Chapter 412 Confusion
Dong Zhuo's heroic spirit influenced the atmosphere of the people in the prime minister's mansion. The royal family cannot count on it now. Since Dong Zhuo, who is taking on the responsibility, is naturally not going to be dead, their subordinates and staff members will naturally not be able to be dead.
"What the Prime Minister said is that although there are many families, we are not without the power to compete. When war starts, the people will suffer. If we can plan to suppress it, it would be better." Cao Cao said to Dong Zhuo.
Cao Cao's situation is actually not very good. No matter how he manages himself, his father's eunuch adopted son, his eunuch's identity after the eunuch is not completely discarded.
During the civil strife in the imperial city, He Jin and his family killed eunuchs too fiercely. These children of aristocratic families would have damaged their reputations and would definitely be vilified and targeted eunuchs in the future.
Cao Cao has a long-term vision and expects the future situation. When these aristocratic families further vilify the eunuch group, he will inevitably be negatively affected by Cao Mengde.
Cao Cao didn't like the eunuch group either, but seeing that the interests were in front of him, Yuan Shao's original good brother left him behind, and Cao Cao didn't dare to have any expectations for those friends in Luoyang on weekdays.
Since following Dong Zhuo, Cao Cao has been considered a master of affairs. Brothers of Xiahou Dun and other clans were all placed in Yingchuan. In addition to monitoring and suppressing Runan's dynamics, some of them also wanted to test whether the Yingchuan tribes were willing to see the Yuan family dominance.
As Li Ling once said, at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, there were no conspiracies and strategies for a group of people above a certain level. Many times, things were made on the surface.
Everyone is planning to be more greedy. Dong Zhuo is an outsider who runs into other people's bowls to grab meat and is inevitably targeted. However, the Yuan family's eating habits are not very good-looking. Putting aside Dong Zhuo, Yuan has become the most greedy existence.
Perhaps Cao Cao really had the mentality of not wanting war to harm the people. But his thinking direction was to do it with a clear sword and a spear. It seemed that there was no benefit to him, Dong Zhuo, or the Majesty of the dynasty.
The Xiliang army continued to fight, and even if the chaos brought by the aristocratic family was finally restored, no one would like a Emperor and the powerful minister of the dynasty who could not play games and would always copy the knife.
Whether it is Dong Zhuo or Yuan, this time his actions are actually quite taboo. Yuan is too greedy, the benefits he leaves to others are insufficient, and the appearance is ugly. Dong Zhuo is too cruel and his quick killing makes Zhongyuan thinking very disgusted.
Dong Zhuo has already troubled himself, so there is no need to say much. However, Yuan has already laid hidden dangers for himself.
It is precisely because of this that Cao Cao was not optimistic about the things that Yuan did this time. He had previously agreed with Dong Zhuo's decision to seal off the local official position.
Cao Cao also vaguely hopes that the states and counties below can fight in the internal struggle first, so as to give them more stable time.
"Well, Xu Rong, the Gongsun Du you recommended before is useful?" Dong Zhuo asked Xu Rong.
"The prime minister, this person is determined to be enterprising. If he is the prefect of Liaodong, he may be able to urge Gongsun Zan to restrain Liu Yu and Yuan Shao." Xu Rong replied.
"What if Yuan Shao ignored Liu Yu and insisted on the Luoyang Emperor's affairs, and even intended to let Liu Yu be in the hands of Gongsun? You must know that both Bohai and Jizhou can station troops in Youzhou at any time." Cai Yong thought and asked.
"Hmph, junior of the Yuan family, if you have such a strong ambition, I will lead your own elite troops to eliminate the rebellion." Dong Zhuo snorted coldly, and everyone did not say anything.
Indeed, the imperial power of Luoyang has not yet fallen, and if Yuan Shao really dares to do this, a rebellious name will definitely be difficult to escape.
"Meng De was paid attention to the direction of Runan. Dingyuan in Bingzhou has been eliminated, and Ma Teng, Liangzhou, has not yet removed his rebel status. Wen Zheng, please pay more attention to Youzhou. I have increased my command and commandership. I will be able to train another Western Liang cavalry within a year. I will have the strength to eliminate the rebellion when I fall." Dong Zhuo said proudly.
During the civil strife in Luoyang, the elite of the imperial court suffered losses. When the children of aristocratic families fled out of Luoyang, they also took away many war soldiers. Although the Western Liang army had a bad style and was difficult to restrain, they now had to shoulder the responsibility of guarding the imperial city.
Hulao and Sishui all need heavy troops to guard. Now Dong Zhuo has long been used to killing a large number of people, but even if he knows that some people in the place are restless, Dong Zhuo has no energy to clear them.
"Lord, Ru is not worried about other things, but some Bingzhou soldiers revealed that Lu Bu, who had a dirty job with King Donglai, seemed to have traveled to the northern tribe with several people." Li Ru hesitated.
"Hmm? Hit? Who will go with me?" Dong Zhuo asked.
"Yuan Shao's secret son Yan Liang and Wen Chou, the three brothers Liu, Guan and Zhang in Gongsun Zan's army, as well as Lu Bu and his general Gao Shun. A few of them gathered about 100,000 elite troops." Li Ru intended to inquire, and the whereabouts of the group were not considered secret, Li Ru recalled.
"100,000 elite soldiers? Haha, it doesn't matter how many greedy children." Dong Zhuo chuckled, then looked at Donglai Niu Sheng and the other two, and said cautiously.
"Niu Fu, I have often reported to me recently that the Luoyang prison is crowded, is there any such incident?" Dong Zhuo said calmly to Niu Fu.
"I'm not doing this when I go back to the lord." Niu Fu said in a deep voice.
"Well, Luoyang Prison affects His Majesty's reputation. If you are guilty, you will be punished; if you are not guilty, you will be exempted. If you should be released, you will be released and half of the prison cells will be vacated." Dong Zhuo nodded and said.
"Here!" Niu Fu clasped his fists, Cao Cao and Cai Yong's pupils couldn't help but shrink.
"I have already managed the country, Hua Xiong and Zhang Liao, don't forget my martial arts because of the secular world. Niu Xie, have you three contacted your former colleagues? Are there anyone who is willing to serve Your Majesty? If I protect you, Your Majesty will treat them well." Dong Zhuo explained again and finally asked Niu Xie and the other two.
Feng Chi, Niu Xie and Yi Gong were originally all conscription officers in Donglaiyuan, and were from civilians, and their names were later changed. Niu Xie was in his early twenties and was the oldest of the three. They were not very good at speaking, so Dong Zhuo asked Niu Xie to answer the conversation.
"Prime Minister, it's really okay for you to kill someone. But if you have a martial soul, don't ruin it anymore. I once heard from my lord that that thing can be reused, and it's a pity to ruin it." Niu Xie answered the question irrelevantly, which attracted Dong Zhuo's glaring.
"Okay, okay, I know, you have said it before. Let me tell you, will your lord interfere with me? If you recruit former colleagues, how about comparing with the two generals Hua Xiong and Zhang Liao?" Dong Zhuo smiled bitterly and said to Niu Sheng.
Niu Xie was straightforward. Obviously, Dong Zhuo just mentioned the prison matter, and planned to let Niu Fu go to Luoyang prison to pick some people and kill them, and then burst out some attribute secret stones to do everything.
Everyone knows this thing clearly, but they won’t say it clearly, but Niu Xie opens his mouth to reveal it.
Dong Zhuo was angry and honest, but he didn't hate this kind of personality. The Xiliang warriors were less colorful than those in the Central Plains. Dong Zhuo was born in Xiliang and was used to going straight to Xiliang warriors. Such people were at ease with him, but often they felt more intimate.
Except for Cai Yong, everyone present had one, and there were all wars. In essence, they were not considered good things. They didn’t care much about killing prisoners and getting treasures. They were just a little moved by the issue of reusing martial souls mentioned by Niu Sheng.
It is obvious that Niu Sheng's theory must be inseparable from Li Ling. Everyone doesn't know whether to sigh at Li Ling's bad bones and marrow sucking, or to admire Li Ling's kindness that he won't kill him.
Chapter completed!