General's Mansion.

The general slowly walked into the mansion, lowered his head to ponder along the way, and looked dazed.

The position of General was no longer established since September of the first year of Jianning (168 AD), General Dou Wu and Grand Tutor Chen Fan jointly eliminated the palace's traitor and eunuchs.

The Central Officer Cao Jie, Wang Fu and a group of eunuchs of all sizes believed that once the foreign relatives and important officials were appointed as generals, they would inevitably hold military power. The General was in charge of the country's troops, especially directly controlling the Northern Army, which poses too great a threat to them. The General Dou Wu almost killed them. The General was too profound in his lesson. The General was generally close to the aristocratic bureaucrats, and the aristocratic bureaucrats hated the middle office. After a long time, these two forces combined together could hostage heavy troops to disrupt the inner palace, kill eunuchs, and hold state power. Therefore, the Central Officers tried their best to advise the emperor not to set up a general when the country was not in war.

In March of the first year of Zhongping (184 AD), the Yellow Turban Rebellion. After unanimous proposals from the officials and ministers, the emperor issued an order to re-establish the position of General and appointed Empress He's brother, He Jin, who was the Yin of Henan at that time, was appointed as the general, and was granted the title of Marquis of Shen, and commanded the north and south armies of the capital and the five camps of the left and right Yulin, to defend the capital. He Jin was the one who served as the position of General at that time.

The general was in his forties. In recent years, due to his pampering habits, his burly body has gained weight and his white face has become more and more round. He does not look like a mighty general, but more like a gentle and elegant teacher at the Imperial Academy.

He Jin's family was a rich man in Wancheng, Nanyang, and had a wealthy family. He Jin was the eldest son at home and was extremely intelligent since childhood. His father had high hopes for him, hoping that he would learn the classics and become an official, and would not do business anymore. Although he could make money in business, he was a lowly industry that was looked down upon by scholars.

He has been well-read since childhood, and has a quick mind and is very famous in the local area. However, because of his background, he has never been recommended by the local chief and cannot become a filial and honest person. Without the qualification of filial and honest person, he cannot go to the capital to pass the class and become a Lang. This is the only way for ordinary scholars to enter the officialdom. His father ran around and paid for it to open up the upper and lower joints, which was quite expensive, but the results were very little. Nanyang was the imperial hometown of the Han Dynasty (Emperor Guangwu of this dynasty was from Nanyang). There were many wealthy families, but the quota of filial and honest persons was limited, and there were only one or two a year, so it was not the turn of ordinary rich children like him.

Someone told his father not to waste his energy, even if he gave him more money, he would rather find another way. Someone suggested that his father ask someone to send He Jin to study under several great scholars in Nanyang, and perhaps he would have a day to make a name for himself. However, the heads of several great Confucian families were unwilling to accept He Jin as their disciples. They said that it would be a big deal to accept a rich scholar with oily and stinky hands as his disciples. He Jin was very excited and vowed to make a name for himself.

The opportunity finally came. The Central General Assistant Guo Sheng presided over the selection of concubines for one year, which was the job called "counter" in this dynasty. He was also from Wancheng, Nanyang and was ordered to choose a palace maid. He Jin spent all his family money to bribe Guo Sheng, hoping that Guo Sheng could send his half-sister to the palace. Guo Sheng received He Jin's money and helped him. He Jin's sister also entered the palace's palace as a nobleman with her appearance, and was very favored by the emperor.

He Jinshi came to his time and got what he wanted. Because of his relatives, he was appointed as the doctor, and was then promoted to the General of the Hu Ben, and then served as the prefect of Yingchuan. Soon, through Guo Sheng, he married another sister to the adopted son of the Zhongchang Shi Zhang Rang. He was therefore unanimously recognized by the eunuchs in the palace and their trust.

He Jin's efforts were rewarded. His sister He Guiren gave birth to a little prince for the son of today and was immediately enthroned as queen. He Jin was recruited into the capital and served as a minister. Later, he moved to general as a master craftsman, and then moved to Henan Yin and until the general.

He Jin knew that the power struggle in the court was fierce and did not dare to enter easily. Therefore, in the earliest years, he was cautious and kept a certain distance from any force in the capital. He was neither too intimate nor too distant, for fear of bringing disaster to himself and his family. There were many foreign relatives of this dynasty who died of misdeeds because of participating in the power struggle. He worked diligently to do government affairs and was respectful and polite to all forces. Gradually, he was recognized by the princes, nobles, officials and aristocrats of Luoyang, and gradually gained his own power. Even so, he tried his best to hide his strength, fearing that he would become a thorn in the eyes of others.

After becoming a general, he could no longer hide his edge, and his power was suddenly released. Overnight, all forces in the court were surprised to find that there was another powerful force in the capital, a powerful force of foreign relatives. The first person to feel threatened were the officials. On the contrary, the aristocratic families and him had a much closer relationship. After the Party and the Corps were lifted, many ambitious and famous party members and famous famous scholars gathered in the General's Mansion, which suddenly increased the power of the General.

Once you enter the whirlpool of power struggle, who can survive alone?

The emperor prefers the little prince Liu Xie, which is understandable, but he suddenly vigorously cultivates his confidants, especially supporting Li Hong. This is a bit wrong. Li Hong is now a hot military figure in the Han Dynasty.

He remembered that last year, Ji Chou, the captain of the Qiang-Guangzhou, once recommended this person to him. He also argued with a group of bureaucrats about Li Hong's promotion to the commander. Unexpectedly, more than a year later, the existence of this person actually broke the balance between the forces in the court and provoked a dispute over the imperial reign of the Han Dynasty.

As early as when Li Hong was greedy in Xiliang, Zhongchang Shi Zhao Zhong and Situ Cui Lie repeatedly warned him to pay attention to this person. Although the sister of the queen and herself were both a little worried, she did not feel any threat.

He and his staff thought of a way to kill Li Hong. They secretly sent Huang Yan to Liangzhou to persuade Wang Guo and Han Sui to rebel again. Li Hong failed in a situation where there was insufficient troops and food. Naturally, he had to be convicted. After being punished, he would be killed, and it would be easy to get rid of his punishment. They were almost going to succeed. But Li Hong's strength made them dumbfounded. The leopard in the northern border suddenly turned into clouds and rain, and defeated the entire Xiliang rebels and lost their armor and failed. Even the June thunder that had been scattered across the western border for decades was killed by him. Things completely changed.

After Li Hong became a new generation of famous generals in the Han Dynasty, the dispute over the imperial rule was finally completely exposed.

The emperor slapped Liu Bin hard today, just because Liu Bin knocked over his piano platform and broke his piano. The piano was used by the beauty Wang since childhood and the emperor cherished it very much. The emperor was furious and scolded him endlessly. The queen ran to plead for mercy and was scolded by the emperor. The queen was arrogant and liked to compete and could not suffer any losses since childhood. When she was at home, her brothers and sisters gave in to her. When she arrived in the palace, her temperament not only did not change, but became more and more aggressive. Because of her jealousy and fear of losing favor, she sent someone to poison Wang Meiren to death and offend the emperor, and almost lost her life. But she still did not change. Relying on the support of the central palace, she quarreled with the queen mother and the emperor, and now she finally caused trouble. The emperor was going to abolish the legitimate and establish a illegitimate gang.

In the morning, He Jin was called into the palace by the queen, and she heard her crying. He Jin couldn't say anything, so he could only comfort her, but the queen asked He Jin to do something, something that made He Jin lose his soul. He Jin was frightened and left the palace in a daze.

The general stood in the yard, with his hands behind his back and breathed a long sigh to relieve the depression and distress in his heart.

He was worried about the future of himself and his family. In recent years, his bad temper has not only not restrained his temper, but has become more and more powerful, and has also brought himself and his family to an unpredictable fate. However, this is the case with the struggle in the palace. If his sister is virtuous and gentle, will she be poisoned like a beautiful woman, and her parents, family and relatives be killed? He could not imagine. In the past dynasties, the battle for imperial power has always been bloody and cruel, either you die or I live.

If I had followed my father's last words, worked at home honestly, and married my two sisters to an ordinary family, would the family be in the current crisis?

He Jin felt sad and shook his head repeatedly. If he was doing business at home, he would be a butcher, a butcher who was abused and insulted. A trace of sadness, self-deprecating and helpless smile suddenly appeared in the corner of his mouth. But when did I become a butcher? But today, no one didn't say that I was a butcher, as if I was a butcher standing behind a meat case with sleeves and a leather skirt.

He Jin is indeed not a butcher. His family is a gentry. If it were not a gentry, his sister would not be qualified to enter the palace to be a palace maid. Before his family became rich, he engaged in raising pigs, killing pigs, selling pigs, and after his ancestors became rich, they expanded their business operations, purchased land and farms, and accumulated a lot of wealth over several generations, thus becoming a rich man in Nanyang. Otherwise, where did he get the money to bribe the attendant Guo Sheng in the Changshi? That is not a small amount. Who is Zhang Rang? Without power, no power and no money, he would become a relative of He Jin? The gentry was forced to engage in low-cost industries and generally was despised by the world. Therefore, although He Jin's family was rich, they were looked down upon. His sister became the queen, and the whole family enjoyed all their wealth and honor, and the world became much more jealous.

Everyone in the world called He Jin angered as a butcher. But what if he was angry? He could not block the mouths of the people in the world. Later he figured it out that the butcher was butcher, and then Emperor Gaozu was still a little hooligan? He did not ask about his background. He was a butcher. Not only could he let his opponents look down on him, but he could also better hide his strength and avoid causing strong blows from his opponents, which would be beneficial to his own development. In addition, he found that a large number of famous party members and scholars in the world had poor backgrounds, or because of the reasons of being sympathetic, they would come and join in with him.

He Jin saw his younger brother He Miao come hurriedly. He Miao was brought to the He family by He Jin's stepmother. He Miao was in his thirties, not tall, thin, cautious, had no opinion, and was timid. He always followed his brother.

"Brother, Lord Zhao, Lord He, Lord Zheng, Lord Xun and several other adults have all arrived in the study."

He Jin nodded slightly.

"Is there anything wrong with the queen looking for the elder brother?" He Miao looked at him and asked, "I see that the elder brother's face is very bad."
Chapter completed!