Chapter 17 Chapter 3 A Good Plan Difficult to Reveal a Hero's Helplessness (4)

Yuan Shao said: "General, don't you understand what everyone means? I want the general to eradicate them immediately!" He Jindao: "I am in the same mood as everyone else at the moment. I wish I could kill all the eunuchs immediately. It's just that the Empress Dowager He said that the emperor is still young, and the palace has just been beaten and killed. At present, a little stability is needed. Otherwise ..." He Jin made a movement of slashing his palms, and clenched his teeth at the same time. In this case, everyone had to stop for a while, but still said to He Jin: "As soon as there is an opportunity, you must act in time." After everyone left, He Jin kept thinking about what Yuan Shao and others said. If it is not eradicated, it will really be a worry in his heart.Thinking about it, he couldn't help shivering...

Indeed, eunuchs such as Zhang Rang and Duan Gui were taking active actions at this time.Although they survived with the help of Empress Dowager He after Jian Shuo was killed, they quickly had a premonition that He Jin and the Qing School would not let them go. After discussion, Zhang Rang, Duan Gui and other eunuchs decided to adopt a curved rescue method, one is to seek protection, and the other is to wait for the opportunity.Zhang and Duan, carrying precious jewels, went to visit He Jin's second younger brother, He Miao, and He Jin's mother, Wu Yangjun, expressing that they were very loyal to Queen Mother He. It was not possible because Zhang and Duan supported Queen Mother He.Now that Jian Shuo is dead and the cause of the disaster in the palace has been eradicated, not all eunuchs are like Jian Shuo, such as Zhang Rang and Duan Gui, who oppose Jian Shuo and side with Empress He.

Both He Miao and Lord Wuyang said that they believed in Zhang and Duan, and asked Zhang and Duan to rest assured that they would try to persuade He Jin not to embarrass Zhang, Duan and other eunuchs. of. After working with He Miao and Lord Wuyang, Zhang Rang and Duan Gui used the same method to please the Empress Dowager Dong who had been promoted to the emperor's grandmother. The two objected to the establishment of the Prince's Association, and they have always been brooding.But Zhang and Duan took the trouble to curry favor with the Empress Dowager Dong, and said that they had to do it out of He Jin's pressure at that time, and until now, He Jin still harbored ill intentions towards the eunuchs.It's really difficult for them to be in the middle...

Having said this, coupled with the repeated flattery of the two of them, the Empress Dowager Dong began to forgive and sympathize with the two of them.In the end, Empress Dowager Dong told Duan and Zhang that her brother Hussar General Dong Zhong had a heavy force stationed in the Sili District, which was enough to compete with Yuan Shao's imperial guards, so they didn't have to worry too much about He Jin. embarrassment and even persecution. Zhang Rang and Duan Gui's first goal has been achieved, that is to say, they have sought a temporary protection.They wanted to make good use of this opportunity to make further contributions in the harem.

First of all, Zhang Rang instigated Empress Dowager Dong to seize power. He said to Empress Dowager Dong: "As the empress dowager, you should be the most authoritative person in the harem. The empress dowager has no power at all, she is really deceiving people..." The Empress Dowager Dong couldn't help sighing, and Zhang Rang took the opportunity to say: "The empress dowager's highest status and status in the harem is enough to compete with the empress dowager He. As long as the empress dowager refuses to let her do anything, she will restrain herself a lot." Empress Dowager Dong also made sense after thinking about it, and since then she has been in conflict with Empress Dowager He.

On the basis of motivating the Empress Dowager Dong, Zhang Rang secretly encouraged Dong Zhong to mobilize the troops in the Sili District without authorization and move them to the vicinity of Luoyang City to put pressure on the imperial court. Encouraged by Zhang Rangyi and encouraged by Empress Dowager Dong, Dong Chong became more courageous and even brought the elite troops into the capital privately, while he commanded them from the mansion. As a result, the two major armies of the Sili Army and the Imperial Guard Army began to stare at each other in Luoyang City. Seeing this situation, Empress Dowager He was very anxious. For the sake of the young master's great cause, the dispute between the two factions must be eased.Empress Dowager He decided to take the initiative to say good-bye, so she invited Empress Dowager Dong to a banquet at the end of April, accompanied by Zhang Rang.

When the wine was hot, Empress Dowager He got up to pay her respects, and suggested to Empress Dowager Dong: "From tomorrow onwards, we will hand over the affairs of state to the emperor and his assistant ministers. Women are not suitable for politics, so as not to repeat the mistakes of Empress Lu in the early Han Dynasty. , to prolong the disaster to your own clan." Unexpectedly, the Empress Dowager Dong was furious and pointed at the Empress Dowager He and cursed: "You are just now saying that women are not suitable for political affairs. You are really shameless. You and He Jin, brothers and sisters who are in power, have been in chaos for a long time, inside and outside the palace, who doesn't talk about it? I am warning you now, it is better to give up your power as soon as possible, if you don't listen to the advice, you will only harm yourself..."

Empress Dowager Dong's implication is that she will instruct Dong Zhong to launch a mutiny to destroy the He regime.The two palaces quarreled endlessly, Zhang Rang and others pretended to persuade them to quit, and the two parties broke up unhappy. Empress Dowager He felt that the situation was serious, so she called He into the palace overnight for an urgent meeting. He Jin is a butcher, he has no strategy at all, and the Empress Dowager He finds him, but he has no choice but to return to the mansion quickly and call Yuan Shao, Cao Cao and others to discuss countermeasures. Yuan Shao, who had a tough attitude, hesitated in the face of this situation, and said: "It seems that we can't force it now, we should think of other ways..."

Cao Cao didn't speak, and remained silent. He Jin couldn't wait to ask Cao Cao to talk about his thoughts when Yuan Shao couldn't come up with a proper solution, so Cao Cao said calmly: "The current situation is really serious. Because of this, it is not appropriate to act rashly. We must not give the other party an excuse to create trouble. Moreover, we should try our best to relax our attitude and give the other party a calm face. Only in this way can we relax a little The opponent's strings are tense. On this basis, I urge Huangfusong, the former commander of the Sili Military Region, to come forward and use his lofty momentum to suppress Dong Zhong's army so that it will not recklessly. In this way, we can gradually erode the army as planned. other side……"

Cao Cao then talked about his detailed plan, Yuan Shao repeatedly praised it, and He Jin of course adopted it all.He Jin and Yuan Shao retreated the imperial guards a little, intentionally keeping a little distance from Dong Chong's army, but in fact they followed Cao Cao's idea and took advantage of the retreat to prepare for the battle.However, Dong Zhong believed that the imperial guards could not withstand the confrontation and retreated timidly.At this time, Huang Fusong, who had a high reputation, came to Dong Zhong's place and criticized him for being so aggressive, which would only bring turmoil and destruction to Luoyang.Dong Zhong respected Huangfusong very much, and said: "I am only doing it for myself. Now that the imperial guards have retreated, I have no intention of confronting him..."