Chapter 57

Poor Heavenly Master, because there were no anti-fraud apps in this era, he was cheated by the old fox Jia Xu until he didn't even have his underwear left.

It is estimated that as soon as the road from Hanzhong to Chang'an was finished, Dong Zhuo's army would descend like divine soldiers and surround Nanzheng City.

Of course, due to the special terrain of Hanzhong.

Building roads was not a simple matter.

At least for the next two years, the Heavenly Master's life could still be guaranteed.

But as time went on, everything would be hard to say.

Meanwhile

Luoyang City

The great undertaking of moving the capital was in full swing.

The execution capability of the Dong Zhuo army was very strong.

The long-neglected Chang'an City was nearly finished in recent days.

And here in Luoyang, the families of some officials and wealthy merchants were already on their way to Chang'an.

It is estimated that in another half a month, the Emperor Liu Xie and the Han court officials would also set off.

But before Dong Zhuo himself went to Chang'an, there was still an unresolved problem waiting to be solved.

In the Prime Minister's residence

Dong Zhuo's brows were tightly locked, and Li Ru, sitting beside him, had a similar expression.

The silent atmosphere was only broken when Dong Bai walked over from the backyard.

"Grandfather, Uncle, what is wrong with you two?"

Dong Bai came to Dong Zhuo's side, thoughtfully pounded his shoulders, and asked.

Being cared for by his precious granddaughter, the expression on Dong Zhuo's face instantly relaxed.

He sighed slightly and said:

"Having a large family and a big business is sometimes not a good thing."

"I have tried my best to be fair, but why don't these boys understand?"

Those who could be regarded as confidants by Dong Zhuo and whom he was extremely protective of were naturally only the Xiliang direct line.

The others, whether it was Lu Bu's Bingzhou faction or Xu Rong's Luoyang Imperial Guard faction, were all considered stepchildren.

And the problem that made Dong Zhuo feel so worried this time.

Also stemmed from the Xiliang direct line.

Li Jue and Guo Si, because they had previously guarded Wuguan, missed the Battle of Sishui Pass and the Battle of Hulao Pass.

Dong Zhuo had always been a person who "rewards merit."

Hua Xiong made great contributions at Sishui Pass and received the position of General Guarding the East.

This was originally an indisputable matter.

But... this matter made Li Jue and Guo Si feel unhappy.

Originally, Hua Xiong's official position had always been below the two of them.

Now he had suddenly become a general with a prestigious title; how could Li Jue and Guo Si bear this?

Consequently, these two kept applying to Dong Zhuo.

Hoping to lead troops away from Wuguan and expand into the Yuzhou and Nanyang territories.

Dong Zhuo had already planned to let Sun Jian, Yuan Shu, and the Guandong aristocratic groups fight like dogs over Yuzhou and Nanyang.

Naturally, he would not commit troops in the short term.

Therefore, he rejected the request of Li Jue and Guo Si to send troops.

Things had developed to this point, and it was originally nothing.

But these two were still unwilling to give up.

After the news of moving the capital to Chang'an spread.

Li Jue and Guo Si immediately applied to become the garrison commanders of Hulao Pass and Sishui Pass.

This...

It was clearly a roundabout way of wanting to send troops to attack Guandong!

But to put it bluntly, attacking Guandong was a lie; wanting military merit was the truth.

Li Jue and Guo Si were as proud and arrogant as could be.

From the bottom of their hearts, they did not want to accept the fact that Hua Xiong's official position had already surpassed their own.

But what they did not know was.

In Dong Zhuo's heart, the high-level generals of the Xiliang direct line were all like his own family.

Especially Li Jue and Guo Si.

When Dong Bai's father was still alive, the relationship between Li Jue, Guo Si, and Dong Bai's father was also excellent.

Although Dong Zhuo had temporarily promoted Hua Xiong to General Guarding the East, appearing to be one step ahead of Li Jue and Guo Si.

Dong Zhuo had always intended to keep the positions of General Guarding the South and General Guarding the West for Li Jue and Guo Si.

Moreover.

Dong Zhuo did not intend to keep the important generals of the Xiliang direct line near Luoyang.

In the next few years, Dong Zhuo's focus would definitely be on Guanxi.

The generals of the Xiliang direct line clearly had more opportunities to make contributions in Guanxi.

But Li Jue and Guo Si did not understand this principle.

They insisted on becoming the garrison commanders of Sishui Pass and Hulao Pass, intending to build their careers early.

For this, they even dragged Dong Zhuo's second son-in-law, Niu Fu, to persuade Dong Zhuo together.

And at the same time.

I don't know who Fan Chou and Zhang Ji listened to.

They also stood up and wanted to apply to become the garrison commanders of Sishui Pass and Hulao Pass.

This damn...

The Xiliang Army F4 all moved out together, wanting to fight for these two garrison positions.

It gave Dong Zhuo a massive headache.

To be honest.

Dong Zhuo did not want to keep the high-level generals of the Xiliang direct line in meaningless places like Hulao Pass and Sishui Pass.

Since the coalition of warlords disbanded.

The value of these two passes had shrunk significantly.

Even if you gave the Guandong warlords ten times the courage.

They would not dare to send troops to attack Sishui Pass and Hulao Pass at this stage.

But these scoundrels of the "Xiliang Army F4".

Were like flies encountering... well, you know.

They insisted on fighting for the garrison positions of these two passes!

If Dong Zhuo gave the garrison positions to two of them.

Then the other two would definitely explode in minutes, thinking Dong Zhuo was biased.

This situation was like distributing family property in later generations.

Unless it was distributed equally, even if one of them was given a penny more, it might cause the other to think it was biased.