Chapter 280: Return【3】

Li Ru stroked his beard and thought carefully.

Then he began to analyze.

"The Central Plains, especially the prosperous areas, are all held by powerful families."

"And with warlords everywhere and scholar-gentry all over the place, it looks like a rich and beautiful land, but in reality, it is a den of tigers and wolves."

"If you become an official there, you will definitely be constrained by the scholar-gentry everywhere."

"And Young Master Duan's rise was built on stepping on the Taiyuan Wang clan; although it will not lead to open opposition, you will still be secretly targeted and guarded against by the scholar-gentry."

"If you really want to serve in the Central Plains, I don't think it is a good choice."

Dong Zhuo's eyes sank, and he nodded slightly, saying coldly: "Those scholar-gentry talk about benevolence and morality, but in reality, they look down on us from the border commanderies and exclude us everywhere."

In the past few years, since Dong Zhuo came out of Liangzhou, he could be said to have hit walls everywhere.

Even in this position of Bingzhou Inspector, he was often suppressed by the scholar-gentry.

In this regard, the suffering Dong Zhuo had endured and the path he had walked were all lessons learned.

Duan Yu also felt that Li Ru was right.

If he were thrown into a place like Yuzhou, Yanzhou, or Xuzhou and Jizhou, he would definitely be targeted by the local scholar-gentry.

The reason why no scholar-gentry dared to stand out in Jinyang now was because the Taiyuan scholar-gentry were afraid.

The lesson of Wang Rou was right in front of them.

But the Central Plains were different from Bingzhou.

The Central Plains held by those scholar-gentry were not to be trifled with.

He was now in a border commandery and had troops in his hands.

But if he were thrown into the Central Plains, the tactics used in Jinyang would not work.

And...

The chaotic times were about to begin, and he needed to cultivate an army, develop his own troops, and obtain a territory that he could completely use for himself.

Not to be a watchdog for those scholar-gentry.

So the Central Plains were not a good place to go.

Having said this, Duan Yu actually already had an ideal place in mind.

The borderlands.

And it was the northern borderlands.

Not the south.

But Youzhou would not work.

Although Youzhou was also a borderland, it was adjacent to Jizhou, and there were too many military families and clans in Youzhou. If he, an outsider, went there, he was afraid he would not be able to achieve anything.

Actually, to put it nicely, Bingzhou could also work.

After all, he was already familiar with Bingzhou.

And he had a reputation here.

But the Bingzhou scholar-gentry were something he needed to guard against.

In the short term, these Bingzhou scholar-gentry would not jump out, but in the long run, changes were inevitable.

But the premise was that Dong Zhuo was still serving as the Bingzhou Inspector.

But now his father-in-law, Dong Zhuo, had been transferred to be the Administrator of Henei.

The new Zhang Yi was from a scholar-gentry background and would naturally favor the scholar-gentry in some matters.

So...

"Liangzhou!"

"Liangzhou."

Duan Yu and Li Ru spoke almost at the same time.

Li Ru's eyes lit up as he looked at Duan Yu: "Does Young Master Duan also think Liangzhou is the best?"

Duan Yu nodded and looked at Dong Zhuo: "Father-in-law's home is in Liangzhou, and he has a long-standing reputation there."

"If I could serve in Liangzhou, relying on Father-in-law's reputation, I could quickly expand the situation without being constrained."

"And Liangzhou values bravery over scholarship."

"Values bravery over scholarship" meant that there were few scholar-gentry in Liangzhou, and it was a place where whoever had the biggest fist had the final say.

There was another advantage.

The heavens are high and the Emperor is far away!

Although Liangzhou was chaotic, so chaotic that some in the court suggested abandoning it.

But was he afraid of chaos?

Of course not.

If he could establish order in that chaotic land of Liangzhou, then Liangzhou would be his base for the future.

And Liangzhou was adjacent to Bingzhou.

With him in Liangzhou, his reputation would radiate to Bingzhou.

If the world changed in the future, he could leave Liang, pacify Bing, and with the two provinces of Liang and Bing as his foundation, occupy the eight hundred miles of fertile land in Guanzhong, watch the world's disputes, lock the Hangu Pass, send troops from Bingzhou to Youzhou, and then turn to take Jizhou and move south.

In an instant, Duan Yu had already thought about how to proceed next.

This was one of the benefits of having foresight.

To say that one could kill everyone by relying on a transmigrator's foresight was nonsense.

But using the big-picture view of a transmigrator to plan ahead was feasible.

Duan Yu and Li Ru said the two provinces at the same time, and looking at Dong Zhuo, he also seemed very satisfied.

"Good!" ===== CHAPTER 282 =====