After the meeting on meritorious deeds and rewards, Liu Hong quickly left the former dynasty and returned to the inner palace and never saw anyone again.

After that, Yuan Kui and others asked to see Liu Hong many times, and Liu Hong said that he was unwell and needed to rest, and the ministers were not allowed to disturb him.

Yuan Kui suddenly felt a sense of frustration welling up in his heart, and looking at his colleagues around him, his face was very ugly.

"What's next?"

Xun Shuang walked to Yuan Kui's side: "The wind direction of the court has changed abruptly, I estimate that the peaceful days will not last long, Yang Ci is old and strong, and it will not be too far from the next time he will do it to us, and we also need to stabilize people's hearts internally, otherwise the war will not start, and the internal chaos will be the first, and the problem will be big." ”

Yuan Kui looked at Xun Shuang and sighed heavily.

"Of course I knew, but I didn't expect that after so many days of busy work, all my efforts would be in vain, how could I swallow this breath?"

"If you can't swallow it, you have to swallow it."

Xun Shuang sighed and said: "The Son of Heaven, or Zhang Rang, there must be someone who has changed anyway, they don't want our generation to have the upper hand, and they don't want our generation to drive Yang Ci to death." ”

Yuan Kui was silent for a while, and then snorted coldly.

"There are some things that cannot be decided by the Son of Heaven or eunuchs, the world is so big, how can one person decide?"

"That's true, but the name of righteousness is always there."

Xun Shuang patted Yuan Kui's shoulder and said in a low voice: "Even if you want to go against the Son of Heaven, you can't be blatant, otherwise, the third party is close at hand!" At that time, how should you and I deal with ourselves? ”

When Yuan Kui heard this, he pursed his lips and wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't say anything.

The political whirlpool that lasted for more than a month in Luoyang City entered a low period as the dust settled, and the news began to be sent to the three war zones, and in late May, the northern war zone got specific news.

It was not only Lu Zhi and Liu Bei who were rewarded, but many officers and even soldiers were rewarded, so everyone was very happy.

However, regarding Lu Zhi's appointment as Jizhou Mu, most of the officers who were not keen on political smell simply came to congratulate Lu Zhi, feeling that Lu Zhi was appointed as a marquis and a general, and he also got the real power position of Jizhou Mu, which was a great honor.

They were genuinely happy for Lu Zhi, and thought of asking for some more rewards from Lu Zhi.

Even Liu Bei, who was named the Pavilion Marquis, was congratulated by everyone.

Although the Pavilion Marquis is only the lowest level of existence among the liehous, it is also a liehou, and it is also the highest level of the Han Dynasty's title.

Therefore, while congratulating Lu Zhi on his appointment as the state pastor, he did not forget the honorific title of Liu Bei.

Among the large crowd of people who went to congratulate them, some people with a keen sense of politics sensed that something was wrong.

For example, pull the move, such as Zhen Yan.

"I have always speculated that after this big victory, the imperial court may promote Lu Gong to ascend the throne of the third duke, with Lu Gong's fame, merits and qualifications, no matter how you look at it, it is time to become the third duke, why is it only Jizhou Mu instead of the third duke?"

I'm very curious.

Zhen Yan knew something about the dispute between modern and ancient texts, so he looked at Liu Bei and asked in a low voice.

"Junhou, does this have anything to do with those people in the modern literary school?"

"What does it mean to have a relationship? They're the reason. ”

Liu Bei smiled, shook his head, and looked at the puzzled gesture, Liu Bei patted Zhen Yan's arm: "Ziya, about some things we did in Luoyang before, you can tell Zijing in detail." ”

Zhen Yan nodded, pulled the trick, and planned to give him a good relict for Liu Bei's previous experience in Luoyang City and the current political situation in Luoyang City.

In this regard, it is not very clear about the recruitment of fresh graduates who were still in their hometown three months ago.

Liu Bei didn't have the heart to engage in popular science work, so he found Lu Zhi alone after congratulating the tide on the past.

"Teacher, about this ......"

"I can only say that it was not beyond my expectations."

Lu Zhi shook his head and said with a smile: "I imagined that if I went back this time, someone would definitely want to push me to the high position of the third duke, and I also thought that Yang Ci would definitely not want to see this scene, and he would definitely try his best to stop it, so I thought about the possibility of staying in Jizhou, but I didn't expect to become a Jizhou pastor." ”

Liu Bei looked at Lu Zhi's face.

"Aren't you angry?"

"Don't be angry."

Lu Zhi smiled and said: "It's just a little regrettable, because your teacher and I still really want to ascend to the position of the third duke, the third duke, in the end, is the greatest praise for the ministers, how can I turn a blind eye?" ”

"You can definitely become the third public."

Liu Bei said slowly: "Not this time, next time it will definitely be." ”

"Really?"

Lu Zhi smiled: "Then, it's Xuande's auspicious words." ”

It seems that Lu Zhi is very free and easy, and without saying a few words, he will not talk about this matter, but will start to talk about Liu Bei's problem.

"The only thing I didn't expect was that they held me down, but they didn't."

Lu Zhi looked a little worried: "I'm here, no matter how sharp you are, I can protect you, how much can make them have scruples, I'm not here, they have one less scruples, Xuande, your situation is even more dangerous."

In fact, in my opinion, your talent is very strong, and it will also be of great benefit to you to continue to observe politics and accumulate experience in Luoyang, but after this battle, I am afraid that the disputes in the court will become more and more intense, and with your identity and status, I am afraid that there will be many crises in staying in Luoyang.

So I originally wanted you to stay in the local area, do the county magistrate and even the county guard to exercise your ability, and at the same time stay away from the whirlpool of government and politics, avoid unnecessary disputes, these things are handed over to the teacher to deal with, you just have to grow, and after a few years you grow up, I can rest assured. ”

After Lu Zhi's words were finished, Liu Bei's heart was slightly touched.

Lu Zhi is a good teacher, he treats him selflessly, and treats him directly as his own son and nephew, and his love is overflowing.

But Liu Bei has his own selfish intentions.

Liu Bei himself must go back, his identity is no longer just Lu Zhi's disciple.

He still has his own identity, he still has his own circle of influence, and he belongs to his own small political and military group.

He needs to return to Luoyang to really eat what belongs to him, so that he can get more and develop better.

Even if they don't consider this, the forces around Liu Bei don't want him to take refuge in the local area, they want to see Liu Bei flourish in the central government, and they want to see Liu Bei show energy worthy of their further investment and reliance.

Liu Bei is now like the helmsman of a listed company that is not large enough, and he needs to let his company show excellent performance in order to gain the trust of investors and continue to inject capital, and maintain the company's stock price to continue to rise, at least not to fall.

Otherwise, the market will panic, and the small circle of power that he has built with great difficulty will face the danger of falling apart, and when the time comes, he will have nothing, and he will have to owe a lot of debts.

Liu Bei's return is like a prosperous scene created by the good-looking financial statements of a listed company.

A good-looking financial statement can create a prosperous scene for the "shareholders" who invest in Liu Bei, attract them to continue investing, and can also provide a very good reference for the free capital outside the market, so that they have more choices when choosing to invest.

When they realized that Liu Bei was a "high-performance stock" that would continue to rise, a large amount of hot money would continue to pour in, pushing up the price of the stock of "Xuande Co., Ltd.", making Xuande Company more prosperous and more valuable.

No matter what era, people generally have the psychology of buying up and not buying down, the more they rise, the more they buy, no matter how expensive, the more they fall, the more they don't buy, no matter how cheap.

As a male lecturer who is well versed in human nature, Liu Bei said that he wants to grasp this general psychology of people and attract more investment to his "Xuande Co., Ltd.", create more value, and make it more prosperous.

And the starting point and basic requirement of all this is that Liu Bei returned to Luoyang with full military merits, was rewarded and sealed by the emperor, and obtained a more ambitious future.

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PS: Because I ate delicious egg fried rice this morning, I added a more chapter.

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