Days are everlasting

Chapter 72 The Son of Heaven

The decline of the entire Eastern Han Dynasty had long been foreshadowed. It can be seen from the succession of eunuchs and relatives in the capital who intervened in politics, and it can also be seen from the decentralization of power.

The Yellow Turban Uprising, which had a profound impact on the entire history of the Eastern Han Dynasty, created a group of princes in later generations. The first to shine was Dong Zhuo, who had long shown his ambition.

The Yellow Turban Rebellion and the Liangzhou Rebellion made Dong Zhuo a marquis for his meritorious service. After that, no matter whether the imperial court wanted to enlist Dong Zhuo as one of the nine ministers, or ordered Dong Zhuo to merge with the prefecture and hand over military power, he refused.

In the end, Dong Zhuo was appointed Bingzhou Mu, but he didn't transfer the military power to Huangfusong as the court thought, but he still supported the army and respected himself, and the court had no choice.

As a general, before the establishment of the Eighth Colonel of Xiyuan, He Jin actually had the feeling of being the so-called "Generalissimo of the World's Soldiers and Horses". Which one of the people who supported the soldiers was not controlled by him?

As for Dong Zhuo, to be honest, in front of certain groups of people, he is very good at acting and pleasing people.

Like Dong Zhuo, He Jin was also a reckless man who was not welcomed by scholars. Dong Zhuo's father had served as a county lieutenant at any rate, but he was not rejected at all.

Dong Zhuo hopes that He Jin can be his backer in the court, and the two echo each other, because there is a queen sister in the court, and He Jin, who is only one step away from controlling the supreme power like many foreign relatives in the previous generation, of course would not choose a foreigner. Letting go, accepting Dong Zhuo's "surrender" has nothing to do with him.

In this kind of time when you want to make trouble for the emperor, what can be better than Dong Zhuo, a prickly person?

Liu Bian really couldn't stand He Jin's way of hurting the enemy by one thousand and hurting himself by eight hundred.

The general He Jin proposed to summon Dong Zhuo to Beijing in the first month of the sixth year of Zhongping, and it really didn't make the emperor feel good for years.

However, the one who has not had a good year is not the emperor and court princes who have not realized how insane Dong Zhuo can do, but the crown prince Liu Bian.

Of course, Dong Zhuo immediately refused, rejecting the general's proposal.

He Jin didn't think that Dong Zhuo could really enter the capital, so he would have to worry instead.

According to Liu Bian, the people of their time were simple and honest, and they didn’t even know how to engage in conspiracies. The insidiousness of the harem shown in the TV dramas of later generations is simply astounding, and his natal family has not been found out for so many years. for the object.

If he really has the ability to let his good brother "die young", even if he is raised by the queen mother, he really wants to do it. Liu Xie went to the west of Hexi not knowing how many years ago, and he can still step on Liu Bian's foot Fame?

Liu Bian is not in the mood to do anything to his younger brother now. He has been floating for so many years, and Sanguan has already chewed and ate it. He deeply believes that he can't pour dirty water on himself just to deal with Liu Xie. .

In the future, he can learn how Emperor Hui treated Zhao Wang Liu Ruyi kindly, and ensure that scholars will compete to praise him and Liu Xie's brotherly love.

Then, praise him, pamper him, teach him badly, in short, praise him and kill him.

There is a tough maternal uncle who is not so close, Liu Bian has already figured out who will take the blame.

The situation of the emperor is getting worse. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the empress dowager is still in good health. According to the consistent system of the Han family, if there is an empress dowager above the empress dowager, the empress dowager is respected.

For example, during the time of Emperor Xiaowu, the Empress Dowager Dou was still alive, and the government orders were all subject to the Empress Dowager, so later generations often said that Empress Dou was involved in politics, and believed that the Empress Dowager, the mother of Emperor Wu, was virtuous, but this was just a misunderstanding of the system. , After the death of the Empress Dowager Dou, the Queen Mother also used the majesty of the "East Palace Empress Dowager" to restrain her son's imperial power!

Although the empress dowager is nominally respected, the relationship between the current empress dowager and the empress is not good.

After a generation of grandmother and his own biological mother, it is clear at a glance who the next emperor will choose.

While her son is still in power, the queen mother of course wants to work hard to reverse her decline.

And because the son of heaven lost his father when he was young, he was dependent on his mother and had a deep affection for the queen mother. In addition, the youngest son who was raised under the queen mother's knees also tried hard to find a way out for them.

After experiencing the whimsical "Let the prince confer the king of Bohai as the emperor's younger brother after he succeeds to the throne", the cruel "Let the crown prince die of illness, and make the Bohai king the prince", and the light-hearted "Let the Bohai king become the vassal, Never return to Beijing, and the Queen Mother will accompany you." After that, the Queen Mother finally got the emperor to agree, and wantonly named Dong's relatives.

There are quite a few relatives of the Dong family, but not many who have become successful. He Jin and He Miao, the relatives of the He family, at least through their own efforts to put down the rebellion and feudal lords, and then dominate the world, right?

Compared with He's, Dong's is much more unknown.

It's not that Mrs. Dong has fewer bad things than Mrs. He, but because the Son of Heaven is from their side, so they will take care of them anyway.

And the scholars of the Han Dynasty would not focus on the emperor's mother clan. Although the emperor Liu Hong inherited the great line from the clan, the blood of the old Liu family still bleeds on him.

What's more, to be honest, the Son of Heaven himself acted willfully and recklessly, sold his officials and vassals, and launched the disaster of party imprisonment again after Emperor Xiaohuan. The black spots were much more than his mother's family. Although he knew that the mother's family of the Son of Heaven was more or less dirty, But in the situation where the emperor took the lead in self-defeating, basically no one would deliberately find trouble with Dong.

The relatives of He's family should be self-improving, and the starting point is lower than that of Dong's relatives. In addition, there is Dong's relatives for comparison, can't it seem that they are not good?

Probably the emperor also knew that his time was numbered, so he sealed off Dong's relatives, and the biggest beneficiary was his cousin and nephew of the queen mother, Hussar General Dong Zhong.

Ever since the setting up of the Eighth Colonel of Xiyuan, He Jin has found that the emperor has been disgusting him, and whenever he feels uncomfortable, the emperor will feel uncomfortable.

Before, it was just using the prince's hand to stir up their internal strife. If their He family hadn't united as one (?), they would have been deceived.

But now, let General Hussars divide his power openly, slap him in the face, and save the face of the He family and the crown prince.

He Jin: You really think I won't be angry, right?I am really angry now!

However, this is useless, the emperor is still the emperor, unless He Jin wants to rebel, otherwise, he can only suffer until the emperor dies.

And it is impossible for He Jin, who will succeed in becoming a winner in life after his nephew succeeds to the throne, to choose that path.

However, after working for so long, the emperor really failed this time.

In April of the sixth year of Zhongping, there was a solar eclipse on Bingwu and Shuori (the first day of the junior high school).

Liu Bian had known for a long time that this astronomical phenomenon would occur at the beginning of the month when his father died. Although many astronomical phenomena can be predicted now, isn't it normal to use it to confirm some news?

In this day and age, there are not too many superstitious people!

The so-called "the supreme husband is nothing more than the sky, and the change of the sky is nothing greater than a solar eclipse", a solar eclipse is an unlucky thing that everyone recognizes.

The current Taishiling came out and said that this indicates that the Supreme will die.

Who is the Supreme?There is no need to ask, of course it is the emperor Liu Hong!

Basically, Tai Shiling's statement directly announced that the emperor Liu Hong really didn't have many days to live, instead of the palace doctor.

The emperor was very angry. Before he died, a group of people were looking forward to him and cursing him to die!

There are always traitors who want to harm me!

However, after ten days, the anger of the emperor could not resist the call of the underworld, so he still drove west.

Empress He and General He both expressed their joy.

Although the emperor entrusted the King of Bohai to his confidant Jian Shuo before his death, Liu Xie is a legitimate prince. The uncle can beat the younger brother to be the emperor, this time he is the prince recognized by all the scholars, okay?

Jian Shuo wanted to do something wrong, and he could drown him just by spitting.

In fact, in this life, as soon as the emperor passed away on April [-]th, the prince accepted the title of "Your Majesty" first with the certification of the officials.

The enthronement ceremony can wait until the next day, but the title of emperor must be determined first.

Chuan Guo Yuxi and Tianzi Liuxi were also quickly transferred to Liu Bian's hands, and there was no chance for people to make a fuss.

When the emperor ascended the throne, it stands to reason that because the emperor is not old enough, the queen mother is required to be regent.

Now the scholars in the court disagreed. When the first emperor was seriously ill, the crown prince supervised the country very well. What happened at the age of 14? Is there any problem in governing the country at the age of 14?Not at all!

Queen Mother, if you are so free, go and settle Princess Wannian's marriage first!

Empress Dowager He: Hey, I have a bad temper!

Although the Empress Dowager He can no longer control the prehistoric power in her body, it doesn't matter, her own son, the newly enthroned emperor, has special hair smoothing skills.

The emperor Liu Bian is the biological son of Empress Dowager He, and referring to the relationship between the first emperor and Empress Dowager Dong, it can be said that the emperor who grew up under the condition that the father and emperor favored the younger brother will definitely be very filial to the empress dowager He. .

And to be honest, Empress Dowager He doesn't really want to take everything into her own hands. As long as the emperor promotes the He family when dealing with affairs, the Empress Dowager is satisfied and the interests of the He family are not damaged, she will be satisfied. .

For the rest, most of the officials dispatched, the encirclement and suppression of the remnants of the Yellow Turban, and the like, the Empress Dowager He hadn't learned how to govern, and the power might be transferred to her brother He Jin. Compared with the half-brother, Of course, the queen mother still hopes that her own son will live well.

Therefore, under the instruction of the new emperor, the empress dowager, who was supposed to listen to the government, was silent, and the empress dowager's people ran out unwillingly, saying that it was wrong for the empress dowager to govern. The empress dowager is still there, of course the power should be handed over to the empress dowager! [Hundred officials: We are really beeping. 】

The supporters of the Empress Dowager were Hushi General Dong Zhong and Captain Jian Shuo.

Just by looking at this combination, you can know what their idea is.

The author has something to say: Originally, I wanted to send Uncle He’s bento for this chapter, but unexpectedly, I only sent out Liu Hong’s bento, and the time passed. Orz

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