The Beauty of the Tang Dynasty is Like a Cloud / the Story of the Evil King Among the Flowers of the

After destroying the Li and Fan armies, beheading Li Jue, Fan Chou and some Xiliang generals with bad deeds, Dugu Ce moved his troops back to the court.When he set off, he brought out 4 people.When moving divisions, he brought back 7 people!

Among them, the extra 3 people are undoubtedly the newly recruited soldiers.

In fact, during the war of more than a month, Duguce's army captured a total of 18 Xiliang troops.He weeded out the weak and retained the strong, and only selected 15 elite soldiers to join the army, and the remaining [-] soldiers from Xiliang were dismissed and returned to the fields.

From the Yellow Turban Rebellion to Dong Zhuo's rebellion, the Central Plains continued to fight and slaughter, and the population decreased sharply.

With the sharp drop in population, even around the imperial capital of Luoyang, there are still large tracts of fertile land abandoned.Therefore, in the Luoyang area, there are enough fields to house the 15 soldiers from Xiliang.

As for tools and materials for production and living such as farm tools, seeds, houses, etc., the imperial court and local governments have to work hard.Anyway, after killing Dong Zhuo, the imperial court made a lot of money by ransacking their homes, and there is no shortage of money at present.

It took more than a month to quell the banditry caused by many small groups of routs after the rebellion between Li and Guo was resolved. Today, three months later, the entire Luoyang area has completely settled down.

At this time, it was already the end of the second year of Chuping, and the winter solstice was approaching.

The custom of the Han Dynasty, the winter solstice worships the heavens.Dugu Ce had already decided that he wanted to make a fuss about the Winter Solstice Ceremony, so he held a big banquet in the mansion today, and invited Wang Yun, high-ranking officials, and generals under his command, and planned to test out Wang Yun and others at the banquet. .

The reason why we want to talk about it is because the matter of offering sacrifices to heaven has been presided over by the Son of Heaven since ancient times.According to the custom, only the Son of Heaven is eligible to offer sacrifices to Heaven.

But this time, Dugu Ce wanted to create momentum for his family and create a miracle at the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven.That being the case, it was naturally impossible for him to let the little emperor who was only ten years old steal the limelight, so he had to find a way to slightly change the process of the ceremony.

Volume 632 [-], who is the evil king of disaster? 【Second update】

During the banquet, Dugu Ce suddenly asked Wang Yun: "About this year's Winter Solstice Festival, I wonder if Wang Situ has set the rules?"

After killing Dong Zhuo, Dugu Ce was promoted to General Fenwu and Marquis of Jin Wen due to his meritorious service.Wang Yun, on the other hand, took the role of Situ and led the record of the minister.

The two, one civil and one military, are in charge of the government, Dugu Ce is in charge of the army, and Wang Yun is in charge of the government.Therefore, national festivals like the Winter Solstice Festival are arranged by Wang Yun.

Listening to Dugu Ce's question about the Winter Solstice Festival, Wang Yun took a sip of wine and sighed: "This year's Winter Solstice Festival, according to the regulations, has its own precedents to follow, and it is prepared according to the rules. It's just... alas, at this time of the year, the rebels There are endless wars, and the flames of war are everywhere in the world. Compared with the Yellow Turban chaos in the past, it is even worse... Such a situation, I really don't know how to report it to the heavens..."

If it was during the Taiping season, with the positions of Dugu Ce and Wang Yun, it could be said that they were about to reach the peak of power ministers.As long as he squeezes the other party down again, he can be like Dong Zhuo back then, controlling the universe and ruling the world all by himself.

Unfortunately, the world today is different from the past.

Since Yuan Shao and other Kwantung feudal lords raised their troops against Dong without any real imperial edict, the era of feudal lords has officially begun.

In this era, the princes established their own shogunate, recruited talents, and expanded the army without authorization.In the matter of conquest, they no longer follow the instructions of the imperial court, but find a reason to beat whoever they want to beat.

At most, before dispatching troops, a symbolic letter was sent to the imperial court, and no matter how the imperial court approved it, they dispatched troops on their own.

This is still a bit of face for the court.Those who don't save face even save the memorial, just pretend that the court does not exist, and even appoint officials without authorization!

For example, Yuan Shu appointed Sun Jian as the "Inspector of Yuzhou" after the disbandment of the Dong League, and ordered him to conquer Jingzhou and attack Liu Biao.And Sun Jian really obeyed his orders happily, and he really went to fight Jingzhou, but he died under the back arrow.

There is also Yuan Shao, who first planned to establish another emperor, and then when Yuan Shu appointed Sun Jian as the governor of Yuzhou and sent him to attack Jingzhou, Yuan Shao actually appointed a "prefect of Yuzhou" without authorization, and sent troops to attack Yangcheng where Sun Jian was stationed.Yuan Shu asked Gongsun Zan's younger brother, Gongsun Yue, to rescue him. Unfortunately, Gongsun Yue died in battle, and Gongsun Zan attacked Yuan Shao in anger...

In short, the world is now a mess.The princes are ambitious, arbitrarily appointing and dismissing high-level officials, attacking each other, plundering territories, and treating the court as nothing.There are very few princes who are still loyal to the court.

Therefore, Dugu Ce and Wang Yun, the two so-called powerful ministers in charge of the government, can now manage only Luoyang and Chang'an.

Wang Yun felt ashamed of this and sighed again and again for a while.

"Fang today, among the rebellious lords, brothers Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu are the most." Dugu Ce said slowly: "It is these two brothers who started the precedent of appointing and dismissing officials without authorization, and raising troops and conquering without authorization. The state affairs have been corrupted to this day. This step is also due to Yuan Shao's plan to harm the country."

At that time, the ten permanent servants were in charge of the government and suppressed scholars.The faction between the scholar group and the eunuch group was fierce.

General He Jin wanted to get rid of the eunuch group, but Yuan Shao offered a plan to summon heroes from all over the world to lead troops to Beijing to carry out military remonstrance.And He Jin also agreed.

After Cao Cao learned of this, he scolded Yuan Shao for harming the country.In Cao Cao's view, there was no need to recruit foreign aid to get rid of the eunuchs. As long as he really made up his mind, with the strength in the hands of the scholar group at that time, all the eunuchs in Beijing could be eliminated casually.

And things progressed just as Cao Cao expected.Dong Zhuo went to Beijing according to the imperial edict and annexed Dingyuan, causing chaos all over the world.

As for He Jin, because the news leaked, he was killed by the eunuch group.And the ones who killed the eunuch group were the so-called heroes and warriors who led troops into Beijing under the imperial edict?

Not!

After He Jin's death, Yuan Shao and his uncle gathered a random group of people, rushed into the palace, and killed all the eunuchs!

In other words, Cao Cao was right.To destroy the eunuchs, as long as one can make up his mind, the troops in Beijing are more than enough.Summoning heroes and warriors from all over the world and leading troops into Beijing is simply unnecessary!

But judging from the current situation, Yuan Shao's original plan to harm the country may have ulterior motives at all - He Jin followed his plan and summoned heroes to Beijing, causing Dong Zhuo to mess up the government.He Jin died because the news leaked, Yuan Shao easily wiped out the eunuch group and enjoyed a good reputation.

At the beginning of Dong Zhuo's entry into Beijing, when his power was not enough to cover the sky with one hand, Yuan Shao confronted Dong Zhuo head-on because of the matter of abolishing the establishment.

Before the alliance collapsed and Dong Zhuo was killed, Yuan Shao had already started preparing for the establishment of a new emperor.

After Dong Zhuo's death, Dugu Ce once asked Wang Yun to summon Yuan Shao to Beijing to serve as an official in the name of the emperor, but Yuan Shao refused to obey the edict, and conspired to seize Jizhou, appointing a governor-level official without authorization...

"Yuan Shao, ever since he plotted to kill the ten permanent servants, he has been planning to bring disaster to the world. It is he who single-handedly led Dong Zhuo to Beijing, causing the country's affairs to deteriorate to the point it is today."

Dugu Ce's voice was low: "Yuan Shao not only did not lose his reputation because of this, but instead enjoyed a good reputation - he was the one who punished the ten regular servants, he was the one who did not fear Dong Zhuo's power, confronted Dong Zhuo in public, and opposed Dong Zhuo's abolition of the emperor. He is also the ally!

"The Yuan family has four generations and three lords, and its disciples are all over the court and the public. Yuan Shao has done great things that are world-renowned one after another, and has confused countless people. Up to now, Yuan Shao has achieved great power and has openly displayed his wolfish ambitions. I dare say that if Let it continue to develop, and Yuan Shao will be able to unify Hebei in a short time, and then spy on the world!"

"Compared to Dong Zhuo, who once achieved success and became arrogant, Yuan Shao is the real culprit! We must not sit back and watch Yuan Shao grow up!" Dugu Ce looked at Wang Yun, and said slowly: "So I want to be on the winter solstice. Then send troops, take advantage of Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan's feud, and conquer Yuan Shao, and get rid of this thief first!"

After a pause, he solemnly said: "The important affairs of the country are at the sacrificial ceremony. Therefore, before sending out troops, I want to sacrifice to a righteous god who is in charge of the war. I don't know if Situ thinks it is okay?"

After going around such a big circle, and even describing Yuan Shao as a big devil with deep scheming and far-reaching plans, Dugu Ce finally showed his true purpose.

Volume 633 [-], Borrowing the Banner of the Soldier Lord Chi You! 【First update】

Dugu Ce's words about the Winter Solstice Festival, not only did not lower the volume, but deliberately used tricks to make his voice penetrate the din of the banquet hall, and rang clearly in the ears of everyone in the hall.

So when he finished speaking, the banquet hall, which was originally full of wine and wine, fell silent for a moment.The guests in the hall, regardless of civil or military, all involuntarily focused their attention on Dugu Ce.