Chapter 13 The Throne Contest
Drive! Drive! Drive!
On the official road, dozens of war horses galloped, raising a piece of yellow sand. Sun Quan and his father Sun Jian rode the same horse, and he didn't need to operate and control it. He just felt shaking and drowsy. If it weren't for the horse's back being too uncomfortable, Sun Quan would probably have fallen asleep long ago. There was no way, so he was bored.
When he set off, Sun Quan also suggested finding him a horse and let him ride on his horse. First, practice riding skills. After all, it is not possible to not be able to ride a horse in this era. Not to mention marching and fighting in the future, you must be able to run away at critical moments. Second, Sun Quan also wanted to take the opportunity to test the effect of adding one horse and reducing one horse in his equipment card. Unfortunately, Sun Jian and his party went there in a hurry this time, and they were not traveling around. When you, Sun Quan followed slowly, and when you arrived in the capital, the daylily became cold. Sun Quan wanted to learn horse riding, no problem. If there was nothing wrong, it would not be too late to teach him again when he came back from Luoyang.
So, Sun Quan and his father Sun Jian rode together and rushed to Luoyang, Kyoto at the speed of whipping horses and whipping. However, even so, due to the long distance, Sun Jian was probably one of the last princes to arrive in Luoyang.
The generals who were traveling with him were: Cheng Pu, Han Dang, Zu Mao, etc. Huang Gai continued to stay at the base camp. It’s not that Sun Jian didn’t pay attention to Huang Gai. If he really didn’t pay attention to Huang Gai, it would be impossible to hand over such an important rear. But Huang Gai was a "riser" after all, and his closeness to Sun Jian was far less than Cheng Pu, Han Dang and others. In addition, the three of them were military generals of the same type, just like weapons. Normal people must have brought those who were used to using their hands with them.
However, although Huang Gai did not come, Sun Quan called Zhou Tai with him. Because he was the "child prodigy" Sun Quan, Sun Jian naturally did not refuse. However, Zhou Tai was young after all, and Sun Jian could not directly give him important tasks. But since he had been favored by Sun Quan, Zhou Tai would definitely have much more opportunities in the future than ordinary people!
In this way, within a few days, Sun Jian and his party, who were still on the official road, received a tip from the capital Luoyang. Emperor Ling's son Liu Bian ascended the throne and became known in history as the Shao Emperor.
Surprisingly, after receiving this news, Sun Jian, who was already rushing, decided to rest on the spot and then go on a rush.
Sun Jian and Cheng Puhan Dang Zumao and other close friends gathered together, and Sun Quan was fortunate to listen.
"It's faster than I expected." Sun Jian whispered.
"Yes, I thought there should be many twists and turns." Han Dang nodded and said.
Cheng Pu half-squinted his eyes and murmured,
"Maybe there have been twists and turns, but we don't know yet."
Another general at the scene, Zu Mao, did not say a word. Sun Quan knew that compared to generals, Zu Mao's positioning tended to be a bodyguard and rarely participated in major decisions. But he must not underestimate Zu Mao because of this. Zu Mao was definitely very skilled in martial arts. Moreover, Sun Jian's closeness or trust in Zu Mao was more than Han Dang Cheng Pu, otherwise he would not have been able to hand over his wealth and life to Zu Mao to protect!
"Oh? What are the twists and turns?" Sun Quan asked curiously. In his opinion, isn't it natural for the old emperor to die and the new emperor ascend the throne? Although Sun Quan also knew that Dong Zhuo later abolished the Shao Emperor and changed to King Chenliu, that was Dong Zhuo's courage to take the blame for the world. The Shao Emperor Liu Bian, as the eldest son of Emperor Ling, was born by Empress He, so was it natural for him to succeed the throne?
"Second Young Master, you don't know anything about this." Han Dang explained on behalf of Sun Quan, "Although Shi Hou was born by Empress He, he has always been growing up outside the palace. In contrast, Dong Hou was raised by Empress Dowager Dong and stayed in the palace. I heard that Shi Hou was frivolous and did not have the majesty of the emperor, and Dong Hou was dignified and loved by the late emperor. Therefore, the late emperor always wanted to make Dong Hou the crown prince. However, due to the tradition of establishing a eldest son but not the young, and the power of the general He Jin, the late emperor could not make up his mind."
"Ahem, Shi Hou is now the emperor, and Empress He should be Empress He." Sun Jian emphasized. Although internal communication is no big deal, when you arrive in the capital, you must not use such a title again.
"Yes." Han Dang expressed his understanding.
It turned out that before the young emperor Liu Bian, Emperor Ling had a son, but they all died young. Therefore, after Empress He gave birth to Liu Bian, he did not dare to leave the child in the palace, but gave it to Shi Zimiao, a monk from a royal Taoist temple outside the palace to raise. Liu Bian did not dare to use the name directly, so he was called "Shi Hou".
Although Shi Hou had the support of Empress He and his brother General He Jin, Dong Hou, who grew up in the palace since childhood, also had the support of Empress Dong and the Tenth Eunuch, and was also loved by Ling Emperor himself. In addition, the sudden death of Ling Emperor was completely controlled by the Tenth Eunuch. Do you think it would be easier to make Shi Hou outside the palace come back and ascend the throne? Or would it be easier to make Dong Hou who was already in the palace ascend the throne?
So things are far from as simple as Sun Quan thought. Perhaps nowadays, Shi Hou Liu Bian and Dong Hou Liu Xie are still young and do not have many complicated ideas. But which of the forces behind them is Yi Qi? Since ancient times, when has the imperial family not been fighting for the throne?
At first, Sun Quan took it for granted that Sun Jian rushed to the capital to participate in the dispute between General He Jin and the Ten Eunuchs, but in fact, Sun Jian went to the end for who would become the emperor! It is very likely that Sun Quan was taken with him for the sake of taking the team! But he didn't expect that things would have a result so quickly, which was really beyond the expectations of Sun Jian and others, so he had to stop first, take a break, change his strategy, and then go to Beijing. This time, you may have to slow down and don't have to hurry up so much. After all, in a sensitive period, there may be another change in the capital!
"I see."
Sun Quan finally figured out the relationship behind this. There may be only a few simple sentences in the Records of the Grand Historian, but how can the real history be summarized simply?
"That means that now General He Jin has the advantage, and they may even have caught the Ten Changshi off guard at the beginning?" Sun Quan said.
"I guess this is the case. Maybe the entire Ten Eunuchs have been wiped out now." Han Dang said.
"That depends on whether the General He Jin is ruthless enough!" Cheng Pu said.
Sun Quan shook his head,
"The Ten Eunuchs were destroyed, and such a big thing could not be hidden. If it were true, General He Jin would definitely make a big fuss. Therefore, the Ten Eunuchs should still be here, and they should not underestimate them just because the young emperor ascended the throne."
Sun Quan knew that in the end, General He Jin was killed by the Ten General Assistant. Of course, the Ten General Assistant had no good ending and was destroyed by Yuan Shao and others, but in the end, Dong Zhuo was given a advantage.
"It makes sense." Cheng Pu and Han Dang nodded. They never dared to really treat Sun Quan as a child.
"Quan'er, when you arrive in the capital, if General He Jin and the Ten Generals win me over at the same time, where do you think I should stand?" Sun Jian suddenly asked.
Sun Quan's eyes turned, without much hesitation.
"Of course, I am standing on the side of General He Jin."
"What do you think?" Sun Jian turned to Cheng Pu and Han Dang. The reason why he asked Sun Quan first was that he didn't want other people's opinions to influence Sun Quan's original idea.
"I think what the second young master said is reasonable. Standing on General He Jin's side is standing on the side of the current emperor. No matter how you think, there is nothing wrong with it." Han Dang said.
Cheng Pu was a little cautious.
"Since the Ten Eunuchs are still there, it means that some of them supported the current saints at the beginning. General He Jin was a relative of the foreigners after all. The idea of the Ten Eunuchs is easily influenced by the Ten Eunuchs. Is it really support the current saints?"
Cheng Pu’s worries are not without reason. Many young emperors who are brave and want to be the first thing they do after ascending the throne was to find ways to reduce the rights of the ministers of the regent. Although the young emperor was born by Empress Dowager He, he grew up abroad since childhood. Can he have much feelings for Empress Dowager He and He Jin?
Besides, He Jin is now in a high position and has countless capable people. Even if he has feelings, who will be the emperor will not worry about his rebellion? In addition, the eunuchs and eunuchs such as the Ten Changshou talk bad things about He Jin all day long, so it is natural that the young emperor had the idea of dealing with He Jin.
Chapter completed!