Chapter 163

Establishing the "Wang Jin" belonging to the clans, not the "Sima Jin."

From this, it can be seen.

For clans in troubled times, splitting bets is a quite common way of survival.

Family interests are greater than everything.

Now.

Dong Zhuo has unified the western territory of the Han domain.

A portion of the Guandong clans, in a subtle way, have already changed their original hostile attitude toward him, turning to seek cooperation.

After all.

From the current situation.

The Guandong warlords led by Yuan Shao have a feeling of "mud that cannot be supported to the wall."

Having the Guandong clan group as a wet nurse behind them, they still couldn't do anything to Dong Zhuo.

In such a situation.

A portion of the Guandong clan group turned to set their sights on Dong Zhuo.

Gao Lan’s act of surrendering was a manifestation of the Hejian Gao family splitting their bets.

Besides Gao Lan, the Gao family also had other clan members serving as officials under Yuan Shao.

Even if Gao Lan defected to Dong Zhuo’s camp, could Yuan Shao really be so angry that he would take it out on the Gao family?

Once Yuan Shao had this thought.

The Ju family, Wang family, Shen family, Han family, and other local great clans of Jizhou would definitely immediately take action to stop Yuan Shao!

Because in a sense.

Gao Lan defecting to Dong Zhuo’s camp could also be considered a kind of "test method" for the Jizhou great clans.

If Gao Lan could be heavily used, then for these great clans, it would be considered an extra way out.

As the saying goes.

Dynasties flow, clans are iron.

Dong Zhuo, in the eyes of these great clans, was originally like Sun Jian, Gongsun Zan, Ding Yuan, and others, all belonging to the rude and unreasonable "soldier-ruffians."

But now.

Even if everyone is unwilling to admit it, the fact that they are forced to admit is that Dong Zhuo’s power has completely taken shape.

At least at the current stage.

Looking at the world.

No one can shake him!

The Guandong clan group had to change their original views.

Turning to hope to reach cooperation with Dong Zhuo’s power to some extent.

It’s just that...

How could things be as beautiful as they imagined?

As a transmigrator, Gu Yi could never forget the tragedy of the "Five Barbarians Invading China"!

"Sima Jin," this dynasty belonging exclusively to the clans, was filled with nonsense and suffocation from inside to outside!

To fundamentally avoid the tragedy of the Five Barbarians Invading China, it is not a once-and-for-all solution to just kill the Sima family.

To put it bluntly, the Sima family was just a spokesperson for the world’s clans.

Even without Sima Jin, there would still be Wang Jin, Xun Jin, Chen Jin, Zhong Jin, and other similar clan dynasties appearing.

The "Nine-Rank Official System" in history formally announced the monopoly of the great clans over the officialdom.

Just imagine.

Every day you don't have to do anything, and you can just lie flat and enjoy the best treatment, so why continue to work hard?

Therefore, the "Nine-Rank Official System" is also known as the "Lie Flat Promotion System."

Monopolizing all upward channels, the great clans could sleep soundly.

In the late Three Kingdoms period, perhaps the great clans still possessed quite a few excellent talents.

However.

After Western Jin replaced the Three Kingdoms.

Along with the withering of this batch of talents.

The talents within the great clans became worse with each generation.

Turning into pigs similar to modern "experts."

Was Emperor Hui of Jin, Sima Zhong, the only one who said "Why not eat minced meat"?

Below him, that group of pigs from the great clans were also people who said "Why not eat minced meat"!

Coupled with the "War of the Eight Princes" operation of the Sima family.

It further accelerated the decline within Western Jin.

Finally, it led to the Five Barbarians Invading China.

Now.

Dong Zhuo’s power is not like the Guandong warlords, firmly tied to the great clans.

Gu Yi can accept clans, but he will never let clans exist in the form they were before.

Commoners, minor clans, powerful clans, great clans, are all important components of the world.

But there is no doubt.

Commoners are the foundation.

It’s just that.

Because of various reasons, the wisdom of the commoner class has not been fully enlightened.

Leading to clans becoming the top of the food chain, monopolizing it.

What Gu Yi wants to do is to let commoners also have upward channels.

Let the nonsensical clan dynasties disappear completely!

Only in this way can this nation stand proudly at the top of the world, not suffering from the various hardships in the original history.

After dealing with the matter of the captives.

Gu Yi led the army back to Luoyang.

At the same time.

Zhang Liao also brought the generals who had made great contributions by staying behind at Hulao Pass back to Luoyang from the direction of Hulao Pass.

Old Dong’s own younger brother, the mascot Minister of Agriculture Dong Min, had long since handed over all the power in Luoyang to Gu Yi.

Although the Guandong allied forces had been defeated.

But Lu Bu, Zhao Yun, and others who were attacking Bingzhou had not yet returned.

Gu Yi did not intend to return directly to Chang'an.

But intended to take this opportunity to completely bring Hedong into his territory!

Hedong is located at the junction of Chang'an, Luoyang, and Bingzhou.

A year ago, Hua Xiong once followed Old Dong’s order to lead an army to encircle and suppress the White Wave Bandits entrenched in Hedong.

However, because the White Wave Bandits were numerous and powerful.

Hua Xiong, after achieving certain results, could not completely eliminate the White Wave Bandits.

And now.

The White Wave Bandits have gradually gathered under the command of Yang Feng and Han Xian.

The life and death of Yang Feng and Han Xian are not important.

But there is a general under Yang Feng who is good at "cutting off supplies," and Gu Yi intends to recruit him.