Brothers Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu left Beijing one after another, and Grand Tutor Yuan Wei reported illness. There was no one in Luoyang to compete with Dong Zhuo. On August 30, Dong Sikong moved to Taifu, and Liu Yu, the former Taifu, was granted the title of Grand Sima. He held another court meeting in the court, and then sent the new minister Li Ru to the Taifu's house to present the matter of abolishing the throne. Yuan Wei.
The Taifu's house was much deserted. When Li Ru came a few days ago, even though it was raining heavily, there were still carriages and horses like dragons in front of the gate of Taifu's mansion, surrounded by heavy soldiers, but now there was only a trickle of muddy water flowing in front of the mansion. Li Ru got off the chariot and opened his bamboo umbrella and entered the mansion. The guards of the mansion heard that Dong Sikong was the envoy and hurriedly led Li Ru forward.
Grand Tutor Yuan Wei was reading "The Songs of Chu" in the hall. When Li Ru walked to the door, he paused for a moment and heard that what the Grand Tutor was reading was "Recruiting Hermits". The Grand Tutor chanted in a hoarse tone: "The end of the year will never end." Talking to myself, the crickets are chirping, the mountains are rolling, and the heart is flooded with fear and panic. The water is wet, the chestnuts are wet, the tigers and leopards are in the dens, the bushes are thin and deep, and people are growing chestnuts."
This poem was written by Min Shang, a guest of the Huainan King, and Qu Yuan. When Taifu read it, it was as if all the sounds in the valley had disappeared except for the autumn wind. After Yuan Wei finished reading, Li Ru just came in to ask for courtesy. He first presented the Taifu with a pair of purple-hair pens, and then presented the written text. Yuan Wei took the form and flipped through it. Li Ru looked around the study room and saw a vertical plaque on both sides, which read "When you travel far, you will be humble" and "When you climb high, you will humble yourself". The characters are timeless and powerful.
Yuan Wei finished flipping through the book and pressed it under his hand. Li Ru saw him looking up. His face was as old as dead cypress, only his two eyes still had a dim light. The Taifu also looked at him and said slowly in a vague tone: "Dong Gong is the hero who rebuilt the country, so his words are certainly true. Wei did not dare to object. It's just that such a major event as deposing the emperor was not something that Wei could do alone. Those who are able to make a decision, I wonder what the other ministers in the court say? As an important minister in the court, you must help the country, and you must break your ties to marry me, so as not to lose the hearts of the subjects."
This remark hit Li Ru's fancy. He stood up with a smile, took out another form of form from his sleeve robe, and stepped forward to hand it to Yuan Wei. Yuan Kai opened the book with his hands and saw that the middle was densely written with ink. Upon closer inspection, he discovered that they were all the names of officials from the DPRK and Central Government, with fingerprints embossed with red clay on the names.
Li Ru returned to the guest seat, raised his hands to Taifu and said with a smile: "I deeply admire Taifu's thoughtfulness, but Dong Gong came to the capital to rescue him. He only thought about the Han Dynasty and the world. How could he wield power? What are the opinions of the officials in Beijing who have more than 600 shi? , Dong Gong has asked all the questions, and except for Lu Shangshu, who did not sign, all the other princes have agreed, which shows that King Chenliu is virtuous. This decision to abolish the throne is in response to God's will and the people's will. I hope Taifu will not have any doubts."
When the words reached this point, Yuan Wei naturally knew it. He was speechless and stared at the joint form for a long time. Finally, he dipped his purple pen in ink and signed his name in the blank space at the front of the form. The master then took out the red clay and pressed his fingerprints with his thumb. He immediately felt that the red mud was bright and dazzling, so he hurriedly closed the form and handed it back to Li Ru. After Li Ru collected his watch and left, Yuan Wei picked up the scroll in his hand and saw the last sentence of "Recruiting Hermits": "When Wang Sunxi returns, he cannot stay in the mountains for a long time." Taifu lightly twisted his long beard, which was all green under his chin, and couldn't help but Feeling sad, he covered his face and sighed: "You can't stay in the mountains, but you can stay in Luozhong?"
On the first day of September, Dong Zhuo once again held a large court meeting in the front hall of Chongde. All senior officials in the capital with more than 600 stones and officials from the palace and provinces participated. Initially, many officials were unwilling to participate, but they heard the news that yesterday Lu Shangshu was threatened with a knife by Dong Zhuo because he opposed the abolition of the emperor. Thanks to the intercession of the three princes, Lu Shangshu was lucky enough to survive, but he also left with his seal. In such a situation, all the officials did not dare not come. They just sat on the banquet and did not dare to raise their heads to look at the emperor.
The emperor was sitting in the palace, feeling quite uneasy. He looked around and saw the newly appointed Huben guard holding a halberd and looking at him with an indifferent expression. This made him panic, but he did not dare to look back at his mother who was hanging the curtain behind the palace. The Queen Mother was surrounded by a group of palace ladies, wearing a bright golden skirt, gold and green jewelry, and plain white shoes. The skirt was decorated with pearls and agate, just like the jewels of the Tianshan Mountains, and her beauty was incomparable. But the Queen Mother, with a mournful look on her face, leaned against the back wall of the palace, not daring to look at the emperor. She could only hold back her sobs and wipe her tears with a silk handkerchief, while holding an edict in her arms.
When Dong Zhuo saw all the officials gathered, he announced the start of the court meeting, and then hinted to Li Ru with his eyes. Li Ru understood the idea, got up from the table, walked slowly into the curtain, and saluted the Queen Mother. He was about to ask for the edict, but when the Queen Mother saw him lifting the curtain and entering, her beautiful face suddenly turned pale. Finally she couldn't bear it anymore, and tears fell like rain. She sat on the ground and covered her face and cried bitterly. No one among the officials dared to say a word. , only the Queen Mother's cry echoed in the palace.
Li Ru was quite helpless and could only bend forward and whisper: "Queen Mother, the edict, the edict!" After hearing the words, the Queen Mother hugged the edict tightly and huddled in the corner, looking at Li Ru like a deer and looking at Li Ru's gorgeous skirt while shedding tears. It was stained with dust, but it made her look charming. Li Ru had no intention of appreciating these. He waved his hand to the palace maids to get out of the way and stepped forward quickly. He pressed the Queen Mother's jade shoulder with one hand and reached into the Queen Mother's chest with the other hand. The Queen Mother said urgently: "The minister is trying to be indecent!" Li Ru didn't care about this. The palm slapped on the Queen Mother's beautiful face, and the Queen Mother was stunned for a moment. Li Ru took the opportunity to grab the edict and tried to pull it out of the Queen Mother's arms. The Queen Mother still refused to let go, so Li Ru tore the skirt at the shoulders of the Queen Mother. After obtaining the edict, he abandoned the Queen Mother to the ground and walked back to the front hall again. When all the officials in the front hall saw the Queen Mother's graceful figure huddled behind the bead curtain, they couldn't help but feel sad and couldn't bear to look up again.
Li Ru was speechless and glanced at the Emperor. Seeing his mother being insulted in this way, the Emperor was filled with resentment and fear. He gritted his white teeth and looked at him, but said nothing and was trembling all over. Li Ru ignored him, walked down the steps quickly, and handed the edict to Shangshu Ding Gong. Ding Shangshu took the edict and opened the silk cloth with great difficulty. He suppressed his mood and read to everyone:
"Emperor Xiaoling did not care about Gaozong's eyebrows and longevity, and abandoned his ministers long ago. The emperor accepted Shao, and looked inside the sea. However, the emperor's appearance was frivolous, his majesty was not abiding by, he was slow and lazy in mourning, and he was as old as before; his evil virtues were obvious, and he was exposed to obscenity. Insulting the sacred artifacts and desecrating the ancestral temple. The Empress Dowager taught no motherly rituals, and the government was in chaos. The Yongle Empress Dowager suddenly collapsed, and the public was confused. The three cardinal principles are the order of heaven and earth, but there is a gap, and the sin is serious. Chen Liu Wang Xie, a great sage, with simple rules, richness below and above, has the appearance of Yao's plan; he is in mourning, and he cannot talk about evil. His nature is Qiyi, and he has the spirit of Zhou Cheng. Xiu has a good reputation, which is heard all over the world, and he should be Chenghong. The industry will be unified for all generations and can inherit the ancestral temple. The deposed emperor will be the Hongnong King. The empress dowager will return to power."
After reading this article, Ding Gong felt exhausted. All the ministers in the palace looked at each other in confusion. They heard the Queen Mother's edict that the emperor was "frivolous in nature", and they blamed themselves by saying: "The teaching has no motherly etiquette, and the government is in chaos." Although it is not unreasonable, when they think of the Queen Mother's fierce temperament, Dong Zhuo was How can one not feel absurd after being forced to write such an edict? There was silence in the palace for a while, and all the officials forgot to celebrate the new emperor's accession to the throne.
Seeing this, Ding Gong could only helplessly remind his colleagues: "It is a disaster for the Han Dynasty, and there will be many funerals and chaos. In the past, Zhong was abolished and suddenly he was established, and his power was great in the Spring and Autumn Period. Now all the ministers have considered the appropriate plans for the country and are sincerely cooperating with heaven and man. Please call me long live." Then all the ministers woke up from a dream, and they all knelt down to King Chenliu at the foot of the stairs and shouted "Long live".
King Chenliu stood at the foot of the steps the whole time, looking at the ministers with cold eyes, not knowing what he thought in his heart. Grand Tutor Yuan Wei bowed his head to the palace, leaned close to the emperor, and said to him warmly: "Your Highness, just follow me." He stretched out his hand to hold the emperor's hand, and the emperor immediately choked with tears and said a few words. With the word "I", in the end I could only lower my head and cry like a mother.
The Taifu successively untied the Emperor's official seal, the Emperor's official seal, the Emperor's letter seal, the Emperor's official seal, the Emperor's official seal, and the Emperor's letter seal for the emperor. The emperor originally had seven seals. In addition to these six seals, there were also jade seals handed down from the pre-Qin Dynasty. However, when the imperial attendants took the emperor out of the city, they did not bother to carry the jade seals. As a result, Dong Zhuo escorted him back to the palace and found only six seals. , The jade seal passed down from the country has disappeared. When the ministers saw that the imperial seal was missing, they felt that "Han Zuo was gone".
Then the Taifu led the emperor down the jade steps and asked the emperor to stand next to King Chenliu. King Chenliu and the emperor looked at each other, then followed the Taifu up the steps and sat on the throne. Yuan Wei handed over the six seals. After arriving in the hands of King Chen Liu, Liu Xie looked up at the Taifu, then at Dong Zhuo, and finally at the crying Empress Dowager. His face showed uneasiness. He finally looked back and asked the Taifu, "What should I do?"
The Taifu breathed out, showing a dejected look. He took three trembling steps back and bowed to Liu Xie: "Your Majesty will be the emperor from now on. Please love yourself." All the ministers also said long live before bowing. The emperor looked at the steps, and his brother Hongnong's face showed sympathy and sadness. He hesitated for a moment, knelt down at the steps, and worshiped him: "Long live."
The emperor, who was just nine years old, was silent for a long time. He looked at the people kneeling in the palace, and suddenly remembered that his father always had a look of pity in his eyes when he picked him up. He finally said without any teacher's knowledge: "Everyone is equal."
When the Chancellor announced the change of Yuan Dynasty to Chuping, the enthronement ceremony of the new emperor ended. Dong Zhuo also issued an edict in the name of the emperor: the Taiwei had brought peace to the country and had contributed to the reconstruction of the country. However, the Emperor was young and had little virtue and was unable to govern personally. Therefore, he promoted the Taiwei and fully entrusted the government with the administration of the government, and added two pieces of tin: Yue and Huben. At this point, Dong Zhuo had legitimately assumed the power of regency, and his status was unrivaled.
On the day when the dynasty dispersed, Dong Zhuo was full of ambition and summoned his subordinates and said: "I have gained great power, but the time is short and the prestige has not yet been established. The new dynasty has new policies, and all the heroes in the world are eagerly waiting for them. If we can't govern Dahua and perform good governance, how can we do it?" Make the whole world peaceful and the eight deserts be subdued? I want to imitate the story of Huo Guang assisting Emperor Zhao, and I hope you will advance and retreat together with me."
After Dong Zhuo finished speaking, his heart was filled with excitement. The officials only knew that his seizure of power was clever and violent, but they didn't know that he really had a heart to assist the government. Now that Taiwei Dong wants to implement a new policy, what will happen?
