Chapter 15 Chapter 3 A Good Plan Difficult to Reveal a Hero's Helplessness (2)

"Yeah, that's why I went a little later on purpose, so as not to get bored after sitting there for a long time. These high-ranking officials are full of how to defeat political opponents to gain more power, and they have no time to think about the whole time. The development of the bureau. These people are creating conspiracies, creating secrets, and creating dangers every day. Meetings all day long, no matter how confidential things are, they will not be able to keep them. Everything will be discussed and discussed, and if it is not resolved, things will really be given by them. Fucked up."

He paused for a while, probably swallowing his saliva, to moisten his dry throat due to the heat, and said: "Since the death of the first emperor, the current situation has been tense. In the Jian Shuo incident in April, the general had already won Absolute advantage, but he looks forward and backward, seems to still worry about the power of Zhang Rang and others. I think he always talks about the tragedies of Chen Fan and Dou Wu, and asks everyone to learn lessons, as if he really hopes to find greater support strength……" The short and fat general didn't say any more, he raised his palm to cover his eyes, looked forward for a while, and then said:

"Hmph, he is already a great general, and he holds the command of the whole country's army. What kind of power is he looking for? What's more, the power of eunuchs is not as great as it was thirty years ago. Like Jian Shuo, he has the power The lieutenant of the military school is nominally the commander-in-chief of the five armies in the capital, but when the accident happened, he didn't even help the troops directly under him. At present, apart from the Forbidden Palace troops, Zhang Rang actually doesn't have many troops under his command. What is really worrying is that the emperor Will being around them cause a tragedy of burning everything together? And what if, some eunuch troops from Sili invade the capital and a civil war breaks out, the residents of the eastern and southern suburbs may experience a catastrophe!"

"Duke Cao, what is the best way to do it according to your opinion?" Talking about his own thoughts, the short and fat general looked very excited, and there was no trace of distress on his face, his spirit was high and his mouth was full of foam: "Although this matter seems a bit difficult, it is not. After the death of the first emperor, the current emperor is still young, and the power of the eunuchs who have always been attached to the imperial power has also been weakened. Therefore, the general should use legal authority to suppress illegal behavior. That's right. Find the evidence of the eunuch's crime and hand it over to the judiciary for trial. Under the suppression of the government's laws, the eunuch can't use his privileges, so naturally he can't play much role. According to the art of war: "A good fighter in ancient times has no fame." Solving political problems is the most important thing. It is better to use political means. I think it is very unwise to openly or superficially fight. Now it is said that the general intends to recruit local troops, threatens the Queen Mother who is more protective of the eunuchs, and prepares to carry out a full-scale massacre. I think this is Nothing could be more stupid..."

Although it is almost Mid-Autumn Festival, the weather in Luoyang is very hot this year.However, since Emperor Lingdi Liu Hong passed away at the age of 34 on April 13, the political temperature in Luoyang has been frozen at freezing point.Everyone thought something big was going to happen, everyone felt heavy, their faces were stiff, and even in the hot weather, they were still trembling with fear. A fierce struggle is going on between the general He Jin and the chief eunuchs Zhang Rang and Duan Gui. Depending on the situation, a large-scale fight may break out at any time.The three riders on the streets of Zhongdongmen were talking about this matter.

The chunky general who walked in the front was Cao Cao, one of the commanders of the Fifth Army Corps in the capital. Cao Cao has been slowly and helplessly involved in this increasingly sharp political struggle since he was called to Beijing from his seclusion, and his situation was once very embarrassing.Because Cao Cao's father, Cao Song, adopted Cao Teng, the great eunuch, as his son, Cao Cao was also a descendant of the eunuch.Although he was a descendant of eunuchs, Cao Cao was very opposed to the eunuchs who had power at the end of the Han Dynasty. He was full of ideals of revolution and saving the country, and he became the protagonist of the anti-eunuch group when he first entered the officialdom.However, the anti-eunuch scholar-bureaucrat class distrusted this "like-minded person" who was the descendant of the eunuch. They often looked at him with strange eyes, doubted him for no reason, and often ridiculed him.Therefore, Cao Cao was full of helplessness and powerlessness in this struggle.He opposed eunuchs, but he did not advocate a massacre-like struggle. He was good at using political means to solve political problems.These propositions of his are very likely to be interpreted by the scholar-bureaucrat class who looked at him strangely as "having two hearts."Cao Cao knew this, so after making the above opinion, he shook his head and sighed...

The two generals who followed Cao Cao were his cousins ​​of the Cao family. Since they were not related by blood, their appearances were quite different.The one in white is the elder brother Cao Ren, whose name is Zixiao. He is not only proficient in spears and knives, but also good at using bows and arrows. He can shoot commanders in the midst of galloping horses.In addition, he is also quite familiar with the art of war, good at strategy, and quite a general.Wearing reddish-brown clothes is his younger brother Cao Hong, whose name is Zilian, who is good at wielding two swords, has extraordinary arm strength, and is extremely courageous. He is known in the village for his bravery.When he was young, thieves once attacked Caojiazhuang, and the strong men fled away one after another. Cao Hong jumped out of the inner courtyard with two knives, naked, and killed several people in an instant. The thieves ran away.

Although the Cao brothers are not Cao Cao's blood relatives, they still respect this cousin very much and follow him closely at all times, like personal bodyguards. The tension in Luoyang discussed by the three of Cao Cao began on April 8 of that year.On this day, Liu Hong, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, was dealing with political affairs in the Jiade Hall of Nangong. He was sweating profusely and his eyes turned white.Due to the seriousness of the situation, the imperial physician did not dare to move him to the bedroom, so he had to be diagnosed and treated on the spot.But the diagnosis and treatment were ineffective. Five days later, on April 13th, Han Lingdi died in the Jiade Hall at the age of 34, having reigned for 22 years.

Among the emperors of the later Han Dynasty, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty Liu Hong had the closest relationship with eunuchs.Liu Hong was not the son of the former emperor Liu Zhi.After Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty Liu Zhi attacked and killed the domineering general Liang Ji's family, the power of eunuchs reached its peak.After Han Huan Emperor Liu Zhi died at the age of thirty-seven, because he had no son, with the support of Empress Dowager Dou, Dou Wu, Chen Fan, etc., the twelve-year-old Liu Hong entered the capital as a foreigner. At that time, General Dou Wu and Grand Tutor Chen Fan also wanted to launch a mutiny to suppress the power of eunuchs when the imperial power was empty according to the experience of previous years.But because this secret plan was leaked to the eunuchs because of the ignorance of the little emperor, it caused the second disaster of party imprisonment.Dou Wu, Chen Fan and other hundreds of people from the Qing school were all killed.Since then, the government has completely fallen into the hands of eunuchs and turbid school officials.The Later Han Empire was also on the brink of death under their extravagant, corrupt management.

Liu Hong grew up surrounded by eunuchs, Zhang Rang, Duan Gui and others made decisions on Wen, and Wu was controlled by Kong Wu's powerful eunuch Jian Shuo, who was the commander-in-chief of the newly organized Eighth Army in the capital. But sometimes, Liu Hong also has the ability to think independently. As long as he thinks it makes sense, even if all the eunuchs object, he will do everything he can to the end.