Lu Bu’s Life Simulator

Vol 2 Chapter 152: friend or foe

The DPRK meeting has ended, but the impact of this long-awaited DPRK meeting is far from over.

The resignation of the Taiwei was approved, the resignation of the Dasinong was approved, the resignation of the minister of the minister was approved, the resignation of the imperial censor was approved, the resignation of the Tingwei was approved, and the resignation of the minister was only approved. The biggest one was Taiwei Zhou Zhong.

Afterwards, dozens of officials including Jing Zhaoyin resigned one after another were also approved by Lu Bu, and they were quickly replaced. Obviously, this move of resignation could not threaten Lu Bu.

Unlike Dong Zhuo, Lu Bu was already fully prepared, and he didn't know how to pull the Xiliang clan to his side. After these clans came to power, they could clearly feel the efficiency of the various government offices in Chang'an City. The child has improved a lot.

"This Lu Bu is too arrogant!" Zhou Chang sat in the position where Zhou Zhong started, and complained a little angrily.

Because of his remarks, his brother was implicated and forced to resign. It was reasonable for Lu Bu to accept it. After all, the disputes in the court were like this. It would not be long before the court was short of people and had to invite his brother back.

After all, those are the only people who are qualified to sit on the throne.

But after nearly one-third of the courtiers resigned, Lu Bu actually agreed. This is a kind of deterrent to Lu Bu by the officials, but you should at least keep them instead of replacing them directly, right?

Many times in the past, hundreds of officials jointly resigned from office, whether it is the emperor or the powerful minister, which one didn't come out to appease? Well now, Lu Bu took the opportunity to replace him directly. Zhou Chang suspected that Lu Bu had already prepared this move from the beginning, so he had no fear.

"Hey~" Zhou Zhong glanced at his younger brother and shook his head: "Now that Lu Bu is in power, you don't have to contend with him anymore."

In the few months after Lv Bu took over the imperial court, all the officials in the court were useless. In the process of disaster relief and flood control, those who Lv Bu brought from Xiliang quickly divided the rights that should belonged to the officials, and even many originally belonged to the officials. The property of the hundred officials was also distributed to these people by Lu Bu.

For Baiguan, Lu Bu is undoubtedly a more formidable opponent than Dong Zhuo. No matter how noisy Dong Zhuo is, he still wants Baiguan to do things for him, but Lu Bu has already found someone who can do things for him and will not unite with Baiguan. people together.

The Xiliang nobility entered Guanzhong originally to compete for various resources of the Guanzhong nobility. The moment they entered Guanzhong, the purpose was to pull down these great families in Guanzhong and go up on their own, so they all used Lu Bu's means of exploiting the aristocratic families. Tolerable.

So from the very beginning, Lv Bu and Dong Zhuo were different. Dong Zhuo wanted all officials. In terms of governance and economy, Dong Zhuo wanted all officials. Lu Bu solved this problem as soon as he came up, and the relationship between supply and demand was reversed. The pattern is that Lv Bu can have hundreds of officials or not, and if the officials want to maintain their own privileges, they have to ask Lv Bu.

Once this demand relationship becomes one-way, the party in need can only be plundered by the party in need in various senses. Unless you want to give up the privilege in your hand, you can only look at the other party's face.

They used this method to drive Dong Zhuo crazy before, but now it was their turn to be driven.

It doesn't matter if Zhou Zhong loses the Taiwei, but he is worried that the Zhou family will become the main target of Lu Bu. Therefore, Zhou Zhong does not want Zhou Chang to provoke Lu Bu at this time.

When Lu Bu was at his most powerful, it was obviously not wise to confront Lu Bu head-on. Just like this time when the officials resigned, it was originally to put pressure on Lu Bu. Who would have thought that Lu Bu would be driven out of the imperial court without any loss to Lu Bu. Let them lose a lot of power in the court at once.

"Brother, are you just watching Lu Bu bullying Your Majesty? Doing something wrong? Your Majesty is young, and it is easier to be seduced by him; and if Lu Bu is not restrained, I am afraid that it will be even more wrong." Zhou Chang said solemnly.

"How do you restrain him?" Zhou Zhong raised his head and glanced at Zhou Chang.

Now in the middle of the pass, the only person who can restrain Lu Bu is probably Lu Bu himself.

"Brother!" Zhou Chang looked out the door, got up and closed the door, then leaned over to Zhou Zhong and whispered, "Brother, although Lu Bu is powerful now, it is not really uncontrolled, I can ask your majesty's edict, it is a secret. Contact the princes of Guandong to rescue, then if Lu Bu does not have the Son of Heaven in his hands, just because of the many evil deeds he has committed in this pass, he will not die in the future!"

Zhou Zhong's expression changed when he heard the words, he frowned and looked at Zhou Chang and said, "You mean... Yuan Shi?"

Among the princes in the Central Plains, the brothers Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu are the most powerful. If the two brothers are willing to send troops, they may really be able to defeat Lu Bu.

Although the heroes in Hulao Guan were not able to get a favor from Lu Bu at first, but the feudal lords were not in harmony, and they could not use their strength in one place. Secondly, the Xiliang army was the elite in a hundred battles, while the army of the feudal lords was mostly new. , the difference in combat power between the two sides is indeed quite large.

But now that a year has passed, the lords of the Central Plains have already grown up in the crusade and annexation of each other. If there is another crusade of the lords at this time, it will be difficult to predict who will win and who will lose in the end.

"That's right!" Zhou Chang nodded fiercely and said, "Where did Lu Bu come from? What virtue does he have in running the court? The fourth prince of the Yuan family, regardless of his reputation and virtue, is a hundred times or a thousand times stronger than that Lu Bu. When the clan is in charge of the government, why worry about the uncertainty of the world? Why fear that Lu Bu?"

Zhou Zhong made a silent action, and after hesitating for a long time, he said: "This matter is a big deal, and it needs to be discussed in the long run. Don't tell outsiders."

Before doing this kind of big thing, the less people know about it, the better, otherwise it is easy to leak information, especially now that Lu Bu is powerful, Zhou Zhong believes that among the gentry in Guanzhong, he saw that the gentry of Xiliang came to compete with them for resources. , someone has already started to fall to Lu Bu secretly in their hearts, this is not a strange thing.

Zhou Jiagen was in Lujiang, so naturally he would not be as jealous of Lu Bu as the Guanzhong nobles were, but to do this, first of all, it had to be kept secret.

"Don't worry, brother, this little brother naturally knows about this!" Zhou Chang nodded affirmatively.

...

The Zhou brothers did not know that Lu Bu was conspiring, but after the court meeting, as the officials of the Western Liang Dynasty under Lu Bu began to enter the court, Lu Bu's control over Guanzhong was further strengthened, and the efficiency of the court's affairs was also improved a lot.

These Xiliang scholars are indeed inferior to Guanzhong talents in terms of top talents, but nowadays there is no need to look for top talents for most things in Guanzhong, or most of the non-decision-making things actually do not require so high the ability of the rulers, and the ability is about the same. .

Therefore, it is naturally impossible for the Guanzhong aristocratic family to overtake Lu Bu like Dong Zhuo through the output of talents.

"My lord, this was sent by the Zhong family, do you really keep it?" Ma Chao looked at Lu Bu in surprise while playing with a pair of jade horses.

Isn't it time to draw a clear line with those aristocratic families?

"Why don't you accept it?" Lu Bu asked back, "I didn't force them to send them."

"But..." Ma Chao put down his jade horse, scratched his head and said, "Then what should they do if they want to come to ask the lord to do business or ask for an official?"

"Official business." Lu Bu casually replied while playing with a beautiful jade.

Ma Chao was a little dumbfounded when he heard this, and looked at Lu Bu in confusion.

"People don't expect to send these things, so they can give whatever they want." Lu Bu glanced at Ma Chao: "Sometimes it's hard to tell the difference between an enemy or a friend in this world...well, you don't understand!"

Looking at Ma Chao's confused look, Lu Bu knew that what he said was equivalent to talking in vain.

Now Lu Bu really doesn't need to be afraid of officials, but as the Xiliang clans get more and more, some people are swelled up and want to reverse Lu Bu. And change is not static.

Therefore, although Lu Bu has secured his position in Guanzhong with the help of the Xiliang nobility, he also needs to prevent the Xiliang nobility from becoming today's court officials.

Therefore, it is inevitable to select some scholars who can be used by them to form a check and balance.

However, it is very important who is used to suppress it. If it is Yang Biao, it seems feasible, but in fact, if it is done like this, with the fame of Yang Biao, it is likely to pull the scholars in Xiliang. go to him.

Therefore, these big families or famous people, Lu Bu still has to suppress, the real promotion will be that kind of small family, the influence is not large, this kind of family is easy to feed, Lu Bu can bring them benefits, and it is easy to take heart.

The big family Lu Bu could not get enough to feed. It is estimated that even if Lu Bu gave all his power, others would not look at Lu Bu high, and to win over a small family or a wealthy family, it was easy to form competition with the Xiliang nobility, rather than directly annexing the other.

As for these gifts, they dare to accept them if they dare to send them to Lu Bu. The big family can still keep them for their appearance. Although this appearance is not necessary for today's Lu Bu, they don't need money...

Ma Chao's xinxing is destined to be impossible for him to understand these things. In fact, it is difficult for most people to get out of an inherent concept in their lives.

In Ma Chao's eyes, the enemy is always the enemy. Since he is the enemy, what does it mean to accept his gift?

However, Ma Chao was a little resentful about Lu Bu's evaluation, pointed at Dian Wei and said, "I don't think he understands it either!"

"?" Dian Wei turned his head ~www.NovelMTL.com~ and looked at Ma Chao silently.

This pony has been a little fluttering lately!

"There is one thing I need you to do." Lu Bu put down the wine cup in his hand, he remembered something, and his eyes fell on Ma Chao.

Ma Chao was a little uncomfortable at the sight of Lu Bu, and subconsciously clasped his fists and said, "I don't know what's going on?"

"Tomorrow you will go to Gongzheng's place, and I will write to him. You will do what he asks you to do, understand?" Lu Bu looked at Ma Chao and asked.

Ma Chao's temperament can't be tempered by himself, so he should send it to Gao Shun to receive Gao Shun's training, otherwise it's not a good thing to be too out of touch.

"I..." Ma Chao had seen high numbers before, so he felt ordinary, neither the domineering sidelines of Lu Bu nor the bravery of Zhang Liao, so naturally he was unwilling to let himself go to such a person. , but seeing Lu Bu's eyes, Ma Chao was agitated, and cupped his hands: "The last general leads the order!"

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