Chang'an is located in the middle of the Guanzhong Plain of the Qinchuan River, which is 800 miles away. It is bordered by Zeshui and Weishui to the north, Fengshui and Zaoshui to the west, Laoshui and Zashui to the south, and Bashui and Chanshui to the east. Commonly known as: Ba Shui Lao
Chang'an. Also known as: the land surrounded by eight dragons. Moreover, there is Mount Laoshan on the left, the danger of Hangu Pass, Guanlong on the right, the solidity of Bashu, with mountains and rivers, and fertile fields for thousands of miles. It is worthy of being praised by Li Ru as the place where the emperor prospered.
land.
After Dong Zhuo moved his capital to Chang'an, besides being happy, he was only satisfied.
Although before Dong Zhuo arrived in Chang'an, he was very angry that most of the treasures he had plundered in Luoyang were robbed by Liu Ming. He wished that Zhang Ji, who had lost the treasures and ran away, would destroy his entire clan.
But after all, Dong Zhuo still had the generous side of the Hu people. After a while, he thought that the money was just a personal belonging. If he lost it, he could rob it again. When he arrived in Chang'an, he didn't mind it so much. He just paid it back.
Some resented Zhang Ji's escape. Then, Dong Zhuo received good news one after another after arriving in Chang'an. First, Liu Ming, whom he feared the most, returned to Youzhou to quell the chaos because of the rebellion of his subordinates. Then, some of the court officials
The ministers in the army, led by Situ Wang Yun, came to join the imperial court. Then, he got the news that the coalition forces were forced to disband because they had no military supplies. Dong Zhuo felt very good. He thought that Chang'an,
Sure enough, as his son-in-law Li Ru said, his luck was very prosperous, and he was also very prosperous. He indeed had some destiny. So much so that Dong Zhuo almost got carried away and started to live a life of debauchery again.
However, this time, before Dong Zhuo lost his true nature, Dong Zhuo's son-in-law Li Ru, after getting some news, came to Dong Zhuo and said: "Master Xiangguo, although we have returned to Chang'an safely now, and our current situation
It's great. But don't forget, Liu Ming from Youzhou has now returned to Youzhou. Although we don't know how many people in Liu Ming's Youzhou rebelled and how big the momentum was. But we don't know how many people in Liu Ming's Youzhou rebelled.
With Liu Ming's strength and the fact that he told us not long ago that Zhang Yan would be the hero in trouble, he obviously subdued the Black Mountain bandit Zhang Yan. Now as long as he goes back, he should be able to defeat that
The rebellion in Youzhou has been put down. When the time comes, if Liu Ming is relieved, he will raise troops to attack us again. I don’t know, how will the Prime Minister deal with it? How will we resist? "
Speaking of which, Li Ru knows Dong Zhuo well. He knows that only Liu Ming is Dong Zhuo's nemesis. If he wants to persuade Dong Zhuo, it will not work. Only mentioning Liu Ming will touch Dong Zhuo's pain.
foot.
As expected, Dong Zhuo almost developed a phobia of Liu Ming. As soon as he heard Li Ru mention Liu Ming, he immediately felt a sense of crisis. He sighed to Li Ru: "I have been a soldier all my life, and I have nothing to fear. Only
Liu Ming of Youzhou makes me feel very sad! I think back on when I was friends with the leaders of the various tribes of the Southern Xiongnu. Who wouldn’t praise me for my extraordinary bravery and incomparable generosity? It’s a pity that when I first fought against the Yellow Turbans
, was defeated by the rebel Zhang Jiao, but was saved by Liu Ming. From then on, I was a head shorter than Liu Ming. After I was granted the title of Xiliang, I worked hard to govern Xiliang and saved more than 200,000 yuan.
Xiongbing. Then we took Sili and Bingzhou's troops in Luoyang, as well as scattered troops and newcomers around, totaling no less than a million. We thought we were invincible. Unexpectedly, we were defeated by Liu Ming again.
As well as Yuan Shao's allied troops. Now Liu Ming has conquered the Black Mountain bandit Zhang Yan. I have no treatment for Liu Ming now. I can only beg Liu Ming kindly, pay a lot of money to make friends with him, and promise him a big official position.
I hope he can coexist peacefully with us from now on and share the world equally."
At the beginning, Li Ru was quite happy, thinking that Dong Zhuo had a sense of crisis and would work hard to improve himself. But in the end, Li Ru waited for Dong Zhuo to finish speaking, and almost made Li Ru's nose become angry. Li Ru couldn't help but yell at Dong Zhuo
He sarcastically said: "Master Xiangguo, it is said that Liu Ming started his career as a wine merchant, and his way of doing business is unmatched by anyone in the world. He also has a lot of money and food in Youzhou. I am afraid that in terms of money, no one in the world can be better than him.
Moreover, Liu Ming was recognized by the late emperor as a relative of the royal family, with an extremely distinguished life experience, and as a Taiwei, one of the three princes. How could he covet the false reputation given by the Prime Minister? I'm afraid it's just based on what the Prime Minister said.
Those things won’t have any effect on Liu Ming. Lord Xiangguo, you’d better make plans in advance.”
Dong Zhuo said in frustration: "In this case, I have nothing to think about. If Liu Ming comes over, we can only hold on to the city, stay behind closed doors, and spend time with him. If that doesn't work, then we will
We have no choice but to wait for the slaughter." After saying this, Dong Zhuo suddenly showed a ferocious look on his face, and said fiercely: "But! Before we die, I must have a full meal. Eat all the good things that I have not eaten before.
I have played with all the good women I have never played with before. Hehe. When I was in Luoyang, I still had a few royal princesses that I had not played with. I have played with them in the past few days. I have a good time.
Don't tell me, this princess is fun to play with. My dear son-in-law, you have been helping me for so long. I don't have anything to say to you. Looking back, among the princesses, whichever one you like, you will go first.
Pick one and let’s have a good time.”
Li Ru thought sadly: This time it was bad. He had overstimulated the prime minister. Li Ru quickly made up for it: "Master Xiangguo. The reason why Ru mentioned Liu Ming is not because he was afraid of Liu Ming. It was because he hoped to take advantage of him.
When this Liu Ming was in such a crisis, he destroyed that Liu Ming in one fell swoop, expanded the strength of the Prime Minister, and then plotted the world in one fell swoop."
Dong Zhuo was originally a very ambitious man. What he just said was a moment of frustration and a helpless thought. Now when he heard that Li Ru had a way to deal with Liu Ming, he immediately became interested and said: "Xian
Son-in-law, tell me quickly."
Li Ru touched his beard and said confidently: "Prime Minister, now Liu Ming is rushing back to Youzhou to suppress the rebellion of Gongsun Du and others. We can send people there under the banner of the emperor.
Reconciliation. We obviously wanted to mediate disputes so that the people of Youzhou could enjoy peace, but we actually gave the rebellious Gongsun Du a legitimate title so that Gongsun Du could better hold off Liu Ming.
With the help and feet, Liu Ming can no longer be taken care of. Moreover, we can also get in touch with Gongsun Du to deal with Liu Ming together. And if Liu Ming does not obey his orders, it will also expose Liu Ming's disobedience.
At the same time, in the name of the emperor, we issued a decree to Yuan Shao of Bohai. In the name of Youzhou's vast territory and Liu Ming's poor governance, Bohai County of Jizhou and Zhuojun and Guangyang County of Youzhou were classified into one state.
, the name is: Haizhou. It represents Yuan Shao as the shepherd of Haizhou. Yuan Shao was so happy for his success, but when the coalition forces attacked us, he was disgraced by Liu Ming. As long as this time, we give Yuan Shao such a status and opportunity, then Yuan Shao
He will definitely obey his orders happily. But Guangyang County and Zhuo County are big counties under Liu Ming, rich and fertile places with a lot of money and food. How can Liu Ming give it to Yuan Shao so easily? In this way, Yuan Shao will definitely and Liu Ming
A struggle arose. At this time, we appointed General Niu as the herdsman of Bingzhou and led an army of 50,000 to Bingzhou to guard it. Since the death of Ding Yuan, the governor of Bingzhou, Bingzhou has been an unclaimed land. For the time being, the former Ding Yuan's
The prefect of Hanoi, Zhang Yang, is guarding the city. And our General Niu has never been defeated since he took charge of the army. He is your number one general. With 50,000 troops, he can take over the entire Bingzhou. When the time comes, we will not only be able to take over Bingzhou.
It has become one with Xiliang, and can also form a siege on Youzhou with Yuan Shao, Gongsun Du and others. When the time comes, Liu Ming will definitely be unable to do anything at all. If he doesn't want to be destroyed by us, it will be impossible.
It is as difficult as climbing to heaven."
After Dong Zhuo heard what Li Ru said, he was in a happy mood and laughed happily. He said to Li Ru repeatedly: "Okay. Good. Good. A good son-in-law is indeed extremely intelligent and resourceful. Such an old man's heart
The serious trouble can be eliminated!" At the same time, Dong Zhuo said with great enthusiasm: "Xian son-in-law, I treat Liangzhou's Ma Teng very well. But when I was in Luoyang, he dared to respond to Yuan Shao and send troops to attack me.
.It’s really annoying and hateful. Now that Liu Mingzhi’s threat is gone, how about we choose an opportunity to wipe out Ma Teng?”
Li Ru shook his head and said: "Master Xiangguo, you must not do it. That Ma Teng has lived in Liangzhou for a long time and is on good terms with the Qiang and Hu. Just like we are on good terms with the Southern Xiongnu. If we send troops to attack, that Ma Teng will definitely attract the Qiang.
Hu Xiang saves us. We lose more than we gain. Moreover, Ma Teng occupies Dunhuang County, Jiuquan County, and Zhangye County. He has strong soldiers and strong horses. Therefore, the Prime Minister cannot easily fight with Na Ma Teng. We only need to send General Guo Si to guard Yiwei and rest.
By destroying the three cities of Tu and Guwei, Ma Teng can be kept out of Wuwei County. Once we have annexed Bingzhou, subdued Liu Ming, and finished reorganizing the army, we can use the power of the Southern Xiongnu to suppress the various ethnic groups of the Qiang people.
, taking the Qiang people for our own use, wouldn’t it be easy for us to deal with that Ma Teng at this time?”
Dong Zhuo laughed heartily and said to Li Ru: "Okay! Not bad! Just as the wise son-in-law said."
Li Ru took advantage of Dong Zhuo's happiness and added: "Now the puppet court in Luoyang is saying that Liu Dai, the governor of Yanzhou, plotted to murder the minister. He is going to be dismissed from his official position. We cannot ignore it. The prime minister can use the name of the emperor to commend that person
Liu Dai, the governor of Yanzhou, had meritorious service in getting rid of thieves and was promoted to Yanzhou Mu. Liu Dai would definitely submit to the prime minister because of this. At the same time, it is understandable that our fugitive general Zhang Ji was defeated by Liu Ming and escaped. Now that Zhang
Ji was afraid that the prime minister would blame him, so he fled to the south. The prime minister might as well make Zhang Ji the governor of Wancheng and express his forgiveness. This way, Zhang Ji can be taken into account again. At the same time, we can settle down in the south.
A chess piece. It can be used by the Prime Minister at any time."
Dong Zhuo was extremely happy, and after hearing these two suggestions from Li Ru, he thought they were quite good suggestions. Of course, he nodded in agreement.
At this time, Liu Ming had just defeated Fu Yu's soldiers and horses and solved the siege of Jixian County. Yang Jun in the city finally broke the ice on the city gate and rushed out of the city to greet Liu Ming.
bright.
After Yang Jun saw Liu Ming, he howled bitterly. He cried sadly: "My lord, I am old and incompetent. I am sorry for my lord's great trust. My lord's troops and horses have been damaged. Please punish me for my sins."
When Liu Ming saw Yang Jun, he couldn't help but feel a little sad. Mr. Yang had obviously lost a lot of weight in these days. He was also much older. Looking at the old man in front of him who was dedicated to himself, how could Liu Ming blame him?
He comforted Yang Jun in a gentle voice and said: "Mr. Yang, don't mind. You defended an army of 560,000 with one hundred thousand soldiers and horses, and unexpectedly encountered the halberdiers who suppressed our Youzhou strong cavalry. That's okay.
Defending the city firmly and keeping our Youzhou territory intact, so that the people are less ravaged. This is already a great achievement. What crime is Mr. Yang guilty of?"
After hearing this, Yang Jun was even more grateful for Liu Ming's kindness. At the same time, Yang Jun saw many new faces around Liu Ming. He rolled his eyes and said to Liu Ming with a choked voice: "My lord is kind and considerate.
Lao Chen. Lao Chen is extremely grateful. The only way to run an army is to clearly distinguish rewards and punishments. Failure to reward merits will inevitably lead to resentment in the hearts of the soldiers. Failure to punish mistakes will inevitably lead to fatigue in the hearts of the troops. My subordinates have asked for a ten-year fine as a punishment to show their lordship.
Fair.”
Lu Bu trembled when he heard this. He said in his heart: This old guy is very cruel. He has been punished with ten years of salary. Do you still live for ten years? There is a saying: thousands of miles to become an official, just for wealth. You will be fined in a short time.
Ten years of hard work for nothing. Cruel enough! But if we fail in the future, shouldn’t we also punish you like this?
Zhang Fei and other limited number of veterans who followed Liu Ming did not take Yang Jun's proposal seriously, because Zhang Fei and others knew that Yang Jun was one of the veterans who followed Liu Ming from the beginning. In Liu Ming's case,
In many industries of the Ming Dynasty, Liu Ming gave some shares as gifts. The annual dividends alone are not a small amount. Moreover, Mr. Yang also owns a lot of land. Ten years of salary, for Mr. Yang
, it’s absolutely nothing. Even if Mr. Yang doesn’t receive a salary for the rest of his life, he still can’t afford it.
Liu Ming was stunned when he started to listen to what Mr. Yang said. He thought to himself: What is this old guy doing? But Liu Ming and Yang Jun have been cooperating for many years. When Yang Jun finished speaking, Liu Ming also understood. Liu Mingxin said: This old guy
It's really interesting. But he is really loyal to himself. He actually wants to take this opportunity to not only make himself feel at ease, but also give some warnings to these new generals. In this case, I will help him. So that this old man can
I can live a comfortable life for a few days with peace of mind.
So, Liu Ming opened his mouth and said: "Okay. In that case, I will fine Mr. Yang a salary of ten years as Mr. Yang wishes. But, as Mr. Yang said, there are demerits that deserve punishment and merit that deserves rewards. Mr. Yang
He defended Ji County and resisted Gongsun Du and other more than 400,000-strong troops for several months without losing anything. He has made great achievements and deserves a heavy reward. I will now reward Mr. Yang with 10% of the tax revenue of Ji County for ten years as an encouragement."