Chapter 17 Who is stirring up this changing situation

The sage said: "If you are not in the position, you will not seek the government." This sentence was very ineffective at the time. During the reign of Emperor Huan Liu Zhi, the world was out of order, and there was great chaos.Hundreds of officials are like eunuchs, unable to intervene in state affairs. Eunuchs are like hundreds of officials, exercising the power of hundreds of officials and even the emperor, and controlling state affairs. In the autumn of 163 A.D., Liu Zhi ran through the eunuchs and ordered the eunuchs to attack the group of scholar-bureaucrats who did not agree to elect him as emperor.

Liu Zhi used the eunuchs to obtain real power from the general Liang Ji. In order to repay his kindness, he indulged the eunuchs and rewarded the eunuchs wantonly, which invisibly planted a great disaster for the country.The eunuch's clan and retainers also took advantage of the situation to plunder and plunder by force.The brothers of the eunuchs and the uncles of the wives and concubines all went to the counties and counties to be in charge, endangering the village, and using the state's expropriation as an excuse to rob things that did not come by force. The people in these places have been poisoned by them.It made the people unbearable to bear the tragic fate of being killed and robbed, and they became bandits together, barely surviving.

The eunuch took power, the imperial power fell, the country was in danger, and the people were in dire straits. If Cao Teng lived to this day, he would definitely sigh for it: the young emperor who could speak and write Fu, and kept his eyes on the letter slips was dead. The scholar-bureaucrats, represented by Li Ying, who are responsible for the future of the country, could not understand the crux of the problem. They thought it was just the eunuchs making trouble, and they actively sounded the clarion call against the eunuch group! Over the past few years, Wuhou and other eunuch groups have asked officials directly from the emperor, and privately appointed officials to various ministries and localities.The entire ruling and opposition parties believe that Shangshufu is useless.

The Shangshu ordered Zhu Mu to prepare for the impeachment of the eunuch, but he was framed instead.Zhu Mu was born with a strong personality, and not long after, he developed a sore on his back and passed away in grief and indignation.Lie down in the coffin prepared in advance, and buried in the newly promising cemetery. Guan Ziyun: "The Cao party rises and the thieves act." Forming a party for personal gain was regarded as a felony of conspiracy and rebellion in the Han Dynasty, and it was a felony to stand against the state. The "Cao Party" not only challenged the authority of the emperor, but also bewitched scholars and common people, which had a bad influence.As a result, rewards and punishments are not followed, government orders are not good, and wars are invincible.

In all dynasties, the "Cao Party" other than the imperial court and the emperor were not allowed to appear. If the tribes gathered together for certain beliefs and interests elect a leader, and the crowd rises up under the leadership of the leader, it may endanger the emperor's ruling status and national security. Luoyang was the capital of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and it was the place where scholars from all over the world gathered.To be an official and to realize one's ambitions, one must of course have close ties with the center of imperial power. Luoyang has become more prosperous from the government-run Taixue and Economics Institute to the school that can open the door to teach as long as there are students without permission.In addition, including the disciples and retainers who voted under the family of a certain official, the total number of scholars is about 20,000 to 30,000.

Even though Zhu Mu died, hundreds of thousands of scholar-officials would still stand up. A confrontation between them and the eunuch was inevitable, but there was no chance of an outbreak. The upcoming "Cang of the Party", which is famous in ancient Chinese history and lasted for more than ten years, will fully interpret all this. What brought the confrontation between the scholar-bureaucrat camp and the eunuch group to the surface came from the funeral of an official. In February 164 AD, Huang Qiong, Zhu Mu's successor, passed away, and two ministers died in a short period of time. Scholars all over the world who wanted to become officials through normal channels felt extremely desperate.They turned their hopelessness about the future and their worries about the future of the country into grief for the deceased, and rushed to his funeral.Six or seven thousand celebrities from far and near came to pay his funeral. The eunuch was shocked by this, so he sent someone dressed as a mourner to inquire about the news.

The scholar-bureaucrats were so inspiring, the eunuch finally waited for the opportunity to embellish the words and deeds of the scholars-bureaucrats, and thought that they might rebel. Liu Zhi also knew that the country cannot rely on these eunuchs to govern.He turned on the aroma diffuser, took out the pancake made for him by the eunuch Tang Heng, took a deep breath, closed his eyes in intoxication, and let out a soft hum.Then half-opened his right eye: Fu, you enjoy it.Tired, they suffer.Isn't it good? Seven or eight eunuchs kneeling on both sides exchanged glances instantly.Xu Huang, who had inverted eyebrows, wanted to argue, but Zhao Zhong, who had a thick upper lip and a thinner lower lip, stopped him with his eyes.

Zhao Zhong was originally a carpenter, but because a strange man told him that he had too many white eyes, it would be difficult for him to die well, so he changed his career from the palace to become an eunuch in anger.Hanging out with rich clothes and fine food all day long will not lead to a happy death. They didn't want to offend the emperor, and they didn't want the scholar-bureaucrats to smell it. They tried their best to figure out a long-lasting countermeasure, and silently cast a deadly net in the air. In 166 AD, the eunuchs decided to select a group of talents under the pretext of encountering a solar eclipse.In the name of the emperor, an edict was issued to Sangong, Jiuqing, and the school lieutenant with an annual salary of two thousand shi, asking them to recommend talented and loyal ministers who meet the requirements.In fact, they want to grasp the contacts of the Sangong and Jiuqing, who is related to whom.Create a roster first, find out the details, and then catch them all.

Scholars and students didn't know that this was a war situation set up by the eunuchs. They thought their spring had come, so they rushed to tell their friends.Luoyang, the world-renowned super metropolis, is brewing a bloody storm.What about the situation of Cao Cao, who is in elementary school at the moment?