Chapter 95

The five hurriedly responded:

"Naturally, it is that group of noble families in Guandong."

Gu Yi nodded slightly and continued to analyze:

"Since you all know that the Prime Minister's enemy is that group of noble families in Guandong."

"Then you stay by the Prime Minister's side, are you afraid that you won't have the opportunity to establish merits in the future?"

"Even if Xu Rong is strong, he is the General of the West."

"Conquering the West, what does conquering the West mean?"

"It means fighting towards the west!"

"And you?"

"Although your official position is not as high as Xu Rong's now."

"But in the future, if you help the Prime Minister destroy those Guandong warlords, what kind of position can't you get?"

"Do you have to covet this position of General of the West?"

"If so, I will go report to the Prime Minister now and let you replace Xu Rong to sit in command of Liangzhou."

"Then, let Xu Rong lead troops to fight against the Guandong warlords in the future, establish immortal merits, and while being conferred a title, be appointed as General of the Guards, General of Chariots and Cavalry, General of Agile Cavalry!"

Hearing this.

The five hurriedly stood up and waved their hands in a flustered manner:

"Lin Zhi! Lin Zhi! Don't, we were wrong!"

"Please don't tell the Prime Minister about this."

"It was us who were too obsessed and didn't understand the Prime Minister's deep meaning."

"Sigh~~~"

"We will go back and reflect."

"We will visit Lin Zhi another day."

Under Gu Yi's trickery, the thinking of the five had been completely led astray.

Looking at the backs of the five leaving, a smile of success appeared on the corner of Gu Yi's mouth.

Standing in different positions, what one sees is naturally different.

As the saying goes.

One's position determines one's thinking.

Dong Zhuo's current status is the common leader of the three major factions and the Prime Minister under the Han court.

He can no longer favor the Xiliang lineage unconditionally as before.

But from the perspective of the Xiliang lineage.

They cannot put themselves in Dong Zhuo's shoes to understand his difficulties.

On the contrary, they can only see that their own interests have suffered a certain degree of loss.

If one were to directly propose military reform to the Xiliang lineage, they would refuse without even thinking!

Because military reform means that the "Xiliang lineage" golden signboard on them is about to lose its original value.

Originally.

They didn't need to be very capable to hold high positions.

Why?

Because Old Dong favored them, they were the lineage that started the business with Old Dong.

But now.

There are more and more talents under Old Dong.

Old Dong himself is no longer just that ambitious person who carved out Liangzhou and plotted for the Central Plains.

If the Xiliang lineage still monopolizes most of the resources.

Then the contradictions between other factions under Old Dong and Old Dong will increase day by day.

The final outcome will evolve into that coup in history.

The magnificent Xiliang Army will become yesterday's flowers.

For this reason.

It is necessary to change the mentality of the Xiliang lineage of "holding high positions through nepotism".

Promoting people from other factions as a stimulus.

Making the Xiliang lineage have to roll together so as not to lose power.

Commonly known as, involution!

The entire army rolls up.

In this way.

The time for intrigue and forming cliques is used for "involution".

All soldiers in the army are working hard to establish merits.

Why should Old Dong worry about not being able to sweep the world?

And military reform, after changing the mentality of the high-level members of the Xiliang lineage, can also gradually begin to get on the right track.

Actually.

Sending Xu Rong to sit in command of Liangzhou is not just because his strength is qualified.

More importantly.

The Luoyang Imperial Guard lineage, after successively losing Xu Rong, the number one figure, and Hu Zhen, the number two figure.

The remaining people have gradually become climate-less.

Next, just find a way to deal with the Bingzhou lineage and the Xiliang lineage, and military reform can proceed as scheduled.

And after the success of military reform.

There will be no distinction between Xiliang lineage, Bingzhou lineage, and Luoyang Imperial Guard lineage in Dong Zhuo's army!

All soldiers should be called "court official army"!

At the same time, after Xu Rong became General of the West.

These high-level members of the Xiliang lineage, with Old Dong playing the bad cop and Gu Yi playing the good cop, have to enter a state of "crazy involution"!

They want to surpass Xu Rong.

In order not to let the Xiliang lineage be surpassed by other factions.

They have no choice but to go down this road and never return!

But such a thing as involution, once it starts, can it be stopped just by saying so?

It can be predicted.

The Xiliang lineage will definitely be more active than the other in going out to fight in the coming period!

After solving the mentality problem of the Xiliang lineage.

The three major factions under Old Dong.

Only the problem of the Bingzhou lineage has not been solved.

However.

The problem of the Bingzhou lineage, to put it bluntly, actually lies mainly with the great filial son Lu Bu himself.

But besides Lu Bu.

Actually, there is an extra member in the Bingzhou lineage!

It is precisely this extra member who has caused the Bingzhou lineage's dissatisfaction with Dong Zhuo to increase day by day.

Eventually leading to the tragedy like in history.

And this person.

Has been trying hard to hide his threat to Dong Zhuo.

But now.

With the recovery of Liangzhou.

This person's heart must be more panicked than anyone else's.

The fox's tail will soon be exposed...

.......

Situ Residence.

Wang Yun was pacing back and forth in the residence.

If one word were used to describe Wang Yun's current mood, it would definitely be "terrible"!

The first thing that makes Wang Yun feel troubled.

Is that Gu Yi led the army to pacify Liangzhou and returned.

This makes Gu Yi's position in Dong Zhuo's army even more unshakable.

Originally, he was just a military advisor.

But now, he is both a military advisor and a commander.

What the hell does this mean?

It means that Old Dong is very likely cultivating Gu Yi as his successor!

If Gu Yi really becomes Old Dong's successor, then what else can Wang Yun play with?

It's a pity that he previously sent Diao Chan to Gu Yi, intending to incite Gu Yi to rebel and win him over through Diao Chan.

But now it seems...

This strategy has almost become a joke!

What's even more ridiculous is.

Ever since Diao Chan became Gu Yi's concubine.

Basically, she has never passed any news to Wang Yun again.

That feeling is like... Diao Chan, this undercover agent, has become a beautiful concubine Wang Yun gave to Gu Yi for nothing!

Wang Yun's "Diao Chan Spy Plan" has completely gone bankrupt.

However, that's fine.

What's even more pitfall is.

Xu Rong was promoted to General of the West and also commands Liangzhou military affairs!

What does this mean?

It means that Dong Zhuo no longer only relies on the Xiliang lineage, but has simultaneously set his sights on other factions under his command!

But if Dong Zhuo starts to value other factions, what should Wang Yun do?

In reality.

Wang Yun has never stopped contacting people from the Bingzhou lineage and the Luoyang Imperial Guard lineage in secret.

Using their dissatisfaction with Dong Zhuo only favoring the Xiliang lineage, Wang Yun took the opportunity to act as a "confidant" and comfort them.

Then, take the opportunity to instill some ideas similar to "Dong Zhuo doesn't know people".

Making the people of the Bingzhou lineage and the Luoyang Imperial Guard lineage have deeper resentment towards Dong Zhuo.

This behavior is similar to the "male green tea" of later generations.

However, Wang Yun's acting is more brilliant and his rhetoric is more superb. However.

The number two figure of the Luoyang Imperial Guard lineage, Hu Zhen, was promoted to the defender of Sishui Pass and officially became a miscellaneous general.

Now, the number one figure, Xu Rong, has become General of the West.

The dissatisfaction of the Luoyang Imperial Guard lineage with Dong Zhuo has dropped in a straight line.

If Wang Yun continues to act as a male green tea, he will definitely lose his original effect.

This couldn't help but make Wang Yun feel very worried.

Losing the Luoyang Imperial Guard lineage to incite to rebel.

Then he only has the Bingzhou lineage left to further win over.

However.

Speaking of the Bingzhou lineage.

Wang Yun actually feels quite confident in his heart!

Because... he himself is from Bingzhou!

He has a natural sense of identity with the Bingzhou lineage.

Although Wang Yun's hometown, Taiyuan, is quite a distance from Lu Bu's hometown, Jiuyuan.

If it were placed in later generations, it would directly become two provinces.

But no matter what, under the current Han map planning, both Taiyuan and Jiuyuan belong to Bingzhou.

Therefore, Wang Yun and Lu Bu can barely be considered fellow townsmen.

"This old thief Dong Zhuo has now started to reuse Xu Rong and others."

"This is an extremely bad piece of news for me."

"I must take action against Lu Bu and others as soon as possible."

"Otherwise, once Dong Zhuo, the old thief, wins the hearts of Lu Bu and others, it will be too late!"

Wang Yun thought so in his heart.

Immediately, he called his nephew Wang Ling over.

He asked Wang Ling to personally make a trip to Lu Bu and invite him to be a guest at the Situ residence.

Soon, Lu Bu arrived as scheduled.

For this "fellow townsman" Wang Yun, Lu Bu felt a relatively strong sense of identity.

Moreover, Wang Yun had never looked down on him because of his status as a martial artist.

This formed a very sharp contrast with other Han court officials in the court.

Just seeing Lu Bu walk into the gate of the Situ residence, Wang Yun hurriedly stepped forward to welcome him:

"Fengxian, you've had a hard journey, sit down quickly, I will pour wine for you."

Before Lu Bu could respond, Wang Yun took him directly to the seat and signaled Lu Bu to sit down.

It was hard to refuse such hospitality.

Wang Yun's attitude of valuing him so much made Lu Bu's favor for him increase again.

Immediately after, Wang Yun specially poured fine wine, a specialty of Bingzhou, for Lu Bu.

Feeling the familiar taste of his hometown, the troubles in Lu Bu's heart seemed to drift away at this moment.

The friendship between him and Wang Yun also unconsciously drew closer.

"Fengxian, how many years has it been since you returned to Bingzhou?"

Wang Yun asked.

Lu Bu counted with his fingers and replied:

"Reporting to Situ Wang, it has been three years."

Three years is exactly the time Lu Bu joined Dong Zhuo's command.

Wang Yun's move was naturally paving the way for the next topic.

He nodded slightly and sighed:

"I have not returned to Bingzhou for a full seven years."

"The last time I went back was when my clan brother passed away."

"Things in the world are impermanent."

"I don't know what Bingzhou is like now."

Being told this by Wang Yun, Lu Bu's homesickness couldn't help but arise.

Although.

He was also bullied under Ding Yuan's command before.

But at least that was in his hometown, where there was everything Lu Bu was familiar with.

But now.

After joining Dong Zhuo's command.

Not only did he have to suffer the anger of the Xiliang lineage, but the brothers of the Bingzhou lineage under his command also had to be squeezed out together.

Such a life often made Lu Bu confused and often made Lu Bu puzzled.

He couldn't help but wonder, what was he plotting by killing Ding Yuan and defecting to Dong Zhuo?

However.