Dong Zhuo waved his hand." There's no need to say anything else. I've made up my mind. We'll set off on time in three days."”
"Think twice, Grand Preceptor, you can't move west. In this chaotic war, Dawn of the World is already worse than death.”The four of them knelt down one after another, their hearts filled with grief and indignation.
"Alright, you actually don't listen to this old man's words. Men, drag Huang Wan and Yang Biao out, remove them from all their duties, and send them back to their hometown.”
"Grand Preceptor, please reconsider. Grand Preceptor," Huang Wan and Yang Biao were dragged away.
"Wu Qiong, Zhou Bi, do you know why this old man wants you two to stay?”Dong Zhuo looked at the two kneeling on the ground and asked.
"Reporting to Grand Preceptor, I don't know."
Ye Tian was like a clay Buddha crossing the river, unable to even protect himself, so he had no time to care about the lives of others.
"Wu Qiong, Zhou Bi, when you recommended Yuan Shao, Liu Dai, and the others, this old man took your advice, but what happened in the end? Now, they want to attack this old man. You deserve to die. Men, drag them down and kill them.”
The remaining officials were all trembling with fear. They all stood where they were, bowing their bodies and not daring to make a sound.
"Xiaoyao, what do you think of my plan to move west?”Dong Zhuo turned to Ye Tian, wanting to hear what this eloquent young man had to say.
" Replying to the Grand Preceptor: Moving westward is actually feasible. The Grand Preceptor's main forces are all gathered in Chang 'an. Moving the capital to Chang' an will definitely stabilize your rule. Leaving an empty city for those rebels is not a problem. However, I feel that the Grand Preceptor should choose a compromise.”Ye Tian said calmly.
"Oh? Tell me!" Dong Zhuo laughed.
"The journey to the west is far. If we drive all the people of Luoyang into Chang 'an, there will be a lot of casualties. There was no need to drive all the people back to Chang 'an. They only needed to pick some young and middle-aged men and women. The rest of the old and young people would be left to the East Pass Army, which would increase their burden and weaken the power of the bandits to a certain extent. "In addition, it's best not to burn Luoyang City. The value of this ancient city is not small. The Grand Preceptor is a figure who wants to fight for the world. Luoyang City will be in your pocket sooner or later. If you burn it now, won't you be destroying your own wealth?”
"Good, good, well said. We'll do as you say?”Dong Zhuo felt that out of all the ministers, this kid's words were the most pleasant to hear. He should properly promote him.
The ministers couldn't help but admire Ye Tian for solving the problem of Xiqian with just a few words.
After the meeting ended, the officials immediately left the Dong Manor. With the westward migration imminent, they had too many things to prepare.
Once inside the carriage, Cai Yong felt his body relax and he looked back at Ye Tian with the same smile.
Ye Tian shook his head and sighed,""Father-in-law, Grand Preceptor Dong clearly wants to move westward. Your words are useless. If I hadn't stopped you, I'm afraid you would have retired and returned to your hometown.”
"It's fine if I retire and return to my hometown. Whether it's useful or not is one thing, and whether I remonstrate or not is another. Even if I die because of remonstrance, I don't feel ashamed.”Cai Yong was filled with grief and indignation. He originally thought that following Dong Zhuo could do some good for the people, but now it seemed that he was really thinking too much.
"Then what about Yan 'er?" Ye Tian smiled wryly, saying," Father-in-law, if something happens to you, your entire family will have no way out. In these troubled times, the Cai Clan is only thriving because you're an official. If you lose power, there will be many people who will kick you when you're down. Even if you don't think about yourself, you have to think about Yan 'er and the Cai Clan.”
"Sigh! Forget it, I'm still useless!"
Cai Yong was frustrated. Ye Tian was right. He was the pillar of the Cai Clan, and if he fell, the clan would be destroyed.
On the day of Ding Hai in the year 190, the westward migration officially began.
Dong Zhuo sent advance troops to escort Emperor Xian westward. He then used infantry and cavalry to select nearly a million young men and women from Luoyang's millions of people and sent them to Chang 'an. Although the number of people moving west had been greatly reduced under Ye Tian's influence, the population was still too large. Countless people had been trampled to death, trampled to death by horses, starved to death, and robbed and killed.
This was a chaotic world that Ye Tian couldn't change. Even if all the people stayed, more than half would starve to death because Dong Zhuo wouldn't leave them any food, leaving them to fend for themselves.
In Ye Tian's eyes, Old Lady Dong was easy to talk to, and a few words of flattery had gotten him out of jail. He hadn't even had the chance to compete with Lu Bu. In his original plan, he had planned to first come up with a plan before putting in his effort. He wanted to compete with Lu Bu so that Grand Preceptor Dong would take a fancy to his talent and bravery.
Who knew that Old Dong would be settled with just a few words of flattery.
For three consecutive days, Luoyang City was in chaos. All the rich people were arrested and executed for treason. All their property was confiscated. The tombs were also turned upside down by the soldiers. All the treasures were confiscated. The bones dug out were thrown away everywhere, and cries and curses were heard. Ye Tian himself hadn't expected Dong Zhuo to be so ruthless as to dig up his ancestor's grave. His eternal infamy had been sealed.
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