Chapter 33 Dong Zhuo ascends to the throne
The current smell of the palace is really bad, and if it weren't for Gao Ye's long-term battlefield, he really couldn't stand this strong smell of blood. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 Many people in the minister were flushed, and they were afraid that they were forced to endure it, so they greeted the holy car here. However, Dong Zhuo didn't seem to smell it, and he still talked and laughed freely.
The palace has already begun to be cleaned up, but there are more than 2,000 corpses, where can be cleaned in a while. Although Empress Dowager He is sitting in the palace, she is also dizzy from the smell of blood, where can she manage things, so the real person in the palace now is Taifu Yuan Kui. As for Lu Zhi, he has already abandoned his official position and gone home, so naturally he will no longer care about the affairs of the palace.
Yuan Kui couldn't help but be overjoyed when he saw that the young emperor and King Chen Liuwang were all coming, and hurriedly asked if the two of them were injured, but Liu Wei kept throwing up again, and he really couldn't say anything. Only then did Liu Xie tell how Zhang Rang kidnapped the two of them and went to Beibi Mountain, and how Gao Ye saved them. Everyone was amazed.
"Mingxi is really good! actually took the first step and went to the north mountain to set up an ambush! Yuan Kui smiled and exclaimed.
"Your Excellency praised it. I heard......" Gao Ye told Yuan Kui what he had told Min Gong before, "...... Only then was he lucky to save His Majesty and King Chen Liuwang in Beibi Mountain. Gao Ye recounted his story with oil and vinegar, and he naturally became an absolute loyal minister and protagonist in the story. As for Min Gong, he naturally became the second loyal minister, and Gao Ye said that he continued to pursue, thinking that after killing Duan Jue, he would come back, and Yuan Kui was relieved.
On the contrary, it was Dong Zhuo, who was a little embarrassed in the crowd, because many ministers had opinions about He Jin asking him to withdraw from the army before. Now seeing that he openly brought back with troops, he was even more dissatisfied. How can a guy with wolf ambitions let him enter the court? Therefore, what greeted Dong Zhuo was not to praise and praise Gao Ye like this, but to a guy with a cold face and an order to retreat back to Xiliang. Even Cui Lie, the captain who has always had a good relationship with him, asked Dong Zhuo to avoid it.
On the one hand, it was praised by everyone, and on the other hand, it was reprimanded by everyone, Dong Zhuo was already arrogant, and this time he was really angry. Coupled with Li Ru's plan for him, how can he be a great minister, and he is still willing to leave Luoyang? Therefore, he scolded loudly: "I have traveled hundreds of miles day and night for the sake of Your Majesty, what are you saying now to avoid and withdraw from the army?" ”
"Your Majesty has returned to the palace, everything is stable, and naturally there is no longer a need for Dong Tingshi to stay in Luoyang for a long time. Besides, the Qiang people have been in turmoil recently, Han Sui and others have been making mistakes from time to time, and it is when Dong Tingshi is needed, but Dong Tingshi does not go back to protect the territory and the people, don't you feel ashamed of the emperor's grace? Cui Lie couldn't help but say angrily.
"Hmph, you are the pillars of the country, but your majesty was kidnapped by thieves. It can neither correct the royal family and make the country stable, nor can it protect the saint and make the palace stable. You are so on top of the corpse, what kind of face do you want me to retire! ”
The ministers were choked by Dong Zhuo's words, and they were really speechless, after all, what he said was true, the tragic situation in the palace is vivid, what do you want everyone to refute Dong Zhuo? However, Chen Liuwang opened his mouth first and said: "Dong Tingshi saved His Majesty and Xiao Wang today, it is also meritorious, it is better to stay with the right, and after bringing the reward, how about discussing other things?" ”
With Liu Xie's steps, the ministers naturally no longer got angry with Dong Zhuo, and they all shouted at the emperor to ask for warmth, as for Gao Ye, he was surrounded by Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, and Yuan Shu, and the four of them were chatting happily. Cao Cao even sang praises to Gao Ye, and was greatly admired for his ability to see through the essence and grasp the door of life at once. Even Yuan Shao was next to him, and he listened to Gao Ye a little flutteringly.
Everyone came to the usual political hall, and the Empress Dowager He was already sitting inside. As soon as she saw that her son came back safely, she could not hold back her tears, she jumped up crying, hugged Liu Wei, and shouted my son. When Liu Wei finally saw his mother, he naturally cried, only Chen Liuwang comforted the Empress Dowager He and the Young Emperor on the side, and this scene caught the eyes of Gao Ye, and naturally also met Dong Zhuo's eyes.
There was a big mess, and it was basically cleaned up until dawn, and the next and lower checks were made, but the jade seal of the country was missing. Although Gao Ye knew that the jade seal of the country was held by a small palace maid and sank in a well, but there were hundreds of wells in the entire palace, although he wanted to fish them out secretly, he didn't have the opportunity to check them one by one. Alas, maybe in the end, Sun Jian's father and son will have to be cheaper.
There was chaos in the palace, and Liu Wei was too frightened, so he didn't go to court for a few days, and Gao Ye was naturally happy. In addition to letting Zhang Liao leave his armor and weapons in the city, he asked Gao Shun to bring 500 people into the city to settle down. did not set up a military camp, but let them all live in a private house near Cai Yong's house. As for the owners of those houses, under the attack of Gao Ye's large amount of silver, they also happily let these people live in their own homes.
Gao Ye has his own arrangements, and Dong Zhuo naturally has his own plans. What Gao Ye didn't expect was that Dong Zhuo was really restless in the past few days in Luoyang, not only did he take his personal guards to swagger through the market every day, but he was also rampant, and he couldn't even go to the Qinglou and not drive other guests away.
And the most unexpected thing for Gao Ye is that Chen Liuwang will actually visit Dong Zhuo in person, although nominally, he said that he was grateful to Dong Zhuo for saving himself and His Majesty, and he came to thank him on behalf of His Majesty, but in fact, what the two of them discussed, it is unknown, after all, Gao Ye, as the person who saved them from Zhang Rang, has never seen Liu Xie come to thank him.
However, Gao Ye didn't care if someone came to thank him, he cared more about what Liu Xie planned with Dong Zhuo. Referring to the history of later generations that he mastered, Dong Zhuo was about to start forcibly establishing Liu Xie as the emperor, and later historians did not understand, after all, Dong Zhuo wanted to monopolize power and control a puppet, shouldn't he use this cowardly and incompetent Liu Zhuan? Then Chen Liuwang Liu Xie is much stronger than that Liu Xie from any point of view, why did Dong Zhuo support Liu Xie? Isn't this digging a hole in the road of his own ministers?
But now Gao Ye understands a little, because the ministers are dissatisfied with Dong Zhuo, and the army he brought is not much, if you want to become a powerful minister, where is it so easy? He has always claimed that he is the clan of the Empress Dowager Dong, and Liu Xie was brought up by the Empress Dowager Dong, and it is normal for Liu Xie to have a good impression of Dong Zhuo. Moreover, Liu Xie's biological mother Wang Meiren, and the Empress Dowager Dong, who raised him, were all killed by the Empress Dowager He, if he didn't hate it in his heart, I'm afraid it would be impossible. So I'm afraid this matter is a hit off between the two people. A child, no matter how smart he is, he would never have imagined that Dong Zhuo would treat him as nothing, after all, the education he received since he was a child is that he is not a prince on the shore of the land.
He wanted to borrow Dong Zhuo's hand to become the emperor and avenge Wang Meiren and Empress Dowager Dong. And Dong Zhuo also wants to take advantage of his position to achieve his goal of leaning towards the government and the opposition. After Gao Ye knew that Liu Xie had personally visited Dong Zhuo, such a thought completely took root in his mind. Dong Zhuo's ascension to the throne was not because the courtiers were afraid of his army, but because Liu Xie hit it off with him.
And since Dong Zhuo met Liu Xie, he began to open a vigorous surrender mode to He Jin's subordinates, originally He Jin died, most of the people were already in the stage of no one to lead, although Yuan Shao was famous enough, but the official position was only a captain. Everyone else is a school captain, who served whom? Now Dong Zhuo has a large amount of money and a wish, and these people have actually taken refuge in Dong Zhuo, and even the soldiers and horses under Cao Cao and Yuan Shao no longer obey their commands. Because Liu Wei issued an order to let them enter the court as officials, and then they have no relationship with the Eighth School of the West Garden.
Gao Ye lived with Cao Cao every day, and naturally had a good understanding of the movements of the imperial court, such as Bao Xin, the later military captain, who went to meet Yuan Shao and Wang Yun and asked them to find a way to kill Dong Zhuo to no avail, so he fled in disgrace. Because if he doesn't leave, Dong Zhuo will do something to him. There are so many things like this every day, either this one ran away, or that one was caught by Dong Zhuo, but these high nights don't care, after all, they can't threaten themselves. However, Dong Zhuo is going to have a big banquet today, and he also sent a post to Gao Ye, Gao Ye has to be careful, because according to Gao Ye's thoughts, I am afraid that Dong Zhuo has already started a plan to set up a new emperor.
The place where Dong Zhuo invited the ministers to the banquet was his mansion. It was given to him by the emperor not long ago in recognition of his merits. The minister now has an inexplicable fear of Dong Zhuo, perhaps this is the scholar class, which always chooses to submit to powerful forces. Therefore, when Gao Ye came here, all the ministers and ministers were actually here, not only that, but even Cai Yong was here.
That Dong Zhuo even brought a sword into the table, looking like a good old man. Not only did they frequently raise their glasses and persuade everyone to drink, but they also praised their achievements one by one. It's just that after three rounds of drinking, Dong Zhuo's little abacus was revealed. In fact, he couldn't reveal it, because he didn't plan to hide it at all, but held the wine and said loudly: "I have a word now, I have to say it, please listen carefully." ”
When the officials heard this, they all listened attentively, wanting to hear what Dong Zhuo, a newly promoted Sikong who had become more and more unscrupulous recently, wanted to say.
"The Son of Heaven is the lord of all the people in the world, and the Han family and the country are tied to him. But now the saint is cowardly and intellectual, far inferior to King Chen Liu. The day before yesterday, there was chaos in the palace, the saint spoke incoherently, and behaved unmanneredly, but it was King Chen Liu's response that was decent. As the Son of Heaven, you can't worship the temple without prestige! I, the Son of Heaven, have always been a man of great talent and strategy, how can I be as cowardly and incompetent as the saints of today? King Chen Liuwang is smart and studious, and he is quite courageous, so I propose to abolish the current saint and re-establish King Chen Liuwang as the emperor. ”
As soon as Dong Zhuo's words fell, there was a sudden noise below, and I saw a person shooting the case, pointing at Dong Zhuo with a halberd, and shouted: "Absolutely not!" ”