Enlightenment of the Three Kingdoms

When Queen Mother He heard about it, she told He Jin through the eunuch.After General He Jin heard about it, he naturally wouldn't stand still.

In May of the sixth year of Zhongping, He Jin, Sangong and his younger brother He Miao, the general of chariots and others, said: "Empress Dowager Dong ordered Xia Yun, the former servant of the Central Committee, and Feng Xuan, the servant of Yongle, to collude with the prefectural and county officials to monopolize all the goods in various places. Send all the treasures and goods to Yongle Palace. According to the past practice, the queen of the vassal kingdom cannot stay in the capital, please move her back to the Hejian Kingdom!"

Empress Dowager He approved the memorial, and on the sixth day of May, He Jin sent troops to surround Dong Zhong's mansion and arrest him.Removing him from his position, Dong Zhong knew that he would die, so he committed suicide in order to avoid suffering.

On the seventh day of June in the sixth year of Zhongping, Empress Dowager Dong suddenly fell ill in the palace and died of anxiety and fear.That Liu Xie, king of Chenliu, was still by the old lady Dong's side, watching the only grandma who loved him die in front of him, one can imagine his mood.When the eunuchs and maids in the palace notified Queen Mother He, she ordered people to put the body of Queen Mother Dong into the coffin. After seven days of lingering, she ordered people to send the coffin back to Hejian and be buried with Liu Chang in Shenling.

Empress Dowager He thought she could sit back and relax. Now that her son Liu Bian had become the emperor, she no longer hated the prince Chenliu Wang Liu Xie who bowed in front of her.She still kept King Chenliu Liu Xie in the palace, and with the eunuchs watching over her, what else could there be to worry about?

However, Empress Dowager He did not expect that her elder brother, General He Jin, was determined to eliminate the Ten Permanent Attendants in the palace.Empress Dowager He worried that if there were no Zhang Rang, Duan Gui and others to assist her in the palace, wouldn't the world have nothing to do with her?His son Liu Bian is getting old, how can he ensure succession to the throne?

Therefore, the Empress Dowager He did not agree with the general He Jin, but with the chariot general He Miao, thinking that this situation is the best outcome for the He family.But how could the great general He Jin, who was pushed by Yuan Shao, let the eunuchs in the palace take power?He conspired to summon Bingzhou Shepherd Dong Zhuo and Bingzhou Inspector Ding Yuan, and wanted them to get rid of their confidants!

Because of being sent to Luoyang by foreign ministers, Empress Dowager He was in a state of panic.The ten permanent attendants even heard many rumors that the great general He Jin wanted to get rid of his inner servants so that he could feel at ease!Dong Zhuo, the pastor of Bingzhou, was summoned, and he even wrote a letter to impeach Zhang Rang and others.Under extreme fear, the ten permanent servants made a wrong decision together.

Zhang Rang, Duan Gui and others knelt down in front of the Empress Dowager He, with great fear, and asked the Empress Dowager He to summon the General He Jin. They were willing to agree to any request of the General, as long as they could guarantee their personal safety.The Empress Dowager He passed on an order to summon General He Jin to enter the palace. Yuan Shao, Cao Cao and others disagreed with He Jin entering the palace now, thinking that it was not safe to enter the palace at this time.

If He Jin can't do it, his younger sister, Empress Dowager He, will harm her heart, but she still wears armor and brings the school captain to the palace.But neither Yuan Shao nor Cao Cao had the right to enter the palace as school lieutenants, so they watched General He Jin enter the palace.

When He entered the forbidden door, Zhang Rang and others questioned He Jin and said, "The great chaos in the world is not only the fault of my generation. The first emperor once had a quarrel with the queen mother, and almost deposed the queen mother. We cried to save him, and each of us spent tens of millions of wealth as a gift." The gift is meant to please the late emperor, and I only want to rely on your family of the He family. Now it is too much to kill our race? You said that the palace is filthy and dirty, and who is really loyal and honest below the minister? ?”

He Jin didn't disagree, but he insisted on taking down the top ten servants, so he was willing to give up!This angered Zhang Rang and others, so Shang Fang supervised Qu Mu and drew his sword to kill He Jin in front of the Jiade Hall.Zhang Rang, Duan Gui, etc. used the former Taiwei Fan Ling as the school attached to the Sili, and Xu Xiang, the Shaofu, as Henan Yin.

Shangshu Lu Zhi got the imperial edict and suspected it was false, so he asked, "Major general, please come out and discuss this matter together."

The eunuch of the Zhonghuang Gate threw the head of General He Jin to Minister Lu Zhi and said, "He Jin rebelled, and we have already killed him."

So Yuan Shao, Cao Cao and others took this opportunity to lead troops into the palace and kill all the eunuchs.The angry soldiers not only killed all the eunuchs, He Jinbu combined Wu Kuang and others with Fengche Duwei Dong Min, and killed the chariot general He Miao. So far, the relatives of the Empress Dowager He who held military power all died on the same day .

The ten permanent attendants Zhang Rang, Duan Gui and others hijacked Emperor Liu Bian, King Chenliu Liu Xie and Empress Dowager He and fled to the north gate together.Lu Yu Shangshu Lu Zhi was guarding there, and he shouted loudly: "Zhang Rang, Duan Gui, traitors, you killed the general, and dare to kidnap the queen mother!"

Hearing this, Empress Dowager He jumped out of the window desperately and was rescued by Lu Zhi before she escaped the fate of being taken hostage by these great eunuchs.

Zhang Rang, Duan Gui and others hijacked Emperor Shao and King Chenliu, and ran to Beimang Mountain overnight with smoke and fire.About two o'clock, there was a lot of shouting from behind, and people rushed to it.Min Gong, an official in central Henan, shouted, "Don't leave the traitor! Take your life!"

Zhang Rang was in a hurry and knew he was going to die, so he threw himself into the river.Young Emperor Liu Bian and Chenliu King Liu Xie did not know what was true and did not dare to raise their voices, they fell in the grass by the river and broke away from the eunuchs' team.The army horses behind scattered and chased Duan Gui and the others, and captured them in a short while.

Min Gong asked, "Where is the Son of Heaven?"

Duan Gui replied: "It was lost on the way, and I don't know where to go. It was because of the sudden arrival of your men that the two of them were able to escape."

Min Gong then killed Duan Gui and hung his head under the horse's collar. The soldiers killed all the eunuchs, and then scattered their troops to search for them.

Dong Zhuo saw thick smoke billowing in the sky above Luoyang, and only then did he know that a major change had taken place in the court, so he hastily ordered to march. Before dawn on the 28th, Dong Zhuo arrived at Xianyang Garden. He heard that Zhongchang Attendant Zhang Rang and others hijacked Emperor Liu Bian and went to Beimang Mountain, so he rushed to Beimang Mountain again.

At the foot of Beimang Mountain, the young emperor Liu Bian, who was still in shock, cried out in fright when he saw Dong Zhuojun galloping towards him.But Liu Xie, king of Chenliu, was not in a hurry. Looking at the majestic Dong Zhuo, he just said firmly, "Ru come to protect you, come to rob you?"

Dong Zhuo replied, "Ru Te will escort you."

Then Liu Xie, the king of Chenliu, said: "Since you are here to escort, why don't you dismount when the emperor is here?"

Dong Zhuo was shocked, so he rolled over and asked the emperor to get on his horse, and he wanted to follow him on foot.But at this time Mingong arrived on his horse, and he leaned over to pick up King Chen Liu and put him on the horse's back.

Dong Zhuo had no choice but to go back to the city with Min Gong on horseback.On the way, Dong Zhuo asked the young emperor Liu Bian about the incident again. Liu Bian spoke incoherently, and his answers were not what he asked, which made people anxious.But when he asked Chenliu Wang Liu Xie again, he was able to express clearly.Dong Zhuo knew that Liu Xie was brought up by the Empress Dowager Dong, named "Hou Dong".Dong Zhuo thought he was of the same family as Queen Mother Dong, so he was very happy, and naturally hoped that Liu Xie would become emperor in the future.

Back in Luoyang, all parties have selfish motives.And Dong Zhuozheng met his brother Dong Min, and learned that the trilogy of the great general He Jin and the trilogy of the chariot general He Miao did not belong to anyone.Therefore, because of the matchmaking of Dong Min, the captain of Fengche, these generals were willing to submit to Dong Zhuo together. Seeing that Dong Zhuo was powerful, they first became Dong Min's confidantes and stayed in Luoyang.

However, Dong Zhuo suggested in the palace: "The Son of Heaven is the lord of the people, and he cannot honor the ancestral temple and the country without dignity. Today, he is weak, and he is not as smart and studious as King Chen Liu, who can inherit the great position. I want to abolish the emperor and establish King Chen Liu. What do the ministers think?" After hearing this, the officials dared not speak out.

Bingzhou Inspector Ding Principle shouted: "No! No! Who are you, dare to speak loudly? The Son of Heaven is the son of the first emperor. He had no fault at the beginning, so why should he speak out and abolish the establishment! Do you want to be a usurper?"

Ding Yuan didn't listen to Dong Zhuo's orders at all, so that Dong Zhuo wanted to rely on his own merits to save him, and his way to the court was blocked.That Ding Yuan also came with a heavy army, and his troops were no less than Dong Zhuo's, and there was a man standing behind Ding Yuan, who was tall and majestic, holding Fang Tian's painted halberd and glaring at him.

Li Ru, Dong Zhuo's counselor, told Dong Zhuodao, "This man is Ding Yuan's adoptive son Lu Bu Lu Fengxian. My lord, you must avoid him, and you cannot be a strong opponent."

Dong Zhuo then shied away from drinking too much and stopped talking.After leaving the palace, Dong Zhuo returned to the camp.Then I heard that there were people outside the camp gate begging the enemy to scold them.Dong Zhuo and his generals went out to battle together, and when the two armies faced each other, they saw Lu Bu wearing a golden crown with hair on top, a battle robe of hundreds of flowers, Tang Ni armor, a lion belt, and a horse with a halberd, following Ding Jianyang to the front of the battle.

Ding Yuan pointed at Dong Zhuo and cursed: "Unfortunate for the country, the eunuchs exercise power, causing the people to lose their lives. You have no achievements of any size, how dare you speak absurdly to abolish the establishment, and want to mess up the court!"

Before Dong Zhuo could reply, Lu Bu had already charged towards him on a galloping horse.Dong Zhuo was defeated, and all the generals around him blocked him, but they couldn't resist.Dong Zhuo was defeated in a hurry, Ding Yuan led his army to cover up and kill Dong Zhuo's army. Dong Zhuo's army was defeated and retreated for more than [-] Li before clearing away the remnants of the army and setting up camp.

Dong Zhuo gathered the crowd to discuss and said, "I think Lu Bu is very human. If I get him, why worry about the world!"

Huben Zhonglang led Li Su out of the tent and said, "My lord, don't worry. I'm from the same town as Lü Bu. I know he's brave but not resourceful. I'm willing to use my three-inch tongue to say that Lü Bu surrendered." But I need the lord to produce a treasure, I wonder if the lord will be willing to do so?"

Dong Zhuo said: "As long as I have it, I can give it away! I don't know what General Li said?"

Li Su said: "I heard that my lord has a famous horse named Chitu, which can travel thousands of miles a day and eight hundred at night. You must get this horse, and then use gold beads to tie his heart. If you go further, Lu Bu must Against Ding Yuan, come and vote for the lord."

Li Ru saw that Dong Zhuo was hesitating, so he said, "My lord wants to break the world, why would you spare a horse? After you get Lu Bu, your lord can take the emperor by force and order the princes, and the world will belong to you, so why would you waste a horse?"

Zhuo Xinran gave it to him, and even gave him a thousand taels of gold, dozens of pearls, and a jade belt.Li Su carried these gifts and turned to Lu Bu Dazhai.Lu Bu heard that an old friend was coming, so he invited him into the big tent.When Li Su saw Lu Bu, he said, "My dear brother, don't come here without any harm!"

Lu Bu cupped his hands and said, "Brother, I haven't seen you for a long time, where do you live now?"

Li Su said: "I am currently serving as the general of Huben Zhonglang. I am very happy to hear that my virtuous brother helps the country. Now I have a good BMW horse. It travels thousands of miles a day, crosses water and climbs mountains. It is called Chitu. It is specially dedicated to you Brother, to help the tiger."

Lu Bu was overjoyed when he heard the words, so he asked someone to bring him over to have a look.Soon the subordinates brought over the BMW brought by Li Su.Lu Bu's eyes lit up when he saw it.But I saw that the horse was as red as burning coal, without a single hair; from head to tail, it was one zhang long; from hoof to neck, it was about eight feet high; it screamed and roared like a dragon flying into the sea.

Later generations have a poem about the red rabbit horse saying:

Galloping thousands of miles to sweep away the dust,

When crossing water and climbing mountains, the purple mist blooms.

Break the silk rein and shake the jade bridle,

The fire dragon flew down for nine days. "

Lu Bu was overjoyed when he saw the horse, he bowed to the end and said: "Brother Taiwan gave this dragon colt, how will my brother repay you?"But it doesn't matter! "

Li Su said: "Brother, please turn away from the left and right. Brother Yu has something to say to you, Brother Yu!"