The revival of the Han Dynasty must start with Dong Zhuo

Chapter 203 Volume Jian'an
With the jade in his arms, Liu Xie was free of thoughts.

He stroked Cai Yan's back and was about to say something when the door was smashed open with a bang.

Dong Bai walked in from outside with a heroic look, and Cai Yan reflexively jumped up from Liu Xie and returned to her previous simple and elegant state.

"What are your Majesty and Sister Soji doing!"

Dong Bai was arrogant and looked around like an investigator, and finally fixed his suspicious eyes on Liu Xie's body.

"Are you really studying the Xuansu Sutra?"

"no!"

Liu Xie rolled his eyes in annoyance, while Fu Shou and Dong Shi realized something and also looked at Liu Xie, as if they wanted to see something.

After coughing a few times with his face covered, Liu Xie straightened his body and said, "Is there something important that I need the assistance of Lord Weiyang?"

Dong Bai hugged himself in fear: "Do you still need my help?"

"Where did you think you were?"

Liu Xie wanted to step forward and give Dong Bai another critical hit, but he sat down halfway.

"It's about the little poison."

Liu Xie elaborated on the theory of the Gu once again. The four women looked around in horror: "Are there actually living creatures like Gu worms in these four places?"

The four of them, even Dong Bai, are civilized people who have received cultural baptism.

Even they are so frightened by the word "Xi Gu", let alone ordinary people?

So what Xun Yu said before, that making the people guard against the poisonous insects is certainly for the good of the people, but it will inevitably cause panic.

"The poison sounds scary, but as long as you take proper precautions, you don't need to worry too much."

The reason why Liu Xie shared this matter with everyone was because of Dong Bai.

"Now Lord Weiyang has a high reputation among the people of Guanzhong, and he is also teaching the people in the name of the queen and suppressing their fear."

"If we can make the people pay attention to the matter of fine poison, it can also be regarded as a good deed."

The fear of the poison will certainly lead to suspicion and even resistance among the people.

But fear can also induce people's primitive curiosity.

Since ancient times, there have always been a lot of people seeking death.

Perhaps there will be some serious doctors and craftsmen who will delve deeper into this and fill the gap in this area.

"Besides, if one more person knows about it, maybe one more life can be saved. Especially in a hot and humid place like Shu, symptoms of infection are most likely to occur, so we must always take precautions in advance."

Cai Yan recovered from the flirting just now. When she heard that the imperial court was going to use troops again, she was a little worried: "Your Majesty, are you going to go to war like you did last time to conquer Liangzhou?"

Although Cai Yan was intelligent, she was not familiar with military affairs.

The last time Liu Xie personally led the army to Shanggui, its political significance was greater than its military significance.

The main purpose at that time was to support Xun You and prevent the noble families in Liangzhou from making rash moves. At the same time, it was also to confuse Zhang Lu and make him transfer his troops to the west, exposing the weak points of Hanzhong and giving the Han army taking the Ziwu Road a chance.

But Yizhou is different.

The terrain of Yizhou determines its natural closedness.

Even if the emperor's dragon banner really arrived in Hanzhong, it would not make the Yizhou forces too panicked, as they only thought they could resist by relying on the natural barriers.

Moreover, Yizhou is now in a state of chaos. If Liu Xie, the powerful dragon, really dares to move his dragon flag directly to Hanzhong, it might have the opposite effect and cause several forces to unite together...

It's not impossible!
Zhang Lu was originally a watchdog supported by Liu Yan, and the Zhang family and the descendants of Liu Yan already had a basis for cooperation.

The Jingzhou forces behind Gan Ning and other Bajun generals probably don't want to see the imperial court take over Bashu.

After all, if the imperial court controlled Bashu, it could directly go east along the Yangtze River and threaten the heartland of Jingzhou.

Although neither the imperial court nor Liu Biao would be enemies with each other now, they were unwilling to see the other side have the ability to pose a threat to themselves.

So Liu Xie shook his head: "It definitely won't happen this time."

In addition to the great political significance of the emperor's personal expedition, the roads in Shu are tortuous. If Liu Xie really wanted to go to Chengdu, it would probably take a year to go back and forth...

The emperor had been away from the central government for a year, and Liu Xie dared not even think about such a thing.

It is no wonder that during the war against Shu in the later Three Kingdoms period, Sima Zhao nominally wanted to lead the expedition in person, but he only stayed in Chang'an and did not even dare to go to Hanzhong in person.

If he really entered Shu, I am afraid that the emperor of the Cao family would dare to break off all ties with him directly, causing chaos in the world again.

Although the court is internally stable at the moment, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao are eyeing Guandong covetously, so it is impossible for Liu Xie to lead the army in person.

"That's good."

Cai Yan stroked her chest gently.

Before in Meiwu, Cai Yan had experienced the cruelty of war.

If the emperor leads the army again in person, Cai Yan will probably be in constant fear.

"Then your majesty intends to order the Grand Master to go to war?"

After asking, Cai Yan realized something was wrong and hurriedly explained to Liu Xie: "It was my fault. I shouldn't ask about government affairs. I just thought that the Grand Tutor is Weiyang Jun's grandfather after all, and is the only elder between your majesty and Weiyang Jun... and your majesty and Weiyang Jun are getting married soon, so I asked this question."

Liu Xie naturally knew what Cai Yan meant.

Dong Bai was also looking at Liu Xie worriedly, as if he was afraid that Liu Xie would really let his grandfather go out to fight. "Don't worry, the Grand Master will definitely not go to the battlefield."

Dong Zhuo's importance to the court was no less than that of the emperor Liu Xie.

Even from a military perspective, Dong Zhuo was more capable of controlling the situation than Emperor Liu Xie, so it was obviously not the time to send Dong Zhuo out to lead the troops.

As for the generals for this expedition to Shu, Liu Xie actually had already made a candidate, but it was difficult to name him right now.

Dong Bai didn't care about anything else. When he heard that Dong Zhuo didn't need to go out, he immediately put on a smile and said, "Your Majesty is the best!"

However, Dong Bai still wanted to bargain with Liu Xie: "Your Majesty, can you not let me go for the matter of the fine poison? I am so tired..."

Liu Xie sighed.

This child is so stupid!
"Weiyang Jun, can't you use this as an excuse to go out and have fun?"

Dong Bai's ears moved.

Liu Xie continued to persuade him: "Cai Zhonglang... No, he should be called Cai Zhongcheng now. Cai Zhongcheng has become more and more irritable these days. He wants to grab you to rehearse etiquette at any time. I don't know how many things you can avoid with this name. Are you sure you don't want to get busy with this matter now?"

Dong Bai suddenly came to his senses: "Your Majesty! You are so loyal!"

An emperor who can help you escape from Cai Yong’s clutches is a good emperor!

Afterwards, Dong Bai even pulled the three women around him, wanting them to follow him out!
Although Dong Bai said that she was afraid of being too tired and wanted the company of her three sisters, both Liu Xie and the other three women saw through Dong Bai's "trick" at a glance. She just wanted to show off her ancestral hall in front of these people...

But Liu Xie and the other three did not expose him. They just smiled and acquiesced to Dong Bai's showing off.

As expected, Dong Bai brought the three girls to his ancestral temple on the first day. He hid in the carriage and happily watched the people coming and going to worship him.

The next day, he brought the three daughters to the market in Chang'an and found the shop where the mother and daughter had lived before.

Day three...

Before the wedding, Dong Bai finally had a great time in Chang'an.

By the way, Fu Shou and Dong also had the rare opportunity to see the beautiful scenery in Chang'an and bought a lot of small items in the market.

But after playing for a few days, Dong Bai was still a little tired.

On the contrary, Cai Yan has been becoming more and more energetic recently, which makes Dong Bai suspicious.

"What's wrong with Sister Zhaoji?"

"I remember that you looked the most tired on the first day. You couldn't even walk. But how come you looked more and more energetic in the following days? Even more energetic than before!"

Fu Shou and Dong Shi also noticed the changes in Cai Yan, and joined forces to "force" Cai Yan to confess her secrets.

But Cai Yan refused to say anything even if she was beaten to death. Even when Dong Bai rode on her and tickled her until she was out of breath, she still remained stubborn.

It was not until after the wedding that the three of them understood the answer, but it was a little too late...

On the first day of the first lunar month, there will be a great meeting.

The reign title was changed to Jian'an.

The new law was promulgated, also known as the "Jian'an Law".

According to the new law, the nine ministers were dismissed, and some, such as Huangfu Li, were directly sentenced to death. At the same time, this also marked the complete renewal of the court structure.

On the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, the emperor celebrates his birthday and the ceremony of coming of age is held.

The host of the ceremony is chosen by divination, and the assistant to the ceremony assists. During the ceremony, the host, the guest of honor, and the recipient all wear formal attire. First, the crown is given a black cloth cap, then a leather cap, and finally a jue cap.

As luck would have it, the divination chose the great guest, who was none other than the emperor's uncle Liu Bei, who had just arrived in Guanzhong.

When Liu Bei heard that he had been chosen as the emperor and the guest of honor, he laughed out loud and shocked Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, who thought their elder brother had gone crazy.

The one who praised him the most was naturally the Grand Tutor Dong Zhuo.

According to the ancestral system, Liu Xie should have been crowned in the ancestral temple of Emperor Ling, but Emperor Ling was buried in Luoyang, so he had to go to the Gao Temple near Chang'an to be crowned.

Some people who were watching the ceremony claimed to have seen a red dragon hovering in the sky above the temple, and an old man with a white beard floating in the air, saying to the three elders around him: "The one who will revive our Han Dynasty must be this young man today!"

After the three elders were in a trance, they all thought that it was Emperor Gaozu who appeared, and they hurried to report the good news to the court.

At the same time, auspicious signs appeared in various places in Yongliang. Even Gongsun Zan of Youzhou, Liu Biao of Jingzhou, and Yuan Shu of Huainan all sent envoys to bring gifts to the emperor and praise him.

But little did people know that on the night of Liu Xie's coming-of-age ceremony, he and Dong Zhuo summoned all the generals to discuss matters.

"Now is the right time to send troops!"

Now that everyone is immersed in auspiciousness, it is actually a good time to divert attention.

"We are now marching out of Hanzhong and heading straight for Shu. The enemy will definitely not expect this!"

After all, there are still a series of major events waiting for the court to prepare after the emperor's coming-of-age ceremony.

For example, the emperor’s wedding, and the imperial examination that was prepared early on.

Right now, even some officials in the imperial court would not think of sending troops at this time, let alone the enemy?

Dong Zhuo sat beside Liu Xie, and in front of him were Jia Xu, Lu Bu, Liu Bei, Niu Fu, Xun Yu, Zhang Liao, Gao Shun, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun...

"From now on, the imperial court will prepare to attack Shu! To bring peace to the world!"

(End of this chapter)