Daming: Lend the system to Emperor Hongwu at the beginning

Chapter 202 Old Zhu is an official, He Jin rebels

"It's about the safety of the people in the world, and the country of the Han Dynasty."

"Brother Zhu, can you teach me?"

"What should the old man do now?" Seeing Zhu Yuanzhang's confident appearance, Yuan Kai obviously had an idea, which shocked him who was deeply troubled.

As the head of the contemporary Yuan family, Yuan Kai, one of the three lords, would undoubtedly be a veteran in the face of political struggle.

But now it's not as simple as a simple political struggle. What we are facing now is likely to be a mutiny. He Jin directly overturned the table to lure the frontier army into the Sili, and did not play according to the rules set by everyone.

This made Yuan Wei a little bit blind, and didn't know what to do for a while.

"What Brother Yuan does depends on whether Brother Yuan wants to be a famous official of a generation or to replace a big man!"

The smile on Zhu Yuanzhang's face remained unchanged and he said: "If Brother Yuan wants to replace the big Han, then punish He Jin and let the frontier troops join the Sili. As long as they are not provided with food and grass, the army there will be chaotic."

"At that time, Dong Zhuo and Ding Yuan will be able to put the names of rebellious officials and traitors on the heads of Dong Zhuo and Ding Yuan, and the big man will be completely in chaos."

"Then Brother Yuan can rely on the influence of the Yuan family to call on the princes from all walks of life to attack Dong Zhuo and Ding Yuan together."

"As long as Xiliang Army and Bingzhou Army are defeated, the Yuan family's prestige will undoubtedly rise to a higher level, and there will be no problem at all in standing in place of the Han Dynasty."

"If you do this, the most important thing is the young emperor. You must hold the young emperor tightly in your hands, and force the emperor to command the princes, so that the Yuan family can remain invincible."

"No, no, no!"

"This old man was born a Han minister and died a Han ghost. How could he have such a rebellious thought!" Yuan Kai's expression changed instantly when he heard the words, and his head shook like a wave.

Although the Yuan family had been quietly training private soldiers since the Yellow Turban Rebellion a few years ago, he had never thought of rebelling against him. The Yuan family's private soldiers were only for self-protection.

After all, it is not so easy to fight for the world.

One bad thing is that the whole family will fall apart. As the top family of the great Han, how could the Yuan family do such a risky thing!
"That's why I want to be a famous minister of a generation!"

Zhu Yuanzhang narrowed his eyes slightly: "That's very simple. Now that He Jin's secret decree has been sent out, it cannot be recovered. It is unrealistic to completely prevent Dong Zhuo and Ding Yuan from entering Sili."

"But we can find a way to stop most of the frontier troops."

"Let Dong Zhuo and Ding Yuan each bring a small amount of elites into Tongguan, so naturally we won't be afraid of their rebellion."

"Even if it's done well, it's still an opportunity for the imperial court to weaken his military power."

"If I'm not wrong, these two people should not be very obedient now, right?"

"Of course, the prerequisite for doing this is still He Jin, this person must be killed first no matter what."

"Only by killing He Jin can a new political balance be formed after Dong Zhuo and Ding Yuan enter Sili, and the political situation of the great Han can be stabilized."

Yuan Kai couldn't help but feel moved when he heard the words. Although Zhu Yuanzhang's strategy was bold, he had to say that there was indeed room for maneuver.

As for He Jin's life and death, when this guy didn't abide by the rules of the game, he was already doomed.

"However, this is still a bit risky. The most difficult thing is how to make Dong Zhuo and Ding Yuan abandon the large army and willingly bring a small number of troops into Tongguan..." Yuan Kai's face was full of worry.

After all, both Dong Zhuo and Ding Yuan are old foxes. The court asked them to return to Beijing to serve several times before.

"Of course, under normal circumstances, they will not be out of touch with the main force."

"But what if Sili falls into civil strife?"

A gleam flashed in Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes and he said with a smile: "For example, the Yuqianwei and Brother Yuan's [-]th Regiment Battalion had a firefight? Or is it that the ten permanent servants launched a rebellion and wanted to seize the imperial city's military power?"

"You said, if such news reaches the ears of Dong Zhuo and Ding Yuan, what will they do and choose?" Zhu Yuanzhang narrowed his eyes slightly.

Yuan Kai grinned.

If this is the case, then the center of the imperial court will undoubtedly be paralyzed. Ding Yuan is hard to say about such a good opportunity, but Dong Zhuo will definitely not let it go.

He will definitely choose to take the risk of raiding Luoyang with elite soldiers in order to gain control of the court.

"This matter is too big. I can't do it well by myself alone. I need your help, Brother Zhu."

Yuan Kui stroked his beard and thought for a while, then made up his mind and said: "How about this, Wei Wei is still vacant, I will report to His Majesty tomorrow, how about fighting for this official position for Brother Zhu?"

One of Wei Wei's nine ministers is a senior official of the second rank, and he is in charge of military equipment. If Zhu Yuanzhang becomes a Wei Wei, then in name, all the troops in Luoyang will be under his control.

Of course, the real situation is that this is just a polished commander, and he can't control anything.

There are currently three troops in Luoyang City,

The Imperial Guard is in the hands of He Jin, who is responsible for defending the safety of the imperial city. The control of the Nine Gates of Luoyang is in the Armed Forces Camp, which is managed by Hussar General Dong Zhong.

There are twelve regiment battalions stationed outside Luoyang City. There are about 3 people in these battalions.

For example, Yuan Shao is now the head of the battalion, and Cao Cao is the same.

But this official position couldn't be better for Zhu Yuanzhang. It doesn't matter if he is a bare-handed commander. He has plenty of manpower. What he lacks now is a nominal official position.

So now hearing Yuan Kai's promise, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help showing a smile on his face.

He had talked so much with Yuan Wei tonight, and finally made the old fox spit it out.

"Then thank you Brother Yuan for your recommendation." Zhu Yuanzhang stood up and saluted solemnly.

"Brother Zhu, you are being polite!"

"My Yuan family also originated from Jizhou. Speaking of which, we are still fellow villagers, so we naturally need a lot of help from fellow villagers!" Yuan Kai said with a smile.

So easily agreed to recommend Zhu Yuanzhang, although there are reasons for the news brought by Zhu Yuanzhang, but more reasons are Zhu Yuanzhang's status as a powerful Jizhou.

As a powerful family with no roots in Luoyang, the capital of the gods, it must be attached to his Yuan family, and Zhu Yuanzhang is indeed quite capable.

At such a turbulent juncture in the court situation, Yuan Kai felt that it was necessary to have such an ally with outstanding abilities.

Time passed day by day, and half a month had passed since Zhu Yuanzhang's secret meeting with Yuan Kai.

Zhu Yuanzhang got his wish and became Weiwei.

However, although Wei Wei is the second rank, the current political struggle in the court is fierce, the court officials are replaced every three days, and the appointment of a vacant post of Jiuqing has not attracted anyone's attention.

After all, guys like this before were basically the ones who took the blame.

How can a man who takes the blame deserve the attention of those bigwigs who hold great power.

But soon a major event happened, which made Zhu Yuanzhang's name resound throughout Luoyang City.

After Zhu Yuanzhang, the butterfly, gently flapped the course of history, it finally changed.

On the sixth day of June in 198 A.D., as usual, the great general He Jin entered Zhuque Gate in a horse-drawn carriage and entered Deyang Hall to prepare for the court meeting every three days.

This kind of court meeting is very grand, not only the three princes and nine ministers of the court will participate, but even the young emperor Liu Bian and the empress dowager will also show up.

The moment he entered Deyang Hall, He Jin suddenly frowned.

In fact, he has also experienced three years of star power tempering.

Although he has no awakening talent, his strength is also not weak. Ordinary seventh-rank and eighth-rank martial arts are not his opponents at all.

So his senses are also very keen.

The moment he entered Deyang Hall, He Jin suddenly felt an undisguised killing intent.

He turned his head abruptly, looking in the direction of the source of the killing intent.

"Zhu Yuanzhang?" He Jin frowned even more.

Why does this guy who has just been promoted to Wei Wei have such a strong killing intent on himself? Is this provoking himself?

Thinking of this, He Jin couldn't help but sneer.

In Luoyang, no one who could kill him has yet been born!
He ignored Zhu Yuanzhang, but he was already thinking about what kind of crime he would use to get this guy killed.

But he didn't expect that he ignored Zhu Yuanzhang, but Zhu Yuanzhang was the first to target him.

"His Majesty!"

Zhu Yuanzhang went out directly and said loudly: "I have this performance."

"I want to report that General He Jin failed the imperial edict and privately transferred the frontier troops to Beijing. This is a serious crime of treason. In addition, I intercepted the letter of He Jin's conspiracy with Dong Zhuo. His intention to control the government is clearly revealed. Your Majesty and the Empress Dowager. The purpose is to punish this daring traitor."

As soon as Zhu Yuanzhang said this, everyone was shocked.

Whether it was the Sangong Jiuqing below, or the young emperor Liu Bian and the empress dowager on the high platform, they all looked shocked.

Recruiting frontier troops into Beijing and privately making friends with frontier generals who hold military power, this has indeed constituted a serious crime of treason.

"What nonsense!"

"I've never done this before." He Jin stared at Zhu Yuanzhang firmly, he was shocked at the moment.

He did it very secretly, and he really couldn't figure out how Zhu Yuanzhang would know.

"I have evidence!" Zhu Yuanzhang took out a secret letter from his sleeve and handed it to Zhongchang Attendant Zhang Rang, asking him to present it to the Empress Dowager.

He Jin stared at the secret letter, his expression turned extremely ugly.

"General, what do you have to say?" Empress Dowager He, who was listening to the government behind the curtain, said coldly on the high platform.

"This is slander!"

"The minister has never done it."

"This is a plot of a thief. Please focus on investigating Weiwei Zhu Yuanzhang. This person must have evil intentions." He Jin said.

Both sides insisted on their own opinions. Although Zhu Yuanzhang presented evidence, He Jin was the brother of Queen Mother He, and Queen Mother He naturally trusted her brother more than Zhu Yuanzhang.

But Empress Dowager He had to pay attention to the evidence presented by Zhu Yuanzhang.

The final result was to ask the Zhongchang servant Zhang Rang to investigate the matter.

After going down, He Jin left with a gloomy face.

Foreign relatives and eunuchs contend for power, but what they are fighting for is the representative power of the imperial power. Normally, they all want to attach themselves to the imperial power to fight against the bureaucrats composed of gentry.

But now He Jin made friends with the side generals and privately recruited the side generals to join the Sili. Obviously, he wanted to get rid of this behavior of clinging to the imperial power.

This kind of thing cannot withstand investigation, and every investigation is accurate.

And the most important thing is that the right to investigate is now in the hands of Shi Changshi.

As a foreign relative, his struggle for power and profit with the eunuch has already reached a feverish stage in recent years, so he doesn't need to think about what the result of Zhang Rang's investigation is.

Even if there is nothing, he can make something for you, not to mention that it is a fact.

"No, you can't sit still!"

After He Jin returned to the mansion, he immediately wrote another secret letter to Dong Zhuo and Ding Yuan.

The content is very simple, let them speed up the march and rush to Luoyang as soon as possible, the situation has changed.

"The secret letter has been sent!" On the other side, the Jinyiwei spies who had been monitoring He Jin saw this scene and immediately reported it to Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Yuanzhang found Yuan Kai again and informed him of the news.

To be honest, Zhu Yuanzhang's expectation of He Jin's reaction was within his expectations. The reason why he suddenly reported He Jin today was to scare the snake away.

The purpose is to tell Dong Zhuo and Ding Yuan about the current situation in Luoyang through He Jin.

"The next step is to confiscate the military power in He Jin's hands."

"I believe that with the foreshadowing done today and the rumors from those eunuchs, Queen Mother He will take over He Jin's military power in a short time."

Zhu Yuanzhang narrowed his eyes slightly and continued: "But I predict that He Jin will not hand over his military power, so he will definitely rebel in a short time, and then we can kill him in a fair manner."

"This is a conspiracy!"

Yuan Kui sighed with emotion, but said with some worry: "However, the imperial guards are elite, and with the addition of He Jin's private army, this person may have tens of thousands of troops under his command. I'm afraid our [-]th Regiment Battalion will not be easy to suppress." He!"

"If there is a real fight, maybe it will really end up hurting both sides!"

"If this is the case, it will be difficult to suppress Dong Zhuo and Ding Yuan if they lead the elite into Beijing."

"do not worry!"

"Just leave it to me!"

"It's easy to get rid of this person!" Zhu Yuanzhang laughed.

The progress of the matter was as predicted by Zhu Yuanzhang. Under the instigation of Shi Changshi, Empress Dowager He quickly wavered, and finally issued a decree three days later to accept He Jin's military power.

After all, the rights of brothers are not as important as the interests of their own sons
Naturally, He Jin couldn't hand it over like this.

He knew very well that if he just handed over his military power, the ten permanent attendants would definitely make him die in an ugly way.

So he directly reversed.

Of course, the banner he played was that the ten permanent servants were in disorder, and he wanted to clear the emperor's side.

As the leader of the imperial guard, this is not difficult for him, after all, the duty of the imperial guard is to protect the safety of the emperor.

He directly closed the nine gates of the inner city, and then led people straight to the harem.

As long as those gossiping eunuchs are killed and the young emperor Liu Bian is controlled, the empress dowager, who is his younger sister, will definitely compromise, and he knows this sister very well.

He has sent another secret letter to Dong Zhuo and Ding Yuan, urging them to come over as soon as possible.

As long as he persisted for a few days, when Dong Zhuo and Ding Yuan arrived, the world of the Great Han Dynasty would still be his.

"Bang!" Just as He Jin was thinking about the bright future, a gunshot suddenly rang out.

He Jin, who was striding forward, suddenly trembled and fell to the ground with a thud.

There was a huge blood hole on his forehead.

(End of this chapter)