Chapter 113: A coup d'état in the palace
"It's changed a long time ago, the reason why Empress Dowager Dong didn't do it before is probably because He Jin has been pressuring, and now it's hard to find a charge that I'm not in Beijing, and force He Jin to transfer people to deal with me, they take advantage of the weakness to enter, not only will they not be guilty of rebellion, but they can also re-pull the power in their hands, killing two birds with one stone......"
I have to say that the Empress Dowager Dong has been ignored by Cheng Liu, and in history, the Empress Dowager Dong is indeed not the prestige of the Empress Dowager, but Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty died too early, the Young Emperor was too young, far from having the courage of the Son of Heaven, even if he wanted to protect the Empress Dowager, there was no way.
In addition, the Ten Standing Servants at this time were indeed too strong, and in order to suppress the Ten Standing Attendants, He Jin couldn't spare his hands to deal with the remaining henchmen of the Empress Dowager Dong, and he did not thoroughly investigate it.
This series of foreshadowing is like a chain reaction, which broke out directly at the most tense juncture of the moment.
Squeak......
The carriage stopped, and Sweet Potato shouted outside the carriage, "Childe, the post has arrived." ”
Listening to the sound outside, you can know that the people of Yizhuang have regathered, perhaps because they heard the news of the assassination of the middle stream on the road, and they have been on guard around it.
Cheng Liu got out of the carriage and said as he walked inside, "You come with me." ”
Everyone went together, and the hall of Yizhuang was suddenly crowded with people.
Cheng Liu looked at these people, followed him all the way to the west, and then stepped on the road to the north, and now he is still following the south, which is regarded as his loyal confidant, and he suddenly felt a sense of comfort in his heart.
The rest of the people were arranged to be stationed outside the gate, except for Zhao Yun, who was seriously injured, almost all the people who came out of Danyang County were here.
"The Empress Dowager Dong, whom we have been ignoring, is now showing signs of momentum, no matter how strong this fire is, it will change suddenly in the palace and cause huge repercussions. I had expected this momentum to slow down a lot, but now it seems that this is not the case. ”
"The assassination of us was the Red Armor Soldiers of the Palace Forbidden Army and the Yulin Army of the Left and Right Mountains, their original duty was to guard the Beijing Division, but now they were suddenly sent just to assassinate me, maybe it is the Empress Dowager Dong's plan to divert the tiger from the mountain, judging from the situation on the bright side, the Empress Dowager He has been placed under house arrest, and the current situation depends on whether He Jin can break the situation."
Tian Feng seems to have expected this result, when he resigned from the palace and returned to his hometown, it seemed that he could not bear the struggle between the ten permanent servants and the relatives of the eunuchs, and wanted to stay away from this kind of place of right and wrong, and find a master to conspire with the great cause.
"Lord, this may be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for us, if we grasp it at this moment, wave our troops north, and directly capture Luoyang, even if the state pastor and various warlords have idle troops deployed around the Beijing division, it will not help."
Cheng Liu shook his head, at this time, he was anxious to fall for the plan of the Empress Dowager Dong and follow in the footsteps of Zhang Jiao.
"The state pastors must have been planning for a long time, and judging from the current state pastors and warlords, it is not difficult to rule out whether it is the Empress Dowager Dong's people, so we have to be cautious, Tian Feng, according to your previous speculation, if the palace is weak, who will be the first to strike?"
"Empress Dowager Dong."
Tian Feng said without hesitation: "Only the Empress Dowager Dong may be able to fight with the Ten Standing Servants, but after all, this is the prestige established by the Empress Dowager He, and she may not be able to control it, but the problem now is that if the Beijing Division is empty, then the Ten Standing Servants can rely on the power in their hands to suppress He Jin, even if we have time to rush back to the Beijing Division, we cannot completely strangle the Empress Dowager Dong's forces." ”
"At this moment, only one person can break the game."
Cheng Liu suddenly had a big head, needless to say, this person must be He Jin.
If he opened fire with the Ten Standing Servants at this time, the first person to strike would definitely be He Jin.
The reason is also very simple, he holds the military power, and it can be said that he will prevent the coup d'état, so as to continue to control the power in the hands of the Empress Dowager He, but it can completely weaken the strength of the current ten permanent servants, maybe He Jin also has a backhand, replace a group of people, or turn these people into his henchmen.
It can be seen from this that even if He Jin knew that the Young Emperor and the Empress Dowager He were under house arrest, he had no other way but to do so, and even planned to send troops to Beijing just to kill Cheng Liu.
At this time, it doesn't matter whether Cheng Liu lives or dies, what matters is who will end up in the hands of the change of power in the court.
"What I'm most worried about is not anything else, but the people who have the Empress Dowager Dong among the ten permanent servants."
After a while, Tian Feng suddenly spoke.
And this also reminds Cheng Liu.
At this time, Yu Youkui suddenly said a little lonely: "Yizhuang has not received news from the palace for a long time, and I don't know ...... Chundie and Qiuhong."
Cheng Liu looked at Wu Fu and suddenly asked: "You have been staying in the palace before, He Jin has not left the palace, so this red armor soldier is also your commander, did the secret edict you received only mention me?" ”
Although Wu Fu's hands were tied, he still gave him a seat, so at this time, he leaned on the back chair, and after thinking about it carefully, he replied in a deep voice: "Only this one secret edict was issued in the name of the Queen Mother, but the transfer of military power was an order given by the general. ”
Maybe the two of them were helpless under duress, but it seems that they have concluded that Empress Dowager He has decided to give up Cheng Liu's back road.
If it was a fake order, it was impossible for He Jin not to know about it......
After all, the mobilization of the soldiers and horses of the Beijing division is the most important thing for him, and it is also the foundation of his standing in the government and the opposition.
Tian Feng continued: "We won't be able to reach the Jingshi until tomorrow at the earliest, if they do it today, it will be too late, maybe we won't even be able to enter the Jingshi." ”
This is also what Cheng Liu is worried about, and he cut off the road ahead in one fell swoop, even if he guessed the intention of the Empress Dowager Dong, there was no way to deal with it.
Because there is no way ahead.
"Can you still send news into the palace tonight?"
Cheng Liu looked at Yu Youkui, who was still worried about Chundie and Qiuhong, and it took a while to come back to his senses.
"No, even if you arrive in Jingshi quickly, it's already curfew time, and you can't enter the city."
Cheng Liu turned his head to look at Wu Fu again.
"Now you should know who the person who wants to cause trouble for the dynasty is, and you also know whether the Han family has fallen into my hands or the one in the palace. Now there are only two roads in front of you, one is the simplest, curfew time, you can come and go as you like, you can help me with a message. ”
"The second choice is that you don't do anything at the moment and let Jingshi mess up into a pot of porridge."
Woofu lowered his head and pondered for a long time.
Cheng Liu is not in a hurry, these two choices will cause a very different fate to Wu Fu in the future, and he also has the right to make a choice for himself.
After a while, I heard Wu Fu say, "To whom did you send a message?" ”
"Tell He Jin to kill Empress Dowager Dong."