As soon as Yuan Shao's words fell, he heard a sad cry in the distance: "General, Taifu and his old man were killed by Dong Zhuo!" The Yuan family was killed by the Xiliang soldiers! General, you have to avenge your boss! ”

Seeing the housekeeper of the Yuan Mansion crawling over in the distance, Yuan Shao's face turned white, and he rode his horse close and asked sharply, "What did you say!" ”

"Three days ago, a group of black-clothed masked men broke into the Taifu Mansion in the middle of the night and killed all the more than 500 people in the Taifu Mansion. www.biquge.info"The butler was covered with dirt, and it seemed that he had suffered a lot in the past three days.

"How do you know they are Dong Zhuo's people?! Aren't they covered in black? Gao Gan, who was standing on the side, asked, although this guy has no morals on the issue of men and women, Wen Taowu is still a little bit more cautious and careful, otherwise Yuan Shao would not think so highly of him.

"After they killed all the people in the house, a person said, 'Have you killed them all, let's go back and ask Xiangguo for a reward', the leader gave that person a slap and scolded, 'Nima's, your words have exposed us all, Xiangguo knew that Yuan Shao fled to Xiangyang and crusaded against Xiangguo with the Jinliang Alliance, Xiangguo was afraid that Yuan Kui would do internal response, so he sent us to kill Yuan Kui, think about it, if Xiangguo wants to kill Yuan Lao Pifu justifiably, do you still need us to walk at night with a mask', the person in front asked' So what now?' and the leader said, 'Now we have to burn these with a fire, and burn those who are not dead here.' By the way, both of them have Western Liang accents. "The butler is one and fifteen.

"It seems that it's really Dong Zhuo's Xiliang butcher, uncle, what should I do now?" Gao Gan said sadly.

Yuan Shao's face was gloomy. He suddenly found himself in a dilemma. I just offended Jin Liang. also said that if Jin Liang's side did not move or refused to support him, just relying on the group of gentlemen who sat down and talked about the Tao of Yuan's protégés, he would not want to avenge this family in his life.

Jin Liang secretly praised Wang Yue for doing a good job, resisted the pleasure in his heart, instigated the red rabbit horse, came to Yuan Shao's approach, turned over and dismounted. He bowed his hand and said: "Brother Ben, now Dong Zhuo is not only a national enemy, but also a family hatred of Brother Ben. Can Brother Ben Chu put aside your and my personal grievances first, avenge the country and family hatred first, and when Dong Zhuo is annihilated, let's talk about personal grievances in detail, how about it? ”

Jin Liang gave the steps down, Yuan Shao was not a stupid person, he also turned over and dismounted, and saluted back: "Virtuous brother can ignore the past suspicions." Repay virtue with grievances and help me generously. I, Yuan Benchu, was not a narrow-minded person, I will put the major affairs of my family and country first, destroy Dong thief, and return the Son of Heaven! ”

Saying that, Yuan Shao picked up the horse whip, whipped Gao Gan, and scolded viciously: "Boy, now the major affairs of the family and the country are important, and the private feelings of the children are put aside, if you let me know that you will harass General Jin's concubine again, and don't wait for General Jin to be angry, I will kill you first, do you understand?!" ”

Gao Gan knew that the current situation was different from the past, it was Jin Liang who was desperately trying to win over Yuan Shao, and now Yuan Shao needed to borrow Jin Liang to ask Dong, so he walked in front of Jin Liang and fell to the ground with a plop: "Gao Gan is stupid, offending the general, please forgive the general!" ”

"You get up, go back to Chen and stay immediately, don't come to Xiangyang again in this life, if you let me see you appear in Xiangyang, I will kill you immediately!" Jin Liang said coldly, like this kind of man who plots against his own woman, Jin Liang can't wait to castrate him immediately, how can he please Dong Daye is imminent.

Gao Gan hurriedly looked back at Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao waved his hand: "You go back first, I have to delay here for a few days, and after the feast of the Son of Heaven is over, I will go to Runan, and then you will go to Runan." ”

Gao Gan had the heart to look at Diao Chan standing at the gate of the General's Mansion again, but he was afraid of annoying Jin Liang again, so he lowered his head, climbed on the horse, and ran to the south of the city with a smoke.?“ Uh, by the way, why don't you go to Wancheng to tell my brother Yuan Highway? Yuan Shao suddenly remembered that Yuan Shu was the successor of the Yuan family designated by Yuan Kui, and it stands to reason that this housekeeper should go to Wancheng, the closest to Luoyang, instead of coming all the way to Xiangyang.

"The villain wanted to go to Wancheng to tell Yuan Highway, but when the villain came to the south gate of Luoyang overnight, he wanted to go out of the city overnight, but he saw a few black-clothed masked people lying in ambush near the south gate, the villain guessed that Dong Zhuo was afraid that someone in Yuan's mansion would go to Wancheng to ventilate and report the news, so he sent someone to ambush, and the villain had to go out of the east gate and go to Hanoi to find the general, but Hanoi Taishou Han Lin said that the general came to Xiangyang, so I hurried to Xiangyang and finally found the general."

"Well, you're really a loyal servant, come on, give him a reward." Jin Liang ordered the man to bring a pound of gold to the steward. He really appreciates this housekeeper of the Yuan Mansion, if he wasn't stupid, if he hadn't come in time, today's incident would be really difficult to clean up, Wang Yue's gang did a really good job, and they protected this housekeeper very thoughtfully.

"Brother Xianting, in the future, this Dong Alliance will rely on you a lot!" Yuan Shao is sad and happy about Yuan Kui's death, sad is that so many family members have died, and the joy is that Yuan Kui is dead, and the Yuan family is no longer controlled by the old puppet who is biased towards the bastard brother Yuan Shu, with the reputation and influence that he has established over the years, how can the younger brother who seems to be Ren Xia Shangqi actually simple-minded and impulsive fight himself, the foundation of the Yuan family is his own sooner or later, but the one in front of him is a severe test for him, he must work hard to win over Jin Liang to help him, and ask Dong together, If Dong Zhuo can be eliminated, his reputation will be even louder.

"Well, Brother Benchu, it's not that I don't want to help you, it's that you don't want to help yourself." Jin Liang sneered.

"Brother Xianting, why do you say this?" Yuan Shao asked in surprise.

"I heard one of your advisors say that you wrote a letter to those protégés of the Yuan family, and the letter said to wait and see, but is there really such a thing?"

"Who the hell told you that? Brother Xianting, you have to believe me, there is no such thing! "Yuan Shao is a hypocritical person, he is hypocritical regardless of the occasion, Jin Liang already has conclusive evidence, and he still looks innocent, which makes Jin Liang even more disgusted with him.

"I won't tell you, can I betray my friend?" Jin Liang just wants to bury a thorn in the suspicious Yuan Shao's heart, so that he will be suspicious of all the strategists under his command, and let those people turn away from him and morality.

Jin Liang said solemnly: "If there is no word in your letter to 'wait and see what happens'. Why are those protégés and former officials delaying the arrival of the documents in Xiangyang now! Ben Chu Brother. If you really make me believe it. You will write to those protégés of the Yuan family in front of me! ”

Under such circumstances, Yuan Shao readily agreed, entered Jin Liang's mansion, and spent an afternoon writing all those letters, and handed them over to the scribes of the imperial court to be urgently sent to various protégés and former officials, telling them that Yuan Kui had been killed by Dong Zhuo, and asked them to prepare to raise troops immediately. to avenge the country's revenge and family hatred.

Seeing that Yuan Shao had finished writing all the letters, Lu Bucai smiled with satisfaction: "When the Son of Heaven sets up a banquet tomorrow, Brother Ben Chu will have a few more drinks." ”

Yuan Shao had a calm face: "The hatred of the country and the family has not been extinguished, Yuan Shao, I don't dare to drink and salute!" ”

"Non also, non also, the first brother, that Dong Zhuo is powerful, it can be eliminated in a day, the battle against Dong may last for a year and a half or even longer, the first brother has always been so gloomy. The body and mind are not comfortable, and over time. will definitely give birth to disease, when the first brother will be sick for a long time, how can he crusade against Dong Zhuo? ”

"What Brother Xian Ting said is very true, then I will drink a few more cups for my brother." Yuan Shao was actually holding a gesture, and he didn't have much grief for Yuan Kui's death, but his brother Yuan Shu might be several times more sad than him.

Yuan Shao was escorted by Yan Liang and Wen Chou, and then went to meet the heads of the family who had come to Xiangyang to prepare to participate in the banquet of the Son of Heaven, Yuan Shao had a straight face along the way, Yan Liang and Wen Chou were rough people, and they didn't know that Yuan Shao was very disgusted with their acceptance of Jin Liang's personal bandage, and thought that Yuan Shao was still sad about Yuan Kui's death, so he comforted a few words, the more they comforted, the more disgusted Yuan Shao became, and finally roared "Shut up," Yan Liangwen looked at each other, and had to close his mouth.

After Jin Liang settled the matter of Yuan Shao and Gao Gan, he continued to go back to discuss and improve the matter of Ma Zheng with Tian Chou, and then Dong Zhao, the division of the Chinese army, wrote a seal and passed it to other auxiliary ministers of the cabinet first. Jin Liang told Lu Zhi and them his thoughts in detail, although they felt that betting on horses was a bit immoral, but it was very beneficial to the prosperity of Ma Zheng, and the advantages outweighed the disadvantages, so they had to agree, and after they agreed, they signed and agreed on the seal, and played the seal to the Son of Heaven and the Queen Mother.

The Son of Heaven Liu Wei was ignorant, and the Empress Dowager He Lian was still the regent, and she saw that all the auxiliary ministers had no objections, so she covered the letter seal of the Son of Heaven and formed an edict to promulgate the world. Of course, having enough horses is not enough to create a strong cavalry team, but also cavalry with excellent riding skills. In order to quickly catch up with and surpass the cavalry quality of the nomads, Jin Liang required all cavalry to practice archery on horseback, practice wielding a knife on horse, sleep on horse, eat on horse, drink water on horse, and not dismount at any time except for Lazar and changing horses to get off the saddle.

Jin Liang's vision for the future was that after having enough war horses and well-trained cavalry, he would equip all the cavalry with double stirrups, Gaoqiao saddles and horseshoes, and then wave the grassland to eliminate Xianbei, Wuhuan, and Qianghu, and turn the Xianbei Plateau into the pasture of the Central Army.

The three-day period given by the Son of Heaven to the heads of those families also passed quickly. More than 180 of the heads of the more than 240 families came in person, more than 30 of the children of the families who were sent by the sick came, and more than 30 ignored them at all, which made Jin Liang feel very strange, these families really didn't give up when they didn't see the Yellow River, and they didn't cry when they didn't see the coffin. Now is not the time to be angry with them, because now is the time to win over the more than 180 families who arrived at the first time, and if you win over these 180 or so families, the other 60 or so families will definitely not be able to resist the combination of the Jinliang Central Army and the more than 180 families.

Nearly 1,000 people attended the banquet of the Son of Heaven, including not only the heads of those families and the elite children within their families, but also the current officials at all levels of the imperial court, and all the generals at the central military level participated in addition to the vigilance of their duties. Due to the large number of participants, the banquet set up by the Son of Heaven was not held in the palace of the Son of Heaven renovated from the Zhen family's private residence, but directly in the newly decorated Xiangyang New Palace expanded from the private residence of Zhao Zhong, the tenth permanent servant. Zhao Zhong's private residence covers an area of more than 300 acres, and when it was first built, it referred to the royal style, and there were magnificent pavilions and pavilions with magnificent carved beams and paintings, so that the then Jingzhou Emperor Fu Song impeached Zhao Zhong for building a private house for exceeding the system. Of course, the layout of Zhao Zhong's private residence and the palace must still be a little different in some aspects, and it is even worse in terms of security and defense, when Xiangyang moved all Zhao Zhong's treasures to the Central Army Castle. Then he recruited Jingzhou famous craftsmen. Zhao Zhong's private house was redecorated and reinforced. Some of the architectural decorations added are Jin Liang's creativity, which is close to the combination of European-style castles and the Forbidden City in later generations, costing nearly one billion dollars.

The Empress Dowager He Lian compared this place with the old palace in Luoyang City, and found that the architectural decoration has novel and unique places, and the magnificence is not inferior, and she was greatly satisfied, and immediately issued an edict to set this place as the new palace in Xiangyang.

Because the palace kitchen was not yet complete, Jin Liang instructed the Zhen family to host this feast of the Son of Heaven. The Zhen family summoned all the famous chefs in Jingzhou, totaling more than 200 people, to the Xiangyang Palace. It is also equipped with more than 2,000 handymen to help the cooks to ensure that this feast of the Son of Heaven will not lose the face of the royal family and cabinet ministers, especially Jin Liang.The guys of the Zhen family all know that Jin Liang is about to be the uncle of the Zhen family, and having such a powerful uncle makes them have more face, plus if these cooks or assistant cooks perform well in this feast of the Son of Heaven and get the praise of the banquet guests, they will have the opportunity to stay in the palace as the imperial chef, everyone works hard, and there are all kinds of cuisines, Jin Liang did not bother in this regard. The place where he spends the most time is on guard. Prevent the assassins on Dong Zhuo's side, and also prevent those rival families from plotting against each other. Jin Liang was equipped with 4,000 elite soldiers in the palace. It can be described as five steps, one post, ten steps and one sentry, the defense is tight, the Queen Mother is surrounded by Wu Amaranth, Wu Amaranth and the Queen Mother's more than a dozen henchmen and palace maids to escort, and the Son of Heaven is surrounded by Wang Yue and Wu Chongling 20 Tiger Ben Feather Forest elite soldiers to escort.

The generals of the Central Army who participated in the banquet were all neatly draped, crossed swords and swords, did not drink, and did not indulge in fun, in case anything changed. Ruling Jin Wu Lu Chong led 20,000 horses to step up patrols and guards in Xiangyang, especially outside the palace, to prevent some hostile families from making trouble in the city. Huang Zhong, the captain of the city gate, led 20,000 horses to guard the city gate on all sides, and strictly allowed anyone to enter and exit during the banquet of the Son of Heaven. Gao Shun and Zhenggu led the central army outside the city to tighten their defenses and respond to the officials and troops in the city at any time.

After Jin Liang arranged all the defense tasks, he became the last minister to attend the banquet of the Son of Heaven. Jin Liang is still the usual set of equipment, carrying the seven-star treasure knife, putting the stone dragon knife and the red rabbit horse at the door of the main hall, and handing it over to Dian Wei to control, Jin Liang is surrounded by Zhang Jaw, Gao Lan, Ju Yi, Zhu Ling, Xu Huang and other generals, and walks to the Tonghe hall where the feast of the Son of Heaven is held.

When this hall was completed, the Son of Heaven Liu Wei asked the auxiliary ministers to name the hall, everyone had different opinions, Lu Bu because the purpose of this hall was mostly for the emperor to meet the ministers, so he said that the emperor wanted to meet the ministers, hoping for "political communication and harmony", Liu Bi was overjoyed, so he named it Tonghe Hall.

Most of the heads of those families had already taken their seats, and the Huangmen squire who was waiting for his duties shouted loudly: "Cabinet Auxiliary Ministers, Captain Si Li, General Zhengnan, and Lord Guanglu Xun Jin Liang have arrived!" ”

There are some heads of families who dislike Jin Liang's humble background, or who don't know much about Jin Liang's life, so they all sit there on their knees and don't move.

What made them dumbfounded was that in addition to the Empress Dowager He Lian and the Taifu Lu Zhi and Taibao Ma Riyan, who were the masters of Jin Liang, the Son of Heaven Liu Bi, Sikong Liu Hong, Situ Yang Biao, Shang Shuling Huang Wan, Weiwei Zheng Tai, Julu Tian Jia's head Tian Feng, Chen Lin, the head of the Chen family, Dong Zhao, the head of the Fu family, the Taifu Cheng Tian Chou, Liu He, the chief Si Nong Zhu Guang and others all stood up to greet them, and Jin Liang greeted them one by one.

In the end, even Yuan Shao, the new head of the Runan Yuan family, the former general, and the Taishou of Runan, who was most valued by these families, stood up, smiled all over his face, and stepped forward to take the initiative to greet Jin Liang. There was some news that the head of the family who was inside the Xiangyang Imperial Court was rising hurriedly got up to greet him, and nodded with Jin Liang.

Some people who knew that Jin Liang was the leader of the Central Army and led the army to break the rampant Baibo and Black Mountain thieves, knew that Jin Liang put down the rebellion of Li Cheng and others with a wave of his hand, and also wiped out Li Cheng and other five families, and also sent the female families of the soldiers of the hostile forces to the red powder camp or Qinglou in the army, and castrated and pulled the male direct family members of the hostile forces to dig coal.

Jingzhou said that there are more than 240 families, but there are only more than 40 families that are truly powerful, self-contained, and never attached to other forces, and they are in each county, and the other more than 200 families are vassals of these more than 40 families, and they have to act according to their faces. This time, only thirty-two big families and one hundred and eighty-four small and medium-sized families attached to them came, and those families who did not come have all been blacklisted by the imperial court and the Central Military Intelligence Department.

Among the thirty-two big families who came to the palace to attend the banquet, there were only twenty heads of big families who came forward to show favor to Jin Liang, and the heads of small and medium-sized families who were attached to these big families naturally followed their respective leaders to show goodwill to Jin Liang. The twelve masters who are still sitting there, headed by Cai Mao, the head of the Cai family, a green robe sets off his rigid spirit, he looks at Jin Liang and the stars holding the moon is very unhappy, because Jin Liang in order to break the poisonous black mountain thieves, he actually dug Huang Zehu and flooded his family's more than 1,000 acres of fertile land, and afterwards said that he didn't know that this was the Cai family's land, saying that the Cai family did not record the field in the government and refused to compensate. (To be continued.) )

ps: The previous title Yuan Benchu wrote it wrong! Apologize to everyone