Chang 'an City was stirred up by the officials, nobles, merchants, and people from Luoyang for half a month before it gradually calmed down.
However, the sudden increase in population also made Chang 'an City prosperous.
Before daybreak, Lu Bu brought a few personal guards and rushed to the Imperial Palace. Today was the day that Dong Zhuosheng was promoted to Grand Preceptor. He had to go and get some benefits.
Ever since he came to Chang 'an, Dong Zhuo had moved into the Imperial Palace. Naturally, the troops guarding the palace had been replaced by his personal guards. Lu Bu's Imperial Army soldiers also became idle. Lu Bu did not allow them to enter Luoyang, and they camped 30 miles away from Chang 'an with the cavalry.
The Imperial Army, together with his original infantry, had a total of twelve thousand men. Lu Bu picked out 2,000 people with good physical fitness and handed them over to Gao Shun to train the Breaking Ranks Battalion. Zhao Yun was in charge of the remaining ten thousand. After all, with the training method he had given them and the help of Hao Meng and the other four generals, they wouldn't make any mistakes.
As for the 25,000 cavalrymen, Lu Bu planned to train them himself. Since Zhang Xiu and Xu Huang were under his command, he could train them to become first-rate generals. Although he was rarely in the military camp, with the training methods, he believed that the two of them would definitely be able to lead the troops well.
Compared to these generals, Jia Xu was the busiest one. Lu Bu assigned Cao Xing, Song Xian, and fifty personal guards to him. He needed to lead these people to select a group of people from the common people of Luoyang and train them to be spies and secret agents. He really lacked talents in this field. He didn't expect the personal guards he had sent out to deliver intelligence. He just wanted them to help him when he killed Dong Zhuo and settled down in Yongzhou.
Jia Xu had to search for talents and also train them, it was really hard work. Yet, Lu Bu had given him a bunch of training methods such as reconnaissance, tracking, eavesdropping, and lockpicking. He was so stunned that he didn't even have time to rest.
As he sped along the road to the Imperial Palace, Lu Bu couldn't help but think of Chen Gong and Zang Ba. He wondered how they were doing. Had Chen Gong subdued Taishi Ci and Yu Jin? Although Qingzhou was not big, it was the most chaotic state in the world. Qingzhou had a large population and suffered serious losses from the drought. Therefore, it was also the state with the most Yellow Turban rebels. The prefects and the prime minister were not decisive people. Therefore, the people could be said to be hungry and homeless. Almost all the villagers followed the Yellow Turban Army to attack various county cities and snatch food.
When Chen Gong and Zang Ba arrived in Qingzhou, they did not come into contact with any of the Yellow Turban soldiers. Instead, they went straight to Duchang County, which had been looted by the Yellow Turban army, and stationed there. Chen Gong directly appointed himself as the county magistrate, while Zang Ba and Yu Jin were appointed county captains. This county belonged to the Beihai Kingdom. It was close to the Bohai Sea in the north and the capital of the Beihai Kingdom, Pingshou. It was convenient to do things.
Then, Chen Gong began to clean up the Yellow Turban Army. First, he captured a few small troops of about a thousand people. He increased the population of the county town and recruited a team of 2,000 people, handing them over to Yu Jin.
Then, he started to think about food. As long as there was food, those poor people would definitely not rely on the Yellow Turban Army anymore. Even the Yellow Turban Army would take the initiative to seek refuge. Because it was close to the Bohai Sea, they could fish for food. Although Zang Ba's army didn't bring much food, they had brought a lot of treasures, which could be used to buy food in the big city. Chen Gong began to plan for the opening up of wasteland. Pingshou was now empty, with less than ten thousand soldiers and civilians. It was a good time to experiment with Lu Bu's method. He first sent people to register all the commoners and set up a Baojia system with ten households as units. Then, they began to measure and distribute the land. According to the rule that every citizen above the age of 12 would be given one mu of land, these 7,000 citizens would not be able to get more than 7,000 mu of land. With the 30% rent that he set, there was no way to provide for his army. Left with no choice, he had no choice but to target Yu Jin's 2,000 men. He began to set up military camps, preparing them to farm in the morning and train in the afternoon every day.
It was winter now, so all of this was naturally impossible. Right now, he was only focusing on training. As for the Yellow Turban Army that had accidentally come to Pingshou, Chen Gong only had one sentence: fight first, then collect, and divide the land. This tactic was really effective. Just by relying on land, Chen Gong's army had grown to 10,000 men during the time Dong Zhuo had arrived in Chang 'an, while Pingshou had become a large county with more than 30,000 people.
Although Chen Gong had sent someone to pass on the news to Lu Bu, he was still worried. Qingzhou was the center of his next strategic goal. With Qingzhou, he could better achieve his goal.
The cold wind blowing in his face interrupted his thoughts. Lu Bu shook his head, no longer thinking about this matter. The imperial road leading to the Imperial Palace was relatively deserted. Other than a few officials who had rushed to the palace early, there was no one else.
After Chang 'an became the capital, the four roads leading to the palace were immediately designated as imperial roads. Except for the royal family and officials, no one else was allowed to pass through.
Many people had already arrived at the side room that was used for officials to rest temporarily. Most of them were gathered together to chat, and only two or three were sitting there to take a nap.
With a quick glance, he saw that most of the people who had come were officials who wanted to curry favor with Dong Zhuo. Without greeting them, Lu Bu walked straight to the inner palace where Dong Zhuo lived.
Today was the big day for Dong Zhuo to be promoted to Grand Preceptor, so he had to congratulate him early. Dong Zhuo had already gotten up and was wearing the purple and gold Grand Tutor uniform under the service of four palace maids. His second son-in-law, Li Ru, was already standing beside him, reporting something.
Lu Bu hurriedly walked in and cupped his fists.""Congratulations on ascending to the position of Grand Preceptor, Godfather.”
"Hehe, Fengxian, good timing. I have a good thing for you.”Dong Zhuo looked at the mirror for a long time and said happily to Lu Bu.
"Grand Preceptor, isn't this a little inappropriate?" Li Rushen hated that Lu Bu had come at the wrong time and hurriedly interrupted.
"Haha, it's fine. Fengxian is definitely suitable. You don't have to say anything else.”Dong Zhuo ignored Li Ru's obstruction. "After Ding Yuan's death, the position of governor of Bingzhou has been vacant for a long time. Would you like to take up this position?"”
When Lu Bu heard this, he was happy. He was just about to get this position, but he didn't expect it to come knocking on his door."Thank you, foster father.”It seemed that Li Ru had come so early for this position. He did not want to be interrupted by him. He did not know who he had asked for this position for. It seemed that his money had been wasted.
"Alright, let's go. Go to court." Dong Zhuo waved his hand and walked out. Lu Bu and Li Ru followed closely behind, followed by the palace maids and servants.
Dong Zhuo stepped into the main hall when it was time. Then, all the officials lined up and slowly walked in. At this moment, a eunuch shouted,""Welcome, Your Majesty! Court!"
Therefore, everyone except Dong Zhuo knelt down.
The first thing to do in court was to promote Dong Zhuo. One of the officials Li Ru had arranged for him immediately stood out and praised Dong Zhuo's merits. Then, he requested for him to be promoted to Grand Preceptor. This time, more than half of the officials in the court knelt down. Some of the remaining officials gritted their teeth, while others remained silent.
Zhang Wen was furious when he heard the content of the memorial. He was about to scold Dong Zhuo, but Wang Yun held him back and pulled him back.
After waiting for a long time until Dong Zhuo grew impatient, Emperor Xian finally agreed to his request and promoted Dong Zhuo to Grand Preceptor. He could bring his sword to court and was exempted from kneeling.
Dong Zhuo laughed happily and said,"What else do you have today?”Hearing this, the people below were a little angry. Even he himself felt that it was inappropriate. Fortunately, no one dared to touch his tiger beard because of his tyrannical power.
Seeing that no one spoke, Lu Bu quickly stepped forward and said,""Although the rebels have retreated, the threat is still there. I request that Lieutenant Zhang Liao be promoted to Governor of Hongnong to guard the gates of the court.”
Lu Bu had already told Dong Zhuo about this matter, and Dong Zhuo immediately agreed. Then, Li Ru mentioned the post of governor of Bingzhou. Without waiting for the ministers to discuss it, Dong Zhuo named Lu Bu as the governor. With this, no one dared to say anything. His fame had long spread throughout the world.
Then, the entire morning court turned into a conferring ceremony for the Western Liang faction. First, Dong Zhuo's younger brother, Dong Min, was conferred the title of Left General and Marquis of E. His nephew, Dong Huang, was conferred the title of minister and commanded the Imperial Army. The rest of the Dong Clan, regardless of age, were all promoted to Marquis. Then, it was his subordinates, like Li Cui and Guo Si, who were also made generals.
After the court session, he looked at Dong Zhuo's arrogant appearance. Ma Richan, Cai Yong, Wang Yun and the others shook their heads helplessly and left. Only Zhang Wen stared at Dong Zhuo's back for a while before he gritted his teeth and left. All of this did not escape Lu Bu's eyes. He knew what Zhang Wen was going to do next. This was a good opportunity to get rid of the radical faction in the court. Although he had no intention of controlling the government, it was still very unpleasant if there were always people pointing fingers at him.
Dong Zhuo didn't return to the palace. After all, he still had to entertain his subordinates. It was absolutely inappropriate to stay in the palace. He brought them to the newly built master's residence.
Actually, it wasn't a newly built mansion. How could they have so much time? He chose the street closest to the palace and chased away all the rich families there. He connected their houses together and directly turned them into luxurious houses that occupied five to six hundred acres.
The main hall of the Grand Preceptor Residence, which could accommodate up to a hundred people, was already bustling with noise. Dong Zhuo sat in the middle, with seventy to eighty officials sitting on his left and right. They were enjoying themselves while enjoying the singing and dancing performance of a group of beauties in the middle. From time to time, a bootlicker would stand up and praise Dong Zhuo. After that, he would start to toast him. Dong Zhuo didn't refuse anyone. He would drink whatever he could. He would even ask an official to dance with the beauties, which made the others burst out laughing.
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