The revival of the Han Dynasty must start with Dong Zhuo

Chapter 47: The Depressed Grand Master

"What else could it be? You are against the will of heaven and are unjust. Anyone with aspirations in the world has the right to kill you!"

Hearing Huang Wan's answer again, Dong Zhuo waved his hand in boredom, signaling Lu Bu to take Huang Wan to the Supreme Court and put him in the Sky Prison.

"In the past, Zhou Bo once sighed, 'Today I finally understand the value of jailers.' Today, I will let you know why jailers are valuable!"

Even Zhou Bo, a veteran of many battles and accustomed to seeing life and death, kept his distance from the methods used by those jailers, let alone Huang Wan?
As long as Huang Wan was handed over to them, Dong Zhuo was confident that they would be able to find a way to pry open Huang Wan's mouth and make her tell the whereabouts of Wang Yun and Shisun Rui.

Huang Wan's teeth were chattering at this moment, obviously knowing what the Heavenly Prison was.

However, at this moment, Huang Wan still had some backbone. He did not even shout out and was taken away by the soldiers.

Zhang Liao, who had just subdued Huang Wan and was heading to various places in Chang'an to arrest people, also walked in.

"Your Majesty, based on some traces found when we purchased grain earlier, as well as several families that were closely related to that place, we have captured a total of 27 families!"

These 27 households were basically extremely wealthy, and even the poorest family probably had thousands of acres of fertile land. If all of them were confiscated, it would be a windfall.

However, neither Liu Xie nor Dong Zhuo were in the mood at this moment.

Liu Xie was anxious and still wondering where Wang Yun had gone.

Dong Zhuo still hadn't resolved his problem and felt a bit depressed.

Jia Xu was sandwiched between the two people. He looked around and finally decided to say something.

"Your Majesty, Wang Yun has been away for only three days. The Grand Tutor has already issued military orders to the garrisons in various places. I believe that Wang Yun's whereabouts will be found soon!"

Jia Xu saw it clearly.

Dong Zhuo, he didn't have the courage to persuade, and he didn't know how to persuade.

Now the only way is to persuade Liu Xie and let him stabilize Dong Zhuo. This will be a win-win for everyone.

"I understand."

Liu Xie now realized that he should not be anxious, so he slowly calmed down and turned to look at Dong Zhuo beside him.

"Master."

Dong Zhuo seemed to be absorbed in thinking about something at the moment, and he didn't even hear Liu Xie calling him.

"Master!"

Dong Zhuo finally reacted, but his energy was not as high as before, and he seemed a little listless when returning the gifts.

"Grand Master thinks he is Yi Yin and Huo Guang, but he doesn't understand why the world hates him so much. Since Grand Master has this question in his mind, why didn't he come and ask me earlier?"

Liu Xie had never noticed before that the seemingly rough Dong Zhuo actually had such a delicate side in his heart, and he actually cared about what the scholars of the world thought of him.

The repeated betrayals every other day might have made Dong Zhuo really tired and exhausted, so hesitant.

Liu Xie wanted to say something, but Dong Zhuo excused himself first: "Your Majesty, I have a doubt. I want to go to the Left General Cai Yong to solve it. I hope Your Majesty will allow me."

The trouble should end it.

Perhaps only scholars can answer Dong Zhuo's questions.

Seeing this, Liu Xie was in no mood to try to persuade him to stay, so he nodded and said, "I understand, Grand Master, you can go ahead. I will take care of the rest of the affairs here."

Dong Zhuo stood up and pretended to leave, but suddenly seemed to think of something and looked sideways at Jia Xu.

When Jia Xu saw Dong Zhuo move sideways, he suddenly became flustered and quickly bent down.

"Wenhe, your mother was also a remarkable woman when she was young. Since she raised you with great difficulty, you should abide by the filial duty and spend more time with her on weekdays. Do you understand?"

"Master, I understand."

After saying this, Dong Zhuo said nothing more and turned and left the house.

As soon as Dong Zhuo left, Jia Xu felt relieved.

Just when he was about to breathe a sigh of relief, he found that there was an emperor watching him from behind.

"Your Majesty." Jia Xu smiled bitterly.

If he had known what would happen today, he would never have gone to that village to see Zheng.

Several times, Jia Xu could feel the blade just passing across his neck, as if it would take his life in the next moment.

"Okay, sit down and talk with your back straight. Will I eat you?"

Liu Xie felt a little bored at this moment.

"What happened today is not your fault, nor is it your mother's fault. She is a blind old woman, and everything she heard was told to her by others. She just used it as a topic of conversation. How could she have the ability to distinguish?"

"Now that so many people have been arrested, Wang Yun and others have disappeared. It is time for Wen and your Shangshutai to step up. You must not be distracted by other things."

Jia Xu nodded in agreement.

The task of arresting Wang Yun and Shisun Rui could be left to the generals under Dong Zhuo. He couldn't be of much help anyway.

Maintaining the operation of the small court in Guanzhong is the top priority now.

"Your Majesty, do you want to implicate all the families arrested today?"

Those wealthy and powerful families were not only corrupt officials and rebels, but their children were also part of the imperial court.

Killing them would inevitably mean creating several more holes in the already turbulent imperial system.

"kill!"

But even so, Liu Xie gave the order without hesitation.

"Replacing the old with the new is a huge undertaking, how can we be hesitant and give up because of fear?"

"Besides, although this is painful, it is also an opportunity."

Liu Xie looked at Jia Xu and said, "There are many talented people in Guanzhong, including many people from poor families who have great talents but are unable to display them. These people have no connection with Wang Yun and others before, so they can be trusted and used."

This is a challenge, but also an opportunity.

Jia Xu understood Liu Xie's meaning and immediately accepted the order.

"in addition……"

Liu Xie's fingers kept tapping on the table, and he instructed Jia Xu -

"This disturbance will inevitably cause the people of Chang'an to panic again."

“If someone with ulterior motives spreads rumors again, I’m afraid the dignity of the court and the reputation of the Grand Tutor will be damaged again.”

"I just told Huang Wan that I don't care about reputation. They can write whatever they want in the history books, but that is after the fact, not now."

"If the imperial court loses its prestige, the people will not believe in it and it will be difficult to implement its policies."

"If the Grand Master continues to have a bad reputation, then all officials will inevitably be in fear, and the princes of Guandong will inevitably continue to destroy the foundation of the Han Dynasty under the name of clearing the court of evil officials."

"So, this matter must be handled properly."

Liu Xie didn't care about reputation.

But if reputation would affect his work, then he felt it was necessary to take care of it.

"Please give me your Majesty's instructions."

Jia Xu is pretending to be confused again...

Liu Xie angrily scolded: "Do you still need to ask me about this?"

"Give all the property of those families to meritorious people, and all the farmland of those families to ordinary people. Then issue an official document to expose their crimes... After all, they are all wealthy families, and they have committed at least eight hundred illegal acts on a daily basis. Finally, find a few celebrities who stand on the side of the court, such as Cai Yong, and let him come out to scold those people and endorse the court. Isn't that the end of it?"

"These tricks are just common routines used by scholars. Do you really need me to teach you?"

Jia Xu was ashamed when he heard this: "Yes! I understand!"

(End of this chapter)