Chapter 88 The Situation of the Parties
Luoyang was not burned by Dong Zhuo as in history, although the second invasion of the Western Liang Army scared away some families, but the people did not lose much so they still prospered.
"It is worthy of being the imperial capital, and it has five thousand more killing intent points than Chang'an Capital. But what about the people of Luoyang? ”
After Liu Meng led the army into the city, the first thing he wanted to find was Cai Yong, Emperor Cao Cao and others were definitely not in Luoyang at this time, if one person was still in Luoyang, the system would not prompt to occupy Luoyang.
He urgently needed to figure out the situation at this time, and he was afraid that Cai Yong was no longer in Luoyang, so his plan to use his fame to cultivate talents for himself would also be in vain.
Fortunately, when I came to Cai Yong's mansion and asked the gatekeeper, I learned that Cai Yong was still in the house, and after the gatekeeper passed the word, Cai Yong actually took the initiative to come out to greet him.
"Anping Hou is late." Cai Yong screamed sadly.
Liu Meng saw that Cai Yong's spirit was very bad, Cai Yong was nearly seventy years old, and he was relatively long-lived among the ancients.
"Why is Cai Shizhong like this?" Liu Meng asked.
Cai Yong introduced Liu Meng into the mansion, and told Liu Meng what happened a few days ago, and Liu Meng also obtained Chang'an Hongnong and other places, and informed Cai Yong of the news that Dong Zhuo's remnants were all exterminated.
"Alas, if the Marquis of Anping had come back earlier, the Holy Lord would definitely not have left, and after Meng De returned to the army, I sent people to chase after him but was blocked, and I couldn't see the Holy Lord at all." Cai Yong said.
Yan Gang got the order to escort Emperor Xian to Youzhou safely, since Emperor Xian had agreed, naturally he would not let Wang Yun and other people sent to chase Emperor Xian, if Cao Cao led troops to chase after him, it was almost the same, but unfortunately Cao Cao was already dead at that time.
"Cai Shizhong doesn't have to be like this, although this move will reduce the prestige of the saint, but there is Liu Yu in Youzhou can also keep the saint safe, and now all the princes are doing that merger in the name of Xingyibing, the Central Plains is the land of four wars, if there is a person who acts in vain to coerce the Son of Heaven to order the ministers, then the saint is in danger, and now the saint does not have much military power in his hands." Liu Meng said.
"Who dares, this is a great rebellion, everyone will be punished, there are Anping Hou and Meng Degong to defend the Jingshi, who can be the saint." Cai Yong said angrily.
"Driven by interests, there is nothing that I dare not do, and if it is done secretly, there is no evidence, and no one can say anything according to the Holy Decree, as for me and Brother Meng De, Cai Shizhong really looks down on me and waits, and the princes of the world are probably the weakest in me and Brother Meng De." Liu Meng smiled bitterly.
Cai Yong was speechless in one sentence, he knew that because Liu Meng and Cao Cao had rescued the driver many times, the two of them had lost the most soldiers and horses, and now they were indeed the weakest.
"Is there no way around it? Why are there so few people like Anping Hou and Meng De who are dedicated to the public? Cai Yong muttered.
"Marquis Anping, the Holy Lord has always relied on you, can't you do it?" Cai Yong said.
"Now everything is based on strength, although I have the heart to help the Han family, my strength is not good." Liu Meng shook his head and said.
"Marquis Anping doesn't have to be so discouraged, now that you have most of the division, you can also temporarily manage this Luoyang on behalf of the saint, and when the strength is strong, you can sweep away the rebels and welcome back the holy driver, and the Han family can be prosperous." Cai Yong said.
"Although I have quite a lot of military strength, the foundation for the first place to settle down is too thin, there are no people who are good at governance, and there is an extreme lack of middle and low-level officials, so it is not easy to develop." Liu Meng sighed.
"My old bones are still of some use, I have begun to implement the private learning matters that Anping Hou said that day, although it has not achieved much results because the time is still short, but there are some people with a good foundation, as long as the old man is given a little more time, these people should be able to help Anping Hou."
Liu Meng was naturally overjoyed when he heard this.
After that, Liu Meng stayed in Luoyang for more than a month, under the leadership of Cai Yong, he visited the remaining clans in Luoyang City, Liu Meng has also entered the eyes of these clans at this time, these people are reluctant to leave because the foundation is in Luoyang, and Luoyang has now been under Liu Meng's command, plus Cai Yong said on the side that Liu Meng is to stand on the righteousness of the king after strengthening his power, so they all expressed their willingness to help Liu Meng.
So far, Liu Meng has really won the support of the upper class of the Eastern Han Dynasty, not only received a lot of material assistance, these family origins, more or less have sent some children to serve under Liu Meng, although these people have no great talent, but it has greatly alleviated Liu Meng's lack of middle and low-level officials, and it can be regarded as meeting Liu Meng's initial expectations.
Jia Xu also had information that the alliance with Ma Teng was successful, and Han Sui also withdrew his troops after seeing Ma Teng retreating, whether it was because Liu Meng occupied the righteousness and the other party was not good at attacking or because he wanted to digest the results of the battle, the west was temporarily stable.
There is a tiger prison guarding the Xiongguan Pass in the east, and Liu Meng has no idea of marching to the Central Plains for the time being, and he has set his strategic sights on merging states.
Because Bingzhou has been in the state of borderless land since Ding Yuan's death, but it is not correct to say that it is borderland, Jia Xu's intelligence shows that there is no one to lead Bingzhou because of Ding Yuan's death, and the official army is like a plate of scattered sand without combat power, at this time it is already a series of thieves and is occupied by thieves.
Although Luoyang is safe, its strategic location is very important, and the monthly supply of killing intent is very large, so Liu Meng left the obtained materials in Luoyang, and left Xu Huang to recruit soldiers and horses to train diligently to deal with the Quartet.
A few days later, Liu Meng took Ren Xiu'er to Hedong.
At this time, it was already the winter of 189 A.D. (because the time of Emperor Xian's accession to the throne was different from history, and it would not be consistent with the historical era name, so it would be expressed like this in the future), because of the advent of winter, the war between Yuan Shao and Gongsun Chan also came to an end temporarily, ending with Gongsun Chan capturing the river and the Bohai Sea.
And Emperor Xian also came to Youzhou under the escort of Yan Gang, Liu Yu got the news early and led the troops to welcome Emperor Xian to Zhuo County, and did not let him go to Beiping.
Nominally, Liu Yu is Gongsun Zhan's boss, and Gongsun Zhan didn't think about blackmailing the Son of Heaven, just because he didn't want the emperor to fall into the hands of thieves, so he didn't care about Liu Yu's actions.
This time, Liu Bei's three brothers contributed a lot, and Gongsun Chan naturally would not treat this friend badly, so he played the emperor's table Liu Bei as the Bohai Taishou, of course, whether Liu Bei was regarded as a bridgehead to resist Yuan Shao only Gongsun Chan himself knew.
When Liu Bei met the emperor, he told his life experience, and the emperor heard that he was also a relative of the Han family, and his good feelings increased greatly, and he couldn't help but sigh that there were so many heroes of the Han family, and after a detailed description, he found that Liu Bei was his uncle's father, so he called Liu Bei the emperor's uncle, and Liu Bei obtained the coveted name, and immediately said that he should take Kuang Fu Han as his own responsibility.
Emperor Xian heard that Liu Bei said that he was even more overjoyed, knowing that Liu Bei is now in a low position, so he ordered Liu Yu to allocate 20,000 horses and Liu Bei, Liu Yu has a gentle personality and has no ambition to dominate the world, in his heart the soldiers under his command are all Han soldiers Emperor Xian naturally has the right to decide its ownership, so he does not care about this matter, so he handed over 20,000 soldiers and horses to Liu Bei.
Liu Bei is now quite powerful, before Gongsun Zhan handed him 10,000 soldiers and horses, including 1,000 elite white horse righteous servants, after all, let Liu Bei resist Yuan Shao also give him some capital, Liu Bei, who has 30,000 soldiers and horses, can be regarded as a prince all the way.
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