Three Kingdoms: I will act as a substitute for the Hunjun

Chapter 90 Dong Zhuo is coming to Beijing
  Yuan Wei was an old and cunning man, and he quickly deduced from Liu Ming's questions that his majesty must have doubts about Yuan Shu's soldiers, although he did not know the specific situation yet.

What he originally thought was that His Majesty would ignore the government affairs and let Yuan Shu go back to Runan to recruit troops in advance. After Dong Zhuo came to Beijing, if chaos broke out, the Yuan family would be able to deal with it.

With His Majesty's usual style, it is absolutely impossible to pay attention to these trivial matters.

The night before yesterday, His Majesty ordered Gai Xun to gather soldiers from the surrounding prefectures and counties of Luoyang and concentrate on guarding Kyoto. Yuan Wei found that this was a better platform, so he sent people to Runan overnight to notify Yuan Shu to rush to Luoyang quickly to protect Luoyang. The name of Yang further strengthens the Yuan family.

If brothers Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu all become the key generals guarding Luoyang, it will undoubtedly be a great help to further enhance the status of the Yuan family. At that time, His Majesty will only reward merit and will not blame anyone.

In addition, now that the relatives and eunuch groups have all collapsed, the power of the aristocratic family will become the mainstay of the government. When Your Majesty notices that the Yuan family is powerful enough to influence the government, what can you do?
  I just didn't expect that at today's court meeting, by some strange coincidence, His Majesty would notice the origin of these soldiers.

"Your Majesty, although they claim to be soldiers, they are actually servants of the Yuan family, just for window dressing." Yuan Wei explained as he left the squad.

Naturally, he did not dare to mention privately recruiting soldiers.

"Servants? Such powerful servants! There are actually three thousand armored servants!" Liu Ming threw the memorial directly in front of Yuan Wei and said viciously, "See for yourself, Yuan Shu actually led three thousand soldiers and horses to besiege Nanyang. The He family and the He family, one attacked Nandu and the other attacked Kyoto, they cooperated very well. He Jin's head was already hanging on the palace gate for public display, Yuan Situ..."

Because Wancheng was the birthplace of Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu, it was often called the Southern Capital or the Imperial Township, which had special significance in the Eastern Han Dynasty.

Yuan Wei was so frightened that he trembled all over and fell to his knees. He hurriedly picked up the memorial and glanced at it for a few times, and he already understood the cause and effect of the matter.

My heart says highway, highway, why are you so confused!

It must have been that Yuan Shu heard that his father had been killed by He Jin, so he got angry and directly led his troops to Nanyang to kill He Jin's parents.

How is this different from He Jin?
  Do you still think the Yuan family died unhappily?

"Your Majesty, I'm sorry. It's all because of the urgent matters these days that I didn't report to Your Majesty in time." Yuan Wei wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and immediately said, "The night before yesterday, Your Majesty ordered Jingzhao Yin Gaixun to gather Luoyang. The soldiers from surrounding prefectures and counties jointly defended Kyoto, and Wei Chen asked Dao Dao and his servants to go to Beijing to protect the capital together."

"The old minister was worried about His Majesty's safety and was eager to hoe He Jin's rebels, so he used the highway to gather soldiers and horses from Runan military households and surrounding prefectures and counties who were willing to come to Beijing to escort them to Beijing. Unexpectedly, he heard that his father was assassinated by He Jin. Later, he actually ran to Nanyang with his men and horses. He really deserved to die, so the old minister ordered people to persuade him to retreat. The road really had no intention of turning back, and I beg your majesty to forgive him because of the Yuan family's eagerness to protect the family and the road's eagerness to avenge his father. This time, give him a chance to redeem himself."

Yuan Wei touched his head to the ground, obviously very sad.

"Yuan Situ, you just want to deceive a three-year-old naughty boy." Jian Shuo found the entry point for the attack and said with a smile, "Although Runan is not far from Luoyang, His Majesty gave the order the night before yesterday. Even if you Just send someone to deliver a message to Yuan Jiujiu. He will have to walk all night on the road. Yesterday, Yuan Jiujiu was able to gather 3,000 people and surround Nanyang City! Don’t you think it’s too fast? He must be hiding his troops in order to rebel. ! I request your majesty to kill the entire Yuan family!"

"You... you are slanderous!" Yuan Wei was furious and counterattacked, "My Yuan family has been loyal for generations and has been favored by the emperor. How can we rebel? And a three-year-old child can see it. If my Yuan family cooperates with the He family to rebel , why did He Jin want to assassinate his brother Zhou Yang?"

Jian Shuo was speechless for a moment.

Liu Ming secretly smiled in his heart. Well, this time, he no longer had to worry about the recurrence of He Jin's assassination of Yuan Feng. The Yuan family had settled down. In order to clear themselves, they could only blame He Jin for Yuan Feng's death.

"Okay, I believe that there is no conspiracy between the Yuan family and the He family. Then Yuan Situ would like to tell you how Yuan Shu could gather three thousand soldiers in one day?" Liu Ming decided to take this opportunity to beat the Yuan family.

The foreign relative has fallen, and the Shichangshi is about to fall. We cannot let the Yuan family dominate. Even if he does not have to break his muscles and bones, he must restrain himself.

"Your Majesty, the general guesses that the highway may have attracted Jianghu Caomang." At this time, Yuan Shao came out and started to announce.

Originally, he was not qualified to go to court because of his status, but because today's court meeting involves the rewards and punishments for suppressing yesterday's rebellion, and also involves the Yuan family, especially Yuan Feng, Liu Ming asked Yuan Shao to come too.

"The last general knows that highways do not respect etiquette, and he often picks up Jianghu rangers and reckless heroes. This time he was able to recruit 3,000 people in a short period of time. The only explanation is that those Jianghu heroes defected to him." Yuan Shao explained.

Liu Ming was silent for a moment. Although Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu were at odds with each other, he naturally wanted to help his younger brother in matters related to the life and death of the family.

There must be something fishy here, and it cannot be ruled out that the Yuan family is secretly playing some tricks, but Liu Ming is not interested in slowly exploring the truth because it is meaningless.

Send someone to Runan to check Yuan Shu? Given the complex nature of the Yuan family's business there for generations, the results of the investigation must be what the Yuan family wants you to see, not to mention that Liu Ming doesn't have a suitable person to leave the capital to deal with these matters yet.

"Your Majesty, I believe that although Yuan Shu's troops are quite suspicious, the top priority is to order them to stop the siege of Wancheng." At this time, Yang Biao came out and said, "This time, the Yuan family has made great contributions in pacifying the He Jin rebellion. I suggest that the merits and demerits be considered for the time being. If the situation is contradictory, there will be no investigation. The truth will be found out in the future and then dealt with."

Yuan Wei nodded imperceptibly to Yang Biao. He had already reached his position. It didn't matter if he had one more credit or one less credit. What they cared about was precisely that there should be no big mistakes that would harm the family.

Yuan Shu's recruitment of troops is, at best, eager to protect you, and at worst, it is not impossible for you to be labeled as a rebel.

Liu Ming looked at Jian Shuo. Jian Shuo looked confused. He didn't know what he was thinking, but he didn't seem to have any idea.

At this moment, another piece of news came to the court. It was an urgent report from the Hongnong Prefect, saying that Dong Zhuo had led his troops into Hongnong County.

Hongnong is close to Henan, and once you pass Hongnong, it is not far from Luoyang.

When the ministers heard this, they all started talking.

Yuan Wei was secretly proud, saying that Dong Zhongying was really my lucky general. At this critical moment, his news was enough to divert His Majesty's attention from the Yuan family.

This was another incident that went beyond Liu Ming and Jian Shuo's prior planning. Jian Shuo had a trace of panic on his face, but he didn't leave the class to start playing, and he obviously had no countermeasures.

At that time, Jian Shuo allowed Dong Zhuo to enter the capital. It was purely because he accepted the heavy gift from Li Su that he acted impulsively. When he learned about the relationship between Dong Zhuo and the Yuan family, he became uneasy.

When he heard that Dong Zhuo was coming, he couldn't help but panic, because there was still no news from Ding Yuan whom he contacted.

Once Dong Zhuo arrived, there were more variables.

"The reason why Dong Zhuo came to Beijing was because of the rebel He Jin who falsely conveyed the imperial edict. Are there any gangsters around Luoyang? The biggest gangster is He Jin himself, who has been pacified by me." Liu Ming said slowly, "Dong Zhuo doesn't need to be Coming to Beijing."

"Your Majesty is wise." Shangshu ordered Lu Zhi to come out, "But... what if Dong Zhuo doesn't want to return?"

From Lu Zhi's perspective, he could naturally see that Dong Zhuo leading troops to the capital was absolutely harmful and useless. It would be great if he could be allowed to return the same way, but with Dong Zhuo's arrogance, resisting the order and disobeying it would not be disrespectful. possible. Regarding Lu Zhi's concerns, Liu Mingshen agreed. Dong Zhuo was not just an ordinary military general, but had many capable civil and military personnel under his command. From his understanding of Dong Zhuo's information in his previous life, it was clear that he was quite ambitious, and it was expected that he would refuse to carry out the imperial edict.

At this moment, a soldier covered in blood stumbled to the entrance of the palace under the guidance of the Yulin Army, "Your Majesty, something serious has happened!"

"Come in and talk, what happened?" Liu Ming asked hurriedly.

The injured soldier staggered into the palace, took a breath, and said: "Zhang Yang Sima was ordered to escort the Queen Mother back to Hejian to visit her relatives. Unexpectedly, he encountered Black Mountain bandits on the way, and the Queen Mother and her entourage were all killed!"

what? !

There was a lot of discussion in the court. The empress dowager was actually killed by thieves. This was the first time since the founding of the Han Dynasty. It was really shocking.

The soldier was obviously seriously injured and was unable to stand stably. He fell to the ground with a plop.

"Where is Zhang Yang?" Jian Shuo stepped forward and stared at the soldier fiercely and asked.

"Zhang Sima... was kidnapped by Black Mountain bandits." After the soldier finished speaking, his head tilted and he died in the palace.

Liu Ming was stunned. This acting didn't have to be so real. Zhang Yang gave him the impression that he looked like a rough man. He didn't expect that he was a top director and actually let his soldiers fake their deaths.

Liu Ming naturally knew that Zhang Yang would kill Empress Dowager Dong on the way, and Jian Shuo took care of the specific details. I didn't expect this drama to be so well-acted.

Even Jian Shuo was surprised.

"Bang!" Liu Ming took the picture of the dragon case and stood up. Since director Zhang Yang has performed the play here, I will accompany him to walk through the script.

"It hurts me so much!" Liu Ming said with a trembling voice, "I must flatten the Black Mountain to avenge this. Queen mother... wuwuwuwu, I thought that Luoyang would be in chaos, so I asked you to go back to the river to rest. On the contrary, I harmed my mother, because I am unfilial, my mother..."

Liu Ming burst into tears.

"Your Majesty, my condolences." At this time, Yuan Wei cautiously came out and said, "It seems that banditry is indeed rampant around Luoyang. Should Dong Zhuo continue to lead troops to Beijing to suppress bandits?"

"Didn't Yuan Situ hear clearly?" Liu Ming took advantage of the opportunity to pretend to be sad and acted like crazy. He pointed at Yuan Wei and said loudly, "They are Black Mountain thieves, not Luoyang thieves! Dong Zhuo was ordered to turn around immediately and lead his troops to Heishan to suppress bandit!"

Liu Ming paused for a moment and then said: "The Yuan family secretly hid troops and horses, and there are suspicions of rebellion. However, since they have contributed to suppressing the rebellion, we will not pursue them for the time being. We now order Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu to go to Hongnong. If Dong Zhuo refuses to obey the decree, we will insist on If they want to come to Luoyang, they must stop him. If they can't stop Dong Zhuo, the Yuan family will be punished for two crimes and everyone will be executed!"

"Quit the court!" Liu Ming shouted, flicked his sleeves, and walked straight out of Quefei Hall with Pan Yin's support.

When everyone saw that the emperor was angry, they did not dare to say anything.

But they were still immersed in boundless shock - Empress Dowager Dong was actually killed by thieves!
  In comparison, Yuan Fengzhi's death was not a big deal.

"What are you still doing? Hurry up and gather troops to go to Hongnong!" Yuan Wei shouted at Yuan Shao, who had not yet recovered.

"My child, go now!" Yuan Shao agreed and ran out of the palace.

His Majesty's words to the No. 1 family that everyone was executed showed the anger in his heart and the seriousness of the situation. Naturally, the Yuan family did not dare to neglect it.

Yuan Wei immediately wrote to Yuan Shu, in addition to reprimanding him, asking him to immediately reorganize his troops and march north.

Lu Zhi returned to the Chancellery and immediately drafted an order asking Dong Zhuo to go to Heishan, Jizhou to suppress the bandits.

Tingwei went to take He Miao, Zhao Zhong, Zhang Rang and others into custody, preparing for execution.

In Changle Palace, Jian Shuo smiled so brightly that his wrinkles were piled together.

"His Majesty's performance today is really wonderful." Jian Shuo said, "Especially asking the Yuan family to stop Dong Zhuo is a stroke of genius. Hahahaha, didn't the Yuan family want Dong Zhuo to come to Beijing to deal with this general? Now let him They are dog-eating dogs, if Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu cannot stop Dong Zhuo, they will attack the Yuan family first, no matter what, we will not lose."

"The Yuan family probably can't stop him." Liu Ming pondered for a moment and said, "But it doesn't matter. I think Ding Yuan will arrive in Beijing soon, but... I'm worried that Ding Yuan won't be able to check and balance Dong Zhuo by then."

"Then what should we do?" Jian Shuo said with a grim look on his face, "Should we mobilize all the princes from all over the world to come to Beijing to protect the king?"

Liu Ming shook his head and said: "This way of creating chaos must not be done. Moreover, water far away cannot quench thirst nearby. The main force to defend Luoyang must rely on the Northern Army and the Xiyuan Army. At the same time, Gai Xun must be urged to seize the time to recruit troops. "

As long as Dong Zhuo is not allowed to enter Luoyang City, then the Northern Army, Xiyuan Army plus Ding Yuan's troops and horses, Liu Ming feels that it is not a big problem to frighten Dong Zhuo.

What's more, there is an enemy general Lu Bu in Ding Yuan's army. As long as he is not instigated by Dong Zhuo to rebel, Dong Zhuo will not do anything big.

And if Dong Zhuo goes too far, the Yuan family will not sit idly by and ignore it.

Jian Shuo nodded, convinced that although his political abilities were relatively poor, he still had an above-average IQ in commanding troops.

"Aiqing's performance is not bad." Liu Ming smiled and said, "Zhang Yang was kidnapped by the Black Mountain bandits. This is a good excuse. Then no one will doubt you and me about the Queen Mother's death. From now on, this Everything in the world is under my control and my love."

Jian Shuo frowned and said, "It's indeed a good excuse, but I didn't tell Zhang Yang to do this, and the soldier who died unexpectedly... doesn't seem to be fake."

"Are you saying that Zhang Yang was really kidnapped by Black Mountain bandits?" Liu Ming said in surprise, "Then... is the Queen Mother dead?"

Jian Shuo's expression became solemn, "General, I'm going to find out what's going on."

(End of this chapter)