Chapter 80: Chaos in the court
After experiencing this series of things, Wen Chou made time to entertain the Luancheng reinforcements and Zhending Zhaoyun reinforcements who had experienced two different battles with him! It was a feast of great scope! It shows the sincerity of Wen Chou!
Although the other counties did not send troops to help Wen Chou, they still paid 12 percent attention to the battle between Wen Chou and Zhang Yan. Especially Lieutenant Changshan and Minister Feng Gong are even more concerned about this battle! Almost every other hour, scouts and tanma would report on the current situation of the war.
In addition, it is Yang's County Jun, Nanhe Han Meng, Guangping Fuzhi, Julu Tianfeng, etc.! It can be said that the whole of Jizhou is watching this battle! I want to confirm whether the newly rising Wen Chou force is as powerful, mighty, and terrifying as the rumors!
And the final result did not disappoint them, although there were reinforcements from Zhao Yun and Luan Cheng, but anyone with a discerning eye could see that such reinforcements were not the key to Wen Chou's success in resisting the 30,000 army of thieves! It's the key to breaking the horizontal.
In other words, the power of Wen Chou is already comparable to that of an army of 30,000! In a sense. Although only defensively. But it's also very remarkable. No force can easily say that it can withstand the enemy's 30,000-strong army attacking in several directions. What's more, I heard that Wen Chou didn't put all his troops into it! There is still one last force left in case of the unexpected!
In this battle, Wen Chou also learned a lot! It also made his prestige spread in Jizhou again! And it's a proven preaching. In this way, some skeptical people will no longer have any doubts. Because of Wen Chou's prestige, he earned it through his own strength.
At the same time, Wen Chou also won the approval of a large part of the literati who hated thieves. makes Wen Chou's voice and appearance rate in Jizhou Shilin higher and higher.
In the past three months, there was also a major event in the Youzhou area, not far from the Wenchou forces. That is, Youzhou Mu Liu Yu defeated the rebels Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju. This defeat made Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju, a pair of traitors who had been active on the border of Youzhou for two or three years, finally have a big slippage in their power. So that they can no longer do whatever they want in the frontier lands.
However, Liu Yu's policy is fundamentally different from that of Gongsun Zhan, another major force in Youzhou. Gongsun Chan responded to all rebellions with a tough attitude, as well as resisting and attacking other ethnic groups abroad. And Liu Yu held a gentle attitude to persuade foreign tribes to make peace and trade with foreign tribes.
Gongsun Zhan's iron-blooded government made the foreign thieves take advantage of the military might of the empire; Liu Yu's gentle government allowed the foreigners to get along well with the people in the Guannei. It can be said that there are pros and cons. But the difference in the governing philosophy of these two eventually led to their subsequent sword confrontation! And it ended with the defeat of Liu Yu, who was not good at war! This is the inevitability of history!
In March and April of the sixth year of Zhongping. Wen Chou spent his time in the war or in the busy farming, and although he paid a little attention to the development of external affairs, he did not invest too much energy. Moreover, he knew that if nothing else, Liu Hong, the son of heaven, would die in the first half of the year. After that, there was a three- or four-month-long battle between relatives and eunuchs. It was not until Dong Zhuo's intervention that it was terminated.
In late April, the news of Liu Hong's death reached Wen Chou's ears, and it also reached the ears of most of the scholars and nobles in Jizhou! And after the land of Jizhou has been washed by 'Wen Chou and Wen Zixiao' for nearly two months, they are a little tired of listening to everything about Wen Chou! But in March and April, Wen Chou's appearance rate and influence in the land of Jizhou.
So to speak. After the two battles before and after, Wen Chou's prestige officially spread all over the land of Jizhou! Even the two states of seclusion have anecdotes of ugliness. And this kind of spread is still fermenting, and it will continue in the coming months, even years.
Such a shocking news will naturally have a certain shock to the spread of Wen Chou's reputation. It has greatly reduced people's attention to Wen Chou. However, this did not affect Wen Chou's excited mood. Because of Liu Hong's death, it marks the dawn of a new era. An era that can make Wenchou go from Jizhou to the whole country.
There is no doubt that the throne falls on the eldest son Liu Wei, because he has a high-ranking uncle and a mother who is the queen. However, there are still some breakdowns. It is precisely this kind of breakdown that will lead to the great chaos in the future.
The eighth lieutenant of the West Garden was mentioned above, and the captain of the upper military academy was served by Xiao Huangmen Jian Shuo. In a sense, this was set up by Liu Hong, the previous son of heaven, to limit the power of the current general He Jin, and Jian Shuosu resolutely took charge of the military power in the imperial court, but he was still quite jealous and afraid of the general He Jin.
It was because he did not deal with He Jin before Liu Hong's death, and he once said that Liu Hong, the son of heaven, and asked her to send He Jin to lead the troops west to attack Bian Zhang and Han Sui. It was intended to keep He Jin away from the Luoyang political circle. So much so that they gradually alienated it. Liu Hong followed their advice and rewarded He Jin with 100 military vehicles and tiger axes.
After He Jin learned about their scheme, he asked Yuan Shao to attack the thieves in Xu and Yan in the east, under the pretext that he would wait for Yuan Shao to return before he could send troops to attack west. Stalling for time in this way. This strategy was very successful, because Liu Hong, the son of heaven, died soon after.
Therefore, after Liu Hong's death, Jian Shuo naturally wanted to get rid of He Jin and Liu Wei, and set up Liu Xie as the emperor! Otherwise, how can you be self-reliant? After He Jin gained power, he still had a place for himself?
But Jian Shuo's plan did not succeed, and when Liu Hong died, Jian Shuo planned to kill him when he entered the palace. But between Jian Shuo's hints from Sima Pan Yin, He Jin said that he was sick! In this way, the elder is not young, and He Jin is very powerful, so Liu Wei was established as the emperor, because he is still young, so his mother He Empress Dowager is in charge of the dynasty, and the general He Jin is the assistant to the Taifu Yuan Kui, and the book is still written.
Now that he has mastered the power of the government, He Jin has to carry out the act of eliminating dissent. This is a process that every person in power has to go through, and He Jin is naturally no exception. He knew that the eunuchs were the common evil of the world, and he hated Jian Shuo for plotting to harm him, so He Jin began to secretly arrange to kill the eunuchs.
At this time, Yuan Shao also had a plan, so he sent Zhang Jinjin, a relative of He Jinzhi, to persuade He Jinyan: "The Yellow Gate has been serving for a long time, and he has committed adultery with the Empress Dowager Changle. He Jinshen thought so, so he befriended Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Xiao Ji, Xu You, etc.! Just looking at this lineup, you know that He Jin will be miserable in the future! Of course, that's an afterthought.
He Jin carried out such a series of actions to kill Jian Shuo, so Jian Shuo would not let anyone slaughter him, so he wrote a letter to Zhao Zhong and others, who were always in charge of the central government, and said: "The two generals and brothers are in power, and now they are plotting with the world's scholars and party members to kill the people close to the first emperor, that is, we people, now because I am still in command of the forbidden army, they are still hesitant!" In this case, why don't we close the cabinet and kill it urgently?! ”
At this time, there was a split within the Zhongchang Attendant. That is, Guo Shengnai, the regular servant of the Zhongchang Chamberlain, is a person from the same county as He Jin, and he has made a lot of efforts in the matter of He Shi's favor, because he is close to He's family, not only did he not agree to Jian Shuo's suggestion, but also handed Jian Shuo's letter to He Jin! In this way, how could He Jin still sit still, and immediately made the Yellow Gate Order arrest Jian Shuo and behead him, and he commanded Jian Shuo's garrison. In this way, He Jin can be said to be in power leaning towards the government and the opposition!
It stands to reason that he has been at this point, and He Jin's invitation is not confused, that is, he has been in power for more than ten years. However, among his henchmen, there are restless and self-conscious elements such as Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, which has already shown that He Jin's political career will not be determined by this! It will be subverted.
After that, He Jin followed Yuan Shao's advice and did not enter and leave the palace province casually, and even did not participate in the funeral of the former emperor Liu Hong! This is a big no-no for courtiers! Moreover, his sister Empress Dowager He, her mother Wuyangjun and her brother He Miao all accepted a lot of bribes from eunuchs, so they sheltered these eunuchs. made He Jin waver again in the matter of killing the eunuchs.
At this time, Yuan Shao didn't know what kind of thoughts he was thinking, and said to He Jinjin that he would gather more warriors from all over the world and invite the world's heroes, so that they would lead troops to the capital and threaten Empress Dowager He to agree to kill the eunuchs. What kind of ploy is this? It's like luring a wolf into a hole! It can be seen that Yuan Shao's thoughts.
And for such a stupid plan, the chief bookkeeper Chen Lin once advised He Jinyan: "No! Vulgar clouds: 'Hide your eyes and catch birds' is self-deception. Small things can't be deceived to get their will, but what is the country's major event? Today, the general is fighting the emperor's prestige, taking charge of the troops, the dragon and the tiger are stepping, and the superiority is in the heart: if you want to punish the eunuchs, it is like a drum and a furnace that burns your hair and ears. But when you are angry and exercise your power and make a decision, heaven and man will obey it. However, they oppose the foreign ministers, and when they are about to invade the capital, the heroes gather, each with one heart: the so-called rebellion, giving people a handle, the merit will not be achieved, and the chaos will be caused. "But he did his duty as a minister, and what he said made sense.
But He Jin did not listen to Chen Lin's advice, but made a decision that led him to perdition! That is to make Dong Zhuo and the others gallop on the post and prepare to enter the army and be optimistic! thus attracted Dong Zhuo, a ferocious jackal!
At such a point, if He Jin is wiser and more decisive, he may not be able to achieve great things! But at this time, he became suspicious and uneasy because of his brother's words. (To be continued......)