Established a millennium family since King Wu defeated Zhou

Chapter 585

In the northwest of Dahan, Liangzhou is located.

Here is always a vast and desolate scene. Grasslands, Gobi, and sand dunes seem to be endless at a glance, and they are arranged row upon row on this long and narrow land.

As the strong wind howled, smoke and dust were rolled up all over the ground, and there was a gray mist between the sky and the earth.

"Tattoo."

Countless hasty sounds of horseshoes galloped among the wind and dust, and it was not known whether the wind and dust raised were caused by the galloping horses or brought by the strong wind.

Counting carefully, there are thousands of knights, but galloping with more than [-] horses. It really deserves to be Liangzhou, one of the places where the big man raises horses. Today, the financial situation of the big man can still achieve four horses and five horses.

In the center of the knights stood a big banner with a big "Dong" written on it. It was Dong Zhuo, Dong Zhongying, the general protecting the Qiang of the Han Dynasty, the emperor's confidant, an important official of the Han Dynasty who controlled the army and horses of the four counties in Hexi, and concurrently served as the governor of Liangzhou.

Dong Zhuo's power is very important in the northwest region. He is the governor of Liangzhou. Among the officials of Liangzhou, his power can definitely be ranked in the top three, but he has the military power of four counties, which makes him the No. 1 in Liangzhou. .[-].

The emperor gave him this position, which shows his trust in Dong Zhuo.

The reason for this is mainly because Dong Zhuo came from a poor family in the county around him, and his father was just a small county lieutenant. This background can be said to be extremely low.

He became an official with a filial piety, could draw a strong bow, was extremely brave, and made many military exploits in Liangzhou. Although he was recommended by scholars, he fell out with them early on.

Get to the top by following the eunuch's door.

Because he hated scholars, the emperor promoted Dong Zhuo and reused him. When Dong Zhuo bought an official, he also reduced Dong Zhuo's fee by [-]%. Dong Zhuo only wanted to stand out, so he was naturally ecstatic.

Dong Zhuo, or the entire Liangzhou warriors, if the scope is wider, the Western Regions warriors can also be included.

These people are not so in awe of imperial power.

What about the emperor?
Will the barbarian cut a knife less?
Without so much awe of imperial power, there is even less recognition of the so-called dual monarch.

The scholars who recommended Dong Zhuo saw this, so they hated him and stopped having any contact with Dong Zhuo.

These Liangzhou warriors typically only recognize the knives in their own hands. If the emperor knew this, I wonder if he would reuse Dong Zhuo.

As the general protecting Qiang and the governor of Liangzhou, Dong Zhuo has a lot to do with him.

Liangzhou has always been a mixed residence of Han and Qiang, and it was not obvious before because Chang'an stationed the world's elite.

After the capital was moved to Luoyang, the imperial court no longer focused on the northwest, and chaos gradually began. There are two main reasons.

On the one hand, there is a contradiction between the Qiang people and the Han people.

The Han and Qiang are of the same origin, especially for the Zhou family like the Luo family, but now it is not the Zhou family, but the Han people.

On the other hand, the border warriors deliberately caused troubles to invite credit for rewards.

This is actually a very common thing. What is the ultimate goal of border warriors?
Is it the peace of the border, the peace of the country and the people?
of course not!

Except for a few highly enlightened generals, whoever believes that these warriors serve the country and the people is a traitor.

The only goal of guarding the border is to make meritorious service, to gain capital for promotion in the war, and if there is no war, then provoke the war by yourself.

As for the people who died after instigating the war, these warriors don't care, and even think that this is obviously a good opportunity to make meritorious deeds, and they don't know what is good or bad.

But in fact, most people are unwilling to fight.

Therefore, being good at provocative borders has always been criticized.

Because this is actually tantamount to using power for personal gain, using the country's resources and the lives of others to add bricks and tiles to one's career as a minister.

Since Dong Zhuo became an official, he has only one goal, and that is to keep climbing.

Although he didn't know how far he had climbed to be the end, but with his current status, the governor and even the prefect couldn't satisfy him.

It is reasonable to have a state shepherd, just like when Chen Fan was appointed as the shepherd of Youzhou and entered Youzhou alone to fight against Dongyan.

The only problem is that the Han court has a three-way method, the so-called three-way method, which is extremely complicated, including various calculations such as in-laws, but the first three-way method is very simple.

That is to say, officials are not allowed to serve as the supreme officer in their place of origin, that is, they are not allowed to serve as county magistrates in their own counties, they are not allowed to serve as prefects in their own counties, and they are not allowed to serve as state pastors in their own states.

Dong Zhuo is from Liangzhou, and he cannot be a shepherd of Liangzhou according to the Sanju Law, which makes Dong Zhuo a little worried.

During the rise of Dong Zhuo, there were too many things that provoked wars. He not only fought with the Qiang people, but also fought with the Western Regions.

As long as the lord of the Western Regions disobeyed him, he would put on a hat of rebellion and fight directly.

The imperial court's attitude towards the Western Regions is not good. After all, there are two princely kingdoms of the Liu family in the Western Regions. Relying on the height of the sky and the emperor's distance, they only obey the imperial court on the surface, but in fact they don't take the imperial court seriously.

When Dong Zhuo beat the Western Regions, the whole big man turned a blind eye and turned a blind eye. General Hu Qiang, a miscellaneous general, did something out of the ordinary.

In fact, in the Han Dynasty, there was a professional who did this. He was called General Zhengxi. He was the heavy-ranked general of the Han court. , One of the highest-level generals that the clan can get.

Dong Zhuo led the army this time, and was going to cross the Yumen Pass to attack the vassal states of the Western Regions along the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains, but the Taiping Army uprising suddenly broke out in the Central Plains, so he had to return with the army.

He was worried that other tyrants in Liangzhou would unite with the Qiang people to rebel. After all, Dong Zhuo knew how deeply the oppression of these Qiang people was.

These Qiang tribes are all his private land, his money bag, with these Qiang people, the imperial court’s appropriation will continue to flow, and it is absolutely impossible for Dong Zhuo to draw blood from these tribes to strengthen his own strength. Leave it to others.

And good news like the great chaos in the Central Plains, how can Dong Zhuo not be excited?

There are infinite opportunities in troubled times, especially when he comes from a poor family and the world is not chaotic, how can he compete with the rich.

Dong Zhuo now wished that the Central Plains would be more chaotic. He continued to grow himself in Liangzhou, and then led the Liangzhou army east to Luoyang, reaching the pinnacle of his life.

This is the plan made for him by his chief counselor Li Ru. Dong Zhuo has almost 100% trust in Li Ru's intelligence.

After all, he has come all the way from a military man in the border county to the present, and he is almost at the peak of the great Han warriors, and the elite Xiliang iron cavalry under him, I am afraid that only the Bingzhou wolf cavalry and the elite Youyan can be compared.

But the number of Bingzhou wolf cavalry and Youyan elites is too small, and the number of Xiliang iron cavalry is too much. If it is not for lack of money, he can pull out an elite iron cavalry of 10 people.

"Lord!"

From a distance, a cavalry team of about a hundred people came up to meet him. Dong Zhuo saw it from a distance and knew it was Li Ru, his chief adviser.

Immediately, he laughed and rode out on horseback, and said loudly: "Wen You, after receiving your letter, the general rushed back immediately, so there is no delay in the important matter."

There was a trace of hostility in Li Ru's eyes, and a little chill in his whole body, he said with a smile: "My lord, turn around in time, the great cause is half done."

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Dong Zhuo, styled Zhongying, was born in Longxi. He had little courage, was talented in martial arts, and was also a hero. ——"Book of the Later Han Biography of Dong Zhuo"

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