In the back house of the Chang'an General's Mansion, Han Tao was anxiously paced and waited in the courtyard.

From the early morning, Liu Jing, who was about to give birth, entered a state of extremely painful childbirth and kept moaning.

Labazi, Yu'er and Wenpo have been taking care of each other, giving her encouragement and comfort.

But it was not until the sun was sinking westward. Liu Jing was already sweating and exhausted, but the child was still not born.

Although Han Tao was worried, he couldn't get into the house. He could only be anxious and could not help.

Finally, when the sunset was about to set and night was approaching, a loud cry of a baby came from the room, and the child was finally born smoothly.

Hearing this cry, Han Tao felt at ease, and then hurriedly asked loudly through the door: "How is it, Jing'er is okay?"

Rabazi responded: "Don't worry, mother and son are safe!"

When Han Tao heard this, he realized that he had another son and was very happy.

After a while, Wenpo cleaned up the filthy garbage generated during childbirth and asked Han Tao to enter to see Liu Jing and the child.

Han Tao entered the room and saw Liu Jing lying on the bed. The sweat on her head had been wiped clean by Labazi and Yu'er, and she was very weak.

In the swaddling clothes beside her, there was a baby boy with a terrible head and a terrible head.

Han Tao stepped forward and looked at the baby boy, and said happily: "Is this our son? So strong?"

Liu Jing responded weakly: "Yes, the two sisters had already held him and weighed him just now, and they weighed seventeen pounds!"

One pound in the Han Dynasty was converted into a modern weight measurement, which was about 250 grams, so 17 pounds was 8 and a half pounds now, and it was already a complete giant baby.

After hearing this, Han Tao sighed and then realized why Liu Jing took so long to give birth. It turned out that the child was too huge.

Han Tao looked at his son and whispered: "You kid, you eat a lot in your mother's womb. You eat so strongly, and you will suffer such a great sin to give birth to you!"

Liu Jing responded with a smile: "How can I blame the child? It's because there are too many delicious foods every day. I eat more with greed, so he naturally eats more. Seeing that he is so strong and healthy, it's nothing more for me to suffer."

Han Tao nodded repeatedly: "Yes, Jing'er, you have worked hard, and you need to take a good rest now."

Han Tao looked at his son, then Liu Jing, Rabazi and Yu'er were watching the child, and they were also very happy, and the whole family was having a happy mood...

Three days later, Liu Jing and the child were very healthy, so Han Tao stopped waiting all the time and prepared to start handling government affairs...

After Dong Zhuo's death, in order to eliminate future troubles, Han Tao ordered those who were guilty of the Dong clan to be executed, and the rest were detained and imprisoned for life.

This move was unanimously agreed by all civil and military officials and the people of Chang'an. They all hated Dong's family and now they completely eliminated them, which is also a great pleasure.

In order to stabilize the situation, Han Tao did not rush to mobilize the army to start the battle everywhere. Instead, he first appeased the Bingzhou troops led by the generals of Xiliang and Lu Bu, and then rectified the government affairs.

At this time, Liangzhou, Bingzhou and Sizhou were already under Han Tao's control.

Dong Zhuo is dead, and no one can stop Han Tao's reforms. He immediately activated Man Chong, published the results of the investigation of officials over the past few years, punished and replaced corrupt officials, and promoted some talented, honest and loving officials, and the government began to revitalize.

With the efforts of the soldiers led by Xun's uncle and nephew, Luoyang has completed post-disaster reconstruction and restored its former glory.

Considering Luoyang's strategic position and stability of the situation, Han Tao decided to set the capital in Chang'an, not consider moving back to Luoyang for the time being, and temporarily keep the troops of the former Jincheng County in Luoyang to facilitate the attack on the Central Plains, and transfer Xun's uncle and nephew back to Chang'an to discuss the great cause.

"Brother, I just received the military information report. After Sun Ce led the remnants into Yangzhou, he arrived in Lujiang. He received the help of his childhood friend Zhou Yu. He gained a firm foothold and recruited troops again. He owned nearly 10,000 people and occupied Lujiang."

"They secretly joined forces with Yuan Shu and sent troops to attack Chen Wen, the governor of Yangzhou, and killed him. Now the three counties of Lujiang, Jiujiang and Danyang in northern Yangzhou have fallen under Yuan Shu's actual control." Han rushed to Han Tao to report the situation in Yangzhou.

After Sun Ceyuan fled to Yangzhou, Han Tao could not pursue him directly because the front line was too long, but he also arranged a large number of embroidered clothes to investigate and understand the trends.

Han Tao nodded slightly and responded: "This Sun Ce is worthy of being the son of Sun Jian, the tiger in Jiangdong. As expected, he was brave and rekindled so quickly. He joined forces with Yuan Shu to occupy Yangzhou. He failed to kill him in one fell swoop, which resulted in this result."

"What's the situation elsewhere?" Han Tao continued to ask.

"With the help of Liu Bei's three brothers, Gongsun Zan killed Liu Yu, the governor of Youzhou, and occupied Youzhou. In order to avenge Yuan Shao's revenge for occupying Jizhou, he dispatched troops and Yuan Shao to fight at Jieqiao."

"As a result, Gongsun Zan was defeated by Yuan Shao and had to retreat to Youzhou. Now the entire Jizhou has completely fallen into Yuan Shao's control."

"Short after Cao Cao returned to Chenliu, under the plan of his adviser Guo Jia and Xi Zhicai, he conquered the remnants of the Yellow Turban Army in Qingzhou and incorporated them under his command. Not only did he restore his vitality, but he also added tens of thousands of troops out of thin air."

"Zhang Miao, the prefect of Chenliu, died of a trampling arrow while cooperating with Cao Cao's operations. All the original troops and horses of him and his younger brother Zhang Chao were also owned by Cao Cao. Cao Cao took the opportunity to lead his troops to defeat Liu Dai, the governor of Yanzhou, and completely occupied Yanzhou."

Han Chong reported to Han Tao in detail about the situation that occurred in the Central Plains states one by one.

After hearing this, Han Tao nodded slowly and couldn't help but admire that everything was still advancing according to the known trajectory.

Yuan Shao gradually grew stronger, and it would not take long before he would send troops to defeat Gongsun Zan in Youzhou, completely occupy the north, and then control Qingzhou and Yuzhou.

Cao Cao would also gradually grow in the Central Plains, make his fortune from Yanzhou, and gradually expand to Xuzhou next to him.

"Lord, the Yuan brothers and Cao Cao are both in great momentum now. They have a larger territory and stronger strength than when the Eighteen Princes met. We can no longer sit still and watch, and we should control it." Jia Xu suggested to Han Tao.

"After all, they are still court officials. They formed a coalition force before, and they were in the name of conquering Dong Zhuo. If we directly send troops to conquer now, we would be invincible."

"My idea is to ask the emperor to issue an imperial edict, and take advantage of the opportunity of Dong Zhuo's elimination to transfer the Yuan brothers, Cao Cao, Sun Ce, Yizhou Governor Liu Yan, Jiaozhou Governor Shi Xie and others to Chang'an to meet the saint."
Chapter completed!