Lu Bu’s Life Simulator

Earthquakes are something that a person can encounter once or twice in a lifetime is a big deal, so most of the time there is no awareness of precautions.

When the earthquake hit, Lu Bu was sleeping with Diao Chan in his arms. Suddenly he felt that something was wrong. The beams of the house collapsed first. Lu Bu quickly turned over to protect Diao Chan, and then quickly pushed away the debris that fell on him. Putting on his clothes, he simply wrapped himself in a few unlined clothes and rushed out of the courtyard with Diao Chan.

"Wait here, don't run around!" The ground was still shaking, and Lu Bu didn't dare to neglect. After putting down Diao Chan, he quickly rushed into Yan's room, took out the mother and daughter who were hugging each other, and then took Wang Only then did he let out a sigh of relief.

"My lord, are you all right!?" Dian Wei hurriedly kicked open the door of the backyard, and rushed in with Ma Chao and his guards.

"Save people!" Lu Bu pointed around, they were all fine, but the servants and maidservants were injured a lot, immediately let Dian Wei and Ma Chao take the guards to rescue people.

"Ma'am is here to take care of you, I'll handle official business!" Lu Bu told Yan Shi.

"Don't worry, my husband, I understand!" Yan nodded, hugged her crying daughter, led Wang Yi and Diao Chan, and began to direct the uninjured maids to bandage the injured.

I don't know how long the earthquake lasted, but even Lu Bu's house collapsed, let alone ordinary people's houses.

Lu Bu first took Jiang Xu and Jiang Jiong to the palace first, and recruited the captains of the North and South Second Palaces. After confirming that Liu Xie was fine, Lu Bu ordered the captains of the South and North Palaces to protect Liu Xie. Huben and other forbidden troops in the city began to quickly rescue the people in the city.

At the same time, Lu Bu sent people out of the city overnight to determine the scope of the earthquake and the specific damage.

Those who were busy all night were basically under the command of the Weiwei Mansion, and the efficiency was not unpleasant. When the earthquake stopped, at least Chang'an City had settled down and began to recover in an orderly manner.

"The imperial court persecuted the rich and famous people and provoked the wrath of the heavens. Only then did the wrath of the heavens come into being. Your Majesty, I think that this reform in the army should be revoked as soon as possible to dispel the wrath of the heavens!" The crowd was outraged, Lu Bu went too far!

However, none of the three-level figures like Zhou Zhong, Zhao Qian, Chunyu Jia, and Ma Rixun expressed their views. Now that Lu Bu's general situation has been established, it would be foolish to want to beat him down by relying on a natural disaster.

As for Lu Bu's new law, which can be regarded as an enhancement or supplement to the land tax, it is supervised and implemented by the armies of various places. Wait until next year's autumn harvest.

"What is persecution when disasters come from the heavens? Paying taxes to the court is what it should be. How could it be persecution?" Lu Bu's voice came from outside the hall, and the officials shut up instantly. The chaotic court suddenly fell silent. The needle drop can be heard!

A faint sense of oppression spread with Lu Bu stepping into the hall. This was the first time that Lu Bu was going to court after taking power, and it was also the first time for many people to face Lu Bu head-on. As for the minister who was talking, the moment Lu Bu came in, his voice fell silent.

"See Your Majesty!" Lu Bu went straight to His Highness and paid his respects to Liu Xie first.

"Lv Qing quickly flattened his body, what's the matter?" Liu Xie stretched out his hands to help him, looking at the dust and blood on Lu Bu's body, which formed a sharp contrast with the officials in the hall.

"While the ministers are attacking the general here, the general is leading the soldiers to help the people and quell the turmoil caused by this disaster." Lu Bu stood up, looked at the courtier who had spoken before, and said, "I'm also very curious, this ..."

"I am Doctor Guanglu, Zhou Chang!" Although the courtier who spoke just now knew that Lu Bu was not easy to provoke, since he had put him right at this time, he couldn't show cowardice.

Lu Bu nodded: "How did Doctor Guanglu conclude that this natural disaster is related to reform? Is it a dream?"

"Of course not!" Zhou Chang choked.

"That means Doctor Guanglu has a prejudice against me, and wants to use this natural disaster to blame me?" Lu Bu pointed to the sky and said, "Even if the natural disaster is caused by people, I'm just a mere Jiuqing, which may not be enough. Yi Ping Tian Fu, Zhou Taiwei, are you right?"

At the end, Lu Bu looked at Zhou Zhong, Zhou Zhong's face changed slightly, knowing that Lu Bu had settled Zhou Chang's account on his own head, he nodded silently and said: "What Wen Hou said is very true."

I wanted to hide this from the past, but saw that Lu Bu was just staring at him quietly. Zhou Zhong was a little uncomfortable looking at him, so he could only sigh, and bowed to Liu Xie: "Your Majesty, when this disaster comes It is due to my lack of morality, Your Majesty, please allow me to resign from the position of Taiwei."

Zhou Chang was the younger brother of Zhou Zhong's clan, and Lu Bu was in charge of the government for the first time, and this time he came up to establish his prestige, and Zhou Zhongzheng was chosen by Lu Bu because of Zhou Chang's affairs, which was quite unlucky to say the least.

Zhou Chang's face turned pale. Although he knew that Lu Bu was strong, he didn't expect that the other party would immediately kick him out as soon as he came up.

Liu Xie retained a few words, and finally approved Zhou Zhong's resignation.

For this court meeting, Zhou Zhong's resignation seems to be just the beginning.

"Marquis Wen is brave enough to rule the world, but governing the country is not the same as governing the army. Since returning to Chang'an, Marquis Wen has acted and governed without going through the court. Isn't it too much for your Majesty?" Taichang Zhao Wen frowned.

"The matter of the land tax was mentioned by the Grand Master last year, and it was discussed endlessly in the court, but it has not been implemented halfway this year, and I have discussed this matter with His Majesty long ago, and I will only implement it after obtaining His Majesty's permission! What's wrong? " Lu Bu asked back.

Zhao Wen frowned and said, "Even so, the imperial court has its own rules and regulations..."

"Construction?" Lu Bu turned his head, looked at Zhao Wen and said, "Tai Chang refers to the hundreds of thousands of people who died in Guanzhong from last year to now?"

"this……"

"The rules and regulations of the court should put the people first. It's too common. I think you should think about the civil and military affairs of the whole court before you discuss the rules and regulations of the court with me. If you can't do it well, why not be as useful as a martial artist like me?" Lu Bu looked at Zhao Wen and smiled.

"At that time, the grand master was in charge."

"That's why this general learned from the Grand Master's mistakes in governing the country, and that's how Guanzhong is like today." Lu Bu looked away.

Situ Zhao Qian frowned and said: "But I don't know what Wen Hou said, what is the grand master's mistake?"

"Do things first, then discuss." Lu Bu looked around the civil and military courts and said, "After all, there are too many selfish people in the court, and if they want to take care of everyone, it may not be possible to implement it after the death of all the people in Guanzhong. What does Situ think? ?”

"May I ask Wei Wei, who is the selfish person that Wei Wei said?" Zhao Qian looked at Lu Bu with a somewhat unkind expression.

"Situ thought, whoever I'm talking about, I'm talking about whoever I'm talking about." Lu Bu looked at Zhao Qian and smiled.

"Lu Bu, don't think that with some military power, you can humiliate celebrities!" Zhao Qian shouted angrily.

"Oh?" Lu Bu laughed, "I'm humiliated, how do you treat it?"

In an instant, the temperature in the entire hall seemed to drop several degrees at once. Zhao Qian's face turned red, but facing Lu Bu's cold gaze, he couldn't utter a word.

"Your Majesty, today I have something to discuss with my courtiers!" Lu Bu bowed to Liu Xie and said, "As far as I know, this earth dragon's turnaround has affected the entire Jingzhao. There are nearly 100,000 people affected by the disaster. The disaster relief has been completed." It is urgent!"

Liu Xie nodded: "I don't know how Weiwei plans to provide disaster relief?"

"The manpower is sufficient, but the food and grass are quite insufficient. There are so many people affected by the disaster, and the government's food stock is not enough. Therefore, I came here today to discuss with your majesty and the ministers, whether this year's salary can be donated to relieve the disaster victims. ?” Lu Bu bowed.

The salary of hundreds of officials in the imperial court is not a small amount, almost accounting for Jingzhao’s tax for one year. The main place where the imperial court can directly collect taxes is Guanzhong. The official salary will consume the entire Jingzhao tax!

Most importantly, with the current territory, there is absolutely no need to support the imperial court!

Just like before, just Lu Bu's subordinates are enough to run the entire Guanzhong area. In this case, it is necessary to spend Jingzhao's tax to support a group of idlers who can only talk about court affairs.

It's not that these people are really useless, but it's useless to support them now. It's fine for a few highly respected people to support the court without receiving salaries. When the territory grows in the future, it's fine to resume the functions of various ministries.

"This..." Liu Xie was a little at a loss, looked at the courtiers and said, "What do you think?"

"Your Majesty, the officials of the imperial court are devoting themselves to the sake of the country and society. It is the duty of the imperial court to distribute salaries. Even if they want to save the people, they should first let the officials have food to eat, so that they can save the people from the fire and water. I think Wei Wei's words are an act of drinking poison to quench thirst. !" Zhao Qian frowned.

"Situ's words are indeed reasonable." Lu Bu looked at Zhao Qian: "However, since this year, due to the failure of the three princes, there have been many disasters, and the inaction of hundreds of officials in the court has led to starvation and death in Guanzhong. It has already been exhausted, this year's salary, even if you don't want it, you can't pay it out!"

Anyway, Lu Bu came here today to save this expense. In fact, the officials have already decided whether to agree or not.

"You..." Zhao Qian glared at Lu Bu, and he still didn't understand that Lu Bu was going to withhold the money from the very beginning: "Marquis Wen's actions will only chill the hearts of famous people in the world."

For people at the level of Sangong, even without salary, the family property is enough to cover their expenses, but who would think too much money? Besides, this is what they deserve, so why deduct it?

"Don't worry, Situ. There are many famous people in the world who are chilling towards me. It doesn't matter if there are more!" Lu Bu laughed.

Dong Zhuo's death has explained a lot of problems, at least those big names are unlikely to fall in love with him, so what if he is offended? Now Lu Bu's target of wooing is poor scholars, concubines, or small families like Xiliang's families, if they are big families, let him go.

Lu Bu's purpose was clear, but the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty were obviously not prepared to compromise on this matter, and even if some courtiers came forward to resign.

In this regard, Lu Bu directly agreed that the imperial court does not need so many people now, and it is just right for him to leave, so he can put his own people on the table. His attitude of hobgoblin immediately made many people who have resigned regret it...