Xuande

Chapter 490 West of Luoyang, he has the final say

At the moment of Liu Hong's death, Liu Bei seemed to hear the bell ringing the end of the old era, and at the same time, he also heard the horn sounding the opening of the new era.

Bells and horns sounded inexplicably, and he couldn't even tell if it was an illusion or real.

But he knew exactly how the next road was going to go, so he wiped away the tears on his face, put away all the emotions that did not belong to a general, and walked towards the palace.

He is going to get what he deserves after years of management and planning.

On the afternoon of April [-]th in the sixth year of Zhongping, under the order of the emperor Liu Hong, Liu Bei, Zhang Rang, Jian Shuo, and Dong Zhong brazenly launched a coup, quickly killing He Jin and Yuan Kai. The military-political alliance of the country fell apart and collapsed.

When the sun set on April [-] in the sixth year of Zhongping, the coup ended successfully, He Jin and Yuan Kai failed, and the Liu Bei alliance won.

On the evening of April [-]th in the sixth year of Zhongping, Emperor Liu Hong died of illness.

An unprecedented high-speed coup ended in only one afternoon, and the fate of a dynasty was determined in only one afternoon.

Then, the emperor who took responsibility for this died an hour after the coup ended.

He persisted in sending away his most hated enemies, watched them die in front of him, and then died himself, without enjoying the final fruits of victory.

But it doesn't matter, an old political structure is destroyed, and a new political structure will be established as the sun rises the next day.

But before the sun rises on April [-]th, there are still many, many things to do in the night of April [-]th and the early morning of April [-]th.

Liu Hong left suddenly, but only made a more general explanation of what happened behind him, such as who and what position in the general direction, and did not give any more specific content.

Therefore, this part of the blank was completely handed over to Liu Bei and others to deal with it.

Empress Dowager Dong was too sad, Liu Xie was too young, they didn't have the energy to take care of this matter.

After Liu Xie ascended the throne, the power of the court was completely reshuffled. As participants in this political action, Liu Bei, Zhang Rang, Jian Shuo, and Dong Zhong should of course enjoy the spoils brought by the successful coup.

That is, the division of the highest power in the entire Eastern Han Empire.

Well-deservedly, Liu Bei is the main force and the highest creditor of this coup.

He is the absolute main force, the absolute c position, and the actual commander of the entire coup d'état. None other than him.

But in addition to his own position as a general, Liu Bei can obviously get the sweetest and fattest piece of power by killing the supporters of the He family, the Yuan family and everyone's enemies. .

This is what he deserves, and no one else dares to have any opinions.

So Liu Bei decided aboveboard to ask for some very important positions for his confidants as a reward for them.

And Zhang Rang, Jian Shuo, and Dong Zhong also performed their respective tasks and made their own contributions. They are not lying to win, so obviously some positions are also needed as rewards.

So just over an hour after Liu Hong's death, they began to bargain openly and honestly for some vacant positions and negotiate with each other.

Of course Liu Bei is the strongest hero. Zhang Rang also succeeded in killing Yuan Wei, Jian Shuo also succeeded in killing many opponents, and Dong Zhong also succeeded in protecting the palace. They all have merit, so there are some things that Liu Bei also It's not easy to keep it alone.

So several people negotiated for a while, and roughly divided the power in Luoyang City into several shares, each occupying it.

Specifically, their respective original shares will remain unchanged for the time being, and some divisions will be made for the spoils of war.

For example, Zhang Rang's control over Dongyuan and Shangshutai, the supervision of hundreds of officials, and part of the control over personnel power, Liu Bei recognized. In addition, Zhang Rang led a team to kill Yuan Wei, so Yuan Wei's original position as Situ Whoever it belongs to, Zhang Rang will recommend it.

In addition, the post of Situ and the powers attached to the post of Situ are also under the control of Zhang Rang, and the appointment of the servants, Honglu, and Tingwei, who nominally belong to Situ, are also recommended by Zhang Rang.

Zhang Rang has increased his weight and discourse power in the Luoyang court, and has made progress in political power.

In contrast, Zhang Rang could not get involved in the division of military power.

Although Zhang Rang expressed his desire to control an army, it is impossible for Zhang Rang to control the army controlled by the other three, and they believe that Zhang Rang controls more than 1000 armed men in the East Garden. It is an army.

What more bike do you want?

Even Jian Shuo and Dong Zhong felt that Zhang Rang's power was a bit too big and wanted to split it up, but with Liu Bei's support, they could only agree.

As a foreign relative, Dong Zhong hoped to obtain the status of Hussar General and the right to open the government of this position to strengthen his status and power, and to continue to control the palace guards that can only be controlled by guards, and maintain control over the palace.

In addition, Dong Zhong used the empress dowager's righteous name and influence on the future little emperor Liu Xie to ask for the right to control the position of Sikong, and recommended someone he trusted to be Sikong, and to lead Zongzheng, Shaofu, and Si Nong. The right to appoint the three ministers.

Liu Bei objected to this.

Because Dong Zhong has already controlled Wei Wei, who belongs to the Taiwei sequence, and with the addition of three Jiuqing, four positions in the Jiuqing are under Dong Zhong's control, which is not in everyone's interest.

Liu Bei objected, Zhang Rang and Jian Shuo also objected, Dong Zhong could not get support and could only accept deployment.

After the discussion, Dong Zhong was forced to hand over the position of the Shaofu that he was unwilling to hand over to everyone to jointly take charge of it. The appointment of the Shaofu position requires everyone's approval.

Among them, Liu Bei has the final decision-because the Wei Wei requested by Dong Zhong belongs to the Taiwei sequence held by his teacher Lu Zhi, he took Wei Wei away, and Liu Bei believed that this was tantamount to infringing on the interests of Liu Bei and Lu Zhi , so compensation is required.

Dong Zhong had no choice but to agree.

Then there was Jian Shuo, who was able to continue to control the Xiyuan Army, garrison Luoyang, and obtained the name of Chariot General to strengthen the military power.

Because Jian Shuo's political foundation is the weakest, he has no part in the distribution of the Sangong.

However, because Jian Shuo arranged for the army to kill many old officials of the Yuan family and perform many important tasks, everyone unanimously agreed to hand over half of the official positions left by the old officials of the Yuan family to Jian Shuo. To strengthen one's own power and strengthen one's own weakness in political power.

The remaining half will be shared equally among Liu Bei, Zhang Rang and Dong Zhong.

Next are the guards of the city gate school lieutenant system and the troops led by Zhi Jinwu. For these two teams, one is responsible for guarding the city gate of Luoyang, and the other is responsible for guarding the arsenal of Luoyang.

Dong Zhong originally wanted to take control of these two troops and strengthen his power in Luoyang City, but was opposed by Zhang Rang and Jian Shuo.

They thought it was enough for Dong Zhong to take over Weiwei's control, did they really plan to take away all the troops in Luoyang City?
After some debate, Dong Zhong only got the army of the Jinwu system, while the troops of the Chengmen Xiaowei system were taken over by Jian Shuo.

The last is Liu Bei.

Liu Bei needs more things.

He led the most critical battle, killed He Jin and his cronies, destroyed He Jin's military force, faced the most dangerous enemy, and deserved the most lucrative spoils.

Most directly, the military forces such as the Northern Army, Huben Army, and Yulin Army that He Jin originally controlled were dominated by Liu Bei, because these armies were either conquered by Liu Bei or destroyed by Liu Bei. He is very reasonable.

In addition, Liu Bei also proposed the need to control Liangzhou, Yizhou and Sanfu, including Hongnong County.

Liu Bei expressed his attitude. He needs to be appointed by the governor of Liangzhou, the governor of Yizhou, the chief of the three auxiliary lands, and the prefect of Hongnong. He is responsible for these. Zhang Rang, Jian Shuo, Dong Zhong and their forces Cannot interfere.

This is his "traditional sphere of influence".

To the west of Luoyang, he has the final say, and he cannot back down on this point.

(End of this chapter)