Chapter Ninety-Five: The Struggle for Power

Yu Yukui looked at Cheng Liu a little strangely.

"But according to what you said, why did he enter the palace just for the ten permanent servants?"

Cheng Liu nodded slightly.

"I wasn't sure before, but judging from the series of reactions in the palace now, it seems that this is really the case. Why did the great eunuch come to me? And all the signs that are happening now show that after He Jin entered the palace, he had the military power of the Beijing Division, just to limit the power of the eunuchs' relatives. ”

Yu Youkui shook his head and said seriously: "This seems to be a little unreasonable, the eunuch regime is the key to Empress Dowager He winning Empress Dowager Dong, and it is also the foundation of her regime, is it because the eunuch regime is too huge now, and they want to dismantle?" If this is the case, the relatives are the faction of the Empress Dowager Dong, although she is in the cold palace, the power in the palace still exists, and the Empress Dowager He did this, which is tantamount to stimulating contradictions. ”

Cheng Liu did not refute this.

In history, He Jin also wanted to completely break the eunuch regime because of this, one is that the ten permanent servants are too powerful, even if he holds the military power, but he can't make good use of it in the court, it is still the situation of eunuchs and relatives interfering in politics, even if it has changed later, but it can be seen from the last time Liu Qi saw the big eunuch.

This kind of regime will last for a long time, and He Jin seems to have seen this, so he is bent on breaking the other party.

It is impossible for Empress Dowager He to let this situation develop, just like Yu Youkui said, this eunuch regime has developed little by little from the palm of her hand to the present, and the reason why the power is monstrous is also because she delegated power at that time to cause the current situation, which is to fight against the situation of the dominance of the relatives after the death of Emperor Ling.

Empress Dowager Dong is deep in the cold palace, so Cheng Liu has always forgotten her existence, but this woman is not simple in history.

After sighing slightly, Cheng Liu suddenly felt a chill in his back.

"You have to withdraw Chundie and Qiuhong from the palace first, you can send the news back now, and let Empress Dowager He arrange for them to leave the palace."

Yu Youkui explained: "If it is really like what you said, Empress Dowager He may not release people, if there is an accident in the palace, they may become chess pieces, and then the young emperor will leave the palace, and it is impossible to continue to take the eunuchs." ”

Also, Cheng Liu had promised the Empress Dowager He to leave her a back road, this back road may be in Xiapi, or Jianye, no matter where it is, it is impossible to take the people in the palace out.

"It turns out that when I entered the palace for the second time, what the Empress Dowager He said was what she meant......"

Although Cheng Liu suddenly realized it now, it seemed that it was a little late.

"Which one?"

Yu Youkui became more and more unable to understand Cheng Liu's words, so he could only ask again depressedly.

Cheng Liu had no choice but to explain: "When I entered the palace for the second time, she told me to help her leave a back road, no matter where this back road is, only I can help her open it." When I entered the palace for the third time, she took me to the platform behind the dormitory, which was set up for her by the former Emperor Lingdi, and she seemed to be a little nostalgic for the past, and said a lot of nostalgic words about the past. ”

"If you combine these two times, you can find that the purpose of her calling me into the palace has two obvious changes, the first time should be the Yellow Turban Army's uprising, originally I thought she was worried that the Yellow Turban Army would attack Luoyang, so this back road was paved for the Yellow Turban Army uprising, but now that I think about it, it doesn't seem right, what she is really afraid of is not external forces, but internal affairs."

"The third time, she seemed to have been relieved, those heart-wrenching words were all before, never said what to do in the future, I thought that the contradictions in the court had been resolved, but now I think about it again, it seems that because the situation is worse, she has felt that she is in a very dangerous situation."

"After that, there was news in the palace that Chundie and Qiuhong had killed two groups of assassins, but did you remember, where was he stationed in the Jingshi Division, and who could enter the palace casually? These two assassins may be the people of the palace! ”

Yu Youkui suddenly realized, and asked with a pale face: "So you mean, the assassins may be those eunuchs, maybe they are the relatives of the Empress Dowager Dong?" ”

Cheng Liu nodded.

"If you calculate it this way, the severity of the matter has exceeded my imagination, He Jin should have a big move, after the Empress Dowager He completely reformed the feudal system, it should be the last time to fight against the regime above the court, but it may not be able to get it back, the position of the state pastor, we must take it back!"

Yu Yukui took a deep breath and deliberately lowered his volume.

"Are you crazy? Now that you are sitting back in the position of the state minister, it is clear that you are going to rebel! Those people in the palace can't expect you to do such an act so that you can take back your military power! ”

The juxtaposition of the heroes in history may be due to a single reason, but after Cheng Liu sped up the course of history, it seems that all of them were used against him.

So what is Empress Dowager He thinking now? Only gave him military power, but did not give him an official rank, and sooner or later this soldier and horse would be eaten by the two state pastors of Jingzhou and Yizhou.

After Cheng Liu's brainstorming, he finally thought of a key question.

All this seems to be rushed, but it seems to be traceable, and it can be seen from half a month ago.

In that half a month, the Empress Dowager He delegated all the military power to Jianye, as well as her younger brother He Jin, at that time, there may have been a change in the Beijing court, in order to preserve He Jin and his strength, Yingchuan was given to Cheng Liu, and the pavilion and the pass were all handed over to He Jin.

The turning point was on Cheng Liu's way west.

Seeing Cheng Liu's departure, there was pressure from the court, and as a last resort, Empress Dowager He issued a new decree, modified the feudal system, and strengthened the soldiers and horses of various states and counties, this was the last time she did for Cheng Liu, the purpose was to let Cheng Liu's soldiers and horses be able to stay open.

"I should have figured it out,!"

Cheng Liu slapped the table, his face flushed.

Yu Youkui took a sip of tea, looking at Cheng Liu's anxious face at this time, and he didn't know what to say.

"This battle was started by He Jin, but the trigger may be the two groups of assassins, He Jin found out the mastermind behind it, it must be the eunuchs. But the initiative above the court is still in the hands of the powerful Ten Standing Attendants, so every step he takes next is to challenge the eunuch regime. ”

"In this way, I am afraid that there will be a series of actions after He Jin, and Qiu Hong and Chun Die cannot be allowed to leave the palace for the time being."

Yu Kui asked a little strangely, "Why?" ”

"I want to take the whole of Yangzhou, if He Jin fails, take the Empress Dowager He and the Young Emperor away."

The fish juveniles are even stranger.

"Although He Jin does not participate in the regime now, he holds the military power of the Beijing Division, who can move him?"