Chapter 21: Chestnuts in the Fire
Liu Wei's plan is proceeding in an orderly manner.
In just three days, Zhang Liao has sent a full 4,800 brave men into the West Garden.
With these new forces, the progress of building the wall was greatly improved in an instant.
Liu Wei just regretted that there was no cement.
If there had been such a thing, with such a large number of manpower, the wall would have been raised.
These days, he is also trying to do it, but he still can't do it.
The firing of cement was much more difficult than he imagined.
During this period, the Empress Dowager He has also been living in Changle Palace, and she has not the slightest intention of presiding over the government.
Liu Wei couldn't grasp the meaning of the Empress Dowager He for a while, so he simply hung it for the time being, and then observed and observed.
The queen mother, who regards power as life, is unlikely to let go of such a great opportunity.
She is so quiet now, in Liu Wei's opinion, the biggest possibility is probably that there is another purpose.
But no matter what the purpose is, Liu Wei is in all fairness, and he doesn't take this mother too much in his eyes.
From the second palace in the north and south, to the entire Luoyang, he has mastered the most critical army.
If you have an army, you will have the capital to live and build up the people.
For him, the emperor, the conspiracy to lose the army, deterrence is almost non-existent.
Just let her toss whatever she wants.
The harder you toss, the better.
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Lu Zhi returned three days later.
In addition to reporting on the war against the Liangzhou army.
He also brought Liu Wei a piece of news that Liu Wei didn't expect at all.
Yuan Shao actually scattered his wealth in the eastern part of the country and formed an alliance against Dong.
Hearing this in Liu Wei's ears, he felt in a trance that he felt as if he had crossed the horse again.
"I'm really out of sight!"
Under the ginkgo tree in the West Garden, which is said to have a life span of two or three hundred years, Liu Wei sighed.
He was originally a little worried about Cao Cao, but he never expected that it was Yuan Shao who was the first to backstab him.
"Your Majesty, the minister thought that he could send an edict to Yuan Shao, order him to disband the army, and return to Beijing to resume his life!" Lu Zhi said.
Liu Wei glanced at Lu Zhi in some surprise, "Does General Lu think that Yuan Shao just mistakenly thought that the imperial court was controlled by Dong Zhuo?" β
Lu Zhi nodded, "When Yuan Shaodong fled, it coincided with Dong Zhuo's army about to invade the capital, and he shouldn't have known that His Majesty had cut off the scourge of Dong Zhuo. β
"In my opinion, General Lu shouldn't look at talents with such a simple eye!" Liu Wei pointed out, and there was already some dissatisfaction in his tone, "I gave him a secret decree, if he listened to me, Dong Zhuo would not be able to enter Luoyang City at all." Made, this waste, now has the face to form an alliance. β
"General Lu, look, what is he doing here?"
Labor and management almost gave Yuan Shao a knife directly, and you even said that Yuan Shao was a good person.
Lu Zhi smiled bitterly, "Your Majesty's meaning, the minister actually understands it in his heart. β
"But the Runan Yuan clan, as a great clan in the Kanto region, has a profound heritage, and the imperial court is an eventful time."
"Your Majesty can settle accounts after the autumn, but at this time, it is not appropriate to force him to cut off the road and leave the court like Yizhou Mu."
It turns out that you understand, I thought you really didn't know, Liu Wei said secretly in his heart, and said, "The Han court is like a terminally ill person now, if you don't take strong medicine, he can only survive and wait for death." β
"Although I am the emperor, I don't want to accommodate anyone."
"If you don't have soldiers, you can train by yourself, if you don't have money, you can earn by yourself, and if you don't have weapons and armor, you can fight by yourself!"
"But, those who dare to have dissenting intentions for the court will be killed!"
Lu Zhi fell silent.
He was shocked by the emperor's courage in his heart, and he was particularly worried about the situation in front of him.
Every word of the emperor revealed this strong killing intent.
It also made him clearly understand the emperor's next intentions.
No tolerance!
When Yuan Shao was resisting foreign humiliation in the imperial court, he led the army to flee east without authorization, abandoning the imperial court. Now he has dutifully waved the banner of King Dong Qin, recruited soldiers and horses from all over the world, and entered his mistletoe. Liu Wei snorted coldly, "He is not taking the court seriously, taking the court, taking the life of my big man, in exchange for his own rights and merits!" β
"In my eyes, he is even more hateful than Dong Zhuo!"
Lu Zhi didn't dare to persuade again.
The emperor's words also gave rise to a strong killing intent.
In this way, Yuan Shao is really a heinous person!
"Your Majesty, it's just that the imperial court doesn't have many soldiers and horses that can be mobilized now, so how should we deal with Yuan Shao?" Lu Zhi asked.
Liu Wei is also thinking about this matter.
War is the quickest and most direct way to reform.
But hurt the people!
To put it bluntly, it is the lives of ordinary people who are fighting.
This is something that Liu Wei does not want to see.
But if he didn't use the method of war, the scholar clan lords and state pastors, who were deeply rooted in the land of the Han Dynasty, would have absolutely no choice.
The current system of the Han Dynasty is more difficult than cutting the feudal domain.
"Cut off the road, temporarily block the news of the DPRK, and send troops to supervise the Yuan clan." Liu Wei thought for a long time, and then said to Lu Zhi, "No, let Cao Cao handle this matter." You send out scouts to keep an eye on Yuan Shao's movements and see what he's going to do next. β
Although Lu Zhi was a little surprised, he thought about it and didn't say anything more.
Yuan's influence in Beijing and in the local area is actually extremely terrifying.
The famous nobles of the fourth world and the third duke, that is really not a simple sentence.
It's a big net that spreads out to the whole world.
If you don't use a brutal knife like Dong Zhuo, you play power.
I'm afraid that no one can get around the Yuan family, and it is difficult to help the Yuan family.
After leaving the palace, Lu Zhi set off again with his soldiers and horses.
Like a pack of wolves roaming the grasslands, he patrolled his territory.
The road from Luoyang to the east was swept around one by one.
Then at every key pass, hundreds of soldiers and horses were left to defend.
These garrisons will be divided into two routes, one will be garrisoned, and the other will become scouts, looking east for news.
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After Cao Cao received Liu Bian's will, he carried out the order without hesitation.
With his temporary understanding of the emperor, such a result is not at all unexpected.
And his own approach is a little unexpected.
He directly brought people to live in Taifu Yuan Kui's house.
Arrogant, unreasonable, like a complete bastard.
In the bright main hall of the Yuan family, Taifu Yuan Kui leaned against the wall, looking at Cao Cao with a pale face fiddling with a bunch of bottles and cans, "What is General Cao going to do, please make it clear that you are a gentleman in doing so!" β
"Taifu Yuan doesn't have to praise me, I'm not a gentleman, and I don't have to care about any gentleman's style. Then again, would you like to try the tea created by His Majesty? It's quiet and elegant, I think it goes well with the gentleman's style! Cao Cao smiled and added hot water to the jade pot, poured a cup and handed it to Yuan Kui.
Yuan Kui was so angry that he didn't want to speak, and he didn't even look at the things in Cao Cao's hand.
"Mrs. Yuan didn't taste it, which is really a pity. In the past two days, I have taken this thing out and sold it to everyone, and I have unconsciously liked the taste. Although drinking is enjoyable, it is easy to make people dizzy, but this thing is the opposite, its taste is elegant and refreshing! Cao Cao said with a look of regret.
Yuan Kui's face was gloomy, listening to Cao Cao's chatter there, and he didn't say a word.
A subordinate tiptoed in, holding a long cloth bag in his hand, and whispered to Yuan Kui's side: "The head of the family, the family letter of the original general." β
Yuan Kui's face changed slightly, and he was about to reach out to take it, when a cold and shining knife suddenly stretched out from the oblique stab.
Cao Cao held a jade cup carved from white jade in his left hand, and a knife in his right hand gestured at Yuan Kui's neck, "Don't mind Taifu Yuan, I am also acting on orders, I have to read this book first!" β
"Cao Apu, don't be too rampant!" Yuan Kui was furious and shouted loudly.
"Tap, tap." Cao Cao frowned, "It's quite explosive!" β
Yuan Kui raised his neck, "If you have the ability, you will cut off my head here!" β
"Why is Mrs. Yuan so angry, it's just to take a look at your family letter. I'm also for your good, lest you go astray and regret it for life! Cao Cao said with a smile, but suddenly swung his knife and slashed at the subordinate next to him.
The subordinate only let out a muffled snort in his throat, and fell to the smooth mat with a thud.
Blood spurted out instantly, drenching Yuan Kui's face.
Cao Cao looked at the jade cup in his hand, and suddenly looked regretful, "Why did I forget to look at it, this thing is a little unlucky, I spent a lot of money to get a pair of cups!" β
"It seems that this kind of Sven thing is really not suitable for a puppet like me!"
Even Yuan Kui, who had seen a lot of big battles, couldn't help but turn pale at this moment.
"Cao Apu, what are you going to do?!" Yuan Kui roared with a hideous face.
"The Queen Mother asked me to keep an eye on Mrs. Yuan, and I can only do it, as for what it is, I don't know." A polite smile squeezed out of the corner of Cao Cao's mouth, and he picked up the letter with a knife.
At the same time, he said: "Many, I suggest that Mrs. Yuan don't ask, lest I kill people in a hurry, and everyone will be unhappy." You cooperate with the point, I cooperate with the point, and we each do our own errands. β
"I've always had great respect for Mrs. Yuan, if it weren't for something like this that fell on my head, I wouldn't want to do this!"
Babbling and talking, Cao Cao opened the letter with one hand.
After reading it, he was silent.
And there are still some difficulties.
"It's not easy to deal with this, and I don't know what to do!" Cao Cao muttered.
"Come, take this letter and go to meet the Queen Mother......" Halfway through speaking, Cao Cao suddenly hesitated again, and said to himself, "You can't do this on errands, you have to ask for advice on everything, what kind of courtier are you doing!" β
"Mrs. Yuan, why don't you just reply like this: the inside should be combined with the outside, and the big things can be done, what do you think?"
Yuan Kui's face turned purple, "Ji Si Chen, the country is not a country, you should kill the old man." β
"Mrs. Yuan, if you are so stubborn, I will really kill people!" Cao Cao's smile was full of threat.
"You also know that I can't just kill you like this, after all, you are a Taifu. But you should always think about your lovely people, right? Because of your stubborn temper, a large number of clansmen are separated from each other in a dignified manner, how wronged they are! β
Yuan Kui's anger suddenly became dumb after facing Cao Cao's not salty and indifferent words.
"Bring it, old man writes!" He yelled.
"Look, it's perfect." Cao Cao laughed.
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Yuntai, Guangde Palace.
Liu Wei dragged his chin with one hand, with a thoughtful face, looking at the military general Kong Wu who was sitting below with a rough complexion and a thick trace of wind and frost on his face.
After thinking of countless strategies, but never satisfied, Liu Wei finally decided to summon Ding Yuan to explore the bottom first.
This former state pastor, who did not occupy too much space in the history books, is now in charge of Jin Wu Ding Yuan.
But it is the most important one that cannot be ignored at the moment.
Or is it ...... Local overlords.
Ding Yuan has only been in the pastor of Bingzhou for half a year, but his business in Bingzhou is actually very solid.
It can be seen from looking at the chief secretary Lu Bu who he has appointed successively, engaged in Zhang Liao, and Wu Meng engaged in Zhang Yang.
These three are all ruthless!
According to historical records, after Dong Zhuo instigated LΓΌ Bu to kill the ruling Jinwu Ding Yuan, he completely controlled all the Gyeonggi soldiers and horses and held the imperial court firmly in his hands.
And Liu Wei is now facing the same problem.
Ding Yuan was recruited by He Jin, the most powerful local army except Dong Zhuo.
In the case that Huangfu Song and Lu Zhi were guarding outside, and the Gyeonggi guards only lost their soldiers and horses.
Ding Yuan was tantamount to a time bomb in Liu Wei's heart, which made him feel uneasy.
But Liu Wei felt that this person could not be killed for the time being.
Kill him, Lu Bu jumped up and was more ruthless than him.
How chaotic Lu Bu and Wang Yun were when they controlled the imperial court, it was really not something that could be said in two casual sentences.
These two meritorious heroes are indeed meritorious.
But it can also be said that they made the Han officially fall apart and go to the Three Kingdoms.
"Your Majesty!"
Your Highness, Ding Yuan called softly.
He was a little hairy by the emperor's direct eyes, and he had to remind him.
As if he had suddenly woken up in a dream, Liu Wei stretched out his arm and said, "Let Ding Qing see and smile, in the past few days, I have personally stared at the reconstruction of the Naked Garden, which is really a bit of a drain of energy. I was going to talk to Ding Qing, but I couldn't remember it for a while. β
"Since you can't think of it, let's talk a few nonsense, I don't know if Ding Qing knows anything about building gardens?"
Ding Yuan: ????
His big round face was full of embarrassment, and he smiled bitterly, "Your Majesty forgives your sins, the minister is just a martial artist, and he really doesn't understand this." β
"That's a shame." Liu Wei nodded.
didn't object to him building a naked garden, either he was a straight intestine or he had a different heart.
"I heard that Ding Qing's righteous son Lu Bu is brave and good at fighting, and it is difficult for ten thousand people to be brave, right?" Liu Wei asked.
Ding Yuan bowed his head, "Back to Your Majesty, Lu Fengxian is indeed brave, and the minister thinks that he is a rare military general in the world!" β
"If Your Majesty can reuse this person, the Liangzhou rebels will not be worried at all in the eyes of the minister."
Liu Wei nodded, this guy's intestines didn't seem to be ordinary straight.
"What does Ding Qing think of Cao Cao?" Liu Wei asked again.
"Able to write and martial arts, he is a rare talent!" Ding Yuan said without hesitation.
"What about Yuan Shao?"
"Thinking too much, indecisive, and ambitious, the minister feels that this matter is difficult to achieve."
"What about me?"
"Your Majesty...... Your Majesty...... If he can hold the authority of the court and stay away from beauty when he is young, the minister feels that the Han will be able to prosper. β
"Isn't it that I am already in charge of the imperial court, but I even killed Dong Zhuo!"
"However, it seems that Your Majesty and the Queen Mother still have too many contradictions in governing the country, and Your Majesty should not be ...... at such a young age Just put all your energy into women. Your Majesty's forgiveness is just a rash guess on the part of the minister. β
"Hey, Ding Qing really has a pair of fiery eyes, he can see it accurately!"
"The minister is talking nonsense, talking nonsense!"
"Hit the nail on the head, whip in, Ding Qing don't be humble!"
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The Emperor was silent again.
Ding Yuan secretly glanced at his eyelids twice, and couldn't help muttering in his heart.
The emperor's attitude today made him confused.
I couldn't figure out what the emperor was calling him to the palace today.
Just when he was slandering, he heard the emperor say again: "Ding Qing, I want to persuade the Queen Mother to let Lu Bu lead the army to conquer the Liangzhou rebels scattered everywhere, does Ding Qing have any opinions?" β
Ding Yuan immediately paused and said: "The minister does not dare to have the slightest opinion, and acts only on the orders of His Majesty." Dong Zhuo's army was defeated, and the Western Army has never had any military discipline at all, and if it is scattered in places, it will become a disaster. The minister wanted His Majesty to speak, and the minister led the army to exterminate those thieves. However, His Majesty had asked General Huangfu to lead the army to the battle, so the minister had to give up for the time being. β
"It's just that if Lu Bu leads the army to the battle, the minister is a little worried about Gyeonggi Luoyang. If there are no soldiers and horses to defend it, if any thieves come to attack, I am afraid that they will be beyond the reach of the whip and put the forbidden province in crisis......"
As soon as Ding Yuan said this, Liu Wei basically had a rough idea of his temperament.
This is not only a rectum, but it is not an ordinary straight.
His own ambitions don't seem to be very big.
"It's okay, I have my own arrangements." Liu Wei said vaguely.
"Command!" Ding Yuan didn't persuade anymore, and bent down to answer.