I am not Yuan Shu

Chapter 203: Palace Purge

As one of the most important foreign aids of the Yuan family in this operation, Duan Xing made great contributions.

Therefore, Yuan Shu had promised in advance to give Duan Xing many benefits as rewards.

Now that the matter has been accomplished, Yuan Shu must of course fulfill his promise and let Duan Ying get what he deserves.

He was given the position of one of the Three Dukes and the title of General of Chariots and Cavalry, and was also given the title of Marquis of Ten Thousand Households and a lot of money and honor.

Duan Xing was very excited and satisfied with this. He bowed and thanked Yuan Feng directly, and then did not forget to bow and thank Yuan Shu.

Moreover, his salute to Yuan Shu was obviously more solemn, which led many people to speculate about the relationship between Duan Xing and Yuan Shu.

Next was Duan Xing’s younger brother Duan Wei, who also made important contributions, so he was appointed as the new Inspector of the Imperial Capital, in charge of the important power of supervising all officials, becoming the second Duan family’s hidden tiger after Duan Xing.

Duan Wei obviously did not expect that he would be appointed as the Inspector of the Imperial Capital. He was so happy that he hurried to thank Yuan Feng and Yuan Shu.

Duan Xing was obviously very satisfied with this.

Although the Grand Marshal and the General of Chariots and Cavalry had high positions, they had no real power in daily life. They would only be appointed and have important power when major events occurred.

For ordinary people, this is tantamount to a promotion in name only and a demotion in reality.

However, the fact that Duan Wei took over as the Inspector of the Imperial Capital dispelled this suspicion.

The power of the Inspector of the Imperial Capital does not need much description. The intention of Duan Xing's younger brother taking over his brother's position and continuing to serve as the Inspector of the Imperial Capital was obvious.

The Duan brothers' minds were completely appeased. In the coming era of Yuan's dictatorship, the Duan brothers would inevitably become important non-family members and do their best for the Yuan dictatorship.

Then, Yuan Feng proposed that Dong Xuan be appointed as the Lieutenant General of the Huben Army, and Wang Chong be appointed as the Lieutenant General of the Yulin Army. As for the position of Guanglu Xun, who was in charge of them, it was given to Yuan Zhen, the former Chief of the Imperial Guards.

This is also easy to understand.

As the two most important imperial guards around the emperor, the Huben Army and the Yulin Army were the biggest obstacles for Yuan's army to enter the palace. A part of the Huben Army even refused to surrender to the Nan Palace, forcing Yuan Feng to set fire to the palace, which made Yuan Feng very angry.

Therefore, Yuan Feng fully realized the importance of these two armies, and decided to use the entire Yuan family team to take charge of the two armies, turning these two armies into Yuan's private army, led by the diehard fans of the Yuan family.

One of his loyal followers led a group of people.

In addition, considering Yuan Shu’s contributions and needs, the other team was given to Yuan Shu’s die-hard supporter Dong Xuan.

They each led their own teams in the Northern Army to rebuild the Huben Army and the Yulin Army.

Anyway, brothers fight together to protect tigers, and fathers and sons fight together in battle. There is no need to make such a clear distinction between father and son.

In the end, Guanglu Xun, the commander-in-chief of this army, was taken over by someone from the Yuan family.

They have only one goal.

Protect (monitor) the emperor and exclude all those who try to contact the emperor without permission.

As for the former Guanglu Xun Liu Kuan... he was not present at all and had been placed under house arrest, so naturally he lost this position.

A big shot at the level of Nine Ministers lost his power so easily.

And this is just the beginning.

The second biggest obstacle to the Yuan family's advance into the imperial palace this time - the palace guard system led by the Weiwei is also facing a major purge-level replacement.

The palace guards led by the Weiwei were mainly responsible for guarding the palace gates. All the palace gates in the imperial city were the responsibility of the Weiwei. Therefore, when Yuan's army attacked this time, they broke through many palace gates in succession and killed many resisting palace guards.

Of course, this has nothing to do with Weiwei Yuan Pang himself.

Like the army under Guanglu Xun, the palace guards led by Weiwei were basically all eunuchs' cronies. Yuan Pang was just a rubber stamp. The important Nangong Guard Commander and Beigong Guard Commander under his command were both installed by eunuchs, and he had no control over them.

But it can be considered a blessing in disguise, as Yuan Pang was able to stay out of the matter and did not need to bear any real responsibility for the act of resistance.

Even though he would definitely lose his position as Weiwei, he could no longer hold the position of Weiwei.

In the plan of Yuan and his son, Guanglu Xun, Yulin Army and Huben Army were the first blockade line to monitor and control Liu Kui, and Weiwei and palace guards were the second blockade line to monitor and control Liu Kui. The future imperial palace was more like a birdcage for Liu Kui, the old sparrow, than the residence of the Han emperor. These important military positions must be given to candidates who are absolutely trustworthy.

Therefore, Yuan Feng proposed that his old official Han Fu be appointed as the Weiwei and become one of the Nine Ministers.

The most important Nangong Guard Commander and Beigong Guard Commander under the Weiwei were respectively held by Yuan's former official Sun Yuan and Sun Yuan's deputy Zhao Ran, who took on important responsibilities.

As for Yuan Pang, who kept silent from beginning to end and watched everyone's heart, he naturally lost his important position as Weiwei and was proposed by Yuan Feng to be transferred to the position of Dahonglu. The former Dahonglu Xu Zheng completely lost his political future.

As for Yuan Pang, Yuan Feng gave him face because they were of the same clan and he was still one of the Nine Ministers, but he no longer had important military power. He became the representative of the Han Empire's foreign communications. He could not be said to be without real power, but his status had greatly declined.

Yuan Pang accepted this very calmly. He nodded without saying a word and did not express any opinion on this. Indeed, his position as Weiwei was in name only and the movement of every soldier was controlled by the eunuchs.

The Chenjun Yuan family has never had any close contacts with the Runan Yuan family. Although the current situation already shows some signs of the future glory of the Runan Yuan family, Yuan Pang remains unmoved.

Yuan Feng didn't care too much about Yuan Pang's attitude, and instead began to operate the third military system.

City gate captain system.

Yuan Feng attached great importance to the important position of controlling the gates of Luoyang, but this position was obviously not as important as Weiwei and Guanglu Xun in the political struggle, so Yuan Feng gave this position to Yuan Shu.

Yuan Shu recommended Lu Zhi for the position of City Gate Captain, and then appointed Lian Da as City Gate Captain Sima, Lu Zhi's deputy, and then appointed the remaining twelve of the Thirteen Guardians as City Gate Marquis, each leading a group of people to guard the city gates of Luoyang.

This point was recognized by Yuan Feng, so the original fourteen core subordinates under Yuan Shu were all rewarded and officially entered the official career, no longer being commoners.

In addition, Yuan Tun, who was originally the Praefectus Imperialus, is now the Guanglu Xun, so this position which is neither important nor unimportant is given to Yu Miao, the former Changshui Cavalry Captain.

Then came the five colonels of the Northern Army and the lieutenant commander of the Northern Army who commanded the five colonels.

The original five colonels were all promoted, and the next five colonels were appointed by Yuan Feng from five former officials of the Yuan family with whom Yuan Feng had close contacts. The commander of the Northern Army was assigned to Ma Ritian, who had close ties with the Yuan family and Yuan Shu himself.

Up to this point, all the legal garrisons in the capital city of Luoyang fell into the hands of the Yuan family. The Yuan family had full control over the military power in the capital. The lifeline of the capital city of Luoyang had since fallen into the hands of Yuan Feng.

In addition to the military level, Yuan Feng also did not fall behind in the political level.

The first thing he took action against was the Shangshu Tai, which was known as the administrative center of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

Although the status of the Shangshu Tai is not high and it is nominally a subordinate of the Shaofu, its powers are very important and it is very close to the emperor. If it is controlled well, it can monopolize the emperor's voice. It plays an important role in Yuan Feng's arrangement.

At Yuan Shu's suggestion, Jia Xu, who had made important contributions to the Yuan family, was promoted and appointed as the Minister of the Chancellery.

Another important subordinate of Yuan Shu, Cheng Li, was recommended by Yuan Shu as Shangshu Pushe, Jia Xu's deputy, and the two of them were in charge of the Shangshu Tai together.

In addition, Tang Zhen continued to serve as the Minister of Rites.

Yang Ci continued to serve as Shaofu.

Guo Hong continued to serve as the Chief Justice.

Liu Zu continued to serve as the Zongzheng.

The former Minister of Agriculture Liang Zheng was dismissed from his post and replaced by Mao Yang, a former official of the Yuan family.

Yuan Feng planned to resign from the position of Grand Coachman and give the position to Lu You, the former captain of the city gate, in order to win him over.

At this point, the basic administrative structure of the entire central court was established. Yuan's family, students, former officials and collaborators controlled two-thirds of the nine ministers, and important positions were basically controlled by Yuan Feng.

The Secretariat and the Nine Ministers were under Yuan Feng's control, which meant that Yuan Feng had basically controlled the central government. In addition, the garrison in Luoyang had become part of the Yuan family, so the entire Luoyang could be considered Yuan Feng's private territory.

Of course, there is more to come.

Yuan Feng did not immediately decide to ascend to the position of one of the Three Dukes, but instead announced that the meeting was basically over, leaving a large blank without any official announcement.

The intimidated and controlled ministers did not dare to inquire casually. They could only go home and rest behind closed doors as Yuan Feng requested, waiting for the next grand court meeting and further announcement.

(End of this chapter)