This sudden secret letter caused most of the top brass of the Bingzhou Army to temporarily transfer from the Huns to Luoyang City.
Although it has only been less than four months since Liu Hong's death, the city of Luoyang can be said to be extremely lively and mysterious. All forces are showing off their muscles and strength.
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After losing Jian Shuo as a pioneer, and at the same time He Jin successfully supported Liu Bian as the new emperor, they completely lost their initiative. In order to save the defeat, Empress Dowager Dong and her family finally came to the forefront with the secret support of Shi Changshi.
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Although Shi Changshi has been hedging his bets in this series of changes, in comparison, their relationship with Queen Mother He, He Miao and their mother Wuyang Jun can only be said to be tentative at best.
investment, but the support for Empress Dowager Dong and her family was all-round. Not only did she actively make suggestions for her, but she also helped her contact the courtiers to cheer for her.
It's just that without the protection of Liu Hong, whether it is the Dong family as the empress dowager, or the Shi Changshi as the late emperor's minister, it is obvious that the power is far less than before. Faced with the joint efforts of the courtiers to strangle, many of the original officials were even killed.
The great master who worships Shi Changshi
The ministers also changed their appearance and became the vanguard of the general's faction. The worst they could do was to stay silent and protect themselves, just like what some officials of the scholar faction did when the eunuchs gained power, in order to prevent the possible "Great Purge" from spreading to the country.
On one's own body.
As a result, the emperor's biological grandmother could not defeat the emperor's biological mother. Although the Empress Dowager Dong had been famous for a while and had the opportunity to listen to politics behind the curtain, she still failed to defeat He Jin, who had become the leader of the ministers.
After being forced to stay in the spotlight for too long, He Jin and his ministers drove Empress Dowager Dong back to her hometown in Hejian on the grounds that she was "originally a vassal concubine and should not stay in the palace for a long time."
The loss of the Buddha, Empress Dowager Dong, was a serious blow to the arrogance of the eunuchs and to the Dong family, a family of relatives. The most important thing is to see how powerless the Shi Changshi was.
This performance made the scholars, who had been oppressed by emperors for several generations, feel quite proud, and everything seemed to have returned to the period when Dou Wu was in power.
Of course, there are also some gossips that are not very beneficial to the He Jin brothers and sisters. For example, Empress Dowager Dong took the throne when she came to the court. Empress Dowager He was dissatisfied with Empress Dowager Dong's dilution of her power and took advantage of the banquet to attack Empress Dowager Dong.
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However, she was scolded by Empress Dowager Dong instead. In anger, Empress Dowager He even tried to beat Empress Dowager Dong. If she had not been dissuaded by Zhang Rang and other ten ministers, I am afraid that Empress Dowager He would have done something even more unbecoming.
And the matter was not over yet. Back at the Yongshou Hall of Changle Palace where the Queen Mother lived, the Queen Mother He seemed to be still furious. Not only did she beat several serving maids and eunuchs who had not committed any mistakes, she also broke them into pieces.
He bought a lot of precious utensils, cursed Empress Dowager Dong and the Dong family, and threatened to have a bad death.
There are many similar rumors, and basically every one of them has a nose and eyes as if they have seen it with their own eyes. The most important thing is that these rumors all point to the same person, that is, the new Queen Mother He who succeeded in ascending to the throne with the help of the emperor.
Although we don't know who spread the rumors, we all know that it is the work of the Dong family and the Shi Changshi. After all, such a pointed rumor obviously cannot come from the proceeds of the He Jin brothers and sisters.
Of course, what is even more unfavorable to He Jin's brother and sister is that both the Western Han Dynasty and the Eastern Han Dynasty governed the country based on filial piety, and filial piety is a very important ethical principle. As the biological mother of Liu Hong, Empress Dowager Dong, in order for her son to be able to fulfill his filial piety,
Taking him into the palace to enjoy his old age is a matter worthy of praise. Even Liu Bian, who is Liu Hong's biological flesh and blood, should put this line of work into consideration.
In order to continue the inheritance, after all, the blood relationship between the two people is not far away. But now the emperor's biological grandmother has been driven back to her hometown, and even the original fiefdom was lost because Liu Hong became the emperor. This result naturally made Mrs. Dong
The Empress Dowager became the "weak one" in the eyes of the people, and the people who were more sympathetic to the disadvantaged groups became agitated under the manipulation of public opinion by some people.
Although these rumors were unlikely to shake the scholars' support for He Jin, at most they were just a few old scholars or young and energetic scholars jumping out to attract the public's attention, but they still troubled the He brothers and sisters.
The more jealous people are, the more they cannot see others being better than themselves, even if it is just in a not very important aspect. Therefore, it is difficult for the mother-in-law who always habitually points fingers at her to gain public support.
Empress Dowager He was naturally resentful of this incident. And He Jin, who had been trying every means to "raise his reputation" in order to improve his reputation, was even more furious at the rumors that were ruining his reputation. But no matter what countermeasures they took, they still could not reverse the public's attitude.
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In the end, the two brothers and sisters had no choice but to choose the worst strategy - first, in May, they sent the imperial army to surround the palace of the hussar general Dong Chong and pursue the seal. Dong Chong knew that something was wrong and was forced to commit suicide.
Hall, while his family stayed alone in Bijing. In June, they secretly ordered people to poison Empress Dong and killed her in the Hejian Post Courtyard. She then carried her coffin back to Beijing and was buried in Wenling, which is Liu Hong's mausoleum.
Although the enemy's physical body has been destroyed, has the enemy's spirit dissipated as a result? No, it seems to be quite the opposite.
"Zhang Rang, Duan Gui, etc. spread rumors that the public poisoner wanted to kill Empress Dong because he wanted to do something great. If he did not kill the eunuch at this time, it would be a big disaster later. In the past, Dou Wu wanted to kill Neishu, but his plan was not secret, so he was punished.
Its disaster. Jin Gong
Brothers, generals, and officials are all handsome men. If you try your best, you will be able to control the situation. In the past, Heaven gave Wu Yue, but Wu did not take it, so there was a disaster of death and destruction of the country. Now that God has praised this time, you must not let it go.
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Yuan Shao, who had regained the position of Sili Xiaowei because of He Jin's rise to power, was currently wasting his words, hoping to convince the hesitant general in front of him. Unfortunately, He Jin seemed to have practiced "closing his ears".
No expression at all.
At this time, He Jin had been ill for a long time. As Yuan Shao said, the annihilation of the Dong family not only failed to quell the rumors, but actually made the rumors intensify under the promotion of thoughtful people, even some of He Jin's allies
There was a lot of criticism about this.
So in order to avoid being criticized in court, He Jin simply changed his job to a special profession - "otaku".
Of course, there is another reason why He Jin has no choice but to be an "otaku", and that is depression.
Yes, He Jin is quite depressed now, because his old enemy and arch-enemy Shi Changshi, who is about to become a good friend, seems to have regained a lot of influence recently like a cold-blooded animal that has ended its hibernation, and has started to work again.
Calling for the wind and rain inside and outside the court.
Doesn't He Jin want to get rid of them? He wants to, even in his dreams, because he thinks this is the only good way to eliminate the negative effects of his previous actions. But, can he do it? The answer is also no.
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Why? It is obvious that what Yuan Shao said in a long article was reasonable and well-founded, as if the eunuchs had been tied up and placed not far from He Jin, waiting for He Jin to get up and take the sword to poke holes in those eunuchs.
Why is He Jin still unable to take even a few steps?
Is it because He Jin is a lazy man or a coward? The former is definitely not the case, but the latter is not necessarily the case. Because the biggest obstacle that prevents He Jin from taking this few steps is none other than our Queen Mother He.
As mentioned before, as soon as our ten permanent servants realized that the situation was not right, they began to prepare an escape route for themselves. Except for He Jin, all the dignitaries of the He family received a large amount of gold, jewels and treasures.
After the death of Empress Dowager Dong, the ten permanent servants who lost their last protective umbrella also came to Empress Dowager He very single and staged a painful scene that even the future movie king Liu Bei would sigh to himself when he saw it, and Xiang He burst into tears.
The Queen Mother begged for forgiveness.
Perhaps it was because the Queen Mother He felt a huge sense of satisfaction when she saw the originally arrogant Ten Constant Waiters now begging for her mercy. Perhaps it was because these Ten Constant Waiters were really mature and easy to use, so the Queen Mother He couldn't bear to throw them away.
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This group of guys with physical disabilities and strong minds really touched a chord of compassion in the heart of Queen Mother He. In short, although He Jin really wanted to do this great deed that would make the world applaud, Queen Mother He was stunned.
Blocked again and again.
Of course, there is another person who played an important role in this. This person is the "younger brother" who has no blood relationship with He Jin - He Miao, a guy who is not only low in ability but also very greedy for money.
He Miao, or we can call him Zhu Miao, his relationship with brother and sister He Jin is actually not very good. He and the Queen Mother He are half-siblings, which means that after the death of the father of the He Jin brothers and sisters,
This woman who was named Wu Yangjun remarried from the He family to the Zhu family. Although it is not known whether she took the Queen Mother He with her at the time, but we can guess that the Queen Mother He still had the surname He. Even if she took her there, she would probably be bullied and run away.
Let's go back to He's house.
However, when Empress Dowager He entered the palace and the He family gradually developed, Zhu Miao immediately forgot the surname of his ancestor and became a member of the He family. Presumably the Wuyang Lord among them must have played an important role.
Small effect.
However, He Miao, who had changed his family, knew what was going on. He did not create any trouble for the He Jin brothers and sisters. Instead, he helped a lot by doing things that were difficult for the two of them to do. So now he has become the commander-in-chief of the Xiyuan Army.
Quite majestic.
And it was through the gap opened by this person that the Ten Constant Attendants opened the door.
No, under the Jinzhu offensive of Shi Changshi, He Miao's words: "The general assists the new monarch, he is not merciful, and specializes in killing. Now he wants to kill Shi Changshi for no reason. This is the way to create chaos."
The rhetoric is not difficult to understand.
So He Jin had no choice but to accept Empress Dowager He's prevarication: "The middle official commanded the forbidden province, the story of the Han Dynasty. The late emperor abandoned the world, and you want to kill the old ministers, it is not the way to re-establish the ancestral temple." It is said that he killed Jian Shuo and Dong.
Why didn't you think of these words when you were in trouble?
He Jin, who had no decision, had no choice but to say, "The Queen Mother does not allow it, so what can I do?" However, Yuan Shao, who was still young and vigorous, quit. After all, He Jin is now a very popular general.
But he, Yuan Shao, still hoped to continue his family's glory by directly ascending to the position of the Third Duke by killing the ten regular servants.
So, Yuan Shao thought hard and came up with an idea that has been scolded by future generations for thousands of years:
"We can summon heroes from all over the country, march to the capital with troops, and execute all the eunuchs. The matter is urgent and the Queen Mother cannot tolerate disobedience."