Chapter 1186: Great Power

Lv Bu's angry eyes gradually calmed down. With his cultivation and experience, Lv Bu was no longer the young, hot-headed boy he once was. Although his personality remained the same, he understood that he could not confront this world alone.

He still dared not resist the majesty of the Imperial Court.

Killing the Prince of Yuan might be doable, but after killing him, what would happen if the Imperial Court blamed him? He could use his own power to escape the court's accountability, but what about the Lu family?

Should they all follow him and flee everywhere?

He could not be so willful.

Lv Bu then looked at Su Fan and asked: "I wonder, Senior, what advice do you have for me?"

He knew clearly that since the Yuan Prince's Mansion was powerful and the Lu Clan was weak, he had to lie low, like a snow wolf on the grasslands.

Quietly waiting for the right moment, and once he discovered any weakness in the opponent, he would immediately pounce, striking with one blow.

"Hehe! You want revenge?"

"Naturally!"

Lv Bu said coldly. Since the other party dared to deal with him, he naturally needed to strike back. He was not someone who would remain indifferent.

"The Yuan Prince's Mansion is powerful, so why don't you just find someone even bigger?"

"Does Senior mean the Imperial Court?"

Lv Bu's eyes flickered upon hearing this, then he shook his head and said: "Impossible. How could the Imperial Court make a move against the Yuan Prince's Mansion? Unless the Imperial Court wants to see the Beidi rot."

Lv Bu was not truly stupid. As a fierce general in Bingzhou, he knew very well the reputation of the Yuan Prince's Mansion in the Beidi. Even when he was young and frivolous and had conflicts with the Yuan Prince's Mansion, he was not arrogant enough to try to deal with them.

Only now that his strength had reached the peak of the Spirit Refining realm did he have the confidence, but he also knew the true power of the Yuan Prince's Mansion.

They possessed an elite army of one million. If he wanted to behead the Prince of Yuan, he was prepared to ambush him; he had never thought of confronting the Yuan Prince's Mansion head-on.

Over the years in the Beidi, although they had all participated in resisting the grasslands, the first line of defense was always the Yuan Prince's Mansion.

After all, the Xiongnu of the grasslands were still the most powerful, and the Yuan Prince's Mansion was the most powerful force resisting the Xiongnu, as well as the trump card of the Beidi.

If the Imperial Court were to deal with the Yuan Prince's Mansion, it would be equivalent to abandoning more than ten provinces in the Beidi.

Although the Imperial Court had not provided much support to the Beidi over the years, on the surface, the Beidi was still under the rule of the Imperial Court.

The local government offices still obeyed the Imperial Court, and the taxes that should be paid were all handed over, which was also a huge sum.

Once the Imperial Court wanted to deal with the Yuan Prince's Mansion, without a legitimate reason, it was simply impossible.

Su Fan seemed to see through Lv Bu's doubts and said indifferently: "The Imperial Court naturally cannot make a move against the Yuan Prince's Mansion."

"The current Imperial Court is already powerless."

Don't look at the fact that the Liu Han Imperial Court still exists; it only has the name of righteousness left. Even among the millions of Imperial Guards around Luoyang City, how many truly belong to the Liu Imperial Clan?

There are a few Earth Immortals in the Imperial Court, but how many belong to the direct line of the Liu Imperial Clan?

Even the local regimes in the Central Plains have almost fallen into the hands of those great aristocratic families. They did not stand up to oppose the Imperial Court, firstly because they did not have complete certainty and were afraid of being treated as the first bird to be shot.

Secondly, if they don't stand out, they can still develop sneakily, and they can suck the marrow of the Imperial Court, while letting the Imperial Court bear the bad reputation.

After all, when the local government is inactive, most of the bottom-level people curse the Imperial Court first, not these aristocratic families.

Some hypocritical aristocratic families will even put on a show.

In this way, they do good deeds while letting the Imperial Court bear the bad reputation, which can be said to be killing two birds with one stone.

In the Central Plains, the local areas and the Imperial Court are not of one mind. Most of the local government officials are actually selling out the Imperial Court for the sake of profit. Hearts have been lost. Perhaps there are still some officials loyal to the Liu Han Imperial Court, but so what?

The Liu Han has already lost the hearts of the people.

Once someone raises the banner of rebellion, a terrifying wave of uprisings will break out. By then, where would the Imperial Court have the time to worry about dealing with the Yuan Prince's Mansion?

I'm afraid by then, they would be too late to try to win them over.

After all, the Yuan Prince's Mansion controls the elite border troops.

Su Fan's explanation also shocked Lv Bu. He did not expect the Imperial Court to have decayed to such a degree.

"How is that possible?"

At this time, Lv Bu did not have much ambition. What he wanted was to become a general, command a large army, and sweep across the grasslands.

As for becoming a feudal lord, he had not reached that level yet.

Just like Cao Cao in history, at the beginning, he was truly a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty. He initially wanted to be like Wei Qing and Huo Qubing, to become a General Who Conquers the West for the Great Han and conquer the grasslands.

However, later, he stepped by step became the final King of Wei.

This wildness also increased as his power increased. Of course, it was also because the Han Dynasty had truly decayed.

"If you don't take what Heaven gives, you will suffer the blame. If you don't act when the time comes, you will suffer the disaster." Therefore, Cao Cao decisively made his choice.

And the biggest villainous lesson at that time was naturally Yuan Shao. When Emperor Xian of Han left Chang'an, with the power at that time, Yuan Shao was the easiest to take him in.

Once he took in Emperor Xian of Han, it would have been easier than Cao Cao to "hold the Emperor to command the feudal lords."

By then, Yuan Shao's power would have been even stronger. Without Emperor Xian of Han, whether Cao Cao could have developed would naturally be an unknown.

After all, Cao Cao used the policy of "holding the Emperor to command the feudal lords" to truly strengthen his own power.

To be honest, the initial Cao Cao was not even as good as Lv Bu and the others. After all, Lv Bu and the others at least had elite iron cavalry in their hands.

Cao Cao's troops were almost lost in the rescue, and later he relied on Yuan Shao's relief.

He was completely Yuan Shao's little brother.

Indeed, Cao Cao had great ability; this is undeniable. During the late Han period, among the abilities of the feudal lords, Cao Cao was number one, and his comprehensive ability was among the top tier even among emperors throughout history.

Perhaps without this Emperor Xian of Han, Cao Cao could still have developed, but it definitely wouldn't have been so smooth.

And Cao Cao's ambition increased step by step, becoming prestige.

So those feudal lords, in fact, didn't have much ambition at the beginning. Could it be that Liu Bei thought about becoming the Son of Heaven from the beginning?

Lv Bu, looking through history, actually didn't have much ambition either.

At this moment, Lv Bu still had a sense of awe for the Imperial Court. In historical novels and later internet culture, there is a joke that among the many feudal lords at the end of the Han Dynasty, perhaps only Lv Bu was the most loyal.

The most loyal to Emperor Xian of Han.

Because he killed Dong Zhuo, once guarded Emperor Xian of Han, and even went to Xuzhou, still thinking about taking in the little Emperor.

And Emperor Xian of Han also always wanted to find Lv Bu.

Of course, this is just a joke. ===== CHAPTER 1187 =====