Chapter 326: It’s time to use the big killer weapon

Author: smug eyebrows and droopy eyes

Chapter 326: It’s time to use the big killer weapon

Liu Jian's words made Lu Qiang's mind turn into a mess.

Luoyang City is not just a simple city, this city is also a huge interest entity.

This involves not only the imperial power of the emperor, but also the interests of the Manchu ministers and many powerful nobles and nobles in the world.

Not to mention anything else, trade alone was enough to involve half of the entire economy of the Han Dynasty.

Luoyang City connects the north and the south. Passing Luoyang from Guandong to Guanxi, then to the Western Regions, or from the northern border through Bingzhou, and then to the hinterland of the Central Plains almost all pass through Luoyang.

Therefore, there are many interest groups integrated in Luoyang City, and the interests of many big families are based in Luoyang City, so they cannot be touched lightly.

The most intuitive point is that the house price in the central city of Luoyang City can almost buy the houses in the two states of the Han Dynasty.

If Dong Zhuo really wanted to move the capital, it would be a huge turmoil for the entire political and economic environment of the Han Dynasty.

Although Lu Qiang was a eunuch, he also knew the stakes involved.

Lu Qiang's cold sweat instantly soaked through his shirt when he thought that Dong Zhuo had the idea of ​​moving the capital.

After being silent for a while, Fang heard Lu Qiang slowly speak: "De Ran, you said that Dong Zhuo will move the capital... how likely is it?"

Liu Jian said almost without hesitation.

"At least 80%."

After Lu Qiang heard this, he suddenly felt dizzy.

"How could this happen? How could things become like this? It's just that your majesty and the queen mother will definitely not agree to this matter! The ministers of the Manchu Dynasty will definitely not agree to it!"

Liu Jian stood up, came to Lu Qiang's side, and patted him on the shoulder.

Then, Liu Jian was seen turning around and coming to the window, raising his eyes and looking out the window.

After a while, his voice came slowly.

"The ministers of the Manchu Dynasty do not agree with this matter... It doesn't matter. Dong Zhuo will naturally deal with them, but His Majesty and the Queen Mother must agree."

Lu Qiang tried his best to support his body.

He stood up and walked behind Liu Jian, with some irrepressible anger in his voice.

"Deran, Deran, what are you talking about?"

"Luoyang is the foundation of the emperor, and even more the foundation of imperial power."

"You want the emperor to abandon Luoyang and move the capital with Dong Zhuo? Do you want the emperor to completely become a puppet in Dong Zhuo's hands?"

Faced with Lu Qiang's questioning, Liu Jian was not angry.

He just turned around calmly and faced Lu Qiang very calmly.

"Servant Zhongchang, it's because I don't want your Majesty to become Dong Zhuo's puppet, so I said this to you with all my heart."

"Servant Zhongchang, who do you think Dong Zhuo is? He is a warrior from the border county and a soldier from Liangzhou. He kills without blinking an eye. The previous rules of Luoyang Court do not apply to him."

"Now by chance, he has become a loyal minister who supports the emperor, so he has not revealed his true nature, but the matter of moving the capital is a matter of life and death for him, and he will never give in even a step."

"I can tell you very solemnly that if the emperor does not agree to Dong Zhuo's move of the capital, Dong Zhuo will eventually move the capital! And by then he will not care about the identity of this loyal minister. He will be completely reduced to a powerful minister. He will also

We will completely break up with the Emperor and the Queen Mother, and at that time, the Emperor will no longer have the ability to negotiate with Dong Zhuo openly."

Lu Qiang froze on the spot, not knowing how to answer for a long time.

"Then what should Your Majesty and the Queen Mother do?"

Lu Qiang asked distractedly.

Liu Jian solemnly said to Lu Qiang: "At this point, there is only one way, and that is to agree to Dong Zhuo's move of the capital from the perspective of the emperor and the queen mother, but to take advantage of Dong Zhuo's move to fight for the maximum limit of the imperial power that your majesty has. In addition,

We need to force Dong Zhuo to do several things."

"The matter of moving the capital is too big. If Dong Zhuo wants to keep his reputation as a loyal minister and at the same time complete this matter, it is absolutely impossible without making some sacrifices to His Majesty."

Lu Qiang looked at Liu Jian doubtfully: "According to your wishes, you want His Majesty and the Queen Mother to make demands to Dong Zhuo?"

"yes."

"What are the requirements?"

Liu Jian said: "There are generally three things. One is to let His Majesty take charge of the office in advance and place his own people at the Chancellery. Now that Yuan Wei and He Jin are dead, there are no senior officials to appoint the Chancellor. Dong Zhuo established the Thirteenth Prime Minister's Office.

Cao Cao had overall authority over the court. At this period, it should be a good opportunity for His Majesty to reach into the chancellery again. Although it cannot completely suppress Dong Zhuo's power, it can at least form a tripartite with the power of the prime minister.

"

When Lu Qiang heard this, he seemed to understand a little.

"By moving the capital, the emperor can return to power? To form a confrontation with Dong Zhuo?"

Liu Jian shook his head: "I have thought too much. With the current strength of Your Majesty and the Queen Mother, even if Your Majesty can personally govern, it will still be difficult to form a confrontation with Dong Zhuo within a few years. The main thing is to rely on Dong Zhuo."

"Alas!" Lu Qiang let out a long sigh, seemingly unwilling to do so.

"Although it is a good thing to have His Majesty personally govern, the price of moving the capital in exchange is too high."

Liu Jian shook his head.

"This is just an appetizer, the real weapon has not been sacrificed yet."

"Killing weapon?"

Lu Qiang looked at Liu Jian in surprise.

"What does Deran mean by this?"

Liu Jian smiled and said: "To be honest, Chang Shi, when I left Luoyang, I wrote a letter to Dong Zhuo... The letter contained information about how to rectify the current political malpractices of the Han Dynasty, the imperial power was weak, and the artifact of power was the highest in the world.

Two current affairs under his control."

"With Dong Zhuo's wisdom, he could naturally see the role of these two time signs, but given his status at the time, he would never dare to do this."

"But the situation is different now. After the battle with Yuan Shao, Dong Zhuo has completely understood his identity and stance."

"He has understood that the Guandong gentry cannot tolerate him. Dong Zhuo may have had hopes for cooperation with the Guandong gentry, but now, I believe his heart has died... As long as he puts forward the idea of ​​moving the capital, then he and

The breakup of the Kanto gentry is inevitable, and they will never be able to reunite."

"So, if His Majesty can grasp a certain amount of imperial power and reach political agreement with Dong Zhuo, then it is time to implement these two things."

Lu Qiang felt a little nervous when he heard what Liu Jian said so solemnly.

"I dare to ask Deran, which two points of current affairs did you propose to Dong Zhuo?"

Liu Jian answered very seriously.

"The first is to change the tax system. There are many specific items and there are many specific conversions, but in simple terms, it is to convert the head tax, oral tax, corvee, etc. into acres of land and merge it with the land tax."

"The second is to abolish the inspection and promotion system and establish a new method for recruiting officials."

Before Liu Jian finished speaking, Lu Qiang was so frightened that he almost peed his pants.

"Liu Deran, you are crazy!"
Chapter completed!