Lin Mu understood what Dong Zhuo and Yuan Wei wanted to do. This banquet was held in the palace.
But it will be an occasion for testing by various forces.
During these three months, no one found out who Lin Mu was helped by.
But it is no longer important now. Now that Niu Fu has defeated Zhu Jun, no one in the world dares to resist Dong Zhuo openly.
With the power of victory, Dong Zhuo overwhelmed the entire court. Even Yuan Wei could not compare with Dong Zhuo today.
Otherwise, without Yuan Wei's signal, how could those officials originally from Yuan Wei's lineage agree with Dong Zhuo?
Zhengdan is the time of renewal of the year, and celebrations will be held, but these are not important.
In line with Dong Zhuo's proposal, this is what those courtiers wanted to do.
Take this opportunity to show your kindness to Dong Zhuo, lest Dong Zhuo purge these people who were originally from Yuan Wei's lineage.
Dong Zhuo looked at Lin Mu on the throne and sneered. At this banquet, he wanted everyone to know what would happen if he offended him.
After the court meeting was dismissed, Yuan Wei glanced at Dong Zhuo worriedly.
The military power in Dong Zhuo's hands was really frightening, and he had no choice but to hope that Yuan Shao could succeed.
Lin Mu sat on the dragon chair and watched everyone leave, feeling a trace of murderous intent displayed by Dong Zhuo.
"Your Majesty, Dong Zhuo seems to be doing something wrong, please be careful."
When Mingong saw that everyone had finished leaving, he walked back and said to Lin Mu.
Mingong is also very interesting. Although he is loyal to Lin Mu, he does not put all his worth on Lin Mu and fully express his love for Lin Mu.
Instead, he was secretly afraid of being discovered by Dong Zhuo.
In fact, Lin Mu also understood why Mingong was like this. After all, his strength was too weak.
Yuan Wei and Dong Zhuo separated the courtiers cleanly. Although the remaining courtiers were not in their camp, they were by no means loyal to Lin Mu.
They are a fence-sitting faction, not a death-seeking faction. Now they are loyal to Lin Mu and are enemies of Yuan Wei and Dong Zhuo. That is not seeking death.
But it's different now. Lin Mu smiled. If Yuan Wei died and he showed his strength, the courtiers would have to rely on him.
The time is almost up...
Soon after Lin Mu returned to the palace, Bian Jin came in to report that the Queen Mother had arrived.
Lin Mu stood up to greet her, and Empress Dowager He arrived at Lin Mu's palace with the support of several maids.
"Queen Mother."
Lin Mu saluted the Queen Mother. The Han Dynasty ruled the world with loyalty and filial piety. Although the Queen Mother He was not virtuous, Lin Mu would not lose etiquette.
No matter what, they are all born into this body, so they should not be neglected.
"Bohe, I heard that Bohe wants to have a banquet with all the officials in the palace?"
Bohe is Liu Bian's surname. Since Liu Bian ascended the throne as emperor, few people have called him by his surname.
"Exactly, Zhengdan is the time when all things are renewed. In previous years, celebrations would also be held when my father was here. Since Dong Zhuo has this suggestion, I will follow him."
"Bo He must not be careless. Now Dong Zhuo has defeated the chariot and cavalry generals, many courtiers have turned to him, and they have always had a grudge against you. This banquet is probably the time for Dong Zhuo to establish his authority."
Queen Mother He handed a plate of fruits to Lin Mu, and Lin Mu grabbed a piece of preserved fruit and ate it.
Seeing Lin Mu deep in thought, Queen Mother He hurriedly spoke.
"I wonder if Bohe has a way to deal with it?"
Lin Mu ate the preserved fruit and suddenly realized why Queen Mother He came to him in a hurry as soon as the court came.
It turned out that he still refused to give up and wanted to know who was behind Lin Mu.
"It's natural."
Lin Mu threw half of the preserved fruit in his hand into his mouth and said with a smile.
"Oh? Can you tell me?"
"The Queen Mother will know when the time comes, but don't be frightened when the time comes."
Lin Mu smiled and made a joke.
Seeing that Lin Mu didn't say anything, Empress Dowager He gave up after asking several times and finding no results.
Winter in Luoyang is particularly cold, especially at this time when the Chinese New Year is about to begin.
Lin Mu took off his clothes and split the firewood with an axe.
Anyway, there was no official work that Lin Mu needed to do, so Lin Mu simply started thinking about how to use an axe.
Olaf's combat experience is really hard to put into words. His main character is that he has no skills and is just reckless, relying on numerical values.
After practicing all afternoon, Lin Mu's body was covered with sweat even in winter.
After stopping the exercise, the sweat on his body not only did not make Lin Mu feel cold, but even made him feel comfortable.
It seems that since acquiring this template, Lin Mu has a special feeling for the cold.
Since the last rebellion of the guards, the palace guards have been replaced under the control of Queen Mother He.
Empress Dowager He recruited five hundred good family members near Luoyang to guard the palace.
It has to be said that Queen Mother He was indeed experienced in fighting. She took advantage of the rebellion of the guards and recruited them on the grounds of palace safety.
At this time, Dong Zhuo was worried about the battle between Niu Fu and Zhu Jun and had no time to care about it.
And five hundred people is indeed not many, even much less than the private soldiers of some aristocratic families, so there is no one to stop it at all.
Lin Mu also took this opportunity to get familiar with Luoyang City.
The core area of Luoyang is naturally the area where the princes of the Manchu Dynasty lived. This area is located on the side of the palace, and it can be said that every inch of land is valuable.
This is the cleanest place with the best environment. There are officials patrolling the streets and handymen cleaning the streets.
If you continue to walk outside, you will see that the houses are getting more and more dilapidated. By the time you reach the outskirts of Luoyang, they will be where ordinary people live.
The environment here is reasonable. If you just look at these, it seems that the people of this era are living a pretty good life.
But the real situation is hundreds of times worse than this. Since Dong Zhuo entered Beijing, Xiliang soldiers looted people in Luoyang.
After Niu Fu defeated Zhu Jun, he launched an army to plunder and plunder. During the already famine years, another war disaster occurred, and countless people starved to death on the roadside.
As for why there are no refugees in Luoyang City, I'm sorry, Master Dong is a warm-hearted person and doesn't look down on refugees, so most of these refugees are outside the city.
As soon as you leave Luoyang City, you can see refugees and hungry people everywhere.
The Yellow Turban Rebellion in the early years, coupled with the recent Shi Changshi Rebellion, caused the blood of the people of the Central Plains to be shed one after another.
But now he can't do anything, he is alone.
No matter how strong a person is, how many can he save?
Today, the court has no means of resettling these refugees, leaving them to starve to death.
Because most of these refugees were caused by Dong Zhuo's Xiliang soldiers. Don't you think this is a slap in Dong Zhuo's face? Don’t want to live anymore?
Lin Mu's actions were naturally watched by all forces. It was Zhengdan in three days, and he only had these few days to save himself.
But these people did not expect that Lin Mu had no reaction at all, and they were even more surprised.
Jia Xu looked at the wooden sign on his desk and couldn't figure it out.
There are countless wooden plaques on the table with people's names engraved on them.
The ones at the top are Yuan Wei, Wang Yun, Yang Biao, Queen Mother He...
