Chapter 37 3. Countdown to Sorrow

In the history of the Han Dynasty, the emperor mixed up the good and the bad, and basically could use time as a unit of calculation.For the first class, ten years can be used as the calculation unit; for the second class, the year is the calculation unit; for the next first class, the month is used for calculation; Ranked according to the above method, the bottom one is none other than Liu He.History is cruel, and it loves to joke.Liu He may not have imagined that the days of being an emperor are counted down, but he is counted backwards.On June 1st, he began his countdown to the emperor's career.

The so-called three fires for newcomers to take office.Liu He still understood this truth.So, as soon as he came to power, he did three major things that made Huo Guang extremely depressed and Gong Sui anxious. The first thing is to promote officials batch by batch with great fanfare.There are two principles for Liu He to promote high-level cadres.Anyone who plays well with him will be promoted; all cadres from the Changyi Kingdom will be transferred to Chang'an.Ever since, under the guidance of Liu He and his two ordinary ideologies, all the friends who used to eat, drink and play with him in Changyi Kingdom all stalked the streets in Chang'an like dogs.

The second thing is to continue to carry forward the spirit of supremacy of enjoyment, and carry on eating, drinking and having fun to the end.According to the rules, after Liu He arrived in Chang'an, he had to attend Liu Fuling's funeral first.The funeral rites of the ancients were very strict, and the duration of mourning was often based on blood relationship, which varied in length.However, Liu He was very playful, disregarding the rules, and even brought a group of playmates to the imperial garden to fight tigers and leopards during the mourning period. The third thing is to deliberately bully General Huo Guang.The above two things are examples.do you remember?Before Liu He left for Chang'an, Lieutenant Wang Ji once wrote a letter suggesting that he should be low-key and modest when he became emperor, and it was best to listen to General Huo in everything.Facts have proved that Wang Ji's words were in vain.Instead of taking it easy, Liu He even took an extreme attitude, turning a blind eye to Huo Guang.There is no way to ask him to greet Huo Guang early or ask for instructions later.

Seeing Liu He's rebellious behavior, Gong Sui's eyelids twitched all day long, and his whole heart was suspended, he almost missed a heart attack.They are all children born by mothers, why are they so different?Since the founding of the Han Dynasty, I have seen crazy people, but I have never seen crazy people.Today's Liu He is simply hopeless. what to do?what to do?If you don't listen, if you can't persuade, if you can't scold, can you just resign yourself to fate and watch this child destroy himself?In a hurry, Gong Sui went to find another person.This man, named An Le, used to be the Prime Minister of the Changyi Kingdom, and now he was transferred to Chang'an by Liu He as the Changle Guard.

When Gong Sui saw An Le, tears flowed like a broken faucet.While crying, he said sadly: "After our Changyi king became emperor, his playfulness has not diminished, but has been upgraded day by day. My sharp mouth is worn out, and I have tried all kinds of good words, but it doesn't work at all. Click here If you keep playing at this speed, it won't be long before something will happen, and all of us followers will have to be scrapped. Originally, I wanted to resign, but I was not allowed. I wanted to be crazy, but I was afraid of being found out. There are no people inside and out, and life is simply worse than death."

When Gong Sui said this, the meaning was obvious: Anyway, I have no recruits. If everyone wants to stay in Chang'an for a longer time, they have to work together to save Liu He.Liu He is well, everyone is well.They all came out in the same boat, so it goes without saying. In fact, what Gong Sui cried to An Le was for nothing.It's very simple, Gong Sui has nothing to worry about all day long, how can An Le be better than him?That being the case, the current situation can only be to wait for the day when Liu He has an accident and everyone is finished. Sure enough, Huo Guang could no longer sit still.

Everyone knows that Huo Guang is a veteran of the rivers and lakes.The old bird's way of survival is to be as quiet as a virgin, and to move like a rabbit.If he doesn't make a move, let it go, if he makes a move, he will go straight to the death spot, and he will get it done with one move.But having said that, Huo Guang welcomed Liu He to Beijing not to beat him, let alone kill him, but to help him how to be an excellent emperor who governs the country. Therefore, in the face of Liu He's series of nonsense, Huo Guang believed that treatment should be the main focus.As for the child, it is necessary to allow him to make mistakes and give him a tolerant growth process.If it is really impossible to save, then consider the next move.

Of course, Huo Guang didn't need to perform the operation himself if he wanted to cure the disease.Soon, a fierce man jumped out and went straight to Liu He. The fierce man who is about to make his debut is called Zhang Chang.Zhang Chang, courtesy name Zigao, was born in Pingyang, Hedong (now southwest of Linfen, Shanxi).His grandfather was the prefect of Shanggu, and his father had followed Liu Che for a long time, and his official position was Doctor Guanglu.Up to Zhang Chang's generation, going out to be an official is still the glorious tradition and unremitting pursuit of the Zhang family.Ever since, Zhang Chang decided to inherit the behest of his ancestors and join the officialdom.

Although Zhang Chang was born with excellent political qualities, his family still has a good background to support him.However, he did not wait or rely, and took the initiative to attack, starting from the grassroots.First, he was the head of a township (the township has a rank), and later he became the prefect and death history, with a rank and salary of one hundred stones. On the road to the peak of power, despite Zhang Chang's ridiculously low starting point, his speed is not bad at all.Then, because of his excellent work, Zhang Chang was promoted to the head of Ganquan warehouse; soon, he was promoted to Tai Pu Cheng.

Tai Pucheng, in today's words, is the Secretary of the Minister of Communications.We know that Huo Guang has just appointed a competent person as the Minister of Communications, and that person is Du Yannian.After Zhang Chang became the eunuch Cheng, he was immediately highly regarded by the eunuch Du Yannian. Some people are born clowns and gangsters, but Zhang Chang is not.At this time, the stage of history belonging to Zhang Chang has not yet opened.In my opinion, he took the initiative to jump out at this time, not to show off, nor to salvage political capital, nor to put on a show, but to do a necessary political warm-up exercise for the future.

Over the years, Zhang Chang has gradually established an official style.That is, to be honest and honest in politics, to combine strength and softness, and to act when it is time to act.So, when he saw Liu He's bastard doing stupid things all day long, he finally couldn't help it. Zhang Chang played a memorial to Liu He, and his tone was very rude.He said: "We welcome you to Beijing, not for you to play, but to see how you do things. Look at what you have done since you came to the throne, you know that you have brought a bunch of villains from Changyi to Beijing to do it." Officials, but they don't pay attention to the ministers of the country, and don't even ask for warmth." Finally, Zhang Chang added: "I must tell Your Majesty that you have made a huge mistake, please correct it in time." This is all said and done, and the rest can be completely omitted.Zhang Chang believed that there was no reason why Liu He could not understand what he said. You know, who does Zhang Chang belong to?Du Yannian's.Who is Du Yannian?Huo Guang's.For whom did Zhang Chang say those words?His voice basically represented Huo Guang's voice.This is the sound of serious warning. In fact, Liu He understood and understood.However, he ignored Zhang Chang.He still goes his own way, with an air of fearlessness.There were various indications that he seemed to be putting on an air, ready to fight Huo Guang. Ok.Since the mud can't support the wall, let's throw it away. So, Huo Guang quickly summoned someone to talk to him alone to discuss countermeasures.The person Huo Guang summoned was named Yannian.But please note that this Yannian is not that Yannian. This Yannian's surname is Tian, ​​and his ancestors were from Qi. In the Han Dynasty, there were three cows with the same name and different surnames.They are Du Yannian, Tian Yannian, and Yan Yannian.Du Yannian, born in Duyan, Nanyang (now southwest of Nanyang, Henan); position, servant.Tian Yannian, after the state of Qi, moved to Yangling (now southwest of Gaoping, Shaanxi); his post was Da Sinong.Yan Yannian, a native of Xiapi, Donghai (now Pizhou, Jiangsu); These three people are both similar and different.Du Yannian and Yan Yannian both majored in the same major, and both had a legal background.However, from the perspective of political circles, both Du Yannian and Tian Yannian belonged to Huo Guang, while Yan Yannian was not.On the contrary, Yan Yannian also loves to find trouble with Huo Guang.Judging from the characteristics of the three people in power, Du Yannian's style is magnanimous, a good old man, who should be forgiving and forgiving; Tian Yannian and Yan Yannian are out-and-out cruel officials, and they are well-known in the list of cruel officials in the Han Dynasty. From the analysis of the above data, we can roughly know why Huo Guang looked for Tian Yannian instead of Du Yannian or Yan Yannian.First of all, Yan Yannian is not Huo Guang's person and cannot be found; secondly, if he wants to do big things, he has to find a ruthless person.As a man and an official, Du Yannian was extremely benevolent, which obviously did not meet the requirements. As for Tian Yannian, he is ruthless in doing things for others, and it's not just a year or two.He was first reused by Huo Guang as a long history.Later he moved to be the prefect of Hedong.During his tenure as the governor of Hedong, he acted vigorously and punished the powerful, so he became so famous that even the children dared not cry when they heard his name. From this point of view, it is obviously reliable to choose Tian Yannian as his assistant to get rid of Liu He.Therefore, as soon as Huo Guang saw Tian Yannian, he first explained Liu He's matter and asked how the play would end. Tian Yannian probably knew what Huo Guang was thinking.He said to Huo Guang: "Since Liu He is disobedient, why didn't General Huo go up to play the Empress Dowager Shangguan and ask for another replacement?" Huo Guang sighed softly, and said slowly: "It's easy to ask God to send God away. I don't know if there was any thing about abolishing kings in ancient times?" When Tian Yannian heard this, he replied: "In ancient times, there was no such thing as abolishing the emperor and selecting talents. For example, in the Shang Dynasty, Yi Yin was the prime minister. He once dismissed the useless emperor and protected the national security. In the end, instead of scolding Yi Yin, the later generations did not scold Yi Yin. Yin, instead praised his loyalty to the country." Tian Yannian paused, then said slowly: "General, if you follow Yi Yin's example, you will be the living Yi Yin of the great man." Tian Yannian's words were like a spring breeze blowing on Huo Guang's serious face.All of a sudden, all the complicated and difficult problems became much simpler. At this time, Huo Guang looked at Tian Yannian and nodded with satisfaction.He went on to say: "I will leave this matter to you and General Che Qi." Who is the chariot general?He is Zhang Anshi who was single-handedly promoted by Huo Guang. The terrifying wolf teeth were finally exposed.