Dynasties rise and fall for their own reasons.
Emperor Guangwu of Shizu wiped out all the heroes in ten years, and the Han Dynasty was appointed again. Due to the damage in Guanzhong, the immortal family said that Luoyang had a kingly spirit, so it was established in Luoyang. It has been nearly a hundred years since then.
The ills of the world are worse than those of the previous dynasties.
The world is turbulent, like a surging river, hitting the shore hard, and there is nothing to stop it.
It's midsummer, the heat wave is rolling, but the mountains are cool, with gurgling streams, lush vegetation, and giant trees rising into the sky.
"Xilulu."
"Rumble!"
The sound of horse hooves and the sound of carriages turning on uneven ground echoed in the valley. A group of dozens of people turned the corner of the mountain and turned onto another relatively flat road.
"Mr. Zhongju and I have been traveling for dozens of miles. Do we need a break?"
At first, a knight asked the nobleman in the carriage loudly, with admiration in his eyes.
"No need, leave here quickly. The eunuchs in the inner court are treacherous and vicious and will not let it go."
As soon as he finished speaking, a series of piercing sounds came from everyone's ears. Some knights were shot through the chest by arrows before they could react, leaving a hole as big as a bowl. Their eyes were confused and they were swaying. Get off the horse.
"Enemy attack!"
The knight who was wearing leather armor was so dizzy when he saw this, that it was only then that he saw some fully armed knights in armor.
Wearing armor in this season is simply a torture. It can be seen that these people came with the intention of killing.
Everyone who was still alive froze in place.
The scholar sitting in the carriage walked out. He was about forty years old and looked upright.
Facing the heavily armed knights, he said proudly: "You are definitely not sent by His Majesty.
Which regular attendant came to kill me? I have absolutely no luck today, I just want to be a sensible person. "
There was silence in the field. After a slight tilt, behind the knights, a slightly high-pitched "Jie Jie Jie" laughter sounded, and a white-faced eunuch with no beard, a face like tree bark, and ravines came out.
"Zhongju Gong is indeed a man who can stabilize Liaodong alone. He even guessed that I was not sent by His Majesty.
Your Majesty will not kill you because of your merits, but will only let you return to your hometown.
But Chang Shi was innocently humiliated and framed by a treacherous traitor like you, so I can't keep you in this world. "
Chen Fan was about to speak, but when he saw a soldier raising his hand, the lining of his armor was vaguely exposed, and it was a bright red color. His heart suddenly became cold. He thought it was really the palace attendant who sent someone to chase him. Kill him.
But without the emperor's approval, how could the eunuchs send out guards like the Royal Yulin?
Either he was transferred privately, or he was ordered by the emperor. No matter what the situation was, it would chill the hearts of a loyal man like him.
"Royal Yulin!"
Hearing Chen Fan's words, the eunuch's face changed drastically, and he immediately waved his hands and shouted loudly: "Shoot arrows, charge!"
Whoosh!
Boom, boom, boom!
Dozens of arrows shot through the air, and then there was the dust and smoke raised when the horses' hooves stepped down, and blood flew out and spilled, falling to the ground, mixing with the loess.
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A scholar leader, who had served as a high-ranking official, was killed by bandits on his way back home. This almost instantly ignited the anger of the entire Han Dynasty scholar.
All the spearheads are directed at the palace attendants.
The Kingdom of England.
In the Yinghou Mansion, the Yinghou couple leaned against each other quite casually.
The Yinghou looks quite beautiful and majestic, but there is no holy mark between his eyebrows. He is not a direct descendant.
His wife is naturally three points better than him. Her skin is as white as snow, smooth and tender, and there is a trace of holy mark between her eyebrows, which adds a bit of holiness. Several beauties in history have blessed the Luo girl with a sufficiently high appearance.
The Yinghou Luochuan held up the wine flask and poured it into his mouth, and said: "Madam, Chen Fan and Chen Zhongju died in Taishi Mountain. Nowadays, scholars think that it was the palace attendant who did it."
Luo Qian rubbed the wine glass in her hand and sighed: "Maybe it's the eunuch, maybe it's the emperor.
It is a pity that Chen Zhongju was a rare man of practicality and noble moral character among scholars, and he had made great contributions to the Han Dynasty, but he died at the hands of eunuchs.
The scholar group is now obsessed with fame and fortune. They are no longer the people they were a hundred years ago. They fought against the imperial power at the top and controlled the powerful at the bottom.
If an upright scholar like Chen Zhongju is innocently killed, the conflict between the scholar group and the emperor will further intensify, and trouble will follow again.
The sect of Confucian classics is really invincible forever. "
This is an eternal paradox in political struggle.
A political group that initially had a positive political tendency will have some relatively positive figures and some quite negative figures.
But the positive characters always charge into battle and are framed and killed.
In the end, the entire political group slipped into an unpredictable abyss.
Later generations will say that they killed them right, and how they actually did.
But how innocent are those who have suffered so much in prison and prayed for the people?
This is like a long-circulated comment, "All the warriors with faith died in that war, and the moths occupy the high position. When it collapses, don't forget that there were so many great people." "
Whether it is in the form of a family or in the form of master-disciple inheritance, the most terrifying thing about the Confucian sect is that they are the ones who confer the qualifications of scholars.
There is also something extremely scary.
If a force completely becomes a private enterprise and completely blocks the upward channel, that is also a good thing, because this force will soon be defeated and then trampled underfoot.
The most terrifying thing is that although these Confucian sects value family members, they do not entirely rely on blood. They have a sense of crisis. The competition among scholars is very fierce, and talent and moral character are equally important.
If you are really talented, marriages from high-ranking families and various financial aids will come to you in droves.
A child from a poor family will have all kinds of lofty ambitions when he sees the wealth of a wealthy family when he is slightly cold, and he will even be determined to open a way for the poor family.
But he really has the support of a big boss, a lovely wife and concubines, gold, silver and jewels, a smooth journey, and the opportunity to say goodbye to poverty once and for all.
How many people would refuse because of their original ambition?
As a general concept, the reason why the scholar group is powerful is that they absorb all geniuses into it.
There is a natural barrier between the emperor and his ministers.
In terms of attracting talents and making them have a sense of belonging, the emperor can never be better than the scholars.
After listening to what his wife said, Luochuan muttered: "A few days ago, the emperor gave many rewards to various families, and also asked him to become an official for his husband.
This emperor loved money as much as his life, and he was even willing to give up rewards.
Moreover, the position of Jiuqing was not cheap, and he was actually willing to give it to him. This shows how dissatisfied the emperor was with the court.
He wanted to use the reputation of the British Marquis Luo to suppress the scholars. "
Luo Qian answered: "After that failed, he began to use eunuchs to suppress the scholars, and regarded the entire scholar group as an imaginary enemy. This is a path to self-destruction!
However, I still didn't expect that the conflict between the scholars and the emperor would be so serious that a scholar leader of Chen Zhongju's level, and a meritorious official, would die in an assassination. "
Luo Chuan straightened his body and said, "Madam, Chen Zhongju's relatives and friends, as well as the scholars who have always admired Chen Zhongju, will never give up. A large number of officials will definitely write letters demanding severe punishment of the eunuchs.
With the strong character of His Majesty the Emperor, direct confrontation is probably inevitable.
How do we do it? "
Luo Qian faced the wine glass in front of her, raised it, and drank it in one gulp. Her white and plain wide sleeves covered her beautiful face, and her clear voice said, "Chen Zhongju's disciples and relatives may be affected.
Follow the usual practice and hide those public-spirited heroes and don't let them become victims of the power struggle. "
Because the contradiction between the court and the people was too great, eunuchs who were considered treacherous and sycophantic in the court were in power, so they generally sympathized with the persecuted scholars and heroes.
After experiencing the Wang Mang Rebellion, it became very ambiguous for ministers to hold power.
The emperor may have lost a lot at the local level, but at the central and county levels, he has greatly strengthened. The power cannot be competed by the scholars. The emperor will kill whoever he says.
Moreover, scholars are different from former military aristocrats.
Military nobles really know how to go to Luo with their swords in hand, because they have a stake in the world, and if the emperor fails, just change him.
These Taoist scholar-officials were fine, but the mainstream Confucian scholar-officials were resistant to touching the throne.
Under this situation, the scholars were naturally suppressed and beaten, and those who were implicated were usually considered to be persecuted, and there was a conflict between the law and people's hearts.
Hiding a hero who is wanted by the court is a popular thing in the world.
When the amnesty comes out, the court will not be able to pursue them all.
…
Chen Fan's death ignited the anger in the hearts of the scholars against the eunuchs' manipulation of power, and letters with fierce words were sent to the Ministry of Education.
"Zhongju Gong is a wise minister who assists the king. Can such a minister kill at will?
The Yan State in Liaodong was at the pass, and the counties could not be controlled. It was Zhong Jugong who went to Youyou alone to unite the two states and integrate the counties, so that the Yan State in Liaodong retreated and contributed to the great Han Dynasty.
Such a meritorious official was dismissed from his post and even killed in the wilderness because of a memorial that criticized the eunuchs. It is really chilling.
Your Majesty, please issue an order to kill the envoys and replace them with regular attendants, so as to calm the hearts of the people in the world. "
As soon as the petition arrived at the stage, it was taken away directly, and all the petitions were left unpublished. The palace was quiet as if it was completely unaware of the matter.
He just gave Chen Fan a posthumous title step by step, and chose a relatively superior posthumous title, as if he wanted to use this to block Youyou's mouth.
This behavior made Chen Fan's relatives and friends even more angry.
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When the Han Dynasty reached the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was a striking feature, that is, it was divided at the county level. Above the county and below the county, the two sides fought for completely different goals. The struggle for power at the upper level hardly affected the lives of the people at the bottom.
However, the gradual deterioration of the lives of the people at the bottom is eroding the foundation of the Empire State Building all the time. This is the most colorful era, with the cries and shouts of ordinary people and heroes intertwined. ——"The Rise and Fall of the Han Dynasty"
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