Liu Hong was not an emperor with strong authority and prestige, and could not smoothly establish his own spy organization like those founding emperors.
For this spy organization to be successfully established and effective, it must have a reason that no one can refuse.
In this way, the people who are most likely to oppose this matter cannot blatantly oppose it.
After all, the emperor's life was threatened, and the emperor needed to protect his own life.
If you oppose Dongyuan, you are opposing the emperor to save his life!
What, you still object?
Are you the assassin?
Catch him!
Trial!
People are bitches. If you don't fight, you won't get rid of them. Fight them!
As soon as the dirty water was poured out, the opponents disappeared. In this way, Dongyuan would be officially established with a fierce and bloody light.
The deterrent power of the imperial authority has greatly increased, and the deterrent power of Liu Hong, the prefect of Luoyang, will become completely different.
Liu Hong was very interested in this plan and asked Liu Bei, Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong and others to discuss it and come up with a relatively feasible strategy to make the name famous in one go and officially establish Dongyuan in one go and start making trouble.
There is no doubt that eunuchs are relatively incompetent when it comes to serious matters related to the national economy and people's livelihood.
Their talents are incompatible with their majors, and they are unable to maximize their professional talents. It is difficult to open up new tracks, promote industry integration, and develop new growth points.
They are not a group of people who do serious business.
But when it comes to making trouble, throwing dirty water, and playing tricks, they are experts.
The so-called expert will know whether there is something or not as soon as he takes action.
Liu Bei just briefly mentioned an outline, and they immediately enriched the outline into actual strategies and quickly implemented them. The efficiency was so high that Liu Bei was stunned.
On May 29, the sixth year of Guanghe, the eunuchs took action.
On that day, Emperor Liu Hong went to Taixue as usual to discuss and study the contents of Zuo's Spring and Autumn Annals with the scholars of the Ancient Literature School. They had a great time talking. When he left, it was already close to dusk, and it was almost time for the curfew in Luoyang City.
And just when Liu Hong was on the last alleyway from the palace, an accident happened.
More than fifty masked thieves attacked Liu Hong's carriage with knives. Liu Hong's guards resisted desperately. Zhang Rang, the eunuch who was guarding them, even paid the price with an injured arm. In the end, the guards protected Liu Hong and rushed out of the encirclement. Arrive at the Imperial City.
The assassination of the emperor quickly swept through the entire Luoyang. Luoyang was shaken and all officials were panicked.
Liu Hong was so frightened by the assassination that he lay in bed for two days and two nights before he recovered. During this period, civil and military officials from all over the court were scurrying around like ants on a hot pot, asking for reliable information everywhere, hoping to know what was going on. .
The struggle between the ancient literature school and the modern literature school seemed to have lost its status as the main conflict at this moment. The main personnel of both sides held many meetings and consultations under the leadership of the big bosses, constantly exchanging information and opinions, and conducting urgent investigations. Does this matter have anything to do with myself?
Then, immediately investigate whether this matter has anything to do with the other party.
They all know that at this very sensitive moment, once the other party confirms that it is related to this matter, they will definitely be attacked by the furious emperor and eunuch group.
Although out of rational thinking, neither party believes that the other party will do such a stupid thing that can easily cause fire during this sensitive period, but what if there is really such a fool in the other party?
Isn't that an excellent opportunity to kill the opponent completely in one go?
The two days when Liu Hong "slowed down" were also two important buffer periods for the two major forces, the ancient literature school and the modern literature school, to intensively collect intelligence and prepare to deal with each other.
Should it be said or not, originally, in this matter, the Ancient Literature School was relatively calm because it had a relatively large advantage in the situation.
On the other hand, the modern literature school seemed even more irrational because they were eager to turn the tables. They never thought of analyzing this matter rationally from the beginning. Instead, they quickly reached an agreement and prepared pots after pots of dirty water, preparing to go to ancient literature. Splashed on pie.
They are travelers who have fallen into the water. Everything they see is like a life-saving straw. Everything is a straw, no matter what it is, they reach out and grab it.
No matter what the truth is, it was people from the ancient literature school who did it!
On the Ancient Literature School side, there are big bosses such as Zheng Xuan, Lu Zhi, and Fu Qian, as well as high-end foreign players like Yuan Wei and Xun Shuang, so they are more calm.
The big guys gathered together for a meeting to exchange opinions and explore the truth of the matter.
In particular, Yuan Wei and Xun Shuang, two pairs of top foreign aids who are well versed in political struggle routines, suggested that the ancient literature school adopt a calm and corresponding attitude, think more about everything, and do not be led by the modern literature school.
At this time, it may not be a good time to start a full-scale war. It should be a time to win step by step. They are experienced and always feel that this thing happened a bit unusual.
Seeing them becoming more and more rational and cautious, and even feeling like they were about to deduce the truth of the matter, Liu Bei felt that he had to do something.
Through Yuan Shao's connections within the Modern Literature School, Liu Bei learned that the Modern Literature School was working hard to accumulate dirty water, basin after basin, and was preparing to give the Ancient Literature School a dirty bath. It had no intention of rationally exploring the truth of the case. .
This gave him an opportunity to break the situation.
He decided to take a dangerous route.
He decided to inflame the emotions of the young scholars within the Ancient Literature School, widely publicize the Modern Literature School's intention to throw dirty water, and incite the young and energetic them to engage in a real-life fight against superiors.
By inciting the explosive emotions of the young faction and coercing the will of the upper echelons of the ancient literature school, they had no choice but to interrupt rational inquiry and take the stand of party struggle.
You can't explore the truth, otherwise if you really find out the truth, how can you maintain this situation?
For this, Liu Bei apologized from the bottom of his heart to Zheng Xuan and Lu Zhi, whom he respected.
But an apology is an apology, and when it comes to matters involving fundamental interests, Liu Bei still decided to be the despicable spoiler.
He actively communicated with young scholars within the ancient literature school, pretending to understand their thoughts, and then inadvertently incited them.
But when Yang Ci took the lead on behalf of the Modern Literature School and poured the first bucket of dirty water on the Ancient Literature School, the situation changed drastically.
On the second day of June in the sixth year of Guanghe, Taiwei Yang Ci stated that the emperor's assassination case was very strange, and then presented all kinds of false evidence, and then put these evidences together, saying that he could reasonably doubt that this matter was related to the leader of the ancient literature school. The character Lu Zhi is inseparable.
He pointed the finger directly at Shangshu Ling Lu Zhi, saying that Lu Zhi had a military background and was a martial arts sect within the ancient literary school. He was ambitious and daring. He suggested a strict investigation. He must be guilty, starting with the death penalty, and at the most, annihilating the nine tribes.
More importantly, his disciple Liu Bei must also be one of the leaders who was deeply involved. I heard that Liu Bei protected Lu Zhi from the siege with thousands of troops, which shows that he was brave. He might be the one who assassinated the emperor this time. Participation.
The master and the disciple are both a scourge to the great man. Unless they die, the great man will never have peace!
He felt that his above statement could put pressure on the Ancient Literature School and play some role in guiding the eunuch group to attack Lu Zhi.
What should I say?
When Liu Bei heard that Yang Ci had poured dirty water on him, he was quite surprised, because the matter had nothing to do with Lu Zhi, but it did have a lot to do with him. The conclusion Yang Ci drew was partly right.
Herein lies the paradox of history.
But now, it doesn't matter what the truth is, or in other words, the truth must be buried and never be revealed.
And it’s true that few people care about the truth.
For example, a group of young scholars who are committed to the ancient literature school do not care about this at all.
(End of chapter)
