At the Chancery's desk, the Prime Minister is on duty.
Yang Biao sat in the first place, with Wang Yun, Xun You, Huangfu Song and Cao Cao on both sides.
Yang Biao sat upright with a majestic look on his face and said: "Your Majesty agrees to question Dong Zhuo. Please tell me what to do."
To accuse Dong Zhuo is not a trivial matter. We must consider not only public opinion, but also the tens of thousands of elite soldiers in his hands.
When Cao Cao heard this, he said in a deep voice: "I object to this."
Wang Yun looked at him and said calmly: "Cao Mengde, you are just attending, no words are needed."
Cao Cao snorted coldly and said: "Even if Dong Zhuo is guilty and deserves to die, it is not at this time. The imperial court should be generous and appease him, and act at the right time! Whoever gives your majesty such advice should be executed immediately!"
Wang Yun's expression suddenly darkened and he said: "Cao Mengde, this is the Chancellor's Desk, don't be presumptuous!"
"I don't agree either,"
Huangfu Song intervened at the right time and said: "Prince, Prime Minister, Dong Zhuo is a Taiwei and an assistant, leading the shepherds of Yuzhou, holding tens of thousands of elites, and has made great achievements in suppressing rebellions. No matter what, he cannot be touched for the time being."
Wang Yun waved his hand on the small table in front of him, and said in a cold tone: "These are the memorials to impeach Dong Zhuo. There are more than 20 memorials for the county governor, more than a hundred for famous people, and they have suffered for the people. In the Tingwei Mansion There are hundreds of people queuing up front, is Da Sima turning a blind eye and not listening?"
Cao Cao's narrow eyes flashed with contempt and he said: "If the news leaks out and Dong Zhuo openly plots rebellion, how will the court respond? Who will be responsible?"
Wang Yun wanted to drive Cao Cao out, looked directly at Huangfu Song, and said: "That's why Shangshutai carefully planned with the Grand Sima Mansion to capture Dong Zhuo in one fell swoop and completely solve this disaster!"
"What's your plan, prince?" Cao Cao asked again.
Wang Yun's eyes twitched, and he suppressed his anger and said: "My idea is to pretend to deliver money and food to Dong Zhuo, order him to come and get it in person, and ambushe the side to take him down!"
"Can this kind of strategy be used to deal with Dong Zhuo?" Cao Cao sat there, his narrow eyes narrowed, and he raised his head slightly. Even if he had no expression, he gave people a sense of contempt.
Wang Yun turned to Cao Cao fiercely and said in a calm tone: "Do you think there are too few memorials to impeach you? Or do you think the ministers are forgetful?"
Cao Cao opened his eyes and felt angry.
This Wang Yun was so stupid, arrogant, arrogant and narrow-minded that he actually threatened him in public!
Xun You, who had been silent all this time, saw that Wang Yun and Cao Cao were about to quarrel, and he quickly spoke up: "Your Majesty, General Cao, this matter is of great importance, so don't act out of emotion."
Wang Yun snorted, and while thinking about how to deal with Cao Cao, he asked Xun You, "What are your opinions, Xun Shangshu?"
Xun You also had no plan, and said: "We can do a test first and order Dong Zhuo to go to the capital to receive the reward. Regardless of whether he agrees or not, we can order Gongsun Zan to enter Runan, Chen and Liang from Yingchuan as soon as possible. He must occupy at least half of Yuzhou and share it with others." Dong Zhuo protested in separate courts. He ordered Tao Qian of Xuzhou and Wang Rui of Jingzhou to carve up Yuzhou as much as possible and reduce Dong Zhuo's sphere of influence..."
Cao Cao didn't care about Wang Yun. He looked thoughtful and said, "Yuan Shu's retreat from Yangzhou will always be a serious problem and must be eradicated as soon as possible."
His meaning is very simple. Neither Dong Zhuo nor Yuan Shu are good friends, but they must be prioritized.
Xun You glanced at Cao Cao and then turned to Huangfu Song.
Huangfu Song understood what he meant, pondered for a moment, and said: "The Grand Sima Mansion has no plans yet."
Xun You was startled, what do you mean there is no plan yet?
Yang Biao answered with a straight face: "The national treasury is in dire straits, and the three states of Xu, Qing, and Hebei are in chaos. Apart from Dong Zhuo, the imperial court is unable to further attack Yuan Shu."
"Must it be delayed until after the summer harvest?" Wang Yun's anger was rising in his heart. He could see that Yang Biao and Huangfu Song had a tacit understanding for a long time!
Such a big matter was discussed without his knowledge!
Yang Biao looked down at him and said calmly: "What should the prince do to deal with this?"
Wang Yun's face was ashen and he opened his mouth to speak but couldn't say a word. In his heart, he was very angry with Yang Biao and Huangfu Song!
Is the matter of rebellion and disobedience so perfunctory?
Cao Cao glanced at Yang Biao out of the corner of his eye, a little dissatisfied in his eyes.
What the Prime Minister did was too easy!
"Come in." Huangfu Song suddenly spoke.
Without waiting for anyone to react, Xu Yan walked in from outside the door, handed over two memorials, and said: "Da Sima, Yuzhou and Jingzhou urgently memorialize."
Huangfu Song took it silently and opened the first page, which was Dong Zhuo's petition for merit and money.
After reading it, he took out the second one and just glanced at it, his brows moving slightly.
Everyone was staring at him. Even such small movements could not escape Wang Yun's eyes. He stretched his head and said: "Da Sima, what happened?"
Huangfu Song thought for a while and said without concealing anything: "The first memorial is Dong Zhuo's request for credit and military pay."
No one cared about this at all.
Huangfusong hesitated for a moment and said: "The second is a memorial from Jingzhou. It is said that Wen Yi, the person who carried out the case, issued a memorial, accusing Wang Rui, the governor of Jingzhou, of corruption and illegality, bullying officials and people, and calling on all counties to send troops to attack. Wang Rui accused Cao, the prefect of Wuling. Yin rebelled and summoned all the governors of Jingzhou to discuss the matter together."
The others were shocked when they heard this and looked at each other.
Is Jingzhou in chaos again?
Wang Yun looked gloomy and said: "There must be no chaos in Jingzhou!"
Everyone looked at me and I looked at you, but no one said anything, acquiescing to Wang Yun's words.
Liu Yu of Youzhou was held back by Wuhuan and Xianbei, Ying Shao of Jizhou was suppressing bandits, Zhu Jun of Qingzhou was trapped in the quagmire of the Yellow Turban Army, the chaos in Xuzhou was uncertain, Yuan Shu of Yuzhou had just been defeated, and now Jingzhou was in civil strife.
All the pressure was instantly put on the court!
Yang Biao's fat face tightened, and he was more serious than ever before, and said: "The most important thing now is to make every effort to ensure that the summer tax is collected as much as possible!"
To deal with these events, the most important thing is the word 'money and food'!
Without waiting for anyone else to react, Yang Biao looked at Huangfu Song and said, "The Grand Sima Mansion will come up with specific strategies and meet with the Prime Minister later to meet with His Majesty!"
Huangfu Song leaned forward and said, "Okay."
Wang Yun still remembered Dong Zhuo in his heart. He was unwilling and angry. He thought about it over and over again and said in a deep voice: "After the summer harvest, please ask Da Sima to personally lead the troops and unite the troops and horses of the five states to pacify Dong Zhuo and Yuan Shu as soon as possible!"
Huangfusong looked at him but didn't speak.
It is no longer just a few years ago. In order to deal with the Qiang invasion, the court spent millions of money. What followed was the Yellow Turban Rebellion. The non-stop conquests not only emptied the national treasury, but also drained ordinary people dry.
The current situation is that both the court and the people are weak, and only the wealthy families are not thin but fat.
It is simply impossible to gather hundreds of thousands of troops from five states to fight like before!
What's more, there is unrest everywhere, and the little money and food from the summer tax is completely a drop in the bucket.
Cao Cao looked at the crowd with his narrow eyes, silently. He had been in Da Sima Mansion for some time, so he could understand Huangfu Song's concerns and fell into deep thought.
Xun You looked on coldly and shook his head secretly.
'Let's wait for the waiter to discuss it. '
Xun You saw that nothing could be discussed here.
…
There was a lot of commotion at the Chancellor's desk. Liu Bian was inspecting the latest weapons and equipment in the arsenal.
After walking around for a long time, Liu Bian came to the courtyard and rode the big white horse carefully. Seeing that it was docile, he walked for a long time before he felt relieved and said to Zhao Yun: "This horse is good, is it from Xiliang? "
Zhao Yun followed Liu Bian closely, raised his head and said, "Yes. It was sent back by Zhong Tingwei, a total of one hundred and twenty horses."
Liu Bian touched the horse's hair and saw that this horse was obviously much stronger than the other horses. He smiled and said: "Well, the Zhong Qing family has lived up to my expectations. With these horses, the horse farm in the Forbidden Army Camp will finally be useful." ”
Zhao Yun was a horse lover. He followed Liu Bian and wanted to touch it several times but then retracted.
"His Majesty."
Pan Yin trotted in, looking flustered and excited. He held up a memorial in his hand and shouted hurriedly: "Your Majesty..."
Liu Bian was worried that the horse would become violent at any time, so he was cautious. He glanced at him from the corner of his eye and said, "Is there a fight at the Chancellor's desk?"
Pan Yin saw that there were many people around him, so he suppressed his excitement and said, "This memorial from the Imperial City Mansion."
Liu Bian took it fiercely, opened it and looked at it.
This memorial was very thick, as if it were two volumes spliced together. Liu Bian frowned and read carefully from beginning to end. His expression changed from nervousness at the beginning, to confusion, to curiosity, and finally to shortness of breath and uncontrollable excitement.
He turned his right leg over, jumped off the horse, patted the notebook, and said with a loud smile: "Okay! Okay! Okay!"
He couldn't say anything else but good.
In this memorial, Huangfu Jianzhang recorded in detail the process and results of the battle between Dong and Yuan, and reported on the basic situation of Yu and Xu.
It also spent a lot of pen and ink describing how he robbed Dong Zhuo's money and food!
Pan Yin knew it, but he was still excited and kept laughing.
Zhao Yun and Dian Wei looked at the memorial with curiosity. They rarely saw Liu Bian lose his composure.
Liu Bian patted the memorial, his eyes were burning, and countless thoughts flashed through his mind. For a long time, he faced everyone's gaze and laughed and said: "Good thing!"
With that said, he walked out quickly and said: "Go back to the palace!"
Huangfu Jianchang's memorial records the total amount of money and grain he robbed: 480,000 dan in grain, and 200,000 dan in cash, and other treasures are counted separately, and the total will be doubled.
Two hundred thousand yuan is two million taels, equivalent to two million taels of silver. You must know that at this time, the court's taxes did not exceed 70 million yuan for the whole year!
This is a windfall, a windfall from heaven!
Liu Bian walked quickly, thinking about how to use it. As soon as he got on the carriage, he said before he could sit down: "Huangfu Jianchang did a very good job. Give him a reward, a big reward! When he comes back, I will do it as soon as possible." See him. Who is in the Forbidden Army camp? By the way, Huang Zhong, order him to lead five thousand troops to Yanzhou and escort Huangfu Jianchang back to the capital. No, the money and food will be left in the Forbidden Army camp for the time being. Don’t let anyone know about it for the time being. .Also, everyone in Beijing will be present when discussing matters at Shizhonglu..."
Pan Yin quickly wrote them down one by one, got on his horse, and followed the carriage towards the royal road. He approached the carriage window and whispered: "Your Majesty, Cao Yin, the governor of Wuling, has rebelled."
Liu Bian opened the curtains and asked doubtfully: "Who are you talking about?"
Pan Yin handed over a memorial and said: "Cao Yin, the prefect of Wuling in Jingzhou."
Liu Bian narrowed his eyes slightly and reached out to take the memorial, vaguely remembering that this was what happened.
After reading the memorial, Liu Bian nodded slightly and was basically convinced.
Cao Yin was at odds with Wang Rui and was afraid that Wang Rui would kill him, so he sent a message under the guise of another day in an attempt to preemptively strike.
In history, he did the same thing, and Sun Jian seized the opportunity and directly led his troops to force Wang Rui to death, and then Liu Biao succeeded Wang Rui as the governor of Jingzhou.
Asking for a monthly ticket~
(End of chapter)
