Domination of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 65 Dong Zhuo's Chaos
Since Gongsun Xu withdrew his army, Dong Zhuo could live his life with peace of mind.In Dong Zhuo's mind, only the brave Youzhou Army could threaten his current status.Fortunately, Gongsun Xu accepted his kindness tactfully, otherwise Dong Zhuo would have to spend a lot of time thinking about it.

From then on, Dong Zhuo became more powerful in Luoyang. After this period of rectification, the people under He Jin's command had been trained by Dong Zhuo. As the power in his hands grew, Dong Zhuo's heart was also expanding day by day. Now he is no longer satisfied with his current status, he needs to go further.

On this day, Dong Zhuo called Li Ru to discuss continuing to establish another emperor. Only in this way, Dong Zhuo felt that he could hold his full strength more firmly in his hands and declare his absolute status to the civil and military officials.

Li Ru is also very supportive of the abolition of the young emperor, but he doesn't think there should be such a hurry.When he arrived at Dong Zhuo's residence, Li Ru waited for half an hour, he was waiting for Dong Zhuo to summon him.Sometimes, even Li Ru can't bother Dong Zhuo, like now.Boss Dong is exercising vigorously with four beauties, so he doesn't have the mood for Li Ru.

Dong Zhuo, Yilong and Sifeng on the bed worked desperately, their obese bodies made the two beauties roll their eyes, as if they were about to die.With a roar, Dong Zhuo finally collapsed.After a while, Dong Zhuo ordered Li Ru to come in.If it was to summon others, Dong Zhuo might have to go to the lobby, and only Li Ru and Dong Zhuo could be so casual.

"Son-in-law, if the young emperor is not abolished this day, I feel that those old guys are trying to turn against me. Do you think we should do it now?" Dong Zhuo asked with a sigh.

"Father-in-law, the Youzhou Army really won't embarrass us now, and it is reasonable to proceed. But I think it's a bit too hasty, and even if the young emperor is abolished, there is one thing I hope my father-in-law will still remember. The young emperor can be abolished but not killed. This is what Gongsun Xu has repeatedly emphasized. Otherwise, the Youzhou Army will fight with us forever." Li Ru replied with a serious face.

Dong Zhuo nodded with a smile and said, "It's not a difficult task, as long as you send someone to keep an eye on Liu Bian, you won't be afraid that he will cause any trouble. But why does Gongsun Xu want me to keep Liu Bian? I tried to snatch Liu Bian from me, and then put him on the throne, but failed.

Hehehe, although the Youzhou army is brave, my Xiliang iron cavalry is also a first-class powerful army in the world. I am not afraid of him, Gongsun Xu. As long as he doesn't trouble me, I won't fight him to death. Gongsun Xu doesn't know fun, and I don't mind competing with him.I have tolerated him enough. "

After hearing these words, Li Ru knew that Dong Zhuo still had the desire to fight for hegemony in his heart. After all, he had worked silently for so many years and paid so much, and now he was close to the peak of power. Dong Zhuo would not allow anyone to stop him.

After thinking about it for a while, Li Ru continued: "Since my father-in-law has made up his mind, why don't we invite all the officials again, I'm sure many of them will be interested."

Dong Zhuo nodded and agreed with Li Ru's suggestion.Li Ru also noticed that Dong Zhuo's eyes were shining, this is the scary part of power.Dong Zhuo has completely fallen into the desire and pursuit of power.

Before entertaining all the officials, Dong Zhuo first proclaimed himself a former general, his younger brother Dong Min Zuo General, Lv Buqi Duwei, Zhonglang General, and Dutinghou.Seeing that the time was ripe, Li Ru asked Dong Zhuo to discuss the abolition of the establishment.Dong Zhuo hosted a banquet for all the officials in Zhongshu Province, and asked Lu Bu to lead more than a thousand soldiers to line up on the left and right.After several rounds of drinking, Dong Zhuo pressed his sword to depose Emperor Shao as King Hongnong and make King Chenliu Emperor, and kill anyone who does not follow.

Most people dare not resist due to Dong Zhuo's lust, let alone oppose Dong Zhuo face to face.Even those who are trying to resist in their hearts know that the current situation is not good for them, and there is no need to make unnecessary sacrifices.But one of these people is not afraid of death.

Yuan Shao stepped forward and scolded Dong Zhuo.Dong Zhuo threatened, "You dare not listen to me, isn't my sword sharp?" Yuan Shao also drew his sword and said, "Your sword is sharp, but my sword is not sharp?"

The two couldn't stop arguing, and Li Ru didn't let the soldiers go forward to arrest Yuan Shao, he was waiting for others to join Yuan Shao.Unfortunately, no one came to fulfill Li Ru's wish.Seeing that no one supported him, Yuan Shao's face turned pale with anger. In his anger, Yuan Shao strode away, knowing that it would be meaningless for him to stay here any longer.

After Yuan Shao left, Dong Zhuo said again that he wanted to abolish Emperor Shao, but everyone still dared not object. After a quarter of an hour, a soldier reported that Yuan Shao had left the official seal on the east gate and had gone to Jizhou.Li Ru sneered twice: "This Yuan Shao is quite smart, knowing that it is difficult to make a difference in Luoyang, so he went to Jizhou, that's fine, hehehe."

Yuan Shao's uncle Yuan Kai noticed the change in the expressions of Dong Zhuo and Li Ru, and he guessed that Yuan Shao must have run away.I finally breathed a sigh of relief in my heart. In this situation, I can only compromise.

After thinking about it, Yuan Kai took the lead in supporting Dong Zhuo's proposal, and no one among the officials dared to object.Dong Zhuo grabbed Yuan Kai's hand with a smile, as if he was trying to appease Yuan Wei, and also seemed to be declaring his alliance with the Yuan family to everyone.The two of them had their own thoughts, but there was harmony on their faces.

After the banquet, Dong Zhuo was still a little worried about Yuan Shao's departure. Dong Zhuo could see that Yuan Shao was a character. Coupled with the power of the Yuan family, he might become his enemy in the future.Dong Zhuo frowned and fell into deep thought.

After a while, Dong Zhuo turned his head and asked the remaining attendant Zhou Yu and the school lieutenant Wu Qiong, "What will be the consequences of Yuan Shao's departure?"

These two were very positive just now, Dong Zhuo left them to see if they really supported him.

Zhou Wei said: "Yuan Shao left angrily. If you want to get rid of him, he will definitely rebel. Yuan Shi IV is a high-ranking official in the court, and his disciples and old officials are all over the world. Heroes and heroes will go to him. The east of Hangu Pass is his territory. It’s better. It’s better not to hold him accountable and make him a sheriff, so he won’t make trouble.”

Wu Qiong also agreed with this statement. Dong Zhuo nodded, thinking that this suggestion was very reasonable. Moreover, Dong Zhuo felt that the Youzhou Army was always a threat to him. Now that Yuan Shao went to Jizhou, it could be used to contain Gongsun Xu.So Dong Zhuo sent someone to worship Yuan Shao as the prefect of Bohai.

Afterwards, Dong Zhuo summoned Li Ru again, "Wen You, tell me, how many of those who supported me just now are loyal to me?"

"Father-in-law already has the answer in his heart, why bother to ask me again." Li Ru replied flatly, "There is none. The reason why they support you now is because you are in charge of the army, and because of your current status.

After tonight, Liu Xie will be the emperor. As long as everyone in the world thinks that Liu Xie is orthodox, all the officials in the court will not object. At that time, you will be the one who supports Liu Xie, and we stand in the orthodox position. On this side, no one will remember Liu Bian, and there is no legitimate reason for all officials in the court to object.

Unless they rebel, and as long as they dare to act recklessly, they are rebels.At that time, we will have an excuse to exterminate them, and the world will belong to my father-in-law. "

Dong Zhuo suddenly realized with a smile and said, "That's right, that's the reason. Then tell me, how high can my power reach?"

"As long as you don't claim to be emperor." Li Ru arched his hands and replied..
On September [-]th, Dong Zhuo asked the young emperor to be promoted to the Wende Palace, gathered all the officials, drew his sword in hand, and asked Li Ru to announce the abolition of the young emperor, and made Liu Xie, the king of Chenliu, the emperor; and then he was abolished.Liu Bian's mother and son wept bitterly, and all the officials were sad.

Shangshu Ding Guan shouted angrily: "The traitor Dong Zhuo, dare to bully the sky, I will splash him with blood!"

After speaking, he hit Dong Zhuo with his hands like Jian, and Dong Zhuo ordered the warrior to push Ding Guan out and kill him.Dong Zhuo invited King Chenliu to ascend the throne, and locked Empress He, mother and son and concubine Tang in Qingyang Palace.After Liu Xie, king of Chenliu, ascended the throne, he changed to Yuan Chuping.

Dong Zhuo proclaimed himself a chancellor, and he did not pay homage when he entered the court.Li Ru persuaded Dong Zhuo to use celebrities to buy people's hearts.Dong Zhuo recruited Cai Yong so that he could improve his reputation. Cai Yong is now regarded as Gongsun Xu's prospective father-in-law, and this way can be regarded as showing his favor to Gongsun Xu again.

Cai Yong was afraid of Dong Zhuo's influence, so he had no choice but to apply.Dong Zhuo was overjoyed, and promoted Cai Yong three times in a day, worshiped him as a servant, and received generous treatment.

Dong Zhuo can now be said to be an extremely human minister. If he really listens to Li Ru and does his own thing well, maybe he can really spend his life in such a prominent way.However, power will change a person, especially a person like Dong Zhuo who has been chasing power all his life.

Once the dream is realized, the kind of ecstasy and loss in the heart cannot be understood by others.In order to vent this emotion in his heart, the lecherous Dong Zhuo had fun every day, and none of the beautiful maids in the palace escaped Dong Zhuo's clutches, and even raped the court ladies on the emperor's dragon bed.In addition, in order to show off his army and military exploits, Dong Zhuo often led his [-] guards out of the city to hunt. One day in February, he led his troops to Yangcheng. Killed, cut off more than a thousand heads, hung them under the car, and loaded women and property into the car.When I returned to Luoyang, I said that I had returned from killing the thief.Then the heads were burned outside the city, and the women and belongings were distributed to the soldiers.

Li Ru saw all these brutal actions of Dong Zhuo, and he really wanted to dissuade Dong Zhuo. Moreover, Li Ru had also played several times to restrain the military discipline of the Xiliang Army.But even if Dong Zhuo really adopted it, it wouldn't help. The Xiliang army was brutal, and Dong Zhuo took the lead in doing bad things. Those generals would definitely not listen to Li Ru.

The restless courtiers are now even more restless.Yueqi school captain Wu Fu originally thought that Dong Zhuo would be a loyal courtier, but when he saw Dong Zhuo's Xie Wei, he was also jealous and angry.So one day when he went to court, he carried a short knife secretly and stabbed Dong Zhuo straight.Dong Zhuo was so strong that he grabbed Wu Fu's wrist with both hands.

Lu Bu came and captured Wu Fu.Dong Zhuo ordered the warriors to chop Wu Fu into pieces.

After Gongsun Xu returned to Youzhou, he still paid close attention to the situation in Luoyang. When he received information from Luoyang every day and learned that Dong Zhuo was insane, Gongsun Xu also shook his head secretly, worrying about those people in Luoyang that he cared about. "I hope they don't have any accidents, and I hope Dong Zhuo is still a little rational."

After thinking over and over again, Gongsun Xu secretly sent someone to send a letter to Wang Yun, to the effect that he could send troops to attack Dong Zhuo, but he needed Wang Yun to respond internally.

In the middle of the night, Wang Yun, who was far away in Luoyang, put another letter in the dark box and kept trying to find a way for his anti-directorship.

Following Dong Zhuo's misconduct in Luoyang, the powerful and common people in Luoyang have long hated the Xiliang Army.But due to Dong Zhuo's lust and the Xiliang army's bravery, few people dared to resist.Even if there were, the Xiliang army ransacked their homes and exterminated them.Wang Yun can be regarded as a minister who cares about the country and the people, he really can't stand it anymore.

On his own birthday, he sent invitations to civil and military officials, on the surface to celebrate his birthday, but secretly, Wang Yun wanted to see if he could find some allies of his own.

That night, Wang Yun entertained all the officials in the back hall, and when he was drunk, he suddenly covered his face and burst into tears.The officials were surprised and asked him why he was crying.Wang Yunfang said: "Dong Zhuo messed up the government, and the world is suffering unspeakably. The people of Li are in dire straits, but we can do nothing. I, Wang Yun, are ashamed of the late emperor and the people of the world."

After speaking, he burst into tears again.The cry was extremely miserable, as if his whole family had died.As soon as all the officials were infected by Wang Yun's cries, and he had been in fear for a while, he might have his family ransacked and exterminated tomorrow because of Dong Zhuo's unhappiness. Thinking of such a fate, Everyone also started crying.

Wang Yun crying alone can only be described as miserable, but the crowd crying together is spectacular.I'm afraid Dong Zhuo will be affected by this atmosphere if he sees him.

Just when the tears were about to flood, a person was heard laughing loudly: "Hahahaha, the dignitaries of the court are crying at Lord Wang Yun's birthday party. It's really spectacular. Lord Wang Yun, I don't think you should What kind of banquet is held, wouldn't it be more beautiful to directly wear filial piety clothes for each person."

Everyone was crying, and they all stared angrily at this arrogant guy after being disturbed like this.Taking a closer look, it turned out that it was Cao Cao who was short and dark. In addition, Cao Cao was able to please Dong Zhuo recently and his family was a eunuch. The anger of everyone was ignited at once, and they were all ready to take their anger on Cao Cao.

But Cao Cao is not stupid, he has offended everyone just now, so there is no reason not to leave quickly.After drinking the last drop of wine in the glass, Cao Cao looked at everyone with a smile and said, "Keep on crying, everyone. I, Cao Cao, will not accompany you. If anyone becomes sick from crying, I, Cao Cao, will come to visit another day. Farewell, everyone. .hahahahaha"

After finishing speaking, Cao Cao strode out, completely ignoring the curses and abuse from everyone behind his back.

On the second day, Dong Zhuo sat in his grand teacher's chair and listened to Li Ru reporting to himself what happened at Wang Yun's birthday party last night.

Dong Zhuo couldn't help laughing when he heard Cao Cao laughing and scolding everyone: "Haha, Wen You, don't you think this Cao Cao is very interesting. He actually offended so many people, but it's really spectacular that all the courtiers and officials burst into tears together. Another day, I have to let them cry in front of me, and I want to see if they are really that sad. Hahahahaha."

Li Ru smiled without saying a word. In his heart, these people in the court are not worth mentioning.

A few days later, Dong Zhuo summoned Cao Cao to ask about the specific situation of that night.When Cao Cao came to the prime minister's mansion, he saw Dong Zhuo sitting on the bed and Lu Bu standing beside him.Dong Zhuo asked, "Why is Meng De late?"

Cao Cao said: "My horse is thin and can't walk fast."

Dong Zhuo said: "I have a good horse from Xiliang, I will go and pick one for Mengde first." Lü Bu went out.Dong Zhuo was fat, and when he was tired from sitting, he lay sideways on the bed.

Cao Cao obediently stayed aside, and after a while Dong Zhuo started snoring.The honest Cao Cao suddenly pulled out a knife from his sleeve, and slowly walked towards the sleeping Dong Zhuo, but Dong Zhuo saw his actions from the mirror on the bed, sat up quickly and asked, "What do you want to do?"

At this time, it happened that Lu Bu also led the horse to the door.Cao Cao hurriedly knelt down and said, "I got a treasured knife, which I will present to the prime minister." Dong Zhuo took the knife and saw that it was more than one foot long and inlaid with seven treasures. It was very sharp, so he asked Lu Bu to accept it.

Cao Cao unhooked the scabbard and handed it to Lu Bu. He went out to look at the horse, put on the saddle, and said, "I'll try to ride it." Then he got on the horse and galloped away.

Lu Bu is so shrewd. He saw Cao Cao's abnormality, so he said to Dong Zhuo, "Father, something is wrong. Cao Cao has a problem."

Dong Zhuo also felt that something was wrong when he reminded him. At this moment, Li Ru came in and heard about it, and said, "Send someone to invite him immediately. If he wants to come, he will offer a knife. .”

Dong Zhuo sent someone to look for Cao Cao, and it took him a long time to come back to report that Cao Cao didn't return to his apartment, cheated him out of the east gate, and flew away.Li Ru said: "There must be an accomplice in this matter. Cao Cao must be caught and let him confess to the accomplice." Dong Zhuo then issued a letter, painted a portrait of Cao Cao, arrested Cao Cao, and rewarded a thousand gold to those who caught him.

At this time, Cao Cao had already escaped, only thinking about escaping back to his hometown as soon as possible.

(End of this chapter)