I will be the master of Xuande

Chapter 364 The Champion

The matter in Youzhou is over.

Regarding various affairs and government orders in Youzhou, Liu Jian has also made correct instructions and arrangements, so in mid-August of the fourth year of Chuping, Liu Jian led the crowd back to Jizhou.

However, although he left, the team he stayed in Youzhou was extremely luxurious, almost the strongest elite group under him.

As a latecomer, what Liu Jian wants to do is not only to rejuvenate, but his biggest goal is to make a strong man stand on top of the world and let all nations come to court.

Five random flowers?This is absolutely not allowed!
All evils must be eradicated as soon as possible.

Not only must they be punished, but they must also be turned into their own use, so that they can become the subordinates of the Han Dynasty, willing to contribute to the building of a strong Han Dynasty.

Previously, the imperial court's conferment on Youzhou's anti-rebellion meritorious generals had actually left one person behind.

That person is Liu Jian who is in charge of the overall situation of Youzhou and who has the power of fake and festival.

In fact, it was not that the court forgot, but that the court did it on purpose.

For this point, Liu Jian is not surprised at all.

My position is a bit too high right now, as General Zuo, and at the same time also has the great responsibility of Mushou, if I get promoted, I'm afraid I will have to make myself a general.

From the perspective of the imperial court, it is naturally impossible to do so.

Therefore, the imperial court can only pretend to be stupid about their achievements at present.

But Liu Jian didn't care.

It has always been his development strategy not to take the name, but to take the truth.

Build walls high, accumulate food widely, and become king slowly.

However, it turns out that Liu Jian thought the court was a bit petty.

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On the way back to Jizhou, Liu Jian finally received the imperial seal news from the imperial court.

After the capital was moved to Chang'an, Sili was changed to Sizhou, and five counties were established at the same time.

With Luoyang as the center point, Xiaomengjin in the north is bordered by Heyang in the north, Xin'an in the west is bordered, and Yiyang in Hongnong and Wucheng in Henan Yin are divided in the south, forming a so-called "Luoyang City". County", the seat of government is Luoyang County, the original capital.

And after the emperor's sincere invitation, Lu Zhi, who has a reputation at home and abroad, is also a good general of the Han Dynasty. He became the prefect of Luoyang, guarding this important place, and managing the eastern capital for the emperor.

Liu Bian was very relieved to hand over Luoyang to Lu Zhi, but Dong Zhuo was not so relieved. After all, Luoyang was too rich, and most of the wealth in the world was accumulated here. He was not at ease when it was all handed over to Lu Zhi. .

Therefore, Dong Zhuo thought of a bad move.

In addition to Luoyang County, Hedong County, Hanoi County, Hongnong County, and Henan Yin, which had just been changed to Henan County by Dong Zhuo, all belonged to Sizhou.

It so happened that the four major counties in Sizhou were located in the northeast, northwest, southeast, and southwest of Luoyang County.

It can be regarded as trapping Lu Zhi in it.

And the prefects of these four counties are all subordinate to Dong Zhuo's cronies.

In addition, there is also the post of Inspector of Sizhou, which is held by Zhonglang General Niu Fu.

This can be regarded as a disguised punishment for Niu Fu's previous defeat to Liu Jian.

Of course, the most important thing is to let him be in charge of the army to supervise Sizhou and watch Lu Zhi in Luoyang.

When the appointment was made, Liu Jian was still handling local government affairs in Youzhou. He once wrote to Lu Zhi, saying that the situation in Sizhou was so bad that he hoped that Lu Zhi would not go.

But Lu Zhi did tell his good student not to worry, he will never have any problems going to Luoyang.

In the end, Liu Jian still did not persuade Lu Zhi... After all, Lu Zhi went to Luoyang to take office.

Regarding Lu Zhi's move to Sizhou, Liu Jian was still very worried at the beginning. In his opinion, the teacher was a bit of a sheep.

But with the follow-up news, Liu Jian was relieved again.

Lu Zhi is Lu Zhi after all.

He has been in the Great Han Dynasty for nearly 20 years. Whether it is political experience or military achievements, he is among the best. Facing the situation set by Dong Zhuo for him, how can he not think of his own countermeasures?
Henan Yin and Hongnong were originally under the control of Dong Zhuo. It is understandable for him to replace the people in charge. Wang Yi of Hedong County is a more obedient person. He studied under Taiwei Liu Kuan in his early years and was summoned by the court. After the order, Zidang returned to Beijing to take up his post and gave up his position.

However, compared to these three counties, the situation in Hanoi County is beyond Dong Zhuo's control.

Who is the prefect of Hanoi County now?Wang Kuang also!

And who was the one who led the army together with Wang Kuang in Hanoi County?

It's Chariot General Zhu Jun!
What is the relationship between these two people and Dong Zhuo?
The front line is during Yuan Shao's crusade, and the two of them can stay in the north all the time to contain Li Jue's troops.

That is definitely Dong Zhuo's enemy.

Dong Zhuo now wants to arrange for someone to take office in Hebei?

Before the person who was going to take office could enter the city, he was sent away by troops sent by Wang Kuang and Zhu Jun, and they were not allowed to enter the two cities.

As for Lu Zhi, who had just arrived in Luoyang, he immediately used a luxury cart to send the two thousand stones who had resigned from office after zero days in office, all the way back to Chang'an.

Soon, Lu Zhi sent people to communicate with Wang Kuang and Zhu Jun to discuss how to guard against the Baibo army in Baibo Valley.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that Lu Zhi is looking for an excuse to form a military alliance with Wang Kuang and Zhu Jun.

After Dong Zhuo heard the news, he was so angry.

The plan to surround Lu Zhi and control him has completely failed.

The northeast of Hebei County borders Zhao State, but where is Zhao State?That was Jizhou Mu Liujian's territory. As long as Hanoi was used as a connection point, soldiers from Hebei could come to help Lu Zhi at any time.

Only then did Liu Jian understand why Lu Zhi dared to go to Luoyang. It turned out that his teacher had secretly discussed everything with Wang Kuang and others.

And with Lu Zhi as Hanoi's barrier to the south, the pressure on Wang Kuang and Zhu Jun was greatly reduced.

Lu Zhi went to Luoyang to take office, and the position of Beimu in Jizhou became vacant.

As for the imperial court, after the Queen Mother He's instruction, no new shepherd was appointed. After "public discussion" by the imperial court, it was finally decided to appoint Liu Jian as the shepherd of Jizhou!

Regardless of the distinction between southeast and northwest, the Han Dynasty was the only shepherd guard in Quanzhou.

At the same time, he was promoted to the position of Tinghou, changed Shiyi, and was granted the title of Marquis of Champion County.

When Liu Jian heard the news, he was leading his troops back to Jizhou. He smiled and told the news to those who returned with him.

Among them was Yu Ze who was accompanying him.

Yu Ze has been responsible for the defense of the Yecheng headquarters with Li Damu these years. After all, Yecheng is Liu Jian's headquarters. Xiang Luoyang's subordinates have been in charge of the garrison for him in Yecheng.

After several years of honing, both of them have developed their skills. At this moment, they don't need both of them to be responsible for the defense in Yecheng at the same time, so Liu Jian took Yu Ze with him when he went to Youzhou this time.

After listening to Liu Jian's story, Yu was very happy.

"Congratulations to Shijun for winning the title of County Marquis, especially the champion County Marquis, which means a lot to me."

Liu Jian looked at him: "How to solve it?"

Yu Ze said: "In the time of Emperor Xiaowu in the past, Huo Huoqi was granted the title of champion county marquis, honoring the whole family, and later his son Huo Shan inherited the title. It's a pity that Huo Shan died young, and Huo Yun was adopted by Huoqi. Fang, inheriting the title, and the Huo family will be exterminated, so the inheritance will stop."

"More than a hundred years ago, the famous general Jia was resettled as this nobleman, and his military exploits are outstanding!"

"The one who won this title later on is General Dou Xiandou."

Speaking of this, I saw envy on Yu Ze's face, and said: "Since the beginning of the Huo clan, in the territory of my big man, those who can win the title of champion are all famous generals in the world! Now this Marquis Granting the title to the lord, it can be seen that the court should be the lord as a famous general to help the Han, and after a thousand years, the lord's reputation should not be inferior to that of Huo Huoqi."

If it were someone else, after hearing Yu Ze's words, they would basically be happy to fart.

But Liu Jian is a pragmatic person, and he is actually not interested in this so-called title of "famous hero".

Moreover, Liu Jian seemed to have a little bit of other meaning in the imperial seal of the champion.

"Actually, apart from the few people you just mentioned, there is another person in our Han Dynasty who was once conferred the title of champion, but you don't want to mention it."

Yu Ze heard some shame and embarrassment on his face.

It's no wonder that Yu will show such an expression, the person Liu Jian mentioned is really hard to say.

Liu Jian didn't care, he just said the person's name.

"If I remember correctly, the last champion of my Great Han Dynasty should be Wang Fu."

Wang Fu, one of the most trusted eunuchs of the late Emperor Liu Hong, was even far above Zhang Rang when it came to his role status.

Killing Dou Wu, punishing Chen Fan, and being in power with Cao Jie and Duan Jiong for many years, hated by scholars all over the world, and finally died at the hands of the late emperor Liu Hong's quick knife Yang Qiu.

While beating the horse, Liu Jian turned to look at Yu Ze.

"Brother Yu, you said that the imperial court bestowed me the title of champion, is it His Majesty's intention, Dong Zhuo's intention, or Empress Dowager He's intention?"

Yu felt a little hesitant.

To be honest, with his political literacy, he couldn't even think about such a complicated issue.

Of course, even if he could figure it out, he couldn't tell Liu Jian.

After all, this thing involves a bit of a big area.

He directly aimed at the relationship between Liu Jian and those in the imperial court who were in charge of the world's most important weapons.

Seeing that Yu didn't answer, Liu Jian didn't force him.

He himself replied for Yu: "According to my own opinion, the champion is probably Dong Zhuo, the emperor, and the queen mother all intend to confer on me."

"The emperor is young, and I am his emperor's uncle. Every year, I have never failed to make plans for the court's offerings and state pastors on time."

"So from the point of view of the Son of Heaven, he may really see that I have made great achievements. I have repeatedly made military exploits for the great man, which can be compared with Huo Huqi and Jia Ganghou, so he chooses Champion County as my food city."

Yu suddenly nodded.

Liu Jian continued: "As for Dong Zhuo, it is estimated that he saw that after I occupied Youzhou, I became more and more powerful, and he felt a little jealous in his heart, so he regarded me as the champion. After all, I became the champion. The people of county marquis, except Ganghou who later changed to Jiaodonghou, either died early or died violently, this old man Dong somehow reminded me and at the same time he meant to curse me."

Yu Ze couldn't laugh or cry when he heard this.

"How could Dong Zhuo have such an idea?"

Liu Jian smiled and said, "I'm just guessing, I'm not sure."

"As for the Empress Dowager, she was born in a butcher's family, with poor knowledge, and may not be able to understand the affairs of the previous dynasty so clearly. In his opinion, the previous champion was Wang Fu, and the eunuchs are the arms of the emperor. The imperial power is extended, so it seems that Empress Dowager He wants to use this official position to remind me to work hard for the Tian family."

Yu Ze sighed, "It's just the title of a champion county marquis, isn't my lord thinking a little too much?"

Liu Jian said: "There are so many food towns granted by imperial edict, why do you want me to be the champion county? Don't let me not think a little bit more."

Yu Ze said: "Since that's the case, what should my lord do?"

"Stay the same and respond to all changes. The more Chang'an expresses allusions to me, the more calm I will be, so that they can't figure out my attitude."

"Now, I am the lord of the three states. As long as I don't take the initiative and arouse the anger of the princes of the world, both Dong Zhuo and the court will treat me differently."

"So in my current capacity, if I don't move, no one can do anything to me."

"My lord is wise!"

(End of this chapter)