In April of the fifth year of Guanghe, Sikong Xuqu and Taiwei Zhang Ji were dismissed because of favoritism, unfair treatment and group incidents, which spread widely and caused great resentment among the people. The emperor was furious, so they were dismissed. The eunuchs' minions were broken and they suffered heavy losses. .
The twenty-six county governors were spared from being dismissed, and were compensated by the court for this. They were all recruited as councilors, allowing them to participate in government affairs and have the possibility of moving to a higher level.
Situ Chen Dan, Sili Xiaowei Guo Hong, Yilang Cao Cao, and Shangshutai Shi Liu Bei charged into the battle and defeated the eunuchs head-on, so they gained great fame.
In particular, Liu Bei's confrontation with Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong was spread by Cao Cao in this incident, so he gained greater fame and was more sought after by scholars.
Yuan Shao, Zhang Miao, He Yong and other secret contributors also received a great fame bonus.
For the first time since the Second Disaster of Party Confinement, the counterattack of the power of the scholars was victorious against the eunuchs.
It seems that the situation in which eunuchs are strong and scholars are weak is changing.
It seemed that a world in which only eunuchs were injured was born.
The scholars were delighted with this victory and gathered in Yuan Shao's mansion to celebrate the victory happily, drinking, singing, dancing and having fun.
The biggest beneficiary of this victory, Yuan Shao, was vaguely praised as the leader of the new generation of scholars, and Liu Bei and Cao Cao, as the great heroes, were invited to dance with Yuan Shao, the host.
The three of them stirred up a magical dance in the center of the stage, with wild abandon and boundless joy.
After the happy banquet, the drunken guests went home one after another. Liu Bei was also drunk and his eyes were dim. After saying goodbye to Cao Cao and Yuan Shao who were also drunk, he took the car back home.
Back home, Liu Bei told Han Ning about the good thing that had been done, and also told Han Ning that Han Rong would soon come to Luoyang to take up his post as Yilang, and the family could be reunited.
Han Ning was overjoyed and hugged Liu Bei and made love for a while. It wasn't until Liu Bei said that he smelled of alcohol and wanted to take a bath that Han Ning happily went to prepare bath water for Liu Bei.
Liu Bei has always liked bathing. Soaking his body in a big wooden barrel and enjoying the hot water is really a very enjoyable thing.
Soaking in hot water can relax your whole body and mind. This kind of relaxation is very precious to Liu Bei, because he cannot have this kind of relaxation in the court every day.
Not to mention today's big battle that blocked his future. In front of Yuan Shao and others and Han Ning, he could hide it with drunkenness, but he couldn't hide it when he was alone.
It's so thrilling, it's really thrilling.
At that last moment, Liu Hong must have known what he was going to do and must have been aware of his thoughts. Otherwise, with his tone at that time, Liu Bei had no doubt that he would be thrown into the abyss of eternal destruction by him.
What's the bet on this time?
The bet is that Liu Hong is not a fool, the bet is that Liu Hong at least has the IQ of a normal person and has a certain political literacy. If he loses, he will get a hundred, if he wins, the club...if he wins, he takes it all!
And he won the bet.
Liu Hong heard his subtext, heard that he was not completely acting from the perspective of a scholar, and heard his desire to get closer to the emperor.
That's why Liu Hong agreed to Liu Bei's suggestion.
Next, just see if Liu Hong will take additional actions. If so, it means Liu Bei really won the bet. If not, it means Liu Bei won, but not completely.
What a tough bet.
It can be called the gamble of life.
Thinking about it now, Liu Hong's order came to Liu Bei's ears with the sound, and Liu Bei's heart finally fell back into his stomach.
He was really scared to death.
If Liu Hong doesn't agree, doesn't it mean that he will definitely have to settle accounts in the future?
By then, none of the four people present would be able to escape.
Cao Cao has the help of the eunuch family, so even if he loses his official position, he will never die.
As a purely scholarly family, Guo Hong and Chen Dan are hard to say.
Liu Hong didn't trust the scholars after all, and these two people would definitely be included in the list when the scores were settled after the fall.
As for Liu Bei, without that last ditch effort, Liu Hong would have never expected to get any promotion before his death.
But then again, Liu Bei didn't feel that no one could see the thoughts hidden behind his actions.
Didn’t Liu Hong see it?
Cao Cao was still a hot-blooded young man and could not be seen as normal.
Guo Hong and Chen Dan...
Liu Bei felt that Guo Hong probably didn't see it, otherwise his expression would not be so natural.
As for Chen Dan, the way he looked at him from time to time on the way out of the palace was obviously suspicious.
But he probably didn't dare to confirm.
Firstly, he is so young, and secondly, he is Yuan Shao's good friend and Lu Zhi's disciple, and he is a member of the scholars.
So Chen Dan probably didn't really think that Liu Bei had that strange thought.
The reasons Liu Bei gave next may also offset part of his suspicions.
After all, Liu Bei felt that a big boss like Chen Dan must not be a fool, including the intellectual elites of this era. They must not do things they think they are unsure of. They must be confident about themselves. Act confidently.
Liu Bei believed that the fundamental reason for their frequent failures and stupidity was that they did not expect or simply did not believe that the emperor did not believe in them.
They never came to the conclusion that Liu Hong never trusted them from the beginning to the end, and they did not believe that Liu Hong's trust in the eunuchs was always higher than theirs.
This was a huge strategic misjudgment for the scholars. This strategic misjudgment caused the scholars to suffer a severe blow from the second disaster of party imprisonment.
It may be that Han Emperor Huan Liu Zhi's slightly neutral attitude towards eunuchs and scholars caused them to misjudge, so that they felt that Liu Hong, who also initiated the disaster of party imprisonment, was just like Liu Zhi, an emperor who had limited trust in eunuchs.
They mistakenly believed that the party's imprisonment was Liu Hong's temporary political behavior, rather than the political program of Emperor Ling's dynasty in a certain sense.
This is the biggest mistake made by scholars.
Liu Hong is a weirdo. No matter what his nature is, he is a weirdo in this matter. He will be a weirdo through the ages.
His trust in the eunuch was really deep, to the point where he called the eunuch father and mother, to the point where he would entrust the eunuch Jian Shuo to the eunuch Jian Shuo instead of other ministers who cared about his life.
He may be dissatisfied with the behavior of some eunuchs, so he kills them and deposes them, but he believes in the eunuchs as a group, and he believes in the eunuchs who are close to him.
Otherwise, throughout the history of the dynasties, how many emperors could trust the eunuchs to the point of entrusting them with their own affairs?
Liu Hong is such an emperor.
Liu Bei knows about this matter, and currently, Liu Bei should be the only one in the world who knows about this matter.
He pushed forward from this incident and connected Liu Hong's life, so he came to this conclusion.
Liu Hong truly believed from the bottom of his heart that eunuchs were more trustworthy than scholar-officials, and he was more willing to trust and appoint eunuchs and their close forces rather than scholar-officials.
After careful consideration, he planned to use his strength in this political action to get himself out, and at the same time gain Liu Hong's favor as a clan member of the Han Dynasty in order to profit.
Originally, he had no such plan, but this sudden political storm implicated him. He had no choice but to avoid it, so he might as well face it head on.
Since you have decided to face the difficulties, of course you cannot charge into the battle foolishly, but charge into the battle with a purpose.
Relying on Lu Zhi, he can only take the route of a scholar-type official. It is far away to truly become a big boss. It can even be said to be completely impossible. When troubled times come, send.
Relying on Yuan Shao, he can take the route of competing for hegemony among the heroes, but Youzhou is inherently deficient, and it is not certain whether he can overtake Yuan Shao and become the winner in the end.
Liu Bei obviously wants to seize every feasible opportunity and strive to take an unimagined path before everything becomes irreversible.
So who can help him realize this super acceleration wish?
There is.
At this moment in Luoyang City, there is obviously a being with greater power, stronger symbolic meaning, and more qualified to say that he is a big-legged person.
Emperor Liu Hong.
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