The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

Xun Zhen first led Xun You and Yao Sheng to pay homage in front of Xun Lai's tomb, and talked with the brothers Xun Yu for a while, and then returned to Gaoyang.レ; thinking ♥ road ♣ guest レ

After returning to Li Nei's house, he sat down and resumed the conversation, talking about Yao Sheng's advice to He Jin and Yuan Shao.

Yao Sheng's family is in Jiangdong. He is a native of Wucheng, Wu County. He is a family member of the Guan family. He is the surname of the county. Sheng, was conscripted into the court last year, and was appointed as the official, because he was able to communicate with Yuan Shao's people. He was born in the Jiangdong aristocracy, and he hated eunuchs in power. He was generous and generous, and he was chivalrous. A party conspiracy to punish officials.

Yao Sheng is arrogant and suave. He claims to be talented. There is a Su Renting Pavilion in Xiangguo County. It is the place where Su Qinxi entered the Qin Dynasty. When he was in Xiangguo, he sighed: "Suzi's country is heavy, and the country he goes to is light. Gai Yingjie is gone." Since he has sighed for a long time, he has always felt that a county in Xiangguo is too small for him to use his fists.

It's just that his family is in Jiangdong, and he is not a famous clan in the north. Compared with the people in Yuan Shao's party, his reputation and status are lower, so some of his opinions are not taken seriously by Yuan Shao and others.

Yao Sheng said: "This month Xinyou buried the Emperor Xiaoling in Wenling, and moved the King of Bohai as King Chenliu. Yuan Sili also spoke to the generals, saying: 'In the past, Douwu and Chen Fan scolded the **** and turned against the eunuchs. The victim was because of the leaked information. The soldiers of the Fifth Battalion of the Northern Army were afraid of subduing the eunuchs, but Dou Wu tried to use them to fight against the eunuchs, so he brought disaster on his own. The generals and officials are all handsome and famous. They are happy to do their best, and things are under control. This is an opportunity bestowed by God. The general should remove the troubles for the world in one fell swoop, so as to make a name for future generations, this opportunity cannot be missed!' , to make up for it with three officers."

This month Xinyou, which is the seventeenth day of the seventh lunar month, is the day when Emperor Ling was buried. The king of Bohai is Donghou Liu Xie. After his son Liu Bian ascended the throne today, he named Liu Xie the king of Bohai, and a few days ago he was renamed the king of Chenliu.

"Nowadays, the generals are brothers and they lead strong soldiers." He Jin and his younger brother, the chariot general, He Miao, are generals and naturally have their own parts. After the death of Jian Shuo and Dong Chong, the imperial guards and armed forces in Kyoto were reshuffled, and some of them fell into the hands of scholars represented by Yuan Shao, such as Xiyuan, Beijun, Huben, and Chengmen army, and some were from He Jin and He Jin. Miao are in control separately, and some are still under the control of the eunuchs.

Although it is said that the soldiers under He Jin's command may not have as many soldiers as Yuan Shao and others, if He Jin and Yuan Shao join forces, their armed forces have already surpassed that of the eunuchs. When Jian Shuo was there, even He Jin had to obey Jian Shuo's orders, but in the end, because the eunuchs were too dependent on xìng, their reputation was too bad, and Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong and others had a speculative mentality, the result was Jian Shuo. Immediately after his death, the situation turned against the eunuch.

The military power controlled by the alliance of scholars and foreign relatives has already stabilized the eunuchs, so even if the eunuchs are executed by force at this time, the scholars and their relatives will still win.

Therefore, Yuan Shao said this, so-called "departments, generals and officials are all handsome and famous, and they are happy to their lives", which is obviously a compliment to He Jin.

The reason why Emperor Ling was buried and Liu Xie changed the title of Queen Chenliu, Yuan Shao chose this opportunity and persuaded He Jin to execute the **** for two reasons.

First of all, when Emperor Ling was buried, He Jinjǐngti would have another plot like "Jian Shuo called him into the palace and wanted to kill him", so he claimed to be ill, so he did not enter the palace to accompany the funeral, nor did he send out the coffin of the Emperor Ling. Ling, - it can be seen that although He Jin has been hesitant to execute the eunuch, he is still very afraid of the eunuch, which has a subjective basis for persuading He Jin to execute the eunuch.

Secondly, Emperor Ling has been buried, Dong Zhong and Empress Dowager Dong have died one after another, and Liu Xie has been renamed King Chenliu. Today, Zi Liu Bian's throne seems to be stable now, with no competitors and no potential threats. At the same time, after a series of shuffling, as Yuan Shao said, "the generals and brothers lead the strong soldiers", the military power mastered by scholars and foreign relatives has also been able to suppress the eunuchs, so that is to say, now there is another The objective basis for persuading He Jin to execute the official.

"Generals should eliminate the world's troubles in one fell swoop, so as to make a name for future generations." Everyone has a good name, and so does He Jin.

He was always afraid of eunuchs. Now that Liu Bian's throne has been stabilized, in other words, his position as a general is stable. Moreover, with the development, the situation has begun to become unfavorable for eunuchs. Yuan Shao has repeatedly made comments, requesting He started to punish the officials, constantly put pressure on him, and with this good reputation, he finally moved this time, let go, and agreed to Yuan Shao's request.

But although he agreed, he only agreed to part of it. What Yuan Shao wanted was to "kill all the eunuchs". Yuan Shao wanted to kill all the eunuchs, regardless of their size, in order to avenge the **** vengeance of the scholars who were held by the party twice. , but He Jin didn't think so. He didn't want to kill all the eunuchs. Just imagine, so many **** relatives, children, and disciples are officials in the court, state and county. If all the eunuchs were killed, wouldn't He Jin become The public enemy of the "eunuch"? Wasn't he firmly tied to the ship of the nobility from then on, and had to obey the mercy of the nobility? Therefore, as far as He Jin is concerned, as long as the eunuchs can be driven out of the palace city, it is enough.

Xun Zhen knew that the Empress Dowager He would definitely not agree to He Jin's petition, but she still asked, "What did the Empress Dowager say?"

Yao Sheng replied: "The queen mother did not listen to the general's request, and said to the general: 'The middle official has commanded the forbidden province. From ancient times to the present, this is the story of the Han family, and it cannot be abandoned. The first emperor has abandoned the world, and I can't help it. Let's face things together with the scholars!'"

Of course, the Queen Mother He would not agree to He Jin's request, not to mention that she has been in the deep palace for a long time, getting along with the eunuchs day and night, and having feelings for it. In terms of authority, if all the eunuchs were driven away, how could she be a woman in control of the imperial power? ? Count on those ministers in the court? Counting on the three bureaucrats who will take over the eunuch's position? Impossible to think about. Once the **** is driven away, her queen mother will definitely be put on hold.

The Empress Dowager He refused. He Jin was not firm in the matter of "killing the official" or "chasing the official", so that's all. The eunuchs are also fine, but Yuan Shao does not agree.

He Jin and the eunuchs have no big hatred, but the scholars and the eunuchs have a deep hatred. Moreover, if the eunuchs are not eliminated, He Jin can still hold the power, but the scholars cannot hold the power of the dynasty alone. The eunuchs will retaliate against them again. Once the current situation becomes unfavorable for the scholars, the eunuchs may set off a third party ban. Because of this, Yuan Shao persuaded He Jin to think that the eunuchs are the closest to the emperor and the queen mother, and the courtiers The memorials of the emperor and the emperor's edicts are passed on by them.

Xun Zhen didn't know what Zhao Zhong and Zhang Rang would think now, but she could guess, at least one thing was certain, they must be full of regrets about "selling out Jian Shuo" now, the situation was good, Suddenly, He Jin and the scholars gained the upper hand, and their life and death were in the hands of the people. At this time of "crisis", they had to bow their heads for a while. Since the betrayal of Jian Shuo did not bring He Jin's understanding and cooperation, then Instead, they went to bribe He Miao and He Jin's mother, Wuyangjun, who had always been fond of them.

He Miao knew very well that if there were no eunuchs to support the party, the He clan would not be able to enjoy the precious glory, but might be eliminated by the scholars as the eunuchs were destroyed. The Empress Dowager Jin told her not to listen to He Jin's words, and said, "The general kills the left and right, and uses power to rule the weak." What is Sheji? is the country. Who does the country belong to? It belongs to the Liu family of the Han family. Now the emperor is young, and the "country" is in the hands of the empress dowager who is facing the court. To weaken the Sheji means to weaken the authority of the Empress Dowager He.

The Queen Mother was suspicious.

Seeing that the matter of "killing the official" could not be done, and he had to give up halfway due to He Jin's hesitation and He Miao's blocking, Yuan Shao's anxiety and anxiety can be imagined.

Once the matter of "killing the eunuch" is not done, once it stops halfway, and when the **** recovers, Yuan Shao bears the brunt, and his Yuan clan bears the brunt, not only for the interests of the scholars, but also for the Yuan clan and himself. Interests, at this time, he had to take a strong medicine on He Jin.

Yuan Shao knew that one of the important reasons why He Jin had been hesitant was because He Jin was not only afraid of eunuchs, but also of the power of scholars in Kyoto, in other words, he was mainly afraid of Yuan Shao's party. Kyoto Armed Forces.

So Yuan Shao came to pay homage to He Jin again.

During this meeting, Yuan Shao proposed to He Jin: "Call more generals and heroes from all over the world, and lead troops to the capital to intimidate the Queen Mother".

Yuan Shao's words could be said to "prescribe the right medicine", and He Jin agreed immediately.

He Jin was a general, a minister of record, and was in charge of the military and political affairs. He was the number one person in the DPRK. Whoever was summoned to the capital was entirely up to him. The "small group of warriors" summoned to Kyoto to confront and even suppress the military power of scholars in Kyoto. As long as the scholars can be suppressed, "punishing the official" is still not enough, but "chasing the official" is no problem at all.

It was also during this meeting that Yuan Shao once again suggested that after He Jin should summon the generals and heroes from all over the world to the capital, he asked He Jin to go to court, pardon Xun Zhen's crime, and worship Xun Zhen as Jin Wu or Yulin Zhonglang general,— - Xun You was also there at the time, and this was the third time Xun You followed Yuan Shao to see He Jin.

Yuan Shao said to He Jin: "In the first year of Zhongping, General Zhen from the left attacked the Yellow Turbans and forced Zhang Jiao to death. His military exploits were the first among the generals, and he was awarded the title of Lieutenant Zhao because of his exploits. To pacify the giant thieves and repel the Black Mountains, the one who really knows the soldiers...the details of which, Gongda knows best. If he can be forgiven his sins, he will be ordered to recruit strong men to enter the capital, to be the general's minions, and to suffocate the officials."

He Jinxian had already approved Yuan Shao's suggestion of summoning generals and heroes from all over the world to the capital. At this moment, it was obvious that he could not refuse to summon Xunzhen to the court. But the reason why he called foreign generals into the capital was because he was afraid of the military power of the capital in the hands of the scholars, but how could he agree to appoint Xun Zhen as Jin Wu or Yulin Zhonglang? Because of this, they agreed to ask the court to pardon Xun Zhen and to worship him as Zuo Zhonglang.

Yuan Shao seized the opportunity and forced He Jin to agree to pardon Xun Zhen and summon Xun Zhen to the court. The people he planned were Xun Zhen's heroic warriors and warriors and Xun Zhen's righteous followers. Although He Jin had to agree to Yuan Shao's request, he was only willing to worship Xun Zhen as the general of the left. One was not to increase the power of the scholars, and the other was to use it to beat the officials in the palace. Xun Zhen was Zhao Zhong. Your enemy, summoning Xunzhen to the court is a signal: if you eunuchs have eyes, you should obey orders honestly;

Xun Zhen, He Jin and Yuan Shao have never met in person, and he is not in the capital, but thousands of miles away, but his future and destiny are now entirely in the hands of He Jin and Yuan Shao. To put it bluntly, although he is now With a high reputation, in the game between He Jin and Yuan Shao, he is still just a chess piece.

Yuan Shaojin suggested He Jin, and after the news spread that he should call the Quartet generals and heroes to join the capital, many people expressed their opposition.

He Jin's chief clerk, Chen Linjin, admonished: "The proverb says 'catch sparrows with one's eyes closed'. It is absolutely impossible to catch sparrows with one's eyes closed. Such trivial matters cannot be deceived to gain one's will, and considering national affairs, how can they be deceived? Huh! Today, the general is so powerful that he will hold his army and command his troops, and he will take the steps of dragons and tigers, and he will be high and low. Using this to execute and chase all eunuchs is like drumming a furnace and burning hair. , go with the will of the people, and things will be easy! However, now they have released their sharp weapons and asked for help. When the soldiers and horses from all over the world gather in Kyoto, at that time, the strong will be seen! Take it as a handle. The merit will not succeed, it will only cause chaos!"

He Jin did not listen, and while dispatching the government officials and the warriors who had taken refuge in him, either returning to the county, or recruiting troops where the people dared to fight, he prepared to pass a letter to Dong Zhuo, Ding Yuan, and Dongjun prefect Qiao Mao, ordering them to send troops to the army. Capital.

He Jin sent five people to recruit troops in the prefectures, namely Wang Kuang, the official of the General's House, Bao Xin, the captain of the cavalry, Wu Qiuyi, the captain, Zhang Yang, the fake Sima, and Zhang Liao, who was engaged in Bingzhou. -- Zhang Yang and Zhang Liao. Both of them were officials of Ding Yuan, the governor of Bingzhou. After Ding Yuan and He Jin got on the line, they sent them to the capital one after another. Now they are both trusted by He Jin, and Wu Qiu Yi is also a confidant of He Jin. These three Wang Kuang and Bao Xin were members of the small group of warriors attracted by He Jin. Although Wang Kuang and Bao Xin were from scholars and had a good relationship with Yuan Shao, they also gained He Jin's trust.

In other words, the five people He Jin sent to the prefectures to recruit troops were either warriors, or even if they were not warriors, they were also his confidants, and among the three Dong Zhuo, Ding Yuan, and Qiao Mao he planned to call in Kyoto, Dong Zhuo and Ding Yuan were also both. Of the warriors, only Qiao Mao was a scholar.

It can be seen that He Jin is cautious, and it can also be seen that he is afraid of scholars.

When Xun Zhen heard this, her heart skipped a beat, she forced herself to remain calm, and asked calmly, "Has the general called Dong Hou, Ding Duwei, and Qiaodong County to the capital?"

Because of the relief of Chencang's siege from Huangfu Song, Dong Zhuo was named Marquis of Xiexiang by the imperial court; Ding was originally the prefect of Bingzhou, and later served as the commander of Wumeng;

Xun You replied, "Before Uncle Qian and I left the capital, the general hadn't passed on a letter to call him. I don't know now."

Xun Zhen sent spies to Hedong, but Hedong was not close to Yingchuan, so the spies he sent were better than nothing. If there was an emergency, it would be too late when the news arrived.

Xun Zhen asked, "How long have you two been on the road?"

Xun You replied: "After leaving the capital, my uncle and I drove very fast, and we walked on the road for less than ten days in total."

In ten days, if He Jin had summoned Dong Zhuo's people to the capital during this period, then even if Xun Zhen did not wait for the imperial edict to come down, if he brought troops to the capital now, it would be too late.

Xun Zhen only felt her heart sink a little bit, but her face remained calm, she nodded, and stopped asking questions.

He remained calm, but Yao Sheng couldn't.

Yao Sheng slapped the case a few times, and said in a grief-stricken manner: "The general yù called foreign troops into the capital. I heard that, I rushed to the general's mansion, and asked to see the general, and remonstrated in person, and persuaded him to absolutely not! The general did not listen! "

Xun You said: "I heard that the general called Dong Hou and the princes to the capital, and Zheng Gongye also tried to remonstrate. He said: 'Dong Zhuo is tolerant of few righteousness, and his ambition is tireless. , he will definitely act unbridled and vicious, and endanger the imperial court. Duke Ming, with the importance of being close to virtue, according to the power of Aheng, is determined by his will, and punishes the guilty. After a long time, things will change, and the lessons of Dou Wu and Chen Fan are not far away, so a quick decision should be made.'"

Zheng Gongye, also known as Zheng Tai from Henan, was the imperial court official. Earlier, Xun Zhen executed Li Hu and Fu Zhu to destroy Ye Zhao, which caused Zhao Zhong to be angry. Although Zheng Tai and Xun Zhen did not know each other, they came forward twice to persuade He Jin to persuade He Jin to keep Xun Zhen. He has a good impression of Xun Zhen. After Xun You entered the capital, he and Xun You quickly became friends. Although the two have known each other for a short time, they have similar interests and have become close friends.

Xun You sighed: "What Gongye said and what Shuqian said were both reasonable and reasonable. It is a pity that the general did not listen to Shuqian's words, nor did he listen to Gongye's advice. The Shangshu Lu Gong also said that it is not appropriate to call Donghou into the capital. The general didn't listen either. Gongye privately said to me, 'He Gong has not changed his assistant' and said to me, 'The revolt in Kyoto will be imminent.' ."

Chen Lin, Yao Sheng, Zheng Tai, Lu Zhi and others are not unknown, but although their advice was correct, the reason why He Jin called foreign soldiers to Beijing was not only to coerce the Queen Mother to agree to expel the eunuch, but also to guard against scholars. Because of this, he never listened.

"Zheng Gongye abandoned his office and left Beijing? Where is he now?"

"He left home for a long time and went home." Xun You paused, then said, "Before my uncle and I left the capital, Cao Dian's army held a banquet to see them off, and at the banquet they talked about the general and Yuan Sili calling foreign soldiers into the capital. Cao Jun also disapproved of the matter, and said to me privately: 'The official of the **** should have been in ancient times and modern times, but the world lord should not be a fake authority, so that he came to this. Now that he has been punished for his crimes, he should be punished for the first evil, and a prison official is enough Why, why did you call in foreign soldiers! You want to kill them all in one go, and put them to death? It will be revealed! I see their defeat."

Xun Zhen knew that Cao cāo did not agree with "He Jin and Yuan Shao summoned foreign soldiers to the capital", but he was not very clear about Cao cāo's original words, and now he heard Xun You's words, but only then did he know that Cao cāo not only did not agree with the call. Foreign soldiers entered the capital, and actually did not agree with Yuan Shao's plan to "kill all the officials".

Thinking about it carefully, Cao cāo made sense.

Eunuchs have existed in ancient and modern times. First of all, it is unrealistic for you to get rid of them all. Not to mention that the Queen Mother He does not agree. In the future, when the emperor grows up and takes charge of the government, he will not agree. Now that this group has been eliminated, the emperor will definitely call another group into the palace in the future. There are three thousand concubines in the harem. What if there are no eunuchs? Let Langguan go in and out of the inner palace? impossible. Secondly, there are many eunuchs in the palace. If you want to get rid of them all at once, if there is too much movement, things will leak out, and you can only fail in the end.

Xun You went on to say, "Cao Jun asked me to bring you a sentence."

"What?"

"Cao Jun said: The general and Sili yù called foreign soldiers into the capital, and their affairs were difficult to stop, their intentions were difficult to disobey, and Luoyang might change. Now that the prince will be pardoned, he will be worshipped as Zuozhong Lang by the court. So I hope that when the emperor receives the edict, he will immediately lead his troops to Beijing, in the hope that the chaos can be reversed."

Xun Zhen nodded and said, "What else did you say?"

"Cao Jun also said: If the edict did not say that the monarch and the lord would command the troops to enter the capital, it would not matter if Luoyang did not come.

Cao cāo thought of Xun Zhen as a close friend and trusted him, otherwise he would not have said the following sentence. Zheng Tai can see that the capital may be in chaos, but Cao Cao is a great man, how can he not see it? At times like these, it's best to step aside and watch the time change.

However, Cao Cāo persuaded Xun Zhen not to come to Luoyang without the order to bring troops into the capital, but why did he not leave and stay in Luoyang instead? But it is because Cao cāo is now "in the middle of the incident", and the decisive battle between the scholars and the eunuchs is just around the corner. If he walks away at this time, it is equivalent to "breaking himself out of Yuan Shao's party", so whether it is in name or in For the future of the future, he can only stay.

After listening to Yao Sheng's reason for hanging the seal and coming to Ying with Xun You, Xun Zhen suppressed her uneasiness and said to Yao Sheng with a smile: "Uncle Qian, Qing is coming to Ying today, is it a short-term stay or a long-term stay?"

"What is the difference?"

"If it is a short stay, my family will have enough wine; if it is a long stay, my county will be as handsome as a cloud."

But if it is a short stay, then they will entertain with wine, if they are a long stay, then they will introduce Yingchuan Jieshi to Yao Sheng one by one.

He Jin's refusal to listen to his advice was heartrending, but Xun Zhen's warm welcome was quite welcome.

Yao Sheng laughed and said with a laugh: "I came to Gui County with Gongda, firstly because I haven't seen you for a long time~www.wuxiaspot.com~ I miss Junhou, and secondly because I was on the way, originally only planning to stay in Ying yīn stayed for a while, and after I met the prince, I returned to my hometown, but since the prince is so pleased with it, I can’t say no, so I can’t say no more than disturbing the prince for a while.”

Yao Sheng's home is in Wu County, Yangzhou, southeast of Yingchuan, so it is not a detour to visit Yingchuan before returning home.

Xun Zhen smiled and said, "I can't ask for it."

Knowing that the court had forgiven his sins, Xun Zhen no longer had to hide and dormant, but although he intended to introduce Yao Sheng to Yingjie from this county, he just let Xun Yu and other family members Juncai, Chen Qun and other in-laws and friends introduce Yao Sheng to him. As soon as he became acquainted, the imperial edict was delivered to Ying yīn.

Along with the edict came the spies he sent to Hedong.

The spies came first, and the edict came later.

"Xunjun, six rì ago, Dong Zhuo of Hedong received the letter from the great general, and went south to the capital!"

Xun Zhen opened the edict. The edict first said that he was forgiven for his sins, and then said that he would worship him as a general of Zuozhong and be recruited into the court. Following the edict, He Jin and Yuan Shao wrote a letter, in which he ordered Xunzhen to recruit immediately. Heroes, lead troops into Beijing.