Prancing Horse Xiliang

Chapter 58 Promotion
Forgot the time, sorry!
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Luoyang is still prosperous, just a little more depressed.

Luo Zheng has been very busy these days, and all kinds of entertainment made him so busy that he wanted to split people in half.

Duan Yao, Guo Si, Fan Chou, Zhang Ji and others all invited people to invite him to the banquet, with the intention of wooing him.

For this upstart who has just made great achievements, is appreciated by Dong Zhuo but has not yet attached himself to any wharf, except for Niu Fu and Li Jue, Duan Yan, Guo Si, and others all want to win over this powerful general in the Xiliang Army .

While the generals of Xiliang are suppressing the Bingzhou Army and the Northern Army in unison, there are also many hills inside.

The generals commanding the army with Dong Zhuo's son-in-law Niu Fu and the Dong clan as the core occupied a dominant position in the Xiliang army.

When Dong Zhuo started his career, the old generals of Xiliang, such as Duan Yan, Hu Zhen, Guo Si, Li Jue, Fan Chou, Zhang Ji, who had already followed him, also controlled considerable military power.

As for the Northern Army Department headed by Xu Rong and the Bingzhou Army Department headed by Lu Bu, they were the targets of suppression by the Xiliang Army Department.

Xu Rong was a little better, getting along well with the Xiliang Army, and Xu Rong was just a pure soldier with no ambition to fight for power, so Dong Zhuo used him a lot, and often led the army alone in battle.

As for Lu Bu's Bingzhou military department, it is the target of the Xiliang military department's key suppression.

Forming a party and private parties, and having factions in the party, may be a problem that any lord has to face.

Luo Zheng doesn't know how Dong Zhuo considers the factional disputes in the army under his command. It may be conniving or even a headache, but no matter what, no monarch will tolerate the forces under his command threatening his authority.

If this 'party' is still within its control, there may be no hidden dangers.

But if this 'party' gets out of control, it will definitely be ruthlessly purged.

While observing the complicated situation, Luo Zheng carefully dealt with the wooing of Xiliang's generals. He did not immediately refuse, nor did he attach to any pier, so as not to arouse Dong Zhuo's suspicion and bring about unreasonable disasters.

As for the invitation from Lu Bu and the ministers in the court, they can hide as far as they can.

This time he dispatched troops to Kanto, although Dong Zhuo appreciated his own abilities, but he was not Dong Zhuo's confidant.Before gaining Dong Zhuo's trust, getting too close to these people rashly will only cause harm but no benefit.

What's a little annoying is that Cao A's family has never been able to find him.

When I was in Qiao County, a woman from the Cao family once said that Cao Cao's family had always been in Luoyang in order to save their son's life.

As soon as he arrived in Luoyang, Luo Zheng asked people to search around, but there was no news.

Post house, in the spacious backyard.

Without the war, Luo Zheng rarely relaxes. He reads the books of sages and sages, studies the mainstream thoughts of this era, or even studies the art of war, or practice his terrible brush calligraphy, so as not to be underestimated by the scholar-bureaucrats.

It's nice to relax occasionally.

What Luo Zheng didn't expect was that Gan could write beautiful calligraphy.

After careful questioning, I found out that the Gan family was born under an official. Although he did not become an official, he was also very knowledgeable.

Luo Zheng was not ashamed to ask, so he simply asked Gan to be his first teacher and taught him to practice calligraphy.

This kind of practice is undoubtedly against the rules of etiquette. If it is spread, it will definitely be criticized by those bureaucrats.

However, Gan's love was so sweet, he completely fell in love with this gentle, considerate and eclectic man.

The sun is generally bright, and in August, the weather is finally not so hot.

Luo Zheng spread out the cloth and was slowly practicing calligraphy, and the writing was like a rope flying like a dog.

Standing behind him, Gan Shi pursed her lips and snickered, while pinching his shoulders and back for him to relax.

At this moment, a soldier rushed in and said in a loud voice: "General, the emperor sent an angel to announce the decree."

"Angel?"

Luo Zheng was stunned for a while, and then he didn't understand: "What purpose did the angel come to declare?"

The soldier scratched his head and said, "The villain doesn't know either."

"Hurry up, follow the general to meet him."

Luo Zheng pushed the table away, got up and ran out.

When I ran to the door, I suddenly remembered that the emperor's decree in this era is not just received casually, to bathe and burn incense.

This is a rule of etiquette and cannot be violated, otherwise it will be a crime of disrespect.

Immediately, he asked the soldiers to welcome the angel in first, and then ran into the house to ask Gan to take a bath and change clothes.

After going through these tedious procedures, I went to the front hall to meet the angel, and set up a case to burn incense and receive the imperial edict.

The Xiaohuang Gate, who came to pass the decree, opened the decree and read: "Xiaoqi School Captain Luo Zheng is loyal, filial, benevolent, wise and brave. General, enjoy ten fields, one mansion, one hundred servants, one thousand taels of silver, and ten bolts of brocade, ordering you to serve the country faithfully and bravely, and live up to the emperor's orders, I admire you!"

"Chen Luo Zheng, thank Your Majesty Long En!"

Luo Zheng quickly worshiped again, feeling a little surprised in his heart.

A few days ago, he was discussing meritorious deeds, but unexpectedly, Niu Fu, Li Jue and others messed up the situation.

I thought that the military exploits had hit the water, but I didn't expect the reward to come down.

Although it was a few days late, he was promoted after all and received many rewards.

General Zhonglang, he is a senior member of the imperial court on the same level as the governor of the state, and he can command troops to fight alone.

Although the lieutenant also has a certain degree of military command power, but due to his rank, his autonomy is very limited. At most, he can only lead an army to perform some relatively simple military tasks, and he rarely has the opportunity to stand alone.

But General Zhonglang is different. This rank has really entered the rank in the military officer system of the Han Dynasty.

The Yellow Turban Uprising broke out in the first year of Zhongping. Huangfusong, Zhu Jun, and Lu Zhi led the imperial army to conquer the Yellow Turban rebels with the title of Zhonglang General.

Of course, among the military officers, Zhong Lang will be regarded as the lowest rank, and there are many other generals above him.

For example, generals with miscellaneous titles, and military officers and generals such as Siping, Si'an, Sizhen, and Sizheng, as well as generals of chariots, generals of hussars, and generals, etc., all of which are much higher in rank than generals of Zhonglang.

However, although the imperial court has military officers, they are not permanent. Therefore, most of the military officers and generals who command troops to go to war are awarded the rank of general.

Only after Dong Zhuo entered Beijing and took control of the imperial court, in order to appease his confidantes, did he arbitrarily confer titles on his generals and generals, causing the generals to walk all over the place. .

Those state governors and prefects even appointed their cronies to be officials privately, and even took on official titles by themselves, making the official system a mess.

For example, Yuan Shu led the Yuzhou pastor himself, and also appointed Sun Jian as the governor of Yangzhou in name only.

According to the official system of the Han Dynasty, officials above the county magistrate, lieutenant, order, and military officer Sima are all appointed by the emperor, that is, the emperor can directly appoint them, and local officials have no right to appoint them. Yuan Shu's approach can be said to be a blatant disregard for the Han court inside.

In other words, he did not pay attention to the puppet court controlled by Dong Zhuo.

Sending away the angel, Luo Zheng was in a good mood, and immediately let Xu Chu, Zhao Yun and others go to receive the reward.

The time I came to Luoyang is too short, and I haven't had time to buy some family property, so I have been living in the post house all the time, which is quite inconvenient.

In the past few days, I have been making people inquire everywhere, planning to buy a house in Luoyang City, but I don't want the emperor to reward me with a set.This is really just dozing off, and someone came to deliver a pillow.

Of course, Luo Zheng understood that these rewards were given by the emperor in name, but actually by Dong Zhuo.

After working hard for three days, I finally moved to my new home.

This is a mansion located in the back street of Shangdongmen, with a three-story courtyard, covering an area of ​​about two acres.

Those who can live here are all dignitaries in the court, and at twelve o'clock, there are city guards changing shifts and patrolling the streets to prevent nightfall.

Neighbors are either ministers in the court or generals in the army.

The mansion is very large, with dozens of sheds, the front yard is where the guards live, and the middle yard is where the servants live.

As for the backyard, there are the fewest houses, only seven or eight, for the owner of the mansion and his relatives to live in.

The hundreds of slaves and maidservants rewarded by the emperor have also been delivered, and they are all temporarily placed in the middle courtyard.

Xu Chu and Zhao Yun brought dozens of soldiers to live in the mansion.The two have no family business in Luoyang, and have no place to go for the time being, so they can only live in Luo Zheng's mansion.Xu Chu and Zhao Yun even lived in the backyard, serving as Luo Zhengdi's personal guards temporarily.

As for Wu Yi and his clansmen, they were detained in a manor outside the city.

Wu Yi's sister, Wu Zhen, and Xun Yu's family were all brought to the mansion by Luo Zheng and placed in the inner courtyard.

Most of the hundred slaves bestowed by the emperor are women in their twenties, only a few are less than twenty.

Luo Zheng took a look, these women are all official slaves, either they committed crimes and were ransacked and exterminated, or they were trained by women bought from various places. Although they are not as beautiful as Wu Zhen, they are also beautiful and can sing well dance.

However, how to place it is a problem.

Luo Zheng is not interested in art, nor is he in the mood to appreciate singing and dancing.

Raising so many women in the mansion is not only a waste of ambition, but also a waste of money and food.

As for accepting all of them as concubines, don't even think about it.

A full hundred women, even the strongest man can't handle them.

Luo Zheng rubbed his eyebrows, and said with emotion: "There is no human rights in troubled times, and women in troubled times have no human rights. They are sent around like goods. They are all poor people. Even if they are free, they can't live. What should I do? How about it?"

Gan's eyes showed admiration, and he said softly: "Your husband does not regard women as cheap, it is really a blessing for us women."

Being praised by a woman, even a man will feel more face.

Luo Zheng is no exception, he laughed and said: "It turns out that I still have so many advantages in me, why didn't I discover it before. Well, you have worked hard this way, so I selected four smart girls from those slaves to serve you Bar!"

Gan's Yingying said: "Thank you, Husband."

Luo Zheng sighed again, "What about the rest?"

Gan couldn't help but said: "My husband has this intention, why don't you marry these women to others, so that you can live a stable life."

"Yeah, that's a pretty good idea."

Luo Zheng patted his thigh and shouted outside: "Where are Xu Chu and Zhao Yun?"

(End of this chapter)