Chapter 170: The Beginning of Chaos

Liu Hong, the Emperor of the Faint Monarch Spirit, finally died, and the whole country was mourned. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

Whatever he did before, no one cares now.

There is only one thing that the world cares about, and that is who will inherit the throne.

Now there are only three people who can directly inherit the throne: Liu Yu, Liu Wei, and Liu Xie.

Although Liu Yu is not the son of Emperor Ling, only a few people know about this, and most of them are dead. Now he is the eldest son of the Spirit Emperor and has a great inheritance right.

Since there was no one to support Liu Yu, his inheritance was neglected.

Empress Dowager Dong controlled the palace through Zhang and Zhao Zhong, preparing to let Liu Xie succeed to the throne.

After knowing that Empress Dowager Dong wanted Liu Xie to inherit the throne, Empress He was furious and scolded Empress Dowager Dong for not dying.

The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law sneered at Emperor Ling's funeral and confronted each other. The ministers of the DPRK and China are deeply saddened.

Empress Dowager Dong felt that she was weak and weak, so she issued an edict to her own relative Dong Zhuo, the assassin of Liangzhou.

He Jin's party would not let the Empress Dowager Dong get her wish, but the Empress Dowager Dong controlled the palace, and He Jin did not dare to storm the palace no matter how strong he was.

He Jin also accepted Yuan Shao's suggestion and summoned foreign vassals to Beijing. After weighing the pros and cons, He Jin actually chose Dong Zhuo.

The balance of the two sides was tilted because of the ten permanent servants Zhang Rang and others.

Before Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong died, they were in power. Now it's different, the eunuchs of the Ten Standing Servants have become fish and meat on the board of scholars, and they can be killed at any time, so they defected to Empress Dowager Dong, supported Liu Xie's ascension to the throne, and sought protection, which can be regarded as the last bit of loyalty to Emperor Ling.

But there is a saying that reality is cruel. Empress Dowager Dong did not have any power in the court, and at the same time, Liu Xiefei was not a long and non-descendant, and he was too young to see any virtue, neither the old-fashioned neutral ministers nor Qingliu officials supported it. As for Liu Yu, he has a bad reputation and is far away in the state, so the ministers did not choose him. So Zhang's strategy of letting them want to take refuge with Empress Dowager Dong to save their lives failed.

In order to save their lives, Shi Changshou and others decisively abandoned the Empress Dowager Dong and threw themselves into the arms of Empress He, and Empress He made a plan to drive the Empress Dowager Dong out of the palace in the name that she was not the wife of the Pavilion Marquis enough to live in the deep palace for a long time.

Empress He felt that happiness came too quickly, and believed in the Ten Constant Servants very much.

Empress He belonged to a femme fatale, and she did not give Empress Dowager Dong a chance to enjoy her old age, so a cup of poisonous wine gave Empress Dowager Dong to death.

Without the intervention of the Empress Dowager Dong, Liu Wei ascended the throne and became the new emperor of the Han Dynasty with the support of many ministers, and changed the Yuan to Zhaoning. Due to Liu Wei's young age, Empress He was the queen mother, imitating the example of Lu Hou, weighing the system in the dynasty, and controlling the government together with the general He Jin. Feng Liu Xie was named the king of Chen Liu. Liu Yu was the king of Langya, and immediately went to the feudal country, and there must be no mistake, and his position as the assassin of the state was originally led by Jin Wuding.

After Liu Yu received the news, he chuckled lightly and did not react. Ordered all the prefectures to be confined to the card, and if any envoys of the imperial court were found to come, they would all be killed, and they would not listen to any edicts of the imperial court.

Liu Yu knew that Liu Wei would be abolished by Dong Zhuo next, and the troubled times were coming, so he was even more fearless.

Liu Yu's refusal to obey the edict made the generals He Jin and Empress Dowager He very angry, but in view of the fact that Liu Yu had just ascended the throne, the court was unstable, and at the same time Liu Yu had heavy troops, he was worried that if Liu Yu was forced to jump over the wall in a hurry, then what would happen could not be predicted.

For the sake of the overall situation, He Jin and Empress Dowager He endured it, and waited until everything was ready before cleaning up Liu Yu.

Liu Yu made a bad start, and the princes everywhere found that the majesty of the imperial court was no longer so strong, and they all began to be the emperor of the soil. Some people's ambitions have also begun to grow. Among them, the most ambitious is Dong Zhuo, the assassin of Liangzhou, who received the edict of Empress Dowager Dong and King He Jinqin at the same time.

After Dong Zhuo received the edict from the two, he felt that the destiny was choosing him.

Dong Zhuo's son-in-law and military advisor Li Ru also suggested that Dong Zhuo send troops to King Qin, but instead of going to Luoyang immediately, he stationed troops in Hedong and waited for the opportunity.

After Liu Wei succeeded to the throne, the literati who had been persecuted by the Ten Standing Servants began to take revenge on the Ten Standing Servants, headed by the general He Jin, and wrote to Liu Wei to list many crimes of the Ten Standing Servants, demanding that all the Ten Standing Servants and others be beheaded.

Liu Wei had a cowardly personality, and in the face of the surging ministers, he didn't know how to deal with it for a while, so he hurriedly announced his retirement from the dynasty and returned to the harem to discuss with the Empress Dowager He.

The Ten Standing Servants found that no matter how wronged they and the others were, the hatred they had formed before was too great, and the general He Jin and his party would definitely not let them go.

Since they are all dead, the ten permanent servants are also ruthless, and they decided to strike first and kill He Jin.

The Ten Standing Attendants cried to the Empress Dowager He and asked the Empress Dowager He to intercede with He Jin, hoping to ask He Jin for his guilt in person, and only begged for his life.

Empress Dowager He is now relying on the ten permanent servants to control the harem, and she is also very sympathetic to what happened to Zhang Letting them, and finally couldn't bear their crying, and gave her eldest brother He Jin an order to enter the palace to meet her.

He Jin received an order from his sister-in-law, and prepared to enter the palace without saying a word.

At this time, Yuan Shao felt that something was wrong, and suggested to He Jin: "General, this is an extraordinary matter, the general enters the palace alone at this time, I am afraid that the ten permanent attendants will be unfavorable to the general." It's better for the general to bring all the soldiers and horses over, so that those eunuchs can't be unfavorable to the general, and can show your majesty, the best of both worlds. ”

He Jin felt that what Yuan Shao said was very reasonable, and he sailed the ship carefully.

So He Jin came to the palace gate with the army.

Zhang Rang and the others had already set up a heavy ambush at the palace gate, and they could kill him just by waiting for He Jin to come forward. When He Jin arrived with a large number of soldiers and horses, Zhang Rang secretly screamed badly. But the arrow is on the string, and it has to be sent. Now it's too late to cancel the plan, Zhang Rang let He Jin enter the palace alone on the grounds that the palace is important and idle people can't enter.

"General, I'll go back later. The last general feels that Zhang has made them have a conspiracy. Yuan Shao felt that something was wrong.

He Jin didn't care, his own army was beside him, and these eunuchs gave them a hundred dares and didn't dare to disadvantage him He Jin.

He Jin rejected Yuan Shao's suggestion and entered the palace alone.

As soon as He Jin entered the palace gate, he was beheaded by Zhang Rang and others, and threw his head out of the palace wall.

Outside the palace walls, He Jin's army went crazy. Yuan Shao took the lead in attacking the palace gate.

The ten permanent attendants didn't expect this to happen, and fled in panic, and Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong even kidnapped and took away the two brothers Liu Wei and Liu Xie.

The soldiers stormed the palace and killed a beardless man as soon as they saw it.

Sai Shuo is one of the ten permanent servants with a high level of force, with his outstanding martial arts, leading the West Garden guards to resist the invading soldiers.

The palace is in turmoil.

When Lu Zhi, Huangfu Song and other ministers rushed over, all the eunuchs in the palace were almost killed, and many soldiers took advantage of the chaos to loot.

Lu Zhi couldn't stand it anymore, so he asked his own soldiers to kill a few soldiers who took advantage of the chaos to rob, and shouted: "Pass the order, all departments will strictly restrain the soldiers, and those who dare to continue to do evil will be killed!" ”

Lu Zhi's iron-blooded methods shocked all the soldiers.

The riots at the palace finally stopped.

Lu Zhi and Huangfu Song hurriedly looked for the traces of Liu Wei and Liu Xie. However, there was no trace of the two of them in the palace.

Empress Dowager He finally realized what a stupid thing she had done, and begged Lu Zhi and other ministers to find Liu Wei back.

Lu Zhi hated this stupid woman to death, if she hadn't believed the nonsense of the Ten Standing Servants, the situation would not have reached such a grim point. But now it is the search for the emperor that is the most critical, Lu Zhi is too lazy to talk nonsense with Empress He, and leads the soldiers and horses to search for Liu Wei with all his might.

Dong Zhuo, who was stationed in Hedong, was also very clear about the affairs of Luoyang, and seeing the fierce battle in Luoyang made the belligerent Dong Zhuo very tormented.

At this time, the shrewd Li Ru found this golden opportunity and hurriedly suggested that his father-in-law go to Luoyang immediately.

Dong Zhuo, who had long been impatient, immediately decided to lead the whole army to Luoyang.

When Lu Zhi and the others were looking for Liu Bian, they met Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong. The two showed Lu Zhi that they had to do such a thing, and told Liu Wei and Liu Xie where they were, hoping that Lu Zhi could spare them a dog's life.

Lu Zhi did not spare them, and directly executed Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong.

In the end, Lu Zhi and they found Liu Wei and Liu Xie in a private house.

When they returned to the palace, Dong Zhuo's army arrived.

Just like in history, Dong Zhuo got the ethereal Son of Heaven Liu Bian. Dong Zhuo's ambition swelled dramatically from this moment.