Dong Zhuo heard Jia Xu's words relayed by Li Ru, a satisfied smile appeared on his face, and he said gently:

"Wen You, this Jia Xu's thoughts are the same as yours! It's just that he didn't expect that the matter of the West Thief has been solved by you Wen You. ”

West thieves, that is, Han Sui, Ma Teng and others. When they rebelled, they raised the banner of "exterminating the eunuchs and sweeping away the king's side." This slogan, full of righteousness, is exactly the same as the intention of the Yellow Turban Army uprising. If it weren't for Han Sui's firm banner for many years, it would be impossible to coerce many scholars in Liangzhou.

Without the help of scholars, relying only on a group of ignorant Qiang barbarians is not enough to accomplish any great things. Only when the scholars of Liangzhou also joined the ranks of the Xiliang rebels could the Xiliang rebels have the ability to form their own regime.

And the Han Dynasty's harsh treatment of Liangzhou over the years has made many Western Liangshi people dissatisfied. Yan Zhong, who has died, is not the only scholar who wants to overthrow the current imperial court. On the contrary, among the scholars of Liangzhou origin, the idea of dissatisfaction with the imperial court actually occupied the mainstream.

Relying on the might of the army alone, these rebels could not make Li Xiangru, the Taishou of Longxi, Huang Yan of Jiuquan and other court officials respond to this rebellion, and it was impossible for the two of them, Sima Ma Teng and the Haoqiang Kingdom of Hanyang, decisively kill the former Liangzhou assassin Shi Geng and reflexively threw themselves into the Xiqiang rebels.

Relying on the force of the Qiang and Han rebels, breaking into the division, controlling the government, and comprehensively reforming and purging the current system of the Han Dynasty, this is what the Liangzhou scholars hope to do the most.

Therefore, in response to the banners played by Han Sui and Ma Teng, Dong Zhuo, who knew their rebels very well, sent Yang Ding, a general from Liangzhou, to Liangzhou after entering Beijing. Recruit Han Sui and his gang. Based on the understanding brought about by the four or five years of war between the two sides, Dong Zhuo was very sure that he could recruit Han Sui and them on the condition of allowing Han Sui to enter the DPRK as an official and jointly participate in the affairs of the DPRK.

After all, the one who knows a person best. Often it is his enemies.

Based on Dong Zhuo's understanding of Xiliang, after the four or five years of fighting, Han Sui's side won fewer victories and lost more, and it was even closer to a complete collapse in terms of financial resources. There are even more people in Liangzhou who died of cold, starvation, and disease than those who died on the battlefield. Just by virtue of the barrenness of the land in Liangzhou, the Xiliang rebels no longer had much strength to continue fighting with the imperial army.

Although Yang Ding's trip did not bring back any good news, he was not expelled by Han Sui. can see the true attitude of the Xiqiang rebels. They obviously also want to see what changes Dong Zhuo, a native of Liangzhou, will bring to the Han Dynasty, or the Liangzhou region, after he takes power.

Therefore, after being promoted to Xiangguo, Dong Zhuo once again sent his cronies Li Dao and Fan Chou, with the edict "issued" by the Son of Heaven to Xiliang. This time. Dong Zhuo was eight or ninety percent sure that Han Sui and Ma Teng would accept the surrender.

To know. This time, Dong Zhuo's conditions were made by Han Sui as the general of Zhenxi and Ma Teng as the general of Zhengxi. The conditions on the edict, according to the statements of several courtiers who knew the inside story, could not be simply described by the word "excellent"!

"General Zhengxi" is one of the "Four Expedition Generals", second only to the Great General, Hussar General, Che Cavalry General, and Wei General. "General Zhenxi" is one of the "Four Town Generals". Ranked as the "General of the Four Expeditions", he was in charge of the conquest and betrayal and the suppression of the Quartet. These two general positions are both high-ranking officials than the three dukes, even if they are compared with Dong Zhuo's position of "Xiangguo", they are only a little worse.

Compared with. The "Taihang Captain" with a rank of 600 stones, which Zhang Mad is now serving, is simply a joke in the officialdom.

"Lord Yue's reputation is overrated. The son-in-law just mentioned a little bit of foolishness, if you really want to do this, it still depends on the decision of the father-in-law. ”

After the modesty, Li Ru continued:

"The thief doesn't care. Jia Wenhe thought that since General Huangfu was bent on leaving a name of 'loyalty' in the history books, we could just take the opportunity to satisfy his mind so that it could be used in a convenient way. ”

"The way of loyalty and righteousness is the first priority of the Son of Heaven. If we can create a situation in which the Son of Heaven is in danger and only General Zuo obediently obeys the order can he save the Son of Heaven, then General Zuo will inevitably risk his life in order to win the name of loyalty and show his loyalty. ”

"Wait!"

Hearing this, Dong Zhuo suddenly interrupted Li Ru's words. He thought for a moment and asked:

"Which Son of Heaven is Huangfu Song to be loyal to?"

In the current Dahan Palace, there are actually two existences that can be called "Sons of Heaven". The first place, of course, is the current son of heaven Liu Xie, who was single-handedly supported by Dong Zhuo. But the second place is the former Son of Heaven who was ripped off the throne of the Son of Heaven by Dong Zhuo, and the current "King of Hongnong" Liu Wei!

Hearing Dong Zhuo's words, Li Ru's voice suddenly lowered most of his reply. In an extremely laborious tone, he leaned into Dong Zhuo's ear and said:

"No matter which one General Zuo respects, as long as one of them is removed, General Zuo has no choice......"

"You!"

As soon as Dong Zhuo heard Li Ru's reply, there was a rare look of horror on his face. He turned his head, pointed at Li Ru's nose with his hand, lowered his voice and said:

"What are you...... Great rebellion! ”

Regarding Dong Zhuo's reaction, Li Ru just stood aside and did not speak.

The conscience of heaven and earth, Dong Zhuo had never thought of the possibility of killing an emperor before. Although he is in power, he is often a little unreasonable when dealing with things, but he is determined to be a loyal minister of a big man!

However, Li Ru, this guy, looks gentle and elegant on the surface, but in his heart he dares to think of murdering the Son of Heaven!?

- Although, it was just a deposed former emperor......

From Li Ru, Dong Zhuo thought of Yuan Kui, the Taifu who is currently under the strict supervision of Huaxiong. Yuan Kui dared to kill Empress Dowager He, which had already surprised Dong Zhuo. But the person in front of him is so bold that he wants to murder the Son of Heaven!

Well, that's just the former Son of Heaven. However, the predecessor's son of heaven is also a son of heaven after all!

- Sure enough, it's more refreshing for us warriors to just kill people. If you really want to compare the level of harming people, you have to count these scholars!

Dong Zhuo is certainly not a fool. He calmed down and thought about it for a while, and finally found that it was more beneficial to his own side to still die the abolished emperor Liu Wei. It's just that I am emotionally troubled by the Han Liu. made Dong Zhuo reluctant to give this order, which sounded a little frustrated.

"You don't have to worry about this matter, Confucianism knows how to cook."

Wait until Dong Zhuo's expression calmed down again, and looked at Li Ru calmly again. Li Ru was very conscious and took over the task of plotting to kill the deposed emperor Liu Wei. Come to think of it, except for him, the proposer. Dong Zhuo really can't find someone who is willing to do this.

That's going to stink for 10,000 years!

"About moving the capital, continue to talk about ......"

After accepting the necessity of getting rid of Liu Wei, Dong Zhuo had no psychological obstacles to the matter of moving the capital. Sure enough, once the human heart breaks through the lower limit, it becomes not easy to find the lower limit in one's heart again.

Jia Wenhe was extremely vague about this, claiming that he was just thinking about nothing. It's just that. In my opinion, this person has already thought of the benefits that the relocation will bring, but he is unwilling to say it, so as not to bear the infamy. ”

Speaking of this, Li Ru seemed to get rid of the haze when he was talking about the Son of Heaven just now, and his tone became excited again.

"If you want to move the capital, with the current situation, you can only move to Xijing Chang'an. Currently in Chang'an City. With the highest status of the general Huangfu, the military power is the greatest. An edict issued by the imperial court. General Huangfu could have ignored the reason of 'going outside', and the imperial court was helpless about it. However, once the imperial court moved to Chang'an, with the position of General Zuo, it would no longer be able to support the army as much as it is now. ”

"This is one of them."

"Now, due to the rebellion in the Kanto region, the local tax payment has been suspended. The state is quite insufficient. When the capital is moved, our army can move the rich families and clans in Luoyang City together. ”

"Among them, if there are those who are unwilling to obey their orders, they can fornicate and rebel and conspire with the king to punish the crime. The amount of gold and goods obtained must be quite large. There are also imperial tombs of the Han Dynasty, which must also be relocated and buried, and the burial objects can be sold secretly to raise the army, which is enough to support several years. ”

"That's the second one."

Financial problems are a big headache for any dynasty. The former Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty was not stupid, why would he do such a ridiculous thing as "betraying the official man"?

In addition to Emperor Ling's distrust of the incumbent officials of the family, the key problem is that the imperial court has no money. This intelligent son of heaven, in the face of the severe finances of the imperial court, had to abandon his reputation and find a way to fill this bottomless hole.

It's a pity that over the years, Emperor Ling, regardless of his face, has accumulated the wealth and goods he has worked hard to accumulate, and has constantly changed his master in the court coups over the years. As the last owner of Emperor Ling's inheritance, Dong Zhuo has exhausted the huge amount of wealth in order to feed the tens of thousands of elite soldiers under his command in order to support his subordinates when he can't collect taxes from other states and counties.

After becoming the prime minister, why did Dong Zhuo's temper suddenly become much more irritable, so that he beat his favorite Huangfu Gui's wife to death without saying a word?

One of the reasons is that he has to worry about the lack of national resources all day long.

"There are many household registrations in Luoyang City. The family has been entrenched in the imperial capital for a hundred years, and it can be said that they are intertwined and communicate with each other. Our army came from afar, and they were from other counties, and it seemed that the foundation of these landlords in Luoyang was too shallow to deal with it calmly, so they had to use military power to suppress it repeatedly. ”

"If the capital is moved to Chang'an, it will be close to Liangzhou, which will be conducive to the replenishment of our army; Second, after the relocation of the imperial court, it also became a guest residence, and the home advantage was gone. In this way, it will be much easier for our side to completely control the government. ”

"That's the third one."

"Among the Kwantung princes, Yuan Shao and Wang Kuang were two thieves in Hanoi and directly threatened Luoyang City; Liu Dai, Zhang Miao, Qiao Mao, Yuan Yi, Cao Cao and other thieves were sour and jujube, looking at Xingyang and containing our army; Yuan Shu also stationed troops in Nanyang, so that our army was attacked on three sides and the troops were scattered. If the Kwantung coalition forces are dispatched together and the war is fought together, our army needs to defend Luoyang with heavy troops, and the battle situation will be extremely passive. ”

"If the capital is moved to Chang'an, the foundation of our army will be stable, and it can advance or retreat, but the princes of Kwantung will be in a dilemma, and they will eventually do nothing."

"This is also the fourth." (To be continued......)