But Dong Zhuo had just reappeared in front of the world, and one thing spoiled his interest.
There was an earthquake in Chang'an, earth dragons rolled, and an earthquake in Guanzhong.
The source of the earthquake was in Jingzhaoyin.
Fortunately, the intensity of the earthquake was not very high. In Chang'an City, most of the houses in the West City collapsed, and the ground sank for a mile.
Not many houses collapsed in other urban areas, and no fires were caused.
"Damn!"
It was a bad luck for Dong Zhuo. He was very happy at first, but suddenly there was an earthquake, which made him very depressed.
Because of the earthquake, some rumors quickly spread in Chang'an City.
It is said that Dong Zhuo was the cause of this scourge, and God was angry when he saw that he was not dead, and wanted to use the earth dragon to take Dong Zhuo away.
"Come on, let me catch anyone who dares to spread rumors, arrest them all, and destroy his three clans!" Dong Zhuo said angrily:
"It must be the hands and feet of those aristocratic families in secret. Check it out for me. We must kill all these aristocratic families who are behind the scenes!"
"Prime Minister can't do it!" Li Ru persuaded:
"Prime Minister, it's better not to block this matter. It's hard for us to find out that people from aristocratic families are doing things secretly. On the contrary, arresting people like this will give them an excuse to make trouble, and it will confirm people's slanderous words. We should find another way to deal with it." !"
Dong Zhuo said: "Whatever way you think of, I will kill whoever dares to spread the word, if there is one, I will kill one, if there are a thousand, I will kill a thousand, if there are a hundred thousand, I will kill a hundred thousand, until no one dares to spread it."
"Prime Minister! In fact, we can guide the people. All natural disasters in Lilai are related to the emperor." Li Ru said gloomyly:
"Prime Minister, why don't we declare to the public that this is the fault of the emperor, because the emperor of the Han Dynasty continued to be virtuous, and even the drought continued, and the emperor not only messed up the world, so that the heavens were angry and sent natural disasters and dragons to attack Guanzhong.
The Son of Heaven should issue a summons to the world. "
Dong Zhuo's face suddenly changed when he heard this, revealing a hint of playfulness.
"Well, that's not bad. All disasters in the world should belong to the emperor."
This has been the case in all dynasties. Whenever a catastrophe occurs in the world, the gentry and all the officials will blame it on the emperor's fault, and someone must take the blame.
And the emperor, as the co-lord of the world, naturally became the ideal bearer.
Now that Li Ru mentioned this, Dong Zhuo felt that it was feasible.
Then Li Ru said again: "Prime Minister, didn't Xu Ding always say in the newspapers that locust plagues are easy to occur after a long drought? If the emperor issued a sinful edict and then there was a locust plague, does this mean that the heavens are against Liu? Shi is dissatisfied and does not recognize him as the emperor, so we can make a fuss out of it."
It has not been a day or two since Dong Zhuo wanted to be an emperor, and he has long been dissatisfied with being a prime minister of the country.
Dong Zhuo's driving has already exceeded the limit, so Li Ru did not persuade him, but instead cleared the obstacles for him.
Because he also hoped that Dong Zhuo could really ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor. Then, as Dong Zhuo's son-in-law, he would naturally become the son-in-law of the new dynasty, and it would not be a problem to be named a marquis and worship a minister.
When going to court the next day, Dong Zhuo walked on the central avenue, followed by a group of civil and military ministers.
The emperor Liu Xie sat on the dragon chair, and when everyone finished saluting, the court eunuch sang loudly: "If there is something to do, come, and if there is nothing to do, leave the court!"
As soon as the court eunuch had finished speaking, someone stood up, bowed to Liu Xie and said, "Your Majesty, I have an answer!"
"What's the matter with Ai Qing?" Liu Xie glanced at the official and asked with a slight frown.
The man replied: "Your Majesty, there were earth dragons infesting the Guanzhong yesterday, destroying the land and destroying countless people. It is the glare of the fire, the separation and chaos, and this is the revelation from the heavens to me. I would like to ask your majesty to solve the problems of the great man and bring happiness to the people. The next crime has been ordered, let the anger of the gods dissipate, and let the roar of hell be quiet."
The person who said this was an official of the Qin Tianjian promoted by Dong Zhuo, and he went straight to the point when he came up, without any sloppiness.
Sure enough, Liu Xie above and the officials loyal to the big man in the hall all showed a hint of warmth and anger.
If Mouguang could be killed, the official Yijing had been killed several times at this time.
How dare you accuse the emperor.
If it is another era, Sangong Jiuqing is naturally happy to let the emperor take the blame, but now is a very important moment, naturally he is not willing to let the emperor's reputation be discredited, and the Han Dynasty will be even more precarious.
Therefore, Wang Yun, Yang Biao and others were silent.
Even if it was Dong Zhuo's promotion or the officials sent by Dong, they didn't say anything, but focused on Dong Zhuo.
They will only come out to denounce the emperor when Dong Zhuo says they are doing it, and Dong Zhuo will follow the lead in everything.
Dong Zhuo glanced at the palace members and saw that no one came out to help Liu Xie, the puppet emperor, so he smiled triumphantly and said:
"Your Majesty thinks this proposal is very appropriate. If His Majesty can stand up and petition the gods for forgiveness and relieve the suffering of the people, then he will be the most wise monarch in the past 400 years of my great Han Dynasty. It will be the blessing of the people and the community. point."
Liu Xie was sitting on the dragon chair with his hands tightly tucked into his sleeves, his nails pinched in his flesh, and he was about to bleed. He closed his eyes, his heart felt like a knife, and he was filled with grief and indignation.
But in the end, he opened his eyes and said with a worried expression, "What do you think?"
Liu Xie wants to find some different voices and see where my big man's loyalty lies.
At this time, don't the loyal ministers of the big man come out to defend me, the emperor?
But he was disappointed, it would be an idiot to come out and sing against Dong Zhuo at this time.
Therefore, those who are really loyal to the Han Dynasty will not make a sound.
At that time, Dong Pai all joined in and said: "Your Majesty, please issue an edict for the crime, and pray for the blessings of the people of the world."
Chapter 618 The crime has been ordered
"Your Majesty, please issue the decree of the crime, and pray for the blessings of the people of the world."
Seeing Dong Zhuo holding the sword hilt with one hand, the centrists glanced over and followed suit.
Wang Yun and the others also looked at each other, and shouted the same words as Yang Biao, Zhong Yao and the others.
The entire court had long been intimidated by Dong Zhuo's lust, and those who dared to contradict were either punished by Dong Zhuo, or killed and exterminated.
So I didn't help the emperor Liu Xie to speak.
Liu Xie took a deep breath and continued to calm himself down, restraining his anger.
Liu Xie doesn't have other skills, but he has learned the ability to endure over the years.
So he had no choice but to say: "Just follow the wishes of the ministers!"
"Your Majesty is wise!" Dong Zhuo bared his front teeth and grinned.
The little guy still wants to stand up, so it's good to be a mascot honestly.
The crime has already been drawn up by Li Ru, and it only needs to be signed by Liu Xie and stamped.
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