Great Han Empire

Chapter 551 Immediately Crossing the Gun
For decades, the power struggle among scholars, traitors, and relatives has been fierce, but they have repeatedly failed. In the final analysis, it is because they cannot effectively control the army.When the first emperor was alive, in order to suppress the rebellions in various places, he allowed the states and counties to increase the county soldiers, and at the same time allowed the powerful and wealthy to form volunteer soldiers. This gave the soldiers the opportunity to have force.After Emperor Shaodi succeeded to the throne, General He Jin ordered all states and counties to rapidly expand the army of prefectures and counties with the edict of the Son of Heaven. Conscripting fierce soldiers from all directions to Beijing also proves that the scholars have begun to have force.

During the chaos in Luoyang at the end of August, under such good conditions, the scholars fell short just because they delayed the control of the Northern Army, and lost the opportunity to take power alone. The great wish of the scholars to revitalize the great Han has become even more out of reach.This unforgettable lesson made the scholars fully realize that the power of the army is far greater than the power of the laws of the Han Dynasty. Today's Han Dynasty is no longer the Han Dynasty. It is not the accumulation of scriptures and academics and memorials, but the invincible force of force,
On the land of the Great Han Kingdom, the nobles and scholars have powerful power and strong financial resources. With the edict of the emperor, they formed hundreds of thousands of troops in a short period of time.With enough troops, all that remains is to make a comeback and seize the power of the country again in order to realize the ideal of revitalizing the Han country, making the people rich and strong.To do this, they need an opposing target. This target already exists, that is Dong Zhuo, but it is far from enough to have a target to attack. They need an edict, a righteousness, A high-sounding reason.

Raising troops without incident is treason and a disaster for the country, so none of the scholars are willing to be charged with treason. What they do must conform to the etiquette, the law of the Han Dynasty, and the righteousness, in order to gain the support of the people of the world and win the world forever. Good name, otherwise, what is the difference between them and the targets of their crusade?Why do scholars practice Qi Zhiping, and why do they survive?

Now the scholars do not have an edict from the emperor, but only a call to action with the seal of the three officials, but this is barely enough.The prefects of state herdsmen in various states and counties have different opinions on the matter of sending troops. Some have a firm stand and can't wait to try it out. It is still unknown, so this declaration to declare the world has become the key.

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Yuan Shao, Xu You, Guo Tu and others also drafted a call to action, but they always felt that this call to arms had no power, what was missing?There are many reasons to attack Dong Zhuo. From Dong Zhuo's past to the present, from the fact that he violated the laws and regulations, as long as it violates the etiquette, the scholars will list them, but the attack on Dong Zhuo is just a means, a means to achieve the ultimate goal. What is this ultimate goal?
Of course, the ultimate goal of discussing Dong is not to allow scholars to take power alone. To hold power alone is only one purpose of seeking Dong, an invisible thing. Disputing Dong must have an ultimate goal, a real one, which everyone can see. Something that can actually be felt.

Dong Zhuo's actions so far are all based on the edict of the emperor, and they are all in line with the laws of the Han Dynasty. Even if there are violations of the laws, they are not enough to be heinous crimes.The massacre of scholars is still a rumor, and Dong Zhuo quickly issued an order to the world on the grounds of clan rebellion, temporarily covering up his guilt.After the flag of Dong Dong was raised, if the emperor issued a decree that all the states and counties raised troops to rebel, and the soldiers who participated in the Dong Dong were rebels, what would be the consequences?Will they break up under the mighty grace of the emperor who has never blamed the past?Today, the sky has become an insurmountable barrier for scholars.

Yuan Shao and the prefects of the prefectures and prefectures in various states and counties knew very well the reason why the young emperor was dethroned at the beginning, and the scholars had no choice but to make such a choice in order to force the Empress Dowager He to return to power and avoid their own guilt.The scholars introduced Dong Zhuo to Luoyang, hinted and condoned Dong Zhuo to dethrone the young emperor, and acquiesced in Dong Zhuo's execution of the queen mother and He's clan.In order to make this abolition conform to the etiquette and law, the scholars even moved out of the righteousness of the Spring and Autumn Period. The Shangshu ordered Ding Gong to declare to the world, "Heaven is a disaster for the Han Dynasty, and there are many mourning and chaos. It is appropriate for the sake of the community, and sincerity is in harmony with heaven and man, please call me long live." When he was deposed, the scholars never imagined that today would become the biggest obstacle for them to seize power in the future.

As long as today's son is on the throne, even if the scholars win Dong Zhuo and drive Dong Zhuo out of Luoyang, they will still be ministers in the same palace in the future.After taking power, how will the scholars deal with Dong Zhuo, who holds a heavy army?How will the matter of discussing Dong be justified?Do the scholars want to be ministers with the traitors they crusade against?So what are you still asking Dong for today?Let's just pack up and go to Luoyang to call Dong Zhuo brothers and sisters. Anyway, no one is in danger of becoming a big man and rebellious for thousands of years.

Yuan Shao neither had enough reasons to arouse public indignation to crusade against Dong Zhuo, nor did he have the ultimate goal of crusade against Dong Zhuo. He could not win the trust of the world, let alone persuade those who were hesitant to dispel their concerns and join the crusade.Yuan Shao and the others were helpless.

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At this time, Liu Biao came.

The proclamation that Liu Biao brought from the capital was of sufficient weight. After reading it, people all over the world would probably be furious and filled with righteous indignation, and gathered under the banner of discussing Dong Daqi.In Yuan Kui's proclamation, one of the highlights is that Dong Zhuo dethroned the young emperor, and the ultimate goal of begging Dong is to rescue King Hongnong and return the community to the young emperor.

That is to say, Dong Zhuo is now the most treacherous minister besides Wang Mang in the Han Kingdom for more than 200 years. His biggest crime is to depose the young emperor by force.Wang Mang directly usurped the Han and became self-reliant, and Dong Zhuo is not far away from this step.If Dong Zhuo is not eliminated, the great man will fall.Today's emperor was established by Dong Zhuo, and Dong Zhuo relied on him as a puppet to harm the world, so it is only natural that today's emperor will step down with Dong Zhuo's defeat.

Now, there are enough reasons to challenge Dong, and the ultimate goal of challenging Dong is also there.After the defeat of Dong Zhuo, Hongnong King Liu Bian regained the throne, and the scholars who participated in the challenge of Dong Daye became the heroes who saved the great man from peril, and became the ministers of ZTE who revitalized the great man. Their outstanding achievements are enough to last forever.

In this way, although the scholars who stayed in the capital had assumed all the culpability of acquiescing to depose the young emperor under Dong Zhuo's intimidation, they managed to save their lives.Discussing Dong Daqi divided the scholars inside and outside Luoyang into two camps. The scholars in Luoyang had to stand with Dong Zhuo because they supported the present day, and Dong Zhuo had to rely on these things if he wanted to quell the disaster that spread to more than half of the territory. Luoyang scholars.At this time, Yuan Kai and a group of like-minded scholars can take the opportunity to help and support Dong Dajun in Luoyang, in order to quickly achieve their goals.

The scholars who gathered under the banner of the Da Dong Da supported the young emperor, and they had awe-inspiring righteousness, and they also had the ultimate goal of begging Dong, so their morale was boosted, and they vowed to carry out the fight against Dong Daye to the end.

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Although this proclamation solved Yuan Shao and everyone's current problems, it also brought many new problems.If there is no solution to these problems, the governors of the prefectures and counties in various states will still have a lot of doubts, and the determination and number of people who will join the League of Governors may be greatly reduced.Yuan Shao discussed with everyone for two days, hoping that he could understand all the meanings Yuan Kai conveyed through this proclamation.

"Master Tai Tu, do you really want to make King Hongnong the emperor?" Xu You shook his head again and again, "I don't think so, this may be a trick to kill with a knife."

Dong Zhuo was very kind to the emperor, and he invited the emperor to participate in every meeting, which gave the emperor enough face, and he also invited Ma Rixun, Cui Lie and others as the emperor's teachers to teach the way of governing the country. Li Ru taught the emperor the art of war, and asked Zhong Lang to teach Lu Bu the emperor to ride and shoot, saying that the emperor should have both civil and military skills.Recently, the Great General Hussars conquered the desert. At a young age, the Son of Heaven made great achievements in opening up the territory for the great Han. Please think about it, who would a Son of Heaven who is only nine years old and has no father or mother trust at this moment?So Master Tai Tuo's consideration is very correct. After defeating Dong Zhuo, he must depose the current emperor, so as not to suffer from it.If we refuse to recognize the current emperor, we also refuse to recognize all the edicts issued by the current emperor. In this way, the emperor's orders cannot be implemented in the states and counties, Dong Zhuo will lose foreign aid, and the speed of defeat will be greatly accelerated.

How did King Hongnong lose his throne in the past?How did the Empress Dowager He and the He clan perish? The 14-year-old Hongnong King is no longer a child. He knows in his heart that if he becomes the emperor, he will first kill Dong Zhuo, then the current emperor, and then settle accounts with us. Therefore, the Taifu Lord proposed to call it Kuang Zhenghan The room is actually a plan to kill with a knife.We want to support King Hongnong as emperor again with great fanfare, how will Dong Zhuo react?Of course it is to kill him, first to avoid future troubles, and second, it can cut off our thoughts and make us lose the excuse to appeal to Dong.After the death of King Hongnong, Dong Zhuo was convicted of conspiracy to usurp the Han Dynasty. He will be cast aside by the people of the world, and more states and counties will join the Dongdong alliance at the same time.After Dong Zhuo killed King Hongnong, it was difficult to be undefeated.

Where did Dong Zhuo fall?Chang'an and Xijiang are just that, that is his foundation, and we can easily foresee that Dong Zhuo will definitely threaten to take the emperor to retreat westward.King Hongnong is dead, and the Son of Heaven has arrived in Western Xinjiang, what shall we do?The meaning of the Taifu is very obvious. It is to let us choose another vassal king as the new emperor, so as to ensure that we are in power alone, and we can promulgate new policies without hindrance, quickly adjust national policies and revitalize the country with the way of Confucianism and Legalism combined with morality and punishment. .

Qiao Mao, Xun Chen, Guo Tu and others all had this understanding of Taifu Yuan Kui's decision-making. Xin Ping even jokingly said, in my opinion, brother Jing Sheng can be the emperor.Liu Biao was furious, and drew his sword to assassinate Xin Ping, almost turning his face against him.Now that the imperial power is so weak, although Liu Biao is heartbroken, he knows that the root cause of the weak imperial power is the damage caused by treachery and arrogance of power. If he does not save it, the world of Liu's 400 years will really be destroyed overnight.

Yuan Shao persuaded with a smile, and then said: "Brother Jing Sheng, don't get angry, the upright man still needs us to work hard. He's just joking, don't take it too seriously."

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"Everyone thinks that Dong Bisheng is going to win this time, but why don't you consider the threat that the Hussar General posed to us?" Liu Biao gave Xin Ping a hard look, and said worriedly, "We all know the current situation in northern Xinjiang. The army in northern Xinjiang has just returned from an expedition and is exhausted. The problems of appeasement, farming and disaster victims in northern Xinjiang are very serious. The stability of Luoyang is very important to northern Xinjiang, so the General Hussars is very likely to intervene in Luoyang's affairs."

If we don't recognize the present day, it is tantamount to making an enemy of the Hussar General.In what name did General Hussars go south to threaten the imperial court in July? Everyone knows.It's only been five months since this happened, it's impossible for the Hussar General to turn a blind eye and ignore it.Even if he didn't want to talk about Luoyang's affairs, Dong Zhuo would send someone to talk to him with the emperor's edict.How could the Hussar General disobey the late emperor's edict?
Yuan Shao said with a smile: "The key to whether Dong Dong can achieve his goal is that the Hushi General will go south. If he refuses to go south with various excuses, we will send people to go north and invite him to Luoyang."

The purpose of asking for Dong is to revitalize the big man. If hundreds of thousands of troops fight in the area of ​​Gyeonggi and Luoyang, the big man will be finished immediately. How can we revive it?The purpose of our army is to intimidate Dong Zhuo and force him to the western border, not to fight him.Dong Zhuo has an army of [-], the [-] Xiliang soldiers and the [-] Northern Army left by the former general are all elites. They also occupy the eight passes, the Yellow River and the dangers of Xiaoshan, so we can't beat him by fighting. .Even if we beat Dong Zhuo, Gyeonggi and Luoyang would be in ruins. That means we are not the ministers of Zhongxing, but the chief culprits of the defeat of the great man.

If we really fight Dong Zhuo, the Hussar General will definitely give up the northern border and do his best to protect Luoyang for the sake of the great Han society.Luoyang is the root of my great man, everyone knows this, and it is precisely because of this that Luoyang will form a stalemate, and the longer the stalemate between the two sides, the more unfavorable it will be for Northern Xinjiang.

The Hussar General wants us not to fight, and he will give up his days.Dong Zhuo brought the emperor to the western border, and we support the new emperor in Luoyang, then the Han Kingdom will have two emperors, the consequences are self-evident, so we must force the Hushi general to stand by us and fight Dong Zhuo together .Dong Zhuo wants to bring the emperor to Western Xinjiang, that's fine, we agree, but it can only be a deposed emperor.

Dong Zhuo has Chang'an and Xijiang as his back road, and has a force of [-] soldiers. How could he easily give up the power he has obtained?How could you agree to depose the current emperor?Therefore, if the General Hussars wants to save Luoyang from the disaster of war, he has to join forces with us and threaten Dong Zhuo with an absolute superior force. This is the only way he can save the big man from danger, and there is no other way.

As long as there is no war in Luoyang, the Tai Tuo and Luoyang's powerful and noble families will not have to worry about their lives.Dong Zhuo needs the influence of the Grand Tutor to deal with him, and more importantly, he needs the ministers in the court to keep the court running. But if there is a fight, the Tai Tuo and a group of ministers in the court will be killed. At that time, If both sides don't fight, it won't work.Whoever does not fight will be defeated.

"Dong Zhuo is powerful, and he still has the emperor in his hand. If he joins forces with the great general of the hussars, he will neither beat us nor agree to us. Qi, I'm afraid something will happen." Qiao Mao said worriedly.

"Dong Zhuo is already short of food and salaries, and Northern Xinjiang needs a lot of food and salaries to help the victims, so we have enough time to confront them, but Dong Zhuo and the Hussar General are not. Apart from agreeing to our conditions, they have nothing to do. Any way out." Yuan Shao said confidently.

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All the people in the room finally agreed on the detailed strategy and various possible situations to discuss Dong, and then put together a long letter written by Chen Lin.After revising the transcripts, everyone set off with their call to action and letters.

Guo Tu went to visit Jizhou Mu Hanfu, Fengji went to Youzhou to visit Grand Sima Liu Yu, Xu You and Xun Chen went to Yuzhou and Jingzhou, Xin Ping went to Yanzhou and Qingzhou, and Qiao Mao returned to Dongjun to announce the call.

The Jizhou Shepherd's Mansion is in Yecheng. After Guo Tu paid a visit to Han Fu, he hurried to Hanoi to find Wang Kuang.

Han Fu thought about it for a day, but still hesitated.He urgently called Liu Gong in Zhizhong, Bie Jia in trial and matching, and Geng Wu and Min Chun in consultation.Everyone has different opinions, and the focus is on the reaction of the Hussar General.

After the various states and counties raised troops to intimidate Luoyang, the threat to northern Xinjiang was obvious. The Hussar General would definitely take action, and he would not stay in the north of the Great Wall to spend his New Year with peace of mind.The most likely way for the General Hussars to adopt is to mediate in the middle, but judging from the conditions proposed by the scholars at present, there is no possibility of mediation being successful at all.The scholars not only want Dong Zhuo to give up his power and go back to Xiliang, but also want him to bear the crime of harming the country and leave him infamous for thousands of years, and they even want to depose him today. Who will agree?When Dong Zhuo is a three-year-old idiot kid?Even if Dong Zhuo is a three-year-old idiot, he is still very angry. If you bully him like this, can he bear it?If Dong Zhuo was under the pressure of the Hussar General, he would have been lucky if he didn't take the initiative to attack the coalition forces.

"Yuan Shao is not saving the big man, but making trouble for the big man." Geng Wu sneered, "I think he had no good intentions when he escaped from Luoyang."

Han Fu remained silent.He is an old official of the Yuan Clan, and without Yuan Feng and Yuan Kai's enlistment and recommendation at the beginning, he would not be where he is today.When he left Beijing, Yuan Kai had repeatedly told him to support and help Yuan Shao and contribute to saving the great man, but he never thought that things would develop like this.If this move is successful, I will indeed contribute to the society, but if I fail, not only will my reputation be ruined, but the entire clan will also suffer.Personal honor, life and death are trivial matters, but endangering the country's community is a major matter.Now that I know that this cannot be done, but I still want to follow blindly, how can I be at ease?Participating together is against the way of a monarch and his ministers. If you don't participate, how can you be worthy of your old master?
"Dong Zhuo brought disaster to the country, that's a fact, and the young emperor was abolished without fault, that's also a fact." The examiner said, "As long as righteousness comes first, and you know what you can't do, you can do it."

"Zhengnan, how sure do you think we are of winning?" Han Fu asked.

"Not at all." The judge said with a wry smile, "I only saw the flames of war raging in Luoyang, and I didn't see any so-called stalemate at all. Who is stalemate with us? Dong Zhuo or Li Hong? Who can stop the strength of the two together? Depose the current emperor? I really don’t know what Yuan Shao thinks? Once this proclamation is announced to the world, King Hongnong’s life will be gone. With the support of Dong Zhuo and Li Hong, the current emperor’s throne will be stronger, even if Dong Zhuo and Li Hong Turn your face, there will be no second emperor in this world. I really don't understand what Yuan Shao's purpose is? Could it be that he wants to establish a new emperor? Why does he think that Li Hong will help him?"

Han Fu was worried and frowning.

"Zihui, what do you think?"

"Zhengnan just said that even if you know you can't do it, you still have to do it. There's nothing you can do about it." Liu Gong said, "But you can wait a little longer and see the reactions of other states and counties. Ask Dong Lianmeng After it is formed, your lord can be responsible for providing food, grass and supplies for the armies of other states and counties. If you lose, your lord can protect yourself, and we have no loss in strength. If you win, your lord has contributed a lot."

Han Fu nodded and said, "Let's do it this way. You go and tell Yuan Shao that the ant thieves in Taihang Mountain are going down the mountain to grab food, and this matter will be postponed for a while." Then he looked at the crowd and sighed softly, "According to me Look, the Hussar General will definitely help Dong Zhuo. Under such circumstances, why don't warriors and warriors join forces?"

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On December 184th, the sixth year of Zhongping in the Han Dynasty (AD [-]), Qiao Mao, the prefect of Dongjun, announced to the world with a three-official letter, listing Dong Zhuo's ten crimes, spreading them to the world, and calling on all states and counties to send troops to attack Dong Zhuo.

The next day, Liu Dai, shepherd of Yanzhou, Zhang Miao, prefect of Chenliu, Yuan Yi, prefect of Shanyang, Han Fu, shepherd of Jizhou, and Yuan Shao, prefect of Bohai, raised troops to respond.

Next, Wang Kuang, governor of Hanoi, Bao Xin, chancellor of Jibei, Jiaohe, governor of Qingzhou, Zhang Chao, governor of Guangling, Mu Kongyi, governor of Yuzhou, Li Min, governor of Yingchuan, Xu Jue, prime minister of Chen Guo, Yuan Shu, governor of Jingzhou, Wang Rui, governor of Jingzhou, and Zhang Zi, governor of Nanyang. And so on to declare to the world one after another, raise righteous soldiers to attack Dong Zhuo.

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When the news reached the capital, Dong Zhuo was furious, and immediately invited all his ministers to the Xiangguo Mansion for a banquet.During the banquet, Dong Zhuo ordered Xu Jing, the censor Zhongcheng, to recite the Sangong Calligraphy aloud.All the ministers turned pale with shock, Taiwei Huang Wan, Situ Yang Biao, and Sikong Xun Shuang knelt down to plead guilty.

Dong Zhuo smiled and said, "This is Qiaomao's deceitful attempt to cut off your heads with my hand, so as to take the opportunity to cause chaos in Luoyang City." Master Fu did it, haha..."

Yuan Kai smiled coldly, waved his hands and said to Huang Wan and the others: "You are scared like this just by asking for Dong Xiwen? Is this also the important minister of my big man?"

At this time, the censor Shi Chao Longzong hurried in, before he could reach Dong Zhuo, Dong Zhuo yelled, "Come here, there is an assassin, take it down for me."

The surrounding guards swarmed up, and they could not help but push Chaolongzong to the ground.

"Beat me alive with a golden hammer..."

Chang Shi He Yong hastily persuaded: "Sir, slow down, slow down, that is the servant Yushi disturbing Longzong, there must be something urgent to report."

"Going to court with a sword is an assassin, if you don't kill him, who will you kill?" Dong Zhuo snapped at the case and shouted loudly, "Kill him in court."

The horrific screams immediately resounded in the hall, blood and brains were scattered in all directions, all the officials were shocked, and many people were so frightened that they vomited and vomited.

Dong Zhuo watched with relish, applauding loudly from time to time.

"Master Xu, who is Chen Guoxiang Xu Ju?"

Xu Jing, who squeezed his eyes tightly, almost fainted, "It's my cousin." When he finished speaking, his body was already dripping with sweat.

"What is the relationship between Yuzhou Mu Kongni and you?"

Xu Jing gritted his teeth, and said in extreme fear, "He's my classmate, a friend for many years."

Dong Zhuo laughed loudly and said, "Master Xu, neither your elder brother nor your classmates are good things..."

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The bloody corpse of Disturbing Dragon Sect was placed in the center of the lobby, with a strong fishy smell.All the ministers are frightened and frightened, how dare they lift their chopsticks?

Only Grand Tutor Yuan Kai kept his face unchanged and drank with Dong Zhuo Jujue until he was very drunk.

As soon as the banquet was over, all the ministers fled the bloody hall one after another as if they were receiving an amnesty.

At this time, Tian Yi quietly went to Dong Zhuo's side and told him that Cui Jun, the prefect of Xihe, Yang Qi, the prefect of Shangdang, and Wang Han, the prefect of Hedong, had announced to the world that they supported the rebels from all states and counties to crusade against Dong Zhuo.

Most of Dong Zhuo woke up from the wine in an instant, and he asked eagerly, "Where is Chang Sheng? When will Chang Sheng come back?"

"Changsheng has arrived at Hedong, and I have already sent someone to pick him up."

"Where's Gai Xun? Does Gai Xun have any news?"

"Master Dong Yue urgently wrote to Xiangguo, saying that Huangfusong and Gai Xun have arrived in Chang'an."

"Okay, okay..." Dong Zhuo suddenly overturned the case with one hand excitedly, and stood up abruptly, "Okay, God has eyes..."

"Hurry up, draw up an order immediately, urgently call the right general Zhu Jun back to Beijing, and order him to return as soon as he sees the order, without delay..."

"Urgent Shuying (Dong Min), tell him to do everything possible to keep Huangfusong in Chang'an, and he must not be allowed to go west to Liangzhou." Dong Zhuo said, "The [-] Northern Army in the Huaili Camp have just been taken by Dong Yue. Taking over, at this time urgently needs time to rectify and appease, so don't push Huangfusong into a hurry."

"Urgently write to Dong Yue, immediately take advantage of the Chinese New Year to buy off officers of the Northern Army at all levels, and tell him to completely control the [-] Northern Army in a month's time."

"Urgently write to Niu Fu and Jia Xu to garrison the crossing of the Yellow River with heavy troops, and closely monitor the movements of the soldiers in the fields east of the river. If there are a large number of soldiers in the fields in the east, they will immediately capture Anyi."

"Urgently make a statement and garrison the Heyang and Wenxian areas with heavy troops to prevent Wang Kuang from leading his army to attack the Yellow River."

"Order Hu Zhen to lead troops to garrison in the Xingyang area in the southeast of Luoyang, and Lu Bu to garrison in the Yangren area in the southwest of Luoyang, so as to prevent the soldiers and horses of the states and counties from attacking first."

"Order Guo Si to lead his troops into the city, garrison the twelve city gates of Luoyang, and patrol the capital. All three thousand of my personal guard cavalry will be transferred into the city to guard the Prime Minister's Mansion."

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(End of this chapter)