The Three Kingdoms: General Yu She, reincarnated a hundred times.

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Although Li Ru knew that the feudal lords were like insects, he did not know that they had become so corrupt that even if they gained nothing, they would still retreat and fight each other.

Therefore, upon careful consideration of Yu She's plan, he was unable to refute it for a time.

"Yes! I myself hope that the Prime Minister will move the capital to Chang'an, so as to retreat in order to advance, avoid the sharp edge of the feudal lords, and wait for them to fall into internal strife."

So why not take another step back and simply hand over Luoyang, thereby sowing discord among the feudal lords and actively instigating internal strife among them?

How can a mere city like Luoyang be compared to the event that triggered a war among the eighteen warlords, causing the alliance to collapse without a fight?

"Zichuan's plan was so profound and far-sighted that it left the Confucian scholars in awe and completely convinced."

By this point, Li Ru had been largely persuaded by Yu She, but he also had his own considerations, and thus advised Dong Zhuo:

"Although we are using Zichuan's plan, we do not need to leave hundreds of thousands of people to the feudal lords."

We only need to relocate all the able-bodied men around Luoyang, leaving only the old and weak among the feudal lords. This will achieve the same goal as Zichuan's plan to use them as a burden and drag down the feudal lords, and the effect will be even better.

If the feudal lords were to recruit these old and weak men for their service, they would crumble at the first sign of battle, be unable to cultivate the land, and would have no chance of increasing their strength. The prime minister could then rest easy.

Do you agree, Zichuan?

Yu She: "..."

Although he was willing to protect the people of Luoyang, from his current standpoint, he really had no reason to refute Li Ru's words.

Yu She then feigned deep thought, remaining silent for a long time before forcing a smile and saying:

"If it weren't for Wenyou's words, I would never have imagined that my plan could be so perfect."

"This time, in assisting the Prime Minister to accomplish this great undertaking of relocating the capital, we still owe a great deal to Wen You's guidance."

"Zichuan, you flatter me. It's merely a matter of discussing and refining our strategies; there's no need for guidance."

Seeing that his two strategists had reached an agreement so quickly, Dong Zhuo was overjoyed and exclaimed, "Excellent!"

The generals then withdrew, received their assigned tasks, and busied themselves with the matters of returning to Luoyang and relocating the capital.

Du Yushe slowly walked out of the military tent, looked in the direction of the feudal lords outside the pass, and let out a long sigh.

Although Li Ru's final words altered the original plan he and Yang Hong had discussed, seizing some control over the relocation of the capital to Chang'an and persuading Dong Zhuo to leave hundreds of thousands of civilians as a burden to the allied forces of the warlords was the limit of what he could do.

Although the allied forces are a bunch of scoundrels who may not treat the people well, it is still better than suffering and hardship than being burned to ashes along with Luoyang in a great fire.

Moreover, the other feudal lords might regard the people as a burden and discard them like worn-out shoes.

But there was one person, another "friend" of Yu She, who was none other than Liu Bei, Liu Xuande!

Yu She knew him well. He knew that he always took "benevolence and righteousness" as his foundation, cared deeply about the people, was a close friend of Gongsun Zan, and had two fierce generals, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, who were among the "Five Finger of the World," by his side. He could protect the people to some extent.

As for the rest, Yu She's life was also like a drifting duckweed. There wasn't much he could do in this life; he could only say he would do his best.

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On that day, heavy clouds covered the sky!

Dong Zhuo, who had already returned to Luoyang, gathered civil and military officials in the court and proposed to move the capital to Chang'an!

Situ Yang Biao and Taiwei Huang Wan led the officials in opposition. In a fit of anger, Dong Zhuo dismissed Yang Biao and Huang Wan on the same day. The officials were terrified and dared not speak out.

Later, Zhou Bi, the Minister of the Imperial Secretariat, and Wu Qiong, the Commandant of the City Gates, stopped the carriage to remonstrate with Dong Zhuo. Dong Zhuo was furious and had the two of them executed.

Under this bloody suppression, the entire city of Luoyang began the process of moving the capital to Chang'an.

Unlike before, this time the relocation of the capital was jointly led by Yu She and Li Ru.

Under Li Ru's arrangement, Li Jue, Guo Si, and other Xiliang military generals selected able-bodied young people from the city and forcibly conscripted men along the streets.

So mothers in the city saw their sons off, wives saw their husbands off, and daughters saw their fathers off. The cries of grief were deafening, and countless families were torn apart.

These selected young men served as auxiliary soldiers and laborers, responsible for transporting supplies and goods for the relocation of the capital, driving carts and carrying heavy loads in an endless stream.

The Xiliang army often drove them away, frequently whipping and beating them, even bringing swords to their deaths. The people cried out in agony, suffering unspeakable misery. Yu She then advised Dong Zhuo, saying:

"The young and strong are all the Prime Minister's assets. Wen You has spent a lot of effort selecting them from the city, and wants to take them to Chang'an."

This will help the Prime Minister expand the population of Guanzhong, and in the future, there will be benefits from recruiting soldiers, providing labor services, and collecting taxes.

I have now heard that some soldiers in the army have killed or injured civilians in a moment of irrationality.

This is not killing ordinary people, but killing the prime minister's wealth!

In reality, this cuts off the Prime Minister's source of soldiers, his labor service, and his taxes. How is this any different from secretly colluding with the feudal lords?

If this journey continues and becomes widespread, then most of the able-bodied men will have died or been injured before even reaching Chang'an. All our previous efforts in selecting and bringing them along, and consuming provisions and supplies along the way, will have been in vain, a complete waste of our energy and resources.

Dong Zhuo thought this made sense, so he followed She's advice and ordered him to arrange for people to inspect military discipline and ensure the preservation of his "assets".

So Yu She turned to Lü Bu and the generals of Bing Province, changing his tune once again, and said to them with a smile:

"Fengxian, everyone!"

I've managed to get everyone a good job this time.

Didn't those people from Xiliang always look down on us people from Bingzhou?

I have received the Prime Minister's order to send people to inspect military discipline. Having received this good assignment, the first person I thought of was my brothers from Bingzhou.

"Fengxian, you lead everyone to investigate thoroughly. Keep a close eye on them. If those Xiliang people commit even the slightest act of bullying the people, whip them severely. We must seize this opportunity to vent the anger of our brothers."

The soldiers, who were already resentful because the Xiliang army treated them well, were instead assigned to digging up graves.

Upon hearing this, everyone was overjoyed, exclaiming, "Zichuan is truly an honest and kind man!"; "With such good news, he really is thinking of his brothers."; "Don't worry, Zichuan, these Xiliang people have always looked down on us. If we catch them in the wrong this time, they'll be in for it."

Even Lü Bu stepped forward with a look of satisfaction and patted Yu She on the shoulder, saying, "Well done."

That state was exactly the same as when Red Hare performed well on the battlefield, and upon its return, Lü Bu would always pat its head.

Yu She: "..."

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Thus, the Bingzhou people, who had long harbored resentment towards the Xiliang people, enforced military discipline, and the people who had been bullied by the Xiliang soldiers for no reason were whipped.

To their astonishment, the people who were whipped for all sorts of inexplicable reasons, to the point of wailing in agony, had actually been replaced by the same Xiliang lords who used to whip them.

The common people: "???"

The matters concerning the relocation were rectified, and the chaos in the military was brought to an end.

Just as the emperor and court officials were setting off first, and residents were escorting supplies, a grand procession of carriages and horses was heading to Chang'an, even Dong Zhuo and Li Ru were about to depart.

Yu She, however, requested permission from Dong Zhuo to stay behind with Lü Bu to handle the remaining matters in Luoyang, arguing that he needed to finish his post in Luoyang and personally witness the complete implementation of the relocation of the capital before he could feel at ease.

He wanted to stay in Luoyang to personally guard the Jianzhang Hall and see for himself what this Imperial Seal of the State was all about.

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