It is said that at this time, the Han Dynasty was in the world, and local rebellions broke out. Among them, the most powerful ones belong to Zhang Yan, Han Sui and Gongsun Zhan.

At present, Gongsun Zan has been exterminated by Liu Yi, but his accomplice Zhang Chun still occupies the Zhongshan Kingdom in Jizhou.

Zhang Yan, Han Sui, and Zhang Chun have seriously threatened Emperor Ling's rule over the world.

In order to quell the rebellion of these three parties, Emperor Liu Hong of the Han Dynasty successively sent the chariot generals Huangfu Song, Zhang Wen, the general Dong Zhuo, and the general Zhou Shen to suppress the thieves.

Because of the previous war with the Yellow Turban Army, the national strength of the Han Dynasty at this time was not as good as before, and the personal ability of Zhang Yan and others was stronger than that of Zhang Jiao before, so in the end, Huangfu Song and others not only did not exterminate the traitors, but made the traitors' power stronger and stronger.

Among them, Han Sui and Bian Zhang's gang have already entered Kou Sanfu under the banner of killing eunuchs, and killed the royal cemetery of the Han family. Zhang Yan's troops in Changshan, Zhaojun, Zhongshan, Shangdang, Hanoi and other places after the traitors contacted each other, the team is also gradually growing, has now grown to nearly one million people, known as the "Black Mountain Army", and Zhang Chun in Zhongshan, at this time also joined forces with Zhang Yan, colluded to occupy nearly half of the territory of Jizhou.

In the face of the rebels of Han Sui, Zhang Yan and others, the imperial court was already somewhat powerless to crusade. In the end, Emperor Ling accepted the slander of the eunuch Zhang Rang, and used important officials to recruit Zhang Yan, Han Sui and others.

Among them, Zhang Yan was appointed by Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty as the general of Pingnan, so that he managed the administrative and public security affairs of the mountainous areas north of the Yellow River, and Han Sui was appointed as the chief of Xizhou, so that he could manage the administration and public security of the Qianghu region.

The reason why Zhang Yan, Han Sui, and Zhang Chun's three groups rebelled was nothing more than wanting to have their own territory. Now that Emperor Ling has divided the three people's different territories, the three of them quit their troops.

Originally, Liu Yihe still wanted to seize the time to develop, and then take out to deal with Zhang Chun as soon as possible to avenge Wang San, but no one expected that Liu Yi was not ready here, and Zhang Chun turned into an official of the Han Dynasty.

In this way, it will be difficult for Liu Yi to attack Zhang Chun again, not only will he be unknown, but if he doesn't do it well, he will also be labeled as a rebel.

"I'm your uncle! What is this court calling this? If you can't beat it, you will be soft? Looking at the news in his hand, Liu Yi scolded his mother with hatred.

Seeing Liu Yi looking like a cannibal, Xi Zhicai on the side hurriedly ran over to look at the strip of cloth in Liu Yi's hand.

At a glance, Xi Zhicai's brows also furrowed.

"Lord, in this case, it will be difficult to kill Zhang Chunke!" Xi Zhicai shook his head and sighed.

"I can kill Gongsun Zhan, can he be more difficult than the previous Gongsun Zhan?" Liu Yi said with a fierce face.

Having said that, Liu Yi and the others didn't come up with any good way to deal with Zhang Chun for a while, so they had no choice but to develop themselves first and wait for another turmoil in the world.

It is said that since Zhang Yan and others were recruited by the imperial court, they have honestly not rebelled again.

Seeing that the world had calmed down again, the life of Spirit Emperor Liu Hong became even more arrogant and lascivious.

Due to the perennial life of debauchery and corruption, the body of Spirit Emperor Liu Hong is not as good as day by day.

One night in the autumn of 186 AD, Emperor Ling finally fell ill after having a fun time with Empress He.

Although Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty has pampered countless women in his life, he only has two sons and one daughter, among which the eldest prince Liu Wei was born to He Jin's sister Empress He, because he is the eldest prince, so he was named the crown prince by Liu Hong early. The second prince's name is Liu Xie, and he was born to Emperor Ling's former concubine Wang Meiren.

Wang Meiren was originally a native of Handan, Zhao State, named Wang Rong, because of her plump figure, beautiful appearance, smart and intelligent, deeply loved by Emperor Ling, and was regarded as a beauty when she first entered the palace.

At that time, Queen He (Queen Lingsi) was stubborn and jealous, and there were no concubines and palace maids in the harem who were not afraid of her.

As a beauty, Wang Rong, when she learned that she was pregnant, because she was afraid of Queen He, she took medicine and wanted to kill the fetus by herself, but what she didn't expect was that the fetus was still stable after Wang Meiren drank the fetal pill. Moreover, Wang Rong dreamed many times that he was walking with the sun on his back, so he thought it was a good omen, so he never wanted to kill the fetus again.

Wang Rong gave birth to the prince Liu Xie, and Queen He was very jealous of this, so she sent someone to poison Wang Rong with poisonous wine.

When Emperor Ling of Han learned that Wang Meiren was poisoned, he was furious and wanted to depose Empress He, but the eunuchs resolutely dissuaded him before he gave up.

After Wang Rong's death, Empress Dowager Dong, the mother of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, personally raised Liu Xie. Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty took pity on Liu Xie for losing his mother at a young age, and missed Wang Rong, and named him the King of Bohai when Liu Xie was not sensible, which can be regarded as an expression of comfort to the dead Wang Rong.

At this time, Spirit Emperor Liu Hong's body was deteriorating, and when people were seriously ill, they would always think of some previous things.

During this time, Liu Hong would dream of the former Wang Meiren every night, looking at his favorite concubine in the past, who was still so beautiful, gentle and virtuous in her dreams. Liu Hong's guilt for Wang Meiren was even worse.

So when Liu Hong's health improved slightly, he had the idea of abolishing the elder and establishing the young, and wanted to make Liu Xie, the son of Wang Meiren, the crown prince.

But at that time, the power of the He clan in the court was huge.

First of all, Queen He, who monopolized the harem, because of her identity and status, she used all kinds of dirty means to attract many ministers in the court. The second is He Jin, who was enshrined as a general because of his sister, He Jin has a heavy army and is the head of the town. In Jingshi,

He Jin can be said to be one person below and above ten thousand.

In order to reduce the scene of the He family's dominance, Emperor Ling called the eunuch Xiaohuangmen Jianshuo, who was deeply trusted by him at that time, to his side.

It is said that Jian Shuo was originally a small eunuch under Zhang Rang and others, but because of the relationship between the ten permanent servants, and the fact that Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty was strong and strong, he had special trust in him, so he was later named Little Yellow Gate.

"Jian Shuo, you are deeply trusted by me, now my body is not as good as before, I'm afraid there are not a few years left, I have enjoyed everything I should enjoy in this life, it can be said that there are no regrets, but only Xie'er, I can't rest assured!" The Spirit Emperor who was lying on the bed had a lot of intention at this time.

Hearing Emperor Ling's words, Jian Shuo hurriedly knelt on the ground and replied respectfully, "Your Majesty is the true Son of Heaven, and he is mandated by Heaven, how dare he drive away any disease?" The villain has already asked Shaofu (later called the imperial doctor), His Majesty only occasionally feels cold, as long as he is good at recuperation, within a few months, His Majesty's dragon body will be fine. ”

Seeing Jian Shuo say this, the Spirit Emperor smiled bitterly and said, "My body, I know it myself, it's all this time, you don't need to comfort me with clever words."

After speaking, Emperor Ling struggled to sit up, but Jian Shuo, who was kneeling in front of the couch, hurriedly stepped forward to help him sit up. After supporting the Spirit Emperor, Jian Shuo gently patted the Spirit Emperor's back to smooth his breath.

After the Spirit Emperor exhaled a few deep breaths of turbidity, he clutched Jian Shuo's hand and said, "There is one thing, you have to do it for me!" ”

A few days later, according to the instructions of Emperor Ling, Jian Shuo began to recruit strong men in the West Garden of Luoyang and set up a military organization.

This organization has a total of eight school captains, of which Xiao Huangmen Jian Shuo is the captain of the upper army, Yuan Shao, who was then the general of Hu Ben Zhonglang, is the captain of the middle army, Bao Hong, the captain of the Tun cavalry, is the captain of the lower military school, Cao Cao, who was reactivated, is the captain of the military academy, Zhao Rong, the doctor of Han Guanglu, is the left captain of the auxiliary army, Feng Fang, the son-in-law of Cao Jie, who was in charge of the government before his death, is the right captain of the auxiliary army, Xia Mou, the doctor of Han Guanglu, is the left captain, and Chun Yuqiong is the right captain.

These eight people were appointed by Emperor Ling as the eighth captain of the West Garden.

The captains of the colonels were in charge of the army, and the little yellow gate was in charge of the armies, and was directly ordered by the emperor. The momentum was huge, and even He Jin had to be ordered by him. The purpose of the establishment of the Eighth Lieutenant of the West Garden is to divide the military power of the general He Jin.

After the establishment of the eighth lieutenant, with his identity and the help of Zhang Rang and other ten permanent attendants, Jian Shuo began to brazenly fight against He Jin in the court.

Because he had had a bad relationship with the Ten Standing Servants before, He Jin was eager to kill these eunuchs in the court, and now he came out to fight against him, and He Jin was even more murderous to these eunuchs in his heart.

Although He Jin had the intention to kill Zhang Rang, Jian Shuo and others, but at this time, the Spirit Emperor was still there, and He Jin could only endure it.

In the spring of 187 AD, Emperor Ling was riddled with illness for a long time, and finally died.

On the day of Emperor Ling's death, Jian Shuo immediately began to discuss with the Ten Standing Servants and others.

"Ladies and gentlemen, now that Your Majesty has just gone west, it is the best time for me to make the Emperor the Emperor!"

I saw that in a study in the West Garden, Jian Shuo and Zhang Rang and other ten permanent servants had already begun to discuss the matter of establishing Liu Xie as emperor.

At this time, Zhang Rang, the leader of the ten permanent servants, heard Jian Shuo's words, and his face also showed a fierce light.

"Brother Jian's words are in my mind, if the prince argues as the emperor, we will definitely be slaughtered by He Jin, for today's plan, only by establishing the emperor and the prince as the emperor, we will have a way to live!"

As soon as Zhang Ran said this, everyone in the room nodded in agreement.

"He Jin brothers and sisters are here, if you want to abolish the prince's debate and establish the prince's association, I'm afraid it will be as difficult as ascending to the sky!" Zhao Zhong, the second-in-command eunuch of the Ten Standing Attendants, said helplessly.

"Empress He, a female streamer, is not enough to worry about, as long as we can kill He Jin before the prince argues to the throne, then with our power in the court, we can abolish the prince's argument!"

Jian Shuo's words are not an exaggeration, with the power of these people, if there is no He Jin in the way, they can indeed be abolished. But if you want to kill He Jin, who has a heavy army, it is not an easy thing.

Everyone discussed for a long time in Jian Shuo's study, and finally decided on a plan to kill He Jin.

Just when everyone was complacent, unexpectedly, as Jian Shuo's henchman, Pan Yin, who was also in the room, had other thoughts at this time.

It is said that Pan Yin had a deep personal relationship with He Jin in his early years, and now he is Jian Shuo's confidant Sima, most of the reason is to help He Jin spy on Jian Shuo and others.

That night, Jian Shuo and everyone went back to implement it and began to prepare for the plan. And Sima Panyin, who was sucky, took advantage of the night to quietly come to He Jin's house.

At this time, the news of Emperor Ling's death did not spread out of the palace under the intentional cover of Jian Shuo, Zhang Rang and others, so He Jin did not know that Emperor Ling was dead at this time.

"The general is in the house?"

I saw that at this time, Pan Yin had passed through the small door on He Jin's mansion and quietly came to He Jin's mansion.

Hearing Pan Yin's words, He Jin's henchman in the house hurriedly replied, "The general is in the house!" ”

"Take me there!"

A moment later, Pan Yin was taken to He Jin's house.

Seeing Pan Yin coming, He Jin knew that something must have happened on Jian Shuo's side, so he retreated and took Pan Yin to his study.

As soon as he entered the study, Pan Yin hurriedly said to He Jin, "General, something is wrong!" Emperor Ling has collapsed, and now Jian Shuo and the ten permanent servants discussed, the secret is not mourned, General Xuan Xuan entered the palace, and he wanted to stop the troubles, and set up the Emperor Association as the emperor! ”

He Jin was shocked at first when he heard that Emperor Ling had died, and then turned angry when he heard that Jian Shuo and others were plotting to kill him.

"These dogs are so bold!"

After He Jin scolded, he walked out of the study and secretly arranged for the housekeeper to call Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, and Chun Yuqiong to the house.

It is said that although Yuan Shao and the three of them are captains under Jian Shuo, their other identity is He Jin's staff.

After learning that He Jin had summoned them, the three of them did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly and quietly came to He Jin's mansion.

When He Jin informed the three of them of the death of Emperor Ling and the premeditated murder of Jian Shuo and others, the three of them were also shocked.

"General, now that you have learned about this, it is better for your subordinates not to enter the palace before the crown prince ascends the throne!" Yuan Shaojin said.

It is said that Yuan Shao was born in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, a powerful family of eunuchs "Runan Yuan". From his great-grandfather Yuan An, there were five people in the Yuan family who worshiped the third duke. Father Yuan Feng, the official worships Sikong. Uncle Yuan Kui, the official worships Situ. Uncle Yuan Cheng, the official worships Zuo Zhonglang General.

Yuan Shaoshu came out and succeeded Yuan Cheng into a room. Yuan Shao was born handsome and mighty, and was very loved by Yuan Feng and Yuan Kui. With his family qualifications, he was young and became the magistrate of Puyang County at the age of less than 20, and he had a reputation for being honest and capable.

Yuan Shao, as He Jin's staff, was deeply favored by He Jin, and now that he heard Yuan Shao's words, He Jin nodded in agreement.

In the early morning of the second day, He Jin had just finished breakfast, and received an edict summoning him to enter the palace, and He Jin claimed that he was seriously ill and did not enter the palace according to Yuan Shao's suggestion last night.

Jian Shuo and the others saw that He Jin did not enter the palace as everyone thought, and knew that the matter was exposed, so they had no choice but to spread the news of Emperor Ling's death.

Because He Jin was not dead, in the end, the prince finally sat on the throne by virtue of his identity as the crown prince and the support of He Jin and others.

Liu Wei had just turned 12 years old at this time, and he was too young to do anything, so his mother, Empress Dowager He, came to the dynasty to weigh the system, changed the Yuan to Guangxi, granted amnesty to the world, and re-named Liu Xie, the seven-year-old king of Bohai, as the king of Chen Liu.

Although Liu Wei had ascended the throne as emperor at this time, Jian Shuo was afraid that He Jin would kill him after taking power, so he turned to Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong and other eunuchs to change the establishment of the Emperor's Association.

But at this time, in order to protect themselves, Zhang Rang and others had already begun to get close to He Jin, and instead of listening to Jian Shuo's words, they betrayed Jian Shuo to He Jin.

When he learned that Jian Shuo still had the intention of rebelling, He Jin immediately made a decision and ordered Huangmen to arrest Jian Shuo and kill him.

It is said that after Jian Shuo's death, He Jin no longer had the idea of slaughtering Zhang Rang and others.

At the beginning, because of the relationship between Wang Meiren, when Emperor Ling wanted to abolish Empress He, Zhang Rang and others tried their best to dissuade Emperor Ling, which ensured that He sat on the throne of the current Queen Mother, and it was precisely because of He that He Jin had the current glory and wealth, it can be said that Zhang Rang and other eunuchs had great favors to the He brothers and sisters.

The most important thing is that He Jin was originally a butcher, and although he controlled the heavy army in Kyoto, he was never respected by those scholars. During the reign of Emperor Ling, the eunuch group and the scholar group could be said to be equal in terms of political power, but as soon as Emperor Ling died, the forces of both sides began to tilt towards the scholars.

Because in the previous rebellions, the most powerful group was the Huangfu Song and other scholars, but when it came to rewarding meritorious deeds, they focused on rewarding eunuchs such as the regular servants in Lezhong, which undoubtedly made the scholars and doctors dissatisfied with the eunuchs.

He Jin knew in his heart that if he stood on the side of the scholars who looked down on him at this time and eliminated the eunuch group that was kind to him, then the best result for his future would be nothing more than being deprived of real power and staying away from the center of power.

For the He brothers and sisters who have already begun to take charge of the government, such a thing is absolutely not allowed to happen.

But Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, who represented the interests of the scholar class, did not think so.

At this time, the eunuch group had lost their biggest reliance, the "Spirit Emperor", so Cao Cao and Yuan Shao began to talk about what to do, persuading them to take this opportunity to eliminate the eunuch group.

In the face of Yuan Shao and Cao Cao's vigorous remarks, He Jin's attitude has always been very ambiguous, and let them talk to the Empress Dowager He.

Yuan Shao and Cao Cao had no choice but to go to the Empress Dowager He, but the Empress Dowager He rejected them on the grounds of the ancestral system.

Without the approval of Empress Dowager He, if Yuan Shao, Cao Cao and others forcibly eradicate the eunuchs, it would be like rebellion, and it would be a crime to be exterminated. Yuan Shao and Cao Cao had no choice but to start uniting with the military of the DPRK.

The people who have the right to speak in the military are those scholars who have been robbed of their military exploits by the eunuchs before, and when everyone learned about the thoughts of Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, they began to express their support for the two to eliminate the eunuchs.

In the end, for the sake of national stability, Empress Dowager He had no choice but to acquiesce to everyone's proposal to eliminate the eunuchs.

He Jin also expressed his support for Yuan Shao and them in the end, the reason was nothing more than that he saw the potential of local warlords to replace eunuchs as the next to compete with the Shidafu group, and when the time came, he could still occupy a balance point and maintain his glory and wealth.

With this idea, He Jin began to think about finding an ally who had the same temperament as him and could also be driven by interests.

After thinking about it for a long time, He Jin finally found the person he wanted in his heart among the local warlords, that is, "Dong Zhuo", who was leading troops in Bingzhou at this time.

In Zhuoxian County, Liu Yi and his wife were playing with Xiao Jizhong in the courtyard.

"Lord, I heard that Dong Zhuo of Bingzhou has begun to march towards Luoyang!" In Zhuoxian County, Cui Si ran to Liu Yi's side to report.

Hearing this, Liu Yi put down Xiao Jizhong, who was riding on his neck, and handed it to Wei Simeng beside him, and then turned to look at Cui Si, revealing a wicked smile.

"It's finally begun!"