In the fourth year of Zhongping, that is, the first year of Guangxi after Liu Wei ascended the throne, in August.

With the arrival and attachment of Liu Bei, after Dong Zhuo got the secret edict left by the emperor to Liu Bei, coupled with the possession of three Zhongxing swords that were endowed with the nature of Tuogu, his ambition was also beginning to show fierceness, but his pursuit of power also seemed to be gradual and gradual, constantly courteous and virtuous, and no longer unruly.

On August 15, Dong Zhuo, together with many officials, "invited" Yuan Kui to change from Taiwei to Taifu to teach Liu Wei and Liu Xie with peace of mind, and he took the post of Taiwei and took charge of the military power.

Dong Zhuo previously gathered He Jin and Jian Shuo's men, was in charge of most of the soldiers and horses in the capital and the palace, and there were soldiers and horses stationed inside and outside Luoyang City, and now he got the name of Tai Lieutenant, which is justified for others, but only a few people such as Yuan Kui and Empress Dowager He know that Yuan Kui served as a Tai Lieutenant during this time, and he did not have the slightest military power from Dong Zhuo, and at present, except for Ding Yuanshang, who is in charge of Jinwu and Dong Zhuo, the rest of the people have all surrendered to Dong Zhuo - that is to say, Dong Zhuo has a tendency to take all the military power in his hands.

Dong Zhuo's attitude of not handing over the right to the army made Yuan Kui and the others tremble in their hearts, and they did not have the slightest sense of security for Dong Zhuo and the future of the court, so Yuan Kui was not without temptation.

At the same time that he handed over the position of Tai Lieutenant and fulfilled Dong Zhuo's justification for taking charge of the army, he proposed that Dong Zhuo set up another post of Grand Sima, which would be held by Liu Yu, the state pastor who was far away in Youzhou.

Outside the court, Liu Yu is the most prestigious person in the Han family, not only has a certain appeal within the Han family, but also is quite popular in the court. As long as Dong Zhuo dares to have different intentions, Yuan Kui believes that as long as Liu Yu ascends to the heights, he will definitely be able to take the world's soldiers and horses to kill Dong Zhuo and his party.

This is undoubtedly a good means of containment, but that day Yuan Kui was also worried that Dong Zhuo would directly turn his face and kill, but fortunately, Dong Zhuo did not refuse, Yuan Kui also took a step back after discussing with Queen He, and the Empress Dowager He, who was acting for the government, gave Dong Zhuo an axe and a tiger to the marquis, which was regarded as a commendation for Dong Zhuo's support and support, and it was also to appease Dong Zhuo's heart.

But this matter has always been in Dong Zhuo's heart, especially when he went to the palace to receive his thanks that day, he was held against his neck to meet and receive the reward, although this is a custom, but he is still quite worried in his heart.

It's just that he has just arrived, and the Huangfu Song, Zhu Jun and others, who are quite prestigious in the army, are still in the court, as well as a group of forbidden troops led by Ding Yuan and the wolf cavalry of Bingzhou, he is jealous, and he does not dare to act arbitrarily, so he has to scold in his heart, and then in a few months, after discussing with Li Ru and other staff members in private, he sent people to contact many scholars and people in Luoyang to promote the news of Liu Xie's orthodoxy through nursery rhymes and rumors. In addition, the co-optation of a group of officials has also accelerated.

And what made him a little excited was that the secret edict in the hands of Liu Bei and the two of them really had an extraordinary effect, and as time progressed, many people gradually believed that Liu Xie was orthodox and officially took refuge in him.

At the same time, he learned that Liu Yu did not use troops in Youzhou, and his soldiers and horses had no experience in fighting, and Gongsun Zhan, the only one in Liu Yu's territory who had experienced a hundred battles and resisted Wuhuan Xianbei with the position of a cavalry captain, recently vented his dissatisfaction with Liu Yu's homely posture through letters with Liu Bei, and after knowing that Liu Yu's Gongsun Zhan did not agree, Li Ru gave Dong Zhuo advice and asked Liu Bei to instigate Gongsun Zhan to contain Liu Yu.

When everything was ready, the subordinates felt that the time was almost right, and it was already winter.

Early in the morning of November 28, when the snow was drifting in Luoyang, Dong Zhuo looked up at the sky, the fat on his face couldn't stop trembling, and then shouted "Kill it......".

On this day, Lu Bu, the general under Ding Yuan, who had been rebelled by him as the pastor of the state, finally killed the master, and he did his best to ride Lu Bu, Zhang Liao and other wolf horses in the state, and also held the military power of Luoyang in his hands.

The next morning, he summoned the ministers, proposed to abolish Liu Wei, He Jin, He Miao although dead, but there are still many people who care about the old feelings, at the same time there are scholars do not approve of the abolition of the elder and young, and even for Dong Zhuo to take charge of the court is also a lot of fear, resentment, just the military power in hand can do whatever he wants, Dong Zhuo showed a little murderous intent, and even beat Yuan Shao, the first bird who fiercely retorted, and then coerced Yuan Kui to agree, and abolished Liu Wei.

On the third day, that is, November 30, Dong Zhuo helped Liu Xie, who succeeded to the throne, to the dragon chair, and abolished the era names Zhongping and Guangxi, and changed them to Chuping.

He looked at the chair representing the highest power, the heirloom jade seal on the desk, he had never felt so close to this position, his heart beat faster all day, even at night, he was unforgettable about that position.

So, he suddenly wanted to probe other people's mouths, so he sent Li Ru to bring people into the palace overnight and poisoned Empress Dowager He and Liu Wei. And when the sky dawned, even if someone in the entire court opened their mouths to abuse, after he killed a few people, everyone dared to be angry and didn't dare to speak.

Dong Zhuo suddenly discovered that many things were actually not as difficult as he thought, and these civil and military officials were simply a group of soft eggs......

But he still has to wait, after all, if he is too impatient, he will definitely be harmed.

He needs to win hearts and minds.

It's just that before that, it is a good choice to be a Xiangguo who is above 10,000 people under one person, and he does not take off his shoes and bring a sword in the court.

He thought of it, and he did it.

Then everything went in the direction he wanted it to go.

He even lived in the palace, and the thousands of women left by Emperor Ling and the treasures of the West Garden also became his.

It's just that many of the young heroes and loyal people he promoted before began to look at them, colluding and making trouble in Luoyang, and after the serious Cao Cao assassinated him and tried to escape, Dong Zhuo had palpitations and naturally planned to take precautions.

In the middle of the first month of the second year of Chuping, Dong Zhuo convened Li Ru and Liu Bei to discuss the matter, and after the three of them discussed, early the next morning, the two holy decrees went towards Youzhou.

A few days later, Liu Bei followed Cao Cao's example and attempted to assassinate Dong Zhuo, and then fled with a Zhongxing sword towards Yuan Shao, the Taishou of Bohai in Jizhou.

Although the winter has passed, Wanmu has rejuvenated, and with Dong Zhuo repeatedly betrayed and assassinated, he began to be angry, and even killed several ministers, the court still seems to be in a harsh winter.

Fortunately, in Shandong, with the spread of the Three Princes who crusaded against Dong Zhuo, the mood of "supporting the Han family and killing Dong Thief" rose to the extreme.

And on the thirteenth day of March, Liu Zheng suddenly ushered in a holy decree, and learned that after being appointed as the prime minister's Cao subordinate and the general of the Tiger Ben Zhonglang, Liu Zheng, who had not been appointed for more than nine months, was like a dead tree in spring.

After immediately receiving the holy decree, bribing the angel, and learning that the angel was carrying another holy decree to the north, Liu Zheng bid farewell to the angel and hurriedly summoned everyone to come to the Zhuang Mansion to talk about it.

"Imperial Court ...... Well, it's Dong Zhuo, who wants me to serve in the Prime Minister's Mansion and serve as the general of Huben Zhonglang...... He also praised me. ”

At this time, the willows in the Zhuang Mansion were luxuriant, the warblers were flying and the grass was growing, and there were bursts of reading sounds coming from the backyard.

Liu Zheng solemnly placed the holy decree and a few letters on the table to circulate to everyone, then leaned back in the chair, rubbed the beard that had grown a little long on his chin, his expression was a little playful, and said with a smile: "Dong Zhuo, Liu Youzhou, Brother Bo Jue, Brother Meng De and Brother Wentai...... Where do you think I'm going? ”

This Liu Youzhou, shouting is naturally Liu Yu.

Speaking of which, since May last year to the end of the year, Liu Zheng has always thought that he could seek a position by Liu Yu's side, but he didn't expect him to take the initiative to hint at it, and even after Lu Zhi and Xun Shuang recommended him, Liu Yu still ignored him.

Moreover, even if he took the initiative to ask the new Zhuo County Commander for the lowest-end official position of a township husband, he was rejected by the Zhuo County Order.

The Zhuoxian order used an overkill excuse, but Liu Zheng discussed it with everyone through the face of the Zhuoxian order at that time, and also judged the general beginning.

To a certain extent, the Zhongxing sword incident at the beginning finally made Liu Zheng unusual.

And with the continuous change of the situation in the court for more than half a year, Liu Zheng, who was carrying the Zhongxing sword, seemed to have become a sensitive existence.

The Zhongxing sword originally had the meaning of the Zhongxing Han Dynasty, and Liu Hongtuo used three Zhongxing swords alone, which gave the Zhongxing sword an extraordinary significance.

Now that the fourth is in Liu Zheng's hands, Liu Zheng doesn't have so much energy to care about, but if Liu Yu touches Liu Zheng, it will have an unusual meaning.

After all, the power dispute in the court during that period had not yet ended, but Liu Yu himself, when the court was busy with internal strife and its external control was reduced to the weakest, he was instigated by many people to be reprimanded.

At this time, even if Liu Yu is simply close to Liu Zheng, in the eyes of others, he may not have the intention of wanting to do something with the Zhongxing Sword, so Liu Zheng is simply a trouble for Liu Yu, who has no ambition and abides by the etiquette, and Liu Yu just doesn't even have the idea of appointing him.

Among them, I heard that when Liu Hong commented on Liu Zheng's "good poetry" in the past, it was Liu Yu, who was the Zongzheng at that time, who personally wrote it on the genealogy, and Liu Yu also knew that Liu Hong would not be able to use Liu Zheng for life, so he planned to respect the last order of the emperor and never hire Liu Zheng.

It's just that when the New Year passes, along with the heads of Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju were sent to Jixian County by the Wuhuan people, the contradiction between Liu Yu, who was kind to the Wuhuan people, and Gongsun Zhan, who wanted to pacify the barbarians, began to intensify, and Liu Yu also slapped himself in the face, wanting to invite Liu Zheng to go to Jixian County to be his subordinate official, so as to ease the relationship between him and Gongsun Zhan.

In this matter, Liu Yu is actually doing it to Lu Zhi, and for Liu Zheng, his plan is more if Gongsun Chan ignores Lu Zhi and Liu Zheng's face, and relies on Liu Zheng's force to resist Gongsun Zhan.

But Gongsun Chan also heard the news, so he also wrote to Gongsun Yue, asking Gongsun Yue to join his army with Liu Zheng.

Liu Zheng naturally didn't know what to do, so he wrote to Lu Zhi in Shanggu County to see what suggestions Lu Zhi had, and he was also waiting for Lu Zhi to reply at this time.

At the same time, the news of Dong Zhuo's troubles in the court has already spread, and now the whole world is circulating everywhere in the world The three princes called on the heroes of the world to discuss Dong Zhuo's documents, before Liu Zheng was bored, and complained to Cao Cao and Sun Jian that he had gained a lot of weight, and Cao Cao Sun Jian had the heart to crusade against Dong Zhuo, so he also wanted to win over Liu Zheng to help.

It's just that I didn't expect these things to come together, and Liu Zheng was a little difficult to choose.

"Why did the lord say that he wanted to take refuge in Dong Zhuo?"

It took some time for this table and chair to be made, but Ke Hai was still not used to sitting, and he straightened up a little uncomfortably - to show the seriousness of his attitude, frowning and continuing: "Dong Zhuo has been in trouble for a long time, and we didn't have a chance before, since the lord has received the holy decree today, he just took this opportunity to lead us and others forward, and the best thing to kill is not to kill Dong Thief Kuangfu Han, and it is also good to protect Your Majesty's stability." ”

"I just asked if I wanted to go to Beijing. It's just that...... Isn't going to Beijing just to take refuge in Dong Zhuo? The emperor has nothing to do now, where can we take refuge. Even if you take refuge in Mrs. Yuan...... Don't you want to listen to Dong Zhuo yet? Well, even if you kill Dong Zhuo, what you hear is just another Dong Zhuo. ”

Liu Zheng's words were awkward, Ke Hai and Zhao Li glanced at each other, stunned, "Another Dong Zhuo? Listen to Zhang Junan, Mrs. Yuan is not ......"

"Sheng remembers that in his brother's letter, Brother Meng De once said that now that His Majesty is young, whether it is Dong Zhuo or the rest, they are actually just ministers."

Xiahou Sheng frowned and said: "This is not to say that there are no loyal ministers and righteous people in the court, and Taifu Yuan is also quite a virtuous person, but the court is in chaos, and people's hearts are in chaos...... Even if His Majesty succeeds to the throne now, he is still the only royal bloodline, and it is rare for people to criticize the issue of orthodoxy......"

"At this time, there is no queen mother who can come to the court, even if we kill Dong Zhuo, Yuan Taifu's order is not justified...... Naturally, this is also said by those who have different intentions. ”

He looked at Liu Zheng and said with a gloomy expression: "However, didn't Luo Yang send a letter?" Brother Meng De is in front, and Liu Fujun is in the back...... Brother Deran's words are right, it must be difficult to kill Dong Zhuo again, I waited for the past, but I was just called by Dong Zhuo. Perhaps, they will be forced to do something wrong. ”

"It's not that you can't do it?"

Xun Yu had been sleeping in the school in the other courtyard before, and he hadn't woken up yet, he yawned, there were still tears in the corners of his eyes, and then he leaned lazily on the back of the chair, looking at Liu Zheng's eyes with a little playfulness, "You will ask, are you planning to go in person, lead the Shiren, who are a rabble to Dong Zhuo, come to Feng'er, and then join us and others to fight?" ”

"You forgot to mention the eldest brother, Brother Zhongyu, and Brother Xiu Ruo, I remember that they seem to be going over too......"

Not long after Xun Shuang and others lived in Zhuo County, many Xun clansmen were ready to go back, so Xun Shuang also took the clansmen back to Yingchuan, leaving only Xun Di, Xun Yu, Xun Yu and Xun Shu to live here.

When Xun Shuang went back, Liu Zheng also asked him to secretly win over some people in Yingchuan, and even buried some people in Xu County, and asked Peng Tuo and Bu Ji to bring many people over to escort them.

Xun Shuang was surprised at the time, but he was also used to Liu Zheng's specialness, and then guided the Xun clan to do this thing. But recently, Dong Zhuo has been recruiting wise men, and Xun Shuang also has a letter from there, saying that Dong Zhuo has repeatedly sent people to recruit him, and even the holy decree has been issued several times, and he has resigned repeatedly, and Dong Zhuo also hit Xun Biao, Xun Yue and others with the idea.

It's just that Liu Zheng was a little weak when he talked about it at this time.

Yuzhou is a place of war, Xun Yu will stay, in addition to his retention, but also because he feels that it is not safe there. Previously, he sent Xun Shuang and others to Yuzhou, which made Xun Yu dissatisfied, and at this time, these words were tantamount to which pot was not opened and which pot was not opened.

After all, whether it is Luoyang or Yuzhou, it is not a good place. Xun Biao and their past in Luoyang can be described as a posture of a sheep falling into the mouth of a tiger, but Liu Zheng not only did not persuade them, but also made it clear that he was supporting this kind of behavior, and even dared to threaten to take the Xun family to fight against Dong Zhuo in Luoyang at this time.

This kind of irrational behavior that may be sent to death, how can it make Xun Yu's face look good.

"As long as you don't move here, they promise to stop you. It's a big deal to let Bu Ji and Peng Tuo directly send people to kidnap them and go north. ”

Xun Yu looked displeased, and glanced at Xun Yu, who had just come in after finishing the toilet, "Your Majesty will be fine, and Dong Zhuo can't be defenseless." You don't want to go over and break your bones. If one is not good and provokes a rebellion, I can't escape any of them. Still pretending, after the angel went south, I wrote to Luoyang, saying that the road on your side was blocked by thieves, and it was not considered to be disobeying. ”

Here, Xun You glanced at the bamboo slip in front of Xun Shu that recorded the conversation just now, and after knowing the general content, he smiled and said, "Isn't there still Dongjun Taishouqiao Yuanwei?" It was his idea to fake the Three Princes to order the world to crusade against Dong Zhuo. It's not bad for Deran to take refuge in him. ”

"And then take its place? Yanzhou ......"

Liu Zheng muttered, Xun Di rolled his eyes and said, "Gongda joked, you really dare to plan." That means you're so ambitious! Now that an official and a half-job is useless, it is blooming everywhere, and you dare to start anywhere, but what about people? In addition to the Youzhou area, Jizhou and Nanyang are all given by Zhang Zhongjing and Zhang Junan. If you are in a position of authority, they may be attached to you, it is difficult to say now. Isn't it good to honestly find a place to take refuge? ”

"What's more, Zhang Junan went back to the Black Mountain Army, and now he is attacking each other with the rest of the thieves, life is not easy, you have to take care of the lives of the family, it is impossible to pass, and the friendship of life will slowly be divided. In Nanyang, Zhong Jing and Wen Ping began to work under Liu Jingzhou, and Li Li was also pushed out by Xian and his brother to mix up the position of Wancheng County Cheng...... Oh, it's time to call Li Jianxian now. But in the end, he is just a small official in the county, and it will take a while to get through. ”

Xun Yu's face straightened, "Although Zhang Mancheng said that Liu Youzhou used this time to recover the hearts of the people in Youzhou, develop people's livelihood, and instigate millions of people to come to Youzhou, how many real henchmen can there be?" Liu Youzhou also forbade ordinary people to recruit too many private soldiers, so as not to cause military disasters, and you don't even have many opportunities to recruit people in the name of justice. If we don't find a place to cling to, I'll be scattered. Businessmen can't do it for a lifetime. ”

"You arranged for someone in Jizhou to be beaten back by the Zhen family, so you said frustrating words, right?"

Liu Zheng muttered, saw Xun Yu squinting his eyes, and said with a dry smile: "Aren't I still training people." And is still asking Zhang Mancheng to find someone, always have to take his time. However, Brother Hansheng, why don't you go to Jingzhou first. With your strength, you will be able to make a difference...... In a short time, I think that Brother Li and Zilong are almost finished keeping their filial piety, and with the help of Mrs. Zhang, you must be promoted faster. When the time comes, help me pay attention to Wei Yan and the others, what is said on the list, you have to bother you. ”

"It doesn't matter. It just so happened that Xu'er and Xiaoxue wanted to go to Nanyang to have a look, which was exactly what they wanted. ”

Huang Zhong nodded. After getting along in the past few years, as Huang Xu's body recovered, his temperament gradually became gentle, and he was more grateful to Liu Zheng, and his smile at this time was also extraordinarily soft.

Liu Zheng smiled, and then glanced at Xun Yu and the others, "Then let's get down to business, I mean ......"

"If I heard correctly, this time the angel came to let Liu Youzhou enter Beijing?"

Xun Yu asked, saw Guan Yu nodded, raised his eyebrows at Liu Zheng and smiled: "In this case, you also add Liu Youzhou, isn't it clear that you want to choose him?" ”

Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and the others were stunned, Xun Di thought about it, and said with a smile: "Then Meng Cai and I will take a few hundred people as villagers to help Cao Mengde." Brother Ziyuan picked some people to help Sun Wentai? ”

"It's just a good time to talk to Demou."

Sun Hao bowed his head, and then hesitated a little and said: "It's just the lord, what about Gongsun Boju?" Gongsun Bojue, you don't seem to be able to explain. With his character, it may not be of much use to let Zi Gangong and Zidu persuade him. What's more, if you take refuge in Liu Youzhou, although it is a good choice, it is inevitable that some people will say that you are pampered and arrogant, so as to make it difficult. ”

Xun Shu lowered his head and worked hard to write, but muttered in his mouth: "Uncle Deran's proposition is actually quite similar to Liu Youzhou, Bo Juegong is somewhat reckless, and he also sent people to plunder grain and grass everywhere. It is also a good choice to have Uncle Deran knock it. ”

"It's the wind of the Father."

Zhang Fei smiled, and everyone laughed too.

Xun Shu scratched his head a little embarrassed, looked at Yuan Chun, Ah Qi and other female relatives who were also copying on the side, and then looked at Liu Zheng, and smiled, "If it weren't for my uncle asking me to wait here to accompany the transcription, I would still be able to express my opinions, and I wouldn't dare to talk nonsense......"

There are a lot of such meetings, and everyone also knows that Liu Zheng doesn't care about these etiquette systems, and after laughing, Xun You habitually wiped the mustache on his lips with his right index finger, and smiled slightly coldly, "Liu Youzhou can't have anything to do, and he can't go." It is also a good thing for the world to have his benevolent government......"

"...... so"

Xun Yu frowned slightly, his expression was a little gloomy, Xun Yu hurriedly surrendered his hand, but his eyes were sharp, "The overall situation is the first, the angel should encounter a thief to make trouble......"

Changing jobs these days, I'm looking for it, and maybe the update will be intermittent...... I'm sorry. Hope for understanding.