When Dong Zhuo disregarded the opposition of the courtiers and abolished Liu Wei and appointed Liu Xie as emperor, he had already begun to run wild on the road to death. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

At the court meeting at that time, only Lu Zhi stood up and spoke out against the courtiers, and the others remained silent. Dong Zhuo was very angry, and directly dismissed the court, and then asked people to carry a knife into the palace to coerce Empress Dowager He, and planned to directly kill Lu Zhi, who opposed him. Fortunately, Cai Yong stood up and said good things for Lu Zhi, and Peng Bo, the speaker of the council, also advised Dong Zhuo: "Lu Shangshu is a famous Confucian in China and has a high reputation in Shilin. If you kill him now, it will cause panic among the corporal of the world. ”

Dong Zhuoqiang endured the murderous intent in his heart and did not kill Lu Zhi for the time being, but he still removed Lu Zhi from his official position as Shangshu, and sent someone to secretly monitor Lu Zhi's mansion to prevent Lu Zhi from escaping from Luoyang.

Regarding the conflict between Lu Zhi and Dong Zhuo, Lu Bu, who was in Luoyang, naturally knew about it. But how to rescue Lu Zhi without angering Dong Zhuo, Lu Bu was not at all sure in his heart.

According to Dong Zhuo's rhythm of death, it won't be long before he will send Li Ru into the palace with wine to poison and abolish Emperor Liu Yan. Lu Bu didn't know whether he should turn his face with Dong Zhuo and snatch Liu Bian at this time, or pretend that he didn't know anything, and continue to make false promises to seek greater benefits.

At this time, the biggest advantage of rebelling against Dong Zhuo is naturally that he can gain a lot of popularity, so that Lu Bu can become known to the world from being unknown. With popularity, it will be easier for Lu Bu to recruit talents in the future, and perhaps he can also get the secret support of some scholars and doctors.

There are benefits, but naturally there are disadvantages, and they are great disadvantages. Once Lu Bu jumped out to resist Dong Zhuo, then he would definitely not be able to stay in Luoyang any longer, and the best ending was nothing more than to protect the deposed emperor Liu Bian to escape from Luoyang, and then join Gao Shun, Zhang Liao, Zhang Yang and others, and then go away to the border, and wait for Dong Zhuo's power to weaken and fall, and then come out to compete with the world's heroes in the Central Plains.

Trying to rescue Liu Bian from the city of Luoyang, where the 100,000 Xiliang troops were stationed, was an extremely risky thing. In case Dong Zhuo sent troops to chase and kill Lu Bu all the way, it would be even more dangerous, and it would be even more dangerous for Lu Bu to bury all the 5,000 people under his command now.

There wasn't much time left for Lu Bu to think about it, and he needed to make up his mind as soon as possible.

That night, Hou Cheng and a few of his subordinates pretended to be pouring night incense, and after successfully deceiving the sight of the person who was secretly watching, Hou Cheng blended into Lu Zhi's mansion.

After meeting Lu Zhi, Hou Cheng declared his identity. "His subordinate Hou Cheng was ordered by Lu Fengxian, the commander of the cavalry, to come to see Shangshu late at night, and there was a major event to report."

Lu Zhi was expressionless, and asked indifferently: "How can you prove that you were appointed by Lu Fengxian?" ”

Hou Cheng replied: "When the cavalry captain left your mansion that day, he left a sentence. The original words of the cavalry lieutenant were: 'If Lu Shangshu goes out of Luoyang one day, he will wait for the cloth to sweep the seat'. ”

Hou Cheng proved his identity, but Lu Zhi remained vigilant enough. He asked Hou Cheng: "Riding the captain is deeply loved by the Dong family, but Lu is the person Dong Zhuo wants to kill, Lu Fengxian sent you to see me, aren't you afraid of being known by Dong Zhuo?" ”

Hou Cheng explained: "Lu Shangshu was suspicious, and his heart was to the Han family, because he was worried that the Dong family would kill the abolished emperor, and wanted to lead soldiers and horses into the palace to rescue the abolished emperor. Now that the situation is urgent, there is no one around the captain to give advice, so he sent his subordinates to ask for advice! ”

Knowing that Lu Bu planned to fight Dong Zhuo head-on, Lu Zhi was also taken aback. He remembered what Lu Bu had said when he came to the mansion to meet him before, and then he felt that Lu Bu had a long-term vision, and he had long expected that Dong Zhuo would monopolize the government, and he also saw that Dong Zhuo would not let him go Lu Zhi.

At this time, Lu Zhi finally felt that he had despised Lu Bu at the beginning.

Lu Zhi collected his complicated thoughts and asked calmly, "Why is the captain of your family willing to take such a risk?" ”

Lu Zhi was asking Hou Cheng what purpose and intention Lu Bu wanted to rescue the deposed emperor Liu Bian.

Hou Cheng replied with a serious face: "Du Wei's original words are 'The Dong family is tyrannical and scheming, rigid but suspicious, arrogant and brutal, his people have neither the virtue and talent of Yin Yi, nor the ambition of Huo Guang, but now they are stealing power and confusing the center, they will be attacked by the whole world, and the defeat will only be in a moment!" If he is killed for no reason, the prestige of the Han family will collapse like a building in an instant, and the world will be in chaos, and the people will never have peace again! ”

Lu Zhi, as a Confucian who is well-versed in both military and political affairs, naturally fully understood what Hou Cheng relayed. The reason why Lu Bu saved Liu Bian was that he felt that Dong Zhuo was unpopular, and if he was allowed to kill Liu Bian, it would make the people of the world feel that the Han family had weakened to the point of hopelessness, and then what followed would be the rise of ambitious people everywhere, and it was the ordinary people who suffered.

Lu Bu's starting point, or foothold, was on thousands of ordinary people in the world, which shocked Lu Zhi very much.

The relationship between the emperor and the ministers of the Han Empire was not the relationship between the master and the slave in later generations, but the relationship between the major shareholders and the small shareholders.

Several people have already done this kind of thing. Dong Zhuo's abolition of Liu Bian can also be regarded as this situation, his reason is that Liu Bian is timid and afraid, and he is not as smart as Liu Xie. At that time, although Lu Zhi stood up against it, there were also ministers like Yuan Kui who participated in the process of deposing Liu Bian. In the minds of the ministers, they may feel that the smaller the emperor, the easier it is to control, and save themselves from competing with them for power.

If Lu Bu's starting point was to be loyal to the royal family or even loyal to the deposed emperor, Lu Zhi would definitely not be moved. Because with Lu Zhi's vision and mind, the reason why he opposed Dong Zhuo's abolition of Liu Bian was that he was afraid that Dong Zhuo would take away the fig leaf of the weakness of the Han family, and he didn't really care if Liu Zhuo, the little emperor, lost the throne. A half-grown child, who knows how to govern the country with a fart, really wants to govern the world, and he can't rely on the ministers?

What do the Confucians care about the most? How to govern the world is his reputation after death. Therefore, Lu Bu sent Hou Cheng to see Lu Zhi, which seemed to be asking Lu Zhi for advice, but was actually soliciting Lu Zhi. Moreover, Lu Bu's unclever solicitation seems to have the possibility of success.

Lu Zhi decided to help Lu Bu with advice, and he said to Hou Cheng: "This place is not suitable for a long time, you take me to meet Lu Duwei quickly!" ”

Hou Cheng was taken aback, how could this scholar be so impulsive when he made a decision? Don't even want a mansion and a family?

Hou Cheng reminded Lu Zhi and said: "Dare to ask Lu Shangshu, what should the rest of the people in the mansion do?" Don't want any money or utensils? ”

Lu Zhi replied with a smile: "I still need to thank Captain Lu for this matter, after he came to the house to remind him last time, I sent all the old and weak women and children in the house back to my hometown in Jizhou." Since I have done Dong Zhuo, I have dismissed the remaining slaves in the mansion, and now there are only a few people in this mansion, and after I leave tonight, they can escape on their own! ”

An open-minded celebrity who asked his son not to use a coffin for himself when he died, and only used a layer of single silk to wrap his body, how could he care about these money and utensils that could not be moved away in the mansion?