Chapter 39 Chapter 5 The Kanto Alliance Discusses Dong Zhuo Dong Zhuo Moves the Capital to Burn Luoyang (3)

Dong Zhuo immediately went to the chief counselor Li Ru to find a way for him.Li Ru thought for a while, then said: "Tomorrow is the fifteenth birthday of King Hongnong, why don't you take the opportunity of drinking longevity wine and let him die by drinking poison?" Dong Zhuo was overjoyed and said, "Let's do it this way." On this day, King Hongnong Liu Bian's fifteenth birthday, Li Ru prepared a cup of poisoned wine, respected it in front of King Hongnong, and said, "This is Dong Xiangguo's birthday wine, please drink it immediately." King Hongnong was suspicious, but he dared not drink.Since not drinking is death, it is better to drink.

King Hongnong held his cup with tears in his eyes and drank it in one gulp. In less than half an hour, he fell to the ground and died. After the death of King Hongnong, Dong Zhuo calmed down a little, and at the same time thought in his heart, you prefects and governors, who are you borrowing now to carry out the restoration? At this time, the momentum of the Kwantung Army was getting bigger and bigger. Even if King Hongnong was eliminated, Dong Zhuo did not rest easy.Then they summoned a group of counselors including Li Ru to discuss how to deal with it next. Li Ru said: "The raising of troops in Guandong Prefecture should not be underestimated. In terms of soldiers and horses, there are not a few. Although King Hongnong is dead, Yuan Shao and others can still find other excuses to continue marching into Luoyang. At present, Luoyang has no natural barriers to defend. For the sake of absolute safety, it is better to move the capital to Chang'an."

Dong Zhuo did not expect such a sudden suggestion from Li Ru, so he said: "The matter of moving the capital is extraordinary. If it is just because Luoyang has no natural barriers to defend, it is unnecessary. Our Xiliang army is strong enough to resist the two Double the Kwantung soldiers and horses." Li Ru said: "Moving the capital to Chang'an has two other advantages. One is to avoid entanglement with Yuan Shao and others. The other is that once we leave, they will lose their opponents and they will inevitably fight internally. At that time, we will deal with these people individually. Then they must break up. Because as far as I know, although the Kwantung Army is numerous, it is composed of many troops. How can there be any reason for a long-term alliance?"

After hearing Li Ru's words, Dong Zhuo finally agreed.What's more, Chang'an was originally the base of the Liangzhou army, and moving the capital to Chang'an was more beneficial to Dong Zhuo.So he agreed to Li Ru's suggestion, that is, on the next day, he called the Sangong Jiuqing and formally proposed to them to move the capital. None of the ministers expected that the capital would be moved to Chang'an, and they couldn't help being stunned. Situ Yang Biao rose up and objected, saying: "How can this be done? Luoyang has been the capital for many years, and the officials and common people are all used to it. Once the capital is moved, it will inevitably disturb the government and the public, but it will not be conducive to the stability of the people. It is better not to move!" Dong Zhuo stood up Stomach, pointing at Yang Biao, said: "Moving the capital is a national plan, do you dare to obstruct it?"

Taiwei Huang Wan added: "Because moving the capital is a major national plan, Yang Situ just said that it is better to ask Xiangguo to think more carefully..." Dong Zhuo was momentarily at a loss for words, staring at Huang Wan with wide eyes.The minister came out to smooth things over now and said: "Moving is a good plan. Didn't Han Gaozu use Chang'an as his capital? But Xiangguo doesn't have to worry about the wrong words of Yang Situ and Huang Taiwei. The final decision is not entirely up to you." what?" Only then did Dong Zhuo calm down a little, but immediately dismissed Yang Biao and Huang Wan, and made full preparations for the westward move.

Chengmen school captain Wu Qiong, and Shangshu Zhou Yan all scolded Wang Situ for only knowing flattery and having no backbone.The two of them decided to risk their lives to persuade Dong Zhuo not to let him move the capital. When Dong Zhuo saw that it was the two of them, he said: "At the beginning, you two persuaded me to use famous men and Yuan Shao to be the prefect of Bohai, so I followed you. The person you recommended became the prefect and the governor of Bohai. How can you repay me? ? You actually sent soldiers to beat me, but you still wanted to respond to him and force me to be beaten here. This is entirely because of you two, not me, Dong Zhuo, who is sorry for you. This time, don’t blame me for being ruthless..."

So, Dong Zhuo, who was angry, yelled, and someone came to arrest Wu Qiong and Zhou Wei, and put them in prison.The next day, he was convicted of cooperating with the outside world and executed. After Dong Zhuo killed Wu Qiong and Zhou Yu, he was still angry, and he also convicted Yuan Shao's uncle, Yuan Kui, and Yuan Shu's elder brother, Yuan Ji. killed. The former Taiwei Huang Wan and the former Situ Yang Biao, who had already been dismissed, also became terrified when they saw so many people being killed.For the safety of themselves and their family, the two hurried to Xiangguo's mansion, knelt down to Dong again and confessed their mistakes.

Dong Zhuo laughed out loud, as if he had gained some kind of satisfaction. He not only forgave Huang Wan and Yang Biao, but also recommended them to Han Xiandi, and appointed them as Doctor Guanglu. Before moving the capital, there were still two people in Dong Zhuo's heart.One is General Zuo Huangfusong, and the other is Henan Yin Zhujun.Both of them used to be Dong Zhuo's superiors, and they were quite famous among the gentry and bureaucrats.So Dong Zhuo was a little scruples about them. At this time, Zhu Jun suggested to Dong Zhuo a plan for defensive deployment in Luoyang, but Dong Zhuo refused to listen, and Zhu Jun resigned in a rage.Dong Zhuo didn't stop him, but was secretly happy.

Now there is only one Huangfusong left.Dong Zhuo played a trick and transferred Huangfusong to the capital to be a captain of the city gate, intending to kill him under a pretense.Unexpectedly, Dong Zhuo and Huangfusong's son Huangfu Jian were very close, so he didn't kill Huangfusong, but only let him be a counselor. Dong Zhuo killed these difficult people, arranged for them, and then issued an order to move the capital within a time limit.He ordered all the more than one million residents of Luoyang to be forcibly relocated to Chang'an.For a time, the road from Luoyang to Chang'an was crowded with people moving.Coupled with the lack of food, there are countless people who died of starvation, those who died of successive injuries, and those who plundered each other and fought with weapons to the death. The corpses are scattered along the road. It is really a shocking and miserable picture of hell.

In order to prevent the Kwantung Army from occupying Luoyang, Dong Zhuo ordered the city to be set on fire.All Luoyang palaces, official residences, private houses, etc., were completely burned.A radius of two hundred miles suddenly turned into scorched earth, leaving no chickens or dogs behind. Dong Zhuo also thought that there were many tombs of emperors and ministers outside the city of Luoyang, so he asked Lu Bu to lead a team to dig up all the big tombs, and transport the gold, silver, jade and all the treasures dug out to Chang'an... All these things show Dong Zhuo's barbarism and brutality.

As the highest official of the imperial court, in Chinese history, such a brutal political leader like Dong Zhuo is almost unprecedented.In fact, when Dong Zhuo first entered Luoyang, although he was determined to seize power and had the ambition to usurp the throne, he also had the intention to do a good job in the government.He continued to employ many Qing school celebrities, and he vindicated Chen Fan, Dou Wu, etc., and he also performed feats of sweeping up corrupt officials. For a while, the entire political atmosphere seemed to be renewed.