The protagonist of tonight's banquet is Wen Chou, everyone is celebrating him, Rao is Xun Yu Yuan Rong and others blocked a lot of wine for Wen Chou at the banquet, Wen Chou also tried his best to drink less because of He Yan's visit, but he still drank a lot

He was drunk and hazy, and he held on, and helped He Yan to the door of the guest house, with a big tongue, and said apologetically: "He Gong, I really don't want to drink too much tonight, I want to listen to the teachings of the prince, but the wine of the Venerable Elder is difficult to refuse."

He Yan was empathetic, and said to Wen Chou with a smile: "Huang Fu and Liu Xiangqing are all respectful elders, their wine is difficult to say, Qing drinks a lot ......tonight, and the night is late, go back early to rest, and it will not be too late for you and me to talk in detail tomorrow."

In the middle of the night, Xun Yu Li Xuandianwei and others helped Wen Chou back to the living room, Wen Chou originally planned to talk to Xun Yu for a while, and talk about what He Yan would have for coming to see him this time, but because of the wind blowing, the wine surged, vomited, and fell asleep on the bed

When he woke up the next day, the sky was just bright, and Wen Chou only felt a splitting headache

The maidservant served hot soup, he sat on the edge of the bed in his clothes and drank a few sips, and Li Dian came in to report: "Tian Jun Wenjun is here"

"Let them in."

Tian Yuanhao was busy with the placement of the wounded yesterday, and stayed in the military camp outside the county all night, and did not participate in the banquet

Wen Chou put down the soup, rubbed his head, and said with a wry smile: "Wine is a thing, less is pleasant, more is hurtful, this wine is better to drink less in the future" Drinking too much not only hurts the body, but also makes a mistake, if you are not drunk, you will not be able to discuss with Xun Yu last night

Tian Yuanhao said with a smile: "Yesterday in the camp, I heard Manchester City Ah Deng and they said that this attack on Huang Hu was really a tough battle, and the lieutenant fought hard, and it was good to drink some wine to relieve fatigue."

Speaking of the battle against Huang Beard, Wen Chou remembered Huang Beard. asked, "What happened to Huang Qian and the pawn?" ”

Huang Qian is Huang Hair's real name, and in order to facilitate the reorganization of prisoners, Huang Qian did not enter the city yesterday

Tian Yuanhao said: "Half of the injured are injured, and the injured are all settled, I plan to reorganize the uninjured first, this matter has been arranged to Zilong Manchester City and others, so that they can arrange according to the casualties of each department."

Wen Chou's headquarters, Yi Cong, suffered casualties in this battle, Li Dian and Liu Qing's departments, including Guo Jia and Xu Rong, all needed to be replenished by soldiers, and the soldiers of the Huangfu Department were the best sources of supplementation, and the rest were supplemented. Wen Chou planned to make it into an independent song and hand it over to Huang Beard

Wen Chou is now a lieutenant of Changshan Kingdom, and he is no longer the earlier Yingchuan County soldier Cao Peng, this kind of post-war trivial work does not need him to do it himself, as long as he sets a direction, he has Tian Yuanhao, Zhao Yun and others to do

After listening to Tian Yuanhao's report, Wen Chou nodded, he looked at Tian Yuanhao's face, frowned and said, "Yuan Hao." You are getting clearer and clearer, although official business is important, the body is important, don't always bury yourself in the first case, and go out and walk around."

Although there are still not many people under Wen Chou's command, only two or three thousand, they are also faintly a faction of their own, Tian Yuanhao, Zhao Yun, Li Dian and others are mostly his old friends when he was in Yingchuan in the past. Among them, Tian Yuanhao and Zhao Yun have the highest status, strictly speaking. Tian Yuanhao's status is a little higher than Zhao Yun, since Tian Yuanhao is in the position of "one person under a thousand people", he is obviously very busy on weekdays, he has to deal with the official affairs of the lieutenant's mansion, and some things in the army also need his cooperation to do. When he was busy, he sometimes couldn't sleep for two hours a day and couldn't eat two meals

But even though he's busy, he's enjoying it

How many years of conceited talent. Hard-working place, now finally get the opportunity, no matter how hard and tired it is, it is as sweet as food

Tian Yuanhao said with a smile: "The case is certainly laborious, but it is nothing compared to the lieutenant risking arrows and rocks to cut down mountains and mountains" Changing the topic, he said, "He Boqiu is hundreds of miles away, from Jingshi to Zhao County, I think he came to see the lieutenant on purpose, can the lieutenant think about how to reply to him?" ”

"Can the lieutenant figure out how to answer him?" Tian Yuanhao's sentence was asking Wen Chou if he had already thought about how to deal with Yuan Shao's solicitation

Xun Yutian Yuanhao is smarter than Wen Chou, Wen Chou can think that He Yan is here on behalf of Yuan Shao, and Xun Yutian Yuanhao can of course think of it

"I wanted to discuss this matter with Wen Ruo last night, but I was drunk, but I couldn't discuss Cheng Yuanhao, how do you think I should reply to him?"

"Yuan Benchu is a son-in-law, and he is famous all over the world, if you can make friends with him, of course it is a good thing, but it's just ......"

"Just how?"

"Yuan Benchu has not tasted the official for many years, living in Luoyang, but befriending the heroes of the world, privately saving brave and dead soldiers, high-ranking officials of the imperial court in and out of its door, famous people at home and abroad Feixin Chuanyin, this person's ambition is not in the small self I heard that he and He Bo begged everyone to actively help the party, from this point of view, his ambition should be in addition to the eunuch since the first emperor, twenty years, two party repercussions, although the eunuch has been hated by the world for a long time, but they are because they can win the favor of the Son of Heaven, the foundation is not down, if the lieutenant and Yuan Benchu befriend, the benefit is in the present, but in the future or will be burdened by it"

Tian Yuanhao's words are very pertinent

Yuan Shaozhizhi, even Zhao Zhongneng in the middle of the journey could see it, and asked Yuan Feng angrily: "What do you want to do here?" What's more, Tian Yuanhao is a smart person who knows little?

It is also because the relationship between Tian Yuanhao and Wen Chou is unusual, so he said this to Wen Chou, if there is an outsider who is surpassing him, why is it absolutely wrong? The eunuch is the great enemy of the scholar, and Yuan Shaozhi is getting rid of the eunuch, so Wen Chou, who is a member of the scholar, should naturally support him rightly, how can he hesitate and contradict for his official career?

Wen Chou bowed his head and asked Xun Yu: "Wen Ruo, what do you think?" ”

"Two party rebellions, my family was also imprisoned in the eunuch in power, Huang Zhong was destroyed, the government was dark, the tile kettle thundered, the fathers and brothers of the eunuchs were in-laws in Bretzhou County, greedy and brutal, the people were not happy, the rebellion in Montenegro arose because of this, in common sense, my generation should have risen up to fight against it, and the world was Lang Lang Qiankun, but "Yi" cloud: 'The gentleman hides the weapon in his body, and moves when the time comes', the brute force of the moment can only be done for a while, the disaster of the party is not far away, and the current affairs are not clear, but the gentleman should cherish himself, and wait for the opportunity to move"

"So, you and Yuan Hao have the same opinion?"

"Yes, I also thought that if the lieutenant made friends with Yuan Benchu, it would be beneficial for the present, but it might be detrimental to the future."

The trend of eunuchs in this dynasty is deep-rooted, how can the first emperor not know the evil of eunuchs today? But if you want to fight for power with your relatives, if you want to fight for power with scholars, the first emperor should be today's son. But they all had to rely on the help of the eunuchs, therefore, the two party eunuchs continued for nearly 20 years, and it is almost impossible to eradicate the eunuchs in the current situation. When today's Emperor Zi Bang is established, there will be a bloody coup d'état in the court of the Han Dynasty, first the eunuch killed He Jin, and then Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu brothers brazenly led troops into the palace in a desperate situation, and killed all the eunuchs in the palace in one fell swoop In fact, it can also be seen from the opposite side that the eunuchs of the dynasty are indeed covering the sky with one hand, and He Jin, as a general of foreign relatives, they dare to set up an ambush to kill. If it weren't for the desperate gamble of Yuan Shao's brothers to survive, I am afraid that the third party will rise again because of this

"Then how should I reply to He Boqiu?"

"If you can get Yuan Benchu's help, at least at the moment it will be beneficial to the lieutenant, and I think that the lieutenant does not have to refuse He Boqiu, first delay it and now Montenegro is decided, the situation in the DPRK and China is not yet clear, and it is not too late to wait and talk."

"Yuan Hao. Do you feel the same way? ”

"Yet"

Wen Chou nodded and said, "I know what you think."

"But how does the lieutenant plan to reply to Ho Boqiu?"

"The discussion of the two secretaries. It is a good strategy, but the husband is famous for his life, and his reputation is ruined. With heroism to win the public, the heroes and chivalrous warriors in the sea do not fall in love with each other, he knows that there is an ugly article in the world, how can I look forward and hesitate? Repay yourself! And the eunuchs are the great enemies of our clan, and the eunuchs will not be eliminated. The day when my generation finally shows its eyebrows! Wen Chou's answer was generous and sound

Xun Yutian Yuanhao heard this, glanced at Gu, bowed to the ground, and said convincingly: "The lieutenant's ambition, I might as well wait"

Wen Chou got out of bed, helped them up, looked at their admiring expressions, his face was calm, and he was quite ashamed inside

He Yan came this time on behalf of Yuan Shao

Yuan Shao is ambitious, aiming to remove the eunuchs, as mentioned above, the eunuchs of this dynasty are extremely powerful, if you want to do this thing in addition to the eunuchs, it is obviously not possible to rely on Yuan Shao alone, although the Yuan family in Runan is a retired minister, but one, it is difficult to do this with only the Yuan family, and the other is that Yuan Shao's high-ranking clansmen from their fathers have a different attitude towards eunuchs than Yuan Shao, and treat eunuchs, they are more well water and do not violate the river water, and even tend to be inflammatory, and they are not like Li Ying and other party members who are resolutely incompatible with the eunuchs, and because of this, In the case that many celebrities in the world are imprisoned, the Yuan family can still maintain wealth and nobility, so if Yuan Shao wants to do this great thing, he must make friends with people in the same way, and the more capable people who are in the same way with him, the better

Wen Chou is a capable person, but is he the same as him? Or, Wen Chou may be the same as him, and he also has the ambition to get rid of eunuchs, but does he have the courage? At this point, Yuan Shao needed to be confirmed, so he asked He Yan to meet Wen Chou and test his intentions for himself

In the past 20 years, two party failures, how many people and the party have died and the clan has been wiped out, the lessons of the past are not far away, and the tragic situation is still at present, if Wen Chou does not know the trend of history, the solicitation of Yuan Shao may be as contradictory and hesitant as Xun Yutian Yuanhao, but since he knows the trend of history, he will not refuse to accept the olive branch handed over by Yuan Shao

From the chief of the Shahe Pavilion to the Xixiang Youzhi Qiangfu to the northern part of the county to the post supervisor and then to the county soldier Cao Peng and then to the Zuojun Sima and then to the other Sima and then to the Changshan Lieutenant of the current 2,000 stones, looking back on these years, it is not easy for Wen Chou to go step by step, especially before this year, his highest official position is only a hundred stone officials in the county, it can be said that his fortune is all because of the Montenegrin uprising through the suppression of the Montenegrin uprising, he took advantage of the situation, the court lifted the party ban, he borrowed the military merit to 2,000 stones, and got acquainted with Cao Cāo, He also caught up with Yuan Shao's line through Cao Cāo, and now, he finally got Yuan Shao's attention, and He Yan came to meet him in person

If it is said that he was only famous in the county and famous in the state at most, and what he could change was only a part of history, but he deviated from the main line of history, then after meeting with He Shao this time and being officially included in Yuan Shao's party, he will have the qualifications and opportunities to participate in changing the main line of history

After all, at the moment, even Yuan Shao is still only "famous all over the world", and he does not have the real power of the political situation, but it will be different after four years, four years later. The old real power figures are almost dead, when today's general He Jin Shicheng and other eunuchs are all dead, leaving a huge power vacuum, Dong Zhuo entered Beijing and "perverse", arousing the dissatisfaction and opposition of the world's corporates, Yuan Shao, a leader of the young Zhuang faction with a high reputation and connections, naturally has a chance to come out

Wen Chouxiao waited until four years later. He can be the same as Yuan Shao's Cao cā Zhang Miao and others, and also become one of the Kwantung princes who crusaded against Dong Zhuo

Now that he has this in mind, of course the meeting with He Yan is very pleasant

Without waiting for He Yan to reveal Yuan Shao's intentions, he said bluntly: "Yingchuan borders Runan, and Yuan and I are originally from the state. After returning to Luoyang, please tell Yuan Jun that if there is any need for me in the future, I will do my best to deliver a letter."

Wen Chou's attitude is very sincere, and his posture is also very low

I can't help but have a low posture. Cao Cāo's father is deeply favored by today's son, and he is a popular man in the current court. But even Cao Cāo consciously or unconsciously lowered his head when facing Yuan Shao, He Yan, Zhang Miao, Wu Qiong, Xu You, etc. are all famous people at home and abroad, and they have been famous for a long time, but they also have a lot of respect for Yuan Shao, not to mention the literary ugliness who is both powerful and has a reputation in the background?

If you want to talk about the Yuan family, it is really "protégés and former officials all over Chaozhongzhou County". Not to mention, in the past ten years, there are three people in the Yuan family who have been the third duke, and in the first year of Xiping, Yuan Kui was worshiped as Situ. Xiping five years, Yuan Kui was worshiped as Sikong, the first year of Guanghe, Yuan Peng was worshiped as Situ, Guanghe two years, Yuan Pengfu was worshiped as Situ, Yuan Feng was worshiped as Sikong, from the first year of Guanghe to March of the second year of Guanghe, this more than a year, three kilometers on the side of the two are Yuan family people, Guanghe five years, Yuan Kui was worshiped as Situ, the position of the three princes of the imperial court, how many people can't ask for it, but it is extremely easy for the Yuan family, the three princes have the right to get rid of the officials, and there is the right to "raise officials", the so-called "officials" is to make the officials promoted, It is conceivable how many protégés of the Yuan family will be

The Xun family is also a famous family in the world, but the Xun family's fortune is from Xun Shu, and it has been less than 30 years, and there are a few 2,000 stone Taishou ministers in the clan, but no one has done it in Jiuqing, which is far worse than the top gate valve like the Yuan family

How can Wen Chou not lower his profile?

Regarding Wen Chou's statement, He Yan was extremely pleased

He Yan is a chivalrous person, he doesn't like to detour around the bend, Wen Chou didn't wait for him to mention the matter entrusted to him by Yuan Shao, and he took the initiative to express his willingness to get rid of the eunuchs with them, which made him feel very painful, overjoyed, and said: "In the early years, I saw Meng De for the first time, and sighed and said: 'The Han family will die, and those who settle the world will be this person' ugly, Xu Zi will praise you as the 'Valley of the Deserted Years', the people of the Deserted Years, the troubled times are also Yuan Benchu, handsome talents, with Meng De and you to help, we will work together, although the Han family will die, and the world will eventually be safe!" ”

"The Han family is going to die", He Yan can say it to Wen Chou, and the right and wrong of Wen Chou are the reason why the Xun family is known to be famous, and there are also reasons why Wen Chou made Zhang Rang's nephew Zhang Zhi arrested and imprisoned when he was in Yingchuan

Wen Chou said: "Yes"

"Yuan Benchu was determined to remove jiān, now the party is dissolved, there are many imprisoned celebrities and scholars out of Shizhou County, my generation is booming, eunuchs are panicking, the general loves celebrities, maybe the opportunity to get rid of eunuchs is very close to the ugly, you should be cautious and self-respecting, hide in your body"

……

As an official of Sikong Mansion, He Yan couldn't stay in the Yuan clan for a long time, and after reaching a consensus with Wen Chou to remove the eunuchs, he left that afternoon

Sent He Yan away and returned to Fuzhong Hall, Xun Yutian Yuanhao asked Wen Chou what he and He Yan had been chatting about behind closed doors in the morning

Wen Chou didn't hide it from the two of them, and said: "He Gongyan Yuan Benchu Yu persuaded the general to get rid of the eunuchs"

"The general loves celebrities", He Yan hinted very clearly, Yuan Shaoxian wanted to get rid of the eunuchs through He Jin

In the world of the two Han Dynasty, the eunuchs of the foreign relatives took turns to take power, the former Han relatives were prosperous in the eunuchs, the emperor of this dynasty because of the enthronement of the emperor was mostly from the clan, and the power of the Yu was in charge of the eunuchs of the inner palace, the eunuchs were prosperous in the relatives, and the eunuchs and the relatives often won the struggle for power, such as the first emperor, with the help of the power of the five people such as Tang Heng in the middle range, the first emperor was able to punish the general Liang Ji, and the five people of Tang Heng were able to be crowned marquis because of their merits, called the "five marquis", and the power was tilted towards the government and the opposition, and such as this dynasty, because the first emperor reused the eunuchs, the eunuchs in the early years of the dynasty have been very large, Dou Wu, a relative of the general at the time, conspired with Chen Fan and others to punish the eunuch, but he died of leakage, which caused the first disaster of the party

Although the relatives of this dynasty and the eunuchs often lose, but if they want to destroy the eunuchs, the scholars must and can only go through their relatives

Because according to the practice of the two Han Dynasty, most of the relatives were worshiped as generals, with great power and military power

If Yuan Shao can persuade He Jin, who is now a general, and Wen Chou knows that he does say that he is moving, then there is the military power of the general, and the support of Cao Cāo, who has become a Taishou, and many party members and celebrities who have come back, supplemented by Yuan's prestige protégé, as long as there is no faint move, careful planning in advance, and decisive handling of the incident, it is still somewhat possible to get rid of the eunuchs in the palace in one fell swoop

Xun Yu said: "Lieutenant, do you think Yuan Benchu can convince the general?" ”

Wen Chou asked Tian Yuanhao: "Yuanhao, what do you think?" ”

"When the first emperor, the 'five marquis' except Qi Liangji, the late general Dou Wu of this dynasty conspired to punish the eunuchs, why can't the eunuchs and relatives stand side by side? It is the only eunuch in charge of the 'power', and the foreign relatives are in charge, and although the eunuch and the general are from a humble background, he is now a great general, and he has broken through the Black Mountain, and his prestige is greatly enhanced, how can he fight for power? Yuan Benchu will be able to convince him"

Xun Yu thought about it carefully, but he was not so optimistic about this matter after all, and said: "What Yuan Hao said is true, but Zhu Zhongcheng lives in the deep palace, accompanies the Son of Heaven day and night, and wins the trust of the Son of Heaven. Unless ......"

"Unless what?"

Xun Yu shook his head, but refused to say anything

Dou Wu is the great-great-grandson of Dou Rong, one of the twenty-eight generals of Yuntai, and his daughter is the queen mother of the first emperor's mother, he himself has a long reputation, ranking first among the "three monarchs" of the party, and he is far superior to He Jin in terms of family fame, and he and Chen Fan and other eunuchs were conspired to punish the eunuchs when they were not long after the beginning of today's reign, and the power of the eunuchs was not as powerful as today's, but in the end, because of the leakage, the main reason was that the garrison guards in Kyoto were "afraid of serving the lieutenant officials", that is to say, the garrison troops in Kyoto were mostly controlled by the eunuchs and were defeated and died

It is indeed very difficult for He Jin to succeed, and it is not easy to succeed through normal means

Although Xun Yu's words were not finished, Wen Chou Tian Yuanhao knew what he wanted to say: "Unless extraordinary means are used"

What is an extraordinary measure? That is: when the eunuchs were unprepared, they suddenly launched a mutiny and entered the palace to punish them

Does He Jin have the courage? Xun Yu was skeptical

Wen Chou sighed secretly, and said in his heart: "If He Jin had this courage, then the coup d'état four years later would not have become so bloody" But this could not be said to Xun Yutian Yuanhao

Tian Yuanhao asked, "What else did you say?" ”

"He Gong told me to write more letters with General Huangfu"

The destruction of Montenegro, Huangfu Song monopolized eight successful labor, he is now the general of the left chariot, and his position in the emperor is second only to He Jin, and his reputation is far higher, and he is the Jizhou pastor with real power, which is very important, if he can get his support, then the matter of exterminating the eunuch can be grasped more

"Anything else?"

"And asked about the thieves in the west of Xia Zhao County, as well as the process of us successively breaking the left beard and yellow hair, he said that he would tell these to Sikong Zhang Gong, and also hinted that I could put more effort into fighting the thieves."

Xun Yutian Yuanhao glanced at each other, and they all understood

He Yan is showing Wen Chou the way, telling Wen Chou in disguise: as long as the military merits are enough, he will find a way to promote Wen Chou again, this is the benefit of "loyalty" to Yuan Shao, or the old saying: There are people in the court who are good officials, it is foreseeable that with the power of the Yuan family in the court, as long as Wen Chou earns enough military merits, then it will not be difficult to be promoted again

"What does the lieutenant think?"

Wen Chou looked at the vast blue sky outside the hall, and did not answer this question directly, but said: "In Yuping Thief Ding County, there are two things that need to be done first, one is to raise grain, a conscription duke has long wanted to borrow grain for me, I think, this matter can be done now."

The next time, Wen Chou went to the Prime Minister's Mansion to pay a visit to Li Jin, and when he talked about the battle against Huang Beard, he said worriedly: "Although this battle is won, but Xiangjun, the situation in the territory is still not optimistic." (To be continued.) )