once, and then the locust plague in Guanxi and Sili has been in drought, and it is Taicang to release grain. From Luoyang, the army was raised to crusade against the Qiang people in the north, the anti-thieves in Liangzhou, or the grain in Taicang...... But since the rumors of the crusade against Dong Zhuo began last year, Si Lidong no longer supplies grain and grass to Luoyang, which means that since last year, Luoyang needs to supply far more than the population of the past, but the grain and grass can only go in and out. ”
Liu Zheng seemed to have an understanding, and Tian Feng continued: "Dong Zhuo is an outsider, that is, now the power is leaning towards the government and the opposition, but too many people are pouring into Luoyang, whether it is killed or stayed, it is not a good thing for him. Not to mention that the alliance is a big threat to him, Nanyang, Bingzhou, and even Hedong County and Jingzhaoyin are not without danger. You say, at such a time, the situation is unclear, will he want to move the capital? ”
"Since Liu Gongzi wants to stabilize him, he naturally needs to tell him in advance that the alliance army looks like a god. Otherwise, he would have to go to Chang'an. There is his territory, and there are many grain and grass troops there, and there is no need to transport them over long distances, so there is some loss. In addition, from Henan Yin to Jing Zhao Yin, there are also many barriers that allow him to continue to enjoy the feeling of being in power with peace of mind. is to occasionally come out to fight, have a part to control the court, resist foreign enemies, and can also respond at any time. ”
After Tian Feng finished speaking, Liu Zheng said with admiration: "I know what Mr. means." ”
Seeing Tian Feng's soft smile, Liu Zheng asked, "But Liu thinks it will be too fast?" Liu also thought that if I had an accident when I went to Luoyang, I would be able to have Brother Bo Jue to answer me. Now it's starting to consume the subordinates ......"
"If you are not happy, how can you calm Dong Zhuo's heart? The knife hangs above his head, he can't see, if you don't tell him if it's a wooden knife or a blunt knife, will he be afraid? As for Gongsun Zhan...... If Liu Gongzi believes in the old man, the old man can help you respond. You just have to tell the old man how to make Gongsun Chan believe me, and when you leave, the old man can help you arrange it...... Naturally, or that sentence, Liu Gongzi can be trusted by the old man? ”
Liu Zheng's face was solemn, and then he knelt down on the seat, and said respectfully: "Sir, Liu Mou's trip depends on you!" ”
Tian Feng laughed a few times, helped Liu Zheng up, and said with the same excited face: "With the words of the son, the old man is satisfied!" This time, the old man will be the son, for His Majesty, and for the Han Dynasty! ”