In the early 190s, Dong Zhuo had been in power for a long time, but he wanted to govern the court but was unable to do so, so he introduced criminal law to establish his authority.

The Xiliang army was brutal in governing the law, and many officials in Luoyang were afraid of prison and capital punishment. The court gradually became Dong Zhuo's voice. The court officials continued to perform official duties, but they were limited to official duties in Luoyang.

Luoyang is the center of the world, but it is obviously not the world.

Within a few months, Dong Zhuo quickly and violently established his prestige in the court.

However, after this period of time passed, the complexity of national governance and the weakness of Dong Zhuo's stamina became apparent. It also made Dong Zhuo more deeply aware of the close relationship between locality and court.

Dong Zhuo was confident that he could control Luoyang by conquering Liang. Yes, he could indeed intimidate Luoyang and even the surrounding areas of Luoyang. But being able to intimidate Luoyang did not mean that he could intimidate the world.

These damn scholar-officials are afraid of death, but if it threatens their family interests, they are not afraid of death.

They may not care about their own reputation, but they attach great importance to their local reputation.

Dong Zhuo really doubted how the Shi Changshi helped Liu Hong make money in the world. Could it be that the Shi Changshi was a little more awesome than he thought?

It is said that the mountains are high and the emperor is far away, so labor, military service, taxes, etc., when the states and localities abandon Luoyang and play their own affairs, Dong Zhuo, who has great power, can't help but be blinded.

There was no labor service, no military service, no one to pay taxes, and Dong Zhuo did not dare to disperse his troops to suppress the local area for the time being.

Luoyang seemed to have transformed from a glorious imperial city into a huge prison.

The imperial power of the Han Dynasty was supreme, but the Han Dynasty's seemingly crude but extremely sophisticated machine would grind all those who wanted to reach heaven into bloody mud.

It is difficult for a clever woman to make a meal without rice. All the officials in Luoyang are busy in various ways, but it is normal that everyone is busy in vain.

No money? You can put everything else aside, but the Xiliang Army is brave and good at fighting, but at the same time, the military expenditure of the Xiliang Army is also howling.

Tsk tsk, with the recruitment of troops from Hedong and the merging of Liangzhou, not counting the garrison in Chang'an, there are tens of thousands of troops preparing for war, but Liu Cang has only a few thousand elite troops on standby.

With the recruitment of a large number of elite soldiers, Dong Zhuo can now be said to be a powerful military force. But if it is not about production, let alone farming, business profits also need cycles, right?

To guard Luoyang, huge military expenditures could only be spent without spending money. Even Dong Zhuo, who had a rich family, could not support it.

All the big houses around Luoyang were sold by Dong Zhuo, and the bronze statues that Liu Hong loved in the palace were melted by Dong Zhuo one after another. Li Ru also had to lament the wisdom of Liu Cang, the official in the court, who poached Zhang Wen alone.

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Since settling in Luoyang, the Xiliang Army has only loved military power and military affairs. Let’s not talk about whether it is too late to start farming at this time. The current chief agricultural officer is a good guy. He lost everything to his original subordinate Taicang, evenly, in the capital, and registered in the field.

No one can fully recognize the department, let alone manage and control it.

There is no doubt that Sikong Yang Biao is a good player in politics, but it is obviously difficult for him to control water conservancy, engage in farming, and transport goods at low prices.

Taxes in various places could not be collected, but memorials asking for help in local disasters and military disasters were sent to the court step by step.

Dong Zhuo's temper was getting worse and worse, and all kinds of rages were of no avail. Liu Cang's power was rich, but he didn't dare to touch the old land of Shanglin. Even in Lubei County where the Valley of the Wicked existed, Dong Zhuo couldn't move.

People in Liangzhou don't care much about reputation, but it also depends on what kind of reputation it is.

No one under Dong Zhuo is willing to move to Lubei County. There are even many disabled soldiers from the original Liangzhou army there. If they go there to cause trouble, will they take the soldiers with them in the future? Can Liangzhou return?

In desperation, Dong Zhuo did all the things including knocking off local tycoons and opening the imperial mausoleum. Among them, Liu Hong must be praised for paving a bright road for Dong Zhuo.

There are countless coppers in the two palaces. As long as these coppers are melted, countless coins can be minted.

Dong Zhuo began to take advantage of the old foundation left by Liu Hong. A large amount of five-baht coins flooded the market. The so-called increase in money without production was inevitable, leading to price chaos.

Luoyang is not the only place for Han trade. Unless the bad reputation spreads, vassal countries and even foreign caravans will try their best to reach the starting point of the Silk Road even if there is a war.

At any rate, Liu Cang found high-yielding crops in his early years. After several years of preparation, under Dong Zhuo's fuss, grain and meat from Zhuojun, Zhongshan, Wujun, including Funiu Mountain, rushed into the market.

Zhang Wen was in charge of the Jianzhang Palace, but he mobilized the resources at hand and tried his best to complete a wave of parity matters that should have been done by Da Si Nong. At least the Han Dynasty's economy was not blown up by Dong Zhuo's tricks.

Dong Zhuo was fortunate that the local forces were grinding their teeth and King Dongping brought them benefits, but these benefits always seemed to make them painful and happy. It was full of regrets and it was difficult to give them all the credit.

Dong Zhuo began to encourage production, and Zhuojun, Zhongshan and other places also began to sell high-quality seeds to the hinterland of the Central Plains. It seemed that Dong Zhuo was not going to kill himself for a while, but the storm surged again, and local forces were ready to take action, and the voice to challenge Dong resumed.

Dong Zhuo did a lot of immoral things, but at least at this stage in Luoyang, they can't be said to be bad. Compared with the early years when his relatives came to power and the chaos caused by the party, it was probably just that.

However, Liu Cang's reputation in the outside world is still mixed. If Dong Zhuo's reputation is not extremely bad, it seems to be somewhat unjustifiable.

He carried out military raids, murdered wealthy families, looted property, raped women, robbed imperial tombs, oppressed the emperor, bankrupted the harem, brutally killed good people, and so on and so forth, Dong Zhuo was able to gain the reputation of stopping children from crying in the Han Dynasty.

Voices of condemnation and lamentation gradually arose from all over the country. The prefect Qiao of Dongjun County impersonated several distinguished officials from the court and sneaked into the Jianzhang Palace in order to find He Lian and Liu Bian to discuss secrets.

As a result, well, Liu Cang could not be found, and the group could not even cross the building bridge.

Liu Cang occupied Shanglin Garden in various senses, but now he has invited Liu Bian and He Lian into the Jianzhang Palace. It can be regarded as a kind of protection, and it is difficult for the outside world to judge what is wrong.

After finally summoning He Lian and Liu Bian, everyone wanted to ask the Queen Mother for an edict, hoping to call on various places to raise troops to rebel against Dong and restore Liu Bian to the throne.

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He Lian said, my mother and I are living well now. If you are against Dong or not, you should go to the emperor or the courtiers of the aristocratic family who asked us to leave the throne.

Qiao Mao, Cao Cao, Zhang Yang, and Wei Zi were all a little dumbfounded. Well, Cao Cao didn't stab Dong, don't make trouble, there is no way he could stab Dong.

As for Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu and the other Yuan family's children, they did not dare to appear in front of He Lian. After all, it was Yuan Wei who personally dragged Liu Bian away from the throne.

The fact that He Lian didn't cooperate with them doesn't mean that she was really afraid of Dong Zhuo, but that He Lian listened to Liu Cang's words.

Not to mention who else will be behind Dong Zhuo to control the government.

If they follow Qiao Mao's gang and mess around, they won't be able to defeat Dong Zhuo, and she and her mother will be in trouble.

And if these people defeated Dong Zhuo, then her accusation of matricide for murdering Empress Dowager Dong would naturally be regarded as Dong Zhuo's oppression and frame-up.

Although it would be unseemly to depose the emperor and re-establish him, as long as her mother and daughter do not die, there is no reason why Liu Xie can compete with her mother and father for the throne.

In this case, it's better to wait and see and let them figure it out on their own.

As for Liu Cang's suggestion of using Liu Xie's fate as a reference to consider whether to fight for the throne, He Lian also agreed with Liu Cang after completing a "deep and simple" exchange with Liu Cang.

There is nothing in the outside world that Liu Cang needs to fiddle with. After a year of cultivation, Liu Cang once again obtained a large amount of spiritual essence. However, Liu Cang's original idea of ​​using domestic animals to replace manpower has not yet found a suitable direction.

There are indeed some strange beasts with extraordinary physiques among the livestock, but these strange beasts are also more animalistic, and ordinary people have weaker control over them. Even the restraint of spiritual beasts on them often requires the use of strength.

Repression to establish dominance.

The breeding system is getting weirder and weirder. Among the high-quality creatures that Liu Cang can breed today, except for cows and horses, which are more violent, almost all of them have cunning and cruel animal nature.

Following the law of the jungle where the weak eat the strong, they are more obedient to the strong, but are also more aggressive towards poor and weak creatures. Pigs, sheep, and chickens all have the habit of liking meat.

Obviously, it is not advisable to create mutated individuals on a large scale, and improving human physical attributes has become a top priority.

Sheep are very arrogant, yes, they are sheep. These guys don't have much fighting ability, but they seem to be reckless, and sometimes they are more arrogant than pigs and cows.

There is nothing special in terms of combat power. Liu Cang strengthened a large number of fourth-level sheep, which were herded in the Motie Ranch under the leadership of the military advisor.

The physical growth of these sheep is relatively limited, Liu Cang mainly wants them to enhance the visual field of the eater.

Pigs try their best to cultivate Dangkang, and Liu Cang will no longer improve them when they reach level four.

The ancient giant pig is so active and aggressive that it cannot be kept in a pen at all, and it is easy to hurt people if it is kept free without a canopy. For the time being, it is enough to be healthy.

Ji Qin Liu Cang also upgraded all the ostriches to level five to prevent them from turning into fear chickens. In addition to strengthening the fighting chickens, he also left some spiritual marrow so that he can evolve them at any time when he needs fear chickens in the future.

Well, fear chickens are a bit mean-spirited and are more likely to hurt people than ancient giant pigs. If no one can tame them, it would be easier to kill them if they evolve.

High-quality cattle have extraordinary physiques, but they cannot be eaten if they do not have the qualifications of dragons and elephants. Upgrading a large number to level three to improve adaptability and survivability is an important beast in itself, so there is no need to say more.

The number of horses that need to be improved is relatively large, and all horses need to be upgraded to level two. Liu Cang expects that Dong Zhuo will be able to hold on until next year no matter what he does, right?

After the war horse has been fully upgraded to three levels, then focus on strengthening the wind and famous horses.

Unable to figure out what the Kirin Ganoderma was from, Liu Cang multiplied and purchased it, and managed to get hundreds of young Kirin together.

Communicating with Si Xiang and asking for information about Qilin Ganoderma yielded no results. The young Qilin was released into the wild environment. Anyway, it will take some years for the hissing wind to reach level nine. We can only hope that there will be any new discoveries in the meantime.

Horses need Qilin Ganoderma to jump, and other beasts can improve normally without any problem, but when it comes to jump, the various requirements are even more fancy.

Dragon marrow, fire essence, ambergris, wind seeds, etc. If it were not for the large-scale construction projects and the lack of labor, Liu Cang would have the heart to travel around the world on gold, looking for original ruins.

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