The sexy and hot graceful figure, with its well-proportioned and moving curves inside the black silk robe, attracted Yuan Shu's envious and jealous gazes.
She looked at her own pitifully barren chest and her sister's magnificent breasts, and couldn't help feeling a little indignant.
What a damn talent I have for dragon blood. Fortunately, this talent is among the strongest in Luoyang, where there are many elite families. Otherwise, the price would be being trapped in this flat-chested loli form for the rest of my life, which is really frustrating.
"Uncle, the general is a rough man. His education level is limited to reading and writing Chinese characters. He can't do things like recording the affairs of the Shangshu. Therefore, the general's recording of the Shangshu affairs was written by Shao."
Yuan Shao spoke politely, his every move, every frown and smile were in perfect accordance with the rules and etiquette of the nobility. His gentle and sweet voice made people feel like they were bathed in spring breeze and intoxicated.
Yuan Wei was very satisfied.
Now that the emperor had not yet been established, he and the foreign relative, General He Jin, jointly recorded the affairs of the Secretariat and were jointly responsible for issuing imperial edicts.
However, He Jin, the butcher, was unable to understand the complex documents due to his low level of education, and Benchu had gained his trust. Therefore, He Jin handed over his half of the responsibility of recording the affairs of the Shangshu to Yuan Shao.
Well, if we round it off, such an important matter as recording the Shangshu affairs is handled half by my Taifu Yuan Wei and half by my niece Yuan Shao. So, if we round it off, the right to issue imperial edicts is completely controlled by my Yuan family, right?
However, he only had one chance. If he could not use the imperial edict to secure victory and take all the power in Luoyang into his pocket, He Jin would immediately discover that Yuan Shao had falsely transmitted the imperial edict, leading to a total collapse.
"Well done, Benchu, Gonglu, and the other members of the Yuan family have also achieved remarkable results. It is foreseeable that our Runan Yuan family will be the next powerful family in charge of the country! I will be the next Yi Yin and Huo Guang! We, the Runan Yuan family, will make the Han Dynasty great again!"
Yuan Wei was very satisfied with the work of the two people in front of him. He ordered his servants to bring tea with a lot of honey added. The three of them raised their glasses together to celebrate.
The three people of the Yuan family had no resistance to sweets. Yuan Shu's eyes lit up when he saw the honey water. Before the servant bent down to hand him the water, he jumped up, grabbed the teacup, and drank it all in one gulp. Yuan Shao maintained his etiquette for a while, but after drinking the honey water, he still squinted his eyes in intoxication, stuck out his red tongue, and licked the honey stains remaining on his lips.
Even though Yuan Wei, who already held half of the power and was the leader of the world's aristocratic families, couldn't help but reveal a smile on his stern face after drinking the honey water.
"Do you understand what to do next?"
"Of course, uncle."
Yuan Shao nodded dignifiedly.
"The solution to this mess is very simple. First, let the eunuchs and the relatives of the emperor be sworn enemies. Then, help the general He Jin, who is in charge of the relatives of the emperor, to kill the eunuchs. Let him lead the five battalions of the Northern Army, the Yulin Army, and the Huben Army to fight against the eight battalions of the Western Garden led by the eunuchs. While the snipe and the clam fight, the fisherman will gain."
"Yeah yeah!"
Yuan Shu's tender and cute face also revealed a hint of murderous intent, which made her look like a little loli who was in a bad mood. Not only did she not have any dignity, she was even more adorable.
"It sounds so nice to hear that the relatives of the emperor and the eunuchs killed each other and perished together, and that Jian Shuo and He Jin, who held the highest power, both died violently."
Yuan Shu couldn't wait to say it.
"When Jian Shuo, the Ten Eunuchs, the General He Jin, and Empress He all die in the palace strife, our family will fill the power vacuum left by the death of the eunuchs and relatives. If something unexpected happens and the eunuchs refuse to behave decently, I will lead the Tiger Guards to help them behave decently! I have nine ways to kill them all! Nine ways!!!"
Chapter 204: Yellow Hair and Horns
Jian Shuo and He Jin had no idea that they had both fallen into the trap of the Yuan family. One supported Liu Xie, and the other supported Liu Bian. They were fighting openly and secretly in Luoyang. For a time, the whole Luoyang was in turmoil and undercurrents. Everyone smelled the danger, and thus tried their best to take sides to avoid disaster, or to protect themselves from misfortune.
After He Jin summoned Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Cao Cao and other staff to discuss the situation, he also made a plan. Don't be bound by red tape. Speed is of the essence! Tomorrow at Liu Hong's funeral hall, directly recommend his good nephew Liu Bian as emperor and let him succeed to the throne in front of the spirit!
The Yuan family strongly supported Liu Bian in inheriting the throne. Maybe it was because of the bad feng shui of the Luoyang Palace, or it could be the radiation curse, or someone poisoned him, but several children of Emperor Ling of Han, Liu Hong, did not live to adulthood. There was no way. After Empress He gave birth to Liu Bian, he threw Liu Bian out of the palace and had him raised by a Taoist priest, which led to Liu Bian's character... Well, high EQ means not being aggressive towards the world, and low EQ means being too weak.
An emperor with this kind of personality is easier to control. It is much better than Emperor Ling of Han who supported eunuchs and killed aristocratic families.
And the night before everyone was conspiring to take action, Yuan Shao also gathered together with Cao Cao, Yuan Shu and other trusted close friends to make the final arrangements for tomorrow's plan.
The dining table of the family of three officials from four generations was naturally unusual. It was densely packed with grapes and melons from the Western Regions; sugar cane and oranges shipped from the south of the Yangtze River, and several small plates with dates and honey; even the wine was soaked with a few crystal rock honeys refined with the latest technology, that is, rock sugar, to increase the refreshing taste of the wine.
"Don't worry! Benchu! Although my Dianjun Camp is under the control of Jian Shuo, and I can't mobilize the troops without his order, the brothers in the camp are my life-long friends! Jian Shuo has a full view of the movements of the eight camps in Xiyuan! Jian Shuo will definitely not be able to interfere with us tomorrow!"
After chewing a few grapes, Cao Cao slapped her plump and attractive breasts solemnly and made a promise to her good sister. The two plump breasts were tightly wrapped in silk clothes. Under the slapping of her white palms, rippling flesh-colored ripples appeared. Yuan Shu, who was standing by, had red eyes. While drinking honey wine, his eyes were fixed on Cao Cao's plump breasts.
Humph! If I hadn't stopped growing early because of my dragon blood talent, I would have the biggest breasts among the sisters!
"Then I'll leave the matter of monitoring Jian Shuo's movements to Meng De."
Yuan Shao nodded in satisfaction and looked at his best sister tenderly. Cao Cao had a slender and delicate body, only meters tall, which was only considered the average height for a man.
Her beautiful face has clear contours and soft lines, and her skin is as white as snow and flawless, which contrasts beautifully with her long light yellow hair. Two small horns stretch out from both sides of her head, like dragon horns or ox horns. The whole person seems to be a work carefully crafted by nature. Although she cannot be called stunningly beautiful, her every move reveals ambition and heroism, which makes people feel excited. She is just a little bit childish.
"Benchu, Gonglu, Mingri, Cao will definitely live up to everyone's expectations. The three of us will work together to help the general support the Han Dynasty and revive the country!"
Cao Cao raised his wine glass with great ambition, and he only wanted to support the Han Dynasty. However, he didn't know how childish and ridiculous his attitude and ambition were in the eyes of the two sisters. In such a chaotic time, we are all thinking about making the Yuan family soar to the sky. Please, we are not children anymore, why are you still talking about supporting the Han Dynasty like a child?
Support the Han Dynasty? Yes, but the premise is that this Han Dynasty must move forward under the leadership of our Yuan family.
He Jin, who was even more naive than Cao Cao, had no idea that he was wholeheartedly trying to cooperate with these aristocratic families in Luoyang.
However, the noble families in Luoyang did not regard him, a small butcher and relative of the emperor, as a human being at all.
What's more, two hundred years ago, Wang Mang had already given the answer on how to usurp the Han Dynasty and establish his own regime. Our Yuan family of Runan may not be the next Wang family.
The two sisters of the Yuan family had ulterior motives, but Yuan Shao appeared to be even more excited and ambitious than Cao Cao. He clinked glasses with her and said, "Everything we do tomorrow will be for the Han Empire!"
When Yuan Shu saw Cao Cao's lofty ambitions and his commitment to supporting the Han Dynasty, he could not help laughing. He pretended to choke, covered his arrogant smile with his sleeves and began to cough dryly. It took him a second to control his expression before he clinked glasses with Cao Cao again and drank together.
The next day, a small-scale coup began. Because Jian Shuo's attempt to assassinate the general failed and was exposed, he did not dare to meet He Jin for the time being. He hid in the palace and was completely restrained and deceived by Cao Cao. He had no idea what was happening outside.
In the mourning hall, Yuan Shu secretly mobilized all the Tiger Guards with He Jin's order, and surrounded the Han emperor's mourning hall with three layers inside and three layers outside. The murderous Tiger Guards almost rushed into the mourning hall, and the ministers who were mourning were terrified, wondering what was wrong with He Jin.
Amidst this chaos, He Jin and Yuan Wei, who were both recording the affairs of the Secretariat, stamped their seals on the document that had been prepared long ago. Empress He, no, now Empress Dowager He, even held up the imperial seal that she was keeping for the Emperor of Han, and in front of all the ministers in Luoyang, she stamped eight bloody characters on the document.
If you receive orders from Heaven, you will live a long and prosperous life.
From a legal point of view, Liu Bian was now the legitimate new emperor.
"Cough-cough-"
He Jin cleared his throat. This great general, who was born a butcher and had a strong build, showed the letter in which Liu Bian was written as the emperor and stamped with the imperial seal to the ministers in the mourning hall.
"The sky cannot be without the sun for a day, and the country cannot be without a king for a day. Today, after discussing with the Grand Tutor, I, the General, unanimously agreed to make Liu Bian, the eldest son of the previous emperor, the new emperor! I have finished speaking, who agrees and who opposes???"
The officials in the mourning hall looked at the imperial edict in He Jin's hand, then looked at the tiger soldiers surrounding the mourning hall, and then looked at Yuan Wei, the leader of the clans in the world. Who dared to object to this? So they kowtowed in the direction of Liu Bian and shouted "Long live the emperor!"
In this way, the new emperor inherited the throne in the mourning hall.
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Chapter 205: The Enchanting Queen Mother
After supporting Liu Bian to ascend the throne, the aristocratic families headed by the Yuan family began to accelerate their counterattack against the eunuchs. The five battalions of the Northern Army, with their extremely powerful combat effectiveness, oppressed the eunuchs' nerves like a nightmare. The Changshui Battalion, composed entirely of big orcs, the Yueqi Battalion, composed entirely of Nanyue tree spirits and tree monsters, and the Tunqi Battalion, composed entirely of Han armored cavalry and bloody nightmare war horses, even directly moved their garrison to the outskirts of the Eight Battalions of Xiyuan, surrounding them on three sides like a mountain pressing down on them, intimidating Jian Shuo's Eight Battalions of Xiyuan.
After all, the Eight Battalions of Xiyuan were temporarily established by Emperor Ling of Han in order to counterbalance the Five Battalions of the Northern Army of his brother-in-law He Jin, as well as the Yulin and Huben. They were established only a few years ago, lacked foundation, and had low combat effectiveness.
The Five Battalions of the Northern Army, the Yu Lin Huben, were the legacy of the Han army for hundreds of years, and their combat effectiveness was at the top of all the armies of the Han Dynasty! Zhang Jue's first generation of Thunder Warriors could not withstand the iron cavalry of the Five Battalions of the Northern Army and collapsed at the first touch of the battlefield, let alone the newly established Xiyuan Army?
As long as the Five Battalions of the Northern Army have sufficient logistical and food support, their effectiveness on the battlefield of Jizhou can be described in four words: crushing with overwhelming force.
What? I attacked the fifth battalion of the Northern Army? Is this true? ? ?
The combat effectiveness of the 5,000 men in the Yulin and Huben battalions is comparable to that of the five battalions of the Northern Army, but their duties are somewhat different. These two battalions are directly responsible for guarding the imperial palace and do not undertake foreign expeditions. They are the most solid shield in the hands of the emperor, and the head of a battalion is not called a colonel, but a higher-level general of the Yulin or Huben.
The five battalions of the Northern Army guarded Luoyang in peacetime and fought on the battlefield in wartime. They were the sharpest spears in the emperor's hands.
After using the three battalions of the Northern Army to contain the eight battalions of the Western Garden, He Jin sharpened his knife and, at the instigation of the Yuan family, prepared to kill the eunuchs.
But at this moment, an accident happened. An internal strife broke out among the eunuchs. They were fully convinced of the terror of the Northern Army's Five Battalions and did not think that Jian Shuo's Eighth Battalion of the West Garden had any chance of winning.
What's more, the He brothers and sisters were born into a butcher's family, and their starting point was too low. Their family background was probably the weakest among all the foreign relatives in the Han Dynasty. Therefore, the relationship between the He brothers and sisters and the eunuchs was actually very good. Even when Empress He was jealous and poisoned other concubines of Emperor Ling of Han, it was the eunuchs who saved her, and she was almost tortured to death by Emperor Ling of Han using SM.
The eunuchs' idea was very simple: anyway, the existence of foreign relatives was inevitable and there would be one sooner or later, so why couldn't we support a foreign relative who would stand with us?
The He brothers and sisters were such in-laws who were supported by eunuchs to rise to power.
Therefore, when the conflict between Jian Shuo and He Jin intensified to such an extent and the five battalions of the Northern Army were about to attack, the eunuchs abandoned Jian Shuo without hesitation and killed him directly during a party. They gave his head and the tiger talisman that controlled and dispatched the eight battalions of Xiyuan to He Jin.
"Sigh, can we reconcile? It's only Jian Shuo who wants to kill you. We, the Ten Eunuchs, are still on the side of Empress Dowager He! The Eight Camps of Xiyuan are all under your control, General!"
When He Jin saw the eunuch holding Jian Shuo's head and surrendering to him, he felt that his brain was not enough.
If you think about it carefully, this group of eunuchs did indeed help their brothers and sisters to the throne of foreign relatives. Emperor Ling of Han, Liu Hong, had been using eunuchs and foreign relatives to fight against the aristocratic families, and the two sides had been allied for a long time.
Oh, it turns out that only Jian Shuo wants to kill me, and the other eunuchs are still our own people. Okay, I forgive you, and we are still our own people from now on.
He Jin happily took over the military power of the Eight Battalions of Xiyuan and formed an alliance with the eunuchs again.
At this moment, the entire military power of Luoyang fell into the hands of General He Jin alone, and the eunuchs headed by the Ten Attendants followed the lead of Empress Dowager He. The current situation was simply wonderful for the He family, the foreign relatives.
However, the Yuan family can no longer sit still. We want to see you and the eunuchs fighting and dying together, leaving the political power for the Yuan family to reap the fruits of victory. Who wants to see you and the eunuchs singing "You love me, I love you"? ? ?
Seeing that He Jin had reached a preliminary reconciliation with the eunuch, Yuan Wei urgently implemented the contingency plan and sent Yuan Shao to chat with He Jin. Although He Jin came from a butcher's family, he respected cultured people from aristocratic families very much, especially outstanding descendants like Yuan Shao, who had three generations of officials.
He really thought that he and the aristocratic family had formed an unbreakable alliance, but he didn't expect that the aristocratic family had looked down on his identity as a butcher from the very beginning and had been using him all along.
"General, what we are doing now was also done by Dou Wu 20 years ago. He was also a relative of the emperor and a general like you. He also wanted to kill the eunuchs, but in the end he was killed by the eunuchs instead. Do you know why?"
Yuan Shao's gentle and graceful voice, and the tragic end of the previous relative, successfully attracted He Jin's attention.
"Oh? Benchu, please enlighten me."
He Jin was indeed interested and curiously asked the eldest daughter of the Yuan family for advice.
"Because Dou Wu's plan to eliminate the eunuchs was leaked, he suffered the most brutal revenge from the eunuchs and was killed on the spot! Now, General, your plan to eliminate the eunuchs has already become a hot topic and is known to the whole city! The eunuchs are surrendering now only because they are afraid of your military power.
However, these eunuchs all live in the imperial palace. Even if you, the general, enter the palace, you cannot wear weapons or armor. When you are at your most vulnerable moment, you are surrounded by eunuchs who have long been enemies with you. How do you know that they will not retaliate against you?
"The last time Jian Shuo wanted to kill you, he did it when the general entered the palace. The general was lucky enough to escape because someone tipped him off. Does the general believe that he will be so lucky next time? Does the general really trust those eunuchs so much that they will not kill you when you enter the palace after your relationship has become so strained?"
Yuan Shao used his lying skills of nine truths and one lie to lightly attribute the complicated reasons for Dou Wu's death to his failure to eradicate the eunuchs. This instantly made He Jin break out in a cold sweat and created a rift between him and the eunuchs again. Once suspicion takes root, it will grow and spread infinitely in people's hearts.
"The general is now in a high position with great power. The five battalions of the Northern Army, the Imperial Guards, and the eight battalions of the Western Garden all obey your orders. Your subordinates are all handsome and famous people who are willing to do their best to serve you. Things are in your hands. This is a time for God's help! The general should eliminate harm to the world, kill the eunuchs, and make his name known to future generations! Cut the grass and root it out, leaving no one alive!
Now that it has been done, it must be done thoroughly."
He Jin agreed with this and believed Yuan Shao's words completely. He began to formulate a plan with Yuan Shao to wipe out the eunuchs. The most critical link in the plan was Empress Dowager He, who was now in charge of the harem. This was easy to deal with. Empress Dowager He was my sister, and she would definitely obey me as her brother.
He Jin excitedly went to the palace to find his sister and told her his plan to kill the eunuchs, but he was unexpectedly rejected.
"Brother, are you crazy?"
Empress Dowager He looked at her brother in surprise. Although she was the empress dowager, she was only in her early thirties. A woman who could be so favored by an emperor like Liu Hong, who had three thousand beauties in his harem, and even promoted to empress, must be extremely beautiful.
She was as beautiful as a fairy, with skin as white as cream, a delicate forehead and eyebrows, lips redder than blood, a pair of beautiful apricot-yellow eyes as deep as the abyss, and slender vertical pupils like a poisonous snake, flashing with all kinds of enchanting charm. Her hair was full of white hair, which fell from her head like a waterfall. A few strands of white silk were carefully woven into an intricate and exquisite cloud bun behind her head, and embellished with golden phoenix hairpins and dazzling gems, highlighting her noble status.
"How do you say this?"
He Jin was a little confused.
Empress Dowager He raised her slender hands and rubbed her mature and beautiful face helplessly. Her charming body trembled a few times, causing her plump and upright breasts, which were as tall as mountain peaks, to tremble. Her waist was as slender and soft as a willow in March, but her buttocks, which had given birth to children, were as round and full as peaches, forming a perfect and exaggerated alluring curve with her slender waist.
"Eunuchs have been in charge of the Imperial Palace since ancient times. This is an old Han system and cannot be abolished.
Brother, think about it, if you kill all the eunuchs, who will do the eunuchs' work? Should we give all the eunuchs' rights to the aristocratic families? Then, will we, my brother and sister, fight against the entire Han aristocratic family? When you kill all the eunuchs, there will only be us, my brother and sister, and the top aristocratic families left in Luoyang."
He Jin thought about it carefully and felt that Yuan Shao's advice to him to kill the eunuchs and his sister's advice to him not to kill the eunuchs seemed to be both right.
To kill or not to kill, that is the question.
Chapter 206: Raising troops to Luo
Seeing that He Jin was persuaded by his sister and did not kill the eunuch, Yuan Shao was speechless. How could this butcher be so soft-hearted? He listened to everything I said, and he also listened to everything his sister said?
What's more troublesome is that Liu Bian had just ascended the throne and was still young, and Empress Dowager He became another empress dowager who presided over the empire's government and the actual owner of the emperor's power. Although the imperial guards in Luoyang obeyed He Jin's orders, they would never do something as purely treasonous as pointing their troops against the empress dowager.
There was no other way, so Yuan Shao advised again.
"The Queen Mother has lived in the palace for a long time and has been in contact with eunuchs a lot. I am afraid that she has been blinded by the eunuchs, so she rejected the general. The imperial guards are also controlled by the Queen Mother. At this moment, you should summon the four powerful generals and a large number of heroes to make these foreign soldiers who do not obey the Queen Mother's orders lead their troops to the capital, threaten the Queen Mother, and force her to submit to you!
The situation has now reached a critical point. These eunuchs can even seduce your biological sister to fight against you, the general! If the eunuchs are allowed to lie dormant for a while, I dare not even think about what they will do! "
He Jin thought about it carefully and it seemed to be true. As expected of a family of Yuan with three officials for four generations, they thought more thoroughly than himself and their solutions were also very good. After thinking for a while, He Jin nodded in agreement.
It was not the eunuchs who instigated Empress Dowager He to go against He Jin. It was Yuan Shao who instigated He Jin to go against his sister and the eunuchs.
Cao Cao looked at Yuan Shao in astonishment. Her fair and beautiful face showed an expression of astonishment, confusion and puzzlement. She found that for the first time she could not understand what her childhood sweetheart was thinking or what he was trying to do.
No? Is it necessary to make such a big deal about killing a eunuch? Directly summon foreign troops to the capital? You know the consequences and price of doing so, why do you want to give He Jin such a dirty trick? ? ?
"General! Benchu! Isn't this a bit too much? To punish the eunuchs, the main culprit should be executed. Now that Jian Shuo is dead, the overall situation has been stabilized. Even if we want to kill all the eunuchs, sending a few jailers will be enough. Why do we need to call in foreign troops? "
Yuan Shao looked at Cao Cao's eyes filled with shock and confusion, his gaze inevitably dodged and he slightly lowered his head. He was unwilling and afraid to look directly into the eyes of his childhood sweetheart with a guilty conscience - I can't explain this to you. What I want is not to support the Han Dynasty, but to make my family and myself soar to the sky.
"Ah, I remember now. Meng De is the descendant of a eunuch, so he is here to dissuade us and even speak for the eunuch!"
He Jin laughed loudly and ignored Cao Cao. Yuan Shao, who was a nobleman for four generations and had extraordinary intelligence, said so. How could I listen to her? How could a eunuch like you be as smart as the Yuan family of Runan? Cao Cao was so angry that his face turned red and white. He looked at his best friend Yuan Shao with even more confusion - shouldn't it be? With Yuan Shao's intelligence, how could he come up with such a bad idea?
Yuan Shao had no way to explain, and even did not dare to face Cao Cao's interception after the meeting. He took a detour back home and discussed the next plan with his uncle to select foreign troops to enter the capital!
As for the selection of the four powerful generals, there are three warlords closest to Luoyang.
