It turned out that after Liu Bei left Beijing, Yuan Shao wrote to Zhuzhou and County, falsely announcing He Jinyi, and arresting the relatives of the officials in the case. He Jin planned for a long time, and he leaked a lot, and the lieutenant was afraid of change.

Zhang Rang and others knew that if they really returned to their hometowns, they would still not be able to escape death when the time came.

After thinking about it, Zhang Rang had no choice but to beg his daughter-in-law.

Zhang Rang's daughter-in-law is the sister of Empress Dowager He.

Don't ask me why Zhang Rang is a eunuch, he can do so much character, and he can still give birth to a son, maybe it is a godson, and he also entered the palace after giving birth to a son.

Zhang Rang kowtowed to his daughter-in-law and pleaded, saying: "If the old minister is offended, he should return to his private door with the bride." However, after receiving the grace of the world, now when you are far away from the palace, you are in love, and you are willing to return to the straight, and you have to temporarily serve the Queen Mother and Your Majesty, and then retreat to the ravine, and die without hate. ”

Empress Dowager He's sister, as Zhang Rang's daughter-in-law, naturally spoke to her father-in-law. He told his mother Wuyangjun about Zhang Rang's request, and Wuyangjun then told the Empress Dowager He, who was perhaps soft-hearted, or maybe she didn't want He Jin to control her inner servants, so she agreed to Zhang Rang's request and issued an edict to let the middle servants return to the palace to resume their duties.

Empress Dowager He's move killed her two elder brothers He Jin and He Miao, her mother Wuyangjun, and her son Liu Bi.

On August 25, He Jin came to Changle Palace again to discuss with the Empress Dowager He and asked for an edict to exterminate the eunuchs.

The eunuchs said to each other: "The general said that he was not going to mourn and would not send a funeral, and he would enter the province today, what does this mean?" The Dou family has revived? ”

Zhang Rang and others sent people to eavesdrop on the conversation between He Jin and the Empress Dowager He, and knew that He Jin was going to kill himself and others.

When He came in and out, Zhang Rang and others pretended to spread the queen mother's decree and invited the general to enter the meeting. He Jin did not doubt him, thinking that maybe the Empress Dowager He had changed her mind and entered the palace.

In front of the Jiade Palace, Zhang Rang led the eunuchs to surround He Jin, and Zhang Rang asked He Jin: "The world is not guilty, and it is not my own Cao sin." The first emperor tasted unhappy with the queen mother, almost to success or failure, I Cao wept and rescued, each monk made tens of millions of dollars as a gift, and was happy, but I wanted to entrust the Qing to the ear. Isn't it too much to want to destroy my Cao race today? Qingyan is filthy in the province, who is the loyal Qing under the minister? ”

After saying that, Shang Fang Jian Qu Mu stepped forward and swung his sword to kill He Jin.

Zhang Rang and others killed He Jin, and after discussion, it was decided to make Fan Ling the lieutenant of Si Li, and Xu Xiang to be Henan Yin. The edict ordered the Beijing forbidden army not to act recklessly, and violators were punished as rebellion. The five schools of the Northern Army and the Xiyuan Army entered the city, and the five schools of the Northern Army have always been afraid of the lieutenants, and the Xiyuan Army was once a subordinate of Jian Shuo. I want to control Luoyang first.

Shangshutai was the de facto political center of the Han Kingdom, located in the South Palace, and Huangmen entered Shangshutai with a few retinues to convey the holy decree and make the edict of appointment. Shang Shu, who was in charge of drafting, saw that Yuan Shao, the lieutenant of Sili, was to be dismissed, and he was strange in his heart, Yuan Shao was the nephew of Taifu Yuan Kui and the confidant of the general He Jin. Taifu Yuan Kui and the general He Jin were in charge of Shangshutai, so he asked to see He Jin.

said: "Please come to Shangshutai to discuss in person." ”

Zhonghuangmen threw He Jin's head to Shangshu and said: "He Jin has rebelled and has been ambushed!" ”

He Jin's generals Wu Kuang and Zhang Zhang led their troops into the palace to take revenge when they learned that He Jin had been killed, while the eunuchs closed the palace gate and each was assigned a weapon to guard it.

Wu Kuang and Zhang Zhang joined forces with Hu Ben Zhonglang to storm the palace gate together. Before dusk, the eunuchs couldn't resist, retreated to the deep palace, the general's troops rushed in, and killed the main gate of the Jiade Palace, the dragon gate, it was getting late, Yuan Shu simply set fire to the Qingzuo Gate of the Jiade Hall in the South Palace and the east and west palaces, wanting to force Zhang Rang and others out.

On the 26th, Zhang Rang entered the Nangong to report to the Empress Dowager He, falsely claiming that the general He Jin had rebelled, set fire to the palace, and attacked Shangshutai. Zhang Rang, Duan Jue and others then held the Empress Dowager He, Emperor Liu Bian, Chen Liuwang Liu Xie and provincial officials to move to the Chongde Hall of the North Palace.

Shangshu Lu Zhi didn't obey, Cao Ge stood under the window of the pavilion, raised his head and counted Duan Jue's great rebellion, Duan Jue was ashamed, released Empress Dowager He, and then closed the road.

That night, the city of Luoyang was on fire. Dozens of miles can be seen.

When the news of He Jin's killing came out of the palace, He Miao, the general of the cavalry, also immediately led his army into Suzaku, and Yuan Shao, the captain of Sili, also led his soldiers to this point, and captured all the eunuchs such as Zhao Zhong, who could not escape, and then beheaded them. Although the palace gate was difficult to conquer for a while, the overall situation had been decided, and the eunuchs were unable to return to the sky, so Yuan Shao returned to Nangong to discuss with his uncle Yuan Kui and others.

Soon after Yuan Shao left, He Jin's subordinates Wu Kuang and Zhang Zhang, because they had always been at odds with He Miao, and complained that He Miao was against He Jin in the matter of purging eunuchs, and secretly hated He Miao for not being in harmony with the general. Wu Kuang and others then suspected He Miao of being complicit with the eunuchs, so they summoned the army for mobilization, deceived the soldiers, and said: "The one who killed the general is He Miao, the general of the chariot cavalry!" Can everyone avenge the general?! ”

He Jin was kind to his subordinates before his death, and the soldiers responded with tears in their eyes, saying: "I wish to die!" ”

Immediately, Wu Kuang united with Dong Zhuo's younger brother, Feng Che Du Lieutenant Dong Min. Attack He Miaobu together, kill He Miao, and his people. The general of the chariot cavalry, Shi Leyin, was also killed in the battle.

Yuan Shao did not participate in the attack on He Miao, but turned the spearhead to Xu Xiang and Fan Ling, who were appointed by the eunuch Jiaozhao.

On the 27th, Yuan Shao and his uncle Yuan Kui also summoned Xu Xiang and Fan Ling, arrested Fan Ling and Xu Xiang, and beheaded them for public display.

At this time, the South Palace had been breached, and Yuan Shao led the army into the palace, announcing the blockade of all palace gates, and executing the eunuchs on the spot when they saw them. In order to save their lives, those officials without beards could only drag their pants and prove that they were not eunuchs by lowering their bodies.

Yuan Shao and Wang Kuang attacked Duanmen together and killed Gao Wang, a regular servant hiding in Chengming Hall, and the other two.

On the 28th, more than 2,000 eunuchs were killed in Nangong.

Yuan Shao asked the soldiers to search the various rooms of the South Palace one by one, and at the same time sent troops to climb the roof in order to continue the attack on the North Palace.

As twilight approached, Zhang Rang, Duan Qi and others saw that the North Palace was also difficult to hold, so they took Liu Bian, Liu Xie and dozens of people to escape from the valley gate and went straight to Xiaopingjin. When Lu Zhi learned of the change, he rode a horse alone to chase after him, and Yin Wangyun of Henan also sent Peng Mingong in central Henan to lead more than ten people on horseback to follow.

Zhang Rang, Duan Qi and others held Liu Bian and Liu Xie hostage in a panic, running in the dark with one foot deep and one foot shallow, and finally blocked by Lu Zhi on the edge of the Yellow River, with no way to escape. Wang Yunpeng's officials and fellow Taiyuan townsman Min Gong denounced the evil deeds of the eunuchs, stepped forward to kill several eunuchs, and shouted: "Don't you die quickly, wait for me to do it myself?" ”

Zhang Rang looked up, it was autumn at this time, and the cool breeze was blowing. Suddenly, Zhang Rang had a kind of enlightenment.

He sighed, and the eunuchs around him also knew that it was the end of the road, and they were all crying bitterly.

Zhang Rang and others bowed to the young emperor for the last time, and said: "The ministers are destroyed, and the world is in chaos." But Your Majesty loves himself. ”

After that, Zhang Rang jumped into the rolling Yellow River, and the rest of the eunuchs jumped into the Yellow River and committed suicide. Zhang Rang and others did not take advantage of the safety of the Son of Heaven and King Chen Liuwang until they died, and made any moves to blackmail the ministers of the DPRK and China.

"The ministers are annihilated, and the world is in chaos. But Your Majesty loves himself! ”

This is Zhang Rang's last words, maybe it was his last moment, he saw through everything.

The Eastern Han Dynasty relied on Haoqiang, so the imperial power was not too strong, but the emperor and the Hao clan ruled the world together. Therefore, it is necessary to use the general of his relatives to sit in the court and dominate the world. However, the relatives are becoming more and more domineering, and they can only rely on the eunuchs to check and balance them, so as not to sit big.

Now the relatives and eunuchs are both defeated. The emperor is helpless, dignified and dignified, and he can't even keep the eunuchs around him, how can he keep this picturesque country that is so delicate and makes countless heroes bend their waists.

Perhaps, this is nothing more than a vicious curse issued by Zhang Rang before he died.

In any case, the eunuch group that had been entrenched in the Eastern Han court for decades was completely wiped out.