Luo Kong's sudden departure gave the emperor and ministers a great shock.

Earthquake after shock, shock after shock.

The Emperor and the ministers who had been lucky in their hearts fell into a deep despair.

Because after thinking about it, he could guess that Luo Kong slipped away so fast, he must be worried about the Taiping Army.

Although the Western Regions Army suffered great losses, it was still a rare cavalry capable of fighting after the rectification, as long as it did not encounter the main force of the Taiping Army, it could be obtained.

This is where Luo Kong deceived the emperor and the minister before.

Some ministers of the wang clan who had no intention of cleaning up the softness immediately arranged for the children of the family to go out and take refuge in Guanzhong, Shudi and Jingzhou.

As for the ministers themselves, they can't escape, many of them don't want to be loyal to the emperor, but they are all courtiers, don't say that the Marquis of Wushuang will go to Chang'an, even if he returns to the Western Regions, no one can say anything, but they can't.

The ultimate goal of many people who fled to Guanzhong was also Shudi.

Especially those who have women in the family, their fathers and brothers fled for their lives, for fear of falling into the hands of the Taiping army.

Because everyone knows that no matter whether it is an official or a bandit who enters the city, the result is the same, and those women with good looks will definitely suffer misfortune, and according to the principle of beauty gathering upward, the women in the wang clan are generally above the level.

Cai Yong is only deeply glad now, glad that he went to ask Wushuang Hou more, otherwise with his daughter's appearance, he would almost certainly encounter misfortune.

The atmosphere of the entire Luoyang city was depressed to the extreme, and ordinary people saw something from the running carriages, and soon the news of the defeat of the imperial court spread all over Luoyang.

The Taiping army is about to come to the city!

This caused an uproar in an instant, and now it was not only the emperor and the minister, but everyone in Luoyang City was afraid.

Someone asked with a slightly desperate expression: "What will the Taiping army do when they come in?" ”

"It's nothing more than burning, killing, looting, and plundering!"

"It shouldn't be possible to burn the entire Luoyang Holy City, after all, Taiping Dao is a religion and believes in the Su King and the Emperor, but looting is certain, it is said that there are millions of Taoists in Taiping Dao, and the entire Luoyang City will be looted!

Not only the palace and the mansions of those nobles, but also we, the small people, cannot avoid it. ”

A man who loves money gritted his teeth and asked, "What if you don't hand it over?" ”

There was a moment of silence on the street, "That's death." ”

"That's going to die."

Someone else said leisurely: "What if Your Majesty orders us all to go into battle to defend Luoyang?" ”

There was silence.

Fear breeds in it.

"Then it's going to die."

A gasp, not just one person's voice, that's what everyone thinks.

The troubled times recorded in the history books are like this.

Although the city was not slaughtered, there were many plunders of the city, and the number of people who were killed for hiding money was endless.

And when attacking the city, those who participate in the defense of the city will be defined as soldiers, unless they accept the surrender of the city and promise not to kill the soldiers, otherwise like the kind of city that is breached hard, the soldiers will be punished after the city is broken.

At most of them, half of the population of the entire city was convicted after the city was broken, and those who had killed people were put to death, and those who had not killed anyone were reduced to slaves, and the whole family was reduced to slavery, which was an alternative deterrent after the city could not be slaughtered.

Will the emperor let everyone in the city participate in the defense of the city?

Definitely!

That's why people are desperate.

The security in Luoyang City has deteriorated a lot in just a few hours, and the Tingwei subordinate liao in charge of Luoyang's security seems to have suddenly disappeared.

These incidents are all relatively vicious incidents, murders, arson, these rare cases on weekdays, suddenly erupted, like venting before the end of the world.

The ruffians stared at the rich people with a greedy look, their living area did not have access to the powerful districts, but the wealthy merchants in the same area as them were their targets.

These scum are all scum and scum, and they are the same kind of people as those black-hearted ministers.

The difference is that after the ministers are rich and rich, they will pretend to be a book on the surface, and most of them will use their brains to do bad things.

And these scum don't even pretend, the evil in their hearts blooms at will, and they bully the soft and fear the hard, and they don't dare to do anything better than them, and they specifically bully those who are honest on weekdays and have accumulated some family business through hard work.

Those who were more anxious and couldn't hold their breath directly killed people and oversold goods, gathered a group of people to break into the house directly, killed the master's family, and then occupied the master's wife and daughter, and then looted the gold and silver treasures.

Others are anxiously waiting for the arrival of the Taiping Army, ready to directly join the Taiping Army, and then use these rich families to make their own votes.

The young lady and the bride of the rich family have been coveted by these people for a long time.

The secretary has the evil of the minister, and Li Shu has the evil of Li Shu, in the desperate and oppressive soil environment, it blooms and blooms.

……

Luoyang Palace.

The emperor and the princess were full of gloom, Luo Kong's hand caught them all off guard, and the emperor wanted to run away, but was prevented.

Everyone told the emperor clearly, you can't run!

Do you dare to run for your life alone?

Even if you want to flee for your life, you must take a large army, but how can the army in the city outrun the cavalry of the Taiping army now?

That is the elite who defeated the Bingzhou Wolf Cavalry, the Western Regions Iron Cavalry and the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, without the protection of the city, you are the target of the Taiping Army, where to escape?

Rather than suffer so much, it is better to defend Luoyang City, maybe he can really drag Zhang Jiao to death in Luoyang, after all, no matter how invincible he is, he can't fly directly onto the city wall.

"This dog thief!"

The emperor couldn't help but scold again, he never imagined that he would be put on such a show, but he was the supreme emperor, and he dared to treat him like this.

The situation in Luoyang City naturally spread to the palace quickly, but this is not a big deal, the Taiping Army is coming soon, Luoyang is naturally going to enter the state of military control, and these things will be all emptied in an instant.

Now these people are talking about what to do after that?

No one wants to die, and the Taiping army must be dragged down.

"Your Majesty, the princes of King Qin have all been defeated, but Dong Zhuo of Liangzhou is still there, and there is still the Western Liang cavalry under his command, this is the strength we can rely on, in Kanto, there are still five surnames and seven families, as long as we can hold out for a few months, they will definitely be able to pacify the Taiping army in Kanto.

Yinghou is a loyal minister, as long as the Taiping army is pacified, Yinghou will definitely come to King Qin, Youzhou, Bingzhou, Jingzhou, Yangzhou, Yizhou, all in our hands.

Although Zhang Jiao is menacing, he has no foundation! ”

This analysis made the emperor cheer up again, his negative emotions are too heavy now, not to say so, his whole person is about to be unable to hold on, such as most of the states today, it is indeed still in the hands of the princes of King Qin, but that's all.

As long as you save for a year or two, the princes of King Qin can still make a comeback, but the emperor probably hasn't heard a word, the princes of King Qin are too far away, and the Taiping army is too close.

After the emperor's expression was a little more excited, he recalled that Luo Kong left without hesitation, this was completely not in his eyes as an emperor, and even wished that he could die soon, the more he thought about it, the more angry he became, so he immediately said angrily: "Zhongqing, how to deal with Luo Kong!" ”

The emperor's angry ministers can all be understood, most of the people here are full of anger towards Luo Kong, and they want to crush him to ashes, but now Luo Kong has run away with the crown prince and the prince.

What else can be done?

Can you still get Luo Kong back?

If they really had that kind of strength, now these people would not be here to discuss how to survive under the iron hooves of the Taiping Army.

As long as the emperor thinks that he is hovering on the edge of life and death, and Luo Kong can be free, he is extremely angry, he is indeed very smart, but he is also selfish to the extreme, and even the kind of character who only cares about his own enjoyment, after I die, who cares about the flood.

The emperor, who was blinded by hatred and anger, looked at the questioning gazes of his ministers, and he only felt that everyone was asking him, what else could he do if they were gone?

"I'm still not the emperor of the Han Dynasty?"

The emperor's words were full of anxiety, and the ministers immediately replied: "Of course, you are the supreme emperor of the Han Dynasty, the son of heaven of the entire Zhuxia, and the most honorable son of heaven under the heavens, with you as your honor." ”

There is no doubt about it!

The sacredness of the Son of Heaven is not allowed to be questioned, even Luo Xiao has never questioned the sacredness of the position of the Son of Heaven, he has always said that the Mandate of Heaven in the Han Dynasty is no longer there, and the emperor of the Han Dynasty no longer has the position of the Son of Heaven!

The emperor's voice became cold and he said in a deep voice: "Since I am still the emperor, then I will spread my will now."

Dong Zhuo was appointed as the captain of the school, the fake Liangzhou pastor and the fake Western Regions Dadu Protector, holding the festival, adding the rank of Western General, and assisting the prince.

Remove Luokong Xiaocai from the rank of general, remove Luokong Wushuang Marquis, he has no heirs, let Luo Shi re-submit the candidate for the title of Marquis of Wushuang, appoint Luokong as a servant, and let him return to Beijing as soon as possible! ”

Rumble!

The emperor's words instantly shocked everyone, they never expected the emperor to make such a move, this is really to breathe out, it's crazy.

Wushuang Hou Luokong is going to take the prince to Chang'an this time to rebuild the imperial court, but now Dong Zhuo is the captain of Sili, in charge of the entire Guanzhong affairs, and he also acts as an agent for the affairs of Liangzhou and the Western Regions, which is equivalent to the entire northwest He decided in one word, this is for Luokong.

Not to mention the general of Zhengxi, the current Han Dynasty, after leaving Luoyang City, General Zhengxi is definitely the highest-ranking military attaché, and at the same time, the emperor also removed Luokong from the rank of general of Xiaocai and the title of Western Regions, which is a complete draw from the bottom of the kettle.

As for the position of the Marquis of Wushuang, the emperor naturally did not dare to directly take the title and remove the country, but there was no problem in letting the Luo clan report again.

These ministers all knew that Luokong had only one young daughter, and that his wife had died of illness a few years earlier, and had not remarried since, so he had no son.

Although most of the ministers present were full of anger towards Luo Kong, and it stands to reason that they should all fall into the well quickly, but this is not the case.

These ministers are typical extremely complex political figures, some are greedy for money and lustful, but they have to be said to be loyal ministers, and some are brutal, but they have to admit that they have great righteousness in their hearts and never do wrong things at critical moments.

These people who didn't deal with Luokong were now facing the emperor's obvious chaos and spoke out against it, but the front was directly tough, so it was naturally not good, so someone knocked on the side and said: "Your Majesty, Dong Zhuo is from Liangzhou, and according to the three mutual laws, he cannot serve as the pastor of Liangzhou." ”

To refute the emperor, it is usually necessary to use various explicit regulations, and if the law is unknowable, it is unpredictable, and this sentence is valid anywhere.

Anything written is a constraint on power, and these conventions, which are then officially sanctioned, are the tools of the courtiers against the imperial power.

The emperor glanced coldly at this courtier, who was quite unsightly, and said coldly: "At the moment of the country's survival, this is my privilege, and I have appointed a fake Liangzhou pastor, not a Liangzhou pastor." ”

Seeing that the emperor was unwilling to change his mind, a more upright minister in the palace suddenly stood up.

Although they were resentful that Luo Kong had left them behind, these people knew that Luo Kong had to do this for the sake of the Han family, otherwise no one would be able to leave.

So what really caused them to be left behind was the throne and the worms who sucked on the goods!

Cai Yong also got up and said: "Your Majesty, Dong Zhuo is a martial artist from the border county, these people all have the heart of tigers, leopards and jackals, no one knows whether these people are loyal ministers or not, you handed over such a great power to Dong Zhuo, aren't you worried that Dong Zhuo is a powerful minister of Wang Mang's chaotic country?" ”

Although Wang Mang did not usurp the throne, his reputation was not very good, especially when the emperor he assisted finally lost the throne, and even the mandate of heaven of the Han family was broken once.

King Luowen's status is too high, and the people usually compare Wang Mang with Huo Guang, and this reputation is completely differentiated.

The emperor's face was already very ugly, but Cai Yong had no scruples at all, and still said: "Wushuang Marquis Luokong is the son of a thousand-year-old family, and the title of Wushuang Marquis has been inherited for two hundred years, and he has always been loyal, this is the important minister that the court should trust."

Now he has abandoned his loyal ministers, but he has chosen a warrior from a border county, and the minister thinks that this is unwise, and the Jiangshan Sheji of the Han Dynasty may be destroyed in it.

If Luoyang City can't be defended, then the prince who goes to Chang'an is ......"

"Shut up!"

Before Cai Yong's words were finished, the emperor's roar came from above, and he listened to Cai Yong's words before, but he didn't expect Cai Yong to say this later, and immediately roared: "My close minister is a traitor? Is it a loyal minister who gave up my way to run?

You traitor, I really want to kill you directly! ”

Cai Yong wanted to say something, but the emperor immediately ordered the guards: "Drag this person out of the palace and throw him out of the palace." ”

The guards immediately dragged Cai Yong away, and the emperor looked at everyone with murderous intent in his eyes: "Immediately promulgate it according to my will, and there are several wills, and implement them together."

I am the Emperor! ”

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The lady is the first of the country, the country is the king's foundation, and he is diligent and diligent in order to practice virtue and righteousness, which is the body of the king, and the spirit of the king is not virtuous, and the great harm of the country, such as the Han spirit. - "Di Fan"

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