Luoyang, Beigong, the central institution and political center of the Han Dynasty.

Guangluxun Liu Yu was edicted to see the driver.

Recently, a major incident occurred in Beijing, and the former lieutenant Zhang Yan was accused by Zhao Zhong, a regular attendant of the Central Committee, of abusing his power and perverting the law for bribes. The Son of Heaven was furious and ordered the Yellow Gate (the Yellow Gate is a guard army composed of eunuchs, usually on duty at the palace gate, if the Son of Heaven is out of the palace, he will ride left and right, and take the car. Zhang Yan was arrested and taken to Beisi Prison for interrogation. Zhang Yan was a native of Hanoi, and his father, Zhang Xin, also served as a lieutenant during the first emperor's reign. His family is a famous family in Hanoi. He replaced Tai Lieutenant Deng Sheng as Tai Lieutenant in May last year, and was dismissed in February this year because of the unfavorable suppression of the rebellion in Xiliang.

Zhao Zhong, the regular servant, reported and exposed Zhang Yan, purely to flatter the Son of Heaven. Some time ago, he advised the Son of Heaven to severely punish Xiliang's rebellion, which led to the failure of the imperial court to appease and the resurgence of rebellion. Because of this incident, the Son of Heaven injured Zhao Zhong in the court in a fit of anger and ordered him to think about it behind closed doors. Zhang Gong, a regular servant of the Son of Heaven, accompanied the Son of Heaven around him, and heard the Son of Heaven complain several times that Li Hong, the Pingyu Zhonglang who was far away in Xiliang to preside over the anti-corruption, was soft-hearted, and he had not caught any prominent figures corrupt so far. Zhang Gong, the regular attendant, told Zhao Zhong and Zhang Rang and others the news. Zhao Zhong happened to have evidence that Zhang Yan had taken bribes several times, and in order to appease the anger of the Son of Heaven against him, he immediately went up to expose it. As a result, the Son of Heaven sent someone to arrest Zhang Yan, rewarded Zhao Zhong, and asked him to return to the palace to continue to serve.

Zhang Yan's family and friends ran around, hoping to redeem Zhang Yan as soon as possible, so that the old man would not suffer in prison. Since the prisoners in the North Temple Prison have been redeemed and left, the North Temple Prison has returned to its former coldness and terror. Zhang Yan's younger brother knew that Guangluxun Liu Yu had been very favored by the Son of Heaven recently and could help him speak, so he came to the door three times and twice with heavy gifts, begging Liu Yu to intercede for Zhang Yan in front of the Son of Heaven and redeem the person from Beisi Prison as soon as possible. Liu Yu took the benefits of others, of course he had to contribute.

The Son of Heaven is stroking the harp. The sound of the piano is mournful and desolate, which makes people feel kinship.

When Liu Yu first entered Beijing to face the king, the Son of Heaven entertained him in the palace and talked very happily. Liu Yu has a vicissitudes of appearance, is knowledgeable, loyal, and has always had a good reputation, and his talent and popularity are the best among the clan bureaucrats. This is probably one of the willingness of the Son of Heaven to be close to him.

Liu Yu stood outside the main hall, silently listening to the poignant sound of the piano, feeling sorry in his heart.

When today's son likes to dictate and play the piano. These two hobbies of the Son of Heaven are exactly the same as those of the first emperor. Although the two are not father and son, they have a striking similarity in hobbies and talents.

Liu Yu stayed in Shangshutai for more than half a year, and often met and talked with the Son of Heaven, and his opinion of the Son of Heaven slowly changed.

The intelligence of the Son of Heaven is definitely above that of ordinary people. His comprehension of rhetoric and piano rhyme definitely comes from his innate endowment. However, Liu Yu can't see the calmness and solemnity in the words of the Son of Heaven and the sound of the piano, they always reveal too much glitz and shallowness. The Son of Heaven paid too much attention to appearances, and he always immersed his energy in the technique of rhetoric and rhyme. Liu Yu knows that on the one hand, this is because the Son of Heaven is young, has lived in the palace for a long time, lives a luxurious life, and does not have too much experience and perception of the joys, sorrows, and sorrows of life. On the other hand, he believed that the Son of Heaven lacked a good teacher, a teacher who was loyal and upright. Because there is no such teacher to teach the Son of Heaven the ways of sages and sages such as Gewu, Enlightenment, Self-cultivation, Qi Family, Governing the Country, and Leveling the World, the Son of Heaven lacks the cultivation of personality.

As time passed, Liu Yu discovered that the same was true of the Son of Heaven in politics. The Son of Heaven is often able to comprehend the twists and turns and risks in political affairs, and when he is in the performance of the ministers, he can often feel the difficulties of the world and make a more pertinent evaluation of things. Strangely enough, however, he lacked decisiveness, and he often consulted the opinions of the lieutenants (eunuchs of various positions), and had a blind and emotional trust in their opinions, which he added to his power, allowing them to participate in political affairs and giving them great authority. In recent years, with the repeated rebellions and natural disasters, the Han Dynasty has been crumbling and struggling, and in this difficult situation, the officials have become more powerful and arrogant, arrogant and greedy, making the heavens angry and resentful, and the whole country sad. The young Son of Heaven was alert, and he began to try to make up his own mind. However, because of the above two reasons, the pro-government of the Son of Heaven made Liu Yu feel fearful, disappointed, and worried.

The sound of the piano slowed down.

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The Son of Heaven was in a very low mood and looked melancholy.

He sat behind the piano platform and waved Liu Yu to get up.

"Five years ago today, the little prince was born, however, his mother was killed by a dove. Aiqing, do you think this murderer should be sentenced to death? The Son of Heaven lowered his head and asked in a low voice.

Liu Yu was startled, and suddenly became nervous, he didn't dare to make a sound, let alone talk back.

The Son of Heaven raised his head, looked at him coldly, and stood up.

"Is Aiqing unwilling to say it or can't say it?"

Liu Yu was shocked, the cold hairs on his body stood on end, and he knelt on the ground with a plop.

In the third year of Guanghe, the Son of Heaven was twenty-four years old. In December of this year, He Guiren of the harem gave birth to a son, which was the only bloodline of the Son of Heaven at that time, and the Son of Heaven was very happy and immediately canonized He Guiren as the queen. After a year, Wang Meiren in the harem gave birth to another son for the Son of Heaven. The Son of Heaven held the newborn baby in his hand, no matter how he looked at it, he felt like himself, with a small head and a small cerebellum, extremely cute. The Son of Heaven then named this little prince "Xie" according to this intention.

This was supposed to be a nice thing to add to the cake, but the struggle in the palace was too cruel and bloody, and the happy event became a funeral in the blink of an eye. Empress He was arrogant and suspicious by nature, and she couldn't tolerate this hidden disaster, so with the help of Zhang Rang and other officials, she quickly killed Wang Meiren. By the time the Son of Heaven came to see the mother, Wang Meiren was already a cold corpse. The Son of Heaven broke out the biggest anger in his life, he shouted and shouted to abolish the queen and kill her nine clans, but he couldn't stand the bitter pleading of the officials, and he was really a little afraid of the future brothers and the tragedy of the palace for the imperial power, so he was angry for a while, and he gave up the idea of abolishing the queen, but he no longer came to the Empress He, he felt that this woman was too terrible, a ghost with blood on her hands.

The Son of Heaven was afraid that Liu Xie would also kill the queen under an excuse, so he hurriedly took the new prince to his mother, the Empress Dowager Dong, to raise. Empress Dowager Dong and Empress He are like the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law of the people, they are also a pair of enemies, and they are often noisy and vindictive. The Queen Mother was worried that her grandson had harmed that cruel woman, and she took great care of this hard-working child. The Son of Heaven was also afraid that this child would not be able to raise him, so he named him "Dong Hou" according to his mother's surname.

Wang Meiren was born in the gate, talented and intelligent, proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and has similar interests with the Son of Heaven, and the relationship between the two has always been good. Wang Meiren is gone, the Son of Heaven misses it day and night, and his heart aches. In order to express his sorrows, he painstakingly wrote a long, sentimental "Chasing Virtue Fu". When Queen He saw it, she was very angry, feeling that she was not as good as a dead man in the mind of the Son of Heaven, and in anger, she threw the Son of Heaven's big gesture into the brazier, burning the bamboo slips and turning them into ashes.

Aiwu and Wu, the Son of Heaven doted on Liu Xie to the point of incredible, and even his mother felt that he had gone too far. However, their mother and son have a common idea, that is, to abolish the heir. The Son of Heaven intends to pass on the throne to his favorite son instead of the son born to the murderous woman after a hundred years. As soon as this idea was born, it immediately spread to the whole body of the Son of Heaven like ****, making him tremble and passion. He didn't dare to say anything to anyone. Who can he trust now? As long as his idea was slightly leaked, Liu Xie would die immediately. He is very sad, although he is the son of heaven and holds the power of life and death of all the people in the world, he can't protect his son, he can't protect the woman he likes, and he can't even punish a murderer who kills his own woman. He's going to take it all back, he's going to do whatever he wants. Because he is the Son of Heaven.

The Son of Heaven slowly walked to Liu Yu's side, stretched out his foot and kicked him on the shoulder, and said, "Aiqing should say that it doesn't matter, I forgive you for your innocence." ”

Liu Yu almost despaired. finally mixed up with Jiuqing's officials, and he was about to be killed before he could enjoy it. Can you say that? Say yes, if the queen and the general knew, they would not be able to gain a foothold in Luoben in the future. Say no, offend the emperor immediately, let alone mix it up.

"This is Your Majesty's family matter, and the minister really can't talk about it." Liu Yu shook a shot, intending to get through in the dark.

The Son of Heaven snorted, stretched out his leg and kicked him again, and said, "Forget it, get up." ”

"I came to you to ask about Xiliang." The Son of Heaven pointed to the mountain of soap sacs (bags used for sparse music) on the desk and said, "There are more and more concerts to impeach Li Zhonglang, and I don't even look at them now." You know why? ”

Liu Yu hurriedly bowed down and said: "The minister guarantees his life, Li Zhonglang is indeed loyal to His Majesty and to my Han, and he has no two hearts. Your Majesty is trusting Li Zhonglang. Your Majesty is not suspicious of employing people, and you don't need to be suspicious, Your Majesty is sage. ”

The Son of Heaven waved his hand casually and said, "Do you know why I trust Li Zhonglang? ”

Liu Yu didn't dare to talk nonsense, and bowed down to wait for teaching.

"For so many years, only Li Zhonglang sent money to me alone, and he didn't ask for anything." The Son of Heaven exclaimed, "It's a very simple reason. ”

He asked Liu Yu again: "Aiqing knows how much money Li Zhonglang earned for me this time in Xiliang to suppress corruption?" ”

Liu Yu shook his head. He wanted to know too.

"Sixteen billion dollars." The Son of Heaven opened a pair of small eyes and said angrily, "For so many years, they have almost stolen three years of taxes from my Han, these shameless people. ”

Liu Yu said in surprise: "It's amazing." If the wind and rain are smooth, the best year will be 6 billion dollars in taxes. Your Majesty has copied so many ...... in just a few months."

"What's so strange about that?" The Son of Heaven interrupted him and said angrily, "I haven't caught the big guy yet." If a big guy like Zhang Yan catches dozens of him, I can at least make another 10 billion dollars. If you think about it, the first emperor led a group of lieutenant officials to hunt down and kill the general Liang Ji and confiscate more than 3 billion yuan of his family's property, so you can imagine how rich the ministers of the court and the central government are now. ”

Liu Yu shuddered, and cold sweat broke out involuntarily.

"Li Zhonglang is not a loyal minister, so who is a loyal minister? Hmph......" The Son of Heaven said with a sneer, "Impeachment? Ha...... Impeach? I didn't see anyone who took the initiative to ask to go to Xiliang to quell the rebellion. They impeached? All right. I plan to promote Li Zhonglang to be the general of Huqiang Zhonglang and supervise the military administration of Xiliang, what do you think? ”

The Son of Heaven's protection of Li Hong is obvious, who is so generous now and desperately sends money to the Son of Heaven? If you don't like it at this time, it's purely self-inflicted. What's more, Liu Yu didn't want to raise any objections at all, in his heart, he had always regarded Li Hong as his protégé and his own person, so Liu Yu said without thinking: "Your Majesty Shengming." With the current situation in Liangzhou, it really doesn't make sense to appoint a new assassin history. Li Zhonglang suppressed corruption in Xiliang, and his hard work was high, so he should be rewarded. ”

The Son of Heaven stared at Liu Yu seriously, and he was a little creepy.

It's not that he doesn't understand the mind of the Son of Heaven, but the mind of the Son of Heaven is really appalling and thrilling, there are many such things in history, and that time was not a bloody killing, and the blood flowed like a river. Liu Yu didn't dare to think about it. Whether it is from the perspective of the country or the life of one's own clan, this kind of thing cannot be sticky. As long as it is sticky, whether it is a loser or a winner, how many people are not in a different place in the end, exterminating the nine clans? Abolishing the heirs and establishing a concubine is itself a violation of the law of the Han Dynasty and is not tolerated between heaven and earth, which is a great rebellion. This kind of thing is never allowed even in the ordinary gate valve family, and those who have different intentions will be punished by family law, let alone in the royal family. Liu Yu felt that the Son of Heaven in front of him was not only joking with the life of the little prince Liu Xie, but also joking with his mother Empress Dowager Dong and the family of Empress Dowager Dong, and even more so with the society of the Great Han Kingdom. The Son of Heaven even dared to do such a thing.

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The Son of Heaven looked at Liu Yu with mixed feelings.

He understands the heart of being a courtier. While glory and wealth are tempting, life is more important. He tested Yang Ci with the same words, asked Zhao Zhong, asked Huangfu Song, and even asked Xiao Huangmen Jian Shuo, who he had been very fond of recently, but no one answered him. Everyone looked at him left and right, looking ignorant. Only the old lady Yang Ci, the teacher of the Son of Heaven, before he died, gave a note, and said a lot of vague things, but the meaning was obvious, and advised His Majesty to dispel this idea.

But the Son of Heaven didn't think so. Wang Meiren's death woke up this mediocre and confused person. He didn't care very much about Wang Meiren's death, but found that he was not the Son of Heaven at all, and he had no right to do whatever he wanted, and he was an idiot who was called "Long live".

He was twenty-five years old. He began to re-examine and think about the power in his hands, and finally he came to the conclusion that he had no rights himself, and that his rights were taken away by the eunuchs, relatives and ministers around him.

This dynasty since the Guangwu Emperor, lasted more than 200 years, among the 14 emperors, there were 9 under the age of 15 who ascended the throne, the youngest was the Emperor Yan, who was born only 100 days before becoming the emperor. When the young emperor ascended the throne, he could not personally manage the affairs of the court, and the queen mother was usually in charge of the court. The queen mothers had limited abilities and couldn't trust others, so they had to reuse their families to handle political affairs. The young empress dowagers let their fathers and brothers serve as auxiliary ministers, controlling the military and political power, and gradually formed a situation of dictatorship over their relatives.

From the fourth generation of emperors and emperors (Liu Zhao) of this dynasty, eunuchs gradually increased their power from simply serving the emperor to conveying the emperor's edicts and mastering documents because they were often close to the emperor. When the young emperor became an adult, he had to be in charge of the government and power, and they could only rely on the closest eunuchs around them to launch a palace coup, knock out the forces of their relatives, and seize power, so the situation of eunuchs **** was formed. When the emperor died, his mother and his father and brother elected the young crown prince as the emperor, and his relatives seized power from the eunuchs, so there was a situation of dictatorship of foreign relatives. When the young emperor grew up, he relied on eunuchs to fight his relatives. As a result, there was a turbulent situation in which relatives and eunuchs alternated in power and usurped power with each other.

Because many emperors after Emperor Xiaohe died at an early age, such as Emperor Yan's reign was only nine months, the young emperor was only eight months, Emperor Chong was only five months, Emperor Qiandi was only seven months, and the abolished emperor was only five months, so that the struggle between relatives and eunuchs was more intense. Whether it is a relative or a eunuch dictatorship, the emperor is a puppet and can only be at the mercy of one of these two forces, but no matter how these two forces manipulate the dynasty, another force of the Han Dynasty that will never collapse, has been tenaciously and unswervingly pushing the Han forward, this is the gate lord family.

The clans absolutely rejected eunuchs. The reason for the rejection of eunuchs is very simple, in the eyes of the gate lord family, eunuchs do not have personality, but are just slaves who hold brooms and worship lamps in the sky. The real courtier should be the minister of the community, not the private minister of the Son of Heaven, so the king should not be rude to the minister, and the courtier can also go to the king, but the eunuch does not need to do so.

The bureaucrats of the clan also rejected their relatives, but the relatives were all from the clan of the gatekeepers, which caused them to be inextricably linked. At a certain time, the bureaucrats of the clan often joined forces with their relatives to deal with the eunuchs in the palace.

However, there is one thing that the bureaucrats from the gatekeeper family will never understand. When the eunuchs first intervened in court politics, they were not bent on getting along with the bureaucrats.

The Son of Heaven, who was imprisoned in the palace by the bureaucrats of the world with various systems and rituals, from time to time wanted to extend his ears, eyes, hands and siblings to the wider world outside the palace, he wanted to do whatever he wanted, and he wanted to directly intervene in the government controlled and manipulated by the bureaucrats. However, what should the Son of Heaven do if he cannot take back the rights that have been usurped by his relatives, and he is imprisoned by the rules and precepts of the bureaucrats of the world? How does he survive? The Son of Heaven could only rely on the eunuchs for the rights he had lost. If the Son of Heaven does not rely on these handwright people around him, even if he stands up to the sky, he will be at a loss, and he will really become a humble name that he hangs on his lips all day long. In addition, there is another important reason why the Son of Heaven relies on eunuchs, that is, the personal relationship between the Son of Heaven and the eunuchs. The master and the slave have been together day and night for more than ten years, or even decades, and the relationship between them, if not the most sincere, is not something that can be replaced by the noble but cold morality of the righteousness of the monarch and the minister.

Six years ago, when the eunuchs tried their best to instigate the Son of Heaven to appoint He Gui as the queen, the eunuchs had a purpose. Because the last thing they want is to ornate a woman from the clan of the gate lord to be the queen, so as not to have a powerful general like Liang Yi and Dou Wu again, which will pose a threat to their survival.

Empress He is a native of Nanyang, from a humble background, and her family has been a butcher for generations. When Queen He entered the palace, she also relied on the help of eunuchs. The palace maid must be from a good family, but the He family is cheap and unqualified. Guo Sheng, a fellow countryman of Empress He, presided over the selection of concubines that year, which was called "counting people" in this dynasty. After accepting a heavy bribe from the He family, he brought the beauty of the He family into the palace. Soon, she leaned on her own posture and entered the palace of the court. In the palace, Queen He has a harder backstage, that is, Zhang Rang, the middle attendant, because Queen He's sister is married to Zhang Chang's adopted son.

However, there was one thing that the eunuchs overlooked, and that was that Empress He also had a half-brother named He Jin. He sells meat with a butcher's knife every day, but he has been praying in his heart that his sister can be pampered. After his father's death, He Jin took it upon himself to bribe the eunuchs and sent his sister to the palace of the Han Dynasty, intending to get ahead. The sky lived up to his wishes, and his sister was finally favored and was named a nobleman. He Jin immediately threw away the butcher knife and turned over and became a relative of the emperor. He was first worshiped as Langzhong, then moved to Huben as a general, and then served as Yingchuan Taishou. On the day of the queen's canonization, He Jin was summoned to Beijing to worship as a servant, a master craftsman, and Henan Yin. Probably because his background was too low, the eunuchs did not take the opportunity to kill him as they did with the Empress Dowager's brother Dong Chong, but the eunuchs forgot that his lowliness was different from other lowliness: he was a butcher.

Now, He Jin's power is suppressed by the eunuchs and the bureaucrats of the clan, although he is in charge of the northern army, but has not yet threatened the eunuchs and the clan, so the three forces are in a delicate state of balance, restraining each other, and using each other, vaguely becoming a full momentum, among which the power of the eunuchs is the largest. Their balance of power directly caused the fall of the Son of Heaven's power, and the Son of Heaven just wanted to take a little power back, but he had nowhere to go.

The Son of Heaven knew in his heart, but he dared to be angry but did not dare to speak. He remembered that when the great general Dou Wu and the Taifu Chen Fan plotted to punish the eunuchs, the situation was very good. At that time, the general mastered the five battalions of the Northern Army, the Yulin Army, the Tiger Ben Army, and even the Huangmen Order who commanded the Zhonghuangmen were all Dou Wu's people, and everyone thought that it was foolproof. However, the eunuchs such as Cao Jie, Huangmen Ling Wang Fu and others turned the clouds and rain overnight, but instead hunted and killed the Taifu Chen Fan and the general Dou Wu, uprooting the two factions, and even the Empress Dowager Dou was forced to hand over the seal and enter the cold palace. Empress Dowager Dou said a very cautionary sentence at that time, people who flatter are not loyal. But who are the loyal ministers?

The Son of Heaven also faced the same problem. When he wanted to depose the queen and kill the queen, although the lieutenants knelt on the ground and tried to admonish him, to put it bluntly, it was a threat. made a stiffen, forced the eunuch to a dead end, and in the end, maybe the Son of Heaven died in vain. The Son of Heaven has lived in the palace for a long time, so he naturally knows the trick. As long as he doesn't drive a certain force to a dead end, it doesn't matter how he eats and drinks, how absurd things he does, or even beats people, scolds people, or kills people.

This time Xiliang suppressed corruption, the Son of Heaven suddenly controlled the initiative in the court with the help of Li Hong's strength, he struck a hard blow to the tripartite forces, quietly supported his clansmen, and skillfully left a way for the tripartite forces to live, and finally made his own money.

He suddenly understood that the control of power was based on strength, not simply by saying a few words and stamping a seal on the edict. He must have strength, a strong army, and a loyal general to lead such an army. If you do this, won't you be able to do whatever you want? At that time, if you want money, you will have money, you can kill whoever you want, and who dares to say nothing if you want to make Liu Xie the prince?

Now, the generals who can lead the army to fight in the Han Dynasty, such as Huangfu Song, Zhu Jun, Lu Zhi, Dong Zhuo, etc., are all from the bureaucratic background of the scholar clan, of course he can't believe it, let alone say such a big thing as the abolition of the heir and the establishment of the concubine at will. is not from the Shishi clan, and the only one who has been promoted completely by military merit is Li Hong, the barbarian of Northern Xinjiang who was called the first cool official in ancient and modern times by the ministers of the central government, and the slave of the Xianbei people.

The question is, how can I be sure that Li Hong is loyal to him? How can you be sure that Li Hong has always been loyal to himself?

He decided to send someone to take a look, send different people to take a look, and finally judge and summarize it for himself. If Li Hong is indeed worthy of his trust, then he will gamble, either gambling with his life or gambling with his country. If Li Hong is indeed a reckless person who is not worthy of his trust, then there is no need for him to offend everyone in the court.

"I heard that Aiqing's eldest son, Liu He, is quite superb in Danqing's skills?" The Son of Heaven suddenly asked something that made Liu Yu scratch his head.

"Back to Your Majesty, it's still eye-catching." Liu Yu said modestly.

"Aiqing, look, let Xiao Huangmen Jian Shuo be the envoy of the army, take Liu He, the chief of the Northern Army, Liu Biao, and the general Yuan Shao, the four of them, go to Xiliang to comfort the army, what do you think?"

When Liu Yu heard this, he was secretly worried about Li Hong in his heart, and he whispered: "Your Majesty's proposal is very good, so that you can temporarily block everyone's mouths and let Your Majesty be quiet for a while." ”

"No matter what Li Zhonglang's mistakes are, everything will be said when the western Xinjiang is calmed down." The Son of Heaven said, "In addition, let Liu He draw a few portraits of Li Zhonglang and bring them back, I want to see what he looks like." ”

Liu Yu agreed repeatedly, and then said: "Your Majesty, although Lord Zhang Yanzhang accepted a large amount of bribes, after all, there was a reason for it. Lord Zhang has worked hard for my man, and has done a lot of hard work, and there is still hard work without merit, Your Majesty ......"

"Did his family pay for him?"

"It's already delivered, Your Majesty."

"I write a letter of pardon, and you will go back and mention someone."

The Son of Heaven said: "In addition, Zhang Wen, Yuan Peng, and Dong Zhuo have just returned to Luoyang, and the rebels in Xiliang have made trouble again. Aiqing, you see, these people are rewards? Or will they be held accountable? ”

Liu Yu glanced at him and said in his heart: It's not all your fault, you regretted what you promised, and you have to hold others accountable.

"Your Majesty, only when rewards and punishments are strict can we be inspiring. They have been fighting in Xiliang for more than a year, and their contributions are still very great. ”

The Son of Heaven stood in front of the piano platform, silent.

Former lieutenant Zhang Yan was beaten to death in prison.

Guangluxun Liu Yu was furious and scolded the Huangmen Ling, who was in charge of the Beisi Prison.

Zhang Yan is also a master of scripture, often teaching in Taixue, and has many disciples. His death angered the Taixue students, and more than 300 of Zhang Yan's disciples petitioned in the North Palace, demanding that the murderer be severely punished. The Son of Heaven was rewarding the generals of the Western Expeditionary Army, and when he heard this, he was furious and ordered the guard to lead the guards of the Southern Army to disperse the Taixue students.

At the same time, Xiao Huangmen Jian Shuo, Yilang Liu He, Liu Biao, the Northern Army, and Shi Yuan Shao led the convoy of consolation troops out of the city to the west.