The revival of the Han Dynasty must start with Dong Zhuo

Chapter 251 Volume Guo Si's Wife (Additional Update)
It is not surprising that Jinyang could hold out for five days, after all, Jinyang City has high walls and thick walls.

It is not surprising that Jinyang could be held for ten days, after all, the defenders of the city were all elite Han troops.

It is not surprising that Jinyang could be held for half a month, because the name of the man defending the city was Hao Zhao.

But now, nearly twenty days have passed.

But Jinyang is still holding on.

At this point, it no longer has much to do with the general's personal ability.

In particular, the Jinyang defenders themselves should have known that they were surrounded by Yuan Shao and had no reinforcements at all.

Under such circumstances, the soldiers and civilians in the city are still holding on, which can only mean one thing -

There are some things that are more important than life.

And this is something that Yuan Shao could never give to the people of Jinyang.

And this thing is called fairness.

Aristocratic families occupy other people's land, and academic families block other people's careers.

Equal distribution of land and imperial examinations.

Such a policy may not be perfect, but it does give people hope.

If the Han Dynasty was still there, if Liu Xie was still there, then this hope would still exist.

All the poor people who were hoping to get ahead were waiting for the next equal distribution of land and the next imperial examination by the imperial court.

Does Liu Xie, who was lifted up by the wishes of the people, really need the head of Xu Rong to consolidate his foundation?
Xu Rong looked at the emperor who was pointing the way with his finger, but he had already lost his voice.

It was not until then that he saw clearly what the emperor was doing.

Compared with the army, the emperor had already institutionally tied countless poor children of the Han Dynasty to the chariots of the Han Dynasty.

Even if the emperor were defeated and killed one day, people like Yuan Shao would never be the winner.

The emperor may die, but the Han Dynasty will never perish!
After four hundred years, Liu Xie, like his great-grandfather Liu Bang, finally gave the name "Han" the same meaning.

"fair!"

Qin lost its deer, and the whole world chased it away!

The fundamental principle at that time was "Are kings, princes, generals, and ministers all born into a certain family?"
And now there is also a fundamental saying -

"The sky is dead, Huang Tian must stand!"

"If you are at the age of sixty, the world will be blessed!"

Just as the people at the end of the Qin Dynasty were unwilling to see a group of kings, princes, generals and ministers continue to step on their heads; today's people of the Han Dynasty are also unwilling to see a group of noble and poor families continue to act recklessly and exploit their hard work.

With history as a mirror, we can know the rise and fall.

The surging Fen River flowed right behind Liu Xie, unstoppable.

Now that Liu Xie is standing at the forefront of this trend, why should he go to the trouble of chopping off Xu Rong's head in order to consolidate his position?
To be an emperor, perhaps all you need is blood.

But to be a leader of a prosperous country, you must listen to the voice of the people and comply with their requests in order to achieve your great wishes.

At this moment, Xu Rong suddenly felt a little ashamed of himself.

When you look at history yourself, you only know your own honor and disgrace.

Only by studying history can the emperor truly understand the rise and fall of the world.

Trying to guess the emperor's intentions by looking at him as mean and ungrateful is really a disgrace to yourself!
"minister……"

Xu Rong clenched his fists, not knowing how to face the emperor.

At this moment, Liu Xie also stepped forward and took the bamboo slips from Xu Rong.

"At this point, General Xu, do you still think I will kill you?"

Xu Rong lowered his head: "No."

"Then what is General Xu Rong waiting for?"

Liu Xie raised the bamboo slips in his hand and asked loudly: "Now our comrades are besieged in Jinyang City, what should the general do?"

"We should mobilize our troops to rescue immediately!"

Xu Rong was completely convinced at this moment: "I am willing to be the vanguard and fight against Yuan Shao for your majesty!"

"good!"

Liu Xie let out a long sigh: "We have to wait for Fengxian and the others to come back before we can use our troops against Yuan Shao."

"During this period of time, please ask General Xu Rong to play along with Yuan Shao and buy time for the army."

Lu Bu is not here?

Didn’t Yang Xiu say that Lu Bu and Zhang Liao were lying in ambush not far from him, waiting to attack his camp at any time?

Seeing this, Liu Xie touched the tip of his nose with a little embarrassment.

"Fengxian has been sent by me to return the families of Generals Li Jue and Guo Si, so he is not here..."

Xu Rong: ...

Did His Majesty and Yang Xiu really deceive me before?
If Xu Rong had not been frightened at that time and had directly surrendered to Yuan Shao, the emperor would have had no way to do anything to him, and he would not have to come here to meet the emperor?

Xu Rong didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He finally felt the bad side of the emperor's character. He praised him: "The emperor has a very thorough understanding of the art of war."

Having said that, Xu Rong has no intention of going back on his word.

True.

Now it is still somewhat arbitrary to gain the trust of the emperor.

but……

After all, Xu Rong also came from a poor family.

It's not just Xu Rong.

There are also Dong Zhuo, Zhang Ji, Niu Fu, Liu Bei...

The Han Dynasty today is no longer the Han Dynasty ruled by the emperor alone.

If the emperor really wants to take his life in the future, a real man will dare to take the responsibility and will never regret it!

"Okay, I will go back to the camp and hold Guo Tu back."

Liu Xie felt relieved when he heard Xu Rong's promise.

Xu Rong finally returned to the court.

Although he still did not believe in Emperor Liu Xie until now, he finally came back.

Discuss the deeds but not the heart.

Liu Xie's principle of employing people has never changed from beginning to end.

However, Xu Rong asked, "Your Majesty just said that the families of Generals Li Jue and Guo Si should also be sent to the camp?"

"Exactly."

Not only Xu Rong, but also the families of Li Jue and Guo Si were sent over by Liu Xie.

But this news made Xu Rong's expression change: "Your Majesty sent Guo Si's wife over as well?"

?

What is this nonsense?

"Since they are family members, Guo Si's wife is naturally among them."

Upon hearing this, Xu Rong immediately gave advice:

"I hope Your Majesty will send a letter to Lu Bu and ask him to temporarily detain Guo Si's wife?"

Liu Xie was even more confused.

Could it be that Xu Rong fell in love with Guo Si's wife and didn't want to return her?
its not right.

I have only heard that Zhang Ji's wife was extremely beautiful and caused Cao Cao to "kill three wise men with one shot", but I have never heard that Guo Si's wife was also stunningly beautiful.

On the contrary, Xu Rong's wife, whom Liu Xie had met once before, was quite charming... Isn't it a bit too much for him to covet someone else's wife when he has such a wonderful wife at home?

When Xu Rong saw Liu Xie's strange look, he immediately knew that the emperor had wrong thoughts.

Also.

It is indeed very impolite to ask about someone else's wife casually.

Seeing this, Xu Rong quickly explained: "Your Majesty doesn't know."

"Guo Si's wife is extremely jealous!" (Note 1)

"At that time in the army, Guo Si's wife did not allow Guo Si to marry a concubine, which made other generals laugh at him."

"When he arrived in Hedong, Li Jue thought he had the best relationship with Guo Si, so he often gave his concubines to Guo Si for him to taste."

"Now that your majesty has suddenly sent Guo Si's wife to the camp, the matter will surely be exposed... If Guo Si's wife resents Li Jue, it will definitely cause a dispute between the two of them!"

"Therefore, I hope Your Majesty will stop Lu Bu and tell him not to send Guo Si's wife to the camp!"

……

At this moment Liu Xie was already stunned.

Guo Si has a wife like this?

She actually didn't allow her husband to take a concubine?

Guo Si was at least one of the pillars of the state, a general commanding tens of thousands of people! He was actually afraid of his own wife, and dared not keep a concubine privately, but only Li Jue's concubine?

……

After the shock, Liu Xie immediately realized that there might be a big problem!

Now is the critical moment.

The slightest disturbance may lead to a big chaos and cause a complete loss.

If Guo Si's wife really hated Li Jue because of this incident and tried to alienate the two of them...

"I understand."

Liu Xie also realized that if he did not control it, big problems would arise!
Many things require the efforts of many people to accomplish.

But to destroy it, all it takes is a rat shit!
"I'll leave the matters in the north to General Xu Rong!"

Liu Xie had no choice but to say goodbye to Xu Rong.

"I will immediately send a message to Fengxian, asking him to detain Guo Si's wife and ensure that our plan will not be ruined!"

……

But Liu Xie waited too long by the Fen River and ultimately did not catch up with this event.

When Liu Xie's messenger arrived at Lu Bu's camp, Lu Bu was just sending the families of Li Jue and Guo Si to the other camp.

Among them, naturally, was the variable that Liu Xie was most worried about - Guo Si's wife.

When Guo Si's wife saw Guo Si, she missed him so much that she hugged him and cried with him.

Moreover, Guo Si's wife also knew what she was here for, and she took the initiative to help the court persuade Li Jue and Guo Si to surrender, hoping that the two would obey the court's orders and accept the emperor's dispatch.

But that night, when Guo Si's wife was getting intimate with Guo Si, she discovered something was wrong.

"Why are you biting your ears again?"

As a military general, Guo Si was usually extremely violent in his actions.

Although Mrs. Guo Si didn't say anything, she let Guo Si do as he pleased.

But tonight, when they were making love, Guo Si bit her ear directly. How could she not understand what was happening?
"Which bitch is it? Tell me now!"

After all, she still had a place in Guo Si's heart, otherwise he would not have been so afraid of his wife and not married.

So Guo Si decisively betrayed his good brother Li Jue, which made Guo Si's wife tremble all over.

"I have always treated Li Jue as my own brother, but he secretly sent a concubine to my husband?"

For a moment, Mrs. Guo Si was extremely angry towards Li Jue!

The next day, Li Jue invited Guo Si to drink. Guo Si's wife pointed to the soldiers outside with swords and said to Guo Si: "Aren't you afraid, my husband? Li Jue's drinking is fake, and killing me and annexing his troops is the real thing?"

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Note 1: (I will not post the classical Chinese text of this paragraph, as it is a bit long. I am afraid that you will say that I am padding the word count, so I will just post the translation. Anyone interested can check the original text by themselves.)

Li Jue often hosted Guo Si at his home, and sometimes invited Guo Si to stay at his home. Guo Si's wife was afraid that Li Jue would give Guo Si a maid or concubine to steal her love, so she wanted to sow discord between them. Once, Li Jue sent Guo Si wine and food, and Guo Si's wife said that the fermented black beans in the dish were poison. Before Guo Si ate, Guo Si picked out the fermented black beans and showed them to Guo Si, and said a lot of bad things about Li Jue, which made Guo Si suspicious. A few days later, Li Jue hosted Guo Si again and got him drunk. Guo Si suspected that Li Jue wanted to poison him, so he quickly drank feces to induce vomiting and sober up. So he led his troops to attack, and the battle lasted for months, with tens of thousands of deaths. - "Chronicle of Emperor Xiaoxian of the Later Han Dynasty, Volume 28"

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