Yanzhou.

Cao Cao sat on the main seat and called all his advisers together.

"Reliable news came from Guanzhong that Lu Bu raised his troops and killed Dong Zhuo." Cao Cao said slowly, "What do you think about this matter?"

"Dong Zhuo's death is indeed a major event, but it has nothing to do with us..." Cheng Yuke said.

Guanzhong is far away from the Central Plains, and there are Hangu Pass and Tongguan in the middle. The princes on the Central Plains side will not have any thoughts about Guanzhong for a long time.

"It would be great if we could bring the emperor here." Xun Yu sighed.

"Oh? What does the text mean?" Cao Cao became interested.

"I will serve the Son of Heaven to beg for disobedience." Xun Yu said succinctly.

Cao Cao is a smart man, he understood Xun Yu's meaning in an instant, shook his head and laughed and said: "Guanzhong is too far away, our current strength is limited, it is impossible to attack Guanzhong, this idea cannot be realized for the time being."

"My lord, it is not necessarily necessary to send troops to welcome the emperor back.

"How to say?" Cao Cao became interested as soon as he heard it.

Xun Yu organized his words, and then said: "Lu Bu, you may not be able to realize the importance of the emperor, and you may even think that the emperor is a burden."

"As long as I wait to pay the chips to make Lu Bu's heart beat, maybe Lu Bu will hand over the emperor to us."

The stereotyped image of Lu Bu is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and the name Lu Bu can be equated with a reckless man.

"That's right." Cao Cao nodded again and again, "The person who can be bought with a horse must be greedy for money and profit, and maybe he can really make a deal."

Xu You and Yuan Shao just wanted to ask for official positions, while Xun Yu and Cao Cao wanted to ask for the emperor.

"My lord, I have a good friend named Dong Zhao who should be in Chang'an right now. I will write a letter so that Dong Zhao can persuade Lu Bu from the sidelines. I think this will be almost done." Xun Yu took the initiative to say.

"Okay! Wen Ruo will be fully responsible for this matter, and I can wait for your good news." Cao Cao is in a good mood, thinking that changing the emperor back in the future will definitely help develop his power

However, Cao Cao's good mood soon disappeared, and a two-level reversal came directly.

"My lord, something is wrong! The old man was killed!"

Cao Cao was taken aback when he heard the words, and then couldn't believe it.

"Ah!!!04"

Cao Cao's eyes darkened, and he passed out immediately. The news of Cao Song's death made Cao Cao's head wind come out.

He had just gained a firm foothold in Yanzhou and planned to pick up his father to enjoy the blessings in Yanzhou, but he was intercepted and killed on the way, and Cao Cao's mentality exploded.

After Cao Cao woke up, he began to listen to the ins and outs of the matter.

"Tao Qian is a dog thief, the hatred of killing his father is unshakable!" Cao Cao gritted his teeth, and put the hatred on Tao Qian's head.

"Decree! Rectify the soldiers and horses, and send troops to Xuzhou after the autumn harvest!"

Xiliang.

Ma Teng and Han Sui got together.

"Brother Shoucheng, have you heard? Dong Zhuo is dead!" Han Sui's tone revealed excitement.

Ma Teng said with emotion: "Yes, the mighty Dong Zhuo has died."

Dong Zhuo was definitely a god-like figure in Xiliang, and Dong Zhuo's death caused a great shock in Xiliang.

"Brother Shoucheng, this is your chance for my brother."

"What chance?" Ma Teng didn't respond.

"Opportunity to send troops to Guanzhong!" Han Sui continued: "Dong Zhuo is dead, we have nothing to fear.

When Dong Zhuo was alive, Ma Teng and Han Sui absolutely did not have the courage to attack Guanzhong.

With Dong Zhuo's prestige in Xiliang, Xiliang people would never dare to follow Ma Teng and Han Sui to trouble Dong Zhuo.

But now that Dong Zhuo is dead, naturally there is no such concern.

When Ma Teng heard the words, his heart was moved, but he hesitated and said: "I heard that Lu Bu has the courage of all men, and there are people who are named Lu Bu. He is definitely not a kind person."

"Although Lu Bu is brave, he is only a common man, so there is nothing to worry about." Han Sui continued to persuade: "Let's unite as brothers, and bring some Qiang people with us, and we can also unite with the main and auxiliary north.

During the Zhongping period, Han Sui once led the Hu people to attack Guanzhong, which caused a shock in the world. Han Sui was familiar with such things as colluding with the Hu people.

"After that is done..." Ma Teng looked at Han Sui.

"I am originally from Xiliang, and brother Shoucheng is originally from Guanzhong." Han Sui said with a smile: "After the matter is completed, Xiliang will belong to me, and Guanzhong will belong to brother Shoucheng. What do you think?"

Without saying a word, Ma Teng took out his dagger and cut his palm directly.

Seeing this, Han Sui looked solemn, and also took out his dagger and cut his palm.

"Bring the wine!"

A jar of wine was brought up, and the two squeezed the blood from their hands into the wine at the same time, mixing them together.

They poured out two bowls of blood wine respectively, and the two first respected the heaven and the earth, and then poured out two bowls to drink together.

After this operation, the two can be regarded as a blood alliance.

The ancients were superstitious that such solemn apostasy always prevails in binding force.

"Since Brother Shoucheng agreed, then I will go to contact the Qiang people and the Huns. It happens that the autumn harvest is coming soon. How about we set the time to send troops after the autumn harvest?" Han Sui asked Ma Teng for his opinion.

"That's the best, I'll start to rectify the soldiers and horses now." Ma Teng nodded and agreed.

Chang'an.

General's Mansion.

Lu Bu sat on the main seat, and all four generals under his command were present to report to Lu Bu the situation in the army.

Lu Bu knew nothing about government affairs, but he was very familiar with military affairs.

"Axiom, how is the military discipline going?" Lu Bu asked.

"It's okay." Gao Shun's answer is always so simple and direct.

Seeing this, Xu Rong added: "My lord, among the soldiers under my command, every day more than a dozen soldiers are severely injured for violating military discipline.

Hua Xiong also opened his mouth and said: "Moreover, the soldiers violated military discipline, and the corps commanders, division commanders, and village commanders all have to sit down and be punished."

"However, the effect is very significant, and the stink of the Xiliang Army has been significantly changed." Zhang Liao said.

Lu Bu nodded in satisfaction when he heard the words, "Not bad, keep working hard, military discipline must not be relaxed.

"Let the common people in Guanzhong know that we are completely different from Dong Zhuo."

"Here!" The four generals agreed in unison.

"My lord, I have something to remind my lord at the end." Zhang Liao said with a serious expression.

"Wen Yuan, but it doesn't matter."

"Should some troops be stationed at Hangu Pass and Tongguan Pass?" Zhang Liao reminded.

At present, the 40,000 troops under Lu Bu's command are all concentrated in the Chang'an area.

Lu Bu also considered the issue of sending garrisons at the pass, but it was obviously unrealistic.

The 30,000 Xiliang army has not completely returned to their hearts, and now they are sent to garrison the pass, and they will definitely change their minds after a long time.

And to send out the Bingzhou Army, Lu Bu has only 10,000 Bingzhou Army under his command. Once all of them are sent out, leaving 30,000 Xiliang Army by their side, isn't that courting death?

Therefore, the current embarrassing situation was formed. Lu Bu had a lot of troops, but he couldn't send them out.

"I've thought about this issue. The time is not right now, so let's wait."

The four generals also understood the problem, and they all began to think hard about how to solve the current predicament.

Seeing this, Lu Bu smiled and said: "You don't have to worry too much, even if the two passes are not stationed, no one will come to attack us.

"The energies of the princes of the Kanto region are all in the Central Plains, and no one will be thankless and come to find us bad luck."

"All the vassals are busy developing their power, unless they can form the 18th Route vassals again, otherwise they will never come to attack Guanzhong."

Historically, after the death of Dong Zhuo, Li Jue and Guo Si occupied Guanzhong, and no one paid any attention to Li and Guo.

Therefore, Lu Bu was not too anxious about the defense of the pass, and it was fine to leave it empty for a while.

Since Lu Bu said it was all right, the four generals will not continue to dwell on this issue.

"Master, shall we recruit some recruits?" Zhang Liao suggested again.

The current embarrassing situation is because Lu Bu's soldiers have strokes, and the proportion of Xiliang Army is too high.

Only by recruiting some recruits and diluting the proportion of the Xiliang Army can we completely eradicate the hidden dangers caused by this problem.

"En." Lu Bu nodded, "Nowadays there is great chaos, and the princes from all over the country are separatist and vying for the world. Soldiers and horses must be indispensable. It is time to recruit some new soldiers.

In addition to recruiting and surrendering, the only source of troops is self-recruitment.

Moreover, the soldiers recruited and trained by themselves are definitely stronger in loyalty than those recruited, and they will be very reassuring to use.

"Order to recruit young and strong men in the Guanzhong area, and let Zhengyi conduct unified training."

"Well.

Recruiting soldiers in troubled times is the easiest, as long as you have enough food in your hands, you can recruit as many as you want.

After dealing with military affairs, the fourth general said goodbye and left.

Just as Lu Bu was about to go home from get off work, Jia Xu came in again.

"Why is Mr. Wen He here?" Lu couldn't help but wonder, Jia Xu should be handling government affairs in the palace at this time.

"My lord." Jia Xu cupped his hands and said, "What do you think of Cai Yong?"

Lu Bu was at a loss when he heard the words, and didn't understand what Jia Xu meant.

Seeing this, Jia Xu continued: "My lord, dealing with the government affairs is very important, Cai Yong is not one of us."

"In dealing with some issues, Cai Yong's position has always been in favor of the Han Dynasty, not us."

Hearing this, Lu Bu fell into deep thought, tapping his knuckles on the table rhythmically, making a sound of 'duk tuk tuk'.

"What does Mr. Wen He mean?" Lu Bu asked back.

"Let him go, and replace him with ours." Jia Fan said without thinking.

The old fox was swearing, seeing that Jia Xu definitely had a dispute with Cai Yong.

In particular, Jia Xu's identity is Lu Bu's staff, not as high as Cai Yong's official position, which is very fucked up.

Other officials must be afraid of Jia Xu mentioning Lu Bu's name, but he obviously cannot be intimidated by a great Confucian like Cai Yong.

"Mr. Wen He, can someone replace Cai Yong?" Lu Bu continued to ask.

When Jia Xu heard the words, there was really no such thing.

Cai Yong is capable, and he handles government affairs in an orderly manner; he is prestigious, highly respected, and able to convince the public. Hundreds of officials are convinced of Cai Yong, the government orders are smooth, and the efficiency of the court operation is very high.

Morality is also very strong, corruption or power for personal gain, such problems will not appear in Cai Yong.

1. Cai Yong is the perfect candidate to lead the court.

More importantly, Lu Bu has no one on hand.

It's very simple to let Cai Yong go, as long as Lu Bu let go, Cai Yong can't even enter the gate of the palace.

But after taking away Cai Yong, who will replace Cai Yong?

I used to think that Wang Yun was an old waste, but after killing him, problems came one after another.

Now it is hard to find Cai Yong to replace Wang Yun. If he is driven away again, Lu Bu will have to sit in front of the case and go to jail again.

"My lord, no one can replace Cai Yong for the time being." Jia Xu said helplessly.

"Then what do you say? You brought up the problem, and you happen to be my counselor, so let's find a way to solve it." Lu Bu laughed.

Although Cai Yong can't get rid of it, the problem of Cai Yong's butt leaning towards the Han Dynasty still needs to be solved.

"Then make Cai Yong one of our own!" Jia Xu said immediately.

"Come on, I can't let Cai Yong call me the lord." Lu Bu was still very self-aware, and didn't think about such an unrealistic question.

"My lord, just get married." Jia Xu said with a wicked smile

: "I heard that Cai Yong had a daughter by his side, and the lord took her in, so naturally he became a family.

"Hey!" Lu was not happy, "Cai Yong's daughter is indeed beautiful, and it would be nice to marry, but will it solve the problem?"

"Cai Yong is so morally perfect, how can a small marriage change it? Even if his daughter marries me, I'm afraid Cai Yong will still go his own way?"

Marrying Cai Yan, Lu Bu has no objection at all, but Lu Bu still feels that the problem cannot be solved.

"Besides, Cai Yong may not betroth his daughter to me." Lu Bu felt that Jia Xu's plan was a bit ridiculous.

"My lord, as long as you can marry Cai Yong's daughter, leave the rest to your subordinates." Jia Xu has a plan in mind.

Lu Bu became serious after hearing the words, "Really?"

"It's absolutely true."

After receiving Jia Xu's affirmative reply, Lu Bu began to worry again, how should he propose marriage?

If Cai Yong refused straight away, could it be that he robbed the women of the people by force? It is obviously unrealistic.

Seeing this, Jiaxu knew Lu Bu's difficulty, and reminded him: "My lord, there is a famine in Guanzhong [Cai Yong intends to let the lord open the warehouse to store grain."

"Sir, what do you mean...use this matter to manipulate Cai Yong and force him to agree to this marriage?"

"That's right." Jia Xu nodded in agreement.

A poisoner is a poisoner, and he always fails to achieve his goal and does whatever he can.

"My lord, when Dong Zhuo was alive, troops looted and plundered, and all the production in the Sanfu land was destroyed. It is expected that there will be no crops this year, and countless people will die due to famine.

"For the sake of long-term consideration, I suggest that the Lord open the storehouse to release grain and relieve the people.

"It can improve the prestige of the lord and reverse the reputation of the lord."

"Secondly, to save the lives of the people and allow them to resume production, we can also collect taxes in the coming year."

"Otherwise people will starve to death, or go to other places to flee famine, Guanzhong will be reduced to ghosts, and we will not last long."

Lu Bu nodded again and again, and Lu Bu could understand what Jia Xu said.

Lu Bu is not Dong Zhuo, so he naturally understands the importance of production development.

Dong Zhuo's previous plundering of the people was equivalent to fishing out the water, and the short-term income was very high, but it could not develop sustainably.

Dong Zhuo destroyed all the production in Guanzhong, and Lu Bu is now taking over Guanzhong, so restoring production is the top priority.

"I have to open a warehouse to release food anyway, how about selling Cai Yong's face, and I can pick up a daughter-in-law for nothing?" Lu Bu looked at Jia Xu.

"My lord is wise!" Jia Xu flattered loudly, as if the idea was something Lu didn't want.

"Forget it, for the sake of national affairs, I will sacrifice my appearance once." Lu Buyi said sternly.

After talking with Jia Xu, Lu Bu got up and went back to his home.

Back home, Diao Chan led Lu Lingqi to play in the courtyard. The age difference between the two was not too great, and Diao Chan was also a little girl at heart, so she played very well with Lu Lingqi.

"Ah Weng is back~" Lu Lingqi happily ran over.

"Lingqi be careful." Diaochan followed closely behind.

Lu Bu picked up his daughter, kissed Lu Lingqi on the small face and asked, "Where is your mother?"

"Mom is in the bedroom."

"Well, you guys continue to play, remember to eat later." Lu didn't ask a word, and then went to the back house.

As soon as he entered the door, Lu Bu saw Yan Shi doing needlework.

With Lu Bu's current power, the Yan family doesn't have to do these things at all, but the Yan family still insists on making clothes for Lu Lingqi and Lu Bu, and is still so virtuous.

"lady."

"My husband is back." Yan put down her needle and thread, stood up to greet her.

"Sit down, don't be so restrained." Lu Bu pulled Yan Shi to sit down, thought about it, and said, "I need Madam's help with something."

"Hehe, just now my husband asked my concubine not to be restrained, why did I restrain myself in a blink of an eye?" Yan said with a smile: "Your husband, just tell me to do it.

There is no way, the matter of marrying Cai Yan must go through the Yan family.

Lu Bu said cheekily: "My husband wants my wife to help me propose a marriage.".

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