Chapter 76

The two chatted for a while longer.

Before long, Li Ru's wife, Dong Yuan, walked over from the back hall.

And took "Miss Li" away from the main hall.

In the main hall, only Li Ru and Gu Yi, two grown men, remained.

After teaching Gu Yi some basic abilities for handling government affairs.

Li Ru suddenly sighed long and said:

"Although the Guandong Coalition was defeated, the Guandong aristocratic group did not completely decline because of this."

"In the short term, they dare not form a coalition to oppose the Chancellor again."

"But if time drags on, I'm afraid the coalition will make a comeback."

Li Ru's worry was not without reason.

The foundation of the Guandong aristocratic group was far from what Dong Zhuo could compare to.

This was also the important reason why the coalition dissolved historically.

The forces of various warlords could develop rapidly.

Without exception, Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Cao Cao, and others all received the full support of local aristocrats.

And what was the Xiliang Army doing at this time?

Ever since Dong Zhuo died, the development of the Xiliang Army could be described as going downhill.

The "Xiliang Army F4" engaged in internal strife.

Li Jue and Guo Si teamed up to kill Fan Chou.

Zhang Ji feared bringing disaster upon himself.

He took a risk and chose to lead some of his troops to attack Wancheng.

As a result, the city wasn't taken, but he himself died from a stray arrow.

By the Jian'an years, after Emperor Liu Xie was taken away by Cao Cao, the Xiliang Army lost this last great banner.

What makes people sigh is.

From the beginning of the Xiliang Army entering the capital to the time of its destruction, exactly ten years passed.

The reason for the Xiliang Army's decline, besides internal reasons among the Xiliang high command.

A more important reason was that the help the Guandong aristocratic group brought to warlords everywhere was simply too great!

When the Xiliang Army's development entered a bottleneck period.

A large number of warlord forces in Guandong were developing rapidly at high speed!

And nowadays.

Defeating the Guandong Coalition could be considered a heavy blow to the development momentum of the various warlords in Guandong.

But this blow was still not enough to destroy the Guandong aristocratic group behind them.

To eradicate the tumor that is the Guandong aristocratic group, the road to walk is still long and perilous.

This was also a problem Li Ru had been worrying about.

Aristocrats had already formed a prototype in the pre-Qin period.

Their prototypes could be traced back to the nobles of the Six States.

By the two Han dynasties, the era of aristocrats had completely arrived.

Any aristocratic descendant, even if a straw bag, could enter the court to be an official and hold important positions.

And by the Wei-Jin period, the birth of the Nine-Rank System became a carnival for aristocrats!

Nowadays.