Xuande

Chapter 550 Dong Zhong's Little Trick
Compared with Yuan Shu, Yuan Shao is even more hateful.

There are many diehards around him, and his banner is not only against Liu Bei, but more importantly, against the eunuchs and wants to kill all the eunuchs.

For this reason, the eunuch clan and industries within Jizhou have completely collapsed.

Those who followed Yuan Shao were not only from within the Yuan Clan, but more because of greed, they boarded the pirate ship. After cleaning up the eunuchs and seizing the eunuch's property, they had to follow Yuan Shao because of fear of revenge. In a sense, he is more loyal to Yuan Shao than the former officials of the Yuan family.

They will do their best for their own survival, which is different from Yuan Shu's situation.

Therefore, it is more difficult to deal with Yuan Shao.

But it doesn't matter, it is more difficult to deal with Yuan Shao, and the blockade Liu Bei arranged for Yuan Shao is also stronger.

Dong Zhuo, shepherd of Bingzhou, Liu Yu, shepherd of Qingzhou, and Gongsun Zan, governor of Youzhou, were three powerful troops serving him alone. Liu Bei didn't believe that these three could not deal with Yuan Shao before he was ready to go north.

On the first day of October in the sixth year of Zhongping, Liu Bei led the army and set off to return to Luoyang.

On the eighth day of October, the army returned to Luoyang.

After returning from victory this time, at the suggestion of Zhang Rang, Jian Shuo, Dong Zhong, and the Empress Dowager Dong, in Luoyang City, in order to demonstrate Liu Bei’s achievements, an emperor led a hundred officials to welcome Liu Bei outside Luoyang City. drama code.

When Liu Bei first heard the news, he felt that something was wrong, but several senior staff officers around him thought there was nothing wrong with it.

First of all, Liu Bei is a well-known general, the highest military position in the Han Dynasty, above the Sangong, and No.1 below the emperor, and he is absolutely worthy of this kind of treatment in terms of status.

Second, Liu Bei risked his life to fight against the rebellion of the Han Dynasty. He eliminated the rebellion of the Han Dynasty and made great contributions to the Han Dynasty. It is normal for the emperor to go out of the city to greet him.

Liu Bei thought about it, but still felt something was wrong.

"Although I am a great general, my time is short. The emperor is young, and when I return from the expedition, I will be greeted by the emperor. I am afraid that some people will think that I am arrogant and disrespecting the emperor. I am afraid that it will attract criticism. This is not a good thing for me.

I am now a general with one man under one man and more than ten thousand people. The previous general was executed for rebellion. Now that I take over this position, I must be more cautious and careful not to be honest. Otherwise, once the situation stabilizes, someone will inevitably make trouble based on it. . "

After hearing this, the senior staff officers around him felt that Liu Bei was a little too cautious.

But there's nothing wrong with being cautious.

The generals Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong, who were engaged in Zhonglang, very much agreed with Liu Bei's idea.

"The general's first appointment is short and his foundation is not stable. It is natural to be cautious. Since ancient times, being cautious is the prerequisite for prosperity. Arrogance and domineering are the precursors of self-destruction. The general is cautious. I Think it's the right thing to do, and I should congratulate the general."

So Liu Bei decided that when the army arrived outside Luoyang City, he would dismount and walk to the gate of the city to pay homage to the emperor.

On the morning of the eighth day of October, near noon, Liu Bei led his army to the outside of Luoyang City. Accompanied by welcoming envoys, he saw the welcoming queue of the emperor and hundreds of officials from a distance.

So he ordered the army to return to the barracks according to the rules, while he got off his horse, straightened his clothes, handed the saber to the guards around him, and walked forward.

Coming in front of the little emperor Liu Xie, Liu Bei glanced at the officials and found Lu Zhi, Cai Yong, Cao Cao, Yan Wen, and Zhen Yan.

After a pause, Liu Bei did not wait for Liu Xie to speak, and made a military salute first.

"Your Majesty returned from the battle and was wearing armor. It is inconvenient to salute, so I will pay my respects to Your Majesty with a military salute. Please forgive me!"

Liu Xie blinked, then turned to look at Dong Zhong standing beside him.

Not the same as what you said?
He didn't come here on a horse.

Dong Zhong hesitated for a moment, but still winked.

Liu Xie nodded.

"The general fought against the rebels, he worked hard and made great achievements. Today, I am triumphant. I am very relieved. I am willing to return to the city with the general and congratulate the general!"

"The minister obeys the order!"

Liu Bei saluted again: "Respectfully, the Son of Heaven goes first!"

Liu Xie was taken aback again, looked at Dong Zhong, and frowned.

"Major General first?"

"It is impossible for a minister to act before the emperor, your majesty please first."

Liu Bei stood still.

Liu Xie glanced at Dong Zhong again, said nothing, and walked straight forward.

Liu Bei glanced at Dong Zhong, said nothing, followed the pace of the emperor.

The entire queue moved slowly, and a group of elders staggered back to the palace following the emperor and Liu Bei.

Walking all the way back is of course not enough. After walking for a while, someone led the horse and waited.

Officials with a certain status in the back all have horses, and they can ride along with them.

Officials without status really can only go back.

Obviously, there are grades and grades in being an official.

Later, Liu Xie prepared a celebration banquet for Liu Bei in the palace, and Liu Bei took a group of generals who had established meritorious deeds to participate in the banquet, receiving imperial wine and food from the emperor, and the army would also have special rewards of wine and meat , You can eat and drink as much as you want until you can't eat or drink anymore.

Regarding the rewards, the merit record policy has been submitted to the imperial court. According to the imperial court's rules and Liu Bei's special arrangement, everything has been arranged.

Liu Bei is already an extremely powerful minister, so there is no change in position for the time being, just some material rewards, and the increase of [-] in the food town, reaching [-] households.

The banquet was, of course, full of joy.

After a feast, it was already evening, so Liu Xie let the meritorious soldiers go back to the camp to rest. After a night's rest, tomorrow they will hold a serious prisoner presentation ceremony and then a rebellious execution ceremony.

Liu Bei drank a little too much. With the help of the guards, he did not go home, but returned to the barracks outside the city, and chose to rest in the barracks outside the city. The reason was that the prisoner offering ceremony had not been completed and the commander could not disarm.

Back in the barracks, Liu Bei washed his face and regained consciousness a little, then called Jia Xu and Xun You who had followed him back to his tent.

"What's the matter with the emperor? Do you know?"

Jia Xu and Xun You had the positions of Shangshu Zuocheng and Shangshu Youcheng. They did not accompany the army this time, but stayed in Luoyang to handle logistics affairs.

At the same time, in order to show their trust, the information of the intelligence agency led by Liu Hui was also opened to the two of them, so that the two of them could learn many important things in time.

To put it bluntly, they are the two pairs of eyes that Liu Bei placed in Luoyang City.

This time, the two pairs of eyes saw many things.

"It's similar to what you know before. During the more than a month of your expedition, Dong Zhong got closer to Huan Dian and Zhang Xi from the Jinwen School. There were six banquets in one month, and each time there were two people. People, even though they don’t know what they said, they can make a rough guess.”

Jia Xu said in a low voice: "It must be something that is not good for you. Huan Dian and Zhang Xi are both members of the famous family of the Jinwen School, and the Jinwen School is obviously not dead."

"That's normal."

Liu Bei nodded and said, "Has Taichang Huang Wan joined?"

"It's not."

Xun You said in a low voice: "At first we thought that Huang Wan would join in, but Huang Wan didn't. These days, Huang Wan haunts Taixue, Dongguan and other places all day long, and it's all related to academic etiquette. I have been to Dong Zhong's Hussar General's residence."

"By the way, there is one more thing."

Jia Xu said: "Yang Biao's filial piety period will come this month, but ten days ago, he submitted a form to the court, saying that his mother died early. He was young at the time and didn't know what filial piety is. Now he feels deeply disturbed and decides to make up for it." After mourning for my mother, I will keep my filial piety for another 26 months, and I will not return to the court for the time being.”

After hearing this, Liu Bei thought for a while and nodded slowly.

"It seems that Yang has figured it out. Huang Wan and Yang are close, so they probably don't care anymore. The modern literature school has always laughed at the internal division of the ancient literature school. Isn't it the same for them now? Huan Dian, Zhang Xi, the two Personally, I am restless..."

"Dong Zhong is the empress dowager's nephew. He has a special status. He is also a general of hussars. He can also open a mansion. He is a big threat."

Jia Xu said: "If the Jinwen School and Dong Zhong join forces, I'm afraid it will bring you some trouble."

Liu Bei sneered and said, "What trouble can they cause me? At the time when Jinwen School of Literature was at its peak, I was just a small Shangshutai Lingshi, and I was not afraid of them. Now, I am a general in the dynasty, but I have to be afraid of them." Are they there?"

"Of course you are not afraid of them."

Xun You said slowly: "However, Dong Zhong can do it by exerting influence on the emperor through his status as the Empress Dowager. He is not someone who can be easily dealt with, and he can also start a mansion now. In time, he will also be in the The world has a certain influence, and this is something you have to take into consideration."

Liu Bei nodded slowly.

"Dong Zhong's identity is troublesome, but in my opinion, the empress dowager is not a person who likes trouble. If Dong Zhong wants to make trouble, he will have a hard time going through the empress dowager. You can't overthrow the sky if you pay attention to this Jiaoliang disciple."

As he said that, Liu Bei's eyes flashed a few gleams of coldness.

"However, the Jinwen School is a bit interesting. I haven't thought about messing with them yet. They want to provoke me before it's too late. Who gave them the courage? Huan Dian and Zhang Xi... Okay, very good, it seems that this time, I am going to uproot them, they must not think that I dare not do anything to the Fanyue family!"

(End of this chapter)