Established a thousand-year family from the end of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 389 Yuan Zhao (Nineteen)
The Spring of the 39th Year of Marquis Yan

After the little emperor grows up, he wants to regain power from the empress dowager's family, which has always been the core issue of the power struggle of the big Han. Now, this issue is also beginning to test Zhao Guo.

Changan
"Is this a letter from His Majesty?"

"Exactly."

Sima Yi looked at the secret letter in his hand, he was very surprised, he was hesitating.

Emperor Yuan Fang just turned [-] years old this year, and it was time for him to become an adult and crown himself in charge.

However, the empress dowager Zhen Mi is already 67 years old, but she still has not died, and she has always refused to let the emperor take charge.

The conflict between the emperor and his relatives was irreconcilable.

For some reason, the little emperor actually thought of Sima Yi, and wanted Sima Yi, who was leading the army outside, to launch a mutiny, invade Chang'an City, put the Empress Dowager under house arrest, and help him regain power.

After Sima Yi destroyed the Qin State, he had been Yuan Zhao's frontier official, guarding Guanzhong and resisting the Shu Han for several years.

"As long as the governor can help His Majesty put the Empress Dowager under house arrest, Your Majesty is willing to enshrine the Sima family as a county marquis, just like the story of the Marquis of Yan." Said the eunuch sent by Yuan Fang to secretly contact foreign ministers.

Hearing the word Junhou, Sima Yi was also moved.

The Junhou is different from the general Marquis. Only the founding heroes of the former Han Dynasty are eligible to be canonized as Junhou. Their de facto power is already equivalent to that of the princes.

The Wang family of Liaodong is the only legal prince with a foreign surname in Dazhao. It is no longer an ordinary family. If the Sima family has a chance...

"Please rest assured, Your Majesty." Sima Yi temporarily agreed.

"Waiting for you to come to Luoyang!" the emperor's eunuch said happily.

After the eunuch left, Sima Zhao was very excited: "Father, shall we raise troops to Qingjun's side now?"

"Hereditary Marquis! This is the treatment only Wang Heyu has!"

However, Sima Shi, who was more stable, had a dignified face, and Sima Yi, who was cunning and calculating, was even more unfathomable.

"Although the empress dowager trusts our Sima family, we can achieve an unexpected effect by raising troops."

"However, the country's military power is in the hands of the Zhen family's relatives, and who can guarantee that the Empress Dowager has not received the news that the little emperor is planning to seize power?"

"If the Empress Dowager had already prepared for it, it would be wishful thinking to take Luoyang with our strength in Chang'an!"

Sima Yi analyzed calmly, and then taught Sima Zhao: "A man must be able to endure what ordinary people cannot bear, restrain his desires, and not be impetuous. Only in this way can he act when the time comes!"

After finishing speaking, Sima Yi started his real action.

Two months later
Luoyang
Because Da Zhao is not Huode, there is no need to use "Luoyang" anymore, but it is changed back to "Luoyang" in the former Han Dynasty.

Inside the palace

"The empress dowager, the governor of Guanlong, Sima Yi, is asking to see you." The eunuch who chose to be loyal to the relatives of the Zhen family came to report the news.

Zhen Mi looked at the information collected by Zhen Xiang, thinking in her mind, upon hearing this news, her tense face began to ease, and she said calmly, "Let him in."

"Here."

After a while, Sima Yi entered.

"I, Sima Yi, greet the Empress Dowager!" Sima Yi was very respectful.

"The governor is not on the front line in Guanlong to guard against the Shu thieves, why did you come to Luoyang?" Although Zhen Mi knew that Sima Yi was ready to take her side, she still did not forget to test it out.

"Empress Dowager!" Sima Yi was also probing: "There is a treacherous villain bewitching Your Majesty, intending to do something wrong!"

"Huh?" Zhen Mi pretended not to know, and asked Sima Yi, "Is there such a thing?"

Seeing Zhen Mi's gesture, Sima Yi already understood that the Empress Dowager had indeed known in advance that the emperor was about to rebel, he couldn't help but sighed in his heart, fortunately he didn't stand in line with the little emperor, otherwise he would die without playing land.

The military power is in Zhen Mi's hands, and the relationship between the gentry and Zhen Mi is not bad. Sima Yi is obviously not stupid enough to fight against Zhen Mi. Even if he wins by luck, there is a high probability that both sides will suffer.

Now the Empress Dowager is very old, as long as the Empress Dowager Zhen Mi dies, it will not be easy to deal with a good-for-nothing big Sima Zhen Xiang?
"It's true!" Sima Yi said firmly, he made the right bet and sided with the Empress Dowager.

another three days later
Late night
"kill!"

The emperor Yuan Fang took his own soldiers to kill the empress dowager's bedroom. He wanted to learn from the first emperor and eradicate his relatives after the empress dowager was placed under house arrest.

However, Zhen Xiang and Sima Yi had been prepared for a long time, and they led the imperial guards to block the emperor's personal soldiers.

"Are you going to rebel?" Zhen Xiang scolded angrily.

"According to the emperor's edict, eradicate the treacherous villains around the empress dowager! Clear the rear!" The emperor's personal soldier Zheng Ling said.

"We follow the order of the Empress Dowager to eradicate the treacherous villains around the emperor! On the side of the Qing emperor!" Sima Yi said coldly.

clang--

"what!!!"

puff!

The battle ended soon. How could the emperor's personal soldiers, who numbered no more than 100, resist the imperial guards? They were slaughtered to death.

Zhen Xiang led his troops into the emperor's residence and kicked the door open.

boom!
"Zhen Xiang! This is my residence, what are you going to do?!" Emperor Yuan Fang was so frightened that his legs trembled.

"Hmph! I want to ask what His Majesty is going to do?" Not only was Zhen Xiang not afraid, but he also asked, "My Zhen family has been loyal to the imperial court for generations, but why did Your Majesty rebel?!"

At this time, Sima Yi also led his troops into the emperor's bedroom and looked at the emperor indifferently.

"Sima Yi!" Seeing that Sima Yi was also carrying the imperial guards, Emperor Yuan Fang understood the situation, and immediately pointed at Sima Yi and angrily scolded: "Why did you betray me?!"

"I, Sima Yi, am loyal to the imperial court and His Majesty, so how can I say betrayal? Could it be that Your Majesty has been deceived by a villain?" Sima Yi's face was not red, and he was not ashamed at all for betraying the emperor.

"Without my Zhen family, when the two kings rebelled, His Majesty would have been the soul of the sword, but His Majesty would not be grateful and would rebel instead. Is there any reason for this?" Zhen Xiang angrily scolded the emperor: "I have never seen a A foolish monarch like you, Your Majesty!"

After all, the imperial guards stepped forward to detain the emperor and put the emperor under house arrest in the cold palace.

another year later
Cold Palace
"Sima Yi, you must die!"

"If you betray me, even if I'm a ghost, I won't let you go!"

Emperor Yuan Fang drew an ugly turtle on a white cloth with Sima Yi's name written on it, and he kept stabbing the ugly turtle with a dagger.

At this time, several court ladies entered the room, one of them was still holding a medicinal soup in his hand.

"What are you doing here?" Yuan Fang, the emperor who had been in the cold palace for a year, became more and more ill-tempered, and his face was full of disgust towards everyone.

Now he has only one chance to come back, that is, after the death of the Empress Dowager, he can return to the court.

"The Empress Dowager ordered that Your Majesty drink soup." The maid replied.

Afterwards, regardless of the emperor's willingness or not, several court ladies held Yuan Fang down and forced the poisoned hot soup into the emperor's mouth.

"Your Majesty, don't blame us. The Empress Dowager passed away suddenly tonight, and Da Sima specially ordered us to send you to Huangquan to be the Empress Dowager's companion." The maids used the gold hairpins on their heads to pry open the emperor's mouth and put the boiling water into the mouth. The bubbling poisonous soup poured into Yuan Fang's stomach.

It turned out that after the death of Zhen Mi, Zhen Xiang was worried that if the little emperor was in power, he would eradicate the Zhen family for revenge, so he simply did not do anything, and directly learned from Liang Ji, the great general of the Later Han Dynasty, poisoned the emperor, and then replaced him with a new one. The little emperor who can't take charge of the government as a puppet.

(End of this chapter)