Chapter 016: Loyal and Brave to the Country
Xu Rong stood at the camp gate with his hands holding the reins, and the fierce horses behind him sniffed.
After learning that Li Yang's Captain Li Yang was visiting, Zhang Liao hurried out to greet him.
Zhang Liao held a banquet in the camp. Xu Rong's face turned dark and warned: "It would be very unwise to stay here to intervene in the chaos."
"Oh, I can't help but go with the flow." Zhang Liao responded helplessly.
Xu Rong never thought that Zhang Liao, who had been with him not long ago, has now transformed himself into a rescue of the throne and killed Zhang Rang. Duan Guizhi's success became the prefect of a county. In his heart, he was happy for Zhang Liao, but he felt worthless about Zhang Liao's current actions.
He asked in confusion: "Why is this?"
"Ding Yuan has been kind to support me, and I can only reluctantly agree to Ding Yuan's request with the other party, but I will not send troops to help Ding Yuan. Assistance from the side is considered to repay Ding Yuan's love for enlistment. From now on, I will no longer owe Ding Yuan the favor."
Zhang Liao explained this way and could only keep silent about the plans in his heart.
This time he entered Luoyang, he made such a friend and had a close personal relationship.
Zhang Liao was extremely grateful for Xu Rong's advice to join the camp.
"How can you be so mean?" Xu Rong's extremely dissatisfied reprimand was considered to understand the reason why Zhang Liao was stranded outside Luoyang City. He would repay his kindness before he could do it for a real man.
Zhang Liao asked with great concern: "I am at the forefront. Will you implicate you when you enter the camp and meet me at this time?"
"No obstacle, I am like a ball of air, no one can see it, no one gives orders to me, no one pays attention to me after the general's death, and no one has the power to give orders to me."
Xu Rong smiled bitterly and said: "Most of the Beijing Army Captains in Luoyang City are like me. After Jian Shuo, the Ten General Attendants and He Jin were successively lost, the power center was uncontrollable. Empress Dowager He and Your Majesty were both under Dong Zhuo's hostage. If one day someone could command the troops in the capital, it would be Dong Zhuo."
Zhang Liao asked curiously: "Where is Ding Yuan?"
"If Ding Yuan drives away or kills Dong Zhuo and also holds Empress Dowager He and His Majesty hostage in the palace, he will be the one who holds the power alone." Xu Rong's objective evaluation.
Zhang Liao asked again: "There are no ones who stand up to command the court?"
"As soon as He Jin died, the position of the Secretary of the Shangshu was empty. Although the three dukes and nine ministers were very powerful, all the military and national affairs of the Han Dynasty came from the Records of the Shangshu. No one took this position at the same time, and the power center was ineffective."
Xu Rong said with a complicated expression: "The three dukes and nine ministers are powerful, but they don't have actual military power. Now the generals in the capital have lost their generals, and they are completely disorganized."
"No one raised his arms and called on to dominate the overall situation?" Zhang Liao was extremely puzzled.
Xu Rong said as expected: "How can the court use people to have their own laws? Who dares to act outrage? If you try to exercise the power of the monarch, you are destined to be a public enemy of scholars and will not escape and perish."
The Liu family has not yet truly died in name only, and most of the civil and military officials have fulfilled their duties. Zhang Liao suddenly realized that Dong Zhuo was able to be arrogant and domineering among the officials because Dong Zhuo himself played the emperor in his palm.
Otherwise, if Lu Zhi, Huangfu Song, Zhu Yan and others were as unscrupulous as Dong Zhuo, there would be no chance for Dong Zhuo to dominate the court.
It should be noted that after Huangfu Song suppressed the Yellow Turban Uprising, he was so powerful that Yan Zhong suggested that Huangfu Song take charge in the south, and Huangfu Song did not use any other tricks, and Yan Zhong left in disappointment.
Even in the Cao Wei era when the Han Dynasty was in name only, Cao Cao had never stopped being assassinated by the royalists, let alone now.
Dong Zhuo has no loyalty and righteousness in his ministers and has a heart of a tiger and wolf. He deserves to dominate the court.
Zhang Liao asked calmly: "How is Dong Zhuo's prestige in Luoyang?"
"There are people who are interested in Dong Zhuo, and there are people who want to get rid of Dong Zhuo." Xu Rong was in the whirlpool of Luoyang and knew the calls of court officials clearly.
Zhang Liao said with great anticipation: "I thought I would be a little famous in Luoyang, right?"
"Zhang Rang is the leader of the Ten Eunuchs, and Duan Gui is also an important leader of the Ten Eunuchs. If you can kill these two people, it will naturally make the scholars who hate Ten Eunuchs look forward to you, and their praise and appreciation for you come from the heart."
Xu Rong said with regret: "However, you are not from a prominent family, so you cannot become famous all over the world. The praises you mostly happen in private, and no one will publicize such achievements for you."
"I guessed that this would be the result. It is a great book for the children of the aristocratic clans to make such contributions. I wish I could swear to the world and let everyone know that my name and deeds were probably just mentioned in the eyes of real wise men. It would be a shame to their ears and ears to mention a few more words."
Zhang Liao lamented more than once the harm brought to him by the concept of family background, which was a huge obstacle to his future rise.
"Mr. Zhang is transparent in his mind and naturally understands the key points. I am a little famous in Luoyang, but I am only among military generals. In their eyes, those families who have served in the Han Dynasty for generations, people like us are nouveau riche from small families. It is a great courtesy to sit in the same place with them, so there is no equality."
Xu Rong's own personal experience is an iron-like reality. His ancestors had no famous scholars and high officials, but he was a poor family. He did not have the foundation of inheriting poetry and books. Even if he was prominent for a while, he was just a flash in the pan and could not last long.
Zhang Liao turned his mind and instructed: "If you have the chance, Master Xu might as well leave Luoyang and work in a foreign county. Everything in Luoyang City is complicated and chaotic, so it is better to avoid it."
"As a commander in command, all actions must be followed by the will of the court. How can you do whatever you want?"
Xu Rong said seriously: "Besides, Liyang Camp is the camp guarding Luoyang, and its responsibilities are dependent on me, and I cannot allow me to leave my post without permission."
Zhang Liao admired Xu Rong's persistence very much. He did not have such persistent thoughts in his heart. Not only did he not rack his brains to think about how to replace him.
There are countless ministers who are interested in the Han Dynasty. In the process of changing dynasties, the royalists will be gradually eliminated, and the new ruling class will gradually occupy the mainstream and will not directly dominate the power in one go.
Zhang Liao wanted to change Xu Rong's fate so that he would not wither in the chaos, and could only slowly plan for it in the future and not rush it.
"For the loyalty and brave character of the general, Xu Zhengwei is better than me." Zhang Liao sighed from the bottom of his heart, loyal to his duties and courage in state affairs, and he could not admire him.
If all dynasties are like this, then the country's destiny will not decline and will continue to flourish.
It’s a pity that this is just wishful thinking in an ideal state, and there is no such situation in the world.
Chapter completed!