Chapter 12 The Luoyang Coup d'état
According to Lu Bu's memory, plus the history of the Three Kingdoms that he has learned in the past few days, Jiang Feng restored the truth about Dong Zhuo's entry into Beijing:
To Jiang Feng's surprise, He Jin is not as incompetent as he sees on TV, he is a butcher who relies on his sister to take the position, and in real terms, he is a generation of powerful ministers. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
So why do you say that He Jin is a generation of powerful ministers?
First of all, we have to start with He Jin's background, the He family was an ordinary ordinary person before He Jin. How ordinary, one thing can show that He Jin's mother died early, and his father He really wanted to marry another one. As a result, he married a widow, who later became Wuyangjun. This widow also has a child, He Miao. He Miao was originally destined for Zhu Miao, but he changed his surname to He because his mother remarried.
It can be seen that the He family's status at that time was neither money nor power. This reconstituted family is a small peasant family through and through, and the landlord is not counted. If it weren't for Queen He's beauty, it would be difficult for the family to have a chance to change their fate.
But God has given you a chance, and whether you can seize it is another matter.
So why can He Jin become a general, and He Jin's sister can become a queen?
Starting from scratch is easier said than done. Especially during the Three Kingdoms period, there were many clans, and the wealthy families all regarded themselves very highly and looked down on inferior people. How can the He family, as an ordinary person, get a piece of the pie?
Judging from Jiang Feng's current memory, Empress He did not have any clever political moves. The only record was to poison Wang Meiren, that is, the mother of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, and for this reason, he had to almost be killed, but fortunately, he was able to avoid death thanks to the intercession of the ten permanent servants. From this point of view, Queen He is definitely not a heroine like Wu Zetian.
Since Queen He has average skills, then we can meet, and He Jin must have something extraordinary.
The reason why Queen He was able to become the queen in the end, who has it to do with it? One is He Jin, and the other is a eunuch.
Did He Jin send his sister to the palace, you must know that there is only one queen in the whole world, and with him a girl from a common people's family, he has won the countless famous families? If it is simply to improve the family situation and marry his sister to a wealthy local family, it is more reliable than sending him to the palace as a palace maid.
So why did He Jin do this? Because He Jin didn't want to make his family live a better life, but to get a chance, an opportunity to change the fate of the family. Based on this alone, this person's vision and courage are not possessed by ordinary people.
Since He Jin has such a motive, he will definitely not ignore his sister when he sends him to the palace, and will definitely try his best to help his sister make suggestions and strive for the emperor's favor. It may be that He Jin bought off the eunuch outside and asked the eunuch to help.
The role of eunuchs should not be underestimated, and it is precisely because of the help of eunuchs that Empress He can ascend to the throne step by step in the palace. A palace maid without any political background, who can she rely on in the palace? can only be a eunuch, which is also the reason why Queen He strongly opposed He Jin's killing of eunuchs after becoming the queen mother.
It can be said that in He Jin's early career, eunuchs were also his allies. However, He Jin did not disdain to be with the eunuchs, what he wanted was to integrate into the ranks of the scholars at that time. Shi farmers and businessmen, the Shi clan was the highest class at that time. Only by making the He family also a scholar clan can the entire family prosper and make the family prosperous.
He Jin's ambition, as well as his courage, doesn't look like a stupid person no matter how you look at it.
Not only that, after He Jin became a general, the people he recruited could also see that He Jin was not a wine bag and a rice bag. People such as Wang Qian, Wu Fu, Yuan Shao, Liu Biao, Bian Rang, Dong Fu, Zhao Qi, Kong Rong and others are not ordinary people.
Furthermore, when He Jin was killed, what was the crime that the Ten Standing Attendants gave to He Jin'an? Kill the Empress Dowager Dong, and there is nothing else. What to explain, it shows that He Jin has no other style problems in addition. When you kill someone, you must be guilty of whatever crime you have, and you will only be more safe and will not say less.
Just ask, would such a person really die in such a muddle? Will he really kill himself when everyone knows he is going to die?
This is not the case, in fact, the battle between He Jin and the eunuch group is far from being as simple as we imagined.
First of all, when Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty was still alive, because He Jin's military power was growing, in order to prevent the dictatorship of his relatives and solve the problem of frequent rebellions in the local area, he set up the eighth captain of the West Garden.
This army was directly under the imperial power and fought against the five battalions of the Northern Army under the command of the general He Jin. Among them, the eight lieutenants are: Captain Xiao Huangmen Jian Shuo of the Upper Military Academy, Yuan Shao of the Central Military Captain Hu Ben Zhonglang General, Bao Hong, Captain of the Lower Military Academy, Cao Cao, Captain of the Dian Military Academy, Zhao Rong, Captain of the Left Colonel, Feng Fang, Captain of the Right Lieutenant, Xia Mou, Captain of the Left Colonel, and Chun Yuqiong, Captain of the Right Colonel.
Jian Shuo is the commander of the Eighth Captain, and Jian Shuo is a eunuch. Eunuchs have military power, which is a terrifying thing, so don't underestimate the eunuch group.
Emperor Han Ling died quickly, and he burped if he wasn't careful. As soon as Emperor Han Ling died, Jian Shuo was put on the fire frame. Why? Because he existed to contend with He Jin, but the successor emperor Liu Wei was He Jin's nephew, and Empress Dowager He was He Jin's own sister. In this way, Jian Shuo's existence is very embarrassing. As soon as Emperor Han Ling died, his time to be majestic was running out. can foresee his end, and the best can only be to be dismissed,
How can a person with a lot of power be willing to let go like this? What is the pursuit of life? Besides, he is still a eunuch, and he has given up his right to be a man for a better life, so his pursuit of life is even more limited. Therefore, Jian Shuo decided to plot to kill He Jin, tamper with the edict, and establish a new monarch.
The strategy used was to lure He Jin to the palace and send a knife and axe to kill him. However, this time He Jin was not fooled. Imagine that the person who was not fooled the first time, why did he fall under the same trap the second time?
In the end, this plan was seen through by He Jin, and not only did it not succeed, but Jian Shuo himself was killed. However, this incident has raised the contradiction between the relatives and the eunuchs to the point of irreconcilability. He Jin planned to further abolish the eunuchs and eradicate all the eunuch forces.
However, because Jian Shuo had been killed, the head of state had already been ambushed, and Zhang Rang and others begged the Empress Dowager He, but the Empress Dowager He did not want to pursue the old feelings. This is also human nature, Zhang Rang and others are kind to her, this kind of kindness is like sending charcoal in the snow, so Empress Dowager He's heart is also very resolute. even reprimanded He Jin, because these eunuchs were also kind to He Jin.
Then what seems to be a contest between General He Jin and the eunuchs has actually become a game between He Jin and Empress Dowager He. If it weren't for Empress Dowager He's obstruction, He Jin's killing of the Ten Standing Servants would be as simple as slaughtering pigs and dogs.
However, it is difficult for the Qing official to decide the family affairs, and the brother and sister have different opinions, what should I do? Even if He Jin holds the power of the army, can he send troops to attack the imperial city? Of course not. First of all, it was a rebellion, a deception. Secondly, he hit his own family.
In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Cao Cao made suggestions: "The calamity of eunuchs has existed in ancient and modern times; But the lord of the world should not be favored by false power, so that it is so. If you want to punish the crime, you should get rid of the evil, but it is enough to pay one jailer, so why call foreign soldiers one after another? ”
It was simply made up by Luo Guanzhong, and Cao Cao did not offer advice at all. Why? Because what He Jin wants to do is to eradicate the eunuch forces, not kill a eunuch. If the eunuch power is not removed, if one is killed, the other will stand up. Tens of thousands of eunuchs in the palace, have they been killed?
At that time, He Jin had a lot of capable people under him, including the most famous strategist under Cao Cao later, Cao Cao's mastermind Xun You. Just imagine, such a character has not been able to put forward effective suggestions, which shows He Jin's dilemma.
He Jin's idea was to force the Empress Dowager He to die and give up the eunuchs. In the long run, the calamity of eunuchs is like maggots that eat away at bones, endangering the foundation of the society, and it is imperative to exterminate the power of eunuchs. But also because of the relationship between He Jin and the queen mother, he was in a dilemma, and when his own persuasion was ineffective, he had to listen to Yuan Shao's advice and summon the princes to King Qin.
Actually, this idea is not impossible. He Jin has almost succeeded, and his actions have been well thought out, not as simple and crude as they are said in the romance.
First of all, the several soldiers and horses who were called up had Stingyuan, who was originally He Jin's henchman. Bao Xin, the prime minister of Jibei, is also a close minister of He Jin, otherwise he would not have initiated raising troops to fight against Dong Zhuo. There are also Xiliang Thorn Shi Dong Zhuo, Beihai Kong Rong and others. Most of them are He Jin's henchmen, but they are just recruiting some soldiers and horses outside to strengthen their momentum, and to put it bluntly, they are scaring people.
Moreover, none of these people entered the Jingshi. Dong Zhuo was ordered to stop the army in Shanglin, Liluoyang 300 miles, Ding Yuan stopped at Mengjin, and Bao Xin stopped at Rongyang.
Its purpose is nothing more than to let the Queen Mother know that everyone in the world wants to kill the eunuchs, and use the mouth of the people in the world to force the Queen Mother to compromise. Did He Jin succeed? It worked.
In fact, when Ding Yuan burned Mengjin, the Queen Mother had already realized the seriousness of the matter and compromised.
All the ten permanent servants were dismissed, and all the cadres were ready to return to their hometowns. At this time, the matter seems to have been settled, and all that remains is to deal with the aftermath and send the princes back.
He Jin's strategy was to let the eunuch return to his hometown. A peaceful settlement, without bloodshed. This shows the cleverness of He Jin, and it can be seen that his political literacy is at least at the upper middle level.
However, at this time, there was one person's actions that changed all this, and that was Yuan Shao. Yuan Shao was unwilling to end like this, he believed that the eunuchs must be killed in order to successfully complete this mission. Yuan Shao's action was to further order and urge Dong Zhuo to enter Beijing. In fact, it was Yuan Shao who really let Dong Zhuo enter Beijing.
Why didn't Yuan Shao listen to He Jin's orders?
Because as I said before, the eighth lieutenant of Xiyuan, to which Yuan Shao belongs, is directly under the imperial power, and does not belong to the general He Jin. Moreover, Yuan Shao is the lieutenant of the eighth lieutenant of Xiyuan, only one level lower than Jian Shuo. As soon as Jian Shuo died, Yuan Shao should have become the leader of the Xiyuan Army, not to mention the fourth and third princes of Yuan Shao's family, and his uncle Yuan Kui is the current Taifu.
At this point, Yuan Shao and He Jin had a conflict in decision-making. And this conflict is the root cause of He Jin's accidental killing and Dong Zhuo's troubled dynasty.
Yuan Shao wanted to kill the eunuch, so that the ten permanent servants who were going to return to their hometowns could only give it a go. Kill He Jin and try to protect himself. They thought that He Jin was going to kill them, but how did they know that Yuan Shao was secretly acting behind He Jin's back.
Think about it, after He Jin's death, why did Yuan Shao and the others simply kill the Ten Standing Attendants? If the Ten Standing Servants knew that there was a way to live, why did they die with He Jin?
It's because the Ten Standing Servants themselves have been driven to a dead end. And He Jin must not know about this matter. Why not know? Because if He Jin knew, he would not easily enter the palace to meet the Empress Dowager He, and He Jin had successfully dodged when Jian Shuo plotted to kill He Jin before, so it can be seen that this kind of scheme can't help He Jin.
So why did He Jin get hit this time? Because he didn't know that the ten permanent servants were going to break the net with him, he thought that the ten permanent servants had already tied their hands and were ready to return to their hometowns. But he didn't expect that Yuan Shao's private actions caused the Ten Standing Servants to fight back desperately.
Therefore, in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, the ten permanent servants and He Jin all played extremely stupid roles. The result was that they all ended up together, and Dong Zhuo was cheaper. However, in fact, it is not He Jin who is really stupid, but Yuan Shao. Yuan Shao's stupidity buried He Jin's painstaking plan, and also buried the big man.
But if you think that Yuan Shao is stupid because of this, it is underestimating the wisdom of the ancients. Although Yuan Shao can't be called Mingjun, he is at least a hero, if you think that he has no scheming, it is wrong.
This is actually a plan that Yuan Shao came up with to kill two birds with one stone in order to compete for power, after all, He Jin is in conflict with the Yuan family in terms of political position. He Jin represented the relatives who held the military power, while Yuan Shao represented the scholars who controlled the civil affairs. Although He Jin tried to integrate into the Shi clan, he was still not accepted by them after all.
The death of the Ten Standing Servants and He Jin's is good for the Yuan family. The eunuchs and their relatives were eliminated at the same time, and the scholars became the biggest winners.
However, the invasion of another force shattered Yuan Shao's dream, that is, Dong Zhuo, who represented the princes of the feudal town.
At this time, Dong Zhuo, who had just entered the capital, still did not have an absolute advantage. Because the army in the capital is still there, although He Jin is dead, Yuan Shao has the Xiyuan Army in his hands and still has a strong combat capability.
However, Yuan Shao made a fatal mistake, he still decided to let Dong Zhuo enter Beijing. And Dong Zhuo was also lucky, as soon as he entered Beijing, he directly encountered the emperor and the queen mother who were held hostage by the eunuchs, and directly took the emperor into his own hands.
More importantly, Yuan Shao regarded Dong Zhuo as an ally, and even supported Dong Zhuo to become the position of the third prince after Dong Zhuo entered Beijing. Yuan Shao knew that Dong Zhuo also had other plans, but Yuan Shao underestimated Dong Zhuo's appetite, and the position of a third prince could not satisfy Dong Zhuo's ambitions.
In fact, at this time, Dong Zhuo's troops in his hands were only three or five thousand, just imagine how He Jin could let Dong Zhuo enter Beijing with all the Xiliang army? Five thousand centaurs is already the limit. Ding Yuan, Bao Xin and others led roughly equal numbers of people. Such men and horses are not enough to deal with the West Park Army.
At this time, Dong Zhuo adopted a very ingenious strategy, he first set up camp on the outskirts of the capital. Then take advantage of the late night, let the sergeant put on makeup and leave the camp, and then come back during the day with great fanfare. As a result, the Xiliang Army has people coming every day. This has created an illusion that the Xiliang Army is powerful, and no one knows how many soldiers and horses the Xiliang Army has.
In this way, in the eyes of others, Dong Zhuo's power has become extremely huge. Then, Dong Zhuo incorporated the five battalions of the Northern Army, and it can be guessed that Yuan Shao was still supportive at this time, at least not opposed. is still that reason, it is Yuan Shao who helped Dong Zhuojin Jing, in Yuan Shao's opinion, Dong Zhuo is just a helper to help him achieve his goals.
However, Dong Zhuo obviously doesn't think so, what he wants is to be the master of his own house. Therefore, Dong Zhuo bribed Lu Bu to kill Ding Yuan and collect his subordinates. In this way, Dong Zhuo's actual control exceeded Yuan Shao's.
At this point, the game is over, and Dong Zhuo has become the final winner. This is something He Jin definitely didn't expect, and it was also something that Yuan Shao didn't expect.
It is up to people to plan things, and it is up to heaven to make things happen. He Jin was the most powerful and capable of the three, but he died the worst. Because a strong person will inevitably be plotted by a villain. Dong Zhuo was the weakest of the three, but he defeated the other two. One is that he is smarter than Yuan Shao, and the other is that he is luckier than Yuan Shao and found the Son of Heaven first.