Listening to such righteous and awe-inspiring words, Ma Chao felt respect in the depths of his heart. He was willing to believe 100% that Lu Zhi, Liu Yu, Huang Wan, and Wu Fu were just trying to save the people of the world and the Han family they were loyal to, and they were willing to risk their lives to conspire with him and dance with the wolves.

This is not only because Ma Chao is familiar with history and knows that these people are all famous virtuous ministers in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, in history they have all done their best for the world and the Han family, within the scope of their ability, Lu Zhi persuaded He Jin not to lead foreign troops into Beijing, Wu Fu assassinated the national thief Dong Zhuo. is even more because Ma Chao is willing to believe that in this dirty world, there will be a handful of people who dare to sacrifice their lives for their ideals. The ideal of such a person can be loyalty or righteousness, not profit.

In the main hall, the burning eyes of more than a dozen people such as Lu Zhi and Liu Yu were focused on Ma Chao, and they eagerly hoped that Ma Chao would readily agree to their request, join their group, and complete the abolition together, clean up the court, and save the Han family from peril.

But for such a big matter, Ma Chao did not make a decision so quickly. This is not because Ma Chao is afraid of complicity in the abolition of the establishment and the risk of death and annihilation, but Ma Chao also has to think about whether it is in his interests to abolish the establishment. After thinking about it, Ma Chao still thought that if Liu Hong, the son of heaven, was suddenly deposed, the new monarch he supported would be young, and the court would also fall into a certain amount of chaos, and it would be difficult for him to complete the task of attacking the family.

Ma Chao wanted to reject Lu Zhi, Liu Yu and others, but after thinking about it, he didn't have any support in the court. He may only rely on Liu Hong, the son of heaven, but Ma Chao is unsure whether Liu Hong is willing to agree to his plan to attack the family. Therefore, in order to successfully hold power and fight against the family, he must gather a group of people in the court to form a political group. And now above the court, in addition to the ten permanent servants and their henchmen and those staff members of the General's Palace, the forces with considerable strength are only Lu Zhi and Liu Yu, who are direct ministers and pure ministers. In other words, the only people who may form a "friend" with him and help him fight the family are Lu Zhi, Liu Yu and others.

Ma Chao thought about it, only by uniting these pure ministers on his side could he attack the family, curb the merger, and strive for a glimmer of life for the poor people in the world. In order to abolish the political ambition of Lili and Kuang Zheng, Lu Zhi, Liu Yu and others even dared to risk the great danger of clan punishment to conspire with him. Ma Chao thought to himself, since these pure ministers have such guts, he should also gamble on his political ambitions.

Ma Chao quickly made up his mind, he not only wanted to stop the plot of the Chunchen faction to abolish the matter, but also to pull them into the gang, and everyone would work together to fight the family, curb the merger, and return the world to a prosperous future.

Ma Chao looked at Lu Zhi, Liu Yu, Ma Rixuan, Han Rong and others, and saw that these pure ministers were still looking at him with serious faces, waiting for him to make a decision, and he was more at ease with these people.

Wu Fu couldn't help but ask, "How's it going?" Are you willing to join us and others to straighten the world and wash the court together? ”

Ma Chao gently spit out a word: "No." ”

As soon as they heard this short and powerful word, more than a dozen pure ministers suddenly couldn't sit still. Because if Ma Chao opposes their scheme, there is a high chance that he will sue them or sabotage their plans. Even Lu Zhi, who had the deepest cultivation among them, changed color slightly, and he asked hesitantly: "Dare to ask why don't you agree?" ”

Ma Chao said: "Lu Lingjun is a famous Confucian in the world, Yunwen and Yunwu, with both ability and political integrity; You are either rich or noble, you are either important ministers above the court, or the commander of the garrison in Luoyang City, you must have insight beyond ordinary people. However, your political ideals, in my opinion, are really a bit ridiculous, and they are very inconsistent with your identity. ”

As soon as they heard this, Lu Zhi and Liu Yu were silent, and Wu Fu, who had a violent temperament, stood up and said in a deep voice: "If you don't want to join us, it's also your freedom." But it is really rude to comment on our conspiracy like this. I'm also a lieutenant, and I also have a command of the trilogy. If you don't join us, we will also have the ability to complete the abolition of the establishment and then correct the world! ”

With that, Wu Fu lifted his feet and walked out.

Ma Chao said with a smile: "Although I am far away in Xiliang, I also know some news about the garrison in Luoyang City. In Luoyang City, there are five departments under the command of the Hou of the Northern Army, each of which has a maximum of one or two thousand people. In other words, the troops of the Northern Army are only a few thousand, how can they be compared with the 30,000 troops under him; And Captain Wu is just a small captain under the command of the Hou of the Northern Army, and the leader is only one or two thousand. If Captain Wu had the ability to shake the general's command, or had the ability to break into the north and south palaces, then you would not have appeared in the family mansion today. ”

Wu Fu had just walked to the threshold, and when he heard Ma Chao's words, he took back one leg that had crossed the threshold, because he and Lu Zhi, Liu Yu and others deeply understood that what Ma Chao said was true. Since the founding of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Yanwu Xiuwen no longer has the military strength of 100,000 cavalry with a wave of his hand during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and 160,000 cavalry with a wave of his hand during the period of Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty. Even in the city of Luoyang, the number of garrisons is very low.

Weiwei, under the jurisdiction of the bus Sima Ling, Nangong Guard Order, Beigong Guard Order, Right Duhou, Zuodu Hou, Nangong Nantun Sima, Gongmen Canglong Sima, Xuanwu Sima, Beitun Sima, Beigong Zhujue Sima, Shuoping Sima, etc. Wei Wei sounds like a lot of troops, but in fact, these horses combined, the strength is only about two or three thousand.

Holding Jinwu, it sounds very majestic, Emperor Guangwu once said, "Shi Eun should be the ruling Jinwu", but in fact, the strength of the army is only 720 people. Among them, there are 200 cavalry and 520 halberd guards, compared with the thousands of people in the Yuyang camp on the border in the same period, and the 2,000 people in the Yongying, which is really shabby.

The lieutenant marquis of the Northern Army supervised the five battalions of the Northern Army, that is, the Tun Cavalry, the Yue Cavalry, the Infantry, the Changshui, and the Shooting Voice, but the strength of each of these five battalions was usually one or two thousand, and it was even less than one thousand at the time of Chengping. Therefore, even if you add the guards of the Northern Army, the Northern Army's commanders are only thousands.

Guangluxun, usually equipped with eighty-one guards; The subordinate Wuguan Zhonglang General, Left Zhonglang General, and Right Zhonglang General usually have only 1,000 people each; The Tiger Ben Nakaro will have a slightly larger army, but usually only 1,500 people, and the Habayashi Nakaro will sound imposing, but there are usually only 128 Habayashi Lang; The left and right supervisors of Yulin usually have only eight or nine hundred troops each, that is, the right cavalry of Yulin and the left cavalry of Yulin. So when it comes to full fighting, Guangluxun usually has only a few thousand troops.