Xuande

Chapter 479 I want to ask He to come in and kill you!

Empress He was stunned before, she would never have thought that Dong Zhong would dare to kill someone in her palace.

What is this for?
Rebellion?
When Dong Zhong walked in front of her with a sneer on his face, she shuddered all over and immediately came to her senses.

"Dong Zhong?! What are you going to do?! Are you going to rebel?! How dare you do such a thing?"

She cried out sharply.

"How is this a rebellion?"

Dong Zhong smiled happily: "Queen, this is really not rebellion, this is really following orders."

"According to orders?"

Empress He was surprised and said: "Whose order? You dare to kill people in the Queen's Palace, whose order are you taking? The Queen Mother?!"

"You'll find out soon enough."

Dong Zhong waved his hand: "Invite the queen and the eldest son of the emperor into the palace!"

The soldiers behind Dong Zhong rushed up, grabbed He Shi roughly, and pushed her into the palace regardless of her screams.

And Liu Bian in the palace had been frightened stupid for a long time, stayed where he was, not daring to move, only trembling.

"Dong Zhong! You want to rebel! You want to rebel! You bastard! I want He Jin to kill you! I want He Jin to kill you!!"

"He Jin?"

Dong Zhong sneered and said, "Let's talk about it if he can save his own life! Hahahahahahaha! Empress, this time, no one will come to save you."

"What did you say?"

Empress He turned pale in shock: "What are you going to do to He Jin? What's going on? What happened? Who gave the order? Is it His Majesty? Is His Majesty going to kill me? How is it possible? You let me see Your Majesty! Let me see Your Majesty!"

Empress He rushed up like a madman, pushing and shoving like a mad woman, Dong Zhong was really upset, and slapped him, causing Empress He to spin in a circle and fell to the ground.

"You hit me?"

She covered her face and looked at Dong Zhong in disbelief.

"You dare to hit me?"

Dong Zhong shook his hand with a relaxed expression.

"I've wanted to do this for a long time. There was no way in the past. Now, what do you have to rely on? Wait here obediently. If you quarrel once, I'll hit you once! If you quarrel again, I'll chop you up!"

Dong Zhong tore off the mask used to suppress his emotions in the past, his face was terribly distorted, he drew out his knife and pointed at Empress He, and poured out the resentment and dissatisfaction accumulated in the past in one breath.

Pointed at by the cold blade, Empress He was frightened into silence.

Although she has been a queen for many years, she has been aloof for a long time, but this kind of fear that comes from the instinct of life still keeps her honest.

She was really afraid that Dong Zhong would get hotheaded and end her wealth with one blow.

The situation is better than people.

The queen's palace was quickly brought under control, and all guards and eunuchs who wanted to resist were killed. In order to vent his grievances over the years, Dong Zhong personally killed several eunuchs.

The others were imprisoned in the side hall, and the palace guards brought by Dong Zhong controlled every passage and every house in the queen's palace.

Later, Dong Zhong personally asked the palace guards about the control of the gates and passages of the entire palace, and learned that the control had been basically completed, and preparations for defense were made. closed.

At that time, if you want to enter the imperial city by force without paying ten times the casualties of the defenders, it is wishful thinking.

Dong nodded.

His task has been completed, there is really no difficulty, the rest depends on the actions of Jian Shuo, Zhang Rang and Liu Bei.

His task is simple, and the speed of completion must be the fastest. Compared with him, it is somewhat difficult for others.

Of course, at the very beginning of this operation, the officials who survived were suddenly summoned by the emperor to give lectures in the palace.

According to the order and prior arrangement, hundreds of subordinates dispatched by Zhang Rang were fully mobilized and rushed to their respective destinations to let the officials quickly enter the palace, and then protect their families and residences.

The big soldiers are really jealous, but no matter how many, if too many officials in Luoyang City die by then, it will be hard to explain.

Originally, this link could be a little simpler, but that day happened to be the holiday of most officials, and most of them were not on duty in the palace, but rested at home, so this special link was needed.

Time is tight and tasks are heavy, so Zhang Rang gave his subordinates a death order, and those who can't do things well will come to see him first.

No one expected that the coup would happen so suddenly. Even Zhang Rang, who knew the inside story, didn't expect that Liu Bei knew the specific content, but he didn't know the time.

This time is controlled by Liu Hong, and even Liu Hong himself may not be able to control it well, so the worst case is that after Liu Hong's death, Liu Bei immediately launches a mutiny to capture and kill Yuan Kai and He Jin.

But if Liu Hong is still alive and can do something, then Liu Hong's initiative will be better than Liu Bei's sudden action.

The incident happened so suddenly that no one knew how the situation would go, let alone Lu Zhi and Cai Yong.

Later in the afternoon of the same day, Cai Yong was invited to come with his wife and two daughters, Cai Yan and Cai Wan. I want to show off my ability to educate children.

Lu Zhi quietly listened to Cai Yan and Cai Wan's piano skills, squinting slightly, feeling very good.

After a song, Lu Zhi praised Cai Yan and Cai Wan's piano skills, and praised Cai Yong's ability to teach his children well, which made Cai Yong very happy.

Afterwards, Cai Yong let the two daughters continue to play the piano, while he and Lu Zhi slowly talked about some recent political affairs.

"This morning, under the pretext of worrying about the emperor's safety, Yuan Kai and the empress forcibly broke into the emperor's bedroom with the empress, but happened to bump into the emperor eating porridge. This is really funny."

Cai Yong stroked his beard and said: "Before, Yuan Kai suspected that the emperor was ill, but he never thought that he could do such an offensive thing. I have seen that someone will come forward to impeach him in two days. Let's see how he explains it."

"As a foreign minister, it is really rude to break into the palace with the queen! It is even disrespectful!"

Lu Zhi shook his head unhappily and said, "I don't need anyone else to come forward, I will impeach him tomorrow, and I have to ask him to give an explanation! During the period when the emperor was convalescing, he was forbidden to enter by edict, and he dared to break into the palace without authorization. Look at Yuan Kui is going too far!"

Cai Yong glanced at Lu Zhi and sighed.

"Zigan, you said you listened to Uncle Weng's advice earlier, don't indulge Yuan Kai so much, and fight him, maybe he is not so arrogant. Now I think this person is too arrogant. There are soldiers outside the city. The city is still united with the empress to break into the palace, given time, I still don't know what he is going to do, is this the way to be a minister?"

Hearing this, Lu Zhi sighed deeply.

"It's meaningless to say this now, I really didn't do well enough..."

"Zigan, I don't want to criticize you, but to discuss the facts. I think Xuande has done far better than you."

Cai Yong said in a low voice: "Xuande still knew that Yuan Kai's ambitions were great, so he brought soldiers and horses to check and balance Yuan Wei, to fight against him, and limit his power, but you, as a Taiwei, did not step forward in the face of Yuan Kai's bullying. Step back, do you know how disappointed Luoyang scholars are with you?"

Lu Zhi just sighed and didn't reply.

He knew how disappointed Luoyang scholars were with him, and he knew that everything he did did not conform to popular expectations. Luoyang scholars even rumored that Lu Zhi was cowardly and did not dare to fight, so the people around him became more and more angry. Come less and less.

He didn't think it mattered at first, but now it seems that there are still some problems in doing so.

It can only be said that fortunately, he has a disciple named Liu Bei.

Thinking of Liu Bei, Lu Zhi still smiled proudly.

"I have a disciple of Xuande, who is better than Yuan's disciples and old officials all over the world. Isn't this a good thing?"

"You are a teacher, you can't rely on your disciples for everything, can you?"

Cai Yong rolled his eyes and complained: "You are also a famous Confucian in the country, with such a great reputation, but you are not even as good as your own disciples. Don't you think this is inappropriate?"

Lu Zhi stroked his beard and laughed.

"What's wrong with cultivating disciples who are better than the teacher?"

Cai Yong was speechless for a moment.

Lu Zhi laughed for a while, then sighed for a while.

"Xuande is a clan member of the Han family, and has won the trust of the emperor. This time he returns to Beijing and establishes the mansion, and his power is overwhelming. I think he will confront Yuan Kai and He Jin head-on soon..."

"I'm worried."

Cai Yong said with emotion: "If the emperor has no intention of abolishing the elders and establishing the younger, he simply wants to suppress the He family, but the prince Bian is the nephew of the He family. In this way, it is hard to guarantee that the prince Bian will not be enthroned because of this matter." Regarding Xuande, Zigan, what do you think?"

Lu Zhi frowned.

"The future is too far away, it's hard for me to say, but if the prince will embarrass Xuande because of today's affairs after he ascends the throne, I will definitely not stand idly by. Xuande obeys the emperor's order and is loyal. , the loyal people in the world will be chilled."

"That's what I said, I'm afraid that some people won't let it go..."

Cai Yong said with emotion: "The empress is also surnamed He. No matter how you look at it, Xuande will not be able to escape a catastrophe this time. Zigan, as Xuande's teacher, you have to prepare in advance. You can't continue to back down."

Lu Zhi was silent for a while, then nodded.

"If there is such a day, I will never let Xuande get hurt because of this kind of thing. Xuande does this kind of thing out of loyalty. The scholars will no longer contribute to the court, and I will never stand by!"

"That's fine, that's fine."

Cai Yong nodded, and said worriedly: "Although that is the case, Zigan, we have to make some other preparations, for example, in case Yuan Kai and He Jin gain the upper hand, then..."

"If that's the case, I don't have the worries I had before."

Lu Zhi smiled: "If that's the case, I can't even be an official. How can I have such worries? It's a little easier, hahahaha!"

"You can really laugh."

Cai Yong shook his head and said, "Nearly [-] troops gathered in Luoyang, not to mention that swords are at war, but they can also be regarded as guarding against each other. Under such circumstances, you can be so relaxed as a court captain, really..."

"Corpse vegetarian meal?"

Lu Zhi laughed and said, "There's nothing wrong with that, is it? If I get involved in this kind of thing, can you still escape? If I don't get involved, maybe you can still be saved."

"What the hell are you doing!"

Cai Yong sighed deeply.

Perhaps because the scene was too depressing, Cai Yan and Cai Wan sisters stopped playing the piano at some point.

Lu Zhi noticed first, looked at Cai Yan, and then at Cai Wan, thinking that it would be good to change the topic of conversation.

"Speaking of which, Zigan, if I remember correctly, your eldest daughter should be fifteen years old, right?"

(End of this chapter)