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Chapter 8 Cui Ming
In order to be a willful puppet emperor, Zhang Ming has worked hard. He has learned all the incompetent and licentious emperors in history. His purpose is naturally to prepare for the next move to Chang'an Road.

Everything Zhang Ming did was to make Dong Zhuo let go of his guard against him.

With his willful character, although Dong Zhuo restricted Zhang Ming's power related to the court in the palace, Dong Zhuo did not interfere with his hobbies and private life. It can be said that money, beauties, jade, treasures, as long as Zhang Ming wanted to play It can be given to him.

That's right, wasn't it the same for the Ling Emperor back then.

It’s just that Zhang Ming’s thoughts are not the same as Lingdi’s. On the surface, what Zhang Ming wants is money, beauties, jade, and treasures. In fact, what Zhang Ming really wants is people, a group of people who compliment him, a group of people who can do things for him. He works.

The current Zhang Ming is the emperor after all, even if he is a puppet controlled by Dong Zhuo, he is still the emperor, and there are still some people who fawn on him, even if he does not have the power to appoint hundreds of officials, there is nothing wrong with fawning on the present day, right? Some people are very speculative and bet a lot on Zhang Ming.

This person is Cui Ming, the new eunuch of Xiaohuangmen.

Cui Ming was originally a young eunuch with ideas and methods in the palace, and he had a bright future.

However, when the ten permanent servants were in charge of the government, he once offended Guo Sheng, one of the ten permanent servants, and his ability to save his life was also a manifestation of his superb means. After that, he would no longer be seen by the emperor, so he did not Cui Ming was reused so much that Cui Ming lived in the palace for 20 years, and his treatment was not as good as some eunuchs who had just entered the palace.

However, time is also fate, because the general He Jin was killed by the ten permanent servants, and Yuan Shao and Dong Zhuo used this as an excuse to mobilize troops outside the capital to remove the ten permanent servants and some high-ranking eunuchs in the palace.

As an insignificant little eunuch, Cui Ming was naturally no longer on the list, and he was lucky enough to save his life again.

After Emperor Xian of the Han came to the throne, Cui Ming felt for the first time that fate was beckoning to him.

The emergence of every new emperor means that a new eunuch is about to rise, especially the young emperor. The eunuchs can say that they spare no effort to please the young emperor, and the object of their loyalty is only the emperor.

Cui Ming was no exception. In order to please the little emperor Zhang Ming, it could be said that he knew Zhang Ming like the back of his hand, even better than the guards sent by Dong Zhuo to monitor Zhang Ming.

For example, when Zhang Ming wakes up, when he sleeps, what he likes to play, what he likes to eat, when he goes to the latrine, and when he goes to the palace to play, Cui Ming can be said to figure it out clearly, even the treasures that the little emperor wants, Cui Ming is the first Get it from outside the palace for a while, and then hand it over to the emperor.

It can be said that about half a year after the little emperor ascended the throne, Cui Ming used all the connections he had accumulated in the palace for 20 years to dredge up all the people inside and outside the palace. Little yellow door.

Although the power of the Xiaohuangmen today is no longer as good as that of the Xiaohuangmen during the Lingdi period, it is indeed the highest official position that eunuchs can climb up to now. At present, the official position has been vacant, and no one can become a permanent servant.

As for the Huangmen servant who is closer to the emperor, since he does not need to be a eunuch to serve as this official, Dong Zhuo arranged for his people to be in charge. Dong Zhuo.

Therefore, in order to get rid of the supervision of Huangmen Shilang, Zhang Mingcai insisted on playing in the palace every day, playing the classic role-playing games he created.

In other words, Cui Ming is now one of the eunuchs closest to the little emperor.

Zhang Ming is not a little emperor. He can see Cui Ming's every move. Of course, Zhang Ming welcomes such a person who does his best to please him.

Not only does Cui Ming need him, he also needs Cui Ming more.

On the one hand, he needs to get a lot of things outside the palace through Cui Ming's means; Alone, he only believed in Wang Yun.

If he wanted to pass the news to Wang Yun, he could only rely on Cui Ming's means.

This is also the first person that Zhang Ming discovered during his playing time, 10 months after he came to this world and three months after he built the palace, that could be used by him.

Zhang Ming was very cautious. During the ten months in the palace, he used the child's cloak and willful personality to investigate every person who might be used by him, and Cui Ming was one of them.

It's just that the current Cui Ming didn't know that before he tried to curry favor with the little emperor, he had already been targeted by the little emperor.

Zhang Ming is waiting for the news from the outside world. It is now July 190 AD, and Dong Zhuo's army is confronting the eighteen princes.

Zhang Ming, who is playing in the palace, can hear the latest news from the outside world from these eunuchs and maids every day, because a lot of news is transparent, even if it is just a few words, but based on Zhang Ming's understanding of the Three Kingdoms, he can piece together the general situation .

With the speed at which information was transmitted during the Three Kingdoms period, it only took a day or two for what happened at Sishuiguan to reach Luoyang, and it only took another day or two for it to spread from Luoyang to the palace. It took about three days for the news of the death to reach Zhang Ming's ears.

During this period, because the eighteenth princes killed Huaxiong and broke through Sishui Pass, Dong Zhuo would withdraw part of the army and generals from Luoyang, concentrate most of the army's strength at Hulao Pass, and wait for the battle with the princes. fighting.

This period was the time when Dong Zhuo was the weakest guard in the palace, and it was also the time Zhang Ming was waiting for.

Soon, Zhang Ming waited for the news. He waited for the moment when Hua Xiong died in battle. He also waited for the news that Dong Zhuo had transferred some of the forbidden troops and some of the generals in the palace. The eighteen princes fought.

This day has come so fast, the palace is no longer like before, there are people staring at the emperor everywhere, and the current defense force in the palace has been reduced by half compared to before.

Zhang Ming left Cui Ming in the palace where he was playing, but this time, instead of asking Cui Ming to help him get some treasures and jade, he wanted Cui Ming to help him deliver a message to Wang Yun.

If it was before, Zhang Ming would never be so bold. Although he knew that Cui Ming could contact people outside the palace, the treasure he wanted before, the jade, was obtained by Cui Ming from outside the palace.

But there are people outside the palace who strictly guard the eunuchs. These people are Dong Zhuo's people. Even the treasures that entered the palace before can be brought into the palace after inspection.

So he needs to make sure whether Cui Ming can bring the news out smoothly.

(End of this chapter)