He Jin had a heavy army, but because he was afraid of the Empress Dowager He, he didn't dare to forcibly kill all the eunuchs, so he took a step back and proposed to only kill Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong and other eunuch leaders. But Zhang Rang and others are not vegetarians, his adopted son Zhang Bin's wife is the sister of the Empress Dowager He, here she curries favor with the Empress Dowager He, and there uses money to bribe the general He Miao and Empress He's biological mother Wuyangjun. He Jin didn't have the courage to offend his stepmother, younger brother and sister in one fell swoop, so he was depressed.

He Jin has been fighting with the eunuch for more than ten years, and the two sides can be described as deep as the sea. What's more important is that He Jin took a fancy to the family wealth accumulated by these eunuchs, and the ten permanent servants have been in trouble for the world for several years, and they have cooperated with Emperor Ling to sell officials, and the money obtained is definitely an astronomical amount!

Liu Hong's act of selling officials lasted from 178 to the Yellow Turban Rebellion in 184, and then it was somewhat reined in! It can be described as a clear price, and there is no deception for children! The price of a magistrate was twice as high as that of a court official, and the promotion of an official had to be paid according to the price. The person seeking the position can evaluate the bid, and the person with the highest bid will win the bid. In addition to the fixed price, it can also be increased or decreased at any time according to the value of the seeker and the property he owns. Generally speaking, the price of an official position is calculated based on the annual salary of an official, for example, the price of an official position of 2,000 stone per year is 20 million yuan, and the price of an official position of 400 stone is 4 million yuan, that is to say, the price of an official position is 10,000 times the annual income of an official.

Later, it became even more serious, and officials had to pay one-third or one-quarter of the price of their official position when they were transferred, promoted, or newly appointed officials, that is, the official had to pay the equivalent of his legal income for more than 25 years before taking office. Many officials were so frightened that they could not pay such a high "official fee" and left their official positions.

Liu Hong got money for pleasure and necessary expenses, but Zhang Rang and other eunuchs had no wives and concubines, and no children, and the huge amount of money he received was used to build mansions in addition to taking care of his family and enjoying himself. The mansion of the ten permanent servants in Luoyang is higher than the palace and luxurious, and the money hidden is definitely worth the property of several super families, and three or five hundred million is still a conservative number. He Jin wants to feed an army of fifty or sixty thousand, and he needs this huge amount of money!

At this time, He Jin summoned all the guests and the rafters of the mansion to discuss the matter of dealing with the eunuchs, and said: "Some of the eunuchs have been around the emperor for decades, and they are the princes and nobles, and the internal and external collusion is extremely consolidated. The general wants to get rid of the trouble, but the queen mother has been trying her best to block it, I can't make a decision in my heart, everyone has a clever plan! ”

Everyone look at me, I look at you, they all feel a headache, and they all feel a headache, and they say in their hearts: You can't handle your sister by yourself, what can we outsiders do?

Yuan Shao hesitated for a moment and said: "Shao has a plan, he can get rid of the eunuch party in one fell swoop and never suffer in the future!" ”

He Jin was overjoyed and said: "What is the original plan? Come on! ”

Yuan Shao said: "The general holds the power of the world, and it is easy to kill a group of eunuchs, and the one who is jealous is nothing more than the Empress Dowager He, because he doesn't want to hurt the love of brothers and sisters!" The general can gather more fierce generals and a large number of heroes near the capital, such as asking them to lead troops to the capital to exert pressure. Empress Dowager He saw that all the heroes in the world hated eunuchs, so she had to compromise with the general! ”

He Jin pondered carefully for a while, stroked his palms and smiled: "Originally, this was a great good, I immediately summoned the Xiliang Assassin Shi Dong Zhuo to lead the troops into Hangu Pass, ordered the Jin Wu Ding Yuan Tun soldiers Meng Jindu, and ordered the Dongjun Taishou Qiao Mao to lead the troops into the Tiger Prison Pass, and Gongjie and Yuncheng quickly returned to their hometowns to bring the strong crossbowmen in Hanoi and the Taishan Bow and Arrow Battalion to Luoyang to strengthen their momentum!" ”

Hanoi Taishou Wang Kuang and cavalry captain Bao Xinqi, who had just taken office, claimed to be.

"This is a must!" Cao Ying stood up violently and objected: "The officials of eunuchs are both ancient and modern, as long as the Son of Heaven does not favor him, there is nothing to be afraid of." Since he is punished for his crimes, he should punish Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong and other chief evils, and send a prison official is enough, so why call foreign soldiers one after another! If you want to punish it, it will be revealed, and I am afraid that we will suffer from it! Back then, Dou Wu wanted to get rid of the eunuchs, but because he leaked the secret in advance, he was killed by the eunuchs! Enough to learn from the past! ”

He Jin disagreed when he heard this, and said sarcastically: "After Meng De is a eunuch, his heart is not to be eunuchs!" ”

Cao Ying was ashamed and angry when he heard this, and sighed: "Those who mess with the world must enter!" With that, he brushed his sleeves and left.

He Jin laughed and said: "This general forced the palace by force, if this matter is successful, it will benefit the world, and the name will be passed down through the ages, why do you want to mess with the world?" Eunuch erection, gossip is not to worry about! ”

Lord Bo Chen Lin said: "The proverb is 'hiding your eyes and catching birds', and you can't deceive your ambition if you have a small thing, how can you deceive the major affairs of the country?" Today's general is always the emperor's power, holding the power of the army, the dragon and the tiger are stepping, and the height is in the heart. Nowadays, they are abandoning sharp weapons, looking for foreign aid, and local warlords are gathered, and the strong ones are strong, which is like fighting and taking them upside down, giving them the authority to others, and if they fail to succeed, they will become a step of chaos. ”

He Jin shook his head and said: "I am in charge of the soldiers of the world, relying on the imperial power, who dares to rebel and make trouble?" Back then, there were tens of millions of Yellow Turban thieves, and the momentum was huge, but after all, it was difficult to escape the collapse! I have made up my mind, no need to persuade again! ”

Yushi Zheng Tai hugged his fists and said: "That Dong Zhuosheng's surname is brutal, human-faced and beast-hearted, insidious and cunning, insatiable and greedy, if it is introduced into the capital to grant a major event, it will cause trouble, and it will be ferocious and endanger the world." If the general has to summon foreign aid to build momentum, why not summon the champion Hou? The champion Hou is not only the assassin of Jizhou, but also the general of the imperial court guard, and it is justified to lead troops to Luoyang City! ”

He Jin shook his head and said: "It is precisely because of the position of the champion Hou Youwei that he cannot be summoned to Beijing!" Dong Zhuo is a magistrate, he will come as soon as he is called, and he will leave immediately, and the champion Hou will hang the local official position for the central official, if he is allowed to lead troops into Beijing, will it not give him the opportunity to plant troops and horses in the capital, this move is very inappropriate! ”

Zheng Tai sighed slightly, stopped speaking, and left the seal without saying goodbye.

Luoyang in July is particularly hot, like a huge furnace, the streets and alleys can not see the scene of the busy traffic in the past, the sound of cicadas one after another, the leaves are also wilted and drooping, but the pine needles of the cedar are still sharp, as if to indicate that a big event is about to happen.

Ma Chao and his entourage arrived in Luoyang as early as a month ago. With the relationship of the Zhen family, more than 100 people led 500 good horses into Luoyang City, but these 500 good horses attracted the attention of many people. In Luoyang, ordinary horses are not a rare thing, but good horses that can be used as war horses are different. There are tens of thousands of troops stationed in Luoyang, but there are only 2,000 cavalry troops, and many middle and high-level generals may not have good horses to ride. The further south this situation goes, the more serious it becomes, and when it comes to Jingzhou, Yangzhou and even Jiangdong, there are not even cavalry troops, and there are all infantry troops.

Zhongshan is close to Youzhou and Bingzhou, which are among the three major horse-producing bases of the Han Dynasty, and the Zhen family is close to the water and the building is the first to get the moon, and it is indispensable to sell good horses to the south of the Yellow River, after all, horse trading is a violent industry, so there are ready-made stables in Luoyang City. In these years, a good ploughing ox is only 5,000 yuan, but an ordinary good horse can buy 20,000 yuan, and a better one is 50,000 yuan, 100,000 yuan, and a BMW is even more difficult to find. As soon as the 500 good horses entered the Zhen family's stable, many officers and children of rich families were attracted to them.

This batch of war horses greatly exceeded the previous ones in terms of quality and quantity, and when I asked, I learned that it was the booty captured by the Xiliang army of the champion Hou in Wuheng and Xianbei, which was purchased by the Zhen family and then sold to the south. Ma Chao begged Wu Heng, and everyone knew about the levy of Xianbei, and no one doubted it at the moment, so they paid for it.

The trial acted according to Ma Chao's wishes, the sale of horses was fake, and the sold horses were all ordinary good horses, and the real high-quality horses were all long-trained war horses, which were successively taken away by the 1,000 Shenwei battalion soldiers who originally stayed in the city. In less than two days, more than 200 horses were sold, more than 200 horses were sent, and more than 100 Shenwei soldiers naturally stayed in Luoyang City. Later, there were soldiers from the Shenwei battalion who escorted war horses from Jizhou, often more than 100 people pressed three or four hundred good horses, and after the sale, this group of people stayed, and the next group of people arrived a few days later.

In this way, it only took a month to complete the Ming Xiu plank road to secretly cross Chen Cang, and silently transferred a thousand Shenwei battalions to Luoyang. Coupled with Fa Zheng's 1,000 Shenwei battalion, at this moment, Ma Chao has installed 2,000 elite cavalry troops in Luoyang, plus Dian Wei and his 200 personal soldiers, this is definitely a force to be reckoned with! Luoyang City was the largest city in the world at that time, with a population of two or three hundred thousand, and with the help of the Zhen family and the Wei family, it was too easy to hide two thousand people.

Ma Chao didn't care about these things about selling horses and arranging manpower, and after entering the city, in order to avoid being discovered by spies, he didn't dare to go to Ma Teng's Mansion, but took Zhao Yun and Pang De to the clan uncle Ma Yueyan's Mansion to live temporarily. Guanglu doctor Ma Yueyan was surprised by Ma Chao's arrival, but he didn't make a noise at Ma Chao's request.

Second, Ma Yueyan invited the prince to the house at Ma Chao's request. In addition to Mrs. Dong, Liu Xie, and Liu Li, only Wei Zhongdao knew a little about the secret edict. Last time, Empress Dowager Dong took Liu Xie back to the river to worship his ancestors, and Wei Zhongdao, as Liu Xie's senior entourage, naturally had to follow him and serve. That day, a group of people were recalled by He Jin in the name of the Son of Heaven, except for Dong Chong, the others were not embarrassed, He Jin only had to deal with the Empress Dowager Dong, Liu Xie and Liu Li were just children, and Wei Zhongdao would not be looked at by He Jin.

Wei Zhongdao was shocked when he saw Ma Chao, and exclaimed, "I don't know when the lord will come?" The second prince and the princess were very sad when they heard that the queen mother died of illness, especially the second prince had not eaten or drunk for three consecutive days, and now it is difficult to sleep and eat! ”

Ma Chao shook his head and said, "The Empress Dowager is in Yecheng at the moment, and she has not been killed!" Ben Jiang came here to rescue the second prince, but unfortunately He Jin was powerful, so he had to act secretly! Have you been embarrassed when you have returned? Can anyone know about the secret edict? ”

"Don't worry, the second prince is young, but his heart is extremely mature, and he has never leaked the slightest bit of his mouth, and the same is true of Her Royal Highness the Princess!"

Ma Chao breathed a sigh of relief, and said: "There is something big about to happen in the palace, and you can see the second prince at any time as you, I want to dress up as a small yellow door to stay in the palace, I don't know if there is a way to Zhongdao?" In addition, these two generals are among the best masters under the command of this general, and I want the two of them to dress up as ordinary guards to protect the second prince so that they can act at any time! ”

Wei Ning frowned, and said: "Money can make ghosts grind, as long as you bribe the head of the guards of Yongle Palace, it is no problem to install these two eldest brothers into the palace, but the lord is an important minister in the court, and even most of the people in Luoyang know the lord, if you want to dress up as a little yellow gate and walk around the palace at will, I am afraid it is not easy!" (To be continued.) )