The revival of the Han Dynasty must start with Dong Zhuo

Chapter 102 Please kill Xu Huang!

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Li Ru just drank a little and didn't say anything.

Dong Min asked Li Ru, "Did the Imperial Doctor know about the ceremonial arrangement that Your Majesty made at Baqiao in Chang'an?"

"The cheers in Chang'an at that time shook the heavens, so I naturally knew about it."

"Didn't the doctor think there was something wrong?"

"What's wrong?"

Li Ru put down his wine glass and said, "The Grand Master was not in Chang'an at the time. The emperor used this ceremonial procession to boost morale and stabilize people's hearts. Isn't this the right thing to do?"

Dong Min was a little impatient: "Does the doctor really not know what I'm talking about?"

"After this incident, most of the people in Chang'an praised the emperor. This greatly increased his reputation! Is this really a good thing for the Grand Tutor?"

Having said that, it already sounds a bit disrespectful.

Li Ru put his hands on his knees and said, "General Zuo, you shouldn't tell me these words, but go and tell the Grand Tutor."

"That's the problem!"

Dong Min spread his palms——

"The Grand Master has now been invited by the Emperor to live in the Weiyang Palace. Even for me, it is difficult to meet with the Grand Master often!"

"Plus, the emperor often advises the Grand Tutor with the words of 'Duke Zhou', and the Grand Tutor has long regarded the emperor as 'the King of Success'. How can I tell the Grand Tutor that the emperor's prestige is too great?"

"Anyway, ever since the Grand Tutor moved from Meiwu to the Weiyang Palace, I feel like he's getting further and further away from us old subordinates, but getting closer and closer to the Emperor!"

When Dong Min talked about this, he already felt angry!
"As far as I know, even Xun You, who had previously assassinated the Grand Tutor, was acquitted of his crime under the guarantee of the Emperor and Jia Xu, and Wang Yun's clan was not held accountable by the Grand Tutor either... Wen You! Tell me, is such a Grand Tutor still a Grand Tutor?"

Li Ru continued: "Isn't this good?"

"The Grand Master should be his Duke of Zhou, and the Emperor should be his King Cheng."

"Assisting the young lord and reviving the Han Dynasty... Isn't this an outcome worthy of joy for the Grand Master's clan and the Left General?"

"What a fart!"

Dong Min angrily rebuked——

“I’ve read some books, too!”

"Duke Zhou, there is only one!"

"Besides, even the Duke of Zhou had to flee to the East because of fear of rumors!"

"As for the other ministers who assisted the young master, such as Huo Guang and Liang Ji, they will all be punished in the future!"

"Especially the current emperor... Wenyou, you don't know that before the battle of Hedong, I once entered the Weiyang Palace to participate in the temple divination. Although the emperor was young, he was extremely intelligent! If such an emperor still has a reputation, I'm afraid he will be difficult to control in the future!"

Dong Min finally expressed his real concerns.

Liu Xie is so smart!

Not only the previous temple calculations.

And the decisions made in response to every crisis afterwards made Dong Min realize that the current emperor is by no means an easy target.

If it were in the past, I'm afraid there would be another Emperor Xuan of Han!

If such an emperor grows up in the future, who in the court can suppress him?

The emperor's sharpness has already made him feel like he is sitting on pins and needles and has a thorn in his throat!
Li Ru was still not in a hurry.

But the question he asked was earth-shattering -

"Since General Zuo doesn't want the Grand Master to be Huo Guang or Liang Ji, and doesn't think the Grand Master can be Duke Zhou, does General Zuo want the Grand Master to be Wang Mang?"

!!!

Dong Min sweated profusely on his forehead: "I don't mean that at all!"

"Since you don't want the Grand Tutor to be Wang Mang, does General Zuo want to replace the Grand Tutor and be Wang Mang himself?"

"Less likely!"

Dong Min now understood why no one was willing to talk to Li Ru.

Li Ru may appear normal on the surface.

But inside, it had already collapsed into a mess, no longer in human form!
Killing the Emperor...

This burden has never been an honor, but an absolute curse.

At least, Dong Min could feel that Li Ru was definitely not normal now!

"I have no such intention... I just want to keep the Dong family rich and prosperous, and I have absolutely no other thoughts!"

Let alone Wang Mang.

Dong Min didn’t even have the confidence to be the second Dong Zhuo!
Dong Min was also self-aware. Apart from anything else, he could not control and suppress the arrogant and powerful generals under Dong Zhuo...

As he himself said, he really just wanted to keep the Dong family rich and prosperous!

"During this expedition, I can clearly feel that the Grand Master's health is not as good as it used to be."

"In previous years, the Grand Master traveled day and night and could go three days without rest! But now, after only one day's march, his whole body aches and he has no choice but to build a camp to rest."

"In the past, the Grand Tutor could eat three catties of millet, two catties of meat, and a bucket of wine in one meal! But this time, each meal is only one catty of millet, half a catty of meat, and three cups of wine..."

Dong Min and Dong Zhuo are brothers, and he saw these changes most clearly and carefully.

"If the Grand Master ever... then my Dong family will be in real danger!"

Dong Min doesn't have big ambitions.

But at the same time, he also doesn't believe in the emperor!
Dong Zhuo is getting older and older, while the emperor is getting stronger and stronger...

In addition, the Liu emperors were always mean and ungrateful, and there was Huo Guang's deeds before. Dong Min was really afraid of the future of the Dong family!

"So this is what General Zuo is worried about." Li Ru confirmed that Dong Min really had no other ideas, and he didn't know whether he was disappointed or relieved.

"In that case, General Zuo just needs to share the worries with the Grand Tutor, right?"

"The emperor relies on the Grand Master because he holds the military power."

"If General Zuo can take over the Xiliang army, does General Zuo still need to worry about the safety of the Dong family?"

A word to wake up the dreamer!

Dong Min suddenly realized that his own affairs... didn't seem to be that complicated!
As long as we take over the military power from Dong Zhuo, we can naturally preserve the Dong family's wealth!
Dong Min was about to thank him, but then he realized something and lowered his head in shame.

"But can I really make those arrogant and powerful generals submit to me?"

Niu Fu is easy to deal with, after all, he is timid and he is a relative.

But among the rest, such as Li Jue, Guo Si, Lu Bu, Xu Rong, and Zhang Ji, which one of them is easy to get along with?

Especially Lu Bu!
At the banquet today, after Lü Bu asked for Dong Zhuo's concubine, he also kowtowed to the emperor! Dong Min saw it all himself!
Therefore, forget about trying to win over Lu Bu.

The remaining few were all shrewd people, and Dong Min really couldn't think of how he could win their hearts!

"It would be nice if Wencai (Hu Zhen's courtesy name) were still alive."

As the Grand Protector, Hu Zhen has a very good relationship with the Dong family and has enough prestige in the Xiliang army... If Dong Min could get Hu Zhen's assistance, perhaps he would really be able to make a group of powerful generals surrender.

and many more?

Hu Zhen?

Dong Min suddenly came up with a brilliant idea!

An idea that could quickly raise his reputation in the Xiliang army!
"Thank you for your advice, Wenyou! Now I know what to do!"

Dong Min was in a good mood.

"If I can really take power one day, I will definitely reward Wen You with the position of one of the Three Dukes and Nine Ministers!"

After Dong Min left, silence returned to the room.

Light can't get in and wind can't get in.

Only the faint aroma of wine still lingered in the hall.

This place seems to have been incompatible with this world since its birth.

But after Li Ru regained silence here, he gently closed his eyes, as if enjoying the uniqueness of this place.

He went back behind the screen and saw that the oil in the lamp seemed to be running low, so he added all the wine that Dong Min had brought into the lamp.

With the nourishment of fine wine, the firelight flickered happily, creating shadows and distorting the words on the table.

Li Ru was actually copying a history book just now.

As luck would have it, what he had just copied was the Biography of Huo Guang and Jin Midi in the Book of Han.

"When Emperor Xuan first came to power, he made Concubine Xu, who was still young, the empress. Emperor Xian loved his youngest daughter Chengjun and wanted to send her away, so he secretly sent his nurse Chunyu Yan to poison Empress Xu and persuaded Emperor Guang to marry Chengjun and make her the empress..."

Everyone knows that after Huo Guang's death, the Huo family was exterminated by Emperor Xuan of Han, but everyone forgets that the real disaster to the Huo family was not Huo Guang, but those members of the Huo family!

Huo Guang's wife wanted her younger daughter Chengjun to be the queen, so she sent the female doctor Chunyu Yan to poison Han Xuandi's original queen Xu Pingjun... Which emperor could tolerate such a crime?

When Huo Guang died, his son Huo Yu was dissatisfied with being deprived of his military power, so he claimed to be ill and refused to attend court. He also said to his former chief secretary Ren Xuan: "The emperor can be where he is today entirely because of my father's merits. How could he treat me like this?"

Afterwards, Huo Guang's foolish sons committed the biggest taboo of the Han emperor - contacting the princes...

Therefore, the glory of the Huo family began with Huo Qubing, Marquis of Guanjun, and flourished with Huo Guang, Marquis of Bolu. However, it was Huo Guang's descendants who caused their decline and destruction!
Li Ru sat back at the table, glanced at the content in front of him, and continued copying.

Li Ru stopped after copying just two words.

……

I copied it wrong.

He actually wrote "Huo" as "Dong". Such a mistake should not have happened to Li Ru, a doctor of Confucian classics.

After sitting for a while, Li Ru picked up the pen again and crossed out the word "Dong".

"History books shouldn't be written like this..."

In the palace, Dong Zhuo slowly woke up.

When Dong Zhuo saw that his precious granddaughter was safe and still by his side, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

However, when Dong Zhuo learned that he had agreed to give his concubine to Lu Bu, he still felt a little heartbroken.

After all, such a "big horse" is not common. In terms of rarity, it is probably as rare as the "Red Hare" that was previously awarded to Lu Bu.

But since I have already given Red Hare, it wouldn’t be a big deal to give him a big horse as a gift.

Thinking of Lu Bu's achievements in recent days, Dong Zhuo's pain gradually disappeared.

"Grandmaster, General Zuo wants to see you!"

A palace maid reported this matter, and Dong Zhuo thought it was his brother who came to pay his respects, so he asked the palace maid to bring Dong Min over.

"Why did Shuying leave and come back?"

Dong Zhuo gladly offered her a seat and asked Dong Bai to say hello to her great uncle.

"Brother, this time there is a military discussion!"

Dong Zhuo couldn't help laughing at Dong Min's words: "What military operations are there in Guanzhong now? If they are just a few bandits, just send Feng to deal with them. Why are you talking to me?"

Dong Min shook his head.

"It's not about the current military, but about what happened a few days ago!"

"Before, the bandit Xu Huang from the Baibo Army attacked our camp and killed the Grand Protector Hu Zhen. He deserves death! I beg you to grant me permission to execute Xu Huang to restore the morale of the army!"

(End of this chapter)