More upright officials who had received favors from Chen Fan, students from Imperial College, Chen Fan's colleagues, and some nobles all jointly signed the letter again. There were dozens of people in total, all of whom were relatively famous people.
It demanded that eunuchs be prohibited from intervening in politics, and listed the various crimes committed by the eunuchs' children in the countryside, such as occupying land, intimidating the people, bullying men and women, and even coercing lower-level officials.
Because he was worried about the revenge of the people, he also made friends with the lawless gangsters and gathered the crowd. It can be said that it was a matter of anger.
But the emperor didn't believe it at all.
In other words, I believe it but don’t care.
Because the eunuchs were all his cronies, they helped him seize power from his relatives.
As for the people, he is indeed the father of the king, but how can he care about the people he has never seen?
The world is his private property, and he can give it to whoever he wants. Even families with five surnames can leave the Han Dynasty if they can't stand it. Now there are Xia countries in the Western Regions, Liaodong, and Lingnan that do not belong to the Han Dynasty.
Facing the emperor's silence, the scholars became increasingly angry. They did not struggle, waver, or give in. The emperor had to give an explanation.
We are the people of Zhuxia, serving as officials, and are ministers, not your slaves!
So he united more people to write again, demanding severe punishment for the eunuchs.
This time the emperor finally did not remain silent, but issued a violent decree directly accusing these scholars of being without kings and fathers.
Collusion to form a party, not thinking about serving the country, only pursuing personal gain!
The emperor's blatant rejection and rebuke chilled the hearts of upright scholars.
"What is His Majesty the Emperor doing?"
"Zhong Ju Gong died unjustly. Shouldn't we seek justice for Zhong Ju Gong?"
"How can a few eunuchs be compared with an important minister like Zhong Jugong?"
"What do we scholars who have read the books of sages and sages mean to us in the eyes of the emperor?"
"You treat your ministers like nothing!"
"You treat your ministers like nothing!"
Angry shouts were shouted out one after another, and then the eunuch who had been staring at the scholar heard about it.
Chang Shi was overjoyed when he heard this and quickly added jealousy to the emperor and said with tears: "Your Majesty, these scholars have formed a clique, but they don't know how to repent after being reprimanded by you?
What a disobedience!
The servants heard these scholars scolding each other in private and saying something like a king treating his ministers like a piece of grass.
Although this slave has never read the books of sages, he still knows what King Su said. Don’t these scholars regard you as their enemy?
How arrogant and without a king or father is this.
Do these people still think about Fengtian Jingnan? "
The emperor was furious when he heard this. He had been simmering with anger for a long time. He had previously given the five surnamed families power and positions, but the five surnamed families were unwilling to use their fame to suppress the scholars and were unwilling to take the blame for the emperor.
This made the emperor very dissatisfied.
If the ministers don’t take the blame for the king, will they still let the king make mistakes?
The emperor had not yet freed up his hands to punish the five families, but he did not expect that the scholars would bump into them at this time.
In the emperor's view, these scholars just couldn't figure out their identities. These people were either from a family of Confucian scholars, a wealthy family, or they were the children of great Confucian scholars.
Finally, there were a few talents who came from poor families, but they were quickly pulled away by high-ranking families, and even quickly changed their identities and became new wealthy families.
In the Han Dynasty, it only took one generation for the birth of a wealthy family, and only two generations of great scholars for the emergence of a Confucian family.
The emperor simply did not believe these people.
An edict was issued from the ban and posted in Luoyang, "What does Chen Fan want to do by raising students from the Imperial Academy and making friends with students from various counties?
Aren't they forming a party?
When you people jointly write letters to Chen Fan, aren't you the same party as Chen Fan?
I know that you people like to associate with scholars the most, to serve each other for personal gain, to form cliques, to plot to seize the country, to slander the court, and even to attack the king and father. It is simply treason.
I am kind-hearted and do not want to pursue you, the disciples of saints, but I don't know that you are extremely arrogant, slandering those who are close to you, criticizing your father, making irresponsible remarks, and secretly committing enemies.
I am angry.
Issue an edict.
The person who wrote the letter was Chen Fanyan, who was often the waiter, and was sent to prison to be executed.
His party members, disciples, relatives, friends, and close acquaintances were all imprisoned.
When such treacherous people leave the court, the world will surely be clear.
I will inform the commanderies of the Han Dynasty so that everyone in the world will know what I mean.
I will inform all the countries in Xia so that all the kings will know my intention. Those who travel to other countries should be sent back. "
As soon as this edict was issued, Luoyang fell into silence almost instantly. No one expected that the emperor's punishment would be so severe.
Where in the world can there be punishment for words?
What's more, the punishment was so heavy that nearly a hundred people were executed in prison, including more than 30 people in Luoyang. They were taken away to prison almost immediately after the edict was issued, and then died in prison.
The rest of the party members were in the county, survived, and ran away separately when they got the news.
Because the edict was to be issued to various counties, one must either escape from the Han Dynasty and enter areas that the Han Dynasty cannot control, or escape from the wealthy families who are not afraid of the court's investigation and hide.
These party members were basically all well-known people, many of whom had made great contributions to the country, but they did not expect to be imprisoned and died so easily.
…
The Kingdom of England.
The prefect received the order from the court to arrest the wanted criminals. He heard the news that the wanted criminals had fled to the Kingdom of Yinghou.
Given the status of the Ying Hou Kingdom, an ordinary eunuch would probably not even dare to visit.
At most, one report to the imperial court was the news that the party members were missing.
But this prefect is different. He is a disciple of Chang Shi.
After his uncle became a regular servant, he suddenly became prominent. In just a few years, he went from being a local ruffian to becoming a prefect because of his ability to make money.
Since Jiyan Taotian took office as the prefect, he has intensified his efforts and made countless money from counties and counties as a regular servant in the palace.
Not to mention the ordinary people, even the wealthy families in the county were forced to commit suicide by him.
A person like him would naturally be assassinated every three or two days.
If his uncle hadn't sent people to protect him tightly, and he himself was very cautious, he would have died countless times.
When facing the Ying Hou Kingdom, his first reaction was that he was rich and had many beauties, so he was easy to gain.
Facing the concerns of his subordinates, he just smiled wildly and said: "So what if I offend Marquis Ying?
At that time, I pinned down the daughter of the Liu family prince who had not left the cabinet, arrested him and put him in jail, and humiliated his wife next to him.
how?
He was just imprisoned, but he was pardoned after a few days. I was in prison, eating well and drinking well, and gained some weight.
Mr. Luo has heard of it.
If he is so powerful, why not become his own emperor?
I'm afraid it's just a lie.
If you have the ability, Marquis Ying will kill me! "
…
It turns out that if you offend Yinghou, you will really die!
This was the most real thought in his mind when he looked at the sharp sword passing through his heart. A large mouthful of blood gushes out of his mouth. The air in is not as good as the air out. He is about to die before his eyes.
He looked at the man in front of him with a look of disgust, as if he had killed a dog, and whispered: "Marquis Ying, aren't you afraid of His Majesty the Emperor's blame?"
"Yinghou?"
The man repeated, then sneered and said: "Who are you, and do you deserve to see the king?
I'm just the king's groom.
Junhou said that if you make rude remarks, he will be killed directly. It would be really unlucky for Junhou to take action against a piece of shit like you. "
Not the Marquis of Ying?
It's a groom!
He felt infinite shame. He was an important minister of the imperial court, a high official in the border areas, and a prefect who guarded the herdsman, but he died in the hands of a horseman.
Marquis Ying, you are going too far!
He wanted to shout this, but couldn't say anything. His vision went dark and he fell down.
"Carry the bodies of these people to the mass graves and feed them to the wild dogs."
The groom waved his hand casually, then looked at the blood on the ground, slapped his nose, and said with disgust on his face: "You are really dirtying the land of my British princes."
In the Hou Mansion.
Luo Chuan was holding his wife half in his arms, and the two of them were painting with a pen, as if they were completely unaware of the arrival of a prefect.
As for the screams, they are like a soundtrack, and the paintings become more and more freehand.
When there was a knock on the door, Luo Chuan said loudly: "Got it."
Then the footsteps gradually faded away. They looked at each other, smiled, and continued painting.
…
A prefect was brutally killed in the Kingdom of Ying!
This matter was really too big, and he was a son of a eunuch with a notorious reputation. The emperor's attendants were so angry that they immediately went to the emperor to cry.
The emperor did not expect that the Yinghou would be so bold as to directly kill an important minister worth two thousand dan, so he immediately issued a rather fierce accountability order.
In fact, this has surprised many people, because according to the emperor's previous approach, he should directly issue an order to arrest the Yinghou, and then put him in prison and execute him.
But now they are just issuing orders for accountability, which gives people a very stern and inward feeling.
Marquis Ying's reply spread quickly, "Prefect Zhang made rude remarks and insulted the Luo family.
I just killed him directly and left his body intact, which was already showing mercy.
Please tell your majesty to Zhang Changshi that there is no need to thank you personally.
The British princes do not like to receive foreign visitors. "
These words really left people speechless.
Everyone was speechless and looked at the sky. The sun was indeed high in the sky, and this world was still the same.
But why does Yinghou dare to be so domineering?
Insulting the Luo family?
It’s so damn good!
Don't talk about the emperor, even if heaven comes, it can't save him.
Emperor Su said it!
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Since the rise of the Han Dynasty, Zhuoran has had the beauty of righteousness and righteousness, and scholars have the spirit of chivalry. Resentment must be straightened out, kindness must be repaid, and death should be taken lightly but the spirit of righteousness is high.
The emperor brought his secrets with him, so he entered the private door, and his punishment was transferred to the common people. He walked around the world with a sword, which almost became a common custom.
As the Mohist disciples declined, Confucianism and Xuanxuan flourished, the emperor's relatives were eunuchs, and political commissars and eunuchs were appointed.
The scholars were resentful and built their own places. The scholars were attached to the officials of the court and the world was ashamed of them. They raised their spirits and criticized the ministers.
Therefore, the world likes loyal people and hates vassals. It is willing to destroy the family for a person and not to flatter the eunuch.
When Zhong Ju went to the disaster, it was like a burning fire cooking oil, and the customs became more and more prosperous! ——"Book of the Later Han·Biography of Dang Guo"
(End of chapter)
