Three Kingdoms New Emperor

Chapter 18 The Scholar's Conspiracy
The water in the pool could no longer lift the faint mist, and the warm wine in the cauldron turned into a cool residual wine.However, Liu Xie's heart gradually became hot. This kind of hotness was not because of the urgency of excitement, but because of fear and ignorance that caused the heart to beat fast.

Although he already knew that Dong Zhuo and the scholar-bureaucrats split up in the end, until Dong Zhuo said this, he still didn't hear the huge conspiracy hidden by the scholars!Such a treacherous reality crushed his superiority as a traveler and foreseeing history, and made him feel at a loss for this familiar but unfamiliar world.

Fortunately, after that, he gradually heard some clues from the anger in Dong Zhuo's increasingly serious tone.

After recruiting celebrities to enter the court, Zhou Yu, Wu Qiong and others suggested that Dong Zhuo should "be appointed as an official outside the capital" in order to control the Quartet.Dong Zhuo was naturally overjoyed, thinking that the cooperation between himself and the scholars was fruitful. Let these scholars serve as local governors, and his influence could gradually penetrate the whole country. In this way, the end of the disintegration at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty and the return to unity would be just around the corner.

So under the operation of Zhou Wei and Wu Qiong, Han Fu, a scholar in Beijing, served as the governor of Jizhou, Liu Dai, a servant, served as the governor of Yanzhou, Kong Ni served as the governor of Yuzhou, Zhang Miao served as the governor of Chenliu, and Zhang Zi served as the governor of Nanyang. Jing became the prefect of Berkshire (not yet).

Of course, the result of doing so did not bring about the rapid spread of Dong Zhuo's power, nor did he become a famous official who covered the sky with his hands and rejuvenated the Han Dynasty.In exchange, there is only news from the Kanto that the various princes made an alliance with blood and raised troops to challenge Dong Zhuo!Moreover, the three-way army of the Kwantung Allied Forces also rolled in from Luyang, Suanzao, Zhanghedong, Central, and West, completely blocking Dong Zhuo in the Guanzhong area, and completely opening the door to a chaotic world where the separatists are almost about to change dynasties!
From Dong Zhuo's cooperation with the world to the Kwantung coalition's crusade, the honeymoon period between Dong Zhuo and the scholar-officials was only a short four months.No matter how you look at it, this is a premeditated fraudulent marriage... And Liu Xie also fully understands why Dong Zhuo has adopted bloody and brutal suppression of the scholar-bureaucrats in the court at this time.All of this, to put it bluntly, is Dong Zhuo's revenge after he realized that he was deceived by the scholar-bureaucrat!

When the honey wine of love turns into the bitter wine of hate, cruel revenge is the instinct that follows.This is human nature.

"From this point of view, these scholar-officials are really obedient, and they are so openly sincere and secretly plotting." Liu Xie sighed deeply, although from the bottom of his heart, he really wanted to deny Dong Zhuo's words.However, standing in this historical environment that can no longer be true, he has to admit that history is really just a lie written by the victors.

Although there are still deep-rooted thinking patterns in my mind, these cannot stand up to reasonable scrutiny and analysis.When bringing Hua into the experience again, Liu Xie found that all this had already begun.

At the beginning, Dong Zhuo and Yuan Shao conspired to abolish the emperor, but Yuan Shao categorically refused and fled to Jizhou.Dong Zhuo was furious and offered a reward for Yuan Shao's capture.Zhou Wei and Wu Qiong persuaded Dong Zhuo, saying, "Abandoning the emperor is not something ordinary people can understand. Yuan Shao didn't understand the general situation. After offending you, he ran away in fear and had no other thoughts. Now he is in a hurry. Offering a reward for arresting him will surely make him rebel. The Yuan family has established virtues for four consecutive generations, and their disciples and old officials are all over the world. If Yuan Shao recruits heroes to gather disciples, other heroes will take the opportunity to rebel. In that case, the east of Xiaoshan The area is no longer yours. It is better to pardon Yuan Shao and appoint him as the prefect of a county. If he is happy with the pardon, there will be no future troubles."

Most of this detail has been obscured by history, but after careful scrutiny, it can be seen that they were already harboring evil intentions at this time.Dong Zhuo, who was in a desperate mood, was deceived by him and thought it was reasonable, so he sent envoys to appoint Yuan Shao as the prefect of Bohai and named him the Marquis of Beixiang.As a result, Yuan Shao not only avoided the disaster, but also had a base for raising troops.

Instead, it is suggested that Dong Zhuo should be appointed as a foreign official in Beijing to control the Quartet.Thinking they were looking out for himself, Dong Zhuo happily agreed.But if you look at these foreign Beijing officials, you can find the problem: Han Fu served as the governor of Jizhou, Liu Dai served as the governor of Yanzhou, Kong Ni served as the governor of Yuzhou, Zhang Miao served as the prefect of Chenliu, and Zhang Zi served as the prefect of Nanyang...

The first four of these five people were all one of the heroes who later raised troops to attack Dong Zhuo. Although Zhang Zi, the last Nanyang prefect, did not raise troops, he did not interfere with Yuan Shu's raising troops in his territory (although he did not support it).In addition, Wang Kuang, the prefect of Hanoi who participated in the crusade against Dong Zhuo, was also appointed at this time.Is this a coincidence?Probably not, this should be the preparations made by the scholar group for the crusade against Dong Zhuo.

Look at the direction Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, and Cao Cao fled from.

Yuan Shao was the first to leave the capital, followed by Yuan Shu and Cao Cao.Ordinarily, it is easiest for them to attack Dong Zhuo after leaving the capital, and it is easiest to go to their hometown to recruit soldiers and horses, where they have the support of the family and the influence of the family in the local area.If this is the case, then Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu should go to Runan County in Yuzhou, and Cao Cao should go to Qiao County in Peiguo. Their hometown is here.

But no, Yuan Shao went to Jizhou, Yuan Shu went to Nanyang, Cao Cao went to Chenliu.And not long after that, Han Fu, who belonged to the scholar group, served as Jizhou Mu, Zhang Zi served as Nanyang prefect, and Zhang Miao served as Chenliu prefect, which happened to be able to unite with them.Shouldn't this be considered premeditated?

Let's look at the area of ​​'Beijing officials and foreign appointments'.Han Fu's Jizhou and Wang Kuang's Hanoi County are north of the capital; Liu Dai's Yanzhou and Zhang Miao's Chenliu County are east of the capital; Kong Ni's Yuzhou is southeast of the capital; Zhang Zi's Nanyang County is south of the capital. The east and south directions surrounded the capital Luoyang.Moreover, Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, and Cao Cao did not return to their hometowns or go to other places. One went to Jizhou in the north, Chenliu in the east, and Nanyang in the south. Yuan Shao is the leader in the north, Yuan Shu is the leader in the south, and although there is no leader in the east, Cao Cao is the absolute backbone.No matter how you look at it, it was premeditated.

In other words, the scholar group actually played a big game very early.Poor Dong Zhuo looks powerful, but he is just a pawn to be manipulated by the scholar group.There is actually a huge conspiracy behind the warring against Dong Zhuo by the heroes. Dong Zhuo has not noticed this conspiracy for nearly three months. It must be said that it was his mistake. It can also be seen that Dong Zhuo's resourcefulness is really not enough. Possess the level of calming troubled times.

Dong Zhuo didn't, so could Liu Xie do it?
To be honest, Liu Xie didn't have any plans in mind.What's more, it's the fear and confusion about coming to this world...

"Your Majesty, the end of a certain family today is a lesson learned from the past. Will Your Majesty still be bewitched by those scholars again, and regret not doing so?" Dong Zhuo said this with a hint of loneliness, and Liu Xie stared blankly. When this big fat man saw that fat and brutal face again, he felt a little bit of sympathy in him by accident.

But at this time, there was no more wine left in the cauldron, and there was only half a bottle of cold wine left in the wine bottles of the two of them.

Liu Xie had nothing to say at this time, he got up silently and walked to the door of the bathing pool, letting the moonlight outside the window cast on himself through the tall and majestic window lattice, covering himself with a layer of faint and fuzzy softness. coat.However, such an insignificant covering not only did not make him any more dazzling, but under the dislocation of light and shadow, it made him look as if he was being gradually swallowed by darkness.

Just when Dong Zhuo turned from being lonely to impatient, he suddenly turned his head and saw Liu Xie outside the door had turned around at some point, showing a strange and indifferent smile to himself.He slightly raised the wine bottle in his hand, signaling Dong Zhuo to drink it up.

"Grand Master, you will get the clearest answer from me at the court meeting tomorrow!" After finishing speaking, Liu Xie drank the wine in the bottle in one gulp.With a wave of his hand, he threw the bronze wine cup into the calm pool, splashing a wave of moderate size.

Seeing the back of Liu Xie leaving just then, Dong Zhuo couldn't react for a while.Instinctively, he wanted to be furious, and wanted to bring that thin body back to ask for clarification.But for some reason, this time, he held back the impulse when he was drunk and angry...

He blinked suspiciously, feeling that the emperor of the Han family he met this time seemed a little different from before.

(End of this chapter)