Chapter Ninety-Six: Chang'an
The city wall of Chang'an City has been far away, compared to the past, it seems to be more majestic, Luoyang is snowing, Chang'an is a clear sky here, although it is also very cold, but perhaps it is a good mood, sitting on horseback, only feel cool, especially this expedition, farewell to Chang'an for a long time, see Chang'an at this time, in my heart, there is an indescribable sense of intimacy. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ο½ο½ο½Uο½Eγ ο½ο½ο½ο½
On horseback, Lu Bu looked at Jia Xu and said with a smile: "It is said that the hometown is timid, although this Chang'an is not the hometown, it is the foundation of you and me, and it is half a family." β
Jia Xu smiled and stroked his beard and said, "I'm afraid the lord is thinking about the young master, right?" β
"Sort of." Lu Bu did not shy away from it, and a sigh flashed in his eyes and said: "Since Zheng'er was born, the four sides have been fighting, and the smoke is everywhere, my father and son have always gathered less and separated more, I don't know how long this reunion will last?" β
Jia Xu shook his head and said, "Xu has some different views from the lord. β
"Oh?" Lu Bu looked at Jia Xu in surprise: "It's okay for Wen He to speak directly. β
"Now our army governs the western regions in the west, east to Liaodong, north to Yinshan, south to Luoyang, if you talk about the breadth of hell, the lord is already the most prince, but the states and counties under the rule of our army, after the war, the people's minds are determined, the lord is back this time, when he sits firmly in Chang'an, sort out the people's livelihood, instead of revitalizing the war, it is someone who provokes, and it should be resisted by the generals of all parties, if it is not necessary, the lord should not move lightly." Jia Xu said in a deep voice.
The battle of Yecheng, although it is difficult to conclude the outcome of the battle, but that battle, Lu Bu is almost gone, now Lu Bu is in the world, it is a reputation accumulated by victories, before Xuzhou, although Lu Bu is famous, but the victory and defeat are mixed, and at that time Lu Bu did not have any foundation, and the victory or defeat had no impact on Lu Bu.
But now it's different, sweeping Yongliang, the Huns exterminated, sealed the wolf Juxu, and annexed the state, while this victory brought great prestige to Lu Bu, it also brought invisible pressure, if Lu Bu continued to win, naturally he didn't say, but as long as he lost one, Lu Bu would be pulled down from the altar.
To put it bluntly, Lu Bu can't afford to lose!
Throughout the ages, it is easy to win, but it is difficult to be undefeated, look at the famous generals in history, how many have not tasted defeat? Even if Lu Bu loses a game in the future, Lu Bu's entire force will lose its sharpness now, and at least it will stop moving, and if it is serious, the entire force will begin to decline.
This is a major event related to the future of the entire Lu Bu force, even Jia Xu feels that as a strategist, he has the obligation to remind Lu Bu, of course, whether to listen or not is Lu Bu's business, and it is okay to fulfill the obligation, with Jia Xu's character, he can't do that kind of dead admonition.
"You're always so subtle in your speech." Lu Bu glanced at Jia Xu, suddenly laughed, nodded and said: "But that's right, we should strengthen ourselves first, Zheng'er is too young, if my father is gone one day, I really don't know how he will take over such a big family business." β
"The Lord is serious." Jia Xu shook his head and said: "The lord is blessed with Qitian, and he will be able to live a long life." β
"ClichΓ©s!" Lu Bu pointed at Jia Xu and smiled: "But I like it." β
Behind him, listening to the conversation between the two, Xu Shu couldn't help but wonder, although it was still in the run-in period, but for Lu Bu, the monarch, ...... How so? He is not a benevolent monarch, but he is not a tyrant, he does put the people's livelihood first, during this time, Xu Shu handled not only Jizhou's Juntian policy, but also a lot of information and intelligence from Yongliang, Bingzhou, Western Regions, and Hetao, Xu Shu will go through it first, and it is precisely because of this that Xu Shu knows better how terrifying the strategy formulated by the Department of Justice independent of the political system within Lu Bu is.
Although there were occasional conflicts in Yongliang, the Western Regions, and Hetao, that set of laws and regulations had begun to imperceptibly in the time of Lu Bu's governance, and they had gradually bound everyone's norms, and even how to abolish slavery and when to abolish it, in this set of laws, there were also detailed plans.
Of course, the law itself is not the most important, no matter how good the law is, if no one implements it, it is a piece of waste paper, what is really terrifying is that the core of the force headed by Lu Bu is resolutely implementing this set of laws, from top to bottom, so that the entire force led by Lu Bu is all maintaining this set of laws, this should be the credibility that Lu Bu said, right?
It was only then that Xu Shu knew why Lu Bu was not tolerated by the world's families, but now Lu Bu has enough to resist the world's families.
Moreover, this kind of system is only possible here for Lu Bu, any prince, even if he knows the huge benefits that Lu Bu can bring by doing this, but the princes and the family are symbiotics, and under the entanglement of interests, how can they achieve the credibility that Lu Bu said?
This is an era of alternation between the old and the new, and the new form of government is gradually expelling the old things that have begun to decay, and this is indeed a place for itself.
This time, the news of Lu Bu's return has already reached Chang'an, and Chen Gong has already brought Han Meng, Fa Yan and other civil and military officers of Chang'an City to wait for Lu Bu here, and when Lu Bu arrived in Chang'an City, outside Chang'an City, there was already a sea of people.
"The ministers greet the lord and congratulate the lord on his triumphant return." Chen Gong and Yiying Wenwu bowed to Lu Bu.
"Excuse me!"
Although I don't like these false etiquette, but respect and order are already deeply rooted in people's bones, Lu Bu has no intention of changing this concept, the people's wisdom has not been opened, and forcibly implement these things that violate the old cognition and are not beneficial to themselves at all, Lu Bu will not be so idle, his identity has reached this level, and he is no longer a small prince who no one looked down on in the past, some etiquette is unavoidable, this is a ceremony, he can afford it, and he generously accepted everyone's worship, and then waved his hand to signal everyone to get up.
"Gongtai, you and I may not have seen each other for a long time, get on the horse and walk with me, this Chang'an City seems to be much more majestic." Lu Bu smiled at Chen Gong.
I haven't seen him for a year, and Chen Gong is obviously much older, but his spirit is unprecedentedly prosperous.
Chen Gong may not be the most brilliant strategist under Lu Bu, but he must be the most conscientious, especially seeing that this force is growing little by little with the efforts of everyone, even if he is tired, his heart is indescribably comfortable, but sometimes, no matter how good his spirit is, fatigue is inevitable.
Lu Bu remembered that when he left a year ago, Chen Gong didn't have gray hair, but now, Chen Gong has a few more strands of silver hair on his head, and Lu Bu, not only has he not seen aging this year, but he looks more lean, the two of them walked together, if they didn't know that the two were of similar age, maybe they would treat the two as father and son.
"Thank you, Lord." bowed to Lu Bu in a proper manner, and there was no hypocrisy, taking the reins of the horse sent by Zhou Cang and turning over on the horse.
"Gongtai, you ...... Take more rest. Looking at Chen Gong, an indescribable sourness rose in Lu Bu's heart, and when the words came to his mouth, there were only a few words left.
Chen Gong shook his head and said: "The lord is prosperous in the Spring and Autumn Period, but the palace is dying and old, Wenyou is gone, the affairs of the academy, as well as the bookstore established by the Ministry of Industry, one by one, can't be put down, in this life, it is enough to see the lord establish such a foundation." β
"Nonsense! You and I are the same age, and the days to come will be long! Lu Bu glared at Chen Gong dissatisfied, beckoned to Xu Shu and said, "Yuan Zhi, come here." β
Xu Shu stepped forward according to his words, Lu Bu looked at Chen Gong and said: "The new recruit is a subordinate scholar, he has a strategy, and when he comes back this time, he will follow the public platform to help you, Wen He is too slippery, send him to you, I'm afraid he won't share too many things." β
"Thank you, Lord." Chen Gong glanced at Xu Shu, there was a bit of heroism in his elegance, at least in terms of appearance, Xu Shu could throw Pang Tong more than ten streets, nodded with satisfaction: "Gong remembered a person, if he can be recruited, it will be of great use." β
"Who?" Lu Bu looked at Chen Gong in surprise.
"Frustration is a bet." Chen Gong said quietly: "The Western Regions have now been settled, and it is enough for Xu Rongzhen to guard it, and he will put his frustration there, and now that the Yuan family has disappeared, the promises of the past have naturally dispersed, this person has the talent of Wang Zuo, if he can persuade this person to surrender, he can be a big help to the lord." β
When Lu Bu heard this, he frowned: "After all, he is a member of the family." β
"That was before, after this war, what family did Jizhou talk about?" Chen Gong shook his head and said with a smile: "The lord has the ambition to swallow the world, and the family should naturally be in the world. β
Lu Bu nodded, indeed, Yongliang and secluded land are sparsely populated, Jiang Xu, Wei Kang, and Zhang Ji are enough to govern, but if Jizhou is a populous state, it is not easy to govern, although Zhang Ji has been sent to Jizhou, and Wei Kang will accept the position of Xiliang Thorn History, Zhang Ji's ability has now been honed, and he can barely do it, but what about the future? What's more, as Lu Bu's political center, he also needs people of this level to give advice to himself, but as Chen Gong said, Chang'an Academy does not have the conditions to cultivate such talents now.
"In this matter, a man of good argumentation was elected to persuade." Lu Bu frowned and said, don't persuade people to come, but let Frustration turn his heart sideways and come to self-defeating allegiance, then the fun will be great.
"You can send Yang Yishan to persuade." Chen Gong nodded.
"Oh?" Lu Bu was surprised: "Yang Yishan is back?" β
"He has not yet arrived in Chang'an, and now he is assisting Gao Shun in Luoyang to defend against the enemy, but he has already said that Jiangdong will send troops to attack Jingzhou, and the battle in Luoyang should be about to end." Chen Gong nodded and smiled: "Congratulations to the lord, the young lady is also back, and she has brought two generals for the lord." β
"No need to ask, Zhao Yun must have come back with him, but he doesn't know who the other one is?" Lu Bu snorted coldly, Zhao Yun can be called a general, but who else is worthy of being called a general in the land of Jingzhou? It doesn't work out, bring Lao Huang Zhong back to himself, right?
"This person's name is Gan Ning, and Gao Shun is quite appreciative." Chen Gongdao.
"Who?" (To be continued.) )