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Dong Zhuo interrupted Li Ru.
"Wen You, I'm afraid you are confused. Why did a certain family remove Zhang Ji and Zhang Xiu's military power?"
"Didn't you see how the little emperor punished Zhang Xiu? He was demoted by three ranks, and his salary was fined for one year! If he has already taken refuge in the little emperor, the little emperor should use this opportunity to give him promotion and weight."
Li Ru shook his head and said,
"Father-in-law, the little emperor is smarter than we thought."
"Perhaps this is their trick. Clearly punishing Zhang Xiu is actually defending him."
Even domestic slaves like Xiao Lianzi, who were brought up since childhood, can rebel,
At this time, Li Ru became jittery, and the grass and trees were all soldiers.
As long as there was something suspicious, he couldn't believe it anymore.
However, Dong Zhuo was unwilling to doubt his subordinates,
"Since it's uncertain, then you can't doubt your subordinates casually."
"Zhang Xiu has already been wronged by the little emperor. If a certain family doubts him again, who will truly be loyal to a certain family in the future?"
"Now is the time for employing people, we need to win people's hearts!"
"Besides, Zhang Ji is an old subordinate brought over from Xiliang by a certain family. How could he be instigated by the little emperor in such a short time?"
Dong Zhuo kept shaking his head, resolute that his subordinates had no problem.
Li Ru was just suspicious,
Seeing Dong Zhuo's firm attitude, he had no choice but to give up.
"Father-in-law, let's take two steps next!"
"The first step is to control the palace first, and never give the little emperor any chance to breathe."
"The little emperor took the initiative to ask us to send [-] soldiers from Xiliang to the palace. This is a great opportunity."
"However, the little emperor is full of tricks, so we have to guard against them. Let Li Jue and Guo Si each comprehend 5000 troops and enter the palace from the east and west sides."
"In addition, let Hu Zhen and Xu Rong lead five thousand troops to guard the north and south gates."
"Based on the current situation in the capital, 2 people are enough."
"Send another 1 people to guard the Xiyuan Army."
"2 people guard the city wall to prevent reinforcements from outside the city."
"In addition, send people to guard the Yuan family, the Yang family, Huang Fusong and Zhu Jun. If they make any moves, we can also threaten them with their family members!"
Li Ru's brain is indeed quick to react,
According to Liu Bian's performance, he immediately formulated a new plan,
"The second step is to call on the officials to abolish the emperor by force!"
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Chapter 26 Jia Xu's guess is amazing
Zhang Fu,
When Zhang Ji and Zhang Xiu returned to the house, their expressions were not very good.
Zhang Ji's face was a bit ugly,
But Zhang Xiu's face was full of doubts.
"My lord, Major General, what happened?"
Sensing that the faces of the two were not right, Jia Xu was very curious.
"Wen He, His Majesty's behavior today is really puzzling."
Zhang Ji said,
"This morning, His Majesty ordered someone to smash the alarm bell."
"Censor Lin Yin impeached His Majesty and listed four crimes against His Majesty."
"Everyone knows that Lin Yin was instructed by Dong Zhuo to deliberately embarrass His Majesty so that His Majesty can compromise."
"According to past practices, His Majesty will definitely compromise and give in, and even reward Dong Zhuo's people."
"But today His Majesty not only didn't do that, but was extraordinarily strong! He ordered the killing of Lin Yin, Yushi Zhongcheng, and angrily reprimanded Dong Zhuo."
"The strange thing is that after the angry reprimand, Li Ru proposed to send more people to the palace. His Majesty not only agreed, but also ordered to send [-] more Xiliang troops!"
"After it was over, he demoted Officer Youwei to three ranks and fined him a year's salary on the grounds that Youwei didn't do enough to defend himself last night."
"I really don't understand what His Majesty means."
"He is very strong and extremely deterrent. But these things he does are not smart at all."
"Also, Youwei has already taken refuge in him, so why not give Youwei a promotion, but such a severe punishment instead?"
"I don't understand, I really don't understand!"
Zhang Ji opened his mouth wide and told Jia Xu exactly what happened in the hall.
Zhang Xiu, who was standing aside, also wanted to know His Majesty's purpose,
therefore,
Looking at Jia Xu respectfully, waiting for his analysis.
Jia Xu immediately gave a thumbs up after listening.
"High, His Majesty's move is really high."
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The uncles and nephews have black question marks on their faces,
"Wenhe (Military Advisor), do you know His Majesty's intentions?"
Jia Xu took a deep breath and began to analyze,
"First of all, His Majesty executed Lin Yin with forceful means to tell those who took refuge in Dong Zhuo: there will be no good end for taking refuge in Dong Zhuo!"
"No, no, no!"
Zhang Ji shook his head hastily, "Did Wenhe forget Cao Cao? He was the first person to join Dong Zhuo, but His Majesty directly promoted him from Dianjun Xiaowei to Henan Yin, four ranks in a row!"
"It is precisely because of Cao Cao that many court officials have turned to Dong Zhuo to seek promotion."
This is a question worth thinking about.
Jia Xu twirled the tip of his beard, lowered his head and thought.
When Dong Zhuo occupied the capital, Cao Cao chose to join Dong Zhuo.
After Liu Bian learned of this, instead of punishing Cao Cao, he promoted Cao Cao to a high official.
His rewarding behavior made many officials in the court think that relying on Dong Zhuo is the current dynasty.
Now Lin Yin is executed again, is it to warn the officials who have defected to Dong Zhuo?
This statement obviously does not make sense.
After a while,
Jia Xu raised his head, with deep admiration in his eyes.
"What did Wenhe (military division) think of!"
Jia Xu said with admiration, "It's unimaginable that His Majesty has such foresight at such a young age!"
"Wen and you are telling me, how did your majesty think foresight?"
Zhang Ji hurriedly urged.
Zhang Xiu obtained the inheritance of "Wu Mu's Last Letter" and is already Liu Bian's diehard loyalist.
Therefore, no matter how Liu Bian punished him, his heart would not be shaken in the slightest.
But Zhang Ji is different,
He's a little wobbly right now.
Therefore, he needs to get an affirmative answer from Jia Xu.
"My lord, Cao Cao is a subordinate who knows a thing or two. He is upright and loyal!"
"I heard from my subordinates that when he was still a Luoyang Northern Captain, he was not afraid of the powerful. He set up a five-color stick to kill Jian Shuo's uncle, and he was famous for a while!"
"He often told others that his ambition was to write 'Tomb of Marquis Cao, General of the Han Dynasty' on the tombstone after his death."
"Don't you find it suspicious that such a person immediately joined Dong Zhuo after he entered the capital?"
Jia Xu analyzed.
Zhang Ji and Zhang Xiu looked shocked, "You mean, Cao Cao pretended to surrender?"
Jia Xu nodded,
"That's right, Cao Cao is most likely a spy who sneaked into Dong Zhuo's side at the emperor's will."
"My lord, major general, there is a detail that I don't know if you have noticed."
The two asked in surprise, "What details?"
"The emperor's reputation was not very good before he ascended the throne. The first emperor often had the idea of abolishing the elders and replacing the younger ones. But today's behavior, how does he look like a cowardly puppet? He is clearly planning a strategy."
"This shows that before he ascended the throne, he secretly cultivated his strength."
"Subordinates speculate that Cao Cao is most likely the power he cultivated before he ascended the throne."
The more he speculated, the more Jia Xu respected the young emperor.
At a young age,
It's really admirable to have such a scheming heart!
"Wen He's analysis makes sense, but even if Cao Cao was a man of the emperor from the very beginning, it is a fact that more than [-]% of the officials in the court have turned to Dong Zhuo because of his promotion of rewards to Cao Cao."