Chapter 172 Ma Mengqi returns to Luoyang
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In Jizhou Guangzong, because the war report has been sent to Luoyang, it can be said that Dong Zhuo and the others have been waiting for Luoyang's imperial edict these days. Because there is no imperial edict, you can't do anything and you can't do anything. This is nothing to do.
Although it is "the general is outside, the king will not accept the order", it would be fine if it is just a simple move, it is indeed no big deal. However, without the imperial edict, if you dare to bring the army back to Luoyang, then it will be interesting. To put it nicely, you will be back to victory. But many people will think that you dare to bring troops into the capital without the imperial edict calling you back, so it is not nice to say, do you want to rebel, and no one will say anything for you?
So now I can't go back to Beijing and dare not move around, so I can only wait for Guangzong. There is no war now, so in fact, everyone is still anxious to wait, and they are looking forward to the arrival of the imperial edict every day.
Because he was always fighting, it was indeed rare to have such a relaxed and leisure time as he did now. Just after the war in Guangzong ended, Dong Zhuo immediately ordered the military to reward the army for five days to celebrate the victory of Guangzong. Moreover, he also invited Huangfu Song and Ma Chao and others on these five days, and then everyone came to celebrate the victory of Guangzong.
In fact, there is another meaning in his doing this. Because Ma Chao and Zhu Ye had a very happy quarrel before, Dong Zhuo was intended to make everyone calm. Even if the two cannot reconcile immediately, they should not become enemies. But Dong Zhuo himself didn't think about it. If he insisted on having a marriage with Zhu Ye, he would definitely hold a grudge against Zhu Ye more than Ma Chao. Ma Chao really didn't feel anything about Zhu Ye. Of course, he wouldn't please him if he didn't hate him, but Dong Zhuo definitely held a deep grudge against Zhu Ye.
As a result, Dong Zhuo became a good person. He went to reconcile Ma Chao and Zhu Yi. This is quite interesting. Of course, Ma Chao and Zhu Yi naturally would not accept his affection, and the two were still the same as before.
On this day, the one who came to Jizhou to pass the imperial edict finally arrived, and everyone saw that he was still an acquaintance, Zhang Rang. It seems that Liu Hong attached great importance to this, because Zhang Rang was not able to come out every time, and now he rarely came out to pass the imperial edict. If he was the person Liu Hong valued the most, he wouldn't always ask for his opinions. It can be said that Liu Hong was indeed particularly dependent on him. This time Liu Hong was willing to send Zhang Rang here, which was enough to show his importance to this announcement.
Ma Chao felt that Zhang Rang's orders were "beginning after a long time of call", but he was not "holding his face half-covered", but he brought the imperial edict to get the money. Ma Chao had already had a foreshadowing that when Zhang Rang came back this time, everyone would have to spend a lot more than before. I guess everyone's pockets were tighter in the end. This is really a man-made disaster.
After Zhang Rang finished reading the imperial edict, everyone quickly answered the imperial edict to thank him. This was a great joy, because Ma Chao wanted to go back to Beijing the most and didn't want to fight outside anymore. Huangfu Song and Zhu Ye were similar. It would be enough to have a great contribution like Zhang Bao, but they were not greedy for the others. If it were the only thing Dong Zhuo didn't like to go back, he wanted to fight outside the most. This was not just a matter of making merit. In fact, when it comes to credit, the greatest contribution has been taken down by himself, and he didn't care much about the others.
The main reason is that he especially likes to fight outside, and he can also develop his own power and other things. In fact, his power is not very strong now, and although his subordinates are a little bit crowded, it is really not enough to see it.
So Dong Zhuo felt that he should make good use of this opportunity and vigorously develop his own power. In this way, he had to speed up. And when he made a big splash, he must realize his ideals and let the people in the aristocratic family take a good look. I, Dong Zhongying, can only be worshipped by you, not looked down upon.
Now that Guangzong has been taken down, there are countless food and grass in the city, but Liu Hong's imperial edict does not mention the food and grass, so there are naturally many articles on it. Li Ru had long offered advice to Dong Zhuo, saying that most of the food and grass in Guangzong's city can be used for himself, and Dong Zhuo seemed very satisfied with this. Now that Niu Fu is here in Liangzhou, in Dong Zhuo's opinion, it is actually time to vigorously develop his own power! With money and grain in hand, there will be soldiers. With soldiers, there will be everything.
"Mr. Marquis, please!"
Dong Zhuo said with a smile on his face at this time that Zhang Rang's current status forced him to curry favor with him.
"please!"
"please!"
"please!"
Huangfu Song, Zhu Jun and Ma Chao also said the word "Ask" and asked Zhang Rang to be advanced. Zhang Rang smiled. Although the laughter made people feel uncomfortable, no one dared to complain.
"Everyone is familiar with our family. This time our family is sent by His Majesty. You don't have to be polite, you don't have to be polite, please!"
Dong Zhuo and the others invited Zhang Rang into Zhang Jiao's residence in Guangzong before, because they have also lived there these days.
After entering the house, everyone took a seat with the guest and host. Dong Zhuo smiled and said first, "Mr. Marquis, I don't know where Your Majesty..."
Before Dong Zhuo finished speaking, Zhang Rang raised his right palm, which meant that I knew what you were going to say, so listen to me first. He was very familiar with Dong Zhuo, so Zhang Rang knew what Dong Zhuo wanted to ask. In this way, he didn't need to ask too much, so Zhang Rang would naturally answer him. In fact, Dong Zhuo was just asking about the movements of the Yellow Turban Army in various places, as well as some of Liu Hong's situation. In fact, even if Dong Zhuo didn't ask about these, Zhang Rang would still say them to everyone.
Zhang Rang smiled at everyone, "Everyone, our family has always been by Your Majesty, so we can say that we know a lot about many things and know everything. So if our family says it is the second, then no one dares to recognize the first!"
"That's right, the Marquis is the most popular person around His Majesty. No one knows everything in the court better than the Marquis!"
Dong Zhuo nodded quickly when he heard this, and then he gave it to him. After hearing his words, Zhu Yan shook his head in his heart, thinking that Dong Zhongying knew how to flatter the monks and flatter him, and he didn't know how much benefit the ten regular attendants had taken him. Alas...
"In the past few months, it can be said that almost all the Yellow Turban rebels in various places have been wiped out. In addition to Jingzhou, Youzhou and Qingzhou, even if there are Yellow Turban rebels in other places, they will definitely not be able to become a big climate, and there is no greater threat to our great man! It can be said that everything today is your contribution! Your Majesty also said that you are all pillars of the great man. It is precisely because of you that the Yellow Turban rebels were finally wiped out. You all worked hard and made great contributions. It is indeed hard!"
Zhang Rang is definitely a good person to talk. Don’t worry about whether Liu Hong said these words before. Anyway, he said it from Zhang Rang at this time, which makes people feel so pleasant. Everyone here loves to listen to these words, even Zhu Jun, who had the idea just now.
"Where are, for the sake of the great man and for His Majesty, we have gone through fire and water without hesitation!"
Dong Zhuo is the spokesperson for several other people, and he also loves to deal with eunuchs because he can get a lot of benefits from them. Because Ma Chao has Dong Zhuo, he is happy to be idle and naturally will not interfere. Zhu Jun is the person who dislikes dealing with eunuchs the most. In fact, he can sit here at this time, which is a great face for Zhang Rangtian. As for Huangfu Song, although he is relatively smooth in his work, he does not like to deal with eunuchs very much, so he is not happy to have Dong Zhuo represent him.
"And the governor of Jingzhou Xu Yu is fighting the Yellow Turban Army, so the war in Jingzhou should be almost over! No, if it is soon, maybe today will end! As for Youzhou and Qingzhou, these two states will rely more on Zhongying!"
"The Marquis is so serious, Zhuo will never let His Majesty down. If you don't wipe out the traitors this time, Zhuo will not return to Beijing!"
Dong Zhuo quickly made a statement. In his opinion, even the Yellow Turbans in Guangzong City have been destroyed by himself. So what are the small yellow Turban rebels in other places? It seems that as long as he moves his fingers, he will destroy their hungry people who are not full!
I have to say that Dong Zhuo was a little proud and forgot how he was defeated by Ma Yuanyi. People like to make this problem. Once they are proud, they may be able to get married, which is considered to be human nature. In fact, if Dong Zhuo had just experienced a defeat at this time, even if he was a small defeat, he would never have been like this. But because he destroyed the Yellow Turban of Guangzong, he was so proud. Unfortunately, Li Ru was not here, and he didn't know what his lord thought at this time, otherwise he would have persuaded Dong Zhuo.
Zhang Rang nodded, "Yes, actually, Your Majesty also feels that you are very relieved to hand over the war between the two states to Zhongying!"
Dong Zhuo talked a lot to Zhang Rang again, but the two of them talked a lot. Of course, it was impossible for others to say nothing, but the protagonist is Dong Zhuo, and the others are just supporting roles. However, during this period, Zhang Rang also specifically mentioned Cui Hong's matter, and he knew that everyone was paying special attention to this. So he didn't hide it, saying that when everyone returned to Beijing, His Majesty would make a decision on this matter, and everyone knew it.
Zhang Rang didn't stay in Jizhou for too long because he was in a hurry to go back. So on the second day, he prepared to return to Luoyang with Huangfu Song, Zhu Jun and Ma Chao. Of course, when he left, Dong Zhuo had not forgotten to send him a lot of local specialties. In fact, Huangfu Song and Ma Chao were also indispensable, but they all had to go back together anyway, so both of them were going to give Zhang Rang to him after returning to Luoyang, and Zhang Rang naturally wouldn't pick these.
Chapter completed!