Dong Zhuo asked the Son of Heaven before the end of the year, saying that the rebels were strong and there would be a series of bloody battles in the Gyeonggi area, and that considering the safety of the Son of Heaven and the ministers, he hoped that the Son of Heaven and the imperial court would move west to Chang'an after the year.

The ministers objected strongly.

There are many and good reasons for opposition, the main one being the question of money. Many people say that now that the treasury is empty, it will cost a lot of money for the Son of Heaven and the imperial court to move westward, where does this money come from?

Dong Zhuo said: "Part of the money needed to move west came from taxes from the Gyeonggi counties, part of it came from the confiscated income of the Gyeonggi counties, and part of it depended on everyone's donations. The gate lords and bureaucrats in Beijing want to donate, and the people also want to donate. Moving west is a major event to protect the Son of Heaven and the community, and everyone in the Han Dynasty must contribute money and effort, otherwise, they will be guilty of rebellion. As soon as Dong Zhuo said this, the court suddenly fell silent, and if he raised any more objections, he would become a rebel. ”

Xun Shuang said: "The ministers' salaries have always been halved, and this month, the prices of grain, silk cloth and other goods in Gyeonggi have skyrocketed, and some officials from other places have not to say donations, and even eating has become a problem." As for getting people to donate, it is even more difficult. Now the people who can eat enough are considered very rich. ”

Dong Zhuo sneered: "Officials who don't have money can borrow on credit from officials who have money. It is better for the people to do it if they don't have money, and they need a large number of people to carry materials to move west, so let them act as people's husbands. ”

But after the westward move was made to the court, it immediately became that the Lord Xiangguo was going to move the capital. The rumor first spread throughout the city of Yangyang, and then quickly spread to all parts of Gyeonggi and other states and counties outside Gyeonggi.

Moving the capital is a major event that shakes the foundation of the society, and if it moves well, it can rejuvenate the country, and if it moves badly, it will destroy the country.

Under the current crisis situation of the Great Han Kingdom, moving the capital is naturally accelerating the demise of the country rather than revitalizing the community. Therefore, when the blood outside the Beiguan Gate was not yet dry, the Confucian scholars in Beijing once again risked their lives to gather outside the Beigong Gate to petition.

There are many large and small clans in Beijing, plus the disciples from all over the world who live in the famous scholars and great Confucianists, and more than 2,000 people gathered outside the Beigong Gate in one day.

Dong Zhuo learned his lesson this time and ordered Xuanfan, the captain of Sili, and Yin Wangyun of Henan to take the guards to guard the various street entrances outside the North Palace Gate. It is strictly forbidden for the Northern Army to interfere with any security affairs in the city.

Luoyang can't be messed up anymore no matter what.

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In the first year of the first peace of the Han Dynasty (190 AD), the first month, Luoyang.

In the first month of Xinhai (the tenth day of the first month), the Son of Heaven issued an edict to amnesty the world, and the former Dongjun Taishou Qiaomao was not among the pardons, and the rest of the county officials who participated in the rebellion were all pardoned.

The Son of Heaven issued an edict to the officials of the prefectures and counties that as long as they could be loyal to the Son of Heaven before the end of the first month, they would submit a list of sin and send taxes to Luoyang for storage. The Son of Heaven not only did not blame the past and forgave the capital crimes, but also made them official positions and still arranged for them to be officials in the same place.

This assassination incident made Dong Zhuo feel that no place in Luoyang was safe, and from this he thought of the hatred and betrayal of the clan in Luoyang. No matter how polite and virtuous the corporal is, how loyal he is to the country, and how he respects the virtuous and the elderly, he cannot get the recognition and respect of the scholars, and cannot get their loyalty and support.

Putting aside the bloodshed at the end of November, I haven't done anything to be sorry for the society and the scholars so far. There is even credit for conquering the desert and expanding the territory.

But now whether it is a sage or an old man, they all want to kill themselves, why?

Dong Zhuo felt very sad. For the sake of authority, he became the enemy of all the scholars of the Great Han Kingdom, and became the heinous traitor of the Great Han Kingdom. He thought of his old master, the former lieutenant Duan Cheng.

Duan Cheng is also a martial artist, and he is ranked as the third prince because of the relationship between the traitorous eunuchs. For this reason, he was ostracized and attacked by the scholars, and finally ended up with a tragic end of suicide by drinking doves, and also left a notoriety. But Duan Cheng's heart to serve the country with his fist can't be wrong. Today, I have also stepped into the footsteps of Duan Cheng.

Dong Zhuo just didn't understand. He assisted the young lord to take charge of state affairs for four months, and he worked hard without merit, and he didn't do any bad things to abuse power and mislead the country, why did he become the biggest traitor of the Han Dynasty?

The scholars in various states and counties said that they had ten evils, and the first evil was to depose the young emperor, but the deposition of the young emperor was done by the ministers and hundreds of officials, and at that time, Taifu Yuan Kui was also in charge of state affairs. Now Taifu Yuan Kui is not guilty, and the ministers and officials are not guilty, and this crime has suddenly become mine. There are extremely shameless people in this world, but Dong Zhuo didn't expect that there are so many extremely shameless people in this world.

If he hadn't entered Beijing and was not in charge of state affairs, would he still be a traitor of the Han Kingdom? Dong Zhuo thinks that his fate will not be better. Don't say that he was juggling between several powerful forces in Luoyang at the beginning, and he was accused of duplicity, even with the army in his hand, the scholars would also knock themselves to the ground, and they would inevitably be killed quickly. Just look at the attitude of the scholars towards the hussar generals.

In their eyes, the hussar general is the biggest hidden danger of the Great Han Kingdom, and they think that if this person is not killed, he will not be able to keep the Great Han Society. Dong Zhuo shuddered when he thought about it. Is it true that a warrior is a cut short of a warrior? This country was beaten down by the warriors, why did you kneel down in front of these scholars in the end and let these scholars trample on ****?

Dong Zhuo understood that if he didn't completely defeat these scholars this time, he would forever be stinking for 10,000 years. If you say that I Dong Zhuo is in chaos, and that I will die and have no place to be buried, I don't believe in this evil. I'm going to turn this heaven and earth upside down this time, and I'm going to make you scholars stink for 10,000 years.

I am not the one who raised troops to rebel, and I am not the one who is in turmoil and harming the country, and whoever is responsible for the crime should bear it.

Dong Zhuo decided to move the capital.

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When Dong Zhuo told Li Ru and Tian Yi about his decision, he was unanimously opposed by the two.

Li Ru said: "When the capital was moved at this time, the damage to Sheji was obvious. Since the burning of Chimei in Chang'an, the palace has been completely destroyed, and it has not been rebuilt for two hundred years. If the capital is moved to Chang'an, it will not only cost a lot of money to build the palace, but also rebuild the large and small mansions. This is simply not affordable for today's Great Han Kingdom. ”

"If the lord wants to defeat the scholars and make a name for himself, he must first control the authority completely, and secondly, he must govern the country well. The move to move the capital was completely the opposite, one was accused of damaging the community, the second was that the scholars had framed the lord, and the third aroused public anger. There will be more rebels, and the hussar generals will break their promises and do everything in their power to prevent the lord from moving the capital. ”

"If Luoyang is captured, even if the lord occupies the danger of Guanzhong, how much authority does he have? How many states and counties do you actually control? What else do you talk about governing the world? ”

"The lord moved the capital, which did not benefit the country or himself, on the contrary, he fell into the tricks of the scholars. Since then, the authority of the Lord has been lost, and the sins are monstrous, and they will really be remembered for 10,000 years. ”

Tian Yi also said: "The lord moved the capital, nothing more than to use the danger of Guanzhong to block the rebels outside Tongguan, and use the foundation of Xiliang to continue to hold power. Or to put it a little more ugly, the lord also wants to use the relocation of the capital to loot the Kanto region and obtain a lot of property. But as Wen You said, the main guild committed the crime of destroying the country and became a thief of the whole country. ”

"The lord is in a safe corner, he wants authority without authority, he wants property without property, and he will suffocate to death in Guanzhong. The lord has been in war for a long time and has excellent strategy, how can he do this plan to die? The rebels are scattered around Gyeonggi, the people are not united, and the strength is not concentrated, we can completely use both soft and hard, with the hussar generals and the division of the rebels as the mainstay, supplemented by defense and attack, and it is easy to defeat the rebels, but it is only a matter of time. ”

"Although Luoyang is a place of four wars and there is no danger to defend, as long as the lord defeats the rebels, he can quickly control the prefectures and counties, govern the country with the authority in his hands, and revitalize the Han Dynasty. On the contrary, although Chang'an has the solidity of the Cuihan Valley, according to the danger of mountains and rivers, the fertile field is thousands of miles, but it can only be guarded in a corner, and nothing can be done, and once Luoyang falls, Guanzhong is surrounded, and the way out is cut off, it is a dead land. ”

"In the past, Emperor Gaozu won the world with the benefits of Guanzhong, why can't I do it?" Dong Zhuo asked unhurriedly.

Li Ru and Tian Yi looked at each other and smiled bitterly.

Li Ru said: "At this time and that time, the gap is too big, and there are too many reasons. To put it simply, Emperor Gaozu was fighting the world when he was fighting, and the lord is now ruling the world, which are fundamentally two different things. ”

"Moving the capital is related to the rise and fall of the community, and it takes years of preparation, and the gains and losses must be carefully weighed. Even if you want to move, you must set a detailed strategy, otherwise it will not only be a disaster for the country, but also a move for the country. ”

"Moving the capital to Chang'an requires at least tens of billions of money, and it will take several years. It will take a few months to relocate the classic texts in Dongguan and Yuntai, will we be in time? Can it be done? ”

"The battle of counterinsurgency should be fought around March, that is to say, if the lord wants to complete the relocation of the capital in just over two months, it is not called moving the capital, it is called a catastrophe, and it is called the destruction of the country."

"Moving the Son of Heaven and the imperial court to the west can already ensure the safety of the Son of Heaven, divide the scholars, weaken the power of the scholars, put an end to the hidden worry of civil strife breaking out in Luoyang at any time, grasp the initiative on the battlefield of counterinsurgency, and also take the opportunity to gather wealth and provide food and salary for the army. Even when the situation is extremely unfavorable, we can quickly retreat to the middle of the gate. ”

"In short, the westward migration of the Son of Heaven and the imperial court is enough to achieve all our goals, we can have all the benefits of moving westward, but also get rid of all the disadvantages of moving westward, and the lord can not only win the reputation of Gongwei Sheji, but also take the advantage of defeating the scholars to quell the rebellion."

Li Ru pleaded: "My lord, the proposal to move the capital is absolutely impossible, this is not a plan to drink doves to quench thirst, but a plan to drink doves to die." If the society is overthrown, where does the authority of the lord come from? How can the grand ambition of the lord's life be realized? (To be continued.) )