Zhang Rang's sudden serious suggestion left Liu Bei speechless.
Because he found that everything Zhang Rang said was right and reasonable.
It would be fine if the Taiping Dao uprising breaks out on its own, but if it is identified and exposed in advance, will those whose interests have been harmed for this really be grateful to Liu Bei?
not necessarily.
Zhang Rang approached Liu Bei with some serious words.
"You are so young now, and you are already a high-ranking scholar. It is time to restrain your sharpness to support your reputation. You have won the admiration of thousands of people with your sharpness, but you have also offended many people and made many people angry. Deeply jealous.
Now the ancient literature school and the modern literature school are in a fierce battle. You, your own people, can protect you, but if you continue to show off your sharpness, it’s hard to say whether there will be people among you who will be dissatisfied with you. I feel for you very much. Worry. "
Liu Bei was silent for a while, and suddenly felt something was wrong. He raised his head and looked at Zhang Rang strangely.
"Are you trying to remind me?"
"Yeah, can't you? I'm not as knowledgeable as you, but I've seen the same people and experienced the same things as you. You know knowledge, and I know people."
Zhang Rang was quite proud: "Liu Xuande, you are a genius in the world, but you obviously still have many things that are not thorough in your thinking. I would like to remind you that you should not seek death. You are too young and do not have a deep foundation. Even if With His Majesty’s secret support, I’m afraid I won’t be able to protect you.”
Liu Bei carefully thought about the meaning of Zhang Rang's words and did not rush to express his position.
Zhang Rang was not in a hurry either.
It's strange that Zhang Rang himself didn't realize that his tolerance for Liu Bei was getting higher and higher.
And recently, he inexplicably felt that Liu Bei looked a lot more pleasing to the eye.
Although Liu Bei still continued to criticize him in daily contact, he did not feel angry because of it.
When Liu Bei raised his hips and cupped him, he swore that he really wanted to cut Liu Bei into pieces. But now, even if such an idea occurs, it is more like a joke.
This is very strange.
There is obviously no need to mention him, there is obviously no need to take advantage of him, but it is actually quite satisfying to watch him seek his own death.
However, when the matter came to a close, Zhang Rang couldn't hold it back and reminded Liu Bei and pointed out the pros and cons to him.
Is this something he would do?
Zhang Rang felt a little strange himself.
Liu Bei didn't know Zhang Rang's psychological activities, but he realized an important point.
The reason why the upper-level leaders of the Eastern Han Dynasty government ignored the development and growth of Taiping Road may be because they did not think it was a bad thing from the bottom of their hearts.
What the Taiping Taoists emphasize is not Confucianism, but Huang-Lao's learning. However, this is what Liu Hong's predecessor, Emperor Liu Zhi, admired. The imperial power seems to agree with the rise of such knowledge among the people, and it can even be said that they are happy to see it. Its made.
Anyway, as long as the Confucian scholars were made uncomfortable, the emperor would be happy.
If the emperor likes it, of course the eunuchs in the palace will do what he likes, so almost all the eunuchs who have the conditions to learn have some understanding of it, and will learn a little bit of Huang Lao's theory, which in turn led to the rise of the upper-level route after the rise of Taiping Dao. smooth.
Moreover, eunuchs are just seeking money. Putting aside the teachings of Taiping Dao, as long as you give money, the eunuchs will not mind interacting with you.
With more contacts, there will always be a few eunuchs who will become believers, and one or two eunuchs with some status will become believers. Those small eunuchs will naturally take the initiative to contact Taiping Dao in order to please the big eunuchs.
Just like a snowball, more and more people in the palace will believe in Taiping Dao.
The general favorable impression of the court eunuchs towards Taiping Dao and Huang-Lao's studies seems to be one of the important reasons for Liu Hong's attitude.
At least at this time, Liu Hong and the eunuchs he could speak to were not Taiping Taoists, so they would not believe that the Taiping Taoists would rebel at all.
They felt that there was no need for the Taiping Taoists to rebel.
This is determined by the environment of the times in which they live, and will not be easily changed by a few words.
It seems that it is already difficult to take the upper-level route and directly attack the leadership of Taipingdao.
This feeling made Liu Bei feel very uncomfortable.
Knowing what to do was the right thing to do, and knowing that the leaders of the situation at that time were all stupid, it didn't seem difficult to change the final outcome.
But when he put himself into this situation, he found that the fools who made the decisions didn't seem to be really fools.
Each of their actions has its own logic behind it, forming a closed loop that belongs to them. This logic seems to be very consistent with the current situation, and seems to be the optimal solution to the current situation.
However, the real optimal solutions derived from God's perspective are faced with many difficulties, and some are even impossible to operate within the existing system, making it impossible to start.
Liu Bei finally understood why there have been so many people from ancient times to the present who agree with each other but still think that they must be doing the right thing.
Because some things really cannot be explained, and humans cannot understand each other. When facing a crisis, everyone in a high position will have their own ideas, and their opinions are also highly sensitive to those who hold different opinions from them. Consistent——
[If such guys continue to exist, the country will be doomed sooner or later. If we don’t get rid of them, the country will be doomed! 】
Each of them thinks that he is right, that only he can save the country, and each of them believes that the other is an insect, and they must find ways to kill each other, and then they can save the country.
Well, that's a good idea, don't think about it next time.
Seeing Liu Bei lost in thought, Zhang Rang, who had not yet had time to finish thinking, had no extra thoughts to continue thinking about why he seemed to hate Liu Bei less and less.
He still has a lot to do.
For example, he controlled Dongyuan to fire on the scholars.
Using the excuse of investigating the emperor's assassination, the Dongyuan spies had no scruples in taking people. Disciples of both the Modern Literature School and the Ancient Literature School in Luoyang City were taken away to assist in the investigation. Once taken away, few could escape unscathed. .
For this reason, all the big guys in Luoyang City are nervous.
They inexplicably felt that a wave of small-scale party-related disasters was coming towards them. It was not a party-controlled disaster, but a party-controlled disaster. Are these eunuchs investigating the case or avenging private revenge?
It has to be the latter, right?
If it were originally considered, the ancient literature school and the modern literature school might be able to fight against the eunuchs as scholars, and dispatch the three forces of Yushi Zhongcheng, Tingwei and Sili Xiaowei to fight together.
But now, they can't.
Because the judicial system has been used against each other by the ancient literature school and the modern literature school.
Before the assassination of the emperor, Yang Ci, Zheng Xuan and other big figures from both modern and ancient literature had at least seven or eight ridiculous or sinister accusations against them that needed to be investigated and verified.
Both sides, you come and I come, and spread all kinds of rumors without making any drafts. I wish I could spread rumors about the relatives who have been buried in the other party and raise their coffins to live with others, let alone the living people.
Every one of them is a filthy existence that needs humane destruction to purify the air. Every one of them carries a grave crime against humanity, and not killing them is not enough for the people to get angry.
Among them, Liu Bei made great efforts.
In order to promote a deadly fight between the two sides, Liu Bei was running around instructing the young scholars who admired him to accuse the old guys of the Modern Literature School, and he almost created an Eastern Han Dynasty version of "Luo Zhi Jing" to open their eyes. .
As a result, the judicial system controlled by scholar-officials fell into meaningless internal strife. Facing the strong rise of Dongyuan forces under the control of the eunuch group, the judicial system controlled by scholars was unable to respond accordingly and was unable to protect itself. power.
In addition, Dongyuan was investigating the emperor's assassination case and had the highest priority and righteousness. Facing this peak, the scholars were powerless and unable to resist.
Zhang Rang is so happy that he stays in the private prison in Dongyuan all day long and instructs the executioners in the private prison to use various memory recovery techniques on the scholars. It is really abnormal.
Liu Bei had no time to care about this.
During this period, he used Cao Cao's family connections to ask Cao Cao about the situation of Taiping Dao believers within the eunuch group. At the same time, he also sent people to Luoyang Market to understand some of the situation of Taiping Dao among the people. He spent about a month collecting intelligence and data.
In September, Liu Bei drew conclusions based on a series of data, and these conclusions did not make him feel optimistic.
(End of chapter)
