Chapter Eighty-Eight: Overnight Stay on the Dragon Couch

Zheng of the Imperial Palace

Zhang Rang and other eunuchs couldn't hold on in the harem, so they entered the Changle Palace to report to the Empress Dowager He, falsely claiming that the general's subordinates were rebelling, and took the opportunity to coerce the Empress Dowager He, the Young Emperor Liu Wei, and the Bohai King Liu Xie, and kidnapped other officials in the palace to escape from the Bridge Pavilion Road to the North Palace Deyang Palace, and the Empress Dowager He was rescued by Lu Zhi who rushed to hear the news.

The next day, Zhang Rang, Duan Qi and others were forced to pursue the soldiers and were trapped in the North Palace, and there was nothing to be done, so they had to take dozens of people such as the Young Emperor Liu Wei and the King of Bohai out of the valley gate on foot and fled to the bank of the Yellow River.

Everyone ran to Beibi Mountain overnight, about two watches, the shouting behind gradually rose, people and horses arrived, the current person is Min Gong, the official in the middle of Henan, Min Gong shouted: "The rebel is gone!" ”

Zhang Rang saw that things had come to this point, and when he knew that the time of death had come, he bowed his hand to the young emperor, kowtowed goodbye, and threw himself into the river to die.

The young emperor Liu Wei and the emperor's brother Liu Xie did not know the truth and did not dare to raise their voices, lying in the grass by the river, and the Mingong army and horses did not see their sons, so they scattered to pursue, not knowing where the young emperor was.

The young emperor and the emperor fell to the fourth watch, the dew fell again, the stomach was hungry, and they hugged each other and cried.

Afraid of people's perception and recklessly, Liu Xie, the king of Bohai, said: "Don't stay here for a long time, don't look for a way to live." ”

So they were dressed together, and climbed up to the shore, and the ground was full of thorns, and in the darkness they could not see the road, and they were very embarrassed.

Walk to the fifth watch, foot pain can not walk, see a haystack on the side of the hill, lying on the side of the haystack.

In front of the haystack is a village, the owner of the village is dreaming of two red days falling behind the village, surprised, dressed out of the house, looking around, seeing the red light on the grass pile behind the village, hurriedly looking, but it is two people lying on the grass.

The owner asked, "Who is the son of the second boy?" ”

Liu Wei was too timid to respond. Liu Xie, the king of Bohai, pointed at Liu and said: "This is the current emperor, who was rebelled by the ten permanent servants and fled here. I am the king of the Bohai Sea. ”

The owner of the village was shocked, and hurriedly bowed: "Cui Yi, the younger brother of Situ Cui Lie, is also hidden here because he saw that the ten permanent servants were jealous of the officials. ”

Then he helped the emperor into the village and knelt down to drink and eat. Min Gong caught up with Duan Jue, took it and asked, "Where is the son?" ”

Duan Qi shuddered and said: "I have lost each other halfway, and I don't know where to go." ”

Min Gong then killed Duan Jue, hung his head under the horse, and scattered his troops to look for it. But he rode alone and followed the road. Occasionally, when he came to Cui Yizhuang, Yi saw the head and asked, Min Gong made a detailed appearance, Cui Yi hurriedly led Min Gong to see the emperor, and the monarch and ministers cried bitterly.

Min Gong said: "The country cannot be without a king for a day, please return the capital to Your Majesty." ”

Cui Yizhuang has a thin horse, prepared with the emperor, Min Gong and the king of Bohai ride a horse, away from the village, less than three miles, Situ Wang Yun, Tai Lieutenant Yang Biao, left military academy captain Chun Yuqiong, right military academy captain Feng Fang, after the military academy Bao Xin, the middle military academy captain Yuan Shao, a group of people, hundreds of people, and then the car, the monarchs and ministers are crying.

First of all, the head of Duan Jue was ordered to go to Beijing, and then the horse was changed to sit with the emperor and the king of Bohai, and the emperor returned to Beijing.

The car drove for less than a few miles, and suddenly saw the flag covering the sun, covering the dust, and a branch of people and horses arrived, and the hundred officials lost color, and the emperor was also shocked.

It turned out that Dong Zhuowang, the pastor of Bingzhou, saw the thick smoke billowing over Luoyang, and learned that a major change had occurred in the imperial court, so he hurriedly ordered the march and marched 300 miles overnight.

At the foot of the Beibi Mountain, Dong Zhuo saw the mighty welcoming procession, and the frightened Liu Wei saw Dong Zhuojun galloping over, and cried in fright, and the ministers: "There is an edict to retreat!" ”

Cui Lie in the escort team also asked Dong Zhuo to avoid.

Dong Zhuo pointed at Cui Lie and scolded: "I ran three hundred miles day and night, why are you avoiding it now?" Believe it or not, I'll cut off your head! ”

Then, Dong Zhuo cross-examined the ministers again: "As ministers of state, you ministers cannot correct the royal family, causing turmoil in the country and exile, how can you have a reason for me to withdraw from the army!" ”

Subsequently, Dong Zhuo entered the welcoming team, first met Liu Wei, and then reached out to hug Liu Xie, the king of Chen Liu, from Min Gong's arms, Liu Xie refused, Dong Zhuo had to go with Min Gong and enter the city together.

Dong Zhuo asked Liu Wei about the incident, Liu Wei was incoherent, but Liu Xie could express it clearly, Dong Zhuo knew that Liu Xie was raised by the Empress Dowager Dong, and his name was "Dong Hou", Dong Zhuo thought that he was of the same clan as the Empress Dowager Dong, so he was happy and wanted to establish Liu Xie.

Dong Zhuotun soldiers outside the city, every day with the ironclad horse army into the city, rampant in the market, the people are panicked, in and out of the palace, a little unscrupulous.

The armies of the former general He Jin and the chariot general He Miao were also incorporated by Dong Zhuo, and Dong Zhuo held all the military power in Luoyang.

Bao Xin, the former staff member of the General's Mansion, refused to join Dong Zhuo, and proposed to Yuan Shao a plan to lure Dong Zhuo to death, but Yuan Shao did not dare, and Bao Xin abandoned the official and fled. The imperial court dismissed Sikong Liu Hong and sent envoys to Xianyang Yuan to worship Dong Zhuo as Sikong.

Dong Zhuo invited Yuan Shao to Xianyang Yuan to discuss the abolition.

Dong Zhuo was unscrupulous: "The young emperor is ignorant and cowardly, he can't worship the temple, and he is not qualified to serve as the monarch under him." For the sake of the country and the Han dynasty, I want to follow the story of Yi Yin Fang Taijia and Huo Guang abolishing Changyi, abolishing the young emperor, and replacing Liu Xie, the king of Bohai, as his son! ”

Yuan Shao was shocked, his heart was shocked, he immediately disagreed, and proposed to ask Taifu Yuan Kui.

Yuan Shao scolded angrily: "This selfishness of yours is also a disaster for the country and the people, I'm afraid most people will not agree with your opinion!" ”

Dong Zhuo was furious when he heard this: "Shaft! Won't you decide what will happen to me? Who would dare to disobey me now? It is said that Dong Zhuo's knife is unfavorable! ”

Yuan Shao ridiculed: "The one who is healthy, is it only Dong Gong?" ”

Yuan Shao then took the saber and left, Dong Zhuonai could only tolerate him for the time being after Yuan Shao was the third prince of the fourth emperor and let him go back.

Then, Dong Zhuo, who was angry, led hundreds of soldiers to visit Yuan Kui in person to discuss the abolition of the establishment.

Dong Zhuo then proposed the abolition of the establishment at the court meeting, and took Huo Guangshi as an example to prolong the year from Tian (whoever opposed it would be executed immediately).

On April 1, in the front hall of Chongde, Shangshu Ding Palace presided over the abolition ceremony, Taifu Yuan Kui helped Liu Wei off the throne, lifted the jade seal and handed it to Liu Xie, and then helped Liu Xie to officially ascend the throne.

After the deposition of the emperor, Dong Zhuo looked down on Empress Dowager He again, believing that she hindered his free movement and prestige in the court.

So, Dong Zhuo gathered the ministers again and counted the so-called crimes of the Queen Mother to the ministers, how she persecuted her mother-in-law, the Queen Mother Yongle, so that the Queen Mother died of worry.

This kind of teaching, which violates the common sense of mother-in-law and daughter-in-law and does not emphasize filial piety and etiquette, should be severely punished.

After that, Dong Zhuo ordered the Empress Dowager He to move to Yong'an Palace, and soon, Dong Zhuo used the excuse to kill the young emperor Liu Wei and poison the Empress Dowager He.

Dong Zhuo changed himself from Sikong to Tai Lieutenant, concurrently led the former general, added festivals, gave axes and tigers, and was named the Marquis. Later, he worshiped himself as the prime minister, jumped to the head of the three princes, and held the power of the prime minister.

Dong Zhuo became the minister of state "under one person, above ten thousand people", enjoying the privileges of "not being named, not entering the court, and going to the palace with a sword" (staying on the dragon couch at night, fornicating in the harem), and after he became an official and a knight, Dong Zhuo also used the privileges in his hands to wantonly crown the members of the Dong family.

Dong Zhuo also secretly cultivated minions, widely recruited cronies, and used means such as co-optation, temptation, and exclusion to attack and frame all forces and groups that were unfavorable to him.

After the marquis, Dong Zhuo also tried his best to win over Situ Huangwan, Sikong Yang Biao, and promoted and supported Chen Fan, Dou Wu and others who had been degraded.

Dong Zhuo was reappointed by Zhou Yu and Wu Qiong in order to accommodate fame and calm opposition, Xun Shuang, Chen Ji, Han Rong and others were all involuntarily appointed, and Yuan Shao was appointed as the Taishou of Bohai, Han Fu was the pastor of Jizhou, Liu Dai was the assassin of Yanzhou, and Kong Ling was the assassin of Yuzhou.

Dong Zhuo saw that the rich and noble mansions in the city were continuous, the families were solid, and the gold and silk properties were innumerable, so he indulged his soldiers and carried out the so-called "prison" campaign.

These soldiers killed people everywhere and set fires, raped ** women, looted materials, and made the entire Luoyang City restless and complaining.

A group of junjie in the DPRK fled one after another, Yuan Shao went to Hebei, Yuan Shu went south to Nanyang, Cao Cao fled to Chenliu, and Bao Xin went to Taishan.