At the moment when Liu Hong died, Liu Bei seemed to hear the bell ringing the end of the old era, and at the same time, he also heard the horn sounding the beginning of the new era.
Bells and horns sounded inexplicably, and he couldn't even tell whether it was an illusion or reality.
But he knew exactly how he would go next, so he wiped away the tears on his face, put away all the emotions that were not expected of a general, and walked towards the palace.
He was going to get what he deserved after years of business and planning.
In the afternoon of April 11th, the sixth year of Zhongping, under the order of Emperor Liu Hong, Liu Bei, Zhang Rang, Jian Shuo, and Dong Chong launched a coup and quickly killed He Jin and Yuan Wei, so General He Jin and Situ Yuan Wei The military and political alliance collapsed and completely collapsed.
As the sun set on April 11, the sixth year of Zhongping, the coup ended successfully. He Jin and Yuan Wei failed, and Liu Bei's alliance won.
On the evening of April 11th, the sixth year of Zhongping, Emperor Liu Hong died of illness.
An unprecedented high-speed coup was over in just one afternoon, and the fate of a dynasty was determined in just one afternoon.
Then, the emperor who took responsibility for this died an hour after the coup ended.
He insisted on sending away his most hated enemies, watching them die in front of him, and then he passed away without enjoying the final fruits of victory.
But this is not important. An old political pattern has been destroyed, and a new political pattern will be established as the sun rises the next day.
But before the sun rises on April 12, there are still many, many things to do on the night of April 11 and in the early morning of April 12.
Liu Hong left suddenly, only giving a relatively general explanation of what was behind him, such as who had what position in the general direction, but no more specific explanations.
Therefore, this blank part was completely handed over to Liu Bei and others to deal with it.
Empress Dowager Dong was too sad and Liu Xie was too young, so they had no energy to take care of this matter.
After Liu Xie ascended the throne, the forces in the court were completely reshuffled. As participants in this political action, Liu Bei, Zhang Rang, Jian Shuo, and Dong Chong should naturally enjoy the spoils brought by the successful coup.
That is to say, the division of the highest power in the entire Eastern Han Empire.
Well-deserved, the main force and the recipient of the highest credit for this coup was Liu Bei.
He is the absolute main force, the absolute c-position, and the actual commander of the entire coup operation. He has the highest credit and is currently the person with the strongest control over the troops. Therefore, no one has any objection. According to the previous agreement, the position of general It has to be him.
But in addition to his own position as general, Liu Bei can obviously also get the sweetest and fattest piece of power in the central court that has been vacated by killing the supporters of the He family, the Yuan family, and everyone's enemies. .
This is what he deserves, and no one else has or dares to have any objections.
Therefore, Liu Bei made an honest decision to obtain some very important positions for his subordinates as a reward for them.
Zhang Rang, Jian Shuo and Dong Zhong also each performed their own tasks and made their own contributions. They did not win by chance, so they obviously needed some positions as rewards.
So just over an hour after Liu Hong's death, they openly bargained and negotiated with each other about some of the vacant positions.
Liu Bei is of course the strongest hero. Zhang Rang also successfully killed Yuan Wei, Jian Shuo also successfully killed many opponents, and Dong Chong also successfully protected the palace. They all have merit, so for some things, Liu Bei also It’s not good to keep it to yourself.
So several people negotiated for a while, and generally divided the power in Luoyang City into several parts, and each occupied it.
Specifically, their original shares will remain unchanged for the time being, and some divisions will be made about the spoils.
For example, Liu Bei recognized Zhang Rang's control of Dongyuan and Shangshutai, his supervision of hundreds of officials, and his partial control of personnel rights. In addition, Zhang Rang led a team to kill Yuan Wei, so Yuan Wei's original position as Situ Whoever it belongs to will be recommended by Zhang Rang.
In addition, the position of Situ and the powers attached to the position of Situ are also at the disposal of Zhang Rang. The appointment of the three ministers, Taipu, Honglu and Tingwei, who are nominally under Situ, are also recommended by Zhang Rang.
Zhang Rang and others increased their weight and voice in the Luoyang court, and made progress in political power.
In contrast, Zhang Rang could not get involved in the division of military power.
Although Zhang Rang expressed his desire to control an army, it was impossible for the armies controlled by the other three to be handed over to Zhang Rang, and they believed that Zhang Rang controlled more than a thousand armed men in Dongyuan. This is an army.
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Even Jian Shuo and Dong Zhong felt that Zhang Rang's power was a bit too big and wanted to divide it up, but with Liu Bei's support, they could only agree.
Dong Zhong, as a foreign relative, hoped to obtain the status of Hussars General, and obtain the power to open the palace of this position to strengthen his status and power, as well as continue to control the palace guards that only guards could control, and maintain control of the palace.
In addition, Dong Zhong relied on the empress dowager's righteous reputation and influence on the future young emperor Liu Xie to request the control of the position of Sikong, recommend someone he trusted to be Sikong, and lead Zongzheng, Shaofu, Si Nong The right to appoint the three ministers.
Liu Bei raised objections to this.
Because Dong Zhong already controls the guards who belong to the rank of Taiwei, and adding the three Jiuqing, four positions in the Jiuqing are all under Dong Zhong's control, which is not in everyone's interest.
Liu Bei objected, as did Zhang Rang and Jian Shuo. Dong Chong had no support and could only accept deployment.
After the discussion, Dong Zhong was forced to hand over the position of Shaofu that he was unwilling to hand over to everyone. The appointment of the post of Shaofu required everyone's unanimous approval.
Among them, Liu Bei had the final say - because the guard Dong Zhong requested belonged to the rank of Taiwei held by his teacher Lu Zhi, so he took the guard away. Liu Bei believed that this was tantamount to infringing on the interests of Liu Bei and Lu Zhi. , so compensation needs to be made.
Dong Zhong had no choice but to agree.
Then came Jian Shuo, who was able to continue to control the Xiyuan Army, garrison Luoyang, and obtain the title of General of Chariots and Cavalry to strengthen his military power.
Because Jian Shuo had the weakest political foundation, he did not have a share in the distribution of the three ministers.
However, because Jian Shuo arranged for the army to kill many former officials of the Yuan family and perform many important tasks, everyone agreed to give half of the official positions left by the former officials of the Yuan family to Jian Shuo, so that Jian Shuo could develop his own Strengthen your own power and strengthen your weakness in political power.
The remaining half was divided equally between Liu Bei, Zhang Rang and Dong Chong.
Next are the guards of the city gate school captain system and the troops commanded by Zhi Jinwu. Of these two teams, one is responsible for guarding the Luoyang city gate, and the other is responsible for guarding the Luoyang arsenal.
Dong Zhong originally wanted to take control of these two troops and strengthen his power in Luoyang City, but Zhang Rang and Jian Shuo opposed it.
They thought it was enough for Dong Zhong to take control of the Weiwei, but did he really plan to take away all the troops in Luoyang City?
After some debate, Dong Zhong only got the troops of the Jinwu system, while Jian Shuo took control of the troops of the Chengmen Xiaowei system.
Finally, there is Liu Bei.
Liu Bei needed more things.
He led the most critical battle, killed He Jin and his cronies, destroyed He Jin's military power, faced the most dangerous enemy, and deserved the richest spoils.
Most directly, the military forces such as the Northern Army, Huben Army, and Yulin Army that He Jin originally controlled were dominated by Liu Bei, because these armies were either conquered or destroyed by Liu Bei. He was the one who took control of the power and belonged to him. He is very reasonable.
In addition, Liu Bei also proposed the need to control Liangzhou, Yizhou and Sanfu, including Hongnong County.
Liu Bei made it clear that he needed to be appointed as the governor of Liangzhou, the governor of Yizhou, the governor of Sanfu and the governor of Hongnong. He would be responsible for these, as would Zhang Rang, Jian Shuo, Dong Zhong and the forces under their command. Cannot intervene.
This is his "traditional sphere of influence."
West of Luoyang, he has the final say, and he cannot give in on this point.
