I, Liu Bian, the hero

Chapter 76 Banquet at the General's Mansion ([-])
Around four o'clock in the unitary hour, most of the guests He Jin had invited had arrived.

Among these guests, apart from brothers He Jin and He Miao, Lu Zhi currently has the highest status, so he is seated as the chief on the east side, and the next is to hold Jinwu Yangxu, followed by He Miao and Taiwei He Miao.

Originally, Yangxu's official position was impossible to surpass He Miao. He Miao's arrangement was just because he saw that neither Lu Zhi nor Yangxu wanted to sit next to Cao Song, so he sold Yangxu to save face. , Let him sit next to Lu Zhi, anyway, Yang Xu is now Zhi Jinwu, so he barely has the qualifications.

After all, he also knows the relationship between Yang Shi and his nephew Liu Bian.

After Cao Song, there were Situ Cui Lie, Yilang Ma Rixun, Wuguan Zhonglang Liu Fan and so on.

On the other side, the first place is Sikong Yuan Kui, the second place is Langzhong Cai Yong, and then the Taizhong doctor Yang Biao, Sili school lieutenant Yuan Shao and so on.

A doctor like Cai Yong was squeezed into a group of important officials in the court. Apart from Cai Yong's great reputation, his status as the "future head of the country" is the key.

I have to say that everyone didn't care about it before, but now that they sat down with each other, many caring people noticed that Lu Zhi, Yang Xu, and Cao Song, the sturdy ministers with Shi Hou on their heads, were sitting next to He Miao. went.

They didn't doubt whether He Miao meant to say goodbye to his brother He Jin. The problem was that He Miao had always opposed He Jin's eradication of eunuchs.

Now that Lu Zhi, Yang Xu, Cao Song and others are also sitting next to He Miao, does this mean that Lu Zhi, Yang Xu, and Cao Song have also joined the camp opposing the eradication of eunuchs under the instruction of a certain Shihou?
Perhaps because he realized this, Yuan Shao stared at He Miao, Lu Zhi, Yang Xu, Cao Song and others with a gloomy expression.

After all, in General He Jin's camp, only He Miao opposed the eradication of eunuchs. Once Lu Zhi, Yang Xu, and Cao Song were added, it would undoubtedly be much more difficult for him to persuade He Jin to eradicate eunuchs.

Fortunately, today's discussion is not about eunuchs, but about Hussar General Dong Zhong.

At the beginning of the banquet, the Yuefu played music and the girls performed dances. During the period, the servants of the general’s mansion served sumptuous food and wine. The rich and almost extravagant dishes made Lu Zhi, Yang Xu and other honest officials frown. head.

You must know that the imperial court was still crying poorly for raising military expenses last year. In the end, Zhang Rang and other eunuchs, as well as Taiwei Cao Song donated huge sums of money to buy officials and nobles to help Emperor Ling and help the court to raise enough military expenses. But who would have thought that as a foreign relative He Jin is still so extravagant and wasteful.

After a while, the dancers of the music danced and retreated. General He Jingao sat at the head seat, raised a wine bottle to offer a toast, praised the Han Dynasty, and drank with all the guests.

All the guests in the hall also paid homage to He Jin, and immediately toasted and drank each other.

Looking at this situation, it seems that the world is at peace and the world is at peace.

After drinking for three rounds, He Jin put down his chopsticks. Seeing this, all the guests in the hall stopped joking and put down their wine bottles and chopsticks.

Everyone knows that the main topic of today's banquet is coming.

Sure enough, after He Jin glanced around at the guests present, he said with a sullen face: "Today, I invited you to a banquet. You must know that Dong Zhong has ulterior motives. He wants to tolerate and raise traitors. He took the opportunity to frame Yuan and cut off my help. Such villains Behavior, intolerable!"

In order to prevent anyone from knowing what happened, He Jin simply said that Lu Zhishang Zuo Lingdi asked to send Zhonglang General Meng Yi to lead the army to Runan to encircle and suppress Gepi Yellow Turban, but was stopped by Dong Zhong and persuaded him. Emperor Ling sent Meng Yi to Hedong to suppress the rebellion.

Not to mention, there are really people who don't know the truth of the matter, such as Meng Yi, who is one of the parties involved, he doesn't know, so that he looks surprised at this moment.

After a while, He Jin asked everyone for countermeasures.

Sun Rui, a doctor of Guanglu, suggested: "Since it is Dong Zhong's conspiracy, why not play together?"

As soon as the words fell, Yang Biao, the doctor of the Taizhong, spoke to dissuade them. The reason is very simple: nearly [-]% of the scholars in the court gathered here. Surprised.

How did the previous two party bans happen?Is it really because scholars were framed by eunuchs?No!It was because the scholars formed a party and were tabooed by Emperor Huan and Emperor Ling.

Yang Biao has been in the court for a long time, so he can see this very clearly.

He didn't want another outbreak of party siege, especially when he realized that Shihou, the future prince, had a stronger personality than today's.

Under Yang Biao's tactful persuasion, everyone also realized that the joint performance was indeed suspected of forcing the palace, so they thought of another way.

Or someone suggested: "Why don't you invite General Meng Zhonglang to play His Majesty?"

Hearing this, Meng Yi's face suddenly turned into a bitter face, and he said to He Jin with a bitter face: "General, it's not that the last general is unwilling to help, but His Majesty has ordered me to go to Hedong to suppress the rebellion. If I At this time, I will play His Majesty again. If His Majesty is angered, I will not be able to afford it. Moreover, Hedong is indeed more important than Runan..."

When he said the last words, he cast a sorry look at Yuan Shu who was sitting beside him.

The members of the Yuan family would never hold grudges against Meng Yi because of this, and even if they hadn't noticed Dong Zhong's conspiracy, they themselves would not bother to pay attention to the thieves in their hometown. Anyway, those thieves would not dare to offend Yuan shi.

Following Meng Yi's words, the focus of the conversation among the guests gradually focused on Hedong—isn't it true? If the governor of Hedong, Ding Yuan, hadn't been able to wipe out the Baibo Yellow Turban for a long time, why would Dong Zhong use the excuse to transfer Meng Yi to Hedong to suppress the rebellion?

"If it's my brother Dong Zhuo, I'm afraid the Baibo thief has been put down by now."

Suddenly, a shocking voice sounded in the hall.

Everyone turned their heads and saw that it was He Miao's subordinate, Fengche Duwei Dong Min.

In an instant, there was complete silence in the hall, and everyone looked at He Miao, and He Miao's originally gloomy complexion became even more gloomy, and he stared at Dong Min with displeasure.

It is undeniable that Dong Min is Dong Zhuo's younger brother, so it's okay to speak up for his elder brother, but under the watchful eyes of all the people, questioning his boss He Miao and attacking his colleague Ding Yuan, how can this behavior not be tabooed by He Miao?

"Shut up!" He Miao scolded angrily.

Dong Min's face froze, and he secretly looked at He Jin, hoping that He Jin could say a few words for his brother.

Unexpectedly, He Jin didn't open his mouth, but Wu Kuang, He Jin's mansion, gloated and said with a gleeful smile: "Dong Shuying said, it's not impossible, why should the riders stop drinking?"

"Hmph." He Miao glanced at Wu Kuang coldly and snorted coldly.

Even though Wu Kuang was favored by He Jin's side, in He Miao's eyes, he was nothing more than a flatterer. He reminded his elder brother He Jin many times about this, but He Jin refused to listen, and Wu Kuang hated him because of this. .

Seeing that Dong Min openly opposed He Miao's reassignment to Ding Yuan today, Wu Kuang, who gloated at his misfortune, naturally wanted to tease He Miao.

He Miao was too lazy to quarrel with him, and said to He Jin seriously: "Brother, it's not that Ding Yuan didn't try his best to win the bandits in Hedong, it's just that the Baibo bandits are cunning and brave, and they won't be able to do their best for a while. It was only a matter of time before the Baibo bandits were defeated."

"..." He Jin frowned and remained silent.

In fact, he has also seen Ding Yuan's battle report, and he knows that Ding Yuan is brave in begging the bandits, and given time, he will definitely be able to put down the Baibo bandits, but the problem lies in the time!
Now Dong Zhong uses Hedong as an excuse to appease Gepi Yellow Turban. If the battle in Hedong drags on for a day, Gepi Yellow Turban will have a chance to grow stronger. If Ding Yuan needs two or three months to wipe out Baibo Yellow Turban, it will be equivalent to Pihuangjin also got two or three months of opportunity to grow stronger. When he plundered Runan, Dong Zhong would definitely take the opportunity to attack the Yuan family.

Since Ding Yuan couldn't put down the Baibo thief in a short time, could Dong Zhuo do it?

When people encounter problems, they all want to try various things, and He Jin is no exception. Although in Liu Bian's view, Ding Yuanfang may not be inferior to Dong Zhuofang, but He Jin doesn't know the general history of this period, so he naturally tends to let it go. Dong Zhuo took a look instead of Ding Yuan.

But it is hard for him to say that now. After all, Ding Yuan is a subordinate of his younger brother He Miao, and was recommended by his nephew Liu Bian. Being awkward, maybe Dong Zhuo will be beaten to the end.

It has to be said that he doesn't have much contact with Liu Bian. In his opinion, his nephew Liu Bian is just a naughty boy who doesn't care about the consequences of doing things. He has distinct likes and dislikes and can't communicate with reason.

In the end, He Jin said to He Miao sullenly, "Your name is Ding Yuan... put down the rebellion quickly!"

"Yes."

He Miao clasped his fists and nodded, and glanced at the guests on the opposite side, especially Wu Kuang.

It's no wonder that He Miao was upset, it was clearly Dong Zhong's conspiracy, but someone would blame Ding Yuan for not immediately putting down the rebellion, isn't that absurd?
It was fine for Wu Kuang to have a grudge against him, but Dong Min, as his subordinate, questioned him in public, which made He Miao very unhappy.

He glanced at Dong Min coldly, and the coldness in his eyes made Cao Min secretly scream.

After a while, He Miao, who was steadfast in his heart, got up and left on the grounds that he was unwell and unable to drink.

Before leaving, he only greeted Lu Zhi, Yang Xu and Cao Song.

Everyone could see that the Marquis of Jiyang left with an excuse because of the incident just now.

Watching He Miao leave, Lu Zhi and Yang Xu, who felt the change in the atmosphere, also looked at each other and left one after another. Only Taiwei Cao Song was still sitting in the hall, looking at the guests with a smile, vaguely guessing At this moment, he has a sense of superiority in IQ.

What surprised him was that Wu Kuang, who had teased He Miao just now, dared to take the opportunity to criticize He Miao after he left: "...We were all advising the general, and I never thought that Che Qi would leave angrily because of a few quarrels. , don’t take the plight of the general at all to heart.”

What surprised Cao Song even more was that Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu also tactfully echoed Wu Kuangzhi's words, accusing He Miao of not distinguishing between serious and serious, which made He Jin frown greatly.

The next day, Cao Song invited Liu Bian to see him and told him what had happened at the banquet at the general's mansion, and Liu Bian was delighted to hear that.

Okay, Zhengchou has no excuse to deal with Dong Min, a so-so kid, but Dong Min jumped out by himself.

So he immediately sent Cao Chun to invite He Miao to the palace, and instigated He Miao with righteous indignation: "...Second Uncle, Cao Taiwei told me what happened at Uncle's house yesterday, and Dong Min is obviously yours." Your subordinates are sweeping your face in full view, giving that traitor Wu Kuang a chance to laugh at you, what is the use of such disloyal subordinates?!"

Although He Miao guessed that Liu Bian hated Dong Zhuo, the evil house and Wu, he was also unhappy when he thought that Dong Min questioned him in public yesterday, so he followed Liu Bian's suggestion to dismiss Dong Min from his official position, remove his military power, and directly send the Dong Min was swept away from his Henan Yin office.

Dong Min couldn't resist, so he had to defect to the general and complain to He Jin.

He Jin felt a great headache, so he had to temporarily leave Dong Min in the mansion as a governor. At the same time, he sent someone to ask He Miao to resume Dong Min's official position, but He Miao flatly refused.

Dong Zhong's conspiracy has not yet been resolved, and there is another rift between the General's Mansion and Henan Yin's Mansion, which troubles the court officials surrounding the General's Mansion.

On the other hand, Hussar General Dong Zhong was overjoyed when he learned about this.

(End of this chapter)