Chapter Ninety-Six: Fission (6)
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However, he said that in order to resist the exclusion of Yuan Kui and his party, Dong Zhuo adopted Feng Xian's suggestion and tried to control the position of the three princes in his own hands, and he himself took control of the post of the country's highest military governor, Tai Lieutenant. Although Tai Lieutenant is not as high as Da Sima's rank, Liu Yu is now far away in Youzhou, so the actual military power is still controlled by Dong Zhuo.
Regarding Dong Zhuo's suppression of his actions, Yuan Kui was of course unwilling to sit still. In particular, Dong Zhuo blatantly sent people to dig up his family's grave and looted the valuable burial goods, which made him very angry.
So, in order to take revenge on Dong Zhuo, but also to save the political situation. Yuan Kui secretly sent people to buy off Guo Da, the leader of the Baibo Army, and asked him to lead the crowd to plunder Hedong and invade the royal garden. In this way, he could use the counterinsurgency as an excuse to play the Son of Heaven, and let Dong Zhuo dispatch his soldiers and horses to leave the capital.
Then, just as Yuan Kui wished, Dong Zhuo had to send Niu Fu to lead the Liangzhou soldiers back to Hedong to attack the Baibo army. However, what is unexpected is that the battle between the two sides is stalemate for a while.
More than half a month has passed, and there is still no good news ahead. In this regard, Dong Zhuo couldn't help but feel deeply worried, and said to Feng Xian beside him: "It is said that although the number of soldiers of the White Wave Thieves is large, their combat strength is mediocre; And the Qiang and Hu people who were born in the land of Yong and Liang have always been fierce and good at fighting, and the two armies have been holding each other for half a month, and they still can't draw that group of mediocrities? It's a bit weird; The old man was worried that the time would drag on for too long, and Yuan Kui's old guy took the opportunity to make a big fuss again. β
Feng Xian couldn't help but say: "The longer the time drags on, the more unfavorable it is for you; Unless you can control the military and political power with one hand, and completely replace the Son of Heaven to deal with national affairs; However, the previous order you made to dig up the grave has greatly damaged your prestige, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to gain the support of the ministers. β
Dong Zhuo groaned slightly when he heard this. He immediately said: "In this way, we will promote some talented people from below to important positions in the court, and replace the protΓ©gΓ©s under the Yuan family; In this way, no one will object? β
Feng Xian nodded and said, "In this way, it can also solve the urgent need for a while." β
Immediately, Dong Zhuo sent someone to summon Zhou Bi, the secretary of the ministry, and asked: "Zhou Shangshu, the old man wants to promote some talented people to important positions in the court; You are in charge of recording the merits of officials in various ministries, can you recommend some suitable talents to the old man? β
Zhou Yu couldn't help but respectfully said: "Back to the Taiwei, Wu Qiong, the captain of the city gate, Zheng Tai, the Shangshulang who abandoned the official and left a few months ago, and He Hao of the Sikong Mansion. They are all talented people. β
Dong Zhuo nodded and said, "Okay, hurry up and send a document and appoint these people to suitable positions, the sooner the better." β
"No." Zhou Bi responded to the order and prepared to retreat.
"Wait a minute." Suddenly, Dong Zhuo stopped him again and asked, "More than a month ago, the old man recruited Cai Yong, who was the Sikong sacrificial wine, can now enter Beijing to take office?" β
Zhou Yugong replied: "Return to the captain." Cai Bojiao was framed in his early years and went into exile in Wuzhong, which was a little far away from the capital, and he was suffering from illness, so he was unable to arrive for a long time; But. I guess it's been these two days. β
Dong Zhuo couldn't help but say a little helplessly: "Oh, this Cai Yong is so hard!" Previously, the old man recruited him to serve as a sacrificial wine priest in Sikong Mansion, but he refused to take office under the pretext of shirking; If it weren't for the old man's order to let the county government force him to come, he wouldn't come. β
Zhou Yu smiled and said, "Tai Lieutenant, you don't know something. At that time, Cai Bojiao and his uncle were persecuted by the late Situ Liu He and his party, and they had to die in Wuzhong as a last resort, and they have been in exile for more than ten years; Now he is recruited to the court as an official. He will inevitably be a little frightened, so he will excuse himself. β
Dong Zhuo said with relief: "I see; I said that he has such a talent, but it is a pity that he can't be an official; In this way, when he arrives, he will be transferred to the post of servant; Okay, you go for it. β
"No." Zhou Bi responded and immediately retreated.
Then, when all the people who were promoted arrived, they collectively asked Liu Xie to reinstate the post of prime minister and Dong Zhuo to replace the Son of Heaven to handle state affairs. Liu Xie approved it, and allowed Dong Zhuo to wear a sword and shoes to go to the temple, and there was no need to travel when entering the court, and there was no need to sign up for it when visiting the court.
As a result, Dong Zhuo completely controlled the power of the government. After that, he promoted his subordinates' henchmen. Feng Xian is still in charge of the main book of clerical books, but his rank and rank have increased. In addition, Situ Huangwan served as the captain, Sikong Yang Biao served as Situ, and Tingwei Xun Shuang served as the Sikong.
Subsequently, Dong Zhuo instructed Shangshu to issue an edict to abolish the three era names of Guangxi, Zhaoning, and Yonghan, and still call this year the sixth year of Zhongping.
At this time, Li Su and Zhang Xiao, who were sent by Fengxian to investigate the cause of the defeat of the Liangzhou army, came back.
But he heard Li Su say: "Master, the matter has been investigated clearly, it turns out that there is a trickster in the White Wave Thief Army, who is known as the number one assassin in the world; That guy's martial arts are extremely high, and he is very vicious, and he actually drugged the food and water in the Liangzhou army, so the Liangzhou army will lose again and again in this battle. β
"Oh? Is that guy? When Feng Xian heard this, he couldn't help but move, and then asked, "Have you ever fought with that guy?" β
At this time, Zhang Xiao spoke: "I fought with him for a while, and my swordsmanship is really powerful, and my overlord marksmanship can only be tied with him; But that guy is really vicious, and when he saw that I couldn't fight, he used a secret weapon that quenched poison; Fortunately, I did a good job, otherwise I would have had to follow his ways. β
"Hmm." Feng Xian nodded in a deep voice, and then asked, "Then what is the situation now?" β
Li Su replied: "The military doctor has developed an antidote, which has temporarily alleviated the situation. β
Feng Xian nodded and said, "Well, that's good." β
"It's strange to say, although that tricky pupil has always regarded wealth as his life, he will not be stupid enough to go against the court; How could they suddenly run to help the white wave thief? Li Su couldn't help but say very strangely.
Feng Xian couldn't help but groan, and then said: "This matter is indeed very strange, but I don't have a clue for a while, and I have to continue to investigate to maybe I can have some clues." β
At this time, Zhang Xiao couldn't help but move, but said: "Master, I thought that this person's sudden appearance would never be a whim; He is known as the number one assassin in the world, and he happens to appear at this critical time, and he may not be the one who killed Wuyang Jun; After all, the palace is heavily guarded, and it is not something that ordinary assassins can sneak into. β
When Feng Xian heard this, he couldn't help but move, and immediately realized: "I understand, it turns out that everything from beginning to end is a conspiracy made by the Yuan family behind the scenes; After all, apart from them, there will definitely be no one else who dares to target Xiangguo everywhere; If all this was secretly done by the Yuan family, then it would make sense. β
Li Su couldn't help asking: "Since we already know that it was the Yuan clan who made up the conspiracy, should we fight back?" β
Feng Xian shook his head with a smile and said, "No need, now that Xiangguo is in power and has heavy troops, no matter how much the Yuan clan acts, he can't play tricks; The so-called forgiving and forgiving people is not good if you go too far; After all, Yuan's protΓ©gΓ©s are all over the world, so let's leave a little leeway. β
In other words, Dong Zhuo is now in power, and his style of action is tougher. He asked Zhou Bi, Wu Qiong and others to be responsible for investigating and dealing with the evidence of whether the Yuan party had committed corruption and bending the law for personal gain, from the emperor's relatives and relatives to the minor officials of the department, regardless of the level of authority, and all those who found evidence of real violations of the law were removed from their posts and confiscated according to their crimes, and those who were charged with more serious crimes were sent to the frontier. Because there was no one to talk about illegal things here in Dong Zhuo, most of the people in the capital felt panicked.
said that Dong Zhuo's actions made Yuan Kui very depressed. Although he was helpless, he still refused to be suppressed by Dong Zhuo from then on. So he sent someone to summon the tricky pupil back, and then planned to send him to assassinate Dong Zhuo. However, what Yuan Kui didn't expect was that something happened before he could do it. (To be continued......)