The Horse of the Three Kingdoms Treads the World

() With the passage of time, after mid-September, Dong Zhuo's power in the court became stronger and stronger.At this time, his control of the court was no longer relying on the soldiers and horses in his hands to act forcefully, but relying on a large number of officials he promoted.Especially after he ousted the Empress Dowager from the position of decision-maker of the government, her status in the eyes of officials in Luoyang City became even more prominent.

However, as the troops in his hands became more powerful, and even the Bingzhou Army and the extremely skilled Lv Bu were under his command, Dong Zhuo was no longer satisfied with his current status as the leader of the ministers.He wants to gain more and greater power, and let everyone in the world know that Dong Zhongying is the only one in the court.

But how to declare all this?At this time, Dong Zhuo set his sights on the No. 1 emperor in name of the empire, Emperor Liu Bian.He already looked down on this incompetent and timid young man. On the first day he entered Luoyang, he had thought of abolishing the emperor and setting up a new one. .But today is different. Now Dong Zhuo is above ten thousand people, but never under one person. He is very confident that he can take the throne from Liu Bian, and then add it to his favored king of Chenliu, Liu Xie. body, and thus use it as a puppet to completely control the entire world!

However, this matter was no small matter after all, and Dong Zhuo didn't dare to act casually, and even asked his advisers to see what the easiest way to achieve this matter was.However, Dong Zhuo was very disappointed by the reaction of the people below. Almost everyone opposed his idea of ​​abolishing the emperor and re-establishing it, even Li Ru disagreed.

But this time Dong Zhuo is determined. This is a key step for him to realize his ambition. How can he give up because he is worried about some people's opposition?Moreover, he also believed that with his current power, no one in Luoyang City would dare to oppose him. As long as he did the right thing, he would not be afraid that other people would not agree with him.

Seeing that the lord has made up his mind, Li Ru and the others couldn't persuade them too much, they just said: "My lord, after all, this matter is related to the country of our great man. If it is brought up by the court, it will definitely cause a big shock. So in order to be on the safe side In my opinion, it is better to communicate with the important ministers in the court first. If we can obtain their acquiescence, and then propose this decision at a court meeting, the resistance we will receive will be much reduced."

In this regard, Dong Zhuo is still acceptable.But he didn't want to delay like this anymore, after all, the sooner this matter was implemented, the sooner he could obtain greater power.So on the next day, Dong Zhuo sent invitations to all the famous families in Luoyang City, inviting them to have a banquet at his mansion on this night, and discuss important matters.Most of these people are the three princes and nine ministers in the court, and some are rich and famous families who have been officials for generations. It can be said that the attitude of these people is enough to influence the overall situation of the court.

Although these people used to be powerful people in Luoyang City, but now they have all become officials under Dong Zhuo's call, so even today's banquet, they are still invited, the only one Somewhat different is the Yuan family, the highest among these giants.As the head of the Yuan family, he did not come to the banquet in person, but only sent his nephew Yuan Shao.

Dong Zhuo was naturally a little unhappy about this.But at this critical moment, he doesn't care about the Yuan family's rudeness anymore, as long as the set goal is achieved, the rest can be settled slowly in the future.

Today's banquet was quite sumptuous. All kinds of food from Luoyang City and Xiliang were brought to the tables in front of everyone. In the open space in front of everyone, there were dozens of dancers with graceful figures and pretty looks. Ji is dancing lightly.This kind of activity that was very interesting to everyone in the past is very different today. Although these people are facing delicious food and wine, few of them move their chopsticks. They just keep looking at Dong Zhuo who is sitting in the main seat. body, waiting for him to tell the real purpose of entertaining everyone today.

After drinking three cups of good wine, Dong Zhuo's face became more rosy, then he laughed and said to the people below: "Why, do you think that the food and wine prepared by me, Dong Zhuo, can't be eaten? Why are you so restrained?"

"Oh, I didn't mean that, I was just so fascinated by the dance that I forgot to eat and drink!" Someone hurriedly said for everyone.Immediately, everyone hurriedly picked up the wine glass and drank the wine in the glass in one gulp.Those who drank a little too quickly even coughed again and again, looking really embarrassed.

Seeing these senior court officials lose their composure because of his words, Dong Zhuo felt very proud, and couldn't help laughing: "You don't have to be strict with etiquette, we Xiliang people don't pay much attention to these things."

"Of course, you barbarians from Xiliang know what etiquette is again." Some people slandered in their hearts, but they still had to smile on their faces, saying that Dong Gong was right.

After talking and joking a few words like this, Dong Zhuo's expression sank: "Seeing how happy we are waiting today, it reminded me of the accident caused by the Luoyang City riot not long ago. I want to be the leader of the army today." When I entered Luoyang, I only saw devastation all over the city, and many people were killed on the streets, how can this Luoyang look like my big man di du.”

When everyone heard him suddenly change the subject, they guessed that Dong Zhuo was about to get to the point, so they cheered up and said jokingly: "Now that Mr. Dong is leading an army to guard Luoyang, the little ones will not dare to do any more evil. Therefore, Dong Gong's achievements are unmatched by anyone."

Dong Zhuo laughed triumphantly when he was praised so much, and then he thought of his purpose for saying these words, and continued: "Although there is someone guarding here, no monsters and ghosts can mess with my Luoyang City, but this world After all, I can’t rely on Dong Zhuo alone to maintain it. With the turmoil in Luoyang, the states and counties in the world are also somewhat uncertain, which is really not a good thing. And the root of all these problems lies with the emperor.”

Everyone listened to Dong Zhuo's words and pointed the finger at the emperor, and they were a little afraid to answer. Some people were even more suspicious, not knowing what Dong Zhuo's intentions were, and their expressions changed a little.

Dong Zhuo saw all the changes in their faces, and felt very disdainful in his heart. Looking at the future of these people, the emperor was so frightened when he mentioned it.But he still had to tell the matter to win the support of these people, so he cleared his throat and said: "A certain view of today's day is really not the talent of a king. When the eunuchs were in chaos, as a The king of the country can't take any measures, and he fell into the hands of those eunuchs, which made my Han court lose its majesty. And I didn't see him make any changes afterwards, which really made me and other officials feel chilling. Since then, as the Son of Heaven, he has never really dealt with state affairs. He is cowardly and incompetent, and he is really not the candidate to be the king of this country.

"So, after some careful consideration, for the sake of my great Han world, the people and the society, we should establish another Mingjun. I propose to appoint Liu Xie, the king of Chenliu, as the emperor. Although he is young, he is smart, studious, decisive, and has great potential I don’t know what you think about the appearance of a wise king?” After saying the last sentence, Dong Zhuo turned his eyes to the people below, taking into account their reactions.

When Dong Zhuo mentioned this matter, the atmosphere that had been lively just now quickly subsided, and no one spoke anymore, and no one even looked up.This is the position of the Son of Heaven, so how could they be able to talk about it?But they didn't dare to raise this statement in front of Dong Zhuo, because no one dared to ensure that they would have a good life after offending him.In the past, many officials had been thrown into prisons under the pretext of joining forces with eunuchs because they refused to comply with Dong Zhuo's wishes, and their lives and deaths are still unknown.Those of them here don't want to follow in the footsteps of these people.

"Why, don't you have any disagreement with what XX said? If so, XX will be the leader at the Ming Dynasty meeting to present to the emperor and ask him to make way for King Chen Liu!" Dong Zhuo took their silence as an excuse. After acquiescing, he said to himself: "When the time comes, you all just have to step forward and follow me to play to the emperor!"

Everyone was silent again, they really didn't have the courage to fight against Dong Zhuo with their wealth and life, but their faces were very gloomy, and their hearts were full of indescribable anger and sadness: "Is it possible that I am waiting for the important officials of the court to be punished?" Is such a barbarian from Xiliang leading the way? Don’t we even have the courage to oppose it?” But these shouts can only be suppressed in their hearts, and they don’t even have the courage to glare at Dong Zhuo.

Just when Dong Zhuo thought everything was going to be a foregone conclusion, a person suddenly stood up: "Absurd, absurd, really presumptuous! Dong Zhongying, do you still have the majesty of my Han court and the majesty of the emperor in your eyes?" How can I, Yuan Shao, be with someone like you?" It was Yuan Shao who came on behalf of the Yuan family who suddenly opened his mouth to scold Dong Zhuo. Yuan Shao's face was already flushed, and he was pointing his halberd at Dong Zhuo, looking extraordinarily imposing.

Hearing the angry scolding, everyone felt even more ashamed. They never thought that a young man like Yuan Shao would have more courage and backbone than those officials who had been favored by the imperial court, and dared to oppose Dong Zhuo in court.And they looked too humble under the comparison of this young man, and they didn't even have the courage to speak for the emperor.

Dong Zhuo was also stunned at this moment, he really didn't expect someone to dare to insult him like this today, for a while he didn't even know how he should react.

The already somewhat depressed and tense atmosphere in the hall became even more weird and uneasy with Yuan Shao's rude words...