To be honest, if Emperor Ling hadn't thought of changing the crown prince, he wouldn't have been able to form an alliance with Yuan Wei and the others.
His relationship with Zhang Rang and others is much better than that of Yuan Wei and others! The relationship is also much stronger than that of scholars like Yuan Wei. At least He Jin knows that Yuan Wei cannot truly surrender to him, while Zhang Rang and others can only rely on themselves.
It is natural to understand the difference between this.
It's just that when the two sides formed an alliance, they had to get rid of the eunuchs as a condition. It's not good for him to just turn his back and deny people. He still needs the reputation of a great general.
So He Jin began to reuse Yuan Ji, Yuan Shao and his younger brother Yuan Shu from the Yuan family. Yuan Ji was promoted to a servant of one of the nine ministers at a young age, Yuan Shao became a lieutenant of the Central Military Academy with an income of 2000 dan, and Yuan Shu became a general named Ben Zhonglang Yuan Shu with an income of 2000 dan.
The three heroes of the Yuan family all became ministers worth more than 2,000 shi at a young age, and even their legitimate sons became Jiuqing. In He Jin's opinion, he was right to start the Yuan family.
At the same time, he widely recommended people who followed him to the court. Twenty people, such as He Yong, Xun You and Zheng Tai from Henan, were all recommended by him to become officials. He Yong was appointed as the Marquis of the Northern Army, and Xun You was appointed as the Minister of Huangmen.
Zheng Tai was the minister, and He Jin thought that helping the scholars to obtain so many official positions was enough to repay their support for him.
From now on, everyone is on their own, so don’t talk about getting rid of the eunuchs. From now on, everyone can work under my general with peace of mind and help him manage the big men!
But He Jin thinks too highly of himself. As the emperor, Emperor Ling cannot subdue Yuan Wei and other wealthy nobles. And in their eyes, He Jin is just a nouveau riche who relies on his sister, and he wants to lead them. This is simply
Daydreaming!
At the same time, Jian Shuo assassinated He Jin's soldiers. He was worried and worried. He wrote to Yue Zhong, Song Dian and others, saying: "General He Jin and his brothers control the government and act arbitrarily. Now they are plotting with the party members of the world to kill the late emperor's officials."
Dear confidants, you are only hesitating to destroy us because I command the imperial army. Now we should take action together, close the palace gates, and arrest and execute He Jin as soon as possible. "
Guo Sheng, the Changshi, was from the same county as He Jin. He was of great help to the Empress Dowager He and He Jin because they had the status of noble favor, so he trusted He closely.
After Guo Sheng discussed with Zhao Zhong and others, they rejected Jian Shuo's proposal. They knew that He Jinzhi only wanted to kill Jian Shuo, and did not want to kill them. The more important thing was that Emperor Ling originally asked them to seek refuge with He Jinzhi.
To protect yourself, betraying Jian Shuo is obviously a good step.
So they sent Jian Shuo's letter to He Jin to read.
How can I endure this!
On April 25th, He Jin ordered Huangmenling to arrest Jian Shuo, execute him, and replace all the Xiyuan Army with his own men!
Apart from Jian Shuo, the only person in the Han Dynasty who could threaten He Jin was the hussar general Dong Chong. Dong Chong had the eunuchs in the palace as party aid, and Empress Dowager Dong as his support. Especially the relationship between Empress Dowager Dong and Empress Dowager He.
Difference.
Empress Dowager Dong scolded: "You are so arrogant now because you rely on your brother He Jin!"
"If I ordered Dong Chong, the hussar general, to cut off He Jin's head, it would just be a matter of effort!"
After Queen Mother He heard about it, she told He Jin.
In May, He Jin, Yuan Wei and other three officials reported to the court: "Empress Dowager Dong sent Xia Yun, the former and middle minister, and others to collude with the state and county officials to plunder the property, which was stored in Yongle Palace where she lived. According to the past practice, the feudal lord
The queen of this country cannot stay in the capital, please move her back to her home country."
After discussion, the three ministers and nine ministers unanimously agreed on the memorial. Empress Dowager He approved the memorial.
On the sixth day of the lunar month, He Jin raised his troops and surrounded the palace of General Piaoqi, arrested Dong Chong, and removed him from his post. Dong Chong committed suicide.
On the seventh day of the sixth lunar month, Empress Dowager Dong died suddenly due to worry and fear.
From then on, there were no relatives in the entire Luoyang city who could affect He Jin's status, and the entire power of the Han Dynasty was monopolized by He Jin.
The removal of the eunuchs was already a complete success for He Jin, but Yuan Wei and the others were not satisfied with this step. Zhang Rang did not eliminate any of them, and the ten permanent servants were still in the palace. How could this be considered a complete success!
So Yuan Shao and other famous people kept persuading the general He Jun to kill the eunuchs, which seemed to blame He Jin for his words. They helped He Jin to monopolize power, so you killed a Jian Shuo to fool us!
He Jin was made impatient, so he entered the palace to find his sister, the Queen Mother He, saying that Zhang Rang and others had offended too many people, and everyone in the world wanted to get rid of them quickly, so why not kill a few to win people's hearts?
But Empress Dowager He didn't listen. Instead, she said: "Eunuchs have been in charge of forbidden provinces. From ancient times to the present, the old rules of the Han family cannot be abolished. Moreover, as soon as the late emperor passed away, we killed the late emperor's confidants. How will the world view us!"
He Jin didn't really want to kill Zhang Rang and the others. After hearing the Queen Mother He's words, He Jin went back and said to Yuan Shao and other scholars: "It's not that I don't want to kill Zhang Rang and the others, but the Queen Mother doesn't want to kill him, and the palace
Eunuchs are indispensable for maintenance, and now that Zhang Rang and the others have lost their rights, it doesn’t matter whether they kill or not!”
Yuan Shao and the others would listen to He Jin's words. They saw that He Jin didn't want to give in to them at all, so they secretly started a new plan. He Jin also saw that Yuan Shao and the others could not really help him, and began to alienate them!
Yuan Mansion!
All the noble families of the Han Dynasty are gathered here!
They heard what Yuan Wei said about He Jin's actions over the years, especially about the Queen Mother He!
Cui Lie sneered: "Does the general want to kill the donkey? He actually used such words to shirk it! Without our help, he could have taken control of the Xiyuan Army so quickly. After killing Dong Zhong, he now has sole power.
But he told us that he couldn’t kill Zhang Rang and the others, which is simply a joke!”
Yuan Wei said with a smile: "We still have to push He Jin from behind, so that He Jin can fight with Zhang Rang and the others. As long as the eunuchs are eliminated and He Jin is surrounded by our people, the entire Han Dynasty court will be in our hands.
Then we can put things right and bring the Han Dynasty into prosperity again in 10 years!"
Ma Rixi worriedly said: "Is this good for us? After His Majesty's death, Zhang Rang and others have become tigers without their claws. They are not much of a threat at all. I thought that the biggest threat to the Han Dynasty now is the Thunder Lord of Bingzhou. Are we?
We should find a way to help Huangfu Song deal with Thunder God first!"
Zhang Wen said: "This is wrong. To fight against the outside world, you must first stabilize the inside. If you don't get rid of Zhang and let them stabilize the interior, our current situation is not caused by Zhang and let them. We wiped out Zhang Jiao, and Zhang Niujiao still appeared. We wiped out Zhang Niujiao.
, Zhang Yan and Lei Gong appeared again.
After the Thunder Lord is wiped out, who knows if a Lightning Duke will appear? Why these people failed to be wiped out repeatedly is because Zhang asked Zhao Zhong to force them to rebel."
"When the Zhangjiao Rebellion had just been put down, Zhao Zhong made a lot of money, forced away loyal ministers, arranged for corrupt officials to become Jizhou officials, and also committed corruption by building Wanjin Hall, and finally forced the people of Jizhou to rebel. Zhao Zhong's cousin
Robbery of Lei Gong's treasure car and force of Lei Gong's rebellion led to the greatest rebellion of the Han Dynasty. Isn't this all caused by the eunuchs?"
"If we don't get rid of the eunuchs now, how can we get rid of the local corrupt officials who are eunuchs, and how can we reform the Han Dynasty! Only by destroying the eunuchs can we truly reduce the rebellion of the Han Dynasty.
The most important thing is that Zhao Zhong and Zhang Rang are still favored by the Empress Dowager He, and He Jin intends to win over them. It won't be long before they return to the arrogance and domineering behavior of the late emperor! Then what's the point of all we are doing now!"
Sikong Dingong said: "Should we find a way to force He Jin? Looking at the current situation, He Jin seems to intend to reconcile with Zhang Rang and the others. If He Jin sides with Zhang Rang and the eunuchs, all our efforts over the years will be lost."
All in vain!"
Yuan Wei thought for a while and said: "I will find a way to let Dong Zhuo lead the army closer to Luoyang City!"
Zhang Wen frowned and said, "This is the next best thing!"
Yuan Wei said: "This is natural. Dong Zhuo is just using it to threaten He Jin. Ben Chu is serving in the general's palace. We tried to find a way to let Ben Chu falsely convey He Jin's intention and arrest the eunuch's relatives. We are in the local government."
The former disciples and former officials of the Shang Dynasty must assist Ben Chu to completely eradicate the power of the eunuch party in the local area. In this way, there will be no possibility of reconciliation between the eunuch party and He Jin. We will try to create a tense situation in Luoyang City. He Jin
It’s impossible not to kill the eunuchs!”
Cui Lie frowned and said: "But He Jin will definitely be dissatisfied with us if we use this method. I'm afraid that when we defeat the eunuch, we will have to find a way to defeat the general again!"
Yuan Wei sneered and said: "As long as we let the eunuchs kill He Jin first, then the power of the general will be in our hands, and the military power of Luoyang City will also be in our hands. It will not be easy to get rid of the eunuchs by then.
thing!"
Several masters nodded at the same time. This was the best result for them. The eunuchs and He Jin died together, and the power of the entire Han Dynasty was in their hands!
Luoyang City, Shangshu Terrace!
It's funny to say that the entire city of Luoyang is fighting for power and profit. It is so busy that few people care about local memorials. The entire Shangshutai is now maintained by Lu Zhi and the others.
Of course, they can only maintain it. They cannot help local people who want to ask for help from the court for money or food. At most, they can give them a few opinions or give them a certain amount of independent power and let them handle it on their own.
The memorials they compiled were handed over to General He Jun and Grand Tutor Yuan Wei. However, they obviously did not have the energy to watch these memorials at this time, so they usually dealt with them according to Lu Zhi's opinions!
Lu Zhi and Zhu Jun are watching the memorial from Jizhou!
Among them were Yang Biao's introduction to Huangfu Song's actions in Jizhou, and some memorials by the governors of several counties in Jizhou to impeach Huangfu Song for being arrogant, domineering and lawless. However, Lu Zhi and the others lost it after reading it!
There is also a memorial that Huangfu Song wants to support, introducing the current situation in Jizhou, and the situation he has discovered about Bingzhou, the strategy he plans to use to deal with Lei Gong, and at the same time asking the court to help inquire about Bingzhou's intelligence, especially the food situation.
At the same time, he wanted money, food, soldiers, weapons and equipment, and even officials. The four counties of Zhao State were already empty. He wanted military camps obviously because he wanted officials to maintain the situation in the four counties!
Lu Zhi laughed and said, "Brother Yizhen, you really want to go all out this time. You don't even care about your own reputation. You actually want to get 30 million shi of grain in Jizhou! If we really fight a protracted war, Lei Gong will not have any grain to consume!"
Zhu Jun frowned and said: "There is no problem with Yizhen's strategy, but it is a bit difficult to tie up Lei Gong. Most of Lei Gong's territory is on the grassland. If he really can't resist Yizhen's attack, he may go directly out of the Great Wall and arrive at At that time, it is possible for him to attack Youzhou and even Sili through the grassland!"
Lu Zhi said helplessly: "On a thousand-mile expedition, Lei Gong cannot bring many troops. At most, the barbarians among Lei Gong will be used to defend him!"
There are tens of thousands of miles of fortifications on the border of the Han Dynasty. These fortifications have been built continuously for hundreds of years. They are no worse than the fortifications in Bingzhou!
Lu Zhi continued: "It's a blessing to be able to drive Thunder Lord out of the Han Dynasty. If he really has cholera in the desert, it may not be a bad thing for the Han Dynasty. At least the border can be quiet for a few years!"
Zhu Jun kept reading the information about Lei Gong and suddenly said: "Is it just that Lei Gong really has no food? We all know the situation in Bingzhou. It is impossible to feed 10 million people there.
But the reality is that Lei Gong really supported so many people for half a year, and he still had the energy to attack 2,000 miles into the desert and defeat the entire Xianbei people in the west. This does not look like a lack of food!"
Lu Zhi also suddenly realized what he said: "That's right! If we don't know why Lei Gong has so much food, how can we be sure that Lei Gong is short of food? If Lei Gong has more food than Jizhou, the one who will be dragged down may be us!"
Although Lu Zhi also thinks this is impossible, it is simply a joke to compete between Bingzhou and Jizhou to see who has more food!
Gu Qi
But Lei Gong really used Bingzhou to feed tens of millions of people. Who dares to say that Bingzhou’s food is not as abundant as that of Jizhou. After all, Bingzhou is several times larger than Jizhou from the map!
Lu Zhi thought for a while and said: "What happened in Bingzhou? The court must find out this!"
Lu Zhi suddenly said in annoyance: "Xuande and Lei Gong have been neighbors for many years. If he comes to Luoyang City, he might be able to give us first-hand information about Lei Gong. Now I can only write a letter to ask him about Lei Gong. intelligence!"
Zhu Jun said helplessly: "With the current state of the imperial court, there is not much we can do to help Yi Zhen. We should find a way to get a group of officials to help him settle the land. I am the only thing we can do!"
Lu Zhi said: "I think many people would be willing to go to Jizhou to serve as an official!"
Zhu Jun smiled bitterly and said: "This is all old history. In the past few years, there have been constant wars in Jizhou, and officials have suffered heavy casualties. Jizhou has become a dangerous place, not to mention that no one in the entire Luoyang City can see that the imperial court is about to fight against Lei Gong. At this time No one is willing to go to places like Wei County anymore."
Lu Zhi said: "Why don't we find some imperial students and recruit some outstanding county magistrates from Jizhou to become prefects!"
Zhu Jun smiled bitterly and said: "Brother Yizhen definitely wants some outstanding officials now, rather than a group of imperial students to do things!"
Lu Zhi said helplessly: "Where can a big man go to find good officials now?"
Zhu Jun suddenly said: "I am thinking of some officials. I cannot say they are outstanding, but they are old officials and are familiar with the situation in Jizhou. They have a deep hatred with Lei Gong!"
Lu Zhi immediately realized that Zhu Jun was talking about the Jizhou officials who were taken to Luoyang City by Liu Bei for custody. However, there were too many things happening in Luoyang City during this period, and no one was there to take care of them!
Lu Zhi said: "Isn't this appropriate?"
Zhu Jun said: "Use the fault instead of the merit. Find a few who have committed serious crimes and kill them. Leave the rest to Brother Yizhen to deal with!"
These people would not all be killed. After all, they were from a noble family, and they would kill a few people at most to give an account to the world.
Lu Zhi thought about it and decided that it would work. It was better to arrange a group of officials who were familiar with the situation than to have a group of nerdy imperial students come over!
In May of the first year of Guangxi of the Han Dynasty (AD 189), on Taihang Mountain!
Zhang Baiqi found Yang Feng and others and personally explained to them about Dong Zhuo's ceramic armor!
But Yang Feng and the others didn’t accept it at all!
In particular, Wang Dang even pulled out his sword and said: "Ceramic Armor, just think what you said is true, but why did Dong Zhuo appear in Wei County? Aren't you in Taiyuan County! Why could Dong Zhuo transport 30,000 yuan away from you?" Cavalry, why didn’t you inform us that Dong Zhuo’s army has gone to Wei County!”
Zhang Baiqi said helplessly: "Dong Zhuo entered Wei County from Hukou Pass, and I couldn't even detect it in Taiyuan County!"
Hukou Pass is below Shangdang County, and Taiyuan County is above Shangdang County. The two places are not only thousands of miles apart, but also hundreds of miles away. How could he detect Dong Zhuo's unusual movements? When Zhang Yan died in battle, he Then I learned that Dong Zhuo had transferred 30,000 troops.
One thing Zhang Baiqi didn't say was that he didn't know that Zhang Yan would be defeated so quickly. Even if he fought for more than ten days, he would lead an army to support Zhang Yan. But Zhang Yan was defeated as soon as Dong Zhuo showed up. Zhang Baiqi got the news. By that time Dong Zhuo had returned to Shangdang County.
What should you do if you call Zhang Baiqi?
But this explanation did not satisfy Yang Feng and others.
Sun Qing said: "For the sake of us being the Yellow Turban Army, if we don't kill you, you can leave and don't come to Taihang Mountain!"
Zhang Baiqi looked at them helplessly and said: "You should be careful yourself. It is said that Huangfu Song came to Jizhou and he is not that easy to deal with!"
Wang Dang said angrily: "I don't want you to be hypocritical. I feel sick when I see you. Get out of here quickly!"
Zhang Baiqi saw that Wang Dang and the others could not communicate and had no choice but to leave!
But just when he was about to leave in embarrassment, a cry of death suddenly came from the camp!
A guard ran in and said in panic: "Commander Qu, the Han army is coming!"
Yang Feng and the others immediately rushed out of the camp and saw that they were surrounded by Han soldiers. They were in groups of several and kept attacking them with crossbows, arrows and swords. Many soldiers were shot by them before they could react. die!
Wang Dang shouted: "Everyone, follow me and fight out!"
After saying that, he was the first to rush towards the Han army. Seeing how brave Wang Dang was, the Yellow Turban soldiers also followed him and soon fought with the Han army!
At this time, Zhang Baiqi said: "The 500 personal guards in my hands are all elites of the Tengjia Army. I am here to help you!"
Yang Feng looked around at the Han troops who were shouting to kill, and found that he couldn't detect how many Han troops were attacking them. All he could see was that the soldiers of the Yellow Turban Army were being beaten back. Obviously, this was an elite force of the Han Army. He thought I wish Yang Feng could keep this new force here!
Zhang Baiqi knew that this was the best opportunity to reconcile with Yang Feng and the others, so he led his army to the front line to fight the Han army!
The general of this Han army was Ju Yi. It took him half a month to finally find the main camp of the Yellow Turban Army in the Taihang Mountains, and then he led 5,000 Jizhou troops to the camp!
Ju Yi was tall and powerful, with a sword in one hand and a wooden shield in the other. He blocked attacks from the left and right. With just a few swords, he broke through the Yellow Turban Army's formation and led his soldiers into the Yellow Turban Army's camp.
Then he continued to lead his men to burn the tents in the camp, and the forage was only flammable items. Soon the whole camp started to be in flames, and the smoke was billowing!
When Wang Dang discovered what Ju Yi and the others had done, he was furious and said: "What kind of skill is setting fire? Han generals are capable of fighting me!"
Ju Yi looked at Wang Dang and sneered: "You are not overestimating your own abilities!"
Wang Dang was furious and immediately rushed towards Ju Yi, then jumped up and slashed at Ju Yi with all his strength!
But Ju Yi used his shield to resist the blow, and then slashed at Wang Dang with his sword!
Wang Dang immediately used his sword to resist.
"Dang!" Ju Yi's strength was too great. Even if Wang Dang resisted the knife, he was still shocked and kept retreating!
Then Ju Yi struck with his sword, and Wang Dang had to take two or three steps back with each strike. After Ju Yi struck seven times in a row, Wang Dang even knocked the long sword in his hand away!
Just as he was about to die in Ju Yi's hands, a burst of crossbow arrows came over. Ju Yi reacted quickly and blocked the crossbow arrows with a wooden shield.
Then he watched a group of armored soldiers protect Wang Dang.
This was obviously not the Yellow Turban Army. Ju Yi doubted: "Are you the subordinates of Lord Lei?"
Zhang Baiqi said: "Yes, we are Thunder Lord's subordinates. If you don't want to die here, Han general, retreat immediately!"
Ju Yi laughed and said: "I have long wanted to see the strength of the Tengjia Army, but I never thought I would be so lucky to meet you here this time!"
Then he shouted: "Form up!"
The surrounding Han troops heard Ju Yi's order and kept gathering around him. Soon there were hundreds of people gathered into a square formation!
Zhang Baiqi said coldly: "Since you want to die, I will help you!"
Zhang Baiqi shouted to the commander next to him: "Destroy this group of Han troops!"
The commander of the village commanded: "Let's go together!"
Hundreds of soldiers marched in neat steps, approaching Ju Yi's army!
Ju Yi said excitedly: "You have some skills! Everyone, get closer and don't let the enemy break the formation!"
The Han army shouted: "Kill, kill, kill!"
The soldiers kept getting closer, and Ju Yi's formation became closer and closer!
As the two parties got closer and closer, Ju Yi shouted: "Kill!"
Then the first one rushed out, and the soldiers around him followed him and used wooden shields to hit the formation of the Tengjia Army!
"Boom!" The two sides charged together. Ju Yi relied on his strong strength to directly rush away the three Tengjia Army soldiers, and then kept waving his long knife to break the Tengjia Army's formation!
But after the soldiers of the Tengjia Army discovered that the formation was in danger of being broken, they blocked the front of Ju Yi one by one. Everyone cooperated with each other, cutting Ju Yi with knives, hitting Ju Yi with their bodies, and there were even soldiers from behind.
The crossbow arrow was pointed at Ju Yi. After Ju Yi killed five Tengjia Army soldiers, he was hit in the arm by the crossbow arrow and had to retreat!