In the early morning, the Weishui River is quietly immersed in a solemn atmosphere, the thin mist floats comfortably and lightly on the clear river water, the crystal rain and dew lie lazily on the green and fluffy grass on both banks, and the soft breeze quietly sprinkles the faint fragrance into the fresh air.

Dong Zhuo carried his hands behind his back and walked slowly on the river embankment alone. From time to time, he looked at the joyful flow of the Wei River around him, smelled the refreshing fragrance in the air, and listened to the melodious singing of unknown insects. His restless heart suddenly calmed down.

Yesterday, Li Ru, who stayed in the camp in Fufeng Huaili, sent someone to swim across the river again to deliver a letter to him, and the news sent made Dong Zhuo very surprised. Li Hong suddenly sent troops in Chang'an, Sanfu and other areas to arrest the bureaucrats who arrested Xiliang, saying that they would rectify the rule of Xiliang officials and punish corruption. Li Ru told Dong Zhuo in the letter that this must have been the idea of Taiwei Zhang Wen. Now that the Xiliang War is about to end, Zhang Wen took advantage of the fact that everyone's attention was still on the battlefield, and suddenly attacked, and the timing was very good, and the corrupt officials in Xiliang were caught off guard. Li Hong's men killed Zuochang's entire family in Chang'an, captured Qingwu in Maoling, and arrested more than 50 people in various places, and the momentum of anti-corruption was very fierce. Zhang Wen's intention was too obvious, that is, to raise the butcher's knife to kill the traitorous eunuch, and there was no room for negotiation.

Li Ru persuaded Dong Zhuo not to count on reinforcements to relieve the siege, and to find a way to get out of trouble as soon as possible. Now, Zhang Wen and Li Hong's attention is on anti-corruption, looking for evidence that the traitors are corrupt and perverting the law in Xiliang, and they have no intention of helping Dong Zhuo. The cavalry left by Li Zhonglang to relieve the siege was only 6,000 people, and in the face of the 30,000 Qianghu army, it was useless at all. Zhou Shen withdrew to the Pingxiang camp with his troops a few days ago, Zhou Shen himself was seriously wounded, and the Northern Army and the Western Liang Army suffered large losses in the early battle, although Li Zhonglang's infantry was unharmed, but Zhang Wen never ordered them to rush to Wangyuan to rescue. Zhang Wen seemed to have forgotten Dong Zhuo, Dong Zhuo and his 30,000 Xiliang soldiers.

This is not Zhang Wen's consistent style of acting, could it be that Zhang Wen also has evidence of his own corruption and perversion of the law? Dong Zhuo was uneasy. If the Taiwei Mansion catches his handle, Zhang Wen is not sure that he will be relieved of his military power, and the greatest possibility is to find an opportunity for the enemy to defeat him. In this way, he has no strength, and he can only be tied up. Could it be that Zhang Wen wants to arrest himself?

Could it be that Zhang Wen is so sure of defeating the eunuchs in the DPRK?

Dong Zhuo sighed silently.

The gang of traitors in the middle of the court is indeed not a thing. Since the relationship with Cao Jie, a regular servant, for more than ten years, he not only sent a large number of treasures and treasures to them, but also colluded with them, did a lot of violations of discipline, and helped them accumulate huge wealth. Those people are insatiable, like a bottomless pit, and there is no time for contentment.

A few years ago, after Cao Jie died and Zhao Zhong sat in the seat of Da Changqiu, the traitorous eunuchs led by Zhao Zhong and Zhang Rang became even more unscrupulous. If it weren't for the sudden rebellion of the Yellow Turban Ant Thieves, the Han Dynasty might have been eaten into an empty shell by this gang of eunuchs and their protégés.

"General......

Dong Zhuo woke up when he heard the sound, and turned his face to see that it was Li Su and Guo Yan.

"General, why didn't you call us out when you went out of the camp to inspect? It's too dangerous here. Li Su said respectfully.

Dong Zhuo frowned, looked at the clear river under his feet, and was silent.

"General, last night Li Zhonglang's cavalry repeatedly harassed the Qianghu camp and made a fuss all night." Guo Ci said with a smile, "The Qianghu people now have to guard against Li Zhonglang's cavalry raid at night, and they can't sleep well, and they have to guard against us breaking through during the day, so they don't have time to sleep." If this continues, in a few days, the enemy will not be able to support it. General, are we ready to break through? ”

Dong Zhuo turned around slowly and shook his head.

Li Su bowed down and said: "General, although we have repeatedly reduced our rations, there is still no food, and the soldiers have been relying on cofferdam fishing for the past few days. Now that the reinforcements are not coming, we will not break through, how many days can we support? ”

"General, we break through now, we may suffer heavy losses, but we will not destroy the whole army." Guo Yan said: "If we wait a few more days, the feed for the war horses is gone, and we want to break through again, it will be very difficult." ”

Dong Zhuo closed his mouth tightly and stood by the river like a hill, looking into the distance of the Weishui River.

"The news of the rebels' defeat and escape in the Maverick Mountain is probably known to June Thunder. He should have thought that if General Zhou's troops came to their aid quickly, his troops would be in a situation where they would be exposed to the enemy. But he was unmoved, and still does not withdraw, apparently seeing that we have no reinforcements. Li Su thought for a while, but still cautiously stepped forward, stuck behind Dong Zhuo, and whispered, "June Thunder knows that we have abandoned grain and grass during the retreat, so he wants to pick a cheap one to trap us to death." If this stalemate continues, it will be very detrimental to us. General, it's better to break through early, right? ”

A trace of resentment passed over Dong Zhuo's face, and a little murderous aura welled up in his eyes.

Guo Yan sneered: "Zhang Wen is a villain, a villain who will be avenged." We didn't help him win the rebellion last year, and he's coming to take revenge on us now. His trick is enough to damage, and there is no blood in the killing. ”

Li Su looked at Dong Zhuo's face and knew that he was annoyed in his heart, so he hurriedly took a step back.

"The brothers are hungry and have come out to fish so early." Guo Yan pointed to the soldiers who came from the direction of the big camp in twos and threes, and said with a wry smile.

The Xiliang soldiers hurried towards the river while talking loudly with rudimentary fishing tools in their hands.

Dong Zhuo looked up, his expression moved, and he suddenly clapped his hands vigorously and said loudly: "We will withdraw our troops tonight." ”

Li Su and Guo Yan looked uplifted, smiled, bowed in unison and said, "General, let's go back and prepare." ”

Dong Zhuo smiled: "What are you going to prepare?" There was nothing to prepare, except for the cavalry, so that everyone came to the river to fish. ”

Li Su and Guo Yan were stunned, not knowing whether Dong Zhuo was joking or serious, the two looked at Dong Zhuo blankly.

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The Son of Heaven took Zhang Wen's concerto, looked at it twice, and threw it on the desk casually.

Zhang Wen suddenly stopped handing over the music in the past few days. Recently, Zhang Wen has been making two or even three concerts a day, almost frantically begging the Son of Heaven to give him some money to tide over the difficulties. But since that day Zhang Wen wrote to the Son of Heaven and told Li Zhonglang to crack down on corruption and confiscate the family assets of corrupt officials in Xiliang, these expedited chapters suddenly disappeared. The Son of Heaven was still a little uncomfortable for a while.

In the past few days, above the court, there is a lot of noise every day, and the noisy son of heaven is full of joy.

The central officials sued the bureaucrats headed by Zhang Wen under the pretext of Xiliang to suppress corruption, plot misdeeds, and endanger the society; The ministers led by the three dukes and the imperial history immediately counterattacked, brought up all kinds of evidence, and accused the eunuchs of conniving at the children of the clan to endanger the country and mistreat the people in the local area; This time, the relatives and magnates headed by the general He Jin resolutely stood on the side of the bureaucrats of the clan, accusing the eunuchs of dictatorship and disturbing the government.

In order to show his loyalty and to respond to He Jin's accusations, Zhao Zhong deliberately resigned from the post of general of the chariot cavalry to the Son of Heaven, and took the initiative to donate 100 million money to the Wanjintang of the Son of Heaven. The Son of Heaven was greatly pleased.

Zhao Zhong and Zhang Rang immediately wrote a letter to impeach Zhang Wen, Yuan Peng, and Gai Xun, accusing them of arresting Xiliang bureaucrats without the approval of the Son of Heaven, and openly confiscating the family property of the arrested bureaucrats. What is particularly bad is that he actually attacked the Qingwu of King Wuyang with an army, slaughtering more than 1,000 innocent people in the dock fort.

The Son of Heaven was shocked and angry, and immediately prepared to issue an order to punish Zhang Wen and others. At this moment, Zhang Wen's recital arrived.

Dong Zhuo led his troops to break through the siege, and the Qianghu army immediately withdrew, so far, the Xiliang rebellion was basically over. Zhang Wen said in the recital that if Bian Zhang and Han Sui could be successfully appeased in the short term, the remnants of the rebel army would cease to exist, and Xiliang would be stable from then on.

The Son of Heaven was quite hesitant. Zhang Wen and his subordinates have just made great contributions, not only did they not give rewards, but also issued orders to punish them, which is unreasonable and unreasonable.

At this time, Zhou Wang came to the Central Tibetan Prefecture. Zhou Wang is not tall, with a round face, his appearance is not good, and he has no resemblance to his father. He was often summoned by the Son of Heaven because he was very concerned about the increase in his possessions. Zhou Wang didn't talk much, and after reporting the recent income and expenditure, he immediately took out a black satin brocade box from his arms.

"Your Majesty, this is all the land and mansion that Li Zhonglang copied from the corrupt official's house in Xiliang, please take a look at it."

The Son of Heaven opened the brocade box with an indifferent expression and looked at the contents inside, and suddenly looked surprised.

"Xiliang people are really rich. In such a poor place, just grab a few small officials, and there is such a big harvest, which is incredible. The Son of Heaven said lightly, "Li Zhonglang is very sensible." ”

Zhou Wang smiled: "It is rumored that he is an idiot, I don't look like it at all." ”

"Was it sent by General Zhou?"

Zhou Wang nodded and said, "My father said that Li Zhonglang can fight, and his character is good, he is a talent. ”

"I think so." The Son of Heaven shook his slender neck, shook his little head, squeezed out a smile and said, "He sent so much, it's generous enough." ”

"It's not that he's generous, it's that Xiliang people are too rich." Zhou Wang said, "Could it be that the people of Xiliang are richer than the people of Jizhou, Yanzhou, and Yuzhou?" ”

Tianzi's face sank, his small eyes rolled a few times, and he sneered: "The thin man coaxed me to be happy, and only gave 100 million money." They always lied to me, they always lied to me. A small lieutenant general, who has captured dozens of petty officials, has given me so much, you can imagine how much money they have. ”

The thin man is Zhao Zhong. The Son of Heaven has been with them since he was a child, and he saw that Zhao Zhong was white and fat, and Zhang Rang was tall and thin, and he thought it was funny, so he called Zhao Zhong thin and Zhang Rang fat.

Zhou Wang secretly glanced at the Son of Heaven, bowed his head and said nothing, happy in his heart.

"Zhengxing, the fat man said Zhang Wen, oh, no, it was Li Zhonglang who attacked Qingwu, and said that Qingwu was the property of King Wuyang, is there such a thing?"

"Nope. Qingwu is the property of Marquis Zhang. Zhou Wang replied respectfully, "People who don't know the inside story think it's the King of the Dancing Sun, but it's not." ”

The Son of Heaven's face was ugly, he licked his lips and asked, "What's the inside story?" ”

Zhou Wang said with a smile: "Back then, King Wuyang owed Zhang Hou Ye a lot of money, but the prince has been dragging his feet and is unwilling to pay it back, and Hou Ye has no choice. That year, the Hou Ye wanted to buy Qingwu, but he was afraid that others would know about it and sue His Majesty, so he found King Wuyang and prepared to buy it in the name of the prince. The prince owed him a lot of money, of course, he readily agreed, and I heard that he also took the opportunity to knock the Hou Ye a sum of money. ”

The Son of Heaven slapped the table angrily and muttered two curses.

"It turns out that they are all pretending to be poor." The Son of Heaven said angrily, "I thought they were just making a mansion in Luoyang to make some money, but I didn't expect him to buy Qingwu, this bastard." ”

Zhou Wang smirked "hehe...... laughed.

"Your Majesty, let's let Li Zhonglang be in charge of Xiliang to fight corruption. Li Zhonglang is young, can fight, and is loyal to His Majesty, although his brain is a bit idiot, but now he is this kind of brainless person who is easy to call. If he gets His Majesty's favor, he will definitely swear allegiance to His Majesty. Your Majesty asked Li Zhonglang to squeeze the corrupt officials in Xiliang and completely squeeze the oil and water dry, so this year, Your Majesty not only pacified the Yellow Turban, pacified Xiliang, but also won the hearts of the people in the world, especially Your Majesty's harvest this year......"

The Son of Heaven shook his head again and again. He flipped through the contents of the brocade box again, and said excitedly: "Zhengxing has a point. I immediately issued an edict, telling Li Zhonglang to be more ruthless, arrest all the corrupt officials in Xiliang, and send me all the money, fields, and houses that were squeezed out. ”

Zhou Wang's face changed, and he hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, you can't catch too much, if you catch too much, it will be messy." Several factions in the DPRK and China have flowed through the troubled waters of Xiliang......"

The Son of Heaven waved his hand vigorously and interrupted Zhou Wang's words.

"You know what?" The Son of Heaven sneered, the corners of his mouth turned up, and his face was sarcastic, "What do you know?" ”

Zhou Wang was startled and hurriedly knelt down.

"Catch them all, kill them all." The Son of Heaven kept waving his hand and said excitedly, "Are you all deceived? Okay, if they dare to deceive me, I will dare to kill. They are all richer than me, but they wrote to advise me, saying that all the land in the world is mine, all the people in the world are mine, and all the money in the world is mine, and tell me not to talk about public or private affairs, but to put all the money in the treasury for everyone to use. It's all bullshit. So, can I tell all the bureaucrats in the world to put their money in the treasury? No way. Why not, your people, your money, your houses, your fields, they are all mine, why not? Why don't you take it out, but tell me to take it out? A bunch of bastards ......"

The Son of Heaven slapped the table with all his might, and scolded unsatisfied: "A group of bastards, they should all be killed." Fighting ant thieves, fighting Xiliang and rebelling, the treasury has no money, I ordered the rich and powerful people in Guanzhong and Kanto to donate a little, and they donated a little, which is not enough for me to spend a day. If I donate again, there will be no more, so I will borrow from them. At this time, I don't say that all the money in the world is my money, let alone that all the land in the world is my land. ”

"Li Zhonglang killed them in a hurry, and they are going to come to me to intercede. Give money, how much money sells a life, otherwise they will all be killed. Corruption, whose money is it that is greedy? It's my money. How dare they rob me of my money, how can I not kill them? This time, I used Li Zhonglang's knife to peel off the skin of these people and see if they still said such bullshit. ”