After learning about Yang Ci's accusation against Lu Zhi, the ancient literature school was furious and responded in large numbers.
Zheng Xuan, a doctor and servant, immediately came to the court to refute Yang Ci's performance. He believed that Yang Ci was a pure slander and a very ugly behavior. The general was leading the army and the court should give full support to it instead of slandering him behind his back. others.
Zheng Xuan believed that Yang Ci's behavior was very bad and was not something that San Gong should do.
Situ Yuan Kui's behavior was even more direct, because the military agent he supported, Dong Zhuo, was also in Lu Zhi's army. Lu Zhi was unlucky, and Dong Zhuo could not get any favors, so he tried his best to refute Yang Ci and further stated -
According to the usual practice, when a civil uprising breaks out in the world, should you, the lieutenant, take the blame and resign?
This move hit Yang Ci's seven inches very accurately, causing Yang Ci to break through his defense instantly.
Yang Ci was furious and immediately wrote a memorial to refute Yuan Wei. While scolding Yuan Wei, he also said that he had long been worried about Taiping Dao and went to the court many times. This is a recognized fact.
That was three years ago. When I was worried about this matter and reported it to the public, you were still in a state of intoxication! Is this my problem?
Even if Sangong needs to be dismissed, he should not dismiss me who had already made the proposal, but Yuan Wei who has accomplished nothing!
Yang Ci counterattacked and directly stated that he had doubts about Taiping Dao after all, but you, Situ, paid no attention to Taiping Dao. How could you pretend that you didn't see such a large number of yellow turban thieves popping up in your hometown of Runan County?
If it weren't for the ability of the Runan Prefect, I would be waiting to eat at your family's table now!
Yuan Situ, you have a problem!
Dongyuan should be asked to investigate!
So Yuan Wei also rarely broke through his defense. He gave Yang Ci a meal of Zuan's attack at his own home. After calming down, he continued to write a memorial to retaliate against Yang Ci, insisting that the emperor kill his Taiwei.
Not to be outdone, Yang Ci continued to attack Yuan Wei, insisting that the emperor kill his Situ.
The two of them were going back and forth, and they were fighting against the backdrop of darkness, darkness, and darkness.
Yuan Wei scolded Yang Ci for being incompetent, and Yang Ci scolded Yuan Wei for collaborating with the enemy. The two tried their best to mobilize their respective political forces, and a great battle ensued.
But it should not be said that the Three Dukes were indeed the political vase in the Eastern Han Dynasty. They were the ones who took the blame for the emperor. Once there was any strange phenomenon or civil commotion, the first to be unlucky were the Three Dukes - starting with the Taiwei. .
However, Yang Ci and Yuan Wei themselves were the Three Dukes who recorded Shangshu affairs. They were important figures in the Modern Literature School and the Ancient Literature School. They had high status and great power.
As the saying goes, when two tigers fight, one of them will be injured. It is obviously impossible to resolve this dispute without injury.
So Zhang Wen, who had just assumed the post of Sikong, was dismissed.
Zhang Wen:? ? ?
Sikong Zhang Wen, a native of Nanyang, had considerable military merit. However, he was promoted by Cao Cao's grandfather Cao Teng in his early years and was considered to be related to the eunuch group. It is said that he spent a lot of money to become Sikong himself.
So he was deposed.
However, his removal does not mean anything. He is just a mascot and has no real power. However, Yang Ci and Yuan Wei do have real power. They each regard the other as a thorn in their side and quickly get rid of them.
So they continued to quarrel, and even a group of officials from the ancient literature school and the modern literature school came to each other to criticize each other.
A group of people attacked everything from official affairs in the court to private matters such as bed curtains. Even an official was impeached and asked to be dismissed because he did not follow the rules and slept with his family's concubine who was over 50 years old.
This is really not an unreasonable attack, it is well-founded.
The famous Baihuguan Conference during the period of Emperor Zhang of the Han Dynasty not only discussed the ownership of the official guiding ideology of the Eastern Han Dynasty, but also canceled the official status of "Zuo Shi Chun Qiu", and also stipulated some details of personal life.
Among them are the requirements for the frequency of sexual intercourse between scholars and concubines over fifty years old.
The result of the meeting required that scholars should not like the new and hate the old, and should not abandon their concubines just because they are old and beautiful. They must have sex with their concubines on time and according to the amount, and comfort them, otherwise they will be punished.
That official of the Modern Literature School was attacked by a group of officials of the Ancient Literature School because he had not slept with a 53-year-old concubine in his family for three consecutive months. He was considered to have bad conduct and must be punished and should be dismissed.
Such people who like the new and hate the old are simply morally corrupt!
How can such a morally corrupt person serve as an official in the court?
Forget him! He must be killed!
The continuous attacks of the Ancient Literature School made the officials of the Modern Literature School very embarrassed. They took leave that night and went home. They endured all kinds of discomfort and had sex with their fifty-three-year-old concubine, and then made the matter public to avoid the attacks of the Ancient Literature School.
Even this kind of thing was brought out and put in the court as a basis for attack. It can be imagined to what extent the two factions have fought against each other.
There was a lot of quarrels in the court, and although Liu Hong in the palace was happy to see the quarrels and found them dog-eating dogs very interesting, he also had his own worries.
When Liu Bei was not around, he habitually discussed matters with Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong, which involved Yang Ci's participation in Lu Zhi's performance.
Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong were okay. During this period, their main energy was on dealing with Lu Qiang. They wanted to take advantage of Huangfu Song's unfavorable battle situation to bring down the pretendingly noble Lu Qiang and further centralize power within the eunuch group. So I didn’t say anything.
However, Liu Hong's suspicion was difficult to eliminate.
"Grandpa, do you think Lu Zhi really has other ideas? Xuande is good at fighting, winning five out of five battles. With such a great record, it is obviously a situation where he has an advantage. Why did he stop at Julu City? What? I find it difficult to understand."
Zhang Rang saw Liu Hong frowning and thinking hard, and suggested that if Liu Hong was really worried, he should send one of his Dongyuan troops to check out the specific situation, and then ask Liu Bei for his opinion.
You can’t believe Lu Zhi, can you still not believe Liu Bei?
Liu Hong was overjoyed and immediately asked Zhang Rang to send people from Dongyuan to serve as the emperor's envoys to Jizhou to observe the military situation of Lu Zhi's troops. At the same time, he secretly contacted Liu Bei to ask about the actual situation, and then told Liu Bei about Luoyang's affairs. Listen to Liu Bei's opinion.
Liu Hong now feels the importance of Liu Bei to him. After Liu Bei went to the battlefield, he could not get answers to many things quickly from Liu Bei. Many doubts piled up in his heart, which made him a little unhappy.
Liu Bei supported him on this road. Halfway through the road, how could he not be there to guide him?
Even from this perspective, Liu Hong felt that the battle in the northern theater should end as soon as possible, and he should not continue to delay it. His best assistant should return to Luoyang as soon as possible.
He also wants to recreate the old situation of the Holy Emperor of the three generations of Emperor Guangwu, Emperor Ming and Emperor Zhang!
In this way, just when Liu Bei found another way and obtained some key information by interrogating prisoners of war, Liu Hong's envoy also set out from Luoyang and rushed towards Jizhou.
Lu Zhi had been waiting for a while since the siege of Julu County. He felt that something was wrong when he saw no signs that the other two yellow scarf armies in the north of Julu County had become the main force of the army and were heading south.
At this time, Liu Bei thought of a way to strictly interrogate those prisoners of war who had some authority in the Yellow Turban Army, and dug out from their mouths the news about the internal strife between the three great envoys of Jizhou.
Only then did they learn that the Jizhou Yellow Turban Army was no longer a whole, but had actually split into three parts.
There is still the possibility of a joint operation between the left divine envoy Gao Zheng and the right divine envoy Yan Sheng, but the middle divine envoy Wang Meng obtained the ownership of Julu County through despicable means. The other two people hate him to the bone and wish they could eat it. How could flesh drink his blood and come to save him?
After learning this information, Lu Zhi and Liu Bei were speechless for a while.
They never expected that this small stall would actually be a temple boy with a strong temper and Chi Qian, a bastard. With such little ability, he would still engage in internal strife?
What is the basic level to learn how to engage in internal strife?
It’s okay for the unified dynasty to engage in internal strife. Do you have the capital for internal strife?
But this was the case. Lu Zhi had no choice but to order the army to prepare for the attack. However, at Liu Bei's insistence, the Han army still sent an ultimatum to the city and finally gave him one day -
Surrender now and only the first culprit will be killed. If the army breaks through the city and enters, no chickens or dogs will be left behind!
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PS: It’s my birthday on the second day of the Lunar New Year, so I’ve updated it to five chapters to celebrate. By the way, please give me a ticket as a birthday gift~~
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