Zheng Zhong sorted out the "Biography of Relatives" and handed over the information that Liu Qing found from Ban Gu to Liu Zhao. Liu Zhao watched while picking up the important transcriptions, and the more he copied them, the more he had the bottom in his heart, and the plan gradually took shape in his mind.

On the first day of June, there was a solar eclipse in the sky, and Ding Hong was already in charge of Situ on behalf of Yuan An at this time. He wrote: "The minister heard that the sun is the essence of the yang, and it is a symbol of the king; The moon is yin, and there are certain rules for the balance and void, and the appearance of the courtiers is also. Therefore, the solar eclipse is in the king, and the yin is over the yang; The full moon is not lost, because of the arrogance of the courtiers. In the past, the Zhou Dynasty was in decline, Huangfu and others were dictatorial and interfered in politics, the party was strong, and they invaded and oppressed the main power, so the sun and the moon were thin.

The Book of Songs says, 'At the turn of October, the moon is hard, the sun is eclipsed, and the ghosts of Confucius are also gone.'

"Spring and Autumn" records 36 solar eclipses and 32 killings. Change is not empty, each in kind. No authority can be put down, and no sharp weapon can be a dummy. Look at the past, look at Hanxing closely, and the disasters of danger were born from this. Therefore, the power of the three Huan Zhuan Lu, the power of the Tian family, the six Qing divided the Jin family, Zhu Lu mastered the Han family, and the heirs changed several times; In the last years of Emperor Mourning and Emperor Ping, the temple could not be sacrificed. Humane disobedience is applied to the heavens, although there is a hidden conspiracy, the gods look at the situation, and see the precepts in order to warn the king. Recently, the moon is full of the first festival, and there is no shortage after the fifteenth day, which is the reason why his subordinates have lost humanity. If the government blames itself and gradually prevents it, then the evil demon will be eliminated and the blessing will fall. The ministers foolishly thought that the ministers attached to the left officials, relying on the power gate, overturned flattery, and sought favor should be killed.

Recently, the general has come out again, and Weizhen Prefecture has been illegal, and he is not guilty, so greed has become common at home. is a traitor, and the people are full of resentment. The minister asked His Majesty to take advantage of the great changes to change the government and supplement the will of heaven. ”

Ding Hong's recital has clearly reminded Dou Xian that if he goes against the grain again, heaven and man will be angry, and sooner or later it will invite disaster. This recital was placed in front of Empress Dowager Dou's case. She only smiled. said to Wang Yin'er: "Ding Hong wants to be the second Yuan An, but unfortunately it is not that era. Yuan An is dead, and the mourning family does not move him. is because he is a veteran minister of several generations, and his talent and character are difficult for others to match. There are many disciples in the door, and the mourning family really doesn't want to cause this trouble. But this Ding Hong is too incomprehensible, he doesn't need to be in a hurry, there is a day when the mourning family cleans him up! ”

Ten days after the book was played. Liu Zhao suddenly changed his order to Ding Hong's acting lieutenant and guard lieutenant, and stationed troops in the north and south palaces. At this time, Empress Dowager Dou was a little surprised, and urgently summoned Liu Zhao to the Jiade Palace. But Liu Zhao refused to go for various reasons, and ordered Ding Hong to block the palace gate of the Jiade Palace. No one is allowed to enter or leave.

On June 19, an earthquake struck thirteen counties and feudal states. Ren Kui wrote: "Earthquakes are born because of the heroine's prosperity, and the ministers control their lives, then the ground moves, the side shakes, and the landslide is discussed." Liu Zhao replied: "Heaven and man are inducted." ”

The news of Liu Zhao's blockade of the palace gate did not reach the ears of Dou Xian and others, because the huge panic caused by the earthquake overcame everything, and all the wealthy officials and officials were afraid of the aftershocks and died at home, so they did not dare to sleep in the house at night, and they all built sheds in the courtyard to sleep. Everyone in Beijing is running, and there are many evacuees.

Liu Zhao issued an order to comfort his subjects, and on the evening of the 23rd, Liu Zhao personally visited the North Palace. He was wearing soft armor and carrying the jade seal of the Son of Heaven, looking brilliant.

There were a group of courtiers loyal to the Han family gathered in the Zhanghua Palace, Liu Zhao ascended the throne, looked at Ding Hong, Ren Kui, Han Ling, Li Xiu, Cao Bao, etc., his face was expressionless, his eyes flashed one by one, and he said for a long time: "Since I ascended the throne, I have been assisted by the queen mother, all because of my young age. Now that I have been in power for more than a year, the queen mother and the Dou family still refuse to return the ruling government, and take the opportunity to murder the minister, doing what they have done, and even worse, they have repeatedly murdered me, which is really a heinous crime and an unforgivable crime. In order to prevent the more than 300 years of the Han Dynasty from falling into the hands of thieves, I can't bear it! All Aiqing obeyed orders! ”

"Whoa!" The words made everyone's blood boil, and finally waited for this day, and finally waited for the day when the emperor purged the traitorous party, and everyone looked up and looked forward to this moment.

"Situ and guard officer Ding Hong, strictly guarded, close the city gate!"

"Whoa!"

"Zhi Jinwu took me to arrest Dou Ba, blocked the four gates of Luoyang City, blocked Deng Die, Deng Lei, Guo Huang, Guo Ju and Dou Xian, Dou Du, Dou Jing, etc., let one go, I asked you!" Cai Lun, who was standing next to him, handed over the written will to the hands of Ji Jingo.

"Whoa!" Zhijin Wu Yingang took over the imperial order and turned around and left the palace.

"Zheng Zhong, Ren Kui, Han Ling, Li Xiu, Cao Bao, the five of you will go to the five major battalions with my holy decree, stabilize the army, and deprive the military power.

"Whoa!" The five of them took the holy decree, and the excitement in their hearts was indescribable!

The five battalions in Beijing refer to the Shooting Battalion, the Changshui Battalion, the Middle Base Battalion, the Infantry Battalion and the Yue Cavalry Battalion. Each of them was stationed in five places in Beijing, and they were not restrained by each other, and they were uniformly deployed by the Great Sima. Among the five battalions, except for Li Xiu, who was the captain of the Yue cavalry, the other four battalions were all controlled by Dou Xian's party.

After Zheng Zhong got the will, he first went to the shooting camp where Guo Ju was. Since Zhi Jinwu had blocked the inner mansion and Guo Ju had been controlled, Zheng Zhong was confident and rushed to the shooting camp with everyone without hurrying.

Tonight, there is a weirdness in the shooting sound camp, the soldiers in the camp are now, and their boss, Guo Ju, the shooting sound captain, is gone. The soldiers didn't know at all, but the generals in the battalion began to talk about it, at this time, the panic of the earthquake in Beijing has not passed, it is the critical time of the Gyeonggi garrison, every day after the end of the day, Guo Ju will raise the account, arrange manpower, and inspect the area in charge, why is there no trace of Guo Ju after the time of the day today?

The former general Zuo Qianli is Dou Xian's person, Guo Ju is not there, he usually has the final say, but he saw that the hour had passed, and he would be scolded if he didn't go out of the camp to inspect, so he had to greet the generals and said: "I'm afraid that Captain Guo has something to do today, and he can't come, so we still deploy according to usual, let's go out of the camp!" ”

At this time, Beijing was in turmoil, no one wanted to take this responsibility, they all nodded in agreement, and were about to leave the account, but they heard the sound of horses' hooves in the distance, and couldn't help but be overjoyed, thinking that Guo Ju was coming, so they returned to the tent again, waiting for the order.

I heard the herald announce, "Report, the emperor has sent a messenger to the gate of the camp, please come to receive the order." ”

Everyone was stunned, knowing that things were strange, but when the holy order arrived, they didn't dare to disobey, and when they arrived at the gate of the camp, they saw a eunuch, who was not in a hurry or panic, and slowly took out the emperor's holy decree and read it aloud: "The system said, Deng Die, Captain Deng Lei, Captain Deng Lei, Captain Guo Ju, and Guo Huang of Changle Shaofu colluded with each other to plot against each other and murder the Son of Heaven." They are now dismissed from all their posts, and Cao Bao will temporarily take over the post of captain of the school. And ordered the sound battalion to enter the palace immediately, and kill those who violated the order, beheaded. Chin this! ”

Zuo Qianli was stunned for a moment, and asked loudly: "Where is Guo Ju now?" Who are you? Can there be a jade seal of the emperor's troops? ”

Zheng Zhong laughed: "Joke, if I didn't transfer troops to the jade seal, I would dare to enter the camp to announce the decree?" What do you see this is? ”

He showed the jade seal on the holy decree to everyone, and said: "This is the emperor's personal will, do you dare to resist the decree?" ”

Zuo Qianli's heart was in a mess, follow the order, it is clear that Guo Ju, Deng Lei and others will be dead, not obeying the order, and there is no news of the general in his hand, if he really goes out of the camp and rebels, the other battalions will come over, and he will immediately have to break the corpse into pieces! The worst thing is that the situation outside is unknown, and I am only anxious and have nowhere to do it!

When he hesitated, Zheng Zhong asked again, "Are you ordered or not?" ”

Zuo Qianli said horizontally: "I don't know if this jade seal is true or false, I only know that the jade seal is in the hands of the queen mother, how did the emperor get it, it is weird, and Guo Ju is the queen mother's person, it is impossible for the queen mother to give such a will, you are a fake holy decree, you are fake!" ”

"What do you say? What are you that dare to disobey? Zheng Zhong "snapped" the case and roared: "The holy decree of the Son of Heaven, who dares to fake it?" Do you see clearly, this jade seal is fake? Is this Lord Cao fake? Don't you open your dog's eyes and see, my hook shield order Zheng Zhong is also fake? When I followed the first emperor, you kid didn't know where you were? Don't say it's you, even Dou Xian is here, I have to weigh it up when I'm here! You are not small, you actually suspect that the emperor is coming, I think you are harboring the rebellious party, and you don't want to live! Zheng Zhong pointed to Zuo Qianli's nose and roared in a muffled voice, which shook the big tent and buzzed, and everyone stood like wooden carvings, so frightened that their faces were colorless.

After a long time, the generals began to mess up, and the right general Qiu Ning said: "Guo Ju is the captain of the shooting sound, whether he is guilty or not, I don't know, but the shooting sound battalion is the royal guard, and it is my duty to enter the palace Qinwang, what are you hesitating about!" Go, each of them reorganized their soldiers and horses, and entered the palace with Qin! ”

"Wait!" Zuo Qianli said urgently: "No, without Guo Ju's order at this time, no one can move without permission!" ”

"Someone! Capture this Guo Ju's accomplice, the Dou family, and behead him immediately! As soon as Zheng Zhong's words fell, he saw a person suddenly appear behind Zuo Qianli, with a knife in his hand, cutting off his head, and said loudly: "Dou Xian's party, defile the court, everyone will be punished!" ”

"Well done! Do you want anyone to disagree? Zheng Zhong's sharp gaze swept over people's faces one by one, and he said in a sharp voice: "If not, please go through the handover procedures and follow me into the palace immediately." ”

After Zheng Zhong asked Cao Bao to take over the shooting battalion, he rushed to the infantry battalion non-stop, concocted the same method, killed Deng Lei's comrades, and then transferred to other battalions. Around the time of the hour, the five battalions of men and horses had already arrived in the palace.

Finally, when Jin Wu and the three thousand soldiers of the five battalions came to the palace, Liu Zhao ordered that the palace gate be closed immediately. At the same time, the people sent by Liu Zhao to arrest Dou Ba also rushed back, and Liu Zhao ordered to control the twelve city gates of Luoyang, lock and close the gates, and declare martial law in the whole city.

The dawn was just as the gates closed, smiling, as if to welcome victory. Liu Zhao ordered that Deng Die, Deng Lei, Guo Ju and Guo Huang be immediately arrested and brought into the palace for interrogation. A great change in the palace is gradually coming to an end here, Liu Zhao looked at the four people who were brought in front of him, and finally showed a long-lost smile on his face. (To be continued)