What was the greatest weapon of the literati at this time? It's not temperament, it's not poetry and songs, it's the pen and mouth.

And Chen Lin's pen is undoubtedly very sharp and gorgeous, so that even if people don't believe what is written in it, they have to be conquered by the literary brilliance in it.

This letter to the imperial court was transmitted to Luoyang on the second day of the emperor's banquet for the new concubine, which made people wonder if Yuan Shao's qiē had already been calculated, and as soon as he received the court, Dong Zhuo summoned all his civil and military ministers to the Xiangguo Mansion to discuss how to deal with it.

In fact, with Dong Zhuo's own thoughts, he doesn't have to accept Yuan Shao's statement at all, with his current prestige and strength, who does the world need to be afraid of? The most terrible thing today is himself.

But Li Ru obviously didn't see it that way, he persuaded Dong Zhuo: "It's good that Xiangguo is not afraid of anyone in the world, and even as long as Xiangguo is willing, even the whole of Hebei has the power to compete, but Xiangguo can take it into account, and now is the right time?" ”

Dong Zhuo squinted at him and said lightly: "Timing? ”

"Yes, it's the timing." Li Ru nodded heavily, "Xiangguo should know, if all the princes are eyeing Luoyang today, Xiangguo occupies the advantage of coercing the Son of Heaven to make the princes, this is still the case, but this Luoyang does not belong to Xiangguo alone, if Xiangguo is not careful, he will not capsize in the gutter." Today's instability in Luoyang is not because the deterrence of the country is not enough, but some people still do not give up, and even many of them put their hopes on those princely forces outside, whether it is Cao Cao in Xuzhou, or this Yuan Benchu, we are all clear that some ministers in the court have contacts. In such a situation, even if the power of Xiangguo is stronger, they will jump up and down in Luoyang if they have hope, disturbing the situation in Luoyang, and now there is no need to retreat to Chang'an, this Luoyang is our main business, and Luoyang is the imperial capital Chang'an to do the western capital, which can echo each other, at this time, only these two parties are stable, Xiangguo is not afraid of others, although these people in Luoyang are just clowns, they have no power and no soldiers in their hands, even if they make a mess, it is impossible to hurt Xiangguo, but if they are not careful, they may still make a big mistake and cause riots in Luoyang, When the time comes, they echo with the outside world, even if they can still stabilize in the future, we will have to pay a great price, if we cut off the hope of these people, so that they have nothing to ask for from the outside world, and only surrender to the Xiangguo, so that they can only concentrate on dealing with one side, it is much easier. ”

As those courtiers who still have extravagant hopes for the Han Dynasty, or there are still a lot of wall-to-wall grasses that fall down in the wind, of course it is impossible to really be single-minded to Dong Zhuo, this Li Ru is very clear, Dong Zhuo is also very clear, even those veterans of Xiliang, such as Li Dao and Guo Yan, who are now away for a long time, Dong Zhuo is completely at ease for them? Of course it can't be, otherwise he doesn't need to send Zhang Ji and Fan Chou to their side successively, in order to check and balance, after all, people's hearts will change, but as long as they grasp the absolute power and use the way of checks and balances, this crooked mind is nothing at all, and in the same way, as long as the means are used well and the idea of cutting off the contact between these courtiers and the outside world, it can indeed make the situation in Luoyang more stable, which is naturally very beneficial to Dong Zhuo, after all, these courtiers may not have real power, but they have enough influence, And there are also family forces behind them that can be united when necessary, so that people dare not underestimate them, and the best way to do this is to use a divisive strategy between them.

Didn't these courtiers think that those princes could save the little emperor and save the Han family? But if even they surrendered to Dong Zhuo, even if it was just to show their feelings, everyone knew that this was just a means to paralyze Dong Zhuo, but they would not be able to accept such a method, and would think that it was a betrayal, so that Dong Zhuo's goal would naturally be achieved.

What Li Ru said is not wrong, Dong Zhuo will also think, and he also thinks that this is true, so he naturally will not listen, but the so-called simultaneous listening is clear, and it is always good to listen to more opinions, especially this is also a war, and if you call these generals under you, you may be able to discuss a better way to deal with it.

In addition, I have to explain to them some things to pay attention to in the future, after all, Li Ru also made a statement to Dong Zhuo, perhaps because of the victory in the Battle of the Tiger Prison, so that Dong Zhuo's fame is in full swing, and even the generals who participated in the Battle of the Tiger Prison and made meritorious contributions have become a lot more arrogant.

Dong Zhuo summoned all the core figures under him, Hua Xiong, Li Su, Yang Ding and others in the Xiliang Army, Lu Bu, Zhang Liao and others in the Zhou Army, basically Dong Zhuo's important people except for Niu Fu and them outside, are all here, Li Ru is naturally the first under Dong Zhuo, even if Dong Zhuo's trust in him seems to have declined, but he is still Dong Zhuo's most relied on strategist, and with him, he has indeed always been very helpful to Dong Zhuo.

But to be honest, after calling such a large group of martial artists, there are not many people who can really speak at the critical moment, except for the real battlefield, the generals of the Xiliang Army don't like to use their brains very much, and although Lu Bu and Zhang Liao of the state army will think about problems, they will not speak casually, Lu Bu is going to keep a low profile, and Zhang Liao is basically dominated by him now, he doesn't say that Zhang Liao naturally has nothing to say, seeing this scene Dong Zhuo and Li Ru glanced at each other, and they all flashed with a strange light.

In the end, he decided what Li Ru said, accepted Yuan Shao's statement, and even made it public to the world, and Dong Zhuo personally asked the little emperor to reward Yuan Shao as a former general.

Just when Li Ru had just finished speaking, and most of the people present were relatively relaxed, Dong Zhuo saw the right time, and suddenly opened his mouth and said in a deep voice: "I heard that some people in the army in Luoyang have been tyrannical recently, especially more than before, if only this is it, after all, this situation usually happens from time to time, the Xiliang Army is from the land of Liangzhou, and the military discipline is originally called loose, and there is not too much restriction in the past, but it is only limited to ordinary soldiers, not you generals who have entered the palace in Luoyang, if those subordinates make a mistake, You can take it out and take the guilt at will, and it has nothing to do with me, but if something happens to you, you will lose face outside. These words went back to the back, but they became heavier and heavier, especially Dong Zhuo's gaze stayed on Hua Xiong and a few other rugged men for the longest time, obviously he was talking about them.

However, his words were aimed at them, and he was also knocking on the entire Xiliang Army, after all, with their beginning, there was such a sign, if they didn't beat it in time, it would get more and more out of control in the back, and it would be very difficult to clean up; As for the Bingzhou Army, Lu Bu controlled it very well, and with his deterrence, which dared to move, this also invisibly increased Dong Zhuo's pressure and fear, of course, he would not show it at this time.

"It's just a first offense here, so I don't care about it, but this time is not an example, if there is a next time, don't blame me Dong Zhongying for being ruthless and not thinking about the old love!" Dong Zhuosen's cold gaze swept over the generals present, even if they were all bloody battlefields and experienced people, they couldn't help but feel a chill in their hearts when they were swept by such a gaze, such as Huaxiong, a veteran of Xiliang, this phenomenon did appear during this period of time, it was inevitable that he would be empty-hearted, and now he was swept away by Dong Zhuo's gaze very early, he followed Dong Zhuo very early, the latter accumulated a lot of power in his heart, he was not afraid of heaven and earth, but he was afraid of Dong Zhuo, and his back was almost wet at this time.

"Do you understand?"

Suddenly, everyone present, including Lu Bu, trembled and responded with a "no", but no one knew whether Lu Bu was really like this or pretended to be like this, Dong Zhuo didn't care about this, and nodded very satisfied with this situation.