Chapter 183 The Emperor Dies
When Lu Ning heard this, you little girl, why are you still calling me Big Bear? You don’t even call me brother. It’s too unreasonable. “Little beauty, I didn’t say you, why are you playing with me? Playing the piano with your sister Yan and reciting poems is fun. How do you think your sister Yan’s piano is good at?"
Zhen Mi said excitedly: "Sister Yan's piano is really good. I'm going to live in your house for the time being. I will only move out after my grandfather builds the house. Big Bear, you won't have any objection."
When Lu Ning heard this, you little girl, isn’t you going to rely on me? Now you are working with your grandfather. Lu Ning dares to disagree. If you don’t agree, it’s not a big deal. “Miss Zhen Mi is very welcome to stay in the humble house. But you must be mentally prepared. My family does not have the best food in your house, and it is not as magnificent as yours. You must have the spirit of hard work and perseverance.”
Zhen Mi said, "Big Bear, then you can make more delicious food. You are the governor of Bingzhou. You are so stingy as such a high official." After saying that, he glared at me with a small eye.
Everyone was amused by her words. Can Lu Ning compete with your family? Your Zhen family is one of the five richest people in the world. Can Lu Ning, a poor boy, compete with you? "Little beauty, do you know, I am a clean official, I dare to do corruption and bribery from the money I have, or you little girl sponsor me a little, so that I can make it easier for me to improve my life? You won't be so stingy, you can squeeze out the dowry your grandpa gave you. "Let's say, "Let's say, "Let's just squeeze out some of the dowry your grandpa gave you." Lu Ning said with a smile.
Zhen Mi snorted, grimaced at Lu Ning, stretched out her tongue, and everyone was amused by her appearance.
Cai Yan said: "Ziyi, don't tease Mi'er anymore."
In the following days, Lu Ning and Ma Jun were discussing with the shipbuilding craftsmen who came to Mr. Zhen to study what kind of warships Lu Ning and his shipyard would produce. Lu Ning painted some of the appearances of warships that later generations saw on the Internet for them to watch, including medieval pirate ships, Dutch gunboats, Spanish big tent ships, and some unknown gunboats.
Through consultation with shipbuilders, it was determined that the warships similar to Spanish tent ships were first produced, which were much larger than the large tent ships of the Jingzhou Navy. It was estimated that they were three to four hundred tons. The warships had arrow towers, catapults, crossbow beds, all wrapped in steel plates, sharp impactors, all wrapped in iron sheets, and fireproof treatment was performed on the surface of the ship. Of course, when designing, it was also considered that once the performance of the steam engine was improved, installation space and place were reserved for easy upgrading.
Next, the rubber processed by Ma Jun was also successful, but the quality was a little worse, but this problem was not big. After continuous exploration, Lu Ning and others should be able to produce better quality rubber. It was only a matter of time. Due to the success of rubber, the performance of the thousand-pound hammer has been greatly enhanced than before, and the performance of various machinery and equipment has been improved accordingly. What is most gratifying is that Lu Ning and others tried to build a small cement factory. Although it was successful, the quality of cement was indeed very poor. They could only wait until the formula was tested many times. After all, Lu Ning only knew that some auxiliary materials such as soil, charcoal slag, and the specific proportion was not clear.
In the sixth year of Zhongping (189), on April, on the first day of Bingzi, there was a edible sun.
Tian Chou ran to Lu Ning and said, "Lord, the news came from the city of Luoyang."
Lu Ning said: "Zi Tai, continue to collect intelligence and be prepared to send troops at any time."
After hearing this, Tian Chou said, "It's the lord."
In the summer of April of the sixth year of Zhongping, Emperor Ling of Han passed away. However, the ten regular attendants including Jian Shuo secretly refused to make funerals, and forged an edict to announce that He Guojiu entered the palace. In order to stop the troubles, he appointed Prince Xie as the emperor. Yuan Shao and others stood up and brought 5,000 imperial guards, and more than 30 ministers including He Jin, Xun You, Zheng Tai and other ministers. They rushed into the palace one after another. In front of Emperor Ling's coffin, they supported the prince to defend themselves. After the officials called for worship, Yuan Shao entered the palace to capture Jian Shuo. Jian Shuo walked into the imperial garden in panic and was killed by the regular attendant Guo Sheng under the flowers.
Yuan Shao said to General He Jin: "If the middle-aged officials form a clique, they can take advantage of the situation to kill them all to eliminate future troubles."
After Zhang Rang found out, he had to ask Empress Dowager He for help because of the urgent matter.
On the second day, Empress Dowager Dong came to the court and ruled the government behind the curtain. He appointed Prince Xie as King Chenliu, Dong Chong as General of Cavalry, and Zhang Rang and others to plan the government. Seeing that Empress Dowager Dong was tyrannical, he sent someone to sue General He Jin. The next morning, he asked the court officials to report that Empress Dowager Dong was originally a vassal concubine, not from my Central Plains, so it was not suitable to live in the palace for a long time. He should move to Henei to settle the palace, and then he left Luoyang. On the one hand, he sent someone to send Empress Dowager Dong, and at the same time, he called the imperial guards to surround the mansion of General Dong Chong, and sought seals and ribbons. Zhang Rang, Duan Gui and other eunuchs saw that Empress Dowager Dong had been deposed, so they used gold, silver and treasures to make friends with He Jin's brother He Miao and his mother. Therefore, the ten regular attendants were spared and all saved their lives.
Not long ago, Lu Ning's "Night Eye" guard said that someone was looking for him in the palace. Lu Ning thought to himself, what should be come is still coming, and it is definitely not possible to hide and dodge.
Lu Ning said to the guard: "Call him in."
The visitor saluted Lu Ning and said, "I have met the lord."
Lu Ning glanced at him and said, "You don't have to be too polite. What's the matter with Lord Zhang to let you pass the message?"
The visitor said respectfully: "Striving for the throne! Lord Zhang hopes that Lord will immediately lead troops to Beijing. As long as the throne is successful, the next general will be yours."
Damn, is it that easy to fight for the throne? I'm still a general, it's not a daydream, it's just a long umbrella for me. Don't say it's impossible. Even if the throne is successful, it would be strange if you let the eunuch not block me. What kind of thing you can't do? I don't want to be your scapegoat. If you know how to do it, you will engage in conspiracy and tricks, never talk about friendship, and only seek your own benefit, and you will care about the life and death of others.
Hehe, I asked me to bring troops into Beijing, I really thought it was beautiful. "Please repay Lord Zhang. I will lead my troops there soon, so I will definitely help Lord Zhang." Lu Ning said with a smile.
In the afternoon, Lu Ning's "Night Eye" guard came to report again. "Lord, another person who claimed to be from the capital sent a secret letter and asked to hand it over to the lord in person."
It seems that the butcher He Jin can't help it anymore. The fat man Dong Zhuo should have received the order to enter Beijing.
Lu Ning said to the guard: "Take the person in here."
After saluting Lu Ning, the visitor said, "I have met the Lord, and the General has a secret letter to him."
After taking it, he tore it apart and saw that Lu Ning was indeed asking for troops to lead the troops into the capital. I don’t know who the old boy He Jin called. According to history, there should be Ding Yuan. Now Ding Yuan is in Luoyang, so there will be no one else. "Who did the general send a secret letter to?" Lu Ning asked the people.
The visitor replied, "I don't know."
Lu Ning thought for a while and said, "You can help me reply to the general verbally. I will act according to the order and will never let down the general's high hopes."
The person came to say, "Yes."
Lu Ning said to Dian Wei: "Ziman, go and call Zhang Liao, Gao Shun, Tian Chou, Sima Lang, Gu Yong, Zhang Chuang, Zhang Yang, Ma Jun, Hua Tuo, Cai Yong and others, saying that I have important things to discuss with them."
Chapter completed!