In mid-September, a menacing autumn rain completely extinguished the last trace of summer heat in Luoyang City, making this Han Imperial City cold from the inside out.

In the early dynasties, the ministers who had been appetizing because the weather was getting cooler were silently poked there at this time, silently silent.

As the Son of Heaven grew and matured, his majesty grew day by day, and now it was somewhat difficult to fathom his thoughts and joys. Just now, the emperor crumpled a letter from Xiliang Dong Zhuo on the table, threw it from the dragon chair to the feet of the ministers, and scolded fiercely in the air: "Dog slave, there is no one in the Han family!"

The ministers already knew the contents of Dong Zhuo's letter, and they thought that Dong Zhuo, who had suffered a defeat, had suffered from madness? Otherwise, how could they dare to write to the imperial court at this time and ask for the canonization of the fourth prince, Liu Qian, as the king of Liang!

When the ministers were cursing Dong Zhuo in their hearts, the emperor on the dragon chair spoke: "Dong Zhuo's wolf ambition, following the example of Zhao Xing of the Jin State, coerced my brother in order to stand on his own, if he is allowed to act recklessly, there will be a king in Liangzhou today, a king in Liangzhou tomorrow, and a king in Ji Prefecture in the future, then what is left in the Han world?"

The emperor's words were ruthless, revealing several layers of meaning inside and out.

The first meaning: Zhao Xing's wolf ambition of the Jin Kingdom naturally doesn't need to be said, Dong Zhuo is also such a guy!

The second meaning: Yizhou Sima Fang is not a good person, it is very likely that the five princes will fall into their hands!

The third meaning: Yuan Shao of Jizhou, including the Yuan family, is not honest, if there is a chance in the future, maybe he will also support the king and divide the territory. You must know that there is still a Chen Liuwang Liu Xie in Luoyang City.

Yuan Kui, the chief lieutenant who was not lightly or severely pointed on the head, didn't know that this was the emperor hinting that he had come out to make a statement. So he was no longer silent, and stood up and said: "The minister thinks that the imperial court should immediately mobilize a large army, go west to Liangzhou, destroy the Dong family, and revitalize the dynasty!"

The ministers representing the Shi clan party echoed Yuan Kui, scolded Dong Zhuo more than his grandson, and then strongly asked the imperial court to send troops to attack Dong Zhuo.

He Miao, the younger brother of the general who represents the foreign relatives group, also stood up and spoke: "The Sili area can recruit 80,000 troops for the imperial court and conquer Dong Zhuo!"

The scholar clique and their relatives have expressed their attitudes, and only the military forces have been left without saying a word so far. The emperor looked at Taiwei Lu Zhi with some unhappiness, and the meaning was obvious-it's time for you old Lu to speak!

Without waiting for Lu Zhi to speak, Liu Bei, the court commander, stepped forward first, and said in a deep voice: "Perhaps, there is no need for the imperial court to send troops to attack Dong Zhuo, there are already people who will do it for us!"

Boom, the originally silent court suddenly burst into discussions. Liu Bei's words were too shocking, as if he had known the result.

When Emperor Liu Bian heard Uncle Huang's words, he was also shocked, and he paused for a moment before asking, "Tingwei's words, I don't know where to start?"

Liu Bei didn't explain much, but replied calmly and confidently: "Now that Dong Zhuo is waiting for the reply of the imperial court in Liangzhou, it means that he has no courage to privately appoint the four princes as kings." Therefore, the matter of mobilizing a large army to crusade against Dong Zhuo is not in a hurry, you might as well wait a little longer, and there may be even more shocking news from Liangzhou!"

After listening to Liu Bei's words, although Liu Wei had doubts in his heart, he still adopted Liu Bei's opinion, and put aside the crusade against Dong Zhuo in the court for the time being, just like Liu Bei's suggestion, waiting for Liangzhou to change again.

In the midst of the torment, it didn't take long for the imperial court to receive another urgent report from Liangzhou. The above table is Zhao Xing, the lieutenant of the Jin State and the king of the Jin Dynasty.

The content of Zhao Xing's table is very simple: the king of Jin learned that Dong Zhuo's old thief had secretly detained his own brother Liu Qian with the intention of rebelling in Liangzhou, and he was very angry, so he ordered me to bring a large army to Xiliang to crusade against Dong Zhuo. I was fortunate not to be dishonored, it took half a month to basically clear Dong Zhuo's forces, and successfully rescued the fourth prince Liu Qian, and now I am Chen Bing Longxi Di Dao, waiting for the next instruction of the imperial court!

Why didn't the Jin State ask the central government for instructions when it sent troops? The ministers above the court all looked at Liu Bei with the eyes of monsters, thinking in their hearts that it had only been a few days, and what Liu Bei said had become a reality, how did he know that Zhao Xing would send troops to Liangzhou?

Actually, Liu Bei wasn't sure, but Zhuge Liang taught him to say so, and he really said so. It turned out that Zhuge Kongming, who was so wise that he was almost a monster, guessed it again this time.

When Zhuge Liang overheard Liu Bei reveal that the four princes might be in Dong Zhuo's hands, he shouted, "It's not good, I'm afraid that Zhao Xing of the Jin Kingdom will arrive in Liangzhou in the near future." When Liu Bei heard Zhuge Liang's words, he was surprised in his heart, so he asked the reason. Zhuge Liang analyzed his conspiracy that Zhao Xing might pretend to be Dong Zhuo's hand to control the four princes to become kings in Liangzhou, which caused Liu Bei to cry out badly, and this was the scene where Liu Bei blocked the court from sending troops a few days ago.

Because Liu Bei knew very well that if it was really like what Zhuge Liang said, then at this time Liangzhou had already fallen into the hands of Zhao Xing, and by the time the imperial court had gathered the army, everything would have been over. Instead of being led by Zhao Xing, it is better to wait quietly for Zhao Xing to finish the cards in his hand, and then think about how to deal with it.

After Zhao Xing's urgent report arrived in Luoyang, the emperor convened the ministers again, this time he didn't talk nonsense with others at all, and directly asked Liu Bei what to do. As a result, Liu Bei's answer made everyone listen to the toothache again.

Liu Bei said to the emperor: "The situation in Liangzhou is strange, and it will change in the future, the court just needs to wait." ”

Okay, since they believed Liu Bei for the first time, this time everyone continued to hold their emotions and wait again.

Ten days have passed, and it has reached the beginning of October, and a letter from Wuwei Ma Teng pushed the Liangzhou incident to a more complicated situation. Ma Teng said in a letter to the court that he was willing to send troops to drive the Jin army back to Bingzhou to ensure that Xiliang would not be touched by Zhao Xing. Of course, this kind of dangerous thing requires some conditions. For example, the imperial court wanted to appoint Liu Qian as the king of Liang before Zhao Xing brought King Liang back to the Jin Kingdom, so that the Ma Jiajun would lead the army to join King Liang, so that there would be reasons and excuses to send troops against Zhao Xing.

This time, the emperor still turned his inquiring eyes to Liu Bei.

Liu Bei sighed in his heart, how much he wanted to tell everyone loudly above the court: "Brothers, we were all fucking played by Zhao Xing's goods, starting from the first Dong Zhuo's table, all this is a conspiracy played by Zhao Xing, Liangzhou has already fallen into the hands of Zhao Xing and has been drawn to the sphere of influence of the Jin State!"

But Liu Bei didn't dare to say this, just because he knew that if he said so, these so-called ministers would definitely perform more painfully than the dead old lady, and then kick the ball to the feet of the teacher Lu Zhi, and they themselves would continue to be powerful and unaffected.

Last year, the three-way army encircled and annexed the state without results, and this time Zhuge Liang clearly told Liu Bei: The imperial court has been unable to control Zhao Xing's momentum in the short term, and if Zhao Xing is willing, even Luoyang may be broken by the Jin army. The top priority at the moment is no longer the issue of Liangzhou, but the future security of the imperial court and the future development of the Han Dynasty. If Zhao Xing is not contained from a strategic height, an even more dangerous situation will be ahead in the future!

Liu Bei thought that Zhuge Liang's analysis was very thorough, so when he answered the emperor's question, he said expressionlessly: "The lesser of two evils, Liangzhou Ma Teng is better than Zhao Xing of the Jin Kingdom, like a hungry wolf and a vicious tiger." Since the matter of Liangzhou has been eroded to this point, it is better to crown the four princes as the king of Liang, and try to win over the imperial court in the future, and jointly defend the Jin Kingdom in the ......north."