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38, secret letter

For Dong Zhongying, who already has a different ambition, such things that might be beneficial to the court just hurt his own interests, and he was determined not to do so.

Therefore, although the court is now tempted by the governors of Bingzhou, it is obviously far inferior to Dong Zhuo's real benefits compared to the three auxiliary troops.

The state and pastoral system was restored not long after it was restored. Today, there were only three states in the thirteen states, namely Youzhou, Yuzhou and Yizhou, and the selected personnel were either Han clan relatives like Liu Yan and Liu Yu, or famous scholars from all over the world who came from a noble family like Huang Wan.

Dong Zhuo was born as a poor family and was a lieutenant in the military and political affairs of a state. He was in charge of the military and political affairs of a state and became the fourth chief official of the Han Empire. If it was peaceful, it would be very glorious. Dong Zhuo must have been proud and took office. But now, anyone with a discerning eye can see that this is the trick of the imperial court using the "eliminating the barbarians' troops to attack the barbarians". Dong Zhuo was extremely reluctant in his heart. Although he was facing a rude emperor's edict this time, he subconsciously wanted to submit a letter to refuse this extra call again.

But this time, Li Ru didn't think so. His previous sentence, "My lord, since the situation has changed, we have to make plans early!" was to remind Dong Zhuo to change his strategy according to the current situation. The previous three strategies of the upper, middle and lower have changed with the changes in the current situation. The Bingzhou, which was originally a Zhongjing, has now jumped to the top and has become the first choice for Dong Jun. Compared with the three auxiliary soldiers, the prospects and interests are even better.

The reason for this is that we have to mention the letter from Dong Min, the commander of Fengche in the capital, who sent a quick horse to Dongying.

Dong Zhuo's brother Dong Zhuo died early, leaving behind a nephew Dong Huang, who is now under Dong Zhuo's tent. Dong Zhuo's younger brother Dong Min was recruited as the commander of Fengche with Dong Zhuo's military achievements.

The Fengche Duwei of this dynasty was under the jurisdiction of Guangluxun, one of the nine ministers. The Fengche Duwei was summoned to the court and took charge of the chariot, with a rank of 2,000 stones. However, now eunuchs are in power and powerful. The emperor is close to eunuchs, and the Fengche Duwei is just a nominal official, and its real power has long been emptied by eunuchs.

However, Dong Min was in the capital. Although he had no real power, he was like Dong Zhuo's eyes and representatives. On the one hand, he represented the exchanges between Dong Zhuo and the court officials and made a statement and urged Dong Zhuo. On the other hand, he also secretly collected all the information about his brothers in the court and the country, and promptly passed it to Dong Zhuo through fast horses.

This time, Dong Min's secret letter focused on two things. The first thing was that when Zi had been living in the deep palace for nearly a month, he could not leave the court. Inside and outside the palace were people from the emperor's confidant, Xiao Huangmen Jian Shuo, and even the general He Jin could not meet him. Rumors had begun to spread between the government and the country. The emperor was seriously ill and was about to die soon.

Nowadays, relatives, party members, and eunuchs are fighting for power and profits from each other. It is entirely because there is an emperor above who is in charge of the situation, so they have some concerns with each other and do not tear apart their faces and fight. However, once the emperor dies seriously and the young lord is in the court, the political balance will be broken, and all parties who are unscrupulous are taking action against each other for the sake of interests, then there will be another bloody storm that swept the court.

Since ancient times, the throne has changed, which has been particularly bloody. If a person in the game is not careful, he will cause disasters to destroy his family and destroy his clan.

The second thing is also the continuation of this first thing. Now there are rumors in Luoyang City that today's son is preparing to depose the eldest son and establish the young man. Emperor Liu Hong has been in power for 22 years and has countless beauties in the harem, but most of the children born are dead. Now there are only two princes, Shi Hou and Dong Hou.

Shi Hou is the son of the current queen. After Empress He gave birth to his son Liu Bian, in order to avoid premature death, she was sent to the family of Taoist Shi Zixian to raise him, so she was called "Shi Hou". Dong Hou was the son of Wang Meiren in the harem. Wang Meiren died shortly after giving birth to Liu Xie, and Liu Xie was handed over to Empress Dowager Dong to raise him personally and was called "Dong Hou".

It is logical that Liu Bian was the eldest son, and Empress He in the harem was supported by Empress He in the harem, General He Jin from the outside court, and General He Miao from the chariot and cavalry, as a helper, it was natural to inherit the throne. Unfortunately, when the son was reluctant to make a crown prince today, the prince Liu Xie, who also had Empress Dowager Dong and General Dong Chong, helped him, began to form a force that should not be underestimated, posing a threat to the prince's inheritance status and the He family from the foreign relative.

Just recently, the rebellion in Liangzhou has been falling a lot, and Jian Shuo, the emperor's confidant, took the opportunity to propose that General He Jin lead the troops to suppress the remaining rebels in Guishuo Liangzhou. The emperor immediately agreed to let the general lead the troops to the west.

It was a custom of the Han Dynasty to command troops and fight in the Han Dynasty. Wei Qing, Huo Qubing and Li Guangli of the former Han Dynasty were all entrusted by the emperor to conquer the Xiongnu in the north and attack Dayuan in the west, and established great achievements. Dou Xian, who was once powerful in this dynasty, also led the five Northern Army divisions of the Five Northern Army, Liyang, Yongying and the 12 border counties as the General of the Chariot and Cavalry, to attack the Northern Huns, Yanran took the merits and returned with great victory. Even Deng Qi, the foreign relative of the dynasty who was known for his humility and manners but did not make his reputation for his military status, was ordered to command the left and right Yulin Army during the Qiang Rebellion of Emperor An, and a total of 50,000 troops from the Five Northern Army divisions and the troops of each county to Liangzhou to quell the Qiang Rebellion.

Faced with this situation, He Jin was both a relative of the foreign country and a high position of a general, so he could not escape. However, the Qiang people were fierce. Deng Qi led his troops and was defeated by the Qiang cavalry one after another. He Jin was a butcher, so he had no martial arts to lead the troops to fight the west to quell the Qiang rebellion. What's more, now is the sensitive period when the emperor was in a simple and easy-to-understand manner. He Jin naturally was unwilling to lead the troops to fight the west, so He Jin also immediately submitted a memorial request to send Yuan Shao to Xuzhou and Yanzhou to mobilize the army, and waited until Yuan Shao came back to carry out the westward expedition, thus delaying the date of the march.

On the other hand, He Jin also listened to the opinions of his aides and began to prepare for the future. He sent his confidants in the general's mansion to contact the court ministers in private, imitating the case of Liu Bang, the founding of the former Han Emperor Gaozu, to build momentum for the orthodox status of the prince who was also threatened.

At the beginning of the founding of the former Han Dynasty, the elderly Emperor Liu Bang loved Concubine Qi's son Liu Ruyi, and was afraid of the strength of the Lu family of the prince Liu Ying's mother clan in the court. He appointed Liu Ruyi as King of Zhao and kept him by his side to teach. He intended to use Liu Ruyi, who was extremely smart and talented, to replace Liu Ying, who was naturally cowardly and mediocre. Also when the crisis of the position of the crown prince came, Liu Ying's mother, Lu Zhi, listened to Zhang Liang's advice in time and invited the "Four Elders of Shangshan" who still had a doctorate, and then created the natural righteousness of the eldest son ascended the throne. When Liu Bang saw that the crown prince's position as a stable crown prince, he had to give up the idea of ​​deposing the eldest son and establishing the young, which had not yet been implemented, which led to the later Emperor Hui of Han.

Liu Bian's status is as embarrassing as Liu Ying back then. When the son is also ambiguous about the position of the crown prince, the He family, the mother clan behind Shi Hou, is not in a hurry, and quickly began to connect with the people of the government and the opposition to cheer for the status of the crown prince.

During this period, people from the General's Mansion came to contact Dong Min, the commander of Fengche.

Although Dong Min was good at both the court and the country, he was not worth mentioning compared to the court's officials, but he had a brother Dong Zhuo who was commanding troops outside and might become an official in the court, which was unusual.

You should know that when Zi ascended the throne, the eunuchs Wang Fu, Cao Jie and others used Zhang Huan, the general of the Huns who had just led his army back to the army, and ordered him to lead the soldiers of the fifth camp, plus more than a thousand people such as Hu Ben, Yulin, Fuchu, Duhou, and Sword and Gala, who were temporarily summoned, to fight against Dou Wu, the general who wanted to eliminate the eunuchs. Finally, the eunuchs successfully wiped out Dou Wu's power and began the first great party and corruption disaster that spread throughout the court and the country.
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