Some people within the conservative school of ancient literature represented by Zheng Tai and Jia Xi believed that Liu Bei's ambitions were inflated and he was no longer satisfied with sharing benefits with others. He wanted to possess them all.
There may even be some disloyal thoughts.
Although they were insects, they still had basic IQs, and through Liu Bei's methods and some understanding of historical knowledge, they roughly analyzed Liu Bei's overall layout.
They believe that Liu Bei did this because he wanted to break the traditions of the Eastern Han Dynasty and restore them to the state of Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty.
After the war, Emperor Wu created a political system that was very different from the Wenjing period, reshaped the underlying operating logic of the Western Han Dynasty, extended imperial power to the county level, used economic, military and political means to control local areas, and tried his best to eliminate local corruption. The resistance force tried its best to bring all households across the country under the government's governance.
Then he squeezed the local wealth to his heart's content and brought it all to Chang'an, achieving comprehensive governance of the empire and provoking a protracted all-out war. It also made the life of the ruling class of the Han Empire increasingly extravagant, and the simplicity of the Wenjing era was indistinguishable. Gone and never returned.
In the minds of people at that time, Emperor Wu was probably not only an emperor, but also the most ferocious and powerful robber in the world.
He treated bureaucrats, scholars, powerful landlords, and common people equally. Everyone was his pocketbook, and everyone's wealth could be his.
No one can escape his plunder, and once he sets his sights on you, you're doomed.
Powered by military authority and mysticism, the world is so vast that there is no way you can escape.
The existence of this kind of emperor is a very stressful thing for most people.
Of course, it doesn't really matter to the lower class. No matter what the situation, the lower class people are the ones who are exploited. It doesn't make much sense to discuss who should rule them. It doesn't matter anyway.
But for the middle class and the upper middle class, for these people who have considerable wealth and are expected to move to a higher level, such a ruler is their nightmare.
As long as he is willing, the wealth accumulated through years of exploitation and oppression will become his. If they are lucky, they will return to abject poverty overnight. If they are not lucky, the whole family will be directly saved by physics, and the whole family will go to the underworld to see the King of Hell. .
They believed that Emperor Wu was that kind of ruler, and they never wanted a second Emperor to appear.
Fortunately, there was no Emperor Wu after Emperor Wu. Emperor Guangwu wanted to recreate the "glory" of Emperor Wu, but due to his own foundation and strength, he failed in the end.
We can no longer accept that kind of precarious life. The family property that generations of people have worked hard to exploit and oppress has been taken away by an emperor with just a word. Who can bear this?
There is a huge exploiter above the exploiters. Who can stand this kind of oppression?
Facts have proved that they are relatively successful. An emperor like Liu Che cannot be born in a hundred years. If one is born in two to three hundred years, it is considered lucky.
At least there was no such emperor in the entire Eastern Han Dynasty for 190 years.
However, in this one hundred and ninety years, the situation has changed.
A guy who was better than an emperor stepped onto the stage of history. He quietly used his talents to incorporate the entire empire into his plan, and realized his ambition bit by bit.
This is not the most terrifying thing. The most terrifying thing is that even if he becomes the most powerful minister, his reputation is still very good.
Even now that he has essentially broken with the conservatives and is ready to attack, there are still quite a few people within the conservatives who believe that Liu Bei is a pure scholar with noble moral character and tenacity, and is by no means a dictator who likes to act arbitrarily. .
Zheng Tai and Jia Xi took out everything Liu Bei had done before and clearly explained to the conservative scholar leaders about Liu Bei's layout and Liu Bei's ulterior motives.
Today, the person who can make the final decision in the entire Han Dynasty is no longer the emperor, but General Liu Xuande.
The central authority of the imperial court was no longer the Chancellor's Office, but the General's Office and the six ministries within the office.
In the central government, he used the General's Office and the six-ministry system to continuously seize power. He has basically completed the integration of power and can promote whatever policies he wants to promote.
Under his power, all the imperial departments have been reduced to subordinate departments of the General's Office and the Six Ministries. They can only obey orders and have no decision-making power. All decision-making power belongs to the General.
Zheng Tai and Jia Xi publicly spoke out about these issues one by one, loudly, and earnestly persuaded the conservative leaders - but the effect was not good.
Not many people believe their rhetoric.
Mainly because too many people think this is too fantasy.
Liu Bei's reputation is as good as ever, and his character is as stable as ever, but Zheng Tai and Jia Xi's integrity is not very trustworthy.
We have been together for a long time. Others don't know what kind of villains Zheng Tai and Jia Xi are. What else is unclear between the conservative bosses?
Who is Liu Xuande?
A hero who is not afraid of power, a warrior who dares to be the first in the world, the first contributor to the success of the ancient literature school, the first choice for the leader of the next generation of the ancient literature school, the leader of the Zuo family's Spring and Autumn Festival, and a member of our own family.
Moreover, he has a good character, keeps his credibility, and does whatever he says. Everyone in the world believes in him, and his enemies do not question him. He is an enlightened leader who only takes power but does not abuse it. He is able to restrain himself.
Under his leadership, the big man is prospering and rising step by step. What's wrong with that?
He is obviously an upright politician, but why do you two think that he has become a conspirator who is deliberately trying to seize power in the world?
Where is the slightest hint of conspirator in him?
The conspirators will put their own goals in front of you and argue with you in public, but can they still make you speechless?
Faced with Zheng Tai and Jia Xi's rhetoric, conservative bosses also had their own opinions.
"It makes sense to use us to fight against the Jinwen School and then develop his own power, but don't we do the same thing? If Liu Xuande develops his own power, won't we benefit? We will Didn’t you gain any benefit?”
"In order to clean up the manpower deployed by the Jinwen School, haven't we deployed manpower? Don't you know the manpower he has deployed? Isn't it clear to everyone where his manpower is, in which county, and how many there are? ?"
"Yes, he did do some things that were not quite right, but at least he didn't hide it from anyone. He did everything upright, and he didn't deceive anyone or force anyone. Wasn't it always like this before? ?”
"He will tell us in advance what we should do, consult with us, and ask for our opinions. You have also said before that although he has power, he does not monopolize it. He is a very measured person who can control himself. , isn’t it?”
"To put it harshly, some of what he said is a bit excessive, but what he said makes sense. If you think about it carefully, without him, would we really be able to get to where we are today? Yuan Wei had to lead us through this Jinwen School, but it failed, didn’t it? The one who won in the end was Liu Xuande, didn’t he?”
"Without Liu Xuande leading the army to conquer the north and south, could we really defeat the Jinwen School now and achieve the status they once had? To be fair, I think it is impossible. His ability to conquer and fight is rare in ancient and modern times, except for Who can do it? Zheng Jun, Jia Jun, can you do it?"
(End of chapter)
