Chapter 41 Undercurrent
Dong Zhuo, whose courtesy name was Zhongying, was from Lintao, Longxi. He originally stationed troops in Xiliang and was the governor of Liangzhou. When the palace changed drastically, he led his army to Luoyang. He then took control of the power of the court, abolished the Shao Emperor Liu Bian, supported Liu Xie as emperor, and changed the year name to the first year of Chuping.
You should know that Dong Zhuo is not as incompetent as the former general He Jin. He can also be called a famous warrior. He has his own opinions and has power to plan, commanding tens of thousands of Xiliang soldiers and horses. When dealing with political enemies, Dong Zhuo is obviously much more cruel than He Jin. He never talks nonsense with people who conflict with him with his suggestion. One word, kill!
As long as you kill all those who disagree with him, the rest will naturally be in the same mind as him. This is the way of thinking of this warrior who has been stationed in Xiliang for many years.
As a warrior, Dong Zhuo is now serving as the prime minister. He is not famous for his praise or worship, and does not go to the court. He goes to the palace with his sword and shoes. Weifumobi is obviously a great minister. Everyone thinks that he will regard the young emperor Liu Xie as his puppet, but in fact, Dong Zhuo did not do anything to force Liu Xie.
On the contrary, he was indeed teaching Liu Xie the way of emperors.
Why are the Han royal family frequently in chaos? Why are the relatives and eunuchs rampant in the court without fear?
Dong Zhuo thought that this was a manifestation of the loss of imperial authority!
After all, the Han Dynasty is no longer as calm as before. There are many thieves in the world and frequent disasters in the court. It is no longer a peaceful and prosperous period. As the king of a country, he must have the courage to swallow mountains and rivers and look down on the world.
As the saying goes, [a heavy punishment is required in troubled times], what Dong Zhuo wanted to teach Liu Xie was the [dominant] of Ying Zheng of the pre-Qin Dynasty. Even if it is the way of kings and domineering, anyone who does not accept it will be killed!
If you are timid and have no opinion on your own, how can you manage this huge mountain and river?
To this end, Dong Zhuo drove all the scholars who taught Liu Xie, Confucius, Mencius, Huang and Lao Tao from the palace, and also called himself the Grand Tutor, assisting Liu Xie in governing the vast world of the Han Dynasty.
His educational method is very different from others. After all, Dong Zhuo is a martial artist and has not read many books. He just wanted to pass on his many years of experience to Liu Xie.
Dong Zhuo believes that since ancient times, that wise ruler has not been stained with blood. King Ying Zheng of Qin and Emperor Gaozu of Han Liu Bang of Han have the most convenient way to win over people's hearts than to use virtue to win over people's hearts.
Now the Han Dynasty is in turmoil and people are in chaos. We should use the heavy dictatorship to shock the world and the royal family's prestige!
From some perspectives, what Dong Zhuo said was not wrong, but the problem is that the Han Dynasty was deeply influenced by the teachings of Confucius, Mencius, Huang and Lao. Not to mention that the civil and military officials in the court could not agree with it, even Liu Xie could not accept it for a while.
Perhaps Dong Zhuo really has a heart to assist the royal family, but his actions are very problematic.
First, he sent someone to kill He Meiren and the young emperor Liu Bian.
Because there were many officials in the court who deposed Liu Bian and made Liu Xie the emperor. In order to stop these people's miss, Dong Zhuo, who was born in Xiliang, took off the firewood from the cauldron and did not stop, and simply killed Meiren He and Liu Bianjiu. In this way, no matter whether those officials in the court were willing or not, as long as they still wanted to be an official in the court, they could only assist Liu Xie.
If the officials in the court are unhappy and abandon their posts, it doesn't matter. After all, there are more than thousands of talents in the world. If the officials in the hearts of the court are angry and gather to cause trouble, then Dong Zhuo can get rid of them as soon as possible for the crime of rebellion, so as not to cause trouble in the future.
Professor Dong Zhuo Liu Xie’s way of being a king is a thorough and extremely extreme way of domineering.
Perhaps some people think that Dong Zhuo calls himself the Grand Tutor, praises the title of the emperor, does not go to court, and goes to the palace, these are all manifestations of his coercion of Liu Xie. In fact, this is not the case. Dong Zhuo is a warrior, and a warrior who has been through the battlefield for many years and has fought bloody battles. Any such person is actually not very interested in mastering the government. He is just for vanity. Who lives for a lifetime? Who does not fight for the sake of glory of the family and the family?
At least, Dong Zhuo did not force Liu Xie. He still asked Liu Xie to make decisions on all major national affairs. He just couldn't stand some old ministers in the court who relied on their seniority and interfered with Liu Xie.
Of course, it is not a question that the officials in the court hate Dong Zhuo because Dong Zhuo is indeed lacking in morality in some aspects.
Not to mention anything else, Dong Zhuo has stayed overnight in the palace many times, and saw beautiful people. He even took him to his residence to have fun when he asked about the affairs in the palace.
Moreover, Dong Zhuo's soldiers in Xiliang had also pretended to be wiped out, looted the people, plundered women's property, loaded them in chariots, and returned to Luoyang. However, Dong Zhuo ignored such evil deeds and covered up the soldiers in Xiliang under his command.
The Qingliu Party members in the court were especially disgusted with Dong Zhuo and his subordinates' evil deeds. It is no wonder that Dong Zhuo and his troops stationed in Xiliang for a long time. Everyone knows where Xiliang is. There is no one in a hundred miles, and birds do not shit, which is extremely desolate. On weekdays, the only way for soldiers in the camp to have fun was drinking and fighting. Over time, people in the world said that the Xiliang army was the most brave, but also the most inhuman. In fact, it was all related to the environment.
Drinking, martial arts, and women, these three things are not only Dong Zhuo’s favorite, but also the favorites of the soldiers in Xiliang. In fact, it is not difficult to understand. If you want to blame, Dong Zhuo is too strong now, which makes others unhappy, and they are too arrogant and act recklessly. This makes the Chinese civil and military ministers in the court feel indignant.
In July of the first year of Chuping, Dong Zhuo was angered by his close friend Yuan Shao. Now he is the prefect in Bohai. After the morning court, Cao Cao, the captain of the cavalry, had no interest in going to other places to have fun and was preparing to return to his mansion.
As he walked, Cao Cao recalled the scene from the morning court just now. Wu Fu, the captain of Yueqi, hid a short knife in the court robbery and assassinated Dong Zhuo from the court, but he did not want to be subdued by Dong Zhuo. In the end, he was disrespectful to the emperor and committed three major crimes of assassination of the court and was punished by cutting off the court.
Alas! Wu Fu is indeed a hero, but unfortunately he acted too recklessly and actually wanted to assassinate Dong Zhuo in front of Lu Bu. Isn’t this asking for death?
Cao Cao sighed secretly. He vaguely heard about Lu Bu's deeds. He was originally the adopted son of Ding Yuan, the governor of Bingzhou. He was unmatched in martial arts. He didn't know what method Dong Zhuo had used, so he actually asked Lu Bu to abandon Ding Yuan and surrender to him.
Thinking of this, Cao Cao was secretly surprised because he was confused about Lu Bu's actions, so he kept paying attention to Lu Bu's every move when he was on the court. Just now, when Wu Fu took out the short sword from the court robber, Cao Cao noticed that Lu Bu's eyes narrowed slightly. He obviously saw it, but he did anything strangely.
Why exactly?
Is it not that Lu Bu and Dong Zhuo as rumored by the outside world? Or does Lu Bu think that Dong Zhuo would be injured by Wu Fu so easily with a short sword?
Well, I can't figure it out!
Sighing slightly, Cao Cao shook his head and walked out of the palace. Cao Cao admired the courage of Yueqi Captain Wu Fuxing assassinating Dong Zhuo, but while admiring, Cao Cao only wanted to say two words, which was stupid!
It is obviously an assassination, but he assassinated Dong Zhuo in front of Lu Bu and many guards. Isn’t this seeking death? You should know that the Xiyuan Guard has already defected to Dong Zhuo. As long as Dong Zhuo gave his order, countless people would come out to chop you into meat paste in a moment.
madness!
It's so stupid!
If Wu Fu had half the ability of that assassin, he might be able to...
Hmm?
Suddenly, Cao Cao stopped and a few thoughtful expressions appeared on his face. Then, he narrowed his eyes and looked left and right. Taking advantage of the lack of patrols nearby, he walked straight to Dongyuan.
You should know that the East Garden of the Imperial Palace is the residence of the royal family. What did Cao Cao do here?
Because Cao Cao remembered something, he wanted to confirm it.
Finally, after walking for a cup of tea, Cao Cao finally arrived at the destination. He looked up at the palace in front of him, and a few elusive smiles appeared on his face.
Cao Cao was so familiar with the palace in front of him. It was the palace of the former crown prince and the young emperor Liu Bian who had never married the crown prince.
Cao Cao vaguely remembered that he brought people to the palace to handle the aftermath after the palace incident. During this period, he heard that the Imperial Guards broke into the hall in other palaces in Dongyuan and accidentally killed the royal family and the palace maids, but the only concubine Tang was completely unharmed and safe.
Cao Cao once inquired that there were only two princess Tang and her personal maid living in the palace in front of him. At that time, Mei Mei was still unable to protect herself. How could she have time to send someone to protect the master and servant?
From this we can see that there was no guard beside Concubine Tang, but they were able to block hundreds of imperial guards outside the door with their two masters and servants?
Obviously not!
It seemed that my guess was correct at the time. The bold assassin did hide in Concubine Tang's bedroom, but he never expected that Concubine Tang would cover him up...
"Tu tu!" Cao Cao walked straight outside the hall and knocked on the door.
At the same time, Tang Xiner was talking to Chen Mo in the palace about what happened recently, especially Dong Zhuo's injuring He Meiren and the Young Emperor Liu Bian.
After all, Tang Xiner entered the palace because she was attracted by Mei Ren and became the crown princess of Mei Ren. If it weren't for the Yingchuan Yellow Turban Chen Mo assassinating the late emperor Liu Hong, she might have already married Liu Bian, and assassinated by Dong Zhuo's glass of poisoned wine, as in history.
Of course, Tang Xiner may never know all this. What she is embarrassed about is her current identity. After all, when Meiren He and Liu Bian die, her situation becomes very embarrassing.
Although she had an appointment with Liu Bin, she never got married. Now that the palace has frequent incidents, Meiren He and Liu Bin were killed by Dong Zhuo. To be honest, she was also very afraid and didn't know what to do if she was in a state of ruthlessness.
Seeing that Chen Mo tried his best to take her out of the palace, Tang Xiner was a little moved after hesitation. After all, Meiren He was kind to her at the beginning, so she was unwilling to leave the palace with Chen Mo. Now Meiren He was killed by Dong Zhuo. She was no relatives in the palace. Even if she continued to stay in the palace, what could she do?
Besides, the current palace is not a safe place. Tang Xiner has heard more than once that Dong Zhuo stayed overnight in the palace and the palace maid.
Just when Tang Xiner agreed to Chen Mo, she suddenly heard a knock on the door outside the hall, which shocked her whole body.
Cao Cao was waiting outside the hall. Seeing that no one had opened the door for a long time, he was a little puzzled. Suddenly, he felt a trace of murderous aura coming from the hall. The trace of murderous aura was like the cold wind in the twelfth lunar month, causing a chill behind him. In a vague way, Cao Cao also heard a few inaudible words coming from the hall.
Just as Cao Cao was thinking about it, the door of the palace opened with a creaking sound. It was a door opened by a woman, light rouge and thin, dignified and beautiful. It was really a natural beauty and beautiful country.
Cao Cao was stunned, then quickly greeted him, lowered his head and fist and said, "Cao Cao, I have met Concubine Tang!" He had never seen the owner of the palace in front of him, but he could guess that the beautiful and beautiful woman in front of him was Tang, the crown princess who had not passed by Liu Bian.
Cao Cao guessed it well. The one who opened the door for him was Tang Xiner, the owner of the dormitory. It could be seen that there was a little panic in her eyes. After all, she was discussing with Chen Mo how to escape from the palace. Suddenly, she saw someone knocking on the door. How could she be as dignified and calm as usual if she had a ghost in her heart?
Cao Cao saw the uneasiness in Tang Xiner's eyes, but he obviously had a wrong intention. He smiled slightly and said kindly, "If you are a humble person who accidentally bumps into the crown princess, please forgive me for yourselves!"
"The Chief Cao is so serious. Besides, I am no longer a princess. I am just a woman in the palace and can't afford to be such a tribute from the Chief Cao..." When she said this, Tang Xiner's expression seemed very elusive. Perhaps even she herself didn't know what to look at this matter.
To be honest, although Tang Xiner was a little resistant to marrying Liu Bian, she was willing to marry Liu Bian based on the kindness of Beauty He to her. However, by God's will, she somehow fell in love with an assassin who assassinated the emperor of the dynasty.
Those few months were the happiest and most painful days in her life. She reminded herself at all times, reminding herself that she was the future princess, but she could not do anything that was defeated. However, she never expected that on the eve of her about to marry Liu Bian, a shocking change occurred in the palace. Later, her future husband was killed by Dong Zhuo, who controlled the government.
Logically speaking, once Liu Bing died, Tang Xiner became a free person and did not have to suffer many tortures. However, when she remembered the good deeds of beauty to her on weekdays, she couldn't bear to leave the palace. This delay took nearly half a month. Until now, it was not until Chen Moxiang advised her that she made up her mind to escape from the palace with him, but unfortunately, the best time had long passed.
Now, seeing that Cao Cao, the captain of the Xiyuan cavalry under Dong Zhuo, came uninvited, it is not for Tang Xiner's thoughts and suspicion. Didn't you see Chen Mo hiding on the beam pulling out the short sword on his waist?
Once he saw Cao Cao take out the poisoned wine, Chen Mo didn't care about anything and could only kill him first, and then lead Tang Xiner and his servant into the palace.
Cheng or not Cheng is another matter. Chen Mo can’t watch Tang Xiner die under a glass of poisonous wine, right?
Obviously, Cao Cao suffered an unrestrained disaster. Perhaps he was still wondering why the lingering murderous intent was at this moment!
However, it was precisely because of that murderous intent that Cao Cao once again confirmed his guess.
After accusing him of guilt, Tang Xiner and Chen Mo were left with confusion, and Cao Cao left because he had to attend Situ Wang Yun's birthday party tonight.
Of course, Situ Wang Yun did not invite Cao Cao. Cao Cao was considered uninvited because he knew very well that today was not Wang Yun’s birthday at all!
Since it was not the birthday, why did Wang Yun invite the ministers in the court to the banquet in his mansion?
It's obvious!
Chapter completed!