After Jian Shuo's death, Feng Fang, Zhao Rong, Han Qin and others who were loyal to Jian Shuo in the Eighth School of Xiyuan also surrendered to the General's Mansion one after another. At this point, except for some Dong Zhong's gang members in the palace province, Luoyang
The imperial army was under the control of the general. For a time, he was powerful and powerful, and the house was crowded with guests. When the people of Luoyang went out at 9:00 every day, they could see that Yongmen was crowded with people coming to plead with the general.
Eunuch's carriage and horse.
Trying to protect the queen first, and betraying Jian Shuo later. At this time, many relatives of the former emperor in the palace thought that because the He family was prosperous, they could not say that they did not try their best to protect the new emperor when he ascended the throne, and they could not be said to be insincere.
At this time, the exchange of money and silk treasures with the general is just a reaffirmation of old feelings, hoping to gain some glory in the new dynasty.
But the result was unexpected. When these troops arrived in front of Xianyang Garden, they were not allowed to enter. They sent troops and horses to block the door for Yuan Shao. In the end, they all were sent back to their homes.
Since rushing to Xianyang Garden at night, the general has not forgotten the assassination of Jian Shuo. On the day after the new king ascended the throne, Guo Sheng, a party member of the same county and township, sent another secret letter, saying that Jian Shuo was still determined to be a traitor and planned to assassinate him again.
He Jin was greatly frightened and asked Zhang Jin, a retainer: "What hatred does Jian Shuo have against me? Now that I have established a new king and gained power over the government and the public, he has died again and again! Can greed and anger make people like this?"
Zhang Jin was instructed by Yuan Shao. At this time, he was playing Qingfeng and An Ran replied: "The general is virtuous, but he doesn't know that the late emperor Huangmen Changshi has been in power for a long time, and his gang members are everywhere. He has the power to reach the sky, and he has people who can kill people.
The Empress Dowager Changle specializes in adultery, but she can also pretend to be righteous and take charge of the government. The general, who is in the position of auxiliary to the country, is humbly known in Jiuzhou, and his military power is famous in the north and south. He also has the ability to make and forge magical weapons.
If you think carefully, you must first eliminate the general and then quickly!"
After speaking eloquently, He Jin nodded repeatedly. Zhang Jin saw that the heat was coming, so he admonished and said: "Since the general knows the current world, he must recruit heroes, select virtuous people, and order the world in order to eliminate troubles for the country.
Yuan Benchu is willing to recommend party members to be used by the general. At that time, the general must not despise him!" Then he presented He Jin with a list written by Yuan Shao and recommended more than 20 well-known wise men in the country.
He Jin was overjoyed when he heard this. He often felt regretful and self-doubt because of his humble background, so he loved being arty and socializing with famous people. For this reason, he often went to the Imperial Academy to listen to lectures by doctors, and also sought out famous teachers for his only son He Xian, so he also fell in love with Yuan Shao when he came to join him.
At this time, it was a great opportunity to reconcile with the party members. He Jin immediately followed the plan and recruited party members Qingliu in Yuzhou, Sizhou, Nanyang and other places.
When the party members heard that it was Yuan Benchu from Runan who recommended him, they all gladly accepted the proposal. Within a few days, it was common to see Pu Lun's carriages passing by in Luoyang, with bundles of silk and bis in front of the carriages to show the general's favor to the person he was recruiting. Luoyang
People inquired about the news privately, and heard that among the conquests there were He Yong from Nanyang, Xun You from Yingchuan, and Zheng Tai from Henan. They couldn't help but sigh: clouds follow dragons, winds follow tigers, there are fierce tigers beside the general, and there is a lurking storm.
When will you be so angry? It’s just around the corner!
Seeing that the conquest was going so smoothly, He Jin relied more on Yuan Shao, moved Yuan Shao to the position of Sili Xiaowei, and gave him the important task of supervising the capital. At this time, Yuan Shao was able to make Yuan Shao more arrogant in the court and inside and outside Luoyang.
The only inferior ones are Xu Xiang, Yuan Wei, Liu Hong, Ding Gong, He Jin, and Ma Rixi.
After receiving He Jin's instructions, Yuan Shao immediately made adjustments to Luoyang's personnel: first, he appointed He Yong as the Zhonghou of the Northern Army, which controlled the 6,000 troops of the five schools of the Northern Army; then he appointed Xun You as the Minister of Huangmen, who went in and out of the palace to assist the Queen Mother in handling government affairs;
Finally, Zheng Tai was appointed as Shangshu Lang, and he went to the Shangshu Desk every day to report the secrets. It also happened that Wang Yun returned to Luoyang, so he appointed Wang Yun as Henan Yin to monitor the movements of the counties in Henan.
As a result, the important joints inside and outside Luoyang were occupied by party members, and most of Dong Zhong's former party members were deposed. However, since Dong Zhong failed in the assassination, he knew that he was unable to compete with He Jin, so he allowed He Jin to do whatever he wanted, and lived in seclusion all day long.
, There is no great talk about advancement, and there is no personal relationship when retreating. On the day after Jian Shuo's death, he went to the Chancellor's desk, claiming that he was too old and weak to hold the position of general of hussars, and begged the court to allow him to return to his hometown to live in seclusion and take care of himself.<
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The Empress Dowager flatly refused and issued an edict: "I cannot regard the emperor as an emperor day and night. The general was entrusted by the late emperor and received instructions day and night. In the end, the late emperor relied on his friendship." Dong Chong was still ordered to stay in Beijing to report on his duties.
When the news reached the Yongle Palace, Empress Dowager Dong tore up several fans and immediately drove her to the Anfu Palace in jade. In front of all the officials at the Chancellery, she pointed her finger at the Empress Dowager and cursed: "How can you go so far? Could it be that you have completely forgotten the kindness of my family!"
You poisoned the harem, murdered the emperor's heirs, and made the late emperor angry. The scorpion poison is extremely poisonous! If I hadn't pity you for your humble background and being pregnant with the late emperor for ten months, I ordered the late emperor to protect your honor. Now your brother and sister have gone too far!
I don’t know that the late emperor has used hussars to control your brother! If you don’t know how to advance or retreat, I can just order the hussars to come in. It’s as easy as backhand!”
The officials saw the Empress Dowager Yongle rushing into the Anfu Hall and scolding the current Empress Dowager until she tried her best and her whole body was trembling. The Empress Dowager Yongle looked at the officials and knew that she looked ugly in tears, so she immediately covered her face and turned around to leave.
The Queen Mother was left standing in front of the desk, her face turned pale. She forced herself to be dignified, fanned her face with one hand, and read the edict with the other hand. However, the paper in her hand shook slightly and made a rustling sound against the desk, letting all the officials know the resentment in her heart.
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The general received the letter from his sister that day, read it over without saying a word, and asked Xun You to throw it to Yuan Shao. Yuan Shao understood the idea and contacted Taifu Yuan Wei, Situ Dinggong, Sikong Liu Hong, and Taichang Ma Rixi that night.
The next day, it was handed over to He Jin and He Miao for signature, and then Zheng Tai went to the Chancellor's desk and said:
"Empress Xiaoren envoys her old servant Xia Yun, Yongle's Taifu Feng Xu and other commuting prefectures and counties, and plans to bribe them with treasures and goods, so they can learn about them and go to the Western Province. Now the former emperor is in charge of the emperor, and the stories of the Tibetan queen are not allowed to be left in the capital. The so-called public service has rules.
The food is shameful and tasteful. Please empress Yongle to move to the palace."
The memorial pointed out that Empress Dowager Yongle was originally the concubine of the vassal king. It was only because Dou Wu and others supported the late emperor that she moved into the two palaces. Now that the former emperor has passed away, and Empress Dowager Yongle is not the concubine of Emperor Huan, she cannot live in Luoyang according to the regulations, but should return to Luoyang.
Live in Hejian Kingdom.
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This reason is really absurd. Before his death, the late emperor had already honored his biological father Liu Chang, King of Hejian, as the Emperor Xiaoren, and the Queen Mother as the Queen Xiaoren. For four hundred years, the Han Dynasty has governed the country with loyalty and filial piety. Now that the Queen Mother is the daughter-in-law, how can she not support her mother-in-law herself?
However, the Empress Dowager was very happy when she saw the memorial. She immediately approved the memorial and ordered Xun You to quickly urge Empress Dowager Dong to leave Beijing and join the feudal vassal. This was in response to the people's ridicule of the imperial examination: if you promote filial piety and integrity, your father will live apart.
Xun You felt helpless and had no choice but to receive the edict and go to Jiade Hall. Xiaohuangmen learned that the news was ahead, so he sent word to Empress Dowager Dong at night. Seeing that Xunyou and his party were still a hundred feet away, Empress Dowager Dong ordered Xiaohuangmen to close tightly.
Behind the palace gate, he cursed the Queen Mother for being unworthy. Xun You listened at the door for two moments, but felt that the words were poor and boring, so he tied the edict to an arrow and shot it into the palace. There was silence in the palace, and Xun You took advantage of this moment.
He read the decree again in front of the palace and signaled Empress Dowager Dong to leave the capital on the seventh day of the lunar month. No matter how she responded, he immediately returned to the palace to resume his duties.
On the sixth day of the fifth lunar month, Jian Shuo had been dead for ten days, and his head was worthy of being circulated throughout the three counties. During the late emperor's reign, Jian Shuo had unparalleled authority. He could control the general's advance for a time, but he died within ten months and his family disappeared.
The rapid destruction made county officials deeply uneasy, but Luoyang's careerists still felt that the number of heads was too few.
It was two quarters after Hai hour that day, the moon was rising over Beiman Mountain, and it was already close to the curfew. Therefore, there were few people on the road. Except for a few people who had lights in their houses, most people had turned off their lights and went to bed. Yuan Shao, the captain of the Sili school, was in the west
After dinner in the garden, I heard from my subordinates that the Hussars General had turned off the lights and went to sleep. He immediately led a thousand Northern troops and asked the soldiers to follow him out of the garden with only bows and arrows.
A thousand people, lightly dressed and covered with cloth, crept forward in the streets and alleys, as if there was a giant centipede in the shadows. Yuan Shao, the military guard along the road, had already greeted him, so the journey was smooth. In less than two quarters, Yuan Shao arrived at Dong Chong's residence.
There was silence in front of the gate, except for a few night owls standing on the wall of the courtyard, looking at the flow of people under the wall with their heads tilted.
Yuan Shao used hand signals to order his men to disperse as planned: block all the main and side entrances of Dong's Mansion, and then form a circle around Dong's Mansion. After the siege was completed, he lit torches and shouted to the manor: "Yuan Shao, the captain of the Sili School, is hereby ordered.
Investigate the case!" The soldiers of the Northern Army also shouted in unison, like thunder exploding, the river was flooded, and people around them turned off their lights, but there were countless eyes looking at this place in the dark night.
Thousands of people chanted six or seven times in unison and then stopped. Dong Chong's tired response came from the palace: "I wonder what case Yuan Jun wants to investigate?"
Yuan Shaolang replied: "The general colluded with the ministers, demanded bribes and derelict in his duties, and repeatedly killed the chaste people of the court. How can we describe it in a few words? Now I have been ordered by the Queen Mother to pursue the general's seal and ribbon, and to carefully inspect the general's residence. If the general does not have any
With this trip, the imperial court can restore the general's innocence, and I hope the general will be considerate."
After Yuan Shao finished speaking, there was no response for a long time. Just when he was feeling helpless and was about to send people to storm the door of the palace. A young man opened the door and walked up to Yuan Shao with arrows in his eyes. Yuan Shao recognized him as Dong Chong's eldest son.
Dong Pu, Dong Pu held back his tears and bowed to Yuan Shao and said: "After hearing what the captain said, my father returned to his dormitory and committed suicide with his sword."
Following Dong Pu into Dong Chong's bedroom, Yuan Shao saw four women crying around a corpse. The corpse was Dong Chong. Dong Chong was wearing a pair of Mingguang armor, holding the Zhongxing sword given by the late emperor, and cut his neck.
A two-foot-long bloody mouth was opened, and the blood stuck to his bun and iron jacket, exuding a strong fishy smell. Yuan Shao knelt down and pulled out his windpipe from the bloody mouth with a frown. Only then was he convinced that the Cavalry General was dead.
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The next day, without Xun You's urging, Empress Dowager Dong hurriedly packed her luggage, got on a four-horse carriage early in the morning, and hurriedly left Nangong from Nan Tuen Gate. No one saw her off along the way.
As the carriage and horses jolted, Empress Dowager Dong looked at the empty space beside her, and couldn't help but think of the time twenty years ago when she also rode a four-horse carriage from Hejian to Luoyang.
At that time, Hong'er was not even taller than her waist, and her eyes were clean. Hong'er was bored along the way and messed up her hair. When she got out of the car, she bumped into Dou Wu, Chen Fan and several people coming to greet him. Because she lost her composure, she brushed her hair with her sleeves.
She didn't dare to look directly at the three princes in the court, but Hong'er pulled her forward and spoke wittily to the three princes. She was secretly proud, thinking that she was so noble, what else could she ask for?
She then thought of her son's thin face before his death, and a sense of regret arose from inside her: Even if the regency was successful, so what? Without her son, even if she could be like Empress Lu, she would not be happy! If I had known this, why not
Still living in the river with Honger forever.
The Empress Dowager Yongle missed her so much that she cried bitterly by the car window.