Jia Xu agreed with Liu Bei's opinion.

"In this world, there are always too many stupid people who can't recognize their actual ability and status, and it is precisely because there are too many stupid people like this that this world will be full of miasma and shady scenes, and your existence is too special."

Liu Bei nodded.

"Wen He is right, just because there are too many stupid people, a fool like He Jin can be a general, and Dong Chong is not much better than him, but I didn't expect him to be stupid so quickly, I thought it would take at least a year and a half."

"It's important to think about the promotion of the modern literary school in it."

Xun You said slowly: "This incident, the Jinwen School did not get any benefits, and the subsequent position allocation did not reserve anything for them, they were naturally very dissatisfied, but Zhang Rang and Jian Shuo were unacceptable to them, and you and they were not all the way, they had only one choice, Dong Chong." ”

"But Dong Zhong should know a little bit about me, how could he be so easily moved by what they said and used as a knife?"

Liu Bei frowned and said, "I've been thinking about it for a long time, but I can't figure it out, isn't my prestige big enough?" ”

"Your prestige is already great, and you are famous at home."

Jia Xu shook his head and said: "Perhaps, it's because of some reasons that we can't guess, or maybe Dong Chong and He Jin are the same kind of people, they are both stupid, hopelessly stupid." ”

"Maybe that's it......"

Liu Bei shook his head and sighed with emotion: "Why does such a thing always happen in this world?" A group of stupid people occupy high positions, command a group of self-righteous smart people, and bring the good situation to a complete collapse, this has happened many times throughout the ages, but why can't it be corrected? ”

Jia Xu and Xun You glanced at each other and didn't speak.

Obviously, they don't know the answer to the question either.

Liu Bei didn't dwell on this matter anymore, and the things he couldn't figure out might not have been figured out in the first place, he just needed to be sure of one thing.

Dong Zhong is an idiot.

Under such a premise, forcibly understanding Dong Chong will only make him a fool like him, which is an unwise choice, so it is okay to directly crush the past when the time comes.

To treat such fools, there is no need to understand.

However, Dong Chong is just a chess piece pushed out by the modern literary school, and it is never Dong Chong who really needs to be solved, but the modern literary school.

Liu Bei had already planned in his heart a future that would be completely destroyed for the current literary school.

At the same time, in the palace, Empress Dowager Dong was reprimanding Dong Chong.

"What you said before didn't happen at all, and Xuande didn't look arrogant at all! You said that you want us to guard against him, but he didn't do anything, and he was still the same respectful and careful, what do you say? ”

Dong Chong's face was embarrassed.

"This ...... This is not what the nephew meant, it is what Huan Dian and Zhang Xi meant, they said that Liu Xuande is ambitious, and his plan to ascend to a high position is very big, so we should be careful, and the nephew doesn't believe it, so I want to test him......"

"The result?"

Empress Dowager Dong was dissatisfied: "Xuande is a smart person, he must have noticed that something was wrong!" It's fine, but maybe something will happen to you! How can I have a nephew like you? Do you believe what others say?

My old woman hasn't read any books, but she also knows that those who hide behind their backs and tell right and wrong are villains, how can you walk with a group of villains without causing trouble? Don't have anything to do with them in the future! ”

"That's not the case, it's mostly ......"

Dong Zhong said depressedly: "Isn't it also that he asked for too many things before, so I also doubt that he has any ideas, isn't this also for the sake of cooperation?" ”

Dong Zhong pointed to Liu Xie, who was sitting quietly on the side.

"Xiecai is eight years old, Liu Xuande is twenty-eight years old, if he has any disobedience, how can Xie's confrontation with him?"

"Xuande is a minister left by the first emperor to take care of his life, a relative of the Han family, even he doesn't believe it, who else can he trust?"

Empress Dowager Dong shook her head and said, "What's more, is there any result of your temptation?" Nothing! It's so obvious, so many people see it, what do you make Xuande and the other courtiers think? ”

"It doesn't matter what they think."

Dong Zhong stepped forward with a smiling face and massaged the shoulders of the Empress Dowager Dong: "The main thing is whether Liu Xuande is really a loyal minister, he is loyal to the first emperor, it doesn't mean that he will be loyal to the association, test it and see what he thinks, it's always right?" ”

"You!"

Empress Dowager Dong said helplessly: "You are all the ministers of the first emperor, and the first emperor has only been gone for a few months?" I hope you can settle down a little bit, be careful, and let me have a few days of peaceful birthday, okay? Not to mention that there is still a Yuan Shao outside, so don't do it in the future if you do something that affects unity. ”

"Okay, okay, don't do it, definitely don't do it."

Dong Chong smiled and didn't say anything more.

But when he returned to the mansion and saw Huan Dian, he didn't have such a flattering smile on his face.

"Gong Huan, you have hurt me! I didn't try to find out any temptation, and I was scolded by the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother is very dissatisfied with me now, what can you call me to be? ”

Huan Dian just smiled.

"If you don't try, how do you know if Liu Xuande has the heart of usurpation and obsession? Wouldn't it be better if he didn't? Wouldn't you be more at ease? The position of the general is too sensitive, not to mention that Liu Xuande's appetite is not small, and it is indispensable to guard against people. ”

"That's what I say, but what am I going to do with him if I make him unhappy?"

Dong Zhong said worriedly: "He has so many elite soldiers and fierce generals, and he has the command of the soldiers and horses all over the world, although I am a hussar general, but I don't have so many command rights of soldiers and horses, I am not even as good as He Jin, how can I fight him?" I think it's better to be careful. ”

Huan Dian shook his head.

"This is a mistake, no matter how many troops Liu Xuande has, he is also Hanchen, no matter how small your troops are, he is also the nephew of the Empress Dowager, when today's son is a blood relative, Liu Bei and today's son have no blood relationship, you have such a big advantage, why should you be afraid of Liu Xuande?"

Dong looked at Huan Dian again, lowered his head and thought about it.

"All in all, what the Empress Dowager said is still reasonable, there is nothing to do without temptation, once you are tempted, nothing can be done, at the moment Yuan Shao is still in chaos in Jizhou, there is still instability in the world, Liu Xuande is the pillar of the country, no matter what happens, postpone it."

Huan Dian saw that he couldn't persuade Dong Chong, and his heart was somewhat unhappy.

But he also knew that Liu Bei's prestige was very high, and Dong Chong's fear of Liu Bei was not a matter of one or two days, and it would take some time to overcome it.

At the same time, because it was inconvenient for Lu Zhi to have private contact with Liu Bei, he could only confide his worries to Cai Yong and Ma Riyan, who were returning home on the same road.

"Many people have seen what happened outside the city today, I don't know if they have noticed, but I think it's not a good phenomenon."

Lu Zhi said worriedly: "The Son of Heaven is young and doesn't have so many ideas, either the Empress Dowager or Dong Chong is dominant. ”

"No matter who it is, it's not a good thing."

Ma Riyan said in a low voice: "Xuande is now the general of the clan, Dong Chong, is a hussar general of his relatives, and also has the right to open the mansion. ”

When Lu Zhi heard this, he sighed.

"When has this been, why are they still doing this kind of thing? What is the current situation that they can't see clearly? If the Yuan clan really succeeds, will they have a good end? Why can't they just think about the Great Han Kingdom? ”

"If I could, Dahan wouldn't have come to this point."

Cai Yong sighed and said: "I can see clearly, what eunuchs, scholars, relatives, all of them are raccoon dogs, for their own selfish desires, they can give up anything, everything can be treated as not seen, the foreign enemy has not been eliminated, and the civil strife has started first, how far is this court going......

Ma Riyan's eyes rolled.

"Zigan, this time, you can't stand idly by, before eradicating the Yuan family, Xuande's energy will be focused on military affairs, as Xuande's teacher, this time, you have to do something, right? You can't let your disciples suffer from the enemy, right? ”

Lu Zhi was silent for a moment.

"This time, if I need to do something, I won't avoid it, if someone really wants to do something bad to Xuande when he eradicates the traitor, I will never allow it."

"That's good."

Ma Riyan said with a smile: "This time, you master and apprentice can be regarded as able to fight side by side, otherwise, I always feel that you are not very competent as a teacher." ”

"Hehehehehehe......"

Lu Zhi smiled bitterly and said, "Uncle Weng, the words that come out of your mouth make me ashamed......"

"I know that there is salvation when I am ashamed, and there is no cure for not feeling ashamed."

Ma Riyan said slowly: "Next, pay more attention to the movements of the literary school and Dong Chong, you always have to share some pressure for Xuande, you are also a captain, the general is above you, the hussar general does not have such a high status, and Dong Zhong is not worthy of stepping on your head." ”

"That's nature."

Lu Zhi rarely ignited a fighting spirit: "Anyway, I am also the captain of the Han Dynasty." ”

(End of chapter)