Dong Zhuo died without warning and very suddenly.

When Chang'an received the news, the Kwantung Allied Forces had already broken through Hulao Pass and were approaching Luoyang City. When everyone in the imperial court heard the news, some were happy, some were worried, and some were not very concerned about it.

Those who are happy are those who feel that the Kwantung Allied Forces or the imperial troops will still obey the imperial court's orders. Liu Xuan even doubts that these people are stupid because they are officials? Do you think that with such a false name, they will obey the imperial court's orders?

Those who are worried naturally see the current situation - if you have soldiers and food, you have power. These people are worried that the Kwantung Allied Forces will rush to Chang'an in a swarm, and then there will be a drama where Dong Zhuo leads his troops into the capital and threatens the emperor to order the princes.

That would definitely not be a good thing for the princes of the Manchu Dynasty, nor would it be of any benefit to the Han Dynasty.

Although the emperor is beginning to take back power, it actually does not have much impact on most of them. On the contrary, due to the restructuring of the Six Ministries, many officials have the possibility of promotion. The only ones who are really affected are the Sangong and Jiuqing.

Someone with real power.

But now that the imperial court is employing people, the emperor will still use them, so their authority will at least be weakened but will not be lost, so everyone is quite satisfied with the current situation.

But if those guys break into the capital, they probably won't have any rights left.

The people who didn't pay much attention were a group of people headed by Emperor Liu Xuan. This group of people included Lu Bu, Cao Cao, Zhu Jun and Huangfu Song. These people seemed to be the imperial party in the current court. Not only did they hold great power, but they also

There are troops and horses that can be mobilized. Logically speaking, the coalition forces are approaching Luoyang City. This group of people should be the most nervous. Why do they all look so uninterested at the moment?

They didn't know that Lu Bu didn't care about this. If the Kwantung Allied Forces wanted to attack Tongguan without knowing what they were doing, Lu Bu wouldn't mind leading his troops there to teach them a lesson. In fact, this Marquis Lu Wen didn't think much of the so-called Kwantung Allied Forces.

, he even felt that if he were still under Dong Zhuo, then this group of so-called Kwantung Allied Forces would have been dismissed by him long ago.

Cao Cao didn't care because he knew that as long as the Kwantung Allied Forces were not stupid, they would not attack Chang'an - after all, Chang'an was different from Luoyang. Luoyang could be considered to be adjacent to the counties in the Kwantung, but Chang'an was in the land of Kansai, from Kwantung to

Kansai is not a matter of one step or two steps. If people eat horse chews, how much food and grass will they consume?

What's more, there is a natural barrier at Tongguan in Chang'an, and these people are reluctant to spend money on a tiger prison. In the end, Dong Zhuo's generals rebelled to capture the pass. How long are they prepared to fight at Tongguan?

More importantly, defeating Dong Zhuo can be said to be the eradication of national traitors, so what does it mean to lead troops to attack the capital? Aren't you afraid of provoking crusade from other princes?

You must know that all the princes now have soldiers and horses in hand, and they are all staring at each house with eager eyes. All they lack is an excuse. Leading troops to attack the capital is tantamount to conspiracy. Isn't this just rushing to give people reasons?

Therefore, Cao Cao was not worried at all that those guys would rush to Chang'an, and even if they did come, they would not be able to capture Tongguan.

As for Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun, their ideas were very simple. It would be fine if the coalition forces dispersed. If they really had any disobedience, they would not mind engaging in more counterinsurgency wars.

Therefore, these few are the calmest, but in comparison, Liu Xuan has more headaches.

He does not think that the Kwantung Allied Forces will continue to advance westward, and he is even skeptical about whether Luoyang can be defeated. But now that the Kwantung Allied Forces have made great achievements in suppressing bandits, how can he reward them?

After thinking about the identities and backgrounds of these princes, only Liu Yu, the shepherd of Youzhou, and Kong Rong, the governor of Beihai, could serve in the court. The rest were not suitable to be recruited into the court, so staying outside was the best choice.

Among them, Yuan Shao's official position is easy to solve. At the moment, he is just the governor of Beihai. Liu Xuan plans to give him the title of Jizhou governor. In the future, when Yuan Shao really takes control of Jizhou, he will add the title of Jizhou shepherd. Let Yuan Shao be the governor.

A feudal lord who is divided into two sides in name and substance.

It stands to reason that the emperor should try his best to avoid this situation from happening, but Liu Xuan has been planning for this situation, so he is also prepared to make the situation of separatism more serious.

In Youzhou, because he plans to recruit Liu Yu, the shepherd of Youzhou, he plans to appoint Gongsun Zan as the governor of Youzhou. In addition, he has been operating in Peiping for many years. With the name of governor, he will probably be able to control the entire Youzhou immediately.

hand.

In fact, the governor is not a local governor. The so-called governor is just an envoy who inspects prefectures and counties for the imperial court and inspects officials and other affairs. It is not a direct official.

It’s just that at this time of year, many things have changed. For example, as the governor of Xiliang, didn’t Ma Teng control the power of Liangzhou and no one said anything?

Adding such a title to Gongsun Zan is just an excuse for him to control Youzhou. In fact, even without this official title, most of Youzhou is controlled by Gongsun Zan. Although Youzhou Mu Liu Yu is nominally in charge of the entire Youzhou

State, but Peiping and the surrounding counties are not under his control. At the same time, the most elite soldiers and horses in Youzhou are also soldiers and horses under Gongsun Zan. The most famous one is the white horse Yi Cong under Gongsun Zan's tent.

Once Liu Yujie was gone, Gongsun Zan immediately became the de facto controller of Youzhou. As long as some time passes, even if Liu Xuan doesn't take the initiative to give him the position of state pastor, he will probably give it to himself.

By that time, Youzhou and Jizhou are adjacent to each other, and both sides are surrounded by no other forces. The war between Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao is almost inevitable.

When he recruited Kong Rong into the imperial court, there was no one in Qingzhou who could mediate and reconcile. Cao Cao, who was supposed to start his career in Qingzhou and Yanzhou, was brought to the northwest by himself. From this point of view, the conflict between Gongsun Zan and Yuan Shao

The war may break out sooner than expected.

Thinking of this, Liu Xuan couldn't help but touch his chin: "In this case, it seems that there are no strong players in the Central Plains area. Maybe the three brothers took advantage of me if I wasn't careful?"

This situation could not happen. Liu Xuan immediately asked Cao Bao to call Lu Zhi. He wanted to call those people into the court through Lu Zhi and take control nearby.

Not long after Cao Bao arrived, he found Lu Zhi. During these days of reorganization of the Forbidden Army, Lu Zhi mostly wandered around the Forbidden Army campus. When he heard the emperor's summons, although he felt strange, he quickly arranged his appearance and followed Cao Bao into the palace.

to the imperial city.

Along the way, I kept thinking about why the emperor was looking for me?

It's not surprising that he was like this. Since Liu Xuan ascended the throne as emperor, although he has given great importance to Lu Zhi, the relationship between the monarch and his ministers is not very good. Whenever there are matters, they are mostly discussed in court meetings and in private.

Rarely talk about anything alone.

Lu Zhi himself also knew that the emperor was not interested in him. In the final analysis, when he was chasing Zhang Rang, he showed great dissatisfaction because Liu Xuan protected Zhang Rang, and therefore hated the emperor. However, he never felt that

He had done something wrong. Of course, if the emperor removed him from his official position because he was unhappy with him, he would have nothing to say.

But what surprised him was that although Liu Xuan didn't have a good look towards him after he came to the throne, he didn't have any prejudice against him in major matters. He would do whatever he had to do, and he could even be said to be quite reused - so how important is the adaptation of the Forbidden Army?

Things? Just look at the few people appointed by the emperor to know how much the new emperor values ​​them.

He had to participate in such a major event, which shows that the emperor valued him. Because of this matter, Lu Zhi was classified into the imperial party by some veterans of the court. When he learned this, Lu Zhi was dumbfounded. I really wanted to

Shout out: You are wronged!

Judging from this matter, the new emperor deserves to be called a "Mingjun". At least he will not choose ministers based on personal preferences, which is not something ordinary emperors can do.

Thinking of this, Lu Zhi stopped making random guesses in his mind. He estimated that the emperor's visit to him was probably for business, and it must be a very important matter, but it was not suitable to talk about it in a court meeting, otherwise there would be no need to summon him specially.

Stepping into the Proclamation Room, although the emperor's palace has been repaired, it still feels dilapidated. After all, he had just entered Chang'an not long ago, and the Propaganda Room was the first to be cleaned up. At that time, he just wanted to move in as soon as possible, so naturally he couldn't.

It has been repaired as if it had just been built.

The emperor has lived here for several months, but he has never expressed any dissatisfaction. This shows that the young emperor is not an overly pleasure-seeking person. Thinking of this, he can't help but think of the rumors circulating in Chang'an City a while ago, and thought to himself: "If

It would be better if Your Majesty could exercise more restraint on women."

But after thinking about it, I suddenly realized that except for accepting the daughter of Cai Yong, the Minister of Rites, as his queen, and asking Situ Wang Yun for a singer, the emperor did not choose any women to enter the palace. In fact, most of the palace ladies were from Luoyang.

Those who were brought and those who were later conquered were all managed by the officials themselves and then sent to the palace, not because of the emperor's edict.

Looking at it this way, the emperor has nothing to do at this point. Many ministers in the court may not be able to do this. Lu Zhi couldn't help but be stunned for a moment: "Is it true that he is a rare wise master?"

After thinking wildly, he had already arrived outside the palace. Not long after Cao Bao left for Tongbing, a young eunuch came out to call him in. After saluting in accordance with the law and taking his seat, Lu Zhi asked directly: "Your Majesty summoned the ministers to come. I don't know why?

"

He never expected that the question Liu Xuan asked was: "I wonder what you think of Liu Bei and Liu Xuande?"

"Liu Bei?" Lu Zhi didn't expect that the emperor came to him to ask about the student. He suddenly remembered that this was not the first time that the emperor came to him to ask about Liu Bei.

But to be honest, he really didn't have a good impression of this student. The only good impression he had was that when he led the army to quell the Yellow Turban Rebellion, this student brought hundreds of local warriors to help him, and he performed well.

pretty good.

Just as he was thinking about how to answer, Liu Xuan said, "I want to recruit this person to serve in Beijing. What do you think?"

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p.s: Delayed, delayed...

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Chapter completed!