In the winter of the tenth year of Xingping, Dong Zhuo was very old, and he was not adapted to the humid and hot climate in the south of the Yangtze River, and he was terminally ill.

In this life, the contradiction between Dong Zhuo and Lu Bu is not as big as in history, he did not raise troops to rebel against Dong Zhuo in the end, and Wang Yun and other loyal ministers loyal to the Han family were small in number and weak, and they did not achieve the goal of assassinating Dong Zhuo and seizing power.

Dong Zhuo killed more loyal ministers than in history, and there were more loyal ministers of the Han family who took refuge in Gao Shun, so there were many fewer people in Changsha who were united with Wang Yun and plotted against Dong Zhuo than in history.

Dong Zhuo basically had an alliance with Gao Shun in the second half of his life, and was often threatened by Gao Shun, and his overall life was not bad.

Now that he was terminally ill, Dong Zhuo felt that his life was imminent, so he summoned everyone to the bed and announced his death; He is most afraid that after his death, his subordinates will be unconvinced and will be torn apart, in this case, everyone will not end well, and his Dong family may also be wiped out.

In the end, Dong Zhuoxuan's successor was Li Ru, and forced everyone to confess to Li Ru in front of him.

Although everyone was unwilling, Dong Zhuo Yuwei was still there, and they didn't dare to make any changes, so they had to recognize Li Ru as the master.

On the same day, Dong Zhuo died of illness, and Emperor Liu Xie gave him the nickname Jingming.

Jing means that the force is strong, and it is clear that it is not possible because of the contrary; The agreement is to be strong in force and not to rebel.

According to Dong Zhuo's last wishes, he was buried under the platform of Wangxiang in the west of Changsha City, looking at the Central Plains and his hometown from afar, but he was actually secretly buried elsewhere; Dong Zhuo made too many enemies, killed too many people, and had too many enemies, so he had to be held accountable after his death.

Li Ru took over the position of Taishi, first of all, to balance the strength of the generals and win over the generals; secondly, intensify the crackdown on loyal ministers of the Han family; Thirdly, intensify the crackdown on Jiaozhou and occupy the two northern counties as soon as possible; Finally, an envoy was sent to contact Qin Guan and Gao Shun to stabilize external relations.

Under a series of actions by Li Ru, the peaceful handover and the gradual stabilization of Changsha City did not cause turmoil.

But there is an undercurrent underneath.

Although Niu Fu, the Dong family and the officers from Liangzhou were dissatisfied with Li Ru, they shared weal and woe with Li Ru, and for their own interests, they still chose to stick together; Outside forces such as Lü Bu and Chang Feng became the targets of exclusion, and they gradually rallied around Lü Bu to protect themselves and gradually became a force; Li Ru wanted to ban but was powerless to stop it, laying the foundation for their downfall.

Zhonglang General Changfeng fought against the troops of the Jiaozhou Shijia and the Sun family in Cangwu County, and did not die much, but the people died of illness due to the unsuitable climate, and he was worried, these officers and soldiers followed him for many years, and were very loyal to him, it was his capital, and he relied on it, if he lost too much, he would lose his use value; And he feels that he has been hovering on the periphery of Dong Zhuo's forces, and has not been reused, so his loyalty to Dong Zhuo is the lowest, let alone Li Ru.

So after Dong Zhuo's death, he began to plan a way out, and he couldn't continue to follow the court; The Jiaozhou Shijia and the Sun family of Nanhai County were not ideal candidates, and in the end, he set his goal as Qinguan in Jiangdong.

Jiangdong has a vast territory, is very rich, has a strong army, and seems to have the tendency to unify the south of the Yangtze River, if so, there is the possibility of dividing the river with the Central Plains and ruling the country, this is an opportunity for him to prosper, and he must occupy a position in advance.

So Chang Xian sent someone to contact Yang Hong of Qujiang County, and put forward his willingness to take refuge in Jiangdong, hoping that he could contact the state Mu Qinguan; In the process of jointly fighting Jiaozhou, Chang Feng met Yang Hong, Ji Ling and others a few times, and they were familiar with each other.

He believes that Yang Hong's forces are also outsiders in Jiangdong, and if he gets close to Yang Hong, he can get his Buddha photo after taking refuge in Jiangdong, which can be regarded as finding a backer in advance and forming an alliance, so that he will not be isolated in Jiangdong forces in the future.

Chang Feng was very complacent about his plan.

Yang Hong was very happy about Chang Xuan's refuge, but he dared to accept his surrender, before Jiangdong and Dong Zhuo's forces allied together, and now continue to make friends with Li Ru, and jointly attack the Sun family and the Shi family in Jiaozhou, if you accept Chang Xuan's refuge, it will inevitably destroy this balance, Yang Hong does not have confidence in the three forces such as the warrior family, the Sun family and Li Ru.

So Yang Hong comforted Chang Feng and asked him to wait for the time being, waiting for him to report to Qinzhou Mu for a decision.

Qin Guan and Liu Ye got Yang Hong's report, and they were very conflicted in their hearts; Recently, there has not only been news that Chang Yun wants to take refuge, but also Wang Yun sent people to unite, wanting to jointly deal with Li Ru's forces; If Li Ru is eliminated and Lu Bu and others are united, they can defeat the Xiliang tribes, rescue the imperial court, save the royal family, and benefit the people.

Qin Guan did not receive Gao Shun's instructions and did not dare to make decisions on his own; Liu Ye was also worried that if Li Ru was persecuted, they would unite with Jiaozhou, and the Jiangnan forces would be even more complicated.

And Qin Guan and Liu Ye do not have the confidence to resist the tripartite forces alone, in that case, they must make their relationship with Gao Shun public, and with the help of Gao Shun's forces, they can defeat the tripartite forces, which will definitely cost the people and money, and it will take a long time.

So, they immediately asked Gao Shun for the next plan of action.

Liu Ye still admired Gao Shun's strategy of asking Dong Zhuo to fight against Jiaozhou before.

Now Yang Hong, the Taishou of Qujiang County, Zhang Xiu, the Taishou of Huiji County, and the naval army have joined forces to completely expel Sun Quan's forces to the area west of the Pearl River and occupy the rich plains of Nanhai County; The Sun family and the Shi family have been completely united, and the Shi family lent Cangwu County to the Sun family to garrison to help defend against Dong Zhuo's forces and Qin Guan's forces.

Moreover, the naval army completely occupied Zhuya County and Dan'er County, that is, the outer circle of Hainan Island, which was a great threat to Jiaozhi County, Jiuzhen County and Hepu County; The mountainous areas are too steep and dense to occupy.

The addition of the navy accelerated the development of Nanhai County, and merchant ships and warships could go directly to Nanhai County to govern Panyu, bringing goods, technology and people from the north.

The Jiaozhou Shijia now regrets their hesitation very much and did not choose to ally with the Gaoshun forces.

Dong Zhuo died, and the happiest was Emperor Liu Xie, but then Li Ru took over the position of Taishi, which made his mood fall into the ice cave again.

Dong Zhuo is bad, Li Ru is not inferior, they are all ruthless people, Liu Wei was poisoned by Li Ru at the beginning.

The second was those loyal ministers of the imperial court, who only disappointed them, and Li Ru continued to implement the strategy of suppressing the scholars after taking power.

In fact, Wang Yun and others had already been mentally prepared, the strategies implemented by Dong Zhuo were all from the military advisor Li Ru, and now that Li Ru is in power, it will only be worse than before, so the goal of Wang Yun and others has shifted from assassinating Dong Zhuo to assassinating Li Ru. Now there are a large number of soldiers and horses stationed in Changsha City, so that Wang Yun has no way to start, even if he assassinates Li Ru, if those Xiliang reckless men go crazy, they will even kill all the courtiers and emperors, so he must continue to win over Lu Bu, who is in charge of the army.

Lu Bu is in a depressed mood now, just depressed, for a military general like him, no matter who he does with, it will not be much better, and he has no ambition to be a warlord of princes, so although he is good friends with Wang Yun on the surface, he has never made up his mind to rebel against Dong Zhuo, and now he is the same for Li Ru; In their minds, as long as he is with the imperial court, his loyalty to Li Ru is the same as his loyalty to the imperial court.

Lu Bu was grateful in his heart for the kindness of the first emperor, and he did not want the court to suffer again, and he was very satisfied to maintain the status quo; At the beginning, he also received the favor of Gao Shun, and Gao Shun was powerful, so he did not dare to fight against him; Without the support of Gao Shun's forces, the emperor's situation would not change much after the destruction of Li Ru's imperial court under the control of those civil officials.

Dong Zhuo's illness and death surprised Gao Shun, it was good to have a good ending, much stronger than the ending in history, but the situation in Jiangnan was more complicated.

Qin Guan and Liu Ye's instructions made him think for a long time, how should he deal with it next?