[Three Kingdoms] Burning incense and sacrificial wine

Let's talk about Lu Bu's side.Because of Cui Song and Guo Jia's intentional or unintentional guidance, combined with the experience of the past few days, Lu Bu was deeply disturbed and paced back and forth in the hall.

Suddenly, he remembered what he said a few days ago when Xi Zhi came here.

"The traitor... will make up for it... Dahongluqing Liu Yao?"

Lu Bu's heart moved, he already had some calculations.

In You Yi's mansion, the two sat opposite each other.

When the tea was cold, You Yi sighed.

"This matter is only an inference, and it may not be reduced to such a serious level."

Xi Zhicai coughed twice suppressedly: "Based on what I know about Li Wenyou, when this happens, he will definitely pursue it to the end..." He couldn't help coughing again when he was halfway through, "Hu Zhen is so cruel , You must retaliate, your brother has an old grudge with him, after this incident, he will definitely not let it go."

You Yi poured him a glass of water, hesitantly said: "Your body..."

Xi Zhicai didn't pick it up, "For this matter, it's still because I got you in trouble..."

"Don't worry about it. Even if there is no such thing, with Hu Zhen's habit of success, sooner or later, he will attack us." You Yi's expression changed, his eyes and eyebrows were sharp, "Brother has sent Chu'er away , even if it is true... we have no fear. Either he dies or I die."

The room was silent.

After a long time, Xi Zhi took the cup and drank the water inside.

You Yi saw that he was drinking water as if he was drinking alcohol, and knowing that he was in a bad mood, he hesitated again and again, and said:

"How do you treat Dong Zhuo?"

"What do you mean by that?"

"Don't pretend to be confused, you clearly know what I'm asking."

"The reward of eating the king, the matter of being loyal to the king, that's all."

You Yi looked like he hated iron and steel: "It's not that I want to be that treacherous villain, just look at Dong Zhuo, how many good things he has done since he took power? If it weren't for you and Li Wenyou (Li Wenyou) Confucianism) dragged him in time, with his tyrannical and ungrateful virtue, he had already caused a riot."

Seeing that Xi Zhi was silent, he panicked and pinched his wrists, "Dong Zhongying was so brave and heroic before, how did he become like this?"

"Flowers are impermanent, how can you force a person to stick to his heart and be unyielding?"

You Yi choked, and immediately retorted: "What about you? You didn't change your willingness to assist Dong Zhuo because of Dong Zhuo's change?"

"What Huanzhi wanted was not the so-called 'Mingzhu' from the beginning to the end."

You Yi raised his head suddenly, staring at Xi Zhicai in surprise.

"Huan's intention to come today has been communicated, Changtai take care."

You Yi stiffly watched Xi Zhicai go away.After a long time, he let out a long breath and realized that a layer of cold sweat broke out on his back.

Besides, Cui Song and Guo Jia, they planted a seed of uneasiness on Lu Bu's side, just waiting for it to germinate and thrive.Then they wandered around in the northern part of the city, seemingly chaotic, but in fact they squatted down to bury pits purposefully.

Before they could reap the results, Dong Zhuo had a sudden whim and recruited Cui Song.

When he arrived at Dong Zhuo's place, Cui Song met an acquaintance.

This acquaintance played a great role in the "poisoning incident", and it was the unknown counselor who suggested to check everyone's cuffs and caused Li Ru to be deflated.

Although the unknown counselor didn't know Cui Song, seeing that he was specially invited by Dong Zhuo at such a young age, he couldn't help but feel aggrieved and hummed slightly.

Cui Song met with the grand master, and the grand master asked him to take a seat and directly explained his intention.

"A scholar offered advice and advice to me. I've always been confused about the twists and turns of you literati. Come and help me to learn more about it."

Cui Song: ...

His first reaction was that Dong Zhuo had lost his mind, and then he vaguely guessed Dong Zhuo's intentions, and promised in a low voice.

The waiter got Dong Zhuo's instruction, took the silk book from Dong Zhuo's hand, and showed it to Cui Song first.The nameless counselor was dissatisfied, but he didn't dare to say anything more.

Cui Song took a cursory look at the contents above.The curiosity and casualness at the beginning gradually turned into heaviness and doubts.After reading the silk book at a glance, Cui Song returned the things to the attendant:

"Dare to ask Grand Master, who wrote this policy?"

Dong Zhuo said casually, "A young man surnamed Jiang."

River?Could it be Jiang Zun?

Cui Song thought of him first.

If the strategist was Jiang Zun, it would explain the familiarity that this strategist brought to him——

He once read this strategic point of view in a booklet hidden in the bottom of the book case by "Song of Cui", and the author was He Xiu, the teacher of "Song of Cui".

The point of view in that booklet is not a theory in itself, but just a relatively casual discussion about the prospects and hidden dangers of the development of the gentry.There are a few points in it that are of great reference significance for rectifying the social order. However, although these points are convenient for the people and the people, they are against the interests of the aristocratic family.He Xiu knew that this book was out of date, so he put it on the shelf the moment he finished writing it, and never showed it to others.

Later, He Xiu became seriously ill, and he handed over all the orphaned books, self-authored and unpublished books to the young disciples.

Cui Song didn't know how Jiang Zun knew the content of this book, but after thinking about it, Jiang Zun had listened to He Xiu's lectures, and was considered a half-disciple. Not surprising.

Seeing Cui Song's serious expression, Dong Zhuo asked his attendant to give the silk book to the unnamed counselor to read, and asked Cui Song: "What's your opinion, little friend, but it's okay to say."

Cui Song did not answer immediately.He has already seen the content of this strategy, which has greatly promoted the stability of the common people, the stability of the government, and the concentration of imperial power;

It would be very unwise for Dong Zhuo to choose to appease the people and suppress the gentry at this time.After both relatives and eunuchs fell from power, the gentry, who were suppressed by the party's scourge, quickly turned around and almost controlled most of the discourse power in the court.No matter how strong Dong Zhuo's troops are and how domineering his temper is, he cannot ignore their thoughts.

Dong Zhuo knew that most of his confidants were rough people, and that he had to rely on the gentry to control the court, so asking the emperor for orders to redress the scourge of the party was a gesture of goodwill, in order to buy the hearts of the gentry.

It's a pity that Dong Zhuo's patience is limited, and he will forcefully suppress whenever something goes wrong, which leads to the fact that all his subsequent actions are offending, and the gentry are completely offended.

However, even though everyone has been offended, because Dong Zhuo is powerful and has not really violated the fundamental interests of the gentry, the two sides are still in a state of balance.Although many people with lofty ideals rushed to pull Dong Zhuo off his horse because they couldn't understand Dong Zhuo's atrocities or had other ideas, but in fact there was no collective, fundamental conflict.

Nowadays, foreign aggression is everywhere and internal instability, if Dong Zhuo uses the policy of suppressing the gentry at this time, what is the difference between breaking his arms and killing himself?

Seeing that he was silent for a long time, Dong Zhuo looked deeply: "If you have an idea, it's okay to say it, there is no need to avoid it."

The unknown counselor had also finished reading the theory at this time, and when he heard Dong Zhuo's words, he pointedly said: "Cui Shi is young, and I'm afraid he dare not speak out when he hears about such a big event." On the surface, he seemed to be trying to excuse Cui Song, In fact, it is implying that Cui Song is young and ignorant, has no calculations in his mind, and is at a loss when encountering such substantive problems.

Cui Song didn't speak, not because he didn't know what to say.The intention of Jiang Zun's move is obvious.If he was using this strategy to trick Dong Zhuo, there is absolutely no need to leave his real name.Jiang Zun signed his name at the end of the policy theory, which means that he presented this policy theory to Dong Zhuo with the intention of finding a rare commodity to live in, and intending to seek fame and fortune on Dong Zhuo's side.

Cui Song is like a brother to another self, and he doesn't want his teacher's hard work to be stolen and used for profit.However, for the sake of his teacher, he can't speak out, and can't point out the real master of these suggestions.With Dong Zhuo's ability, he can't give full play to the role of these suggestions, and it will only lead to unwarranted disasters.The example of Shang Yang's body divided by five horses was the first, and he didn't want his mentor to follow Shang Yang's back road because of these people's selfish desires.

Seeing the aggressiveness of the unknown counselor, Cui Song pondered for a moment, then solemnly said: "I don't think it's right."

It is not that the idea of ​​this policy theory is inappropriate, but that the current situation, the purpose of the policymakers and decision makers are inappropriate.

The unknown counselor tried his best to argue with him, but when he heard what he said, he unceremoniously pushed back: "What's wrong? I think every word of these strategies makes sense, and every word hits the point. Don't just deny it because of Jiang's surname's lack of talent and high foresight, and deny it regardless of the reason." He almost pointed his nose and said that Cui Song was jealous of others, so he deliberately belittled him.

Cui Song didn't want to waste much time with him, so he simply let him do it.

Dong Zhuo asked him, "Think about it again, what are these strategies?"

Cui Song said without hesitation: "I don't think it's right." He still refused to say more about the reason.

The unknown counselor showed sarcasm, praised and listed the essence of these theories one by one, and satirized Cui Song's ignorance in every line.

After listening to the eloquent discussion of the unknown counselor, Dong Zhuo didn't say much, and waved Cui Song to back down.

Cui Song understood that Dong Zhuo had already made up his mind, and this policy theory would definitely be carried out.

He retreated calmly, thinking in his heart, he didn't expect that before they dug a hole for Dong Zhuo, Dong Zhuo had already dug a huge grave for himself, and he couldn't wait to jump down.

After Cui Song left, Dong Zhuo took out another silk book with a passage written on it: Zun and Qinghe Cui Song had a gap, and Cui Song might not like it.If there are slanderous words, please confront them face to face.Follow what you say, from the heart; follow the loyalty, the sun and the moon can know.Please also ask the grand master to learn from you.

Perhaps because Jiang Zun knew that Cui Song had obtained many books written by He Xiu, he was very likely to perceive the source of these strategies, so he wrote these words deliberately when offering advice, on the one hand to excuse himself, and on the other hand to give Cui Song Song dug a big hole.How could he think that Cui Song not only didn't jump out of this big pit, but watched him die coldly.And because of this sentence and this strategy, he led himself to a dead end.

As for the unknown counselor, Jiang Zun's "Bole", in order to eliminate dissidents, tried his best to think carefully, but he didn't know that these clever actions made him later—when this strategy theory aroused public outrage, he was pushed out by Dong Zhuo as a scapegoat lamb.

After Cui Song went back, he told Guo Jia about it.

Guo Jia said, what a pity.

Cui Song knew what he was regretting. It was a pity that such a significant strategy was buried, and it was a pity that people used it indiscriminately.

Guo Jia misunderstood Cui Song's silence, and relieved...