The general trend of the world is also advancing steadily according to Chen Yuan's expectation. As the saying goes, time is like water and time flies like a shuttle.
In the blink of an eye, it is already the spring of the sixth year of Zhongping.
The emperor had become seriously ill a few months ago and rarely went to the palace to discuss matters.
Most of the time, he was lingering on the sick bed. Even the unimaginable methods in this world were of no avail. He could only watch the emperor falling towards the abyss of death day by day.
Emperors are basically like this, and few live long.
Because no matter how high the emperor's cultivation is, he cannot withstand the wear and tear of the world's dragon energy.
Yes, dragon energy has an impact on lifespan.
Of course, this degree of wear is proportional and related to the individual's physical strength.
Those with strong bodies and high cultivation levels can resist for a few more years.
If you are physically weak, your hair may become curled up quickly.
Very few of those emperors who came to power at a young age lived long, and most of them died very young.
Anyway, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty is about to die.
And even now, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty has not appointed an auxiliary minister. This is a very dangerous thing.
Of course, perhaps in the view of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, there might not be any need to appoint an auxiliary minister, because Liu Bian's uncle was He Jin, and with He Jin, the general's uncle, as his assistant, he would definitely inherit the throne.
However, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty still underestimated the people of the world, so that not long after his death, He Jin was killed.
Then the court fell into a chaotic situation with no one in charge of the overall situation.
Of course, it's not that no one is really in charge of the overall situation, but that some people want this kind of chaos to happen.
Otherwise, if Yuan Wei and Yang Biao, who were in the court at that time, stood up and shouted loudly, they must have been the ones who responded. How could they not be in charge of the overall situation?
It's just that both of them have their own plans.
In the past few months, the situation between North Korea and China has become increasingly strange and unpredictable.
The Yang family was wiped out by Chen Yuan, so now Yuan Wei is respected in the court.
However, the Yuan family had other thoughts, so they allowed the situation between the DPRK and China to develop, completely failing to play their role as three ministers.
However, that is not what Chen Yuan cares about.
Chen Yuan did not care at all about the development of the situation between North Korea and China, as long as it did not affect Dong Zhuo's visit to Beijing.
But one thing is that Chen Yuan now wants to occupy all the important passes around Luoyang.
Luoyang is known as the "City of Eight Passes". The so-called "Eight Passes" refer to Hangu Pass, Yique Pass, Guangcheng Pass, Taigu Pass, Yuan Pass, Xuanmen Pass, Mengjing Pass and Xiaopingjing Pass.
Hangu Pass is the "first gateway" from Luoyang to the west. Hangu Pass refers to Luodu in the east and Chang'an in the west. It is known as "one man can guard the pass, and ten thousand men cannot open it". It is the first of the "Eight Passes of Luoyang".
Yique Pass is the southern gate of Luoyang and has always been a battleground for military strategists.
Guangcheng Pass has been an important passage from Wan (Nanyang), Xiang (Xiang Yang) and Jingchu areas to Luojing since ancient times.
Dagu Pass is an important pass from Luoyang to Nanyang, Ruzhou, Xuchang and other places.
Shenyuan Pass was established in the first year of Zhongping. It is located on Shenyuan Mountain and guards the southeastern gateway of Luoyang.
Xuanmen Pass is located in the ancient Chenggao City and is another name for Hulao Pass.
Mengjin Pass is named after guarding the Mengjin Ferry of the ancient Yellow River. Mengjin Pass borders the Yellow River to the north and Mang Mountains to the south, with mountains and rivers as support. The pass is easy to defend, forming a situation in which the pass controls the river and the river protects the pass.
Xiaopingjinguan, together with Mengjinguan, guards the Yellow River and guards the northern gateway of Luoyang.
These eight passes are the most important places to guard the entire Luoyang, and Chen Yuan wants to get them.
And if you want to get it legitimately, you have to get the Eight Pass Captain.
The Eighth Guards were newly established due to the Yellow Turban Rebellion and did not last long. They corresponded to the Eighth Schools of Xiyuan.
The Eighth School Lieutenant was established to defend Luoyang City, with the focus on Luoyang City.
The focus of the Eight Passes is on the eight passes outside Luoyang City.
The focus is different.
As a whole, Chen Yuan gave up immediately.
Because to gain something, you have to give up.
Moreover, the Eighth School Lieutenant was not very cost-effective. Chen Yuan had already tried his best to control the Fifth School of the Northern Army, so the Eighth School Lieutenant was no longer necessary.
The Eight Pass Captains are different. This is the channel connecting Luoyang with the surrounding areas, which is extremely important.
As long as we can hold the Eight Pass Captains in our hands, the situation in Luoyang will be in our hands.
However, these eight captains also belong to the Central Army, and are all under the jurisdiction of He Jin, so they are not easy to interfere with.
Fortunately, Chen Yuan had a fight with He Miao in Nanyang. Although He Jin seemed very angry at Chen Yuan's behavior of not giving the He family face, he repeatedly threatened revenge on many occasions.
In fact, the thunder is louder than the raindrops.
Over time, most people will understand.
He Jin didn't care about He Miao at all, and maybe he was very grateful to Chen Yuan.
Yes, He Jin actually has a very good impression of Chen Yuan.
Because he taught He Miao a lesson.
In fact, I don't like to see my brother who has neither father nor mother at all.
The two people have no blood relationship at all, let alone any feelings.
He Jin superficially takes care of He Miao, but he just doesn't want others to gossip, especially to take care of his sister's mood.
He Jin loved and was a little afraid of his sister, the Queen.
Because Queen He does have some skills, otherwise she would not be able to achieve the position of Queen.
It was for this reason that Chen Yuan secretly befriended General He Jin and successfully placed one of his own as the eighth captain.
Who are the eight captains of today?
Wei Yan, Wen Pin, Jiang Qin, Chen Dao, Fu Wei, Zhou Cang, Hu Du, Huo Du.
You may not be familiar with Fox Du and Huo Du here.
Hu Du was actually Ma Zhong of the Shu Kingdom in history. This man was a talented general, and later he became the governor of the country and managed the entire Nanzhong.
Huo Du?
In fact, this person died very early in history, and the cause of death is unknown.
The reason why he can still leave a fortune is all thanks to his younger brother Huo Jun.
Huo Jun's most impressive achievement is defending the city.
General Liu Zhang supported the ban, and Xiang Cun and others led more than 10,000 people from Langshui River to attack Huo Jun. There were only a few hundred soldiers in the city. Huo Jun held on for a year, waiting for an opportunity to break it.
Three hundred men defended the city. Facing an attack of 10,000 men, they defended the city for a year and defeated the enemy.
All I can say is that it's awesome.
Huo Jun is very strong, and Huo Du is actually not weak either.
Especially after Chen Yuan interviewed this person, he became even more convinced that Huo Jun learned all his skills from his brother.
Therefore, Chen Yuan transferred Hu Du and Huo Du to their key positions.
Now all eight passes around Luoyang are in Chen Yuan's hands.
In this way, Chen Yuan was confident that at the critical moment, blocking Luoyang and cutting off the inside and outside would not only facilitate the Jingzhou army's entry into Beijing, but also cut off Fatty Dong's retreat.
Chen Yuan is also ready at the Dongguan. In a critical moment, Chen Yuan will use the people from Jiantiantai to guard the Dongguan.
Not to mention the masters from Jin Fengwei and Dongguan.
Guo Jia, Lu Su, Zhuge Jin and Zhou Yu were all brought to Luoyang by Chen Yuan.
Firstly, these four people are older, and secondly, they also come to Dongguan to increase their knowledge.
Although Xiangyang Academy is also working hard to increase its own heritage and collection of books, it is still far behind Dongguan.
So it is inevitable to come to Dongguan to study.
Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty would not care if Chen Yuan, who was serving as the Imperial Academy's wine worshipper, allowed a few people to enter the Dongguan.
Besides, the current Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty has no time to care about these things.
Therefore, the current Dongguan has basically been occupied by Chen Yuan.
Chen Yuan rarely went to Taixue, and spent most of his time in Dongguan.
Chen Yuan has long had a plan to build Dongguan into the largest library in the world and the center and crystallization of the entire Han civilization.
To put it bluntly, it is the National Library.
In the whole of Luoyang, there are two places that Chen Yuan cares about the most, one is Dongguan and the other is Taixue.
If these two places are preserved, the hundreds of years of civilization of the Han Dynasty will be preserved. As for other gold and silver treasures, they are not important.
For Chen Yuan, everything is ready now, all he needs is the east wind.
What is east wind?
That is the death of the emperor.
Chen Yuan counted the time and found that it didn't take long.
Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty died on May 13th, and now it is March 23rd.
Less than two months to go.
Soon, it will be soon.
In the following period, signs between heaven and earth began to appear.
This world is a fantasy world, and the signs are even more obvious.
First, the Purple Star began to dim, then there was the Yinghuo Shouxin, then the superstar fell to the ground, and then someone discovered the floating corpse of a yellow dragon, etc. There was more than one strange phenomenon.
All this indicates that the emperor's fate will soon be over.
Everyone in the world who has some knowledge realizes this.
Everyone is waiting for that moment, the moment when the emperor dies.
Countless careerists are excited.
The loyal ministers were worried.
It's really because the prince is still young now. Once the emperor's landslide, the government will be controlled by his relatives and eunuchs.
This is what these loyal ministers do not want to see.
However, there is nothing they can do now.
Of course, Emperor Han Ling was not unprepared.
On this day, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty summoned Chen Yuan to the palace to see him.
Chen Yuan had not seen Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty for a long time. When he saw him, he was immediately surprised.
Because Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty was already so thin that he could not sit firmly and was half lying on the emperor's couch.
Her cheekbones were high and her face was pale. From that look, it seemed that the next moment was about to pass.
Chen Yuan hurriedly paid homage to Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty.
At this time, Emperor Han Ling was the most sensitive, so be sure not to offend him. No one knew what incredible things a dying man would do.
Fortunately, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty did not go crazy. He weakly raised his hand to let Chen Yuan stand up and gave Chen Yuan a seat.
Chen Yuan thanked him and sat down.
This era is not the future. Ministers have complete personality and dignity in front of the king.
It's not like a king wants his subjects to die, but they have to die.
The emperors and ministers of the Han Dynasty were actually more like collaborators.
Otherwise, Huo Guang would not have deposed and established the emperor.
Look at future generations, who among the ministers would dare to depose and establish the emperor?
Unless you want to rebel.
Huo Guang deposed and established the emperor, but he had no thoughts of rebellion.
He just wants to choose a good collaborator.
Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty was a good collaborator.
Huo Guang actually had a very good vision, and Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty was indeed a good collaborator.
And he is broad-minded. If the Huo family hadn't gone too far later, maybe he would have had a good death.
It's a pity that the Huo family, except for Huo Guang, is incompetent. They are not very capable, have a bad temper, are arrogant and domineering, and most importantly, they actually provoked Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty to rebel. In the end, Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty was unable to destroy the family.
Who was Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty?
They are Queen Xu and her son.
Xu Pingjun was the miserable wife of Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty, and Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty loved this wife very much.
Otherwise, there would be no allusions about Nanyuan’s forgotten love and the deep love between swords.
The Huo family committed suicide, and there was nothing they could do about it.
Seeing Chen Yuan sitting down, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty looked at him, raised his finger and pointed forward, indicating that Chen Yuan should sit closer.
This move fully illustrates a problem: the emperor's destiny is not long.
Because it was too far away and the emperor's voice could not be transmitted.
Chen Yuan thought in his mind and sat down in front of the emperor.
Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty looked at Chen Yuan and suddenly said: "Sir, can I trust you?"
Chen Yuan felt excited in his heart.
Good guy, whenever the emperor says this, most likely nothing good will happen.
Because this is the emperor testing his ministers.
Do you think I can trust you?
In fact, there is still distrust.
As for whether you can believe you in the end, it all depends on your performance.
Chen Yuan stood up quickly: "Why did your Majesty say this? There is no minister in the world that the emperor cannot trust. Your Majesty must understand this truth."
Chen Yuan can't be too clear about it.
In fact, what Chen Yuan said is that as long as your majesty trusts Wei Chen, Wei Chen will definitely live up to your entrustment.
If you don't trust me, then I have nothing to say.
Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty seemed to understand what Chen Yuan meant and was silent for a moment.
"Sir, do you think I have ever wronged you?"
This sentence made Chen Yuan silent.
To be honest, Emperor Han Ling was really okay with Chen Yuan.
In every aspect, it makes sense.
After all, the titles are all sealed.
Where is Liangxiang Hou?
This can be regarded as a profound act of kindness.
Chen Yuan cupped his hands to Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty and said: "Your Majesty's kindness to his ministers is comparable to that of mountains and seas."
Chen Yuan's words are not completely flattering, there is some truth in them.
Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty seemed to feel Chen Yuan's true feelings.
After hesitating for a moment, he said: "Sir, I want the prince to worship you as his master and respect you as his father. I wonder if you would like that, sir?"
Good guy, good guy!
Sure enough, it's not a good thing.
Chen Yuan knew that there was definitely a big pit waiting for him.
This pit is too big.
Don't say that you don't want to be a father-in-law. Except for Jiang Taigong, no one who was a father-in-law to the emperor had a happy death.
Think of Fan Zeng.
Think again about Lao Ai.
Besides, even if I am to be the second son, I will be the second son of Liu Bei. What does it mean to be the second son of Liu Bian?
While Chen Yuan was surprised, he had to admire Han Ling Emperor.
He is indeed a smart emperor. I think this guy has already understood the trends of the world.
Maybe even Chen Yuan's thoughts and even Jingzhou's thoughts can be seen.
Therefore, he took this move and hit Chen Yuan directly on the seven inches.