The Nameless of the Common Clans

With Ding Yuan being killed and Lu Bu taking refuge, Dong Zhuo's momentum became even greater. Moreover, early the next morning, Xiliang troops arrived in Luoyang. Dong Zhuo's momentum was unparalleled, and he took the opportunity to take over the Northern Army's fifth school and the city gate captain. military power.

After Chen Mo, celebrities from Luoyang began to defect to Dong Zhuo one after another.

Dong Zhuozhi was so satisfied that he once again discussed with the ministers the matter of abolishing the establishment. Yuan Shao had left Luoyang, Ding Yuan was also dead, and no one in Luoyang could stop Dong Zhuo anymore. Even if the edict had been destroyed, the general trend was determined. , the abolition of the establishment has become a foregone conclusion.

In front of the Chongde Hall, with all the officials watching silently, Grand Tutor Yuan Wei sighed, took off the seal ribbon Liu Bian was wearing, and presented it to King Chen Liu, which also represented the handover of the throne.

King Chen Liu officially ascended the throne, and Liu Bian, with the support of Yuan Wei, came down and proclaimed himself a minister to the new emperor. At this point, the deposed matter came to an end. In the Chongde Hall, Liu Bian and the Queen Mother He were seen being sent away After leaving, many ministers knelt down and cried bitterly.

It took Dong Zhuo five days in total from entering the capital to deposing the emperor. Although the move of deposing the emperor was criticized, his vigorous and decisive methods were indeed quite decisive. If Yuan Shao had had the courage, he would not be where he is today.

As a scholar who defected to Dong Zhuo before the situation was completely clear, Chen Mo was appointed by Dong Zhuo as Sili Xiaowei, and his subordinates were expanded to five divisions.

The rank of Sili Xiaowei is also higher than that of two thousand stones, but his duties and powers are no longer like those of military school captains who only manage the army. They have the power to supervise local areas and have greater autonomy. This position was previously held by Yuan Shao.

Cao Cao said with some envy: "It seems that my wise brother has made the right choice again."

"Good luck and misfortunes are unpredictable!" Chen Mo checked his luck and destiny again. After taking over as the captain of the Sili school, there was no fluctuation. However, Dong Zhuo promoted him to the captain of the Sili school just after he was abolished. Anyone with a discerning eye would see it. It can be seen that this is a treatment only given to close associates. In other words, Chen Mo has voted for Dong Zhuo. As a result, there will be more people hostile to him in Luoyang City.

"Do you have any plans next?" Cao Cao looked at Chen Mo and asked.

"Now that I have taken over the post of Sili Xiaowei, I should naturally do some practical things and monitor the surrounding areas of the capital. No matter what I do now, it is wrong for the scholars, but I have to do it, so let's just do business. Okay." Chen Mo said with a smile: "In addition, my subordinates are now engaged in the post of assistant, so I need to find some people."

"It might have been easy to find before, but now I'm afraid..." Cao Cao shook his head. Chen Mo was very popular among Taiyuan College. If there wasn't such a thing, Chen Mo could still find a few good talents with his connections in Taiyuan College. Yes, but now, I'm afraid most people are avoiding him.

"Let's look for it. If it doesn't work, choose from the army." Chen Mo said with a smile.

After the two left the palace, they separated. Chen Mo took over the command of the Sili Colonel. The new one was transferred from the original Central Military Academy of Yuan Shao. There would be some resistance to the new arrival. He had to sort out the army first. As for the Chen Mo wanted to find Li Qing, who was working as a subordinate, and wanted to see if he was very capable. I wonder if he would be willing to follow him.

Chen Mo went to Xiyuan first and took away the soldiers and horses. Sili Xiaowei had his own station and could not stay in Xiyuan any longer. After Yuan Shao's army commander heard that Chen Mo was leading the army, he quit directly, and Chen Mo didn't force it. , ordered Dian Wei to serve as Army Sima.

In the afternoon, Chen Mo was in the Yamen Office away from Sili Xiaowei's copywriting when he saw Dalang coming in. He saluted Chen Mo and said, "General, Yang Xiu wants to see you."

Chen Mo had a habitual headache and nodded: "Invite him in."

"Here!"

In fact, Chen Mo is not disgusted with Yang Xiu. He is talented and has a good character. He just loves to be serious.

"Brother Chen!" Soon, Yang Xiu strode in and said to Chen Mo, "You actually turned to Thief Dong?"

"That's right." Chen Mo nodded.

"Why?" Yang Xiu frowned and said, "Dong Zhuo is good at deposing people. Brother Chen can't see how harmful this move is to the Han Dynasty?"

"I can see it, but there is nothing I can do." Chen Mo looked at Yang Xiu and said: "I have offered my advice to Lord Ben Chu twice. If you listen to my words, you will not end up like today. I have done everything I can do. I can't do anything. It's a captain."

"If you can't fight, then you surrender?" Yang Xiu frowned. Scholars value integrity. Chen Mo's approach of simply joining the opponent if he couldn't beat him was hard for him to understand.

"What else? I will lead the army to fight Dong Zhuo?" Chen Mo raised his eyelids and asked: "Luoyang needs stability. As soon as Lord Benchu ​​left, he had already annexed He Jin's troops. He was the only one who could integrate all the ministries in Luoyang. He once Let's go, no one can stop Dong Zhuo anymore. Even if I try my best, I will only add thousands more dead souls. I might as well do what I can to stabilize Luoyang as soon as possible. "

Yang Xiu still couldn't accept it: "Brother Chen can also abandon his official position."

Chen Mo rubbed his temples and looked at Yang Xiudao: "There must be many people who have the same thoughts as Brother Yang about the abolition of the establishment, but this will not be good for the big man, and will only make the already turbulent society more chaotic. Which one is more important, one person's honor or disgrace, or the world's safety?"

Looking at Yang Xiu, Chen Mo suddenly felt something in his heart, and with a smile on his face he said: "Brother Yang, I know that you, like others, think that I am here for wealth and power. How about this? You work for me temporarily to see if I am just for wealth." Noble."

"Brother Chen is so scheming!" Yang Xiu said speechlessly, he was here to challenge the enemy.

"There is nothing I can do. Brother Yang comes to question me like this, let alone others? I'm afraid no one in the Taiyuan Academy is willing." Chen Mo said helplessly: "But I believe that Brother Yang will stay, for no other reason than to see See if I, Chen Mo, am a villain who clings to power."

"Well." Yang Xiu frowned and thought for a while, and finally nodded and said: "Xiu does not believe that Brother Chen is such a person, so I will help Brother Chen."

"I will leave these documents to Brother Yang. I still have to go to inspect the Yanshi area, so I will take my leave first. In addition, please contact Li Qing for me to see if he is willing to serve as a temporary assistant." Chen Mo threw the pen in his hand, stood up and walked out, leaving Yang Xiu staring at the pile of bamboo slips on the table.

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Now, Luoyang is full of condemnations against Chen Mo. It seems that overnight, Chen Mo has become the target of public criticism. Some people even ran to the gate of Zang Mansion to throw rotten vegetables and rotten eggs.

In fact, it was just to vent his dissatisfaction and powerlessness towards Dong Zhuo on Chen Mo. It was a bit unfair, but when he decided to go to Dong Zhuo, Chen Mo had already prepared for this. The famous people in Luoyang were mostly boastful people. If they were really asked to do something, most of them could not do it, but they were better at denouncing and scolding people. Chen Mo was going to go out and avoid it. It was better to have fewer unnecessary conflicts.

The chaos in Luoyang during this period also had an impact on the surrounding counties. The most important point was that the restraint of the imperial power on the local areas was greatly reduced, so that several counties including Yanshi had serious corruption and disobedience. The edict issued by the court today was not implemented.

From He Jin to the present when Liu Xie came to power, there were three amnesties for the world. However, Chen Mo found that the prisons in various counties were still overcrowded, and the court had some tax reduction policies at the beginning of the year, but they were not implemented.

This is still near the capital. It is hard to imagine what the situation is in other places.

"Chen Mo, you'd better not care about this matter." The Yanshi Order was obviously not prepared for Chen Mo's sudden arrival, but he was not afraid.

"Catch him!" Chen Mo was too lazy to talk nonsense, and directly ordered people to take down the Yanshi Order. A group of Yanshi County Guards faced the aggressive imperial army, how dare they take action, and watched Chen Mo take away all the Yanshi officials including the county magistrate and the county lieutenant.

"I thought it would be much quieter after coming out, but now it seems that I thought too much." Chen Mo flipped through the account books of the government office, and there were many inconsistencies in what he could see, not to mention what he couldn't see.

"General, we only have the power to supervise, not the power to arrest people." Gao Shun came to Chen Mo and whispered.

"Then send someone to report, we'll wait here." Chen Mo threw the bamboo slips on the table, called a person, and asked him to report directly to Li Ru.

Yanshi was a warning to others, and Chen Mo was not going to go to other counties. The situation was probably similar. If the Yanshi Order was strictly dealt with, people in other counties would also be more restrained.

At this time, stability is the priority. If all county officials are dealt with, the area around Luoyang will be in chaos first.

Li Ru also reacted quickly, probably with similar ideas as Chen Mo, but now Dong Zhuo is busy with court affairs and has no time to take care of the surrounding areas. Now that Chen Mo has taken action, there is no need to be polite. He directly sent someone to take over the post of Yanshi Ling, and also sent a letter from Li Ru.

Li Ru was also worried that Chen Mo had just taken office and started to take action against the county magistrates around Luoyang. Dong Zhuo didn't have many people who could take over the county magistrates. He asked Chen Mo to pay attention to the defense of the checkpoints around and appease the military. Li Ru was worried that the princes of the various towns would take advantage of this incident to send troops to Luoyang in the name of serving the king, and the checkpoints around Luoyang were particularly important.

Serving the king!

Chen Mo looked at Li Ru's letter and thought about it. It was really possible. After all, since the state governor was restarted, the power of the state and county officials has greatly increased and they have their own military power.

After Chen Mo inspected the eight passes as he said, he returned to Luoyang several days later. Dong Zhuo had sorted out Luoyang these days. Huang Wan, Yuan Wei and others all surrendered. He also reached a consensus with Huang Wan, Yang Biao and others to redress Chen Fan, Dou Wu and the scholars who were arrested and killed because of the party ban at that time.

This move really won the hearts of many scholars. When Chen Mo returned to Luoyang, the scholars were less hostile to him. During this period, Yang Xiu helped Chen Mo to distance himself from the copywriter of the Sili School Lieutenant Office, and Li Qing also agreed to be Chen Mo's fake assistant.

The political situation in Luoyang was much more stable. At the same time, Dong Zhuo served as the Grand Marshal and the General of the Front. The new emperor Liu Xie was indeed more suitable to be the emperor than Liu Bian. When Chen Mo went to court, the young emperor was quite organized in his words and deeds.

However, there was something wrong with Dong Zhuo's dismissal of Empress Dowager He. After all, she was a member of the royal family. Even if there was a mistake, it was not the turn of the ministers to interfere. What's more, Empress Dowager He was poisoned to death the next day. This was not a good sign. How could a member of the royal family be killed at will?