I, Dong Zhuo, love the people like a son

As he said that, he hurriedly told the origin and temper of the three of them, Sun, Cao and Liu, and then said: "The three of them each have ambitions, but their ambitions are completely different."

"Sun Wentai is like a fierce tiger, with the courage to conquer the world by force; Cao Mengde is a traitor, unparalleled in strategy and planning, and can even control the situation; Liu Xuande is benevolent and generous, caring for Li Shu, and he should win the hearts of the people after he takes office."

"If only one person is placed in the Central Plains, the three of them will inevitably rise sooner or later."

"Maybe one day, I will still want to wrestle with the old man. But all three of them threw it over, and one monk carried water to drink, two monks carried water to drink, and three monks ran out of water..."

Cai Yan has never heard of the story that is well-known in later generations.But she didn't need to say much, with just a glance, Old Dong told this little story again.

"You're not quite right. The three monks have their own selfish intentions. They are afraid of losing money so they will have no water to drink. And you want the three families of Cao, Sun and Liu to restrain each other, so the power to choose and reconcile will be..."

Speaking of this, Cai Yan stood up suddenly, her bright eyes were surprised: "This kind of control and balance is the emperor's mind, and you have learned it without a teacher?..."

"What is the emperor's mind, I get a headache when I mention this old man."

Old Dong couldn't help rubbing his forehead, frowned and said: "The little emperor in the palace is already wary of this old man... Sure enough, the imperial power and the prime minister have been enemies since ancient times."

"Obviously you can't live without me, and I can't live without you, but you still want to love each other and kill each other. In the end, you will even get into trouble, and you will die."

As the relationship began to stabilize, Old Dong was used to confessing everything in front of Cai Yan without any scruples. He would not hide any small thoughts in dark corners, any outrageous words.

Cai Yan no longer held any barriers to Old Dong, and even asked directly: "What are you going to do?...Replace it?"

"It's too troublesome..." Old Dong shook his head, and said: "The old man can have today, to put it bluntly, he is coercing the emperor to seek disobedience, and the hearts of the people still gather under the banner of the Han Dynasty."

"The most important thing is that it doesn't feel very interesting to abolish him as emperor."

This is the truth, for a lazy person like him, it’s okay to be a Prime Minister who works half the day and rests half the day, but if he really wants to 996 all year round, he will definitely be unhappy.

Although power is tempting, without happiness, no matter how brilliant and meaningful life is, he finds it meaningless.

"Happiness is the most important thing to be a human being." Thinking of this, Old Dong smiled and comforted him: "Don't worry, he won't be able to become a climate yet."

"It's not good for children to be naughty. Most of them are used to it. Just give them a good spanking on a rainy day."

Cai Yan heard the words with long eyes, didn't say much, and didn't know what to think.

At this moment, Dian Wei walked over with a depressed face, and said, "Xiangguo, something happened in the barracks, and you need to deal with it."

"What's the matter?"

"Bing Cao issued an order to send soldiers to Qingzhou and Yanzhou, but many of the soldiers have settled down in Luoyang, and they are grateful for the good treatment here. Few of them are willing to go to Qingyanzhou."

When Old Dong heard it, it was really the same thing: People go to high places, water flows to low places, and finally became a soldier in the capital, and the salary is good, and the promotion channel is transparent. Who would want to be a soldier in the county again?

As for letting himself contribute money to help Cao Cao and Liu Bei recruit soldiers, Old Dong was reluctant.

"Then, don't we still have many prisoners?"

"He who is strong and well-educated has been recruited into the reserve service, and the rest have been sent to the army."

Dian Wei smiled wryly, and said: "When they arrived at the farm, they learned that they would be able to divide the land after three years of work, and become good citizens of the great Han again. They don't want to fight in unfamiliar counties..."

"Then, what should we do then?"

Dian Wei spread his hands and said, "How would I know?"

"Brother Shen!"

"Ok!"

Shen Changqing was walking on the road, and when he met someone he knew, he would say hello or nod to each other.

But no matter who.

Everyone's face has no superfluous expressions, as if they are very indifferent to everything.

In this regard.

Shen Changqing is used to it.

Because this is the Ministry of Suppression, it is an organization that maintains the stability of Daqin. Its main responsibility is to kill monsters and monsters. Of course, there are also some other side jobs.

It can be said.

In the Demon Suppression Division, everyone had a lot of blood on their hands.

When a person is used to seeing life and death, he will become indifferent to many things.

When he first came to this world, Shen Changqing was a little uncomfortable, but over time he got used to it.

The town magic department is very big.

Those who can stay in the Town Demon Division are all powerful masters, or those who have the potential to become masters.

Shen Changqing belongs to the latter.

Among them, the Demon Suppression Division is divided into two occupations, one is the guardian envoy and the other is the demon slayer.

Anyone who enters the Demon Suppression Division starts from the lowest level of demon slayer.

Then he was promoted step by step, and finally he was expected to become a guardian envoy.

Shen Changqing's predecessor was a trainee slayer in the Demon Suppression Division, and he was also the lowest-ranked slayer.

Has the memory of the predecessor.

He is also very familiar with the environment of the Town Demon Division.

It didn't take too long, Shen Changqing stopped in front of an attic.

Different from other places full of chills in the Demon Suppression Division, the attic here seems to stand out from the crowd, showing a different tranquility in the bloody Suppression Demon Division.

At this time, the door to the attic was open, and occasionally people came in and out.

Shen Changqing just hesitated for a moment, then stepped inside.

Enter the attic.

Circumstances have changed in vain.

A burst of ink fragrance mixed with the faint smell of blood rushed towards his face, causing his brows to instinctively wrinkle, but then quickly stretched.

There is almost no way to clean the bloody smell on everyone in the Zhen Mosi.

Chapter 340 Strange Requests

Sending someone to send Cai Yan back to the mansion, Lao Dong went straight to the Xiyuan barracks.

After arriving, I found that Liu Bei and others were already waiting, looking very depressed.Seeing himself coming, Liu Bei didn't dare to show it. Liu Bei just said with a bit of resentment: "It's such a trivial matter that you need to trouble Xiangguo to come in person. Bei is really ashamed."

He is really puzzled.

After wandering abroad for several years, it can't be said that borrowing soldiers is a common practice, it can only be said that it is commonplace.Never expected that the Han army in the capital of Gyeonggi, under the foot of the emperor, would disobey orders.

Hmm... To be precise, it's not disobedience.

After all, the document issued by Bing Cao said that the principle of voluntariness was adopted.If the old Dong ordered by force, the soldiers would surely obey.

But at this time, Old Dong's answer was quite thought-provoking, he didn't get angry, but said: "I really didn't think about this matter, you wait, wait until I understand the situation."

As he said that, under Dian Wei's guard, he sneaked into the camp like a thief.Before a soldier in the barracks could react, he rushed in quickly.

The soldiers inside were all stunned and forgot to salute: "Xiang, Xiangguo..."

"Speak!...Why don't you want to go to Qingzhou and Yanerzhou?" Old Dong grabbed the corporal leader in the barracks, speaking quickly and urgently, without giving him a chance to think.

The corps leader subconsciously said: "Go, go to war, I, I don't want to die..."

"Well, the reason is very good." Unexpectedly, Old Dong nodded, and then said with a smile: "You seem to be in your twenties this year, are you going to lie down so soon?"

"Lie flat?" The soldiers and Liu Bei and others who came immediately looked at each other.

"Is it because you don't want to work hard anymore?" Old Dong began to speak earnestly and slanderingly: "You have to struggle, you have to work hard... There is a saying that a tree moves to death, and a person moves to live."

"Think about it carefully. In Luoyang, you are just an ordinary corporal leader. Are you satisfied and happy with your annual military salary and harvest in the fields?"

"Xiang, Xiangguo, my surname is Hu, my surname is not Fu..." The corporal leader was dumbfounded, and said again: "Furthermore, the military salary and the harvest from the fields every year, isn't that enough?"

"Of course not enough. How can there be an end to human desires?"

Old Dong continued to be persuasive: "In this old man's place, you may have been like this all your life. But in Qingyan Erzhou, you are a grassroots officer who has been systematically taught by the most elite troops of the Han."

"When Xuande and Mengde are employing people, they will at least give you a place first. If you do well, you will become Quhou, Sima, reach the pinnacle of life, and marry Bai Fumei is not a dream!"

Old Dong was heartbroken, then looked at the other four soldiers, and said heartbrokenly: "You too, at least you will be a corporal leader when you get there!"

Such a smart person as Liu Bei, he immediately promised: "That's right, as long as he is a big Han Luoyang elite soldier, he will definitely be promoted by two ranks first!"

"Did you hear that, the old man is not painting big cakes, but a real wolf culture, which is really for you to eat." Old Dong looked at them again at this time, and said: "Give you another chance, I hope Don't want to follow Xuande to Qingzhou?"

The five people looked at each other, except for the two who had settled down in Luoyang, the remaining three gritted their teeth and stomped their feet, and agreed to Old Dong's proposal.

Seeing the curative effect, the old Dong ordered the troops to gather together, and asked Liu Bei to explain the promotion of treatment.

Sure enough, Liu Bei also had a talent for speech, holding a loudspeaker and yelling with emotion and emotion, he couldn't help but wiped his tears twice.

As for the effect, of course there are some.

There were 2000 people in total, and most of them were soldiers. There were only a small number of corporal and special commanders, and the highest military rank was a village chief.

"Xuande, think about the good, we finally got together the skeleton of five thousand soldiers and horses." Seeing Liu Bei was a little disappointed, Old Dong patted him on the shoulder to comfort him.

Who knows, Liu Bei couldn't help crying again: "Xiangguo, how do you guess it's the skeleton of five thousand soldiers and horses?..."

"These two thousand plus the five hundred under one's command, everyone will be promoted to be the corps leader, and the established system will be ten thousand?"

"For those 2000 people, half of the points will be given to Meng De..." Although it was cruel, Old Dong had to say.

There was nothing he could do about such a result: To be honest, if he were an ordinary soldier in Luoyang City, he probably wouldn't go with Liu Bei.

After all, human beings are risk-averse animals. Unless there is no other way, most people still like to live in their own comfort zone.

The corner of his mouth was bitter, and Old Dong immediately frowned and said, "From this point of view, we can only find a way to open up more money. If Xuande is not in a hurry, wait for the old man to order someone to post a notice before recruiting more people?"

A beggar should not think the food is bad, Liu Bei still understands this truth: "It embarrasses the Prime Minister, and Bei is ashamed."

As soon as he finished speaking, the messenger came over to report: "Xiangguo, Lieutenant Cao Cao of Dianjun has come to Xiangguo's mansion to ask for a visit."

Old Dong's expression became more and more depressed at that time, and he waved his hand and said, "Bring him here directly, the old man knows what he is here for..."

Soon, Cao Cao and his party rushed over.

Seeing the frowning faces of Lao Dong, Liu Bei and others, he couldn't help but ask a question.

Knowing that he was worrying about the source of soldiers, he couldn't help laughing and said: "Xiangguo, Luoyang's elite soldiers don't want to come, why don't we let those who live in no fixed place, poor and hungry go?"

From Qingzhou assassin to Yanzhou assassin, Cao Cao also saw the old Dong's thoughts.But he was still very grateful to be re-accepted by the court.

On the way to Luoyang, I have adjusted my mentality and identity, and now I start to make suggestions.

"A person who lives in no fixed place and suffers from poverty and hunger?"

These words sounded like that at first glance, but when you think about it carefully, Old Dong's expression changed: "Are you mocking the old man for his ineffective governance, that Luoyang and even Sizhou are starving and dying?"

Cao Cao was taken aback, and didn't dare to betray him again: "No... Xiangguo still remembers that when he left Dingxiang County, he cheated Yuan Benchu ​​of a large amount of sea salt, grain, grass, gold and silk?"

"You mean Zhang Shiping, Su Shuang, and the Zhen family?" Old Dong certainly remembered this, but he didn't expect Cao Cao to know it too.

"When Xiaozhi left Yuan Benchu, he naturally left some internal support."

Cao Cao explained with a smile, "After learning that Zhang Shiping, Su Shuang, and the Zhen family of Zhongshan Kingdom received a large sum of supplies from Yuan Shao, they served as General Gai Zhonglang to accept protection. Naturally, they can be guessed by Xiangguo. for."

"Well, then what?"

"Yuan Benchu ​​used the power of one county to support five thousand soldiers and horses, which was already stretched. Now not only has the trade route been cut off by Xiangguo, but also a large amount of supplies..."

"It is said that he was so angry that he vomited blood in public and even chopped off Fengji's head."

As he spoke, Cao Cao suppressed his schadenfreude: "Fortunately, Xu You, a fellow villager, begged for help so that he was saved from death, but he was also sent to the Yin Prison."

"Yuan Shao, who had suffered such a miserable loss, refused to let it go, so he promised one hundred thousand shi of sea salt to the Heishan bandits, ordering them to harass and attack the three counties of Hanoi, Shangdang, and Taiyuan..."

"Oh?..." When Old Dong heard this, he became energetic at that time, and said excitedly and eagerly: "That is to say, the black mountain bandits are coming to beat me soon?..."

"When will they come, and how many people will there be? ... Oh, the old man can't wait."

When the three Liu Bei brothers heard the words, their expressions were very unified and shocked: they have never heard such a strange request before in such a big age!

Afterwards, I heard old Dong say again: "There is no shortage of food, grass and equipment here, and the backbones for your subordinates are almost ready to work. Now wait for the black mountain bandits to take the initiative to deliver them to your door, and you will have to be more careful when the time comes."

Cao Cao smiled slightly, and led his subordinates to cup their fists and said, "I will live up to Xiangguo's kindness."

Liu Guanzhang also suddenly realized here, and also bowed and said: "We are willing to follow Xiangguo, wipe out the bandits in Heishan, and give peace to the big man!"

"Brother Shen!"