Chapter 27 3. There is strength without unity

The sun of the Han Dynasty, of course, is new every day.But in the era when Liang and Ji covered the sky with one hand, only Liang and Sun had the right to bathe in the sun. Now that the black hands in the sky have been cut off, Liu Zhi finally saw the sun above his head, which turned out to be so strange. Liu Zhi believes that it is not easy for him to wait until this day, and those who have helped him must be given the right to see the light.For this reason, he held a celebration meeting to successfully kill Liang Ji, focusing on awarding five people. These five people are the five eunuchs who once made a blood alliance with Liu Zhi.Shan Chao made his first contribution and was granted the title of Marquis of 20,000 households, while the other four enjoyed the treatment of Marquis of 10,000 households.In addition, almost all the eunuchs in the palace, big and small, took advantage of the momentum, were promoted and appointed as marquises, and they were extremely busy.

After all, the sunshine of power in the Han Dynasty slipped away from Liang Ji and only slipped into the hands of Liu Zhi and the eunuchs, and it had nothing to do with the officials of the Han Dynasty. At this time, how many ministers of the Han Dynasty were shaking their heads and sighing: the literati have always been death squads against foreign relatives, but Liu Zhi did not think of them when he needed people most in his anti-Liang and Ji; At that time, nothing happened to them.What the hell are they here for?Could it be that he was born to be a decoration and a role to be called around?

What's important is that even though Liu Zhi has been crowned queen, he has nothing to do with the Deng family before the feast of power.Liu Zhi seemed to have been bitten by a snake once, and was afraid of well ropes for ten years, and was about to bid farewell to the era when his relatives were in power. That is to say, of the four major sects in the Han Dynasty, only three major sects actually appeared: the royal family, the eunuchs, and the scholar-bureaucrats. Why are there no scholar-bureaucrats' power when the relatives gain power, and no place for them when the relatives lose power?This is a question, and many scholar-bureaucrats are seriously thinking about it.

It wasn't until one incident happened that many ministers suddenly found a clear answer. The cause of the incident was that a person who was not afraid of death wrote a memorandum that was not afraid of being cut.The person who gave the report was Li Yun, the county magistrate of Baima County. He wrote to Emperor Liu Zhi, deliberately not sticking the seal, and copied three copies by hand at the same time, and sent them to the Sangong Mansion of the Han Dynasty. Under normal circumstances, writing letters to the emperor is extremely confidential.Sometimes in order to improve the degree of confidentiality, a reminder that the emperor himself unsealed the seal should be pasted on the pasted seal.

This Li Yun does not stick to the seal, because he is not afraid of the letter being peeped by others, especially the eunuch who delivered the letter to the emperor.He also sent three copies to the gate of Sanfu, which can only explain one situation: he wrote this memorial for fear that the world would not know. Facts have proved that what Li Yun wants is this kind of huge effect. He not only fears that the world will not know, but also fears that the world will not be chaotic.To put it bluntly, he just came out to hype.Hype is at the cost of life, I would rather die with hype than live with silence.

No one knows the real reason for Li Yun's hype.In fact, he is not hyping for personal success, but for a lofty dream.This dream is exactly what Confucius once dreamed—a monarch and ministers, father and son. In the political ideal of Confucianism, if the country is to be stable and the world is safe, it only needs to get the two relationships right.One is the social relationship between ruler and subject, and the other is the ethical relationship between father and son.In society, the monarch exercises the power of the monarch, and the ministers exercise the power of the ministers, and the society is fine; in the family, father and son keep their own ways, and the family is naturally harmonious and happy.

However, in today's Han Dynasty, the ruler is not the ruler, and the minister is not the minister.The monarch is often hijacked, and the eunuchs often act offside, making the world a mess.If the chaos is not corrected, the country will not be a country. Li Yun told Liu Zhi in his memorial: Liang Ji was overbearing and overbearing, and he was punished for his crimes, but it was the master who killed a slave.However, as for the eunuchs who conspired to kill Liang Ji, all of them were enshrined as Marquis of Wanhu. This matter will be spread underground, and Liu Bang, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, would have jumped up to scold his mother.

At the end of the memorandum, Li Yun got to the point: the current civil service system is all messed up, and some evil villains can make a fortune just by flattering them. Is it possible that the emperor is blind? Liu Zhi saw that this was not an excuse, it was obvious that he was here to find trouble.An inexplicable anger rose from the soles of his feet and rushed upwards, almost breaking through his chest. He couldn't stand it anymore, so he immediately jumped up and shouted, "Come on, take Li Yun down!" It is very easy to take down a small county magistrate.However, Liu Zhi dispatched guard troops to take Li Yun away in a mighty manner as if he had captured Liang Ji, and put him in Beisi Prison.

At the same time, he sent Zhong Changshi, the representative of the palace, to form a joint court with Yushi and Tingwei to prepare for the trial. The significance of the joint court is not only to raise the level, but also to prevent others from interfering.In other words, whoever is arrested, most of them cannot escape the fate of being beheaded if they say that they will form a joint court to try the case. Liu Zhi's move is to tell those scholar-bureaucrats represented by Li Yun who want to make trouble, if you can make the matter big, I will naturally serve you with severe punishment.

Liu Zhi might be secretly proud, but he never thought that he wanted to bluff people, but he didn't.At this time, another desperate person jumped out and said, "What's the point of arresting Li Yun alone, why not arrest me as well." There are great people every year, how come there are so many this year? The person who will accompany him to death is Du Zhong, the five officials of Hongnong County.The five sense organs are the military officials of the county government.The level is pitifully low, how can you be so courageous?Can't figure it out, really can't figure it out.

Liu Zhi couldn't figure it out, it was because he was dizzy with anger.He sent people to arrest Du Zhong and sent them to Tingwei for processing.However, at this moment, several memorials flew to Liu Zhi's desk one after another, and suddenly, he seemed to understand something again. These memorandums are all pleading for Li Yun.Li Yun is not well-known, but the authors of these memorial books in front of him all have a lot of background. The first one is Da Honglu Chen Fan. Chen Fan, courtesy name Zhongju, was born in Pingyuren, Runan (now Pingyubei, Henan Province).When he was fifteen years old, he began to study in one place by himself.One day, a friend of my father came to visit and saw that his living place was dirty and messy, so he couldn't help asking, "Why don't you get up and sweep it to treat the guests?" room!" At such a young age, he actually uttered big words.There are only two possibilities, either a high-minded person or a braggart.Facts have proved that Chen Fan did not live for bragging, but for the world.At the beginning of the county, he was promoted to be filial and honest, except for the doctor.Later, he was recommended by Li Gu, recruited to pay homage to Yilang, and then moved to be the prefect, and then to the present Dahonglu. Chen Fan's memorandum was very sharp: Li Yun's memorandum was a little too exaggerated and hurt you, but his intention was still good. He dared to say such words for the good of the country.Back then, Gaozu Liu Bang made a mistake, Zhou Chang criticized him in front of him, and Gaozu walked away with a smile on his face.If you can't stand Li Yun's slight offense today, I'm worried that people in the future will criticize you, saying that it's a heart-wrenching repetition. The heart-gouging event refers to King Zhou of Shang digging out the heart of his uncle Bigan.Bigan was so loyal that he ended up like this, and later generations who are loyal to the country and ministers are all chilled. Here Liu Zhi just finished reading Chen Fan's memorial, and immediately came three more letters, namely Taichang Yang Bing, Mayor (Luoyang Market Management Officer) Mu Mao, and doctor Shangguanzi.They played only one thing: to ask for the pardon of Li Yun. Liu Zhi suddenly understood that Li Yun was not fighting alone.Behind him stood a huge team, and Li Yun was just a member of the Death Squad crossing the river to explore the way. Thinking of this, Liu Zhi couldn't help feeling murderous in his heart. Li Yun had already scolded him for being blind, and Chen Fan took the opportunity to step on him and said that it was a repeat of the heart-breaking.In the eyes of these scholar-bureaucrats, can I become King Zhou of Shang?You guys, don't blame me for being too ruthless. Liu Zhi passed on the word that Li Yun and Du Zhong must die, Chen Fan and Yang Bing were dismissed together and left. At this time, Guan Ba, the eunuch's regular attendant, came in to speak. Guan Ba ​​was sent by Liu Zhi to try Li Yun's case. When he came in, he knelt on the ground and said, "Your Majesty, Li Yun is just a nerd, and Du Zhong is just a petty official. These two are extremely stupid and really have no qualifications." Let you make such a fuss." Liu Zhi looked at Guan Ba ​​strangely.Didn't it mean that scholar-bureaucrats and eunuchs couldn't mix together?Why are people from both factions talking their own language today? After a while, Liu Zhi looked at Guan Ba ​​darkly and said, "Li Yun scolded me for being blind. What does that sound like? Can I bear it? Are you planning to let him go too?" Guan Ba ​​was silent. Liu Zhi suddenly turned his head and said to Xiao Huangmen next to him, "Send someone to pass on the word, and immediately execute Li Yun and Du Zhong." Chen Fan and Yang Bing were driven away, and Li Yun and Du Zhong were killed, but the matter did not come to an end.After going through this incident, Liu Zhi always felt an inexplicable sense of emptiness in his heart.After thinking about it, he always felt empty in his heart, and always felt that something was wrong. Soon, he received another memorial.To his surprise, it was written to him by Taiwei Huang Qiong. Huang Qiong, courtesy name Shiying.Like Chen Fan, he was also reused by Li Gu back then.During the Liang Ji era, he always appeared in the officialdom of the Han Dynasty as a tough guy.At that time, he would not use anyone recommended by Liang Ji.After Liang Ji was killed, Liu Zhiqi used him and worshiped him as Taiwei, the head of the three princes. The capital of Sangong came to speak, which shows that the problem is serious. It is serious.Huang Qiong's skills were barely enough to deal with Liang Ji, but Liu Zhi made the five eunuchs Marquis, so he couldn't do it.He believes that with the appearance of the five princes, they will be the bosses in the power arena of the Han Dynasty, and it will be his turn.Knowing that he was invincible, he just stayed in bed and pretended to be sick, passively sabotaged his work, and sent this memorial to Liu Zhi on his bed. He told Liu Zhi that many of the eunuchs around you belonged to Liang Ji's gang back then, and when they saw that Liang Ji was about to fall, they went back and bit them violently.These people are unreliable at first, but you suddenly let them go to heaven overnight, and all of them are arrogant, which is fine.I hope you better distinguish between black and white, treat Zhongliang kindly, and don't be stupid again.I am a person who is about to die, so I dare to say these words to you, please think twice. Think twice?Liu Zhi smiled, you told me to think, but I don't think.However, Liu Zhi's anger was quite calm this time, he didn't jump up and scold his mother, but just threw away Huang Qiong's memorial and ignored it. In fact, Liu Zhi still reflected on himself. In December, Liu Zhi issued an edict to recall the two big names back to work.They are Chen Fan and Yang Bing who were driven away before.This time, Liu Zhi moved them all to new positions, Chen Fan became Guang Luxun, and Yang Bing became Henan Yin. It seems that Liu Zhi's eyes are not completely blind yet. It can only be said that one of his eyes is blind and the other is blind.Because, while rehabilitating Chen Fan and Yang Bing, he also promoted the five princes.Wanhu Hou Shanchao, who was already ill, even made him a general of chariots and cavalry.This is the largest official held by an eunuch in the history of the Han Dynasty, with the rank of three fairs. The so-called inconsistency between righteousness and evil, Liu Zhi sent skills to both sects, is it just to let them fight for him? In my opinion, Liu Zhi was in a panic because he was too idle, and he was going to move out a stool to sit and watch the fire and have a big show.