Three Kingdoms: From Hulaoguan to Global Hegemony

Chapter 148

It was thanks to Dong Zhuo's recommendation that Liu Biao became the governor of Jingzhou, so when Luoyang City was short of food, a minister suggested that Liu Biao send food from Nanyang.

Dong Zhuo had no reason to refuse, so he drew up an imperial decree a few days ago, but the lack of food in Luoyang was caused by Liu Biao and the emperor together, so how could he send food to help.

In order to deal with Dong Zhuo, he had no choice but to stage a good show where a grain cart was robbed near Fancheng, so this time Liu Biao went to Beijing very low-key, and not many people knew about it.

In order not to be punished, Liu Biao specially selected a dozen beauties for Dong Zhuo, and promised to raise food and grass to send to Luoyang again in a few days.

Seeing that Dong Zhuo's mood had eased, Liu Biao let out a sigh of relief. At this moment, there was a sound outside the hall, so Liu Yu and Zhang Xiu were called in.

Liu Yu became famous in the first battle before Hulao Pass, and now the city is still discussing his deeds of a tie with Lu Bu and Wang Yue.

This made Liu Biao look at him with admiration, and when he heard that he became Dong Bai's bodyguard again, Liu Biao pretended to look down on him, but in fact he was secretly happy.

Because he has long heard that Dong Zhuo asked him to be the chief guard to humiliate Liu Yu.

Being humiliated will naturally bring hatred, which also gave Liu Biao the idea of ​​persuading Liu Yu to deal with Dong Zhuo together.

At this moment, Dong Zhuo suddenly said a very intriguing question, and not only Liu Yu became shocked, but even Liu Biao felt guilty.

"Now that the emperor is still young, and there are not many names recorded in the royal genealogy, Jing Sheng and Muzhi still need to get closer to the emperor!"

Dong Zhuo suddenly brought up the topic of the royal family, especially in the end he asked Liu Yu to get closer to the emperor when he had time, as if he would have no chance if he didn't see him.

Liu Yu thought to himself, "Could it be that Dong Zhuo wants to drive me back to the fief in Zhongshan County? Or is there still a fish slipping through the woods outside the city and telling Dong Zhuo about my killing of Hu Zhen?"

But soon Liu Yu denied his idea. If Dong Zhuo really knew that he had killed Hu Zhen, he was afraid that he would be surrounded by the army before he entered the city.

And Liu Biao was also guilty at this time, because it was he who conspired with the emperor to steal the food in Luoyang city.

So what he was most worried about was being found to be very close to the emperor.

So Liu Biao quickly expressed his opinion: "Since the prefect recommended me, I have been guarding Jingzhou all the year round. It is true that I spend less time with Your Majesty. In contrast, Muzhi should have a better chance to meet His Majesty every day!"

In one sentence, Liu Biao said that his relationship with the emperor was very alienated, but in fact, he and the emperor had always had secret letters.

Dong Zhuo shook his hand after listening, "Jing Sheng still doesn't understand what I mean, although the Son of Heaven is young, it's time to choose a nobleman, but there is no suitable candidate for Zongzheng yet, so I want to hear from you two the meaning of!"

Hearing this, Liu Yu and Liu Biao were secretly glad. It turned out that Dong Zhuo didn't suspect anything, but they were suspicious.

After the emperor succeeds to the throne, he will first choose a concubine, and then choose one of the many concubines to be the queen, but Liu Xie is just over ten years old, and there are only court ladies around him, and there is no legitimate nobleman.

As for Zongzheng mentioned by Dong Zhuo, he is actually an official position of one of the Nine Ministers, but this official is usually held by a relative of the royal family, and the main job is to deal with some internal affairs of the royal family.

For example, I helped the emperor find a beautiful woman, or I have nothing to do with the genealogy.

The members of the royal family have withered over the years, and apart from Liu Yu, there are really no royal families with pure blood in Luoyang City.

As for several more powerful members of the royal family, such as Liu Yan, Liu Yu, Liu Biao, etc., they also went to the localities to become high officials, so the Zongzheng position has always been hanging by no one.

"The position of Zongzheng is quite special. If there is no suitable candidate in the capital, we may look for one in the fiefs of local princes." In fact, Liu Biao wanted to recommend his own son Liu Pan, but he still needed him to help him unify the position. Bing didn't open his mouth to recommend.

Seeing that Liu Biao didn't care about finding a job, Liu Yu stopped being polite to him!
He opened his mouth and said, "I have a suitable candidate. This person is the successor of King Jing. According to the order of clan, he should be the same generation as Liu Jingzhou!"

"Oh? What's the name of this person? Is he in Luoyang City now?"

"This person's name is Liu Bei and his style is Xuande, and he is currently living in my residence temporarily!"

Zongzheng has no real power, and Dong Zhuo doesn't want to send people to look for it anymore, anyway, as long as the Liu family thinks it's okay.

So he simply asked about the situation and he agreed.

Liu Yu had promised Liu Bei at Hulao Pass that he would be included in the royal family tree when he arrived in Luoyang. Now that he has won the Zongzheng position, it is not up to him to decide when his name will be included in the genealogy.

In addition, Liu Yu came to Luoyang not only to overthrow Dong Zhuo, but to revive the mighty power of the great man is his fundamental goal, and in order to achieve this grand goal, the court must have reliable helpers.

And Liu Bei was the first confidant he inserted into the court.

After confirming the post of Zongzheng, Liu Biao bid farewell to visit the emperor. Originally, he invited Liu Yu to visit with him, but Dong Zhuo kept Liu Yu in the palace because he wanted to know more about Liu Bei's life experience.

Liu Biao had no choice but to leave by himself, and Liu Yu said that he would go to see the emperor after the explanation.

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After Liu Biao left the main hall, Dong Zhuo asked people to take all the beauties to Yeting. The so-called Yeting was actually similar to the Lenggong.

Liu Yu wondered in his heart, although these beautiful beauties are only 80+ in appearance at most, they can be regarded as the upper-middle class. Why did Dong Zhuo go straight into the limbo before enjoying it?
Is this still Dong Zhuo who was famous for his lust in history?
"What is Muzhi looking at? If you like it, just pick a few of them and go back to the house to serve as maids!"

Dong Zhuo spoke very sincerely, but Liu Yu hurriedly waved his hands.

"Ah? Don't dare, dare not! These are the grand master's women, how can I get my hands on them!"

Dong Zhuo sighed heavily after hearing this, with a little sadness and helplessness on his expression.

This is the first time Liu Yu has seen Dong Zhuo's expression. At this time, Dong Zhuo no longer has a fierce appearance, but is more like an old man who has not fulfilled his wish.

It's just that this state didn't last long, and after a while Dong Zhuo put on a serious face again.

"The reason why I asked you to stay is to ask if you have found anything about the affairs outside the city?"

"Reporting to the grand master, Zhang Xiu and I went to the west gate and north gate respectively, and after a short distance, we found that all the soldiers had withdrawn to the city, so I came back with Zhang Xiu to return!"

As soon as he heard that Lu Bu had recruited all the soldiers who had been released, Dong Zhuo turned to look at Li Ru.

Dong Zhuo asked: "Did Wen You suspect that Lu Bu might sabotage tomorrow's expedition? Why is it that he withdrew his troops at this time?"

Li Ru twirled his goatee to pretend to be profound for a long time before he said, "Perhaps Lv Bu was afraid that the Grand Master would be angry, so he gave up trying to claim credit with General Guo Si!"

Li Ru didn't know why Lv Bu suddenly withdrew his troops, but as long as Lv Bu kept his own place, Dong Zhuo wouldn't bother to ask more questions, so the matter would be over here.

(End of this chapter)