As long as the Queen Mother is in charge of the dynasty, eunuchs will appear. It is impossible for the queen mother to violate the ancestral system and sit with the ministers every day to discuss state affairs, and it is impossible for her to go out of the Changqiu official and openly sit in the court, so she must find eunuchs to enter the palace and serve with her. has to appoint a prisoner to send the country's life, and the eunuch who holds the prince in his hand and has a heavenly constitution in his mouth will appear in the court again.

Similarly, as long as the Queen Mother is in power, her relatives will be in power, which is also a matter of no choice. How many queen mothers know how to govern the country? How many queen mothers are not worried about their power and being controlled by others?

The direct danger of the fall of power is the lives of the young emperor and the queen mother, so the queen mother can only trust her relatives.

Today, He Jin and He Miao are dead, which does not mean that there are no relatives. Empress Dowager He has no brother anymore, but she still has uncles, cousins, and many relatives. As long as the Empress Dowager He is willing, her relatives can appear in the court at any time.

Empress Dowager He has a new eunuch and a new relative, which can help the Son of Heaven gradually control the inner court. After the Son of Heaven takes over, those who should settle accounts will be settled, and the power that should be taken back will also be taken back, and all the efforts of the scholars today will be in vain.

Therefore, if we want to curb the serious disadvantages of the dictatorship of foreign relatives and eunuchs that have plagued the Great Han Kingdom for decades, and if we want to completely eradicate the soil on which foreign relatives and eunuchs rely for breeding and reproduction, it is necessary to let Empress Dowager He return to power.

But can the scholars do it? Obviously, this kind of deviant thing cannot be done by scholars, which is related to the law of the Great Han Dynasty, the supremacy of imperial power, and the prestige and life of the family.

The 50,000 Northern Army, who were optimistic about the deaths of He Jin and He Miao, and the fall of the Son of Heaven and the Seal, became a problem that could not be solved for the time being. Without a sealed decree, it is useless for anyone to go, unless the Son of Heaven himself goes. Taking the Empress Dowager's decree and talisman will only backfire, and it may cause misunderstanding among the generals of the Northern Army.

The Western Garden Army and the Northern Army had just merged, and people were panicking. As soon as there is a stir, there will be chaos immediately.

If the army is uncommanded, and the generals go their own way to Luoyang City, it will be completely over.

Yuan Kui and the ministers are well aware of the current situation, and now that the hussar general has gone on an expedition to the desert, Luoyang cannot be chaotic in any way. For the sake of the country's social welfare, the most important thing at present is to quickly stabilize the situation in Luoyang, and the future can only be said in the future.

The debate among the ministers mainly focused on whether to control the northern army first or save the Son of Heaven first.

If the Son of Heaven can be rescued first, the matter of the Northern Army will be solved. But the problem is that the Queen Mother takes into account the safety of the Son of Heaven and will not allow the use of force to enter the North Palace.

Since force cannot be used, then I have to send someone to the North Palace to negotiate with the traitorous eunuch.

The traitorous eunuch is desperate, Zhang Rang will not release the Son of Heaven easily, and the negotiations will not yield results in the short term.

Han Fu said: "How many days can Luoyang's affairs be hidden? The Northern Army is merging with the Xiyuan Army, and they have to go to the General's Mansion every day to report the situation to the General, and they will know that something happened in Luoyang by tomorrow morning at the latest. ”

He Hao said: "The Northern Army must have known that something had happened in Luoyang. How could we not know that we suddenly closed the city gates in the afternoon, and they were so close at hand? If tomorrow morning they do not receive a message from the Great General. Maybe the army will besiege Luoyang City. ”

Some ministers thought that if the northern army did not get any news, they would never dare to leave the camp. The generals of the Northern Army would not risk rebellion and send troops to Luoyang City. They insisted on saving the Son of Heaven first.

The opposing ministers believed that it was better to deal with the threat of the northern army first. Could it be that Zhang Rang still dared to kill the Son of Heaven?

Yuan Kui didn't want to waste time, so he immediately proposed a solution and let Dong Zhuo lead his army into Hangu Pass. and Ding Yuan, Wang Kuang and others are optimistic about the siege to deal with the current crisis.

Yuan Kui said: "Let's solve the problem of the Northern Army first. After surrounding the Northern Army, we sent Zhu Jun and the other three to Ping's optimistic announcement with the Empress Dowager's decree to stabilize the morale of the Northern Army. After the resolution of the crisis in the Northern Army. Let's go on to solve the matter of Zhang Rang Duan Jue's abduction of the Son of Heaven. However, we can send someone to Beigong to talk to Zhang Rang now. ”

Lu Zhi said, "I'll go, I'll go talk to him." ”

The ministers also raised their concerns about the optimism of the military siege. But there are so many things to worry about now that the ministers have no time to worry about.

Now that the Son of Heaven is coerced, the Queen Mother is too frightened to govern, the general is gone, Taiwei Liu Yu is in Qingzhou, Situ and Sikong are vacant, Jiuqing is only Liuqing present, and the entire Han Kingdom has the final say on Taifu Yuan Kui. Since he has decided, the others don't want to say anything more, it's just a waste of time.

"Yuan Pan continues to be in charge of the Great Si Nong Mansion." Yuan Kui stood up tired and said, "Remember, you must do everything possible to provide food and grass for the expeditionary force, and you must not cut off one day. ”

"Let's disperse, let's do their jobs tomorrow, what they should do."

………………

Yuan Kui, Ding Gong, Liu Hong, and Lu Zhi sat in the study, looking at the dim candle flame with solemn expressions, and looked at each other speechlessly.

"Taifu has decided?" Ding Gong asked in a low voice.

"How can I live up to the trust of the emperor?" Yuan Kui smiled bitterly, "The four of us discussed carefully that day, and we can only use the hands of others to depose the dethronement, and we are not capable of completing it on our own. Although the ministers all know what awaits us in the future if we don't depose the young emperor, how many people in the court can agree to it? Zhang Wen, Cui Lie, Ma Riyan, Huangfu Song, Zhu Jun, Yang Biao, etc., how many of them are willing to bear this eternal infamy? ”

"Forcing the Empress Dowager He to return to power, deposing the young emperor, and re-establishing a new monarch, the benefits to the Great Han Kingdom are obvious, at least there will be no more traitors and relatives in ten years, so the Great Han Kingdom can get ten years of recuperation." Lu Zhi sighed, "So, for the sake of this decade, we will not hesitate to break our bones." ”

"The most critical at the moment is the Northern Army. As long as the Northern Army is in hand, we can control the situation in Luoyang. After the new emperor succeeds to the throne, we can join forces with Kou Zhun of Bingzhou and Huangfu Song of Chang'an to force him out of the capital. It's just that I didn't expect Zhang Rang to be so vicious that he robbed the seal at this time. Now we are helpless, and Luoyang has greatly increased its variables. ”

"Luoyang's variables are indeed very big, I think, should Huangfu Song and Kou Zhun arrive in Luoyang earlier?" Ding Gong said.

"Nope." Yuan Kui shook his hand and said, "If Luoyang doesn't have a chance, he won't be fooled." At the right time, we can sacrifice a part of the West Park Army. ”

"What are we going to do if the future is out of our control?" Liu Hong asked worriedly.

"The first emperor has already made arrangements." Yuan Kui sighed softly, "The first emperor has seen everything and thought of everything, he will help us." ”

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August 25, late at night, Hangu Pass.

Changshi Liu Ai and Sima Li Ru read the urgent letter sent by Dong Min, the commander of Fengche, and neither of them spoke. The two looked at each other, shocked. Dong Zhuo paced in the room with a grim expression.

Li Ru frowned deeply, touched the long scar on his face with his right hand, and slowly walked to the messenger who was kneeling on the ground. This messenger has always been Dong Zhuo's personal guard in the past, and his martial arts are very good. When the first emperor formed the Xiyuan Army last year, Dong Min was ordered to take a group of people to the capital to participate in the Xiyuan Army. If there were no special circumstances, Dong Min would not have sent him out of the city to deliver the letter.

"You tell me what happened in Luoyang again."

The messenger knew that the matter was serious, and immediately repeated what had happened in Luoyang without missing the slightest: "After the commander killed He Miao, he immediately sent me out of the city to report it. Feng Junhou, who was stationed at the west gate of Luoyang, was a friend of Du Wei, and he did not dare to open the city gate, so he lowered me from the city wall with a rope. I swam across the moat, ran to Beppu, the governor outside the city, and galloped 80 miles overnight to reach Hanya Pass. Originally, I was going to leave the customs tomorrow morning, but I didn't expect the general to have already entered the customs. ”

Li Ru asked again: "Have you seen the head of the general?" ”

"See." The messenger said, "Yuan Shu was worried that it was fake, and he deliberately wiped the blood off the human head. It was indeed the head of the Great General. ”

Li Ru asked again: "You attacked and killed the Che Cavalry General's Mansion and killed He Miao, was it ordered by Yuan Shao?" What did you see with your own eyes? ”

"It's indeed Yuan Shao." The messenger said, "I saw Yuan Shao flying and calling the captain aside and speaking for a long time. Du Wei had been hesitant, as if he was reluctant, but later he was persuaded by Yuan Shao. We collided head-on with He Miao on the way to the Cheqi General's Mansion, and everyone rushed up and immediately killed them. While cleaning up the scene, we found three eunuchs and retrieved the decrees and runes from them. When the lieutenant saw these things, he immediately sent me out of the city himself. The lieutenant said that this thing might have some effect on the general. ”

Li Ru looked back at the holy decree and talisman on the table, and suddenly showed a trace of excitement in his eyes, and asked, "When you left, was the fire in the Vermilion Bird Gate still burning?" ”

The messenger affirmed, "When I galloped to Xianyang Garden, I could still see the fire in the city. ”

"Okay, you have made a great contribution this time, and the general will definitely reward you heavily." Li Ru waved his hand and said, "You go down and rest first." ”

Dong Zhuo looked at the messenger who disappeared into the darkness, suddenly let out a long sigh, and said with a complicated expression: "All dead, these people are dead." Whether it is a traitor or a general, they fight with each other to break their heads and bleed, but in the end they all end up together. ”

He shook his head, shook his strong body, and said with some loss: "I have known Zhao Zhong and Zhang Rang for more than ten years, and we can be regarded as friends. I think they were beautiful back then, but now? Now there are no bones left, and they have become a cloud of smoke. ”

"It's better to die than to be innocent." Li Ru scolded fiercely, and then asked, "What is the lord going to do?" Exit Gyeonggi and return to Seyang? (To be continued.) )

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