From the beginning of the change in Maicheng, the situation changed abruptly in just two months, Dong Zhuojun, who was so good that he almost wore a pair of pants, turned against Sun Jianjun, Sun Jian died mysteriously, Dong Boss almost died in Maicheng, and Sun Jianjun and Jingzhou Army, who fought to the death, suddenly shook hands and formed an alliance, Jingzhou Army once caught Dong Boss, who was extremely hated by the world's corporal forest, and almost burned Dong Boss alive, but when it was Dong Zhuojun's turn to counterattack, the poor Jingzhou main force was severely injured by Dong Zhuojun, who did not go all out, and even Xiangyang, the capital of Jingzhou, was captured by Dong ZhuojunOn November 13, the fourth year of the first peace, the situation in Jingzhou was basically clear, Dong Zhuojun controlled one-third of Jingzhou's territory and more than half of the population, and the remaining counties such as Changsha, Wuling and Jiangxia have become a plate of scattered sand, Sun Quan's army was hit hard, and he was unable to fight with Dong Zhuojun for these blank territories, and it was only a matter of time before the whole territory of Jingzhou fell into the hands of Dong Zhuojun.

During this period, Liu Bei of Xuzhou was not idle, taking advantage of the time when Dong Zhuojun had no time to secretly support Yuan Shu, he broke through the Yuan Shu base camp Shouchun, Yuan Shu fled to Lujiang and died of gas illness on the way, and the Zhong Empire, which had not been recognized by any princes since the day it was established, was declared extinct, and the general Ji Ling collected the remnants of Yuan Shu's army and protected Yuan Shu's family to cross the Yangtze River south to Sun Quan, because Sun Quan had married Yuan Shu's daughter, and took the opportunity to incorporate the remnants of Yuan Shu, and in the battle of Huainan without a single soldier to pick up the cheap, and Liu Bei after this battle, his prestige was greatly enhanced, Runan Gongdu and Liu Pijun surrendered voluntarily, Liu Beijun's territory more than doubled, occupying half of Xuyang Erzhou and Yuzhou, and its strength was only slightly inferior to Dong Zhuojun and Yuan Shaojun, which was already the third in the world.

Kang Peng's most feared person is not Liu Bei, although Liu Bei's territory is large, but almost all of it is plain, there is no danger to defend in front of Dong Zhuojun's Xiliang Iron Cavalry, and after several wars, Liu Bei's territory is relatively sparsely populated - which means that Liu Beijun's stamina is insufficient, Dong Zhuojun only needs to recuperate for a period of time and accumulate enough materials, Kang Peng is sure to destroy Liu Beijun's false prosperity within half a year. Kang Peng is most worried about the ability to rule the world, the troubled times of the hero Cao Cao, and Dong Zhuojun returned to Chang'an in the same two years, Cao Cao's steady development simply made Kang Peng afraid, since the occupation of Qingzhou, Cao Cao has been recuperating, developing economy and agriculture, recruiting displaced people to raise troops, and gradually recovering the lost land of Yanzhou, coupled with the original population base of Qingyan Erzhou, Cao Cao's army actually surpassed Liu Bei or Yuan Shao's stamina, and at the same time, Cao Cao and Guo Jia both saw through Dong Zhuo's strategy of encircling the Central Plains, no matter how Dong Zhuojun provoked, refused to go to war with Yuan Shao or Liu Bei in vain, which not only preserved Cao Cao's own potential, but also indirectly preserved the potential of Yuan Shao and Liu Bei, making Dong Zhuojun's Central Plains strategy invisibly difficult.

Cao Cao is so stable, of course our Dong Taishi is not happy, and Dong Taishi also learned from the torture of his father-in-law Fu Wan and Cai Yong that Cao Cao is still tinkering with a secret plan to move the capital, and wants to take the opportunity of Emperor Han Xian and Fu Shou to marry on the fifteenth day of the first month of the fifth year of Chuping, in the name of participating in the celebration ceremony, secretly welcome Emperor Han Xian to Dongjun, get rid of Dong Zhuojun's secret control of Emperor Han Xian, and call on the princes to form a third anti-Dong alliance in the name of the Son of Heaven. has an ambiguous attitude towards this matter, although Cai Yong and Fu Wanning are reluctant to confess, and there is no accurate evidence, but Dong Taishi understands that Emperor Han Xian also wants to be the master of his own house.

The brother-in-law was disobedient, and wanted to kidnap his sister-in-law and unite the enemy to attack him, and the time was only two months, our Dong Taishi understood the urgency of this matter, and did not dare to rest in Xiangyang, on the third day after occupying Xiangyang, that is, November 16 of the fourth year of the first peace, Dong Taishi convened a hundred civil and military officials in Xiangyang, and hurriedly appointed Lu Su to act as the assassin of Jingzhou, responsible for the rest of the war in Jingzhou, leaving the deputy military division Pang Tong, the general Ma Chao, Wei Yan and Gan Ning and others to assist Lu Su, and ordered the Dong Zhuo water army who originally lived in Fuling to go east, The headquarters of the Western Liangshui Army was relocated to Jiangxia, and most of Dong Zhuojun, who originally lived in Chengdu, also moved eastward to prepare for the next battle of Jiangnan, and even his future son-in-law Sun Ce did not have time to appease him, and he was still temporarily imprisoned, so Dong Taishi took Jia Xu, Lu Bu, Pang De and Hua Xin and others, and led 10,000 iron horsemen north to Luoyang to settle accounts with his brother-in-law.

At the beginning of December of the fourth year of Chuping, Kang Peng and others rushed to Luoyang, Li Ru, who was sitting in the rear, dispatched Xu Huang, Dong Chong and other generals to lead the army east out of Tongguan according to Kang Peng's order, and met with Kang Peng in the suburbs of Luoyang. That night, Kang Peng secretly found the Feng eunuch brothers, and after questioning, he gave the two brothers a few slaps, and only let them go back to the palace after explaining carefully.

The next day, Kang Peng entered Luoyang Mianjun, returned to Luoyang for the third time, the ruin of Luoyang City was even worse, the population was sharply reduced from one million people when Kang Peng left Luoyang to less than 400,000, a full two-thirds reduction, only Luoyang Palace was more splendid than Kang Peng's departure, covering a much larger area, and Kang Peng's dedication to the Guanghua Palace, is also under intense construction.

Seeing these scenes, Kang Peng was not only unhappy, but scolded in front of the civil and military officials in front of the early court, regardless of his image, "Fuck your mother, playing with Benxiang and pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger, it is simply Confucius's door to sell articles." Kang Peng was furious, in the past he used beauty and luxury to corrupt Emperor Han Xian, ruining the reputation of the Han family, Emperor Han Xian was ostensibly deceived, but in fact he had been hooking up with Cao Cao, and wanted to move the capital to avoid Kang Peng's control, his heart was not small.

"Mrs. Dong, I haven't seen you for two years, and I have become more and more energetic, and I am simply getting younger and younger." The civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty did not dare to provoke Dong Boss, only Ma Ridan, Dong Cheng and Zhu and the three old ministers who had no shame in their hearts dared to talk to Kang Peng. Is it because of them? Ma Ridan was referring to them as Fu Wan and Cai Yong, the two secret envoys between Emperor Han Xian and Cao Cao had been stripped of their official uniforms at this moment and were placed at the end of the ranks of hundreds of officials.

Kang Peng naturally couldn't admit that he was scolding Emperor Han Xian, so he nodded and said: "Lord Taifu is good, the prime minister is scolding them." When Ma Ridan and the others asked Kang Peng again why he detained Fu Wan and Cai Yong, Kang Peng said angrily: "Lord Taifu wait a minute, stay until the court, and the prime minister will accuse them of their crimes one by one, it is simply bold and reckless, and he dares to attack the idea of hijacking the holy car." ”

Ma Ridan and the others were shocked, and said in a lost voice: "Hijacking the holy car? Lord Fu and Lord Cai? Do they dare? But Kang Peng kept a straight face and didn't speak, and Ma Ridan and the others didn't dare to ask, but Kang Peng's words quickly spread among the civil and military officials waiting for the early dynasty in the front line of the palace, and after a while, the civil and military officials in Luoyang stayed away from Fu Wan and Cai Yong, as if they were afraid that they had lice.

In a moment, the Jingyang bell in the palace rang, Kang Peng took the lead, and entered the court with hundreds of officials, and when he entered the main hall, Kang Peng viciously stared at Emperor Han Xian, who was sitting high on the main hall, and he had not seen him for more than a year, Emperor Han Xian had gained a lot of weight, although the surface was still making a look of being hollowed out by wine, but seeing Kang Peng, Emperor Han Xian was still frightened and trembled, and did not dare to look at Kang Peng. ”

"The old minister has a book." Kang Peng stood out of the queue and said viciously, his tone was so fierce that all the officials of the Manchu Dynasty shivered.

"Too, the master has a book, please play, I must be accurate." Emperor Han Xian was almost frightened into tears, and even forgot to greet Kang Peng, but stammered.

Kang Peng hugged Gui and said coldly: "Qi Shengshang, recently the ministers learned that Cai Yong and the general of the Che Cavalry were ambushed by the two of them, and they ate Hanlu, but they didn't want to serve the country, and even connected with the national thief Cao Cao, who tried to hijack the saint and move east to Yanzhou, his heart should be punished!" ”

As soon as Kang Peng's words came out, the whole court was shocked, and Emperor Han Xian was even more frightened, and he was the one who secretly instructed Cai Yong and Fu Wan to contact Cao Cao, once Cai Yong and Fu Wan confessed to him, it is difficult to say that the demon king in front of him will not tear his face. After a long time, Emperor Han Xian forced himself to calm down and said, "Did the Taishi misunderstand?" Fu Cai and the others have always been loyal to me, how can they do such an unrighteous thing? ”

"What does the Holy One mean?" Kang Peng took a few steps forward, stared at Emperor Han Xian and said sharply: "I suspect that the old minister is panicking?" ”

"No, no." Emperor Han Xian subconsciously shrank back, and said with a crying voice: "The Taishi has misunderstood, how can I doubt the Taishi?" I don't dare. ”

"Master, don't be impulsive." Ma Ridan also took a few steps forward, grabbed Kang Peng with courage, and persuaded: "Don't be impulsive, the Holy Master definitely doesn't doubt you, it's just that Cai Yong and Fu Wan are usually loyal to the Holy Lord, and I can't imagine that they dare to do this crime and destroy the rebellious act, since the two have been taken down by the Taishi, please bring them to the court for interrogation, and the Holy Lord can convict them." ”

Kang Peng still has some respect for Ma Ridan, all the information shows that Ma Ridan has always been a helper, not a helper, and he also has a good impression of the Xiliang Army, so Emperor Han Xian did not dare to let him know about Cao Cao's contact, and at that moment Kang Peng nodded and said: "According to the words of the Taifu, the two will be escorted up." ”

When Cai Yong and Fu Wan were escorted up, both of them stared at Emperor Han Xian, and quietly shook their heads with tears, as if they were conveying some information to Emperor Han Xian, Kang Peng saw it in his eyes, sneered in his heart, and shouted at the two: "Cai Yong, Fu Wan, in front of the hundred officials of the Manchu Dynasty, you honestly confess, who instructed you to contact the national thief Cao Cao and try to hijack the holy car to move east?" ”

Cai Yong and Fu Wan glanced at each other, shook their heads together, and said, "No one instructed us, it was us who contacted Cao Cao and tried to hijack the holy driver." Both of them made up their minds that they would rather be ruined than betray the emperor, and not give Dong Demon King a chance to take advantage of the problem.

"You ......, you guys!" Ma Ridan was so angry that his white beard jumped, and after waving his way to beat Cai Yong and the two of them, he couldn't cry and said: "You are still the great Confucian, have you read all the books in the dog's stomach?" How dare you do such a thing, you are in vain in the grace of the king, in vain in the grace of the king. Among the civil and military officials, the officials loyal to the Han family also spat on the two, and Cai Yong and Fu Wan bowed their heads and were silent, silently bearing Ma Ridan's beating and scolding by the hundred officials.

Seeing Ma Ridan beat the two of them to the point of bleeding, Kang Peng was greatly relieved, and pulled Ma Ridan and said: "Too good and slow, the crimes of these two thieves are far more than that, and listen to the appearance slowly." ”

"What?" Ma Ridan said angrily: "What else have they done to hurt heaven and reason? ”

Kang Peng stared at Cai Fu and the others, and said coldly: "Since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, a group of thieves have risen together, causing chaos in the world, the original appearance is in accordance with the holy will, and the people should respond to the people's will, crusade against the national thieves in various places, and successively defeat the Hu tribes such as the Xiongnu, Karasuma and Qiang people, and pacify the two states of Yijing, the land of Shenzhou, the original phase has been unified nearly half, and I have to eliminate Sun Quan, Liu Bei and Cao Cao The thieves can be revitalized by our Han Dynasty, so that the saint and the people of the world can enjoy peace, but these two people actually contacted Liu Biao, Sun Quan and Cao Cao and other national thieves in a frenzy, in a vain attempt to unite the thieves, Resisting the heavenly soldiers' plot to kill the true appearance and bring the world back to war, the weight of its sin is not enough to wash away its sins, even if it is cut with a thousand knives. ”

"You talk nonsense!" Cai Yong, who was accused of splitting the motherland by Kang Peng, shouted, but Kang Peng immediately shouted, "Do you still want to deny it? said, who is the mastermind who contacted Liu Biaosun Quan and other thieves in an attempt to murder the prime minister? ”

Referring to the mastermind behind the scenes, Cai Yong and Fu Wan immediately bowed their heads, and Cai Yong said weakly: "There is no one to take the lead, we did it ourselves." Fu Wan said in a low voice: "It's none of other people's business, you don't implicate the innocent." ”

Kang Peng turned his head coldly, without him speaking, a group of old ministers had already rushed up to beat Cai Fu and the others, "Traitor!" "Traitor!" Beat and scolded, especially Zhu Xi, Dong Cheng and others, who were usually friends with Fu Cai and the others, beat the hardest, but Fu Cai and the others had tears in their eyes, even if they were beaten to the point that their heads were bleeding, they didn't even snort. Kang Peng peeked at Emperor Han Xian, and saw that he was still shrunk into a ball, and there was not even a look of guilt and sympathy on his face, Kang Peng was secretly angry in his heart: "This son is simply a wolf's heart and a dog's lungs, Fu Cai and the others carried the black pot for him like this, but he didn't even persuade him." ”

Anyway, Cai Yong and Fu Wan are always Kang Peng's de facto fathers-in-law, no matter how much Kang Peng hates them, he can't watch them being beaten to death, at the moment Kang Peng glanced at Lu Bu and Pang De, and the two will immediately separate the hundred officials and rescue Fu Cai and the others, Lu Bu shouted: "They are prisoners of the imperial court, and they are at the disposal of my father-in-law." ”

"Nonsense." Kang Peng pretended to reprimand: "The Holy One is here, so what does it have to speak for the Father?" Kang Peng turned to Emperor Han Xian and said: "Long live, the evidence of the two thieves is conclusive, and they have confessed in person, please long live the decree to punish the two thieves." ”

Emperor Han Xian was taken aback, and then stepped back and said: "Father Xiang is here, it is better to ask Father Xiang to deal with it." ”

Kang Peng did not relent, and continued: "Long live will be fifteen years old in the next year, it is time to be pro-government, or please Banzai to deal with it." ”

Kang Peng and Emperor Han Xian pushed back and forth, no one wanted to bear the name of killing the virtuous, and finally Kang Peng gradually showed a dissatisfied look, and Emperor Han Xian reluctantly said: "In this case, let's behead these two thieves all over the house to punish their crimes." As Kang Peng expected, after Emperor Han Xian said these words, there were really four or five officials in the civil and military forces of the early dynasty who were shocked and dissatisfied, and Jia Xu Huaxin and others had already assisted Kang Peng in writing down their faces and names, and these officials were invited to Dong Zhuo's army to drink tea that night, and then at midnight, several more court officials were invited into Dong Zhuo's army camp, and they never had a chance to walk out.

"It's too heavy." After the goal was achieved, Kang Peng came out to be a good person again, Kang Peng said pretendedly: "God has the virtue of a good life, please long live to see that they are all old ministers of the three dynasties (PS: Han Ling, Han Shao, Han Xian three dynasties), spare their lives, just degrade to the people, as for their families, please long live the old ministers as slaves." In fact, Kang Peng wanted to say that he would only reward Fu Shou as a slave, but just Fu Shou alone, it would be too obvious, no matter how thick-skinned the bad students were, they would be embarrassed to do so.

"Just according to the Taishi, just according to the Taishi." Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty replied repeatedly, and immediately demoted Fu Cai and the others to concubines, and their families and future wives were rewarded to Kang Peng as slaves. ”

"Serving China has a foundation." Hua Xin, who had not spoken, finally couldn't wait to come out.

Although Emperor Han Xian had never seen Hua Xin, he saw that Hua Xin was brought into the early dynasty by Kang Peng, and knew that he was Kang Peng's cronies and did not dare to offend, so he hurriedly said: "Quasi-play." ”

"Long live Qiyu, since the Yellow Turban thieves have risen to the present, the world has collapsed, the Han family has declined, long live the order not to leave Luoyang, a group of thieves have risen together, and each has dominated one side." Hua Xin said: "Only Dong Taishi alone supports the beam, rejects the Hu clan externally, sweeps Han Sui, Liu Yan and Liu Biao and other thieves inside, Sun Quan Cao Cao and other national thieves, but only survives, and when the Taishi army arrives, it will definitely collapse, and the revival of the Han family is just around the corner." ”

"Not bad." Emperor Han Xian said as if flatteringly, "Master Dong has worked hard and has indeed worked hard, and when the Han family is prosperous, I will definitely reward Taishi." Hua Xin said the truth, the Han Dynasty's broken shelf, without the support of Kang Peng's Xiliang Army, would have long been broken and scattered, and the ministers also echoed and agreed with Hua Xin's words, but Hua Xin's next words surprised them.

"Soldiers can't be nameless, the Taishi crusades against the thieves, and the name is right." Hua Xin continued: "Please live the Taishi Jiuxi, seal the King of Kang, and act as the Son of Heaven, so that you can justifiably crusade against the thieves, unify the universe, and restore the Han Dynasty." ”

Everyone was dumbfounded, crowned king? The Han Dynasty has been in existence for more than 300 years, except for the king surnamed Lu who was sealed during the chaos of the Lu family, there has only been one king with a different surname - Wang Mang!