The next day, the empress dowager ordered He Jin to be appointed as a counselor to shang shushi, and the others were all officially appointed. Empress Dowager Dong xuan zhang and the others entered the palace to discuss: "He Jin's sister, at first I lifted her up. Today his child is on the throne, the ministers and bureaucrats inside and outside the court are her confidants, the authority is too heavy, what should I do? Zhang Rang said, "Niangniang can go to the upper court, bow the curtain to listen to the government, crown the crown prince as the king, give the uncle the title of a high official to control the military power, and reuse the ministers and other people, then she can try to plot major events." Empress Dong was very pleased. The next day, Empress Dowager Dong surrendered her orders, and crowned the crown prince xie as the king of Chen Liu, Dong Zhong as the general of the hussars, and Zhang Rang and others jointly participated in the government.
When Empress He saw that Empress Dong held great power in the imperial government, she set up a banquet in the palace and invited Empress Dong to the banquet. When she was half drunk, Empress He stood up and bowed to Empress Dowager Dong with a glass of wine and said, "We are all women, and there will be no good results in participating in the interference in the affairs of the dynasty." In the past, because Empress Lü held great power in her hands, more than a thousand members of the clan were killed. Today, we women should live deep in the gates of the Nine-Fold Palace, and it is the honor of the country that the ministers and elders should discuss and decide on important matters of the imperial court, and hope to hear them. Empress Dowager Dong said angrily, "When you killed Wang Meiren with poisonous wine, you were jealous." Today, relying on your son as the emperor, and the forces of your brother He Jin, you dare to speak indiscriminately, and I order the general to cut off your brother's head with ease! Empress He was also angry and said, "I persuade you with good words, why are you angry instead?" Empress Dong said, "Your family is just a butcher selling wine, what insight do you have?" The empress dowager of the two palaces quarreled, and Zhang Rang and the others persuaded them to return to the palace.
Empress He summoned He Jin into the palace overnight and told them about the fight. He entered and left the palace and summoned the three publics to consult. The next day, empress dowager Dong was originally a concubine and was not suitable to live in the palace for a long time, so she should still move to the river to settle down, and she was limited to leaving the city gate on the same day. On the one hand, he sent people to send Empress Dong, and on the other hand, he ordered the Janissaries to surround the residence of the hussar general Dong Zhong and pursue Yinshou. Dong Zhong knew that the matter was critical, so he took a knife and committed suicide in the back hall. Family members mourned and the soldiers dispersed. Zhang Rang and Duan Jue saw that Empress Dowager Dong's branch had been abolished, and then they befriended He Jin's younger brother He Miao and his mother Wu Yangjun with gold and jade playthings, so that people would go to Empress He sooner or later and cover up for themselves with various good words. Therefore, the ten permanent attendants became the favorites of the palace again.
In June, He Jin secretly murdered Empress Dong with poisonous liquor, and then escorted the coffin back to Beijing and was buried in Wenling. He Jin pretended to be ill and stayed at home. Yuan Shao, a lieutenant colonel, went to see him and said, "Zhang Rang and Duan Jue spread rumors outside that after the public poisoned and killed Dong, they wanted to plot major events, and if they did not destroy the eunuchs now, they would become a great disaster in the future." In the past, Dou Wu wanted to kill eunuchs, but because the matter was not confidential enough, he was instead harmed. Brother Jingong and his subordinate generals are handsome men, and if they exert all their strength, great things are in the palm of their hands. This is a godsend opportunity not to be lost. He Jin said, "Let me discuss it first." The people around He Jin secretly reported Zhang Rang, and Zhang Rang and others relayed He Miao and sent a lot of bribes. He Miao entered the palace to play the empress dowager and said, "The great general assists Xinjun, does not practice mercy, only wants to kill people, and today he wants to kill the Ten Permanent Attendants for no reason, is this not to cause chaos?" He Hou listened to him. After a while, He Jin went to the palace and told the empress dowager that he would curse the eunuchs. Empress He said: "Eunuchs command the Janissaries, and this has always been the case with the Han family. The former emperor has just passed away, and you are going to kill the old courtiers, which is disrespectful to the Zongmiao Temple. He Jinben was a man with no decision, and when he heard the empress dowager say it, he walked out in unison. Yuan Shao stepped forward and asked, "How are the big things going?" He Jin said, "The Empress Dowager will not allow it, so I can't do anything about it!" Yuan Shao said, "You can gather the heroes of the four sides, lead the troops to Beijing, and kill all the eunuchs." This matter is critical and cannot be allowed by the Empress Dowager. He Jin said, "This plan is really good!" ”
They sent documents to the towns and summoned them to the capital. Chen Lin, who was in charge of the paperwork, said: "This is not okay! As the saying goes: 'To cover your eyes and catch a bird is to deceive yourself.' Small things cannot be deceived and said to have been accomplished, and what about major national affairs? Today, the general relies on the imperial authority, holds important military power, leaps and leaps, and the enemy and the enemy are all in one heart, and if they want to destroy the eunuchs, it is like burning the hair with a red stove. But it should be swift like thunder and lightning, and the exercise of power must be decided immediately, and all the people of the world will submit. Now they are issuing documents to the outside world, going to conquest the capital, and the heroes are gathered together, each with a kind of mind, the so-called reversal of the opposite direction, being held back, will certainly not succeed, but will cause chaos. He Jin smiled and said, "This is just a coward's opinion." A person next to him clapped his hands and laughed and said, "This is as easy as a palm, why say more!" "At first glance, it's Cao Cao.
As the poem says: If you want to get rid of the chaos on the side of the king, you must listen to the wisdom of the DPRK. I wonder what Cao Cao is going to say? See the next chapter.