With Jia Xu's participation, Lu Bu felt much more relaxed. Although some of his suggestions would always shock Jia Xu for a long time, after getting used to it, often with a little guidance from him, Jia Xu would draw inferences from one instance, bringing him quite a bit of benefits.
With time, Lu Bu put more effort into his martial arts cultivation. In just seven days, he had successfully integrated the Taiji Fist that he had learned in university into his fist technique. At the same time, he had also integrated the technique of using four liang to deflect a thousand jin into his halberd technique. His martial arts had made a qualitative leap.
On the 15th day of the 12th month, Lu Bu asked Liu Jian to draw a map of the distribution of wells in the palace. It took him three nights to find the missing jade seal from more than twenty wells.
That night, he secretly paid a visit to Dong Zhuo and presented the jade seal to him without anyone knowing. After a round of persuasion, Dong Zhuo firmly believed that he had been chosen by the heavens and immediately wanted to force Emperor Xian to abdicate. Fortunately, Lu Bu slowly dissuaded him.
On the second day, Dong Zhuo appointed Lu Bu as Commander of the Imperial Army and ordered him to protect the Imperial Palace. In fact, he wanted him to monitor all the members of the royal family so that he wouldn't cause any trouble when Dong Zhuo proclaimed himself emperor. This was also the position that Lu Bu wanted. After all, he had an additional 10,000 elite troops, and the most important thing was that they could enter and leave Luoyang at will. Although these 10,000 people were not loyal to him now, he was confident that he could control these people before moving the capital. At that time, he could play a surprise role.
In the next few days, Lu Bu began to reorganize the Imperial Guards. As he divided the 10,000 soldiers into five teams, he also transferred Cao Xing, Song Xian, and more than ten school guards into the Imperial Guards.
After a round of adjustments, apart from the 1,000 soldiers under the original commander of the imperial guards and the 2,000 soldiers loyal to Li Ru, there were only 1,000 soldiers left. The remaining 7,000 people were all led by his trusted aides.
On the surface, Lu Bu had become the most famous person in Luoyang. However, in reality, he had the fewest troops out of all the commanders. Although he had always believed that quality was more important than quantity, a good man could not fight against numbers. Therefore, he could only form a partial situation on the battlefield, and the general leading the army became the key. With Gao Shun and the eight warriors under him, it seemed like there were quite a few, but it was far from enough. Not to mention Zang Ba, who was being transferred to Qingzhou, even Gao Shun, Cao Xing, and Song Xian were prepared to stay in Luoyang when the war started so that they could seize more talents and money when the capital was moved. Of the remaining four generals, other than Zhang Liao, who was a general and had enough strategic foresight, the rest would only listen to his orders. Therefore, what he wanted to do the most now was to go to various places to look for those celebrities who had not yet become officials.
At the end of the twelfth month of the first year of Chuping, after arranging the training of the army and monitoring the officials of the court, Lu Bu and Jia Xu had a secret discussion for a night. Then, he bid farewell to Liu Jian and took Zang Ba and his 500 soldiers on the road to Chenliu.
The excuse was naturally to help Dong Zhuo inquire about the actual situation and movements of the various vassals, so as to pave the way for him to claim the title of Emperor. Dong Zhuo naturally agreed happily, and his number one counselor, Li Ru, was also happy that the only person who could compete with him for power would stay away from Luoyang.
Lu Bu and his group arrived at Zhongmu County with the document written by Dong Zhuo. After ordering the soldiers to station outside the city. Lu Bu followed the county runner to the county office.
After exchanging pleasantries with Chen Gong, the county magistrate of Zhongmou County, Lu Bu went straight to the point and said,"I've long heard of Mister Chen's great name. Today, I've come to invite you, hoping to discuss a great matter with you.”
Chen Gong smiled and said,"General, you flatter me. I'm just a small county magistrate. What talent do I have?" It really can't be used by the general."
Lu Bu also smiled and said,"A straightforward person does not beat around the bush." Now that the Yellow Turban is prevalent, treacherous officials are in power in the court, and the local vassals are splitting up, the situation is chaotic. Are you going to watch the people of the world fall into chaos and suffer? Don't you want to save the people from the fire and water?”
"General, you must be joking. How could Gong save the people of the world by himself?”Chen Gong continued to refuse, unwilling to agree to Lu Bu's request.
"Haha, I'm not sure. Sir, why would you say that? With your talent, not to mention a small county magistrate, even being a provincial governor is a waste of talent. He rejected Lu Bu today because he thought Lu Bu was Dong Zhuo's subordinate and didn't want to help the tiger. However, Bu had no choice but to acknowledge the thief as his father. Dong Zhuo's 200,000 strong army was stationed outside Luoyang, and no one could resist them. I'm just trying to find an opportunity to assassinate Dong Zhuo, pacify the world, and give the people a peaceful life. But I am alone, and there is no one to advise me. Therefore, I would like to ask for your help today. I hope Mister can agree." Lu Bu's emotional speech moved Chen Gong.
However, he still asked,"In the future, what will you do after you get rid of that thief Dong?"”
"Mister, where do you think Bu should go?”
"In Gong's opinion, the general should hold the emperor hostage and order the princes. He was in charge of the land of the state and county and planned the affairs of the world. Does General think so?"
"Haha, although I have no plans, I know that these are not Mister's true words. If you say that Bu does not have the heart to fight for the world, Sir will definitely not believe it. But now, the royal power was declining and the Yellow Turban was everywhere. In this chaotic world, all the dukes took this opportunity to expand their strength. What were they doing? Sir, can you tell me?"
This question stunned Chen Gong. All along, his greatest dream was to revive the Han Dynasty. It wasn't that he didn't think that he was weak, but he still hoped that someone would turn the tide. He had also thought about the various dukes of today. Indeed, none of them were such heroes. Most of them were recruiting soldiers and buying horses to accumulate their strength, hoping to seek greater benefits in this chaotic world.
Lu Bu's question today had hit his soft spot.
After thinking for a while, Chen Gong said,"Yuan Benchu and Cao Mengde are heroes. They will definitely raise an army to kill the bandits. At that time, all the vassals in the world will follow him, and Dong Zhuo will die…"
"Hehe, why didn't you continue? At that time, it would probably be a situation where the tree fell and the monkeys scattered.”
Chen Gong naturally thought of this as well. "So there's no hope of reviving the Han Dynasty?"”
"Humph! Since ancient times, the position of the Son of Heaven had always been occupied by virtuous people. According to Sir's idea, if the Han Dynasty was revived and the Qin Dynasty was revived, then would the descendants of Xia, Shang, and Zhou also follow suit and raise an army? Now that the Han Dynasty is declining, how long can you support her if you continue to cheer her up? How many people in the world will support you? Since ancient times, the situation of the world, divided for a long time will be united, united for a long time will be divided. It had been nearly 400 years since Gaozu, and the Han Dynasty had long since decayed.
"The eunuchs and relatives of the imperial court are constantly fighting for power. The scholars and landlords everywhere bully the land and ignore the people. Otherwise, why would there be the Yellow Turban Rebellion? As a result, Dong Zhuo was now in power in the court, and the princes in the four directions were independent. The emperor had also fallen into their bargaining chip for power.”
"According to General's meaning, only by overthrowing the Han Dynasty can the world be at peace?”Chen Gong said unwillingly.
"If we can save the people from fire and water, so what if we overthrow the Han Dynasty? If you only want to revive the Han Dynasty and ignore the comfort of the people, then I'll take my leave.”After saying that, Lu Bu pretended to leave.
"General, please wait. From what you said, it seems like a good plan to save the people of the world from fire and water. Can you tell me a thing or two…"
"There is a good plan, but it is a plan that will get things done once and for all. I'm afraid that Teacher won't be able to accept it." Lu Bu said with a faint smile.
"Please enlighten me, General," Chen Gong said earnestly.”
In fact, Lu Bu knew Chen Gong's character. Although he wanted to revive the Han Dynasty, he still wanted to bring peace to the world. That was why Lu Bu planned to give him this shocking news and make him wholeheartedly rely on him.
After deliberately waiting for a moment to keep him in suspense, Lu Bu said,""It's very simple. If there is no longer the position of Emperor, do you think there will still be people fighting for it?”
"This, how can this be?" Chen Gong was stunned. These were words that could exterminate nine generations!
"Hehe, what's the big deal? Do you really believe that the emperor is the chosen one? It was just a halo to strengthen the royal power. Weren't the ancestors of the Liu family also farmers? One had to know that the food and clothing of the people in the temple were all created by the labor of the common people. Therefore, the establishment of a regime could only last long with them at the center. Only then could they have land to farm and meat to eat.”
"Simple? This was simply impossible.”Chen Gong felt that his words were simply nonsense. Could they break a tradition that had lasted for thousands of years?
"How do you know it won't work if you don't try?”Lu Bu tempted.
Chen Gong's body was filled with passion and adventure. Otherwise, he wouldn't have followed Cao Cao in history.
However, Lu Bu was also puzzled. Why didn't Chen Gong run away with Cao Cao this time? After asking Chen Gong, he found out that Cao Cao knew that his fellow countryman was concerned about the country and served the public. He was afraid that he would be captured selflessly, so he directly circled around the city and left.
Lu Bu felt lucky. If it wasn't for Cao Cao's suspicious personality, he would have missed out on this honest strategist.
"But how do we build a regime centered around the people?”Chen Gong gradually became interested in his words.
"It's very simple. Outside of the Imperial Censorate, there will be another monitoring organization called the Council. The members will be people with prestige in the region. The counties will have their own Council, and the counties will have their own Council, all the way to the Central Council. Members could be selected in turn and allocated according to the region. The main responsibility of the parliament was to supervise the officials at all levels and establish the laws of the country. Even the actions of the army could be decided by the parliament. Of course, it was only on the issue of whether to send troops.”
"Then, what if the parliament uses its power indiscriminately?”Chen Gong's brain couldn't keep up with Lu Bu's words, but he still had doubts.
"Hehe, other than the power of supervision and law-making, it has no other rights. How could they abuse their power? How about it, mister, do you want to create this unprecedented legend with me?”
"Hehe, I was indeed moved by General's words, but with General's strength, I'm afraid it won't be that easy.”
"Everything depends on one's effort. Besides, it's precisely because of the difficulties that it's called creating a legend. Don't forget that Gaozu was only a pavilion chief in the past.”
"Alright, since that's the case, I'll take a gamble with the general. Without destruction, there would be no establishment. Perhaps, the fate of the burly man was really over.”Chen Gong hesitated for a moment before making up his mind.
"Thank you for your help, Mister." Lu Bu was overjoyed.
"My lord, there's no need to be so polite." Chen Gong said lightly," Lord, please give the order as to what I should do.”
"Alright, now, the place with the most Yellow Turban in the world is Qingzhou, and the soldiers of Qingzhou have always been good at fighting. I've already sent people to recruit them, and I hope to be able to gain a foothold in Qingzhou. Sea salt was a lucrative commodity. However, that army lacks a strategist to lead the overall situation. I would like to ask you to take charge there and train an invincible army.”
"Alright, Gong will do his best." Chen Gong cupped his hands.
(I have a terrible headache. It's a little short. Please forgive me. In addition, if you have tickets, please recommend it. Ah Yu thanks everyone.)
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