Reborn in the Three Kingdoms, I stole Liu Bei's uncle

Li Ru is very angry now. Dong Zhuo has completely changed since he came to Chang'an.

He built a fort outside Chang'an, stored food and fodder, and collected beautiful women. He hid in it every day and never came out. Even if I wanted to see him, it would be difficult.

This is completely different from what was originally envisioned. The purpose of retreating back to Chang'an was not to live in peace in a corner, but to accumulate strength and wait for an opportunity to act.

A temporary retreat is only for a more fierce attack.

He gave the jade seal to Liu Yu in order to stir up fighting among the princes so that he could reap the benefits.

Who would have thought that Liu Yu showed no interest in the coveted imperial seal? He took the initiative to hand it over to Yuan Shu and asked Yuan Shu to send it back to Chang'an. In Liu Yu's eyes, the national treasure turned out to be a useless stone.

Li Ru was surprised that Liu Yu, at such a young age, could remain calm in the face of the temptation of the imperial seal.

He had experienced wars for a long time and understood the true thoughts of these princes. Even though they spoke with great righteousness and shouted slogans when they sent out the troops, such as "eliminate the enemy for the country." "Save the emperor from danger." "Support the Han Dynasty, which is about to fall."

Li Ru sneered, laughing at the princes who talked about benevolence, righteousness and morality, but were actually full of thieves and prostitutes.

To put it bluntly, it's all for profit. They want to gain fame through the crusade and then expand their strength.

If the prime minister had not occupied Luoyang City, the world would probably no longer be ruled by the Liu family.

Giving the jade seal to any one of them would cause a fight, but he underestimated Liu Yu's composure.

Although the issue of the jade seal was easily resolved by Liu Yu, the conflicts among the princes did not disappear. With the departure of the prime minister, their conflicts would become more and more serious.

Yuan Shao would never be content to stay in Bohai. He would definitely march towards Jizhou. Although Han Fu of Jizhou was a disciple of the Yuan family, he would not give up easily. There would definitely be a fight between them.

Yuan Shao has the help of Yan Liang and Wen Chou, as well as the support of the aristocratic families. The final victory will definitely belong to Yuan Shao. However, Li Ru is not worried. The two will inevitably suffer heavy casualties and great damage in the fight.

Yuan Shu was equally ambitious. In the Battle of Hulao Pass, through his own lobbying, Yuan Shu chose to remain neutral, and the army he sent out also kept him out of the attack range.

When various princes were losing soldiers and generals, Yuan Shu not only did not lose strength, but on the contrary he took the opportunity to gather a lot of defeated soldiers, and his strength increased instead of decreased.

Now, he has taken in Sun Jian's family, and his strength has been further strengthened. If Li Ru is right, his next target of attack will be Jingzhou.

Liu Biao of Jingzhou led 100,000 soldiers and was very powerful. Although he had no ambition, he valued the little land in his hands.

If Yuan Shu makes any unusual moves, there will be a major war.

When two tigers fight, one of them will be injured. This is the outcome Li Ru expected. Of course, it is also possible that when two tigers fight, both of them will be injured.

Although Liu Yu occupied Luoyang, Li Ru knew the situation in Luoyang City best. When he withdrew from Luoyang, he had already burned all the supplies in Luoyang City. He was afraid that someone would occupy this mighty city.

Today's Luoyang City is no longer the capital that the Han Dynasty had painstakingly built for 200 years. Its poverty level is lower than any other city in the world.

It would be a pipe dream for Liu Yu to develop and grow on the basis of this ruin without more than ten years.

If it were Li Ru, he would never choose Luoyang as his base. He would capture a county, occupy the geography, and grow stronger.

Liu Yu would know this truth. The only reason Li Ru could think of for him to choose Luoyang was the identity he carried.

The identity of the uncle of the Han emperor was both a help and a constraint for Liu Yu.

The support can enable him to quickly rally people's hearts and grow stronger when he is weak.

The restraint is that every step he takes must conform to secular etiquette and Han rules. He will be like a cover, firmly covering Liu Yu in the middle. As Liu Yu grows bigger and bigger, the cover will become tighter and tighter, and finally slowly break.

Li Ru felt that only these three people could pose a threat to the Prime Minister. In the near future, they would all experience turmoil. If the Prime Minister worked hard in Chang'an and accumulated strength, it would be entirely possible that he could wipe them out one day.

But the most terrible thing now is that Dong Zhuo has completely fallen. If Luoyang City is the beginning of the fall, Chang'an is the end of the fall.

Li Ru really couldn't understand why Dong Zhuo had undergone such earth-shaking changes in just less than two years.

This phenomenon was too strange to be explained. If Dong Zhuo had not been acting normally, Li Ru would have thought that Dong Zhuo had been replaced.

Li Ru smiled silently, his smile full of sadness.

"Wenhe, what should we do if the Prime Minister is so depraved?"

Jia Xu did not speak, but stared out the window in a daze.

When Dong Zhuo fell into depravity, Li Ru had tried to persuade him more than once, but it was of no use at all.

They have discussed this issue many times, and the answer they got is that there is no solution.

When a person has no inner driving force, it is difficult for external forces to make him change.

Now, they have no choice but to wait quietly for Dong Zhuo to wake up or die.

Unlike Li Ru, who surrendered to Dong Zhuo to repay his kindness, Jia Xu surrendered to Dong Zhuo more because of his relationship with Li Ru.

The two men were equally talented and became close friends from the first sight. It was at Li Ru's recommendation that Jia Xu joined Dong Zhuo's army.

Jia Xu was not too worried about Dong Zhuo's situation. Since Dong Zhuo was a hopeless case, he would not support him wholeheartedly. The reason was simple. In the current situation, he could find a job anywhere, so why would he hang himself on a tree?

"Mr. Li, you need to make plans early."

Li Ru was silent. In his heart, even if Dong Zhuo had fallen into such depravity, he did not want to leave. He and Dong Zhuo had been together all the way until today. Dong Zhuo was more than just a lord. Dong Zhuo carried his dream, his dream of ruling the world. Now that this dream was shattered, was there any need for him to continue living?

Li Ru has the answer. Even if Dong Zhuo is not the vigorous Dong Zhongying of the past, he is still the loyal Li Wenyu.

"Wenhe, don't worry about me. I won't go there."

"Why is Mr. Li so stubborn? With Mr. Li's talent, he will be valued no matter where he goes."

Jia Xu has been explaining this relationship. Although Dong Zhuo was kind enough to support Li Ru, it was more due to Li Ru's own talent. If he was not talented enough, he would have found it difficult to achieve anything even with Dong Zhuo's support.

From another point of view, with Li Ru's talent, even if he had not met Dong Zhuo, even if he had met any other princes, Li Ru would still be like a star in the sky, shining brightly.