Lu Bu, God of War of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 109 Luoyang 2
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"General, you are now sitting on an army of 20, holding the artifact of the great Han. The princes of the world see the great general dominating Luoyang and shaking the world. Which one is not tempted? Who doesn't want to think that one day, you can be as majestic as the general? So now the court Although it is calm, there are undercurrents surging. Many plans for the general have already begun to be implemented. What the general needs now is to intimidate the heroes, so that all the princes in the world who have bad ideas will feel terrified, so as to establish a strong prestige. Only in this way can the great general dominate the world without any worries." Li Ru smiled mysteriously, looked at Dong Zhuo, and waited for Dong Zhuo's reaction.

"Well, what you said is indeed true. Thirty thousand Liangzhou iron cavalry from Sajia entered Luoyang, and now they can barely control the situation in Luoyang. But it is indeed extremely difficult to command the world and dominate the world. I don't know if Li Ru What's the best way?" Although Dong Zhuo was very excited, he asked Li Ru for advice with a calm expression on his face.It is certain that once Dong Zhuo stabilizes the situation in Luoyang now, he is likely to dominate the world at once, but as long as there is a slight mistake, he will end up dead without a whole body, so Dong Zhuo cannot help being careless.

"I have already thought of two strategies for the general. With my strategy in the past two days, Li Ru, the general can dominate the world. The first is to let Li Jue and Guo Si divide their troops into two groups, and the one way is as fast as lightning. , seize the control of the surrounding cities of Luoyang, and completely control the surrounding areas of Luoyang. In this way, our army has completely established its foundation in Luoyang. Go to Chang'an, Chang'an is the land where the great Han Dynasty prospered, the people are rich and the country is strong, easy to defend and difficult to attack, the root and location of the pre-Qin annexation of the world, if the general takes Chang'an, the land of the three auxiliary will belong to the general, and by then When the general advances, he can see the Central Plains as a tiger, annex the world, and when he retreats, there will be three auxiliary passes to separate one side. At that time, the general will dominate the world, and his strength will be unshakable." Li Ru talked embarrassingly, and when he said that he was happy, he stopped She couldn't help smiling, as if Dong Zhuo's dominance could be accomplished with only his words.

"Li Ru, you are right, but I have just entered Luoyang, and I have only been in charge of the court for a few days. I am afraid that the courtiers will not agree to such a big move?" Although Dong Zhuo was arrogant, he was a warrior, and he was a scholar Scholars must always feel that they have lowered their heads. Even if Dong Zhuo has become a general, he still has some worries about those stubborn literati.

"The general is in charge of military affairs, all he needs to do is to issue orders. Why bother to discuss with those sour scholars? Those people are full of food all day long and only know how to talk about it. How do they know how to govern the world? This matter should be decided by the general. There must be no delay. Changes come later." Unlike Dong Zhuo, Li Ru looked down on those so-called eminent disciples of the son of heaven.

"Yes, this matter will be done as you said. I promise you to use my command arrow to order Li Jue and Guo Si to act immediately without delay. When I really master Chang'an and Luoyang, I want to see it. Who can compete with me." Dong Zhuo finally made up his mind to take the fastest action to grasp the situation in the world.

"General, the second strategy I want to offer you today is to deal with these civil servants and scholars. Since the founding of the Han Dynasty, because Gao Zu was afraid of the generals' self-respect, he emphasized civility over military affairs, vigorously raised the status of civil servants, and suppressed generals. So much so that those scholars, all of them considered themselves disciples of saints, were arrogant and rebellious. If the generals are in charge of the government, if they want to reduce troubles, they must clean up the power of the court officials like Qin Shihuang. Only in this way can they maintain The purity of the imperial court establishes the supreme authority of the general." Li Ru smiled faintly, and his ruthless feelings arose spontaneously.

"Yeah, to be honest, the Sa family can't get used to the faces of those self-righteous civil servants, but there must be a reason for killing people. If I kill people casually, I'm afraid it will cause dissatisfaction between the government and the public. I must come to Luoyang. Consolidate the foundation." Although Dong Zhuo was decisive in killing and attacking, civil servants had a special status in the Han Dynasty. Even though Emperor Ling was in power, although there were disputes between the parties, he did not dare to kill the civil servants in the court, so for this matter Dong Zhuo was still worried about things.

"Hehe, don't worry, General, how can I, Li Ru, be indifferent to what I do, and let the General be blamed?" At this point, Li Ru suddenly changed the subject. "What does the general think of Liu Xie's son? I think this son is intelligent and has the image of a king. I heard that before the death of Emperor Ling, there was a will to be passed on to this son." At this time, Li Ru showed that he was very fond of Liu Xie. Look interested.

"Well, the Sajia has also heard about this matter, but what does this matter have to do with the Sajia?" Seeing Li Ru suddenly mentioning Liu Xie, Dong Zhuo was a little puzzled.

"Hey, the general can discuss with the ministers in the court about the abolition of the new emperor at the court meeting tomorrow. Those ministers who are dissatisfied with the general will definitely jump out to oppose it. At that time, the general will come up with the emperor In this way, those who oppose the general will become against Liu Xie as emperor and Lingdi's will. At that time, the general can execute all these ministers in the name of rebellion. From then on , above the court, isn’t the general the one who has the final say?” Li Ru tilted his head and said with a laugh.

"You're right, but where did we get the edict from Emperor Ling?" Dong Zhuo looked at Li Ru in a daze. It was obvious that Dong Zhuo hadn't yet entered the state of holding power and ruling the world, so he still had some trouble doing things. Hands are bound.

"General, please see what this is? The edict of the Ling Emperor, the subordinates have already prepared it for the general." Li Ru took out a bright yellow silk cloth from his arms and handed it to Dong Zhuo.

Dong Zhuo stretched out his hand to take the silk cloth from Li Ru's hand, unfolded it for a look, and jumped.It turned out that this was an imperial decree, and it was stamped with Emperor Ling's seal.Dong Zhuo looked at the meaning of the imperial decree again, and suddenly understood that it was actually an imperial edict for Liu Xie to succeed him. However, this was not what surprised Dong Zhuo. What really surprised Dong Zhuo was that this imperial edict On the screen, it actually said Tuogu and Dong Zhuo by name, hoping that Dong Zhuo could assist Liu Xie and rejuvenate the great man.

This is amazing. Originally, Dong Zhuo came to Beijing only under the order of He Jin, but with this imperial decree, Dong Zhuo's identity is no longer a small assassin, but a real important minister of the Han Dynasty. , the honest Minister Gu Ming.This Minister Gu Ming has great power, and when the emperor is unable to govern himself, he can enjoy almost all the rights of the emperor.

Dong Zhuo took this imperial decree and played it over and over in his hand, he couldn't bear to put it down for a long time, as if this imperial decree was so precious, although Dong Zhuo knew in his heart that this imperial decree was just made by Li Ru to deceive the attention of the world.

If the deceased Lingdi knew that Dong Zhuo had such a copy of his imperial edict, and when his youngest son Liu Bian could finally ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor, how would Lingdi feel?But no matter what, Dong Zhuo finally helped the Ling Emperor to complete the last entrustment of the Ling Emperor. From this point of view, Dong Zhuo can also be regarded as the important minister of the Ling Emperor.

"General, although everything is under the control of our army, there are still many variables, and the general must guard against them. Although our army is powerful, among the princes, Ding Yuan, Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu are all important. Watch out. The general still needs to be on guard." Seeing Dong Zhuo's expression, Li Ru couldn't help but reminded him again.As a military adviser, Li Ru deeply understood that no matter what, he should not underestimate his enemy.

"Hahaha, Li Ru, don't worry, Ding Yuan is nothing more than an old man, I will kill him sooner or later. As for the two brothers Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, if they become one, I'm still afraid of three points, but they are separated from each other, how can they be with me? Enemies are nothing more than small things, and I can wipe them out with a snap of my fingers." Dong Zhuo laughed loudly, but he didn't care about these few people.

In the early morning of the next day, there were crowds of people outside the Luoyang Palace, and the officials who wanted to go to the court all came to wait outside the palace early.However, not all the officials who came here were servants, guards and the like brought by the officials.Just imagine that those who can go to court are all high-ranking officials of the Han Dynasty. Whoever has a family is not a lot of servants. Some officials who like to show off will naturally bring many entourages with them.

Of course, those who brought servants and entourages could only be small officials of the Han court. Powerful figures like Dong Zhuo, Ding Yuan, and Yuan Shao brought their own guards when they arrived.There is no other way, Luoyang is now fighting fiercely, why don't you bring more people, these people really don't dare to go out casually.

Finally, the court meeting started, and Dong Zhuo came out first with his big horse golden knife, stood in front of everyone in the hall, and stroked his belly.

"Everyone, since I entered the dynasty, this general has been doing everything personally and conscientiously working for my great man. However, there are endless disputes in various places, and the people of the world are still unable to live and work in peace and contentment. After thinking about it for a long time, this general finally learned that the problem of my great Han Dynasty is not from other places, but from other places. It is above the court. If we want to rejuvenate the great man, we must take the lead in reforming the court of the great man." Dong Zhuo took a detour and looked at the ministers with complacency, and immediately there were officials who were close to Dong Zhuo echoed.

"The general is right. It is time for the Great Han's court to be reformed. Only the General can accomplish this kind of reform, which will change the old look of the Han Dynasty." Everyone looked at this man who echoed Dong Zhuo The official is Chen Ergou, who was recently promoted by Dong Zhuo.

This Chen Ergou was originally a landowner, but later the family used some money to let Chen Ergou work as a gatekeeper in Luoyang City, but unexpectedly, Chen Ergou got out of hand and relied on Dong Zhuo. big tree.

It turned out that Dong Zhuo's army arrived in Luoyang that day.But seeing that the gate of Luoyang was closed tightly, Dong Zhuo was blocked outside the city.Luoyang must be the capital of the country. The officers and soldiers guarding the city closed the city gate naturally when they saw a large army coming, but this Chen Ergou was different. Let Dong Zhuo in.

Now, Chen Ergou has developed. Dong Zhuo decided to promote Chen Ergou's official position in order to show his approval.But when Dong Zhuo entered Luoyang, the defenders of the city would naturally become Xiliang soldiers. It would be impossible for Chen Ergou to guard the city gate again. He must have had this experience. Even if Chen Ergou wanted to guard the city gate, Dong Zhuo would not Don't worry.However, seeing that Chen Ergou was eloquent, Dong Zhuo made Chen Ergou a civil servant, who was in charge of going to court, and challenged the great Confucian celebrities of the Han Dynasty. , and land and scholars are not in the same way. Since Chen Ergou took office, he has also contributed a lot to Dong Zhuo in the court. Now that Dong Zhuo opened his mouth, Chen Ergou immediately agreed.

(End of this chapter)