Chapter Twenty-Three: The Mansion Will Fall, My Way Will Not Be Lonely!
The sky in Luoyang was getting darker and darker.
It seems that in the sky over Luoyang, there are clouds that have been hovering.
This cloud also seems to be entrenched in the hearts of every Luoyang person, lingering.
You know, the current situation is more serious than everyone imagined.
Zhao Zhong sealed the general of the chariot cavalry, Zhang Rang and other thirteen people were all named liehous, and for a time, the power of the ten permanent servants was greatly expanded.
In the government and the opposition, the original balance of power was broken.
Although the feudal marquis of the Ten Standing Servants are of no substantive use, the official positions they have received can have a huge impact on the government and the opposition.
Because I don't know when Liu Hong has begun to deal with the government very little, he has delegated power to the hands of the ten permanent servants.
Although there is still the great general He Jin on top.
But after all, he is a relative, and he is always on guard, so he can't get in touch with the movements in the palace.
Liu Hong has not been to court for a long time.
No one knows whether the edict and the edict were actually issued by him himself, but all of them flowed from the hands of the Ten Permanent Servants.
Faintly, everyone has a guess that the Ten Standing Servants may have hidden a lot of things from the emperor.
For example, this time there was unrest across the country.
The Changsha thief area is in turmoil.
Jizhou Montenegro thief Zhang Yan made trouble.
Youzhou Zhang Chun Zhang raised a mess.
Liangzhou Han Sui faintly showed signs of rebellion again.
Yizhou Nanban chaos.
The whole Han has really entered a time of turmoil.
This is different from the situation of the Yellow Turban Uprising at the beginning, this is a division of various places, and each strength does not intend to attack Luoyang.
Most of them just want to cut the land and occupy it, and draw the land as the king.
They are going to do something divided.
It's going to tear the whole Han apart.
And abandon the thieves who are far away from Luoyang to make trouble.
There is also the most serious is the Baibo Yellow Turban Army, which is now approaching Hedong, connecting six cities, and is approaching Luoyang step by step.
It is true that the Yellow Turban Rebellion was a national change, but because they had a unified goal, when their core figure died, they also lost their influence.
And this time, the national unrest seems to be scattered, scattered and scattered, and no one can become a climate.
But in fact, because Dahan has suffered so many invasions and changes before, he can no longer afford this nationwide situation of thieves and robbers.
Moreover, the land snakes everywhere in the entire Han Dynasty are not able to feel the dominance of the imperial court as before, so they have a sense of awe.
Many families with sufficient strength have gradually developed further ideas.
Recruit soldiers and buy horses, raise soldiers privately, annex land, and cut land to rule.
At this time, all the powerful beings began to plan for their future.
The building will fall, where should the world go?
However, in this case, the urgent recitals from all over the place were sprinkled on the main hall like snowflakes, but no one looked at it.
These messages should be handled by the Ten Attendants.
But none of them sent these folds to Liu Hong.
Liu Hong had no idea what was going on in the outside world.
He's even started to distract from the Night Stalker's activities.
Zhang Rang knew about the existence of the Night Stalker organization, and he was also afraid of this organization.
So through him, Liu Hong hid all the funds allocated to the organization of the Night Stalkers.
Quite suddenly.
The Night Stalkers announced their dissolution due to lack of funds.
Wang Yue also personally passed through the palace to find Liu Hong, wanting to inquire about the situation.
But I don't know what happened to Liu Hong's sanity.
Wang Yue not only didn't ask about the desired result, but was even expelled from the palace, and was also taken away from the qualification token that Liu Hong had given him to enter the palace.
For a time, the palace was completely isolated from the outside of the palace, and all of them were controlled by the ten permanent servants.
After all, someone couldn't help this extremely depressing and deformed court situation, and went straight to the palace.
"Tread. Trample. Trample. Trample. ”
Dense footsteps broke into the back garden.
The person who came seemed to be trotting and ran straight in front of Liu Hong.
"Come, drink!"
But Liu Hong didn't seem to want to pay attention to him at all, but continued to shout to the ten permanent attendants present to let them drink well.
The person who came was Liu Tao, a counselor.
He is a member of the Liu family, and he consciously has the duty and responsibility to admonish Liu Hong, so he came without hesitation, he hopes that Liu Hong can turn back as a prodigal son and handle the government well.
Although he felt that Liu Hong was not doing his job if he didn't handle the government, he preferred to believe that it was the Ten Standing Servants who concealed all kinds of news and didn't let Liu Hong know.
But when he saw Liu Hong's excited and fanatical face, and that kind of pretending to be crazy.
He knew that it might be far more serious than he thought, and it wasn't as simple as he thought.
"Your Majesty!"
The moment Liu Tao saw Liu Hong, he howled and cried, knelt in front of him, and hugged his calves.
He seems to want to use his actions and feelings to touch this emperor, whose emotions are obviously wrong.
"What are you doing! Get up for me! ”
Liu Hong was very impatient, his face was red, his whole body was hot, looking at Liu Tao who was holding his calf, he was angry, and he wanted to kick Liu Tao away when he raised his leg.
But Liu Tao hugged him tightly and was not kicked away, so he continued to say his own words.
"Now the whole world of the Han Dynasty is in danger, and it may be subverted at any time! Your Majesty is still enjoying a banquet with these eunuchs? ”
Liu Hong really didn't know the situation of the Han now, so he was very relieved to hand it over to Zhang to let them.
In fact, it was not that Zhang Rang didn't tell Liu Hong, but that Liu Hong didn't want to hear Zhang Rang talk about the situation of the Han at all.
But since Liu Tao is here, he still has to make a show.
"Now that the country is peaceful and peaceful, how can there be anything critical?"
Liu Hong said lightly, he didn't kick Liu Tao anymore.
Liu Tao was shocked in his heart, he actually couldn't tell whether Liu Hong knew the news outside or not, as a member of the clan, as a person surnamed Liu, he was still willing to believe Liu Hong.
"Now the whole country is full of rebels who are convicted!"
"These rebellious thieves are invading the states and counties everywhere!"
"And the reason for these chaos comes from the sins of the Ten Standing Servants selling officials and harming the people and bullying the king!"
"You must know that the current dynasty is not right, and it is all caused by these eunuchs! Now that the upright people in the court are gone, danger and chaos are just around the corner! ”
"I hope Your Majesty will think twice!"
Liu Tao buried his head deeply next to Liu Hong's shoes.
He was looking forward to Liu Hong discovering the mask of the Ten Constant Attendants.
He is looking forward to Liu Hong coming back to preside over the government.
He is looking forward to Liu Hong making the current Han world change back to its original state again.
Even if it looks like it may not be very good, but it's better than cutting off the lifeblood of the entire big man, right?
Liu Tao's behavior was so radical that the people in the garden who were drinking fine wine were very embarrassed.
Zhang Rang and the others also understood the current situation, if they didn't explain in time, then Liu Hong would not necessarily let them go.
In an instant, they all knelt down in front of Liu Hong.
"Your Majesty, the old minister never thought that we, the minions, would be so ununderstood by the ministers, and now that we have made the dynasty an enemy, it seems that we have not much way to live."
"I hope Your Majesty will have mercy on us, let us keep this dog's life and return to our hometown, and fund all our family property to the army, we don't leave any money, we just want to continue to live."
Liu Tao cried.
Zhang made them cry harder than he did.
Liu Tao buried his head at Liu Hong's feet.
The one that made them untie all the crowns on the ground and bang their heads on the floor.
For a while, Liu Hong didn't know what to say.
He just felt lonely, lonely.
He can see that now the court wants to solve the ten permanent servants, so that the emperor does not even have wings, so that he can only be at the mercy of their family lords.
Hehe.
Amusing!
He kicked Liu Tao away suddenly.
Pointing at his nose and scolding.
"Don't you have someone in your house who serves you? Why didn't you let me have it? Have you become so arrogant that you can't tolerate me? ”
"Someone! Push it out and cut it! ”
Liu Hong was very angry.
Because Liu Tao is also surnamed Liu.
But it's clear that Liu Tao is now the stormtrooper of those damned families.
He didn't know if Liu Tao was really bad or really stupid.
The palace guards came up and clamped Liu Tao and wanted to take him out of the palace to be executed.
But Liu Tao didn't give up like this, even if others lifted it, he kept shouting loudly.
"Your Majesty! It's not a pity that the minister died! It's just that the world of my Liu family is pitiful, and the world of my Han is about to overturn after more than 400 years! ”
"Your Majesty! This ancestral inheritance is destroyed in your hands! ”
Liu Tao had a cloak, red eyes, and glared at Liu Hong.
He put his life and death on the line.
At this time, if he does not give his life to persuade him, he may regret it for the rest of his life.
He is also responsible for the rise and fall of the country!
Liu Hong was even more angry, and the whole person became more and more manic, and smashed the cup in his hand at Liu Tao.
"Push me out and cut it! Right away! ”
The roaring Liu Hong was terrifying, the field was very quiet, and Liu Tao was also gagged and sent out of the palace.
However, Liu Tao is not the only one who comes.
Outside the palace, there are many princes and ministers waiting for news from Liu Tao.
They saw Liu Tao, who had been pushed out to prepare for execution.
"Wait!"
Before the guards could be executed, another man stood up from among the princes and ministers and stopped them.
Situ Chen Tan.
He is also very quiet on weekdays.
I didn't expect him to stand up at this time.
He asked the surrounding ministers to watch the guards and prevent them from killing Liu Tao.
He was frank, held his head high, and walked straight into the palace.
Under the watchful eyes of the ministers, the guards did not dare to stop him.
Chen Tan walked into the back garden unhurriedly and saw Liu Hong.
No matter what Chen Tan said, he is also an old minister of the Third Duke, and he will not disobey Liu Hong's orders on weekdays, and he is still very obedient.
Liu Hong was more polite to him.
"Your Majesty! I don't know why Liu Yiyi was offended and needs to be sentenced to death? ”
Chen Tan looked directly into Liu Hong's eyes and questioned him seriously.
Liu Hong was silent for a while, but still gave him an explanation.
"He slandered my close ministers, and rashly collided with my majesty! Damn it! ”
"Does Your Majesty know? The people of the world can't wait to eat the ten permanent servants! But His Majesty respects them as if they were his own parents! They have no military merits, and they don't have hereditary titles, so how can they be worthy of the title of liege? Besides, the Yellow Turban Rebellion, aren't they themselves internal responses? ”
"Your Majesty, how long are you going to be confused? Do you go on like this? In this world, this society is about to fall apart! ”
Chen Tan was not polite at all.
A change from the norm.
There is always a sense of conflict in his words.
Liu Hong actually didn't really want to worry about him, after all, Chen Tan was ranked as the third duke, and his influence was even greater than Liu Tao's.
"You use the position of the Three Princes I have sealed to collide with me?"
"Do you want to live anymore?"
However, Liu Hong couldn't bear to be scolded by someone so kicking his nose and scolding him.
He threatened Chen Tan.
He wanted to tell Chen Tan.
Your place is given to me, and you should listen to me.
However, since Chen Tan chose to walk into this back garden, he would not choose to retreat, because he was no longer afraid.
"This position, the minister's life, His Majesty can take it away at any time."
Chen Tan said lightly.
"I hope the old minister can die as he deserves."
After that, they didn't wait for Liu Hong and them to react. Chen Tan slammed himself towards the steps.
What he wanted to do was die.
His head hit the hard steps, bleeding from his head, but he didn't die outright.
"Crazy, you're all crazy!"
"A bunch of maniacs! Get out of here! ”
Liu Hong became more angry, roaring, roaring!
He was releasing his pressure, releasing his anger.
According to his request, Liu Tao and Chen Tan, who was dying, were sent to prison, and when they were sober tomorrow, they would go to court to admit their mistakes.
Liu Hong still hopes to give them a chance.
Except that the two of them stood up.
No one else ever stepped forward.
Because they saw the fate of Liu Tao and Chen Tan.
One with a cloak scattered like madness, to be put to death.
A head was bleeding, like a dead dog, and was dragged into prison.
They were both in the same prison, in the same cell.
They knew in their hearts that although Liu Hong seemed to have given them a chance, in terms of the character of the Ten Permanent Servants, Liu Hong actually didn't give them a chance.
Tonight, they will surely die.
Liu Tao looked at Chen Tan, who was dying beside him, and admired it in his heart.
In fact, he looked down on this taciturn Situ who could only do things.
But today, he found out that this Lord Situ was a person from the same way as himself.
Liu Tao sorted out Chen Tan's clothes, and he hoped that they would both be able to leave decifully tonight.
Chen Tan, who was lying on the ground, had no way to move, so he could only open and close his lips and make some syllables in his throat, as if he wanted to tell Liu Tao something.
Liu Tao leaned down and listened carefully to Chen Tan's voice.
"The building is about to fall, and our ministers of the Han family are dying to life, but I know that there are Liu admonishing such people, I ...... Not lonely. ”
Well, before you die, you have to boast about yourself.
Liu Tao smiled and squatted beside Chen Tan.
"My way is not lonely."
Chen Tan, who was lying on the ground, heard Liu Tao's voice and slowly smiled.
The two ministers just laughed.
Until I heard the sound of the cell door locking.
Here it comes.
Then come on.
With a smile on their faces, they calmly faced what came their way.
The land covered in darkness.
Black has become the main tone here.
Under the starry sky, I don't know what kind of story is happening.
What kind of people are born and what kind of people die?
It was until the second day.
In the cell, Liu Tao died of guilt hitting the wall, and Chen Tan was powerless to bite his tongue and commit suicide.
These two ministers who "regretted" just left this era.
At the same time, the imperial decree has been issued.
Ordered Sun Jian to be the Taishou of Changsha and ask for the star of the Changsha thief district.