Chapter 758 Why does Your Majesty want to kill me?
According to the list, including some party members who came from Hongdu School, as well as party members who took the initiative to defect from local areas, and party members within the eunuchs, they were all within the scope of eradication.
There are not many of these people, and they are widely present in the Luoyang court and local officials. Some local officials even have their people from top to bottom.
Originally, this would not happen in Liu Bei's political blueprint, but due to historical factors, this situation could only exist for a few years.
Now, it's time for correction.
According to the plan, it is the same, first deal with those in Luoyang, and then after Liu Bei ascends the throne, go to deal with the local ones, and finally achieve a complete eradication, sweeping away the influence of eunuch politics.
This will become an important part of the "new dynasty and elegant government" brought about by the new emperor Liu Bei after he ascends the throne.
Fortunately, although there are many people in Luoyang City, they are not very powerful. Each one of them is almost all middle and low-level officials, and they do not have strong military force. Otherwise, Dongyuan Fanzi with 1,500 people
It's really not necessarily possible.
Even so, the hour and a half was tense.
Several elite teams had several tasks to perform, and they rushed to the other side to continue arresting and killing people after catching people here. They were so exhausted that they didn't even have time to take a sip of water.
They kicked open the door of each other's house, rushed in, and killed the guys who had not yet fully gotten up in the room, on the bed, in the study, and in the toilet. After confirming that there were no survivors, they went to the next work place.
There is no way, although it is brutal and bloody, no one will say anything bad.
Dead eunuchs have no human rights, which is the political correctness recognized by people of this era.
Compared with Zhang Rang's thorough and pure operating methods, Guo Hong seemed more civilized.
He does not kill, he only disarms and arrests people. Of course, if someone resists, he will not give up the use of force.
Guo Hong personally took charge of Zheng Tai's case, because he was still a relatively important figure. Liu Bei named him alive, and he had to personally judge him as the emperor, sentence him to death, and deprive him of the Zheng clan's control over the family.
Qualifications.
Liu Bei not only wanted to kill people, but also wanted to kill people.
Zheng Tai was obviously unprepared and had no idea that Liu Bei was unreasonable in flipping the table. Obviously, he didn't take Zheng Xuan's warning to heart at all, and he didn't think that Liu Bei would suddenly launch a sneak attack on him.
When Guo Hong came over with the officials and disciples of Zhongdu, Zheng Tai hadn't gotten up yet. Only some servants got up early to clean the house. The officials and disciples of Zhongdu didn't make any declaration. They rushed up and kicked open the door, and then asked everyone to give up.
If you resist, kneel down and surrender, otherwise you will be killed without mercy.
The Zheng family members were first surprised, then frightened, shouting, some squatted down and held their heads, and some wanted to run away.
Guo Hong raised his hand crossbow and shot those who tried to escape to the ground. The officials and disciples of Zhongdu around him also raised their hand crossbows and shot five or six Zheng family members who tried to escape. The situation was under control.
The officials and disciples of Zhongdu went deeper and arrested people. When they arrived in the backyard, Zheng Tai, who had already woken up, was shocked and confused, not knowing what had happened.
It wasn't until his eldest son Zheng Jiang ran into his room in a panic and told him that the officials from Zhongdu were coming and arresting people, that he opened his eyes wide and his mind went blank.
Before, they sent people everywhere to inquire about the news, but they didn't get any information. They didn't know if Liu Bei had taken any action, so his escape plan was repeatedly postponed.
As a result, now the officials and disciples of Zhongdu are conducting sneak attacks in the early morning?
Liu, you are too ignorant of martial ethics, right?!
And this also means...
Did Liu Bei know that he was the one spreading the rumors?
Is there any evidence?
"Let's go now, we have to leave now!"
Zheng Tai stood up nervously, put on some clothes hastily with his wife, and then the family of three prepared to leave. When leaving, he handed Zheng Jiang the saber in the house and asked Zheng Jiang to hold the knife to clear the way.
If you really encounter obstacles.
In addition to the main entrance, Zheng Mansion also has a back entrance. They planned to escape through the back entrance and then hide until Luoyang City ended its alert before escaping.
However, not long after they left the room, they were overtaken by Zhongdu officials and disciples. Zheng Jiang held a knife and shouted to resist. The pursuing Zhongdu officials and disciples directly attacked with crossbows. Three crossbow arrows hit Zheng Jiang.
Jiang died on the spot.
When Zheng Tai and his wife saw that their son was dead, they were so sad that they forgot to run away. They were caught by Zhongdu officials and disciples, and they brought Zheng Jiang's body to Guo Hong.
"Doctor Zheng, long time no see."
Guo Hong looked at the tearful Zheng Tai with a smile, glanced at the dead Zheng Jiang, and looked regretful.
"The sword has no eyes, and there is nothing you can do if you hurt someone. Please don't be too sad, Doctor Zheng."
Hearing this, Zheng Tai stared at Guo Hong fiercely.
"You Liu Bei's lackey! Did you come here specifically to kill me?!"
"No, no, no, His Majesty's order is not to kill you, but to capture you, then personally judge you, and kill you with the law. It won't be that simple."
Guo Hong shook his head: "As for him, it was purely an accidental injury."
Zheng Tai was stunned when he heard this.
"Your Majesty wants to kill me? Why? Why does Your Majesty want to kill me? It's obviously Liu Bei who wants to kill me! Why do you say it's your Majesty who wants to kill me? You thief! You have such a heart!"
"No, His Majesty just wants to kill you."
Guo Hong said with a smile: "The majesty that I know is not the current emperor, but... the current general. Don't you know? The Empress Dowager has issued an edict to change the emperor, and the Emperor's Association has decided
Zen is located in the Great General, and the ceremony will be held today."
"????"
Zheng Tai suddenly looked at Guo Hong with questions in his head. The people who were captured in Zheng Tai's house also looked at Guo Hong in shock, forgetting that their lives were in danger.
The shock of this news can be seen clearly.
"Zen position?"
"Yes, Zen position."
Guo Hong said with a smile: "This is the meaning of the Empress Dowager. The emperor is young and cannot command the affairs of the country and cannot command the four directions. For the sake of the Han Dynasty, the Empress Dowager asked the emperor to take the initiative to surrender to the general Liu Bei. The general has accepted it.
I accept the Zen position today and ascend the throne and proclaim myself emperor."
With that said, Guo Hong walked up to Zheng Tai and looked at Zheng Tai condescendingly.
"I was ordered to capture you and invite you to watch the general's enthronement ceremony together and then accept the trial."
"I……"
Zheng Tai was so shocked that he couldn't say anything for a while, and his brain immediately shut down.
But it's not important. Guo Hong doesn't care about Zheng Tai's reaction. He has been caught anyway and can't make a difference.
In addition to Zheng Tai, Jia Xi's house was also broken into by Zhongdu officials and disciples. More than a dozen servants and a member of the Jia clan were killed, and more than 20 other men, women, and children were arrested.
Jia Xi himself was not even awake when he was caught. A sharp steel knife was placed across his neck on the bed. He was frightened and then fainted. It took him a while to wake up.
As a result, I was tied into a rice dumpling, and I was crying and shouting with my clan members, feeling at a loss what to do.
In addition to Jia Xi, the Kong family was also invaded by Zhongdu officials and disciples. More than 40 men, women, and children were all captured. Seven or eight servants were killed. The whole house cried and screamed that they were wronged.
But when they learned that Liu Bei was going to proclaim himself emperor, their brains all shut down without exception.
More than forty families from the conservative family alliance of the Ancient Literature School, headed by the Zheng family, the Jia family and the Kong family, were wiped out by a team of officials and apprentices from Zhongdu in the early morning. A group of mid-level and low-level officials who were attached to them were also killed
All the officials and disciples were caught in one sweep.
Those who serve as officials in Sangong's Mansion, those who serve in Jiuqing's Mansion, those who work in the palace, those who work in Shangshutai, and those who work in various other court departments, all officials and staff who are involved with them are all on the list
, was caught once, and no one escaped.
In addition to those who were officials, there were also a larger group of disciples and disciples, some of whom were specially circled for arrest, namely Zheng Tai's disciples, those who spread rumors.
They were under Liu Bei's special care, so it was Xu Chu who arrested them.
Xu Chu led the Tiger Guards to carry out the task of arresting them. Anyone who resisted was killed directly. Those who wanted to escape were directly knocked unconscious and arrested. Some even rushed into the Taixue dormitory to arrest people. Their actions were so swift and decisive that they were stunned.
People were stunned.
The one who resisted the most fiercely was the hussar general Dong Chong.
The one who carried out the task of capturing Dong Chong was Dian Wei and the Tiger Guard under his command. Since Dong Zhong was more or less an army subordinate, Liu Bei specifically asked the Tiger Guard to carry out this task and capture Dong Chong.
Originally, Liu Bei didn't want to accomplish anything. He thought that if Dong Zhong devoted himself to enjoying happiness, he would help Dong Zhong. Anyway, according to Dong Zhong's method of eating, drinking and having fun, his body was almost exhausted, and he didn't have a few years to live.
He just went and did the right thing for Mrs. Dong.
As a result, Liu Bei discovered that this guy seemed to be playing a very novel game, called enduring humiliation and bearing the burden, or pretending to be a pig and eating the tiger.
Those investigating the rumor incident discovered that after the first wave of rumors spread, someone else started a second wave of rumors, specifically in the eastern part of Luoyang City. After further investigation by Liu Hui, the suspect was locked in Dong Chong.
The Hussars General's Mansion.
Later, Liu Bei heard from Liu Yu that Dong Chong had entered the palace to give Liu Bei eye drops.
The evil spirit will never die.
Can this be tolerated?
There is a road to heaven but you don’t take it, and there is no door to hell but you rush in. They pretend to be pigs and eat tigers, but they are really capable. What about you? You are a real pig, but you still want to eat tigers?
Now that things have reached this point, what else is there to say?
Dian Wei took Liu Bei's order and led 500 heavily armed elite Tiger Guards to launch a surprise attack on the Hussar General's Mansion.
Of course, Dong Chong's mansion has a certain amount of security forces, which are his legal standard security guards as a hussar general. However, these security guards are purely a take-out level of difficulty against the Tiger Guards.
Dian Wei led the Tiger Guards in a rapid assault, holding the short iron halberd on his back in both hands.
When approaching the Hussar General's mansion, Dian Wei took aim at his target and threw his halberd four times in a row, killing all four guards at the entrance of the mansion.
Then the Tiger Guards swarmed up, broke into the Hussars General's mansion, and started killing.
The guards in Dong Chong's mansion are not simple things, they are also elites carefully selected from the military forces he can control, or they are treated better than others.
Therefore, facing the Tiger Guard's surprise attack, they panicked at first, but soon fought with the Tiger Guard and put up some resistance.
When the Tiger Guards came to kill him, Dong Chong had not yet woken up. He did not have the habit of getting up early. He was sleeping soundly with a maid in his arms. He was sleeping deeply. The shouts of killing did not wake him up until his son panicked.
He broke into his room in confusion and woke him up.
"Someone is coming in! The guards at the house are resisting, father! Leave quickly!"
Before Dong Chong could react, he was pulled away by his son and ran away. When the shouts of death reached Dong Chong's ears and woke him up, he immediately panicked.
"What's going on? How could someone come to kill me? Who dares? Could it be..."
"Father, now is not the time to talk about this! Let's go!"
"Liu Bei! It must be Liu Bei! Damn Liu Bei! How dare you attack and kill me blatantly!"
Dong Chong was angry and frightened, and he involuntarily quickened his pace. However, because he was fat and exhausted from drinking and sex, he couldn't run a few steps and slowed down out of breath.
"Father! Leave quickly! If you don't leave, then..."
Before the son finished speaking, an iron halberd flew over with a whoosh and pierced his chest directly. He screamed in pain and fell to the ground to die.
Dong Chong was stunned as he watched his son die in front of him. He didn't cry, but his body kept shaking, and then he peed.
Dian Wei approached him from behind, and within a few steps, he saw the guy's crotch started to drip.
"You're pissing now? With so much courage, how dare you go against the general?"
Dian Wei mocked Dong Chong with contempt, then waved his hand, and the Tiger Guard soldiers around him stepped forward and tied up the trembling Dong Chong.
At this moment, all the guards in his house had been killed by the Tiger Guards, and all the resisters were executed. The remaining men, women, and children were also captured. None of them escaped. Dong Zhong was the last one.
Dian Wei sent someone back to report the news to Liu Bei, and then escorted Dong Zhong and his family slowly towards the palace.
The entire purge operation was not perfect. There must be some problems in some small details, so the operating troops also suffered some small losses.
But no matter what, Liu Bei finally wiped out all the opposition groups. After an hour and a half of action, it was just getting dark.
All kinds of things, more than 3,000 people were arrested in Luoyang City this time, and the number of people killed was not too many, there were only 400 or 500 people. Everyone in Luoyang City who Liu Bei couldn't deal with was simply arrested.
The entire military force in Luoyang City that did not belong to Liu Bei also disappeared completely.
Dong Chong's army was gone.
The Shangjun to which Jian Shuo belongs has also become an impermissible existence. After this time of supervision, it will be disbanded and will no longer become an armed force commanded by others.
In this way, no one in Luoyang City could threaten Liu Bei's life.
When he learned the news about the success of the operation, Liu Bei was in the palace trying on the emperor and empress's attire with Han Ning.