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After Dong Zhuo listened to the detailed description of Li Ru's trip to the desert, a tight heart suddenly relaxed. The attitude of the hussar general made him very happy. Now Hedong can garrison troops, while the Guanxi Emperor Fu Song has been deprived of military power, and the threat from the west and north of Luoyang has been lifted at the same time. In this way, he could concentrate all his energy on dealing with the attack from the east and south of Luoyang.

Dong Zhuo's actual control area now is only Xiliang and Sili's Sanfu, Hongnong, Henan Yin and other five counties in one prefecture, and Jizhou is not within his control at all. Judging from the current situation, he will still not be able to actually control Jizhou for a long time in the future, so he does not care at all about the transfer of all taxes from Jizhou to Northern Xinjiang, on the contrary, he is still a little secretly proud. Now that Han Fu and Yuan Shao are expanding their troops in Jizhou, the troops in various prefectures and counties will definitely need the wealthy Jizhou to bear a large part of the grain and grass burden, and the hussar general will definitely be furious about the fact that Jizhou has not allocated taxes to northern Xinjiang this year. There is money for recruiting soldiers, there is money for fighting, but there is no money for relief in northern Xinjiang, how can there be such a reason in the world? It seems that the contradiction between the hussar general and Han Fu and Yuan Shao has begun.

In the past few years, the hussar general has relied on his outstanding merits and strong soldiers, and has not suffered any losses, especially in the current crisis in northern Xinjiang, he will do everything possible to squeeze out the taxes of Jizhou to subsidize northern Xinjiang. He would not watch Han Fu and Yuan Shao take a lot of taxes to recruit troops and expand their army and launch a rebellion.

"Okay, that's a good job." Dong Zhuo praised, "Changsheng, you say, what should we do now?" Do you break each one before the rebellion forms a joint force, or do you stick to Gyeonggi and wait and see what happens? Or do we take the initiative to retreat to Chang'an and use the Kanto region as a game battlefield? ”

Li Ru rubbed his slender face and said a little tiredly: "When my lord asks this, he has obviously made up his mind and is going to retreat to Chang'an." ”

Dong Zhuo smiled and nodded.

Tian Yi explained: "My lord plans to move His Majesty to Chang'an first while the hussar general is still planning how to solve the crisis in Luoyang and is unable to look south. As long as Your Majesty is in our hands, the authority is in our hands. In this way, we can grasp the initiative and be invincible first. ”

At the moment, we have several tough issues that we can't solve. One is that the state and county refuse to pay taxes, and the national treasury is empty. Therefore, the imperial court was unable to support the food and salary of the 100,000-strong army. Secondly, there are many states and counties that have raised troops to rebel, and I estimate that their strength is probably more than 200,000, more than double ours. If there are still states and counties that join the rebellion one after another in the later period, the rebellious forces will be even more, and it will be very difficult for us to hold Luoyang. There is also the danger of Luoyang, if the gate lords and ministers in the capital and the rebels should cooperate with each other, we will be in trouble. Now the rebellion is strong, it will be difficult for us to win in the short term, and the two sides will soon be at a stalemate. We do not have sufficient food to stalemate with the rebels for a long time, so there is only one way to retreat.

We have hoarded a large amount of money and grain in Chang'an, coupled with the stable foundation of Kansai and Guanzhong, even if the hussar generals and rebels join forces in the future, we will be able to protect ourselves. After His Majesty and the ministers took refuge in Chang'an, we held the Luoyang and Gyeonggi passes with part of our forces, and then joined forces with the hussar generals to form a confrontation with the rebellion. After a period of stalemate, the rebels have no hope of victory, and they will inevitably fall into the embarrassing situation of losing ground. If you can't capture Luoyang and Chang'an, you will die if you retreat, and there will be no place to bury yourself, and there are many contradictions. At this time, the lord can ask the Son of Heaven to grant amnesty to the world, and then send important ministers of the court to pacify the state and county officials who participated in the rebellion, divide and instigate them, quickly quell the rebellion, and strive to surrender the army without a fight. If we can't fight, we will resolutely not fight.

The rebels were unable to capture Luoyang and Chang'an, and we were unable to go out to quell the rebellion, but the imperial court could not lose control of the prefectures and counties because of this. The imperial court needs to pay taxes, but it needs a complete Han country, we can't let the rebels plot succeed, and we can't watch the rebels scourge the Han society without saving it. Who can save the Han Sheji, which is about to be overturned? In today's world, there are only hussar generals.

The hussar general has just finished an expedition, and for us, the role of deterrence is far greater than his own strength, but if the rebels really want to endanger the national community, I believe that the hussar general would rather abandon the northern frontier than raise a large army to suppress the rebellion. The stability of Northern Xinjiang is based on the stability of the Han Sheji, and now that the Dahan Sheji is about to overturn, where is the stability of the Northern Xinjiang?

"Shuping said it well." Dong Zhuo said, "The hussar general decisively decided to garrison Luoyang, which shows that he has already felt this crisis that is enough to destroy the Han Dynasty, and he is unwilling and unable to stay out of it. Xu Rong's garrison in Luoyang is tantamount to telling those rebels that the hussar general supports today's son, and it is my Han Sheji who is guarding. ”

After Li Ru pondered for a long time, he said slowly: "The hussar general stationed in Luoyang, maybe there are other purposes, but after Xu Rong arrives in Luoyang, he can't help it. Today, the Han Dynasty has reached the critical moment of life and death, and protecting the safety of the society has become a major responsibility of the country. ”

Dong Zhuo clapped his hands and laughed: "You should yell this sentence at the ministers and officials three times in the court, and see if anyone blushes?" ”

"Quickly draft an edict to invite the Son of Heaven to recruit the hussar general to go south to quell the rebellion."

In late December, as the New Year was approaching, the flow of people in the Gyeonggi area increased suddenly, and Dong Zhuo immediately ordered the lifting of martial law in Luoyang, and ordered the eight gates of Gyeonggi to open the city gates and let the people enter and exit.

Dong Zhuo said at the court meeting: "My Han Dynasty has been built for 400 years, and has gone through countless ups and downs and tribulations, but my Han Sheji is still unscathed, stable as a rock, with the gang of ** ministers and rebels outside the Guan, can I shake my Han Sheji?" I stand here today to tell you, even if I, Dong Zhuo, die, this Han Sheji is still guarded by the hussar general, the hussar general is dead, and there are countless iron-blooded heroes of my Han who fought for it. As long as I, the Han warriors, still have a breath, I will never let the Han Society fall into the hands of rebellion. ”

"Today I order all the gates of Gyeonggi to be opened until the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. I'd like to see if my big man's sky is blue or black. ”

The Son of Heaven issued an order to recruit the hussar general to lead the army south to quell the rebellion.

The Son of Heaven issued another decree to depose the Taishou Qiaomao of Dongjun, and condemned him as a major crime of rebellion and punished the nine clans. Then the Son of Heaven sent eighteen holy decrees to various prefectures and counties, severely reprimanding the Later General Yuan Shu and the other seventeen governors of prefectures and counties for not being able to distinguish between right and wrong, and listening to Qiaomao's troubles, and even raising troops to participate in the rebellion. The Son of Heaven made it clear that as long as the governors of the prefectures and counties could quickly dismiss the army, urgently send the taxes into the treasury, and submit the guilty table, they could be exempted from the death penalty.

On this day, in the imperial history, Xu Jing hurriedly abandoned India and fled Luoyang.

On the same day, Taifu Yuan Kui received the news that Huangfu Song had given up his military power and went to Chang'an City to prepare for the construction of the Han'an Protectorate. Yuan Kui was shocked, and there was a lot of chaos for a while.

Huaili City, where Huangfu Songtun soldiers supported the wind, is only 100 miles away from Chang'an City. As long as Huangfu Song raises troops, with Huangfu Song's prestige and use of troops, Chang'an can be down immediately, and Tongguan is also in the bag. Dong Zhuo lost Chang'an and Xiliang, and his retreat was exhausted, and he was immediately surrounded by the large army of various states and counties in Luoyang, leaving only the share of being slaughtered, and this was the key to convincing the hussar generals to deal with Dong Zhuo. Strength determines everything, Dong Zhuo has become a trapped beast in a cage, and the hussar general will naturally make the choice that is most conducive to the stability of the Han.

"Yizhen, you are too confused, what you gave up is not the military power of the 20,000 army, but the Han Sheji."

Yuan Kui became ill with grief and became bedridden that day. Yuan Kui lay on the couch and thought for a long time, and ordered someone to invite Shangshu Zhou Yu to the mansion.

"Zhongyuan, you quickly try to meet King Hongnong."

Ah Ge is located near the Changqiu Palace in Nangong, where Liu Wei, the king of Hongnong, and Tang Ji, the princess, were imprisoned.

It's almost the New Year, Shangshu Zhou Yu was ordered by the Son of Heaven to send some silk food and clothing to King Hongnong. Although King Hongnong was imprisoned, he had been in the palace for a long time and knew how to save his life. And he is young, and it is his nature to be playful, so he eats what he should eat, drinks what he should drink, and plays when he should play, and people not only do not see thinness, but gain weight.

King Hongnong asked Zhou Yu, is Your Majesty okay? You say to Your Majesty that the New Year is over, and if you allow it, I want to go and see him.

Zhou Yu knelt on the ground, looking sad, and almost cried bitterly. King Hongnong saw the tears on Zhou Yu's face, and remembered these nightmarish months, and his chubby little face gradually revealed deep fear and sadness.

"Dong Zhuo abused power and misled the country, killed innocents indiscriminately, bloody and brutal, and my Han Sheji was about to be overturned......"

"Your Majesty lives in fear every day, and his life is in danger......"

King Hongnong was stunned, and stood in the distance and didn't dare to say a word.

Zhou Yu wiped his tears, saw that there was no one around, and hurriedly took out a yellow silk full of words from his arms, "Today, all the states and counties are gathering soldiers and horses outside the customs to crusade against Dong Zhuo......" Zhou Yu immediately said the current situation in two words, and explained the article to King Hongnong in detail, saying that after the volunteers of the states and counties entered Luoyang, they would set up King Hongnong as the emperor and revitalize the community.

"Now the soldiers and horses of the states and counties are temporarily commanded by Yuan Shao, the Taishou of Bohai County, but because of his small official position, he can't control the soldiers and horses in various places, so he is eager to get the title from His Majesty." Zhou Yu said, "In order to please Dong Shun, the minister suggested that Your Majesty should take Yuan Shao as the general of the chariot and cavalry, and participate in the affairs of the Shangshu, and be in charge of state affairs, and all kinds of matters should be entrusted to the general of the chariot and cavalry. ”

King Hongnong was so frightened that his whole body trembled involuntarily, and his scalp tingled for a while. He felt that Zhou Bi was not calling him His Majesty, but slashing his neck with a knife. Zhou Yu has driven himself to a dead end, and it is actually the same thing whether he agrees or not. Although he can not stamp the seal on this yellow silk, Yuan Shao can forge it, and in the future, as long as Yuan Shao reads this edict, he will die.

King Hongnong's tears flowed, he looked at Zhou Yu in despair, and asked pitifully, "Can't adults spare my life?" ”

Zhou Bi kowtowed again and again, tears flowed for a long time, and he was heartbroken.

Xun Yu strode into Sikong Mansion.

Xun Yu is in his twenties, tall and thin, with a white face and short beard, an angular and resolute handsome face, a pair of bright eyes, elegant and slightly arrogant. Xun Yu is a subordinate official of the Shaofu to keep the palace order (the palace order is the official who is in charge of the royal paper, pen, ink, Shangshu and financial objects and sealing mud), he is going to resign and quit, so he specially came to his uncle Xun Shuang for help.

After Xu Jing abandoned the official and fled, Dong Zhuo immediately asked the Son of Heaven to issue an edict, if anyone in Luoyang Jingguan dared to abandon the official and flee without permission, it would cause disaster to the clan family. As a result, the number of officials at all levels in Luoyang who fled greatly decreased. There are those who escape, that is, people like Xu Jing whose families are not in Luoyang.

Xun Shuang sighed: "Wen Ruo, when the country is in danger, it is incumbent on you to serve the country, not ......."

Xun Yu sneered disdainfully: "Uncle, today's court is Dong Zhuo's court, not the court of the Han Dynasty, I am not willing to serve a bloody and brutal person like Dong Zhuo." The establishment of a doctor of ancient scriptures was originally a very small matter, but the bloody killing of this barbarian man immediately turned into a major event that affected the society. How can such a person govern the country? He thought that his knife was sharper than our pen, and that the Confucian scholars of today's literature and scriptures had frightened him. Even if the hussar general goes south this time to help him stabilize the situation, he will be stinking for 10,000 years. ”

"It is precisely because Dong Zhuo is a martial artist, a bloody and brutal man, who endangers the survival of the society that we have to stay. Could it be that only by force can the Han be saved? ”

"Force will only hasten the defeat of my great man." Xun Yu shook his head and said, "I don't want to stay, and I don't want to see the lives ruined, so I can only escape." When I return home, I will move south with my people to escape the war. Yingchuan is the land of four wars, there will be a military disaster, I must immediately rush back to save the clan. ”

Xun Shuang pondered for a long time, nodded slowly, and said, "It's okay, the family really needs someone like you to go back and get ideas, otherwise something will happen." ”

"Uncle, I want to leave Luoyang with my family, and ask my uncle to help me a lot."

Xun Yu's wife is the daughter of Tang Heng, a regular servant. Xun Yu's father, Xun Qi, was one of the Eight Dragons of Xun Valve, and when he was the minister of Jinan, he met Tang Heng, a regular servant. In order to climb up with Xun Valve, Tang Heng threatened Xun Qi that he would marry his newborn daughter to Xun Yu, who was two years old at the time, and he would order a baby kiss. Xun Qi was jealous of Tang Heng's power, so he had no choice but to agree. He thought that his reputation was over, and it was not a glorious thing to cling to ** eunuch, and it also harmed his son. What Xun Yu didn't expect was that Xun Yu was extremely talented when he was young, and when He Hao saw him, he immediately praised him as "Wang Zuozhicai", and Xun Yu became famous in Yingchuan. People are famous, and people say that everything is good, not to mention that Tang Heng died early and his family was in the middle, so this matter is not worth mentioning.

Xun Shuang said in embarrassment: "Why can't you wait?" Why do you have to leave Beijing at this time? Dong Zhuo now hates the bureaucrats who have left Beijing, saying that these people are all rebellious, and if he sends people in the middle of the way......"

"Uncle, after the year, the hussar general will go south to Beijing, and at that time, the war will be raging, and I am afraid that no one will be able to leave." Xun Yu frowned and said worriedly, "I heard that Lord Han Rong has persuaded Dong Zhuo to let his son serve as a county magistrate in his hometown, and take care of the clan family by the way. Lord Sima Fang, the secretary of the imperial history who acted as the official in the imperial history, was also courting Lang Zhongling Li Ru, hoping that he could get a Dong Zhuo warrant for himself, so that his son Sima Lang could quickly return home and move the clan. Sima's family is in Wen County, which is the place where the two armies fought, and it is a dead end for the clan to stay in the local area. Our Xun family is in Yingyang (now Xuchang, Henan), where it is a place where battles must be fought, so this matter should not be delayed, I will go home quickly, and I cannot delay any longer. ”

The next day, Xun Shuang personally found Dong Zhuo and said bluntly, this battle is definitely going to be fought, and I feel the kindness of Lord Xiangguo, and it is impossible for me to leave Beijing, but I can't help but consider my clan family in Yingyang. My family didn't know that war was about to happen in my hometown, so I was about to send a nephew back to relocate the clan.

Dong Zhuo agreed. Recently, Taifu Yuan Kui, Taiwei Huang Wan and Situ Yang Biao have either violated his yang and yin, or they have been passive and sabotage, and Yang Biao simply stopped going to court. Many ministers are either sick at home or depressed with a bitter face and don't do anything, and state affairs are basically maintained by Xun Shuang, Chen Ji, Ma Riyan, Ding Gong and others. Dong Zhuo is very grateful that they can still focus on state affairs at this time, so they are generally responsive.

Dong Zhuo said, Brother Ciming, your nephew Xun, the squire of the Huangmen, has to give lessons to the emperor every day, he can't leave, I think let your nephew guard the palace and order Xun Yu to go home.

Xun Yu was relocated to Kang's father (now south of Jining City, Shandong), and left Beijing on the same day to take office. In fact, this is convenient for him to leave Beijing with his family, and it is his own business whether to take office or not.

Xun Shuang left happily, but Sima Fang ran to Dong Zhuo to plead for his son with trepidation. Although Sima Lang has no official position, because of his father's relationship, he cannot leave Beijing without permission. But Sima Lang was young and vigorous, so he was about to swagger out of the city and go home, but he was caught.

Sima Lang was about twenty years old, tall and muscular, and looked older than his actual age. When he was twelve years old, when he took the Tongzilang exam, the invigilator thought that he had cheated and falsely reported his age. Dong Zhuo looked at him heroically and arrogantly, and couldn't help but think of his dead son. Dong Zhuo said to him, You are the same year as my dead son, and he is as tall and burly as you. Sima Lang looked at the roof and didn't pay any attention to him. Dong Zhuo didn't think about it and asked, why did you want to escape? Why did you betray me? Sima Lang said, if I don't go home and move the clan immediately, my clansmen will lose their lives. If there is turmoil today, war is imminent, and the people cannot live and work in peace and contentment, and they are wandering around, can adults prohibit it by severe punishment? Sima Lang also advised Dong Zhuo to think carefully about these things, and to think more about the lives of the people, so that perhaps the adults would become prominent figures like Yi Yin and Zhou Gong.

Dong Zhuo expressed his understanding, did not punish him, and asked Sima Fang to take him home. A few days later, Li Ru quietly took a Dong Zhuo's warrant to Sima Fang, and Sima Lang immediately returned to Wenxian unimpeded.

He Hao, Xun You, Zhou Yu, Zheng Tai, Hua Xin and others bid farewell to Xun Yu in the Shili Long Pavilion.

He Hao whispered: "Youruo (Xun Chen) is waiting for you in Yingyang, you must be careful along the way, and you must hand over the things to him in good condition." Xun Yu understood and nodded again and again.

"I have a few friends outside the Tiger Prison Pass. After you get out of the Tiger Prison, they will escort you to Yingyang. ”

On the twenty-ninth day of the lunar month, the right general Zhu Jun returned to Luoyang, and on this day, Dong Zhuo, who returned to the palace of the next dynasty, was assassinated.

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