Dong Zhuo's age is already very old, he has entered old age, and he thinks that he does not have a long lifespan.

Before he died, he wanted to get a glimpse of the great man's high position, and he wanted to get a taste of what it was like to hold the position that the man he hated the most.

Yuan Kui, the person he hated the most, once surprised him in that position.

So he wanted to try it too.

Therefore, if Liu Bei wants to scold, then let him scold, as long as Da Honglu's position can be kept, anything can be done.

Now the only one who can realize his dream is Liu Bei, and no one else can.

So Dong Zhuo looked at the back of Liu Bei leaving, his eyes were slightly dull.

Li Dao stood behind Dong Zhuo, watching Liu Bei's figure disappear from view, and finally couldn't bear it anymore and stepped forward to stand beside Dong Zhuo.

"General! Could it be that we were humiliated by Liu Bei like this? It's just a trivial matter! He insulted us so much! Where does this put our face? How are we going to ...... in the future? Yes! ”

Before Li Wei finished speaking, he snorted bitterly.

The reason for the cry is also very simple.

Dong Zhuo turned around with a black face, kicked him on top of him, kicked him to the ground, he was suddenly hit hard, only to feel pain in his abdomen, and screamed.

"General! I ......"

"Shut up! Come! Grab him for me! ”

Dong Zhuo's eyes widened, and a strong killing intent enveloped Li Dao.

Li Dao was stunned for a moment, and there were soldiers around him who stepped forward to arrest him and did not resist.

"General!"

Dong Zhuo was still angry, and stepped forward and slapped Li Dao in the face.

"Shut up! I have spent so much effort, consumed so much money and hard work, and finally come here, and I am about to become a senior official of Jiuqing, and I see that I have a great future! You bastard can't manage your own men, and you're causing so much trouble for me!

Do you know what Jiuqing represents? Two thousand stones! Two thousand stones! This is the only way to ascend to the throne of the Three Princes! If you want to be the third public, you must first be Jiuqing! If I can't be a great hero this time, you're ready to apologize to me with your head! ”

Dong Zhuo fiercely admonished Li Dao, and then ordered Li Dao to be imprisoned, and also relieved Li Dao of his position as a lieutenant general.

Li Dao shouted loudly that he was wronged, shouting that he had made great contributions to Dong Zhuo, and begged Dong Zhuo not to treat him like this.

But it's useless, Dong Zhuo has made up his mind.

The rest of the generals looked at each other and sighed.

They all understood that in Dong Zhuo's heart, their status could not be compared with the position of Da Honglu.

For three days after that, Dong Zhuocha didn't think about it, didn't want to eat, day and night were reversed, it was difficult to sleep, and even if he fell asleep, he would soon be awakened by the cruel dream of losing his position, dreaming that his years of hard work were ruined.

He really felt like he had never had such a bad experience, even if he was hungry earlier, it wasn't as bad as it was now.

And after a period of worry, Dong Zhuo finally got a good news.

The matter of Jiuqing was decided, Liu Bei asked Dong Zhuo to enter the city to discuss, Dong Zhuo was overjoyed to enter and went to the General's Mansion to meet Liu Bei.

But before he could say a few words of thanks, before he could thank him, Liu Bei told him a fact that made him very entangled.

"You can be Jiuqing, but the army you brought must be disbanded, and the princes of the Manchu Dynasty can accept you as a great Honglu, but they can't accept that the army with extremely poor military discipline is around Luoyang, which will make them very insecure."

After Dong Zhuo heard this, he was stunned on the spot.

Leaning less, Dong Zhuo came back to his senses and quickly pleaded with Liu Bei.

"General, they are all old subordinates who have followed me for a long time, and each of them has made military exploits, and they have made great contributions to the Han, they ...... They can have good military discipline, as long as they are restrained. ”

"Don't say this to me, go and say it to the princes of the Manchu Dynasty, and see if they believe that your subordinates will become as disciplined as other armies, and will not threaten their safety."

Liu Bei didn't look up, and while dealing with the official affairs of the General's Mansion, he talked to Dong Zhuo.

After Dong Zhuo heard this, his thoughts turned a thousand times in his heart.

"Generals, they are all strong men, they are all very brave soldiers, and most of them are in the prime of life, if they are dismissed, where will they go? Merge state or cool state? It's completely different from where they used to be!

And generals, you know, they are all rough people, they haven't read, they don't know what etiquette is, they only know how to wield knives and cut people, if such people are all in control, they can still be controlled, and if they are let go, it is likely to cause some turmoil, right? ”

"Do you think that for the princes of the Manchu Dynasty, their safety is more important, or is the security of Liangzhou and Bingzhou more important? Will they care about the safety of Bingzhou and Liangzhou? ”

Liu Bei raised his head, looked at Dong Zhuo calmly, and said slowly: "I suggested that you be the Great Honglu, but if there is no recognition from the princes of the Manchu Dynasty, even if you do it, you won't be able to do it for long."

There will be no one to associate with you, no one to socialize with you, no one to cooperate with your work, they will make you extremely uncomfortable, like sitting on pins and needles, so that you can achieve nothing.

In the end, you may be impeached and removed from office, or even resign on your own initiative, leaving Luoyang with nothing, and at that time, what can this army bring you? Zhong Ying, has you been fighting for so many years, is it just for a dream? ”

Dong Zhuo stopped talking.

His expression was glazed and motionless, like a sculpture.

And Dong Zhuo's reaction was also expected by Liu Bei - or rather, this was his purpose.

To be honest, the things that Dong Zhuo made out were just trivial things to him.

The ministers of the Manchu Dynasty just hated Dong Zhuo's personality and didn't want Dong Zhuo to be ranked in Jiuqing, but Da Honglu was not a very powerful position to put it bluntly, and under the current environment of the Han Dynasty, Da Honglu could even be regarded as a false position.

To be precise, they are just in a certain spiritual habit of cleanliness and double standard of service, and it is difficult to accept Dong Zhuo, who has had a betrayal experience, but if they really attack Dong Zhuo with this, whether it will cause Liu Bei's displeasure is also something they are worried about.

They hated Dong Zhuo, but if Dong Zhuo was behind Liu Bei, then they had to think carefully about whether to continue attacking Dong Zhuo.

Liu Bei was originally going to let Ruan Yu prepare to launch a public opinion defense war, but what he didn't expect was that after a few days, this matter was only widely spread and everyone talked about it, but no one stood up to lead the rhythm, and there was no signal of any public opinion battle.

No one tried to attack Liu Bei with this, and Liu Bei's previous worries were in vain.

So Liu Bei realized that although the Manchu Dynasty civil and military were dissatisfied with Dong Zhuo, they did not dare to offend themselves because of this.

Even if Dong Zhuo kills someone, they still have to look at Liu Bei's face, if Liu Bei wants Dong Zhuo to be a big Honglu, then they will not fight against Liu Bei no matter what.

At least not yet.

So about this matter, it mainly depends on how Liu Bei deals with it.

After understanding this, Guo Jia, who wanted to show his talents, took the initiative to make a suggestion to Liu Bei, suggesting that Liu Bei take this opportunity to directly solve Dong Zhuo's problem and let Dong Zhuo choose one of the two.

Or, continue to be his former general, with his soldiers, stationed somewhere outside the city of Luoyang, surrounded by regiments of troops loyal to Liu Bei, waiting for the imperial court's order to fight.

Or, let Dong Zhuo give up the former general and the army, transform into a great Honglu, and prepare to take the path of traditional bureaucracy.

(End of chapter)