Han emperor system

Chapter 223 Dong Zhuo Enters the Dynasty (Part [-])
The next day, the news that the Xiliang army had withdrawn from Xiliang reached Luoyang City. The people in the city and all the civil and military officials of the court were relieved. Now it seemed that there was no need for war. After all, no common people like war.

"Invitation to the Holy Majesty, Dong Zhuo, the governor of Xiliang, came to see him with several followers."

"Since the Xiliang army has already withdrawn, let them come in. Now that the court is employing people, Dong Zhuo is also a meritorious minister, so he should be rewarded."

Of course Liu Bian knew that although a large number of troops had assembled inside and outside Luoyang City, it was still in a state of disunity. If the Xiliang Army attacked, both sides would be hurt in the end, and Luoyang City might also be burned. Therefore, it is best to stabilize Dong Zhuo temporarily. OK.

"My minister Dong Zhuo sees the sage, long live my emperor, long live long live."

"Dong Aiqing is dead."

"Thank you, Lord."

"In the rebellion of the ten permanent attendants, General He Jin was killed, and some ministers of the imperial court also died in the chaos. Even the Empress Dowager He and the emperor's brother Liu Xie also died in the chaos. The damage was huge. And Master Dong is Minister of merit, I let you take up the post of Taiwei, and in the future, I will assist General Huangfusong and Chariot General Zhu Jun to jointly maintain the safety of Luoyang City and the surrounding area of ​​Gyeonggi, I wonder what Aiqing will do?"

A long time ago, the imperial court issued an order to summon the clan relative Liu Yu to come back to take up the post of Taiwei. However, due to the long distance and the yellow scarves scattered all over the way, the messenger may not have reached Youzhou at all. did not return.

In the past, the imperial court appointed Fan Ling to act as acting Taiwei, but Fan Ling also died in the chaos of the ten permanent servants, so now the position of Taiwei is still vacant among the three princes and nine ministers. Liu Bian thought about it and appointed Dong Zhuo. As a Taiwei, if you don't give him a chance, how can he cause a storm in Luoyang City, and how can Liu Bian find an opportunity to gradually weaken his Xiliang army.

"I would like to thank Long En."

Not only Dong Zhuo did not expect, but other ministers of the court also did not expect that Emperor Shao had appointed Dong Zhuo to such an important position. You must know that the Taiwei has certain military power. Now that Dong Zhuo has become a Taiwei, he can not only open a private residence, And it can also control part of the army. Is this a good thing or a bad thing for the court and Luoyang City.

However, the young emperor Liu Bian also rewarded Ding Yuan, governor of Bingzhou, Wang Kuang, prefect of Hanoi, and Qiao Mao, prefect of Dongjun. The three served as the court's General Huben, General Longxiang, and General Zhenguo respectively, which obviously formed a check on Dong Zhuo. .

Soon, the Empress Dowager Why and the emperor's younger brother Liu Xie held state funerals respectively. Afterwards, Liu Bian ordered that [-] elite troops be selected from various places entering Beijing to form a conquest army by the imperial court.

In this way, whether it was the Xiliang army left behind by Dong Zhuo, or the various Israeli armies brought by Ding Yuan, Wang Kuang, Qiao Mao, and Liu's clan relatives, they were all weakened by the young emperor.

The four Dong Zhuo, Gao Shun, Zhang He, and Bao Xin were still led by themselves, but each had only 2000 people. The 3000 people drawn from the Liu clan were handed over to Zhang Liao by Liu Bian, and Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun drew 3000 troops from the army and horses brought by Tongguan and Hanguguan, and handed them over to Xu Chu.

As for the thousands of militiamen in Hongnong County, they were all disbanded and returned to their original places. Maybe they will become a reserve army in the future, but now they have to go back to receive further training, and training militiamen from various places is Liu Bian's further plan. .

So far, there are about 3 troops inside and outside Luoyang City, of which there are only 1000 Ouchi guards and 4000 Yulin Army in Luoyang City, a total of 5000 troops, responsible for the defense of the palace and Luoyang City.

The Ouchi bodyguards are led by Weiwei Dianwei, who are directly responsible to the young emperor Liu Bian, and are not commanded by anyone else, including the generals and Taiwei and other important court officials, who do not have the power to order the Ouchi bodyguards.

The 4000-strong Yulin Army is now under the command of Gan Ning and Chun Yuqiong, and they have also been reorganized into the Eastern and Western Second Armies, each responsible for half of Luoyang City, and obeying the orders of General Huang Fusong.

Outside Luoyang City, there are 1 Habayashi Army, including thousands of original Habayashi Army, led by Huang Zhong and Zhao Yun, Wu Fu, Zhou Yu and others in the army; Xu Chu led thousands of troops, including Zhang Zhang, Wu Kuang and other generals.All the soldiers of the Yulin Army accepted the command of the Chariot and Cavalry General Zhu Jun. Of course, they secretly obeyed the orders of the young emperor just like the Yulin Army.

The other is the conscript army with a number of [-], mainly under the command of Taiwei Dong Zhuo, with the assistance of General Huben, General Longxiang, and General Zhenguo. The four generals jointly decide on the march.

However, what they can each command is their own army and horses. Among them, Dong Zhuo has 3000 people, and the other three generals have 2000 people each. In the hands of the three generals of the West, Bao Xin, the three of them formed a small group, obedient to Dong Zhuo on the surface, but still loyal to the young emperor Liu Bian in secret.

At the same time, the main positions in the imperial court were also fully supplemented. Tai Fu Cai Yong, Tai Bao Chen Dan, General Yuan Kui, and General Huangfu Song assisted the government, and the three princes were responsible for handling major affairs of the court.

Among the three lords, Situ was still Wang Yun, Taiwei awarded Dong Zhuo, and Sikong was awarded to Lu Zhi by Liu Bian, rewarding him for his great contributions in blocking the ten permanent servants.

Yuan Shao, who also made contributions in the rebellion of the ten permanent servants, was appointed by Liu Bian as Zuo Fufeng, and Cao Cao assumed the position of You Fengyi, and became the right and left assistant of Jingzhao Yin Guo Jia.

There are other meritorious ministers, and Liu Bian also offered rewards, which are nothing more than promotion of official positions and rewards of property. Anyway, after the He family and the ten permanent servants were copied, the current state treasury of the Great Han has been filled up like never before. Liu Bian A lot of property was rewarded to ministers who deserved meritorious service, which made everyone deeply feel the grandeur of Long En.

In addition, Tang Mao, the prefect of Kuaiji, and Zhen Zhong, the prefect of Zhongshan, were also retained by Liu Bian to fill in the vacant positions of Jiuqing. They are all relatives, but their power is not obvious at present, and Liu Bian is also confident in appointing them. .

Because they are absolutely loyal to themselves at least for now, with them in the court, many ministers who have different opinions can be restrained, especially Dong Zhuo will be more constrained in his actions in the future.

However, Dong Zhuo is indeed a tyrannical man. After he took office, he occupied Zhang Rang's mansion in the ten permanent servants and changed it to Taiwei's mansion. After Liu Bian learned about it, he didn't pursue it. The reward was given to him, which made Dong Zhuo even more arrogant.

(End of this chapter)