I will be the master of Xuande

Chapter 326 Big killer, it's time to sacrifice

Liu Jian's words made Lu Qiang's mind into a mess.

Luoyang City is not as simple as a single city, this city is still a huge body of interests.

What is involved here is not only the imperial power of the emperor, but also the interests of the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty and many powerful and noble families in the world.

Among other things, commerce and trade alone are enough to involve half of the economy of the entire Han Dynasty.

Luoyang City runs from north to south, passing through Luoyang from Guandong to Guanxi, and then to the Western Regions, or passing through Bingzhou from the northern border, and then going to the hinterland of the Central Plains almost all through Luoyang.

Therefore, Luoyang City has integrated many interests, and the interests of many big families are based in Luoyang City, so they should not be moved lightly.

The most intuitive point is that the housing price of the local central city of Luoyang City can almost buy houses in the two states of the Han Dynasty.

If Dong Zhuo really wants to move the capital, it will be a huge turmoil for the political and economic environment of the entire Han Dynasty.

Although Lu Qiang is an eunuch, he also knows the stakes in this.

Thinking of Dong Zhuo's idea of ​​moving the capital, Lu Qiang's cold sweat instantly soaked his shirt.

After a long silence, Fang Ting Lu Qiang said slowly, "Deran, you said that Dong Zhuo will move the capital... how likely is it?"

Liu Jian said almost without hesitation.

"At least eighty percent."

After hearing this, Lu Qiang became dizzy for a while.

"How did this happen? How did things turn out like this? It's just that His Majesty and the Queen Mother will definitely not agree to this matter! The Minister of the Manchu Dynasty will definitely not agree to it either!"

Liu Jian stood up, came to Lu Qiang's side, and patted him on the shoulder.

Afterwards, Liu Jian turned around and came to the window, raising his eyes to look out the window.

After a while, his voice came slowly.

"This matter, the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty do not agree...it doesn't matter, Dong Zhuo will naturally deal with them, but His Majesty and the Queen Mother must agree."

Lu Qiang tried his best to support his body.

He stood up and walked behind Liu Jian, with some irrepressible anger in his voice.

"Deran, Deran, what are you talking about?"

"Luo Yang is the foundation of the Son of Heaven, and even more so, the foundation of imperial power."

"You asked the emperor to abandon Luo Yang and move the capital with Dong Zhuo? Could it be that you want the emperor to completely become a puppet in Dong Zhuo's hands?"

Facing Lu Qiang's questioning, Liu Jian was not angry.

He just turned around calmly and faced Lu Qiang very calmly.

"Master Zhongchang, it is because I don't want His Majesty to become Dong Zhuo's puppet, that's why I said these words to you in a heart-to-heart manner."

"Master Zhongchang, who do you think Dong Zhuo is? He is a martial artist from the border county, a soldier from Liangzhou, and he kills without batting an eyelid. Luoyang Chaotang's previous set of rules does not apply to him."

"By chance, he has now become a loyal minister supporting the emperor, so he has not revealed his true nature, but the matter of moving the capital is related to his life and death, and he will never back down."

"I can solemnly tell you that if the emperor does not agree to Dong Zhuo's move of the capital, Dong Zhuo will definitely move the capital in the end! And then he will not care about the status of the loyal minister now, he will be completely reduced to a powerful minister, and he will also I will completely tear myself apart with the emperor and the queen mother, and at that time, the emperor will no longer have the ability to bargain with Dong Zhuo in the open."

Lu Qiang froze on the spot, not knowing how to answer for a while.

"Then what should His Majesty and Queen Dowager do?"

Lu Qiang asked in disbelief.

Liu Jian solemnly said to Lu Qiang: "At this point, there is only one way, and that is to agree with Dong Zhuo to move the capital from the perspective of the emperor and the queen mother, but we must take advantage of Dong Zhuo's move to strive for the maximum limit of imperial power owned by His Majesty. I want to force Dong Zhuo to do a few things."

"The matter of moving the capital is really too big. If Dong Zhuo wants to keep his reputation as a loyal minister and at the same time complete this matter without making some sacrifices to His Majesty, it is absolutely impossible."

Lu Qiang looked at Liu Jian suspiciously: "According to your intention, you want His Majesty and the Queen Mother to ask Dong Zhuo?"

"Yes."

"What are the requirements?"

Liu Jiandao: "There are generally three things. One is to allow His Majesty to be in charge of the government in advance, so that he can place his own manpower in the Shangshutai. Now that Yuan Kai and He Jin are dead, there are no senior officials to record the Shangshu. The Xiangfu Thirteen established by Dong Zhuo Cao is in charge of power above the imperial court. Now, at this period, it should be a good opportunity for His Majesty to extend his hand into Shangshutai again. Although Dong Zhuo's power of prime minister cannot be completely suppressed, at least he can form a tripartite rivalry with prime minister. "

When Lu Qiang heard this, he seemed to understand a little bit.

"By moving the capital, let the emperor return to the government? Form a confrontation with Dong Zhuo?"

Liu Jian shook his head: "Thinking too much, with the current strength of His Majesty and the Queen Mother, even if His Majesty is able to govern personally, it will be very difficult to form a confrontation with Dong Zhuo within a few years. The main thing is to rely on Dong Zhuo."

"Alas!" Lu Qiang sighed a long time, seemingly unwilling.

"Although it is a good thing for His Majesty to be in charge, the price of moving the capital is too high."

Liu Jian shook his head.

"This is just an appetizer, the real killer hasn't been sacrificed yet."

"Killer?"

Lu Qiang looked at Liu Jian in surprise.

"What does Deran mean by that?"

Liu Jian said with a smile: "To tell you the truth, my servant, when I left Luoyang, I wrote a letter to Dong Zhuo... The letter was about rectifying the current political malpractices of the Han Dynasty. The two current affairs in charge."

"With Dong Zhuo's sagacity, he can naturally see the effect of these two conditions, but in terms of his status at the time, he absolutely dare not do this."

"But the situation is different now. After the battle with Yuan Shao, Dong Zhuo has completely understood his identity and position."

"He already understands that the Kanto gentry will not tolerate him. Dong Zhuo may have hoped to cooperate with the Kanto gentry at first, but now, I believe his heart is dead... As long as he puts forward the idea of ​​moving the capital, then he and The breakup of the Kanto gentry is inevitable, and they will never be able to reunite."

"So, if His Majesty can control a certain amount of imperial power and reach a political agreement with Dong Zhuo, then it's time to carry out these two things."

Lu Qiang felt a little nervous when he heard what Liu Jian said so solemnly.

"Dare to ask Deran, what are the two current affairs points you raised to Dong Zhuo at the beginning?"

Liu Jian answered very seriously.

"The first is to change the tax system. There are many specific items, and there are many specific conversions among them. But in short, it is to convert the poll tax, oral tax, corvee, etc. into the land and merge it with the land tax."

"Second, it is to abolish the prosecution system and introduce a new method of recruiting officials."

Before Liu Jian finished speaking, Lu Qiang almost peed his pants in fright.

"Liu Deran, you are crazy!"

(End of this chapter)