I am not an ant thief in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 291, A Day of Shocking Officials

Now Lei Gong is the biggest enemy of the imperial court, but even if the imperial court seizes the wealth of the merchants in the world, it can't beat Lei Gong with all its potential.You must know that this is a full 50 regular army. Except for the fact that the Han Dynasty was able to mobilize such a huge army during the founding of the country, it has not been able to mobilize such a huge army for the remaining nearly 200 years.

All the civil and military officials present knew that this battle had consumed the great man's potential for 200 years. If there hadn't been a warning order, the imperial court could not even maintain a 50 army.But such an ever-large army failed.

Obviously, the imperial court needs to rely on strong support to continue to fight against Lei Gong of the Rattan Armor Army. After several times of various forces in the Han Dynasty, only the nobles and nobles of the Han Dynasty can help the imperial court.

But after Lei Gong had already massacred the nobles of two states, even the remotest Jiaozhou clans knew Lei Gong’s hostility towards them. They didn’t want to be killed by Lei Gong, so they could only help the imperial court to resist Lei Gong. Like two hedgehogs, although they will be stabbed if they get close, but under the threat of Lei Gong, the two sides can only report to the group to keep warm!
Dong Zhuo continued: "The Order of Volunteer Soldiers takes Jizhou as a pilot point. Any powerful family who can recruit thousands of volunteer soldiers can become an army commander. For five volunteer soldiers, the imperial court must send a school lieutenant and one to join the army to help these righteous men train Army, teach them the skills of marching and fighting! Appoint Lu Zhi as the general of Zhenbei to garrison Jizhou, and let him find a way to recruit 5 volunteers to prevent Lei Gong's army from going south!"

"20!" All the civil and military officials in the imperial court were overwhelmed by Dong Guoxiang's arrogance. It was very difficult to build an army of 5 to 10 in the late emperor's time. Materials, to quell the Zhangjiao Rebellion, only sent [-] northern troops to fight Xiliang, and it took a year of patchwork to get [-] troops!At that time, the first emperor wanted to use up military expenditures, but the court could barely make ends meet.

Although Dong Zhuo is cruel and heartless, he has to admit that he is good at making money.Like now, hundreds of thousands of troops are recruited at every turn, with arrogance.

If the 20 troops were annihilated by the rebellion during the late emperor’s time, I’m afraid that the great Han would perish, but now Dong Guoxiang wants to recruit 20 troops again. The times are changing too fast, and many courtiers feel that they have a feeling that they can’t keep up with the times. .

Dong Zhuo didn't care about the deterred courtiers, but continued: "This time the court fought against the Tengjia Army, Xiliang Ma Teng and Han Sui contributed a lot. Now the court needs such loyal people to help the court deal with Lei Gong. The prime minister decided to appoint Ma Teng as the general protecting the Qiang, and Han Sui as the governor of Liangzhou, let them appease Xiliang's rebellion, and let Xiliang return to the imperial court! And Xiliang can return to the imperial court, not only can Let the imperial court have an extra 7-8 elite troops, and let them attack the Tengjia Army's territory from Shuofang, so that Lei Gong can't help Jizhou to buy time!"

Zhang Wen thought for a while and said: "President of the country, Xiliang is rebellious and rebellious, I'm afraid they won't obey the order of the court! I'm afraid it will be bad for the court to recruit them rashly!"

Zhang Wen was worried that Dong Zhuo's strength would increase greatly after recruiting Han Suimateng and the others. Don't look at Dong Zhuo's rebellion in Xiliang for more than ten years. Beigong Boyu and Li Wenhou who started the rebellion were all Duan Xie's subordinates who had been friends with Dong Zhuo for more than ten years, and Bian Zhang Han Sui also had a close relationship. The rebellion in Xiliang can even be called a war within the Han Dynasty. Both sides are not officials of the big man, but they were once officials and military officers of the big man!

It is really not difficult to win them over with Dong Zhuo's power at this time!It can even be said that Xiliang's rebellion is naturally Dong Zhuo's basic plan. Zhang Wen is worried that Dong Zhuo's strength will greatly increase after he wins over these Xiliang tycoons, which will be detrimental to their plans!

Dong Zhuo said with a smile: "The first priority of the imperial court is to defeat Lei Gong, the villain. In order to defeat Lei Gong, the imperial court even made a righteous soldier order. The mistakes made by Han Suimateng and others are nothing. At least they did not massacre The gentry of the Han Dynasty even sent 5 troops to deal with Lei Gong this time! Isn’t this an act of loyalty!”

"And the most important thing, if we don't appease them, if they are recruited by Lei Gong, not only will the court have 7 to 8 more enemies, but Guanzhong will be in danger. If Guanzhong is not safe, where will we move the capital? Do we abandon the Central Plains? , Move the capital to Nanyang County!"

"Even if it's for the stability of Chang'an, the imperial court will appease Han Suimateng and the others! Not only the two of them, but even Xiliang's celebrities and powerful men will be recruited to help the imperial court deal with Lei Gong. The imperial court has to do everything!"

After being told by Dong Zhuo, the civil and military officials of the imperial court remembered that after the capital city was in Chang'an, the safety of Chang'an became very important. If the Xiliang issue was not resolved, Guanzhong would not be stable, even for the sake of Han Sui and Ma Teng. Taking refuge in Lei Gong, they also want to appease Xiliang to rebel!
So even though Zhang Wen objected, the civil and military officials in the court still agreed to appease Ma Teng and Han Sui!

After talking about Ma Teng, Han Sui and the others, Dong Zhuo continued: "In order to deal with the increasingly powerful Lei Gong and protect the safety of Si Li, I plan to recruit 10 troops!"

"Another 30!" In just one court meeting today, it was heard that an additional 10 troops would be added. The civil and military officials of the court really gained their knowledge this time.When did the treasury of the great Han become so rich that the imperial court could not even support a [-] army during the first emperor’s time. How come Dong Zhuo’s army was supported by hundreds of thousands and hundreds of thousands?

This Dong Zhuo found the fat pig again, and planned to kill him to feed the hundreds of thousands of big men?

Wang Yun came out and said: "In order to fight against the Tengjia Army, most of the court's money and food were consumed, and the Prime Minister decided to move the capital to Chang'an. Can't stand the consumption of this 10 army!"

This matter must be stopped, if Dong Zhuo is really given an extra 10 troops, their plan will come to naught!
Dong Zhuo said with a smile: "The 10 troops do not need to be raised by the imperial court! Each of the soldiers recruited this time can be allocated 100 mu of land, and all the food, grass and weapons consumed by these soldiers will be paid for by the 100 mu of land, so that the imperial court can do it without spending a penny. Get 10 loyal soldiers!"

Zhang Wen was surprised: "A 10 army would consume 1 million mu of land. Where did the imperial court get so much land?"

This can already be regarded as a small landlord. If there is such a good treatment, the civilians around Luoyang City will probably rush to join the army.

Dong Zhuo said: "The surrounding area of ​​Luoyang is about to become a battlefield. I heard that more than half of the land in Henan Yiyi has been lost. Now an mu of land is not worth even ten thousand yuan. And Chang'an will soon become the capital of the Han Dynasty. The price of land in Guanzhong Inevitably skyrocketing, I plan to exchange the land in Guanzhong for your land in Luoyang, I think you should be willing!"

Yang Biao was surprised and said, "The Prime Minister wants to exchange the wasteland for the grain fields around Luoyang. How could someone do such a thing?"

The other civil and military officials also looked at Dong Zhuo in surprise, but Dong Zhuo didn't expect Dong Zhuo to treat them as fat pigs.

Then he looked angry, they were the only ones who killed pigs and ate meat, when would it be someone else's turn to kill them?

Dong Zhuo said: "Why is there no one willing? The land in Guanzhong is barren, but at least it is safe. With Hangu Pass guarding, Lei Gong's army can't come in. Although the land around Luoyang is fertile, Lei Gong's soldiers are always ready to fight. Come in, hang everyone, and distribute your land to the people! Anyone with a vision can know that Chang'an is a safe place, and sooner or later the surrounding area of ​​Luoyang will become a battlefield, and the land here will be worthless by then. , although the land in Guanzhong is barren, it is a land of abundance after all, as long as the water conservancy facilities are built, these lands will sooner or later become fertile fields!"

"Anyway, the exchange of land depends on your willingness. Anyway, the land in Guanzhong is limited. When the imperial court buys enough land, the land you keep in your hands will be worthless. Lei Gong doesn't care about your identities. To him, the common people This is what he wants to buy, and he will divide up your land and use it to buy people!"

(End of this chapter)