[Sorry again, revise it, the protagonist Zhuang Shaoyou's age should be twenty-two years old]

After the memorial service of Emperor Liu Hong of the Han Dynasty was completed, the observation of the marching method was also over, the sun had set, and the hundred officials had finally dispersed, and Zhuang Shaoyou finally got rid of Dong Zhuo's enthusiasm and returned to Rongfu with five hundred guards, it was already dark.

The undercurrent of Luoyang City was surging, and those officials who returned from Xiyuan did not stay at home with peace of mind, but gathered together in groups, and there were two hot topics, one was the issue of Dong Zhuo's entry into Beijing, and the other was the relationship between Zhuang Shaoyou and Dong Zhuo. It all boils down to a key question: how do you take sides?

In fact, it is necessary to consider how to stand in line, part of the wall-riding faction in the city, which side of the wind is strong and where it falls, their position can only explain the direction of the situation in Luoyang, but it cannot affect the situation. The most important thing is that the former great Sima He Jin faction, as the largest faction in Luoyang in recent years, the strength of the He Jin faction is naturally undoubted, and He Jin's sudden death has caused many people to lose their backers, and there is no suspense that should be directly attached to Yuan Shao's banner, but the attitude of the Queen Mother He Lian, Yuan Shao's repeated setbacks, and now the strength is lonely, which makes many people hesitate.

So, after some careful consideration, they decided to take refuge in Taifu Yuan Kui!

This is the most compromise and the most prudent way, the influence of the Yuan family is mainly reflected in its leaders, and the contemporary leader of the Yuan family is still the patriarch Yuan Kui, and Yuan Shao is only a rookie of the Yuan family, and from today's attitude of Yuan Kui, it is obvious that he does not support Yuan Shao, although the reason for this is unknown, but it is obvious that whether the Yuan family supports Yuan Shao is unknown! Therefore, it is too risky to bet on Yuan Shao, and I can't afford it!

As for the question of whether to take refuge in Zhuang Shaoyou or Dong Zhuo, there are pros and cons to each other, and it is difficult to decide for a while. One mountain does not tolerate two tigers, Zhuang Shaoyou's strength is slightly inferior to Dong Zhuo, and it is difficult to determine his master-slave relationship. Besides, He Jin faction and Zhuang Shaoyou are naturally opposed, although politics is ultimately for the sake of interests, but in the era of extreme integrity, it is very inappropriate to take refuge in Zhuang Shaoyou so arrogantly!

That night, countless ministers in Luoyang gathered at Taifu Yuan Kui's mansion to beg for a visit! It's no longer enough to show sincerity, so let's come in person! Even high-ranking officials with more than 2,000 stones were no exception, gathering in Yuan's mansion one by one, waiting to be received.

Yuan Kui dragged his tired body back to the house, although he wanted to close the door and thank the guests, but today's incident made him completely desperate for Yuan Shao, this little one was too arrogant and too eager for quick success! For the sake of the future of the Yuan family, he can only patiently meet with its main officials and gather more forces to continue to support the Yuan family.

And many officials of the wall-riding faction went to Zhuang Shaoyou's house to post and beg for a visit, but unfortunately they all ate the closed-door soup, and all the posts were accepted, but no one was seen! The reason is very good, the epidemic spread in the south of the city, and the general went to the south of the city to inspect the work!

There are also a few officials who went to Xiyuan to visit Dong Zhuo, although Dong Zhuo is menacing, like a wolf and a tiger, and he has no roots in Luoyang, especially Dong Zhuo's group is regarded as a foreign invader by Luoyang, and he is quite resistant.

But there is no shortage of speculation in this world. The great philosophy tells us that everything has its two sides, so Dong Zhuo's disadvantages can also be transformed into advantages, outsiders are better, the strength is so strong, it is not a problem to have a place in Luoyang!

Therefore, a small group of officials who knew that it was hopeless to take refuge in the Yuan family came to visit Dong Zhuo with a speculative mentality, and it was not all bad that they had no foundation, indicating that he needed support more urgently, and as the first batch of refugeers, he could naturally get a lot of benefits!

Those xenophobic groups are vested interest groups, and these speculative points are basically unsatisfactory guys, who have no vested interests, so they simply have to fight for this shop! Although integrity is important, it is not binding on everyone, just like morality, it is too illusory.

And just as they expected, Dong Zhuo received them very warmly, and the two sides hit it off! All of this is also in Li Ru's plan, today he beat Yuan Shao's men in Xiyuan, one is to let out a bad breath that has been held in his heart for many years, and slap Yuan Shao's face in public, and the other is to show his strength to the Luoyang ministers and tell them that the Xiliang army is very strong!

Sure enough, when the hundred officials dispersed, more than a dozen officials with thieves and rats stayed behind, and in the evening, some officials came to worship one after another. According to Li Ru's thoughts, the most important thing at the moment is not how to defeat Yuan Shao, but to quickly gain a foothold in Luoyang, lay a foundation as soon as possible, and then carry out the next stage of planning.

And Dong Zhuojun, who is thirsty for talent at the moment, needs the support of local officials in Luoyang very much, so he hit it off with these speculations, and both sides take what they need! As for the thoughts of their hearts, Li Ru is like a mirror, speculative? Ride the wall? No problem, no one refuses! But when you get on our thief ship, hehe, don't think about going down so easily!

However, an unexpected figure arrived at this time! Hearing that this person was coming, Li Ru hurriedly persuaded Dong Zhuo to greet him in person, which was an unexpected harvest and timely rain!

Shangshu Cai Yong came to worship!

This is a celebrity in Luoyang, although he does not have much power at hand, but he is definitely the vane of scholars, and he is a strong figure of Qingliu, a student of the late Sangong Yang Ci, and a great Confucian admired by famous people in the world.

Even without Li Ru's persuasion, with Dong Zhuo's political sensitivity, he could also appreciate the importance of Cai Yong, so Dong Zhuo enthusiastically welcomed Cai Yong into the West Garden, but he was soon disappointed.

Cai Yong came today to persuade Dong Zhuokuang to help the Han Jiangshan Sheji!

As a contemporary Confucian, Cai Yong is not only knowledgeable, he also has his own political ambitions! That is to help the world and return the orthodoxy of the Liu family! In recent years, the dynasty has been sluggish, the women's temple has interfered in politics, and the foreign relatives have dictated the power of the Han court, making the Han court a miasma, since Emperor Huan, the political situation has been turbulent for more than 20 years, the government is eroded, the national fortune is not prosperous, and the people are miserable.

Cai Yong was heartbroken about this, and he acquiesced in the matter of his daughter and Zhuang Shaoyou, that is, he saw that Zhuang Shaoyou was young and promising, and he was quite upright, although he was born as a businessman, but he still did not dislike it, and he very much hoped to use the power of Zhuang Shaoyou to show his ambitions, cut off the chaotic party, and revitalize the dynasty.

Cai Yong, as a father-in-law and elder, has been looking forward to Zhuang Shaoyou being able to personally invite him out of the mountain and show what he has learned, but Zhuang Shaoyou has not moved for a long time, and Cai Yong can't pull his face to ask Zhuang Shaoyou, so he has moved to this day. Especially in the matter of supporting the new monarch, Zhuang Shaoyou's ambiguous attitude and self-preservation made Cai Yong lose confidence in him, and he also saw his ambition, this person is not in Zhou Gong and Yi Yin!

The disheartened Cai Yong wanted to live in seclusion, but he couldn't give up, he had been an official for so many years, but he had been in name only, depressed, and now he had passed the year of knowing the destiny of heaven, and he was really unwilling to give up, so he stayed.

Now the appearance of Dong Zhuo, especially his support for Liu Wei and the Queen Mother, makes Cai Yong see a glimmer of hope, hoping that he is not a person with wolf ambitions, so today he actually visited in person for the first time.

And Dong Zhuo's enthusiasm also touched Cai Yong very much, but when Cai Yong proposed the purpose of his visit, both parties were disappointed! Despite this, Dong Zhuo was still enthusiastic, and his warm invitation was extremely sincere, Cai Yong couldn't shirk it, so he had to agree!

The next day, the news of Cai Yong's defection to Dong Zhuo spread all over the city unintentionally, which immediately caused heated discussions in Luoyang, some people angrily accused Cai Yong of being shameless, some people were silent, and some people were thinking about it, but they couldn't understand it, and Cai Yong directly closed the door in the house and did not make any response!

When Zhuang Shaoyou received the news, he was also surprised, and everyone around him was also silent, although everyone knew the relationship between Cai Yong and Zhuang Shaoyou, and Zhuang Shaoyou was too busy recently to take care of anything else, and Tian Feng, who was good friends with Cai Yong, has been silent about this matter, which is even more intriguing.

Because Tian Feng knows Cai Yong too well! Cai Yong's ambition is incompatible with Zhuang Shaoyou's ambition, and although Tian Feng also wants to be loyal to the monarch and patriotism, he has seen through the declining days of the Han Dynasty, and he is definitely terminally ill, like a river going down, irretrievable! Therefore, Tian Feng made up his mind to assist Zhuang Shaoyou to re-establish a new order, and under the guidance of this ideology, Tian Feng took a cold approach to Cai Yong and never mentioned the matter in front of Zhuang Shaoyou.

As the saying goes, the Tao is not the same! He is an old man, so let's stay honest and enjoy Qingfu! Don't come out and make a mess!

But Cai Yong visited Dong Zhuo last night, Tian Feng naturally wouldn't be so vulgar as to think that Cai Yong shamelessly went to Dong Zhuo, this kind of thing would never be done with Cai Yong's integrity, and if Cai Yong is really shameless, then why should he go far and near?

After Zhuang Shaoyou learned about this, he quickly figured out his joints, and he didn't know how to deal with it for a while.

Seeing Zhuang Shaoyou frowning, and then looking at the silent crowd, Sun Qian stepped forward very understandingly and persuaded:

"General, it is good to have a clear conscience in everything! General, you are acting for the common people of the world, the Yellow River is so seriously flooded, millions of lives have been destroyed, but has there ever been a person in the court who has done his best to help the victims like the general? The Han world is irreparable, so why do that futile act again? There is really no need to worry too much about the general! As long as the general is wise and promising, let the people in the world live a good life as soon as possible, his old man will understand the general's hard work! ”

Zhuang Shaoyou smiled bitterly and did not answer, although what Sun Qian said was reasonable, but some things cannot be explained clearly in a few words, Cai Yong is his quasi-father-in-law after all, not that he is worried about losing face, but that he is left with a knot in his heart that is difficult to unravel, which makes people sigh, I really don't know how to face Cai Yong in the future, and how to explain to Cai Yan after returning to southern Liaoning?