On February 12th, on the fifth day after the incident between Yuan Guiren and Cao Guiren, the case was still in confusion, and the officials in Luoyang could not find out any results, which made Liu Xie very anxious.

Miao Si, the eunuch leader who was in charge of the affairs of the Da Changqiu in the harem, was so anxious that he almost committed suicide and apologized, but he was still at a loss. A noble man in the harem was poisoned to death and injured. Even if he was suspected of being poisoned, he could not completely escape whether he was a natural disease.

Judging from the clues, whether it is Dong Cheng or other people in power who are in charge of the palace guards, they seem to have no chance to poison them, or the time is not ripe and it is too easy to get rid of them.

Miao Si and the Tingwei Hua Xin from the outside dynasty investigated together, thinking that if Yuan Guiren was poisoned, the source might be the local specialties given to her when her father General Wei Yuan Shu sent someone to visit her. Unfortunately, the local specialties had been eaten, and there was no left at all, and they had finished them several days before the onset of the disease.

Even if it is toxic, it is not an acute drug. It is likely that it is not toxic to normal people at all, but it only has serious adverse reactions to pregnant women.

The key is that Yuan Shu is the father of Concubine Yuan! This leads to the fact that as long as there is no absolute ironclad evidence, this kind of speculation is not dared to say anything, otherwise it may cause greater disaster to the court.

Just in this mess, that morning, Guangluxun Deng Quan urgently requested to enter the palace to report the matter, and then he brought an emergency messenger from Xincheng County to the south.

The visitor was the Xincheng County Magistrate, who was sent by the county magistrate to request reinforcements.

"Repay! Your Majesty! It's not good! General Yuan Shu, the general of the Guru Yuan and the nobleman Cao were injured and killed, and his Majesty's Dragon Clan died, said that the General of the Chess and Cavalry took the king and raised an army to help Wang Qingjun to defend himself!

The defenders in Yangcheng, Liangxian and other places were caught off guard and did not know that Yuan Shu was planning to be in chaos. They had surrendered to Yuan Shu. This was yesterday afternoon. Now Yuan Shu's army may have arrived and surrounded the new city."

"New City? Take the map!" Liu Xie was shocked and hurriedly asked the map to serve him. After searching on the map, he found out that Yuan Shu had taken down two gateway counties along the coast of Rushui and Yingchuan.

The new city is further northwest of Liang County, and is the source of Ru River and walks twenty or thirty miles northwest on the south bank of Yichuan. From the new city and down the Yichuan, it is Yique Pass.

Yuan Shu came so quickly! After successfully attacking the outermost city, he only took another day to arrive outside Yique Pass and Zhuoyuan Pass in the Eight Pass of Luoyang.

When Sun Jian and Guan Yu attacked Dong, they wanted to attack Liangxian and Yangcheng, but they had to do a lot of trouble. Yuan Shu made a sneak attack by copying his homework. He could only blame Henan Yin Shoujun for not preparing. At that time, Dong Zhuo had already broken up with the Guandong Alliance Army. He was always ready for war and took the initiative to attack and responded to the enemy. This was naturally very different.

Some generals in Luoyang had thought that Yuan Shu or other princes would cause trouble, but they did not know the specific days and opportunities. No one would always be vigilant when they were guarding against thieves for thousands of days, and it was impossible for them to station heavy troops in every county.

Therefore, it is not surprising that the loss of the outer county towns is not surprising. If the Eight Passes of Luoyang can hold on for a period of time, it will be considered to be properly handled.

After a brief sadness, Liu Xie soon realized that he had to do something. Especially after hearing about Yuan Shu's specific reason for the uprising, a hint of hope that "it is still possible to soothe Yuan Shu, at least to the point of squeezing him to rebel."

After thinking for a few seconds, he asked Deng Quan, Guangluxun, who was in charge of the security work in the capital: "Deng Qing, since Yuan Shu said that his reason for reprimanding was that his harem was misunderstood that my harem was poisoned by Dong Cheng's authority, if I slightly lowered my position as a general, such as temporarily taking the title of chariot and cavalry, would you dare to go to Yique to speak to Yuan Shu at the gate and ask him to withdraw his troops?

Now it is not as good as Dong Zhuo and Li Jue's rebellion. Dong and Li are real thieves, and they dare not refuse to give up their high-ranking officials and titles. The generals from the foreign town will naturally suspect that I was held hostage by the thief ministers. But Dong Guojiu is a true loyal minister, and I also know that he was misunderstood this time. If I asked him to temporarily endure the resignation, it would seem that he had no chance to control Luoyang, wouldn't Yuan Shu have become an unknown leader?"

When Deng Quan heard this, he gasped in his heart: This is a strategy to follow Emperor Jing of Han to kill Chao Cuo and to cut off the legitimacy of King Liu Bi of Wu’s rebellion!

But let alone, the little emperor's idea is really possible.

Because Dong Cheng is a true loyal minister, he may be taken down! He couldn't do that when he dealt with Dong Zhuo and Li Jue before, because he was a true treacherous minister! The emperor wanted to bully them, but he couldn't do it at all.

Only honest people can bully it.

Of course, Dong Cheng seems to be an honest person now, which does not mean that after the emperor really lets him down like this, will he start a sudden attack? He simply won’t be an honest person anymore. No one dares to guarantee this.

Therefore, Liu Xie did not say that he had killed Dong Cheng like the one who dealt with Chao Cuo at the beginning, but just said that he would remove his military power and publicly inform the princes of the world that Dong Cheng did not have the ability to use the emperor to harm the harem.

If this is done, it is really possible to force Yuan Shu to lose his status as a righteous person.

It seems that Liu Xie has also gained IQ in the past two years, so he should have considered deduction strategies when dealing with this situation.

There is indeed no one waiting for death in this world. Whether Yuan Shu or Liu Xie, they were not idle when they were farming, and they thought about these deductions every day.

Deng Quan thought for a while and said with difficulty: "This matter is very important, and I dare not speak nonsense. But I would like to think about it twice. If the general of the chariot and cavalry were dismissed, how could the morale of Luoyang's army be disbanded? As for the Yiqu Pass, which is still defending, and Yique Pass, they may immediately be shaken and disintegrated and captured by Yuan Shu.

At that time, if Yuan Shu is really rebellious, he will certainly be forced to a state of complete exposure of his despicableness by His Majesty, just as unpopular when King Liu Bi of Wu still attacked the court after Chao Cuo's death. But even if Yuan Shu is unpopular, can His Majesty defend Luoyang City with a new general who does not know the army?

Of course, half of the troops in Luoyang were left behind by the general, and they may not care about the existence of the General of the Cheqi and Cavalry, but what if the remaining half of the General of the Cheqi and Cavalry are left?

If Yuan Shu took the opportunity to take advantage of the situation and learn from King Liu Bi of Wu, and His Majesty was still guarding the lonely city, would he plan to recruit Duan Wei, the guards of the Wei Wei, to protect the Hongnong soldiers, or to recruit other princes to serve the king? Should he invite the General of the East who was also suffering from the loss of his daughter, or to invite the Grand Sima and General of the Cavalry?

This matter is very important and cannot make a decision immediately. Please ask Your Majesty to choose the most confidential trusted ministers who can make a decision before making a decision. Once you make a decision, you must implement it vigorously, otherwise you may be forced to do it without the intention of being a disobedient person... Alas."

Deng Quan's last half of the sentence obviously said, "If you hesitate and repeat, maybe Dong Cheng would not be the one who is tying to hold the king and the ministers, and he would be forced to be the ruthless minister to protect himself."

Since ancient times, the suspicion chain of the monarch and ministers is the most terrifying thing. Isn’t Liu Bang and Han Xin’s unyielding chain the result of step by step increasing the suspicion chain?

If the king is suspicious of his ministers, he will be punished; if the minister is suspicious of his ministers, he will be rebelled. If the king is suspicious of his ministers and does not punish, his ministers will be rebelled; if the ministers suspicious of his ministers and do not rebell, he will be punished.

Liu Xie recalled Deng Quan's words, sighed, thought for a while, summoned Situ Zhao Wen, Taifu Zhang Yi, and Dazong Zheng Liu Ai to discuss this. Liu Xie did not dare to discuss with the nine ministers recommended by other princes from other towns.

He was afraid that Hua Xin and Kong Rong were Yuan Shao's people, and Guan Ning was also afraid that Guan Ning was Liu Bei's people. If he asked them "should we ask for help from the princes", Liu Xie was also afraid that their answer would be selfish. (Liu Ba, the senior minister among the Nine Ministers, was in charge of the reform of renting and transferring money, and was in Chang'an, so there was only one Guan Ning recommended by Liu Bei to be Guan Ning in Luoyang)

At this time, the IQ of a subject is not the most important thing. The most important thing is to be the emperor's age, and he is his own person.

After the three close ministers were recruited, the emergency official discussed for a while and rejected the decision to ask for help from the princes.

Zhao Wen and Zhang Yi said: "Your Majesty, the daughter of General Zhengdong, is also among the suspects killed this time. Who knows that General Zhengdong has no excuse to serve the king, is he really tolerant, or is he waiting for the opportunity to reap the benefits of the fisherman?

It would be great if Your Majesty was willing to ask for help from the King of Hanzhong, but if the road was unobstructed, you had to send envoys and generals to confirm as soon as possible. Moreover, the King of Hanzhong rescued the King of Hanzhong once two and a half years ago, because Your Majesty did not want to return to Chang'an after the liberation of Chang'an. The Grand Majesty also showed justice to the world and did not want to bear the suspicion of tying the king. It can be said that the benevolence and righteousness have been fulfilled.

Yuan Shao, the general of the cavalry, was originally a place for everyone in the country, but now he has proposed the ninth-rank official law and has praised it all the court officials. However, as the brother of General Wei who launched this time, even though his brothers had been incompatible for many years, he had attacked and competed with each other many times when Dong Zhuo was still alive. Who can guarantee that they would still destroy their relatives for justice when the court center was in danger?"

After looking at all the options, I really didn’t have a good partner to ask for help immediately.

Zong Zheng Liu Ai did not analyze these options in detail. He just said worriedly, "The rebellion of foreign soldiers entering Beijing was witnessed by His Majesty eight years ago. Isn't this the harm of Dong Zhuo? If he wanted to convene the princes in the foreign capital, drive away the tiger and swallow the wolf, and leave a tiger in the court, would it be better to leave a wolf?"

There is no way, it is not that they do not do their best, it is that the central authority has been exhausted too much and cannot withstand any trouble. No matter who enters Luoyang City, it will be knocked down.

At the moment when the original subtle balance was over, the emperor had to prove that he had the ability to be independent before he could talk about anything else, otherwise he would be fighting with the king like a lantern.

Liu Xie said painfully: "First find out whether the road to seek help is smooth in various places. The envoys for help are not in a hurry to send out the envoys for the time being. If we fail to persuade Yuan Shu to retreat, there is a risk that we cannot defend the eight passes of Luoyang, then we will send envoys for help again. Anyway, the city in Luoyang is solid. Since the eight passes were broken, there should be no problem with the city for several months. If we ask for help, we can get it."

Liu Xie’s decision can be said to be at least an IQ online.

After saying this, he was very concerned about the local polite and polite words, "I'd better call the uncle, leave some eunuchs in the Deyang Palace, and send weapons to protect the enemy, and don't act rashly. I will persuade the uncle to pretend to give up the title of General of the chariot and cavalry.

Zhao Wen, can you take Dong Guojiu, who was tied up, and go to Yiqueguan and shout to Yuan Shujun in front of the army, saying that Dong Cheng has been taken into custody and is he unable to hold the emperor hostage?"

Zhao Wen was shocked and understood Liu Xie's plan. He thought about it carefully: "I'm afraid that Yuan Shu would not believe it at all, or he would pretend not to believe it. His Majesty could not convince someone who deliberately pretended not to believe it in public.

If he said that all this was played by Dong Cheng, and I was just Dong Cheng's pawn, what should I do? If I had to use this move and could not bear to kill Dong Guojiu, unless His Majesty came to Yique Pass in person to show that Dong Cheng was tied up and no one on the left and right was hostage. Your Majesty's golden words dismantled Yuan Shu's military morale and made them realize that Yuan Shu was planning a rebellion.

Even so, it is still hard to confirm whether Yuan Shujun can stop. Perhaps it is just a blow to his morale. Some things are arrowed on the string, so they cannot stop."

Liu Xie gritted his teeth, then bit his lips, and even his lips were bleeding. Finally, he felt that it would be better to do something than wait. Moreover, Yique was considered Luonanxiong Pass, so there should be no danger there. If there is a risk of being broken, it would be impossible to retreat to Luoyang.

Yique Pass is only more than forty miles away from the south gate of Luoyang City, which is very close. That place is in a narrow valley on Yichuan, where the Longmen Grottoes in later generations are located (during the Northern Wei Dynasty during the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the deep valley near Yique Pass was transformed into Longmen Grottoes).

Liu Xie decided to say, "Instead of waiting for death, let's try it. I believe that the uncle of the country will understand my sincere trust in him. I went with him to shout at Yuan Shu, and revealed it on the wall of Yique Pass, forgive Yuan Shu's previous aggressiveness and let Yuan Shu retreat. If Yuan Shu's ambition is exposed and he will continue to attack the key points without obeying the pardon, then restore the uncle's military power and let him be responsible for the defense of the eight passes of Luoyang and the Luoyang city."

Everyone was stunned for a while. Several ministers moved their lips, but did not make any sound. In the end, they just agreed in unison: "I will obey the order."
Chapter completed!