Politics is complex and multifaceted. There are no permanent enemies or friends. What remains unchanged is the art of interests and balance.

Compromising with your opponents from a political perspective is not a shameful thing, but a sign of maturity.

Only when you can bend and stretch can you become a great weapon.

In the year when Dong Zhuo entered Luoyang, he suffered a lot of setbacks in his governance. From the day he deposed the emperor and executed his queen, the battle between him and the scholar-bureaucrat group of the Eastern Han Dynasty had officially begun and could not be mediated.

During this period, Dong Zhuo won a few games, but also suffered a lot of losses, but regardless of winning or losing, he had not yet united the world's nobles.

But this time, the nobles and nobles were really united.

Faced with such a huge political power, Dong Zhuo naturally had to retreat. No matter how stubborn he was, he would not have a head-on conflict with all the scholars.

Most of the county guards are scholars. If he continues to be obsessed, all the money and material resources of these county guards and scholars will be concentrated on the Yuan brothers.

The consequences could be disastrous.

If you are over 60 years old, you should give in appropriately when it is time to give in. No matter how hard the iron rod is, it will be bent at some point.

Luoyang's court, what do you scholars want?...Okay, I admit defeat and keep it for you!

But I will never leave you the Luoyang you want.

The scholars, clans and common people of Sili don’t want to be moved to Guanzhong by me? Yes!

I just asked you to stay in Luoyang.

I will make it impossible for you to survive!

But right now... we still need to establish a good relationship with those Liu clan members first.

Among the clan members, the most restless ones are, by visual inspection, the Jingzhou clan. We should seek peace talks with them first.

"Who among you is willing to go to Jingzhou's army to discuss peace with the other party in detail?" Dong Zhuo asked, looking back and forth at everyone.

Li Ru looked around at everyone, stepped out of the class, and said: "Xiangguo, Ru has returned to the sect of the Prime Minister. He has not yet achieved any great achievements. Now he is willing to go to the Jingzhou Army Camp to discuss various matters with the little thief Liu Qi."

Dong Zhuo narrowed his eyes, thought carefully, and said: "Liu Qi...is Liu Biao's legitimate son? Duan is a cunning person. He is one of the few close conspirators around me. He should not be touched lightly. It is better to stay in Luoyang."

Just assist me."

Li Ru couldn't help but feel a little disappointed after hearing this.

He knew that Dong Zhuo was both using and defending against him.

In Dong Zhuo's heart, he was not the most trustworthy person.

To put it bluntly, Li Ru only joined Dong Zhuo's family after he entered the capital. How can he be compared with Dong Zhuo's old Xiliang vassal?

At this time, Lu Bu stood up.

"Thank you for your kindness, Bu recommends someone who can be your envoy."

When Lu Bu killed Ding Yuan and surrendered to Dong Zhuo, Dong Zhuo appointed Lu Bu as the cavalry captain and swore to him that they would become father and son. But after all, it was just a political recruitment move. Naturally, Lu Bu would not really regard Dong Zhuo as his own.

He is his father, so he still calls him 'Xiang' in front of outsiders, and 'Father' in private.

Dong Zhuo looked at Lu Bu and said curiously: "The soldiers and generals of Bingzhou who commanded me are all warriors who are good at fighting and fighting on the battlefield. Isn't it that they are not qualified to serve as negotiators?"

Lu Bu said: "The person Bu recommended was not a member of the Bingzhou Army, but a Sima of the Luoyang Southern Army. Hao Meng, a native of Hanoi County, is now under the command of the last general. He is not only outstanding in bravery, but also talented in eloquence.

As an envoy, great things will happen."

At that time, Dong Zhuo's soldiers in Luoyang had three factions.

The largest force among them was the Xiliang Army under his command, which was subdivided into various branches led by Li Jue, Zhang Ji and others, who were the great tycoons in Liangzhou.

The second force was the Bingzhou Army, which was formerly controlled by Ding Yuan. The reason why Dong Zhuo was able to command the Bingzhou Army was entirely dependent on Lu Bu, who had the highest reputation among the Bingzhou Army. Otherwise, Dong Zhuo would have difficulty controlling the Bingzhou Army.

The third force was the Luoyang Northern and Southern Army, which had less than 70,000 men and guarded the capital and the imperial palace. They were all led by He Jin and He Miao in the past.

Since the Northern and Southern armies were recruited in turns from strong men all over the country, the composition of the personnel was very complicated. If you wanted to control them, you had to divide them into regional factions and put them under the control of Dong Zhuo's generals, and gradually absorb them.

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Since the Han Dynasty had strong patriarchal regional attachment characteristics (to put it bluntly, fellow villagers particularly trusted fellow villagers), the generals of the original Bingzhou line and the Silibei line of the Northern and Southern armies were all managed by Lu Bu, who was born in Jiuyuan.

For example, Zhang Liao, who was born in Mayi, Yanmen, Bingzhou, and accepted the leadership of He Jin in Beijing as a professional, represented the Bingzhou line in Luoyang's army and belonged to Lu Bu. Zhang Liao was in Beijing in the past, because of his contribution to recruiting troops in Hebei, why did he enter the army?

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By analogy: if Dong Zhuo wants to control the Bingzhou Army, he needs to rely on Lu Bu; at the same time, if Lu Bu wants to completely control the Luoyang Army, he needs to rely on Zhang Liao.

Historically, from the beginning of Luoyang to the surrender of Xiapi City to Cao Cao, Zhang Liao has always been relatively independent in Lu Bu's army, just like Sun Jianzhi and Yuan Shu, Gongsun Zanzhi and Liu Yu (before and after Lu Bu defected to Zhang Yang)

, Zhang Liao was already the prefect of two thousand stones in the far north, with the power to open a mansion and the political status of a prince)

At present, like Zhang Liao, he belongs to the Luoyang military department that is independent under Lu Bu. There is also Hao Meng, the leader of the Sili Hanoi department. He is the person recommended by Lu Bu this time.

After hearing this, Dong Zhuo shook his huge head like a rattle: "No, a member of the Luoyang military family is not my direct descendant. The person recommended by me is deeply inappropriate and will never be used."

When Lu Bu saw that Dong Zhuo did not agree, his face showed disappointment.

He didn't really want to recommend Hao Meng as an envoy, but he really wanted to take the opportunity to send Hao Meng out of Luoyang, and then go about a secret matter that would be shameful for others to tell.

Dong Zhuo actually distrusted Li Ru or Lu Bu, including the Luoyang clan.

At this critical juncture, the only people Dong Zhuo trusted in his heart were those from the Xiliang Army.

After looking around at everyone, he finally set his sights on Li Jue.

"You can be the envoy!" Dong Zhuo pointed at Li Jue and said affirmatively.

"Ah?" Li Jue was shocked when he heard this.

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"This, Prime Minister, will probably not be able to bear the responsibility..."

Before Li Jue could finish speaking, Dong Zhuo waved his hand casually and said, "You can go as you please, no need to say anything else!"

In fact, Dong Zhuo also knew that it was not appropriate to use Li Jue as his envoy, but at this moment, he had no choice.

After all, among the Xiliang generals who could be trusted by him, Li Jue was relatively good in terms of political sensitivity, while the others were worse than the other.

Historically, Dong Zhuo also used Li Jue as his envoy to propose a marriage to Sun Jian. This shows how lacking Dong Zhuo's trustworthy and eloquent people were.

The Liangzhou soldiers who could gain his trust exuded a strong air of political noobs.

Li Jue thought for a while and said, "If the Prime Minister wants me to go, please send someone to help."

"who?"

"Jia Xu, the captain of the prison camp, is now under the command of General Niu..."

Dong Zhuo frowned when he heard this and said: "Is it him? The Wuwei Jia family is also the queen of a wealthy Confucian family... That's all, let him go with you."

Li Jue hurriedly said: "Nuo...I will prepare now."

Li Ru next advised him: "When negotiating peace with the people of Jingzhou, you should not just send people from Liangzhou. The prime minister can also find a trusted official in the court who is a famous scholar of Confucianism as a deputy envoy to accompany General Li.

Those ministers in the DPRK showed the sincerity of the Prime Minister’s negotiations.”

Dong Zhuo rubbed his hands together and said, "That's a very good statement... Let me think about this candidate carefully before I make a final decision."

After discussing some other military and government affairs, everyone left immediately, but Dong Zhuo called Lu Bu.

"Fengxian, please stay here. I have something to ask you."

In this way, everyone left, and only Lu Bu was left in Nuange by Dong Zhuo.

"Fengxian, I would like to ask you, is there a man named Wei Xu in your army in Bingzhou?"

Lu Bu didn't know why Dong Zhuo suddenly mentioned him, and said: "This man is Bu's wife and brother. Why did his adoptive father ask about him?"
Chapter completed!