In the early morning of August 27, Lu Bu, surrounded by generals such as Gao Shun, Wang Yue, and under the protection of the Red Guards, rushed into Luoyang City.

The court meeting has been postponed for two days, and many major events are indecisive.

The court meeting on this day could not be delayed anymore, so it was held in Chongde Hall as scheduled.

Taking advantage of the decline of the imperial power, the capital was in control of the aristocratic families. Yuan Shao and others wanted to cross the sword to enter the palace, but Huang Zhong led the Yulin Army to disarm them: "If the palace gate removes the sword, if the sword enters the palace, it will be regarded as a rebellion and will be killed on the spot."

Seeing that thousands of dragon spirits and tigers were like reborn Yulin soldiers, Yuan Shao and others did not want to throw their lives into the hands of these warriors, and secondly, they did not dare to take the world and forcefully enter the palace gate like they had been a few days ago, so they had to remove their swords.

Yuan Shu had sharp eyes and saw Lu Bu carrying a seven-star sword, Wang Yue carrying a Qingming sword, and all the generals under his command followed him with swords and walked into the palace gate leisurely.

Yuan Shu was furious and shouted at Huang Zhong: "People, don't you see Lu Bu and the others crossing the sword? Why don't you stop their martial arts men, but stop our aristocratic ministers?"

Huang Zhong smiled contemptuously: "Mr. Lu has been granted the title of Guangluxun by the Empress Dowager, responsible for the palace guards. He should have held weapons and guarded the palace. In addition, Lord. Lu will save the Empress Dowager, the Emperor, and King Chenliu of great achievements. He was granted by the Empress Dowager to enter the court without going to the sword to go to the palace. Who else dares to compare with Lord. "!"

Yan Liang, Wen Chou, who Yuan Shao recruited earlier, was not with him, and Zhang Xun and Ji Ling, who were recruited by Yuan Shu, were also stayed in the mansion. With Yuan Shao and others' weak martial arts, they did not dare to grin at Huang Zhong at all, so they had to swallow their anger.

But they were thinking in their hearts that we will take control of the government later and ask Lu Bu and Huang Zhong, you ordinary men to be good-looking.

The blood and burning marks in the palace have not been completely processed. Every corner is faintly visible, and there is still a smell of blood and ash in the air. However, many ministers of aristocratic families cannot hide the pride in their eyes. After the fall of the foreign relative He Jin and the ten regular attendants, they will no longer be imprisoned by the party. The world should be their literati.

This was the first time Lu Bu attended the court meeting. Many people didn't know him, so he looked at the group of beasts who were trying to divide the court affairs and sentenced them to death one by one.

The head of the court was Yuan Wei, the secretary of the Taifu Lu, and then the head of the court was Sikong Liu Hong, the Situ Yang Biao, the Guanglu Dafu Ma Riyi, the Yin Wang Yun of Henan, and other ministers. The head of the right were Sili's lieutenant Yuan Shao, the General of the Hu Ben, Yuan Shu, the Chief of the Dianjun's lieutenant Cao Cao, and Lu Bujing accompanied the last seat. The Grand Marshal Liu Yu also served as the governor of Youzhou, and was in Youzhou.

In the late years of Emperor Ling of Han, General He Jin was the Minister of the Secretariat, and Grand Tutor Yuan Wei was the Minister of the Secretariat (Note 1). The two of them were in the same court affairs. Now General He Jin was killed by Yuan Shao. Yuan Wei was in charge of the government affairs, and he was very proud. At the same time, Yuan Wei's eldest nephew Yuan Shao was the lieutenant of the Sili area and was responsible for supervising all officials in the capital and local areas, with great authority (Note 2). The uncle and nephew of the Yuan family stood in the court with great pride. It seemed that the court did not belong to the Liu family, but to the Yuan family.

The domineering momentum of the Yuan family had already fallen aside, the Guanglu doctor Ma Riyi, the Shangshu Shishou Minister Zheng Tai, the former general chief Chen Lin and others, they couldn't help but think of a recently circulated rumor in Luoyang, "Tian family replaced Qi, Yuan family replaced Han". Looking at the actions of the Yuan family since the Party and the actions of the Yuan family's uncle and nephew during the Ten Generals' rebellion, it became increasingly obvious that the Yuan family had a wolf ambition.

The Yang family and the Yuan family have always been in-laws, and the Yang family is considered to be the three masters of the four generations and three generations. They are birds of a feather with the Yuan family. Naturally, Yang Biao did not take the rumors seriously. Wang Yun temporarily relied on Yuan Wei, so he naturally did not dare to use the rumors to tell the story.

Liu Hong, a relative of the Han Dynasty, Ma Riyi, a nephew of Ma Rong, a great scholar in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and Zheng Tai, the Minister of the Shangshu, who was summoned by He Jin, originally thought the rumor was absurd, but they had all seen letters from Yuan Shao to Ding Yuan, the former governor of Bingzhou, confirming Yuan Shao's conspiracy. In addition, the persuasion of the Shangshu Ling Lu Zhi, the general chief clerk Chen Lin and others, these original neutral factions began to become dissatisfied with the Yuan family. Once they were dissatisfied, they looked for evidence of the Yuan family's misconduct in reality. The more the evidence was searched, the more they proved that the Yuan family was ill-intentioned.

Yuan Wei, Yuan Shao and others thought that everything was under control, but they did not expect that a considerable number of important officials in the court who were loyal to the Liu Han court began to prepare to oppose their monopoly on the government.

The fourteen-year-old young emperor Liu Bian, because before him, the sons of Emperor Ling died one after another, Emperor Ling kept Liu Bian in a Taoist home, and wanted to use the Taoist arts of Taoist Liu Bian to protect Liu Bian. Liu Bian grew up in the Taoist home since he was a child. He had never seen any world and was unable to resist the domineering aura of the ministers of the aristocratic families. Sitting on the dragon chaises as if they were stunned, Empress Dowager He kept winking on him. Seeing that he had no reaction, Empress Dowager He coughed gently: "Short after the death of the late emperor, the general and the general of the chariots and cavalry followed the late emperor one after another. It depends on all the virtuous ministers to work together to eliminate traitors and officials to ensure the stability of the country. The great achievements of the empress dowager will remember them all, and they will reward them one by one later."

Lu Bu kept laughing, "This politics is so fun." Queen Mother He clearly hated the ministers of the aristocratic family who conspired to kill the two brothers and removed her arms, but pretended to be grateful on her face.

The ministers with the crown and belt fell to the ground as if they had been rehearsed through exercises and said in unison: "This is the minister who should do his duty, and he is ashamed of it."

These ministers said they were ashamed and dared not take it, but their faces showed that if you didn't give me an official position and I would give you endless expressions, which made Lu Bu feel very fed up.

Queen Mother He also said: "Now that my son is young and cannot rule the country, so I will be regent."

The ministers knelt down one after another: "It depends entirely on the Queen Mother's Holy Decree."

Empress Dowager He took out a large stack of appointment edicts. Because all the eunuchs of the Xiaohuangmen who read the edict were killed, Empress Dowager He was the Minister of State who was willing to speak out as loud as a bell, and Lu Zhi came to read the edict.

The edict was issued to pass the Shangshutai, and Yuan Wei recorded the affairs of Shangshutai and took charge of the Shangshutai. The power of Shangshutai was mostly a party of the Yuan family and refused to issue edicts for the promotion of Lu Bu, Huang Zhong, Gao Shun and others.

Fortunately, Lu Bu hinted at Empress Dowager He early in the morning, and Empress Dowager He appointed the centrist Lu Zhi as the Secretary of the Shangshu Order and the General Secretary of the Shangshu Terminal. Through Lu Zhi, he controlled the Shangshu Terminal and issued various transfer documents.

Lu Zhi also used his unparalleled prestige, with the slogan "Loyal to the royal family and do not follow the powerful ministers' orders" and brought the Queen Mother's orders to contact several Shangshushoudao's ministers, Zheng Tai, and Shangshushoudao (Note 3). Resisting the control of the Yuan party over Shangshushoudao, gradually causing Yuan Wei's account of Shangshushoudao to be destroyed in name only.

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Note 1: The tutor was in the position of the Three Dukes, and directly participated in the formulation and decision-making of military and national affairs. When the emperor was young or the royal family was weak, he often became a real ruler. The Eastern Han Dynasty stipulated that auxiliary officials or important officials must add the title of "recruiting the Shangshushi" or "recording the Shangshushi" to participate in the key points. Overall, Yuan Wei was considered the first powerful minister after He Jin died. Unfortunately, Dong Zhuo entered the capital and his dream of the Yuan family was shattered.

Note 2: The Sili lieutenant in the Eastern Han Dynasty was no less powerful than the Jinyiwei of the East and West Factory in the Ming Dynasty. In history, after Dong Zhuo entered the capital, he served as the Sili lieutenant, and he was called a hero. After Li Jue took power, he served as the Sili lieutenant, and Cao Cao was the same. The Sili lieutenant in the Shu Han Dynasty was successively served by Zhang Fei and Zhuge Liang, which shows how powerful the Sili lieutenant was.

Note 3: The Eastern Han Dynasty was first established, and those with talented people from filial and honesty were selected to be in the Shangshutai and handled government affairs on the left and right sides of the emperor. They were first selected from the Shangshutai and ordered the Shi Lingshi, and later selected from the Xiaolian. They first entered Taiwan and were called "Shoushou Langzhong", and for one year, they were called "Shangshulang" and "Shishulang" in three years. Then there were the Six Cao Shangshu, Shangshu Pushe, and Shangshuling.

(Chang Huanle didn't want to write it completely according to the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, so he referred to many Three Kingdoms, books of the Later Han Dynasty, and recorded in Zizhi Tongjian, trying to match historical facts as much as possible. In this way, many places are inconsistent with the Romance. In order to prevent readers from criticizing them, he made some annotations. If the brothers can fully understand the main text, they can ignore the annotations.)
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