[Three Kingdoms] Burning incense and sacrificial wine

Ever since meeting Cui Song at Dong Zhuo's banquet, Diao Chan wanted to ask him what happened.Now that she received Xi Zhicai's order, she couldn't hold back anymore, invited Cui Song to their "base area", and told the story of Gan Ji and Li Ru in detail.

According to Xi Zhicai's wishes, she deliberately concealed his existence, and only said that she found out about it by accident.

Cui Song couldn't help being silent for a while after hearing this.

He had already guessed that after Gan Ji fled, she neither dared to go to Liu Yao, nor dared to leave Chang'an alone, so she could only wander in Chang'an city.He, who was ready to deal with it, underestimated the evil of human nature.

Thinking about it, I was a little annoyed, if Liu Yao hadn't come to the door suddenly, he would never have given Gan Ji a chance to escape.

Cui Song is not Li Ru after all.As a good young man who grew up in a society ruled by law, in his subconscious mind, murder is illegal.Offenders should be handed over to law enforcement agencies.If life is in danger, anti-killing is called self-defense, otherwise it is over-defense or even deliberate murder.

Therefore, between eliminating hidden dangers and killing people, he chose the former without hesitation, never having the slightest thought of the latter.

He forgot that this was ancient times.

Although Gan Ji's behavior did not have a substantial impact on him, it was a blow to the head.

"To avoid the harm of monsters, do I have to turn myself into a monster?"

He was a little confused.

Fortunately, because of his precautions, whether he participated in Wang Yun's plan or went to see Dong Zhuo, Gan Ji and the others never knew about it.Therefore, even if Gan Ji had a calculating mind, she still lacked room for display.Her act of framing him dispelled Li Ru's suspicion of him.Otherwise, if Gan Ji used his name to make trouble in Li Runa, Li Ru would be the first to suspect him as the master.

After Diao Chan finished talking about the business, she couldn't help asking the question she had been thinking about for a long time.

"Why did the young master appear at Dong Zhuo's banquet?"

In order not to worry Diao Chan, Cui Song also concealed it. He didn't tell her about Liu Yao's part. He only said that he was trying to break into the inside, so he asked Xiang to meet Dong Zhuo.

But even though Cui Song looked confident, Diao Chan was still a little worried: "My lord, why bother to join the peace...Dong Zhuo is extremely tyrannical, if I show my name in front of him, I'm afraid I won't be able to please him."

She said it very euphemistically, with only one central meaning: dealing with Dong Zhuo is too dangerous.

Cui Song comforted her: Don't just look at the surface of everything.Many things will be much more convenient after crossing the Ming Road.

After thinking about it, he said, it may not be dangerous to come under Dong Zhuo's nose.It is not necessarily safe to plan carefully behind the scenes.Examples are Wang Yun and Xu You.One of them dealt with Dong Zhuo every day, and the other hid behind his back to make suggestions.As a result, Wang Yun was promoted to a noble, but Xu You was arrested.

Only then did Diao Chan stretch her eyebrows, and told Cui Song the recent gossip about Dong Zhuo's residence, and got up to leave.

Cui Song returned to the station and found that Guo Jia had woken up.

Guo Jia saw that his expression was different, and asked him what happened.

Cui Song sighed.Because Guo Jia was somewhat different in his heart, and he was the only person other than another Cui Song who could reveal some real thoughts, so he briefly mentioned the matter.

After hearing what he said, Guo Jia said straight to the point: "What Zi Cong is struggling with now is the evil consequences that the Gan family almost caused?"

Cui Song thought along this line of thought, and felt that if it was just Gan Ji who escaped, he might not be so entangled.On the contrary, the news of Gan Ji's death, not only did not make him feel at ease, but only increased his troubles—his way of thinking and three views did not seem to fit the ancient rules of survival.

Guo Jia listened to his troubles, and asked a seemingly irrelevant question: "If you deal with Gan Ji immediately after discovering her betrayal, what will happen now? What does it feel like?"

Cui Song was puzzled at first, but after careful consideration, he finally came back to understand what Guo Jia meant.

It is true that if he can be ruthless and kill Gan Ji... Maybe he can save some troubles, but the disadvantages outweigh the advantages.First of all, he may not feel good in his heart - even for self-protection, he can't take human life seriously.Secondly, by killing Gan Ji, will he be able to put an end to all kinds of dangers and avoid all open and dark arrows?It's just treating the symptoms but not the root cause, and there may be countless hidden dangers left behind by the crude methods.Just like Dong Zhuo, who killed countless people but never survived.

"In life, you need to be happy with your heart, and make a living with your heart. Since the result will not be better than the present, why should Zicong worry in vain?"

People go against their will in order to live a better life.Since you can't live better, then you should obey your own will and do it rashly, otherwise wouldn't you be looking for sin?

It sounds a bit fallacious, but it makes sense.Cui Songruo was enlightened, no longer entangled in these details.

He was grateful for Guo Jia's alternative comfort and enlightenment, said a few more words, and unknowingly talked about the method of "eliminating Dong".

"Four deceptions: Angry and scratching, humble and arrogant, lost and tired, relatives and divorced. [1]"

Guo Jia's idea is this: in the case of a huge disparity between the two sides, the gap between the two sides must first be converted—that is, to destroy the opponent's advantages and increase one's own advantages; to increase the opponent's disadvantages and reduce one's own disadvantages.

Dong Zhuo's biggest advantage is that he is in charge of the political power, and he has a strong military force and strong soldiers. After several years of robbery, he has no shortage of silver, food, and prestige.

And Dong Zhuo's disadvantages are also obvious. He looks generous, but in reality he is headstrong. He has more than enough loyalty but not enough mastery.

That being the case, it is better to think of a way to overhead his power, so that he has no soldiers to use and no strength to use.

So the role of the distance meter in it does account for a large part.If Dong Zhuo could cooperate with the outside and make Dong Zhuo go away, then everything would become clear.As for the operation idea, as the saying goes, if the sky wants it to die, it will make it crazy [2].They can take advantage of Dong Zhuo's character weaknesses (suspiciousness, arrogance), amplify them, lure him into a trap, and keep his cronies away, or dispose of them, or take away his authority.

Of course, it is not enough to just let its internal divisions fall apart. Now almost all the generals in the city are Dong Zhuo's direct descendants. Even if Dong Zhuo is dead, as long as there is someone who can stand out, Chang'an City can be suppressed quickly.Even these Xiliang soldiers may have lost their restraint and become more chaotic because of Dong Zhuo's death.Even if Wang Yun can successfully instigate some generals and soldiers, it does not mean that they can sit back and relax. First of all, how many generals and soldiers can be instigated is still unknown. Secondly, even if those people are instigated, are those people really reliable?Most of the anti-Dong people in the city are civil servants. Even with the family guards of the aristocratic family, compared with Dong Zhuo's military strength, it is just a drop of water on the Yangtze River, and it will not have much effect on the Yangtze River.

Therefore, they still need one or two foreign aids, which also involves the technique of balance and containment: not only must the foreign aids be stronger than the troops in Chang'an City to prevent mutiny, but they must not be too strong to counterattack and bite.Here is a ready-made lesson from the past: Dong Zhuo was invited to Beijing by He Jin as a foreign aid, and finally took advantage of the loss of both relatives and eunuchs, and the fisherman profited and invaded Luoyang City.

As for other factors, such as Dong Zhuo's personal performance, the contradiction between the Liangzhou forces under Dong Zhuo's tent (representatives Hu Zhen, Guo Si) and foreign forces (representatives Lu Bu, Xu Rong), it is also impossible to stick to it.

Therefore, it is far from simple to oppose Dong Daye, and a long-term plan is needed.

Cui Song was dizzy when he heard this, and suddenly realized that he was shouldering a heavy responsibility, so he asked for advice: "If you want to plot against Lu Bu, does Feng Xiao have any good suggestions?"

He also talked about how he was preempted.

Guo Jia said: "This can be done, the key lies in one word."

"What word?"

"Wait."

"Fengxiao means..."

"Lü Bu is in charge of the Bingzhou Army, and has had a long-standing grudge against Hu Zhen of the Liangzhou Army. What you and I are waiting for is—"

He dipped his drink and wrote a word on the side of the couch:

Hu.

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[1] The sixteen characters come from "Sun Tzu's Art of War".

[2] Bazi comes from Lao Tzu.