After Dong Zhuo's death, the Liangzhou army was divided by Dong Zhuo's original subordinates, Li Dao and Guo Yan received the most soldiers and horses, but there were still some generals who did not have as many soldiers and horses as them, but they were also small and powerful people.

Since Li Dao killed Fan Chou and annexed his soldiers and horses, the rest of the henchmen and generals who were not Li Dao were even more worried, for fear that one day they would be killed by Li Dao. However, they are unwilling to hand over their military power completely, or they are not at ease to hand over their military power. Without military power, it is easier to die miserably.

Among them, Zhang Ji was very frightened, although he persuaded Li Dao and Guo Yan to reconcile, but he also faced the pressure of Li Dao and Guo Yan, and Li Dao also coveted the soldiers and horses in his hands. He secretly got together with Yang Ding, Dong Cheng and others to discuss.

Zhang Ji said to everyone with a gloomy face: "This Yongzhou, Chang'an is the territory of the Great Sima and the Hou General, and the two of them are fighting each other, and we are affected. Da Sima can even kill the general, so what are we like. For the sake of our safety, we should take action, and we can't sit and wait for death. ”

Yang Ding, the word renovation, was originally a strong man in Liangzhou, and was later incorporated by Dong Zhuo, and he also had some soldiers and horses in his hands.

"I don't know what Zhang Zhendong thinks? Do you want the cavalry to fight with Da Sima? Yang Ding had some doubts, he wanted to keep his position and didn't want to die, but he didn't dare to directly send troops to challenge the big Sima Li Dao.

Zhang Ji shook his head, leaned forward, and said in a low voice: "We can't beat it, we can go." Chang'an was dilapidated, so I left it to Da Sima, and we took the emperor with us. Set out to the east and take the imperial court into our hands. ”

Yang Ding was a little worried, but he was still worried: "But is the emperor willing to go with us?" And what should I do if Da Sima chases him up? ”

Zhang Ji seems to have been prepared for a long time: "We can say that we will move Guo Yan to the east together, and if Li Ji catches up, let Guo Yan break off." The emperor definitely doesn't want to be in the hands of Li Dao, as long as we are respectful to him, he will definitely be willing to go with us. ”

Another general, Dong Chengdao: "Without further ado, we should act this morning, and I will see the emperor and welcome the emperor back to Luoyang." ”

Dong Cheng is actually Dong Zhuo's subordinate, of course, he has no blood relationship with Dong Zhuo, he is Dong Zhuo's son-in-law Niu Fu's general. After Niu Fu was killed, he also took control of some of the soldiers and horses.

"Okay, done!" Yang Ding also slapped his big hand at this time and made up his mind.

Zhang Ji went to Guo Yan's camp, Guo Yan led the troops to fight with Li Ji several times, but did not win, and then attached great importance to Zhang Ji and greeted him personally.

The two sat down, and Zhang Ji spoke: "General Hou, Li Dao has a lot of soldiers, and he is eyeing the emperor, and sooner or later he will be taken by him if he leaves the emperor in the army." If the emperor is taken away by him, you and I still have a chance to live? Why don't we leave Chang'an to Li Dao and return the emperor to the old capital Luoyang, wouldn't we be able to get rid of Li Dao's persecution? In this way, this court is not the queen general, you have the final say, and you will be the great Sima at that time. ”

Guo Yan thought about it, it's not bad, Chang'an is about to become Li Wei's territory, so I still don't want to compete with him here, go to Luoyang, and play by myself. "Okay, pack up some, leave as soon as possible, and take the little emperor back to Luoyang."

……

Emperor Liu Xie was actually hidden in the barracks, and there were not many scouts around him, only one eunuch and two palace maids.

This eunuch is not an ordinary eunuch, his surname is Tong Mingguan, when Luo Gan summoned Wang Qing, Tong Guan was also born, and now he is the emperor's middle attendant, more than two thousand stones, not small. It's a pity that the current emperor is just a puppet, and Tong Guan is just a eunuch.

But Tong Guan felt that even if the emperor was a puppet, he was also the emperor of the world, and if he stayed by his side, he might not have no way out in the future, so he had always taken care of Emperor Liu Xie.

Liu Xie is now about fourteen or fifteen years old, and he is very dependent on Tong Guan and calls him a teacher.

On this day, Liu Xie whispered angrily in the barracks: "These rebellious ministers and thieves regard me, the son of heaven, as a plaything in the palm of their hands, and do not take me in their eyes at all. ”

When Tong Guan heard this, he was so frightened that he hurriedly looked out, and when he saw that there was no one, he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and at the same time stepped forward quickly, covered Liu Xie's mouth, and whispered eagerly: "My little ancestor, you can't talk nonsense, if Guo Yan hears it, it's terrible." At the beginning, Emperor Zhen just said that this was a general Bahu, and he was killed by Liang Ji. Your Majesty, you should be cautious, but you must not let outsiders hear it. As an emperor, you should know how to forbear, and when Your Majesty has mastered the power, you can only say such things. ”

The emperor was unwilling, but although he was young, he lived in this troubled world, became more mature, and understood some truths. Looking at Tong Guan, he sighed at his life experience and said, "Master, why do you say that I deserve to be such a coward?" Toyed with by these martial artists. ”

Tong Guan rolled his eyes, and then sighed: "This is because of the mistake of the general He Jinzhi at the beginning." At the beginning, he wanted to kill the loyal Yu Xianhuang, and wanted to support Zhang Rang, who succeeded His Majesty, and other ten permanent servants, and summoned Dong Zhuo to Beijing, which led to the rampant of these generals, and His Majesty ended up in such an embarrassment. If the Ten Standing Servants had not died and supported His Majesty, how could there be today. ”

Emperor Liu Xie was puzzled: "Aren't the ten permanent servants immortal bad people?" Shouldn't it be killed? ”

Tong Guan is a eunuch, and he also wants to be in power in the future, so he has to help the emperor, and at the same time, he has to fool the emperor, otherwise the emperor will be in power in the future, what will he do without him?

Tong Guan continued to puzzle Liu Xiedao: "Your Majesty, acquaintance, what kind of eunuchs are we?" Those who serve His Majesty exclusively are His Majesty's domestic slaves, those close to him. The people of the world are not afraid of eunuchs, but are afraid of eunuchs who are favored by the emperor. If Your Majesty trusts, then the eunuch has the right, and if Your Majesty does not trust, then the eunuch has no right. At the beginning, if He Jin wanted to kill the ten permanent servants, all he needed was the will of the Queen Mother and a jailer. Eunuchs cannot threaten the emperor's authority, but can help the emperor suppress the arrogance of his ministers. The original general Liang Ji poisoned the emperor, and Emperor Huan was a powerful minister who was killed with the help of eunuchs Shan Chao, Xu Huang, Gu Yuan, Zuo Yi, and Tang Heng. ”

Liu Xie also understood what Tong Guan meant, the eunuchs were dependent on the emperor and could not threaten the emperor. And the ministers, especially those with military power, can plot to kill the emperor, and they should appoint eunuchs around them to deal with the authoritarian ministers.

In other words, he, Liu Xie, should trust Tong Guan and reuse Tong Guan, but Liu Xie is very dependent on Tong Guan now, and he, the emperor, has no authority, and Tong Guan naturally has no rights.