The days passed, but He Jin still didn't make up his mind, and his younger brothers and sisters were against the eunuchs. At this time, Yuan Shao finally couldn't help it, in order to eradicate the eunuchs, even if it was worth taking some risks, he once again proposed to He Jin, summoned the generals of all parties, asked them to lead troops to the capital, and threatened Empress Dowager He with force. At this time, He Jin didn't have any good way, so he agreed.

But He Jin's chief bookkeeper Chen Lin does not agree with Yuan Shao's point of view, he thinks that now He Jin controls the power of the world's soldiers and horses, and the entire Luoyang army is in his own hands, and he can do whatever he wants.

In addition to Chen Lin, the servant Shi Zhengtai and Shangshu Lu Zhi also actively opposed the summoning of Dong Zhuo to Beijing, but He Jin was ultimately unmoved. Zheng Tai then resigned and left, and told Xun You: "He Jin is a person who is not easy to assist. ”

He Jin soon ordered the generals of all parties to either lead troops into Beijing or garrison them, among which Ding Yuan, the commander of Bingzhou and Wumeng, soon arrived. So under the instructions of He Jin, he set fire to Mengjin, and the fire made the city red, and everyone said that they would kill the eunuchs. As a result, Empress Dowager He was not forced by the threat of force at all and continued to protect the eunuchs. At this time, He Jin's younger brother He Miao also persuaded his brother: "Don't forget how poor and lowly we were when we started all the way from Nanyang to Luoyang, and we all relied on the palace to get rich." The affairs of the state are not so easy! The poured water is irretrievable (once we do it to the eunuchs, there is no turning back), we should think carefully, or we should be friendly with the palace. ”

He Jin hesitated again, Yuan Shao even came up with threats in order to make He Jin make up his mind as soon as possible, and told He Jin: "Now that we are jointly preparing to eradicate the eunuchs, the matter has already been exposed, once we let go of this opportunity, the eunuchs will definitely not let us go when they recover, and without delay, things will change, general, what are you waiting for?" Make your decision! ”

He Jin was provoked, not only accelerated the speed of convening Dong Zhuo and other generals, but also appointed Yuan Shao as the lieutenant of the division and had the right to arbitrary. After Yuan Shao gained power, he immediately sent people to monitor the eunuchs, and also asked the generals to speed up. This time Empress Dowager He was really afraid, she dismissed almost all the eunuchs, and only left a few guards close to He Jin in the palace.

The eunuchs were almost frightened at this time, and under the leadership of the attendants, they all ran to He Jin to ask for guilt and let He Jin fall. He Jin saw that the eunuchs all lowered their heads, and his anger in his heart disappeared a lot, so he said to them: "The world is disturbing, and it is the monarchs who are harming!" Now that Dong Zhuo is coming soon, why don't you go back to your home as soon as possible? ”

Yuan Shao persuaded He Jin to act immediately at this time, and again and again, He Jin did not listen. Yuan Shao couldn't stand it anymore, so he pretended to pass on He Jin's order and wrote letters to local officials everywhere, asking them to arrest all the relatives of the eunuchs.

The eunuchs gradually learned more information, and after learning about He Jin's plan, they were very afraid and wanted to strike first. But now He Jin controls all the army, and the eunuchs are also controlled by He Jin outside the palace, unable to contact the Empress Dowager He and others, and have no capital to confront him.

So Zhang Rang found his daughter-in-law (Empress Dowager He's sister) and said to her: "The old minister has offended you, these should be my private affairs, but now I want to come to trouble you as a woman." Our eunuchs have been favored by the royal family for many years, but now they want to stay away from the palace, they all feel reluctant to give up, please help us enter the palace again, if you can see the queen mother, the emperor at a glance, and then come out, then there is no regret in death. ”

Zhang Rang's daughter-in-law told Wuyangjun about this, and Wuyangjun entered the palace and told the Empress Dowager He, who then ordered all the permanent servants to return to the palace.

In August of the sixth year of Zhongping (189), He Jin finally thought that the time was ripe, and he entered the Changle Palace to ask the Empress Dowager He to agree to kill the permanent servants and other eunuchs, and then elected the three offices (similar to the civil officials in the palace before, and later the eunuch system began to take shape, and the civil officials gradually withdrew from the palace) into the palace to replace the eunuchs to live in the eunuchs' houses.

When the eunuchs learned that He Jin had entered the palace, they were all very frightened, afraid that He Jin would follow Dou's example. So Zhang Rang and others sent someone to eavesdrop and learned of He Jin's intentions, and at this time, the eunuchs had no way to retreat, and everyone decided to kill He Jin. Zhang Rang led dozens of people with weapons to quietly enter the palace from the side door and ambush them, and after He came in and out, he pretended to pass on the will of the Queen Mother that the Queen Mother had thought clearly about making a decision with He Jin, and He Jin fell into the trap of the eunuchs and was surrounded by the eunuchs with weapons.

Zhang asked everyone to say loudly to He Jin: "If there is chaos today, it is not only our sin. The first emperor once had a conflict with the queen mother (Wang Meiren incident), almost all of them had to abolish the queen mother, they all relied on us to plead hard, and everyone took out tens of millions of property, so that the first emperor's meaning changed, and we just wanted to rely on your He family's door. Now you're going to kill all our eunuchs and destroy our race, isn't that too much? You say that the palace is filthy and dirty, and you don't look at who else below the minister is loyal and honest? Then He Jin was beheaded, and even his head was taken off.

After killing He Jin, the eunuchs immediately overhauled the edict, using their people, Fan Ling, the former Taiwei, as the lieutenant of Sili, and Xu Xiang, the Shaofu as the Yin of Henan, hoping to regain control of the situation immediately. The order was conveyed to Shang Shutai, and the ministers immediately suspected that it was false and asked General He Jin to come forward. Zhonghuangmen threw He Jin's head to Shangshutai and said, "He Jin rebelled and has been killed." The eunuchs also demanded that Shang Shutai immediately carry out the order.

Before He Jin died, everyone already knew that they were going to do something to the eunuchs. As soon as He Jin died, He Jin's subordinates Wu Kuang and others were furious, and immediately led troops into the palace. At that time, Hu Ben Zhonglang general Yuan Shu also began to attack the palace, Yuan Shao and his uncle Yuan Kui pretended to be edicted, first killed the important figures of the eunuch party Xu Xiang and Fan Ling, and then dispatched troops, closed the palace gate, and wantonly hunted and killed eunuchs, in addition to Zhang Rang and others ran away with the little emperor, Zhao Zhong and other permanent servants and other eunuchs who did not run away were killed, and even some people who did not grow beards were killed as eunuchs.

In this way, the eunuchs, relatives, and families within the court attacked each other, and there was endless internal turmoil. In order to eradicate each other's forces, they did whatever it took to each other, reckless of the consequences, and finally made the strength of the central court greatly weakened, and they were taken advantage of by the warlords outside.

As the saying goes, "If you don't die, you won't die!" ”