Return to the Three Kingdoms with the Empire System

Chapter 63
After arriving at the princes of the Thirteen Towns, Dong Zhuo felt that there would be no more people coming, so he prepared a banquet to meet with the princes, and at the same time discuss the matter of the alliance leader.

Dong Zhuo sits on the main seat, and the others are ranked according to their power and reputation. Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu are the chiefs, followed by Kong Rong, followed by Liu Dai, Han Fu, and Yuan Yi. After that, there is nothing. It’s so quarrelsome, but the one sitting at the last seat is Liu Bei, the magistrate of Pingyuan County.

Among all the people present, Liu Bei had the lowest official position, the least power, and almost no prestige.If it weren't for the fact that Liu Bei was Lu Zhi's student and Gongsun Zan's junior disciple, I'm afraid Liu Bei wouldn't be among them.

"You are all loyal ministers who are loyal to the great man. Dong will offer you a toast first." As he spoke, Dong Zhuo picked up the wine bottle in front of him and drank it down in one gulp.

Everyone present is well aware of the nature of this coalition. The so-called "loyal ministers" are just a group of princes who only think about their own interests, but no one will take the initiative to point it out.After all, in this era, if you use troops against the court for no reason, how can you get the support of the people all over the world.Didn't you see that even Zhang Jiao's Yellow Turban Uprising was under the banner of "the sky is dead, and the Yellow Turban should stand".

"What the former general said is absolutely true. My Liu Bei, nicknamed Xuande, is the successor of Liu Sheng, Prince Jing of Zhongshan. Seeing that the Han Dynasty is controlled by traitors, you should do your part and do your best." According to Dong Zhuo's words, Liu Bei finally had the opportunity to speak. His words were loyal, but in fact he was just introducing himself to others.

After hearing Liu Bei's words, everyone looked sideways at him. "I didn't expect Duke Xuande to be a member of the royal family. From now on, he should be closer to him." The speaker was Kong Rong, the prefect of Beihai.Kong Rong is very famous, and he often drank and wrote poems with other famous people.At this time, they actually heard that Liu Bei was a member of the royal family, so naturally they would not let go of this opportunity to make friends.

"I can get Kong Beihai's invitation, and I will pay a visit sometime later." Liu Bei was secretly delighted. If he could get Kong Rong's support, with Kong Rong's reputation, Liu Bei's name would surely spread throughout the Central Plains.

Seeing that Kong Rong had invited Liu Bei, Dong Zhuo naturally would not let this opportunity pass.Even members of the royal family have come to join the coalition, so their side will be even more righteous.Although Liu Dai has joined, there is no harm in having one more royal family member.

"Since Duke Xuande is a member of the royal family, please move the seat forward a few places." Dong Zhuo looked at Liu Bei and said.Although it was a discussion tone, the unnatural domineering expression in the words made the princes in front of Liu Bei tremble with fear.Ever since, Liu Bei's seat was moved from the bottom to Sun Jian's side at once.

In the ensuing laughter and laughter, everyone said some harmless words.Finally, after everyone had a good time, Dong Zhuo began to bring the conversation to the point.

"As the saying goes, a country cannot live without a king, and a family cannot live without a master. Since everyone responded to the edict and came to Chenliu to join the alliance to cut down the leaves, then we should find a leader." Dong Zhuo put down the wine bottle in his hand and said. .

"I wonder how this alliance leader will manage us?" Since we want to choose an alliance leader, we must first determine what rights the alliance leader has.Otherwise, after choosing the leader of the alliance, all his troops will be annexed, and then he will have nothing to do to find a boss for himself.

"Since he is the leader, naturally others must obey the leader's orders. Food and supplies are distributed uniformly by the leader. The leader directs the overall situation and does not interfere with the specific actions of others." Dong Zhuo had naturally thought about what to say, even if he didn't If people ask, he will explain these things clearly.

Dong Zhuo said that the alliance leader would not interfere with the specific actions of others, so of course there was no objection.As for listening to the alliance leader's orders on the battlefield, that's for sure. If they don't listen to the alliance leader and fight on their own, what's the difference between that and a ragtag group of people.

"Since everyone has no objection, let's start to choose the leader." Dong Zhuo said when he saw that the people below had no objection.But seeing that no one stood up to speak, he continued: "Since no one knows who to choose, Dong will propose one person, Bohai Governor Yuan Benchu."

In fact, Dong Zhuo really wants to choose himself, but Wei Zhongdao told Dong Zhuo before that he can't choose himself when he chooses anyone. The best way is to choose someone and let that person choose him.

As soon as Dong Zhuo proposed to choose Yuan Shao as the leader of the alliance, he immediately attracted a wave of support.Han Fu, Wang Kuang, Yuan Yi, and Bao Xin all agreed for a while and agreed to let Yuan Shao be the leader of the coalition.

Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao were enemies of life and death. He originally knew that he could not assume the position of leader, but now that Yuan Shao's voice was so high, how could Yuan Shu be willing to do so.But Yuan Shu could not say whether he would choose him, so he could only wink at Qiao Mao.

Seeing Yuan Shu winking at him, Qiao Mao knew what it was, so he stood up. "The fourth generation and third son of the Yuan family, the Yuan family's position as the leader of the alliance is naturally agreed. However, Yuan Gonggong is the eldest son of the Yuan family. Why don't you recommend Yuan Gonggong? Mao recommended Yuan Gonggong as the leader of the alliance. Opinion?"

After Yuan Shao heard Qiao Mao's words, he immediately wanted to kill Qiao Mao on the spot.Yuan Shao's ability is stronger than Yuan Shu's, so he can always get the support of his family.But even if the Yuan family supported Yuan Shao, there was a stalk in Yuan Shao's heart, that is, he was a concubine.

"Naturally, I can't be the leader of the alliance. Shao recommends one person, the initiator of this alliance, the former general Dong Zhongying. I don't know what you think?" Yuan Shao saw that Qiao Mao had brought out his status to pressure him, knowing that he could not get the leader of the alliance. position.However, if Yuan Shu were allowed to win the position of alliance leader this time, then he might lose out in the battle for the leader of the family in the future, so he simply recommended Dong Zhuo to settle the matter.

The people who originally supported Yuan Shao heard what Yuan Shao said, thought about it carefully in their hearts, and understood something, and they all changed their mouths to support Dong Zhuo.

After Dong Zhuo got the support of most people, he would also die and understand that the matter has been accomplished.After repeated refusals, Dong Zhuo assumed the position of leader.After assuming the position of leader of the alliance, Dong Zhuo asked Yuan Shao to take charge of the logistics of the entire alliance.

In fact, speaking of it, most of the military rations and so on were brought by the support of Yuan Shao. If someone else was in charge of the military rations and weapons, there might be troubles.

After discussing these matters, everyone withdrew from Dong Zhuo's Chinese army account.

Walking outside, everyone said goodbye one by one and walked towards their barracks.But there are two groups of people who did not leave.

Ma Chao followed Ma Teng and also attended the banquet.It's just that Ma Chao is still a child after all, and he is a child who loves martial arts, so he won't be too interested in these political matters.Similarly, those who are not interested in these things are the children brought by the princes of the other party, and that is Sun Ce.

Since Ma Chao and Sun Ce were not sitting on the same side of the banquet, they did not communicate much.It's just that the two of them raised eyebrows in the air, and later they provoked each other for some reason.

As soon as they quit the Chinese military account, the two generals approached each other.If it weren't for the fact that those princes hadn't left yet, the two would have scuffled as soon as they left the camp.

After all the princes except the Ma and Sun families left, the two finally took action.

(The weather is really too cold now, and Twelve caught a cold without paying attention. So Twelve will change from two chapters every night to one chapter during the day and one chapter at night, and the upload time will be changed to before [-] am and Before ten o'clock in the evening, readers, please forgive me, sorry.)
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