The Nameless of the Common Clans

Chen Mo is familiar with chess. In the past, he played with Lu Zhi because of their different realms and was suppressed by Lu Zhi. But after getting familiar with the routines, it was a competition of brain power and energy. In this respect, Chen Mo can crush all the people whose chess skills are similar or even much higher than his.

After all, most of those who have reached the level of professionalism evaluated by the system are over 50 years old. For those who are higher, even if their chess skills are good, their energy cannot keep up.

Lu Zhi is both civil and military. Even though he is old, he is still energetic. Facing Chen Mo's persistence, he still wins more and loses less. However, although Cai Yong's chess skills are comparable to Lu Zhi's, his energy is obviously not comparable to Lu Zhi.

Halfway through the game, it is obvious that he can't keep up with the pace.

Chen Mo also felt that his victory was somewhat unfair. After half of the moves, he took the initiative to admit defeat and bowed to Cai Yong, saying, "Mr. Bo Ji's chess skills are not as good as mine."

"But if you continue, I will most likely lose." Cai Yong shook his head helplessly. It's better to be young.

"What do you think about the matter of the Taiwei?" Cai Yong suddenly asked while collecting the pieces.

Chen Mo looked up and frowned. He began to wonder if these two people were lobbyists fooled by Wang Yun?

"I don't want to comment on Mr. Dong's character, but now the fate of the Han Dynasty depends on him. The Han Dynasty is now in internal and external troubles, and it is difficult to go through twists and turns." Chen Mo thought about it and said directly.

He didn't want these people to make trouble again. Although he knew it was impossible, Dong Zhuo was indeed a little out of line during this period. At the end of September, when Empress Dowager He was buried, he took the opportunity to run to the royal tomb. This was undoubtedly a serious crime in the eyes of many people, but Chen Mo knew that it was helpless.

Now in the capital, there were originally 30,000 imperial guards in Luoyang. Dong Zhuo has successively transferred nearly 50,000 elite soldiers from Xiliang and 80,000 elite soldiers from Xiliang. But how can the Yin of Henan support them? The states and counties have refused to pay taxes for various reasons this year, and they have been intercepted by the states and counties. Dong Zhuo is now able to control the government because he has enough military force to deter, so there must be no problem with military rations and military pay.

In addition, the salaries of officials in the court, not to mention the three officials and nine ministers, Chen Mo, the Sili Xiaowei, actually receives a salary of 1,200 stones per year, and there are more than 30 generals of his level in Luoyang, including those under Dong Zhuo.

The taxes in Guanzhong can still be collected now. In the past, the national support has become the support of one state and one county. How can it be supported?

Dong Zhuo does not want his own salary, but the officials under him cannot be less. He now wants to win over the scholars. No matter whether the other party is sincere to him, but once the salary is cut off, many people will also be dissatisfied.

Digging up the imperial tomb is definitely a serious crime, but for the court to function normally, it is not enough to just say it, it needs money. So even if Chen Mo is ignored by Dong Zhuo and rejected by the scholars, he still hopes to maintain the current stability. As long as it is stable and the taxes in Yuzhou and Yanzhou can be settled, at least the court will function well.

Wang Yun secretly calculated, especially the purpose, but most scholars, even if they followed Wang Yun to push Dong Zhuo down, actually had no benefits at all, and were even worse than now.

But the problem is that there are not many people who can see this problem clearly, and those who can see it clearly, for their own purposes, either keep silent or add fuel to the flames. If this court continues like this, it will collapse sooner or later.

As for whether Dong Zhuo himself did something wrong during this period, or what his character is like? Chen Mo does not want to comment, it is meaningless, for many things, everyone only looks at the results and does not ask the reasons.

Cai Yong paused, shook his head and sighed: "There are countless scholars in Luoyang, but not many can see as clearly as the captain."

The atmosphere became a little depressing, and the gurgling sound of the piano surrounded them like flowing water, as if to relieve the depressing atmosphere between the three people. Chen Mo sighed and bowed to the two of them and said: "Sorry to bother you two, I will take my leave first."

Cai Yong and Xun Shuang stood up after hearing this, and Cai Yong forced a smile and said: "If the captain needs anything, you can come to me."

Chen Mo nodded. Cai Yong was a great scholar of the time, and Dong Zhuo relied on Cai Yong very much. There were some things that Chen Mo could not tell Dong Zhuo, and it might be more useful to ask Cai Yong to come forward.

"This boy is young, but he cares about the world. His vision is far-sighted, which is beyond the reach of ordinary people." Looking at Chen Mo's departing back, Cai Yong sighed and said, "Brother Ciming, I think Master Zi is really wrong."

"The two have different ways to save the country. This boy is good at the overall situation, but Dong Zhuo, even if he has the ambition to help, has no virtue to trust the world, and will eventually be difficult to be tolerated by scholars!" Xun Shuang nodded. What Chen Mo said does make sense, but this is purely from the perspective of the Han Dynasty. However, Dong Zhuo's current problem is not whether he is right to assist the Han Dynasty, but that his own virtue is not recognized by scholars and he is not qualified to do this. Even if he is powerful now, he is not popular and will not last long.

"Alas~" Cai Yong sighed. The key is that the scholars of the world do not recognize Dong Zhuo, or in other words, Dong Zhuo's background and reputation should not be what he is doing now. It's just as Chen Mo said, after these changes, the prestige of the Han Dynasty has been shaken, and it is really difficult to experience another change. Which is more important... Maybe it's not that no one understands, but they just choose to ignore this point.

...

The next morning, Chen Mo came to the Jiade Hall as usual for the morning court. The emperor and Dong Zhuo had not come yet, but the atmosphere was a little different. The ministers gathered in groups of three or two around and whispered. Chen Mo did not participate, but just listened.

What the ministers were talking about was that Guo Tai, a remnant of the Yellow Turbans in Xihe, recently led an army to attack Hedong County. It was not a big deal at first. In recent years, the remnants of the Yellow Turbans have been in rebellion. It is not a new thing. However, Hedong is too close to Luoyang. Dong Zhuo was the one who led the army. It took less than three days from Hedong to arrive near Luoyang, which could pose a threat to Luoyang, so the court could not ignore it.

At the beginning of the month, Dong Zhuo had sent his general Niu Fu to lead an army to attack Mrs. Guo, but news came yesterday that Niu Fu was defeated by Mrs. Guo. This is a bit surprising. It seems that Yu Fuluo was also involved, and fought with Mrs. Guo. Guo Tai joined forces to defeat Niu Fu, and the ministers discussed this matter.

It wouldn't be too important if they were just the remnants of the Yellow Turbans, but the Huns cavalry led by Yuvluo. When winter comes and the river freezes, they can rush to Luoyang in one day, which poses a great threat to the court.

Hedong...

Chen Mo's heart moved, and he found Cai Yong's figure in the crowd. At this moment, Cai Yong was discussing something with Xun Shuang, Wang Yun and others. Without hesitation, he walked to Cai Yong in small steps and saluted Cai Yong: "Mr. Cai , Xun Gong, Mr. Zishi.”

"Captain Chen?" Wang Yun looked at Chen Mo who came to see him and said with a smile, "Captain Chen?"

"I came here because of Mrs. Guo's affairs." Chen Mo said with a smile: "The remaining troops of the Yellow Turbans are not something to be afraid of, but Yu Fuluo's Huns cavalry can directly threaten Luoyang after winter. In the end, the general intends to lead his troops to attack, but he is just talking lightly. I hope you all Can help.”

Wang Yun shook his head and smiled when he heard this: "Colonel Chen is too high-minded to wait for me. The Grand Master still needs to make the decision on this matter."

Chen Mo wanted to say something else, but saw that Dong Zhuo had already helped Liu Xie in. The officials quickly shut up. Chen Mo also bowed to the three of them, turned around and retreated to his seat.

After the emperor and his ministers met, Dong Zhuo directly asked about the affairs in Hedong. Dong Zhuo's Xiliang army wanted to frighten the armies and could not move lightly. So this time Dong Zhuo wanted to select generals from the original Luoyang Forbidden Army to lead the five schools of the Northern Army to conquer Guo Tai. .

"Your Majesty!" Chen Mo immediately took a step forward and bowed: "I will go there eventually."

Chen Mo?

Dong Zhuo looked at Chen Mo and felt a little moved in his heart. Chen Mo was currently the most capable general in the imperial court, except for his direct lineage from Xiliang. It might be possible to send Chen Mo to attack.

"Captain Sili once defeated many with less in Runan and defeated the Gebei thieves. He has quite a lot of experience with the Yellow Turbans, so it might be feasible." Cai Yong stepped out and said with a smile.

Dong Zhuo nodded and was about to speak when Wang Yun suddenly stepped out and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, Grand Master, General Chen's bravery is naturally rare, but Captain Sili has the responsibility of supervising the four directions. Since Colonel Chen took office, Since then, the politics around Luoyang have been clear, but now the people's sentiments are not stable. If you send Captain Si Li to go there easily, it will be overqualified. Besides, General Chen is young. If he is sent, wouldn't it make people laugh at me because there is no one available in the court? "

Dong Zhuo smiled and said: "Since ancient times, heroes have emerged from youth, but Captain Sili really has no time to spare. Is there anyone else you can recommend?"

"Chun Yuqiong, Zhao Rong, and Xia Mou are all former Xiyuan generals. If they are not inferior to Sili Xiaowei, they can lead the army to attack Mrs. Guo." Among the trains, Zheng Tai came out to face the emperor. He bowed to Dong Zhuo.

These three people are all famous. Dong Zhuo stroked his beard and nodded: "I will order Chunyu Qiong to be the main general, with Zhao Rong and Xia Mou as assistants, and order the fifth school of the Northern Army and the two schools of Huben and Yulin to send troops to conquer!"

"The Grand Master is wise!" The ministers bowed quickly.

Chen Mo glanced at Wang Yun, and followed the other ministers in unison. Next, what was discussed in the court was about reducing the court's expenses, eliminating some unnecessary official positions, and trying to keep everything in the court as simple as possible, and The governors of Yuzhou and Yanzhou refused to hand over taxes and discussed whether to remove them from office.

Regarding this matter, the ministers discussed this matter quite fiercely. If the governors of the two states were dismissed, people would be worried. Anyway, the ministers did not recommend threatening the governors to pay taxes by removing them. However, how to make them pay taxes was still unclear. No one can tell why.

In addition, after Yuan Shu left Beijing, he occupied Nanyang, cut off Jingzhou, and withheld Jingzhou to pay taxes. The officials also believed that the fourth generation of the Yuan family was the third prince. Yuan Shu's move also had an element of anger and should be mainly used to appease.

There are a lot of bad things going on in the court now, and Chen Mo is a little helpless. Now the officials in the court cannot tolerate him. He originally wanted to occupy the east of Hedong in the name of conquest, and then just like Dong Zhuo when he occupied Hedong and refused to issue an imperial edict, he was stopped by Wang Yun. , which made Chen Mo a little depressed.

However, with the abilities of Chun Yuqiong and the others... Chen Mo felt that he still had some chances in this matter.

Until the end of the dynasty, the officials did not discuss the outcome. Chen Mo dispersed with the officials, but he was thinking about how to persuade Dong Zhuo to choose him as general after Chunyu Qiong and the others were defeated.