Chapter 34: The Rebellion of the Ten Permanent Servants

As He Jin began to plot against the Ten Standing Attendants, the Ten Standing Attendants also began to fight back.

So they found the Empress Dowager Dong, to be precise, she should be the Empress Dowager now.

Empress Dowager Dong herself doesn't like Empress Dowager He, and Liu Xie was also brought up by her.

Although Liu Bian is now the emperor, the Empress Dowager Dong has always been dissatisfied, so Zhang Rang gave the Empress Dowager Dong an idea.

Empress Dowager Dong was overjoyed when she heard this, and the next day at the court meeting, she announced that she would canonize Liu Xie as the king of Chen Liu, and at the same time crown her brother Dong Zhong as a hussar general, and let Zhang Rang help her handle government affairs together, so as to suppress He Jin's power.

The hussar general, like the chariot cavalry general named by He Jin's younger brother He Miao, is a position second only to the great general.

Don't say that He Jin is dissatisfied with this matter, that is, the Empress Dowager He is also very dissatisfied, so the Empress Dowager He invited the Empress Dowager Dong to her palace and set up a banquet to entertain her.

At the banquet, Empress Dowager He either explicitly or implicitly reminded Empress Dowager Dong that it is now Liu Wei as the emperor, and hopes that Empress Dowager Dong will not participate in state affairs, and that her own mother, the emperor, can hang the curtain.

Empress Dowager Dong is already old, so it is good to retire in the palace with peace of mind.

Empress Dowager Dong was naturally dissatisfied with Empress Dowager He's statement, and the two quarreled directly at the banquet, and finally dispersed without panic.

Empress Dowager He was angry in her heart, and summoned He Jin into the palace the next day, asking him to find a way to get Empress Dowager Dong out of the palace.

So He Jin once again convened his staff to discuss countermeasures, and one of them thought of a solution.

The next day, He Jin cooperated with the third duke and his younger brother He Miao, the general of the chariot cavalry, to play together, saying that "the lady of the vassal country cannot stay in the capital."

It turned out that although the Empress Dowager Dong was Emperor Ling's own mother, she was not Emperor Huan's wife. Emperor Huan had no children, and Emperor Huan's empress Dou chose Liu Hong (Emperor Ling), who was the Marquis of Jiedu Pavilion at that time, to become the emperor.

At that time, Liu Hong succeeded to the throne, and the empress dowager of the Han Dynasty was Dou, and his biological mother Dong was only named Mrs. Shenyuan, and it was not until Dou's death that Dong became the empress dowager.

Now that Emperor Ling has died, the Dong family is no longer the emperor's biological mother, but only the identity of the wife of a vassal country, and according to the ancient system, the wife of a vassal country cannot stay in the capital.

Therefore, Empress Dowager Dong was forced to return to the Hejian Kingdom.

Soon came the news that the Empress Dowager Dong had died of a sudden illness, but more people thought that the Empress Dowager Dong was killed by He Jinyu.

As soon as the Empress Dowager Dong died, He Jin sent troops to surround the mansion of the hussar general Dong Chong, who knew that he could not do anything and committed suicide in the hall.

Since then, He Jin has truly reached the point where power leans towards the government and the opposition, and no one in the DPRK and China has opposed it.

The Ten Standing Servants also knew that they had no other way out, so they sent someone to tell He Jin, hoping that he could enter the palace for an interview, and the Ten Standing Servants were willing to surrender to the general.

He Jin did not doubt that he had him, so he went directly to the palace, but Yuan Shao thought that there must be a conspiracy among the ten permanent attendants, and hoped to bring troops with him.

Although He Jin knew that the Ten Standing Servants had intended to kill him, he thought that he had the most power now, and he would not dare to do anything with him no matter how much courage he gave the Ten Standing Attendants.

It's just that Yuan Shao's tone is resolute, and he is the same as Yuan Shao with his troops.

When he came to the palace gate, the palace guards forbade ordinary soldiers to enter the palace, although Yuan Shao still insisted, but He Jin didn't think so, so he let Yuan Shao and others wait outside.

What He Jin didn't expect was that he encountered a sneak attack by a group of eunuchs shortly after he entered the palace, although He Jin was born as a butcher and had some strength, but he couldn't stand up to the crowd, and he was killed by the Ten Standing Servants not long after.

Yuan Shao waited outside the palace for a long time and couldn't see He come in and out, so he asked people to go in and investigate. Unexpectedly, what I found was He Jin's body.

Yuan Shao immediately sent troops, stormed the palace, and killed all the eunuchs he saw.

At this time, the ten permanent servants had already left the palace with the young emperor Liu Bian, and Liu Xie, the king of Chen Liu.

Yuan Shao slaughtered all the eunuchs in the palace in a fit of rage, and then led his troops out of the city to find the emperor.

Dong Zhuo, who had been paying attention to the situation in Luoyang, was stationed less than 100 miles outside Luoyang City with an army of 30,000 at this time.

When the spies informed Dong Zhuo of the great changes in the palace, he immediately led his army to Luoyang City, and at the same time sent someone to inform him that the rest of the army would quickly come to Luoyang.

It didn't take long for Dong Zhuo's spies to report that they found traces of suspicious people in Bishan, and Dong Zhuo immediately led his troops to Pishan.

At this time, it was the third watch, and the ten permanent attendants had already fled for their lives during the escape, and there were only two people in the carriage, Zhang Rang and Duan Qi.

The long escape had exhausted them, and when they came to the mountain, they heard a large group of people coming behind them, and they couldn't help but despair immediately.

Zhang Rang pulled the young emperor Liu Bian and Chen Liuwang Liu Xie out of the carriage, and said solemnly to Liu Bian: "Your Majesty, everything the old slave does is for self-preservation, there is absolutely no disrespect for Your Majesty, let alone any rebellion, and please don't let the old slave leave a stigma after his death." ”

At this time, Liu Bian was very scared in his heart, although Zhang Rang said so much, Liu Bian did not make any answer.

Zhang Rang couldn't help but shake his head and turned his head to look at Liu Xie, the king of Chen Liu, on the side.

After handing over a holy decree in his hand to Liu Xie, he only said: "This is what you deserve." ”

After saying that, Zhang Rang turned around and jumped into the river on the side, Duan Jue didn't speak, and followed Zhang Rang and threw himself into the river together.

Only two children were left shivering in the night wind.

When Dong Zhuo arrived with his army, he saw two children hugging each other and crying on the side of the carriage.

When he approached the older child, he was incoherent and couldn't tell what was going on.

At this time, the smaller child on the side said: "This is the imperial brother Liu Bian, it is Your Majesty today, and you are here to escort you." ”

After speaking, he told him how Zhang Rang and others held them hostage, and then how they threw themselves into the river, and his speech was clear and he seemed very smart.

Dong Zhuo picked the two of them up on his horse, and at the same time ordered people to go downstream to find the bodies of Zhang Rang and others.

At dawn, Dong Zhuo took the young emperor and Chen Liuwang to Luoyang City, and all the officials who learned the news knelt at the gate of the city to greet him.

In the face of such a battle, Dong Zhuo did not dismount, still sat behind the emperor, and accepted the bowing of hundreds of officials.

Taiwei Cui Lie pointed at Dong Zhuo and said, "This is a gift to worship the Son of Heaven, why don't you avoid it?" ”

Dong Zhuo pointed at Cui Lie with a horsewhip and said: "You are incompetent, until Your Majesty is captured, I ran three hundred miles in the starry night to rescue the driver, but you want me to avoid it?" ”

After speaking, Dong Zhuo patted Liu Bian's shoulder with his hand again: "You are all important ministers of the country, but you can't support the Han family, causing the country to be in turmoil, and the Son of Heaven is outcast, believe it or not, I will kill you now." ”

After Dong Zhuo finished speaking, a platoon of soldiers stepped forward with guns.

Cui Lie didn't dare to speak anymore, and watched Dong Zhuo take Liu Bian and Liu Xie to the palace.