Dong Min, the captain of Fengche, came to Beijing to report on his duties. However, at present, the new emperor Liu Bian was not in charge of the government, and the person Dong Min needed to report his achievements in the northwest was naturally He Jin.
Dong Min respectfully informed He Jin about the northwest war in the past year in the General's Mansion. However, He Jin's expression did not seem to be very interested, and he just continued to talk without saying a word.
Therefore, Dong Min immediately told He Jin that his brother Dong Zhuo led his troops back this time to show his loyalty to He Jin, to help He Jin cut off the ten permanent servants, and to help He Jin determine the overall situation of the court.
But He Jin was still not very interested, he seemed to have something on his mind.
Dong Min was very confused, but seeing that He Jin didn't care much about "killing the eunuchs", he said goodbye and left.
Since there is no way to get ahead, then go find someone who really cares about you.
Grand Tutor Yuan Wei.
On the surface, He Jin, a general, commanded Dong Zhuo, but in fact, Dong Zhuo's real master in the capital was the Yuan family.
After Dong Min left, He Jin suddenly received a message from the palace. It was the Queen Mother He who summoned him to the palace to discuss important matters.
He Jin passed away with a heavy heart.
He Jin was dumbfounded by the Queen Mother He's words. After a long while, he slowly said: "Right now, it seems that Yuan Wei has more power in the court than me, but he is older after all. You wait until he dies..."
"Queen Mother, where is the General...?"
Sure enough, as soon as Fang met, Queen Mother He cried and howled at He Jin.
This move made Yuan Wei very happy, and he almost burst into laughter on the spot.
Dong Zhuo smiled and introduced him: "In the past, this man was promoted as a filial and honest man, and he was a man in the capital. He later resigned and returned to his hometown. Now he is working in Niu Fu Zhang. He is quite talented."
Dong Min didn't take the initiative.
Afterwards, the ten regular attendants took turns to flatter Queen Mother He and then withdrew.
"You haven't even reacted when the knife was put on your neck! You don't even know who killed you! Why do I have such a stupid brother like you, and you still take advantage of me and your nephew?
If we are not insulted by those thieves, just kill us!!"
"Go ahead."
As Dong Zhuo finished speaking, a middleman with an ordinary face and simple clothes walked in.
"A seventy-eight-cent portrait?"
"That's enough! Look at you, what do you look like? Now that you are the Queen Mother, how can you act like a fool! How indecent is that!"
Empress Dowager He cried hoarsely again: "Look outside the imperial city, Dong Zhuo, Ding Yuan, Zhang Yi... who are not his disciples and former officials of the Yuan family! It is said that to get rid of the eunuchs, the eunuchs used so many soldiers
Are the horses coming to get rid of you? This is obviously coming to get rid of you!!"
After leaving the Queen Mother He's door, Hou Lan hurriedly asked Zhang Rang: "Tell me, can the Queen Mother really persuade the general?"
When did the second brother start to like to brag?
Dong Min opened it and looked at it, and was immediately shocked.
"Yes, yes, what Zhang Hou said makes sense!"
"I met Mr. Dong."
Zhang Rang and others stood up one after another.
She was so beautiful, but she was still ignored by the late emperor, because she was the one who ruined her bad mouth.
"Why do I have a brother as stupid as you? You, the brother, will not give up until you drive your sister and nephew to death!"
Although there is no one in the room at the moment, it is indeed against the law and disrespectful for me to reprimand the Queen Mother in this way.
Today, Empress Dowager He summoned He into the palace. She must have heard about He Jin summoning Ding Yuan, Dong Zhuo and others to Luo.
In fact, in the past few days, Queen Mother He has been constantly looking for He Jin to discuss, if not for other reasons, but to discuss matters related to eunuchs.
He Jin said angrily: "You, mother and son, don't you still have me? With me here, who among the ministers in the court would dare not to take His Majesty in their eyes? You must know that I am the general in charge of the world's troops!"
The Queen Mother He had cried enough and made enough fuss. She finally calmed down her tone and said to He Jin: "Brother, my brother! What on earth are you thinking! To my mother and son, eunuchs are the brothers who will be in charge of the court in the future.
The weapon, your Majesty is young now, but you want to kill them all, leaving no one alive. In a few years, the princes of the Manchu Dynasty will be the only one, and the emperor will be an adult. How much power can he have in this court? I
Mother and child will be controlled by others for the rest of their lives. Is this what you want to see?"
Dong Zhuo thought about it for a while, then suddenly laughed and said: "If He Jin doesn't take action, I will add fuel to their fire!"
Dong Min asked doubtfully: "Brother, who is this?"
He Jin's face turned red at Queen Mother He's mocking words. If the woman in front of him hadn't been his sister or the Queen Mother, he would have had to run up and kick her in the mouth.
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He Jin's face was extremely ugly: "Girl, stop talking nonsense, I am the general in charge of the world's troops!"
As expected, Dong Zhuo expected that the more he asked Yuan Wei, the less Yuan Wei doubted him.
At that moment, He Jin stood up, knelt down and shouted, "Your Highness, forgive me!"
"It's up to you?" Queen Mother He sneered angrily: "Are you going to let the old dog of the Yuan family bully you? How can you protect our mother and son?"
He Jin took a deep breath and said: "You need to know that Yuan Wei and I are in a cooperative relationship, and we record affairs together!"
Zhang Rang and others all kowtowed and said, "Thank you so much, Your Highness! I all inherit the grace of Your Highness's rebirth!"
"Yes! You are the leader of the world's troops, but in my opinion, you, the general, are about to come to an end! Now that the Yuan family has made it clear that they will get rid of the eunuchs first, and then you, only fools like you are still complacent.
Don’t know it!”
At this moment, he was really upset by Queen Mother He's crying.
When Dong Min heard this, he immediately understood what Dong Zhuo was going to do.
But Dong Zhuo took out a military order from the general's palace. On the silk was He Jin's handwriting.
He Jin's face was pale, and the veins on his forehead jumped back and forth from time to time.
"Brother wants to use He Jin's orders to provoke the eunuchs and He Jin...?"
The muscles on He Jin's face twitched.
"Meet Your Highness!"
When I was young, I saw the palace door slowly opening, and Shi Changshi came in one after another.
Empress Dowager He stretched out her hand to wipe her tears and said angrily: "So what if I make a fuss? So what if I make a fool of myself! I've already been cornered by someone with a knife! Am I still afraid of making trouble? Besides, I am also His Majesty's mother now.
How dare you scold me like this when you are the Queen Mother!"
Dong Zhuo thought for a while and said: "That's enough. Eunuchs are all of low origin and have little education. A seventy-eight-point portrait is enough to deceive them."
"Until he dies, our He family will be doomed!"
It was precisely because of Empress Dowager He's repeated persuasion that He Jin was eager to cut off the eunuchs from the beginning to now hesitant.
Later, after finishing his business in Luoyang, Dong Min returned to Dong Zhuo's camp and reported to him the situation in Luoyang.
"Brother, from what I can see, it seems that He Jin has no intention of attacking the eunuch. Perhaps he is also hesitant. If so, what can be done?"
He Jin was choked by the Queen Mother He and made a speechless retort. Finally, he waved his sleeves helplessly, stood up and left, leaving the Queen Mother He crying alone in the room.
He Jin was still undecided, but Dong Min had already gone to see Yuan Wei.
Empress Dowager He smiled and said: "Don't worry, Qing Zhang, I have my own opinion on this matter and will definitely convince my brother. You don't have to worry."
After saying that, Dong Zhuo clapped his hands and said to the outside of the tent: "Sir, come in!"
Dong Zhuo handed the handwritten letter to the scribe and said, "Can I imitate it?"
Dong Zhuo was not in a hurry, he just laughed and said: "As expected, a butcher can't achieve great things. Doesn't he know that if he continues to cut off, he will suffer chaos?"
After the scribe went down, Dong Zhuo stood up and came to a large wooden box. He took out something wrapped in cloth and placed it in front of Dong Min.
Dong Zhuo smiled and was about to speak when the middle-aged scribe suddenly said: "Mr. Dong, I will leave first."
"His surname is He, he is obviously from the same road as us!"
Empress Dowager He sneered: "It's true that you two are both ministers, but who among the current ministers, servants, and emissaries is not a member of the Yuan family? Since the new emperor ascended the throne, in addition to conscripting the general's palace for you,
Apart from a group of party officials, which edict from the Chancellor's Office was written by you?"
"Get back on your feet." Empress Dowager He said calmly.
But not long after He Jin left, Queen Mother He stopped crying.
"That's almost it. I've convinced you. You can rest assured. Although my brother is a little slow to react, he can still see the current situation clearly. He won't do anything stupid. You can rest assured."
Zhang Rang was actually not very sure, but in order to appease everyone's emotions, he said: "Don't worry, He Jin is not an unscrupulous person. He was just taken advantage of by the Yuan family for a while. As long as the Queen Mother shows her affection, he will definitely be able to see through the truth."
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"Confused!"
Zhang Rang said with fear: "That's right, that's right! The general and I are all close ministers of His Majesty. We should cooperate to support His Majesty and deal with the wealthy family of ministers together. But now the general has been dragged away by the scholars, so sooner or later we will wait
It will definitely be divided and ruled, and then Your Majesty and the Queen Mother will have no ministers to use!"
The scribe lowered his head to take it, looked at it carefully for a while, and said: "It can be compared to a 70-80% replica."
"If he is really the only one except us, the Yuan family will definitely not let him go!"
My brother and sister usually have dignified and majestic faces in front of outsiders, but now behind closed doors, their faces are not very good-looking. When they are really anxious, it is really hard to hear anything.
Thinking about it, he was going to ask He Jinxing to investigate.
"Haha, it's such a pity that he has the position of general. If this position were in my hands, I could poke a hole in the sky of Luoyang!"
Dong Min nodded suddenly.
According to Dong Zhuo's instructions, Dong Min asked Yuan Wei for the position of Jiuqing or Prefecture Mu on Dong Zhuo's behalf.
"This is the imitation of the General's seal?"
Dong Zhuo nodded with a smile: "I have been preparing it for more than a year, but I don't know if it can be used. I tried it on my brother, and after covering it, it still has a seventy-eight-point likeness. It is enough to pass the fake as the real thing, and it is enough to deceive the eunuchs.
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Dong Min said with admiration: "Brother, it turns out that you have come to this day a long time ago? Have you prepared these things a long time ago?"
Dong Zhuo shook his head: "No, I didn't think about it. It's just that I have been carefully preparing for it. If there is no such opportunity in this life, I will admit it. But once the opportunity is in front of me, I will never do it."