Chapter two hundred and eighteen: borrow your head
What exactly did Wang Mang do?
If I were to elaborate, it would take three days and three nights to explain. In short: Wang Mang used his status as a foreign relative to finally usurp the Han Dynasty and destroy the Western Han Dynasty. If Brother Axiu hadn't cheated and summoned the meteor, there would
It’s hard to say without the Eastern Han Dynasty!
But at this moment, before Ling Emperor died, Wang Mang was mentioned. What else could He Jin do besides kowtow to show his loyalty?
dong dong dong
He Jin kowtowed very hard, and soon blood was drawn from his kowtow.
If it were normal times, He Jin would not be like this. But now it is clear that Emperor Ling will be alive in a few days. If Emperor Ling loses his mind at this time, he may really die with He Jin.
You cannot ask an emperor who is about to die to still maintain an overall view and reason. This is unrealistic!
Who dares to bet on whether Ling Emperor can continue to maintain his sanity at this moment?
Besides, the emperor of the Han family has never been a broad-minded person. The emperor of the old Liu family is famous for being ruthless and unrighteous.
narrow-minded.
Anyway, He Jin really felt the threat of death at this moment, and he didn't want to die. So, what should we do?
Looking at He Jin who kept kowtowing, Emperor Ling waved his hand, and He Jin felt like he couldn't move, as if he was being dragged down and could no longer kneel down.
"Suigao, I also want to make the prince the crown prince, and I have even drafted an edict." Having said this, Zhang Rang came up with an imperial edict in time.
He Jin took a look at the imperial edict. It was a typical parallel prose, with four and six staggered lines. It looked very literary at first glance, and the ink was still fresh.
As for the content, it is also very simple: Who is the prince's biological son? He is the eldest son. He has been smart since he was a child and can be entrusted with important tasks. Now he canonize the prince as the prince.
When He Jin repeatedly observed this imperial edict for a quarter of an hour, Emperor Ling spoke again: "However, when I think of Wang Jujun, I can't help but worry, thinking whether it is too hasty and whether it should be destroyed.
This is an imperial edict.”
Hearing this, He Jin's mind once again recalled the words of Emperor Ling before: listen to Yuan Shao's words, recruit wise men, borrow money from uncle Yuan internally, secure the power to assist the government externally, and monopolize the power in the court...
With an idea, He Jin understood Emperor Ling's thoughts and stood up directly: "Your Majesty, don't worry, I will kill the Yuan brothers and break with the scholars!"
I was worried about He Jin, and I was afraid that He Jin would become the second Wang Mang, but how did Wang Mang usurp the Han Dynasty?
He colluded with scholars and aristocratic families, and finally usurped the Han Dynasty and established itself.
Therefore, what He Jin had to do was to cut with the scholars.
How to cut with scholars?
The best way is to chop Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Chen Lin and other scholar representatives to death with one knife or stab them with one sword, killing them all.
With this certificate of surrender, Emperor Ling was willing to believe in any advancement, was willing to make He Jin a real auxiliary general, and was willing to make Liu Bian the prince and inherit the throne.
What He Jin had to do was to issue a certificate of voting and completely separate himself from the scholar group.
And at this moment, whose head is more valuable than the two brothers Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao?
These two brothers are so audacious that they dare to burn down the palace and attack the palace. Who will die if they don't die?
Thinking of this, He Jin stood up, put his hand on the sword at his waist, and strode out the door. At the same time, dozens of palace guards followed He Jin and left.
Although the palace was very big, He Jin arrived outside the palace quickly. Seeing He Jin who was intact, Yuan Shao couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief.
Looking at this scene, He Jin couldn't help but sigh. If possible, he would never want to kill Yuan Shao and completely break with the scholars.
However, He Jin became even more determined when he thought of the imperial edict drawn up by Emperor Ling: to confer the title of prince on the throne.
Once Prince Bian legitimately becomes the crown prince, and then legitimately ascends the throne, then He Jin, before Liu Bian comes of age, will be the undisputed number one person in the world.
As for what to do about the backlash from aristocratic families caused by this, let’s just say it’s a backlash. Compared to the temptation of being the best in the world, what does the backlash from a mere aristocratic family count?
Perhaps in the eyes of ordinary people, the aristocratic family is extremely powerful, unimaginably powerful, but in the eyes of He Jin, a high-ranking official in the empire and the core of the empire, the aristocratic family is nothing more than that!
Yes, He Jin also admitted that the combined power of the entire aristocratic family group did exceed the power of the royal family and even the power of the court, but it was impossible for the aristocratic families to unite together.
As long as the top officials of the imperial court are willing, it will not be difficult to destroy any aristocratic family, even the so-called Yuan family with four generations and three princes.
Therefore, Yang Guang could directly kill a series of high-ranking families named Li based on Tao Lizi's prophecy of winning the world. At that time, the Guanlong family and the Guandong family didn't even dare to fart.
Therefore, even though the civil servants were powerful, Chongzhen still killed the chief minister of the cabinet if he wanted to, and killed the six ministers of the six ministers if he wanted to. No civil servants collectively stood up to rebel.
This is just like the people. Anyone who has studied Daxia politics knows that the people are the most powerful group.
However, anyone who has studied history knows that although the power contained in the common people is the largest and strongest, it cannot be exerted without organization.
In fact, not only the common people have similar characteristics, but also civil servants and aristocratic families.
A single civil servant or a single family, no matter how powerful it is, is nothing more than this in front of the imperial power, the emperor, and the powerful ministers.
For the emperor and the powerful ministers, they never worry about a certain family. For them, whether to eliminate a certain family only depends on whether they are willing to pay the price!
That's all!
Party members are the group that organizes aristocratic families.
It's funny to say that before the disaster of Party imprisonment occurred, although the aristocratic families had a tacit understanding and a tacit understanding of joining forces to fight against the imperial power, it was only a tacit understanding.
However, after the disaster of party imprisonment occurred, the party members were wanted, and the scholars tried every means to rescue the party members, and slowly the original organization was formed.
Scholars, aristocratic families, and through the loose group of party members formed a relatively primitive alliance, party, force, and organization.
But after the aristocratic families united, the scholars suddenly discovered that the imperial power was just a paper tiger!
He took these steps very slowly, with a lot on his mind. The closer he got to Yuan Shao, the clearer his thoughts became.
At the beginning, he thought of killing Yuan Shao through a sneak attack, and unexpectedly cut off Yuan Shao's head.
But now he decided to change his approach and let Yuan Shao commit suicide.
"Original, do you know what I'm holding in my hand?"
Grain
"This is an edict. You can tell by the color and style that it is the highest-level edict. Generally speaking, it is only used when the prince is canonized, the queen is canonized, and the new emperor ascends the throne."
"So, this edict should be to confer the title of Prince Bian on the throne. Congratulations to the general. Congratulations to the general. Your Majesty has the intention of entrusting you."
"Congratulations, general. From now on, the general will definitely become an auxiliary minister." This is Chen Lin.
Cao Cao also joined the congratulatory crowd with some doubts. He only felt that this was unscientific and unreasonable.
So the question is, what price did He Jin pay to survive this edict?
Soon, Cao Cao heard He Jin's cheerful laughter.
"Ben Chu, now we are just one step away from Prince Ben becoming the crown prince. Are you willing to contribute to Prince Ben's ascension to the throne?"
Yuan Shao was a little strange, but he still nodded: "General, if there is any use for Shao, just say so."
"That's good. This time, the general plans to lend you your head."
Hearing this, Yuan Shao subconsciously went to draw his sword, but he suddenly found that he could no longer move. This was because a great master had secretly targeted him with divine will. The last time he encountered this situation was when Yuan Ji became the head of the family.
Looking at Yuan Shao who didn't react, He Jin didn't care: "Original, Your Majesty said he didn't want to see the second Wang Jujun, and I don't want to be the second Wang Jujun."
"To be honest, I, He Jin, was a pig butcher back then. Later, by chance, I rose through the ranks and finally reached the position of general. To me, this life is really worth it. I have never been a usurper.
The idea of self-reliance.”
"Benchu, do you have it?"
After hearing this, Yuan Shao still didn't answer, but He Jin also understood. After all, he was about to die, let alone keeping silent. He Jin could understand even if he was scolding.
Immediately, He Jin looked at Chen Lin who was standing aside: "Master Secretary, do you have the idea of usurping the Han Dynasty and becoming independent?"
Chen Lin was excited and shook her head fiercely: "No, absolutely not! Before today, Lin's biggest dream was just to help the Han Dynasty!"
He Jin smiled slightly and looked at Cao Cao. This time, before he could speak, Cao Cao took the initiative to answer: "Neither does Cao. The general should know that Cao Cao's biggest dream is to have the story of the Han Dynasty conquering the west engraved on his tomb after his death."
The tomb of General Cao Hou."
"That's right. How can ordinary people have the idea of rebellion? You don't have it, and neither do I. What's more, how can I usurp the Han Dynasty and stand on its own feet?"
"I know, in fact, you have always looked down on me at first, thinking that I am just a butcher who kills pigs. It's just good luck, a beautiful girl, and by chance, I got promoted all the way, and I have reached the status I have today."
"I also know that at first, you always wanted to evade me secretly, and always wanted to control the world with the help of the identity and power of the General's Palace."
"In the past, Benchu, you have always acted as a mastermind and used the authority of the General's Mansion to do a lot of private things. I know all of this."
"But in the past, I didn't care much about these, because at that time, you really brought a large number of scholars to enrich the general's palace."
At the beginning, the General's Mansion was indeed an empty frame.
But things are different now. It has been five years since the General's Mansion was established! It has also been five years since He Jin opened the Mansion and built his teeth.
In five years, with the status and authority of a general, even if he throws away a few things, a large number of scholars can pounce on him like wild dogs.
Five years have been enough for He Jin to understand how the General's Mansion operates. It is also enough for He Jin to stand at the top of the empire and look down on the entire Han Dynasty from the level of the General's Mansion. It is also enough to train He Jin to a certain height.
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You, Yuan Shao, are the masterminds. Does it mean that He Jin has no other counselors under his command? Does He Jin have no fellow counselors under his command?
He Jin is from Nanyang, and you, Yuan Shao, are from Runan. They are not from the same county, and they are not even fellow villagers. So, do He Jin's fellow villagers admire Yuan Shao?
Why do you, a foreigner, occupy a high position in the General's Mansion?
Despicable foreigners!
"The past five years can be regarded as a relationship between monarch and subject. In view of the past friendship, I can promise Benchu that as long as you commit suicide here, I will protect your wife and children, let them grow up smoothly, and let you
If the same lineage is passed down smoothly, the inheritance will not be cut off."
Hearing this, Yuan Shao once again put his hand on the hilt of his sword, wanting to draw the sword and stand up to kill countless times!
Who to kill?
Needless to say, of course he killed the He Jin in front of him!
However, Cao Cao directly pulled out Yuan Shao: "Ben Chu, calm down, calm down, calm down!"
With that said, Cao Cao took Yuan Shao a few steps aside and began to transmit the message into the secret: "At the beginning, you are not alone, you have a wife and children, you have a family, and you even have many staff and friends.
With this sword strike, not only will you die, but they will also die together."
Speaking of this, Cao Cao's face showed a little sadness. He recalled the past and recalled some of the past events.
In the fourth year of Jianning (171), Song Qi, the sister of his good friend Song Qi, was made empress by Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty. Therefore, En was a member of the Song family, and his father Song Feng was appointed as Zhijinwu. He was not granted the title of Marquis of his hometown. Song Qi
He was also named Jian Qianghou.
In the first year of Xiping (172), his good friend Song Qi got married to the Cao family and married the daughter of Cao Chi, the official of the imperial court in Peiguo, Changshui. Cao Cao was Song Qi's uncle-in-law.
At that time, it would be no exaggeration to say that Cao Cao was at the peak of his life!
He was originally from the line of eunuchs, and now he is expected to follow the path of his relatives. The buffs of being an official and a relative are stacked. When the two buffs are added together, Cao Cao at that time felt vaguely like he was flying upwards on a train.
Therefore, when he was young, Cao Cao, together with Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, became a destined lothario in Luoyang City.
Why can't others? Because they don't have such a strong backing!
But the good times did not last long. In the first year of Guanghe (178), Queen Song died in a political struggle. Then Song Qi was also killed, and Cao Cao was also implicated. If his father, Cao Song, was not an ordinary person, if not
His father, Cao Song, had deep connections, was rich and powerful, and Cao Cao might also be implicated.
At that time, Cao Cao also thought about drawing his sword and fighting with the eunuchs.
But later, the sword was never drawn out!
Because Cao Cao discovered that he was no longer the young man he was back then. He already had a wife and children, not to mention a much older father who was working hard to wipe his ass.
Maybe this is the difference between boys and men. Boys can be innocent, innocent, dreamy, and speak their dreams out loud. When others hear it, they will only smile and maybe encourage them.
But if you are a man, you have responsibilities, you are no longer alone, you have a family, and naturally you don't dare to speak out your dreams loudly.
At this moment, although Cao Cao didn't say much, Yuan Shao understood what he was thinking. At this moment, Yuan Shao was extremely sad and angry.