Chapter 12 Yuan Shu burns down the White Tiger Gate
Zhu Changshi cut off He Jin's head, and the group immediately acted according to the plan: Zhao Zhong left the palace to inform Fan Ling, the official of Guanglu, and Xu Xiang, the young minister; Zhang Gong, Han Kui, and Song Dian went to the Chancellor's Desk to issue an edict.
; Zhang Rang, Xia Yun, Guo Sheng, Sun Zhang, Bi Lan, Li Song, and Gao Wang went to block the seven gates of the Nangong; Duan Gui stayed by the side of the emperor and the queen mother to prevent changes.
After the death of the late emperor, in order to facilitate the handling of government affairs, He Jin ordered the Shangshu Taiwan to be moved to Lantai. Lantai is adjacent to the Jiade Hall in the east and the palace gate to the west. Taichung officials can go out of the Taimen, and there are more than 300 kilometers to the west.
If you take a few steps, you can go to the White Tiger Gate and leave the palace. Such a strategic location is where the coups of the regular servants will be won or lost.
Zhang Gong and others led about twenty small Huangmen, holding the Queen Mother's edict, wrapped He Jin's head, and ran straight to Lantai. At this time, the sky was already dark, the bright moon was still hidden among the mountains, and the stars were also
It has not yet revealed its light. In normal times, many eunuchs in the Nangong are busy and will light up the lights on the thirty-sixth hall of the Nangong. The brilliant light shines on the palace city, like a divine scene. But this night, the palaces are dim.
Only rows of sparks shuttle back and forth between the corridor doors.
When they arrived at the Chancellery, there were only four Lang officials in Taichung. The other Lang officials were eating and resting in the official office. Zhang Gong first asked one of them: "Is the Grand Master in the palace?" The Lang officer replied: "The Master has had lunch after lunch.
I feel unwell and have gone back home to rest. What advice does Mr. Zhang have?"
Hearing that Yuan Wei was not in the palace, the eunuchs relaxed a little. Zhang Gong raised the edict in his hand and said to the four officials: "The Queen Mother has an urgent order to issue. You first go to the palace to bring the ministers, ministers, and ministers to the palace."
Call." The four officials looked suspicious, but did not dare to neglect. They immediately got up and went to the back of the stage to call for people. Only the eunuchs were left in the palace, so Zhang Gong occupied the chair, opened the edict, and thought about how to persuade the officials.
The first person to come to the stage was Lu Zhi, the servant of the minister, followed by Zhang Jin, the minister of household affairs, Yuan Yi, the minister of ministers, Sima Fang, the minister of three ministers, Peng Bo, the minister of two thousand stones, Xun You, the minister of Huangmen, Zhong Yao, the minister of ministers, and others.
Thirty-seven people, including Minister Zhou Ao, Minister Wu Qiong, Minister Mingong, etc., entered the stage one after another. They were divided into seats and looked directly at the eunuchs in Taichung, with disgust in their eyes.
When everyone was seated, Zhang Gong stood up and read out the edict to the officials at the Chancellor's desk: "Since May, people have been killed indiscriminately in the capital, and there have been many unjust cases. Floods have continued for days, and Pingjin has become a river. Investigating the root cause, this is
Yuan Shao, the captain of the Sili School, and Wang Yun of Yin in Henan sat there without observing things, but acted carefully, so that they were born with instincts, and punished the rain as a warning! I think that the former Taiwei Fan Gongling, who has high moral character and high prestige, and built the canal Jingzhao, can be the school captain of the Sili School, and the former Situ Xu Gongxiang
, Xuanmei customs, teaching diligently, can be the Yin of Henan."
After reading, Zhang Gong urged all the Taiwan officials: "This matter cannot be delayed. Please be considerate of the king's affairs and complete this matter at night!".
Hearing this, all the officials looked surprised. Yuan Yi stepped forward and cupped his hands and said: "Sili Xiaowei and Henan Yin are all important ministers of the country. Whether they are dismissed, demoted or promoted, they should be discussed in the regular court. Now that the Queen Mother has issued this edict, no matter what
If you are in a hurry, you must discuss it with your assistant ministers. I heard that the general has not left the palace yet, so why not call the general to come? If he supports it, it will not be too late for us to write the document."
As soon as he finished speaking, Yinhui of Zhonghuangmen held a lantern in one hand and a head in the other. He walked up to Zhang Gong, threw the head under his feet, kicked it to the center of the platform hall, and said coldly to the officials: "He Jin rebelled.
He has been executed!" The head was covered with facial hair, leaving only a few traces of blood on the stone surface. Lu Zhi moved forward to clean the hair of the head, stared at it carefully for a moment, then stood up and nodded to his colleagues: "It is indeed true.
General."
The words caused a stir. All the officials stood up and surrounded the eunuchs. The eunuchs also held up lanterns. The two groups stared angrily. Zhang Gong shouted at the officials: "You also want to rebel."
?" Lu Zhi replied coldly: "The general and the queen mother are brothers, how could they rebel? It must be you and others who plotted to kill the general and pervert the edict to disrupt the government!"
The two groups had a disagreement, and more than sixty high-ranking officials of the imperial court, regardless of their appearance, started to fight with each other by pulling their lapels. Everyone wanted to collect their weapons before entering the chancellery. Therefore, everyone was unarmed and could only fight each other with fists and kicks, two attacks at a time.
It was difficult to tell the difference between people. At this time, Lu Shangshu took off his court uniform and stood in front of the officials in only a single piece of clothing. He grabbed Zhang Gong and Han Kui and gave him a good punch. The two regular attendants were beaten dizzy and they hurriedly called two Huang
The goalkeeper blocked Lu Zhi.
Seeing the chaos in the scene, Xun You, the minister of Huangmen, and Zhong Yao, the minister of Shangshu, ran out of the stage gate immediately. Xun You said to Zhong Yao: "The matter is extremely urgent! If we can't get rid of all the regular ministers tonight, the disaster of party imprisonment will happen again."
Yes!" Zhong Yao nodded, but said worriedly: "Since Zhang Gong and others are here, but Zhang Rang and others are missing, they must be blocking the palace gates individually. If we want to deliver the news, we don't have much time." Xun You meditated for a while, considered the gates of the Nangong, and said quickly: "The regular attendants will seal the gates, and they will definitely lead the eunuchs to seal the side gates first. The Great Forbidden City must be empty, so we will go out from Jiade Gate and detour to Hongde Gate!" Zhong Yao understood instantly and smiled.
He said: "There are many students from Hongdu at Hongde Gate, and there are so many people that it is not easy for the attendants to seal the gate!" The two people immediately ran away from Lantai, bypassing the Jiade Hall and heading straight to Jiade Gate.
As expected, the Jiadeye Gate was not sealed, and was only guarded by two small yellow gates. Zhong Yao found two sharp stones from among the bamboo bushes, and the two of them threw them hard. The small yellow gate was wearing a cloth helmet, and its head was broken with one blow.
Blood flowed and he fell to the ground. Zhong Yao and Xunyou took the knife from his hand and quickly passed through the palace gate, passing through the Chengfu Hall, Xuanshi Hall, and Mingguang Hall, and bumped into a crowd of people in front of Hongde Gate.
Zhang Rang and others are expelling Hongdu students.
There were nearly a thousand Hongdu students in the palace, and they all lived in the Mingguang Hall. At this time, all the regular attendants were expelled from the palace. The students did not know the reason and were very dissatisfied with the regular attendants. Their leader Le Song and Jiang Lan stepped forward.
When he argued with Zhang Rang about the reason, Zhang Rang only said it was an edict from the Queen Mother, which aroused widespread dissatisfaction among the students, who all said it was a false edict.
In desperation, Zhang Rang ordered his subordinates to draw out their swords and target the first few stabs. With a few blows, more than a dozen students were chopped to the ground. Broken limbs and blood were sprinkled in front of the door, accompanied by the wailing of the young people. Hongdu
The students had never seen such a scene before, and their courage was gone. Xiao Huangmen once again held the blade and moved forward. The students did not dare to resist, so they could only hang their heads and leave.
Xun You and Zhong Yao saw the right opportunity and blended into the crowd. Several Xiaohuangmen saw them and thought they were late students. They were able to pass through Hongde Gate smoothly and finally left the palace through Zhuque Gate. p>
After all the Hongdu students were expelled from the palace, the students gathered in twos and threes in front of the Suzaku Gate. It was already dark and the curfew was about to begin. They were hurriedly driven out of the palace, but they didn't know where they were going, so they could only talk to each other.
, guess what happened in the palace.
The two people who knew the truth walked out of the crowd. Zhong Yao asked Xun You in a low voice: "Gongda, where do you plan to go?"
, Where is Yuan Chang going?" Zhong Yao pondered and said: "Wu Kuang and Zhang Zhang are outside the White Tiger Gate. I will lead them to open the White Tiger Gate, otherwise the princes in Taichung will be in danger!"
After the two discussed it, they immediately parted ways.
Zhong Yao found a wine shop and showed the owner of the wine shop with his official seal. Under the worried gaze of the owner, he borrowed a yellow-maned horse and immediately rode out of the wine shop. Staying away from the Hongdu students who had no idea where to go, he galloped in the open space.
The street is surrounded by tall, dark and endless palace walls, and the only thing that walks with him is the chilling autumn wind.
The lights of the surrounding houses have long been extinguished, and all Zhong Yao can see is the starry man above his head slowly flowing out among the black clouds. Where will the big man go? Zhong Yao doesn't know the answer, so he can only try his best to ride his horse and attract Huang.
The maned horse kept neighing in pain.
As he passed Baijun Mansion, a group of men and horses came out in the dark night holding fire, and bumped into Zhong Yao. The leader held the torch high, held the horse rein, and showed an upright face. He stopped in front of Zhong Yao and shouted: "
Who is traveling at night?! In these critical times, dismount your horse and examine yourself immediately!"
As he spoke, he raised the fire forward, saw Zhong Yao's face, and couldn't help but exclaimed: "Yuan Chang?" When Zhong Yao saw that it was Yuan Shu, he couldn't help but excitedly said: "Highway!" The two dismounted at the same time, and both asked: "What's wrong with you?"
Here?"
Yuan Shu looked troubled and said hastily that he was ordered by the general to take care of the county residence, while Zhong Yao informed Yuan Shu of the drastic changes in the palace. Yuan Shu heard that He Jin was dead and asked repeatedly, "Is this true?", then he looked calm and whispered.
He said to Zhong Yao: "You go to Generals Wu and Zhang first, and I will summon the Tiger and Ben troops, and I will arrive soon."
After saying that, he got on his horse. Zhong Yao asked curiously: "Things are in a hurry and you don't have military talismans on the road. How can you mobilize your troops?" Yuan Shu waved his hand and said: "How can I need military talismans to avenge the general?" After that, he threw it to
Zhong Yao issued an ultimatum and hurriedly returned to the county residence with his entourage.
Zhong Yao embarked on the journey again, and this time he had no obstructions, all the way to the location of He Jin's old ministry.
The sergeant in front of Baihu Gate was still waiting for the general to go out. Suddenly he saw a man and a horse galloping towards him. A dozen soldiers drew their swords and moved forward. They were about to force him to stop his horse. When he saw Zhong Yao on his horse, he shouted loudly: "Everyone is always here to serve you."
The general was unjustly killed!" The soldiers were stunned and let Zhong Yao ride into the crowd. Seeing that he bumped into the crowd, Zhong Yao shouted again: "The general was unjustly killed!" The crowd spontaneously made way for him.
, let him walk in front of the two of them.
Wu Kuang and Zhang Zhang each wore a suit of armor with two clangs, a red tasseled iron jacket on their head, a sword at their waist, and a large flag with the word "he" behind their backs. When they saw Zhong Yao walking in front of them, they asked him with red eyes:
: "The general has been harmed?"
Zhong Yao dismounted from his horse, walked up to the two generals, and shouted loudly to the more than a thousand guards who were watching him: "The generals are always trying to kill the general! What a pity! The general has been loyal to the country, but now his body and head are separated.
Gentlemen, as the saying goes, it is a matter of humiliation for the master to die! The general has always been kind to you, but now he has been harmed by traitors! Do you know what the righteousness of the Spring and Autumn Period is?"
"Revenge!" one person responded first.
"Revenge!" Everyone shouted in unison.
Zhong Yao raised a banner with the word "he" and shouted to everyone: "How can the world be safe if I don't get rid of my constant servant? Revenge for the country is today!"
Thousands of people raised their knives high, followed Zhong Yao's flag, and swarmed towards the closed White Tiger Gate. The sound of killing was loud. Zhonghuang Gate behind the White Tiger Gate was quite frightened. He threw the edict outside the door and shouted: "
The Queen Mother has an edict! Why is there a rebellion! Do you want to rebel too?" No one listened to his words at all. The only sound was the sound of a knife slashing at the door like a torrential downpour. The edict was trampled by the soldiers and soon became the color of soil. p>
The palace gate was made of yellow pear wood. Yellow pear wood is the strongest wood. No matter how many soldiers slashed it with a thousand swords, it was difficult to break it down. At this time, Yuan Shu came with two thousand tiger soldiers. When he saw this, he told the bell
Yao said with a smile: "It doesn't have to be like this, let me do it." He ordered the Tiger Army to pour anointing oil on the door, and then threw a torch. When the sparks touched the anointing oil, they suddenly turned into a fire dragon, and the flames instantly covered the door.
Devour.
In the dark night, a star lights up in Luoyang City, shining brightly across the Big Dipper.
Dong Zhuo stood up in anger. There was no spark in his eyes, only a wisp of black smoke rising slowly into the sky under the starlight.