I practiced magic in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 99 I am not targeting anyone, everyone here...

Just seeing the huge crowd from afar, several constables holding sticks immediately became scared and ran back to report to the county magistrate as if they were running for their lives.

The news quickly reached the Grand Commandant Huang Wan. He did not expect that Wang Jing's former superior, who was over fifty years old, was still hot-tempered. He led five hundred guards and rushed to the West Garden. After breaking open the gate, he entered the garden and questioned Wang Jing face to face: "Marquis Qi, you sent troops to the capital without reason and ignored the court's orders. Are you planning to rebel?"

Huang Wan has been smart and eloquent since she was a child, but she has a straightforward personality. When she just debuted, she dared to contradict Sikong Shengyun at that time. Now, coming to confront Wang Jing is just a small matter.

Others may be afraid of Wang Jing's power, but Huang Wan is not.

"presumptuous!"

Shi A stood up and drew his sword, glaring at Huang Wan, the blade of the famous sword in his hand trembling, and it was obvious that he had the intention to kill.

The secret guards hidden in the dark also emerged from the darkness one after another. They occupied advantageous terrains respectively, and the receivers on their waists shot out ropes, which were nailed to trees or buildings. Then they moved their bodies, occupied high positions and advantageous terrains, and actually surrounded Huang Wan and the imperial guards he brought with him.

The secret guard also began to slowly turn the mechanism of the Hundred Blades machine gun on his waist, accumulating strength and being ready to strike at any time.

Wang Jing signaled his men to stay calm, then walked up to Huang Wan with a smile, and said in a casual tone: "General Huang, you are such a rare guest. I didn't expect to see you again after we parted in Yuzhou."

"Someone, come and get the tea."

Huang Wan was a minister with a large army under his command. He had been the governor of Yuzhou for more than a year and was recently invited by Wang Yun to Luoyang to serve as the Grand Commandant. Huang Wan was very capable. He not only personally led troops to quell the banditry in the country, but also restored people's livelihood in Yuzhou in a very short period of time. As a result, he became famous. Even Yuan Wei and Yang Biao agreed that Huang Wan should serve as the Grand Commandant.

The fact that Huang Wan is recognized by both the new and old parties shows that he has both good character and ability. Wang Jing is willing to give some face to this former superior, on the premise that the other party does not take advantage of him.

Seeing that Wang Jing was still trying to play dumb, Huang Wan showed no regard for their old friendship and became more stern: "Marquis Qi, don't be so playful with me. Border troops are not allowed to enter the capital without an imperial edict. This is an iron rule! You must immediately order Xu Huang to retreat to Hedong County, otherwise you will bear the consequences!"

"I'm curious about what the consequences will be."

Wang Jing put his hands behind his back and said proudly: "Why don't you show me a little, Master Huang? I want to give it a try."

Arrogant, overbearing, and looking down on everyone!

Although he had heard of Wang Jing's extremely arrogant character before coming to Beijing, this was the first time Huang Wan had come into contact with him in person, so he was stunned by Wang Jing's unscrupulous words.

Huang Wan was so angry that she couldn't even speak.

He was an important official in the court. Although he was a civil servant, he held military power and rose to a high position by being decisive in killing.

When had he ever been looked down upon like this by a junior?

Huang Wan was really angry. He pressed his strong hand on the hilt of the sword and glared at Wang Jing: "Marquis Qi, don't think that I dare not kill you."

Wang Jing did not give in, and looked at Huang Wan calmly: "If you can kill him, you can try."

So what if he is the current Grand Marshal?
So what if he is in charge of the military deployment of the whole world?
It's just an empty title. It can't even scare Dong Zhuo, so how can you scare me?
What a joke!
The conflict was about to break out, and Huang Wan came aggressively, wanting Wang Jing to give an explanation.

However, Wang Jing’s answer was extremely firm. What the hell are you qualified to explain?

Under the pressure of the tense atmosphere, a bloody conflict was about to break out, when suddenly a rider came galloping over with an imperial edict in hand: "Marquis Qi, Grand Commandant, His Majesty invites you!"

Emperor Liu Xie was of little importance in Wang Jing's eyes, but Huang Wan had to give him some face.

A conflict was resolved in the blink of an eye.

Huang Wan's hand left the hilt, but his eyes were still fierce and angry: "When we get to His Majesty, I'll see how you're going to explain it!"

After saying that, he waved his hand and said, "Let's go!"

"Yes, my lord."

Huang Wan's personal soldiers also protected him as he left. Although there were only a few hundred of them, it was obvious that they were all elite soldiers. Even when they left, they remained alert to the secret guards and were not careless at all.

clang~ clang~ clang~
Above Luoyang, melodious bell sounds resounded through the sky. The source of the sound came from the direction of the imperial palace, and it was obvious that the ministers were being summoned to discuss important matters.

Everything started because Xu Huang suddenly led his troops south. This move touched the sensitive nerves of Yuan Wei, Yang Biao and others, who were afraid that it would be another Dong Zhuo.

Wang Jing, escorted by Shi A and the secret guards, went straight into the palace.

In the hall, all the civil and military officials were present, and except for Wang Yun and others, all of them glared at Wang Jing.

"Marquis Qi, the army is approaching, what exactly do you want to do!?"

"That's right. Border troops are not allowed to enter Luoyang without an imperial decree. This is an iron rule! Marquis Qi, are you planning to rebel?"

Yuan Wei and Yang Biao did not say anything, but several of their imperial censors rushed out like mad dogs to bite people, and each word they said became more unpleasant than the last.

If he were an ordinary military general, he would probably be unable to defend himself and would be in a panic.

However, is Wang Jing just an ordinary military official?

"Have you finished talking? You are a bunch of useless people who do nothing but bark and whine. What qualifications do you have to question me?"

Wang Jing had a cold and stern look on his face, and he criticized people directly without any mercy. These censors had been doing nothing during the reign of Emperor Ling, and in order to gain fame, they kept targeting those who worked hard in the court and criticizing them all day long.

So much so that everyone just gave up later on. After all, these days, doing things is bound to involve some small mistakes, and only those who don't do anything avoid making mistakes.

If you have to risk losing your job to do something for the people, what's the point of doing it?
The court was in such a state of corruption, and these censors were also partly responsible. Therefore, Wang Jing was not polite at all to these mad dogs and scolded them harshly on the spot.

"you you you!"

"You keep swearing, it's totally disrespectful! It's totally disrespectful!"

"Qi Hou, you've gone too far!"

Several censors were used to scolding others, and they were usually the only ones who could scold others for any small reason. When had they ever been scolded in public like this?
They were immediately filled with righteous indignation and surrounded Wang Jing, criticizing him verbally and in writing.

Yang Biao couldn't stand it anymore and stood up: "Marquis Qi, weren't you too harsh in what you said just now? It's the duty of the censor to report on things when hearing rumors. How can you speak ill of me?"

Wang Jing actually nodded after hearing this: "Oh, I called them trash and caused everyone to misunderstand. It was indeed my fault."

Several imperial censors thought that Wang Jing had surrendered, and they immediately started to tremble again. They walked up to Wang Jing with a heroic and confident voice and said, "It is the greatest virtue to admit one's mistakes and correct them."

As a result, Wang Jing changed the subject and angrily scolded the nobles in the hall: "Sorry, it's not against you. I mean, everyone here is trash."

"Marquis Qi!"

"Too deceiving!"

"How dare you insult the civil and military officials in court? This is outrageous!"

Who among the civil and military officials in the court would not be furious after hearing this?

They claim to be powerful and superior, standing above all other people in the world. They are extremely noble and prominent, and deserve to be admired by everyone, with flowers paving the way wherever they go.

But Wang Jing actually called them trash?
This cannot be tolerated!
However, Wang Jing did not give these people any face, and asked coldly: "Aren't you useless? What did you do when He Jin summoned Dong Zhuo to the capital? What did you do after Dong Zhuo came to the capital? From beginning to end, you did nothing, except for saying some seemingly reasonable nonsense. What achievements have you made for the country and the people?"

Wang Jing had nothing but contempt and disdain for all the civil and military nobles in the court. They were a bunch of useless people who ate everything they had and were incompetent at nothing. Their existence was a waste of air.

If it weren't for their greed and inaction, how could the situation of the Yanhan Dynasty have collapsed to this extent?

The contradiction between population and land and climate change are certainly the main reasons for the overthrow of the dynasty, but the corruption of the system, the unfair distribution, and the compromise and even aid and abetment of these bureaucrats and politicians are even more to blame!
"Calling you good-for-nothing is already polite. In my opinion, you are all parasites of the country, sitting in office without doing anything, and you are stupid and incompetent."

Wang Jing attacked mercilessly, speaking in a barrage of attacks that stunned all the civil and military officials in the court.

Even Wang Yun and Xun Shuang looked at each other in bewilderment, wondering what Wang Jing was up to. By doing so much, he was bound to offend all the high-ranking officials in the court.

The New Party is weak now. If it offends the officials, how can it form cliques and alliances in the future?
However, Wang Jingyu was determined to shock people. He obviously hadn't scolded enough, and he continued to scold: "You keep saying that I violated the rules by exceeding my authority to dispatch troops to the capital, but what about Qiao Mao's false propaganda of the three ministers? The princes of Guandong divided into three routes, east, south and north, to march into Luoyang. Is this considered a violation of the rules? Yuan Taifu, you tell me, after all, your nephew Yuan Shao is the leader of the coalition."

Yuan Wei, who was standing aside with his eyes closed, was immediately dragged into the water by Wang Jing's words. He was so angry!

Young people nowadays really don’t know how to respect the elderly and honor the virtuous!
Why do you want to involve me in your own problems?

Do you still have any moral principles?
But Yuan Wei had to take the blame for the trouble caused by Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu. After all, he couldn't really play the ostrich and pretend to be dead, right?

Facing the strange looks from the officials, Yuan Wei could only bite the bullet and explain: "Although it violates the rules, it is for the sake of fighting the enemy, so it is excusable."

These words are obviously intended to evade the issue and muddle through.

But how could Wang Jing let Yuan Wei get his wish? He sneered and retorted, "Fight against the enemy? I have already defeated Dong Zhuo. What enemy do the allied forces need to fight against now?"

Yuan Wei stopped talking.

Not only him, even Yang Biao, who originally wanted to scold, kept silent.

Yes, Dong Zhuo has been killed, but why haven’t the Guandong coalition forces withdrawn yet?
Because in their opinion, Wang Jing, who killed Dong Zhuo, was obviously more terrifying and posed a greater threat!

But it was not appropriate to say this out loud, so they simply remained silent.

Originally they thought they were being secretive enough, but they didn't expect Wang Jing to see through their thoughts right away.

Wang Jing looked around and faced the excited ministers. He sneered and asked, "The remnants of the Xiliang army have not been eliminated. Li Jue, Niu Fu and others are even eyeing Chang'an. There is also the Xiliang Qiang Rebellion. Without me, can you handle these threats?"

As soon as these words were spoken, all the civil and military officials in the court were speechless, because they obviously could not handle such trouble.

Seeing this, Wang Jing's words were even sharper, and he shouted again: "So I moved troops to Luoyang, is there any problem?" Facing Wang Jing's questioning, all the officials were silenced. Only Yuan Wei, the Grand Tutor who ranked above the Three Dukes, bit the bullet and spoke up to object: "This is against the court system, Qi Hou, don't be unreasonable."

Wang Jing sneered and said on the spot: "That's fine. I will let Lu Bu open the gate of Hulao Pass and let the 18-way coalition army enter the capital. As long as they are willing to march west to quell the rebellion, I have no objection."

Li Jue, Niu Fu and other remnants of Dong Zhuo threatened Chang'an. This was undoubtedly a tough nut to crack and the princes of Guandong could not chew it at all.

The Xiliang Qiang Rebellion lasted for a hundred years, spanning most of the history of the Yan and Han dynasties, and it brought the entire dynasty's finances to ruin. Countless heroes and people of noble character were buried there, but it was difficult to resolve the issue.

The coalition forces of the princes may seem to be numerous and powerful, but in fact they are just a bunch of small fry. Not to mention that they are unlikely to consume their own military forces for state affairs, even if they are loyal to the emperor, they do not have the ability to solve the problem.

Wang Jing asked the coalition forces to quell the rebellion, but what could they do?

Therefore, Yuan Wei kept silent, fearing that if he said one more word, Wang Jing would order Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu to send troops to suppress the rebellion, and ten Yuan families would not be enough to fill the gap.

When Wang Jing saw this, he immediately realized that all the civil and military officials were cowardly.

They all shouted "loyalty to the emperor and patriotism" loudly, but when they were asked to go to the front line and sacrifice their lives for the country, they immediately started pretending to be dead.

"Why, are you all silent? Weren't you all quite eloquent just now?"

Wang Jing sneered as he looked around, his laughter full of disdain and contempt: "If anyone of you stands up and says that you can pacify Xiliang, kill the bandits and put down the rebellion, I, Wang Jing, will immediately retire and become an ordinary rich man. Do you dare?"

All the questions were met with total silence.

"They are all trash indeed."

Wang Jing put his hands behind his back and left the meeting.

This scolding finally let out some of his anger. Wang Jing had been tolerating these cowards for a long time. When Dong Zhuo was around, none of them dared to fart, but now they dared to go against him?
Are you bullying the weak and fearing the strong?
Wang Jingcai was not willing to tolerate them. After scolding them, he left the hall directly, but the ministers were furious.

"unacceptable!"

"This is too much! This is really too much!"

"Your Majesty, please punish Marquis Qi for his indecency in front of the palace!"

Wang Yun and Xun Shuang looked at each other, feeling helpless and speechless. They felt that the current court was indeed corrupt as Wang Jing had said, and many of the ministers were truly a bunch of waste.

Liu Xie, who was sitting on the throne, was both distressed and envious.

Although he is an emperor, his words have no weight at all, and he is like a puppet vase.

On the other hand, Wang Jing's words were law and he was very powerful. He was unscrupulous in what he said and did, and did whatever he wanted. He was even more free and easy and powerful than an emperor.

As for the talk of punishing Wang Jing, Liu Xie pretended not to hear it. After all, when Dong Zhuo was rampant, these "loyal men" did not stand up to speak up for justice. But now he was asked to punish Wang Jing?
Although Liu Xie was young, he was naturally intelligent. He knew that his only support was Wang Jing, who seemed relatively reliable, so he did not respond at all: "Since there is nothing else to do, let's leave the court."

After leaving these words, he left the hall, leaving the ministers in Quefei Hall making a fuss.

The court meeting came to an abrupt end, but the Grand Commandant Huang Wan did not give up and found Yuan Wei: "Grand Tutor Yuan, are you just going to let Marquis Qi do whatever he wants?"

Yuan Wei was also helpless, and asked with a glare: "What does Huang Taiwei want me to do? If he wants to mobilize troops to quell the rebellion, can we stop him?"

Besides, even if they wanted to stop it, who would stop it? Could they stop it?

Only then did everyone realize that they were actually helpless against Wang Jing.

At the Xiyuan training ground, ten thousand new recruits were being tested by Wang Jing.

Although these people were new recruits, each of them was strong in physique and courageous in expression. They had upright postures and bright eyes. Their temperament was completely different from the numb-looking soldiers under the command of other princes of this era.

"See my lord."

On the stage, Xu Huang saluted with his fists clasped, and there was even a bit of fanaticism and awe in his solemn eyes.

It was only because he had heard about Wang Jing's amazing feat of single-handedly breaking into the palace and killing Dong Zhuo with a thousand-jin tripod. Such great power shocked his mind and he was full of admiration and awe for Wang Jing.

Wang Jing smiled and patted Xu Huang on the shoulder: "Gongming, please stand up quickly. You have trained these 10,000 new soldiers very well. This is a great achievement."

Being able to train 10,000 new Hedong troops to this level in just a few months shows how outstanding Xu Huang's own talents were.

If you don’t reward your subordinates for their contributions, how can you expect them to work hard for you?
Therefore, Xu Huang made great contributions, and Wang Jing immediately rewarded him: "From today on, you are General Yangwu."

"Thank you, Lord!"

Xu Huang thanked him excitedly, saying that he had been promoted!
General Yangwu was in charge of military campaigns, and his status was obviously higher than that of the Huben Colonel.

In less than half a year, he was promoted from Sima of Tunqi to Colonel of Huben, and then from Colonel of Huben to General Yangwu. Although strictly speaking this rank of general was much lower than that of General Du Liao, he was still a general after all.

The speed of this promotion is like riding a rocket!
The other subordinates around, and even ordinary soldiers, were also full of enthusiasm.

Rewarding and punishing fairly and promoting people based on their talents are easier said than done, but Wang Jing did it. They were all deeply impressed by him and were willing to die for him.

Wang Jing took this opportunity to publicly announce: "Now the world is in turmoil, and I want to expand the Northern Army, sweep across the universe, and suppress the rebellion."

"My lord, you have such great ambitions. We are willing to follow you till death!"

Wang Jing wants to expand the Eighth Battalion of the Northern Army, which means a major war is about to begin. This is a good opportunity to gain military merit, and maybe he can be granted a title of nobility or become a prime minister in the future!
Therefore, everyone was excited and enthusiastic.

"Well, let's unite as one and fight for peace in the world!"

Soon, the news that Wang Jing was going to form the Northern Army spread throughout the world.

Countless heroes flocked to Luoyang, wanting to join Wang Jing and fight for him.

After killing Dong Zhuo, Wang Jing demonstrated his unparalleled martial power and his reputation reached its peak.

Moreover, Wang Jing's "deeds of loyalty and righteousness" were spread throughout the world and talked about by people.

(End of this chapter)