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Chapter 12: Queen Mother He's Ambition
Tang Ying was born into the Yingchuan Tang family. Although the Tang family cannot be compared with the Yingchuan Xun family, which is now famous all over the world, it is still a family of aristocratic origin. She was influenced by her family since she was a child and could be considered a political novice.

So compared to the mother and son who forgot themselves for a bite to eat, Tang Ying now has a clear goal.

"The lords of Kanto? How many of them do you think are really planning on saving this little brat?"

Li Qingyuan pointed at Liu Bian and laughed. Liu Bian, who was called a little brat, became angry.

He was an emperor. Even if he was deposed, he was still the King of Hongnong. It was outrageous that a mere guard dared to call him a little brat.

It's just that when people are extremely angry, they will only be slightly angry. Liu Bian raised his head and silently glanced at the tall and mighty Li Qingyuan, then lowered his head silently.

"Among the eighteen princes, there will always be a few loyal ministers and martyrs who are loyal to the Han Dynasty. As long as the emperor and the queen mother can come to the camp, driven by the general trend, Dong Zhuo will be defeated and the coalition will win. At that time, the Han Dynasty will be rebuilt. General, this is an unprecedented achievement!"

You really don’t want to say that.

There is indeed some truth in what Tang Ying said.

It is true that when later generations read the book, they knew that the eighteen princes all had ulterior motives, and more than half of them were looking to take advantage of the situation, but in the end there were still a few who truly wanted to support the Han Dynasty.

For example, Han Fu, the governor of Jizhou, Tao Qian, the governor of Xuzhou, Gongsun Zan, the prefect of Beiping, and Kong Rong, the prefect of Beihai, can basically be regarded as loyal ministers of the Han Dynasty.

Liu Da'erduo is still serving as a lackey under Gongsun Zan and can be ignored, but Cao Cao, the captain of cavalry, is still in the stage of being a capable minister who governs the country!
With these basic foundations in place, as long as Liu Bian and Empress Dowager He could appear in the coalition camp, even the Yuan brothers, who had long harbored rebellious intentions, would not dare to openly raise the flag of rebellion.

If everything goes well, then with the coalition forces led by the emperor and the queen mother, it will be much easier to defeat Dong Zhuo and rebuild the Han Dynasty than in the novel. Maybe it can even survive for another one or two hundred years!
"Do you know why his throne was abolished?"

Li Qingyuan smiled, then pointed at Liu Bian and asked Tang Ying.

As the saying goes, when you are in doubt, push the responsibility onto others first. This way you will not be able to maintain a good attitude.

"Dong Zhuo, that traitor, I will kill all his clans!"

When Tang Ying heard this question, before she could even say anything, Empress Dowager He immediately started cursing with gritted teeth.

She was the Empress Dowager, and not only was she forced to the point of almost hanging herself, but she was also taken advantage of by the guy in front of her. Until now, Empress Dowager He still feels very upset!
However, as the saying goes, a man of insight makes a wise man. Li Qingyuan was right in front of her, and she also needed his protection, so Empress Dowager He could only vent all her anger on Dong Zhuo.

"No way! No way! No way! Does anyone really think that Dong Zhuo, who just entered the capital, has the power and qualifications to depose and enthrone the emperor?"

Li Qingyuan looked at He Lingsi with a scrutinizing look, which immediately made the Empress Dowager angry.

"If it's not that thief Dong Zhuo, who else could it be?"

Empress Dowager He felt that the other person's eyes were full of evil thoughts. Even though she was wrapped in a phoenix robe, she still felt a little uneasy.

"Grand Tutor Yuan Wei!"

As a history enthusiast, Li Qingyuan said that he has a pretty good understanding of the various intricate main and subplots in Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Although he dare not say that it is 100% accurate, he is just a spectator and not a detective, so why does he have to restore the details?
Anyway, as long as the process of your deduction has reasons that people can believe, isn't it enough?
"Master Yuan? How is that possible? The Yuan family is the backbone of our Han Dynasty!"

Hearing what Li Qingyuan said, not only Empress Dowager He, but even Tang Ying cried out in surprise.

The Yuan family of Runan has three dukes in four generations, and their students and former officials are all over the world. It can be said that except for the Liu family, the Yuan family is the most powerful family in the world. Especially since Yuan Shao is now the leader of the 18 princes, and Dong Zhuo just killed more than 300 Yuan family members in the capital, so no matter in the eyes of the scholars of the world or in the heart of Empress Dowager He, the Yuan family is a loyal and brave family of the Han Dynasty.

"Wang Mang was also the Duke of Zhou of the Han Dynasty. How did he do it?"

Li Qingyuan smiled disdainfully.

Although the Yuan family conspiracy theory of the Three Kingdoms may sound far-fetched by later generations, the fact that there is a market for it proves that this conspiracy theory is definitely possible to come true.

"Dong Zhuo was just a provincial governor. When he entered Luoyang, he had only 3,000 soldiers. At that time, there were more than 40,000 imperial guards in Xiyuan. Even if one person spitted, they could drown the Xiliang army. How could Dong Zhuo have the guts to think about controlling the government and deposing the emperor at that time?"

"Dong Zhuo used a trick to deceive the officials in the court, making them think that his Xiliang army had already entered the city!"

Upon hearing that Li Qingyuan actually slandered the loyal minister and Grand Tutor Yuan Wei, Tang Ying immediately began to refute him.

You have to know that the dead are the greatest. The two brothers Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu raised an army and organized an alliance to attack Dong Zhuo. For this, more than 300 members of the family of Grand Tutor Yuan Wei were directly dragged out and chopped off by Dong Zhuo. Such a loyal minister was actually suspected by a shameless villain. In Tang Ying's view, this was absolutely a naked slander.

On one side are the veterans of three dynasties who sacrificed their entire family's lives to fight against the traitors to the country, and on the other side are the guards who look like treacherous ministers who are bringing disaster to the country. Tang Ying said that anyone with a normal IQ would know how to choose.

"Cheated the court? Do you think all those high officials in the court are as idiot as you?"

Li Qingyuan glanced at Tang Ying with disdain. Although Tang Ying's IQ was very high compared with Empress Dowager He and the deposed emperor, she was only a fourteen-year-old girl after all. How could she outsmart those old foxes who had been in politics all their lives?

Without giving Tang Ying a chance to speak, he continued:

"He Jin was a general at the time, commanding 40,000 imperial guards in Luoyang. If he really wanted to purge the emperor and get rid of the Ten Attendants, do you think you could stop him?"

When Empress Dowager He was named, she was stunned at first. She was about to say yes, but when she met Li Qingyuan's eyes, her whole attitude softened immediately.

She was born a concubine's daughter, and her mother was the second wife of He Jin's father. From childhood to adulthood, He Jin's eldest brother was very unfriendly to her and his second brother He Miao. The three siblings had a very bad relationship despite having the same father but different mothers.

"When the Ten Eunuchs were planning to assassinate He Jin in the palace, you actually knew about it, right?"

Li Qingyuan looked at Empress Dowager He's somewhat pale face and asked directly.

"How could you—No! No! No! No! I don't know!"

Empress Dowager He was surprised at first, and then she denied it frantically, but it was obvious that her subconscious reaction just now was enough to explain the problem.

"You have a bad relationship with He Jin. You want the Ten Eunuchs to kill him and then let He Miao be the general. Then you can get rid of the Ten Eunuchs for treason. By then, you will control the harem and He Miao will control the imperial guards. Then you can truly become the empress dowager, right?"

During the Han Dynasty, the empress dowager did have great power, but the difference between an empress dowager with real power and one without real power was completely different.

In the past, there were ten eunuchs in the palace. Although He Jin from the outer court was He Lingsi's elder brother, their relationship was quite bad, so He Lingsi was not so free and easy as the empress dowager.

But if the plan succeeds, He Miao, who has listened to He Lingsi since childhood, will really be in power at that time, and can be compared with those famous queens of previous dynasties!
(End of this chapter)