Chapter 145: Troubled Dynasty
After learning the news that Dong Zhuo had entered Beijing, Liu Yi was a little overwhelmed.
I thought that I could compete with Dong Zhuo for the opportunity to enter Beijing, but I didn't expect it to happen faster than I expected, and Dong Zhuo had already entered Kyoto before everyone left Jizhou.
At this time, Liu Yi was faced with a dilemma.
If he led the troops to Luoyang, with Liu Yi's understanding of this period of history, Dong Zhuo would definitely not let himself enter the city when he saw that he was bringing the troops, and if he stopped and returned to Zhuo County, Liu Yi was a little unwilling in his heart.
"Zhicai, Yunchang, you two quickly think of a way for me, how can I let Dong Zhuo let us enter Beijing?"
Seeing that Liu Yi was bent on entering Beijing, Xi Zhicai put forward his idea to Liu Yi after thinking about it in his heart.
"If the lord wants to enter Beijing, it will definitely not work with so many soldiers, so he can only bring fewer soldiers to dispel Dong Zhuo's suspicions, and maybe he will have a chance to enter Beijing!"
As soon as Xi Zhicai's words fell, Guan Yu on the side retorted, "It's not okay for the soldiers to bring too little, this trip is far away, and it passes through the place where Zhang Yan is, and when the time comes, when I see that there is no one around the lord, I will inevitably be worried about Zhang Yan!" ”
"That's it, let's lead the troops into the division first, and then find a hidden mountain forest for the soldiers to hide first, let's take five hundred soldiers to Luoyang, and when we come back, there will be soldiers to pick up!" Liu Yi suggested.
"Lord, the situation in Luoyang City is chaotic and full of dangers, isn't it a bit inappropriate to bring only five hundred soldiers?" Xi Zhicai persuaded.
Hearing this, Liu Yi replied with a firm face: "I can't give up the child, I can't trap the wolf!" That's it! ”
On that day, Dong Zhuo saw a fire in Luoyang City, and then led the army to Luoyang.
As soon as he arrived in Xianyangwan, he heard the news that the young emperor was being held hostage, and Dong Zhuo knew that his opportunity had come, so he rushed to Beibi Mountain with a large army.
Dong Zhuo and the others had just arrived at the foot of the Beibi Mountain, and the frightened young emperor Liu Wei saw Dong Zhuo's galloping army, and was so frightened that he began to cry again.
When Lu Zhi, Min Gong and others saw Dong Zhuo coming, they knew that it was the reinforcements who arrived, and they were overjoyed, so they hurriedly ran forward with the young emperor and others.
"The old minister Dong Zhuo is late to save the car!" Seeing the arrival of the young emperor Liu Bian, Dong Zhuo turned over and dismounted and respectfully bowed to Liu Bian.
At this time, Liu Wei was already frightened, and when he saw Dong Zhuo wearing a stomach and a fierce face, Liu Wei hid behind Lu Zhi early and didn't dare to talk.
Compared with Liu Wei, Liu Xie, who is only seven years old this year, seems calm and calm.
Seeing Dong Zhuo kneeling on the ground, but his imperial brother was too frightened to speak, seven-year-old Liu Xie, the king of Chen Liu, stood up.
"General Dong, please get up!" Liu Xie said in a milky and serious voice.
Dong Zhuo, who was kneeling on the ground, didn't know which one was Liu Xie and which one was Liu Wei, and when he saw Liu Xie talking, he thought it was the young emperor, so he hurriedly replied, "Thank you, Your Majesty!" ”
After Dong Zhuo got up, Min Gong on the side stepped forward and pointed at Liu Xie and said with a smile, "This is the second son of the first emperor, King Chen Liu, General Dong, don't recognize the wrong person!" ”
Hearing this, Dong Zhuo was stunned.
"And your majesty is?" Dong Zhuo looked at Liu Wei's little head behind Lu Zhi and asked thoughtfully.
Hearing Dong Zhuo's words, Lu Zhi flashed and let Liu Wei out.
"This is Your Majesty!" Lu Zhi said.
Dong Zhuo looked at Liu Wei, who was standing in place at a loss, and then looked at Liu Xie, who was not afraid at all, and couldn't help frowning.
"General Dong hasn't seen Your Majesty soon?" Seeing that Dong Zhuo's expression was wrong, Lu Zhi said with some displeasure.
Hearing Lu Zhi's words, Dong Zhuo reacted, and then knelt down in front of the young emperor Liu Wei and said respectfully, "Weichen Dong Zhuo has seen Your Majesty!" Fang Cai Weichen has eyes that do not know Allah, and misunderstands His Majesty, and I hope that Your Majesty will not blame! ”
Seeing that Dong Zhuo's attitude was quite sincere, Lu Zhi touched Liu Biao with his hand, and then gestured with his eyes, Liu Biao plucked up the courage to say, "General, no courtesy!" ”
Hearing this, Dong Zhuo stood up.
"Your Majesty, please go back to the palace with the old minister!"
After speaking, regardless of whether Liu Wei wanted to or not, Dong Zhuo picked up Liu Wei and put it on his horse.
When Dong Zhuo wanted to pick up Chen Liuwang and Liu Xie on the horse, he saw that Chen Liuwang and Liu Xie had already sat on a horse next to him under the push and support of Lu Zhi and others.
"I can ride a horse myself, General Dong doesn't have to worry about me!" Liu Xie, who was only seven years old, learned to look like an adult, straightened his body, and then bent down to take the reins handed over by Lu Zhi.
Seeing that Liu Xie was so clever and sensible, Dong Zhuo loved him very much in his heart.
On the way back, Dong Zhuo began to talk to Liu Xie without saying a word, and when he heard that Liu Xie was raised by the first emperor's biological mother, Empress Dowager Dong, Dong Zhuo was even more happy.
Dong Zhuo thought that he was of the same clan as the Empress Dowager Dong on weekdays, but at this time, he saw that Liu Xie, the king of Chen Liu, was known as "Dong Hou", so he had the idea of abolishing the defense and establishing the Association in his heart.
Everyone walked for most of the night, and when the sky was already bright, everyone came to the vicinity of Luoyang City.
At this time, all the ministers and officials came out to greet them, and the leader of them was Cui Lie, who was Situ at the time.
The position of Situ is very powerful, in charge of the country's land and the education of the people, the prime minister was changed to the great Situ in the Western Han Dynasty, and it was changed to Situ in the Eastern Han Dynasty.
At the beginning, Cui Lie was just a small court lieutenant, and the reason why he was able to serve as Situ was all because of the property in his hands.
After the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Liu Hong listened to the slander of Zhang Rang and other ten permanent servants, and began to sell the positions of high-ranking officials in the government at a clear price
Ling Emperor Liu Hong's Fu Mu Cheng Lady only spent five million yuan to buy the position of Situ. At that time, because of this incident, Liu Hong complained to Zhang Rang and others, saying that the price was too low.
is such a person, seeing Dong Zhuo's army at this time, Cui Lie not only did not mean to be afraid, but was extremely arrogant.
"General Dong has worked hard all the way, since His Majesty has returned safely, then please ask General Dong to go back!" Cui Lie said to Dong Zhuo proudly.
At this time, Dong Zhuo had already figured out the situation in Luoyang City on the way back last night, how could Dong Zhuo, who was self-armed with force, be able to stand Cui Lie's humiliation at this time.
"Lao Tzu traveled hundreds of miles day and night to pick up the holy car, but now you let Lao Tzu go back, aren't you afraid that Lao Tzu will chop you?" Dong Zhuo pointed at Cui Lie and scolded.
Hearing Dong Zhuo's words, Cui Lie was so angry that his face was red and his neck was thick, and he pointed at Dong Zhuo and was stunned for a long time without saying anything.
At this time, Dong Zhuo looked at the civil and military officials in front of him and cross-examined, "As ministers of state, you can't correct the royal family, causing turmoil in the country and the Son of Heaven being exiled, now that I have rescued the Son of Heaven, how can you have a reason for me to withdraw from the army!" ”
After speaking, regardless of the hostility of everyone, Dong Zhuo rode a horse and drove the young emperor Liu Wei towards Luoyang City.
Among the ministers, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao were also among them, and at this time, seeing Dong Zhuo so domineering, Yuan Shao at the end of the crowd gritted his teeth and said angrily, "This is really a tiger at the front door, and a wolf at the back door!" ”
Cao Cao, who was beside him, heard this, and hurriedly covered Yuan Shao's mouth with his hand, and whispered in his ear, "Originally, you don't want to live anymore!?" ”
Dong Zhuo began to show greed for power after entering Beijing, because Dong Zhuo had been in Liangzhou and Bingzhou before, the two places were poor, Dong Zhuo had never had the opportunity to have a good time, and at this time, seeing the scene of the lights in Luoyang City, Dong Zhuo didn't want to leave as soon as he entered Beijing.
If you don't want to go, you have to have the capital that you don't want to go, because you didn't bring many soldiers with you this time, and you were afraid that the defenders in the city would rebel against you, so Dong Zhuo called his subordinates to his house to discuss matters.
Because Dong Zhuo was meritorious, after returning to the dynasty, the young emperor gave Dong Zhuo a very large general's mansion to express his gratitude to Dong Zhuo.
At this time, all the people under Dong Zhuo came to Dong Zhuo's general's mansion.
"I called you here today, just to let you think of a way for our family, the life in Luoyang City, our family is very comfortable, so I want to live here for a long time, you see if there is any way to make our family stand in Luoyang?" Drinking the wine in the cup, Dong Zhuo looked like an old god was there and said to everyone.
As the only one among all the people who was by Dong Zhuo's side as a strategist, Jia Xu stood up at this time.
"My lord, at this time, the civil strife in the court has not been eliminated, and if you want to gain a foothold here, you must have enough troops!" Jia Xu said respectfully to Dong Zhuo.
"Alas~ I didn't know the situation here, our family only brought 4,000 men and horses into Beijing, and there were not as many defenders in the city, so if we knew this, we should have brought all the people and horses from Bingzhou!" Dong Zhuo said annoyedly.
Hearing this, Jia Xu in the hall showed a sly smile and said, "When the adults first arrived in Luoyang, how many men and horses did you have, those civil and military officials don't know, as long as the adults make a look of holding heavy troops, those Luoyang forbidden troops don't dare to do anything to the adults for a while!" ”
Hearing Jia Xu's suggestion, Li Yu on the side stood up and asked, "We only have a few thousand people, and it's good to be fooled for a day or two, if it's a long time, it's inevitable that there will be flaws!" ”
"Hey~ What Li Yu said makes sense, so you have to help our family think about it, how can you bring the army of Bingzhou over when Cui Lie and the others haven't reacted yet!"
Hearing Dong Zhuo's words, Jia Xu on the side showed that he had already taken countermeasures.
"My lord, my subordinates all have a plan!"
According to Jia Xu's strategy, Dong Zhuo secretly contacted his younger brother Dong, and at the same time ordered his thousands of soldiers to sneak out of the city every night, and then swaggered into Luoyang City the next day.
Lu Zhi, Huangfu Song, Cui Lie and other civil and military officials repeatedly spoke to the young emperor after Dong Zhuo entered Beijing, asking him to persuade Dong Zhuo to return to the state. But when they saw that the Xiliang army entered the city every day, they thought it was Dong Zhuo's reinforcements coming, so no one dared to mention Dong Zhuo's withdrawal for a while.
Seven days passed slowly.
At this time, Dong Zhuo had already ordered someone to move troops to Liangzhou, and Dong Zhuo's younger brother Dong had contacts with He Jin's subordinates because he usually had dealings with his subordinates.
After Dong's persuasion, many of He Jin's old departments showed their intention to join Dong Zhuo, but Wu Kuang, Zhang Zhang, and Bao Xin had already seen Dong Zhuo's personality and refused to give in.
In desperation, for the sake of his brother's plan, Dong pained his murderous intentions, and took He Jin's old subordinates to give Wu Kuang and Zhang Zhang secrets! was executed, but Bao Xin escaped the catastrophe because of luck and hurriedly dismissed the official and went home.
After the execution of Wu Kuang and Zhang Zhang, Dong took the rest of He Jin's old department to join Dong Zhuo.
Originally, in addition to the army of Luoyang in the hands of He Jin, Jian Shuo, who was the head of the eight captains of the West Garden, and the holding of Jin Wu Ding Yuan, who was responsible for defending the hundred officials of the imperial capital, also had some men and horses, but as soon as Jian Shuo died, the command of the West Park army immediately fell into the hands of He Jin.
At this time, He Jin's army was in Dong Zhuo's hands, except for Ding Yuan's hands outside the city, there were some forbidden troops in the hands of Ding Yuan, and the troops on the edge of Luoyang City were all in Dong Zhuo's hands. Dong Zhuo, who had sufficient military strength, began to ignore the restraints of the young emperor.
Dong Zhuo, who has a heavy army, wears armor and holds a blade every day when he goes to court
If you don't agree, you will openly kill people in the court, not only that, Dong Zhuo is lustful by nature, and once ran to the harem and raped the concubines and maidservants of the harem, even the Empress Dowager He did not escape Dong Zhuo's poisonous hands.
Seeing Dong Zhuo so cholera court, not only did those upright ministers dare to be angry but did not dare to speak, even the young emperor did not dare to reprimand, in order to appease Dong Zhuo, the young emperor also specially named Dong Zhuo as the commonplace, and his status was second only to the third duke.
After seeing Dong Zhuo's tendency to take charge of the government, many ministers with different intentions began to show favor to Dong Zhuo.
Among them, Li Ru, the Lang Zhong Ling given by Liu Bianqin, and Cao Cao, the captain of the Dian Military Academy, were the most trusted by Dong Zhuo.
After Li Ru took refuge in Dong Zhuo, he was deeply loved by Dong Zhuo because of his resourcefulness and viciousness. On weekdays, all matters are consulted with him, which can be called a think tank.
Because of the previous incident in Beibi Mountain, Dong Zhuo had already thought of abolishing the debate and establishing the Association in his heart, but because of the serious trouble, he had never made up his mind.
On this day, when Dong Zhuo was chatting with everyone in the house, he mentioned the abolition of the establishment again.
At this time, Dong Zhuo was lying lazily on the bed, and several maids around him were hammering his legs.
"Our family is happy to see that King Chen Liu, and wants to make him the emperor, do you see if there is any good way?"
Since arriving at Dong Zhuo's side, Li Ru has not made any contributions, so when he heard Dong Zhuo's question, Li Ru was anxious to show himself.
"Now that the court has no owner, if you don't act at this time, it will change later. In the coming day, in the Wenming Garden, a hundred officials were summoned and the edict was abolished; If there is a disobedient person who beheads him, then the authoritarian act is today. ”
Hearing Li Ru's words, Dong Zhuo was overjoyed, got up abruptly and sat up. Because Dong Zhuo was physically strong and had extraordinary strength, he was so together, and the two maids who were beating his legs around him couldn't dodge and were knocked to the ground all of a sudden.
"Useless stuff! Pull down the rod and kill it! Looking at the two maidservants who were sitting on the ground, Dong Zhuo scolded fiercely.
Then, several soldiers came up from outside the door, ignoring the cries of the two maidservants, and forced the two out of the hall.
Watching the soldiers pull the two innocent maidservants out of the lobby and start whipping, no one in the room came out to stop them, only Cao Cao frowned inadvertently.
Listening to the screams of the two maidservants outside the house, Dong Zhuo was in a good mood, patted his belly and laughed, "Hahaha~ Wen You (Li Ruzi) This statement is in line with our family's intentions!" ”
At this time, although no one in the DPRK dared to oppose Dong Zhuo openly, many people scolded Dong Zhuo in private. Among them is Cao Cao's friend Yuan Shao.
Because of the prestige of Yuan Shao's family and its power in the court, after deciding to abolish the establishment, Dong Zhuo sent someone to invite Yuan Shao, wanting Yuan Shao to support him in abolishing the young emperor.
Yuan Shao didn't want to have an intersection with Dong Zhuo, but because of Dong Zhuo's strength at this time, Yuan Shao had to answer the call.
As soon as he entered Dong Zhuo's mansion, Yuan Shao saw Cao Cao coming towards him.
Before, because of Cao Cao's defection to Dong Zhuo, Yuan Shao once stood in front of Cao Cao's mansion and scolded for a long time.
Seeing his former friend again at this time, Yuan Shao's heart has long lost his past affection, and he is more disdainful of Cao Cao's tendency to be inflammatory.
"Lord Sikong called me here today, I don't know what I have to order?" Yuan Shao relied on his family background, and he was not too respectful when he talked to Dong Zhuo at this time.
Seeing Yuan Shao's arrogant appearance, Dong Zhuo had already begun to feel dissatisfied in his heart, but when he thought of asking him to help with the abolition of the establishment, he suppressed the anger in his heart.
"Our family saw that Liu Xie, the king of Chen Liu, was young and old, and he had the style of an emperor, so I invited you here today to talk to you about the abolition of the establishment," Dong Zhuopi said with a smile.
Hearing Dong Zhuo's words, Yuan Shao couldn't help but be furious, pointed at Dong Zhuo and scolded, "The young emperor is the eldest son of the first emperor, and he ascended the throne as the emperor in accordance with the mandate of heaven, how can you abolish it in vain!?" ”
Seeing that Yuan Shao dared to reprimand himself, the anger in Dong Zhuo's heart suddenly couldn't be suppressed, and he raised his sword and scolded back, "Shaft!" Will the affairs of the world not decide me? Who would dare to disobey me now? Do you think my Dong Zhuo's knife is not fast enough? ”
As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked, for fear that Dong Zhuo would kill Yuan Shao in anger.
Cao Cao hurriedly stood up at this time and wanted to persuade the two, but before the words came out, he saw Yuan Shao also pull out the saber at his waist.
"Is there only one person in the world who is fast at the knife, Dong Gong?"
After speaking, Yuan Shao put the knife across his chest and quickly exited Dong Zhuo's mansion.
Seeing Yuan Shao leaving the house, Dong Zhuo wanted to send someone to chase him, but was stopped by Li Ru on the side.
"My lord, Yuan Shao is the nephew of Taifu Yuan Kui, he can't be killed!"
Hearing Li Ru's words, Dong Zhuo gasped and stared at the direction of Yuan Shao's escape with an angry face, and after a while, Dong Zhuo put down the long sword in his hand.
"Send someone to tell Yuan Kui, just say that our family wants to abolish the young emperor and set up King Chen Liuwang as an enemy, if he doesn't obey, our family will slaughter him and Yuan Shao together!"
After learning Dong Zhuo's meaning, Taifu Yuan Kui agreed to support Dong Zhuo's proposition without hesitation because he was afraid of death, and his nephew Yuan Shao learned of this, and abandoned his official position in anger and fled to Bohai County, Jizhou.
After seeing that someone supported his claim, Dong Zhuo was overjoyed, so he began to follow Li Ru's suggestion and ordered his subordinates to go door-to-door to send invitations to the civil and military officials of the court, and invite them to the palace for discussion.
As soon as the subordinates sent to send the invitations left, a soldier who looked like a horse hurriedly ran in front of Dong Zhuo.
"My lord, Liu Yi, the Taishou of Zhuojun and the captain of the cavalry, has arrived outside Luoyang City at this time!"