Chapter 501 Dong Hu's Unwillingness
Dong Hu could not learn more about the precise news about Luoyang, so he could only give instructions to Da Ya and his soldiers. The fifth battalion of the personal army only brought three thousand heavy cavalry camps, two thousand young cavalry camps and the Right Cavalry camp led by Zhang Liao. In addition to the three generals of Dong Chong, Pang De and Zhang Liao, Liu Bian, Gao Shun and the rest of the generals were all left to Da Ya.
Daya is an extremely smart woman. When Dong Min and uncle and nephew Dong Huang came over angrily, she knew in her heart that Dong Hu would definitely reach a deal with Dong Min... or that she had reached a deal with the Dong family. As the mistress of the family, she needed to know her man's intentions, so she conducted a roundabout way to test whether he had the will to dominate the world. The response she received also made her completely relieved.
Dong Hu did not think about this, but only thought that she wanted to go, Dong Zhuo's way was to gain recognition from various major families, and then easily gained the world, just like Sima Yi easily replaced Cao Wei's world after gaining recognition from various major families.
To gain the recognition of scholars in the world... or to gain the recognition of various major families, it will indeed be twice the result with half the effort, but this is not something Dong Hu is willing to do. He is unwilling to re-take the path of the Wei and Jin Dynasties, and unwilling to continue to influence the world's direction. He is willing to cultivate a group of "national" babies, nor is he willing to use the "family and country" three officials.
He didn't notice that Da Ya was tempting, and only thought that his wife had a shorter understanding and did not understand the root of social contradictions. If a society wants to develop healthily and orderly, the people who support the country must occupy an absolute number, rather than letting the people turn to support the major families.
The only forces that Dong Hu can truly control are Liangzhou, Bingzhou, Hedong County, and Hanzhong County. After he goes to Luoyang, he is preparing to take over the eight passes of Luoyang. It seems that the place he can control is quite large. The entire grassland and half of the plateau are under his control. However, the total number of people is only about two million. There are six million people in Jizhou, and the territory is ten times that of Jizhou, and twenty times more, but the population is only 30% or 40% of that of Jizhou. He can't swallow the world even if he can't kill his belly!
He explained the situation clearly with the generals and told them not to think about becoming kings and dominance for ten or twenty years. After that, they were all honest. Even if Dong Zhuo was the prime minister for 10 or 20 years, the generals would not say anything. Instead of expecting unrealistic fantasies, it would be better to let Dong Zhuo stand in front, let Dong Zhuo fight with the court officials with a blushing face and a thick neck, a bloody head, and take advantage of it, and finally replace it.
It is not necessary to say much about the benefits of using the emperor to command the princes. Dong Zhuo lives in the temple, representing the orthodoxy of the Han Dynasty. Whether others recognize it or not, as long as Dong Zhuo nods or recognizes it, Dong Hu is legal in whatever he does. It is legal in robbing Nanyang County, and occupying Hanoi County, killing Youzhou Liu Yu, Jizhou Yuan Shao, Yanzhou Cao Cao... It is legal in killing anyone and occupying any place. This "legal" alone is unknown how many advantages he has taken, and his generals can also legally become the governor of a state and the prefect of a county. This is no different from the high positions that Dong Hu can actually get after replacing Dong Zhuo... or the emperor's emperor.
Gu Qi
Dong Hu instinctively believed that Daya was not satisfied with the waiting for 10 or 20 years, and wanted to use the influence of famous families to accelerate the empire to make himself the empress. This was completely opposite to his original intention, but he did not expect that Daya just wanted to test whether he had the intention to become the king or the emperor.
Dong Hu will not be in a hurry to be the king and emperor. He is only twenty-five or six years old now, and his eldest son is only six years old. He does not have a suitable heir yet. Even if he does not consider the influence of the emperor on the world and the consequences of the union of all the princes, the issue of just one "heir" will put him in trouble.
The son is too young. If he has an accident and dies unexpectedly, will the brothers of the "Dong" generation covet the throne of emperor? Will the four adopted sons covet?
He was not sure that from the perspective of "stability", it is the most favorable situation for the strongest brothers of the "Dong" to inherit the throne, which is similar to the current situation of Dong Zhuo and Dong Hu. Dong Zhuoruo is dead, Dong Min and Dong Mao cannot control the Liangzhou army. If no one can suppress Niu Fu, Xu Rong, Li Jue, Guo Si and others, it will be a melee between each other. Only when Dong Hu inherits Dong Zhuo's position, this tragedy of brothers' tragedy can it be avoided and the people of Guanzhong will be prevented from suffering from war.
If Dong Hu dies unexpectedly, the strongest brothers of the "Dong" generation inherit everything he has, so that 200,000 Dong Buyi can avoid internal conflicts and melee from the perspective of strength. At the same time, the four adopted sons also have the right to inherit his inheritance, especially the children are still young.
If the generals do not ascend to the throne and become emperor, the four adopted sons will not regard him as an enemy and become emperor. Because of the emperor's temptation, brotherhood, and father-son relationship may change, and they will stand invisibly opposite each other. Especially when the children were still young, they only had a little older and established prestige in the army, gained the recognition of the generals of Lintao, and gained the recognition of 200,000 soldiers. Only when the son inherited everything from him would he take it for granted and would not have major turmoil.
Liangbing is too large and has too few people. Liangbing's people are easily confused, which requires long-term cultural education and a more stable foundation, which takes time.
It takes time to destroy the foundations of various major families, separate the people who are attached to countless families, and transform them into free people who only support the empire.
It takes time for a son to grow up and become a qualified heir...
Everything takes time, and Dong Hu needs to deal with it carefully, handle the relationship between brothers carefully, handle the relationship with the Dong family carefully, and deal with the various princes who are rebelling...
When the spy sent the news of "Luoyang Crisis", he simply handled the matter of assisting the people in moving the capital. He needed the population, needed to avoid casualties as much as possible, and even needed to control the famine of the people, and avoid the terrifying famine of one stone of grain that costs 500,000 yuan.
Appropriate famine is beneficial to the cooldown and preferential policies for low taxes to support the people in Guanzhong, but he is unwilling to happen that countless people change their children and eat them.
Originally, he didn't want to interfere too much in Dong Zhuo's move to the capital, but seeing that the soldiers were too cruel and entangled, they had been furious for many days. After Da Ya and several women returned to Anyi, they could no longer suppress their anger and seized Dong Min and Dong Huang's military power in one fell swoop and took over the move to the capital.
Just like the idea of appropriate hunger to force the people of Guanzhong to Liangbing, when moving the capital, appropriate cruelty is also a necessary means. Without some cruel means, the people will not be willing to leave their homes, and even if they say nothing, they will not.
Only by placing the houses of the people and using a knife to force them can the people embark on the road to westward migration. This has many benefits for increasing the population of Liang and Han people in the future. The increase in Liang and Han people will also make Liang more stable and enhance the ability to suppress Qiang and Hu. Dong Hu naturally supports the movement of the capital and knows the necessity of appropriate cruelty. However, once the people embark on the road to westward migration, they should control the degree of violent expulsion. Dong Min and Dong Huang did not realize this, and they would not care.
After simply dealing with the matter of moving down the capital, Dong Hu took ten thousand cavalry day and night, running eastward with doubts all the way until he stepped through Hangu Pass, and then he got the news from Dong Mao again, an extremely accurate news...
Chapter completed!