The atmosphere in the room fell into an eerie silence.
In the history of the Eastern Han Dynasty, a man once poisoned the emperor in a frenzy.
The domineering general Liang Ji!
Liang Ji ordered his cronies to mix poison into the cakes of Emperor Xiaozhi of the Han Dynasty. Emperor Zhi died after eating the poisoned cakes.
But even Liang Ji only dared to take advantage of the emperor's young age to carry out such a murderous act.
The current Empress Dowager is not only the biological mother of the former emperor, but also the current ruler. She listens to politics behind the curtain every day. She is not the ignorant nine-year-old emperor.
Not to mention that the civil and military officials of the entire dynasty now support her and the emperor, but within the palace, the eunuchs and maidens are all grateful to the Empress Dowager for protecting them during the palace coup, and are very loyal.
The Yulin Guards, the Huben Army, and the Inner Palace Suwei were all under Dong Cheng's command. In terms of the difficulty of poisoning, it was far more difficult than that of Liang Ji.
So I thought with my toes, Dong Zhuo's defeat has been determined, just accept his fate obediently. How could he have such an idea?
This is something that everyone finds incredible, and something that no one can imagine.
But Chen Mu didn't see it that way.
The point is, it doesn't matter if he doesn't see it that way. Some people like to be unconventional and it's normal to engage in almost impossible events to gain attention.
But Dong Zhuo actually really chose this step.
This insight, such a terrifying vision, seems to see through people's hearts at a glance, isn't it terrifying?
So when Yan Zhong told everyone about this, Wang Jun and Zhao Lin already understood the reason, and they were both shocked and speechless.
First, he was shocked by Chen Zigui's vicious eyes, as he could guess that Dong Zhongying was by no means a person who was willing to be captured without mercy.
The second is Dong Zhuo...
Not only is he crazy, not only does he have no bottom line, he is simply brainless. Human morality can no longer restrain him, and he does not consider the consequences of doing this at all!
Putting aside the extremely low chance of success in doing this, even if he succeeds, can he really take power?
How could he, a distant relative, subdue all the princes of the dynasty?
Just think about it and you will know that this is impossible.
Liang Ji.
Not that easy to learn.
Wang Jun couldn't help but said: "Then Dong Zhongying has lost his mind and gone crazy. He has no close friends in the province and no military power. How could he poison the Empress Dowager? And even if the poisoning is successful, can he take power?"
Hou Xu pondered: "Maybe there is always no shortage of crazy people in this world. Whether Dong Zhuo can take power is one thing, but at least he will really do it now."
"But what will he do?"
Wang Jun looked incredulous: "Liang Ji succeeded because Emperor Zhi was surrounded by his people. No one in Dong Zhuo's palace would help him."
Zhao Lin thought of a possibility, looked at Wang Jun and said: "Brother Xiangheng, does Zigui want you..."
"How can it be."
Yan Zhong couldn't laugh or cry and said: "Although Zigui is cruel to the enemy, he is still very good to our own people. He will not let Xiang Heng take this risk."
"That's good."
Not only Zhao Lin breathed a sigh of relief, but Wang Jun also breathed a sigh of relief.
You must know that their families are all in Qingzhou. If Chen Mu forces Wang Jun to do this... I'm afraid he will have no choice but to do that.
Thinking of this, Wang Jun suddenly shuddered.
Although so far, Chen Mu has never forced them to do anything particularly dangerous.
Including letting Wang Jun instigate Empress Dowager Dong and Yan Zhong instigating Dong Zhuo, they all considered the problem from their standpoint and would never seek death like Zhou Mi, Wu Qiong and others.
But it wasn't until this moment that everyone remembered that unknowingly, their family members and their retreat had already been in Chen Mu's hands.
Even though he had always told them his requests in a negotiating tone, but now that he thought about it, if he didn't agree...
Wang Jun, Zhao Lin, Hou Xu, all of whom had family members in Qingzhou, had their eyes flickering and were silent, wondering what they were thinking in their hearts.
Yan Zhong shook his head and said solemnly: "Everyone, please don't dress up and steal gold. Zigui has never forced you to move your family to Qingzhou. Now that the world is in chaos, Qingzhou is the only paradise. Your family has taken refuge in Qingzhou, and Zigui has never forced you to move your family to Qingzhou."
I have threatened you with your family members and made baseless speculations, which is bad for our friendship."
Wang Jun was noncommittal and said: "Since Zigui did not want my help, the possibility of Dong Zhuo poisoning the Queen Mother is extremely low. The inner palace guards are all the Queen Mother Dong's people, and the introspective eunuchs will not listen to Dong Zhuo.
How could he do this?"
"Could it be that it's going to cause another palace change?"
Zhao Lin thought for a while and said: "Only in this way can the Queen Mother be killed. But in that case, how can the people of the world obey Dong Zhuo? Not to mention that all the princes in the court will definitely oppose it. When the time comes, King Qin's army from all over the country will attack, and Dong Zhuo will
It is also inevitable that he will die."
Yan Zhong smiled and said: "Zi Gui has already thought about this. So he asked me to help Dong Zhuo come up with an idea and asked me to find someone for Dong Zhuo."
"who?"
everyone asked.
Yan Zhong looked at them and smiled slightly: "Queen Mother He."
Wang Jun said in shock: "It's actually her."
Although Queen Mother He was deposed, Queen Mother Dong was not so vicious as to kill her.
After all, Liu Xie was the grandson of Empress Dowager Dong, and so was Liu Bian.
No matter how much I like Liu Xie, the palms and backs of my hands are all flesh.
Instead of looking at the face of the monk and the face of the Buddha, Empress Dowager Dong just imprisoned her instead of killing her.
"Can it be done?"
Yan Zhong looked at Wang Jun, he knew the things in the palace best.
"have no idea."
Wang Jun thought for a while and shook his head: "The He family has been deposed and demoted to live in Yong'an Palace. His power is not as good as before, and it may be difficult to achieve anything."
"Although the Empress Dowager He has been deposed, King Hongnong is still there. In a few days it will be the Queen Mother's birthday. If the Empress Dowager He begs for mercy from the Empress Dowager Dong, she will personally apologize and bring King Hongnong up to toast, and take this opportunity...
..."
"This is too natural. Poisoning in the palace is not that easy."
Wang Jun felt that this plan was a bit outrageous and asked the Queen Mother He to poison herself. Even if the plan succeeded and the Queen Mother Dong was poisoned on the spot, she was afraid that the Queen Mother He would also be killed on the spot. As long as she was not a fool, she would not take such a big risk.
Do.
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Hou Xu smacked his lips and remembered the fight between him and Xun He. Unexpectedly, Chen Zigui appeared halfway and not only toyed with the two of them while applauding, but also easily caught him.
Yan Zhong thought for a while and said: "Zi Gui just mentioned a direction. The specific steps require the collective efforts of me and others. Xiang Heng knows the palace best, so you can tell me."
Wang Jun fell into deep thought.
How did Liang Ji poison Emperor Zhi in the first place?
It was because all the eunuchs around the emperor at that time were close associates of the general.
Liang Ji only needs to instruct his cronies to do it.
Now the situation in the palace is clear. Since Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong and others were killed, many eunuchs have attached themselves to Queen Mother Dong.
Although he is now the head of the eunuchs, the eunuchs are actually more loyal to Empress Dowager Dong.
Otherwise, it was simply because Empress Dowager Dong sheltered a large number of eunuchs during the palace incident.
At that time, Yuan Shao led his men into the palace and killed everyone they saw, especially those without beards.
Many eunuchs went to Empress Dowager He and Empress Dowager Dong for help, hoping to be safe, but neither of them could protect themselves.
Lu Zhi protected the Empress Dowager He, but was unable to protect the eunuchs. Therefore, the eunuchs who went to the Empress Dowager He for help were all massacred.
The eunuchs who went to Empress Dowager Dong for help were supposed to die, but Zhang Zhang was about to attack them.
Fortunately, Liu Bei arrived in time and killed Zhang Zhang's men, thus protecting them.
Therefore, most of today's eunuchs are grateful to Empress Dowager Dong for protecting them, and grateful to Liu Bei for saving them.
In addition, now that Empress Dowager Dong is in power, Liu Bei may not even be able to order them to move.
Therefore, from the eunuch's point of view, it is obviously impossible for people around Empress Dowager Dong to poison her.
Unless you do it yourself.
But if he takes action...
Once Empress Dowager Dong died of the poison, his life would probably not be saved, and Chen Mu did not ask him to do so, so Wang Jun did not consider this issue at all.
Then the rest are the palace guards.
But firstly, the palace guards were in the hands of Dong Cheng, and secondly, the palace guards were not as familiar with the palace as the eunuchs, and they did not have the power to approach the Queen Mother's diet.
The nobles in the palace relied on eunuchs and maids to provide food and drink for them. It was basically impossible for the imperial guards to poison them.
Then the only possibility is that only the Taiguan Ling who is responsible for cooking in the palace can do this.
In the Han Dynasty, there was no so-called imperial dining room. Taiguan was responsible for the meals, wine and fruits in the palace. There were large kitchens in the north and south palaces, and the eunuchs and maids ate the meals prepared in the large kitchens.
The emperor, queen, queen, prince and other nobles always stayed in the palace where they ate, and the food was made in that palace.
For example, when Empress Dowager Dong lived in Yongle Palace, the small kitchen in Yongle Palace prepared meals specifically for Empress Dowager Dong. The specifications were much higher than what the eunuchs and maids ate.
According to the "Book of Han" records, the food eaten by the emperor and the queen mother was very luxurious.
"The meat from the fat ox is made from bamboo shoots and cattails. The meat from the fat dog is made from mountain skin. The food from Chu Miao is from Anhu's pigtails. It cannot be digested and falls apart with a sip. The gizzard from bear's legs is made from peony sauce. It is thin and thick. Zhizhi, fresh carp, Su, autumn yellow, white dew, Ru. Drink some orchid wine to wash your mouth."
They are all carefully made high-grade ingredients, and the people responsible for making these foods are also close associates of the emperor and the queen mother. For example, the diet of Emperor Xiaokang of the Han Dynasty was personally supervised by Zhang, Zhao Zhong and other regular attendants, so the possibility of poisoning is extremely low.
Therefore, it would be extremely difficult to poison Empress Dowager Dong unless we could bribe the eunuch who was responsible for Empress Dowager Dong's diet in Yongle Palace.
Thinking of this, Wang Jun smiled bitterly and said: "Does Zigui have to help Dong Zhuo murder the Queen Mother? Even if he asks me to report Dong Zhuo, it is fine. Now that the government has finally stabilized, once the Queen Mother dies, the world will be in turmoil."
Yan Zhong muttered: "Dong Zhuo is ambitious, and Empress Dowager Dong is even more greedy than Emperor Xiaokang. Xuande and Zigui are both people who want to help the Han Dynasty. Therefore, Empress Dowager Dong and Dong Zhuo are both tigers standing in the way. This plan, It is to get rid of them all. When Xuandezi returns to the central government and assists the emperor, only then can the society be stabilized. Only then can you and me, despicable people, be promoted to high officials in the court, and the family members can also be rich and noble."
"this......"
Wang Jun hesitated, thinking that if the powerful ministers and political meddlers in the current imperial court were removed, and his identity as the head of the eunuchs would be beside the emperor today, with people like Liu Bei and Chen Mu on the outside, and himself controlling the government on the inside, then Zhang would let Zhao Zhong In that way, it is not far away to have power over the world.
The most important thing is that his reputation is not as bad as that of Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong. Liu Bei and Chen Mu are world-famous benevolent and righteous gentlemen. If the three of them join forces to control the court, there may be a Huo Guang resurgence in the future and their names will go down in history.
This picture is so beautiful that it is simply unimaginable.
And even if Wang Jun doesn't think about himself, he still has to think about his clan and family. Once he comes to power, they will also be able to prosper and the whole family will be promoted to a famous family and passed down from generation to generation. Then he can be like Yuan An and Yang Zhen. Create a family business.
The desire of the Han people to revitalize the family is unimaginable. What's more, until now, Wang Jun has always thought that this was a way to remove obstacles to power before Chen Mu returned to the central government, and he was not aware of the consequences of doing so.
Anyway, Wang Jun had no loyalty to Empress Dowager Dong. During the palace coup, Liu Bei protected him and had nothing to do with Empress Dowager Dong. He didn't care much about the lives of Dong's aunts and nephews.
Thinking of this, Wang Jun made up his mind and said slowly: "There is someone who can do this."
"who?"
"Guo Sheng."
"The original regular attendant Guo Sheng?"
"good."
Wang Jun's eyes flickered: "He is now demoted to the rank of eunuch Zuo Cheng."