At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

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So Yuan Kai looked at Lu Zhi.

"Grand Master Lu, look, it's not easy to go against the aspirations of the people. What's more important, your own opinion or the opinion of the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty?"

"Yuan Kai, you..."

Lu Zhi took a deep breath: "Four generations and three lords, the Runan Yuan family, which has been deeply favored by the great man, will produce a traitor like you!"

"Grand Master Lu, speak carefully!"

Yuan Kai frowned, and his tone became severe: "You should know what you should say and what you shouldn't say!"

"Clear? I know very well, I know everything."

Lu Zhi laughed back angrily: "Yuan Wei, you remember, what you did today, in the future, don't regret it."

"Thank you, Grand Master Lu, for your warning!"

Yuan Kui waved his hand: "Come here, Grand Master Lu is tired, send Grand Master back to rest. Since you are tired, don't continue to manage the government affairs of the court. Go home and recuperate your body, and spend your old age in peace!"

The civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty were terrified.

Yuan Kai calmly and lightly took away all the power of Lu Zhi, wiped out all political enemies, and completely controlled the government. From then on, the political power belonged to the Yuan family, and the military power was controlled by Dong Zhuo.

With one article and one military, the officials and officials of the Manchu Dynasty were played and applauded by Yuan Kai and Dong Zhuo.

No one continues to oppose the decision of the Great Court Assembly.

Although both Liu Bian and Queen Mother He were crying helplessly.

Therefore, on the first day of September in the first year of Zhaoning, Liu Bian's throne was officially deposed.

Yuan Kui personally helped Liu Bian, who was pale and trembling, took off all his emperor's talismans and clothes, and helped Liu Xie ascend the throne. Together with Liu Bian and Dong Zhuo, they knelt down facing north to worship the dazed new emperor. Liu Xie.

Liu Bian, who had only been emperor for four months, abdicated, and Liu Xie, who was only nine years old, was involuntarily enthroned and began to implement his own "rule".

On this day, Yuan Kai took the initiative and changed the reign name of Dahan to Yonghan.

This year, Dahan experienced four years.

From Zhongping, to Guangxi, then to Zhaoning, and finally to Yonghan.

Liu Xie was sadly forced to start his long career as a puppet emperor for decades.

Empress Dowager He was abolished as empress dowager and moved to another palace.

Yuan Kai was still not at ease, and instructed Dong Zhuo to poison Queen Mother He on the third day of September, and then poisoned Queen Mother He's mother, Lord Wuyang, completely eradicating any chance for He's relatives to make a comeback.

Liu Xie became a real loner, literally, a loner with no water at all.

As a result, the power of the royal family completely declined, the influence of foreign relatives and eunuchs ceased to exist, and the Han Dynasty completely fell into the control of the scholar group headed by Yuan Kai. The scholars finally realized the situation they had dreamed of for countless years.

From now on, the Great Han World will become extremely prosperous and prosperous under their control!

Their dreams are really beautiful.

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Liu Bian abdicated, Liu Xie ascended the throne, and Empress Dowager He died.

The Han Dynasty entered the period when Yuan Kui was in power.

The Yuan family of four generations and three lords, the four generations who have cultivated the world deeply, and the Yuan family who silently accumulated for the family for several generations before the prosperity, finally realized the dream of all scholars on this day of this year and this month. everything of.

Eliminate eunuchs, eliminate foreign relatives, and control the government alone.

Turn the emperor into a mascot, let the emperor become a symbol, and let the world be dominated and controlled by them.

All living things and creatures are in the hands of scholars.

Those who read, studied, mastered the knowledge of governance, and the scholars who monopolized all knowledge and promotion channels, trampled on Li Shu and beat the royal family with fists, and finally managed to control the world.

The beautiful vision has finally come true.

However, Yuan Kai knew deeply that in order to keep the fruits of victory, there are still some things that need to be done.

Now it is just the initial completion of this great cause. If we want to have it for a long time, we still need to lay a solid foundation.

And what is your foundation?

There is no doubt that he is an old official of the Yuan family.

So Yuan Kai finally moved his noble gaze down a little bit, and saw a fat body.

Fat, prestigious, good at fighting, his qualifications in the army surpassed all the children of his own Yuan family, including Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu.

Among the former officials of the Yuan family, Yuan Wei did not find a more suitable candidate than Dong Zhuo, so there is no doubt that in the field that he is not good at, he should let professionals be the leader, and he can lead him by himself. up.

On September [-]th, as soon as peace was restored in the court, Yuan Kai arranged for Dong Zhuo to be transferred from Sikong to Taiwei, and he took over the military power of the country in a legitimate manner.

At the same time, Dong Zhuo also led the former general, added festivals, bestowed axes and tigers, and granted the title of Marquis of Mei.

Then, together with Dong Zhuo, Yuan Kai and Dong Zhuo began to win over some scholars who were dissatisfied because of the violent coup d'état, and wanted to use the exchange of political interests to convince them, recognize the new emperor's throne, and ensure their rule.

Yang Biao, who was born in the Hongnong Yang family, was appointed as Sikong, and Huangwan, the former Yuzhou Muhuang, was conscripted into the court as Situ.

In addition, Dong Zhuo served as Taiwei, and a ruling team headed by Yuan Kai, one Taifu and three princes, was formed above the court, which was in order.

Of course, Lu Zhi, who lost his power to record the book, was excluded, leaving only a very honorable title of grand master without real power.

The great event was completed, the order in Luoyang was restored to stability, the power of the Yuan family of four generations and three princes reached its peak, and Yuan Wei was full of ambition.

He felt that he had accomplished many things that his ancestors dreamed of but could not accomplish, and that he was the best descendant of the Yuan family.

The future will be even better.

Yuan Kai thought happily.

Then, Dong Zhuo officially opened the mansion as a Taiwei under the suggestion of some good scholars, and recruited famous scholars from all over the country to take up official positions in his mansion to improve his reputation.

Yuan Kui believed that all the members of the ruling team except Dong Zhuo were scholars. In order for Dong Zhuo to serve the scholars better, it is necessary to surround him with scholars, identify with the scholars, and serve the interests of the scholars wholeheartedly. Nothing prevents.

Dong Zhuo issued quite a few summoning orders to celebrities in the country, including Cai Yong, who was able to return to his hometown in Chenliu County in the Central Plains because of the enthronement of the young emperor and amnesty to the world.

And the day when Dong Zhuo's summoning document was issued, September [-]th, was also the time when Guo Peng led his fully prepared army to officially set off for Qingzhou.

As early as September [-], Guo Peng led the army and galloped all the way back to his hometown Qiao County.

Then he called Cao Song and the old people of Xiahou's family, including his father Guo Dan, and announced to them that he had been appointed as the governor of Qingzhou and that he would take up the post as soon as possible.

They all felt very pleasantly surprised.

Guo Dan was even more happy, dancing happily, and felt that Guo Peng's future was bright.

Later, Guo Peng made a request to them, hoping that they could help him build a powerful army.

Because Qingzhou was threatened by the Yellow Turban Army, if he wanted to be the governor of Qingzhou, he had to wipe out the entire Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army. Fighting must be indispensable, and he only had [-] troops in his hands, which was not enough, and he hoped to get funding.

This kind of saying is out of the ordinary.

The outstanding descendants of the Cao family and Xiahou family all became Guo Peng's former officials and served under his command. Both families focused their energy on Guo Peng. When Guo Peng made a request, they immediately donated generously.

Guo Dan was even more excited and said that it doesn't matter if the entire Guo's manor is moved to Qingzhou.

So the Guo family, the Cao family, and the Xiahou family donated their family funds to assist Guo Peng in recruiting soldiers near his hometown, and directly handed over some armed tribes in the clan to Guo Peng's command to be his soldiers.

When people near his hometown heard the news that Guo Peng was going to be the governor of Qingzhou, he was recruiting soldiers from his hometown to take up the post in Qingzhou, and he was crusade against the Yellow Turban Army, they immediately voted in large numbers.

Guo Peng also took the opportunity to incorporate the soldiers and horses hidden in the manor at home into the army.

The [-] cavalry were completed again, and Guo's Manor Cao's Manor and Xiahou's Manor jointly contributed another [-] strong men, who were organized into infantry by Guo Peng and practiced in Guo's Manor.

The weapons, armor and fodder that Guo Peng had stored for several years came in handy.

After the propaganda of the three great masters, Guo Peng gained momentum in just three to five days, and people kept taking the initiative to join him.

There are also local tyrants who lead their own private soldiers to join Guo Peng, who are appointed by Guo Peng as officers of different sizes and incorporated into the army.

Among them was a young man who was short in stature but strong in force, which attracted Guo Peng's attention. After questioning, he found out that his name was Le Jin, who was literate. Guo Peng felt delighted and appointed him as the head of the village.

At the same time, Guo Peng recruited scholars as General Zuo and Governor of Qingzhou.

But it is a pity that at this time, the news of the abdication of the old emperor and the ascension of the new emperor has already spread, and the news of the court reshuffle also spread, so a large number of scholars went to Luoyang to participate in the feast of the scholars.

A large number of scholars from Yingchuan, including the Xun family, the Chen family, and the Han family, went to Luoyang collectively, and went to their own light, and dismissed the solicitation of some local officials.

Guo Peng also learned that after he left, everything developed as he knew well, and Lu Zhi was also removed from the power of Shangshutai, and became a titular grand teacher and began to retire.

After a brief hesitation, the scholars were driven by huge interests and collectively recognized the legal status of the new emperor Liu Xie.

If you don't recognize the legal status of the new emperor, you can't get political benefits. On this point, everyone is not stupid.

Guo Peng and Guo Dan also congratulated the new emperor on his enthronement and recognized the legal status of the new emperor.

Therefore, Guo Peng did not recruit any scholars in his hometown, basically he was the original team brought from Shanggu County.

All the well-known sons of the gentry all ran to Luoyang, and only one Yingchuan man named Xizhong Biaozi Zhicai came to join Guo Peng.

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When Xi Zhong came to join him, Guo Peng felt very curious.

"I heard that most people from my hometown packed up and went to Luoyang, preparing to join the new Sangong's shogunate and imperial court for a bright future. Why did you come to seek refuge with me?"

Hearing Guo Peng's question, Xi Zhong smiled.

"One, Ximou's reputation is not very good, even if he goes to Luoyang, he won't get any recommendation, and he will definitely be received coldly. Rather than being coldly received, it is better not to go to Luoyang, so as not to waste time.

Two, Zhong heard that the general was going to Qingzhou to crusade against the Yellow Turban, and was very happy. Since childhood, Zhong liked military affairs and was not good at scriptures, so he came to vote for the general, hoping to show what he had learned all his life, hoping to be appointed by the general. "

Xi Zhong was honest, he said everything that should be said and should not be said, Guo Peng couldn't stop laughing, so he appointed Xi Zhong as his fake Sima in General Zuo's mansion.

"Ming Gong trusts, Zhong is very grateful, Zhong will definitely make achievements, and repay Ming Gong's kindness!"

Xi Zhong didn't expect Guo Peng to be so straightforward, and directly gave him the position of fake Sima in General Zuo's mansion, so he was very happy.

False is the meaning of agency, that is, the probationary period, depending on the situation, it may be converted into a regular one.

For Xi Zhong, whether he can become a regular is a test for him, and he finds it very challenging.

At the same time, Guo Peng appointed Cheng Li as his own governor, who was the governor's meritorious service, representing that Guo Peng has always trusted him and entrusted him with the most important position.

By September 2, with the help of the three masters, Guo Peng had recruited an army of [-] people.

It has to be said that the previous years of preparation, coupled with the family relationship, can really provide Guo Peng with excellent support, without the need to start from scratch.

Not only the capital accumulated in Guo's manor, but also the large amount of food, fodder and accompanying craftsmen collectively provided by Cao's and Xiahou's manors are enough for Guo Peng to flex his muscles in Qingzhou, so he can march at any time.

The family accumulation of several generations is really important, otherwise it is really not enough to rely on the accumulation of Guo Peng in Guo's manor for several years.

His family is considered an upstart, and within a few years it has developed into a large manor with thousands of families. However, compared with the Cao family and the Xiahou family, what is lacking is the foundation.

The great help of Xiahou family and Cao family on the rich side is very important to him, not to mention the craftsmen, the private soldiers provided by Cao family and Xiahou family have given Guo Peng a lot of help.

Years of investment, now, it's finally time to make a profit.

The basic disk has been built very solidly.

According to Bao Xin's suggestion, Guo Peng decided to go via Taishan County, Yanzhou.

This is Bao Xin's hometown and the base of the Bao family. Bao Xin expressed his willingness to help Guo Peng recruit troops here, reorganize them, and build a forward base for entering Qingzhou.

The northern part of Taishan County is adjacent to Qi State, where Linzi, the prefecture of Qingzhou, is located. It is a good route to enter Qi State directly from here. You can also inquire about the progress of the Yellow Turban Army in Qingzhou before that, and see how to conquer the Yellow Turban Army in the future.

Before setting off, Guo Peng quietly called Guo Dan aside.

"Father, from now on, no matter what position the imperial court uses to recruit you into the imperial court, don't go, even if you resign, don't go. Once the imperial court is ready to use force, you should immediately flee to Qingzhou."

Guo Dan looked at Guo Peng in surprise.

"Xiaoyi, what do you mean by that, the imperial court...will take action against you and my father and son? You...what did you do?"

"It's not what I do, but what the court wants to do."

Guo Peng said in a low voice: "The current situation in the imperial court is very strange. All in all, father must remember, absolutely, never take up an official position in the imperial court. If you have any problems, come to Qingzhou to find me immediately, don't hesitate."

Seeing that Guo Peng said something so solemnly, Guo Dan nodded solemnly.