Chapter 131: Dong Zhuo's Movement
He Bai thought about it, what does Lu Bu lack now? said: "Brother, I am going to Qingzhou to suppress the Yellow Turban, and then I will take up the post of Beihai Taishou, and I don't know when this mansion in Beijing will be used, so how about giving it to my brother?" There are still hundreds of stones of Magi wine and dozens of stones of hero wine in the house, so they are given to the elder brother to enjoy. β
Lu Bu was overjoyed and said embarrassedly: "How can this be made." β
He Bai laughed and said: "Since you and I are brothers, we should have the friendship of wealth." As the saying goes: Jingshiju is not easy. Although my brother has just entered Beijing, he also knows that living in Beijing is really troublesome. In the future, when sister-in-law, Yan'er, and Qi'er enter Beijing, how can they live in peace without a big mansion. However, I am used to using the slaves and maids in the house, so it is inconvenient to send them away. But tomorrow I can buy some more servants for my brother, sister-in-law, Yan'er, and Qi'er. β
Lu Bu said even more embarrassedly: "I don't even take care of my brother as a brother, but I have to think about my brother's affairs, I really don't know ......."
He Bai waved his hand and said, "Since my brother said that you and I are brothers, isn't it normal to help each other?" If Ding Zhijinwu hadn't promoted his brother in the near future, I would have personally told General He that the general was lacking a close guard Sima at this time, and with his brother's talent, this position should be more than enough. If the general is pleased in office, it will be easier to go out of the town in a few years to be at least a military captain or a county guard, than two thousand stones. If you don't want to go out of the town, even if you are a cavalry lieutenant in Beijing, it will not be difficult for Zhonglang to ......"
In a few words, He Bai made Lu Bu's future prospects clear one by one, if he could be valued by the general of the dynasty, wouldn't it be easy to be promoted, you must know that what Lu Bu lacks the most is the master of knowledge, is the general of the dynasty still as stingy as Ding Yuan. Lu Bu was very happy when he heard this, and he almost didn't treat He Bai with his heart and lungs.
That night, Lu Bu happily drank the hero's wine, and soon he got drunk. He Bai has set up banquets many times, and he has long learned the method of persuading more, drinking less, and not getting drunk, so he rarely gets drunk. So he carried Lu Bu into the guest room to rest, and ordered two good concubines to accompany him, and then went back to the room to rest.
He Bai felt that in fact, being a time-traveler was very simple, just like cheating and playing a single-player game, as long as the head was not too stupid, he could basically have a good result. After all, it has advanced the knowledge of the people of the time for 2,000 years, and this insight is more important than anything else. For example, if I am doing my best to help He Jin now, there will be no chaos in this world at all, unless there is another chaos like the Yellow Turban Uprising, otherwise it is very simple for the Eastern Han Dynasty to extend the time for another hundred years.
It's just that since he is a traverser, when there is no way to go back, he naturally wants everything to be good, rather than compromised. There are too many injustices in this society, and He Bai, who came from later generations, naturally wanted to use his own strength to change them, so that China would become as powerful, rich, harmonious and stable as later generations. Helping He Jin can't achieve his own goal, he can only watch it go with history.
In the following days, Dong Zhuo's Xiliang army had thousands of horsemen coming to Luoyang every three days to converge. Dong Zhuo's military camp has been expanded again and again, which has frightened all the officials in Beijing, and I don't know how many Dong Zhuo soldiers there are. Even the general He Jin became more and more uneasy, and ordered Ding Yuan's 30,000 troops stationed in Hanoi to cross the river and settle near the camp of the Northern Army north of Luoyang.
Dong Zhuo even said that the money and food were insufficient because of the successive arrival of the soldiers and horses under his command, and repeatedly asked the court for military supplies to support the soldiers. The court thought that Dong Jun was not the planned army, and there was already a shortage of food near Luoyang City, so he was unwilling to allocate it, so Dong Zhuo thought of his own way.
What kind of person is Dong Zhuo, let him think of his own way, will he be honest? Dong Zhuo sent troops to the eastern, southern, and western cities outside the city yesterday to rob the army in order to raise the army. The three cities were on fire everywhere, with nearly 1,000 casualties and countless property losses.
When the officials heard about it, they were all afraid of Dong Zhuo's tens of thousands of elite soldiers and horses, although they clamored to punish Dong Zhuo, but there was Yuan in the way, but they didn't take action. And He Jin also because the cost of disposing of Dong Zhuo at this time was too great, Yuan Shao tried his best to ensure that Dong Zhuo was only short of money and food to support the soldiers before, and he had no choice but to do it. There will definitely be no more chaos in the future, He Jin couldn't make a decision for a while, so Dong Zhuo became more and more arrogant.
Only then did He Bai suddenly understand the true situation in history. It turned out that Dong Zhuo knew that He Jin and Yuan Shao wanted to get rid of the eunuchs and even recruit foreign soldiers into Beijing, so he guessed that this trip would definitely cause chaos in Luoyang City. At least like Dou Wu and Chen Fan, it will plunge Luoyang City into chaos for several days. And what Dong Zhuo wants to do is to do the same thing as Zhang Huan back then.
With Dong Zhuo's ambition, he will never be as honest as Zhang Huan, and he will definitely take this as an opportunity to enter the court to take charge of political affairs. The purpose of using the trick of adding troops in the dark is to force the two sides of the political dispute to decide a winner in a short period of time. In the rush of political battles, there will inevitably be a lot of loopholes to exploit.
No matter what the victory or defeat of He Jin and the Ten Standing Servants who were in power at this time, Dong Zhuo would force the Yuan clan to agree to Dong Zhuo becoming one of the three princes and ruling together. It's just unfortunate that He Jin died carelessly, and the Ten Standing Servants were also wiped out.
The lucky Dong Zhuo then instructed Dong Min to instigate He Jin's subordinate general Wu Kuang and others to attack and kill He Miao, a chariot general who could also gather military power and take charge of the government. As a result, the army in Beijing was completely leaderless, and only the second-level former general Dong Zhuo was left as the head of the military attachΓ© in Beijing.
The Yuan clan did not attach great importance to military power, or was deceived by Dong Zhuo, so that Dong Zhuo's former general could easily ambush the hundreds of thousands of troops around Luoyang City. With this, Dong Zhuo has become a court giant who is even better than He Jin.
However, Yuan Shao, who was about to enjoy the fruits of victory and held the authority of the court, found that his power was not advancing but retreating, and he was forcibly plucked by the newly arrived Dong Zhuo with his troops, and even suppressed him. And Yuan Kui, the head of the Yuan family, in order to ensure that his status is not declining, gave in to the powerful Dong Zhuo. This result immediately made Yuan Shao, who had worked hard for a long time, angry, so he fled from Beijing and began the famous battle against Dong.
Dong Zhuo in history has the help of the strategist Li Ru, and only 3,000 Qiang horses have become the dream of countless people, I have to say that this is the misfortune of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and Dong Zhuo's great luck. At the same time, He Bai was shocked to discover how important a good strategist is in political disputes, so important that he can fight big with a small fight, turn his hand into a cloud, and turn his hand into rain.
At the same time, He Bai also relaxed the IQ of Cao Cao, Xun You, Yuan Shao, Feng Ji and other so-called resourceful people in Beijing, they are also people, not gods, at this time, they are not as powerful as later. As long as there is a qualitative change between their own military strength and their strength, the difference in IQ is not too big, and it can almost be the same as Dong Zhuo, pushing all obstacles.
"Report to the prince, yesterday evening there were sergeants in the Xiliang Dong Army who went out of the camp and plundered hundreds of women in the pavilion into the camp for sexual pleasure, and the chief of the Sunset Pavilion led the pavilion soldiers to resist, and was all killed by the Dong army, and at the same time, there were dozens of people in the Sunset Pavilion. The other people cried to me, and knelt down and begged the prince to rule for them. β
On the morning of August 25, a guest returned home and said to He Bai with a sad face. This guest was an official sent by He Bai to the Sunset Pavilion to help him manage the people and collect taxes. Facing such a tragic situation in the face of the lord Sunset Pavilion Marquis He Bai, the feudal people, they rushed to the capital overnight. However, because the city gate was closed, he did not enter the city until this time to make a report.
He Bai frowned after hearing this, he was originally a cold observer of the world, and he didn't want Dong Zhuo to provoke him. In fact, when Dong Zhuo was stationed near the Sunset Pavilion, He Bai should have expected this to happen. But He Bai has always had the same thoughts as the officials, hoping that Dong Zhuo will be more honest at this time.
But what kind of temperament is Dong Zhuo? Murder and plunder are normal things for him, and there is nothing to refrain from. Yesterday, even the East City, South City, and West City were robbed by Dong Zhuo, and all the officials were frightened by his bluff, not to mention that he was just a school captain, so what was there to scruple about. When I returned to the camp, I grabbed hundreds of women and entered the camp for sexual pleasure, isn't it normal?
He Bai couldn't help but feel a little sad in his heart, and said secretly: I don't kill Boren, but Boren died because of my inaction, it's a pity, it's painful.
The guest bowed and said: "Your Majesty also knows that Dong's army is powerful, but I am afraid that the court will not be able to do anything about Dong Zhuo, but I am afraid that the prince and the marquis will also have difficulties." However, the people pleaded, but the prince must ignore it, otherwise he will be greatly disappointed. β
He Bai did not express his position at this time, and summoned more than 500 guests from all over the house to discuss, and all the guests were indignant and scolded Dong Zhuo for being vicious, and many persuaded He Bai to temporarily suppress his anger and ask the court to deal with this matter, but no one encouraged He Bai to send troops to take revenge. He Bai couldn't help but be disappointed, seeing that although there were many guests from the house, most of them were mediocre people, and there was no one who was bold and capable.
He Bai turned his head and asked Luo Peidao: "Zengzhi, how do you think this matter should be handled?" β
Luo Pei also frowned deeply at this time, and when he saw He Bai asking, he arched his hand and said: "Yesterday, Dong Zhuo led his troops to plunder the eastern, southern, and western cities outside the city in front of the eyes of the princes of the court, and the court ignored Dong Zhuo and did not stop it; It is conceivable that it is useless to appeal to the court in this matter. The lord may be angry and send volunteers to fight against Dong Zhuo, the thief who rebelled and ruined the people. Although this matter cannot be decreed by the court, it is something that the court officials think and think, and there will be great support......"
"No, no." A guest came out and shouted: "My lord, Luo Zengzhi's words are to want the lord to take chestnuts from the fire of the court, which is not the way of loyalty, and his heart can be punished." β
Everyone looked at the guest, and after the guest bowed to He Bai, he shouted proudly: "As we all know, the Qiang soldiers have always been fierce, and Dong Zhuo has now successively come to Beijing with a large number of soldiers and horses, a total of four batches, and the total number is expected to be more than 12,000 people. Although the lord has 5,000 soldiers and horses in the army, there are only 4,000 soldiers and horses, and with one enemy and three, the victory rate is slim. Without the help of other soldiers, there is no defeat. β
However, there are more powerful soldiers and horses in the capital than the lord, and they dare not touch the power of Dong Zhuo, let alone the lord who only has 5,000 soldiers and horses. Moreover, the lord challenged the respect of the former general with the humility of the captain, and the battle was won, and the princes of the court would not be overjoyed, but would think that the lord was guilty of the crime, which was not the way of the minister. If this battle is lost, the princes of the court will sell the lord in order to eliminate Dong Zhuo's anger. β
When the guests heard this, they immediately nodded again and again, and they all accused Luo Pei of harboring evil intentions, not considering the safety of He Bai, the lord, Luo Pei's face was red, and he had to bend down to confess to He Bai.
He Bai looked at all this coldly, and in later generations, he often read novels or movies and television, and saw that the courtiers shouted that the other party had a rebellious heart at every turn, and his heart was punishable, but he didn't expect that he would encounter this matter today. What was supposed to be a good discussion of things turned into mutual accusations and rape. If this goes on for a long time, there will be no hatred, and it will become an enemy. This is how political enemies are created.
Luo Pei saw that He Bai's face was expressionless, and thought that He Bai was very angry with himself, so he had to kneel down and ask for guilt again.