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Or search on Baidu: Sanlian Literature Network] Chapter 10 Wind and rain Chapter 19 The Xiyuan Army, under the command of Cao Cao, quickly rushed to the mansion of the Ten Standing Servants to form a confrontation with He Jin's Northern Army.

The two sides are tense and on the verge of breaking out. Yuan Shao, the captain of Sili, Wu Qiong, the captain of the city gate, and Cao Cao, the captain of the military academy, asked to see the general He Jin several times, but they were all refused.

He Jin is hidden in the army, but he does not show up, and there is no way to know what his intentions are. Yuan Shao was so anxious that he immediately sent someone into the palace to urge Taifu Yuan Kui.

The three princes and nine secretaries of the court have all been urgently summoned into the palace by the Queen Mother.

"What does the general want to do?" Wu Qiong said worriedly,

"He wouldn't take the opportunity to eradicate the traitor by taking advantage of Jian Shuo's rebellion, right?" Wu Qiong is in her forties, with a slender figure, a white face and a long beard, a pair of bright eyes, and looks very calm and capable.

"No, it's not ripe yet." Yuan Shao's thick eyebrows tightened, and he said very anxiously,

"The Xiyuan Army is too variable, and once the fight starts, none of us can control the situation in Luoyang. Now the Son of Heaven and the Queen Mother rely on the eunuchs for everything, and the Xiyuan Army has been firmly controlled by the eunuchs. In the face of the Son of Heaven's holy decree, neither we nor the general were absolutely sure of plotting against the 40,000 Xiyuan Army of the Eighth Battalion, so the spearhead of the general must not be these traitors. ”

"Is the general going to kill the Empress Dowager Dong and the little prince?" Wu Qiong approached Yuan Shao, lowered her voice and said,

"The general has already killed the hussar general Dong Chong, and he will not stop again." Yuan Shao nodded, heartbroken,

"The general used this method to force the palace, and the eunuchs could only agree. Poor Emperor Xian's bones are not cold......" Wu Qiong turned his face to look at the long street with fire in the sky, silent.

After the ministers of the court and China gathered in Shangshutai for a little discussion, Yuan Kui, Ding Gong, Liu Hong and Lu Zhi immediately hurried to the Changqiu Palace to meet the Son of Heaven and the Queen Mother.

"A butcher is a butcher, and no matter how much he reads and recites the scriptures, he is a despicable outlaw after all." Yuan Kui said with annoyance,

"If we knew he was so crazy, we shouldn't have connived at him to kill Jian Shuo in the first place, so that now it's out of control."

"In He Jin's eyes, in addition to authority, where is the rise and fall of the country and the safety of the people?" Liu Hong said hatefully,

"If this person is in power alone, he will definitely cause a deep disaster to the Great Han Kingdom, and the harm will definitely be worse than that of the traitorous eunuchs in the palace, and it will not be much worse than the former general Liang Yi."

"Okay, okay, the matter has come to this point, complaining and insulting will not solve the problem, the top priority is to immediately solve today's Luoyang crisis, so as not to let the situation get out of control and harm the country." Lu Zhi persuaded,

"He Jin's move is nothing more than to kill the Dong clan and completely eradicate the future disaster. This kind of thing is not new, the battle for imperial domination in all dynasties has always been so bloody, but He Jin is faster, more domineering and more ruthless. From his standpoint, there is nothing wrong with that. If he doesn't kill the Dong clan today, the Dong clan will kill him tomorrow. ”

"We all despise He Jin." Ding Gong sighed,

"The first emperor has gone, the eldest prince inherits the unification, He Jin is no longer fettered, he can do whatever he wants. As long as he does not shake the foundation of the Great Han Kingdom, he can survive and do whatever he wants. Anyway, he is the uncle of today's son and the brother of the Queen Mother, no matter what he does, he can find a reason to exonerate himself. The wrinkles on Yuan Kui's forehead immediately squeezed together, he looked at Ding Gong with a cold expression, and asked word by word, "You have decided?" Ding Gong looked pained and slowly closed his eyes.

"On that day, in order to raise military funds for the Northern Army, Master Taifu once said that we should give up or give up, otherwise, how can the Great War in Northern Xinjiang be guaranteed? How was the last wish of the first emperor fulfilled? Liu Hong said sadly,

"The situation in Luoyang has developed far beyond our expectations. Although we want to follow the steps step by step, did He Jin agree? He's not an idiot, he's not going to be slaughtered, he's not going to joke with his life. When the first emperor wanted us to fulfill his wish for him before he died, how could he have thought that He Jin, who was no longer in any threat, would do? ”

"He Jin disregarded the safety of the country, ignored the scolding of the people of the world, and ignored the weak power of the Northern Army, and with the help of Jian Shuo's rebellion, he called the army to kill the hussar general, and surrounded the mansion of the ten permanent servants, which was obviously not a momentary impulse, but after careful consideration. His intention was obvious, he wanted to reverse his passive situation in Luoyang in one fell swoop, and then gradually seize state power. Lu Zhi said,

"Now that the victory of Northern Xinjiang has been decided, it is only a matter of time to recover the border counties, if the general of Zhengbei is determined to fight at all costs, He Jin will not have time, so he can only use this desperate and reckless method to fight back, and put it to death and survive. As far as He Jin is concerned, as long as the Northern Xinjiang War is not over and the general of Zhengbei has not posed a threat to him, he has absolute certainty to force the traitor to agree to his conditions. Unless the eunuch doesn't want to live, everyone will die together. ”

"He Jin's madness made us lose our minds. Now He Jin has won the victory, in this situation of losing the opportunity, we can only make up for it with all our might, as long as we save Xiao Donghou's life, we can be invincible, otherwise we will ......" Lu Zhi looked at the three of them and said gloomily,

"Otherwise, the Great Han Kingdom will not only suffer from the scourge of traitorous relatives, but also embark on the road of defeat. We will become sinners of the Great Han Kingdom because of this, and in the future, under the Nine Springs, what will we have to see the first emperor and the ancestors? Yuan Kui looked up to the sky and sighed,

"Your Majesty, the ministers have a burden, a burden." The two lines of helpless and painful old tears finally couldn't stop rolling down.

The general He Jin's rush and the hussar general Dong Chong's confession were placed on the desk, and the bloody murderous aura shrouded the tall hall, making people suffocate and unbearable.

The young emperor stood beside the Queen Mother who was crying in a low voice, dazed. A group of important ministers of the Great Han Kingdom knelt around the case, bowing their heads and being speechless.

"You Aiqing really don't have any way?" Empress Dowager He asked in an almost pleading tone.

No one answered, and the hall was silent. Empress Dowager He staggered to her feet, and while walking towards the back of the hall, she hid her face and cried: "What is the face of this palace to go to see the first emperor." The young emperor followed his mother and was about to leave, when Yuan Kui suddenly shouted: "Your Majesty......" The young emperor was stunned for a moment, turned to look at Yuan Kui, and did not dare to speak timidly.

Yuan Kui respectfully leaned over and played, "Your Majesty, the King of Bohai is only nine years old, what crime will he commit?" Your Majesty, he is your own brother......" Yuan Kui's heart was sour when he said this, tears flowed involuntarily, and he choked up and pleaded loudly,

"The minister begs His Majesty to pardon the King of Bohai." The young emperor scratched his cheeks in embarrassment, and said in a slur manner: "I ...... What should I do? ”

"King Bohai is not guilty, Your Majesty only needs to issue an order to attribute all the crimes of rebellion to the Empress Dowager." Zhao Zhong hurriedly said.

"The King of Bohai is not guilty." The young emperor looked at Zhao Zhong and asked in horror,

"Then what is the Empress Dowager's crime?" Zhao Zhong said with a smile,

"It's just a small sin." The young emperor hesitated for a long time and asked, "The Empress Dowager will be fine, right?" ”

"No, it won't." Zhao Zhong said affirmatively,

"In a few days, the Empress Dowager will leave for the Hejian Kingdom, and it will be fine." The young emperor stopped talking, turned around and chased after his mother.

Lu Zhi wrote the holy decree, and Zhao Zhong immediately stamped the seal.

"Master Taifu, this proclamation will bother you to run in person." Zhao Zhong said with a smile,

"If someone else goes, I'm afraid it won't work." Yuan Kui took the holy decree from him and sneered: "The life of the King of Bohai is directly related to the life and death of everyone, so you had better let the Son of Heaven take him with him day and night and don't separate for a moment." Zhang Rang smiled and said: "Don't worry, Lord Taifu, from tomorrow onwards, the little prince will eat the same case as the Son of Heaven, and sleep in the same bed, and there will be absolutely no accidents." ”

"One more thing." Yuan Kui said,

"Before the first emperor died, did he give you the best policy written by the ministers last year?" Zhao Zhong smiled,

"Why did Master Taifu suddenly say this?"

"What do you think I'm going to do?" Yuan Kui said unceremoniously,

"Burn it immediately, so that you can save the King of Bohai."

"Really?" Zhao Zhong looked at Zhang Rang, Guo Sheng and the others, and said with a smile,

"Master Taifu, this doesn't seem to be to protect the King of Bohai, but to protect yourself, right?"

"You idiot." Liu Hong pointed at Zhao Zhong and scolded,

"Who in the court doesn't know about our best policy? If the general wants to use an excuse to deal with us, why do you need to see the content of the best policy? The meaning of these dozens of letters is to agree with the first emperor to abolish the heirs. What is the waste? What kind of house? As long as the King of Bohai is here, this policy will be nominally binding on us, what does this mean to the general? It means that as long as the King of Bohai is here, this battle for imperial dominance will not end, do you know? Zhao Zhong did not show weakness, looked at Liu Hong with disdain and said, "Of course I know, I think you are an idiot." Without an army, without strength, sooner or later the generals will have to kill us. Think about the great general Liang Yi, think about how he monopolized power and caused chaos in the world, do you think he will care about these dozens of good policies? What a joke. Today, I put my words here, if the general monopolizes the authority, don't talk about the King of Bohai, even today's son will not be guaranteed. ”

"Is it better to assist a son of heaven who is about to become an adult, or is it better to assist a son of heaven who is babbling? I'm sure you know better than I do, right? Because of the excitement, the fat on Zhao Zhong's face kept trembling, and the tone of his voice became more and more cold.

The hall was silent. Lu Zhi pondered for a long time, looked at a few middle attendants, and said calmly: "It's better to burn it, Luoyang can't have any more accidents in the short term." Once something happens to the King of Bohai, you know the consequences. Now none of us know what was written in the holy decree that the first emperor gave to the general of Zhengbei, but this holy decree is the edict of the orphan. The first emperor loved and trusted the general of the expedition to the north very much, and with the personality and temperament of the general of the expedition, he would definitely live up to the trust of the emperor and lead the army south. At that time, I don't need to say, you also know what your destiny is. ”

"What do you mean? You want to threaten us? Guo Sheng said angrily,

"Can't we deal with that butcher? After today, we want him to look good. ”

"What if you get rid of that butcher?" Ding Gong looked sneered and said slowly,

"The first emperor loved the princess very much, but he sent the princess out of Beijing before he died, and asked Liu He to personally escort the princess to the north, don't you think this is very abnormal? Why didn't the first emperor send the little prince out of Beijing before his death? Why did the first emperor put the little prince in the dangerous place of Luoyang? We cannot fail to take into account that the princess may have carried the edict of the first emperor. Once the Northern Xinjiang War is over, the princess may hold the edict of the Son of Heaven and recruit Liu Yu, the chief lieutenant, and the general of the northern part of the country to go south at the same time. The Taiwei is loyal and humble, but what about the general of the expedition to the north? If he comes to Beijing, will he let you go? Zhao Zhong and Zhang Rang glanced at each other and laughed at the same time.

"Speaking of which, aren't you just worried about the general of the expedition to the north going south to Beijing? Your purpose is nothing more than to use the King of Bohai to contain the general of the expedition to the north, and then threaten He Jin with the expedition of the general of the expedition. After the situation in Luoyang is stabilized, you will join forces with He Jin to kill us, and then use the power of Huangfu Song to enter Beijing to kill He Jin, right? Zhang Rang said with a smile,

"Not only can we see this bullshit strategy clearly, but even He Jin is also clear, otherwise why would he be so impatient to kill Jian Shuo, Hussar General Dong Chong, as well as Empress Dowager Dong and King Bohai? His purpose is to get rid of your thoughts, you have no emperor to choose from, so you can only obediently follow him. Yuan Kui and the four of them were speechless, their faces expressionless, but the mockery in their eyes became more and more obvious.

When the officials saw that Yuan Kui and the four of them were not good-looking, their hearts suddenly became uneasy, could it be that they still had a secret plan?

"Okay." Zhao Zhong suddenly said,

"Okay, it's up to you, but we have one condition." Yuan Kui's eyes were half-narrowed, staring at the rhythmic undulating white flesh on Zhao Zhong's face, and said slowly: "Did Dong Zhuo find you?" Zhao Zhong's face stiffened with a smile.

Zhang Rang's eyes suddenly flashed with anger, and he asked coldly, "Could it be that he gave a heavy gift to Master Taifu again?" Yuan Kui was noncommittal and did not speak.

Zhao Zhong slapped his palm on the table and scolded angrily: "Shameless villain." Lu Zhi next to him said: "Dong Zhuo wants to kill, but he can't stay." Lord Huangfu came to the book and said that Xiliang had made trouble several times, and it was found that Dong Zhuo was instigating it. Since Dong Zhuo left, Li Dao and Guo Yan of the Xiliang Army have been in frequent contact with Han Sui, Ma Teng and other rebel leaders. Fearing a rebellion in the army, Lord Huangfu had no choice but to retreat to Fufu County with his troops. This time, we arranged for the 20,000 Northern Army stranded in Hedong to return to Xiliang in a hurry, mainly for this reason, and secondly, to prevent He Jin from taking the opportunity to requisition and transfer the Northern Army into Beijing. This kind of two-faced villain really can't stay, and once he holds the military power, sooner or later he will harm one party. ”

"Do you want to recruit 20,000 Xiliang soldiers to Hedong to threaten He Jin?" Yuan Kui asked slowly.

Zhang Rang nodded and said, "This person is still useful." In the past, the first emperor planned to put him in Bingzhou to fight against the general of Zhengbei, but he repeatedly delayed and insisted on not entering the state, and as a result, the general of Zhengbei still controls the counties and counties south of the Great Wall. Jinyang is in the hands of the general of Zhengbei, and the threat to us is too great, which is one of the reasons why we can't stop him from going south today, so we plan to give him 20,000 Xiliang soldiers, so that he can enter the state immediately, and at the same time, he can also threaten He Jin. Yuan Kui bowed his head slightly, brushed his beard and said: "Okay, I will immediately play the Son of Heaven in the name of Shang Shutai, and you can persuade Empress Dowager He to stamp the seal." The carriage drove on the compound road leading to Shangshutai, and the four important ministers of the Han Kingdom on the carriage were thinking about their own thoughts, and none of them spoke.

"Tomorrow, how should the general react when he knows that General Dong Zhuo has led 20,000 Xiliang soldiers into the merger?" Ding Gong suddenly asked.

"He knows that we have joined forces with the traitorous eunuchs, and we will definitely recruit troops into Beijing." Lu Zhi smiled bitterly,

"He Jin is not a butcher after all, he has always been hidden and has brains. Now it depends on when the Northern Xinjiang War ends, as long as the Northern Xinjiang War ends, Luoyang will be in chaos immediately. ”

"General? Who would have thought that after the first emperor returned to heaven, he would be desperate to cause trouble in Luoyang and want to dominate the power? Yuan Kui sighed,

"The traitors are actually very discerning, since the general Dou Wu was killed, they immediately killed Dong Chong, and resolutely no longer set up the post of general. As a result, although they have fought to the death with us for more than ten years, the harm to the Great Han Kingdom is far from the point it is today. Speaking of which, the disaster of this foreign relative general is indeed far greater than the disaster of the traitorous eunuch, the general has an army in his hands and military power, and once he harms the country, it will directly shake the Han Dynasty. ”

"20,000 Xiliang soldiers will soon arrive in Hedong, do you say, will Dong Zhuo go north to enter Jin?" Liu Hong asked worriedly,

"If he continues to refuse to go north, how will we control him?"

"Dong Zhuo won't go north to Jin." Lu Zhi said,

"First of all, Dong Zhuo himself is unwilling to enter the Jin. Now there are many displaced people in Bingzhou, Tuntian is in a difficult stage, and Li Hong's army of more than 100,000 is outside the Great Wall, how do you say he will enter Jin? Secondly, the general of Zhengbei will not let him enter the Jin. Do you still remember the homeless riots that took place in the state before the departure of the northern army? That's all fake, it was Zhang Yan who organized the homeless people to deliberately gather to make trouble, the purpose was to prevent Dong Zhuo from entering the Jin. As I said, the general of the expedition to the north is the biggest scourge of the Great Han Kingdom, how many things he has done in the past few years are in line with the law? If it weren't for the deliberate protection of the first emperor, he would have died a long time ago. If we don't get rid of him as soon as possible, the Great Han Kingdom will definitely be destroyed by him. It's a pity that our first emperor trusted him so much, and he was still alone with him when he was dying, isn't this a burial of the Great Han Kingdom? ”

"The eunuch won't let him get in. The traitor has the same idea as us, to recruit these 20,000 Xiliang soldiers to Hedong to threaten He Jin. Hedong is close to Luoyang, as long as there is a rebellion in Luoyang, it can be summoned to Beijing to quell the rebellion. Now there is the Xiyuan Army inside the traitorous eunuch, and there is Dong Zhuo's Xiliang Army outside, and the power is at its peak, so there is no way to enter or bow down. As long as he is frustrated, he will come to us again to join forces. Lu Zhi sneered,

"Hmph...... This butcher, if he dares to cause trouble in Luoyang and endanger the community, we will let him die without a place to be buried. ”

"Dong Zhuo led 20,000 troops in Hedong, how can we control it?" Liu Hong asked again,

"Dong Zhuo is a reckless and arrogant person who bends the law, we can't let him be stationed in Hedong for a long time to threaten the security of Gyeonggi."

"Chang'an has the left general Huangfu Song and Jingzhao Yin Gaixun, the northern Xinjiang has the general Li Hong, Hanoi has Ding Yuan, Gyeonggi has 40,000 Xiyuan troops, Dong Zhuo is surrounded in Hedong, what does he dare to do? What's more, the 20,000 Xiliang soldiers still need food and salary, unless he wants to find death, he won't dare to make trouble. ”

"You say, will Dong Zhuo join forces with the general?" Ding Gong asked in a low voice. Yuan Kui closed his eyes and was silent.

Lu Zhi wanted to speak and stopped. Liu Hong suddenly thought of something, and his face changed greatly,

"You chose him?" Ding Gong looked shocked and asked in a lost voice, "Can we control the situation?" Lu Zhi said confidently: "There is the left general Huangfu Song in the west, and the general Li Hong in the north, and the world is as stable as a rock." Yuan Kui personally rushed to the general He Jinjun to read the holy decree of the Son of Heaven.

After He Jin received the holy decree, he asked with a smile: "Master Taifu, how about you and I just take this opportunity to solve the traitorous eunuch?" Twenty-one years ago, Taifu Chen Fan and the general Dou Wu failed to eliminate the traitor, and today you and I can be ashamed of the two ancestors. Yuan Kui smiled lightly, pointed to Cao Cao who was standing behind him and said, "Lord Cao, do you listen to the Son of Heaven or the general?" Cao Cao hurriedly bowed down and responded: "The lower officials resolutely obey Lord Taifu and the general, but the lower officials of the 40,000 Xiyuan Army have only taken over for an hour, and the lower officials really can't guarantee that they will listen to me." Yuan Kui looked at He Jin and said, "How?" Is it possible to take a step back? He Jin shook his head and arched his hand and said, "Please stay away for the time being, I still have something to trouble Marquis Zhao of Da Changqiu." ”

"Tomorrow?"

"I'll go back to the Baijun Mansion tomorrow." Yuan Kui stopped talking, turned around and got into the car and left. Looking at Yuan Kui, who was gradually moving away, the murderous aura on He Jin's face became stronger and stronger,

"If you want to keep the King of Bohai, you are dreaming."

"Someone, send this letter to Marquis Zhao." After reading He Jin's letter, Zhao Zhong was so angry that he smashed his hand to the ground,

"Damn butcher, you threaten me." Zhang Rang looked at the book on the ground and asked strangely, "Who is he going to kill?" King of the Bohai Sea? ”

"He's going to get the best ideas." Zhao Zhong said,

"It's all for Yuan Kui, that old bastard. This butcher is becoming more and more rampant, and it is really intolerable. Do you want to let Dong Zhuo lead his troops into Beijing? ”

"It's not time yet." Zhang Rang said,

"Wait until all the dissidents of the West Park Army are cleared, and then we will do it."

"Proposed the purpose of the Dao, move Cao Cao to the captain of the military academy, and hand over the Xiyuan Army to him to command." Zhao Zhong nodded and said,

"Tell him to move faster, there's no time. Also, ask Cao Cao to come to the palace. This kid has been in close contact with Yuan Shao's little bastard recently, so I want to remind him not to be fooled and slaughtered. ”

"Forget it, who else dares to kill him? It's pretty much the same when he kills people. Zhang Rang said with a smile. Late at night, Huangmen ordered Yuan Yu to take fifty horsemen to escort a cart of Shangce to the Baijun Mansion.

Just as the soldiers of the Northern Army were about to move the bamboo slips out of the carriage, Yuan Yu ordered his subordinates to burn all the bamboo slips.

On the Xinhai Day of June (June 7), the Empress Dowager Dong died violently in Yongle Palace, and the King of Bohai was taken to live in Changqiu Palace by Empress Dowager He.

On the same day, the Son of Heaven issued an order to recruit 20,000 Xiliang soldiers under the command of the left general Huangfu Song to immediately go to Hedong, led by Dong Zhuo, the pastor of Bingzhou, and go north to enter Jin on a certain day.

After He Jin heard the news, he immediately sent a letter to the Hanoi Taishou Ding Yuan to garrison Heyang City on the north bank of the Yellow River in the name of killing ant thieves.

The next day, He Jin Shangzhu Tianzi recommended the General's Mansion to be Qiao Mao as the Taishou of the East County, and ordered Qiao Mao to Yanzhou to recruit a large number of county soldiers.

At the same time, He Jin ordered the general's palace attendant Wang Kuang to recruit troops in the area of Hanoi and Montenegro, and ordered Bao Xin, the commander of the Northern Army, to recruit troops in the area of Taishan County, Qingzhou.

On the same day, He Jin sent people to invite Shangshu He Hao, Sili Lieutenant Yuan Shao, and Henan Yin Wangyun to the Baijun Mansion to discuss matters.

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