The Three Kingdoms: Zhaolie, the strategist, and the rise of the Han Dynasty

Chapter 22 I expect the two of them to return! (Please read on!)

"To be honest, my mother is old and needs care."

"...I, I, I must return to my hometown in Yuyang to take care of my mother. I hope you will agree to this."

Tian Yu spoke reluctantly. In fact, his reasons were more far-fetched than Zhao Yun's.

The eldest brother is like a father, so it is understandable that Zhao Yun went home to mourn his brother's death.

Tian Yu has been away from home for several years. You said you wanted to go home to support your mother after not seeing you for so many years. Now that you are speaking up, isn't it just an excuse to leave?
In fact, Tian Yu really didn't want to leave. Liu Bei treated him very well, and he also recognized Liu Bei's character.

Now he was promised a high position as Prime Minister of Pengcheng. Tian Yu was struggling and in great pain in his heart.

Liu Bei knew that taking care of his mother was just an excuse for Tian Yu to leave, and he would definitely not come back once he left.

But what can he do in this situation?

He stood up and was about to speak.

But Li Yi spoke first:
"So it's your mother who needs to be taken care of. That's not that difficult."

"We will send someone to Yuyang to bring your mother here. If your mother knew that the general is now the governor of Pengcheng, she would definitely be proud of you."

Ah this...

Tian Yu was dumbfounded. This script was wrong.

Shouldn't you just let it go?

This was not what I said to Zhao Yun just now.

Why does it become “kidnapping” people when it comes to me?
Liu Bei also looked at Li Yi in bewilderment, as if to say, Sir, you...

But he did not interrupt Li Yi, he believed that Li Yi must have his own reasons for doing so.

"Oh? Is the General still having troubles?"

Li Yi pretended not to know and continued to ask.

Tian Yu was stunned and speechless. What difficulties do you think I have?
Do I have to make it clear that I want to go back to Gongsun Zan?

At this time, Li Yi was the first to give way.

"Perhaps your mother is old, General, and I am afraid that the servants are not taking good care of her."

"How about this, I ask the general to go back to Yuyang and bring your mother here in person?"

This……

Tian Yu was stunned. Li Yi had let him go, but not completely.

He wanted to bring his mother over himself, which was tantamount to asking for himself to come back.

"Okay, that's it."

Li Yi patted Tian Yu's shoulder and pulled him to sit down.

"Come, General, please go back to your seat first. After we have finished our meal, the envoy and I will hold a farewell party for you and General Zilong tomorrow."

Damn it...

Tian Yu was dumbfounded and thought, I didn't agree, so how come you decided it?

Li Yi did not give Tian Yu a chance to refuse and pulled him to drink.

Otherwise, how do people become company executives? This is how the benefits of drinking culture come about.

Yes, this is bullying honest people.

Li Yi just didn't give Tian Yu a chance to speak. He didn't want Tian Yu to refuse, nor did he want Tian Yu to agree.

Because this is the best outcome.

As long as Tian Yu could return to Youzhou with an attitude of neither agreeing nor refusing, Li Yi would be confident that he would definitely come back.

Next, Li Yi and Liu Bei invited Tian and Zhao to drink and chat.

They chatted until late at night, and then the two generals said goodbye.

Liu Bei personally saw the two off and watched them go away before reluctantly returning to the house.

Li Yi was sitting at the table, eating some side dishes.

"Sir, how about we have a couple more drinks?"

Liu Bei sighed:
"When General Zilong and General Guorang leave, I cannot swallow the nectar and jade liquid, nor can I taste the liver and marrow of a dragon and a phoenix."

Li Yi smiled softly:
"I see that you still have many doubts. Why don't you sit down and let me answer them for you one by one?"

Liu Bei nodded in agreement and sat down again.

Li Yi calmly poured a glass of wine for Liu Bei and said:
"The envoy must be wondering why I let Zhao Yun and Tian Yu go."

Liu Bei sighed again:

"I thought that if I listened to your advice, Xu Zilong and Guo Rang would be given high positions, and given military power, and if I could make good use of their talents, they would not abandon me."

"But it's just wishful thinking!"

After he finished speaking, he raised his glass and drank it all.

Li Yi took the opportunity to fill Liu Bei's glass with wine and said with a smile:
"Don't worry, my lord. I believe Zilong and Guorang will definitely come back after this trip."

"Will you definitely come back?" Upon hearing this, Liu Bei sobered up immediately.

"Why are you so sure, sir?"

"General Zilong and General Guorang are both ambitious men. Now that the envoy wants to accomplish Duke Huan's Five Hegemons in Xuzhou, and offers them high positions, how can they refuse?"

"But didn't they just resign?"

"...Haha, it's human nature to be close to one's parents. After Zilong has finished his funeral and Guo Rang has brought his mother back, won't they come back?"

Liu Bei frowned and said in a deep voice:

"Will they really come back?"

He wanted to say, sir, you should be able to see that this is just an excuse between the two of them, you can't take it seriously.

"If it was a few years earlier, I wouldn't have been so sure, but now I am sure."

Li Yi said in a very firm tone:
"A real man should not be confined to a moment or place."

"Your Excellency was originally the governor of Pingyuan under the Qingzhou governor Tian Kai. Now, isn't he also here in Xuzhou to make achievements?"

Tian Kai is Gongsun Zan's subordinate. The implication of this statement is that, Old Liu, didn't you also abandon Gongsun Zan and run to Xuzhou?
"Sir, do you mean that General Gongsun..."

"Exactly."

Li Yi smiled slightly.

Gongsun Zan was the ultimate factor that determined whether Zhao Yun and Tian Yu stayed or left.

The timeline is now in 194, and Gongsun Zan has reached the craziest time in his life.

Ever since he killed Liu Yu, his ambition has expanded and he has forgotten the good deeds and only remembered the bad ones.

They are vindictive and exploit the people unscrupulously.

He has transformed from a tribune who protects the borders into a villain who harms the people.

You should know that Zhao Yun and Tian Yu are both noble gentlemen, especially Zhao Yun.

He is very caring towards the people and sympathetic to the lower classes.

Gongsun Zan's actions undoubtedly made Zhao Yun extremely disappointed.

But due to the relationship between superiors and subordinates, Zhao Yun couldn't say anything.

Moreover, the relationship between Zhao Yun and Gongsun Zan was not good.

When Zhao Yun first joined Gongsun Zan, Gongsun Zan asked Zhao Yun why he chose him.

Zhao Yun said very honestly, "Now the world is in chaos, and no one knows who is the wise leader. The people are in danger, and the lives of the people are in danger. We Changshan people have decided to follow the place where benevolent governance can be implemented."

"So it's not because I want to alienate Yuan Shao that I join you, General Gongsun."

Therefore, as a native of Changshan, Zhao Yun did not join Yuan Shao, the boss of Jizhou, but chose Gongsun Zan, simply because he did not like what Yuan Shao did.

But I didn’t expect that Gongsun Zan wasn’t much better.

Especially in the past few years, it has become more and more crazy, like a possessed person.

Gongsun Zan was particularly fond of persecuting the sons of scholars from wealthy families. He believed that they had lived in privileged conditions since childhood and would not be grateful even if they were given important positions.

This view is too arbitrary and lumps everyone down with one brush.

Even powerful warlords like Dong Zhuo and Lu Bu knew how to win over the scholars and nobles.

Liu Bei took such good care of the people, and also knew how to win over the scholars and nobles as much as possible.

But if one were to say that Gongsun Zan "beat the local tyrants and divided the land", then he didn't do that either.

His motto is “Kill the local tyrants and give all their land to me.”

He also promoted some mediocre people and even became sworn brothers with small merchants and vendors.

These people amassed hundreds of millions of wealth and became the new rich, while at the same time they tried to curry favor with Gongsun Zan.

In Gongsun Zan's view, this might be what he called "knowing how to be grateful."

Therefore,
How could Gongsun Zan's smug look not make his subordinates feel chilled?

After Zhao Yun left Liu Bei, he did not actually return to Gongsun Zan.

As he said to Liu Bei, "We can't stick to small matters and help the tyrant to commit atrocities."

This is talking about Gongsun Zan.

Zhao Yun didn't want to be branded as a traitor, but he also didn't want to aid and abet the tyrant.

I decided to just stay in my hometown in Changshan and not leave.

It was not until the fall of Gongsun Zan that Zhao Yun was able to join Liu Bei with legitimate reasons.

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