Gold City.

When the riots in Buguang-ri and Yonghe-ri had just begun, there was still a calm situation here in the gold market. Even when Beigong began to be affected by the rebellion, there was still no major action here in Jinshi.

Of course, the people living here have long been awakened by the turmoil in Luoyang City, some of the timid closed their doors, the bold ones secretly came out to watch the situation, and some outlaws took advantage of the rebellion to come out and take advantage of the fire to rob.

In the house where Xin Ping lived, Xin Ping stayed in the bamboo forest in the backyard for the last time. At this moment, the night is dark, standing in the quiet bamboo forest, what can be faintly heard is the killing shouts from time to time outside.

The neighbors have long been alarmed, the lights are bright, and the voices of people are noisy. However, what made Xin Ping find interesting was that the family surnamed Wang next door seemed exceptionally quiet.

Of course, this quietness is only superficial. Through a wall, Xin Ping could feel the quiet commotion in the opposite house, like the continuous flow of a rushing stream in the dark night.

This is how chaos should be. Xin Ping couldn't help but feel a burst of appreciation in his heart.

Those who are nervous and panicked and brightly lit are just exposing their goals, and this kind of low-key, quiet, and orderly behavior is the right way to deal with chaos. If this family can have such a performance, it means that it has the potential to become a big family. After this chaos, it may be possible to go to the next level.

Similarly, Xin Ping thought that if the move could succeed at this time, the Yuan clan would reach an unprecedented peak, and among them, their Xin clan would also become a real family under the wing of the Yuan clan.

Thinking of this, Xin Ping glanced back at his younger brother Xin Bi, who had been standing quietly behind him. Since the last time Xin Bi secretly went to the Diaoyutai Restaurant and returned drunk, and was severely reprimanded by himself, Xin Bi has been behaving well, and has begun to try to participate in the plan of tonight's operation. This younger brother of mine still has the ability, but he is younger. He and himself have always been pinned on by the clansmen to revitalize the family.

Xin Bi, who was standing behind him, seemed to be thinking about his mind at this time, and when he looked up and found his brother looking at him, he showed an unnatural expression, and asked with a reluctant smile; "What do you command, eldest brother?"

Xin Ping shook his head and said with a smile: "It's hard enough for you to follow the planning action in the past few days." When I'm done with the big things, you can relax. Your age is not young, and the family affair I mentioned to you last time can also be considered. ”

The elder brother's earnest concern made Xin Bi's eyes red, the expression on his face was tangled, and he asked in a tentative tone, "Brother thinks this plan will be successful?" ”

Xin Ping didn't notice the complicated expression on Xin Bi's face, and he didn't feel inappropriate about his words. After all, there is no guarantee of absolute success in such a thing as a rebellion, but it is understandable that Simbi has such worries.

In fact, there is a certain amount of worry in my heart, but as a decision-maker, I naturally can't show this kind of doubt. However, in his opinion, the series of schemes planned by Yuan Kui are still quite meticulous and powerful. Especially with their arrival, Yuan Kui changed a small part of his plan in time to form the last killer move, which made Xin Ping have a lot of confidence in whether he could succeed.

"It is up to man to plan things, and it is up to heaven to make things happen. If it is impossible to say that there must be a complete certainty tonight, but wealth and wealth are in danger, when Gaozu beheaded the White Snake and started an incident, would he think that he would inevitably dominate the world? Xin Ping said quite confidently.

Simbi bowed his head and remained silent. Xin Ping looked at him and thought that he was still worried, so his tone became a little stern and said: "Now I have no other choice, if our Xin clan doesn't take this opportunity to give it a go, how can there be a prosperous day?" George should not look ahead or backward. ”

Hearing his brother say this, Xin Bi changed his sad face and said with a smiling face: "What my brother said is true." Mrs. Yuan is sophisticated and calm, and her planning is even more seamless, which makes people deeply admire. I think this time it will be a success. ”

Xin Ping nodded and smiled: "That's natural, Yuan Taifu is quite well prepared for this action, I think the secret chess arranged by Yuan Taifu at this time has already begun to be launched." ”

After speaking, Xin Ping set his eyes in the direction of the North Palace, although he hadn't seen it at this time, but he could imagine that in a certain palace in the North Palace, it was full of wood and poured with fire oil, and soon a fire would ignite to the sky.

At the same time, Wang Yi, the head of the Wang family next door, watched Xixi, who had been hired, reveal his true identity, and was speechless in horror.

This Wang Yi can also be regarded as a person who has gone through great storms. Originally, the chaos in Luoyang City had just begun, and he arranged his home in an orderly manner, but who knew that Xixi at home suddenly found him and showed his waist card to show his identity.

He didn't know what kind of Yamen Wang Yi was on the waist card, but what made him horrified was that most of the new servants in the palace were actually members of the unified agency. Soon the whole house was controlled by the people of the unified investigation agency, but fortunately, they did not have any ill will towards themselves and their families, except for the second son, who was short-tempered at the beginning, he was unwilling to be restrained, and he resisted a few times and was quickly defeated, the family did not suffer much embarrassment. After all, it was not the robbers who came, but the court officials, and he didn't break the law, and he didn't know how to treat them, so Wang Yi gradually put his mind at ease.

At this time, the eldest son, who was already frightened and was an official in the court, reacted.

"The Coordinator? That's the eyes and ears of the Son of Heaven. ”

Hearing his eldest son's words, Wang Yi's brain buzzed, and his head seemed to be much bigger.

Oh my God, what are such a bunch of people doing at my house!

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Beigong. Yongle Palace.

For the eunuchs of the Han Dynasty after Liu Wei ascended the throne, their status was really much worse than before.

The impact of the Jiadedian incident on the eunuch group can be said to be quite tragic. More than half of the eunuch palace people were killed by the rebel army in the palace mutiny, and their leader, the Ten Standing Servants, also fell. However, even with such a tragic impact of the Jiade Hall incident, the impact of the eunuch was nothing more than a painful skin wound, and the real fatal was a series of measures to suppress the two major political groups of eunuchs and relatives after Liu Wei ascended the throne.

Relatives and eunuchs, two huge political groups in the Eastern Han Dynasty, finally came to their end in the Guangxi era, and the situation in which eunuchs and relatives took turns to control the government in the Eastern Han Dynasty finally came to an end.

Liu Wei was quite strict with the precautions against eunuchs and relatives. Empress Tang's father, Tang Mao, is still only the deputy head of the Internal Affairs Office, subservient to Wei Yi. is just a middle-level official of Qianshi, responsible for chores in the palace, and has nothing to do with the government at all.

Tang Mao entered the palace several times and wanted Tang Ji to ask for an official in front of Liu Bian, but Tang Ji, who knew Liu Bian's character well, categorically refused. As for Tang Mao's two sons, the eldest son Tang Qian had long since broken off the idea of becoming a businessman, abandoned Confucianism and engaged in business, and was responsible for taking care of some of Liu Wei's industries. The second son, Tang Kun, has just won the championship, but he has some thoughts about making a difference, but even so, he is honestly studying at home, and is ready to rely on his own ability to participate in the imperial examination in the coming year.

The relatives can no longer get involved in the government and politics, and as for the eunuchs, Liu Wei was even more polite, and directly asked them to go back to their old business of sweeping the floor and watching the door. Or join a new position – the workshop worker.

After Liu Wei moved out of the North Palace and moved into the Dragon Garden, a large number of idle places in the North Palace were converted into workshops by Liu Bian, although this kind of eye-catching thing was strongly opposed by Lu Zhi and other ministers, but Liu Wei insisted on his own opinion on the grounds that he could not bear to disturb the people, and set up these workshops to manufacture various daily production supplies that were successfully developed through Liu Bian's creativity.

The eunuchs who had been dismissed from the palace, Huangmen, joined these workshops as a group of idle laborers, and became the first working class of the Han Empire. Only a small number of eunuchs remained in the palace, and they were only engaged in servant work for the waiters.

Liu Wei's ban on eunuch interference in politics was strongly supported by Lu Zhi, Cai Yong and others, as well as Zhang Jian and other party members. For these scholars, eunuchs were their natural political enemies. In their eyes, these eunuchs bewitch the monarch, oppress the ministers, take bribes and gain power, and are psychologically **, all of them are a group of social scum.

Now the only eunuch in the court who is still involved in political affairs is Wei Yi, but Wei Yi is low-key and humble, and he treats Lu Zhi, Cai Yong and others more deferencingly and politely, and the most important thing is that the Propaganda Office under Wei Yi's jurisdiction is not a key department in their eyes, whether it is the printing house under the Propaganda Bureau, the Zhixin Society, or those mentors in the army are only used to promote Liu Wei personally, and the nature is similar to Hongdu Menxue, and he is the mouthpiece of the Son of Heaven, so he doesn't care about Wei Yi, the only remaining eunuch. However, what no one expected was that this only remaining eunuch would reach the pinnacle of power under one person and above ten thousand people that all the scholars and doctors of the Guangxi era failed to achieve a few years later.

At this time, the scholar doctor was still applauding Liu Bian's measures to suppress the rights of eunuchs, and some ministers even thought that Liu Biao was too overly correct, Xun Yu wrote to Liu Biao that the eunuchs should not be eliminated, and some eunuchs should be left by his side to ensure the chastity of **.

Liu Wei wondered how Xun Yu, who has always been upright, could have such a dirty idea, his ** is not huge, and there is only Queen Tang. Liu Wei is not a woman, and he even has the idea of marrying only Queen Tang for women now, and Queen Tang is still at ease with his feelings, so it is useless to ask for so many eunuchs.

Of course, the removal of a large number of eunuchs was not something that all eunuchs would readily accept, but they had no room for resistance.

In the final analysis, eunuchs can succeed because of the trust and support of the emperor, although some eunuchs can indeed influence the imperial power after success, such as Zhao Gao in the late Qin Dynasty or the current Ten Standing Servants. However, the current situation of the imperial court is that after the Jiadedian incident, the eunuch group has been severely hit, and the ten permanent servants as the leader have also been destroyed. The old forces are gone, and the new forces have not yet appeared, and Liu Wei has just seized such an opportunity.

It was only at this time that the political significance of the Garter Hall incident really became apparent. The eunuchs and their relatives, the two power groups of the Eastern Han Dynasty, collapsed at the same time, the emperor began to dictate the world, the scholars began to play an independent role in the political arena, and the eunuchs were swept into the garbage heap of history.

It was precisely because of the complete loss of power of the eunuch group that when Yuan Kui threw an olive branch to them, some people were indeed moved.

At this time, there were about six to seven thousand eunuchs in the palace, but there were not many of them who were really willing to rebel with Yuan Kui. After all, there are very few eunuchs who can reach the height of the ten permanent servants, and most of the eunuchs still live at the bottom of the palace, engaged in miscellaneous work. Their wages were meagre and their lives were poor, and for them there was no difference between being a worker or a miscellaneous servant, on the contrary, the treatment of workers was actually higher than that of the present one, and they were not dissatisfied with Liu Wei's measures to remove the eunuchs.

The real disgruntling were those eunuchs who held certain rights, or wanted to obtain power through their status as eunuchs, and Liu Bian's measures shattered their dreams.

However, even among these people, not all of them were willing to fight for their lives to rebel with Yuan Kui, and there were only a dozen people who could really join forces with Yuan Kui.

These people alone can't set off much turmoil in the palace, their role is only to serve as an internal response after Yuan Kui's attack, to receive Yuan Ji and others to enter the palace and set fire to create chaos, and take the opportunity to kidnap Empress Dowager He.

Although it is well known that the relationship between the Empress Dowager He and Liu Wei is not very good, but the Empress Dowager He is the empress dowager of a country after all, and in the Eastern Han Dynasty, which focused on filial piety, it is impossible for Liu Bi to put any empress dowager in danger. Yuan Kui's strategy was also a plan to save the enemy.

Although Liu Wei had obtained information about Yuan Kui's rebellion in advance, he could not grasp the details of the specific operation. After all, the planning of this rebellion was almost all completed by Yuan Kui alone, and then assigned to each person to do their own actions. Everyone probably only knows about the part of the action they are assigned, and only knows about the others or does not know anything at all.

Because of this, when the palace suddenly caught fire, this sudden situation really caught Zhang Tao and others off guard at the first time. And when Yuan Ji led more than 30 masters to rush over, the impact caused put Zhang Tao and the others at a disadvantage for a while.

It's just that this disadvantaged state did not last long, after all, the guards led by Zhang Tao were all carefully selected by the Son of Heaven, all of whom were well-trained and strong in martial arts, especially the members of the "Flying Bear Army" who absorbed the original Dong Zhuo, and there were many strange people. Even if he was caught off guard for a while and was at a disadvantage, he quickly recovered the situation.

Yuan Ji had already investigated the guards of Yongle Palace very clearly, and he thought that he would inevitably be caught if he suddenly made a move, who knew that the Son of Heaven would be prepared, Zhang Tao's sudden appearance made Yuan Ji kick the stone slab.

There was a traitor on his side, and Yuan Ji immediately thought of it. It's just that at this time, it can't be traced, and Yuan Ji can't guess who betrayed them. However, fortunately, the fire in the palace had already risen, which forced Zhang Tao, who had the advantage in numbers, to divide some people to extinguish the fire, and for a while it was in a state of stalemate on Yuan Ji's side.

For Yuan Ji, the purpose of creating chaos in the palace has been achieved. The abduction of Empress Dowager He was only part of the plan to enter the palace, and the main purpose was to involve more troops of the Son of Heaven.

In the Maolong Garden, the Xiyuan Army, the most elite unit of the Han Dynasty, is garrisoned to protect the safety of the Emperor of the Han Dynasty. Yuan Kui is causing chaos everywhere tonight, but in fact, it is all smoke released, and the ultimate target is Liu Wen, the young son of heaven who stays in the Dragon Garden.

However, before Maolongyuan reacted in this regard, the first people who were anxious were Wu Kuang, Guan Yu and others who were guarding the North Palace.

The fire in the backyard is the truest feeling they have experienced now. Wu Kuang's first thought was that the enemy had already invaded Beigong. Thinking of this, Wu Kuang almost apologized to himself, but fortunately, after calmly analyzing it, he realized that it was unlikely.

The Suzaku Gate he was stationed in was in constant contact with the other three gates, and if there was really something, he should have known about it a long time ago. Thinking of the prior intelligence analysis that Beigong might have a mole to respond, Wu Kuang gradually understood what was happening.

According to the analysis of intelligence, it should only be a handful of rebels who infiltrated the palace and set fire, and the Son of Heaven had made corresponding preparations in advance, so there should be no problem in dealing with this handful of rebels. It's just that what worries Wu Kuang is the fire that burned in the North Palace, and the sky-high fire makes the situation chaotic and unclear, which brings great pressure to the defenders of the North Palace, and the safety of the Empress Dowager He in the Yongle Palace has always reassured him.

Sent someone to order the other three gates to strictly guard the palace gate and not to relax, Wu Kuang found Guan Yu to express his worries.

In fact, Guan Yu also had worries about this, and the two sides were about to discuss whether they should send troops to support, when Duan Xuan, the captain of the Changshui battalion, ran over with his troops in a hurry.

Duan Xuan was in charge of guarding the White Tiger Gate, and Wu Kuang was about to open his mouth to ask him why he left his post without permission, but Duan Xuan first confessed: "My subordinates are guilty of a big crime!" ”

Wu Kuang and Guan Yu both felt strange, looking at Duan Xuan's anxious and sweaty appearance, it should not be just because he left his post without permission to come over to make amends. Wu Kuang asked suspiciously: "Captain Duan is not in the White Tiger Gate to defend against the enemy, what are you doing here?" ”

Duan Xuan's face was bitter, and he said the purpose of his coming here.

It turned out that before the southern army began to attack the North Palace, the soldiers under his command secretly let a group of people into the palace.

When Duan Xuan learned about this, a fire had already broken out in the palace. After torturing and torturing the soldiers who secretly released people into the palace, the soldiers finally admitted that they were bribed by the yellow gate in the palace and secretly released people into the palace, and they didn't know anything else.

Knowing that it must be the rebels who sneaked into the palace, Duan Xuan felt like five thunderbolts. Regardless of whether the rebels are victorious or not tonight, there is no escaping their guilt.

As the general of Xiliang, Duan Xuan, Hu Zhen and others are actually people with their tails between their legs in the court. Although they also held important positions such as the captains of the Northern Army, they were not very trusted. The Son of Heaven is ready to use and guard against them, and the scholars and doctors are also very unfriendly to them, and they are basically in the group of people who are not loved by their fathers and mothers in the court.

Tonight's incident, if it is light, it is considered a dereliction of duty, and if it is serious, it will inevitably not make people suspect that they are colluding with the rebels. This crime is not something he can afford.

Duan Xuan rushed over with his men and horses to ask Wu Kuang for his guilt, hoping that Wu Kuang could send him to make meritorious service and extinguish the rebels who infiltrated the palace.

Duan Xuan only brought more than 200 soldiers from the Changshui Battalion, and although he was anxious, he still remained calm. Although the White Tiger Gate was not as fierce as the attack of the rebels here at the Vermilion Bird Gate, he did not dare to relax his vigilance at all, after all, if the palace gate was lost, he would also be punished with death. left a large number of soldiers and horses to guard the palace gate, and he led a small number of soldiers to make meritorious contributions.

As a comrade, Guan Yu still knows a little about Duan Xuan's embarrassing identity. Looking at his anxious look, Guan Yu, who has always been arrogant and not overbearing, moved his heart of compassion, and comforted Duan Xuan with words: "Captain Duan doesn't need to worry too much, forgive his little thief and can't set off any big storms, Guan is willing to go forward with you to get rid of the thief and help you!" ”

Wu Kuang also agreed to Duan Xuan's request to go to the palace to make meritorious service, and also comforted him: "Although Captain Duan was negligent for a while and caused the thieves to enter the palace to cause chaos, if he can make up for the merits to ensure that the North Palace is not lost, His Majesty will not be seriously responsible." At that time, we will also show you Chen Tianzi's merits. ”

Duan Xuan was grateful in his heart, and thanked him: "In this way, my subordinates are grateful!" ”

Duan Xuan and Guan Yu led three hundred soldiers to Yongle Palace, which had become a mess at this time. Zhang Tao took the Son of Heaven to guard and the rebellious army led by Yuan Ji to fight together, and basically suppressed the attack of the rebellious army led by Yuan Ji. To Guan Yu's surprise, Guo Yi, the middle attendant beside Empress Dowager He, also swung his sword and slashed the rebels in the chaotic battle.

Guan Yu Duan guarded the North Palace, and he dealt with Guo Yi a lot on weekdays, but he never knew that this Guo Yi was quite powerful as a eunuch.

Guan Yu twisted his beard and said thoughtfully: "Your Majesty once said that there is a kind of martial art in the world called 'Evil Warding Sword Technique'......"

"What?" Duan Xuan tilted his head and glanced at him.

Guan Yu laughed dumbly. When the Son of Heaven Liu argued, he was already joking, and besides, that kind of martial arts cultivation method - how can there be such a ridiculous thing in the world.

Guan Yu shook his head, did not dwell on such miscellaneous matters, and immediately joined the battle with Duan Xuan and his soldiers to suppress the rebels.

In fact, the escort team brought by Zhang Tao could completely destroy the rebel army independently, and the only trouble was that the fires that the rebels were burning everywhere forced them to divide a large part of their forces to extinguish the fire. The arrival of Guan Yu and Duan Xuan just made up for the lack of troops. Soon, the tide of victory began to tilt in their favor.

At the same time, due to the huge fire in Beigong, the Xiyuan army stationed in Maolong Garden also had to divide their troops and horses to rush to Beigong to support. However, after the soldiers and horses of the West Garden Army began to move, an army that had been hidden in the shadows for a long time also quietly approached the Dragon Garden.

(To be continued, stay tuned for the next chapter.) ）