After Dong Shouye arrived at the ceremony, he didn't speak, and found a place to stand at the end of the shift to see how the court would fight.

At this time, Li Ru asked Ma Riyan: "Captain Ma, in your opinion, should this General Dong be rewarded for his meritorious service?" ”

Ma Riyan replied: "If you have merit, you will be rewarded, and if you have done it, you will be punished!" Since General Dong has made meritorious service, of course he should be rewarded! ”

Li Ru then asked: "I don't know what Captain Ma thinks, how should General Dong Bai be rewarded?" ”

Ma Riyan pondered for a while, and then said: "With the merits of General Dong, you can be named a miscellaneous general, so it is better to worship him as General Fubo!" ”

Li Ru still refused to let go, and pressed step by step: "Captain Matai, a small Fubo general, doesn't seem to be enough to show General Dong Bai's military exploits. ”

Ma Riyan was a little unsettled at this time, his palms were full of Han, if ordinary people made such a feat, and were named a miscellaneous general, there would be no problem, and the other party would be grateful to Dade.

But now that Dong Zhuo's son wants to be crowned an official, a miscellaneous general is a little small, or as long as Dong Zhuo is not satisfied with the official position, it is a bit small.

Cai Yong had a good relationship with Ma Riyan, and stood up to relieve him and said: "General Fubo is indeed not enough to show General Dong Bai's military exploits, and in the opinion of the minister, he should be worshiped as General Pingxi." I don't know what the master thinks? ”

General Pingxi's rank is one blow higher than that of General Fubo, Cai Yong said this, firstly, to relieve the siege of his friend Ma Riyan, secondly, he also hopes that Dong Zhuo can buy a face for himself, and thirdly, this official position is not small, and it is estimated that all parties can accept it.

After Cai Yong finished speaking, he looked at Dong Zhuo and found that he was expressionless, and he seemed to be dissatisfied, but as far as the current shape is concerned, the hussar general is unacceptable to most people.

To say that the people who are engaged in political struggle are still more awesome among this group of ministers, at this time he stood up and asked Hu Shou: "Hu Yilang, the position of hussar general, I am afraid that the ministers present will find it difficult to accept, and the official position discussed by Cai Zhonglang is also more suitable, I don't know what Hu Yilang thinks?" ”

Wang Yun's speech had two functions, the first was to test what kind of official position Dong Zhuo wanted to give his son, and the second was to coordinate the two sides to reach a compromise and talk about the conditions.

Some people say that excellent politicians are masters of harmony, and this sentence is very reasonable. At this time, Wang Yun's appearance should neither offend Dong Zhuo nor the scholar's side, but can play a role in communicating the two sides and reaching a compromise.

At this time, Dong Shouye is in a state of hanging high that has nothing to do with himself, anyway, he already knows the hole cards and the result, just look at the battle and performance between the two sides.

Hushou saw Wang Yun asking, and also knew that it was time for a showdown, so he said: "Weichen thinks that Dong Taishi and General Dong Bai are father and son, and it is natural for the son to inherit his father's position, I don't know if Wang Situ thinks so?" ”

Wang Yun said secretly when he heard this: "It's not good, the situation is going to suffer, it seems that Dong Zhuo must help his son get a heavy general today." Listening to Hu Shou's words, it means that Dong Bai wants Dong Bai to serve as the general that Dong Zhuo once held, and Dong Zhuo once served as a broken general and a former general. The miscellaneous general is too low, so it can only be the heavy general of the former general. If Dong Bai really becomes a former general, it is not far from a hussar general, how can this be good? ”

At this time, Wang Yun could not refute Hu Shou's words, although Hu Shou's words had many loopholes, but as long as Wang Yun refutated, he would offend Dong Zhuo, and his hard work of enduring humiliation would be ruined, so Wang Yun could only reply: "The son inherits his father's business, which has been the case since ancient times, this move is reasonable, and the old man also deeply agrees." ”

Seeing that Wang Yun did not refute, Hu Shou continued: "Qi Yu Your Majesty, Taishi, since Wang Situ also agrees with what Wei Chen said, then Wei Chen Jian yì worship Dong Bai Dong Shouye as a general who breaks the captivity, fakes the festival, and opens the mansion." ”

As soon as Hu Shou's words were finished, he exclaimed endlessly, and it was like exploding a pot.

Dong Shouye is also a little puzzled here, didn't he say that he would be a general who was captured, why did he fake the festival again and open the mansion? What does it mean to talk about this false festival and the opening of the house?

To say that Dong Shouye also has an understanding of the history of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and he usually thinks he is very proficient, but he has not carefully studied the official system of the Eastern Han Dynasty. Here is the main explanation of what is meant by false festivals and opening houses.

There are many false festivals in history, and this article mainly sets them according to the Wei and Jin dynasties, and these settings will also be used in the following article.

False Festival: In peacetime, there is no right to dispose of people, and in wartime, people who violate military orders can be beheaded.

Holding the festival: In peacetime, you can kill people without official positions, and in wartime, you can kill officials below 2,000 stone.

Envoys: In peacetime and wartime, officials with less than 2,000 stone can be killed.

False Jieyue (False Huangyue): You can kill the festival generals (including false festivals, holding festivals, and making festivals), which can replace the Son of Heaven to conquer the Quartet and ask for orders.

Kaifu: It is the establishment of the government office by the three dukes, generals, and generals to recruit their own wingmen and subordinates.

Hu Shou said that the construction of yì to Dong Shouye fake festival is actually okay, but it is not too much. Since Dong Shouye is invited to be the general of the captivity, it is common for him to hold the festival as the general of the army side, and during the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Huangfu Song, Lu Zhi, Zhu Jun and other officials worshiped the Zhonglang generals, and the generals who led the troops also went out to fight with the festival.

As a veritable general, General Poyu is one level higher than the rank of the four major generals in the east, west, south, and north, so naturally there is no problem with holding festivals and false festivals. In ancient times, when a general went out on an expedition, he would usually take a break to enhance his prestige and kill those who did not obey the command.

The focus of Hushouti yì is not a question of whether to hold the festival or not, the most important thing is to let Dong Shouye open the mansion.

Once Dong Shouye obtains the right to open the government, he can freely recruit talents, which is very beneficial to his development and future prospects. As far as the current situation is concerned, the people authorized by the imperial court to open the mansion are the three dukes (Situ Wang Yun, Sikong Chongfu, Taiwei Ma Riyan), plus the Taishi Dong Zhuo, the entire Han Dynasty has this right for these four people, and the three old fritters of the three dukes did not open the mansion with much fanfare, for fear of stimulating Dong Zhuo. In the real sense, he was authorized by the Son of Heaven to open the mansion, but in fact he was the only one who opened the mansion.

Of course, there is one more person to mention, that is Yuan Shao, the leader of the Kwantung Coalition Army, who calls himself the "General Che Cavalry". Although this guy did not obtain the authorization of the imperial court, he actually opened the palace and recruited talents on his own, and was basically recognized by the princes of the world in the area east of Hangu Pass.

Hushou suggested that Dong Shouye open a mansion, on the one hand, as a person on Dong Zhuo's side, he did this in order to tie up Dong Zhuo and shout for Dong's father and son; On the other hand, it is also to try the attitude of the Manchu minister.

In the court, political struggles can occur at any time, and a seemingly insignificant move, as long as you stand on the wrong side and say the wrong thing, it may lead to the end of your entire political career, or even lose your own life.

Compromise is the result of political struggle, and struggle is the process of political struggle.