At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

But he felt that he couldn't do it alone, so he wrote to the other eunuchs and regular attendants, hoping to join forces with them to kill He Jin and launch a beautiful Jedi counterattack.

Then the eunuchs turned around and sold Jian Shuo.

Jian Shuo was stupid to say that he was stupid. Why didn't Emperor Ling entrust important matters to him and not to other eunuchs?

Jian Shuo died without a doubt. After Jian Shuo's death, his party members were wiped out, and the imperial guards were also recruited by He Jin. He Jin wiped out all the enemies and stood directly at the top of power.

If things stop here and everyone is satisfied with such an ending that suits the interests of most of them, then there will be no troubled times of the Three Kingdoms.

But people just like to toss.

Feeling the invincible loneliness, He Jin suddenly felt a little emptiness, around this emptiness, He Jin wanted to find something to do.

Yuan Shao was keenly aware of the emptiness and loneliness in He Jin's heart, and because his emptiness urgently needed to be filled, so he offered to find something for him to do.

Destroy all eunuchs.

Because it was the eunuchs who opposed He Jin, and the eunuchs who opposed the scholars before, no matter which group of eunuchs they are, they are all eunuchs!

They should all be extinct!

Yuan Shao gritted his teeth and told He Jin how much he hated eunuchs.

He Jin was a little hesitant. After all, these eunuchs had informed him before and helped him eliminate Jian Shuo and seize the military power. In terms of emotion and reason, he shouldn't be cruel to them, should he?

But Yuan Shao kept persuading him, saying that eunuchs and the emperor would get along day and night, sooner or later it would become a big disaster, and they must be eliminated as soon as possible.

As a result, He Jin's position softened and vacillated, so he asked his younger sister, Empress Dowager He, and younger brother He Miao for their opinions.

He Miao and Queen Mother He still have some ideas.

He Miao persuaded He Jin.

"Brother, our family's status is humble, and we made our fortunes by relying on introspection eunuchs. This is the foundation. Right now, elder brother has become the pinnacle of ministers. All the eunuchs obey, hand over military power, lose military power, eunuchs are a group of lambs, holding swords It’s us, it’s better not to do everything under such circumstances.”

Empress Dowager He also said the same.

"Without the help of the introspective eunuch, the late emperor would have executed me a long time ago. How could we be here today? This is kindness. Remember, is my brother going to be an ungrateful person?"

Together they persuaded He Jin not to swell, not to drift, and keeping the eunuch might be useful to the He family in the future.

He Jin vaguely felt that this was also the case.

Then I discussed with Yuan Shao again, and felt that this matter was not easy to do.

"The eunuch has already conceded defeat and handed over his military power. He has no power to resist at all. Isn't it too much to kill them all at this time?"

Yuan Shao was immediately very upset.

"Duke Ming is confused. The current situation is very good. It is time to take advantage of the victory and pursue it. Don't give the enemy any chance to fight back. The eunuch follows the emperor. Sooner or later, the eunuch will recover. One day the eunuch will be revived. It is not Shao who regrets it!"

Yuan Shao said sternly.

After being told by Yuan Shao, He Jin immediately changed his mind, thinking that it is better to kill all the eunuchs so that he would not have any worries.

But now that he has decided to do this, the soldiers and horses in his hands are not reliable now.

There are quite a few people from the eunuch side in the imperial army system. If they really want to fight, they don't know who will listen to whom, and the younger sister, Empress Dowager He, also disagrees. His pressure alone may not be enough to deter them.

Yuan Shao's eyeballs rolled and he saw Tuqiongdagger.

"We can call together powerful generals from all over the world to lead the troops to the capital to remonstrate with the Queen Mother!"

Yuan Shao gritted his teeth and jumped out word by word.

He Jin was shocked.

"This is a big matter, let's make a decision after everyone discusses it together!"

No matter how confused He Jin was, he knew that this was a big matter, and he couldn't make such a decision by himself anyway, so he decided to hold an enlarged meeting of the General's Mansion to listen to everyone's opinions.

This incident aroused fierce debate in the General's Mansion.

After Yuan Shu knew about this, he immediately thought of Guo Peng, thinking that this was an excellent opportunity.

Although Yuan Shao must be thinking about his own wishful thinking, Yuan Shu felt that this might not be his opportunity.

Pulling Guo Peng's support to Luoyang, I don't have to worry about Yuan Shao's troubles.

So this time, Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao reached an agreement on the consistency of interests.

Yuan Shu expressed his support.

So most of the people in the general's mansion expressed their support.

However, the chief bookkeeper Chen Lin did not support it.

"The Empress Dowager is Duke Ming's younger sister. This is just a private matter of the family. Why use foreign soldiers?"

Chen Lin is from Guangling, and she can't pee in the same pot as the gentry from Yingchuan, Runan.

Cao Cao is a person with sentiments at this time, and he is not purely profit-oriented, so he felt that this matter was ridiculous when he heard it, and when he saw Yuan Shao's threatening gaze, he was immediately unhappy.

Yuan Benchu, what are you going to do?

In line with his utter loyalty to the Han Dynasty, Cao Cao boldly defied Yuan Shao's threats.

"The general holds great power in his hands, walks in Luoyang like a dragon and a tiger, and orders the world to obey. Jian Shuo is dead, and eunuchs are like beasts without claws. What is the beast without claws?

To take a step back, to kill the eunuchs, all you need to do is to send a trustworthy army to do it. The eunuchs have no resistance, so why did the general recruit foreign soldiers into Luoyang? "

Seeing the hesitant expression on He Jin's face, Yuan Shao, who had other plans, was greatly annoyed.

"Stop talking nonsense, Cao Mengde! I know that your ancestor was an eunuch, and it was hard for him to get his birth. Don't you want to cover up the eunuch now?!"

Chapter 178 Who recruited me to Beijing

Yuan Shao exposed Cao Cao's scars, which immediately made Cao Cao very ashamed.

And He Jin also thought of this, and immediately looked at Cao Cao with unfriendly eyes.

"Meng De doesn't need to say more, I have already decided on this matter! Recruit heroes from all over the world to Beijing, and together we will kill Xie Shu!"

Seeing that persuasion was hopeless, Cao Cao left the General's Mansion helplessly and angrily.

He seemed to have foreseen that something terrible was about to happen in Luoyang.

Cao Cao left, Chen Lin's words were not accepted, so He Jin began to discuss with a group of Yuan's children and Yuan's former officials where to recruit strong soldiers to Luoyang to participate in the grand event.

The first candidate was Yuan Shao's Liangzhou strong army under Dong Zhuo's command, and He Jin decisively accepted it without hesitation.

The second candidate was chosen by He Jin himself. He chose Ding Yuan, the cavalry captain who stationed troops in Hanoi to defend against the Yellow Turbans.

Then Yuan Shu proposed a third candidate.

"Guo Peng, the prefect of Shanggu, has Youzhou's elite cavalry under his command. He has repeatedly defeated Xianbei and Karasuma. He also put down Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun's rebellion. He is loyal to the country. He is Lu Gong's beloved disciple. He is very reliable and can be recruited together."

Yuan Shu recommended Guo Peng.

Yuan Shao stared at Yuan Shu for a while, then looked away.

Although he and Yuan Shu have not directly reached an agreement, in this matter, Yuan's interests are still the highest benchmark for the time being.

Guo Peng is Yuan Shu's confidant, Yuan Shu wanted Guo Peng to come, and Yuan Shao had no reason to stop him.

He Jin had a pretty good impression of Guo Peng. He had talked to him before, but he forgot about it because of the intense political struggle. Now that Yuan Shu mentioned it, He Jin was also very happy, and immediately nodded his approval.

So the three battle-hardened soldiers from You, Bing, and Liang prefectures who had more or less relations with the Yuan family were recruited in this way, and the messengers set off immediately.

Not only that, He Jin also ordered his subordinates Wang Kuang, Qiao Mao, Zhang Yang, Zhang Liao and others to go to other places to recruit soldiers and horses back to enrich their own strength.

And a group of scholar-bureaucrats who returned from other places to attend the funeral were appointed as officials.

For example, Wang Yun was appointed Henan Yin at this time, taking over Yuan Shu's position, and a group of cronies in Gyeonggi took over the defensive positions at various key points.

In this way, it seemed that the entire Luoyang capital was controlled by He Jin.

He Jin locked the door of his house tightly, planning to close the door and beat the dog.

In addition, in order to silence the forces opposing the arrival of foreign soldiers in the court, He Jin ordered Ding Yuan, who was closest to the capital, to lead his troops to burn Mengjin and write a letter to impeach the eunuch.

Because Dong Zhuo and Ding Yuan were relatively close, Yuan Shu was worried that Guo Peng was far away, so he gave the courier Yuan Shi a good horse and a special passage, and asked the courier to rush to Shanggu [-] miles away, before the courier was sent. Get Guo Peng ready.

At this moment, Guo Peng already expected that the day of his debut was coming soon.

From the intelligence personnel he placed in Luoyang to the Shanggu County that the news of Emperor Ling's death and Emperor Shao's enthronement and change of Yuan came to Shanggu County five days before the imperial edict, he knew that the day of his appearance was coming soon.

After Yuan Shu promised him that he would find a chance to deliver the letter calling him to Luoyang, he became even more convinced.

Hearing the death of Emperor Ling, Guo Peng cried bitterly in the prefect's mansion in Shanggu County. It took him a while to calm down. With a heavy heart, he wrote the sacrificial form and sent it to Luoyang.

Then he sent his own soldiers to escort his wife and two sons to leave Shanggu and head for Qiao County.

"Why are you leaving now? Peng Lang, isn't this a big deal?"

Cao Lan didn't want to leave Guo Peng, she hugged him tightly and didn't want to let go.

Guo Peng also hugged Cao Lan tightly.

"Alan, be obedient, you go home first, so that you can take care of Ajin and Ajun, and I will go home soon."

"Are you going home too?"

Cao Lan was full of incomprehension.

"Well, I'll go home, Shanggu County, we won't be here for long, we've done everything we need to do, we've taken everything we need to take away, it's time to leave."

Guo Peng whispered in Cao Lan's ear: "Go home, wait for me, I will go home in less than a year and a half, and then we can be together forever, and there is no need to separate the two places like before. .”

Cao Lan didn't understand why Guo Peng said that, but since Guo Peng said that, she chose to believe it, because Guo Peng never promised her something that couldn't be done.

Cao Lan chose to believe it, and then silently took her two sons and set foot on the way home under the secret escort of Guo Lie and Zhao Yun.

Guo Peng no longer had to worry about the future, so he began to rectify his troops and horses, and ordered the army to enter a state of combat readiness.

The army was ordered to enter a first-level combat readiness state for the reason of "the emperor died, fearing that Xianbei would attack" and was ready to fight at any time.

In this case, as soon as the news arrives, he will immediately rectify the cavalry, gallop to Luoyang at the fastest speed, join the great changes of this era, and become an indispensable part of it.

From April to June, He's Foreign Relatives Group completed a devastating blow to Dong's Foreign Relatives Group, and used the fastest speed to control all important positions around Luoyang, firmly controlling the central power.

At first glance, it seems that the world will be stable, and He Jin will become a key figure in the great Han Zhongxing.

Of course, if He Jin is a little smarter, even if he is aware of the change in his status and understands the art of checks and balances, it may be so.

It's a pity he doesn't understand.

He Jin didn't understand that from the beginning to the end, he was not a member of the scholar group, he was a foreign relative, a foreign relative who was born in a local tyrant, and after destroying his competitors, he represented the imperial power.

There should be a shift in his stance, not business as usual.

The praise of the scholars made him a little bit flattered, so he didn't pay attention or didn't pay enough attention to it. Most of his subordinates were Yuan's protégés.

He is just a banner, a tool man.

It was Yuan Shi who waved the flag and manipulated the tools.

Yuan Kui, Yuan Ji, Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu.

On July [-]th, Yuan Shu's courier arrived two days before the imperial courier arrived.

Deliver He Jin's order to recruit Guo Peng to lead his Youzhou iron cavalry to Luoyang to assist He Jin himself in destroying the eunuchs, and Guo Peng is asked to prepare immediately.

Guo Peng thanked the messenger, went into his study alone with the secret letter, and called Cheng Li over.

"My lord! This is..."

After Cheng Li saw the letter, his face turned pale with shock, his expression was very shocked.

"The general wants to wipe out the eunuchs, but he is worried that his strength is not enough to subdue the queen mother, so he recruits powerful troops from all directions to Luoyang to support him. In addition to us, there are also Dong Zhuo who holds the army of Liangzhou and the army of Bingzhou. Ding Yuan."

Guo Peng laughed: "The general seems to really want to wipe out the eunuchs, hahahahahahahahahahaha!"

Seeing Guo Peng smiling very happily, Cheng Li was a little puzzled.

He didn't understand some of the power struggles in the central government, because he came from a very low family background. Before Guo Pengbi called him, he had never been an official, so he couldn't understand.

Political struggle, military strategy, and governing the people are different subjects. Although it is necessary for politicians to understand some of them, it also takes time to understand.

Someone Guo worked with Lu Zhi in Luoyang for eight years. In this regard, Guo Peng can be Cheng Li's teacher.

"My lord, why are you laughing?"