The revival of the Han Dynasty must start with Dong Zhuo

Chapter 18: Carrying the Burden
After the banquet, Liu Xie specifically kept Dong Zhuo in his bedroom and curiously asked him about his past.

As people get older, they tend to reminisce about the past. Besides, the person who wanted to hear Dong Zhuo's story was the emperor of the time, so Dong Zhuo naturally had no reason to refuse.

For example, when he was young, Dong Zhuo liked to do good deeds. In addition, there were many Qiang tribes living near his hometown Lintao, so he often visited the Qiang leaders there and made friends with them. Later, when a Qiang leader came to see him in person, Dong Zhuo killed his own oxen to entertain them. The Qiang leaders were very happy and later sent thousands of livestock to repay Dong Zhuo's hospitality.

After that, Dong Zhuo's reputation in the army gradually grew. In a battle with the Xianbei people, he captured tens of thousands of prisoners, and was rewarded by the court. He was appointed as a doctor for his merits and was rewarded with 9,000 pieces of silk. However, Dong Zhuo did not keep any of these rewards, but distributed them all to his subordinates.

There are also some interesting stories in the army. For example, when Dong Zhuo was fighting against the rebels, a meteor suddenly streaked across the sky. The rebels thought it was a bad sign, but Dong Zhuo was overjoyed and led his troops to charge forward, beheaded thousands of people, and put an end to the disaster.

These things were extremely new to Liu Xie, and he became more and more excited as he listened to them.

Judging from Dong Zhuo's deeds in the first half of his life alone, who would have thought that he would become the notorious treacherous minister in history books?
However, it must be said that Dong Zhuo did have some rebellious nature.

Liu Xie smacked his lips. In the Han Dynasty, killing oxen was a capital crime. Wasn't it a bit too ostentatious for his Grand Tutor Dong to say this in front of the emperor?
Moreover, when there was a meteor in the sky, it would have been fine if you didn't run away, but you led your troops to attack it... Could it be that Master Dong is still a staunch materialist?
Liu Xie listened attentively, and Dong Zhuo became more and more excited as he spoke.

In the end, he actually used the subtle differences between the women of the Xianbei, Qiang, and Xiongnu families as topics of conversation and told them all to Liu Xie, a minor.

If both of them had not slept well last night and were not in good spirits, they would have probably talked all night and stayed up all night.

But the comfort they enjoyed was all achieved through the hard work of others.

After Jia Xu returned home and greeted his mother, he did not go to sleep with his clothes on. Instead, he lit an oil lamp and placed it in front of the table.

Guanzhong Memorials

Slowly writing these four words on the first page of the bamboo slips, Jia Xu supported his head with the pen and thought carefully for a while before writing a few words on the bamboo slips.

I kept writing on and off, and before I knew it, it was already dawn.

The old man had a light sleep, and the sound of a rooster crowing was enough to wake him up.

When Jia's mother came to Jia Xu's place and heard the sound of Jia Xu writing furiously, she felt a little distressed: "Wenhe rushed to Chang'an overnight, why did he stay up late again instead of taking a good rest?"

After saying this, Grandmother Jia stumbled over and tried to snatch the pen from Jia Xu's hand and force him to go to sleep.

"Mother."

Without waiting for Lady Jia to come over, Jia Xu put down his pen and took the initiative to apologize to Lady Jia.

"Please forgive me for being unfilial, but I really can't rest for a moment now."

Jia Xu rolled up the bamboo slips on the table and hid them in his arms.

"I came late last night and didn't tell my mother clearly. The Grand Master has appointed me as the Minister of the Chancellery, in charge of the government affairs of the thirteen states of the Han Dynasty."

At this point, Jia Xu laughed at himself: "There aren't that many Kyushu. There is actually only Guanzhong... No, there are only Zuofufeng, Youfengyi, and Jingzhao."

"But even in this Sanfu area, there are 100,000 households of my Han people living here."

"I met the emperor yesterday, and he said that the people in Guanzhong can't wait any longer."

"I will take a day's rest now. Although it can relieve my fatigue, it cannot relieve the suffering of the people and the worries of the emperor. I hope mother will stop persuading me."

After hearing this, Grandmother Jia gave up.

She only asked one question: "Is the current emperor virtuous?"

"You are extremely virtuous." "If that's the case, you can't let the emperor down."

"My child understands."

After Jia Xu finished writing the official documents, he ate today's breakfast porridge with his mother, washed and cleaned himself up, then got up and went out.

Before going out, Jia Xu subconsciously took an umbrella with him, trying to block the incessant rain in Guanzhong.

But when he looked around, Jia Xu discovered that Chang'an was exceptionally sunny today. Although there were still misty clouds on the horizon, he could see the rare sky nearby.

He put the bamboo basket back home, arranged for the servants to take care of the house, burned more charcoal braziers for warming, and then walked into the streets of Chang'an again.

Chang'an is not like Luoyang, it does not have a more neatly planned layout.

Chang'an was originally the name of a hometown in the Qin Dynasty. There was the Xingle Palace during the Qin Dynasty. Later, Emperor Gaozu Liu Bang expanded the Changle Palace on the basis of the Xingle Palace, and ordered Xiao He to build the Weiyang Palace, which "had to be magnificent to enhance prestige", and became the original framework of the Chang'an Palace.

Later, during the reign of Emperor Hui, Chang'an began to build city walls. During the reign of Emperor Wu, the Beigong, Guigong and other palace clusters were built, the Jianzhang Palace was built in the west of the city, and the Kunming Lake was dug. The overall architectural planning was extremely chaotic.

This resulted in the fact that although Chang'an was famous, due to its layout, most of the residential areas were still outside the city walls and separated from Chang'an.

Even someone like Jia Xu did not live within the walls of Chang'an, but in a residential area in the northeast.

The roads here are not like those in Chang'an City, which are paved with bricks and stones made of rammed earth and forged. They are just small paths made of compacted loose soil.

Now that the rain has passed, the earthy smell that has been suppressed on the path is finally released and floats in the air.

Jia Xu twitched his nose slightly, and did not find the earthy smell pungent at all, but rather somewhat sweet.

Especially the few green leaves that he occasionally caught a glimpse of on the roadside, which brought new vitality to Jia Xu's somewhat tired body.

"Go to the Shangshutai."

After informing the coachman, Jia Xu took a short nap in the carriage.

The Shangshu Terrace was not very close to Jia Xu's home, but Jia Xu still felt that his eyelids only bumped slightly before he arrived at his destination.

Although Wang Yun had served as the Minister of the Chancellery before, he usually handled official business in the Sikong Mansion, which was closer to the Weiyang Palace. This caused the Shangshutai, the real power center of the Han Dynasty, to be slightly dilapidated.

But today, Jia Xu found something different.

Although there were no soldiers surrounding the Shangshu Terrace, there were officials from the inner court standing on both sides of the long steps, which brought a bit of popularity to the Shangshu Terrace.

Jia Xu walked up the stairs and came to the door of the Shangshu Terrace, where he saw a man sitting in the hall. It was Shisun Rui, who served as the Shangshu Pushe.

The other party sat in the main seat, looking very calm, as if he was completely unaware that it was not the seat for an adjutant.

Seeing this, Jia Xu's face trembled slightly.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I will just say that I do not want to take the position of Shangshu Ling!"

"Look, this trouble...has come to us on its own!"

　It's the last day of April. I wish everyone a happy holiday. I'll add another chapter～～～
　　
　
(End of this chapter)