Chapter 16: Drinking on the Current Situation
(It's slow to write, it seems to be more of a feeling.,Well、Try to adjust it.,It's really powerless to update.,But you can't just put it on that.,Since the amount is not much.,Then try to ensure the quality...... )
If you have a visitor, how can you be without wine?
Although the population in the Lu Mansion is not large, there are not only Lu Bu, Jian Hua and Manu, of course, it should be Jian Hua to entertain her at this time, but Lu Bu took pity on her, although the maid had also woken up, but Lu Bu asked to rest for a while with a tiger face, in fact, he probably didn't want Li Ru to see it, otherwise he would not be able to parry what he said.
At this time, there were naturally other subordinates who served wine and wine utensils, of course, Lu Bu was also hungry, and ordered a few side dishes, and the two chatted while drinking like ordinary friends, although this chat was not "idle" at all compared to ordinary people.
"Feng Xiandang heard about the Liaodong Gongsun Du, right?" Li Ru first pulled to the ground, but it was such a topic.
"Wen You is saying, what about Gongsun Du calling himself the Marquis of Liaodong?" Such a news that is also exciting in the current situation, of course Lu Bu has heard of it, and he is not surprised that Li Ru will first mention this to himself.
Gongsun Duzi Shengji, a native of Xiangping, Liaodong (now Liaoyang, Liaoning), and Xu Rong, the general of the Western Liang Army, is a fellow countryman, and was also under the sponsorship of Xu Rong before, Dong Zhuo named him the Taishou of Liaodong, as soon as he arrived, he did a great deed of "killing Gongsun Zhao in Xiangping City, Zhu County, more than 100 famous and wealthy surnames", his ability to show his wrist skills, and for a time also made Xu Rong shine.
However, Gongsun Du is not a person like Xu Rong who will be willing to be subordinate, and when he got the opportunity, his ambition swelled rapidly, and he played a great deterrent to Goguryeo in the east and Karasuma in the west.
In history, Gongsun Du also called himself the Marquis of Liaodong at about this time, and then in essence he divided Liaodong, dominated one side, and ranked in the list of princes at the end of the Han Dynasty, and because of the geographical location of Liaodong itself, especially far away from the Central Plains Wang Xing, it is almost dispensable in the eyes of the princes of the world, of course, such as Yuan Shao, Gongsun Zan and Cao Cao and others have set their sights on this place, especially Cao Cao, who has always been only in the unity of the east, west, north and south, and the prosperous and strong Han world. But because he was always trapped in frequent battles, he couldn't take care of it, especially after the Red Cliff, although Cao Wei did not hurt his confidence, but Cao Cao himself was greatly hit, and the process was further delayed until after his death, and there was still not much expansion to do.
Of course, the strength of Liaodong itself in the period of Gongsun Du is also extraordinary, which is not to be underestimated, but Gongsun Du does not know whether he is really self-aware or more ambitious and easy to be satisfied, basically entrenched in his own one-third of an acre, never deliberately provoke anyone, which also makes other princes even if they have a headache, which makes Gongsun Du himself do enough for a long time to be addicted to the king of Liaodong.
But now it is a little different, although Gongsun Du nominally occupies Liaodong, and also shouts out the self-proclaimed Marquis of Liaodong, but it is no longer a simple neutralism, and in terms of direction, it will even be slightly biased towards Dong Zhuo's forces, after all, he can come out and be inseparable from Dong Zhuo's side, especially when Dong Zhuo won the battle with Dong Zhuo's coalition army When this is in full swing, Gongsun Du is a person who knows the times, although they are not close to each other, he also has to surrender, at least nominally, And originally at this time in history, he should have gone to attack Goryeo and Wuhuan, but now he is not in a hurry to go, he has to guard against Gongsun Chan and Yuan Shao first. …,
And Dong Zhuo's side has prepared a new title of the co-lord of Liaodong and Liaoxi, as for Liaoxi, which is still in the scope of Gongsun Zhan's control, this is not something he needs to consider.
As for what was promised before, both sides didn't take it to heart, not to mention whether Gongsun Du had that appetite, even if he did, he also needed to consider Yuan Shao and Zhang Yang's feelings, not to mention that there was a Lu Bu, even if he didn't say anything, he didn't dare to provoke at will, let alone ask for a piece of territory that was impossible to get his hands on.
Anyway, the Han family has been operating until now, and everyone has seen many so-called title issues very openly, just like Han Fu's Jizhou Mujia Che Cavalry General is equivalent to a direct conflict with Yuan Shao, but the latter is simply self-proclaimed, at least not recognized by the imperial court, which may also be one of the reasons why Yuan Shao really can't stand Han Fu, and even fundamentally, it also comes from Li Ru's divisive plan.
It can be said that the one who has always maintained the most sober mind in Dong Zhuo's camp is Li Ru, and he is also conscientious and making various efforts to ensure Dong Zhuo's status.
Lu Bu didn't know much less about this than Li Ru, but what Li Ru brought was updated news: "At present, the imperial envoy invited by Xiangguo has set off, and it is expected to arrive soon. ”
It's not so much Liaodong, but the neighboring Liaoxi, that is, Youzhou and Jizhou, especially Gongsun Zhan, although he and Gongsun Du are both surnamed Gongsun, the two sides are quite incompatible, if it weren't for all kinds of concerns, they would have done it a long time ago.
And Dong Zhuo is making such a big fanfare, doesn't there be a little bit of provocation and temptation?
Lu Bu was like a mirror in his heart, Dong Zhuo's move was a temptation for the three or even four princes around Jizhou, Li Ru came here today, and he talked about these things to himself as soon as he came, did he also have this kind of thought?
He just vaguely said a few words like Taijiquan, and seeing that the topic seemed to be far away, Li Ru hurriedly took it: "But the matter of Liaodong is still far away after all, but there has been an interesting incident recently......" Speaking of this, Li Ru suddenly smiled, "Feng Xian heard that Xu Maochang pleaded guilty to Xiangguo?" ”
Lu Bu also smiled, Maochang is Xu Rong's word, before he recommended Gongsun Du to Dong Zhuo to serve as the Taishou of Liaodong, after all, the two are considered fellow countrymen and have a good relationship, but now although Gongsun Du is nominally on Dong Zhuo's side, he must be unreliable at the critical moment, and his disobedience has long been revealed, Xu Rong also saw it, and he also knew that he was ashamed, so after returning from Yanshi, he ran to Xiangguo's Mansion to strip off his upper body, and he really carried an iron rod on his back to Dong Zhuo to "bear the guilt".
Of course, Dong Zhuo is reluctant to fight this love general, although he is now powerful, it does not mean that he has lost his mind to basically distinguish between right and wrong, and he knows very well that this is not Xu Rong's fault, but the symbolic punishment is still inevitable, that is, the reward is reduced, and the knock is beaten; And after that, Dong Zhuo even appointed Xu Rong as the new Yanzhou Assassin History, after all, the original Yanzhou Assassin Liu Dai died in the Battle of Tiger Prison Pass, and now Yanzhou has no head, and the position is relatively good, Dong Zhuo of course wants to take the opportunity to take it, and it is what he is best at now, after all, the Han Emperor is in his hands, and it is not a joke to be in charge of the government.
This incident made the atmosphere between the two suddenly much easier, Li Ru seemed to know Lu Bu's thoughts, and then did not dwell on the matter of Gongsun Du, but picked some big and small things in Luoyang and the world, basically from the perspective of a bystander, the calm mind is naturally different, the two chatted hotly, but just when Lu Bu mentioned Liu Guanzhang intentionally or unintentionally, Li Ru suddenly changed his head and said with a smile: "Oh, I almost forgot, although my father-in-law is now healed from his illness, his heart disease has not changed." Now he takes his safety seriously, and he still repeats many times that he wants to be transferred to guard first. Confucianism ...... this I don't know what Bongxian means......"