The revival of the Han Dynasty must start with Dong Zhuo

Chapter 12 Court Meeting
Xuanshi Hall, also known as Xuanshi in popular language.

Since the Han Dynasty moved westward in the first year of Chuping, this place has become the core for the Han Dynasty to implement the highest decision-making.

"Zi Yan (Huang Wan's courtesy name), why did you suddenly call a court meeting? Is there any news from the Minister of the Interior?"

According to the system of the Later Han Dynasty, the Shangshu Ling, Sili Xiaowei, and Yushi Zhongcheng were called "Three Sitting Alone" because of the special status and responsibilities, and they had separate seats for attending every court meeting.

But now Wang Yun is not only the Minister of the Chancellery, but also one of the Three Dukes of the dynasty, so he does not sit with Huang Wan, the Inspector of the Imperial Guards, and others. Instead, Shi Sunrui, the second in command of the Chancellery, who is the Minister of the Chancellery, is quite close to Huang Wan.

Huang Wan also shook his head when he heard Shisun Rui's question.

"The Minister did not tell me anything, but yesterday someone saw Grand Tutor Dong and Minister Wang enter the palace to meet His Majesty one after another, and I don't know what happened afterwards."

At their level, they must have their own spies, and some basic movements in Chang'an City cannot be hidden from them.

Huang Wan also comforted him, "Jun Rong (Shisun Rui's courtesy name), don't worry, it shouldn't be a big deal, otherwise, given Wang Situ's caution, he would have informed us in advance. This court meeting should be to celebrate His Majesty's recovery, there should be no other important matters."

But for some reason, Huang Wan also felt that something was wrong with this sudden court meeting.

And after Dong Zhuo entered the Xuanshi Hall, this strange feeling almost reached its peak!
Behind Dong Zhuo stood his closest son-in-law Niu Fu.

Since Dong Zhuo entered Guanzhong, he dispersed his close associates to various places in Guanzhong to guard the important passes.

Such as Niu Fu, Dong Yue, Hu Zhen, Li Jue, Guo Si, Xu Rong, etc., were all assigned by Dong Zhuo to various forts and key points.

Among them, Niu Fu directly stationed troops in Shan County, the important road connecting Guanzhong and Henan.

But now, why did Niu Fu suddenly appear here?
Moreover, looking at Niu Fu's luggage, he looked exhausted.

His bloodshot eyes and dark circles showed that he was hastily recalled by Dong Zhuo overnight.

"Something's going to happen!"

Huang Wan, Shisun Rui and others have realized this!
Otherwise, why did Dong Zhuo suddenly summon Niu Fu and bring him to the Xuanshi?
They were so distracted that they didn't notice that there was a middle-aged man in his forties following behind Dong Zhuo.

This man had a simple face. If it weren't for the large crown with a tassel without any fringe, a green string, two heron tails, and two vertical heron tails on his head, one would probably think he was just an honest farmer.

But if you look closely, you will find that this person is only behind Dong Zhuo, and even Niu Fu is half a body length behind this person, as if he is afraid of something.

"Jia Xu, Jia Wenhe?"

Liu Xie, who was sitting at the top at this moment, knew this person's identity.

But even so, Liu Xie still found it a little hard to believe.

The face of the person in front of me is too plain!

With skin tanned by the scorching sun and a face full of wrinkles when he smiles, it is hard to equate this man with the "poisonous scholar" who would later go down in history.

“You can’t tell a person by his appearance!”

Liu Xie was secretly shocked in his heart, but his expression remained solemn.

"I have greeted your Majesty. How is your Majesty?"

"I am safe!"

With a greeting, another bloody court meeting of the Han Dynasty was officially convened.

At first, it was just some ordinary greetings.

Even if government affairs are occasionally mentioned, they are all insignificant matters.

Everyone knows that the place where the actual court affairs are handled nowadays is Wang Yun’s Sikong Mansion, not the emperor’s Xuanshi.

Because there are no real problems, there are no real conflicts, let alone real emotions.

The atmosphere in Xuanshi at that moment was harmony between the ruler and his subjects and love between them.

But the false prosperity was nothing but a bubble, and it could be punctured with just a breath. Liu Xie, who had been sitting upright, suddenly glanced at Dong Zhuo.

And Dong Zhuo also received Liu Xie's signal very sensitively.

"Your Majesty, I have this memorial."

As soon as Dong Zhuo opened his mouth, the air pressure in the entire Xuanshi room suddenly dropped.

Everyone stared at Dong Zhuo's back, which was as tall as a hill, wondering what he was going to do.

Wang Yun, who was right behind Dong Zhuo and could even touch Dong Zhuo's butt with his hand, was extremely nervous!

Even Huang Wan and Shisun Rui could sense that something was wrong, not to mention how shrewd he was.

Now that Dong Zhuo was about to make a move, Wang Yun dared not slack off in the slightest.

"Today's continuous heavy rain in Guanzhong is really a warning from heaven. I request the removal of the three ministers to appease the wrath of heaven!"

what?
That's it?

All the civil and military officials couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

That’s it!
I thought it was a big deal. Master Dong, could you please stop being so scary? You're making me so scared!

Dismissing the three highest officials was almost a political tradition of the Later Han Dynasty.

In the Later Han Dynasty, what mattered was the interaction between heaven and man.

The so-called "harmony between heaven and man" means that there is a solar eclipse. It is your fault as the emperor. It is because you, the Son of Heaven, are not virtuous enough.

For example, droughts, floods, hurricanes, wars, and even the mischievous movement of a star in the sky, were all blamed on you, the emperor.

But with so many pots, even if the emperor’s spine was made of iron, he wouldn’t be able to carry them all!
Fortunately, aren’t there still three officials?

As the three ministers who assist the emperor, do you dare to say that you have no responsibility when the emperor misbehaves?
As a result, the appointment and dismissal of the Three Dukes of the Later Han Dynasty was just a joke, and their promotions and demotions were extremely casual.

The business genius Emperor Ling of Han, Liu Hong, was even more amazing. He directly treated the official positions of the three highest officials as commodities. As long as you had enough money, you could sit on them and enjoy yourself.

Cao Cao's father, Cao Song, once paid money to buy a position as a general. Unfortunately, Cao Song was dismissed from his post before the Yellow Turban Rebellion broke out...

So now when Dong Zhuo said he wanted to dismiss the three highest officials because of natural disasters, everyone was used to it and treated it as just an ordinary transfer.

"Therefore, I request to be relieved of my post as Minister of Civil Affairs and demoted to the position of Governor of Henan!"

Now everyone was a little stunned.

Dong Zhuo has always valued Wang Yun very much, and his official position has always been promoted but not demoted.

Everyone thought that Dong Zhuo would target the Grand Marshal or the Minister of Works, but unexpectedly he would directly remove Wang Yun from his position as Minister of Works?
Wang Yun's face turned pale at this moment, but he couldn't get angry.

He could only comfort himself, it's okay, it's okay, as long as he still has the position of Shangshu Ling, then losing the position of one of the Three Dukes is actually not a big deal.

But this comfort only lasted for a moment.

At this time, Jia Xu finally took action!
He stood up silently and smiled politely at Wang Yun.

"Grand Master, I think that Wang Situ should not be removed from his post as the governor of Henan!"

As soon as this statement came out, everyone in the audience was shocked!

Whose general is this?

How dare you be so brave?

Refuting Dong Zhuo in public... Doesn't he want to live anymore? ? ?

(End of this chapter)