In late February, news of Xu Rong's defeat spread back to Chang'an.
Dong Zhuo finally woke up from the gentle village. A deep sense of crisis came, and he decided to come out of Meiwu and return to Chang'an for a court meeting.
After learning that Dong Zhuo was suddenly going to hold a court meeting, the city of Chang'an was calm on the surface, but underneath, there was already an undercurrent surging.
Wang Yun went out when the clapper sounded at the third quarter of the corner. He was wearing a clean, soap-collared single-piece court dress and a Jinxian crown. He only had a few attendants with him. He mounted his horse and slowly poured into the crowd.
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No matter what happens in the world, life can still be lived.
There are still more than 100,000 local people in Chang'an City who have not fled, plus the people scattered in the surrounding counties and villages, there are a total of 300,000 to 400,000 people. Such a huge population still has to live for firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea.
And running hard and hard.
Business has not been interrupted. Since a year of peace last year, at least grain has been planted in the counties in Guanzhong and there is a harvest. Although winter wheat cannot be planted this year, at least it has not reached a desperate situation.
As the sun rises in early spring, there are many people coming and going on the streets, not too many, but not too few. It is not as prosperous as Luoyang in the past, but it is better than there are many fresh Western food and toys, which is not boring.
After passing the East Market along the wide street, we arrived at the Beigong. The guards of the Beigong verified Wang Yun's waistband and gave an order to let him go. All the attendants were waiting outside the door, and only Wang Yun went in.
When he walked to the north gate of Weiyang Palace, he realized that he was the last one to arrive. Taiwei Ma Rixi, Sikong Zhongfu, Taichang Yang Biao, Zongzheng Liu Yu, Taiservant Zhu Ci and others had already arrived.
Waiting at the gate of the palace, among the three princes and nine ministers, except for the vacancy of Guanglu Xun, all of them were present.
The palace guards outside the palace gate were tightly guarded. This was a standard court meeting, that is, a meeting between the emperor and the three ministers.
The current emperor Liu Bian has always been timid and afraid of getting into trouble. Even though he is already sixteen years old, he is a young emperor and has a cowardly nature. He has already been completely controlled by Dong Zhuo. Therefore, it is not so much the emperor convening a court meeting, but Dong Zhuo convening a court meeting.
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Wang Yun and Yang Puma nodded in greeting without leaving a trace, just like them, waiting patiently to go to court. After seven or eight minutes, with a shout from the salute officer, all the ministers filed in.
People walked in small steps and followed each other, passed the gate of Weiyang Palace, and arrived at the square in front of the palace. They were waiting for the next round of summons in front of the white marble stairs below the square.
Wang Yun glanced around and saw among the guards at the palace gate not far away, rows of Jinwu wearing black armor standing solemnly in front of the palace.
As a palace guard, Li Su stood at the door of Beiye Gate holding a long halberd.
It's just that all the guards in Weiyang Palace are from the Xiliang Army, and there are not many Bingzhou soldiers, probably only a few hundred. Although Lu Bu is extremely brave, he just doesn't know if he can control the whole situation.
After observing this, Wang Yun lowered his head and thought silently in his heart.
But today is a rare opportunity. If you can't take action, I'm afraid there will never be such an opportunity again in the future.
Therefore, it is imperative to get rid of Dong Zhuo today.
"Enter the palace and attend court!"
As the salute officer raised his voice and shouted, many ministers walked up the white marble stairs and entered the front hall of Weiyang Palace in order.
The hall was slightly dark, with candles on both sides. The emperor sat high in the hall, and a fat figure sat below.
It had been several months since Dong Zhuo came out of Meiwu. Meiwu was guarded by guards all the time, and Lu Bu was driven out of Meiwu. Even if Wang Yun rebelled against Lu Bu, he still had no chance to assassinate him.
Now is the opportunity.
"Pay homage to the Emperor!"
The praise officer said loudly again.
According to the etiquette, the ministers pressed their left hand against their right hand, raised it flat in front of their forehead, bowed ninety degrees, and shouted long live.
Dong Zhuo sat motionless at the bottom, calm and composed, showing no respect for the emperor.
Everyone has long been accustomed to this scene, but they don't take it seriously.
After the ceremony, everyone sat down in order and then turned their attention to Dong Zhuo.
After Dong Zhuo waited for all the ministers to sit down, he faced everyone and slowly said: "Today's meeting is to talk about conscription."
"The rats from Guandong have been attacking Guanzhong again and again. I want to recruit 100,000 troops from the Third Auxiliary to drive the Kwantung Army out of Chang'an."
"What do you think, sir?"
After he finished speaking, he looked around at everyone.
When he discovered that even Bai Bo's army was still capable of defeating his most elite troops, Dong Zhuo finally panicked.
He originally thought that Chang'an was very stable, but now he realized that it was not the case at all.
Like a man in a dream who wakes up from his sleep, Dong Zhuo finally felt the crisis coming after living in Meiwu for several months and decided to rethink Li Ru Yan Zhong's proposal.
The reason why the court meeting was held today was to compromise with the three ministers and nine ministers and talk to them about the conscription.
After all, Dong Zhuo himself knew very well that he was unpopular in Chang'an.
The rebellion of the newly recruited army was enough to frighten him.
And he also knew very well that the Sangong and Jiuqing had good relations with the powerful families in Chang'an. If he could get the support of the powerful families in the land of Sanfu, his conscription plan would go much smoother.
At least in the past two days, his soldiers Sun Rui, Wujun and others were promoted and worshiped as ministers and servants. This was actually a kind of goodwill release to the powerful local families in Chang'an.
After hearing Dong Zhuo's words, Wang Yun said calmly: "Grand Master, Yun has something to say, but I don't know whether to say it or not."
"Master, it's okay to just say it."
Seeing Wang Yun, who had always supported him, speak, Dong Zhuo nodded and signaled him to speak.
Wang Yun said calmly: "Xu Rong has already reported the details of the Battle of Xiting. This battle was not a crime of war. The Kwantung Army was negligent and should have been successfully attacked by Xu Rong. But how could Guan Yu and Xu Huangguan do anything about it?
Hai and other brave men who were unworthy of thousands of people turned the tide and turned the world around."
"In the past, the overlord raised an army to fight against the Qin Dynasty. Whenever there was a war, he would take the lead, charge into the battle, and kill hundreds of people with armor and halberds to strengthen the morale of the army. Therefore, there were thousands of followers and soldiers joined him. It can be seen that a brave general is the courage of the three armies."
"Now the Grand Master has a adopted son, Lu Bu, who is invincible in the world. He killed several princes of the Kwantung Army in front of Hulao Pass and frightened him. But the Grand Master left him at home, doing nothing all day long. People say that Lian Po is old.
, can you still make a living? And General Lu is still young and strong, in the prime of fighting, how can you abandon it and let the pearl gather dust?"
After the last incident broke out, Dong Zhuo kicked Lu Bu out of Meiwu and refused to allow him to enter again. In the past few months, Dong Zhuo had been living in Meiwu every day, so that Lu Bu had been living in Chang'an City every day for a long time.
He no longer stayed with Dong Zhuo as his attendant all year round as before.
The relationship between father and son has long been broken and forgotten over time, but today, with Wang Yun's reminder, Dong Zhuo suddenly remembered that there was a brave general beside him who was the most brave in the world.
It was just because of what happened last time that Dong Zhuo felt very grudged. It was really shameful for him to have to look down on him and try to get Lu Bu back.
For a moment, Dong Zhuo hesitated and said, "What does Master Zi mean?"
Wang Yun continued: "Yun thinks that Ganhou has done nothing wrong. It is a pity to let him sit idle in the palace all day long and drink and waste away. If the grand master wants to recruit new troops, why not ask Ganhou to be the general? With Ganhou's courage, he will win
Military morale, if we fight against the Kwantung Army again one day, we will no longer be afraid of Guan Yu’s bravery."
Li Ru on the side had long wanted to help Dong Zhuo and Lu Bu make up for the father-son relationship between them, and quickly said: "Situ's words are indeed reasonable. Grand Master, Fengxian has always been loyal and filial. Don't you know that even though there is a gap between father and son, there is a gap between them.
But how can he resist the love of a black bird? Moreover, Fengxian also knows his mistake and has long wanted to admit it to the grand master. However, the grand master has been unwilling to see him. If father and son can resolve their differences today, it will be a good story."
"What the censor Zhongcheng said is exactly what it should be."
Wang Yun did not expect that Li Ru would speak for him, but when he saw that the plan had begun, he took the opportunity to persuade again: "Liu Xuande has accepted the imperial edict and went east to fight against Wang Fen. Now the battle in Jizhou is in full swing and he has no time to look westward.
This is a good time to drive the Kwantung Army out of Guanzhong. Grand Master should cherish this opportunity and not miss this opportunity."
"Well......"
Dong Zhuo recalled the deep affection between father and son between himself and Lü Bu, and sighed with emotion. After thinking about it, he was about to order someone to call Lü Bu and ask him what he thought, when he suddenly felt that something was strange today.
It's not that there is anything wrong. The guards standing in the main hall and the guards outside the hall are all his people. He is also accompanied by close relatives such as Li Rutian Jing and others, but he always feels that something is missing.
Originally, Lu Bu was missing, but now that he thought of Lu Bu and planned to recall him, there was another person besides Lu Bu.
Yan Zhong!
Yes, of the two most important staff members, only Li Ru is here and Yan Zhong is not.
As Shangshuling, Yan Zhong's position is very important. He helps him stabilize the political situation in Chang'an. If he wants to recruit troops, he will need his help.
So why didn't he come to such an important court meeting today?
For a moment, Dong Zhuo said to Li Ru with some confusion: "Why didn't you see Cheng Han at the court meeting today?"
Li Ru smiled and said, "I forgot to tell the Grand Master about this. Chenghan caught a cold yesterday and was bedridden. Although he was summoned by the Grand Master, he was unfortunately ill, so he asked me to tell the Grand Master."
"I see."
Dong Zhuo then felt relieved, nodded and said, "In that case, let's summon Lu Bu into the palace."
Lu Bu was waiting for a summons in his mansion at this time.
When he heard Dong Zhuo calling him, he calmly arranged his clothes, left the palace, mounted the red rabbit horse, and entered the palace together with Xiao Huangmen who came to summon him.
About a quarter of an hour later, after passing Beiye Gate, Lu Bu glanced at Li Su without leaving any trace, nodded, dismounted from his horse in the square and entered the palace.
The palace was slightly dark. Lu Bu pretended to be excited and went in. Without looking at the emperor, he went straight to Dong Zhuo, knelt down and kowtowed: "Father, the child has finally been summoned by his foster father."
Dong Zhuo was surprised and asked: "Could it be that Fengxian has been waiting to become a father these days?"
"Yes."
Lu Bu said with a sad face: "After the child went back, he regretted it very much. He felt that the past was unbearable and he had betrayed the trust of his adoptive father in the child. The child was so ashamed that he wanted to commit suicide. But at the same time, he felt that he deserved to die as a righteous man with a body of nine feet.
My father died, so how can I commit suicide? Therefore, I am always waiting for my adoptive father to call me, and I am willing to die for my adoptive father at any time!"
Dong Zhuo was so moved by these words that he burst into tears. He recalled that when Lu Bu worshiped him as his adoptive father, and later served him in many wars, his heart was filled with emotion. He stepped forward to help Lu Bu up in person and patted his chest.
Shoulder said: "My father made a mistake and blamed my good boy. I hope Mr. Feng will not be angry with his father."
"It's all the child's fault, how can you blame the adoptive father?"
Lu Bu sincerely apologized.
"What a good boy."
Dong Zhuo wiped his tears, held Lu Bu's hand, and said happily: "Today our father and son have settled their differences. It is really a great joy."
The two hugged each other and cried, and the affection between father and son moved everyone present.
But Dong Zhuo must not have known that if Lu Bu had Fang Tian wearing a halberd and a sword at this time, he would definitely kill him.
Unfortunately, you have to take off your weapons before entering the palace, so there is no chance.
For a time, the kindness of the father and the filial piety of the son moved the world.