Three Kingdoms: I will act as a substitute for the Hunjun

Chapter 94 Dong Zhuo resists the decree (please subscribe)

In Hongnong County, Dong Zhuo stuffed two ingots of silver into the messenger and respectfully sent him out of the camp, saying, "Is your Majesty's dragon body really in good condition now?"

With money opening the way, the eunuch who passed the order smiled happily and said: "Your Majesty has recovered a long time ago, and this time he personally commanded the troops to put down He Jin's rebellion."

After bidding farewell to the messenger, Dong Zhuo returned to the military tent in the camp.

Dong Zhuo knew that the emperor had been in poor health. He had heard that the emperor was seriously ill before. Later, after Li Su went to Luoyang, he brought back the news that the emperor had recovered.

He always thought it was a temporary improvement, and believed that it wouldn't be long before he would fall ill again and be unable to govern. This was one of the important reasons why he came to Luoyang City with peace of mind and led his troops.

Unexpectedly, after listening to the messenger's wishes, he seemed not only to recover, but also to be better than before. He was actually able to personally command the troops to put down the rebellion.

"Your Majesty issued a decree ordering my general to change his route and go to Montenegro to suppress the bandits. What do you think?" Dong Zhuo sat in the middle, threw the imperial edict onto the cases in front of him, and said grandly.

Although he had accepted the order, he was extremely reluctant to go to Heishan, Jizhou.

I originally wanted to go to Kyoto to enjoy the blessings, but who would want to go to a remote country to fight with bandits?

"I implore the general to send troops immediately to the Black Mountains to suppress the bandits and avenge the Queen Mother." Suddenly, a military general came out and said loudly.

When everyone saw it, it was Dong Cheng, the nephew of Empress Dowager Dong, who was now under the command of Niu Fu Zhang.

"The Queen Mother and the General both have the surname Dong, so they must belong to the same family. If the General can avenge the Queen Mother, it will be a great achievement. Your Majesty will definitely reward you greatly. The world will also look up to the General with the Dong surname." Dong Cheng continued to encourage.

Dong Zhuo hummed, but did not express his position, and looked at the others.

"Logically speaking, we should go to Montenegro in accordance with His Majesty's imperial decree." At this time, another general said, it was Hu Zhen, "But I was waiting hard in Yongliang to fight the Qiang people, and I wanted to return to Beijing to rest for a few days, but I didn't Thinking of having to fight against the Black Mountain Bandits again, I'm afraid the sergeants will be exhausted and their combat effectiveness will be compromised."

At this moment, a soldier led a man in and said, "General, we caught a suspicious person while patrolling the camp and claimed that he had something important to report to the general."

Dong Zhuo looked at the visitor, who was wearing very ordinary clothes, and said, "Who are you, and why do you come to see me, the general?"

"This little man is Yuan Situ's servant, and I have a secret message to send to the general." The man took out a letter from his arms, and his own soldiers took it and handed it to Dong Zhuo.

Dong Zhuo opened it and saw that it was written by Yuan Wei. The letter asked Dong Zhuo to go to Montenegro to suppress the bandits in accordance with the imperial edict. Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu were ordered to go to Hanguguan to stop Dong's army. The two sides must not conflict with each other.

Dong Zhuo threw the letter to Li Ru next to him and complained in a deep voice: "What are the emperor and Yuan Situ doing? One moment, I have the general lead troops to Beijing, and the next moment, he has to go to Montenegro to suppress the bandits. How can we use troops like this? Is it possible? Are you deliberately teasing me, the general?"

The messenger hurriedly said: "It really happened suddenly. The Queen Mother was killed by the Black Mountain bandits. Your Majesty was furious and ordered the general to move the camp to Montenegro."

"Then what's the purpose of sending Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu to block the road?" Dong Zhuo said dissatisfiedly, "You don't trust me so much? If you don't believe me, why did you call me back in the first place?"

The messenger was speechless.

"Take him down to rest first, and I'll reply after we discuss it." Li Ru ordered, and soldiers came immediately and led the messenger out of the tent.

"I wonder what Wenyou (characterized by Li Ru) has to say?" Dong Zhuo asked Li Ru very politely.

Li Ru was both Dong Zhuo's counselor and Dong Zhuo's son-in-law. He was full of resourcefulness, so he was deeply trusted by Dong Zhuo and almost obeyed his advice.

"There is no need to go to Montenegro. Instead of going to Montenegro to suppress bandits, it is better to just stay in Yongliang and Pingqiang. Why bother going back and forth."

Li Ru directly gave the result of the resistance, and then said, "The general still has to go to Luoyang. Now that the He family has been destroyed, there is a huge power gap in the court. It is the time for the general to show his talents. If he can take control of the government, The future is limitless.”

"Previously, the general used the order to punish thieves. This time we disobey the order. What excuse can we use to continue to Luoyang?" Hu Zhen asked doubtfully.

"The general can make a statement to Your Majesty, saying that the Black Mountain bandits are petty thieves, and the real national thief is Jian Shuo, who controls the government and brings trouble to the country. The general led his troops to Luoyang to protect the Qing emperor and eliminate the traitors."

Li Ru told his plan, "Yuan Situ wrote a letter asking the general to come to the capital in order to eradicate the traitor Jian Shuo. I think all the aristocratic families will support the general by then. You can let Yuan Situ secretly order Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu to get out of the way."

Li Ru hesitated for a moment and then said: "The Queen Mother has passed away, so the general can pretend to be the Queen Mother and say that it is a secret edict from the Queen Mother, asking the general to come to the capital to eradicate the traitors. There is no way to prove it, and the general still has the reputation of being a teacher."

Dong Zhuo was overjoyed after hearing this. He immediately wrote a letter and asked a messenger to bring it to Yuan Wei. At the same time, he wrote a memorial and sent a fast horse to Luoyang to present it to the emperor.

Then he ordered the army to continue marching eastward and refused to go to Montenegro.    …

Before going to court, Liu Ming and Jian Shuo received the news brought back by Wang Yue. On the way to Hejian, a large number of Black Mountain bandits did appear. There were obvious signs of fighting. The Xiyuan Army led by Zhang Yang was among the corpses on the ground. There were also Black Mountain thieves, but Zhang Yang and Queen Mother Dong were missing, and not even one of Queen Mother Dong's followers was seen.

It seems that what the soldier who escaped back was true, Zhang Yang was indeed taken away by the Black Mountain bandits. As for Empress Dowager Dong...

At that time, the soldier said that the Queen Mother and her entourage were all killed. If what he said was true, he would have less to worry about.

Liu Ming is now very familiar with court affairs.

On the same day, an order was issued to re-appoint Huangfu Song, who was granted the title of General Zuo, and went to Yongliang to quell the Qiang rebellion.

Liu Yu was promoted to Youzhou Mu, in charge of the military and political affairs of Youzhou, and put down the rebellions of Zhang Chun, Zhang Ju and Wu Heng.

Cai Yong was re-appointed and the official was restored to his original position, still serving as Yilang.

Wang Yun was re-appointed as Censor.

Regarding Huangfu Song, Cai Yong, Wang Yun and others, they all blamed Zhao Zhong and Zhang Rang for their previous dismissal from office, saying that they had made flattery and framed Zhongliang.

Anyway, the responsibilities of the emperor and Jian Shuo have been completely eliminated. I believe that several of them will take office soon after receiving the imperial edict.

When the ministers saw that His Majesty's arrangements were orderly, the grievances of loyal ministers were vindicated, and the turmoil was quelled by capable ministers, they felt that the affairs of the government were about to become a bright and clear world.

But soon, when Liu Ming announced the arrangements for several of Jian Shuo's cronies, the faces of the ministers turned green again.

Especially when Liu Ming announced in public that he would give Zhao Zhong's mansion to Jian Shuo, the courtiers suddenly felt that the sky they looked up to was still the same dirty sky. He hated Jian Shuo even more deeply in his heart.

Everyone in the court dared not speak out, and finally focused their attention on Yuan Wei, because he was the leader of the court officials.

But Yuan Wei closed his eyes slightly and said nothing.

The Yuan family hasn't wiped the shit out of their butts yet, so they don't want to cause any more trouble now.

Simply ignore everyone's gaze and pretend not to see it.

At this moment, Dong Zhuo's performance arrived. Liu Ming opened it and took a look at it, then frowned——

"A secret edict from Empress Dowager Dong?" Liu Ming was doubtful and motioned for Jian Shuo to come forward and ask Pan Yin to hand over the edict to him.

Jian Shuo also had a solemn look on his face after reading it.

Liu Ming was mentally prepared for Dong Zhuo's disobedience, because when collecting information in his previous life, he knew that Dong Zhuo had resisted many times in history——

After Emperor Ling fell seriously ill, he was worried that Dong Zhuo would be too powerful after Ping Qiang, so he issued an edict to appoint Dong Zhuo as Bingzhou Mu, and transferred all his subordinate troops to Huangfu Song.

As a result, although Dong Zhuo accepted the appointment, he refused to hand over the army. Instead, he wrote a letter wanting to take the army to Bingzhou with him.

After Emperor Ling issued an edict, Dong Zhuo had to hand over part of his military power, but he also took five thousand people to Bingzhou. This was actually a serious violation of the official system. Even so, Dong Zhuo did not leave until he reached Hedong County. Observe the situation in Luoyang.

At this time, Dong Zhuo was already rebellious and wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to gain political capital.

After the death of Emperor Ling, He Jin fought with Shi Changshi and summoned all the princes to come to the capital to kill the eunuchs. Why was Dong Zhuo the first to come to the capital?
  It was not that he was the fastest to launch his army from Liangzhou, but because his troops were closest to Luoyang City at that time. He had been watching and waiting in Hedong, and finally was the first to enter Beijing and control the situation, causing chaos in the late Eastern Han Dynasty.

With these impressions from his previous life, in this life, Liu Ming was mentally prepared for Dong Zhuo's disobedience and continued to Luoyang instead of going to Black Mountain to suppress the bandits. This was why he asked Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu to go to Hongnong. The main reason for blocking.

What surprised Liu Ming was that Dong Zhuo actually said in his performance that he had received a secret edict from Empress Dowager Dong!

This had to make him doubt and pay attention to it. When did Empress Dowager Dong issue the secret edict? Did the edict reveal the issue of substitutes? These are what Liu Ming is most concerned about, and what Jian Shuo next to him is worried about.

(End of this chapter)