"The various forces in Luoyang are too complicated now. The stakes you bear are so important that there is really no need to take this risk."
Upon hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's words, both the civil servants and generals in the Fengtian Palace changed their expressions at the same time and stood up to persuade him.
This Three Kingdoms plane is different from before.
The strength of the people here is too high, especially now that Luoyang is a mixed bag of good and bad, unfathomable.
If Zhu Yuanzhang passes by and something goes wrong, it will be a devastating situation for Ming Dynasty.
"What are you afraid of?"
"There are currently more than 3,000 elite soldiers from the Jin Yiwei, Tiger Camp, and Falcon Camp who have infiltrated Luoyang City. Are these people just doing it for a living?"
"This matter has been settled. What you have to do now is not to persuade us to give up, but to think about how to ensure our safety in Luoyang City, take care of the Jizhou issue, and coordinate with us.
"Zhu Yuanzhang directly interrupted everyone's persuasion with a wave of his hand.
"Father, if you must go, I will accompany you!"
"When I was appointed as the captain of the Han Dynasty, I spent a year in Luoyang. I am quite familiar with it." Zhu Biao, who was sitting next to him, pondered for a moment and said.
Zhu Biao knew Zhu Yuanzhang's character very well. Since he was going, no one could stop him. Since he couldn't stop him, he could only go with him.
Today's Ming Dynasty should be the strongest in cultivation, and the same is true in terms of combat prowess.
He had fought against Zhao Yun before, and if we just talked about force, Zhao Yun was not his opponent now.
Of course, the prerequisite is that he is fully armed and has a set of spiritual weapons, while Zhao Yun can only use ordinary weapons.
Of course this is somewhat unfair.
But Lu Bu can also only use ordinary soldiers. If he really encounters Lu Bu, Zhu Biao will definitely not throw away his spiritual weapon and replace it with ordinary soldiers to fight him in a fair duel.
Zhu Yuanzhang pondered for a moment after hearing the words, and finally nodded.
Now that Zhu Xiongying is in charge of the country, Zhu Biao is completely freed from government affairs.
Moreover, Zhu Yuanzhang also knew Zhu Biao's strength. With Zhu Biao's protection, he felt more at ease...
Three months later.
That is May 189 AD.
In Luoyang City of the Han Empire, thirty-two grand and sad bells rang out from the palace.
In the imperial capital, everyone from the three nobles and nine ministers to the traffickers and footmen all understood that this was the death of His Majesty the Emperor.
Almost as soon as the bell rang, countless armies in Luoyang City began to impose martial law, and countless spies and secret agents began to operate quietly.
Luoyang City is still prosperous, but the killings have quietly begun in the dark.
It can be said that many people in Luoyang City have been waiting for this moment since the beginning of this year.
Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty died.
The power struggle between relatives and eunuchs will reach its climax in the next few months.
And this will be an opportunity for many people.
Since this year, Zhu Yuanzhang is not the only one who has come to the imperial capital to take control of the central power of the imperial court, but there are many others.
Soon, two hours after the thirty-two bells rang, the imperial edict of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty was heard in the palace.
The prince Liu Bian succeeded to the throne, and the empress dowager came to court and granted a general amnesty to the whole country, changing the Yuan Dynasty to the first year of Guangxi.
At the same time, he worshiped Yuan Wei as Taifu, General He Jin participated in the affairs of Shangshu, and Dong Chong recognized General Hussar.
Zhu Yuanzhang quickly got the content of the decree from Jin Yiwei. Looking at this personnel appointment, he couldn't help but smile. He looked at Zhu Biao next to him and said with a smile: "Biao'er, do you understand?"
Zhu Biao gave his own understanding after a brief pause.
"Among the foreign dynasties, Yuan Wei and Dong Zhong are in the same group. They are both representatives of the Sili gentry. They are working together to restrict the rights of General He Jin."
"During the internal dynasty, Empress Dowager He was promoted to the Empress Dowager and came to the court. She was assisted by the Ten Constant Attendants, headed by the Zhongchang Shi Zhang Rang."
"But they alone cannot suppress the foreign dynasty. They can only rely on General He Jin, who is a relative of the foreign dynasty, to check and balance the gentry represented by Yuan Wei."
Zhu Ben was talking confidently, but soon a trace of doubt flashed across his face: "No, if that's the case, then the general He Jin and the eunuch Shi Changshi shouldn't be
Are they a group? Then why do they continue to kill each other?"
"Haha, how can there be a true alliance in the face of real authority? In the current situation, the gentry, relatives, and eunuchs seem to be on the same side and check and balance each other. The situation of the Han Dynasty can continue to continue smoothly."
"But this is based on the fact that everyone agrees with this set of game rules. If someone cannot resist the temptation and wants to introduce new forces into the game, it will naturally be equivalent to destroying this set of game rules, and naturally it will not be possible to play.
Got down."
"Father, do you mean that He Jin doesn't follow the rules?" Zhu Biao said.
"Of course, as a foreign relative, he has limited military power. If he wants to expand his voice, he must obtain sufficient military support. He cannot mobilize the troops within Sili, so he thought of the Xiliang Army."
When Zhu Yuanzhang said this, he could not help but feel a hint of ridicule at the corner of his mouth.
"This person is really stupid. He thought that by bringing in the Xiliang Army, he could strengthen his own momentum and seize more say from the nobles. However, his behavior also directly broke the political balance."
"Although the nobles felt the crisis, it was the emperor who felt most uneasy."
"He thought that because he was Queen Mother He's brother, he could stabilize the palace, but unfortunately he never understood that Queen Mother He preferred his son to his brother."
Zhu Biao understood.
He Jin's recruitment of border troops to Beijing directly caused the current fragile political balance to be broken.
Both the emperor and the nobles felt the crisis, which forced the two parties to reach a tacit understanding.
A tacit agreement to kill He Jin.
"Biao'er, come with me. I want to see Yuan Wei." Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly said.
"Now?" Zhu Biao glanced at the dark night outside.
You must know that there is a curfew in Luoyang now. Zhu Biao did not expect that Zhu Yuanzhang would go out now.
"That's right, it's better not to wait too late, otherwise things will change!"
"And I believe Yuan Wei also wants to see me." Zhu Yuanzhang stood up.
Zhu Biao nodded and winked at Mao Xiang and Mu Ying Lanyu outside. The three nodded slowly and then quietly disappeared into the night.
Yuan Wei, the current Taifu of the Han Empire, was also the father of Yuan Shao and the head of the Yuan family, the fourth and third prince.
In the original history, he was directly killed by Dong Zhuo after Dong Zhuo entered the capital.
And this directly led to two things. First, the Yuan family was directly divided into two, with Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu each leading one. The 28th Road Alliance to Defeat Dong was established. Although this alliance was initiated by Cao Cao,
The real person behind the scenes is Yuan Shao.
The current Yuan family can be said to be the largest family in the Han Dynasty.
And such a family actually doesn't want the world to be in chaos.
At least in Zhu Yuanzhang's view, Yuan Wei did not hope.
This is also the reason why Zhu Biao came to see Yuan Wei today.
Soon, in front of the Yuan family's mansion in Luoyang, the carriage driven by Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao quietly stopped.
The door to the Yuan family also quietly opened at this time.
Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao didn't even get out of the car, but took advantage of the darkness and entered the gate of Yuan's house.
"Brother Zhu, you actually came to Luoyang. To be honest, I really didn't expect it!" Yuan Wei came out to greet him directly in the courtyard. The courtesy was extremely thoughtful, and he directly invited Zhu Yuanzhang into the living room.
Zhu Biao saw Yuan Shao and nodded towards Yuan Shao.
The two have met before, not only have they met, but they have also fought side by side.
The two of them had worked together under Huangpu Song for two years, so they could be considered to have some friendship.
"Brother Zhu, where is Zilong, why didn't I come with you?" Yuan Shao asked in a low voice next to Zhu Biao while Zhu Yuanzhang and Yuan Wei were greeting each other.
"Haha, Zilong didn't come this time, he was helping me train my troops in my hometown!" Zhu Biao's lips curled up with a smile.
"Brother, please don't try to trick me!"
"How could Zilong not be here at this critical moment? He is a peerless general with two legions of talents. How could you not take him with you?"
Yuan Shao grinned and patted Zhu Biao on the shoulder: "Don't hide it anymore. Since you are here in Luoyang, let's have a drink with Zilong another day. Just don't worry, I won't compete with you.
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"I believe you, you idiot!" Zhu Biao nodded in agreement, but he couldn't help but vomit in his heart.
In the Huangpu Song army, when Zhao Yun showed his dual talent ability, he instantly became a favorite. Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, and even Huangpu Song recruited him countless times, openly and covertly.
Especially Yuan Shao, only Zhu Biao knew about it no less than four times.
This man has an honest face but a dark heart. Zhu Biao knows him well.
"Brother Yuan, you know my character. We don't talk secretly. We are here to ask your brother for help. We want to become an official." Several people sat down separately. Zhu Yuanzhang did not talk too much.
Just speak directly.
Yuan Wei had already dealt with Zhu Yuanzhang several times, and he thought he knew Zhu Yuanzhang's details very well.
He sent people to investigate Zhu Yuanzhang, and it was clear that Zhu Yuanzhang was the head of a powerful family that had emerged in Julu County, Jizhou in the past two years.
Its power has developed extremely fast. In just three years, Jizhou has basically become the Zhu family's sphere of influence, and even the Yuan family's power has been compressed as a result.
This was also the reason for his first interaction with Zhu Yuanzhang.
It can be said that the two of them never knew each other without fighting.
Of course, the reason why he didn't make a fool of himself was because Zhu Yuanzhang provided enough benefits in exchange for the complete withdrawal of the Yuan family's forces from Jizhou.
In Yuan Wei's view, the reason why Zhu Yuanzhang could rise so quickly was that the Zhu family had at least one terrifyingly powerful person with innate abilities.
This kind of thing is actually not uncommon among today's big men.
For example, the Sun family was originally just a little-known powerful family. With Sun Jian's bravery, it has now created a large sphere of influence in the southeast.
Of course, as for the talent of the ability user in the Zhu family, this is a family secret.
He didn't find it.
Of course, it doesn’t matter. There are so many powerful and noble families in the world, and those with powerful talents are like a carp crossing the river. He cannot block the development of others. As a family of four generations and three fathers, the Yuan family’s dictionary only has cooperation and win-win, and there is no dead end.
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What's more, Jizhou was not really completely occupied by Zhu Yuanzhang, it was just that the Zhu family was now the most powerful.
The so-called powerful and noble people have always been about me among you and you among me.
It is a foolish dream for a powerful family to occupy a state, and the court will not allow such a thing to happen.
Unless the Han Dynasty ceases to exist, there will be real chaos in the world.