Dong Zhuo, who got Lu Bu, expanded a lot, because Lu Bu brought new assets and state soldiers, and a large number of state soldiers have lost the state as their foundation. Dong Zhuo will not fight with the Republican Army to annex the state, because he does not have such qualifications. The IRA was firmly in control of the annexed states.

Those who have lost their roots can only join Dong Zhuo's group, because in this way, they can get more support and development, and this is their current development.

In this regard, Dong Zhuo's attitude is extremely welcome, because the combat effectiveness of these soldiers is stronger, and the fighting spirit is more conducive to his development, which is a situation that others have never been able to do. In such a state, the strength of Dong Zhuo Group has increased substantially.

"Hmph." Lu Bu, as Dong Zhuo's lieutenant general, is his personal bodyguard. A serious threat to civil and military officials. Everyone was extremely helpless about Dong Zhuo.

Any official who challenged Dong Zhuo was poisoned by Lu Bu. Look at the officers who were killed. Cao Cao was a little unbearable. How to kill Dong Zhuo has become the greatest wish of the officials.

Inside the Royal Palace.

"The mourning family is the queen mother, you can't do this to me. You can't do this to me. Empress Dowager He said such words with an extremely complicated mood, she was a little remorseful, even angry, but more helpless, because these were not within her control.

Several chamberlains forcibly poured poisoned wine into Empress Dowager He. Then Empress Dowager He was killed like this.

At the same time, the little emperor in the court, Liu Wei, was also killed. In the last moments. He was still shouting loudly, "Dong Zhuo wants to kill me." Dong Zhuo is a bad guy. "The result is still the same, he was poured with poisoned wine and killed.

Of course, these things will naturally not be publicized to the outside world like this, Dong Zhuo used His Majesty the Emperor's accidental death from plague to support King Chen Liu as the new Emperor's Majesty.

All opponents were killed. These are all things that happened after the annexation and merger of state soldiers, Dong Zhuo's actions were very fast, and such messages were sent out continuously.

Li Jiazhuang, War Department.

"It's so dazzling." Shang Wu looked at the telegram in his hand and said this.

"Hmm. A lot of things have happened, but these are all showing that Dong Zhuo has strengthened his power, and he has controlled many, many resources. Jia Xu said.

"Hmm. Yes, it does. Shang Wu said as he looked at the telegram.

The annexation took place almost in the blink of an eye, and the annexation did not put up any further resistance, forming two new infantry regiments, each with 3,000 men, and a rare cavalry battalion. Not only that, but they are also actively arming firearms, because only by controlling more firearms and equipment can they achieve a greater degree of development. This is Dong Zhuo's personal understanding, and it is also the road he believes must be taken to become strong. Such a path will bring him strength.

"I think it's time for us to make some of our own requests. For example, to repay debts, in the past period of time, Dong Zhuo and the soldiers of Bingzhou have spent more resources, and our logistics supplies have provided more and more financial help, and bank loans have exceeded 10 million. This is a big number, according to what I know, Dong Zhuo's income is still very low, he can only improve the food for his subordinates, and they can't pay the most basic military salary, such a financial situation has a big problem for the future development of our bank and the settlement of debts. Jia Xu said.

Although the IRA is tentatively proposing some of their normal needs, such as opening up more markets, the problem is that, according to the intelligence gathered by the intelligence services, the market situation in Luoyang is very unfavorable. Or even bad. Dong Zhuo's practice of arson and robbery has greatly harmed the security of a city like Luoyang and the related economic order, which is extremely unfavorable for the next step of economic development.

Even if Dong Zhuo can open up the market, Luoyang's situation will not be enough to offset the future debt crisis faced by the Republican Army's banking industry, because he will still suffer a lot of shock.

"So?" Shangwu asked. These are just reasons, and the reasons why they do this may be seen as excuses, but there are still many things they still have to do.

"Therefore, in order to solve the debt crisis that banks may face and have more market share, we hope to be able to get more open places for trade, such as Youzhou, Julu, Sili, Luoyang, and even further away Qingzhou. More places in Jizhou are open to trade and the most preferential trade tariffs are given. Jia Xu said.

"In addition, I believe that the Republican Army is not our long-term name, and we should form our own country and let the other side recognize our status. We can station diplomatic envoys in Luoyang, so that the two countries can be regarded as establishing diplomatic relations on an equal footing. Jia Xu said.

Only by establishing formal diplomatic relations can it be regarded as establishing a difference in its own development, and in this case, the IRA can be regarded as establishing its own state.

After all, the IRA has so far been viewed only as a local regime, not as a state.

"But there are some problems with that." Shang Wu said.

"I'm worried that Dong Zhuo will take the opportunity to push us to the forefront, so that we can attract more attention, and if more military forces are concentrated in front of us, what will be the result? We attracted more firepower. Shang Wu said.

"This will invisibly increase our burden, but I still think that we still need to make some new improvements, for example, we can buffer and test the tone of those court officials. At the same time, we aim to get more benefits, and as for the false name of the establishment of a state, for the time being, we can't think too much, too much. Shang Wu said.

Jia Xu's suggestion is correct, but the problem is that on the issue of establishing a country, Shang Wu thinks that it is better to let Dong Zhuo attract more firepower, he knows very well that Dong Zhuo will attract more firepower, and if he rashly builds the country, more people in the world will pay attention to this, and they will attack the Republican Army instead of Dong Zhuo. Compared to Dong Zhuo, they are just internal contradictions, and the establishment of a country is a rebellion. This gave Dong Zhuo greater benefits.

On top of that, debt is difficult to deal with. The founding of the People's Republic of China will only benefit in name, but in reality, the Republican Army's banking industry will suffer an unprecedented blow, and Dong Zhuo's debts will be forgiven because of the turmoil. This is the best thing for Dong Zhuo. But for the IRA, it was a terrible situation, and they absolutely did not want such a thing to happen to deal with such a situation. The Republican Army wanted actual benefits, not the greater Dong Zhuo, and in such a situation, Shangwu naturally hoped to get actual benefits, so that their problems could be fundamentally solved.

"Well, for the sake of the development of the banking industry, we can only endure it a little longer." Jia Xu said. Jia Xu hopes to establish the country as soon as possible, but timing is also a very important thing, if the timing is not right, it will cause them a great disadvantage. Jia Xu still didn't want to see such a thing happen. After all, this is a disaster for the Republican Army.

An even bigger catastrophe is yet to come, the banking sector. The development of many industries in the IRA is related to the banking industry, if the banking industry suffers from a large debt crisis. In particular, Dong Zhuo's debts, if these debts cannot be properly handled, will lead to a great disaster in the bank's capital flow. The consequences are unimaginable, the development of many enterprises is inseparable from the bank, and in order to solve their own liquidity problems, the bank will inevitably withdraw a large amount of funds, in this way, it will affect the development of many, many hayes, which will inevitably cause greater turmoil and panic within the Republican Army.

This is the biggest crisis in the development of the banking industry, and both Shang Wu and Jia Xu understand that neither the Republican Army is capable of dealing with such a large situation.

Therefore, the safe thing to do is to get as many benefits as possible, and only in this way can they get greater development, otherwise, they cannot expand the development on a larger scale.

"I also have another concern about the perception of our trade practices in various places, especially by merchants." Jia Xu said.

"Well, let's talk about it." Shang Wu said.

"Our policy is to attach importance to the interests of merchants, but the policy of the imperial court is to us, on the contrary, they attach great importance to the existence of agricultural value, in such a situation, they will inevitably produce many, many different opinions, our merchants are very bold, our market share is constantly expanding, which will inevitably lead to the development of our businessmen themselves, but you know, two completely different attitudes, will lead to damage to the interests of our merchants, which is bound to aggravate the contradictions between our two sides, what is the result, I think you know for sure what's going on. Jia Xu said.

Jia Xu's worries are justified, businessmen are bold, as long as there are enough interests, they can see many, many things out of the ordinary, they don't care what happens at all, such things are enough for them.

"What you are worried about is that our businessmen will be exploited by the local government, and even threaten the safety of life and property, causing all kinds of conflicts, right?" Shangwu asked.

"Yes, and this kind of thing, we can't control it. Businessmen are very bold, they will definitely do such a thing if they have enough interests, and they don't know what to fear. Jia Xu said. Shang Wu nodded in agreement.