"Wenhe, tell me what kind of calculation this Chen Gongtai is up to."

Because of some of the words attached to a letter sent by Cao Cao, Li Shushi quickly lost interest in thinking about the various consequences that Zou might have caused by Su Xiaololi's long-term "support", and even when he returned home that day, whether it was eating or working hard in the study, he was constantly pondering the flavor contained in those words.

What kind of mood do you have for today's big man?

From the perspective of an ordinary person, the Han and Tang dynasties can be called the two most glorious eras in China, and compared with the Tang Dynasty, which had a large number of northern Hu blood mixed in its blood, the Han Dynasty is obviously more qualified to be called the representative of the Han people.

In other words, no matter how you hear the words Han Dynasty and Han people, you feel that the relationship is very close, okay.

I have to say that after coming to this era and living for so many years, although Li Shushi cannot be said to have a deeper understanding of this era, he can be regarded as integrated into this era.

Compared to modern society, this is not an era that can make ordinary people feel too comfortable - the lack of knowledge and popularization of guidance may be very simple, but some of the customs may be superstitious and stubborn on some issues that may be common sense for future people, some customs make people feel very comfortable, but some customs seem extremely backward and barbaric.

Because of this, for most people, they are destined for the experience of this life from birth—facing the loess with their backs to the sky, either dying under layers of exploitation, or dying in the dangers of the family's power, or participating in various adventures for the sake of a better life for their families—even if some of the laws of this plane are friendly enough for living beings.

As a soul from modern society, it is obviously impossible to like this society that is close to a pool of stagnant water, even if Li Shushi, who used to be an otaku, is not a keyboard politician, but he also has a natural class hatred for things like door valves.

Therefore, many of his practices after coming to this era are to break this trend of gradual change to stagnant water.

The chaos of the Western Jin Dynasty and the monopoly of the gate lords of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Li Shushi didn't want it to happen, but it was obviously impossible to kill a dead ant to solve the problem, and even if Yuan Shao was asked to do it, it might be more radical than Sima's regime in this regard.

Because of this, Li Shushi's feelings for Dahan are also extremely complicated.

On the one hand, he is for this Han empire, and for this one who has given birth to countless heroes and heroes. It has carried countless hard work and pride of the Han people, and the country has a heartfelt love. But on the other hand, he also knew very well that if this empire was to survive, it would mean that it would have to preserve the many ills and poisons that this empire had accumulated until now.

If those problems that have accumulated too much cannot be solved through innovation and bloodshed, I am afraid that the encounter of the East and West Jin will still be staged. Even because of Li Shushi's national integration strategy, the situation of the Five Hu Chaohua will be more terrifying than the history of another plane - of course, it is also possible that there will be no "Five Hu Chaohua" at that time, but "the princes of the Eighteen Roads fighting for the world" is not necessarily.

However, Li Shushi also understands what kind of thoughts are behind Chen Gong's persecution this time.

Li Shushi doesn't know much about Chen Gong, whether it is the history of another plane or the Chen Gongtai of this era. He doesn't know much, the only thing he knows is that this is not a person without ambition, but his ambition is not to be the king and hegemon, he has a very clear understanding in this regard, so he hopes that he can become the Marquis of Wenzhong Xiao He or the Marquis of Liuhou Zhang Liang to assist a prince to achieve the great cause of the emperor.

Of course, what he wants to do is Xiao He and Zhang Liang's level of storage, not a cat or a dog that can be sent away casually.

Therefore, his break with Cao Cao is not so much a difference in philosophy, or a conflict of interests. It's better to say that after discovering that Cao Cao ate Xun Yu, a peerless beautiful man, he didn't plan to change the favored candidate at all.

Whether Chen Gong changed his course and followed his footsteps, or arrogantly opposed Cao Cao everywhere, it could not change this fait accompli.

This is what makes Chen Gong feel desperate.

In fact, isn't Xun Yu the maintainer of the existing order?

In Chen Gong's opinion, Xun Yu's essence is no different from him. And in fact, both of them can allow themselves to compromise when the conditions do not allow, but in the eyes of Cao Cao, the potential stock that Chen Gong is optimistic about, Chen Gong has the backing of the powerful families from all over Yanzhou, and the Yingchuan and even Yuzhou families behind Xun Yu are far away from the whip. As a result, Chen Gong, who seemed to have a lot of fetters on his body, always asked Cao Cao to face him with a cautious attitude, and at the same time thought about whether there was another purpose behind the other party's "help".

Therefore, Chen Gong is also wronged enough, but it can also be said that it is not wronged.

Originally, Chen Gongdu was already planning to break the jar, and just find a master who is right with Cao Gong, even if he is destined to not be able to beat Cao Cao, the potential stock that he only obtained by "looking for him thousands of times in the crowd". But if it can add to Cao Cao's blockage, it is also excellent.

Maybe Cao Cao will regret his original choice.

But missing is missing, even if Cao Cao hugged his leg and cried bitterly and asked him to go back, he would definitely not agree.

Hmph~ Summoned to come and go immediately, what kind of person does he Chen Gongtai think of!

It's just that fortunately, Chen Gong found that he seemed to have found a "golden thigh" that looked thicker than Cao Cao overnight - that is, there were no soldiers, no territory, and there was a lack of enough manpower around him. But from another point of view, not all the armies in the world are his soldiers, not all the land in the world is his territory, and all the people in the world should be his subordinates.

As the emperor of the Han Dynasty, Liu Xie, at least nominally, can indeed claim like this.

As for the specific situation, it is better to analyze it on a case-by-case basis.

It can be said that there is probably a new goal, and what Chen Gong is doing is not so much for the sake of his own ambitions, but more for the sake of his new lord, the Han Emperor Liu Xie, and showing his talent to the new lord.

It can be said that Chen Gong's choice of time to make a move was just right.

Some may say that the situation in the north is still obscure, and all kinds of powerful enemies are still not yet settled. For Emperor Liu Xie of the Han Dynasty, indulging Chen Gong to stimulate Li Shushi like this was obviously not a wise act.

But from another point of view, this time is actually the only opportunity that Chen Gong can take advantage of, because until now, the north still presents the Romance of the Three Kingdoms...... Well, albeit tripartite princes. But it is not yet up to the national Cheng dù. Only in this case, Chen Gong, who is Liu Xie's spokesperson (Li Shucheng still doesn't know if this is his self-styled self-style), can have room to play, and Liu Xie's signboard can still play the greatest role.

When even if the situation in the north is settled, if Liu Xie can't build up enough power before this, then Liu Xie will completely become a mascot, just like the relationship between Liu Xie and Cao Cao in another plane of history, and in that case, even if there are still people trying to obstruct it, even if Xun Yu used to be an indispensable existence in Cao Cao's regime. The leader of the gate, who is high enough to lead a power group, still can't stop the rolling wheel of history.

Chen Gong didn't want that to happen, so he had to force Li Shushi to make a decision in this way.

Will he continue to be exploited by the emperor in the skin of the so-called "loyal ministers of the Han Dynasty", or will he tear off the last skin and declare his ambitions to the world?

Perhaps even Li Shushi's subordinates have been using various channels intentionally or unintentionally to try to guide Li Shushi's thoughts

Yes, for most of his subordinates, they naturally hope that Li Shushi can take the latter path, because that means more than just the glory of Li Shushi alone. It means the personal and family glory of these followers!

"So it depends on what you think, anyway, it seems that even if the lord wants to make a quiet joke, probably everyone won't believe it. Isn't it, Chung-tak? ”

"Wen He is right, so do you want to be the Duke of Zhou, Wang Mang, or ...... King Wen of Zhou? ”

"The lord must have been thinking about this for a long time."

"The first emperor has been very kind to me." Li Shushi's face showed a hint of nostalgia.

Perhaps some Long Aotian would have felt that the so-called "grace" of these ancients was too worthless, and for them, those seemingly "rough" ways of giving grace were obviously impossible to shake their terrifying nerves.

But for Li Shushi. He couldn't help but write down the past of the late Emperor Liu Hong of the Han Dynasty and himself, maybe Li Shushi was just a chess piece to achieve some of his goals in Liu Hong's eyes, but no matter how he was promoted, he became a 2,000-stone Taishou that many people could not achieve in their lifetimes, and later they were willing to trust him and let him become the feudal official of the shepherd side.

Perhaps there is no lack of his efforts and luck, as well as help from others. But Liu Hong still played a very important role in Li Shushi's life in the more than ten years that he came to this plane.

It seems that it is like a family business, without the promotion of the former head of the company, Li Shushi would not have reached his current status, but the current situation is that the new head of the company is obviously unable to control the hard-working old ministers under his hands, and Li Shushi is facing the situation that there are two roads under his feet, either to start from scratch, and then turn around and buy the company that once gave him dreams and glory. Either they will compete for power internally, and then replace the family that originally controlled the business.

How to choose?

"Sure enough, I still can't give up this qiē given to me by the Great Han, this qiē that I have fought deeply for. If I could, I would rather be King Wen of Zhou, and probably wouldn't want to be Wang Mang. As for becoming the Duke of Zhou...... Anyway, we've all come this far, do you think I still have the possibility of becoming Duke Zhou? ”

"Well, as long as the lord makes a decision, we will definitely support you."

"Don't say nice things there to comfort me. I'm not afraid of saying the wrong thing, if I really choose to be Zhou Gong, how many of you present will still be willing to follow me? Well, let's not talk about it first, Wenhe, will you immediately roll up and leave? ”

"There are too many things at home, and it will probably be impossible to organize them for a while."

Jia Xu's cold joke made everyone present laugh, but he also expressed his own meaning - too many things will not be sorted out for a while and a half, but one day it will be finished, and when it is finished, it should be left or left. Of course, you can continue to observe when tidying up, and you can give up at any time. But if there is still no change in the meantime, then the final result will not change.

Jia Xu used this method to express his attitude towards this matter to Li Shushi.

Just like Li Shushi thought before, even if some people had some ambitions in their hearts at the beginning, for them, the current situation is still uncertain, and the future of both Li Shushi and this world is not so certain. So even if Li Shushi has some unrealistic ideas, they can think about it with considerable patience.

Or even if Li Shushi fails at that time, it is very likely that he will surrender with his subordinates or defect to other forces, whether it is for himself or for his subordinates, he will have a chance to make a comeback.

But by this time, the situation had become clear, and Li Shushi had become one of the princes who were qualified to compete for the world, just as Lu Su said to Sun Quan in the history of another plane, Li Shushi could not surrender to others in the first place, unless he had Liu Chan's political wisdom. But even so, that kind of life must be extremely aggrieved, and you need to pray not to meet a guy like Zhao Guangyi who has no fart skills except for killing his brother, but prefers lust and fate.

Okay, even if Su Xiaololi's combat effectiveness is super strong, it is not difficult to take Li Shushi to hide in a place where no one can find it, but what about the other core members of the Bingzhou Army?

Think about what happened to Zhang He in Cao Cao's army.

Among the five generals, Zhang Liao, Xu Huang and Zhang He are all generals, but the slight difference is that the first two surrendered earlier. Or that at that time, Cao Cao's power was not too large, and Zhang He abandoned Yuan Shao at a critical moment and eventually triggered the general collapse of Yuan Shao's army - this kind of thing is not big or small. In fact, Xu Huang's refuge was not much better than Zhang He's, but in fact, the treatment that the two later enjoyed in Cao Cao's army was completely different.

Zhang Liao and Xu Huang later became the guards in Cao Cao's army, but what about Zhang He? The ability is not inferior to the first two, in fact, he has always appeared as the deputy general of the previous two and other Cao army generals - from the dignified Yuan Shaojun in the four court pillars to the deputy general who is constantly at the hands of others, Zhang He's experience is enough to warn many people.

Well, Zhang He was lucky, catching up with Dingjun Mountain and Xiahou Yuan died in battle. With the support of the young Guo Huai, this was the first opportunity to show his ability in front of Cao Cao, which made it possible for him to defend the West.

Gao Lan, who descended to Cao at the same time as Zhang He, simply lost his voice in the end, and even if he died from a stray arrow, there is still a record, so the biggest possibility is that he was buried in a certain Qingshui Yamen from then on. In the end, it was buried in the long river of history, and only set off a wave.

The case of Zhang He and Gao Ran is the most likely to happen, and the more the core generals of the merger state army, the more likely they are to be thrown into idleness, after all, they have sacrificed enough loyalty to the merger state army, how can they be loyal to the new boss?

Without a long period of accumulation, no sudden opportunities, and no sense of security brought by the landing of several generations, it is obviously not easy to integrate into a new circle.

The most important thing is that what these people can get by following the state army is to get a huge piece of the huge cake, and if they enter a new circle, then obviously they will not have the opportunity to get such a huge share.

Blocking people's money is like killing their parents, even if this matter is done by Li Shushi, presumably most people will directly turn against it.

At that time, people like Jia Xu who directly rolled up and swept away would already be considered benevolent and righteous.

It's like what he did to Zhang Xiu.

As for the others, Li Shushi didn't know how many Zhang He would have, or those who secretly communicated with other families.

"But even if this country may fall one day in the future, I hope that this country will be responsible for me, not for me, so that it will be a good thing for me personally and for my future generations."

Li Shushi's words still looked a little cowardly, but surprisingly, Cheng Yu and Fu Zhu showed a comfortable smile on their faces, while Guo Jia and Fa Zheng shook their heads and smiled bitterly, but the curvature of the corners of their mouths showed that the mood of these two at this time may not be as bad as it seems. As for Jia Xu's old fox...... Don't talk about him.

"We have understood the attitude of the lord, and we will continue to move forward according to the lord's idea. However, since the lord has chosen such a path, then he must be mentally prepared, because although the prospects of this path are the brightest, there are also the most thorns on the road, if the lord cannot prepare in advance. I'm afraid it will be very bad for the future. ”

"'Forbearance', there is a knife hanging in my heart, and there is still a drop of blood dripping from the knife, you have endured for me for so long, how can I not endure it for you, but also for myself?"

"Now that the lord has come to his senses, Chen Gongtai's words are easy to deal with."

"What do you mean by what Zhongde said?"

"Chen Gongtai's move is probably to test the lord's intentions against His Majesty, Cao Mengde is now coercing the princes of the Son of Heaven to order the princes, if there is no one to check and balance. In the long run, Cao Cao's order will be like the order of the Son of Heaven. After the Yanzhou Rebellion, Chen Gongtai was no longer tolerated by the powerful forces in Yanzhou, nor by Cao Mengde's subordinates, so strong reinforcements were necessary to achieve the required checks and balances. But there is still a belly between people's hearts, Jinyang is thousands of miles away from Xuchang, and the strength of the main office is even more than that of Dong Zhongying, Yuan Shao IV, and the third duke, and the kindness of the Han family to Yuan's kindness can be described as a grace for generations. is far more than the lord, but he still does not think of turning the tide when the country is in danger. On the contrary, he made all kinds of rebellious acts, and if the lord was like Yuan Shao, the danger would be even greater than Yuan Shao's foundation for the Han Dynasty. ”

"In other words, Chen Gongtai didn't really intend to target us?"

"Compared with us, the most important and troublesome opponent for Chen Gongtai should be Cao Mengde, who is close at hand, but Chen Gongtai may use various means to test us in the future, but at the same time. It should also give us some help, which may be of some use to us, or may not be of any use or even counterproductive, but at least it is certain that this Chen Gongtai will not really be able to control us in the short term. ”

"So much later?"

"If only he could keep where he is now. There are also some unrealistic ideas, which may be good news for us, I don't know if the lord thinks it is or not? ”

From the somewhat grim smile of a certain prodigal son and Fa Xiaozhi, Li Shushi knew that if Chen Gong thought that he could eat himself by being close to Emperor Liu Xiehe and some nominal things, then he would definitely become the favorite prey of his advisors.

After that, everyone discussed some other things, such as spring sowing, and increasing the grain reserves of the official warehouse after the autumn harvest.

The atmosphere of the war seems to be getting stronger.

However, for Li Shushi, it is probably not an exaggeration to call these things trivial.

In fact, when he walked out of the conference room, he suddenly felt a sense of relaxation.

This is probably the feeling of relief when a person finally walks out of the fog he has been in, although it is somewhat unexpected for Li Shushi to be able to embark on today's road, that feeling of uncertainty always surrounds him all the time, and in the face of everyone's expectations and desires, he will always choose to escape and avoid at the first time.

But today is different, even if IQ and EQ have yet to be further developed, he can detect it, everyone's heartfelt relief and happy feeling, because Li Shushi, as the leader of the Bingzhou Army, has finally made up his mind, and they can finally be sure that their previous efforts will not turn into a flash in the pan.

There may have been success or failure in their efforts, but at least they had worked hard to get to the end of the day, not that they were trying to have someone behind them for some strange idea.

Maybe now they may have to choose to retreat, choose to make concessions, choose all kinds of compromises, but for the ultimate result, in order to be able to win that bright future, they are not afraid! (To be continued......)