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Chapter 675: The Aftermath of Su Yao’s Reputation

Seeing that Hu Junshou was so pedantic, Wang Zhubu was so anxious that his face turned red:

"Why are you still so stubborn, County Magistrate?"

"Although Dong Zhuo respects Your Majesty as the Son of Heaven, has he ever shown any respect for the Emperor?"

"This man controls the government and persecutes loyal officials. His actions are no different from those of a bandit."

"In name he is a Han minister, but in reality he is a Han traitor!"

"On the other hand, the champion marquis Su Yao raised an army to fight against Dong in order to save your majesty from danger and restore the dignity of the court."

"If you surrender to the Marquis of Guanjun now, it would not be a betrayal of the court, but rather it would be in compliance with the will of heaven and would help the court!"

Upon hearing this, County Magistrate Hu fell into deep thought again.

He knew in his heart that what Wang Zhubu said was absolutely correct.

Dong Zhuo's actions had already chilled the hearts of people all over the world, and Su Yao's move to fight against Dong won wide support and praise.

Moreover, judging from Su Yao's unstoppable offensive, Dong Zhuo's demise is expected in the future.

but!

You can say he is pedantic or stubborn.

As a scholar deeply influenced by Confucianism, County Magistrate Hu had an almost paranoid obsession with the word "loyalty to the emperor".

In his opinion, as long as the emperor was still in Dong Zhuo's hands, Dong Zhuo was the representative of the court, and as a subject, he must remain absolutely loyal to the court.

This is totally out of tune with the current situation where the world is in chaos and many heroes are rising up.

But such incidents are by no means isolated cases, and in fact occur quite frequently.

The most famous among them is Huangfu Song, one of the three heroes of the late Han Dynasty.

Dong Zhuo controlled the government, and everyone knew that Dong Zhuo was a villain.

After Dong Zhuo entered the capital, Huangfu Song happened to be the powerful general who took over Dong Zhuo's Liangzhou army. Not only did he incorporate the Western Liang army that Dong Zhuo had left in Liangzhou, he also took a part of the troops in the capital to garrison Youfufeng on the border. A total of 30,000 elite troops were outside, blocking Dong Zhuo's way to the west.

Moreover, not only him, but also the Jingzhao Yin Gai Xun was here.

He also commanded nearly 20,000 troops around Chang'an, and assisted Huangfu Song in defending against the rebels in Liang Province.

It can be said that as long as Huangfu Song stood up against Dong Zhuo, Dong Zhuo would be finished immediately and his hometown would be wiped out.

Dong Zhuo was naturally well aware of this, and he could hardly sleep at that time.

The reason is very simple. It is true that Emperor Ling of Han, Liu Hong, was dissolute, but he really understood the art of power.

Huangfu Song, who took over Dong Zhuo's troops, had a relationship with Dong Zhuo that was not only quite unfriendly, but also hostile to each other.

At that time, with Su Yao in front and Huangfu Song behind, it could be said that the two of them could take his life in a matter of minutes.

Therefore, the sleepless Dong Zhuo summoned Huangfu Song and Gai Xun, the Jingzhao Yin who was also at odds with him at the time, to the capital almost immediately after he got power.

Dong Zhuo wanted to remove the two men from their military power in order to ensure his own retreat.

That's right, with just this one imperial edict, he wanted to make these two high-ranking officials, each with tens of thousands of soldiers, come to the capital to obey his orders and submit to him.

This is simply ridiculous!
From any realistic perspective, it is impossible for Huangfu Song to obey orders obediently.

Anyone with a brain can see that going back to Beijing is a dead end!
Therefore, whether it was Huangfu Song's son Huangfu Li or his subordinate Chief Clerk Liang Yan, they all advised Huangfu Song not to obey orders.

Even Jingzhao Yin Gai Xun made a special trip to meet with Huangfu Song in secret, explained the pros and cons to him in person, and asked Huangfu Song to raise an army to fight against Dong, saying that his Jingzhao area would fully support General Huangfu's righteous actions.

However, something unexpected happened.

Huangfu Song rejected everyone's request. With just one imperial edict, he obediently handed over his military power and went to Beijing alone.

Huangfu Song even resolutely asked Gai Xun to remain loyal to his country and not become a traitor.

Seeing Huangfu Song like this, Jingzhao Yin Gai Xun could only sigh that God did not bless the Han Dynasty. He had no choice but to hand over his military power to Huangfu Song and go to Beijing to take up his post.

Then, as expected by everyone, it happened naturally.

After Huangfu Song entered the capital, Dong Zhuo was unwilling to wait even a few days and directly ordered the official in charge of criminal law to arrest him at the city gate. The official followed Dong Zhuo's wishes and reported to the court to hand Huangfu Song over for trial and to execute him at a later date!

Report it to the court? Of course, Dong Zhuo would be executed if he said so.

Such a shameless and brutal scene immediately aroused the anger of all the officials. It can be said that all the civil and military officials in the court were pleading for Huangfu Song.

Finally, it was under the pressure of Su Yao's advance and the joint efforts of his ministers that Dong Zhuo pardoned Huangfu Song's death and instead appointed him as an idle official to guard him by his side.

It is really sad that such a famous general ended up like this.

What is even more regrettable is that it was Huangfu Song's final extremely loyal decision that completely destroyed the Han Dynasty's last chance to correct its mistakes, causing the country to slide irreversibly towards the end of division and civil war.

This is the result of the Han Dynasty's 400 years of Confucianism and classics education. Even in this era of great chaos, they still hold on to this philosophy.

They were those who went against the tide of the times. Holding on to their last bit of loyalty to the emperor and patriotism, they were all drowned by the tide of the times without exception.

In history, these people eventually became experience packages such as Dong Zhuo, the Yuan brothers, Cao, Sun, Liu and others.

And now.
Duyang City, now.

"Wha, what?!"

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"That's it? We took over Hongnong County just like that? And without any bloodshed???"

"Isn't Magistrate Hu a well-known stubborn person? How could he let you enter the city so easily?"

Wang Ling and others listened to Zhao Yun's story with their eyes widened.

They could hardly believe their ears. The battle was progressing so quickly and smoothly that it was completely beyond their imagination.

This is simply impossible given the character of County Magistrate Hu!
"Yes."

Zhao Yun smiled and shook his head. Thinking of the situation that day, there was some helplessness on his face:

"Then County Magistrate Hu is indeed a pedantic person."

"When we took him away, he kept yelling for us to kill him."

"But Wang Zhubu of Hongnong is a man who knows the current situation."

It turned out that seeing that Magistrate Hu was stubborn in his opinion, Chief Secretary Wang started to have his own ideas.

The chief clerk, whose duties are to manage paperwork, is an assistant clerk in the county government. Unlike the county magistrate who can only be a non-local person, the assistant clerks are all from local prominent families.

The Wang family of Hongnong is the most prominent family in the area after the Yang family of Hongnong. It can be said that it is also a family with a salary of over 2,000 stones.

Of course, he couldn't just sit there and watch Magistrate Hu act recklessly and lead them to their death.

Therefore, after seeing that Wen's plan was not working, Wang Zhubu immediately called in members of the Yang family who were serving as Gongcao, as well as other local noble families.

After some discussion, everyone quickly reached a consensus.

To go against Su Yao's army is undoubtedly like hitting a rock with an egg, which is a dead end.

Since County Magistrate Hu is so determined to have his own way and verbal attack fails, let's resort to physical combat!

Considering that the drums of war were rumbling outside the city and Su Yao's army might start attacking the city at any time, Wang Zhubu and others did not even have time to send people out to inform them and communicate the conditions for surrender, and they rushed directly to launching a coup.

It is said that the governor of Hu County was supervising the battle on the top of the city, and he led the soldiers in demanding that they resist the attack of Su Yao's army to the death.

Suddenly, he saw Wang Zhubu, Yang Gongcao and a group of county officials coming hurriedly. He immediately frowned and waved his hand, saying:

"I have made up my mind, there is no need to persuade me anymore!"

"In this war, the people in the city will survive, but if the city is destroyed, the people will die!"

County Magistrate Hu was passionate and his eyes were determined, as if he was ready to live and die with the city.

However, Wang Zhubu not only did not stop, but came to him with everyone else. After the last attempt to persuade him failed, he actually shouted:
"Marquis Hu is colluding with the thief Dong and opposing the General of Chariots and Cavalry. Hurry and capture him!"

"what?!"

"You dare!"

(End of this chapter)