Chapter 61: The Troubled Times Begin
The dark tide in Bingzhou is surging, and the situation in Luoyang is not far behind, and the twelve central servants led by Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong and others are still working for the tiger, which makes He Jin's subordinates dizzy.
But the Son of Heaven was young, and the Empress Dowager He listened to the government when she came to the court, and only disposed of Xia Yun and Feng Yu; For the remaining ten people, not only did they not pursue their crimes, but they even affirmed the merits of Zhang Rang and others, and classified them into the ranks of heroes.
Since the end of the funeral, Yuan Shao has been chattering beside He Jin's ear, constantly persuading him to kill the Ten Standing Servants, but He Jin is still hesitant and unwilling to decide.
Yuan Shao looked like he hated iron but not steel: "General, the eunuch should be decided immediately, the ten permanent servants have been serving the country for a long time, and now the bad government of the previous dynasty has been eliminated, and the court has recruited talents as officials. The hatred of the people of Xue Limin? ”
He Jin's expression was a little cute: "Don't be impatient at the beginning, this matter needs the consent of the Queen Mother, to say a word from the bottom of your heart, you will let someone kill the ten permanent servants, and a certain is unwilling." ”
"Why?" Yuan Shaoyi frowned.
"I think I was just a butcher at the beginning, if it wasn't for Zhang Rang to recommend her sister to enter the palace, how could there be today's glory? Maybe I'm still sharpening my knives in the Nanyang market, slaughtering pigs and dogs, and the grace of dripping water should be repaid by the spring, and now I not only don't report it, but also kill them, isn't it ungrateful to do so? ”
As soon as He Jin's few words of truth came out, Yuan Shao, who was skillful and eloquent, was dumbfounded.
Wang Qian and Kuai Yue shook their heads and smiled bitterly for a long time, Wang Qian said: "Your Excellency for the time being, there are still two important matters that need to be dealt with urgently, one is that the Xiongnu Shan Yu Fuluo invited troops to quell the chaos in Beijing, and the other is that Dong Zhuo supported the troops to garrison and cool, these two things must be solved as soon as possible!" ”
Kuai Yue seconded: "That's right, Yu Fuluo should have inherited Shan Yu's position, but now the Hun rebels have set up another pseudo Shan Yu, occupying his tooth tent and pasture, he is as anxious as a hot pot ant in Luoyang, and even Da Honglu doesn't dare to see him these days." ”
He Jin looked at Kuai Yue suspiciously: "Since that's the case, then let him stay in Luoyang." ”
"No, the Xiongnu are subject countries of the Han Dynasty, how can we ignore them? Besides, this time it was because of assisting the Han to quell the rebellion that the Xiongnu started a civil strife, if people are in danger and ignore it, how can the authority of my great power exist? Kuai Yue was quite helpless, this He Jin spoke without brains
"Xenodu is reasonable, this matter must be managed." Wang Qian picked up the conversation again: "However, Hedong Dong Zhuo supports the army and recruits dead soldiers, this matter must be ignored." ”
When he said this, he deliberately glanced at Yuan Shao.
More than 20 years ago, Dong Zhuo was just a subordinate of Liangzhou Assassin Shi, because Yuan Kui was a commonplace and he was a thief Cao Cao, and this Dong Zhuo was also a former official of the Yuan family.
Yuan Shao was angry with He Jin, and when he saw Wang Qian looking at him, he said: "What does it have to do with me if you don't notice it?" I don't have anything to do with him. ”
Kuai Yue was a little disappointed with Huangfu Song: "What's wrong with Huangfu Yizhen?" This is not his style of acting, Dong Zhuo has self-respect for the army, he should dispose of it himself, seize his military power, or wait for the opportunity to arrest him, Dong Zhuo's resistance to the edict is no longer overnight, and the self-respect of the army is obvious. ”
"Woe to the wall." Yuan Shao squinted at Kuai Yue, "General Huangfu is loyal and patriotic, and later because he offended Zhao Zhong, the general of the left chariot was dismissed, the feudal city was cut, and he was almost imprisoned. In the final analysis, this is also the fault caused by the ten permanent servants, and nothing can be solved without getting rid of these eunuchs who have misled the country. ”
Kuai Yue listened to him turn the topic back again, secretly funny, but he didn't follow his meaning, only said: "The general might as well make an edict and summon Dong Zhuo back to the court......
"It's not easy to summon him to Beijing!" Yuan Shao only said to He Jin seriously: "General, you have to discuss with the Queen Mother about the killing of eunuchs, this is not only for the internal and external ministers, but also for the safety of you and the Queen Mother. ”
He Jin doesn't understand other things, how can he not know about life and death, and finally from a flat-headed common people to today's step, wouldn't it be a pity if he lost his life in a daze?
He drooped his head and thought for a while before saying, "Well, this is reasonable..."
After half a month, He Jin still couldn't say anything about the Empress Dowager He, his previously graceful face gradually became thinner, his eyes were bloodshot, and he was suffering from double torture these days.
As soon as he enters the palace, he will be reprimanded by his sister, who resolutely does not allow the killing of eunuchs, the inner court is replaced by scholars, and how can orphans and widows deal with a group of big men.
But when he returned home from the palace, the scholars led by Yuan Shao were waiting for him with impassioned enthusiasm-
There are fewer and fewer subordinates in the shogunate hall, some say goodbye in person, some leave books and leave, some ask for foreign appointments, and some are like Tian Feng and them, and they quietly went without saying hello.
He Jin understood that he was too cowardly and incompetent, and they were unwilling to give advice for him anymore, he once tried to get rid of Yuan Shao, and wanted to marry his daughter to Wang Qian's son Wang Cang, and rely on the relationship between his children and his family to maintain the current shogunate team, but Wang Qian sternly refused.
According to the current situation, if you don't kill all the eunuchs, these people will disperse sooner or later, so under the planning of Yuan Shao and others, a policy of disaster against the eunuchs is slowly breeding.
In July of the first year of Guangxi, the fire reflected half of the sky, the source of the fire was in Mengjin in the northeast of Luoyang, it was one of the eight passes, the most important ferry port of the Yellow River, only separated from Luoyang City, close at hand.
The capital suddenly fell into chaos, the officials and the people were at a loss, some timid officials thought that there was a rebellion, and packed up their things overnight to prepare to abandon their officials and return to their hometowns......
The general He Jin was determined to kill the eunuchs at the instigation of Yuan Shao and others, and arranged two layers of iron nets outside the palace, including the captain of Sili and Henan Yin, and used the troops of the Quartet to coerce his sister Empress Dowager He to send the eunuchs.
In this case, the eunuchs led by the Ten Standing Servants were forced to a dead end, and they decided to die with He Jin!
Zhang Rang led Duan Jue, Bi Lan and dozens of others to ambush the palace, falsely passed the edict of the Queen Mother, ordered He Jin to enter the palace at night, and after he entered the palace, the eunuch closed all the palace doors tightly, and beheaded He Jin in front of the Deyang Hall of Emperor Yan of the Han Dynasty.
Cao Cao, Yuan Shu, Yuan Shao and others raised troops to attack the palace, and after a massacre, the two major forces of relatives and eunuchs were both defeated and destroyed.
But just when the ministers found the emperor Liu Wei and Liu Xie, the king of Chenliu, and happily returned to Beijing from Bishan, Dong Zhuo led the Xiliang soldiers to suddenly arrive and led the army into Luoyang in the name of escorting.
The praying mantis caught the cicada and the yellow finch behind, and no one expected that Wufu Wufu would become the final winner of this struggle.