Chapter 209, Yuan Wei's idea, Dong Zhuo, the bearer!
Li Ru looked at Dong Zhuo dumbfounded and said: "General, you want to make enemies of the world's nobles and nobles. This is something that even His Majesty cannot do! If you really do this, you will only lose your life in vain. It is impossible for us to fight with you."
The whole world is our enemy!”
Dong Zhuo sneered and said: "You haven't understood that the world has changed. Thunder Lord's Tengjia Army has become a country of its own. Other states and counties in the Han Dynasty are also in constant war. There are several prefects in various places who are listening to the imperial court's orders. Now
The time has come when only those with soldiers have power. If the princes of Luoyang City want to keep their power, they must rely on me, Dong Zhuo! Instead of me relying on them!"
Then Dong Zhuo rode up and confidently said: "Order Yang Ding to command the troops here. After the army crosses the Yellow River, they will march towards Luoyang City. We will rescue your majesty first!"
Then Dong Zhuo shouted: "My sons, I will take you to rescue your majesty!"
All 3,000 soldiers shouted: "Save Your Majesty!"
The army marched towards Luoyang City like a long dragon!
Luoyang City Palace!
Yuan Shu led everyone to continuously attack the palace, and even burned the Suzaku Gate. This made Zhang Jing and others realize that the wealthy nobles wanted to kill them all, and they even dared to attack the palace and do something like killing the nine tribes!
Zhang Rang and others went to the harem to report to the Queen Mother He, saying: "General He Jin's men conspired to rebel, set fire to the Zhuque Gate, and are now attacking the palace!"
Queen He was shocked and said: "Where is the general? You immediately order the general to stop his men!"
Zhang Rang gritted his teeth and said: "The general participated in the rebellion and has been killed by the slaves and others. Please ask the queen mother to follow the slaves and others, and the slaves will protect the safety of your majesty and the queen mother!"
Queen Mother He couldn't believe it when she heard this: "You killed the general! How dare you kill the general!"
Zhang Rang knew that now was not the time to explain and said to his subordinates: "Why don't you hurry up and protect your majesty, the Queen Mother and King Chenliu!"
They coerced Empress Dowager He, Young Emperor Liu Bian, and King Chenliu Liu Xie, and hijacked other officials in the palace and fled to the Beigong via Tianqiao Pavilion Road.
At the same time, the Zhuque Gate collapsed in the fire.
After opening the gap, Yuan Shu said happily: "Kill the eunuchs now! Anyone without a beard is an eunuch. Let me kill them all!"
The soldiers of the Northern Army, led by Yuan Shu, rushed into the palace. The sound of killings was loud in the palace. When the soldiers saw anyone who looked like an eunuch, they would kill them with their swords. Soon, all the eunuchs, large and small, including more than 2,000 eunuchs, were killed. Zhao Zhong, Gao
Wang, Zhang Gong, Han Kui, and the eunuchs Yuan She were killed by Yuan Shu.
At the same time, Yuan Shao and his uncle Yuan Wei falsely conveyed the imperial edict, summoned Fan Ling, Prime Minister Xu, and other nobles who had defected to the eunuch party, and killed them all.
Wu Kuang and others had always resented He Miao for not being of the same mind as He Jin, and suspected that he had colluded with the eunuchs, so they ordered the army to say: "The person who killed the general was the chariot general He Miao. The soldiers can avenge the general."
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He Jin's subordinates all shed tears and said: "I am willing to risk my life to avenge the general!"
So Wu Kuang led his troops and together with Dong Min, Dong Zhuo's younger brother, Fengche Captain Dong Min, attacked and killed He Miao and threw his body in the palace garden.
Since then, He's relatives have perished!
On the other side, Zhang Rang, Duan Gui and other dozens of middle-ranking officials held the emperor hostage, and the Queen Mother and Chen Liu Wang Liu Xie fled to the Beigong.
Lu Zhi, the minister of state, stopped Zhang Rang and others at the minister's desk with his decades of famous history!
Lu Zhi held a sword in his hand and yelled loudly: "Zhang Rang doesn't want to deceive the emperor and destroy the clan, so please be your majesty immediately!"
Zhang asked Najia to give up his trump card and shouted to his men: "Kill them!"
But Zhang Rang underestimated Lu Zhi. Although he was a great scholar, he was eight feet tall, could shoot a three-stone bow with both arms, and his martial arts skills were not much inferior to those of generals. Lu Zhi took the lead and gave Zhang Rang a meal
Four or five small Huangmen were hacked to death by Lu Zhi!
Encouraged by Lu Zhi, other officials also attacked Zhang Rang and others with high morale!
Zhang Rang was greatly frightened and hurriedly fled. Empress Dowager He desperately tried to break away from Duan Gui's coercion and jumped from the window of the complex road to escape.
Zhang Rang and Duan Gui held the Emperor and King Chenliu hostage, and threatened the soldiers all the way, asking them to let go. The soldiers did not dare to disobey, so Zhang Rang let them escape from the palace and Luoyang City, taking dozens of them with them.
The only remaining Zhonghuang Cavalry rushed to the bank of the Yellow River.
But Lu Zhi also led a large army to continuously surround Zhang Rang and the others. Both sides had some scruples and the stalemate continued!
At this moment, a thunderous sound of horse hooves appeared, and soon both sides discovered that it was the Xiliang cavalry.
"Where is the Emperor? Your Majesty Dong Zhuo is here to protect you!"
Zhang Rang and others were shocked by Dong Zhuo's arrival. Zhang Rang threatened Dong Zhuo with the title of Emperor: "Don't come over. If you come again, I will kill the Emperor!"
But Dong Zhuo sneered and said, "Do you think that if you kill the emperor, there will be no one in my Han Dynasty who can become the emperor? It is a joke. I have tens of thousands of relatives in the Han Dynasty, and you are afraid that no one will become the emperor!"
Zhang Rang said angrily: "Dong Zhuo, the Zajia treat you well. If it weren't for the Zajia, you, a common man from Xiliang, would be able to serve as a former general. When you become a prince of the Han Dynasty, you will repay kindness with enmity!"
Dong Zhuo said calmly: "I bought this former general with my own money. Let's deal fairly and let's not talk about favors! Seeing that we still have some friendship, I will give you a pleasure. You can commit suicide! I
I will help you take care of the body."
Zhang Rang and Duan Gui looked pale, knowing that there was no possibility of survival. Xiliang men like Dong Zhuo would not care about His Majesty if they were so ruthless!
Zhang Rang gently let go of the young emperor and kowtowed in farewell, "I bid farewell to Your Majesty with this. I hope that Your Majesty will take good care of yourself."
Then he and Duan Gui threw themselves into the river and died.
Some other eunuchs followed them and jumped into the Yellow River. From then on, all the eunuch power of the Han Dynasty was destroyed!
Dong Zhuo turned over and dismounted, strode up to the emperor, bowed and saluted: "My former general Dong Zhuo, I pay my respects to your majesty. As long as I am here again today, no one can hurt your majesty!"
After saying that, he summoned his soldiers to protect the Young Emperor and King Chenliu!
But Lu Zhi stood in front of Dong Zhuo and said: "Your Majesty, we will protect him!"
Dong Zhuo sneered and said: "Your Majesty suffered this disaster because of your inability to protect him, so Zhang let them catch him. Now you actually have the nerve to say anything about protecting your majesty. It's so shameless!"
He waved back and said, "Come here, escort your Majesty back to Beijing."
Then ignore Lu Zhi and the others at all!
Lu Zhi looked at the arrogant and domineering Dong Zhuo and said helplessly: "Master, this is raising a tiger for trouble!"
Dong Zhuo escorted the young emperor back to the capital.
The emperor granted amnesty to the whole world and changed the year name from the first year of Guangxi to the first year of Zhaoning.
He worshiped former general Dong Zhuo as Sikong.
Yuan Mansion in Luoyang City!
Yuan Wei invited Zhang Wen, Cui Lie, Ma Rixi, Ding Gong, these important ministers, as well as the heads of the large and small families in Luoyang City to come to discuss matters!
Yuan Wei said solemnly: "After the Luoyang coup, all the eunuchs died, but the general also died, and the hussar general He Miao also died. Our long-cherished wish was fulfilled in one day, and there are no more treacherous eunuchs.
Come to oppress us, we can govern the country according to our own ideas."
Cui Lie also said happily: "Now that the eunuchs and relatives in the imperial court have been eliminated, there are no two major scourges in the world. As long as Huangfu Yizhen kills Lei Gong, the Han Dynasty will surely prosper again under our leadership!"
Ma Rixi also laughed and said: "There are finally no eunuchs or relatives in the court, and the government has finally fallen into the hands of gentlemen like us. Give us 10 years, and the Han Dynasty will definitely return to its prosperous age!"
The heads of the wealthy families present were all ecstatic, and some even cried with joy.
No wonder they are so happy. They have been suppressed by the eunuchs for decades since Emperor Ling. If you count Emperor Heng, it has been even longer. It has been almost 50 years. The government of the Han Dynasty has either been under the control of relatives or under the control of relatives.
The eunuchs had control, but it was not their turn for the scholars to control it. This time it was finally their turn to take charge of the matter!
But Yuan Wei didn't smile at all. Instead, he said with a cold face: "If you don't have long-term worries, you will have immediate worries. Have you ever thought about the thoughts of the emperor and the queen mother? In this Luoyang mutiny, hundreds of civil and military officials suffered heavy casualties. More than two thousand shi
More than 30 senior officials died, and we gained the most. Have you ever thought that the emperor and the queen mother would view this mutiny this way?"
Everyone's faces became solemn. Although there is no such thing as saying who benefits the most and who is the murderer in this world, they still have such awareness. Not to mention the mutiny and the rebel army attacking the palace and burning it down. This is simply ridiculous.
The emperor's face was stamped on the ground. No emperor could endure such a thing.
The Queen Mother and the Young Emperor are still in panic, but when they recover, they will definitely take revenge on everyone.
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But there are also many people who are enjoying the misfortune and want to watch the fun.
Of course the emperor and the queen mother will take revenge, and everyone knows who the target of revenge is! Of course, the current Taifu Yuan Wei!
There was no way anyone could make this mutiny happen. The Yuan family was too excited. Not only did Yuan Shu attack the palace, he also set fire to the Suzaku Gate. Yuan Shao killed the Hussars General He Miao and killed a large number of officials who had defected to the eunuchs.
But even the officials who defected to the eunuch party were also officials of the imperial court. He Yuan Shao, a lieutenant with a salary of 2,000 shi, dared to kill officials of the Sangong and Jiuqing levels. This can be regarded as rebellion. No matter who is in power in the future, he will not dare to use such subordinates.
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Everyone originally wanted to push He Jin to kill the eunuchs, but they didn't expect the eunuchs to kill He Jin instead. Fortunately, the Yuan family jumped out and took the blame. No matter how the emperor and the queen mother retaliated, they would only retaliate against the Yuan family and they had nothing to do with it.
relation!
Therefore, many people have the idea of causing trouble. Of course, they do not show it, but many people are secretly happy in their hearts. After all, the Yuan family’s fourth generation and three male giants are so annoying. There are only three positions for the third male, and your Yuan family occupies them.
, other families have no way to occupy it.
And you don’t occupy the position of the Third Duke once or twice, but you have to occupy the position of the Third Duke in every generation. This makes it impossible for everyone to play happily. Otherwise, if you say "Four Generations and Three Dukes," how will other families take over?
Now that the Yuan family is about to decline, it can be considered a good thing for other families. The Yuan family is a huge and powerful family. Without them in the Han Dynasty, a lot of official positions can be vacated. Even families that could not become three princes in the past can become more powerful.
One step further.
Yuan Wei looked at the faces of the family heads and ministers around him, and he could keenly sense that people like Cui Lie and Zhang Wen who had contributed to the rebellion were worried about the revenge of the emperor and the queen mother.
But the heads of the small family are a bit gloating. They are all waving flags and shouting, and no matter how much they take revenge, they can't get revenge on them. Anyway, if the sky falls, tall men like Yuan Wei will be the ones to hold it up. Even if they can't hold it back, it might still be them.
The beginning of the family!
They are indeed a bunch of rabble!
Yuan Wei knew that they were unreliable. He must know that the power of the noble clan was definitely the strongest political force in the Han Dynasty. Whether it was the clan, relatives or eunuchs, even if they were put together, they were not as powerful as the noble clan.
But why have they been suppressed in these years? It's because their power is too scattered and full of conflicts with each other. They can't form a joint force at all. Therefore, in the face of the attack on the eunuchs and relatives who represent the imperial power,
Defeat and retreat.
On the contrary, it was the Ling Emperor's party that aroused the opposition of the entire Han dynasty and the gentry, giving them some primitive organizational shape, which allowed them to persist under the oppression of the imperial power for decades.
But now that the eunuchs and foreign relatives have been completely wiped out, and the organization that oppressed them no longer exists, the alliance of these powerful noble families is about to break up.
Yuan Wei saw their expressions, thought for a while and continued: "When today is still underage, the Queen Mother He is in charge of the government. This is my ancestral system of the Han Dynasty, but think about it, now that the He family's relatives have been destroyed, the Queen Mother will be in charge of the government."
Who should we rely on? It can’t be everyone here!”
Of course it's impossible. The wealthy gentry families present knew that the Empress Dowager He must once again train a group of eunuchs to assist him in handling the government affairs of the court. This is for sure, even if they almost killed all the eunuchs, but as long as
If the Queen Mother needs it, the entire palace will soon be filled with eunuchs again!
Isn’t this eunuch party making a comeback again?
The nobles and nobles present realized the importance of the problem. If the eunuchs appeared, their victory would be temporary. Otherwise, Queen Mother He would launch a new batch of Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong in a few years to compete with them.
"What should we do? We risked our lives to get rid of the eunuchs. We can't find a way to get rid of the eunuchs in a few years, right?" Everyone was finally worried!
"Otherwise, we prohibit castration. The body, skin, and hair are the responsibility of the parents. Castration is too inhumane!"
But someone immediately retorted: "You want a group of men to enter the palace!"
"Why can't we only recruit female officers, so that there will be no eunuchs!"
But some people still retorted: "There are many affairs in the palace, and many of them are not something women can do!"
At this time, the heads of the noble families discovered that as long as there was an emperor, the presence of eunuchs was inevitable.
Abolish the emperor! Those who have this idea should immediately shake this rebellious idea out of their minds!
He Yong said loudly: "Why can't we force the Queen Mother He to return to power? The Queen Mother He is just a woman and has no ability to handle government affairs. Entrusting the government of the Han Dynasty to her is irresponsible for the country of the Han Dynasty. Everyone present
Dear ministers, don’t you have decades of experience in politics? How can you lose to the Queen Mother He in handling government affairs? Why can’t we assist the emperor in handling government affairs!”
"But it is the ancestral system for the Queen Mother to be in charge of the government!"
He Yong said angrily: "How can our dynasty have such an ancestral system? Did Emperor Taizu or Emperor Shizu set such an ancestral system? The law of my Han Dynasty said that when your Majesty is young, the Queen Mother must come to the court.
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Everyone's eyes lit up. It seemed that they could really kick out the Queen Mother He and take charge of the government. Especially when the Queen Mother He still had a grudge against them, it would be safest for them to depose the Queen Mother He!
Dante Palace immediately whispered: "My dynasty governs the world with filial piety. Now that we are bullying the Queen Mother, I am afraid that everyone in the world will think that we are exercising power, and I am afraid that His Majesty will not let us go after he takes power!"
After Ding Gong said this, everyone realized that this was simply a deadlock that could not be opened at all. Today they bullied the Queen Mother He, and your Majesty will definitely come back to take revenge when he becomes an adult tomorrow. Otherwise, everyone in the world will look down on your Majesty and avenge his mother. In the Han Dynasty,
If it is a just thing, and what the emperor does is just, then they will become the evil party and become traitorous ministers! Such a reputation is unacceptable to any head of a noble family.
Without a good reputation in the Han Dynasty, who would be willing to accept their descendants as disciples or recommend their descendants as officials? It can be said that if the reputation in the Han Dynasty is bad, a family will definitely decline.
He Yong said angrily: "Everyone, you can solve the problem by procrastinating like this. Since everyone is worried about retaliation, why not do it in one step, force the Queen Mother He to return to power, depose the young emperor, and reestablish King Chen Liu as the new king. In this way, the crux will be opened. We recommend it."
The new emperor has come to power, and the new emperor and the Queen Mother He have a grudge against the murder of their mother and son. We are now helping the new emperor to avenge him, and it is impossible for him to retaliate against us again!"
"King Chenliu is only eight years old now. Empress Dowager Dong and Dong Zhong were killed by He Jin. He has no relatives. If he wants to rely on eunuchs, he has to wait until he reaches adulthood. In this way, we have 10 years. With these 10 years
, can’t we manage the world well? When the time comes, we will give your Majesty a prosperous age, and everyone can leave his name in history!"
Ma Rixi pointed at He Yong angrily and said: "You are so rebellious and unethical that you dare to depose the monarch. My Ma family has been loyal and loyal for generations and will not get together with a traitor like you. Even if I haven't been here today!"
After saying this, Ma Rixi left here.
At this time, other small family heads also realized that this matter had little to do with them. If the monarch is not careful, his family will be destroyed. Huo Guang's prestige was high at the time, but he was not dead in the future. They
I simply can’t afford to gamble, and I don’t want to gamble either!
So one by one they said to Yuan Wei: "We dare not do such a treasonous thing. Master, just pretend that we have never been here today, and we have not heard anything!"
So they ran out of the Yuan Mansion one by one. If they didn't leave, they would stay and take the blame. They couldn't afford to take the blame for abolishing the monarch!
Now only four people, Yuan Wei, He Yong, Cui Lie and Zhang Wen, are left!
Yuan Wei smiled bitterly and said: "No wonder we can't fight against the eunuchs. They seem to have a large number of people, but they are just a bunch of rabble."
Now that everyone here is his own, Yuan Wei no longer hides his thoughts. He said to everyone: "I have thought about it. It is very important to depose the emperor. We do not have Huo Guang's prestige, so rash actions will only affect us."
The family will definitely be retaliated by the new emperor in the future. Therefore, we can only use the help of others to abolish it, so that we can stay out of it!"
Cui Lie frowned and said: "There are so many things involved in abolishing the establishment. It not only requires high prestige, but also great power. There are not many people in the whole Han Dynasty who can do it?"
After saying that, everyone looked at Yuan Wei. He had prestige and power, and had a grudge against the new emperor and the Queen Mother He. He was the most suitable person to do such a thing.
But Yuan Wei refused to do it! Just look at Huo Guang's power when he was alive, but when he died, his family was wiped out. Yuan Wei didn't want his family to have such a short-lived glory!
Yuan Wei said calmly: "There is such a person in Luoyang City now, our new Lord Situ Dong!"
"Dong Zhuo?" Cui Lie and others exclaimed!
Zhang Wen frowned and said: "Dong Zhuo is so cunning and cunning, why would he do such a thankless thing!"
This is a scapegoat that can crush a whole family, and Dong Zhuo would not take it as long as he was not stupid.
Yuan Wei sneered and said: "Dong Zhuo has huge ambitions. Zhang Rang and others made him become a former general from a common man in Xiliang, but he didn't say betrayal, he betrayed him! And now he is still stranded in Luoyang City, obviously he is too
I want to take over the power of the imperial court!"
Cui Lie said angrily: "He is a warrior and wants to take charge of the court. Is he worthy? Does he understand what government is?"
Yuan Wei said: "It is because he has such great ambitions that he can be used by me. We can cooperate with Dong Zhuo and let him take charge of the government, but he wants to help us abolish the Young Emperor!"
Zhang Wen worriedly said: "We have tried our best to eliminate the eunuchs and exterminate the relatives, but now letting Dong Zhuo take power is probably luring the wolf into the house. Dong Zhuo is an out-and-out warlord. Let him control the power of the imperial court. I am afraid that the imperial court will
It will be even more declining!”
He Yong also said angrily: "We are not doing so many things just to make wedding clothes for Dong Zhuo! If you don't dare to do it, let me do it. Anyway, I don't have a family! As long as the big man can prosper, I will
What’s a life?”
Yuan Wei laughed and said: "I am just using Dong Zhuo. Once Dong Zhuo deposes the Young Emperor and Queen Mother He, we will force him to hand over his authority and arrange for him to go to Xiliang to be the governor of the state?"
Zhang Wen was stunned and said: "Dong Zhuo is a warlord, how can you force Ciyang to give up his power? Don't forget that he still has 60,000 elite troops in his hands. Can you just rely on your mouth to make Dong Zhuo give up all his power?"
Yuan Wei smiled and said: "What does an army of 60,000 mean to today's Han Dynasty? The northern and southern armies of Luoyang City alone plus the Xiyuan Army exceed 100,000 people. With this army here, we don't have to worry about Dong Zhuo not listening."
Our orders!”
Zhang Wen worriedly said: "Dong Zhuo's 60,000-strong army is a frontier army that has been fighting all year round. It is not comparable to a newly established army like the Xiyuan Army!"
Yuan Wei was confident and said: "Liu Bei still has 40,000 troops in Xiliang. They are also veterans who have experienced hundreds of battles. Huangfu Song of Jizhou also has 100,000 elites. Liu Yu of Youzhou also has 80,000 elites. The army controlled by the imperial court
It exceeds 300,000. If Dong Zhuo really doesn't know how to appreciate others, we have ways to drive him out of Luoyang City!"