Chapter 223
In the fifth year of Guanghe (188), something happened that shocked the world. Wang Fen, the governor of Jizhou, tried to depose the emperor.
The cause is ridiculous, the process is ridiculous, and the result is also ridiculous.
The reason is very simple. The world has finally become a little more stable. Emperor Liu Hong wants to visit the old house in Hejian in the north to miss the old days.
Therefore, Chen Yi, the son of Grand Tutor Chen Fan, got the news from nowhere and made an agreement with Xiangkai, a famous warlock from Qingzhou Plain, to visit Wang Fen's house as a guest.
Xiangkai said to the two of them: "The celestial phenomena are not conducive to eunuchs. Huangmen and Changshi will really be exterminated this time."
Chen Yi was overjoyed, and Wang Fen also said happily: "If this is really the case, I am willing to drive them away for the people of the world."
So he made plans with Xu You from Nanyang, Zhou Jing from Pei State, and others, and joined forces with heroes to prepare to take the opportunity to launch an attack when the emperor returned to Jizhou. They would kill all the eunuchs, depose the emperor, and establish the Han clan clan Hefei Marquis as emperor. Yin and Huo Guang's actions.
It can only be said to be whimsical. Can Yi Yin and Huo Guang's success be replicated by just a few of them?
Wang Fen also wanted to contact Cao Cao, but his invitation was rejected by Cao Cao.
"It is the most unlucky thing in the world when a husband abolishes an establishment. The ancients had the power to succeed or fail, and acted according to the importance of the situation. Yi and Huo are the same. Both Yi and Huo have the utmost loyalty and sincerity. They rely on the power of the prime minister and the auxiliary, and because of the importance of their administration , share the desires of everyone, so you can plan and achieve success. Now you gentlemen and disciples have seen the ease of the past, but have not seen the difficulties of the present, and have made extreme mistakes. Desires will be overcome, isn't it also dangerous!"
At this time, Cao Cao still had anger towards the Han Dynasty and did not choose to join Wang Fen.
Plans always fail to keep up with changes. Even without Cao Cao, Wang Fen was ready. However, the emperor's travel plan was blocked by the Tai Shiguan, "There is a red air in the north at midnight, and the sky is full of things. There must be a conspiracy, and it is not suitable to travel north."
After listening to the Tai Shiguan's words, Liu Hong gave up and returned to Jizhou, but the news of Wang Fen's conspiracy was still exposed.
The emperor ordered Wang Fen to stop his troops and soon summoned him to Beijing.
Wang Fen was very frightened, so she fled Jie Yinshou. When he fled to the plain, he committed suicide.
The mastermind Wang Fen is dead, and the emperor will no longer pursue the case, but Liu Han will not do it. Someone dares to covet the throne of the emperor's brother. Can Liu Han not show his expression? Therefore, Chen Yi, the son of Grand Tutor Chen Fan, and the warlock Xiang Kai were directly chased and killed by Liu Han's men until they died.
Within a month, the two of them went down to accompany Wang Fen.
# For the Han Dynasty, this was just a small episode. What caused the biggest stir this year was not Wang Fenmou's dethronement, but the emperor's re-establishment of military power for the imperial power and the establishment of eight captains in Xiyuan.
The reason is very simple. Not only did He Jin sit crooked, but he was completely entangled with the nobles. The general controlled the military power inside and outside Luoyang. Liu Hong had to build a new army that only obeyed his orders, and separated part of He Jin's military power. .
In the first year of Zhongping (184), Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty ordered Henan Yin Hejin to be the general to attack the Yellow Turban this, He Jin took control of the military and established a government for many years, recruiting a large number of scholars as officials.
The troops used by the Han Dynasty to defend the capital were mainly the forbidden troops of the five schools of the Northern Army, including the Tunqi, Yueqi, Infantry, Changshui, and Shesheng battalions. They were commanded by Zhijinwu, who returned to the general, and the general controlled the capital. with armies across the country.
In the fourth year of Zhongping (187), He Jin's younger brother Henan Yin Hemiao took advantage of the opportunity to lead the army to quell the Yellow Turbans in Xingyang, Henan, and was appointed as a general of chariots and cavalry. The strength of the He family further expanded.
The purpose was to limit the power of relatives, and the political ecology in the mid-Eastern Han Dynasty was very strange.
After Ming Emperor Zhang, he basically ascended the throne in his teens and died in his early 30s.
The result of this is that in the early stages of the emperor's succession to the throne, because he was too young, he had to let the "Queen Mother" take charge of the court. If the Queen Mother wanted to be in power, she would inevitably have to rely on her own family. In this way, the situation of a foreign relative taking charge was the emperor grew up, the power-loving queen mother and his relatives were unwilling to return power to the emperor. The emperor had no choice but to rely on the most trusted people around him-the eunuchs to bring down his relatives.
When the emperor successfully seizes power, he will naturally reward the eunuchs who helped him seize the emperor in his thirties died, he was left with orphans and widows: the queen became the queen mother, the heir was too young (or a young man was deliberately selected), the queen mother "had" to take over the throne, and a relative took charge of the government. situation is back.
This is the turn of power between relatives and eunuchs in the Eastern Han Dynasty.
The West Garden has always been a place for people to sell their official positions and enjoy entertainment. The money gained from selling their official positions and titles was basically used to build the West title "Xiyuan" is to declare to the world that the Xiyuan Army is the most direct armed force of the supreme master in the palace.
Liu Hong proclaimed himself supreme general, and the eight Xiyuan captains included: the upper military academy captain Xiaohuangmen Jianshuo, the middle military academy captain Huben Zhonglang general Yuan Shao, the lower military academy captain Tunqi captain Bao Hong, and the dian military academy captain Yilang Cao Cao , Assistant Colonel Zhao Rong from the left, Lieutenant from the Right Colonel Feng Fang, Lieutenant from the Left Colonel admonished the doctor Xia Mou, Lieutenant from the right Colonel Chunyu Qiong, and all the captains were unified by Jian Shuo of Xiaohuangmen was in charge of all armies and was directly ordered by Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty.
The superficial reason why Jian Shuo was appointed to command the eight captains of Xiyuan was that Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty believed that Jian Shuo was strong, knowledgeable about military affairs, and very strategic, and he trusted him especially, so he ordered him to command the captains and take charge of all armies.
In essence, the eunuch power represented by Jian Shuo is actually another manifestation of imperial power.
Another thing is that Liu Hong noticed that both the nobles and He Jin were trying their best to prevent Liu Han from entering the center, which involved another layer of secrets - the dispute over the establishment of the crown prince.
Liu Hong had two sons, the eldest son was Liu Bian, born to Queen He, and the youngest son was Liu Xie, born to Wang emperor did not like Liu Bian, the son of Queen He, and thought he was "frivolous and without authority." This was of course a superficial excuse. Liu Hong was worried that once he passed away, his cowardly eldest son would become a puppet in the hands of He.
Therefore, the prince's matter has been unresolved.
However, as his health became worse and worse, Liu Hong had to do something while he was still alive.
"Cough cough cough cough!"
"His Majesty."
Liu Hong turned pale and waved his hand to stop Zhang Rang from talking.
Zhang Rang has proposed more than once that he should tell the truth to the King of Hejian and then appoint a successor to the King of Hejian to assist the government.
But Liu Hong refused to let him go, not because he was afraid of Liu Han's disloyalty, but because he was afraid that his own affairs would irritate him. By then, this younger brother might really be able to do anything.
The big man was already terminally ill and could not withstand Liu Han's torture of losing his mind.
The emperor could only choose a taller one among the dwarfs, and let Jian Shuo stand up and support him, hoping that he could consolidate military power and become a strong supporter of Liu Xie.
However, Jian Shuo was not Liu Han. He did not have the courage. Although he nominally controlled the general He Jin, he was still afraid of He Jin and always wanted to transfer him away from the capital. He did not dare to collide with He Jin head-on.
He Jin had already learned about the emperor's situation from the queen's mouth, and of course he was unwilling to leave Luoyang at this critical moment, so he kept using excuses to delay.
Both sides are waiting and trying to be patient.
The next plot is not easy to write, so I will summarize it first. The emperor is about to die.
(End of this chapter)