The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

Luoyang's political and political groups can be roughly divided into two groups, one is a group of scholars, and the other is a group of eunuchs.

In terms of subdivision, there are six.

First, the eunuchs can be subdivided into three "sub-groups".

Eunuchs are the slaves of the royal family. They have no independence and must be attached to the imperial power. Now the Emperor Ling has just passed away. The first "subgroup" inside.

Besides Empress Dowager He, there is Empress Dowager Dong.

The Empress Dowager Dong was the biological mother of the late emperor, and her son Dong Reunion became a hussar general, second only to the generals, and a major force in the palace and the court. Therefore, there were also many eunuchs attached to the Empress Dowager Dong,—— For example, Jian Shuo, who tried to make "Dong Hou" Liu Xie the emperor, was in fact an ally of the Empress Dowager Dong. Therefore, the "Empress Dowager Dong Group" was the second "sub-group" within the eunuch.

Except for Empress Dowager He and Empress Dowager Dong, because the previous emperor died and the new emperor was young, the two female streamers He and Dong were obviously not strong enough to control the eunuchs. On the other hand, looking at the eunuchs, they passed through the two dynasties of Emperor Huan and Emperor Xian. After decades of development, their power has become extremely large. On the one hand, there is a lack of control and a certain "power vacuum"; One difference: now they have a certain independence.

Therefore, the **** itself can also be regarded as a "sub-group".

They are headed by the permanent attendants such as Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong. If Empress Dowager He and Empress Dowager Dong are beneficial to them, they will rely on one of the two. Shuo wants to establish Dong Hou Liu Xie as the emperor. In this matter, Jian Shuo is the leader, but without the acquiescence and even support of Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong and other regular servants, how could Jian Shuo dare to do such "supporting the emperor" "The big thing? It's just that Jian Shuo was quickly defeated, so Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong and others sold him to He Jin backhandedly.

All in all, the **** group can be subdivided into three sub-groups, one is the Queen Mother He Group, the other is the Queen Mother Dong Group, and the other is the eunuchs who are attracted by He and Dong, and are separated from the two for their own interests. Ontology Group.

Secondly, as far as scholars are concerned, it can also be subdivided into three "sub-groups".

Of course, the most powerful ones are the scholars, headed by Yuan Hui and Yuan Shao.

Next is the relatives headed by He Jin.

The third is the "warrior group" that is attached to scholars or relatives.

Yuan Shao and He Jin needless to say, as for the "Warrior Group", they are mainly allies that He Jin summoned.

The alliance between Yuan Shao and He Jin was formed based on the current situation. Eunuchs are the life and death enemies of scholars. If there are eunuchs, there are no scholars. If there are scholars, there are no eunuchs. , Eunuchs are also his great enemies. Before the death of the late emperor, he had to obey Jian Shuo as a general. After the death of the late emperor, Jian Shuo tried to kill him again and established Dong Hou Liu Xie as the emperor. Jian Shuo did not die and did not attack the **** forces , he was not at ease, so, based on their respective interests, Yuan Shao and He Jin formed a relationship of allies.

But the ally between the two of them, in other words, the ally between relatives and scholars, is not reliable.

He Jin's background is not high, his family status is low, and he is not a scholar. It is only because his sister became empress and empress dowager that he became valuable. Imagine, if there is no **** as a common enemy, Yuan Shao, etc. How could the scholars be willing to subdue under He Jin again? This is an important reason why He Jin's younger brother He Miao and He Jin's mother Wuyangjun did not support He Jin's execution of the eunuch, and He Jin was well aware of this. Jin also actively wooed "warrior" from non-scholar backgrounds.

The "warrior group" he attracted is currently headed by Ding Yuan, the former governor of Bingzhou and the current military commander.

Ding Yuan, whose courtesy name is Jianyang, was born in a poor family.

It can be said that Ding Yuan is a big bargaining chip used by He Jin to fight against the scholar group. Although it is said that after removing Jian Shuo, He Jin has nominally controlled most of the garrison in Kyoto, but these garrisoned troops A large part of the actual control power is not in his hands, such as the Xiyuan army, Cao Cao, Chunyuqiong, etc. are either members of Yuan Shao's small clique, or scholars, such as the Fifth Battalion of the Northern Army, and the Zhonghou of the Northern Army. He Yong is also a member of Yuan Shao's small clique and a scholar. "Power comes from the barrel of a gun" and cannot control all the garrisoned troops in Kyoto. He Jin can only look for foreign aid, and Ding Yuan is the foreign aid he found. external support.

In addition to Ding Yuan, He Jin is also connected with Dong Zhuo, who is currently stationed in Hedong.

Dong Zhuo was not a scholar, but a warrior.

Last year, Dong Zhuo used the position of "former general" to ask Bianzhang and Han Sui from Huangfu Song, and relieved the siege of Chencang. He was recruited into the court and wanted to worship him as the young mansion. The young mansion was one of the nine ministers, with 2,000 stones in the rank and a green ribbon with a silver seal. Huangzhong Yicong and Qin Hubing refused to enter the dynasty on the grounds that Huangzhong Yicong and Qin Hubing refused to enter the dynasty. Huangzhong Yicong refers to the Qiang people who belonged to the Han family in Huangzhong area, while Qin Hubing refers to Gu Qin. The Hu people and the Han people of Hu Hua in the region, Dong Zhuo's minions are mostly from Liangzhou, and there are many Qiang Hu.

This spring, the late emperor was seriously ill, and he summoned Dong Zhuo, worshipped him as the shepherd of Bingzhou, and ordered him to hand over his troops to Huangfu Song. Dong Zhuo has fought for most of his life. In recent years, he has participated in many rebellions in the northern region. He had already seen that the world of the Han family was going to be in chaos. Naturally, he refused to hand over military power. Nostalgic for my kindness, and willing to die for me." In the name of, he asked to take his troops to Bingzhou to serve as a clerk. Huangfu Song's son Huangfu Li suggested to Huangfu Song: "The military power in the world lies in the ears of both the lord and Dong Zhuo. During the battle of Chencang, Dong Zhuo's two suggestions were not accepted by the lord, but the facts proved that the lord was right, and Dong Zhuo was It's wrong, Dong Zhuo has hated your lord because of this, and he has formed a grudge with your lord. Your lord and Dong Zhuo are inseparable. Now Dong Zhuo has disobeyed the decree and refused to hand over the trilogy. This is against fate. Therefore, daring to delay time and keep the troops in motion is a traitor, and these are all serious sins that cannot be forgiven. Your Excellency is now a marshal, and you can use the power of the country to deal with him, show loyalty from above, and eliminate murderers from below. During the Yellow Turbans, Huangfu Song was determined to be a loyal minister, and replied, "Even though Dong Zhuo violated the edict, he cannot be approved by the court, and 'special execution' is also a responsibility. So I wrote to the center. The late emperor issued an edict to rebuke Dong Zhuo. Dong Zhuo knew that the late emperor was seriously ill and would die, and the situation in Luoyang would be chaotic, but how could he take the late emperor's rebuke seriously? Then they stationed in the east of the river to watch the time change.

Dong Zhuo violated the decree three times, but he refused to surrender his military power, or enter the court or go to Bingzhou as an official. Everyone can see it, how can He Jin not see it? But the current situation is stronger than people, in order to compete with the increasingly powerful group of scholars, he can only use the soldiers of Ding Yuan and Dong Zhuo to strengthen his own momentum.

All in all, the **** group is intrigued, and "betrayal" and "selling out" are regarded as normal, and there is also "struggle in cooperation" within the scholar group, and under the bright alliance relationship is actually turbulent, everything is for their own sake. Benefit.

On the side of the **** group, although it is said that with Jian Shuo's defeat and death, with Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong and others changing their positions, from acquiescing and supporting Jian Shuo's establishment of Dong Hou Liu Xie as the emperor, to admitting the status quo, trying to fight with the Queen Mother He, He In order to cooperate with the eunuch, the "sub-group" within the **** "Empress Dowager Dong" has actually become weak, and it is not worth mentioning, but Empress Dowager Dong is the biological mother of the late emperor after all, and her son Dong Zhong is also a hussar general. , For scholars, it is still a hidden threat.

Therefore, when Xun Zhen saw that Jian Shuo was dead and that He Jin, Yuan Shao and others had basically completed their control of the Luoyang garrison, he asserted: The Empress Dowager Dong is in danger!

The "Empress Dowager Dong is in danger" said by Xun Zhen does not mean that Empress Dowager Dong's life is "in danger", but that Empress Dowager Dong's power is "in danger"—after all, Empress Dowager Dong is the biological mother of the late emperor, and the late emperor just Even if He Jin and the scholars were daring, they would definitely not dare to kill Empress Dowager Dong, but they dared not kill Empress Dowager Dong, but that doesn't mean that Empress Dowager Dong would not be "put into the cold palace".

Xun Zhen speculated that He Jin and the scholars might attack Dong Zhong in the next step, so as to cut off Empress Dowager Dong's "wings" in the court, so as to completely disintegrate Empress Dowager Dong's power and influence in the palace and the court. Let her stand aside from now on.

The facts are just as he guessed.

Xun You's first message was sent to Changsha on the second day of May, the second message was sent on the fifth day of May, the third message was sent on the eighth day of May, and the fourth message was sent on the tenth day of May. , on May 14, the fifth message arrived.

The title of this fifth message is still very simple, even simpler than the fourth, with only six words: Hussar General Dong Zhong committed suicide.

Under the title, Xun You described the cause and process of Dong Zhong's suicide.

Empress Dowager Dong and Empress Dowager He competed for power in the palace, and Dong Zhong and He Jin competed for power in the court. Some eunuchs were worried that He Jin would attack the eunuchs because He Jin and scholars were too close, so although Jian Shuo fell After being defeated and dead, they are still "united" around the Empress Dowager Dong and Dong Zhong, supporting each other and fighting against Empress Dowager He, He Jin, and scholars.

Whenever Empress Dowager Dong wanted to intervene in political affairs, Empress Dowager He would stop her. Empress Dowager Dong was angry and scolded Empress Dowager He in private: "You are arrogant now, according to your brother He Jin's trend? I ordered the hussars to cut off He Jin's head, it's as easy as a backhand!"

The two relatives, He and Dong, were already fighting endlessly, and the Empress Dowager Dong said this at this time, which was tantamount to a fuse.

After Empress Dowager He heard about it, she told He Jin what Empress Dowager Dong said. He Jin and Yuan Wei and other scholars' ministers are now allies, and immediately together with San Gong and his younger brother He Miao, the general of the chariot and cavalry, said: "The Empress Dowager Dong made Xia Yun, the former permanent attendant, and others colluded with the prefectures, looted property, and entered Western Province. Story: Empresses are not allowed to stay in the capital. Please move the palace to your own country.”

"Western Province", the name of the palace where Empress Dowager Dong lives is "Yongle Palace", "Xi Province" is one of the many institutions of Yongle Palace. "All into the Western Province" means to store all the looted property in Yongle Palace. "Queen of Fans", Empress Dowager Dong originally interpreted Mrs. Tinghou. Although her son was the emperor, her husband was not the emperor, so He Jin asked her to be moved back to Hejian on the grounds of "the story of the Han family".

The Empress Dowager He approved the memorial.

Two days after the memorial was approved, on Xinsi in May, that is, on the sixth day of the fifth lunar month, He Jin raised an army to surround the Hussar General’s residence, captured Dong Zhong, and removed him from his official position. He Jin annexed.

First Jian Shuo died, and then Dong Zhong committed suicide. The small group of Empress Dowager Dong lost two major leaders one after another. From then on, it was stagnant and became the first to be kicked out in this political battle. Three members of the **** group The "subgroup" has thus become two.

The two remaining small groups within the **** group, one is Queen Mother He, the other is Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong.

Empress Dowager He is He Jin's younger sister and the new emperor's biological mother. He Jin can't move, and scholars can't move, so for the scholars, the next target is naturally Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong and other regular attendants,—— If Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong, etc. can be removed, the Empress Dowager He has no minions and wings in the palace, and in fact, it is equivalent to being abolished.

After telling the story of Dong Zhong's suicide, Xun You really mentioned below: "Zhang Jin, a relative of the general's guest, is always good with Sili, because Zhang Jin has repeatedly spoken to the general, and persuaded the general to execute all the eunuchs. After Jian Shuo and Dong Zhong died, the sili returned to speak to the general. However, from my perspective, the general seems to be hesitant, and there are many obstacles to the charioteer and Wuyangjun.

"Kinkers" are the followers of the cronies. Of course, Sili refers to Yuan Shao, the commander of Sili, and the charioteer is He Miao, the general of chariots. Lord Wuyang can only be He Jin's mother.

How could He Jin not hesitate? For the current He Jin, since Jian Shuo and Dong Zhong, the main planners and implementers who established Dong Hou Liu Xie as the Son of Heaven, have died one after another, the foreign troubles threatening his status as "great general" have been alleviated a lot. , and even from a certain point of view, the current situation is in his best interest.

The power of the scholars has increased because of this political struggle. Although some heavyweight eunuchs have died in the palace, Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong and other regular servants are still powerful, and the scholars and eunuchs are all for their own interests. He needs to win the support of He Jin, so as the common target of scholars and eunuchs, He Jin can have both sides and balance both sides, which is obviously the most beneficial to him.

If you listen to Yuan Shao's words, get rid of Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong and other eunuchs too? For the literati, of course, this is the best situation. They will no longer have political enemies, but what about He Jin? He Jin is not a scholar, even if

With the support of warriors like Ding Yuan and Dong Zhuo, can he fight against the huge scholar class on his own? Can he suppress Yuan Wei and other scholars' ministers and ministers? He couldn't hold back. In this way, won't it

The fruit of profit was handed over to Yuan Wei, Yuan Shao and others?

How could he not hesitate!

This hesitation caused Xun Zhen to be "damaged".

Xun You wrote at the end of this message: "Si Li privately told me: 'The prince and the marquis have a high reputation, and if you want to hold Jin Wu temporarily, if you can't get it, you will be Yulin'. Pardon the sins of the princes and princes, and recruit the princes and princes to enter the court. The general seems to be hesitant."

Although Zhi Jinwu is not a Jiuqing, and his rank is the same as Jiuqing, he is also a middle two thousand stone. Yuan Shao wanted to get this position for Xunzhen, but he was definitely not "compromising". To be honest, if it wasn't for Xun Zhen's previous act of "killing and arresting Ye Zhao", with his qualifications, he was far from qualified to be this executive Jinwu.

"Yulin" refers to the generals of Yulin Zhonglang. The generals of Yulin Zhonglang and Huben Zhonglang have the same salary rank, and both are equal to two thousand stones. The organization is also the same, they are all subordinate officials of Guang Luxun.

The two positions of Zhijinwu and Yulin Zhonglang seem to be irrelevant. One is two thousand stones, and the other is more than two thousand stones, but they have one thing in common, that is, they both hold military power. Under the jurisdiction of Jinwu, there are 200 Tiqi, and General Yulin Zhonglang has hundreds of Yulin Lang.

Yuan Shao's intention was very clear.

Now he is the commander of Sili, and he holds the power of Gyeonggi. His younger brother Yuan Shu is the middle general of Hu Ben, Cao Cao and Chunyu Qiong are the commanders of Xiyuan, and He Yong is the middle commander of the Northern Army, and he is in a party with him. The Wu Qiong of the city gate is now the captain of the city gate.

Hu Ben, Xiyuan, the five battalions of the Northern Army and the garrison garrison at the gate of the capital, if Xun Zhenzheng, who is "famous and skilled in fighting", can be worshipped into the court again, it would be good for Jinwu, and for Yulinzhong. No matter if he is a general, he will surely be able to make him again.

Master the power of one more Kyoto garrison.

As for the soldiers under the command of General Jinwu and Yulin Zhonglang, it is not important.

Xun Zhen has a righteous obedience. Once he enters the capital, he will not be alone. Even if he cannot bring too many righteous obedients, he can bring three or five hundred, plus the subordinates of Jinwu and Yulin Zhonglang. Not a small amount of troops.

And the most wonderful thing is that Xun Zhen has a deed of "killing and arresting Ye Zhao". First, he is famous enough now that he can raise the flag for Yuan Shao and raise his momentum, and secondly, he can also use this to force He Jin to execute the next sentence. Huan's determination.

However, even though Yuan Shao's calculations were good, He Jin was not stupid. No matter what Yuan Shao said about Xun Zhen's "famous reputation", he would not let go of Yuan Shao's invitation.

After reading the fifth message sent by Xun You, Xun Zhen showed it to Cheng Jia and Sun Jian.

Cheng Jia and Sun Jian passed on Konger to read the news, and Xun Zhen thought to himself: "When I first heard that Emperor Ling died and the Luoyang government was in chaos, although I didn't want to go to Beijing right away, I also wanted to wait for the times to change and decide whether to do it or not. The meaning of Shangluo', but now it seems that this Luoyang is not allowed to go."

Although Xun Zhen didn't know the "details of history", but combined with what he knew about the "historical process", he could see that He Jin's death was imminent.

As mentioned above, once Jian Shuo and Dong Chong died, the next targets for scholars to get rid of were eunuchs such as Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong.

At this time, He Jin hesitated. From his personal point of view, his hesitation was right, because Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong were beneficial to him, but from the development of the whole situation, his hesitation was not. is wrong.

Yuan Shao has been dormant for many years, and finally he has a good opportunity to execute the eunuch. Now, Yuan Wei is the master of the imperial court, and he is the master of the book. Among them, he is the commander of the clerk, and he is the hero of Jingji. There are Yuan Shu and others who live in the key points of the capital and hold the military power. At this time, even if He Jin hesitated, and Zhao Zhong and other eunuchs wanted to compromise with He Jin, could Yuan Shao agree? He absolutely refuses to agree, He Jin refuses to do it, he will do it himself!

As far as the current situation in Luodu is concerned, for He Jin, the execution of the official can be described as "the arrow is on the string and has to be released".

But He Jin was hesitant at this time.

The result of hesitation is that not only will he not be able to have both sides in the two groups of scholars and eunuchs, but he will become a victim of the life-and-death struggle between the two groups.

In other words, he was either defeated by the scholars or by the eunuchs.

As Xun Zhen knew, He Jin was finally killed by the eunuchs.

When did He Jin die? Xun Zhen didn't know. But judging from the current situation in Luoyang, he could draw the conclusion that He Jin was not far away from his death at the hands of the eunuch.

Then, at this moment, why did Xun Zhen go to Luoyang?

He might as well return to Yingyin immediately, and wait for He Jin and Yuan Shao to call for "strong generals and heroes from all directions to lead troops to Jinglu City".

Xun Zhen said in his heart: "Although He Jin is a close relative and is really afraid, even if I fly with him, he will definitely not listen to my words. He Jin's death is irreversible. Although He Jin cannot be prevented from dying, but ..., but I don't know if we can change the ending of Dong Zhuo's rampage in Luoyang?"

Xun Zhen has traveled back to this era for a long time. Before, others were light-hearted, powerless, and did not dare to have the extravagant idea of ​​"changing the era". It was too unrealistic, but now he is famous and has some power, although not much. , but has

Now that he has the ability to change the current situation, of course his thoughts will also change accordingly. span

He wanted to change the ending of Dong Zhuo.

Xun Zhen was quite fascinated by the future world of the Three Kingdoms, but in the turbulent times of the Three Kingdoms, the book saw heroes competing for the deer, counselors fighting for wisdom, and the stars were shining. Jiukong, "a thousand miles without a rooster crowing, the bones are exposed in the wild", if before all this happens, the situation can be reversed, so that the people will no longer suffer from the suffering of the war, why not do it?

If he can do it, he will not hesitate.

Possibly not possible?

He can't do it, because the Han Dynasty has been decaying for a long time, the building will collapse, no one can support it, and no one can change it.

It cannot change the situation that the world will fall apart and fall into war. So, let’s take the next step, can we change the fact that Dong Zhuo holds the power alone?

To be honest, he wasn't sure either.

To change the outcome of Dong Zhuo's sole control of the dynasty and his rampage in Luoyang, of course, the best way is to prevent him from entering Beijing~www.wuxiaspot.com~ But Xun Zhen couldn't change this. He Jin was worried about the dominance of the scholars, so he called the Yanwu people as minions and foreign aid, and then called Dong Zhuo to Beijing. How could Xun Zhen, a scholar, dissuade He Jin from calling Dong Zhuo to Beijing?

He couldn't stop it.

If this can't be changed, how can we change the result of Dong Zhuo's control over Luoyang?

Xun Zhen thought about it, but only compared with Dong Zhuo's speed of entering Beijing.

If you can rush into the capital before Dong Zhuo enters the capital, lead your troops to the capital, and join forces with Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, etc., then even if Dong Zhuo comes, you will not worry about it. Dong Zhuo is just a warrior, and he has no virtue in the world. , there is nothing in the DPRK

What is the foundation, although he had a moment of sole power in Luoyang later, but it was just a coincidence. of

Luoyang was in chaos. Under normal circumstances, he would never be able to do this. Even if He Jin, who wanted to borrow from Dong Zhuo, only valued Dong Zhuo's soldiers and horses, not Dong Zhuo himself.

If we can change the fact that "Dong Zhuo held the power of the dynasty alone and ran rampant in Luoyang", then even if the situation of the world's disintegration still cannot be changed, it can at least save the people of Luoyang from suffering a little bit, and prevent Luoyang from being burned down. It's over.

Seeing that He Jin's life was on the verge of death, He Jin and Yuan Shao would summon heroes from all over the world to bring troops to the capital. In order to be able to enter the capital before Dong Zhuo, Xun Zhen had to prepare as soon as possible, so Linxiang in Changsha could not stay any longer. .

He waited for Sun Jian and Cheng Jia to read the news and said to Sun Jian, "Wentai, I want to return home."