Chapter Twenty-Four: He Jin Leads the Wolf
On this day, Cao Cao and Liu Meng were drinking at Liu Meng's house, and Cao Cao said: "Fengyi, now that you and I are in charge of the forbidden army, should we kill the eunuchs to clear the king's side?" ”
Liu Meng listened to Cao Cao's words and couldn't help but sigh again Cao Cao's loyalty to the Han family, with Cao Cao's strategy, how could he not understand the reason why He Jin was a general and couldn't treat the eunuchs, it was nothing more than that these eunuchs were favored by the Spirit Emperor, and forcibly killing them would definitely cause the Spirit Emperor to be angry, but Cao Cao was still so anxious to put it forward, but Liu Meng couldn't be like this, so he had to persuade Cao Cao.
"Brother, don't be so anxious, we have the ability to kill the eunuch now, but what about after killing the eunuch? will definitely provoke the wrath of the Spirit Emperor, and even if we don't execute you and me at that time, we will also be dismissed. ”
"As long as you can kill these cholera people and return the world to prosperity, what is the regret of killing you."
"I know that my brother is not afraid of life and death, but what does my brother think of He Jinqi?"
"Hmph, the pig and dog slaughterer, if it weren't for his sister who was deeply favored by the saint, how could he be a general."
"What the elder brother said is, did the elder brother ever think that if we kill the eunuch, He Jin will have no constraints, and it is inevitable that there will be no dissent after the family is dominant, what can you and I do then? You and I will have to wait for the right moment before we can do it. ”
"This, what Fengyi said also makes sense, then we will sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and secretly contact the people in the court who are loyal to the Han family and wait for the right time to act."
After Cao Cao was reminded by Liu Meng, he naturally knew the stakes, so he no longer insisted.
Since being named the commander of the Yulin Army, Liu Meng has been paying attention to Emperor Ling every day, and recently he found that Emperor Ling's body has begun to have problems, although at this time there is still more than a year before the death of Emperor Ling, but Liu Meng knows that history can only be used as a reference, not to be more serious, just like he now has Dian Wei by his side, not to mention whether there will be a battle of Wancheng, that is, Cao Cao must die in Wancheng? With Ren Xiu'er by his side, no one uses beauty tricks, and Dong Zhuo dominates the world? This is simply not realistic. Therefore, Liu Meng inferred from what he found that Emperor Ling might die earlier than in history. Of course, Cao Cao didn't know that the timing that Liu Meng said was the death of Emperor Ling.
Liu Meng is now the same as Cao Cao, he just wants to return the world to peace, and has no self-reliance, his idea is to wait for the death of Emperor Ling, to assist the new emperor, the prestige of the Han family has fallen to the bottom after the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and the control of various places is close to nothing, and the situation of the princes competing for hegemony will definitely appear in the future, this Liu Meng can't change, so he must make plans early, and then he can become famous and occupy the righteousness. He befriended Cao Cao because he knew that if Cao Cao shared the same ideals with him, if everything went well, perhaps Cao Cao would not raise troops to stand on his own as in history, but would be an important force in helping the Han family to pacify the princes.
A few months later, as Liu Meng expected, Emperor Ling died, and before he died, he entrusted his favorite second son Liu Xie to his favored Zhang Rang and others, so as not to be murdered by He Jin after his death.
Emperor Ling has not set up a prince during his lifetime, although Emperor Ling loves Liu Xie, the second son born to Wang Meiren, but the eldest son Liu Wei was born to Queen He, and the high-ranking general He Jin is Liu Bian's uncle, so the matter of establishing a prince has been put on hold. Now that Emperor Ling is dead, who to appoint as emperor will naturally become the focus of contention between He Jin and the eunuchs. Of course, He Jin wanted to make his eldest son Liu Wei the emperor, and Zhang Rang and others on the other side naturally wanted to make Liu Xie the emperor.
So as soon as Emperor Ling died, the eunuchs' side hurriedly gathered to discuss countermeasures, and Liu Meng and Cao Cao were of course among them.
"Everyone also knows what is going on here today, and if you have any way to live or die, please hurry up and say it." Zhang Rang got straight to the point.
"Now that the death of the saint has not been reported, it is better to let Queen He summon He into the palace and then kill him, and then establish the association as the emperor, and now the Yulin Army in the palace is under our control, and it will be successful." Jian Shuo said.
All the eunuchs felt that this plan was feasible, and Zhang Rang also specially asked Liu Meng and Cao Cao, of course the two had no opinion, they originally wanted the eunuch to fight with He Jin to the death. After the agreement, Liu Meng and Cao Cao were asked to prepare, and Zhang Rang and the others went to Queen He to summon He into the palace.
When he went out, Cao Cao said to Liu Meng: "Fengyi, the time has finally come, after we kill He Jin, we will kill these eunuchs, and after killing all these cholera politicians, our Han family will be revived and usher in a peaceful and prosperous era." ”
Liu Meng secretly said that Cao Cao was really happy too early, the princes around the country had long stopped taking the imperial court seriously, and there was still a long way to go to think that the world would be peaceful, but it was inconvenient to mention these things to Cao Cao at this time, so he had to say: "Brother and I think the same." The two of them went to mobilize the Yulin Army to prepare.
It's a pity that the preparation of the two was in vain, and there was a person who was He Jin's old acquaintance when he was discussing just now, and he had a very close personal relationship with He Jin, this person was Sima Panyin, who knew that the eunuch wanted to kill He Jin, so he went to wait outside the palace gate, and when He Jin wanted to enter the palace, he pretended to greet him and gestured to him with his eyes. Although He Jin was only a butcher, after all, he had been a general for a short time, and he was naturally clear about such hints, so he was immediately shocked, and immediately turned back to the military camp under his control, and sent someone to say that he was too sick to enter the palace.
He Jin no longer enters the palace and naturally has no chance to kill him, although Liu Meng and Cao Cao have thousands of Yulin troops in their hands, but He Jin has tens of thousands of troops guarding Luoyang, and it is definitely not possible to fight hard, so the eunuch side is no longer able to think about it.
A few days later, with the support of He Jin, Liu Wei ascended the throne as the emperor, but because of his young age, his mother Empress Dowager He temporarily took care of the government on his behalf, and the general He Jin assisted the government.
Since then, He Jin can be said to be in power, remembering that the eunuch wanted to kill him a few days ago, he wanted to take revenge, and Queen He asked her to kill the eunuch. But now Empress He is not only He Jin's sister, but also the most ruthless emperor's family, Empress He is also deeply fascinated by power after acting as the government, He Jin's power has made her feel the crisis, and the eunuchs and others are her help, so naturally He Jin's proposal is not allowed.
He Jin didn't have much ability, so although he was angry but helpless, he couldn't swallow this breath, so he summoned his subordinates to discuss.
"You can summon heroes from all over the world, lead the troops to Beijing, and punish the eunuchs, so the queen mother is not allowed to disobey." Yuan Shaojin said.
He Jin already valued Yuan Shao, and when he heard his plan, he said: "This plan is wonderful, I will send a message everywhere." ”
Chen Lin, the chief bookkeeper on the side, stopped: "By all means, the general now has a heavy army in his hands, and he should kill the eunuchs with the power of thunder. ”
"Hmph, forcibly kill the eunuch, don't you want me to be a rebel? Now that I have a heavy army in my hands to defend the Beijing Division, I am not afraid of those foreign ministers, so there is no need to mention such a cowardly opinion. Then he sent people to send letters and scattered them all over the country.