Chapter 29 1. Spring of scholar-bureaucrats

Since the founding of the Eastern Han Dynasty, scholar-bureaucrats have never been so proud as they are today.Under the leadership of Yang Bing, they united as one, took advantage of the victory to attack, and sounded the horn of decisive battle to the eunuch.Those who have the news broke the news, but those who did not come to yell. Finally, Zuo Bin, one of the five princes, was stabbed to death by the scholar-bureaucrat group and committed suicide; soon Gu Yuan couldn't hold on anymore, and took the initiative to throw himself into prison for self-punishment and was demoted. Before, Xu Huang and Tang Heng died, escaping the fate of being criticized.However, the dead did not take advantage of it, and Liu Zhi issued an edict to deprive the five marquis of all titles.In this situation, it is as if the sun has risen from the west.

In May of 165 AD, Yang Bing passed away. He finally died in peace, because he left this world with a victorious and proud heart.He was finally able to go to Yunxi and tell his seniors Yuan An, Li Gu, and his father Yang Zhen that the eunuch will repay for you what your relatives owe you, and we will repay what the eunuch owes you for you. For all the literati and bureaucrats in the Eastern Han Dynasty, this was an era without foreign relatives, an era when eunuchs could not be arrogant, and this was a beautiful era for them.So after Yang Bing, who will lead the scholar-bureaucrats to fight and continue to consolidate this unprecedented achievement?

The protagonist will appear on the stage immediately. This person is not Taiwei Chen Fan, but a newcomer. His name is Li Ying. Li Ying, courtesy name Yuanli, was born in Xiangcheng, Yingchuan (now part of Henan), a typical official of three generations.Grandfather Li Xiu, once served as Taiwei in the era of Emperor An Liu Hu, ranked first among the three princes.His father, Li Yi, was once the prime minister of the state of Zhao.It can be said that the waves of the Yangtze River push forward the waves of the past. In his generation, relying on his strength, he has promoted filial piety and integrity, and entered the official career. Although he is only a Henan Yin of two thousand shi, his reputation and influence are far beyond the two generations of his grandfather.

In the era when Li Ying led the battle with eunuchs, team combat was truly realized.As if overnight, the cronies of the scholar-bureaucrats of the Han Dynasty spread like a spark throughout the Han Dynasty.These people are about to make their debut and take their place on the stage of history. However, in this strange spring, Li Ying encountered a cold spring, his whole body was cold, and his life was almost taken away.Nothing but a political cold. The situation is as follows: First, Li Ying, who is Henan Yin, impeached Yang Yuanqun, the governor of Beihai County, saying that he was corrupt and accepted bribes. He was dismissed and returned home.After the report was typed up, Yang Yuanqun searched for people everywhere.This guy came from a wealthy family and had a lot of connections. He found a bunch of eunuchs and paid them to settle Li Ying.

These eunuchs who had received the money filed a collective complaint, saying that Li Ying had falsely accused a good person. As a result, Li Ying was beaten up, even hit, and put in prison. In the officialdom of the Han Dynasty, if the scholar-officials were said to be endlessly burned by wild fire and regenerated by the spring breeze, then the eunuchs sneaked into the night with the wind, moistening things silently.Since the death of Wuhou, new eunuchs have emerged in batches.It can be said that life is endless, struggle is endless, and the road of scholar-bureaucrats is still long. After Li Ying entered the prison, he immediately enjoyed the treatment of a labor camp prisoner, and Liu Zhi punished him to do hard labor.In this way, he worked hard for half a year once he did it.In November of 165 A.D., Taiwei Chen Fan couldn't sit still.

He played repeatedly, asking Liu Zhi to release him. Taiwei Chen was so eager to save people that he even used bitter tricks, ran to Liu Zhi to wipe his tears, and yelled loudly, but Liu Zhi just ignored him. It seems that Liu Zhi's anger is really not small.But Chen Fan never expected that shortly after, Liu Zhi released all three of them, and moved Li Ying to a new position - Sili Xiaowei. Li Ying and others were released from prison not because Chen Fan moved Liu Zhi, but because of a memorial.The person who performed the performance was called Ying Feng, who was the captain of Sili at that time.

He told Liu Zhi: Li Ying is a famous minister of the country, and the three of them enforce the law fairly, which is known all over the world.His Majesty locked them up without serious investigation, and everyone in the world sighed. Then, Ying Feng reminded Liu Zhidao: The highest state of political art is to remember the merits of subordinates and forget their faults.Back then, Han Wudi Liu Che promoted Han Anguo in this way, and later Emperor Xuan Liu Bingji promoted Zhang Chang in the same way.What's more worth noting is that the border wars in the Han Dynasty are now tense, and the country is in need of talents. You can't keep them locked up like this.

Ying Feng really hit the nail on the head.Since his debut, Li Ying started his career by suppressing bandits. As long as he went to the county, the local hooligans were all afraid of him, no less than Zhang Chang who was famous for cracking down on gangsters back then. Liu Zhi thought about it quietly, he had no other choice but to let him go. After all, he was a bit of a jerk in his life, but not the kind of jerk to the end.For people like Li Ying, just like how they treated Yang Bing back then, it is enough to scare them a bit, but it is not acceptable to lock him up forever. In this way, Li Ying was successfully released from prison and moved to be the captain of Sili.Li Ying was not idle for a moment. As soon as he was released from prison, he immediately rectified the matter, and the whole rectification was on the head of the eunuch.

This time, he aimed at Zhang Rang, the little yellow gate. Zhang Rang, a native of Yingchuan (now Yuxian County, Henan Province), was granted the title of Marquis of Duxiang for his contribution to killing Liang and Ji.In fact, Li Ying didn't want to compete with Zhang Rang.The situation is like this, when Zhang Rang's younger brother Zhang Shuo was the magistrate of Yewang County, when he heard that Li Ying had been released from prison, he had also become a captain of Sili, so he packed up his bed and fled overnight without saying a word. Why escape?It must be a guilty conscience.The Skynet is fully restored, but the county magistrate Zhang thinks that his elder brother Zhang Rang's house should be safe.Zhang Rang also felt that his family was fine, so he asked his younger brother to hide in a secret place.

This hiding place is called the sandwich wall.It is between the wall and the wall, both ends are closed, and there is a hidden door. It usually looks like a wall, but it is the most suitable for hiding. Li Ying heard that county magistrate Zhang had come to Zhang Rang, so he immediately led his men to arrest him.He searched and searched, but still found the clamping wall, broke through the wall, threw County Magistrate Zhang into Luoyang Prison, and executed him immediately after the interrogation was over. It is simply a knife that kills without blinking an eye. When Zhang Rang heard that his younger brother had been killed, he ran to Emperor Liu Zhi and cried.Liu Zhi had no choice but to call Li Ying over and ask what was going on.What Liu Zhi meant was, you haven't reported this matter yet, and I haven't approved it yet, so why did you do it?

However, Li Ying said unequivocally: "In the past, Confucius executed Shaozhengmao in only seven days when he was the chief of the Lu State. I have been in office for ten days. I am worried that the case will drag on for too long and cause problems. , I had no choice but to cut first and play later. I thought the speed was slow enough, but I didn’t expect it to be too fast, and I will let the emperor blame you.” You see, murdering someone would even come up with such a magnificent excuse.Killing people within ten days of taking office is too slow. If so, wait another hundred days, won't he kill all the eunuchs of the Manchu Dynasty? Think about it, Li Yingzhen is not a fuel-efficient lamp. Liu Zhi was speechless for a long time.He shook his head and sighed, and said to Zhang Rang: "Your brother is guilty, and it is only right for him to be punished. Why do you want me to call Captain Sili here?" It's your business, go back." Li Ying went back. Li Ying returned home unscathed. From then on, the eunuchs of the Manchu Dynasty, from the Huangmen family to the Zhongchang servants, trembled all over when Li Ying's name was mentioned.They were like walking on the tip of a knife, they had to be careful in everything, and for a while, they didn't even dare to leave the palace. Liu Zhi was very strange, so he called the eunuch to ask, and when he asked what was going on, everyone said in unison: "There is no way, Your Majesty, it's not that we don't want to go out, but we are really afraid that Li Ying will come to the door." Li Ying became famous in the first battle, and after the eunuchs opened their mouths and publicized it, he became famous all over the world, and everyone knew it.Therefore, scholars all over the world are proud to know Li Ying and ashamed not to know Li Ying.Once these scholars were received by Li Ying, it was as if they had seen the Tathagata Buddha and obtained the scriptures, and they immediately became famous. So the folks called it Deng Liying's Gate, or Deng Longmen.It means that as long as you enter Li Ying's door, it's like a carp jumping through the dragon's gate. It's hard not to be famous. From a certain point of view, Li Ying has become the spiritual leader of the scholars in the Han Dynasty, and even the idol of the students of the National University.At this time, there were more than 30,000 imperial students in Luoyang, and the leaders of the students were two well-known figures in academia, one named Guo Tai and the other named Jia Biao. Guo Tai, courtesy name Linzong, also known as Guo Linzong in Jianghu, was born in Jiexiu, Taiyuan.This guy was poor and humble in his early years, and his mother advised him to find a job in the county to make a living, but he said proudly: How can a man be trapped by these few buckets of rice when he is a man. No money, no job, but that didn't stop him from studying at all.Later, Guo Tai went to worship a famous teacher and studied for three years. After three years of success, he came to Luoyang to study.At that time, Li Ying was Henan Yin, the boss of Luoyang. After he met Guo Tai, he thought he was a genius, made good friends, and was famous in the capital. Once, when Guo Tai returned to his hometown, Li Ying saw him off in person. Thousands of scholars came to join him.Li Ying accompanied Guo Tai on the boat, and the two of them stood facing the wind on the rivers and lakes, floating like gods, and everyone on the shore was fascinated by it, thinking they were gods. Guo Tai is talented, but he only loves academics, not politics.All the high-ranking officials in Luoyang, including Li Ying, advised him to go out into politics, but this guy refused without hesitation.Once again, again and again, others will let it go. So Guo Tai devoted himself to his academic studies, so that all the imperial students in Luoyang were willing to learn from him, a handsome teacher who is eight feet tall, burly, personable, and well-educated. Jia Biao, courtesy name Weijie, was born in Dingling, Yingchuan (now north of Wuyang, Henan Province).At the beginning of his official career in Zhou County, he was promoted to be filial and honest, and he made up for the new interest.The official is a small official, but he has a great reputation.He has a great reputation because of his excellent academic skills, and the students in Luoyang respect him very much. Now, we can summarize the characteristics of the literati and bureaucrats in this political spring: Li Ying, Chen Fan and others are at the top of the power; Guo Tai and Jia Biao stand at the height of political public opinion in the Han Dynasty. Fighting with them is simply killing one's life in vain. What a wonderful thing to have all of this.But including Li Ying, they never expected that they would be very happy when they were being punished, but they didn't know that they had already cornered all the eunuchs. It is God who makes things happen, and people who plan things. Just when the eunuchs were hopeless, they decided to have an unprecedented wrestling with this group of scholars to determine the outcome.