Rangers of the Three Kingdoms - C381

At this point, other than the temporary guest Sun Jian who had not arrived, Yuan Shu’s platform team was basically completed. The poster for the performance had been posted long ago. The gongs and drums had been announced, and the curtain had already been raised. The performance was about to begin.

“Hahaha …” Yuan Shao laughed loudly, a flower blooming on his face. The arrival of Xu You, Feng Ji, Chen Lin, Zhang Zhong, Guo Jia and a few other famous generals from Class 1, along with Chunyu Qiong, Wei Yuan Jin, Han Ju Zi and more than a dozen other Northern Army and West Garden Army s, made Yuan Shao overjoyed. With your group of civil officials and military generals, old thief Dong Zhuo will not be far from death. ”

For the great cause of Yuan Shao, it could be said that Yuan Shao had spared no effort. These scribe s and generals were all called over by him from the Luoyang, and many people came for the glory of the Yuan Family, as well as Yuan Shao’s power. These people had good eyes. They had seen the decline of the Luoyang’s imperial government and were anxious to find a tree that could hold up the shade.

“As long as Lord Commander stands at the peak, everyone in the world will respond. Old thief Dong Zhuo is not to be trifled with.” Xu You laughed, then took out a letter from his bosom and handed it over to Yuan Shao: “This is a report that Master Tutor entrusted to you to suppress Dong Zhuo, Master Tutor has specially instructed you to do as you say.”

Yuan Shao took the letter and skimmed through it. His expression changed slightly as he took the letter and placed it in his pocket. After he settled these people down, he gathered Xu You, Feng Ji, and the Guo Tu who arrived earlier, and went to his rear hall.

“What does Uncle and Uncle mean by this? Since we have already proposed to expel Dong Zhuo’s weapon and for the county’s Surveillance History to elect the emperor, why do you want us to propose the idea of supporting Young Emperor Liu Bian? ” After Yuan Shao passed the letter to Xu You, Guo Tu, Feng Ji and the others, he asked in confusion.

The order that Xu You had brought from the capital was heavy enough. When the people of the world read it, they would be filled with righteous indignation and fury, and gather under the Banner that was going to suppress Dong Zhuo. In this order, Yuan Yuan had written that Dong Zhuo’s crime was mainly to depose the Young Emperor Liu Bian, poison the empress dowager, and slaughter the group of courtiers. However, the ultimate goal of suppressing Dong Zhuo was to save the King Hong Nong, and to create a new world for the Young Emperor Liu Bian.

Yuan defined Dong Zhuo as the biggest villain besides Wang Mang in the four hundred years since the founding of the Han Dynasty. Back then, Wang Mang had directly usurped Han’s power to stand on his own, and Dong Zhuo was not far from this step. If Dong Zhuo did not remove him, the big sized man would cover him. The current Son of Liu Xie was established by Dong Zhuo, and was a puppet that Dong Zhuo relied on to bring disaster to the world. Therefore, the current Son of Heaven should naturally step down from the throne following Dong Zhuo’s defeat.

Since that was the case, the reason why they wanted to suppress Dong Zhuo was even more plentiful. Furthermore, they even called for Liu Bian to be supported. After Dong Zhuo’s death, King Hong Nong Liu Bian ascended the throne once again. The stragglers who took part in the great cause became the meritocrats who saved the big man from perishing, and the meritorious ones who revived the big man.

Xu You read through the letter once, and his eyes became blurry. After thinking for a moment, he said indifferently, “In my estimation, the reason that Master Tutor is worried is that they are worried that the officials of prefecture will not be able to accept the idea of having Surveillance History elect the Emperor. That way, they will have a choice, and that they will support the suppression of Dong Zhuo.”

To have the Surveillance History elect the Emperor was an unheard-of creation, suddenly, it was impossible for anyone to accept it. Especially those Han Dynasty s and the foolish and filial disciples of the Confucian School, they would definitely not let the Surveillance History elect the emperor.

Yuan Yuan, as an experienced politician, knew that there was still a long way to go. That was why he got Qiao Mao to propose that the Surveillance History elect an emperor, and had Yuan Shao propose to support Liu Bian. This way, the Yuan clan would appear to be loyal to the Darkhan Dynasty.

“If this is the case, how will we be able to establish the throne if we chase Dong Zhuo away?” Yuan Shao spread out his hands, and said with difficulty: “Some people agree that the Surveillance History should elect the Emperor, while some people want to support the Emperor themselves. In the worst-case scenario, wouldn’t we have to fight?”

Actually, Yuan Shao was very much in favor of having the Surveillance History elect the emperor. Only then would he have the chance to become the emperor. If he beat Dong Zhuo up for half a day and chased him away, allowing someone else to become the emperor, he wouldn’t be able to accept it no matter what.

“I think that this is the Master Tutor protecting the scholars that are left in the Luoyang, and do not really intend to support Young Emperor Liu Bian.” After Feng Ji finished reading the letter, he said lightly: “If we were to start an army at Guan Dong, Dong Zhuo would definitely vent his anger on the warriors who are still at Luoyang. Once we claimed that we wanted to support Young Emperor Liu Bian, the people who stayed in Luoyang and supported Liu Xie became sinners, shouldered all the crimes of tacitly allowing Liu Bian to depose the Young Emperor Liu Bian under his coercion, and became his accomplices and targets of our crusade against him. Thus, they were able to preserve their lives, and could even help and encourage the general’s great army to achieve their goals quickly. ”

Yuan Shao, Xu You and the others knew very clearly that when they had escaped from the Luoyang, the warriors who had stayed in the Luoyang had helped them greatly. If Dong Zhuo wasn’t an idiot, he would definitely settle accounts with these people.

When Guo Tu finished reading the letter, his expression became abnormally grave, and a trace of pain appeared in an instant. He put the letter back on the table and asked a question. ” Have you ever thought about the circumstances in which there is a need for support or for the election of an emperor? ”

“Is there even a need to ask? Only in the absence of an emperor will they need to support and elect one! ” Yuan Shao frowned slightly, thinking that Guo Tu’s words were unnecessary.

“Are you saying that the Master Tutor does not truly wish to support the Young Emperor Liu Bian? It’s just that he wants to… Want to… “I want to …” Xu You immediately understood, but he himself was also shocked by this idea. He stammered for a long time, but did not dare to say that sentence.

“What are you thinking?” Yuan Shao was getting anxious, and could not help but glare at Xu You in anger. They were friends who had been together for many years. What was there to be afraid of between the two of them that they didn’t dare to say?

“Master Tutor wants to borrow a knife to kill!” Xu You became focused and said solemnly.

“Ah …” Yuan Shao was shocked, and immediately understood what happened. You mean, once we stand side by side with Young Emperor Liu Bian, Dong Zhuo will definitely kill Liu Bian, so that we won’t have any thoughts about him. When we kick Dong Zhuo out and depose him, would it be the end of the world for the emperor? ”

“Exactly!” Xu You nodded heavily, and said with certainty. At the same time, his heart trembled as he deeply felt the cruelty of the court battle. It was a pity that the fourteen year old Young Emperor, who was still a hazy Young Emperor, had already been schemed against time and time again. And this time, he might even lose his life.

Seemingly at the same time, Dong Zhuo also received Qiao Mao’s three orders. “Before Prime Minister’s Palace could finish reading the imperial edict, Dong Zhuo jumped up in anger and grabbed the imperial edict. He slammed the edict onto the ground and stomped his foot heavily a few times. This darn Qiao Mao, he actually insulted the Minister of the Court, and incited the various prefecture s to rebel, I am going to exterminate his entire clan! ”

“Prime Minister, from the looks of Qiao Mao’s edict, it seems that he has some of the talent of the Master Tutor’s Yuan Xuan.” Li Ru walked forward and picked up the three orders from the ground, waving his hand to allow the scribe to retreat: “This Qiao Mao is only a bird that has stuck its head out of the water, the real culprit is probably still hiding in Luoyang.”

“This bunch of scholars really aren’t easy to mess with …” They are not only good at scheming, but they have also learned how to raise troops and rebel. ” Thinking about his battle with the scholars, Dong Zhuo felt a headache. These fellows had treated the Imperial court battle as a normal occurrence, and now they were playing with the army again. It really was hard to guard against them.

“Prime Minister, you can no longer be polite with these bunch of scholars.” Li Ru’s expression became gloomy, and said coldly: “Ever since Prime Minister entered the Luoyang, we have been extremely respectful to these scholars, and even gave them a promotion to become nobles. Even our westering officer did not get a promotion, but how did they repay you?”

“I can see that no matter how courteous I am towards them, they will still look down on me from the bottom of their bones, and they will not cooperate with me.” Dong Zhuo paced back and forth in the hall for a few steps, then said coldly: “Immediately send orders to me, capture the entire Yuan clan. I would like to see how capable these warriors are! ”

“Prime Minister, don’t worry. Qiao Mao, Yuan Shao and the rest were just hooligans, what did they know about leading their troops to war? In the current world, the only people who could fight was Prime Minister, Huangfu Song and Yang Lin. As long as we recall Huangfu Song and take his troops, we will immediately transfer him to the Luoyang, even if it’s Yang Lin who is lacking. ” Li Ru laughed coldly and said confidently.

“What I am worried about right now is Huangfu Song … The royal decree has already been sent to Huangfu Song, why hasn’t he returned to the Luoyang yet? ” Dong Zhuo crossed his hands behind his back, walked a few steps back and forth in the great hall, and sighed: “Sigh … What the hell is this Huangfu Song doing? ”

At this time, Huangfu Song was gathering troops in Fu Feng County’s Scholartree Manor, only a hundred miles away from Chang’an City. As long as Huangfu Song started the battle, with Huangfu Song’s prestige and use of troops, he could immediately go to Chang’an City and take down the Tong Guan. After losing the Chang’an, Dong Zhuo had nowhere to retreat to, so he was surrounded by the army of the prefecture, leaving him at the mercy of others.

Receiving the emperor’s orders, Huangfu Song did not hesitate at all. He packed his luggage and prepared to hand over the authority of the army. Even if it was just letting him go to Luoyang to become a Commander of the City Gate, the dignified General Lance didn’t have any complaints. He wanted to use his own actions to complete his dream of being loyal to his subjects.

“Lord General, Dong Zhuo killed and looted in the capital, following my own thoughts. He crippled the emperor, poisoned the empress dowager, and killed the court officials. Right now, he was recruiting a few Lord General s to return to the capital with the intention of stripping them of their military power. Once Lord General hands over the military power and return to Luoyang, most of it would be in danger of losing their lives, and most of it would be humiliated. ”

Huangfu Song’s long history, Liang Yan, and a group of generals pulled Huangfu Song, trying hard to dissuade him from giving up on the military power and returning to the Luoyang. Dong Zhuo’s cruel actions had already scared them. Once they fell into Dong Zhuo’s hands, they still did not know what would happen.

“Lord General, now that Guan Dong has started to suppress Dong Zhuo, as long as you obey the orders of the Three Great Masters, suppress and rebel Dong Zhuo, take over the Chang’an, and seize the Tong Guan, you can lock Dong Zhuo up in the Luoyang. Yuan Shao and the rest will attack from the east, the generals will attack from the west, and then, they will be able to capture Dong Zhuo alive.

“I am the riding general of the Darky Court, how can I not follow the emperor’s orders? Since the Emperor asked me to return to the Luoyang to become the Commander of the City Gate, my duty now is to protect the four peace gates of the Luoyang City. As for the others, they are not meant to be questioned by us, your subjects. “