The Horse of the Three Kingdoms Treads the World

() In March of the sixth year of Zhongping, Emperor Liu Hong of the Han Dynasty was suddenly frightened and fell down at a court meeting.In this regard, the courtiers who knew that the emperor's physique was not very good and who were prone to illness were not very worried, but it was a pity that this plan was delayed, and the plan to kill the ten permanent attendants who had dominated the government for many years failed, and there would be endless troubles .

But no one thought that the emperor would never recover from this illness.Even though there are countless good doctors in the palace, and elixir is what you can ask for, but after all, it is impossible to save the life of a person who is about to die.The emperor's physique was not good, and over the years, under the connivance of the eunuchs, he indulged in all kinds of sex, and completely emptied his bad body.This time, he was frightened one after another, so he, who was in his prime, could not afford to get sick. In less than a month, he was paralyzed, almost dying.

The time came to the night of the tenth day of April, in a side hall of the imperial palace, under the light of a dim and swaying oil lamp, several pale and frightened faces that were hard to distinguish were all gathered together.They are the ten permanent servants who have been calling the wind and rain in the court for these years, and no one can compare with them, but this time they have long lost the confidence they had before, and are full of fear instead.

"Now His Majesty's dragon body is not as good as one day at a time. What should we do? Although it is difficult for foreign ministers to know about His Majesty's situation now, once... this matter can't be kept secret, when He Jin and others There will be trouble, and we must have a countermeasure." Zhang Rang, as the leader of the crowd, was the first to clarify his words.

But the only response to him was silence. As the emperor's vassals, these eunuchs could naturally accomplish many things under the emperor's protection, treating courtiers as nothing.But once they lost the protection of the emperor, they would be nothing. Even if there were some available people, under the current circumstances, it would be difficult for them to do anything great.

"Your Majesty's situation is serious..." Finally, an eunuch named Guo Sheng boldly asked, because he had less time to be close to the emperor, so he still had a glimmer of hope for this matter, but Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong The eunuch who often served the emperor still gave a difficult fact to accept: "The medicine has no effect, and it's just a few days."

This made the faces of several other people even paler, and they all had a thought in their hearts that this time they really could not escape death.You must know that at the court meeting that day, the officials dared to say so bluntly that they wanted to kill themselves and others in front of the emperor. Now that the emperor has fallen, they have lost their last backer, and their fate is naturally self-evident.

"There is another way, maybe it can save our lives!" At this moment, Jian Shuo, the most resourceful among them, suddenly said, "We can't save us today, we can only rely on the next emperor."

"The crown prince is from Empress He, and He Jin is her elder brother. It's too late for us to seek refuge here." Zhao Zhong immediately shook his head and rejected the proposal.

"No, what I mean is not to make the prince the new king, but to make the king of Chenliu the heir!" Jian Shuo said something that surprised everyone.In fact, as early as two or three years ago, when they discovered that He Jin's influence had begun to grow and had seriously threatened them, these people had already begun to want to make Liu Xieli, the king of Chenliu, the prince.It's just that easy storage is a big deal after all, and the emperor can't decide it in one word, and the courtiers are very opposed, so their plan failed.

But I didn't expect that at this critical juncture, Jian Shuo would bring up the old matter again, which made others a little confused, but then Zhao Zhong and others had already thought of the feasibility of this matter: "You mean to borrow His Majesty's posthumous photo to confirm that King Chen Liu will inherit the throne?"

"That's right! Now the palace is full of our people. As long as the palace gate is temporarily sealed to prevent the news from leaking out, it is not impossible to make King Chenliu his heir. And once King Chenliu ascends the throne, we will be from the Dragon King." Naturally, the great heroes who escort him are not something that the courtiers can touch!" Jian Shuo said again.

"But this matter is too important after all, and He Jin is not a fool. Even if we really made King Chen Liu the emperor, they would not admit it. And as the elder brother of the queen, he has plenty of ways to enter the palace to sabotage our plans .” Duan Gui raised his concerns after shivering.

"I can't take care of too much now. If we don't do this, you and I will all die here. We have to fight!" Jian Shuo's eyes flashed with murderous intent: "Let's bring He Jin into the palace." Come, and then find a reason to kill him, so that there will be no future troubles. Those courtiers are just a mess, once there is no leader He Jin, they will not be able to pose any threat to us!"

Hearing his bold idea, the others were immediately speechless. Everyone was weighing the pros and cons of it. Should they take the risk and make it this far?

Because of distractions, these eunuchs never noticed that outside the gate of the palace where they were discussing, a soldier of the Imperial Army had listened to their words, and this person's face was also full of surprise at this moment and worry.

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"What did you say?" He Jin immediately jumped up from the table after hearing this narration, and shouted loudly: "How dare these eunuchs do such a thing, and even try to get rid of this great general?"

"Yes, this is what the last general heard with his own ears." The speaker was Duan Xun, a general in charge of the palace ban, but He Jin also took it under his account: "So you must be on guard, General! "

"Well, you Jian Shuo, you dare to make such a murderous move. This general will not let you go!" He Jin immediately said: "Come on, quickly recruit all the generals in the capital to my place, and I will enter the palace tomorrow." , Let's see who dares to touch me!"

"No, general. There are too many people in the palace who listen to those eunuchs. If you enter the palace, you will be in danger." A young man who is short in stature and not very handsome, but has a different aura. Immediately speak up.

"Meng De, you are too timid. As a general, I forgive those little eunuchs who dare not attack him." Another young man was on the contrary, handsome and handsome, with a dignified appearance. But he shook his head and said: "Now the only one who can decide the overall situation is the general, so why be afraid of those eunuchs?"

"Brother Benchu, why don't you understand? Those eunuchs are extremely sinister and vicious. If one is not careful, he will be killed by them. From Cao's point of view, it is better to enter the palace with a large army, and then use the excuse that they have illicit plans to murder For good."

The two young men each had their own opinions, and soon they had an argument.In the end, He Jin accepted Meng De's suggestion. After all, he was also a little worried about the unknown situation in the palace at this time, so he had better bring soldiers in and be more careful.

However, what He Jin, Shi Changshi and others did not expect was that before they could all take the actions they should have, on the morning of the second day, the emperor Liu Hong, who had run out of oil and lamps, died in the On the sick bed.Liu Hong proclaimed himself emperor at the age of 12 and passed away at the age of 34. In his 20-plus years of imperial career, he hardly did anything beneficial to the country and the people.

However, his death did not stop the continuation of destruction, but instead pushed the Han Empire into an even more terrifying abyss.

On the day when the emperor passed away, while the eunuchs were still preparing to make King Chenliu his heir, General He Jin personally led five thousand iron armor into the palace.Afterwards, the officials entered the palace, and after weeping and offering sacrifices to the late emperor, they immediately made the crown prince Liu Bian the son of heaven, the young emperor.

After that, He Jin launched a counterattack against the ten permanent servants, and finally proposed to set up Liu Xie, the king of Chenliu, and Jian Shuo, who conspired to kill He Jin, was executed on the spot. As for the other eunuchs, they finally saved their lives because of the new death of the emperor , but the power of the ten permanent servants is not as good as before, and their destruction is not far away.

But at this moment, a person who was ignored by everyone stood up again and changed the situation that had almost taken shape, that is, Empress Dowager Dong, the mother of the first emperor Liu Hong.On the second day after the new emperor ascended the throne, during the early court, the Empress Dowager Dong came suddenly, using the excuse that the emperor was young, to attend the government, and Zhang Rang and other eunuchs were reused.

Seeing that the eunuch Yidang was dying and moved out Mrs. Dong to suppress him, this made He Jin even more angry.Under the suggestion of his subordinate Yuan Shao and others, he immediately ordered the local forces to raise troops to serve the king and eliminate the eunuchs together!In this way, a transfer order written by He Jin himself was sent to Liangzhou and came to Dong Zhuo.

In fact, as early as half a month ago, Dong Zhuo, who was in Liangzhou, had already received the news when the emperor was frightened and stopped the court meeting.At this time, he has mastered the military and political power of the entire Liangzhou, and he has the intention to go further. He has begun to pay close attention to the government affairs. It is impossible to hide anything that happened in Luoyang from him, let alone such a big event in the court meeting.

After looking at the detailed description of what happened at the court meeting, Dong Zhuo showed a disdainful smile on his face: "Hmph, these courtiers are really incompetent. A few eunuchs make them helpless. It took so long to think of using such a method. If it was someone else, they would have been wiped out long ago, and their three families would have been wiped out!"

Afterwards, Dong Zhuo turned his attention to the green snake that made the emperor sick, and a strange smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "Back then, a certain person once heard a prophecy from the predecessors—the white snake came out." , the great man prospers; the green snake appears, and the great man perishes. Gaozu cut the white snake and there is today's great man. This time, such a strange green snake suddenly appeared, and it happened to fall on the throne of the emperor. What does this represent? ?” It seemed that something that had been buried deep in my heart in the past began to slowly appear when I saw this news.

And after receiving He Jin's transfer order, Dong Zhuo became even more excited, he knew that the opportunity had come: "Come here, call Wen You and Zhong Ling to someone, and someone has something important to discuss with them!"