Survival Three Kingdoms

Chapter 85 Moving the Capital
"Move the capital." Li Ru secretly looked at Dong Zhuo's face and said cautiously. "Earlier, children in central Beijing passed on nursery rhymes: there is a Han in the west, and a Han in the east. It will be easy for the deer to walk into Chang'an. The source has not been found out, but now it seems that this is indeed the best countermeasure."

Dong Zhuo said: "You can talk about it in detail, but it doesn't matter."

Li Ru counted his fingers and said, "Moving the capital to Chang'an has nine benefits for the Taiwei. The first benefit is that your lord's foundation is in Liangzhou, which is close to Chang'an but far from Luoyang; Guandong, that's why they dare to disobey Taiwei Yang and Yin Yin. In Luoyang, we still have to be scruples about them. When we arrive in Chang'an, it is our world. Who else dares to disobey the Taiwei? , the palace still exists and there is no need to build it again; the fourth advantage, the terrain in Guanzhong is dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack; the fifth advantage, we already have tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in Chang'an, and the food and grass are ready; Soldiers are homesick and eager to return to Chang'an, but in Luoyang they miss returning and refuse to fight to the death; the seventh benefit, the world's wealth is in Luoyang, we can collect Luoyang's money and population and move to Chang'an, but in Luoyang we don't Easy to start; the eighth advantage, we only leave an empty city for the princes, what harm will it do to us? How will the princes deal with Luoyang? If you can’t advance, you can’t retreat. Ninth advantage, the princes are in a dilemma, the hearts of the princes are not in harmony, and changes will inevitably occur over time, we can sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight, and reap the benefits of the fisherman."

After hearing what Li Ru said, Xu Rong remained silent, Lu Bu sneered, Hu Zhen beamed with joy, and Dong Zhuo smiled openly. "Okay, Wen You's words are in line with my wishes, and I will leave this matter to you."

Afterwards, Dong Zhuo frowned again and said, "Moving the capital involves a lot, do you have a detailed strategy?"

Li Ru also said, "The so-called moving the capital means moving the emperor, moving all the officials, bookkeepers, money, and population. Others can be given up and burned."

What Li Ru meant was that all the ancestral temples, palaces, mansions, classics, etc. that could not be taken away were burned.So vicious!Except for Dong Zhuo, all the people present did not change their faces.

Li Ru went on to say: "If you decide to move the capital, there will be no more objections. The Taiwei can propose moving the capital at the court meeting, and those who object will take it directly. If anyone does not follow, Fengxian will directly arrest and escort the Taiwei, the emperor and the emperor." The ministers went to Chang'an; I have already made books for the wealthy households in Luoyang. General Hu Zhen can copy the houses according to the books, and move the money, food and household registration to Chang'an; Be prepared for the princes to attack; I will lead the troops to respond from all directions."

Dong Zhuo laughed happily, why didn't he realize that Li Ru was a talent before, and it was recommended by Niu Fu to him, his son-in-law is still capable. "Hu Zhen, the copied money does not need to be sent to Chang'an, you arrange someone to send it directly to Mei Wu and hand it over to Niu Fu."

"Yes." Hu Zhen agreed, thinking in his heart that he was inferior to Niu Fu in terms of relationship, Lv Bu in terms of martial arts, and inferior to Li Ru in terms of strategy, so he searched for some beauties and gave them to Dong Zhuo to please Dong Zhuo, or he would fall out of favor. "Taiwei, if we want to leave, we will take them all away and leave nothing behind. I heard that there are many tombs around Luoyang, and there must be a lot of burial objects, including many treasures. Shall we take them away together?"

"Yeah, you can figure it out." Dong Zhuo agreed.He didn't expect that with his promise, Hu Zhen and others even dug the imperial tomb together.Of course, this kind of destructive excavation is not as technical as Liu Li, and it has already been cleaned up by Liu Li.

Xu Rong had nothing to say about the errands assigned to him. Lu Bu was very unhappy. He let himself do things that offended the ministers, and his reputation was ruined. How can he mess around in the future.If possible, he would rather switch the charge with Xu Rong. Although the risk is high and he may be surrounded, at least it is on the battlefield.

Li Ru suddenly remembered something again, and said mysteriously: "Taiwei, if you want to move the capital, then King Hongnong and Queen Mother He... have to prevent the princes from taking the opportunity to make trouble."

"You're right. These two people can't stay. When the capital is moved, you should go and give poison and wine to avoid future troubles."

The next day, in a meeting with hundreds of officials, Dong Zhuo proposed to move the capital, Yang Biao firmly opposed it, Huang Wan also seconded Yang Biao, more people chose to remain silent, and the result was that the objection was invalid.Dong Zhuo asked all the ministers to go home to prepare, and to go to Chang'an in batches after five days. Those who were unwilling to leave would be tied away with ropes.

Hu Zhen seized the big households according to Li Ru's roster, and sent the money and population to Chang'an. Li Ru also asked Lu Bu to search for the treasures of the palace, dig up the imperial tomb, and then confiscate the entire Luoyang City and the nearby palaces, temples, and treasuries within [-] miles. A large number of buildings were burned down, and Xiliang soldiers looted wantonly.Xu Rong led the army to choose a dangerous place to ambush, waiting for the pursuers to fall into the trap.

In February of the second year of Chuping, Dong Zhuo moved his capital to Chang'an. Luoyang City, which was prosperous and prosperous in the past, was turned into ruins in an instant.

Pioneer Sun Jian received the latest news of Dong Zhuo's withdrawal, and he immediately led his troops into Luoyang.When the princes heard that Dong Zhuo had retired, they played the crown and celebrated. Under the leadership of Yuan Shao, they marched neatly with gongs and drums. The corpse was in a mess, and there was unfinished smoke and dust floating in the air.

Cao Cao lamented on the horse: "The traitor officials took the throne of the country and killed the lord and Yujing. The emperor's foundation was overthrown, and the ancestral temple was burnt for funeral. The broadcast moved to the west, weeping and walking. Looking at the city of Piluo, Weizi mourns."

When Zhou Cang saw Brother Cao's emotions, he was afraid that he would be shot after Cao Cao caused trouble, so he hurried forward to salute Yuan Shao: "Leader, Zhou Cang is willing to lead his troops to collect the corpses, search and rescue in the city, and see if there are any surviving ministers and people. "

Yuan Shao nodded, and Zhou Cang hurriedly led his troops away.Facing Luoyang, which is riddled with holes and full of sores, Yuan Shao's mood was not affected. He ordered the princes of the world to recover Luoyang, Dong Zhuo fled, and then rewarded the three armies.Brother Cao was not in such a good mood: "General Yuan, Dong Zhuo took the emperor to retreat, but it's not time to celebrate. Now is a good time to march. When you gather troops and horses and cover them up, you can wipe out Dong Zhuo in one fell swoop and recover the emperor."

Yuan Shao laughed, "Meng De, don't worry, recovering Luoyang will be a great victory. Although Dong Zhuo retreated, how can he not guard against our army's pursuit, it is better to proceed step by step."

Cao Cao said angrily: "If you don't go, I will go. I wonder which general is willing to go with me?" Cao Cao remembered that Zhou Cang had already gone to rescue the disaster, and his troops were really small.The words have been spoken, and it is impossible to go back on it.

Seeing that Cao Cao was really in a hurry, Zhang Miao ordered Wei Zi to lead an army of three thousand to follow Cao Cao in pursuit.Yuan Shao sent Cao Cao away, and said to the princes: "We have a banquet, don't worry about him. Where is Wentai? Send someone to invite him to a banquet together."

(End of this chapter)