With the upright Shao Zhijie scolding, Dong Zhuobu finally stopped moving forward. However, they were not driven to return, but under the command of Dong Zhuo, they simply stationed in Mianchi, Hongnong County, and watched the situation in the court.

For the time being, without Dong Zhuo's fuel, the tense atmosphere in Luoyang City has relaxed a little. It's just that in the current situation, the discerning people in the court know that the battle for authority between the general and the ten permanent servants has reached the most critical moment, and the final result is about to be reached!

Ninety percent of the courtiers believed that the generals who had the power to the army would soon win this invisible war. Many officials secretly began to gear up, and when the eunuchs were driven out of the palace by the general, they immediately began to beat the water dogs. This kind of behavior can not only make them a lot of money, but also leave a good reputation in the hearts of the world's corporals, which is simply killing two birds with one stone.

Facing the butcher's knife raised high by the general He Jin, many eunuchs were really frightened this time. At the recent meetings of the Ten Standing Attendants, some people said that they should not have sat back and watched the battle between Jian Shuo and He Jin in the first place. If everyone had been able to help Jian Shuo at that time, there would not have been such a bad situation now!

However, these words can only be grumbling and do not help the current situation at all. In the end, Zhang Rang, who is known for his ability to figure out people's hearts, proposed that since everyone is now meat on the chopping board, it is better to go directly to the general's mansion to visit and ask what the general wants?

"Aren't you afraid, Butcher He took the opportunity to serve us all in one pot?"

Xia Yun, the middle standing attendant who had the biggest opinion on He Jin, asked leisurely, which surprised the other middle standing attendants.

"We don't know anything else. If the general wants to kill us all, we are sure that the general will not do it. ”

"Lao Zhang. You are not a roundworm in the stomach of the surname He, how can you be sure that the surname He does not have the intention of killing? ”

Zhao Zhong, the middle attendant, asked. Among a group of panicked eunuchs, Zhao Zhong was one of the more courageous.

"Isn't that obvious? The general is in charge of the Taige, and the current Tingwei (1) is also his man. If he wants to really do it, as long as he lets Ting Wei arrest us, can we still escape? Even if you don't use Tingwei. Let's think about it, who is the current captain of Sili? ”

The crowd was silent.

This is the sorrow of the eunuchs. If there is no military power in their hands and there is no support from the Son of Heaven behind them, even if the eunuchs are just facing the ordinary courtiers, they will naturally have the upper hand. From this point of view, He Jin has not let go of the mad dog Hu Lai, Yuan Shao, the captain of Si Li, so he is indeed very patient.

"Alright, don't think about it! Let's give up this old face today. Go and ask our daughter-in-law. Let's not believe it, our daughter-in-law, the daughter of the He family, can't even keep his father-in-law! ”

Zhang Rang's adopted son married Empress Dowager He's sister, that is, He Jin's half-sister. This level of kinship is also one of the reasons why Zhang Rang is more confident in front of other middle and regular attendants.

With the guarantee of the relationship between Zhang Rang's daughter-in-law, the ten permanent servants who feel cornered. Finally, it was decided to visit the general en masse. Pray to the general in person to raise his noble hand. So at the end of July, led by the ten permanent attendants, followed by dozens of eunuchs from the small yellow gate, they ascended to the gate of the Great General's Mansion.

This phenomenon made the citizens of Luoyang, who didn't know what to do, think that the Son of Heaven was lucky enough to drive the General's Mansion!

"General. Let's not wait, I don't know where it angered the general, and I asked the general to make it clear, let's change it? ”

The general He Jin faced this big group of eunuchs with low eyebrows and kind eyes, and the decision in his heart. Slightly loosened. If you really want to talk about it, he and many of these eunuchs are old friends who have a deep friendship. Hearing the news, He Miao, the general of the chariot cavalry, also opened his mouth to persuade his brother:

"If you have something to say! Look at Lao Guo [Guo Sheng], they are all villagers in Nanyang. Our He family was originally a poor family, and we were oppressed by those big families. If it weren't for Lao Guo, who helped us with the lintel of He Jiaguang, where did our He family get all these glory and wealth? ”

Since He Miao ascended to the throne of the general of the chariot cavalry, his independence has been greatly enhanced. Recently, he has also attracted a few fox friends in the government and the opposition, planning to set up his own door. In He Miao, a small group that has not yet been formed, the most eye-catching is the younger brother of Yuan Shao, the younger brother of Yuan Shao, the captain of the Sili School, and Yuan Shu and Yuan Highway, who took over as the generals of Huben Zhonglang.

Yuan Shu is different from Yuan Shao. He is not quite on the right path with the party, so his evaluation among the corporal in the world is not very good. However, Yuan Highway, known as "fighting righteousness and squandering wealth", has a reputation among the children of officials and eunuchs in Luoyang City.

According to the unspoken rules of the Han court, the children and grandchildren of high-ranking officials naturally have a huge advantage in appearance. Don't look at the current gang of eunuchs, few of them seem to have decent behavior. But if you look at the ten or twenty years later, if there are not seven or eight "2,000 stones" mixed up among these "second generation of officials", "third generation of officials", or even "fourth generation of officials", even if their luck is really too bad!

Therefore, He Miao felt that the reason why his brother was so prosperous now was nothing more than the support of Yuan Shao, the leader of the party. However, he also has Yuan's sister-in-law, Yuan Shu, by his side, and he can be regarded as a powerful minister in the court. With such thoughts, He Miao's reverence for his brother He Jin in the past has also been wiped out a lot recently.

He saw that He Jin hadn't spoken yet, and then said:

"You can't just make a casual assertion about a major national event. The so-called 'flooded and difficult to recover'. Besides, since the first emperor of the previous dynasty, when was there a shortage of eunuchs in the court? The things in the palace can't be done by the palace maids. Do you want your sister to be served by a group of men every day? ”

Looking at the kind and pitiful faces in front of him, He Jin also felt that his approach was a little inauthentic. However, after all, he is a man who is tempted by supreme power, even if the eunuchs in front of him are kind and aggrieved, He Jin will not be shaken by this.

In front of dozens of large and small eunuchs in the hall, He Jin cleared his throat and said to them:

"Today, the reason why you are making a lot of noise is not that you usually meddle in government politics. Why do you make everyone in the world dissatisfied with you? It's not that I'm harsh on you, it's just that with all the bad things you've done, it's hard for me to talk to the scholars if I want to help you! ”

"General, what we did is not right, the general can scold him! Can we still not change it? Speaking of which. We are also old friends, we know each other's hearts, and we are happy to cooperate. If we don't have us, when those scholars come to power and take power, the life of the general will not be comfortable? ”

Zhang Rang also knew the crux of the relationship between the two sides, and specially emphasized the threat of the scholars in his words. He believes. If He Jin wants to suppress the authority of the scholars, he still needs his own "middle officials" to charge into battle.

It's just that He Jin has been thinking about the pros and cons of doing so for several months. As for the possible threat to the scholars, he believed that he had mastered the Southern Army, the Northern Army and the Xiyuan New Army of the Han Dynasty, and he had already planned in his heart that after the eunuchs lost their authority, he would immediately launch a new round of "party rebellion". He banished all the scholars and party members who might threaten him from Luoyang.

So. After listening to Zhang Rang's analysis, He Jin just played a haha, and still said firmly:

"At this point, I'll just say it! The Xiliang Army led by Dong Zhuo is from Luoyang in the morning and evening. This Xiliang barbarian, if he insists on messing around. But I couldn't stop him. Ladies and gentlemen, in fact, I have no ill will towards you. In this way, as long as all the old friends leave the palace and return to their hometowns to live in peace, I hereby promise. Don't let the scholars insult you! ”

He Jin's attitude was extremely firm. Seeing that the matter had come to this, the eunuchs had to leave the general's mansion in a huff.

"Mother. Provoke. There is no way to live! ”

Xia Yun, the regular attendant, scolded weakly.

No one answered him. He Jin's attitude has been extremely clear. He just wanted to get rid of the old eunuchs in the palace so that he could install newcomers who listened to him. Not to mention anything else, Pan Yin, the little yellow door who betrayed Jian Shuo, is only afraid that this time it will be developed.

The only thing that made the eunuchs feel a little relieved was that He Jin didn't seem to intend to take their lives. The more vigorously the sword in the general's hand waved, the safer the eunuchs' net worth and life. If you can return to your hometown and become a rich man with the huge amount of family property accumulated over the years, the temptation is still not small for some eunuchs who have accumulated skills.

It seems that in order to urge the Ten Standing Servants to leave as soon as possible, the next day, the general made a concession to the new Emperor and asked for a reward for the Ten Standing Servants and Xiao Huangmen.

Among them, Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong, led by the Ten Standing Attendants, were nominated as Pavilion Marquis, and the rest of the Zhongchang Servants were nominated by Guan Neihou. Even those small yellow doors, the low ones are big and the high ones are long, almost everyone has a share, which can be regarded as a kind of reward for their imminent departure. ②

At this point, even the Empress Dowager He, who originally opposed the general's expulsion of the eunuchs from the palace, lost her temper. Although Empress Dowager He is known as having a strong temperament, she is a woman after all. Ever since she witnessed how Jian Shuo was forced to kill in the court, Empress Dowager He has been overshadowed by the bloody killing.

When Dong Zhuo, a former general who was close at hand, asked to enter Beijing to kill the eunuchs and take the Qing monarch's side every few days, Empress Dowager He was disdainful at the beginning, and now she is still panicking. Frightened, Empress Dowager He had no choice but to agree to the general's request and let these eunuchs, large and small, out of the palace to show her support for her brother.

He Jin, who got the news from Pan Yin, who was arranged in the Empress Dowager's palace, was in a good mood. After so long of hard planning, he can finally fully grasp the authority of China and North Korea as he wishes! (To be continued......)

PS: PS: (1) Tingwei, one of the Nine Qings. He is the highest official in charge of justice.

(2) The titles of the Han Dynasty were divided into 20 levels, excluding the extremely rare and non-normal princes and dukes. Among them, the Great Shang is the sixteenth level, the Great Shu Chang is the eighteenth level, the Guannai Hou is the nineteenth level, and the Liehou is the highest twentieth level.

The first liehou was called Chehou. Later, due to the avoidance of Liu Che, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, he was changed to Tonghou, and later changed to Liehou. The gold seal and purple ribbon have a fiefdom and get food and rent taxes, but they have no right to govern the people in the feudal country. The size of the feudal states of the liehou varies, and the largest one is equivalent to a county, which is called the Hou State; The small one is a township and a pavilion. Therefore, it is based on the size of the feudal country, the county marquis, the township marquis, the pavilion marquis, etc., and its fief is the name.

The most famous liehou is probably the legendary "Hanshou Pavilion Marquis" Guan Yu. In this title, "Hanshou" is the name of the place and the name of a "pavilion". The so-called "Hanshou Pavilion Marquis" is the liehou who has the right to enjoy the taxes paid by the residents of the land of "Hanshou Pavilion". Ladies and gentlemen, don't misinterpret this "Hanshou Pavilion Marquis" as the "Shou Tinghou" of the "Han" Dynasty, hehe.