Chapter 273: Burning Luoyang Send a messenger
Dong Zhuo replied angrily: "The thieves in the eastern part of the country are rising, and the world is in turmoil." Chang'an has the risk of Kuihan; Closer to Longyou, wood, stone, bricks, and tiles, Keri can be done, and the palace is built, without more than a month. I am for the world, how can I pity the small people! You and others are pushing back and blocking the country's plans, you really shouldn't be a courtier! ”
After finishing speaking, he immediately asked Emperor Han to dismiss Yang Biao, Huang Wan, and Xun Shuang as commoners.
The dismissal of the three princes without a word is an unprecedented thing in ancient times. was so frightened that Liu Xie, the ten-year-old Emperor of Han Xian, did not dare to speak.
"Your Majesty does not object, that is to agree to the minister's request!" Dong Zhuo glared at Liu Xie fiercely, and said loudly: "Come on, take back the Golden Seal of the Three Princes, and expel Yang Biao, Huang Wan, and Xun Shuang from the palace!" ”
Xun Shuang was straightforward and wanted to resist, but was stopped by Yang Biao and Huang Wan and launched the Chongde Palace.
The hundred officials were shocked by Dong Zhuo's obscenity and did not dare to say anything more, and the matter of moving the capital was decided.
Moving the capital to Chang'an requires a large amount of food for the journey. There was not enough food in the official warehouse in Luoyang, and Li Ru once again offered his advice: "There are many wealthy families in Luoyang, and in the past, they all relied on the Yuan family and other party members to loot wealth among the people. ”
Dong Zhuo used his strategy to order Fan Chou to lead the Xiliang Iron Cavalry to 5,000 to arrest thousands of wealthy families in Luoyang, and insert a wooden sign on the back of each person's neck, with the four big characters of "anti-minister and anti-party" written on it, and then beheaded them in a mass grave outside Luoyang City, and confiscated all their family property. Subsequently, he ordered more than 1 million people inside and outside Luoyang City to move to Chang'an, and if anyone did not comply, he would be decided. Each team of Xiliang sergeants escorted more than 1,000 civilians. All of a sudden, the avenue from Luoyang to Chang'an was crowded with migratory people. Dong Zhuo distributed the stolen food to the escorted sergeants, but the stolen sergeants sold it at a high price. Because of the lack of food, the starving and looting of each other until countless people died, and the corpses were scattered all over the avenue.
In addition to selling grain at a high price, on the road, there were many Xiliang sergeants who were interested in killing people and seizing money. The cry of the migrated people was lined up from Luoyang to Chang'an, shaking the heavens and the earth. If there are people who are unwilling to leave Luoyang, or deliberately delay or escape, the Xiliang sergeant who is responsible for supervision does not need to report to the superiors, and he will be killed immediately with a knife in his hand.
After driving the people of Luoyang out of the city, Dong Zhuo ordered the city to be set on fire. All the palaces, official residences, and private houses in Luoyang were all burned down, and it was unbearable to see. After sacking Luoyang City, Dong Zhuo was still not satisfied, and set his sights on the treasures in the emperor's mausoleum outside Luoyang City. Lu Bu volunteered and led 3,000 soldiers to excavate the tombs of the emperor and his concubines, and dug up all the gold, silver, jade and all the treasures inside to Dong Zhuo...... In the end, Dong Zhuo loaded thousands of carts of gold, silver, treasure, silk and satin looted from inside and outside Luoyang City, and took the poor Han Emperor Liu Xie all the way to Chang'an.
It is said that Dong Zhuo was busy moving the capital in Luoyang, which made people angry. However, the Kwantung princes hesitated outside the Tiger Prison Pass and made no achievements. Just because Xu Rong had Yuan Kui, Yuan Feng and others as hostages, Yuan Shao did not dare to bear the infamy of "unfilial piety" and did not dare to enter the army. The coalition battalion held meetings every day, and they quarreled every day, but they couldn't come up with a single reason.
"Dong thieves burned the palace and robbed the Son of Heaven, the sea shook, and he didn't know where to go. At the time of death, the world was decided by a war. For the livelihood of the world, Taifu and Lord Situ will definitely understand the behavior of our troops! ”
Cao Cao was a staunch main battle faction, advocating the sacrifice of two Yuan lords and the storming of the Tiger Pass.
When Yuan Shu heard this, he immediately rolled his eyes and thought: You don't have a backache when you stand and talk! The tiger prison is closed, and the person who will be executed, if it is your father, are you still so happy? To put it nicely, for the sake of the common people in the world, who still doesn't know the benefits and risks hidden under this righteousness.
Although Yuan Shu did not express his position directly, his expression was firmer than any words. If what Cao Cao said was really impassioned, Yuan Shu jumped out and persuaded Cao Cao to be calm and understand his and Yuan Shao's feelings as sons of man. In a word: wait. I don't know exactly when it will take.
Speaking of which, what else can Cao Cao say?
Yuan Shao's thoughts were actually similar to Yuan Shu's, but he didn't show it. As the leader of the alliance, he must look at the question of "to attack or not to attack" from the perspective of righteousness. The question now is not whether Yuan Shao is willing to sacrifice the lives of his father and uncle, but what will the Han society think of him after sacrificing these two? What will history books write about him? As a family, he cherishes his reputation very much. I don't want to bear the infamy of "unfilial piety" in the future and leave a stench for thousands of years. Perhaps, what Yuan Shao is looking forward to most now is that one day when Dong Zhuo is in a bad mood, he can directly kill Yuan Kui and Yuan Feng, so that he can unload his burden and attack the Tiger Prison with the righteousness of "national hatred and family hatred". But on the contrary, the cunning Dong Zhuo always hung the lives of Yuan Kui and Yuan Feng.
Because the temple was destroyed, as a relative of the Han family, Liu Dai jumped out to support Cao Cao's opinion, stormed the tiger prison, and killed Dong thief, without discussion.
Liu Dai on the front foot expressed support, and Han Fu on the back foot immediately objected! He is a protégé of Yuan Kui, and Yuan Kui is his mentor. If Yuan Kui died because he raised troops to attack the Tiger Prison Pass, Han Fu might have to bear the charge of "killing the master". In Confucian teachings, "killing the teacher" is the same as "killing the father", which is a great sin.
He Xian neither supported nor opposed, so he sat quietly and watched the princes debate the good show of "war or not war". Previously, he had applied with Yuan Shao three times, requesting to return to Nanyang and recuperate. The Nanyang Army suffered "heavy casualties" in the battle with Huaxiong and had long lost its "strength to fight again". However, Yuan Shao has always refused to release He Xian. One is that the princes of the Eighteen Roads, who are afraid of bad influence and have managed to save up, if they go their separate ways every minute, he, the lord of the alliance, will become a joke of the world. Second, although the Nanyang Army can no longer fight, He Xian and the fierce generals under He Xian can still serve the coalition as a high-end combat force.
Suddenly, a spy reported, saying that a general came down from the Tiger Prison Pass, and on the order of Dong Zhuo, he named and asked to see General Wei He Xian, and there was a private matter to discuss.
"Private business? This is all beating you to death, what other private matters can be discussed? The noisy Chinese army tent instantly quieted down, and the princes looked at He Xian one after another, with suspicion in their eyes.
Needless to say, this must be Li Ru's poisonous plan again, wanting to divide He Xian's alliance with other princes. If He Xian is summoned alone, even if he is reasonable, he will become unreasonable. Simply, meet this envoy directly in front of these mallet princes to see what tricks Dong Zhuo is going to play.