Chapter 24: Forcing the Emperor to Abdicate
I didn't expect Lu Bu's movements to be very fast, and at the second watch that night, he quietly sneaked into Ding Yuan's house, thinking that Ding Yuan had fallen asleep, but found that he was reading a book in the faint candlelight, and was taken aback when he saw Lu Bu visiting late at night, and said, "Son, why did you come to me like this?" β
This sentence aroused Lu Bu's anger, and he rebuked: "I am a good man, how can I be your son? β
Ding Yuan knew from Lu Bu's tone that he was in some emotions, so he asked, "Why is Feng Xian in a bad mood?" β
Lu Bu didn't talk nonsense anymore, stepped forward quickly, cut off Ding Yuan's head with a knife, held it in his hand, and shouted to the left and right: "Ding Yuan is not benevolent, he has been killed by me, those who are willing to follow me, stay, I am not reluctant if I don't want to, just leave by myself." β
Many of the sergeants were Ding Yuan's old subordinates, and they had some feelings, and they dared to be angry but did not dare to speak out about Ding Yuan's death, so they left immediately, and there were few people left.
Early in the morning of the second day, Lu Bu mentioned Ding Yuan's head to see Li Su, Yu Yi happened to go out to see this scene, he was remorseful, he wanted to report to Ding Yuan, but Lu Bu acted too fast, this kind of person just did what he said, and he had no thoughts of his own at all, which was really terrifying, which deepened Yu Yi's determination to leave.
Li Su saw that Yuyi was also there, and shouted to go to see Dong Zhuo together.
Dong Zhuo looked at Lu Bu, and then at the head in his hand, everything understood in an instant, and bowed and said: "I can get the general today, it's like a long-drought seedling encountering rain." β
Lu Bu didn't expect Dong Zhuo to be so polite, and he was a little moved, so he said: "If you don't dislike it, just be my father-in-law." β
Dong Zhuo nodded, and personally set up a banquet to entertain Lu Bu, giving him a golden armor brocade robe, as well as some beauties and wine.
With the blessing of Lu Bu, Dong Zhuo became even more unscrupulous in the imperial court, he proclaimed himself a former general, named his younger brother Dong Min as the general of the left and the marquis of Yan, and named Lu Bu as the commander of the cavalry, the general of Zhonglang, and the marquis of Duting.
After the reward was completed, Li Ru walked out and said, "Now that all obstacles have been removed, the matter of abolishing the emperor can be put on the agenda." β
So Dong Zhuo, like last time, set up a large banquet, to the banquet of civil and military officials, gathered the ministers together, and ordered Lu Bu to bring thousands of soldiers to escort, in the name of protecting everyone, Taifu Yuan Kui and the hundred officials expired, began to play music, after three rounds of wine, Dong Zhuo suddenly pulled out a sword, thrust it on the ground, and brought up the past, saying: "Now the young emperor is too weak, there is no way to worship the temple, I want to follow the practice of Yi Yin and Huo Guang, abolish the young emperor as the king of Hongnong, and set up the king of Chen Liu as the new emperor, If you don't agree, I'll kill you. β
This time there was basically no room for negotiation, and the ministers were all very frightened, Yuyi sat next to Li Ru, observing the smug smile on the corner of his mouth, as if all this was in his planning.
However, Li Ru was still disappointed, originally thought that after Dong Zhuo's words, no one would come out to oppose it again, but Yuan Benchu jumped out and asked sharply: "Now that the young emperor has been on the throne for a few years, there is nothing wrong, why do you keep thinking about abolishing the emperor, do you want to be the emperor yourself?" β
Dong Zhuo was furious and said, "Now everything is up to me, if you don't listen, then see if my sword is sharp?" β
Yu Yi didn't expect Yuan Shao to be quite backbone, so he actually pulled out his sword and said, "Is your sword sharp, I can't see it, my sword is also very sharp." β
The two faced each other at the feast, and everyone broke out in a cold sweat for him.
To say that Dong Zhuo has Lu Bu on his side, and there are soldiers who stepped forward to surround him, Yuan Shao has a few heads that are not enough to cut off, but when Dong Zhuo was about to kill people and establish his authority, Li Ru came out to advise again, and said: "There is no clear conclusion on this matter, you can't kill people indiscriminately!" β
Yuan Shao glared angrily, carried his sword, said goodbye to the hundred officials, rode a horse, and left in the direction of Jizhou.
Dong Zhuo's anger did not subside, he walked to the vicinity of Taifu Yuan Kui, pointed at his nose and reprimanded: "This nephew of yours is really rude, I look at your face today, don't care, you say, what is your opinion on this abolished matter?" β
Yuan Kui knew that saying the word "no" at this time would lead to death, so he replied against his will: "Tai Lieutenant, you are very right." β
Dong Zhuo laughed, returned to his seat with his sword, and emphasized again, "Those who dare to stop this will be dealt with by military law." β
In this way, the ministers no longer have different voices, and they all said that everything was decided by Dong Zhuo.
After the banquet, Dong Zhuo left Zhou Yu and Captain Wu Qiong alone, and asked, "Do you know where Yuan Shao is going?" β
Zhou Yu replied: "I saw Yuan Shao leave angrily, if it wasn't for the hurry, I'm afraid there would be a change, besides, Yuan Shao's family is the fourth world and the third duke, and the protΓ©gΓ©s and former officials are all over the world, if they accept the world's heroes and form a force, it is very likely that they will plot chaos like the Yellow Turban Thieves' Rebellion, it is better to pardon his sins, and then make him a group of Taishou, so that Yuan Shao knows that he is not guilty, and there is no need to go against you." β
Wu Qiong also stepped forward and said: "Yuan Shao is actually impulsive, it is difficult to become a climate, don't be too afraid, just give him a group of Taishou to be the one who is enough to win the hearts of the people." β
Dong Zhuo adopted this suggestion, and issued an edict on the order of the emperor to appoint Yuan Shao as the Taishou of Bohai.
In September, the young emperor was invited to the Jiade Palace, the ministers of civil and military affairs were present, Dong Zhuo pulled out a sword and shouted to everyone: "The young emperor is weak, he is not worthy of being the king of a country at all, now there is a policy together, please read it in public!" β
So Li Ru walked to the front, took the text of the policy, and read it out in public, "The first emperor died, the sea is not sad, now the young emperor is still shallow, the majesty is insufficient, the etiquette is not good, and it is very lazy, it is really difficult to convince the public, the queen mother's virtue is insufficient, and the ruling politics has caused the court to panic, and now Chen Liuwang has a bold temperament, strict rules, sonorous and powerful speech, known as a good reputation, and the people of the world are admired together, and he should be appointed emperor, so that he can be unified for thousands of years." It is recommended that the young emperor be abolished as the king of Hongnong, and the empress dowager should hand over the power and serve the king of Chen Liu as the new emperor in order to conform to the way of heaven."
After Li Ru finished reading, Dong Zhuo immediately sent someone to help the young emperor down, lifted his seal, knelt down in front of the north, and asked the queen mother to remove some clothes that symbolized identity.
Yu Yi stood among the ministers at this time, feeling a little puzzled, to say that Dong Zhuo is already at the top of his power, why not be the emperor himself, forget it, isn't it better to control an emperor with a very weak ability, why do you have to be a wise and capable emperor, isn't this more difficult? Or did he feel that it was a challenge, and he was not afraid that the emperor would grow up and get rid of him?
looked at Lu Bu, who was standing beside Dong Zhuo at this time, like his personal bodyguard.