In April of the sixth year of Zhongping (i.e., 189 AD), Emperor Ling was critically ill, and the battle for the heir to the empire entered a white heat.

Emperor Ling had two sons, the eldest son Liu Wei, his mother was the empress of the dynasty, and his uncle was General He; The second son, Liu Xie, whose mother was Wang Meiren, was killed by Empress He, and was raised by Empress Dowager Dong, the mother of Emperor Ling, and was strongly supported by Empress Dowager Dong.

Emperor Ling is a very contradictory guy, he loves Queen He's mother but doesn't like her son. Because Empress He was beautiful and favored by Emperor Ling, regardless of her butcher background, she not only became the queen, but also made He Jin, who was born a butcher, a general.

Of course, this is not to blame Emperor Ling, the Han Dynasty favored his relatives, and he had a reason.

Just take an example: Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty favored Wei Zifu, so he reused Wei Qing, the illegitimate son who was originally just a groom, and finally became a marquis and a general! Of course, the effect is so good, and it is also because Wei Qing is indeed a genius general.

After Wei Qing's death, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty concocted the same method, and because he favored Li Wa, who was born in the song and dance workshop, he named his brother Li Guangli, a small servant in the song and dance hall, as a general. ordered him to send Dawan to provoke trouble and was defeated, but Emperor Wu still reused him; He went out to fight against the Xiongnu and surrendered to the enemy, and was finally killed by the Xiongnu.

Since it was a fine tradition of the Han Dynasty royal family to reuse relatives, no one blamed him.

The Emperor Ling, who can be a death, made Liu Wei's mother the queen and made his own uncle a general, and then told others that I actually don't like Liu Wei, and I want Liu Xie, the youngest son in the Empress Dowager's palace, to take over.

To borrow the words of Taiwan's filthy flat, how can this be embarrassing? Emperor Ling's cronies, Zhongchang attendants, and the commander of the eighth lieutenant of the West Garden, Jian Shuo, had no choice but to say, then you hurry up and kill He Jin, otherwise how will Liu Xie take over?

Emperor Ling thought about it, he was about to hang up, and the beautiful and enchanting Queen He didn't know which stinky man she had cheapened in the end, no matter what, kill He Jin and talk about it, so he let people pass He Jin into the palace.

It's a pity that the matter is not secret, He Jin entered the palace gate, received a warning from Sima Panyin, and hurried back to the general's mansion to gather Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, Chen Lin and other subordinates to discuss how to kill Guangzhong Changshi.

When He Jin was still at home and went over and discussed the past, Emperor Ling hung up!

So the vigorous large-scale armed fight at the end of the Han Dynasty kicked off!

A world without public security and urban management is really chaotic!

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At the same time, not far from Zhang Rang's mansion, there is an inconspicuous mansion named Ye Mansion, the owner bought it half a year ago, and there is only one mansion between it and Zhang's mansion.

After half a year of exploration and layout, the following conclusions were drawn:

Jian Shuo is not too greedy for money, so it is not worth much;

The forces of various families are intertwined, and there are spies from all parties, including us, who can easily leak the news when they do it to them. In case the matter is not secret, the hatred of the world may focus on the lord in the future, which is not conducive to the great cause, so Jia does not recommend targeting them;

The General's Mansion and the Imperial Palace, although we have also arranged a few internal responses, but after all, it is too eye-catching, if there is an opportunity in the future, you can take advantage of the fire to rob, if there is no too good opportunity, Jia also advises the lord to give up;

The most suitable for us to do it are Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong, Guo Sheng, He Miao, Wuyangjun and other people's mansions, these five people are attached to the emperor and his relatives, greedy for money and unable to protect themselves, when chaos, everyone's eyes must be gathered in the palace and the general's mansion, their mansions must not be so attention-grabbing.

Although we have narrowed down our goals considerably, we should not be careless. During this period of time, the number of Inhumans who have entered the imperial capital has reached at least millions, and according to the previous reminder of the lord, it can basically be judged that they also want to take advantage of the fire in the imperial capital.

Once the chaos starts, there will definitely be many Inhumans staring at any of the target mansions, so we have to put our limited forces on a few key mansions. Only by concentrating forces and planning well can we achieve something.

The top priority is to keep an eye on the trends of all parties, once Emperor Ling dies, the power comes entirely from the emperor's ten permanent servants must be panicked, and then the lord can ask to see Zhang Rang as soon as possible, and take the timber to donate to the treasury! Zhang Rang will not dare to resign! ”

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Early the next morning, Chen Ping hurriedly knocked on the door of Ye Teng's bedroom.

"My lord, I just received a secret report from Jinyiwei: the emperor has died."

"Okay, you and Feng Xiao continue to pay attention to the movements of all parties, and I will go see Zhang Rang immediately!" Ye Teng got up directly, and commanded while walking out the door.

"No!" Chen Ping took the order.

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"Master Hou, Yanmen guards Ye Teng and asks to see him." Due to the death of Emperor Ling, the palace was blocked by Jian Shuo and Guo Sheng, Zhao Zhong was responsible for stabilizing Empress He and inquiring about the movements of the General's Mansion, while Zhang Rang sneaked back to the palace and prepared to contact forces outside the palace in order to respond and even seek a way out.

"Hurry up and invite him in." It didn't take me to sleep, and someone brought a pillow. Ye Teng is not just a Taishou, but also a strong military general, and if he is well connected, he will definitely be able to add a lot of help to himself.

"No." The little guy hurried to invite Ye Teng.

"Yanmen County is too guarded by Ye Teng, see Marquis Zhang." As soon as Ye Teng entered the door, he made a big gift to Zhang Rang, and if he asked for it, he naturally gave it to others.

"Your own people, you don't have to be polite, come, serve tea to Mianzhi." With unprecedented enthusiasm, Zhang Rang got up, took a few steps forward, held Ye Teng's left arm, and let him take the position of the guest of honor on the left.

"Master Hou is polite, Teng is flattered." After Ye Teng sat down, he continued to be polite.

"When did you enter the capital?" Zhang Rang asked.

"A few days ago, Zuo Huangmen sent a message saying that His Majesty was seriously ill. On the occasion of this extraordinary autumn, Teng considered that Hou Ye might need manpower, so in the past few days, he secretly transmitted 3,000 intermediate-level special troops to the imperial capital. Teng arrived yesterday, because the time was too late, he didn't dare to disturb the Hou Ye, so he came to see him early this morning. Ye Teng explained the reason.

In fact, Ye Teng installed 5,000 back troops, 8 hundred Xuanjia cavalry, and 800 iron eagle warriors in the Shenshi space this time. also brought the heaven-level military general Huang Zhong, the earth-level military generals Wan Hao and Zhou Tai, which can be described as a strong and abnormal lineup!

In the past six months, in addition to arranging for Guo Jia and Chen Ping to lay out in the imperial capital, Ye Teng has continued to expand his armaments, and his biggest achievement is to increase the number of 300 Iron Eagle Warriors and expand the Beiwei Army to 10,000; This time it was half brought in one go.

And Huang Zhong's flying feather archers have also reached 4,000 people. The Qi family army and the Han army each reached 40,000 people. The total number of third-order soldiers has reached 2 million. Yanmen County has a full complement of 1.4 million, and Tianma City and Zhenbei City each have 300,000.

"Okay, he is worthy of being a veteran on the battlefield, and he knows how to lead troops with him in times of crisis! Say, what difficulties do you have in Luoyang that you need me to help you solve? "Zhang Rang went from the lowest level of a society to the middle of the regular service, and what he did was to observe words and emotions and please people, and the reason for repaying him with peach is extremely clear.

"There is a lack of good wood for shipbuilding in the territory, I bought some wood from the imperial palace treasury from Hou Ye last time, can you sell some more ...... this time" Ye Teng said cautiously, as if it would make Zhang Rang very embarrassed.

"What else should I do, this matter is easy, I will appoint Mian Zhi to the post of treasurer, you can take some from it." The emperors are all hanging, it is the time to employ people, what is a little wood? What's more, Zhang Rang's plan is not bad, appoint you as the treasurer, and you don't dare to take too much, otherwise the prison guards will steal and will inevitably be held accountable in the future. Giving away a favor with little responsibility in vain, why not?

"Thank you, Marquis Zhang!" Ye Teng was overjoyed. Give the fish to the cat as a pillow, so what's polite? The Han world is about to collapse, how could Ye Teng not even dare to take a little wood?

"Little things." Zhang Rang took out a blank holy decree and waved it, allowing Ye Teng to concurrently serve as the supervisor of the timber warehouse from Liupin.