Rangers of the Three Kingdoms - C371

When Dong Zhuo finished reading, the group of courtiers s in the great hall were silent. They had been educated in Confucianism for many years, and their minds were full of loyalty and patriotism, but when the Son of Heaven and the nation really needed them, they shrank. Faced with Tu Dao, they wisely chose to protect themselves, leaving the teachings of Confucianism far in the dust.

Only the Empress Dowager He was in pain and choked with sobs. It was this autocratic system of imperial power that had sent her to the very top of power, but she had neither the political mind nor the skill to lose in this struggle for power, and her world was over.

Liu Bian and Liu Xie looked at each other and cried out. Being born in a royal home was their fortune. They were the pride of the heavens, the hope of their country. However, this was also their misfortune. They were born into a conspiracy, and regardless of which one of them became the emperor, they would still be the victims of the power struggle.

No one would have thought that even Dong Zhuo would be so shocked that the Tutor Yuan Wu would actually step forward and take off the silk ribbon worn by the Young Emperor Liu Bian and present it to him. Then, he would carry Liu Bian down the hall to greet Liu Xie, who was seated to the north.

“Long live the Emperor! Long live the Emperor!”

The ministers of the Gardner Hall were all shocked and knelt down one after another. This was the man’s loyal followers. They did not care who was sitting on the dragon throne. They only saw the sharp butcher knife beside them. What royal talent? What divine bestowal of authority? They were all just underpants, nothing more than a piece of cloth to cover his face.

Power came out of the guns!

Even though he had abolished the Young Emperor, Dong Zhuo was not prepared to let go of the Empress Dowager He. Just as the officials paid their respects to the New Emperor, Dong Zhuo immediately stood out and said, “Not long after the empress dowager returned to the first emperor, she forced the empress dowager to return to his own country, causing the empress dowager to die from worry and grief.

The ministers did not say a word, so Dong Zhuo issued a decree on behalf of the Son of Heaven, pardoned Empress Dowager He’s sin of being unfilial, and moved the Empress Dowager He to the Eternal Music Palace.

At the same time, the Grand Pardoner changed his title to Forever.

Yuan Yuan looked at all this coldly and didn’t say a word. However, the corners of his mouth curled up, as if he was trying his best not to laugh. Yuan Huo who was used to seeing an official like Dong Zhuo, the harder he was, the easier it was to break him down. Although Dong Zhuo was showing off his might in the imperial court, and was acting arrogantly, in truth, he was not far away from death.

In the days to come, the Luoyang would be enveloped in Dong Zhuo’s terrifying rule. In the audience hall, even if Dong Zhuo said that, the other ministers did not have the chance to speak, or maybe they were too lazy to. West Cold Cavalry rampaged through the streets of Luoyang, robbing and killing had become their hobby.

Although he had chased Empress Dowager He out, the cruel Dong Zhuo did not let him go just like that. On the second day after the inauguration of Emperor Liu Xie, Dong Zhuo killed the Empress Dowager He with poison and ordered the officials below and below to not wear mourning garments. When they attended the funeral, they only wore white.

Dong Zhuo vented his hatred towards Hanling Emperor onto the He family members. With the excuse that General He Miao had colluded with her eunuchs to kill Great General, he dug out He Miao’s coffin, took out his corpse, dismembered it and cut it into pieces, then threw it on the side of the road.

What was particularly intolerable was that Dong Zhuo didn’t even let Empress Dowager He’s mother go. Not only did he kill the wuyang Jun, he also ruthlessly cut the old lady’s body into dozens of pieces and threw them into the imperial hedgerows, allowing the birds to peck at them.

Besides retaliating against the He family, Dong Zhuo valued military power the most. At the same time as he was reorganizing the northern troop and West Garden Army, he had also appointed Liu Yu as the Great General. He was now more superstitious about fighting, and as long as the army was in his hands, the soldiers would not be able to escape him.

Just as Dong Zhuo was busy taking revenge and seizing power, the officials of Luoyang who had a premonition about the impending storm started to flee for victory. The various officials and famous scholars of Luoyang all resigned, some even abandoned their copies and left. Xun Shuang, Wang Qian, Shen Tu Fan, He Hai and the others did not even greet him. In the blink of an eye, they disappeared from Luoyang.

In the Zhou Xu, Commander of the City Gate Wu Qiong took the initiative to express her goodwill towards Dong Zhuo, and advised Dong Zhuo to correct the malpractices of Emperor Huan and the Spirit Emperor, and to recruit famous scholars to fight for the hearts of the people. Dong Zhuo accepted the suggestion and ordered Zhou Xu, Wu Qiong and Yuan Wu to eliminate the dirty and incompetent officials, and to select the talent that was suppressed.

Thus, Tutor Yuan Zhong’s body seemed to have gotten better. He sat on the study platform and was extremely busy every day, trying to reopen the case against Chen Fan, Dou Wu and the rest. He had reinstated all his titles and sent messengers to mourn their graves, taking their descendants as his officials.

At the same time, a large number of government officials were sent to serve in the local government. Among them, the senior one, Han Fu, was the Jizhou’s teacher, the senior one, Han Fu, was serving the, Kong Zhou was serving the Sanglang, Zhang Zi was serving the Nanyang Taiyuan, Zhang Zi was riding as an ensign, Bao Xin was serving the Great General, Wang Kuang was serving the Great General, Wang Kuang was serving the East Pingxiang.

A discerning person could immediately understand that the government officials that were sent to the localities were all, without exception, Yuan clan officials, and the places they were going were concentrated in Jizhou, Yanzhou, and Henan Province. These place were not only places where the Scholars s and Feudal Lords gathered, they were also places where the entire country was prosperous. Especially, they were not too far away from the Luoyang.

With regards to Yuan Zhong’s actions, Dong Zhuo did not receive much attention, and even gave special attention to the Scholars Minister and a group of famous scholars who were still in Luoyang. After a discussion with the Tutor Yuan Huo, Dong Zhuo continuously recruited over seventy warriors to serve in the imperial court. the sons and daughters of officials of the court and the court shall be appointed to fill the positions previously held by eunuchs and shall serve the emperor in the palace

In order to obtain the trust of the Tutor Yuan Wu and the ministers of the imperial court, Dong Zhuo did not promote his own kin and subordinates. He had only worshiped Dong Yue, Niu Fu, Hu Zhen, Li Su, Bao Hong, Commander Duan Liu of the Northern Army Village, and the rest of the six people as centurions. He had even worshiped the Hanoi Lieutenant Lv Bu, who was riding on the Lieutenant General, and the other Xiliang General s who were on the Riding the Commander.

Yang Lin ordered his troops to gather at the river, but did not go out to exterminate the black bandit s. Instead, he paid close attention to every single movement of the Luoyang s. As Wu Feng and his disciple were still in the Luoyang, continuing to open his inn, they had a good grasp of the movements of the Luoyang, Yang Lin.

Just that afternoon, West Garden Army’s fake Sima Zhang Yang brought over a thousand soldiers that he had recruited across the Yellow River and arrived in Hanoi, claiming that he was going to rely on the hussar general.

It turned out that as the Minister of the Court fled, the generals who led their troops into the capital also brought their own troops and left the Luoyang. Bao Xin, Wang Kuang and the rest were scholars, Yuan Zhong had given them a foothold. Zhang Yang was a martial uncle, but he did not want to rely on Dong Zhuo, and there were no scholars helping him, so when he was at a loss, he thought of his former colleagues, Zhang Liao and Gao Shun, and had no choice but to rely on Yang Lin.

Zhang Yang was the first general to come forward and welcomed him enthusiastically. Zhang Yang was also a tall and sturdy man from the Union State. The difference between him and Zhang Liao was that Zhang Yang was straightforward and witty when he spoke.

Just as Zhang Yang’s soldiers were crossing the river, Zhang Yang told Yang Lin about the changes that had occurred in the Luoyang. At the same time, he was willing to take the lead and lead the charge to kill Dong Zhuo.

In a short while, all of the Generals s that were participating in the welcome ceremony began to request for a battle. Even the usually calm Zhang Banxian, Xin Ping, Xin Pi and the others nodded their heads repeatedly as they started to analyze the possibility of defeating the Luoyang.

Yang Lin had long been waiting for this opportunity, but he did not plan to attack Luoyang. Seeing that everyone was in such high spirits, he excitedly said, “Attacking Luoyang is not a small matter, we should be more cautious. “Inform all the strategists and commanders that we are going to hold a meeting tonight and discuss this with them.”

That night, all the army advisers and generals gathered at Yang Lin’s Big Account. Yang Lin first arranged for the two scribe to record the meeting, then let Zhang Yang recount the situation in the Luoyang, which sure enough, boosted everyone’s excitement. Especially when they heard that Dong Zhuo had poisoned the Empress Dowager He and killed it, everyone turned red with anger and asked to attack and eliminate Dong Zhuo.

“Sigh …” Why would a dignified Darky Court allow this traitor, Dong Zhuo, to be so arrogant? ” Tian Feng let out a long sigh to the sky as hot tears gushed out of his eyes, “Lord General, you are a traitor, and you are the leader of a nation. You must raise your arms and shout, in order to save this big man from disaster …”

“Everyone has said it well, as soldiers of our nation, we cannot tolerate Dong Zhuo’s traitorous act!” Yang Lin’s expression was solemn as he said solemnly: “However, before we send our troops to eliminate Dong Zhuo, I have a question to ask everyone. For a grand Darky Court, a nation where tens of thousands of people admire and admire him, how can this be? ”

“All of the calamities were caused by the adulterous castration.” Tian Huo was furious as he said furiously, “If the Great General hadn’t looked around, hesitated, and promptly eradicated the adulterous castration, how would it have lost his life in the hands of the adulterous castration, causing the Young Emperor to run and fall into the hands of the Dong Zou?!”

“Eunuch, for a disabled person, what virtue do you have to turn the world upside down?” Yang Lin shook his head, and intentionally guided them: “Grand General Ho Jin has a heavy weapon, if he wants to kill a few eunuchs, why not he poach? But why should he make all sorts of excuses not to kill his eunuchs? ”

“Isn’t it all just for the authority! He Jin kept the eunuchs, so that the eunuchs could deal with the scholars! ” “Since the Han Dynasty, the outer court has been so despotic that Wang Mang usurped the kingdom, Liang Ji killed the emperor, and the outer court was the same as the eunuchs.”

“Mr. Tian Feng and Mr. Mo Lun are right, eunuchs and outsiders are indeed the two main disasters of the imperial court.” Yang Lin nodded his head and continued to guide them: “With the mutiny in the Luoyang, the eunuchs and relatives are all dead.

“There are also officials! Apart from the eunuchs and relatives, they were the powerful officials who were in charge of the imperial government. Zhang Banxian seemed to understand what Yang Lin meant, and said loudly: “There are generals and scholars who wield power, and their harm is even more severe than eunuchs and outsiders.”

“Yes, these eunuchs, relatives, and officials were the ones who harmed the big man.” Yang Lin nodded his head in satisfaction, trying to enlighten them: “Have you all thought about why there would be eunuchs, foreigners and officials in the imperial court?”

No one answered.

No one dared to answer.

“Why is the Eunuch able to harm the nation?” Now that Hanling Emperor was dead and Young Emperor Liu Bian was crippled, he no longer had to care about anything else, “It’s precisely because the Emperor trusts them and believes that they won’t usurp the throne. “No matter how many evils they commit, as long as they are loyal to the Emperor, they can do whatever they want.”