I, Liu Bian, the hero

Chapter 56
At present, the He Jin and He Miao brothers are the most respected in the court. Some people are jealous, some try to flatter them. It seems that the two brothers are arguing, and soon spread throughout the General's Palace.

He Yong, the governor of the government, learned that he hurried to see He Jin.

He Yong and Zi Boqiu were from Xiangxiang, Nanyang County. They were distant relatives of the He family in the same county. Being implicated, he had to disguise himself and change his surname to flee to Runan County. During this period, he met Yuan Shao who liked to make friends with heroes.

Later, when He Jin first arrived in Luoyang, he suffered from being unable to integrate into the group of scholars. He also heard that He Yong, a distant relative in the same county, was well-known among scholars and party members, so he sent people to conquer He Yong.

At this time, when the ten permanent servants were in charge of the government, the court officials were suppressed and the party members were persecuted. Therefore, the court officials also hoped that someone could protect them, so they hit it off with He Jin. Yong was the chief of the government and the staff, and the Yuan family quickly leaned over.

It can be said that it was He Yong who first acted as a bridge between the Chinese scholars and He Jin. In addition to his reputation as a celebrity and a party member, He Jin treated He Yong very courteously, and discussed with He Yong on all major and minor matters.

After seeing He Jin, He Yong asked puzzledly: "I heard that the general and the Marquis of Jiyang had a dispute. I don't know why?"

At that time, He Jin was still angry, he let out a long breath when he heard the words, told He Yong what happened, and took out the memorials of Zhu Jun and Dong Zhuo for the latter to look at.

He Yong frowned and watched Zhu Jun and Dong Zhuo's memorial, sighed and shook his head, who would have thought that the court made up its mind to recruit many elite soldiers and fierce generals to conquer the Liangzhou rebels. stand up.

After thinking for a while, he said to He Jin seriously: "Zhu Jun is straightforward and never distorts right and wrong. He suspects that Dong Zhuo connives the generals to kill Liangshun indiscriminately. He must have seen it with his own eyes. Why did the general blame the Marquis of Jiyang?" ? In my opinion, both Dong Zhuo and Guan Yu are at fault, Dong Zhuo is too big and Guan Yu is too young."

"I know." He Jin said with a bit of annoyance: "I also know that Zhu Jun is a man, I have always respected him, and I also guessed that what he said is probably true, but Dong Zhuo is my subordinate, Liu Bei's younger brother Guan Yu doesn't know the seriousness , led the Henan cavalry to attack Dong Zhuo's generals, and severely injured his subordinate captain, if I stand by and watch, how will the people below see me?"

He Yong sighed again after hearing this.

From the perspective of justice, he understands that Dong Zhuo is at fault for this matter, but from the perspective of closeness, Dong Zhuo is the foreign aid of General He Jin after all, and He Jin really should not stand by and watch.

After a while, he euphemistically reminded: "As far as I know, Liu Bei is a student of Lu Zhi, and he is friendly with Shihou, and Guan Yu... from what the palace people say, Shihou loves Guan Yu very much..."

"I know." He Jin waved his hand, and said angrily, "I didn't intend to kill Guan Yu. His brother is a general of my younger brother and he is close to Shi Hou. Why should I harm him? I called Shu Da to come here. It is to ask him to question Guan Yu and temporarily remove him from his official position... His brother Liu Bei is now serving as the lieutenant of the rebellious school, with nearly ten thousand troops under his command, so what if he is temporarily dismissed from his official position? Isn't Guan Yu so brave? Kill another rebel Will he be able to return to his post?"

He Yong made it clear in his heart: the general still wants to protect Dong Zhuo.

Temporarily dismissing Guan Yu, doesn't it mean that the court believes that this conflict is at fault for Guan Yu?In this way, Dong Zhuo's connivance of his soldiers killing innocent people can be suppressed.

Regarding this, he didn't know whether he should dissuade him, so he asked He Jin, "Marquis Jiyang refused?"

"what."

He Jin said with some annoyance: "He said that Dong Zhuo was at fault, not Liu Bei or Guan Yu. Guan Yu should not be dismissed, but Dong Zhuo should be ordered."

In all fairness, He Yong also thinks that there is nothing wrong with He Miao's words. After all, the fault of this matter lies with Dong Zhuo and the Hedong Army. But the problem is that Dong Zhuo is a subordinate of the general. If the general can't even keep his own subordinates , prestige damage is naturally inevitable.

How could this happen?
He Yong felt a headache and asked He Jin, "What did Lu Shangshu say?"

Upon hearing the question, He Jin said with some displeasure: "Lu Ziqian is cunning, so he didn't deal with it to avoid suspicion, but ordered Gongda to send the memorial to me."

He Yong thought for a while and said: "I think we should discuss with Lu Shangshu privately first."

He Jin nodded and handed over the matter to He Yong.

So He Yong immediately went to visit Lu Zhi, and after seeing Lu Zhi, he explained He Jin's treatment.

When Lu Zhi heard this, he was relieved to learn that He Jin would not be punished except for wanting to remove Guan Yu from his official position. After all, Guan Yu also committed crimes in this matter, such as causing a conflict between the two armies and causing nearly a hundred people to be injured. , More than [-] people were killed. If this is true, Guan Yu will indeed be unable to escape prosecution.

Therefore, Lu Zhi was willing to accept He Jin's sentence, so as to temporarily remove Guan Yu from his post, and not mention this matter.

The next day, when Lu Zhi told Liu Bian about this matter, Liu Bian feigned shock and said, "The fault of Dong Zhuo, governor of Hedong, is the fault of Guan Yu. Why should Guan Yu be blamed?"

After finishing speaking, he told Zhao Chun, "Zhao Chun, go and invite my second uncle into the palace, I have something important to entrust."

Lu Zhi hurriedly persuaded him, but unfortunately Liu Bian had hidden thoughts, and wanted to take this opportunity to alienate the He brothers, how could he listen?

He said to Lu Zhi seriously: "Dong Zhuo allowed his subordinates to kill innocent people indiscriminately, and he did bad deeds; Guan Yu stopped his evil deeds, which is a benevolent act! How can the court tolerate evil and punish loyal people regardless of right and wrong?"

Lu Zhi was speechless, shaking his head helplessly and sighing.

Half an hour later, Liu Bian received He Miao in Jiafang Hall.

As soon as he saw the latter, he pretended to be anxious and said: "Second Uncle, I just heard from Master Lu that Uncle wanted to cover Dong Zhuo and punish Guan Yu. Do you know this?"

He Miao knew that his nephew was studying and reviewing memorials with Lu Zhi in Chongde Hall during this period, and he guessed that he had also read the memorials of Zhu Jun and Dong Zhuo--he had to say that he was right, but not completely right, because Liu Bian didn't just read the memorials. When it came to Zhu Jun and Dong Zhuo's memorials, they also read the memorials of Fu Xie, Gai Xun, and Liu Bei, and deliberately withheld the memorials of the three of them privately, just to see if they could use this matter to sharpen the He brothers.

The reason why the memorials of Fu Xie and Gai Xun were withheld was because they also impeached Dong Zhuo. Liu Bian was worried that He Jin would shrink back because of his reputation and gave up protecting Dong Zhuo.

The reason why Liu Bei's memorial was withheld was because Liu Bei's memorial was too weak, it even meant to plead guilty on behalf of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, and only the two brothers were kept from being imprisoned. Liu Bian was worried that Liu Bei's weakness would affect He Miao .

"That's true."

Seeing Liu Bian's question, He Miao nodded and said truthfully: "Yesterday my elder brother called me to the General's Mansion and asked me to severely punish..."

Before he finished speaking, Liu Bian interrupted pretending to be anxious: "Second Uncle, don't let the loyal people be wronged!"

He Miao hesitated and said, "But brother..."

Hearing this, Liu Bian pretended to be annoyed and said, "Uncle is too selfish. Just because Dong Zhuo is his subordinate, he wants to protect Dong Zhuo....Second Uncle, Guan Yu is your subordinate, and he will not accept this matter." There is no fault, you must not let him be wronged."

He Miao originally didn't want to punish Guan Yu, but he just didn't want to conflict with his elder brother He Jin. Seeing Liu Bian begging for help, he also made up his mind: "Don't worry Shi Hou, I promise that Guan Yu will never be wronged."

Liu Bian was overjoyed, and immediately reminded He Miao on purpose: "In order to prevent my brother Liu Bei from thinking wildly, I think Second Uncle should write a letter to comfort them and make them feel at ease."

He Miao thought about it and agreed.

After a while, He Miao bid farewell and left, and Liu Bian sent him out of the hall.

The seeds of estrangement between the He brothers have been planted, and now there is only one opportunity, an opportunity to make this matter bigger.

Subconsciously, he thought of the hussar general Dong Zhong, and also thought of Fu Xie and Gai Xun's impeachment memorial to Dong Zhuo that he had privately withheld.

With Dong Zhong's character that he can't wait to find He Jin everywhere, how can he let this opportunity go?
And once Dong Zhong exposes the matter, He Jin has no way to cover it up. At that time, he will either punish Dong Zhuo or Guan Yu—if he punishes Dong Zhuo, then Liu Bian's plan to separate Erhe will fail. Guan Yu would inevitably refute He Miao.

The question is, how to hand over the memorials of Fu Xie and Gai Xun to Dong Zhong?
Liu Bian glanced at Zhao Chun intentionally or unintentionally, and shook his head slightly in his heart.

For the time being, Zhao Chun is the only person available around him, and he is also loyal to him, but Liu Bian thinks that he can't leave everything to Zhao Chun, what if Zhao Chun sees some signs from it?

Don't forget, brothers Zhao Zhong and Zhao Chun defected to Liu Bian largely because of General He Jin, so Liu Bian naturally had to take precautions.

After thinking about it, he finally ordered Zhao Chun to invite Zhang Rang.

After a while, Zhang Rang came in a hurry, and said with a flattering smile: "Shi Hou called the old minister to come, what order do you have?"

Liu Bian pretended to be annoyed and said: "Dong Zhong, Sun Zhang and others have been looking for opportunities to find me out. After thinking about it, I think we should take the initiative instead of being passive." : "Mr. Zhang, why don't you choose someone you trust and order him to pretend to defect to Sun Zhang?"

Zhang Ren was old and cunning, and immediately understood Liu Bian's thoughts, and praised in surprise: "Shi Hou's clever plan!"

After all, he said with some worry: "I'm afraid that Sun Zhang will find out..."

Seeing this, Liu Bian took out the memorials of Fu Xie and Gai Xun from his bosom, handed them to Zhang Rang and said, "Tell this person to lie about stealing the unpublished memorials left in the Chongde Hall..."

Zhang Rang took it for a few glances, and immediately remembered the content of the memorial. Suddenly, he said worriedly: "These two memorials are of great interest, and Sun Zhang must have fallen for them. However, will they have any impact on the general?"

Liu Bian chuckled and said, "It was Dong Zhuo who killed innocent people indiscriminately. What does it have to do with my uncle? Besides..."

He deliberately put on a stern face in front of Zhang Rang, and said coldly: "Dong Zhuo committed evil deeds, but he dared to frame my senior brother and my favorite general. If I don't take the opportunity to teach him a lesson, I will not be able to get rid of my hatred." .”

It turned out to be the case.

Zhang Rang really believed it, nodded and said in a low voice: "Don't worry Shi Hou, this matter is on the old minister."

On that day, Zhang Rang ordered a young eunuch named Qu Mu in the Chongde Palace to pretend to defect to Sun Zhang.

Liu Bian didn't care if Sun Zhang believed that this person had betrayed Zhang Rang. The key was that he used reasonable excuses to transfer Fu Xie and Gai Xun's relationship to Zhang Rang without arousing suspicion from Zhang Rang, Zhao Chun, Sun Zhang and others. The memorial was "sent" to Sun Zhang, which also means that it was sent to Dong Zhong.

Sure enough, Dong Zhong, who got these two memorials, thought he had caught He Jin's handle, and the next day he had an audience with Emperor Ling, and demoted He Jin in the name of impeaching Dong Zhuo.

Emperor Ling summoned He Jin to inquire.

Naturally, He Jin would not admit it, so he shirked the blame on Guan Yu, so Emperor Ling called He Miao again.

When He Miao heard that He Jin had sold Guan Yu, his subordinates, in order to protect Dong Zhuo, he was very angry, disregarding He Jin's frequent winks at him, and ordered someone to fetch Zhu Jun's memorial, and argued hard with reason, which greatly shocked He Jin. angry.

It has to be said that by the second half of the journey, Dong Zhong could no longer understand the situation. He just gloated over the discord between the He brothers and blamed each other's generals in front of Emperor Ling.

He didn't know at all that he was just a gun in the hands of a certain Shihou.

　The pain in the cervical spine was severe, and there was cold sweat on the forehead.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)