In the morning, Li Li, who was in the office of the government office, heard Zhang Ying telling the deeds of historical figures. The protagonist was Liu Laozhi, a famous general of the Northern Prefecture at the end of the Jin Dynasty.

Beifu refers to the famous Beifu Army (Beifu Army). Liu Laozhi, as a general of the Beifu, became famous in the Battle of Feishui.

Like Liu Yu, the later Emperor Wu of Song, he was from the Liu family in Pengcheng.

At that time, Sima Daozi, the royal family vassal king, was in charge of the government and his actions aroused public anger. Wang Gong, the important minister guarding Jingkou, was indignant about this.

Wang Gong once made an excuse to raise an army to approach Jiankang, forcing Sima Daozi to kill his confidant Wang Guobao to calm the public's anger.

But Wang Gong did not give up and was still planning a second storm to kill Sima Daozi and his son. So Sima Yuan, the son of Sima Daozi, showed an idea: to bribe Wang Gong's general Liu Laozhi.

At that time, Liu Lao was a general of the Northern Palace and served in front of Wang Gong's tent. He thought he had worked hard and made great contributions, but he was used by Wang Gong, who was born in Taiyuan as a vulgar martial artist, so he was dissatisfied.

Sima Yuanxian sent people to bribe Liu Laozhi, grant him an official position and make a wish, promising to kill Wang Gong, Wang Gong's official position would be Liu Laozhi.

That is, Liu Laozhi was controlled by the Northern Prefecture Army.

This private contact leaked the news, but Wang Gong did not believe that Liu Laozhi would turn against him, so he set up a banquet to entertain Liu Laozhi, and worshiped him as his brother in public, and handed over all his elite soldiers to Liu Laozhi, using him as his vanguard.

As a result, Liu Laozhi turned against him. Wang Gong was desperate and was captured when he fled and was escorted to Jiankang to behead.

Liu Laozhi replaced Wang Gong and led his army to guard Jingkou, and took control of the Northern Prefecture Army as he wished.

In a few years, Huan Xuan, a powerful minister who occupied the upper reaches of the Yangtze River (Jingzhou), brought troops to rebel. The court sent Liu Laozhi to lead an army to attack. Sima Yuanxian had high hopes for Liu Laozhi.

However, Liu Laozhi saw that Huan Xuan was powerful and was afraid that he would not reward him after he suppressed Huan Xuan's rebellion. Sima Yuanxian would have a "cunning rabbit dies, and a lackey is cooked", so he hesitated.

Seeing this, Huan Xuan sent someone to secretly contact Liu Laozhi, granted him an official to make a wish, and to alienate his relationship with Sima Yuanxian.

Liu Laozhi was unwilling to fall under Sima Yuanxian, and was a little moved in the face of Huan Xuan's "good intention", but his nephew He Wuji and his general Liu Yu (later Emperor Wu of Song) advised Liu Laozhi not to be deceived.

Liu Laozhi refused to listen and turned against him at the last minute, so Huan Xuan attacked Jiankang, arrested Sima Yuanxian, and controlled the government.

Then he immediately transferred Liu Laozhi to the prefect of Kuaiji and left Jingkou.

Jingkou is the base camp of the Beifu Army. This move is to lure the tiger away from the mountain. Liu Lao regrets it too much and regrets that he turns against the enemy at the last minute and is fooled by Huan Xuan.

So he planned to counterattack Huan Xuan, head north to Jiangbei, and take the land of Jiangbei to fight Huan Xuan.

However, Liu Laoyi's repeated turn against each other and repeated actions made the generals who came to discuss the matter look down upon him and left on the spot.

Liu Laozhi was in charge of the Northern Prefecture Army for many years and was famous, but he ended up being betrayed by everyone. At the critical moment, he could not even command his old subordinates.

In addition, he mistakenly thought that his son failed to escape from Jiankang and died. Liu Laozhi was desperate and hanged himself to death.

Liu Laozhi's experience shows how serious the consequences will be if the generals stand in the wrong team when the court is in a turmoil.

Zhang Ying carefully analyzed: "Liu Laoyi rebelled against Wang Gong and surrendered to Sima Daozi, Sima Yuanxian and his son were considered to surrender to the court, because the father and son were in charge of the government and had a great reputation."

"The second rebel Sima Yuanxian and surrendered to Huan Xuan. As the commander of the rebellion, he turned to the rebels. This move was to betray the court."

"As soon as Huan Xuan turned to Huan Xuan, Huan Xuan entered Jiankang to control the government. He thought of rebelling against Huan Xuan. If he repeated the villain, of course he would end up with the betrayal of his relatives."

Li Li asked: "I don't think things are that simple. Not to mention character, I think he was fooled by someone, and he has been fooled more than once."

Zhang Ying asked knowingly: "Please explain in detail."

Li Li said with some uncertainty, "Wang Gong, who was born in the Wang family in Taiyuan, think he was a first-class gentry at that time?"

"That's right." Zhang Ying nodded.

Since it is a discussion of history, Li Li expressed his views.

"At that time, Sima Daozi, Sima Yuanxian and his son controlled the government, that is, the power was taken away by the royal family, but what era was that? The era of 'The king and the horse share the world'."

"The gentry and the royal family share power, but Sima Daozi and his son took away the power. The gentry would not be willing to do so. The so-called public anger is the anger of the gentry."

"So, there were incidents in which Wang Gong repeatedly forced Sima Daozi to happen."

"Wang Gong launched a war for the first time and Liu Laozhi was his leader, and Wang Gong launched a war for the second time and Liu Laozhi turned against him. I think he chose the royal family and abandoned the gentry forces."

Li Li said slowly, sorting out his thoughts: "Wang Gong was born in the Wang family in Taiyuan, and he may look down on Liu Laozhi's background. Although he wanted to rely on him to fight, he treated him as a vulgar warrior."

"So, Wang Gong can become sworn brothers with Liu Laozhi and hand over the elite soldiers to Liu Laozhi, but he just treats him as a lackey, not as his own person who is on equal terms."

"In short, the gentry looked down on these warriors with slightly cold backgrounds. Even if they had to rely on these warriors to fight, they would not bother to treat the other party as human beings, but as dogs."

"After the matter was completed, Sima Daozi and his son fulfilled their promises, let Liu Laozhi replace Wang Gong, take charge of Jingkou, and control the Northern Palace soldiers. Liu Laozhi chose the royal family and achieved a leap in status."

"When Huan Xuan raised his army, Liu Laozhi faced a new choice. If he chose to work hard for the royal family, it would mean that he would be more rewarded and would have a miserable ending."

"Why wouldn't it be better to kill someone by borrowing a knife and then stalk the cicada and the oriole behind you?"

"And those gentry waiting to see Sima Daozi and his son unlucky also hope that Liu Laozhi would turn against him in the face of the battle, so that Huan Xuan, who was born in the gentry, could attack Jiankang and teach a lesson to the royal family who broke the rules."

"So, the words of these people were blowing a ecstasy wind in Liu Laozhi's ears."

"This time, Liu Laozhi betrayed the royal family and defected to the gentry forces."

"As a result, Huan Xuan entered Jiankang and controlled the overall situation. Liu Laozhi wanted to be a yellow bird, but found that he had no allies and no one to help him."

"Because the aristocrats looked down on him at all, they just used him as a tool, and the royal family...the royal family's forces were harmed by him and they could not protect themselves."

"Not only that, he jumped repeatedly, and his subordinates looked down on him, so everyone betrayed their relatives and died of desperate situations."

Li Li said and concluded: "Liu Laozhi looked like a recurring villain, but in fact he was involved in the vortex of power struggle and was fooled by various forces again and again."

"He thought he could make the decision on his own destiny, but he didn't know that in the eyes of all forces, he was just a tool man, and he could throw it away after using it."

When Zhang Ying saw Li Li's "successful" and was happy: He deliberately mentioned Liu Laozhi's affairs to use the past to describe the present.

Now, Li Li himself figured it out. If he strikes while the iron is hot, he will achieve twice the result with half the effort.

So he advised: "Junhou, Liu Lao's previous lessons, you should not take it as a warning."

Just now, when Li Li heard Zhang Ying want to talk about Liu Laozhi, he knew the other party’s intention and asked: “What you mean is that once Jiankang becomes in chaos, I don’t want to be foolishly used by others and become a tool person?”

"Yes, Mr. Wang, remember, don't repeat the mistakes of Liu Laozhi."

Zhang Ying continued to advise, thinking that after the emperor and the crown prince had an accident, no matter who came to power, no matter who came to power, he would not regard Li Li as a trustworthy person.

Similarly, the same is true for the royal family and princes.

Because Li Li's background was humble, the gentry would not look down on him as a clerk and vulgar military man.

Therefore, no matter who comes to win over Li Li, its original intention is to treat Li Li as a tool person and throw it away after using it.

Then, if Li Liruo is foolish in doing things for others, he may not have any good endings in the end. Even if he avoids all kinds of bloody storms, he will only end up standing aside.

Because neither prince, royal family nor gentry would treat him as his own person.

"With Liu Laozhi's past lessons, Emperor Wu of Song became much smarter."

Zhang Ying said slowly, staring at Li Li with his eyes.

This is very obvious, but Li Li did not avoid it and faced the other party's gaze: "Not Huan Xuan at that time, how could Song Wu come from?"

"There will be the case, there will be the case." Zhang Ying smiled. Although Li Li did not express his opinion, he did not avoid it, which means that the changes in the current situation made Li Li no longer able to pretend to be deaf and dumb.

Li Li asked: "Then, should we keep changing and respond to changes?"

Zhang Ying replied: "What the Lord and Hou said is very good. The current plan is to use static to control movement and observe the development of the current situation. If the time is right, the Lord and Hou can make a quick decision..."

"According to make a quick decision? I'm afraid it's not the king's front?"

"It is impossible. With the ability of the king and the combat power of the troops under his command, the only one who can drive the king is the one who drives the king."

Li Li looked at Zhang Ying, who was confident, and really wanted to ask: Jiankang made so many big news, are you the leader behind the scenes?

That's right, he suspected that Zhang Ying was in trouble in Jiankang, and that he had nothing to do with the assassination of the emperor and the crown prince, just as Huang Feng initially suspected that he was the mastermind.

However, through the analysis of the incident, Li Li successfully washed away Huang Gui's suspicion of himself. Because he had no evidence, he just guessed and could not ask.

There is no need to ask.

If Zhang Ying was the mastermind, how could he admit it? If not, he would not believe the other party when he asked.

Based on conscience, Li Li did not want the emperor or the crown prince to have an accident, but the fact is that something happened to the father and son really did.

The news in the palace seemed to have been blocked, so I have never known how the crown prince was in the past few days. Li Li, who was far away in Hanshan, could only make plans early.

He felt that if the storm was really coming, he had to be fully prepared.
Chapter completed!