I, Liu Bian, the hero

Chapter 113 National mourning and enthronement

Yang Biao also felt the prince's gaze looking at him, and he knew in his heart that such a serious incident happened in the palace this time, and his position as a guard would definitely be lost, so he went out on his own without waiting for Liu Bian to question him. He said: "Prince, the ministers are not strict, that's why Canglong Sima let the rebel army into the palace, causing disasters, please forgive me."

Seeing Yang Biao's miserable and helpless face, Liu Bian couldn't bear it a little. After all, he still had a good impression of Yang Biao. Considering that He Jin has been dismissed now, it's not a bad idea to keep Yang Biao's Weiwei. No.

When discussing privately with Lu Zhi and others before, Lu Zhi also suggested to take the opportunity to win Yang Biao to Liu Bian's side - after all, when He Jin was ordered to shut up and think about his mistakes, and Yuan Kai was implicated by Yuan Shao, He Jin and Yuan Kui once used He Jin and Yuan Shao as their own. He Miao, who temporarily replaced He Jin, was at odds with the court scholars, even if they were like Yang Biao and Ma Rixun, He Miao had been in contact with them in the past very little.

To put it simply, Lu Zhi suggested that Liu Bian take the opportunity to absorb some scholars in the court and disintegrate the former "He Yuan scholar group".

For example, Huang Wan, Zhong Fu, Chun Yujia, Yang Xun, Yang Zan, Peng Bo, Shi Sun Rui, etc., all of these people were recognized by Lu Zhi as upright people, whether they were in the local area or in Luoyang. Debate does not deny.

The only concern is that firstly, Yang Biao is related to the Yuan family and married the daughter of the Yuan family, and secondly, Yang Biao is a good old man, and in Liu Bian's opinion, he is in such a key position as Weiwei. Quite inappropriate.

To put it bluntly, Yang Biao's integrity is comparable to Yang Xu's, but he is not tough enough and lacks assertiveness, which is where he is inferior to Yang Xu.

Just as Liu Bian was thinking about it, the Empress Dowager Dong who was sitting behind him suddenly said, "Yang Biao's command is not strict, you can't let him take over the guard, you can let Dong Zhong, the Hussar General."

Hearing this, most of the courtiers in the palace changed countenance, no matter the scholars who used to be headed by General He Jin, or Yang Xu, Lu Zhi, He Miao and others.

Empress He was also quite dissatisfied, but it was only due to the presence of the officials of the Manchu Dynasty that she did not attack. He suppressed his dissatisfaction and smiled and persuaded Empress Dowager Dong: "We are all women, and it is not appropriate to participate in the government affairs. It is better to let the important affairs of the court My emperor and the ministers and veterans will discuss on their own."

Empress Dowager Dong's face flashed a bit of displeasure when she heard the words, and she seemed to be about to reprimand when she fixed her eyes, but she saw Prince Liu Bian turned her head and hesitated before restraining herself, then said in a sullen voice: "Old man insists on Participating in the government is just to recommend Dong Zhong as a Weiwei. You are only allowed to be a general and Henan Yin, but you are not allowed to be a Weiwei. What is the reason for this?"

Empress He was not happy when she heard this, and was about to explode. Liu Bian smiled and dissuaded her: "The queen mother calmed down, and the grandmother also calmed down. It doesn't matter if Dong Huanqi is the guard. It's the first time for the child to come to court, so don't lose your temper. , made a joke."

A coward who dares not resist when he is cornered, what can he do even if he becomes a Weiwei?

Not to mention that Dong Chong relied on Shangshu, who was a think tank, to serve Qumu often, and he was also a member of Liu Bian.

If Dong Zhong really developed some ambitions because of this, Liu Bian just took the opportunity to deal with him, and the Queen Mother Dong would have nothing to say.

Empress He and Empress Dowager Dong didn't know the reason. Seeing Liu Bian's words, Empress He couldn't refute her son, so she snorted and stopped talking. On the other hand, Empress Dowager Dong took a deep look at Liu Bian and nodded slightly. Has there been a slight change in your opinion of this eldest grandson?

Therefore, Liu Bian said to Yang Biao in a gentle voice: "I believe that the chaos in the palace last night must have nothing to do with Yang Qing, but Yang Qing has a generous temper and is too lenient with his subordinates, so it is really not suitable for a soldier. Give things a look."

"Thank you prince."

Yang Biao hurriedly thanked him, and secretly heaved a sigh of relief. Although he lost Weiwei's authority, fortunately he was not reprimanded by the prince.

Liu Bian nodded slightly to appease Yang Biao, and then his eyes calmly swept across the officials in the palace, especially Yuan's protégés, such as Yushi Zhongcheng Han Fu.

After thinking for a while, he said in a deep voice to all the ministers: "What happened in the palace last night must not be spread out. The most urgent thing is to hold a national funeral. In view of the fact that the general is unwell, the Marquis of Jiyang will temporarily conduct the general's military affairs, and Shang Shu Lu Qing, Executive Jinwu Yangqing, Taiwei, Situ, and Taishiling jointly presided over the national funeral..."

After Liu Bian finished speaking, the crown prince and grand master Lu Zhi led all the officials in the court to shout: "I will obey the crown prince's edict."

Of course, as the saying goes, a country cannot be without a king for a day. According to the old practice, before holding a national funeral, the prince's ascension to the throne should be done first.

Ascension to the throne and enthronement are two different things. Ascension to the throne means that after the death of the first emperor, the crown prince first inherits the throne and handles state affairs, so as to prevent the country from falling into chaos due to the death of the former emperor.

At this time, the new monarch is equivalent to the 'acting emperor'.

Of course, the power possessed by the Son of Heaven, in theory, is also available as an "actor of the Son of Heaven". Only then can a queen be named.

Therefore, in the Yutang Hall that day, Zhang Rang recited the late emperor's last edict in front of the coffin of Emperor Yu. Immediately after, He Miao, the acting general, invited Prince Liu Bian to ascend the throne in front of the officials, and the Minister ordered Lu Zhi to lead the officials to bow down.

After Liu Bian ascended the throne, he ordered Lu Zhi to issue an imperial edict, respecting the first emperor as Emperor Han Xiaoyu, his mother, Empress He, as Empress Dowager, named Empress Xiaoyu, and Empress Dowager Dong as Empress Dowager Tai.

Because the queen could not be canonized immediately, Cai Yan was not canonized.

Later, Liu Bian worshiped the prince Taishi Lu Zhi as the Taishi, and the prince Taifu Yang Xu as the Taifu, faintly the head of all officials.

During the whole process, He Jin didn't show up. Thinking that he is white now, he is too embarrassed to show up.

Afterwards, Shangshu ordered Lu Zhi to issue an edict to announce the death of the first emperor and the accession of the crown prince to the whole country, mourning the whole country, and prohibiting weddings and celebrations within one year.

During this period, all officials of the imperial court knelt on the Lingdi mourning hall and wept.

Not long after, Zhao Chun came in a hurry with his elder brother Zhao Yan.

As soon as he saw Liu Bian, Zhao Yan prostrated himself and kowtowed, and pleaded guilty: "The escort came late, please the prince...no, please punish me."

From the side, Zhao Chun also said to Liu Bian with lingering fear: "Last night, I was ordered by His Majesty to send an order to my brother, and I learned of the chaos in the palace later. Take over the gate of the palace and refuse to let my brother's soldiers enter the palace..."

Liu Bian nodded and said, "Don't blame Yang Gong, Yang Gong also obeys my orders."

Immediately, he comforted Zhao Chun and Zhao Yan, and made some implicit promises, which made the two brothers quite happy.

Looking at the two happy brothers, Liu Bian ordered again: "Zhao Yan, have you received my order?"

Zhao Yan understood, and nodded again and again with a straight expression: "I have received it, I just want to come to apologize to His Majesty first.... Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will definitely let Yuan Shao be caught!"

"Remember not to disturb the people in Luoyang City as much as possible." Liu Bian warned, and then said: "Since you are here, go to the hall to worship the late emperor first, and then arrest Yuan Shao."

"Of order." Zhao Yan nodded, his eyes flushed immediately, and after taking his farewell, he walked into the Yutang Hall, wailing bitterly, talking and crying, Liu Bian was taken aback for a while.

At this time, Zhao Chun asked from the side: "Your Majesty, can I ask you to go back to the hall first and move the things you and Cai Ji live to the East Palace? According to the old rule, the crown prince should live in the East Palace until the enthronement ceremony. What's more, now you He has already ascended the throne, but still lives in the Jiafang Hall, which is inconsistent with etiquette."

Liu Bian thought for a while, then nodded slightly: "Go."

In fact, when Emperor Yu canonized Liu Bian as the prince, Liu Bian was eligible to move to live in the East Palace.

It's just that Emperor Yu was seriously ill at that time, and everyone in the palace was surrounded by Emperor Yu. At this time, Liu Bian asked people to move to live in the East Palace with great fanfare, which would inevitably cause some gossip, so Liu Bian continued to live in the East Palace. Jiafangdian.

But now that Emperor Yu has passed away, and Liu Bian has also ascended the throne as emperor, it is indeed against the etiquette to still live in the Jiafang Hall.

When Liu Bian returned to Yutang Hall a while later, he saw that He Jin was also worshiping Emperor Yu while supporting Lord Wuyang.

It can be seen that He Jin is very embarrassed and distressed. Fortunately, most of the people present are good people, except for Dong Zhong who was a step late and secretly laughed at He Jin, laughing at He Jin's superfluous and causing chaos in the palace, so that his nephew was the first to be cut off after he came to the throne. The position of uncle, no one of the other ministers in the court took He Jin as a right, and they all agreed that He Jin was 'unwell' and could not preside over Emperor Yu's funeral.

He Jin naturally also noticed Dong Zhong's sneer, and when he heard that Dong Zhong was worshiped as a Wei Wei, he took the time to pull his younger brother He Miao aside, and blamed him: "Shu Da, how can you just sit back and watch Dong Zhong become a Wei Wei?" ?”

He Miao obviously had some opinions on He Jin, and complained: "Empress Dowager Dong said to dismiss Yang Biao Wei Wei, how can the crown prince and I refute it?... If it wasn't for my elder brother who caused this incident, how could Yang Biao be dismissed? But it’s cheaper than Dong Zhong?”

After hearing this, He Jin became more and more regretful and annoyed.

Seeing that all the officials in the court deliberately avoided breaking up with him, and Empress He and Prince Liu Bian did not talk to him, the more he thought about it, the more depressed he became, and he simply went back to the General's Mansion to get sulky.

On the way back, He Jin bumped into Xun You, the servant of the Yellow Gate.

Although Liu Bian was familiar with Xun You's talent, at this time Xun You was not qualified to enter the Yutang Hall to worship Emperor Yu. The army, the Jinwu soldiers, and the Henan army who maintained order with the three ordered them to retreat.

Seeing He Jin, Xun You hurriedly stepped forward and asked in amazement: "General, what happened in the palace, I saw the Yulin Army arrest He Yong without asking why, and I heard that Wang Yun was also arrested... ..."

In fact, it's not that he doesn't know what He Jin, Yuan Shao and others did last night, he just doesn't know the current situation in the palace.

When He Jin heard that He Yong was arrested, he felt more and more depressed. He forced a smile and said, "It's okay, Wang Yun, He Yong and others are not guilty, it's just..."

He paused for a moment, not knowing what to say, and made a gesture to leave.

Seeing this, Xun You was even more surprised: "Where is the general going? Isn't he going to preside over the national funeral?"

He Jin stopped for a moment, and said with a complicated expression: "I... am unwell, and my brother will preside over the national funeral..."

After all, he left the palace without looking back.

Surprised and suspicious, Xun You spent a lot of time inquiring about the news, only then did he learn that Prince Liu Bian had dismissed He Jin.

He hurried back to the General's Mansion and told his uncle Xun Shuang about the matter: "...Because of what happened last night, the crown prince dismissed the General and ordered He Miao to temporarily serve as the General to preside over the late Emperor's funeral."

Xun Shuang frowned when he heard this.

Although he did not agree with the reckless act of He Jin and Yuan Shao leading an army into the palace last night, he would not object if Zhang Rang and other eunuchs could be successfully eradicated.

Unexpectedly, He Jin, Yuan Shao and others failed to seek eunuchs this time, but instead harmed themselves. He Jin lost his post as a general because of this, and Yuan Shao was arrested by the whole city because of absconding. The leading group of scholars in the court lost its backbone at once.

Although the post of general is still in the hands of the He family, He Miao is different from his brother He Jin, he is against the eradication of eunuchs.

"There may be a change..."

Xun Shuang was worried. He keenly felt that with the death of the first emperor, the loss of power by the great general He Jin, the accession of the crown prince, and the military service of the general He Miao, Marquis of Jiyang, the court might undergo earth-shaking changes.

And the most critical among them is undoubtedly the attitude of Xinjun.

For this reason, I, Xun Shi, should make some preparations...

Xun Shuang thought secretly.

(End of this chapter)