The Most Romantic of the Three Kingdoms

The cavalry that came were all officials and soldiers of the county government, and the leader was Zhu Zhi.レ; thinking ♥ road ♣ guest レ

Zhu Zhi was from Danyang, Yangzhou, and was in the same state as Sun Jian. As early as when Sun Jian was begging Xuchang, he followed Sun Jian around. Like Zu Mao, Han Dang, Cheng Pu, and Wu Jing, he was also Sun Jian's henchman.

For this reason, he was also one of the few officials in Changsha County who knew Xun Zhen's true identity, besides Huan Jie.

Hearing that Zhu Zhi was coming, Sun Jian ordered the car to stop.

Xun Zhen and Sun Jian sat in the same car, thinking, "Zhu Junli is the commander of Xing Zai, Xiang Zai barracks, and rarely leaves the city, but now he gallops to welcome Wentai to return to the county. Could it be that there is some thief disorder in Changsha?"

Zhu Zhi recognized Sun Jian's carriage, did not stop his horse, and ran straight to the front of the carriage. Then he jumped off his horse, took three steps and took two steps, and charged towards the carriage.

Sun Jian had already lifted the curtain of the car, Xun Zhen looked out and noticed that Zhu Zhi was in a hurry.

Xun Zhen's heart sank, and she concluded that this must be a thief chaos in Changsha, and it was not an ordinary thief chaos, and said to herself: "Zhu Junli has been fighting from Wentai for a long time, but he is a veteran of the battlefield, but now he is so panicked, in the end. Where is the large-scale thief disorder in Changsha?"

Before Zhu Zhi reached the car window, "Ming Gong!"

Sun Jian said in a deep voice, "Don't worry, what happened? But where did the thieves go wrong again?"

Sun Jian's judgment was consistent with Xun Zhen's.

Zhu Zhi ran out of the car window, unable to adjust his breathing, he gasped and shouted, "The Son of Heaven has collapsed!"

As soon as the words came out, Sun Jian and Xun Zhen were both stunned and looked at each other, but no one thought that Zhu Zhi actually said these words.

"The Son of Heaven has collapsed?"

"Just received the news this morning!"

Sun Jian and Xun Zhen looked at each other, both of them were outstanding people, they had recovered from their stunnedness, and after the stunned, they both saw shock on each other's faces.

"Wentai, Qing Dang will return to the county immediately."

With a heavy expression on his face, Sun Jian said, "Okay, I'll go back to the county by horse now, you can go back to the city by car."

The collapse of the emperor is a major event that shakes the government and the opposition, not to mention the recent years of military chaos and the sudden loss of the country, which may cause turmoil, especially until the collapse of the emperor, the candidate for the crown prince has not yet been selected, that is to say, the country is now There is no owner, which will make the people of the world panic even more. Although it is said that the thieves and bandits in Changsha have been cleared by Sun Jianqing, but if they are not fully secured, some people will take the opportunity to stir up trouble again. As the chief of a county, Sun Jian is at this time You can't go outside, you must sit in the house.

Sun Jian got out of the car, and Zi Youyi came over with a horse.

He immediately got on his horse, said goodbye to Xun Zhen temporarily, urged him to drink his mounts, and led Zhu Zhi and Huan Jie, who got off the other carriages after hearing the news, and also changed to galloping horses, and galloped away, returning to Linxiang first.

The movement was not small. Xun You, Cheng Jia, Liu Bei, Luan Gu, Chen Yi, Wei Guang, Jian Yong, Yu Du and others who followed Xun Zhen got out of their cars and gathered outside Xun Zhen's car. .

"The Son of Heaven has collapsed?" Cheng Jia asked first.

Liu Bei was shocked and said repeatedly: "The war is raging, thieves are rising like bees, but how did the emperor collapse at this time?"

Although the Son of Heaven has been on the throne for 21 years, he was only twelve years old when he ascended the throne, which means he is only thirty-three years old this year, which is about the same age as Sun Jian, Xun Zhen, and Liu Bei, and only two years older than Sun Jian. He is three years older than Xun Zhen and four years older than Liu Bei. Even at a time when the average life expectancy is not long, he is still in his prime when he is respected and pampered. Although there have been rumors in Luoyang since the opening this year. It was rumored that the Son of Heaven could not afford to be seriously ill, but neither Liu Bei nor Sun Jian would have thought that he would collapse like this!

But having said that, the emperors of this dynasty were generally short-lived. Since Guangwu and below, there have been twelve emperors. Among them, four died early. There is only one who is over the age of 40, Emperor Guangwu, and the only one who has lived past forty years is Emperor Ming, the son of Guangwu. After Emperor Ming, there is no one who has lived over forty. Emperor Huan, the oldest, is also the first emperor. He has only lived to be thirty-six years old, so it can be said that the child died at the age of thirty-three today, which is considered a longevity.

The problem is, today is too bad.

Even people like Dian Wei and Zhao Yun who were guards outside Xun Zhen's car, who had little contact with politics, could feel it.

Today, there are rebellions from the South and the North outside, and battles between scholar-bureaucrats and eunuchs inside. It is already a crisis of survival and death. Yu was about to collapse, so that the Han family could survive for a while longer, but he collapsed at this time, and what was even worse was that until he collapsed, the crown prince had not been established.

This is no longer an internal and external problem, but a fatal one.

In late April, the scenery in the south of the Yangtze River is pleasant, the trees are green, the flowers are blooming in the warm wind, and the air is full of fragrance all the time.

Under such scenery, Xun You, Cheng Jia, and Liu Bei all felt heavy.

Xun Zhen knew that the Son of Heaven was about to collapse, although he didn't expect it to be this year, but it wasn't much worse. He was already mentally prepared for this, so his mood was the first to calm down. He stopped everyone talking in a mess. His face was sinking like water, and he said, "On the avenues, there is no place to gather and talk. You all return to your own cars, and return to Linxiang first."

All promise.

Xun Zhen stopped Xun You and Cheng Jia: "Gongda, Junchang, you two come and sit in my car."

Liu Bei and the others returned to their own cars, and Xun You and Cheng Jia got into Xun Zhen's car.

Xun Zhen ordered the motorcade to start, and slowly went to Linxiang.

In the car, Xun You frowned tightly and said, "Jun Hou, now the external chaos is continuing and the emperor has collapsed, and the crown prince has not yet been established, what is the situation in this country?"

Xun You first considered the situation of the country. After Cheng Jia calmed down, the first consideration was not the country, but Xun Zhen.

Cheng Jia Nianxu pondered and said: "Jun Hou, Yuan Benchu ​​has always had the ambition to punish officials. Today, the son collapses, and the emperor loves Dong Hou, ... will it be possible?"

Cheng Jia's words sounded incomprehensible, but Xun Zhen and Xun You knew what they meant.

The emperor loves Dong Hou, but not Shi Hou. He has always wanted to make Dong Hou, that is, the second son Liu Xie, who was raised by the Empress Dowager Dong, as the crown prince. It was only because he was concerned about the opposition of He Jin and the scholars and officials that he did not die until his death. can do. But since the Son of Heaven had this wish, the Son of Heaven did not have a Crown Prince until his death, and would rather that the Crown Prince's position be left empty, he would not appoint Shi Hou, that is, Liu Bian, the eldest son who grew up in the Shi Dao family, as the Crown Prince, It can be seen how strong he wants to make Liu Xie the crown prince. Then, if he cannot stand during his lifetime, will he leave a will to the trustworthy eunuchs before his death? Will the eunuchs make Liu Xie the emperor?

This seems to be impossible, when the emperor was alive, he was not able to make Liu Xie the crown prince. If he died, Liu Xie would be able to inherit the throne? But if you think about it, it's possible.

On the one hand, eunuchs are now in control of the government, with party members and minions all over the prefectures and prefectures. Jian Shuo also leads the Kyoto Imperial Army and is powerful. On the other hand, "Dong Hou" Liu Xie was raised by the Queen Mother Dong, needless to say, Dong. The Empress Dowager is definitely willing to make Liu Xie the Son of Heaven. As soon as the Son of Heaven dies, the Empress Dowager Dong, who is the biological mother of the Son of Heaven, is obviously very important in the capital. When these two aspects are added together, this is a very powerful political and military force. If you do it properly, it is not without the possibility of success.

But in this way, He Jin must be unwilling. "Marquis of Shi" Liu Bian is his nephew, and Liu Bian is the eldest son of the emperor. He is justified in inheriting the throne. How could He Jin agree to establish "Donghou" Liu Xie as the emperor? In this way, Yuan Shao has the ambition to punish the eunuchs, will he take this opportunity to further strengthen the alliance with He Jin, and even use this as an opportunity to force He Jin and the eunuchs to completely turn their faces?

The correspondence between Xun Zhen and Yuan Shao, He Yong and others was well known by Xun You, Cheng Jia and other confidants. Cheng Jia knew from this that Yuan Shao had the will to punish the eunuch, and from this he knew that although He Jin was now allied with Yuan Shao, he could be in charge of the eunuch. But he has always been hesitant, far less resolute than Yuan Shao.

Xun Zhen and Xun You listened to Cheng Jia's analysis.

Cheng Jia went on to say: "If you can take this opportunity, Yuan Benchu ​​and the general will fight together to execute the official?... Junhou, the revival of Junhou is just around the corner!"

Xun Zhen captured and destroyed Ye Zhao and died because of it, and now he is famous all over the world, not to mention the relationship between Yuan Shao and Xun Zhen, the two of them are already "one party", so they only focus on Xun Zhen's current reputation, If Yuan Shao wanted to kill the eunuch, he would definitely summon Xun Zhen.

"Gongda, what do you think?"

"Jian Shuo leads the Jingjing Imperial Army, and Luoyang soldiers and horses are under his command. If he joins forces with the hussar general, although the general's name is honorable, I am afraid that it will not be easy to punish the eunuch.... Junhou, still remember the first year of Jianning. What's the matter?"

"General of Hussars" refers to Dong Zhong, who was the son-in-law of the Empress Dowager Dong and is now a general of hussars.

"The first year of Jianning" refers to the first year of Jianning, when Dou Wu, who was a general, and Chen Fan, a leader of the scholars, and Chen Fan, who was a grandmaster, plotted to kill the eunuch. Empress Dowager Dou ordered someone to arrest Dou Wu and others. Dou Wu did not obey the edict, and rushed into the barracks, summoning thousands of soldiers from the northern army to camp under the pavilion, calling it "eunuch rebellion", and attacking the eunuchs. Wang Fu Jiao, the permanent attendant of the middle school, ordered Zhou Jing, the general of the Shaofu, to ride a bicycle and ride a horse, and ordered Zhang Huan and Zhou Jing, who had just led his division to return to Beijing, and the Huns, who were under the protection of unknown circumstances, led the five battalions of soldiers to attack Dou Wu, and Wang Fu himself also attacked Dou Wu. They led Hu Ben, Yu Lin and more than a thousand soldiers to join forces with Zhang Huan. The soldiers of the Northern Army were always afraid of serving eunuchs. When they saw Wang Fu and others, they all fled, but they almost escaped after a long time. In the end, Dou Wu was surrounded and committed suicide, and Chen Fan died in prison.

Among the "General", the Great General is the most respected, followed by the Hussar General, and the Chariot General again.

Except for He Jin, the three most respected generals in the current dynasty are all married to eunuchs.

Dong Zhong needless to say, he must have listened to his aunt, the Empress Dowager Dong. Although He Miao, the general of the chariot and cavalry, was He Jin's younger brother, he was always opposed to He Jin and Yuan Shao and other scholars getting too close. Yes, he had quarreled with He Jin many times over this matter, and he also favored the eunuch's side.

Jian Shuo held a heavy army in his hands, and allied himself with the Empress Dowager Dong and Dong Zhong. The stronger the momentum, the weaker He Jin, who had few soldiers, lost to Jian Shuo, and was at odds with He Miao. Under this circumstance, if you rashly get up and punish the eunuch, it is very likely that the events of the second year of Jianning will be repeated.

Cheng Jia did not agree with Xun You's point of view, and said: "Gongda only heard about the first year of Jianning, but not the previous Hanzheng and the second year? Jianshuo, the permanent attendant in the palace and the captain of the military academy, although their generation is strong, but they are not. Lai, the Son of Heaven, just like today when the Son collapses, all the eunuchs have nothing to rely on, as long as the general can seize the opportunity and embrace the 'Marquis Shi' as the Son of Heaven, then a single edict and hundreds of soldiers will be enough to slaughter all the eunuchs."

"The expedition of the former Han Dynasty and the two-year affair" refers to the arrest of Jiang Chong by the crown prince of the former Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. When Emperor Wu was in Ganquan Palace, when he heard it, he ordered the crown prince to be summoned. , Emperor Wu was furious and ordered Prime Minister Liu Quya to lead his troops to attack him. There was a rumor in Chang'an that "the prince rebelled", so the officials and the people did not dare to rely on the crown prince. In the end, the crown prince was defeated and escaped from Chang'an.

What Cheng Jia said also makes sense.

In the 2nd year of Zhenghe in the former Han Dynasty, with the respect of the crown prince, after being rumored to have rebelled, the officials and the people did not dare to attach themselves, and Jian Shuo was a eunuch? Even if he has military power, under the name of the emperor's edict and the Han Dynasty, he has to be captured.

If you think about something complicated, it will be difficult to do, but if you think about simplicity, the solution may be very simple.

No matter how powerful the Standing Servants are, and how much Jian Shuo holds a lot of troops, their power and power are all attached to the emperor, that is, the emperor. As the emperor, then in the name of the emperor's edict and the Han Dynasty, it is probably useless for anyone who dares to follow the regular servants and Jian Shuo to make trouble.

Although it is quite different from the former Han Dynasty and the second year, the former Han Dynasty and the second year, Emperor Wu had been on the throne for a long time, and the prestige was unmatched. Therefore, it is said that the crown prince rebelled, and no one dared to the officials and the people. According to, but now the emperor has just collapsed, the crown prince is vacant, and the supreme power of the country is in a vacuum period, and there is no one like Emperor Wu pressing down on it, so this time, that time, if it is at this time The risk of getting up and punishing the **** is actually really great, but Xun You does not object to Cheng Jia's point of view.

Xun You thought for a while, and said: "This time, that time, Junchang, although this time is different from the previous Han Dynasty and the second year, but according to the words and actions of the Qing, it is not impossible to calculate~www.readwn .com~ Xun You and Cheng Jia discussed all the way.

Xun Zhen knew the trend of history, so there was no need to join the discussion. He listened more and spoke less.

In the evening, Linxiang was in sight.

Xun You and Cheng Jia stopped discussing, Xun You asked Xun Zhen: "Jun Hou, the emperor is going to die now, if as Jun Chang said, Yuan Benchu ​​urged the generals to kill Huan and Fei Shu Xiang summoned Jun Hou, I wonder what Jun Hou's plan is?"

"At this moment, how can we wait for Yuan Benchu ​​to pass on the book? When I return to the prefecture, I will write to him, Gongda, you will bring the letter to Luoyang in person."

He Jinnian sent Yuan Shao out of Beijing to attack Qingxu and the Yellow Turban. Yuan Shao actually didn't go and stayed in the area of ​​Beijing. Now that his son passed away, he has definitely returned to Luoyang. At this critical moment, he must have answered with all his heart. He threw himself into the political struggle, and was afraid that he would not be able to remember Xun Zhen for a while. Xun Zhen couldn't wait for his Feishu, so she wanted to write him a letter.

Not only did he take the initiative to write a letter to Yuan Shao, but also the messengers sent to Luoyang this time could not be the same as before. In the past, the messengers sent by Xun Zhen to Yuan Shao, Cao Cāo, etc. were mostly loyal servants, but this time he decided to let Xun You go. .