Back in Buguangli, Zhang Hu hurriedly came out and said, "Brother, Father, Father, he's awake!" ”

Zhang Mengren didn't have time to rest, and hurried into the inner room, where he heard a cough first.

"Jujube, Jujube......"

"Uncle." Zhang Meng approached the couch and sat down. Hu sitting is sitting cross-legged, passed down from the Hu people, because of the name.

There is an oil lamp in the inner room, but Zhang Chang, who used to be handsome and graceful, is now described as withered, and his eyes are half-open and half-closed.

"Ah...... Jujube, oh, you are ...... You are Adai ......"

Zhang Chang tried hard to get up, but his limbs were weak, and he couldn't stop panting after a few movements.

"Uncle, you still need to be raised, don't be reluctant." Zhang Meng soothed, "There is a decoction boiling in the courtyard, so I'll take it for my uncle." ”

"No, don't ......worry," Zhang Chang sighed, "I haven't seen you for a long time, is everything going well in the palace?" ”

Zhang Meng originally wanted to talk about his experience in the past few days, but considering that Zhang Chang's body was still weak, he was really afraid that he would be stimulated again, so he just replied: "Everything is going well, uncle, don't worry." At this time, I thought that I was stubborn since I was a child, and my father never asked about things outside the window, only my uncle would take the trouble to accompany him, not only to guide him, but also to look for famous rangers to teach him martial arts.

Zhang Chang smiled reluctantly: "If you are old and useless, you will not be able to collapse if you blow the cold wind, and you will be embarrassed by your ancestors." Haha, he was marching and fighting at that time, sleeping in the open for many years, rain and wind, and his body was still very strong when he was old, so it would be useless for me. But fortunately, Adai you have the style of an ancestor, and I have a successor to the Zhang family in Dunhuang. ”

Zhang Meng said: "Since I was a child, people around me say that I am stupid and bad, unlike after the ancestors, only my uncle often praises me, saying that I will one day be able to soar to nine days, when I was a child, I was still coaxing people, and now I am weak. ”

Zhang Chang shook his head again and again, and said: "Who said that it was to coax people, I would not be wrong to see people, others can't see that others have no vision, so what does he do?" What's more......" came to an abrupt end at this point.

"What's more?"

"No, it's okay...... cough cough cough cough ......"

Zhang Chang coughed a few times as he spoke, and Zhang Meng hurriedly took the saliva on the side of the couch and caught the purulent phlegm that Zhang Chang spit out.

"Whew-whew-"

Zhang Chang spit, his chest heaving and exhaling.

Zhang Meng put down his saliva and said, "Uncle, you can recuperate well these days, anyway, there is still chaos in the palace, so you don't need to be on duty." ”

"There's still chaos in the palace?" Zhang Chang's brows furrowed, "By the way, I almost forgot about this, Your Majesty, is Your Majesty still safe?" Before the words fell, a hand was already on Zhang Meng's arm, and he could see that he was very worried.

Zhang Meng didn't plan to talk about Dong Zhuo, so he said: "Your Majesty is safe and sound, it's just a small turmoil, there is Taifu presiding over the situation, and the inside and outside of the Beijing Division are generally settled." ”

Zhang Chang said in a row: "That's good, that's good......"

Zhang Meng was afraid that he would ask more uneasy, so he comforted him a few more words, and prepared to go out first. I didn't think that Zhang Hu suddenly said on the side: "Father, you were in a coma yesterday, and you were chanting a lot of strange words in your mouth, and my brother was puzzled." ”

"Strange words?" Zhang Chang asked, "What strange words?" ”

Zhang Meng said: "It's not an important matter, let's talk about it later." After speaking, he gave Zhang Hu a look.

But Zhang Chang himself obviously didn't want to be so vague, and kept asking: "Ah Zao, what did I say?" You said! Say it quickly! "So much so that they were a little angry.

Zhang Hu didn't expect his father to be angry, so he was extremely nervous for a while, and he didn't dare to speak.

Zhang Meng was worried that Zhang Chang would not be in a good mood, so he could only say: "Uncle, nothing else, you said something at the time, but I couldn't hear it clearly, I could only distinguish the words 'Biyong', 'blindness', and 'queen'." ”

When Zhang Chang heard this, he couldn't help but be stunned, and after a long time, he said: "Except for these...... Anything else? ”

"It's gone." Zhang Meng shook his head and said, "Uncle, these words you said look very exquisite......

Before he finished speaking, Zhang Chang said: "No, no, I'm just talking nonsense in my dream." I think I went to Chengnan Guo Waitaixue and other places to visit friends before I was sick, and I have a deep memory, I am afraid that I have a dream day and night. ”

When Zhang Meng heard him say this, he remembered what Bao Xin said, but he was suspicious, but before he could ask, Zhang Chang coughed again, knowing that it was inconvenient to ask more today, so he withdrew from the inner room.

For several days after that, Zhang Meng temporarily lived in his uncle's house, taking care of his uncle while continuing to observe the situation in Luoyang.

Zhang Chang's condition gradually improved, and he was occasionally able to get up and do some activities, but he didn't mention the strange words he said at the time, Zhang Meng didn't ask, he only felt that this matter was very involved, and I was afraid that it could not be explained simply in a few words, so he decided to wait for the opportunity to trace it well, and compared to this family matter, the external changes forced him to dare not be distracted at all.

On the day they returned to the city, Shi A and Shan Zhong, who were sent out by Zhang Meng to find out the news, brought back a bombshell news: Yuan Shao fled.

Yuan Shao served as the lieutenant of the school, and he was the nephew of Taifu Yuan Kui, and he was the biggest contributor to quelling the political turmoil in Luoyang. There is only one reason for this difference: discord with Dong Zhuo, and more importantly, discord with Dong Zhuo and his uncle.

Yuan Shao is the backbone of the old people in the General's Mansion, and the sister of the General He Jin gave birth to the current son Liu Bian, so the key to supporting the legal theory of the power of the General's Mansion is Liu Bian, as long as Liu Biao continues to be the emperor, he will be a sure thing to be promoted to the rank of King Qin, and the remnants of the General's Mansion will also be dominated by Liu Bian, and continue to surround the Empress Dowager He and Yuan Shao.

However, this was a scene that the courtiers' representative Taifu Yuan Kui did not want to see.

Because Empress Dowager He has maintained an extremely ambiguous relationship with the eunuch forces for a long time, and even before He Jin's death, she also united with the general He Miao and the eunuchs against He Jin, so once Liu Wei continues to stay in the emperor's seat, due to her young age, it is almost inevitable that the Empress Dowager He will be in charge of the situation in the dynasty, and she herself has intersected with the eunuch forces and the old subordinate forces of the General's Mansion, and it is very likely that a new political force will be regathered in the court with her as the core. This is a situation that He Jin and Yuan Kui, who finally survived to death, and Yuan Kui, who was the ten permanent servants, tried their best to avoid.

On the other hand, for Yuan Shao, his safest choice was naturally to obey his uncle Yuan Kui, give up his role as the successor leader of the General's Mansion, and join Yuan Kui's camp. In this way, high-ranking officials can be guaranteed, but their political status must be lower than that of Yuan Kui, Dong Zhuo, and even his brother Yuan Ji and younger brother Yuan Shu. There is no other reason, the state has national laws, the family has family rules, even if it belongs to the Runan Yuan family, after all, the descendants are different, and the highest power and the greatest interests always belong to the purest blood of the family.

But when Yuan Shaoyi started to serve without hesitation, his decision was obvious, how could such a person be willing to give up the fruits of victory to others and be relegated to the inferior?

Yuan Kui wanted to completely overthrow the remnants of his relatives represented by the old subordinates of the Great General's Mansion, and also to prevent the resurgence of the eunuch forces, so he made preparations in two aspects. On the one hand, externally, Ding Yuan's death, martial law in Luoyang, and the difficulty of the former subordinates of the General's Mansion to enter the city are all microcosms of the specific measures he implemented under this general policy. On the other hand, internally, the most decisive and effective way is undoubtedly to take risks, abolish Liu Bian, and fundamentally eliminate hidden dangers.

Even if doing so will risk the condemnation of the world, and even if he does not hesitate to break off with his nephew Yuan Shaoen, he must do it.

Of course, in order to keep himself and his family from being discredited as much as possible, Yuan Kui had his plan, that is, he hid behind the scenes, and supported Dong Zhuo to stand in front of the stage and do dirty things for himself.

Judging from Bao Xin's previous statement, Yuan Shao originally still had expectations for his uncle and Dong Zhuo, but he also had to look forward to them - the power inside and outside Luoyang was in the hands of Yuan Kui and Dong Zhuo, and the private soldiers under his control could indeed fight to the death, but the disparity between the numbers was huge, and the chance of success was too small. Bao Xin's scolding him for his inadequacy and conspiracy is indeed righteous indignation, but he is not an outlaw in the end, and it is understandable to have his own considerations.

When Zhang Meng was in the Middle East Gate, he heard Lu Bu say to Zhang Ji that the DPRK and China should discuss a major matter, and now it seems needless to say that this major event must be abolished, and with Yuan Kui and Dong Zhuo manipulating, this matter is basically unvariable and imperative.

Liu Wei fell, Yuan Shao had no political support, and he had no appeal in Beijing, and if he refused to obey, there was no other way but to flee immediately. On the other hand, Yuan Shu, the son-in-law of the Yuan clan in Runan, who was closer to Yuan Kui and followed Yuan Kui in political positions, was worshiped as a rear general and was promoted.

Although Yuan Shao said that he disagreed with Yuan Kui's political views, blood was thicker than water, and with Yuan Kui's instructions, Yuan Shao could definitely successfully escape.

"This time, Yuan Kui and Dong Zhuo won a big victory, but the wise man must make a mistake, they still underestimated Yuan Shao's will and energy, Yuan Shao fled, in order to make a comeback, and to find back the game lost in the Beijing Division." Zhang Meng sighed to himself, "From this moment on, the chaos in the world has actually really entered the countdown. ”

The day after Yuan Shao fled, Shi Ah crawled into the courtyard almost immediately, exclaiming: "Zhang, Zhang Jun! It's changed, it's changed! ”

Zhang Meng was not surprised, and nodded calmly.

Sure enough, on the first day of the ninth lunar month, Liu Wei was deposed, and his half-brother Liu Xie, the king of Chen Liu, ascended the throne. The enthronement ceremony was held in the palace, simple and hasty, and everything was expected by Zhang Meng.

The change of emperor was only a prelude to the change of regime, and in the next few days, the seemingly calm undercurrent of Luoyang surged. First the Empress Dowager He was deposed, and then the Empress Dowager He was killed by doves. This marked that after Yuan Kui and Dong Zhuo forced Yuan Shao away and deposed the emperor, they extinguished the last hope of the remnants of the General's Mansion and the remnants of the eunuchs, and cleared the core of the hostile forces.

Immediately afterwards, the imperial court worshiped Youzhou Mu and Taiwei Liu Yu as the Great Sima, and the vacated position of Taiwei was reappointed by Sikong Dong Zhuo, and then worshiped Taizhong Doctor Yang Biao as Sikong and Yuzhou Mu Huang Wan as Situ, and re-established the Three Dukes. Yang Biao was born in the Hongnong Yang family, and Huang Wan were both celebrities, and they were promoted to the top in order to win over scholars. In addition, the sons of officials at and below the level of the ministers of the DPRK and the Central People's Republic of China were appointed as Langguan to fill the positions previously held by eunuchs, thus ensuring the stability of middle-level officials.

This is not counting, the three dukes led by Dong Zhuo led the courtiers to write a letter, requesting a retrial of the cases of Chen Fan, Dou Wu and other people who had been persecuted by eunuchs in the party, and rehabilitating them, restoring their former titles, sending messengers to their graves to mourn, and promoting their descendants as officials. It can be seen that in order to stabilize his power, Dong Zhuo, who knows that his foundation is shallow, is trying his best to show goodwill to the scholars.

Dong Zhuo not only worshiped the Tai Lieutenant, but also led the former general, and in the name of the imperial court, he worshiped his younger brother, Feng Che Du Lieutenant Dong Min as the left general, and his nephew Dong Huang served as the lieutenant of the middle and middle military colonels, who could enter and exit the palace and control the forbidden army at the same time. The other generals were not particularly rewarded, this was to hide people's eyes, but they were actually placed in military positions everywhere to control the actual military power.

The alternation of power in Luoyang City was carried out in an orderly manner, and Zhang Meng, who was in the game, was always on the sidelines, and finally inevitably got involved.

On this day, he was decocting medicine in the hospital, and suddenly someone pushed the door directly and shouted: "Is Zhang Chengying here?" ”

Shi A and Shan Zhong saw that the people were rude and informal, and stepped forward together, but Zhang Meng stopped them.

"Brother Lu, I haven't seen you for many days."

Zhang Meng knew the other party and arched his hand.

"Well, it's good that you're here." Lu Bu's face was expressionless, "Dong Gong is looking for you." ”

Dong Zhuo came to the door again.