Chapter 20 4. There is no rivers and lakes that do not suffer from swords

From a certain point of view, Luoyang is the orchard of power. The Yan family, represented by Queen Mother Yan and Yan Xian, is like a group of wild beasts, rushing into the orchard and digging everywhere, leaving bad marks. The result of the battle is that human beings defeated the beasts, the good guys defeated the bad guys, and the world once again restored peace. The world is at peace, but Liu Bao can't relax.After everyone cleaned up the scene, a celebration meeting would be held next.Everyone can clearly see who has made merit and who has made mistakes.Zhongchang servant Sun Cheng, Shangshu Guozhen, etc., are all meritorious service in the Han Dynasty.

In addition to these strikers, there are also those who have dedicated themselves to defending Liu Bao's rights, and they should also take the opportunity to praise them.These people have a history of being expelled from Luoyang City by Liu Hu, and Yang Zhen, a Confucian in Kansai who was unjustly killed in an unjust battle with Fan Feng and other bastards. In fact, after Liu Hu's death, Empress Dowager Yan had already summoned Lai Li back to the city, and appointed him as a master craftsman.In order to express his gratitude, Liu Bao moved a position for him and moved him to Weiwei, and the next year he was moved to General Cheqi.

However, Yang Zhen died, and the dead cannot be brought back to life.Liu Bao called Yang Zhen's two sons into the palace, worshiped them as Lang officials, and gave them one million yuan.Then, a new funeral was arranged for Yang Zhen with Sangong etiquette, and Liu Bao went to sacrifice in person. However, not only children who work for Liu Bao have sweets.In Liu Bao's view, as long as he is a good boy, he should have candy. For example, Liu Bao gave him a big candy for the person in front of him.This person is no stranger to him. He once blew wind and rain over the rivers and lakes, and he stayed away from the rivers and lakes like a wisp of white cloud in the sky.

This person is Yu Xu, the Pingqiang hero. It's really strange to say, these years, Luoyang City has been very lively, as long as there is a bit of skill, they all ran to the stage to compete in fists and kicks, but why didn't we see the figure of Yu Daxia? Having said that, Yu Daxia really has a stomach full of bitterness.After he made meritorious service in Ping Qiang, he thought he would be proud of the spring breeze and make great progress, but suddenly he stepped into a pit and was dismissed. Confucius said that if you are not in your position, you will not seek your own government.Hero Yu and Lili are also good buddies. When Lian charged in Luoyang City for Liu Bao, he was determined but powerless, so he could only find a stool and sit and watch others act.

Now, Liu Bao told him, you've been watching the show for too long, and it's time to act yourself. What kind of role is the most suitable for someone like Yu Daxia?Of course it's a fierce character.In fact, if anyone wants to stand in Yu Xu's position, it's hard not to be a fierce person. He had been idle for many years, but Liu Bao asked him to come back, and immediately worshiped him as the captain of Sili. The main task of this official position is to supervise the capital and local officials, and he still holds an elite force of 1,200 people in his hands.When encountering such a fierce person, ghosts and gods will retreat, not to mention the heroes from all walks of life in Luoyang.

By the way, Yang Zhen and his former opponent Chen Zhong also served as Sili captain.But after Liu Hu's death, Chen Zhong has been very unhappy.The main reason is that he is not in the same group as Yang Zhen, Lili and others, and he cannot get together with Fan Feng, which makes him very isolated.In the end, Yan's relatives and eunuchs in the palace teamed up to drive him out of Luoyang and went to work in a local area, but he died before leaving the city. Chen Zhong and Yu Daxia are obviously not in the same class.Deng Zhi was so awesome back then, Xiao Yu dared to stand up, and the Qiang people were so tough, he still settled them down.What's more, now that the world is peaceful and he holds a sharp sword, it is a piece of cake for him to monitor the central and local officials.

Sure enough, another earthquake occurred in Luoyang. This time it was a political earthquake. Hero Yu had only been in office for a few months, and he pulled down two high-ranking officials in the capital: one was Taifu Feng Shi, and the other was Taiwei Liu Xi.The other Situ, surnamed Li, couldn't get along anymore, so he had to leave.After driving away a group, he targeted a group of eunuchs in the palace, impeached several people, and prepared to tell them to pack up and leave. The impeachment of high-ranking officials, with one as ten, is one of the few in the officialdom of the Han Dynasty for four hundred years.Since the founding of the Eastern Han Dynasty, this is the first time.

Just like many years ago, Yu Xu seemed to use this to tell the world that if he didn't make his debut, it would be fine, and if he did, he would definitely create a sensation. Many years ago, Deng Zhi lost his temper by him. Are we going to be defeated by Yu Xu's sword again after many years?Thinking of this, some people are afraid. These people are the newly appointed three companies of the Han Dynasty: Situ Zhuqian, Sikong Taoguo, and Taiwei Zhu Chong. Taking a step back, it seems that the three princes of the Han Dynasty should thank Yu Xu. If he hadn't been busy impeachment in front, how could there be room for them?

Wrong, dead wrong.Hero Yu can take the person in front of him with a knife, but he can't escape the person behind him.If they want to stay in a high position for a long time, there is only one way.That is, to drive the surnamed Yu out of Luoyang. Sure enough, the rivers and lakes are sinister! Yu Xu's reason for impeaching Sangong is that he formed a party for personal gain and curry favor with the powerful. What is forming a party?When you are in the officialdom, make more friends. Is it wrong to have more friends and more paths?What is flattery?I'm already a threesome and I'm flattering, will anyone believe me when I say this?During the Chinese New Year and holidays, visiting each other and congratulating each other, is this also called fawning?

In short, you, Yu Xu, want to be a lone ranger, so you can't force bureaucrats all over the world to behave like you.You just abused yourself, and you also demanded to restrain your colleagues, what's the matter?Simply harsh. Fortunately, you are all scholars, if you continue to curse, the words of pervert will pop up.However, scolding is useless now, and we must treat the person in the same way as the person—impeachment, and carry the impeachment to the end. So the newly-appointed Sangong of the Han Dynasty jointly impeached Yu Xu, and charged him with a crime-in the midsummer season, detaining innocent people and harming officials and people.

As soon as the Sangong of the Han Dynasty played the memorial, Yu Xu jumped up. Faced with such impeachment words, the surname Yu was quite dissatisfied.It's true that he passed on the background of the high-ranking officials, but why did Sangong even use it to the common people.May I ask in what year, month, and place did he do something that hurt the world and made the people resent him? If you want to answer with facts, there is only one sentence - the villain first sues. Thinking of this, Yu Xu became angry.If he dared to stand out in the arena, he was ready to be stabbed.If you can't handle you, you will be stabbed openly, as long as he feels comfortable, he will admit everything, just like Deng Zhi did to him back then.But if Sangong wanted to beat him up, he had no choice but to tear his face and fight to the end. Therefore, Yu Xu also quickly played, telling the emperor Liu Bao: Sangong is ashamed to say that I hurt innocent people, but it is not me who really hurt innocent people, but these professional bureaucrats.Just think about it, if something goes wrong in the local area, the state government will push it to the county, and the county will push it to the county, and the responsibility will be shifted layer by layer. Who will suffer in the end?Of course it is the common people.What kind of skill is it if you don't ask for a solution when something goes wrong, and the Sangong tells the villain first and wants to beat me up?If they slander me like this, I can only remonstrate with you. The so-called corpse remonstrance is death remonstrance. You see, you are fierce, and he is even more fierce.You are vicious, he still wants to die.Liu Bao held the memorial book and looked at it. The more he read it, the more dizzy he became, and he didn't know what to do. If an experienced emperor dealt with this kind of brawling behavior of high-ranking officials, there are usually two ways to deal with it: one is to press the memorial, ignore anyone, and let them make trouble, and they will naturally disperse when the trouble is over.The second is to hit 50 big boards each, and each disperses. However, now that Yu Xu has even used the harsh words of remonstrance, how could the above method be effective?This is an impossible game, win or lose, there is no win-win. In this case, who is the final winner? The answer is - Yu Xu. Anyone who understands the officialdom of the Han Dynasty knows that it is normal for the three princes to join forces, no matter what crimes you are charged with, you will be injured if you are not killed, and you will be demoted.However, Yu Xu was not dealt with, but Sangong was sent by Liu Bao to investigate their details.In a place where it seemed impossible to win, he retreated unscathed. It must be said that this is a great miracle. The miracle is not just one time.Yu Xu took advantage of the victory to pursue, and he locked his target on Zhongchang servant Zhang Fang.Yu Xu impeached Zhang Fang, saying that he sold his power, used money as an official entrustment, and interfered in judicial justice. Playing the book is like a grenade, thrown into the palace.However, after waiting for a long time, they didn't hear anything.Yu Xu was surprised, so she had to keep throwing, throwing a lot of playbooks in one breath, but unexpectedly, she still didn't hear the sound of the grenade. Yu Xu thought for a while, and suddenly came to her senses. It's not that his grenade is not powerful enough, but that the water in the palace is too deep.If he wanted to blow up Zhang Fang, a big fish, he had to resort to ruthless moves.This move he mentioned earlier is - Corpse Remonstrance. Yu Xu was really depressed.The three princes of the Han Dynasty were all subdued by him, and he couldn't even handle a Zhongchang servant in the palace.When this word came out, it was really shocking. But, next, it was Liu Bao's turn to be shocked. Yu Xu played again, and only said two things: the first emperor Liu Hu trusted Fan Feng, which made the palace restless, and the Liu family almost stopped the incense.Now there is a figure like Fan Feng hiding beside you, if you don't reflect on it, you will be waiting for disaster to come.This is one of them.For a villain like Zhang Fang, I disdain to be an official in the same dynasty with him. I will go to the prison by myself now, and don't make me the second Yang Zhen. If Yang Zhen was alive, I think he would be unable to help but praise Yu Xu: he is so handsome. Yu Xu's move was indeed very handsome, but it cost a lot. When Zhang Fang heard that he was being impeached, he immediately ran to Liu Bao and cried, saying that Yu Xu had fabricated something out of nothing and falsely accused him, making his life worse than death. Liu Bao was still a child, and Zhang Fang couldn't bear Zhang Fang's crying, making troubles and hanging himself, and his heart immediately softened.He patted Zhang Fang on the shoulder and said, "Master Zhongchang, I believe you are innocent." Liu Bao decided to protect Zhang Fang like protecting himself.He issued an imperial edict, saying that Yu Xu falsely accused Zhang Fang, sentenced him to hard labor, and sent him to the engineering department to serve. The fake show was done for real, and it took one's life to fight, but the result of the fight was such that Yu Xu couldn't figure it out. Didn't he want to die?In fact, if you want to die now, the door is gone.At this time, Zhang Fang sent people to torture Yu Xu, put him in prison, tortured him for two days and two nights, and made him confess his guilt. However, Yu Xu gritted her teeth and didn't utter a word of guilt. The judge lost his temper after being tormented by him, so he had to show his hole card and said, "To tell you the truth, if you plead guilty today, you will die, and if you don't plead guilty, you will die. You would rather die than live, and you might as well commit suicide. This will save you trouble, and I will also die." How easy it is to save trouble." Yu Xu sneered inwardly, telling me to commit suicide?If he committed suicide, wouldn't he become Yang Zhen's second? Yu Xu told the judge: "Don't expect me to commit suicide. If I commit suicide, they will think that I committed suicide in fear of crime. There is no such thing as cheap. I just want to live, and I would rather be taken to the execution ground by you and have my head cut off." admit." Is it fierce?Very fierce. It was Yu Xu's fierce personality that bought precious time for his life, and the rescuers arrived in time. The one who came to save Yu Xu was none other than Marquis Fuyang.Speaking of Marquis of Fuyang, no one knows, but when his name is reported, everyone has a memory.This person is the former Zhongchang servant Sun Cheng, and Fuyanghou is just his new vest. We all know Sun Cheng's skills, not to mention.Without him, Liu Bao would not be where he is today.Liu Bao succeeded in ascending the throne, and he was granted the title of Marquis of Ten Thousand Households for his first contribution. At that time, nineteen comrades who fought with Sun Cheng were also given the title of Marquis. Therefore, Sun Cheng did not come out alone to rescue Yu Xu. For this reason, he also brought a few brothers from the incident together to meet Liu Bao. After Sun Cheng saw Liu Bao, he didn't talk much nonsense, so he opened the skylight to speak brightly.He said this: "When your Majesty rebelled with us, he especially hated traitors. Now that you have ascended the throne and become emperor, why does it seem like your scars have healed and you forget about the pain?" Sun Cheng's background is not small, and he has a lot of firepower. Liu Bao was taken aback by what he said, not knowing why. If you don't understand, just listen slowly.Sun Cheng went on to say: "Yu Xu, Lieutenant of the Sili School, was arrested for his loyalty and duty for His Majesty. Zhang Fang, the regular servant of the Central Committee, took bribes and framed Zhongliang, but he can still stand here. What is the reason?" At this time, Zhang Fang was standing behind Liu Bao.Hearing what Sun Cheng said, it was like a northwestern wind blowing on his back, making his hair chill, and he didn't dare to hum. Obviously, he and Sun Cheng are not in the same class, so they can only let others knock out their teeth and swallow them in their stomachs. At this time, Sun Cheng went on to say: "Recently, a new star appeared near the Yulin constellation, which means that there are traitors in the court. Please arrest Zhang Fang immediately to turn the ominous phenomenon." Although Sun Cheng said please, there was no room for negotiation in his tone. After he finished speaking, he glanced up, locked Zhang Fang behind Liu Bao, and suddenly shouted: "Bastard, what are you looking at, why don't you hurry and get out of the hall." It depends on the owner to beat a dog, let alone the emperor's dog. Sun Cheng's drink was really fierce.Zhang Fang was so scolded that he had nothing to say, so he had to leave in despair. Sun Cheng said again: "Your Majesty, please do it immediately, and don't leave time for the surname Zhang to go to Aunt to intercede." The so-called grandmother is Liu Bao's nanny. Liu Baocai was eleven years old, so young, he had seen a lot of scenes, but this was the first time he encountered this kind of thing, and he didn't know which one was more stupid, Sun Cheng or Zhang Fang, or which one was more reliable. After hesitating for a moment, he said, "I can't make the decision on my own. Why don't I call Shang Shu Jia Lang and ask him what he thinks." Liu Bao is really a big kid, Shang Shu Jia Lang and Zhong Chang Shi Zhang Fang are on the same front, asking him to ask questions is simply a waste of time. Sure enough, when Jia Lang came, he said as soon as he opened his mouth, "I can testify that Zhang Fang is not guilty and Yu Xu is guilty." Speaking of this, the two sides seem to be evened out.Liu Bao had no choice but to pretend to be very embarrassed, and said to Sun Cheng: "Well, you go back first, let me think about it, okay?" Sun Cheng looked at it, and his spirit seemed to be half lost.Jia Lang came out on the way, which he never thought of.It seems that he can't decide whether Yu Xu can be rescued or not.He just sighed, turned and left. Just as Sun Cheng left, someone came to see Liu Bao again.This person is the eunuch Gao Fan. Don't look at this guy's unfamiliar face, but his skills are not small.In terms of rank, he is the same as Zhang Fang, both Zhongchang servants.As soon as he saw Liu Bao, he said, "I can guarantee with my life that Yu Xu was wronged." Gao Fan's appearance, this is what Liu Bao did not expect.In fact, Sun Cheng didn't expect that Gao Fan was not brought here by him, but Yu Xu's son got entangled with a group of people and stopped him halfway to ask for help. This is an exaggeration.In the Han Dynasty, when powerful officials went out, the people had no chance to approach them, let alone stop them.But on this day, Yu Xu's son seized a good opportunity by pretending to attend his father's funeral.The Han Dynasty ruled the country with filial piety. If an official went out and met a funeral, the funeral person could still walk by the side of the road. Yu Xu's son led a hundred people, holding a mourning flag, and opened the road in a mighty way. As soon as the car of Zhongchang Attendant Gao Fan appeared, they rushed forward like hungry tigers, and kowtowed like sparks hitting the earth.They didn't kowtow in vain, Gao Fan came to find Liu Bao. Liu Bao conceded defeat.He could no longer cover for Zhang Fang, so he had to immediately issue an edict to drive Zhang Fang out of Luoyang on the same day and exile to the frontier. Of course, Zhang Fang did not go on the road alone, Jia Lang and other six people accompanied him to dismiss him, all of whom were taken over by Liu Bao. At this time, Sun Cheng came again. He was overjoyed in his heart, but he put on a very serious face, telling Liu Bao that Yu Xu couldn't sit in prison for nothing, and he had to come out to work. If one survives, there will be future fortunes.Liu Bao had no choice but to issue another edict to let Yu Xu be a Lang official first, and soon moved him to be a minister.