Chapter 702 Changes in the Situation
"Our Dong Xiangguo's behavior is really unexpected!" Shang Ji waved the information in his hand and said to Liu Yi with a smile.
Liu Yi gave a helpless wry smile, and echoed, "Dong Zhuo's move has hurt many people. This Gongsun Bogui probably has his teeth broken."
Shang Ji gloated and said with a gloating smile, "Hey, Gongsun Zan is not a human being inside and out. If the situation changes in the future, let's see how he handles himself!"
It turns out that in the past few days, Luoyang has been quite lively.
For the position of governor of Youzhou, countless people came and went, secretly fighting constantly. Even Sun Jian, Liu Bei, Cao Cao and others who had little relationship with Youzhou wrote letters to recommend cronies, not to mention Gongsun Zan.
Of course, Gongsun Zan was the most hopeful to get the post of governor of Youzhou. The envoys he sent set out overnight to bribe Dong Zhuo and his cronies with huge sums of money in order to win the governorship of Youzhou.
In order to dispel Dong Zhuo's worries, Gongsun Zan even wrote a letter of allegiance, saying that if the overall situation changes in the future (referring to the Eighteenth Route princes begging for Dong), he will definitely bring elite soldiers and good generals to protect the prime minister.
After some activities, the imperial court controlled by Dong Zhuo issued an imperial edict to appoint Gongsun Zan as the governor of Youzhou.
However, before Gongsun Zan could laugh out loud, another appointment was issued: "Appoint Zongzheng Liu Yu as the Shepherd of Youzhou to lead the military administration of Youzhou!"
Upon receiving this news, Gongsun Zan almost vomited blood, and even Shang Ji was shocked by Dong Zhuo's trick!
What's more, Dong Zhuo also announced Gongsun Zan's letter of allegiance through official channels, and personally commended him for "devotion to the monarch, loyalty to the country".
For a while, Gongsun Zan became a laughing stock among the princes, and stealing chickens was not a model for losing money.
On the other hand, taking advantage of Gongsun Zan's army hanging out alone, Liu Yu went to Youzhou overnight under the escort of Dong Zhuo's two thousand elite soldiers. Before that, Liu Yu had served as the governor of Youzhou, and his reputation in the north was very high.
With the lofty prestige and Dong Zhuo's escort behind him, Liu Yu easily settled in Jixian County, Youzhou Prefecture, and took over the remaining power of Ding Yuan almost without hindrance.
Even the various tribes of Wuhuan who were originally attached to Gongsun Zan were ready to move, and there was a tendency to abandon Gongsun and vote for Liu.
And the Wuhuan people headed by Wuyan among the remnants of Dingyuan in the grassland went south overnight to pledge their allegiance to Liu Yu. Gongsun Zan sent troops to intercept and defeated Wuhuan's servant army.
But that's all. Gongsun Zan is not capable of encircling hundreds of thousands of Wuhuan elite cavalry on the grassland, not to mention that he also has a large number of Wuhuan people under his command. If he goes too far, who knows if those people will rebel ?
What surprised Gongsun Zan even more was that during the battle between him and Wu Yan and others, another group of Ding Yuan's remnants headed by Zhang Yang quietly carried some of Ding Yuan's property harvested in this battle and Ding Yuan's body, and galloped towards Bingzhou .
Zhang Yang went to Lu Bu!
Speaking of which, Zhang Yang and Lu Bu have a very close relationship. At first, both of them worked under Ding Yuan. Later, because of the rumor that Lu Bu killed Ding Yuan, Ding Yuan expelled Lu Bu, but this did not affect the personal relationship between the two.
In the original history, after Dong Zhuo's death, Li Jue and other Xiliang troops counterattacked Chang'an and defeated Lu Bu. The homeless Lu Bu temporarily took refuge in Zhang Yang.
Later, Lu Bu took the opportunity to occupy Xuzhou, and Cao Cao came to crusade against Xiapi. Zhang Yang led his troops to attack Dongpei in an attempt to encircle Wei and rescue Zhao and help Lu Bu break out of the siege.
However, Zhang Yang's general Yang Chou launched a mutiny, killed Zhang Yang and defected to Cao Cao. At this point, both Zhang Yang and Lu Bu withdrew from the stage of history.
With Ding Yuan dead and surrounded by tigers and wolves, the first person Zhang Yang thought of was Lu Bu.
Faced with this situation, Gongsun Zan stomped his feet angrily. But he didn't have time to chase Zhang Yang now. The whole Youzhou was undercurrents because of Liu Yu's arrival. Even Gongsun Zan's headquarters in Yuyang County had many people eager to try and join Liu Yu.
Gongsun Zan had to withdraw his troops quickly and return to Youzhou to stabilize the situation.
Compared with Gongsun Zan, who was a bit headstrong, Liu Yu's prestige in Youzhou was too high, and even many Xianbei people who had lost their organization went south to join Liu Yu.
On the other hand, the Governor of Youzhou and the Shepherd of Youzhou stand side by side, and many of the functions and powers of the two overlap. However, Liu Yu was popular, and Dong Zhuo secretly supported him, and took control of Ji County first. The situation was very unfavorable for Gongsun Zan.
However, Liu Yu also has obvious weaknesses. He lacks the core armed force, and Gongsun Zan can hang Liu Yu up and fight with real swords and guns.
Because of Dong Zhuo's coquettish manipulation, Youzhou must be a battle of dragons and tigers. But the situation changed too fast, before Liu Yi and Guo Jia had time to do anything, everything had already happened.
But the result is favorable to Pingzhou. Liu Yu took over Ding Yuan's class, and it is impossible for Youzhou to be unified in a short time. Moreover, with such a participation, Gongsun Zan and Liu Yu must not even think about jointly checking and balancing the merchants, and the geopolitical situation in Pingzhou has been greatly improved. Liu Yi and Guo Jia also hurried back, it was a trip at public expense.
Just as the princes were moving small benches to watch Gongsun Zan's jokes, their backyard caught fire!
First, Dong Zhuo dismissed Quejian on the grounds that there were many bandits in Yizhou, but the governor of Yizhou was frugal, greedy, incompetent, and had no way to govern Yizhou.
Theoretically speaking, the highest official position on the surface of Yanhuang is only the prefect of Qianwei and the general who conquered the barbarians after he took over the Nanman. But in fact, Yongchang County, Yizhou County, Qianwei (qián wéi) County, Zāng kē (zāng kē) County, and Yuexi (yuè xī) County in the south of Yizhou were basically controlled by Yanhuang. If only discussing the control area, Yanhuang even surpassed Pingzhou (excluding the grassland).
Moreover, the northern counties, the real core of Yizhou, were also aggressively eroded by Yanhuang. Shu County, Guanghan, Hanzhong, and Berkshire were all nailed by Yanhuang. Once the time is right, the Yizhou Land of Abundance will all fall into the hands of Yanhuang.
Under such circumstances, Dong Zhuo suddenly sent Liu Yan to serve as Yizhou Shepherd. The purpose of curbing the development of Yanhuang is very clear!
Before everyone could react, the imperial court, which had been inactive for a long time, issued successive edicts, which caused an uproar in the world!
Appoint Liu Biao as the governor of Jingzhou, Liu Yao as the governor of Yangzhou, Liu Dai as the governor of Yanzhou, and Kong Ni as the governor of Yuzhou.
For a while, Sun Jian, Cao Cao, Liu Bei, Yuan Shu and others who had been in trouble immediately felt extremely uncomfortable.
Sun Jian was the prefect of Changsha, and Yuan Shu was the prefect of Nanyang. Together they became Liu Biao's subordinates. Cao Cao was the prefect of Chenliu, and Liu Bei was the prefect of Taishan County, and both became the subordinates of Liu Dai, the governor of Yanzhou.
And Yangzhou Mu Liuyou and Liu Biao were both clansmen, and they flanked the tiger Sun Jian in Changsha.
Counting Liu Yan and Liu Yu before, Dong Zhuo canonized four prefectures at one go, and the number of prefectures in the world has increased to seven, which is exactly half!
And this round of crazy canonization directly involved 80% of the princes in the world, and the princes from all walks of life who had been peacefully farming to wait for the changes in the situation had to cheer up and devote themselves to the struggle for power!
Counting carefully, only Lu Zhi, Yuan Shao, Han Fu, and Shang Ji in the north were not mixed with sand. Regarding Lu Zhi, Dong Zhuo estimated that he would not dare to do anything for a while, for fear of causing Lu Zhi's violent reaction.
As for Yuan Shao and Han Fu, there is basically no need to mix sand with them. At present, the struggle between the two has gradually been exposed on the bright side. One has the great prestige of four generations and three princes, and the other has the name of Jizhou Mu. Very happy.
As for why Shang Ji was not involved, it is estimated that Dong Zhuo has nowhere to say. Shang Ji had already dealt with Gongsun Du a long time ago, and the only prince in Pingzhou who might threaten Shang Ji was settled. Dong Zhuo couldn't find anyone to restrain him. It's impossible for him to send someone to North Korea to give Pu Yin canonization, right?
For a time, the whole world was full of turmoil, and the princes from all walks of life showed their talents and joined forces, and the diplomatic envoy broke his leg when he ran away.
However, the princes from all walks of life fought back and forth, but they all maintained a principle tacitly-limit the struggle within the political scope, and never use force!
It's not that the morals of the princes from all walks of life suddenly exploded, but they knew very well that the real big boss Dong Zhuo was hiding in Luoyang and waiting to see the jokes. The power of the princes has been reduced too much. world?
Even Liu Yan, Liu Biao, Kong Ni and others didn't regard themselves as Dong Zhuo's people. Everyone had their own little calculations.
On the contrary, Dong Zhuo seemed to be very courageous this time, and he conferred so many prefects and state shepherds in one go. You must know that Kong Ni and Liu Dai are among the rumored vassals of the Eighteenth Route. Dong Zhuo was willing to release them, greatly Beyond the expectations of the world.
The turmoil of the world situation has not affected the merchants far away on the grassland for the time being. Shang Ji just ordered Qian Huan to pay close attention to the movements of the princes in various places. As for the other things, he was powerless. Shang Ji's influence was only in the three prefectures of You and Hebei, and he could only resign himself to fate.
Of course, the turmoil outside did not affect Shang Ji's actions.
The support staff led by Xun Yu finally arrived in Touman City, and the exhausted Xi Zhicai was overjoyed, and quickly assigned Xun Yu part of the work at hand.
The arrival of a large number of grassroots civil servants, craftsmen, and architects has also curbed the decline of Touman City. Regardless of the cost, the buildings of Touman City are being rapidly repaired.
And Liu Meng's effect as a conciliator is surprisingly good. Almost he led Tanlangqi to a tribe, and after reading Shang Ji's edict, the tribe immediately sent envoys to pledge their allegiance to Touman City.
Shang Ji's main task these days is to receive the envoys from various ministries and appease them. In just a few days, the tribes of the original central Xianbei basically expressed their allegiance to Shang Ji. Of course, there is still a long way to go before Shang Ji can truly effectively rule the central Xianbei.
As for the scumbags in Xianbei in the east, they swore allegiance collectively as soon as Shang Ji defeated Ke Bi Neng to occupy Manchester City. The Eastern Xianbei's ability to adapt to the situation left Shang Ji with no place to hit the boards he held high. After all, even for the demonstration effect, he could not be too harsh on these Xianbei tribes who were the first to surrender.
Today, Shang Ji waited until the last piece of the jigsaw puzzle to rule Xianbei - the only surviving chief priest of shamanism, who was appointed as the high priest by the previous high priest before his death. Surrender.