"So, Dong Zhuo succeeded in abolishing the throne in three days?"

In Changshan Zhending, Jizhou, it was raining heavily. In the official temple in the city, Gongsun Xun was talking with a visitor.

"Exactly." In the hot and humid summer, the visitor was sweating profusely, but his sweat today seemed to be not only due to the weather. "On May 28th, he led troops to escort the emperor into the court. At that time, he was still in public

The emperor and King Chenliu were handed over to the Grand Tutor Yuan Wei honestly. Everyone felt that he was worthy of being the pillar of the country... But on the 30th, after he was worshiped as Sikong, he proposed to abolish the emperor in the Xianyangyuan barracks.

Li, Yuan Benchu ​​refuted it on the spot, but he directly drew his sword and threatened him. When the first court meeting in early June..."

"What about the court meeting on the first day of June?" Gongsun Xun's face remained as usual and he continued to ask curiously.

"At the first court meeting in early June, he led the soldiers to the court, openly proposed to abolish the establishment, and directly told everyone that he would maintain the court's order by military law. As a result, only Duke Lu stood up to protest, but he was regarded as a prince.

I just kicked him out to save my face." The man continued to sweat non-stop.

"Where is Master Lu?"

“I went to Hanoi at that time, but I don’t know where I went later.”

"How did Master Yuan react?"

"Like a puppet, he responded directly." This man rarely sighed. "He was also responsible for the ceremony of abolishing Li Li on the second day. Not only that, Dong Zhuo also ordered that day that no more eunuchs were allowed to be added, and the officials were asked to send the children of the family to the

In the palace, I serve as a Langguan..."

"..."

"On the third day of the sixth lunar month, just after the deposed Li was successfully abolished, Dong Zhuo directly ordered the murder of Queen Mother He, exhumed He Miao's body and whipped her body, and even the Queen Mother He's mother, Wuyang Jun, was also killed... Only the family of General He, because of Jun

Hou took care of it and was captured by Wen Chao's troops from Dong Zhuo's subordinates, but Dong Zhuo did not get angry or stop him."

Gongsun Xun suddenly raised his head and stared at the visitor: "Wen Chao... what do you want to say?"

"Your Majesty... There are rumors in Luozhong that Dong Zhongying is confident this time because he and you reached an alliance when he was in Guanzhong." This person looked at Gongsun Xun and said sincerely. "And this word is quite popular."

"Is it because the Northern Army surrendered to him? And the Northern Army and I have always been on good terms?" Gongsun Xun snorted coldly. "If it comes to this, Dong Zhuo is still a subordinate of Taifu Yuan. Does today's incident all have to be blamed on Yuan?

On your head?"

"That's true." This person was also embarrassed for a moment.

"Those people in Luozhong are just worried that I will be won over by Dong Zhuo. Then it will be really difficult to control me, right?"

"Probably...but I didn't say it clearly. After all, it happened suddenly. However, Yuan Benchu ​​was frightened in Xianyang Garden that day. When he came out and saw Bao Xin, he bluntly said that he saw Lu Bu standing behind Dong Zhuo. It was true.

He thought that the prince and Liu Yizhou had joined forces with Dong Zhuo, so Dong Zhuo would have no fear. It was not until Gongsun Wenchao led the prince's followers to kidnap the family members of General He that he fled directly to Hanoi, and several of Liu Yizhou's sons also

Explanations were given one after another, and everyone just woke up... In short, the matter was too urgent, everyone was at a loss what to do, and everything was in a mess."

"Where is Yuan Benchu ​​now?"

“In Hanoi.”

"Why Hanoi too?" Gongsun Xun was rarely startled.

"Of course it's Hanoi." The visitor wiped the sweat from his head and spread his hands. "Everyone is in Hanoi. After the dethronement, and because the Queen Mother He was murdered by poison, Wang Kuang, the former general of the general, probably reacted.

So he also led hundreds of confidants to Hanoi; Zhang Yang even recruited troops from Bingzhou and came back to Shangdang. When he heard that the general and Zhijin Wu Dingyuan were killed, he simply stopped and raised a banner to challenge Dong, and also marched to Hanoi.

Within the territory, as a gesture."

Only then did Gongsun Xun realize... He was indeed confused. In a hurry, the nearest place from Luoyang was Hanoi, and it was isolated by the Yellow River. It was naturally protected from large-scale troops and was safe enough. Besides, Hebei belongs to

Sili, if people with ideas go there, it still does not mean they are leaving the center.

In fact, Zhang Rang kidnapped the emperor and ran to Hanoi, and even Gongsun Xun himself stayed in Hanoi that day, all with the same intention.

The key this time was that Dong Zhuo was too weird and too fast. He established the emperor in three days and killed the queen mother in five days. No one had a backup plan, so they had no choice but to go to Hanoi before they could react.

"Your Majesty!" The visitor saw Gongsun Xun pondering for a moment, but he couldn't help but ask one more question. "There has been a sudden change in Luozhong, what do you want to do?"

"I also want to ask you." Gongsun Xun asked in turn. "Dong Zhuo easily deposed Li. What do you people think...Tell me the truth, do you care about deposing Li?"

"How can you not care? After all, it is a matter of abolishing the establishment." The man continued to wipe his sweat.

"Do you want to write a few words before answering?" Gongsun Xun asked jokingly upon seeing this.

"No need." This person was Zhong Yao, the Huangmen servant. Hearing this, he couldn't help but sit upright. "I asked myself a lot about this kind of thing before I came here, and I already had an idea..."

"But you have to tell me the truth." Gongsun Xun sneered.

"Here." Zhong Yao leaned over and responded, and then he spoke seriously. "I think if I put myself in Dong Zhuo's shoes, how could he, a military general on the side, take control of the government and dominate the world in one fell swoop if he hadn't successfully deposed him?

Where does the authority lie? When I came, he had already issued an order to General Huangfu of Guanzhong to hand over his military power. He also asked people to go to Liangzhou to recruit Han Sui and Ma Teng, and also asked Yin Gaiyuangu of Jingzhao to enter Luo... These few things,

I think it will definitely work. When the time comes, he will have a strong army and Yongliang will be in control. Isn't it because the emperor is in hand?"

Gongsun Xun slowly nodded: "I'm convinced too... If it were me, I really wouldn't have the courage."

"But this is a matter of abolishing the establishment after all. Who can be convinced that he is a warrior and does such a thing?" Zhong Yaofu sighed again. "Not to mention, when he abolished the establishment, he actually led troops into the palace to regulate the court by military law.

, and after deposing the throne, he actually poisoned the Queen Mother and whipped He Miao to death... Even if the He family needed to be eliminated, Wuyang Jun was already an old woman with the loss of her children, so how could he kill him?!

So I thought that with these two alone, he would not be able to achieve anything!"

"That's good." Gongsun Xun nodded in approval. "To put it bluntly... the princes in the court hate him, partly because the deposed thing itself is too shocking, and he is a warrior.

, broke the rules; three points is because his martial style is overbearing and he kills indiscriminately; another three points is because he comes from a humble background, and everyone in the court is naturally unwilling to conspire with him... The last point is that in fact, some people may not really

He cares about these things, but because of the first nine points he knows that he cannot achieve anything, so he is alienated from virtue."

Zhong Yao was speechless.

There was a moment of silence, and suddenly a fat orange beast that resembled a tiger cub walked out from behind Gongsun Xun, then ignored the two people sitting there and came to the corridor in front of the hall, staring at the falling thing above.

The waterline watched curiously.

Qu Yuanchang naturally knew that this was a cat. It was rare in the early years, but in recent years it has become quite common in the houses of high-ranking officials. It seems that it became popular because of the General Wei in front of him.

"Let me ask you something again." After staring at the fat cat's ass for a while, Gongsun Xun suddenly asked seriously again. "Yuan Chang, do you think that me being in Beidi, in Luozhong, has shocked the situation, or has it?

Stirred up the situation?"

Zhong Yao remained silent.

"I understand." Gongsun Xun sighed, then turned around and spoke softly to the back of the hall. "Sir, it seems that you are right this time."

"I'm not right." An older female voice suddenly sounded from behind, followed by dozens of maids pouring into the hall holding candles, followed by an older woman dressed in luxurious clothes.

Surrounded by the beautiful maids, she emerged from behind. "It's more that all tangible and intangible things in this world must be governed by rules and principles..."

When Zhong Yao heard the word "Sir", he didn't know who it was, so he quickly bent down to salute, and the lady, who was Gongsun Auntie, also stepped forward to look at Zhong Yao with great interest.

However, when Gongsun Xun arrived next to him, he still looked a little helpless: "I thought that with me here, Yuan Shao and Dong Zhuo would be able to restrain themselves."

Aunt Gongsun laughed again when she heard this: "You think you are invincible and powerful enough to intimidate the court, but you don't expect that the Han Dynasty has been abandoned, the people in the world have long been in dire straits, and the people's hearts have long been weeded. As for Luoyang, where is it?

The flash point of the conflict in the entire Han Dynasty, this turmoil was not because of He Jin's negligence, nor because of Yuan Shao's boldness, nor because Dong Zhuo happened to lead his troops outside the city... but because the common people in the world had no food to eat.

, powerful people cannot be promoted to official positions, and public officials are as corrupt as eunuchs. And the existence of border army leaders like you, for the central government, will only intensify conflicts at most, but will not alleviate them. In fact, you have known this truth for a long time,

It’s just that I still don’t understand the relationship between chance and necessity.”

Gongsun Xun slowly nodded, then suddenly raised his sword and stood up solemnly: "What my mother said is absolutely true. Since I came out of Liaoxi, I have seen many people who are mediocre and greedy for life and afraid of death, but they are also never afraid of success or failure.

There are heroes who are not afraid of death. Among the Yellow Turbans, there are some who are not afraid of death. There are also powerful village officials who are not afraid of death. There are also some generals who are not afraid of death... The world is chaotic. Some of these heroes are for fame, some are for profit, some are for loyalty, and some are for righteousness.

Some people do it for strength, some do it for hope, some do it to conquer the world, and some do it to stabilize the place. No matter what, everyone has their own pursuits. How could they not do what they want to do just because I am better than them?

If this is the case, what qualifications do they have to call themselves heroes? If they really have ambitions, they will only try to catch up because they see me standing in front of them, that's all."

"Well said." Aunt Gongsun was stunned for a moment at her son, but nodded again. "If you want these heroes to bow their heads because you are powerful, unless they all become idiots overnight. Not to mention Liu Bei

, how Zhuge Liang and those people bucked the trend, that is, Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, Dong Zhuo, who didn't buck the trend at the beginning and use the weak to the strong... So, there are some things I can help you, but there are some things you can only do by yourself

Do it, I can't help you."

Zhong Yao was confused for a moment...because he didn't understand half of what the mother and son were saying.

"Let's not talk about this anymore." Aunt Gongsun suddenly turned to Zhong Yao again. "Are you Qian Yuanchang?"

"Yes!" Zhong Yao, who was sweating profusely, leaned over and bowed down again. "Yingchuan Zhong Yao, I'd like to pay my respects to the old lady. I never thought that the old lady would be here."

"Yuan Chang, there is no need to panic." Gongsun Xun walked out, holding the knife and smiling. "My mother likes your calligraphy very much. This time she came to collect the prisoners for me. She was going back to Changping yesterday... just because

When I heard you were coming, I stayed here to prepare to meet you."

Zhong Yao breathed a rare sigh of relief.

On the other side, Aunt Gongsun had already asked a beautiful maid behind her to come forward to help Zhong Yao up, and with a smile, asked someone to put pens, inks, paper and inkstones on her hands: "Since I have seen Qian Yuanchang, I must ask for a pair of calligraphy... to replace him."

Let me copy a copy of the Forty-Two Chapter Sutra!"

"..."

Gongsun Xun ignored what was going on here. He came to the door and kicked the increasingly fat old cat into the puddle outside the corridor. Then he walked out of the lobby with the knife and walked along the corridor.

, and went to a wing somewhere near the inner hall of the official temple.

In this spacious wing, it was dark because of the rain, so candles were lit early. Under the candles, several people dressed as scribes were discussing something heatedly. When they saw Gongsun Xun walking in, they all stood up one after another.

greeting.

"How?" Gongsun Xun didn't care and sat directly on a chair in the room. "Have you guys come up with the result of the discussion?"
To be continued...