Taishi Ci wrote down his name, and with his support, he walked outside the camp. Lu Bu stood not far away, intending to dissuade him, but he didn't know how to dissuade him. Taishi Ci had always been on good terms with him.
, his previous methods of persuasion could not be used on Taishi Ci, which made Lu Bu very embarrassed. He looked at Taishi Ci at a loss and sighed as he walked away.
Suddenly some soldiers ran out of Dong Zhuo's camp and shouted: "General, order the Taishi captain to enter the camp!"
Taishi Ci was stunned, frowned, but did not go into the tent. When Lu Bu heard this, he immediately smiled, walked to Taishi Ci's side in a few steps, held his hand cordially, and said: "Ziyi, hurry up."
, Mr. Dong called you, you can no longer disobey military orders in the military camp! Let’s go!” He didn’t even give Taishi Ci a chance to say anything, and directly took his hand and walked towards the camp.
When they reached the tent, Dong Zhuo shouted at everyone. There were several bottles of wine placed on the three desks in the tent. Lu Bu understood what he meant, picked up the wine, poured it for them, and sat down. Dong Zhuo said nothing.
Not to mention, he picked up the wine cup and started drinking. Lü Bu did the same. Seeing that Taishi Ci did not move, Lü Bu said: "It is rare for Mr. Dong to violate military law and let us drink. Please stop being a girl and just drink."
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Taishi Ci nodded, picked up the wine cup, and began to drink.
In this way, after drinking in silence for nearly half an hour, Dong Zhuo looked at Tai Shi Ci and said: "Zi Yi, I know that everyone in the world scolds me Dong Zhuo, saying that I only seek meritorious deeds and kill indiscriminately...
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"But they don't know..."
"In the great disaster in the north, those people will just sit by the fire, complain, and scold the traitors, and that's all they will survive... Maybe they can save one victim? Can they push away the snow along the way?
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"They can't... I know that arresting laborers and forcing them to work is an evil thing. However, if these evil things are not done, how long will the Han people suffer... You promised to go to the disaster relief in person,
You have moral character, even if you are exhausted to the point of death, how many houses can you build in a month and how many households can you move in??"
"I, Dong Zhuo, with such an unscrupulous person, can protect tens of thousands of people in a month!"
"Someone has to do this evil thing. If you are too proud and unwilling to do it, then I, Dong Zhuo, will be the evil person! Do this evil thing!!!" Dong Zhuo threw the wine cup on the ground.
, roared angrily.
For a moment, the entire camp was extremely silent. Taishi Ci took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and wondered what he was thinking about. Dong Zhuo stood up, and left the camp without another word. Lu Bu slowly walked to his
The man beside him patted him on the shoulder and said: "Think again, don't ruin your own future. You are a strong general in the army... and also Dong Gong's confidant..."
Even though Dong Zhuo brought so much labor, Lu Zhi, who was far away in Hezhou, was furious. He had always been very opposed to such behavior. When Duan Jiong was here in the past, he had quarreled with Duan Jiong over these things, and their relationship was also bad.
It became extremely bad. After Duan Jiong passed away, Dong Zhuo still treated him with respect and did not do anything too outrageous.
However, Dong Zhuo's unauthorized actions now made Lu Zhi extremely angry. He wrote three memorials in a row to impeach Dong Zhuo for his atrocities. He also hoped that Xing Ziang and Cui Shi could help him jointly submit the memorial. Xing Ziang agreed, but Cui Shi said that he was
He was sent by the emperor to provide disaster relief. He didn't understand the northern military at all and would not interfere. Duke Lu could make his own decision.
Although he didn't say it clearly, Lu Zhi still understood that Cui Shi did not object to Dong Zhuo's atrocities, which made him dissatisfied with Cui Shi and stopped looking for him. Their memorial quickly went to the temple, but it disappeared from there.
When any news came out, it was as if the emperor had not seen their performance at all. Lu Zhi was furious and went directly to find the little fat man.
"Your Highness!"
Lu Zhi paid a visit to the little fat man. The little fat man felt a little happy. Since arriving in the north, he found that he had nothing to interfere with. Zhang Ji and Xun Yu both went to work, and Xun Yu was called over by Cui Shi.
, to discuss disaster relief and prevention, and Zhang Ji led his army to Huangfu Song's headquarters to help. The little fat man also didn't want Zhang Ji to get any credit, so he sent him there specially.
He thought he would just wait until the matter was over. Unexpectedly, Lu Zhi came to him. The little fat man asked gently: "Mr. Lu, is there something important that you need my help with?"
"Your Highness...I want to impeach the atrocities of Dong Zhuo, the general who protected the Huns!" Lu Zhi angrily reported everything Dong Zhuo had done to the prince. His words were particularly fierce. The little fat man listened carefully, but first
Once, an official impeached another important minister in front of him. After hearing this, the little fat man frowned and asked, "How do you want me to help you?"
"I also hope that His Highness can submit a letter to him, asking him to stop such behavior. In addition, I hope that Your Highness can report to the temple to impeach Dong Zhuo for his evil deeds!"
Lu Zhi said solemnly.
The little fat man didn't know much about these things, but after hearing Lu Zhi's request, he felt a different kind of satisfaction in his heart. He nodded, and just as he was about to agree, Jia Xu beside him slowly
He came out, looked at Lu Zhi, and said, "Mr. Lu, how can the prince get involved in this local affairs?"
Lu Zhi was stunned, looked at Jia Xu, and asked: "Why can't the prince participate in local affairs? Isn't it the prince's responsibility to govern the country?"
"Governing the country is a matter for our ministers...it is also a matter for the emperor, but it is not a matter for the prince. As a prince, you participate in local affairs and even military affairs. Do you want to assassinate the prince?
?!" Jia Xu scolded sternly.
The little fat man was a little confused. He looked at Lu Zhi and was about to speak. Lu Zhi seemed to understand something and said helplessly: "I apologize for my fault!" After saying that, he stood up and said goodbye. Jia Xu said coldly.
Watching the departure, the little fat man wanted to ask, but didn't know how to ask. Jia Xu whispered: "This is a conflict between local officials and local generals. If you don't want to... get beaten, don't participate."
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"Thank you, Master..."
"No need. Remember, you are here just for the sake of the disaster. You must not get involved in local political and military affairs, otherwise..."
"Disciple, obey!"
"Also, let Xun Yu come back early...Although he is more naughty...but he is much smarter than you..." Jia Xu said unceremoniously, and the little fat man lowered his head in grievance.
Most of the materials that Xing Ziang had originally prepared to build Chidao were turned into disaster relief materials. Xing Ziang did not feel bad. If the problem of long-term disasters in the north could be solved, it would be much more beneficial than building Chidao. In addition, Bingzhou's
Several iron smelting yards have started construction again, building a large number of furnaces to transport and congratulate the three states of Xinyou.
Of course, this is not free, but fortunately, through Cui Shi's coordination, it can benefit both parties. It will not harm Bingzhou, but also help the other states. With the efforts of Cui Shi and other officials,
, the disaster situation in the north gradually improved, the roads blocked by snow were cleared and opened by soldiers, sturdy houses appeared on the snow, and fireworks continued.
Cui Shi even borrowed a group of strong livestock from Liangzhou and other areas for breeding to supplement the number of livestock that froze to death due to the disaster. Cui Shi also provided financial aid to those households that were severely affected by the disaster.
With a certain amount of compensation, they can check the losses according to the previous registration in the court, so they can provide subsidies. The most miserable ones are those wealthy families.
In order to hide their population, cultivated land, and livestock, they reported it to the lowest level every time they registered, and even bribed officials with large sums of money to make false reports. But now when the court inspected it, they found that they seemed to have no losses.
It is just like what is recorded in the records. Faced with such a situation, the powerful people are crying without tears and have no choice but to do anything.