Chapter 41: Dong Zhuo of Chang'an
In the first year of the early Han Dynasty, Dong Zhuo, the prime minister of the Han Dynasty, moved the capital to Chang'an, driving millions of people from Henan to Chang'an, and less than 500,000 people came to Chang'an safely and alive. After returning to Chang'an, Dong Zhuo felt that the Kwantung coalition could no longer threaten him, so he enjoyed himself every day. The Dong clan, regardless of the eldest or younger, are all feudal marquises. Dong Zhuo and two hundred and fifty miles west of Chang'an, mobilized 300,000 laborers to build Hewu. The wall of Yiwu is the same as that of Chang'an, Dong Zhuo built a palace in Yiwu, hoarding all the looted food and money, it is said that Dong Zhuo felt that if it was successful, he could use it to dominate the world, if not, he could rely on Yiwu to spend his old age. Dong Zhuo placed all the people of the Dong clan in Yiwu, Dong Zhuo returned to Chang'an every half a month or once a month, and the hundred officials of the imperial court had to go out of the city every time to greet him. In the west of Hangu Pass, there is a nursery rhyme saying that there are two emperors of the Han Dynasty, one in Chang'an and the other in Hewu, but everyone knows that the emperor of Chang'an is just a puppet of Dong Zhuo.
At the same time, in order to be able to accumulate wealth for himself, Dong Zhuo ordered the five-baht coin used by the Han Dynasty to be burned and dissolved, and all the bronze people and bronze bells that could be looted were dissolved and re-made into small coins, which weighed much lighter than five-baht coins, had no lines, and were easy to wear. The people under Dong Zhuo were forced to use small money, which suddenly caused a serious price rise, and the price of a stone of grain was more than ten times more expensive than in Kanto, and the people were miserable, and their lives fell into extreme pain.
At this time, almost all the government affairs in Chang'an were handled in Yiwu, and Chang'an was just a place to place the Han Emperor. Hewu has not stopped work yet, and hundreds of thousands of people are rushing to work day and night to continue to strengthen and reinforce. Dong Zhuo and Li Ru, Dong Zhuo shook the bamboo slip in his hand: "Wen You, Shu Ying has sent a letter asking for help for many days, and when Wen Cai died, he was in turmoil." Chen Bozhi, a certain person who can't wait to drink his blood alive, dares to kill my literary talent, and ...... "Hu Zhen is one of Dong Zhuo's most trusted people, and Hu Zhen is brave and strategic, Hu Zhen died at the hands of Chen Lin, which made Dong Zhuo hate Chen Lin monstrously.
Li Ru was also a little sad because of Hu Zhen's death, as soon as Hu Zhen died, Li Ru had to rearrange the defense of Chang'an for Dong Zhuo, and Hangu Pass was garrisoned by Dong Min, Li Ru was really not at ease, this Dong Zhuo's younger brother. "Lord, now General Xu is going to Hedong to help General Niu resist Sun Wentai, it is reported that General Xu designed and cooked Yingchuan Li Taishou who Sun Wentai went with him, at this time Sun Wentai's strength has dropped greatly, why not summon General Xu to come back to guard the first line of Huayin and Tongguan, and order the current Huayin Duan to change back to the Marquis." Li Ru said that General Duan was Duan Zhongming, the younger brother of Duan Ying, because Duan Ying could not be tolerated by the scholars back then, and had to cooperate with the eunuchs, so he was despised by the world, after Duan Ying's death, Duan Xuan followed Dong Zhuo to fight in the south and the north, and made a lot of contributions to Dong Zhuo, it is not an exaggeration to say that Duan Xuan is also a close confidant of Dong Zhuo.
Dong Zhuo sighed, lowered his head and pondered for a while, then raised his head and said: "It's okay, just let Shu Ying come back, just let others do the things of fighting and killing, but Maozhi can't come back, Dafang is not Sun Wentai's opponent, let the two of them continue to stay in Hedong, and let Zhongming take charge of the affairs of Hanguguan and Tongguan." In addition, the Shidu of Wuguan was ordered to ride out of the pass to raid Nanyang, Runan and other places, disrupting the rear of the coalition army, and now Yuan Benchu and others have been wandering in Luoyang, I believe that as long as there is another accident in the Central Plains, the coalition army will retreat. It's just that Sun Wentai and Chen Bozhi are very difficult to deal with, what advice does Wen You have? "Shidu is the expression of Zhang Ji in Wuguan, Zhang Ji also led an army of 10,000 in Wuguan, of which there are thousands of cavalry.
Li Ru: "My lord, Sun Wentai is guarded by General Xu and General Niu in Hedong, it doesn't matter, besides, it is far away from Changsha, the lord may wish to separate his relationship with Hanoi Taishou, so that he cannot integrate into Hanoi, or fight with Hanoi, his army will be chaotic, this can be worry-free." Outside Hangu Pass, Chen Bozhi has now ordered General Duan to guard, presumably Chen Bozhi will not be able to pass Hangu Pass for a while. In addition, the scout also told him that outside of Hangu Pass, there was a person who had been extremely active recently, and this person claimed to be a member of the Han family, after King Jing of Zhongshan, his name was Liu Bei, and his name was Xuande. It is said that this person is now divided equally with Chen Bozhi in the five counties of Hongnong, and the lord may wish to make this person Hongnong Taishou in the name of the imperial court, and then he will have a relationship with Chen Bozhi, so that he can kill each other, and then the lord can sit back and relax. ”
These days, Chen Lin has been thinking about the future of Hanzhong, and Chen Lin has received the news of Sun Jian's defeat in Hedong a few days ago, and even Li Man was captured and cooked alive by Xu Rong. Although the Hanzhong army is now conscripted again, but this is not a child of Hanzhong after all, what to do when Chen Lin returns to Hanzhong in the future, now the old department of Hanzhong is really only about 2,000 left, and the wolf rider accounts for half. But now Chen Lin wants to withdraw his troops back to Hanzhong, Chen Lin is reluctant, he spent so much money, and he didn't catch anything, Chen Lin is unwilling. On this day, Jia Xu rushed forward: "Lord, there are changes in Chang'an. Chen Lin thought that Dong Zhuo had marched into the army, and said in surprise: "How many are coming?" ”
Jia Xu was stunned for a moment, and then laughed: "Lord, it was not Dong Thief who marched, but Dong Thief issued an edict in the name of the imperial court, ordering Liu Xuande to be the Hongnong Taishou, and also officially recognized Yuan Highway's position as the Nanyang Taishou, and other Kanto Shepherds have been rewarded, even Cao Mengde was appointed as the Dongjun Taishou, but the two did not, who is the Lord Justice?" When Chen Lin heard that it was not Dong Zhuo's march, he breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "Hehe, could it be a certain Wentai?" ”
Jia Xu laughed: "The lord is wise, that is, the lord and Sun Taishou, Dong Thief doesn't mention the lord and the two, hehe, the lord is uncomfortable?" Chen Lin: "Dong Zhongying hates a certain and Wentai, naturally he will not give a certain reward, that is, he doesn't know whether to accept it or not, I don't think this is an edict of the imperial court or an edict of his Dong Zhongying, he doesn't mention a certain one, a certain is still happy, how can it be said that it is uncomfortable." "It's just that this Xuande is Hongnong's Taishou, what is this Dong Zhongying's intention?"
Jia Xu: "It's just to sow discord, it's nothing more than to let the lord and Liu Xuande have a relationship, and they can't be compatible, this Dong thief can worry about our army attacking him again, that's all." In the past half a month, Liu Xuande has subdued the hearts of the people everywhere, I have to say that this person is indeed not simple, and now he has been attracted by him to an army of more than 3,000 people, although he lacks armor, it is enough to show the ability of this person. Now that Dong Thief has openly given him a name, he is afraid that he will fall for Dong Thief's divisive scheme. Presumably, with the actions of Yuan Shao and others in Luoyang, Liu Bei has been in the limelight for a while, and Hongnong and other places are praising Liu Bei's benevolence and righteousness.
Chen Lin shook his head and said: "Xuande is very good at speculation, but this person has a vicious eye, and he will never fail to see Dong Zhongying's scheme, and Wen He is too careful. ”
At this time, Liu Bei was discussing with Guan Yu and others, Jian Yong had appeared safely, and when Hu Zhen sneaked up on Mianchi, Jian Yong ran away early when he saw that the situation was not good. Zhang Fei: "Haha, my brother is the dignified Hongnong Taishou at this time, hahaha." Dong Zhuo's edict has come to Liu Bei, compared to Zhang Fei's arrogant temperament, Liu Bei was not so happy in his heart at this time, on the contrary, he was worried, and ignored Zhang Fei, and said to Guan Yu and Jian Yong: "Dong Thief This is a divisive plan, Bo Zhi is Dong Thief's heart, and now he is also stationed in Hongnong, at this time, Dong Thief appointed a certain Hongnong Taishou, I am afraid that Bo Zhi will be jealous, if Bo Zhi is not allowed to be so, with the current strength of our army, it is not Bo Zhi's opponent, or Bo Zhi will leave with a grudge, It's not a good thing that our army will have to face Dong Thief alone, alas. ”
Jian Yong wisped a wisp of beard and said: "Lord, no, Yongguan Chen Bozhi is a big belly, not like a treacherous person, and he is far away from Hanzhong, so he won't care about Hongnong." Now that the Hanzhong army and the Dong army are fighting, stationed here, Yong thinks that as long as the lord supports the grain, grass, etc., Chen Bozhi will never interfere with the lord's position of the lord, the lord has forgotten that the lord had nothing before, but Chen Bozhi still handed over the pond to the lord to manage. ”
As soon as Jian Yong said, Liu Bei's heart suddenly brightened, and said: "Xianhe's words are reasonable, so I will go to Jiaxian and explain everything to Bozhi, and I will not let Dong Thief's plan to separate himself work." Next to him, Guan Yu hurriedly said: "Brother, go with you." Liu Bei thought about it, just in case, it would be good for Guan Yu to go with him. Guan Yu said that he was going, how could Zhang Fei fall behind, and at this time Jian Yong said: "Lord, why don't you go with the two generals and bring my 3,000 troops with you at the same time, to show the determination of the lord and Chen Taishou to discuss Dong with one heart, which can increase Chen Taishou's trust in the lord." ”
Liu Bei heard it, okay, I can't bear the child can't trap the wolf, just go, Liu Bei hopes to capture Hangu Pass more than anyone else, so that there is no need to face Dong Zhuo's army at that time, Hangu Pass is the best weapon to defend Dong Zhuo. So Liu Bei simply took Guan Zhang and led an army of 3,000 straight to Jiaxian, threatening to break the Hangu Pass.
Liu Bei and Chen Lin were busy thinking about how to deal with Dong Zhuo and how to capture Hangu Pass, but Luoyang's allies were torn apart, Yuan Shu was the first to leave Luoyang at night, some people said it was because Yuan Shu took the jade seal, some people said it was because Zhang Ji was rampant in Nanyang, in short, Yuan Shu ran away, who loves Luoyang wants it. Then Jizhou Han Fu also went back, the black mountain thieves ran around in Jizhou, it was not a thing, and then who was who, in the end, except for Chen Liutaishou Zhang Miao who was close to Chen Liu, the last one to leave, after leaving three thousand troops in Bishui Pass, no one cared about the west of Bishui Pass. For the place of Luoyang, no one dares to ask for it, there is no oil and water here, and there are hundreds of thousands of hungry people waiting to be fed, so the huge Henan Yi has become a hot potato. Jian Yong found out about the situation in Luoyang in Mianchi, and hurriedly reported to Liu Bei, who had not yet come to Jiaxian. When Liu Bei heard this, Mom, there is a big county in Yi, Henan, without saying a word, he hurriedly sent Guan Yu to lead an army of 1,000 to rush back, and he was bound to take Luoyang, the ruined capital that was burned to black.
Since then, it has fallen into the situation of the division of the princes, and only Chen Lin and Sun Jian are still insisting on fighting for Dong, so many wise men loyal to the Han Dynasty have defected to Hanzhong and Sun Jian. The general trend of the world is becoming more and more messy.