After completing the implementation of his "serial plan", the first thing Yuan Shao had to do when he left the palace was to consult his uncle Yuan Kui.

However, Yuan Shao did not see Yuan Kui in Taifu's mansion. Because, as soon as Taifu Yuan Kui received the notification from Yuan Shu's henchmen and attendants, he immediately went out of the mansion, rode on horseback in an extremely rare manner, and went straight to the palace gate that Yuan Shu said with a single vote of his subordinates. So, Yuan Shao and Yuan Kui's two uncles and nephews successfully met halfway.

As soon as he saw his uncle, Yuan Shao could feel the cold gaze revealed in his uncle's eyes. Being stabbed by such a gaze, Yuan Shao's heart couldn't help but jump heavily. It was the first time he had seen his uncle, who had always been kind, with such a light in his eyes.

"Say it! What's going on? ”

Yuan Kui took Yuan Shao to the shade of the tree on the side of the road, retreated left and right, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and asked Yuan Shao sternly.

In front of his uncle, Yuan Shao didn't have to dare to lie, and quickly introduced the entire event planning process simply. After listening to his explanation, Yuan Kui's eyes were half-closed, and a faint sentence came out from the root of his teeth:

"Do a great job......"

"Uncle said this, nephew was terrified......"

"Are you afraid? Are you scared? Would you still be afraid to be able to do such a big thing? ”

Even Taifu Yuan Kui, who has always been known for his calmness, is very angry at this moment.

"The highest-ranking general in the imperial court, you ...... Say kill or kill? ”

Despite the anger in his belly, Yuan Kui still suppressed his voice to a very low level when he said the second half of the sentence, for fear of being heard by others.

"Do you know, what does the current big man need? It's stability, it's recuperation! ”

Yuan Kui had a stomach full of words to confide. But. Thinking of this nephew, who has always been regarded as the pride of the Yuan family, actually deliberately causing such a huge disaster for him, the current Taifu's throat and eyes seemed to be blocked by something.

"The current situation, how to deal with it, I have to worry about my uncle!"

Facing the anger of his uncle. Although Yuan Shao had some heart palpitations, his face showed no sense of emptiness. At this point, it's useless to say anything. Yuan Kui is not a person who can't let go. He forcibly regained his mood, and said calmly on the surface:

"The plan now is to kill all the eunuchs and control the queen mother's mouth. And ......"

Speaking of this, Yuan Kui suddenly stopped talking about it. He glared at Yuan Shao, and scolded with residual anger:

"Don't go and launch the West Garden Army and besiege Miyagi. Punish the eunuchs! Are you still waiting for someone else to expose you? ”

After receiving Yuan Kui's clear instructions, Yuan Shao did not act immediately, but gave a deep salute and asked respectfully:

"What does Uncle want to do now?"

"What do you want?"

Yuan Kui narrowed his eyes and said coldly:

"Go to Shangshutai and find Lu Zigan!"

Lu Zigan, known as Lu Zhi, was the teacher of Liu Bei and Gongsun Zan and others. He was once in the first year of Zhongping [184] during the Yellow Turban Rebellion. He was worshiped by the imperial court as the general of Beizhonglang, and commanded the army to recruit Zhang Jiao of the Yellow Turban Army in Jizhou. Afterward. Because the eunuch Zuo Feng made slanderous remarks in front of Emperor Liu Hong of the Han Dynasty, Lu Zhi was sent to prison and escorted back to Beijing.

Fortunately, after Huangfu Song exterminated the Yellow Turban in Jizhou, he asked for credit for Lu Zhi on the above table, and Lu Zhi was able to get out of prison, and with the secret help of the Yuan clan in Runan, he turned over and became Shang Shuling in one fell swoop.

From the rank ratio of 2,000 stones, the North Naka Lang will go to the rank of 1,000 stones. On the surface, Lu Zhi's official position has dropped a lot. In fact, in terms of their role in the government alone, the two are completely different.

Shang Shuben is one of the institutions managed by the "Shaofu", one of the nine Qings, and is listed with Shang Fang. Since the time of Emperor Cheng of the Han Dynasty. It began to evolve into an office directly under the emperor's government. In the period of Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty, Liu Xiu, in view of the fact that the power in the late Western Han Dynasty was next to the noble ministers, he tried his best to concentrate power on the monarch and handed over all confidential matters to Shangshu, so as to restrain the three dukes.

Although Shang Shuling is just a rank of a thousand stones, it is a typical example of a humble and powerful position. Shang Shutai, led by Shang Shuling, is the most important institution in China and North Korea. Shang Shutai is extremely powerful, and he issues both edicts and decrees; the election of courtiers, which was supervised by Shang Shutai; It also has the right to picket, impeach, and pawn hundreds of officials; Participating in the planning and decision-making of major state affairs has a major impact on the government of the DPRK.

Lu Zhi was able to work in this important position for four or five years, and his ability is beyond doubt. What's more, this person has a straightforward temperament, but after being framed and imprisoned by the eunuch last time, he learned basic self-preservation skills, and he is principled but not overfired.

In this way, with Lu Zhi's own huge prestige in the government and the opposition, whether it is a eunuch or a general, they all rely on this person very much.

On that day, Lu Zhi arrived at Shangshutai on time as usual to deal with all kinds of complicated affairs in the world.

It is said that although Shangshutai is located in the palace, after all, he can't avoid suspicion in the palace like a eunuch. Therefore, the location of Shangshutai is relatively remote, close to the wall next to a palace gate.

This position is not only conducive to contacting foreign dynasties, receiving the twists and turns of the Han Dynasty, and the best way to avoid the suspicion of melon fields and plums. The only downside is that the terrain is low, with very hot summers and cold winters, and the office conditions are not comfortable.

Lu Zhi dealt with the official affairs of the DPRK and China for an hour in succession, felt a little numb in his wrist, and was about to take a break and eat some cold melon [watermelon alias] to relieve the heat. At this time, two uninvited guests suddenly came from the palace.

In the face of the two uninvited guests, although Lu Zhi is Shang Shuling, he must not be polite. These two visitors are Zhang Rang and Duan Qi among the ten permanent attendants. With the edict in hand, they hurriedly found Lu Zhi, and their opening was urging:

"Lu Shangshu, this is the edict of the Son of Heaven, hurry up and draft the edict, we are in a hurry by the Son of Heaven!"

"yes, please draft it!"

Zhang Rang and Duan Qi were talking about urging, and at the same time, they took matters into their own hands, one grinding ink for Lu Zhi, and the other laying paper for Lu Zhi. This courteous posture made Lu Zhi, who usually had a lot of dealings with the two, feel very wrong.

However, drafting the edict of the Son of Heaven and turning the Son of Heaven's intentions into official documents of the imperial court was originally the work of Shangshu. Lu Zhihu suspiciously took the edict in Zhang Rang's hand, and after a closer look, he immediately saw that something was wrong.

This edict actually appointed the late Taiwei Fan Ling as the lieutenant of the school, and the Shaofu Xu Xiang as the Henan Yin!

Fan Ling's cousin Deyun is the grandson of Mr. Fan Ying, a master of Yi and a famous hermit during the period of Emperor An of the Han Dynasty and Emperor Shun. Unlike the ancestor Fan Ying, Fan Ling is quite keen on his career, and has successively served as "Jing Zhaoyin", "Yongle Shaofu" and other high-ranking officials, all of which have political achievements.

In particular, during his tenure as Jing Zhaoyin, Fan Ling built the Jing River Canal in Jingzhao Yangling County, benefiting tens of thousands of local people and making scholars highly praised. This canal was called "Fan Gong Canal" by later generations. After seeing this project, Cai Yong, a celebrity, wrote "Fan Huiqu Song" to show his appreciation.

Of course, Fan Ling later did something that caused his reputation among the scholars to drop a lot. That is: spending money to buy officials from the hands of Liu Hong, the son of heaven, and eunuchs, and replaced Cao Cao's father, Cao Song, as the post of Tai Lieutenant. It's a pity that this official, who was bought for 10 million dollars, was dismissed due to natural disasters after only one month.

Xu Xiang's background is even more extraordinary, it is the Xu family of Runan Pingyu. Grandfather Xu Jing, father Xu Xun, and himself all served as the "Three Princes". The brothers Xu Shao and Xu Jing, who are famous for "Yuedan Commentary", are also the same clan of Xu Xiang.

However, Xu Xiang and his father were both "eunuchs" to become the "three dukes" and become marquises, and they had a very bad reputation among scholars. Even Xu Shao and others of the clan, because Xu Xiang closely relied on the eunuch side politically, semi-openly expressed disdain for him.

Fan Ling and Xu Xiang were among the courtiers who were more inclined to the side of the eunuchs. The current lieutenant of Sili is Yuan Shao, and Henan Yin is Wang Yun, both of whom are hostile to eunuchs. If Yuan Shao and Wang Yun's positions are successfully replaced by Fan Ling and Xu Xiang, then the strength of several forces in the current imperial court will immediately undergo a huge change!

For such a major personnel change, Shang Shu ordered Lu Zhi to carefully investigate and make sure that the meaning was correct, and it was indeed an edict of the Son of Heaven, so he dared to write the edict. No matter how Zhang Rang and Duan Qi on the side urged, Lu Zhi still read the edict carefully, and he didn't even miss a word.

"This edict cannot be written."

After reading the edict, Lu Zhi raised his hand, handed the edict back to Zhang Rang's hand, and responded faintly.

"What?"

"Lu Zhi, you are so bold! Do you dare to resist the decree? ”

Zhang Rang and Duan Qi's reactions were all expected by Lu Zhi. Hearing the threat of the two, Lu Zhi put on a serious posture and said to the two:

"Zhang Changshi, Duan Changshi, the two are also old people in the palace. Don't you know that because the Son of Heaven is young, the general is now in charge of the government? But the Son of Heaven has an edict, and if there is no countersignature from the general, it will be a chaotic life. The two permanent servants are looking for this edict board, where is the general's countersignature? ”

Lu Zhi's words were obviously polite and courteous.

Originally, the general had the function of "recording Shangshutai", and he could be called the direct boss of Shangshutai. Moreover, Empress Dowager He also issued a clear edict a month ago, announcing that the general had the power to temporarily "supervise the country".

Now, when the general has not expressed his position, he also wants the edict of the Son of Heaven to pass with two eunuchs who have passed the anger?

Isn't the law of the court in vain?

Zhang Rang and Duan Qi are both veterans in the political arena, so of course they don't know these things. It's just that the current situation is urgent, and the two of them were nervous for a while and forgot about it. Subconsciously, they still acted according to the old rules of Emperor Han Ling when he was alive. At that time, as long as there was an edict from Emperor Ling, who would care who the general was?

At this moment, the expressions of the two former middle-aged servants who were once in power can be described by the words "angry and corrupt"! (To be continued......)