In the first year of Guanghe, after the Xiliang rebellion was put down, because no one else dared to guard the place that had been rebelled for many years, Emperor Ling followed the advice of the Shichangshi and after discussing with the courtiers, made the local powerful officials governors of the counties in Liangzhou, and also made Dong Zhuo.
In order to control the Qiang people in the northwestern part of Liangzhou, he was generously rewarded, but he was not allowed to enter the capital without a marsh.
Dong Zhuo didn't care about this, distributed the rewards among the volunteers and rangers under his jurisdiction, and led the soldiers and generals who were still willing to follow him to Liangzhou to take office in Wuwei.
Cheng Cheng had already resigned from office many years ago, but Cheng Cheng still opened a restaurant in Wuwei and provided mission entrustment to the rangers. His network became more and more extensive. When Bian Zhang and Han Sui were in rebellion, they did not dare to embarrass him too much. After hearing that Dong Zhuo was promoted to the governor of Liangzhou, he
He took the initiative to repair the governor's mansion and held a grand banquet to entertain Dong Zhuo's lieutenant generals.
At the banquet, a man who was over sixty years old was holding a glass of wine and chatting with Dong Zhuo: "Fate has its way with people, who would have thought that the reckless young man who could wipe out more than a thousand horse thieves with only a few hundred men back then is now the governor of a state."
This was somewhat disrespectful, but firstly, Dong Zhuo didn't care about it, and secondly, given his age and status, no one would criticize him harshly.
"Haha, I probably planned to be a county captain or a county captain at that time," Dong Zhuo said with a smile: "But if I was really granted such a position by your brother, my bones would probably be cold by now."
When Bian Zhang and Han Sui rebelled, they might still be merciful to the county magistrates and county magistrates, but those military attaches who had soldiers in their hands were either kidnapped or killed directly. At least in the census after Dong Zhuo was promoted to governor, civilian officials
The basics are still there, and all the military positions are gone, but this just gives him the opportunity to place his subordinates.
Although there were rumors that many military attachés had fled back to their hometowns, Dong Zhuo had no reason to bother recruiting them back.
"Well, I realized from the beginning that you are not someone who is inferior to others." Zhijiang took a sip of wine and said, "I am getting old. I plan to transfer the restaurant to my son successfully. I will have to ask the Governor to take care of you in the future."
"Haha, that's natural..." Dong Zhuo also drank a drink, his eyes twitching slightly. The naming standard of this family has really remained unchanged for twenty years.
"Oh... let me guess, that tall and strong young man is Lu Bu and Lu Fengxian, who is known as 'unparalleled in the world'." He did not leave the results, holding the wine glass and began to evaluate Dong Zhuo's men: "He looks quite powerful.
.”
On the other side of the banquet, Lu Buzheng, who was dressed in casual clothes, was drinking with Gao Shun, Zhang Ke, Guan Hai and Hua Xiong. Niu Fu was already drunk, and Zhang Liozheng, who was unattended, secretly took a glass of wine and was quietly sipping it.
I cough from time to time, making my face turn red.
Dong Zhuo shook his head and said: "I only have courage. If I don't have advisers to help me, I will probably suffer a big loss in this battle."
"Oh? Speaking of counselors, don't you have two counselors who are 'looking forward' and 'looking back'? One of them is also the master?" The question turned slightly and pointed at several scribes who were debating something at the table.
That group of people seems to be full of knowledge, but many of them are just civil servants responsible for arranging the logistics of the army and arranging ranger missions. If they are expected to act alone or make suggestions, they cannot.
What can really come in handy at the moment is the "forward-looking" Li Ruwenyou and the "backward-looking" Jia Xu and Jia Wenhe. These two seemingly complementary titles have nothing to do with each other.
The so-called "forward-looking" means that the troops under his command do not need to think too much at all and follow the instructions to move forward and successfully achieve their goals. This is related to Li Ru's characteristics as a counselor and is not common sense to outsiders.
The other one refers to Jia Xu's enemies. Anyone who is an enemy of him must always be careful that his own retreat is cut off. This is because of "carelessness". This is really because of Jia Xu's battle in Liangzhou.
During the battle, Chencang was first cut off, and then Jincheng was cut off. Those rebel Qiang fled back to the grassland after all kinds of hardships, only to find that even their foundations were cut off. They had to surrender in tribes to Dong Zhuo and the Qiang people who were biased towards Dong Zhuo. If it weren't for these foreigners,
Unable to be put to use immediately, Dong Zhuo could already claim to have an army of 300,000 men.
"As an old man, you should know that scholars look down on each other, so the more counselors are not the better. As a lord, choosing one of many opinions to implement requires considerable decisiveness." Dong Zhuo responded: "As a lord, there is a big taboo.
That’s why it’s called ‘good at planning but never decisive’.”
"Uh-huh, my lord." Zhiji took another sip of wine and glanced at Dong Zhuo with a half-smile, but since he didn't say anything specific, Dong Zhuo couldn't argue, so he just drank another drink with him.
"Ahem..." Qi Qi no longer stared at anyone in particular, but just looked at the many civil servants and military generals at the banquet in general: "I have one last question, Zhong Ying, what do you think of 'betrayal'?"
"Betrayal has existed from the beginning," Dong Zhuo pondered for a moment and then said, "What we have to do is not give it any chance."
"Haha... Hahaha..." Zhang Zhi drank the wine in the glass in one gulp and walked out staggeringly: "I'm old and too old to drink. I'd better leave the next thing to the young people. Dong Liangzhou, after he officially takes office
Remember to continue taking care of our business?"
Is this old man just talking about things? Or is he seeing something? Or...
Dong Zhuo was deep in thought when he saw Li Ru and Jia Xu coming to him arguing with each other.
"Lord," Li Ru, who never shouted wrong when outsiders were present, cupped his hands and said, "This time I suddenly took charge of a state. We were short of soldiers and had to promote many warriors. They need to be registered, but Wen He handed over
The directory of Qiang warriors is unavailable."
"My lord, you know that the specific names of Qiang tribes and individuals have special meanings, and most of them can only be transliterated." Jia Xu spread his hands: "Wen You wants me to hand over a roster that conforms to Han people's habits. It is simply too difficult for someone to do.
."
"About this, Wenyou, please be more careful," Dong Zhuo said: "There are very few Qiang names that can be connected with Han names like 'Beigong Boyu' and 'Li Wenhou', and most of them are
They were names that were difficult to read and write, such as 'Ermala' and 'Mogumuha'. At first, I only recognized their faces."
"Okay... I'll try to make those names as clear as possible..." Li Ru frowned, saluted and prepared to leave.
"Wait a minute," Dong Zhuo, who remembered what he had just said about "betrayal", suddenly felt that it was not appropriate to do so, so he added: "If this thing is done, Wen You's salary will be increased by five hundred dan."
"..." Li Ru and Jia Xu looked at Dong Zhuo with their eyes as if they noticed the sun coming out of the west.
"Oh, Fengxian also added five hundred." Dong Zhuo added.
The two counselors resigned with understanding expressions that said, "It turns out they feel sorry for their daughter."
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If you feel sorry for your daughter, it's just incidental.
After Dong Zhuo left the banquet early, he walked to the back house, thinking as he walked.
He seems to have too much trust in kinship. Can people like Lu Bu and Li Ru, who are far superior to him in terms of force or wisdom, really rely on the relationship between father-in-law, son-in-law, master and subordinate to control him? At least the emperors of the four dynasties have personally proved it.
Even if they are relatives, they will attack without mercy once they block their way.
To put it further, how many princesses did the Han Dynasty marry to the Xiongnu? Didn’t those foreigners rebel whenever they wanted to, and rebel whenever they wanted?
Therefore, as I said about my achievements, I must not give anyone a chance to betray, especially when certain plans may cause dissatisfaction among my subordinates.
The specific method is to give those subordinates and soldiers money and power to a level of reward that "even if they betray, they will never get it." Then there will be no such thing as betrayal. Dong Zhuo nodded with conviction.
As for the biological relationship, it is not impossible to use it, but it cannot be based on the daughter. It should be the blood relationship that they cannot cut off, that is, the "descendants" as the focus. Specifically, yes, it is Lu Lingqi.
His granddaughter Dong Bai's behavior of always treating her as a maid and follower is really inappropriate, and the little girl must be persuaded to change.
"Princess, you can't eat that." "Then..." "You can't eat that either."
As soon as Dong Zhuo walked into the back yard, he heard his granddaughter's words to stop her from eating randomly. It is naturally a good thing that the two girls have a good relationship, but this title...
The previous governor who lived here had fled when Han Sui raised his troops in Bianzhang. This residence could be said to have been abandoned for nearly a year. Many servants and maids were cleaning up the various rooms, so no matter what Dong Bai found,
It must be inedible - at least to ordinary people.
However, there must be a lot of things that his granddaughter can really eat. The former county governor who likes to collect and grow all kinds of strange plants must have a lot. Dong Zhuo saw Dong Bai in a pink dress and Lu Lingqi who liked black and white clothes from a distance.
, were about to go to say hello and express their concern for their grandparents, but saw that they suddenly stopped looking for something to eat and stopped eating, and all looked to the east.
Dong Zhuo looked around and saw a blazing red light and colorful clouds flashing far away in the east, but because the distance was too far, he could hardly see the details clearly.
"……【younger brother?"
"It seems to be a military [general]"
"Can [Yun] eat it?"
Dong Bai and Lu Lingqi discussed the strange scene.
Huh? Dong Zhuo paused. Did those two little girls say, "The emperor will die?"
Although only a few words fell into my ears due to the distance, the things I saw and heard in this unclear situation were like those things that spread for unknown reasons and were eventually proven to predict the future.
Like children's songs, no matter if they are taken too seriously or simply ignored, it is a loss.
Dong Zhuo waited for another moment, and the words leaked out from the two little girls' whispers formed a barely complete sentence: "[The emperor will die, he will travel east, and in ten days, divination——]"
The "sentence" that almost completely stated his intention made Dong Zhuo take a few steps forward in surprise, wanting to hear what the "Ten Days Divination" on behalf of him was like, but as Dong Bai and Lu Lingqi's voices became clearer
, you can hear that when discussing food, the mysterious and prophetic "sentences" disappeared directly.
