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"Hehe, Wen You forgive me, isn't this old man too late? Today I will take this opportunity to introduce Feng Zhang to everyone, please take care of me."

After finishing speaking, Cai Yong cast his eyes on Liu Xu again, and said, "Fengzhang, all of you here are colleagues of this old man, please introduce yourself!"

Li Ru, courtesy name Wenyou, is Dong Zhuo's son-in-law and counselor.

"Yes, my lord father-in-law." Liu Xu cupped his hands, and said neither humble nor overbearing: "I, Liu Xu, whose name is Fengzhang, is new to your land, please take care of me, my lords."

"Everyone, please sit down, the banquet is about to begin."

Dong Zhuo smiled mysteriously, and took a deep look at Liu Xu. As soon as the words came out, the hall immediately fell silent.

It has to be said that these officials are still afraid of Dong Zhuo, Dong Zhuo has a brutal personality, and all the officials are a bit subservient, and it is unexpected that he will do something frightening.

The banquet started, and the entire Dong Mansion was full of singing and dancing, and the officials were drinking with each other, talking and laughing.

These officials were tacitly aware that most of their enthusiasm was just for Grand Master Dong to see. Attending Dong Zhuo's banquet was actually the most terrifying thing. There were so many wronged souls buried in this hall, and they didn't even want to stay here any longer.

However, due to Grand Master Dong's power, they could only act as if nothing had happened. It would be bad if Boss Dong caught him.

Liu Xu drank a lot, most of which were poured by others, but with true energy in his body, he would not refuse anyone who came.

After drinking for three rounds, Dong Zhuo took a look at everyone present, and said firstly, "Everyone be quiet, listen to me."

As soon as Grand Master Dong opened his golden mouth, no one would dare to speak, so the entire banquet hall fell silent instantly as if it had been agreed.

"Everyone, I don't mention the current military situation, and everyone knows that the Kwantung Army is about to approach the city. What good strategy do you guys have?"

You ministers have long heard the news of the Kwantung Army. This force aims to capture Luoyang and try to overthrow Dong Taishi.

Da Shangshu Yan Chang bowed and said: "Back to the Grand Master, according to my humble opinion, the Kwantung Army may not really attack Luoyang City when they come this time, they are just testing the Grand Master."

Dong Fangzhuo smiled and said, "How can you see that?"

"Although the Kwantung Army is huge in number and ferocious, the combination of soldiers is too complicated. They belong to different forces. When they go to the battlefield, they are scattered, and they don't have much combat power at all." Yan Chang said: "Besides, Luoyang The city is a hundred-year-old city, and it is not an exaggeration to say that the city walls are impenetrable, but it may not be that easy for them to break through."

"Grand Master, Yuan Shao belongs to a group of mobs, if you give the last general [-] troops, you will definitely kill them all!"

Lu Bu also stood up at this moment. After living in the Dong Mansion for so long, it is time for him to make contributions.

"Hehe, don't worry about Fengxian, there will be time for you to show your skills in the future." Dong Zhuo pressed his hand and signaled Lu Bu to step aside, then turned his eyes to Liu Xu and asked, "I don't know what Fengzhang has to teach you?"

"Back to Grand Master." Liu Xu bowed and replied, "Tai Shi is smart and far-sighted. Therefore, no matter what the Grand Master says, the subordinate officials will be determined and go forward to do it. In the end, it will be auspicious and everything will go well."

When all the officials heard this, they were all very impressed, and secretly said: "If you say this, it means you didn't say it."

Dong Zhuo chuckled, and said, "This old man is asking you to think up your mind, not to listen to what you have to say."

Having said that, Taishi Dong was very happy in his heart. He originally planned to let Liu Xu spend a few years in prison, but after hearing these words, his mind became light.

Liu Xu cupped his hands, and continued: "Taishi Mingjian, this official is speaking from the bottom of my heart."

When the officials heard this, they rolled their eyes in their hearts, but they had no choice but to agree.

Cai Yong glanced at Liu Xu carefully, and found that he couldn't see through this kid. Is this still his son-in-law?

Hearing Liu Xu's good words, Dong Zhuo laughed on the spot. He glanced at the crowd and said, "The Kwantung Army is coming in menacingly, with strong soldiers and strong horses. Fighting with them is the best strategy, so I plan to give up Luoyang, old man. Move the capital to Chang'an."

"Move the capital?" Li Su, Dong Zhuo's counselor, was taken aback, and hurriedly asked: "Grand Master, if the capital is moved to Chang'an, what about Luoyang City? It's impossible to hand it over to Yuan Shao!"

"Hmph! This old man is not so generous!" Dong Zhuo sneered, "Leaving them an empty city would be cheaper than those ungrateful villains!"

Hearing what Dong Zhuo said, all the non-commissioned officers were as silent as a cicada.

What is an empty city?

No one, no food, no property...

All the officials were pondering over the meaning of the word "empty city", and when they gradually understood, everyone's expressions changed.

Luoyang City is really about to change!

Cai Yong figured it out, this old man actually wanted to play "empty city tricks", and almost spurted out a mouthful of blood.

"Grand Master, I foolishly thought that the capital should not be moved. Moving the capital to Chang'an not only destroys one's prestige, but also increases the ambition of others, and also wastes people's money. This is a big taboo!"

"Yes, Grand Master, if the capital is moved to Chang'an, what about the people in Luoyang? Don't they just let them go?"

"..."

"Huang Wan, Yang Biao, Wu Qiong, Zhou Yu, don't you understand what this old man said? I want to move to the west. As for the people here..." Dong Zhuo's eyes turned cold, and he said coldly, "I don't care if they live or die. thing?"

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Chapter 978 Xuzhou

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The officials were frightened one by one, and they all stood in place and bowed their bodies not daring to make a sound.

"Feng Zhang, what do you think of the old man's method of moving west?"

Dong Zhuo looked at Liu Xu, wanting to hear what this eloquent young man had to say.

"Returning to the grand master, the westward move is actually feasible. The main forces of the grand master are gathered in Chang'an. Moving the capital to Chang'an will definitely stabilize your rule. It's not a problem to leave an empty city for those rebellious officials and thieves, but , I think the grand master should choose a compromise." Liu Xu said calmly.

"Oh? Let's hear it!" Dong Zhuo laughed.

"The journey to the west is far away. If all the people in Luoyang City are driven into Chang'an, there will be a lot of casualties in the end. Therefore, the lower officials suggested that there is no need to drive all the people back to Chang'an, just select some young adults and young women. Leaving the remaining old people and children to the Dongguan Army will also increase their burden in a disguised form, which will also weaken the power of the bandit party to a certain extent. In addition, it is best not to burn Luoyang City. The value of this ancient city is not great. Little, Grand Master is someone who wants to compete for the world, sooner or later Luoyang City will be in your pocket, now that it is burned, isn't it destroying your own wealth, Grand Master?"

"Okay, okay, well said, what do you do?"

Dong Zhuo felt that among so many ministers, this kid had the most beautiful words, so he had to promote him well.

All the ministers, seeing that Liu Xu had solved the big problem of moving to the west with a few words, couldn't help secretly admiring, this kid can really talk.

After the show ended, all the officials left Dong's mansion immediately, and the westward move was imminent. They had too many things to prepare.

After getting into the carriage, Cai Yong felt his whole body relax, and looked at Liu Xu again, still smiling.

"Fengzhang, you are so confused, moving to the west is absolutely impossible, you and I will both be sinners through the ages!"

Cai Yong looked anxious, a bit resentful that iron can't be made into steel.

Liu Xu shook his head, sighed and said, "My lord father-in-law, Grand Master Dong has made it clear that he wants to move westward. Your constant talk is useless. If I hadn't stopped you, I'm afraid you will have to retire and return to your hometown."

"It's one thing to tell an old man to return to his hometown. Whether it's useful or not is one thing, and whether it's admonishing or not is another matter. Even if I die because of admonishing, I have a clear heart. It's better to be dead than to live with guilt like this." !"

Cai Yong felt sad and indignant, originally thought that following Dong Zhuo would do something good for the common people, but now it seems that he really thought too much.

"What about Yan'er?" Liu Xu smiled wryly and said, "Father-in-law, if something happens to you, your whole family will have no way of life. In this age of war and chaos, only because you are an official in the court, so The Cai family is so prosperous, once you lose power, there will be many people who will fall into trouble, even if you don't think about yourself, you have to think about Yan'er and the Cai family."

This era is very cruel. It is popular here to add insult to injury, but it is not popular to give charcoal in a timely manner.

"Hey! Forget it, the old man is still useless!"

Cai Yong was upset, Liu Xu was right, the entire Cai family was supported by him alone, he was the pillar of the family, once he collapsed, the family would be destroyed in an instant.

On Dinghai Day in 190 AD, the westward migration officially began.

Dong Zhuo sent advance troops to escort Emperor Xian to move westward, and then used infantry and cavalry to select nearly a million young and middle-aged men and women from millions of people in Luoyang, and drove them to Chang'an.

Although under the influence of Liu Xu, the number of people moving westward has been greatly reduced, but the population base is still too large. There are countless people who were trampled to death, trampled to death by horses, starved to death, and robbed and killed.

This is a chaotic world, and Liu Xu can't change this. Even if all the people stay, more than half of them will starve to death, because it is impossible for Dong Zhuo to leave food for them, and these people can only fend for themselves.

In Liu Xu's eyes, Mrs. Dong was actually very talkative, and a few words of flattery got rid of his imprisonment, and he didn't even have time to compete with Lu Bu.

In his plan, he originally planned to make a plan first and then contribute, to compete with Lu Bu, so that Grand Master Dong would appreciate his talent and bravery.

Who knew that Lao Dong was settled with just a few flattering words.

For three days in a row, the city of Luoyang was full of chaos. All the rich people were arrested and killed for treason. , The excavated bones were discarded everywhere, and there was a lot of crying and cursing.

Liu Xu himself did not expect that Dong Zhuo would be so ruthless that he even dug up his ancestral graves, and now his eternal infamy was settled.

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"Fengzhang, you really don't want to follow me to Chang'an?"

In Caifu's garden, the old man asked Liu Xu again.

"Chang'an is too complicated, even if I go there, there is no place to flex my muscles."

Liu Xu has nothing now. If he went to Chang'an, he would have no chance to compete for fame and fortune with those high-ranking officials and dignitaries if he went to Chang'an.

"Then... where are you going?"

"Xuzhou!"

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The light car was simple, and a beautiful carriage drove out slowly.

Inside the carriage, a man and two women were talking and laughing, very happy.

The man was wearing a white brocade robe, handsome and handsome.

If it's not Liu Xu, who else is it?

The beautiful girl in her arms was wearing a water-green veil dress, and on the emerald green apron embroidered with pink lotus flowers, a nasty big hand was stroking back and forth, teasing her anxious eyes like a furry cat's paw. mind.

The maid on the side, Xiaohe, was equally pretty, and she was dressed in a pink maid outfit, which also made Liu Xu feel a little bit about staying in the room.

Pushing open the curtains, slowly poking his head out to look back, looking at the ancient city of Luoyang that was fading away, Liu Xu sighed in his heart: "Manpower is sometimes poor."

There seems to be no trace of dust in the blue sky. Such a pure sky is the real nature. Thinking about the modern sky, it is simply dirty and sad.

In this situation, accompanied by beauty, cuddling with the red and leaning against the green, traveling in the mountains and rivers, it feels good.

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Chapter 979 Bandits

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The blue sky and white clouds are worthy of the metaphor of the blue sky and pure white cotton, even the wind that blows is extremely fresh.

Surrounded by green mountains and green waters, bees fly and butterflies dance.

The scenery here is unique, and Liu Xu is in a good mood. He looked at the beauty lying in his arms, smiled wickedly, and kissed her...