Way of Overlord-Chapter 286: Luoyang Chaos

Who is Empress Dowager He?

Before she became Empress, she is Lady He from Wan County in Nanyang

And unlike most empress of the Yan dynasty, she is not of noble birth instead it could be said that her background is very low.

Her father He Zhen was a butcher; her mother maiden family name is unknown but her given name was Xing.

She has two half-brothers, He Jin and He Miao.

And she has a younger sister who married the adopted son of the eunuch Zhang Rang, the head of the ten eunuch

She is known for being jealous and cruel and all the other women in Emperor Ling harem is afraid of her

In the aftermath, Jiang Bian become Emperor Shao Empress He become Empress Dowager He but there is also Empress Dowager Dong who became Grand Empress Dowager , the mother of Emperor Ling.

As the mother of the reigning emperor, Empress He became empress dowager, while Empress Dowager Dong became grand empress dowager.

One mountain cannot contain two tigers

The empress dowager and grand empress dowager started vying for influence in court politics; their respective pillars of support, He Jin and Dong Zhong, were also locked in a power struggle.

Grand Empress Dowager Dong contemplated getting Dong Zhong to help her eliminate He Jin.

When Empress Dowager He heard about it, she informed He Jin and another brother of hers, He Miao.

They decided to take pre-emptive action against the grand empress dowager.

One day, He Jin, He Miao and their supporters found an excuse to remove Grand Empress Dowager Dong from Yongle Palace and send her back to her hometown in Hejian, so they raised their idea in the imperial court.

The court officials and Empress Dowager He approved the idea.

He Jin then sent his troops to surround Dong Zhong’s residence and arrest him; he committed suicide later.

Grand Empress Dowager Dong sank into paranoia and depression after hearing news of Dong Zhong’s death and died of illness

The common people blamed Empress Dowager He and her family for the grand empress dowager’s death.

Grand Empress Dowager Dong’s remains were transported back to Hejian and buried alongside her husband’s in the Shen Mausoleum. frёewebηovel.cѳm

The He family now reached the top

And then He Jin invited Zhuo Bufan. This move is actually objected by few people like Lu Zhi. But He Jin insisted

Why?

Because Yuan Shao suggested to He Jin to eliminate the eunuch faction

Consolidate power for the He family.

He Jin of course would not reject such proposition.

And how did it reach to the point where Zhuo Bufan is called to the capital?

He Jin was very fond of Yuan Shao ideas so he met with Empress Dowager He to tell his idea to kill the ten eunuch.

But when He Jin tell her his plan, the Empress was pale in the face and immediately rejected the idea.

The superficial reason is because it would her to interact with men on a regular basis which she found offensive and immodest but the true reason is because in the past the dealing with the eunuch and the Empress is quite deep.

Not to mention that Empress Dowager He mother, the Lady of Wuyang and He Miao her other brother also strongly opposed He Jin plan.

As for the reason why the Lady of Wuyang and He Miao opposed the plans, it is because they had been heavily bribed by the eunuch.

And the other reason they objected is because they owed the eunuchs for the deeds in the past.

One might ask, what is this deed that the Empress Dowager and even the Empress Dowager did not forget and keep bringing up?

It is the fact that Empress Dowager He become the previous Emperor consort because the eunuchs had helped her.

He Jin after proposing this plan to his family and seeing that they sided with the eunuch could not help but feel incensed.

But he knows he needs the support of the Empress. Since he could not get it from his younger sister, he would force her younger sister to make a choice.

Meeting Yuan Shao again, he sent messages to the provincial military officials and warlords.

Who is these warlords?

Zhuo Bufan.

Wang Kuang.

Qiao Mao.

And Ding Yuan.

The pigeons flew all over Yan and the message was received. All of these people that received these message all came to the capital, each one of them have their own desires and ambition, each one having a scheme and intrigue of their own.

He Jin instructed these people to lead their troops to the vicinity of Luoyang.

He Jin is the one that send such letter to bring troops to the imperial capital and wanting to openly demand the eunuchs be executed.

At that time, He Jin could not have known what kind of chaos he would be inviting to the imperial capital nor could he sees how far reaching the consequences of bringing such chaos to the world.

The collapse of the dynasty of Yan begin here.

Those who read history could see it.

But those who are living in it, since they are in the game, they could not see it. A time to rise and time to fall.

The Yan dynasty life is already at its last breath.

The respect toward the imperial family is already at the tipping point. And He Jin action and the aftermath of this would destroy all of that.

One must understand another thing about this conspiracy and that it is not only the conspiracy of He Jin.

This is also the conspiracy of the Yuan family

Zhuo Bufan is loyal to the Yuan family and his arrival toward the imperial capital, how could it not have the trace of the hand of the Yuan family in this matter.

He Jin of course could not have expected that his action would begin the fall of the Yan dynasty.

But people who criticise him criticizes him with their hindsight unobstructed.

They live in the future so they know which is the wrong and right choice.

But if you live in that moment, how could it be so easy to know which is the right and wrong choices. He Jin believes that the Ten Eunuchs would harm him sooner or later and harm the He family.

Whether he is truly doing it for the He family or doing it for himself, he never could have known what he would wrought the moment he called all of this officers and ambitious and scheming people to the imperial capital

The intention of He Jin is simply to pressure the Empress Dowager He to take action against the eunuchs.

Bu, there is something even more absurd that happens later.

When Zhuo Bufan approached Luoyang, the Empress Dowager He instead of standing side by side with her family and supported He Jin, did something that is not understandable

She goes to the eunuch and informed them. She ordered the eunuchs to leave the palace and returns to the territory.

All of these eunuchs actually have marquis title and they have land because Emperor Ling made many marquises out of eunuchs.

One glance and one could not understand why Empress Dowager He would stand with the eunuchs instead of her own half brother

Maybe, precisely because there is conflict between He Jin and Empress Dowager He. Maybe, because he is her half-brother and not his true brother. Maybe she put importance in that kind of thing. Or maybe there is a plot and scheme that other people did not know.

But whatever the reason was, Empress Dowager He action of favouring the eunuchs is also the precursor to the end of dominance of the He family in the court

Not to mention there is another reason why Empress Dowager He would help the ten attendants.

Empress Dowager He younger sister married the adopted son of Zhang Rang, the eunuch leader.

When Zhang Rang was informed of this matter by the Empress, he was of course panicked, kneel down in front of the Empress and pleaded with her to help him.

They wanted to stay in the palace and did not want to run.

The Empress Dowager then informed her mother, the Lady of Wuyang who then spoke with the eunuchs.

and then after speaking with the eunuch, her mother spoke again back to her to plead the case of the ten eunuchs towards her

The Empress Dowager relented and summoned the eunuchs back to the palace.

All the while, He Jin plan is still going on.

And so, the eunuch hatched a plot to assassinate He Jin.

They issued a fake imperial order in Empress Dowager He’s name, instructing He Jin to enter the palace to meet her.

He Jin fell into an ambush and a hero of a generation died at the hands of the eunuch.

What an unworthy death! The heroes of the world was incensed after hearing what had happened

After his death, he was accused of treason by the eunuch

His death did not mark the ending of this conflict instead it only exacerbated it

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