Three Kingdoms: From Hulaoguan to Global Hegemony

Chapter 80 Feng Guangluxun
After Ma Teng and Han Sui were rewarded, only Liu Yu was left in the middle of the hall.

At this time, all the officials in the Chongde Palace knew that the next reward for Liu Yu was the highlight before the court meeting.

The news that Liu Yu intends to join the Xiliang Army has spread like wildfire these days, but Dong Zhuo has never responded positively.This made many Luoyang officials dare not approach Liu Yu blindly.

Whether Dong Zhuo will reuse him depends on how high the official position is this time.

I saw Dong Zhuo took out the edict he had drawn up long ago and asked Chang Shi Han Rang to read it out.

"The king of Zhongshan, Liu Yu, was conferred due to his meritorious service. He was supposed to go to the fiefdom to guard the land, but now it is the time for the imperial court to employ people. After discussing with the Grand Master, His Majesty decided to confer Liu Yu as Guang Luxun to take full charge of the guarding of the imperial city."

As soon as the imperial decree came out, the officials were shocked. Guang Luxun was one of the nine ministers, and it was an absolute high official position to belong to the Taiwei Mansion.

And from a miscellaneous young general directly promoted to one of the nine ministers, this is several levels in a row.

According to the decree, Feng Guang Lu Xun was formulated after discussion between the emperor and Dong Zhuo, but everyone in the hall knew that this was Dong Zhuo's own intention.

It seems that Liu Yu is going to become the new celebrity in front of Dong Zhuo.

Sure enough, after Han Rang read out the imperial edict, Dong Zhuo made a supplementary explanation.

Dong Zhuo said: "The princes rebelled, and it was Zhongshan King Liu Yu who commanded and killed the enemy in front of Hulao Pass to save the country. I propose to increase Liu Yu's monthly salary to two hundred hu!"

As soon as these words came out, even everyone in the Xiliang faction showed shocked expressions.

Especially Lv Bu and Guo Si, one of them had fierce eyes like an enemy, while the other also threw off the cloak of a smiling tiger.

The senior officials of Jiuqing rank at 180 shi, and the monthly tribute is [-] hu. If one of them exceeds this standard, it means that this person will be promoted soon, and it is very likely that he will be a candidate for one of the three princes.

Guang Luxun is subordinate to Taiwei. Does Dong Zhuo's proposal imply that he will fully support Liu Yu to take over as Taiwei?

But Lu Bu and Guo Si have also been eyeing this position for a long time.

Standing in the middle of the hall, Liu Yu had a panoramic view of everyone's reactions. He thought to himself, after today, he might become the imaginary enemy of many people!

"Thanks to your majesty and the grand master's grace, my minister Liu Yu will do his best to serve the imperial court!"

Seeing Liu Yu stepping forward to accept Dong Zhuo's award, the two hated each other but did not dare to act in the palace, and the royalists on the opposite side were even more disappointed.

Liu Yu, who originally had a royal status, should be a natural ally of the royalists, but now this Luoyang upstart has turned to the opposite side, which made them feel a lot of pressure.

Taiwei Huang Wan is about to leave his post in his [-]s. He originally intended to train Yang Biao to take over. After hearing Dong Zhuo's canonization of Liu Yu, he immediately protested.

Huang Wan said: "The imperial court has long stipulated that those who have been granted the title of prince should not leave the fief lightly, let alone hold important positions in the court. If they violate it, they will be regarded as treason. Although Liu Yu, the king of Zhongshan, has a lot of military exploits, it is not easy to violate the law. It’s better to seal up more territories to show their achievements.”

Huang Wan has great prestige, and his words can represent the meaning of many royalist officials.

At this time, Guo Bang of the Xiliang faction also came out and said: "Please think again, Grand Master! The defeat of the princes and rebels outside the Hulao Pass is also due to the credit of the late general Fan Silk. If all the credit is attributed to Liu Yu alone, I am afraid." Can't convince the crowd!"

Since entering Luoyang City, Guo Si bribed many court officials, thinking that one day Huang Wan would take over the post of Taiwei after returning home.

So he had to take a risk to fight for it, at least not let Liu Yu become a candidate for Taiwei smoothly.

As Dong Zhuo's adoptive son, Lu Bu also felt a sense of crisis, thinking that Liu Yu's limelight was in full swing, and if he really became a candidate for Taiwei, his future status would definitely be higher than him.

Thinking of this, he will speak out.

It's just that Lu Bu just took a step, but suddenly remembered the warning from the counselor Chen Gong, so he suppressed the dissatisfaction in his heart and shrank back.

Regarding the matter of making Liu Yu a candidate for Taiwei, Dong Zhuo had long known that there would be opposition voices.

And he is also very willing to hear objections from the royalists, because this award is actually part of his acting with Liu Yu.

It's just that what he didn't expect was that Guo Bang would also raise objections. This was the first time that someone among the veteran officials in Xiliang dared to oppose his will in the Chongde Hall.

In order to check whether more members of the Xiliang faction would jump out to object, Dong Zhuo feigned hesitation and meditated.

During the period, he glanced at Lu Bu inadvertently, and saw that he had been standing calmly on the spot, so he withdrew his gaze.

"I didn't expect that Guo Si would dare to violate my will in public in order to fight for power. Niu Fu said that he had two hearts, so it seems that he has not been wronged."

Thinking of Dong Zhuo habitually touching his nose here, Guo Si was so frightened that his legs went limp on the spot.

Dong Zhuo's habit of touching his nose generally indicates that he has murderous intentions, so Guo Si didn't dare to insist any longer and quickly retreated to his position.

And the other generals in Xiliang were even more attentive, not daring to show the slightest doubt.

After frightening Guo Si away, Dong Zhuo thought that it was time to rectify military discipline in Xiliang, but he definitely wasn't in the main hall of the court council.

After all, the Xiliang Army is his private army, even if Guo Bang made a mistake, he would not investigate it in front of the Royalist faction.

And at this time Dong Zhuo has more important things to do, he wants to continue playing tricks with Liu Yu, so that Liu Yu can successfully break into the royalist faction.

So Dong Zhuo vented all the anger that was questioned just now on Taiwei Huang Wan.

"Huang Taiwei is getting older and has become more and more confused. The court's regulations are important, but if Liu Yu hadn't stopped the princes' rebels at Hulao Pass, Luoyang City would have been lost. How can you be safe today? Are you standing on the court hall?"

"And this reward was approved by His Majesty himself. You, Huang Wan, keep talking about the law, but remember that the first article of the Han law is to obey the will of the emperor. You question the imperial decree in the court. I really think I dare not punish you. Is it the Nine Clans?"

Seeing that Dong Zhuo was really angry, Situ Wangyun hurriedly came out to intercede.

Wang Yun said: "Teacher calm down, the old Taiwei Huang is too old to be flexible, I hope the grand master will not care about it, but General Guo Si is right, the credit for Hulaoguan is also General Fan Silk's." One, so I have no objection to granting Liu Yu Guang Lu Xun, but this monthly salary..."

Wang Yun knew that Dong Zhuo had deliberately brought Guo Si into the topic again.

And Sikong Xun Shuang also stood up at the right time and said: "Luoyang is short of food, and the expenses in the palace have been reduced again and again. This is indeed not the best time to increase the monthly salary."

The three princes all stood on the united front, and those Jiuqing officials who were attached to the three also came forward to give advice.

At this time, those who give advice must be royalists, Dong Zhuo hinted Liu Yu with his eyes to remember them all.

And what Liu Yu and Dong Zhuo have been waiting for is the voice of opposition from the officials, because at this time, if Liu Yu voluntarily proposes to give up the monthly salary increase, he will definitely get the favor of the royalists.

(End of this chapter)