Chapter 94

"Did I teach you to be jealous of the virtuous and capable?"

"Did I teach you to form cliques and suppress others?"

"From now on, everything in the court will be measured solely by one's own merits!"

"Those without merit, not only will they not be able to get further promotion by relying on seniority, but they will also be stripped of their original official positions, demoted, or reduced to commoners!"

Old Dong's voice resounded through the palace hall.

Like an old lion.

But with his accumulated powerful deterrent force, he suppressed the entire scene.

Several high-level military officers of the Xiliang lineage were all sweating profusely.

Although.

Old Dong did not name names directly.

But the people standing in the palace hall at this moment.

As long as they were not fools, they could all hear it.

What Old Dong was scolding just now was precisely several members of the Xiliang lineage and Niu Fu, who had just been dismissed from office not long ago!

Knowing that Old Dong was truly angry, how could the several members of the Xiliang lineage dare to make a sound again.

For so many years, Old Dong has always been protective of his own.

Only the Xiliang lineage can be considered his own.

The Luoyang Imperial Guard lineage and the Bingzhou lineage are one raised by a stepmother and the other picked up from a trash can.

But now.

Xu Rong has become the military officer with the highest official position in Dong Zhuo's army and also has the power to command Liangzhou.

This move caused several high-level generals of the Xiliang lineage to have a serious sense of crisis.

After the grand court meeting.

Several high-level members of the Xiliang lineage immediately went to the Prime Minister's residence to wait for Dong Zhuo.

As a result, they were told that Old Dong did not want to see them.

Helpless, they had to go find Li Ru.

But coincidentally, the steward of the Li residence told everyone that Li Ru was not in the residence.

Now.

Several high-level generals of the Xiliang lineage were completely panicked.

Old Dong... could he be planning to settle scores with them?

Although... recently, the Xiliang lineage has indeed been very arrogant.

But it shouldn't have reached the point of being settled, right?

Just when several people were letting their imaginations run wild and felt that they were about to be finished.

Zhang Ji suggested:

"Everyone, why don't we go sit at Lin Zhi's residence?"

"Lin Zhi is resourceful and righteous."

"In such a situation, I believe Lin Zhi will definitely come up with a solution."

Everyone slapped their thighs hard.

"Yes!"

"With Lin Zhi here, why do we need to rack our brains to think of countermeasures?"

Thinking of this.

Hua Xiong, Zhang Ji, Li Jue, Guo Si, and Fan Chou, the five of them, hurriedly went to Gu Yi's residence to ask for countermeasures.

Little did they know.

The reason why Xu Rong could become General of the West has an inseparable connection with Gu Yi's recommendation.

In other words.

The culprit for the sense of crisis of these high-level members of the Xiliang lineage is Gu Yi himself.

Gu Residence

Regarding the arrival of the few, Gu Yi had long expected it.

After taking their seats.

Hua Xiong, who had the best relationship with Gu Yi, spoke first:

"Lin Zhi, you cannot ignore old Hua!"

"The Prime Minister suddenly appointed Xu Rong as General of the West to command Liangzhou today; is it because he dislikes us old Xiliang subordinates for being useless?"

Once these words were spoken.

Li Jue, Guo Si, Fan Chou, and Zhang Ji also nodded continuously like chickens pecking at rice.

Who knew, Gu Yi couldn't help but "pfft" and laugh out loud.

"I ask you, why can't you understand the Prime Minister's meaning?"

"Let me ask you."

"Among the generals in the army, are you the ones most favored by the Prime Minister?"

Asked by Gu Yi, the five looked at each other and then nodded in unison.

The reason why the Xiliang lineage is called the Xiliang lineage.

That must be because they are Old Dong's own!

Being favored by Old Dong is not a matter of one or two days.

But precisely because of this.

Once this treatment of only favoring them suddenly changes, they will become very panicked.

To the point of losing their composure.

"Since the Prime Minister favors you the most on weekdays."

"Then why don't you think about what advantages and disadvantages Xu Rong has compared to you?"

The five fell into deep thought.

Even if they didn't want to admit it, they had to admit that Xu Rong's military merits had already accumulated above theirs.

Hua Xiong was a bit better.

After all, with Gu Yi's help, he made great contributions at Sishui Pass and became famous throughout the world.

But the other four.

Li Jue, Guo Si, and Zhang Ji followed Gu Yi to Liangzhou this time and could be considered to have won easily all the way.

Fan Chou had been left behind in Changancheng and had no chance to fight.

Looking at Xu Rong.

Holding Fufeng for more than two months in a desperate situation, his loyalty to Old Dong naturally doesn't need to be questioned.

Besides this, he also cooperated with Gu Yi and the Flying Bear Army to take Han Sui's head.

With these two merits added together, plus his status as the leader of the Luoyang Imperial Guard lineage.

Xu Rong actually should have obtained an important position.

The reason why the high-level generals of the Xiliang lineage felt panicked.

The main factor was that Xu Rong's position was already above theirs.

He became the person with the highest official position among all the generals in Dong Zhuo's army.

To put it bluntly, it was jealousy at work.

"Everyone, could it be that in your subconscious, you think your own ability is definitely not as good as Xu Rong's?"

"Xu Rong sits in command of Liangzhou, but he is not from Liangzhou; you are the ones from Liangzhou!"

"Only when he sits in command of Liangzhou can the Prime Minister be completely at ease."

"Because his foundation is not in Liangzhou, he can never successfully take root in Liangzhou."

"And you?"

"Actually, it is precisely because the Prime Minister favors you that he will keep you by his side."

"Let me ask you, who is the Prime Minister's enemy?"