Chapter 634: The hearts of women all over the world!
In Luoyang City, facing Zhang Jue's sudden death with the stars falling, the Han court officials were dumbfounded and shocked to the extreme, and they just fell to their knees.
He could know his own life and death and had such a miraculous appearance, so people even believed that Zhang Jiao was not dead but ascended directly.
This scene was so absurd that even those ministers who were usually as slippery as loaches became a little confused for a moment.
Zhang Yan and other Taiping Army commanders shed tears secretly, feeling sad again.
In fact, we have not made any contribution, but the Taoist master helped us until the end of his life.
The entire area under the North Palace wall was silent for a long time, and then finally someone brave enough stood up and asked loudly: "The Taoist master has passed away, what is Luoyang doing?"
As this clear voice asked, an infinite storm immediately gathered in everyone's hearts.
Zhang Jue died, and the new king of the world was gone. Most importantly, the undisputed master of Luoyang was gone. Who would be in charge of all this?
Zhang Yan and others stood up immediately after hearing this. All of them put their hands on the hilts of their swords, staring at the people below the stairs with fierce eyes.
Although there was no sign of tension, the atmosphere in the palace suddenly became tense. Many people realized that this was a very critical moment of life and death in political life. At this critical moment of power transition, if handled properly, they could gain enormous wealth.
After Luo Xiao's reminder, Zhang Yan, Guan Hai and others understood very well that the position they occupied in the new political situation was the key to their future achievements.
A slightly seductive voice suddenly sounded from the left side of the palace wall: "I think we should first bury the Tianyi Taoist master."
Everyone turned their eyes towards the source of the voice. Empress He was standing there with her maids. No one knew when they appeared. Although she had a blank expression on her face, her whole body was still like a mandala, full of charm.
In fact, Empress He was extremely panicked. She really didn't expect that Zhang Jue would die.
Although Zhang Jue forced her husband to death and executed the He family's relatives who caused trouble, she was turned from a high-ranking queen into a captive.
But if she were to ask herself, she was treated very well among the captives, and she didn't even suffer those horrific atrocities. Her son was also saved. As for those He's in-laws, she didn't care about them.
Perhaps it was Stockholm syndrome, at least Empress He regarded Zhang Jue as a patron saint who could protect her and her son.
But now that Zhang Jue is dead, can she still sit so peacefully in the harem?
Queen He couldn't be sure.
There are too many tigers, leopards, jackals and wolves in the city of Luoyang, and her noble status as queen and her stunning beauty are the source of trouble.
Who can you rely on?
Those who flattered the emperor were all executed, those who were loyal to the emperor committed suicide, and only a few people who were indecisive were left. Can you trust them?
In Luoyang City, the Taiping Army is the only one he can rely on to protect himself and his son. If he wants to make friends with the Taiping Army, then the attitude towards Zhang Jue is the most crucial.
As soon as Empress He said this, anyone with a strong political acumen instantly realized the importance of the Taiping Army in the current situation.
The only thing that is still a bit worrying is that the Taiping Army has just killed the emperor and many ministers. If they were to post it now, no one knows what people in the world would think.
These people had many concerns, but Queen He, who was determined to burn her bridges, had no concerns. She walked up the stairs step by step in front of everyone and came to Luo Xiao's side.
Looking at Zhang Jue, who seemed alive even though he was dead, with extremely complicated eyes, he finally sighed slightly. Several Taiping Army leaders wanted to know what Empress He was going to say.
Empress He turned around and looked at the people under the palace wall and said loudly: "Emperor Ling is a dictator recognized by Emperor Su Wang, so everyone in the world has the right to kill him.
I have heard that during the Zhou Dynasty, King Jie of Zhou defiled the palace and eventually a tragedy occurred in which father and son killed each other, but history books denounced King Jie.
Can't we see from here that in the face of the great cause of killing the tyrant, the smaller causes such as loyalty and filial piety between ruler and subject, and father and son, have to take a back seat?
I know that among you, some still think that Tianyi Dao Master is a thief, while others still hold the so-called loyalty and righteousness first.
Isn't this abandoning the greater good for the pursuit of petty details?
This is something that even women like me despise!
You are all great scholars who are well-read in poetry and literature, so you must understand this principle even better."
Empress He's words made the eyes of the Taiping Dao people light up, and caused a lot of discussion among those under the palace walls.
This statement is politically correct, but people are always unwilling to agree with political correctness.
Although it is right to kill tyrants, people are still more willing to follow the common loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness between the ruler and his subjects, and between fathers and sons.
However, no one dared to refute what Queen He said.
Because even if you have strange thoughts in your mind, you can't say them out loud.
In today's world of Zhuxia, supporting a dictator is absolutely prohibited. Once it is spoken out, it will basically lead to social death.
Empress He appeared to be talking about the righteousness between the ruler and his subjects, and between father and son, but in reality she was giving herself the reputation of being righteous. After all, criticizing one's husband as a wife, or even betraying one's husband, was equally despised by others.
Seeing that no one dared to stand up and oppose her, Empress He was a little proud, and then she continued: "Tianyi Daozhu, since the uprising, he has only done one thing, that is, to eliminate harm for the world. If such a person is not worshipped and praised, I think it is inappropriate and insufficient to show reflection.
Just as without the night, how can we know the brilliance of the sun?
How can we know the existence of beauty without ugliness?
Without heroes like Tianyi Daozhu, how could anyone know the great evil of Emperor Ling? "
Seeing that Empress He was getting more and more outrageous, someone finally couldn't help but speak up: "Empress, Emperor Ling is your husband, how can you accuse him in public like this?"
Empress He did not expect that someone would dare to refute her at this time. A fierce look flashed across her eyes, but she knew that now was not the time to settle accounts, so she said directly: "If describing the person and the incident is an accusation, then are the loyal ministers who gave advice all traitors?
If simply describing the person and his events becomes an accusation, then what is the point of criticizing his absurd behavior?
You have read all the books in vain, but you are here talking nonsense. I have heard that the Spring and Autumn Annals have profound meanings, and that the two saints Luo and Kong worked hard to write them. If you don’t understand what profound meanings are, you should read the Spring and Autumn Annals first, instead of here talking nonsense for the dictator.
This sentence directly blocked the only thing that everyone wanted to say. They looked at Queen He in surprise, wondering why the woman in front of them suddenly became so sharp in her words.
Empress He was not a weak woman. In some ways, she could even be called vicious. When facing a life-and-death crisis and protecting her son, she displayed her talents to the fullest.
Seeing that everyone was shocked by her again, Empress He was worried that the night would be long and she said, "I have heard that King Jie of Zhou did not receive blood sacrifices from his descendants. This must be the fate that Emperor Ling deserved. It caused the Han Dynasty to almost perish and the Han Dynasty lost its throne. If such a king could still be listed in the ancestral temple, I am afraid that Emperor Gao and Emperor Guangwu and other previous emperors would not be able to rest in peace.
The dictator has made so many mistakes in just a few years of ruling the country. If Emperor Ling were still in power, what would the world become?
That is something I could never imagine!
Emperor Ling was willing to hang himself, which was probably the best thing he did in his life.
Tianyi Daozhu made great contributions to the world and eliminated a great threat to the Han Dynasty. If Tianyi Daozhu had not taken action, the Han Dynasty's imperial lineage would have been completely cut off!
How can it be just the imperial lineage?
Have you, the ministers, forgotten the great chaos at the end of the Qin Dynasty and the early Han Dynasty?
If you have forgotten, just look at the scene in Guandong and see what those bandits did. I think you should all kneel here and kowtow to Tianyi Dao Master to express your gratitude!"
Empress He's words made everyone's heart explode. There was nothing wrong with what they heard, but how come the person who almost overthrew the Han Dynasty became its hero, and the person who conquered Luoyang became their benefactor?
Moreover, you are saying here in a high-sounding manner that Emperor Ling committed suicide. Indeed, he did commit suicide, and it will definitely be recorded in history books. But the question is what exactly happened? Don’t you know the answer?
Even though Zhang Jue killed the tyrant and made great contributions to the Han Dynasty, the fact that he was a traitor to the Han Dynasty was set in stone. Even when historians recorded history, they would at most delete negative words such as thief, bandit, and robber, but the word "rebel" had to be recorded no matter who he was. This is called fairness.
Empress He was really too much of a pushover in order to flatter the Taiping Army. She was such a cruel and vicious woman!
Zhang Yan and Guan Hai looked at each other, with smiles in their eyes. They all stood beside Queen He and said loudly: "The Queen is really wise and righteous. Saving the world is exactly what the Taoist Master wants. I didn't expect that the one who understands the Taoist Master's thoughts the most is a woman."
Upon hearing what Zhang Yan and the other six people said, Empress He was delighted. Now everything was stable. At least in the short term, these Taiping troops would definitely protect her. As long as she could make friends with these people and make them turn from rebelling against the Han Dynasty to being righteous, it might not be impossible for her to re-establish the imperial system.
There is no such thing as a static identity in this world, and there are many rebels who accept the amnesty.
As long as they could put Emperor Ling on the pillar of shame as a dictator and attribute his death to suicide to apologize to the world, then all the things the Taiping Army had done before would not be a problem.
Is there anything wrong with clearing out the emperor's side?
Were the Ten Eunuchs who caused chaos in the world and started the Factional Cults executed by the Taiping Army themselves?
It was just that during the process of extermination, some remnants were found hiding among the scholars, so more were killed. Moreover, some scholars were given bad posthumous titles. Can anyone say that the killing was wrong?
Now there was both justice and swords, so no matter how unwilling they were they had to kneel. Under the wall of the North Palace, a large group of people knelt down in a mess, and there were constant sounds of kowtows and thanks.
This was not a thank you to Zhang Jue, but a submission to the situation created by Empress He and the Taiping Army. At this critical moment, Empress He seized the opportunity and took the initiative to control the situation in Luoyang.
However, many people did not give up. Winning first does not count as winning. The one who laughs last counts as winning.
Now that the Taiping Army commander can stand on Empress He's side, he may not be unable to stand on their side later.
After all, she is just a former queen in the deep palace. Can she give as much as they do?
After a while, everyone stood up and someone wanted to leave, so he asked directly: "Queen, generals, do you have anything important to do? If there is nothing else, you should go home."
Empress He saw that the situation was very good, with a smile in her eyes, but her face was still serious as she said: "My first sentence is to discuss the burial of the Taoist master. Now that Emperor Ling cannot be listed in the ancestral temple, he naturally cannot be buried in the imperial mausoleum.
The Imperial Mausoleum is the key to our Han family. Since Emperor Ling cannot enter, I will bury the Taoist Master there. This Imperial Mausoleum is in line with the Taoist Master’s status.”
boom!
Everyone held back on what they had said before, but as soon as this sentence came out, someone immediately went wild, "Queen, you're crazy!"
Such obscene language actually appeared directly under the palace wall. One can imagine how explosive the emotions in these people's hearts were.
Especially those young scholars who were less patient started to criticize directly, while the older people had smiles in their eyes. It turned out to be the woman they were familiar with. Although she was a little clever, she was not good enough at the critical moment.
The good situation before was ruined by this final failure. With the current political level, it would be easy to kill her in the future. In this case, there is no need to confront her directly here.
After all, she still holds the knife in her hand.
As expected by these old foxes, Empress He immediately ordered people to drag out and kill the scholars who had insulted them. After a few screams, the place suddenly became quiet. Some people were silent, while others were calm and composed.
Zhang Yan and others were also shocked by Queen He's words. This woman was really crazy. They quickly said, "The Taoist master said before he died that his wish was to be burned to ashes and then scatter his ashes into the Luo River. He wanted his soul to stay in the Shenhe River forever."
Empress He was extremely upset. When everyone suddenly exploded, she knew that she had made a stupid move.
Now after hearing what these generals said, he became even more annoyed. He had been extremely careful, but who knew that he couldn't hold back at the last moment.
The situation was originally very good, but now something unexpected has happened. However, it is no use to think about it now. She can only force a smile and say: "I originally thought that only the Emperor's Mausoleum could match the identity of the Taoist Master. I was not thoughtful enough. I didn't expect that the Taoist Master himself already had an idea.
To bury him in Luoshui, we need to hold a sacrifice and obtain the approval of the God of Luoshui. I will prepare it now. For the sake of the Taoist Master, I will first place the body in the forbidden area."
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Empress Xiaoling was originally a daughter of a butcher family. She was promoted to the position of the Queen Mother because of her beauty. She was jealous and envious, which shocked the harem. She neither advised the emperor nor educated her children. She indulged her relatives. The decline of the Han Dynasty was also caused by her. Therefore, mothers must be careful. - "Book of the Later Han Dynasty: Biographies of Foreign Relatives"
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