In the Early Han Dynasty, the nobles and scholars were very powerful, but in the Later Han Dynasty, only relatives could fight the eunuchs, and all the resistance of the scholars would end in failure.
After the emperor issued an edict criticizing him and showed his unrepentant attitude, Luo Chuan knew that the big man was going to die.
In the Yinghou Mansion, a group of scholars were sitting on their knees, all of different ages, looking gloomy and gloomy.
The emperor pardoned the death penalty, but only restricted the political future of these scholars. All the scholars who had escaped could return to their hometowns.
These scholars directly raised their hands to the ground, then lowered their heads to the ground, and actually performed three kowtows and nine bows to Luochuan, the most solemn bow of the head. This is a etiquette that can only be performed when ministers pay homage to the king during a grand ceremony.
Naturally, Luochuan quickly stopped him, but even the most rigid Confucian scholar insisted on finishing the ceremony.
"Mr. Zichuan, without your protection, I am afraid that the old man, all his disciples and all the scholars will die at the hands of the eunuchs.
This kind of rebirth is just a courtesy, and it's really not too much. "
Luo Chuan shook his head and said: "This is nothing. I can only do my best. The edict of imprisonment has not been lifted yet. Is there anything you want to do after returning home?"
Upon hearing the word "imprisonment", everyone fell silent. The grief and anger in their eyes was almost uncontrollable, and there was no way of knowing how deep the despair should be.
Cultivate oneself, manage one's family, govern the country, and bring peace to the world!
Which scholar does not have the great wish to govern the country and bring peace to the world?
Which scholar has not made bold statements to King Yao and Shun?
Serve the king, build great achievements, safeguard the country, and preserve the world.
All ruined.
The king who wanted to be loyal to them abandoned them and accused them of being traitors. Some scholars could not accept it and committed suicide directly. Some scholars did not like to find problems in themselves, so they thought that there must be something wrong with the emperor.
There was silence in the room for a long time before someone spoke up and said: "I am old and I am afraid that I will not see the edict of imprisonment being lifted.
The imperial edict affected the three clans and five services, as well as his friends and disciples. Even if he wanted to recruit apprentices and teach, the disciples would not have the opportunity to become officials.
Then he returned to his hometown to engrave scriptures so that poor students could study. Perhaps among them there would be talents who could revitalize the Han Dynasty.
When we meet the Mingjun Holy Master, the imprisoning edict will definitely be lifted. At that time, the revitalization of the Han Dynasty can be attributed to my contribution. "
This is a typical Confucian scholar-official. Even though he was forced to this point, he still wanted to revitalize the dynasty.
He is pretty good, because he at least said that the current emperor is not a wise king.
Even up to this situation, Confucians attributed the cause to the eunuchs' manipulation of power, and were unwilling to blame the emperor, thinking that the emperor and father were just deceived.
Some young scholars are confused and don't know where they will go in the future. Do they really want to spend their lives in the countryside like this?
Some of them had a hint of hostility in their eyes, especially those who were born in the Meng family, and they even had the idea of leaving the Yan Kingdom in Liaodong and leading an army south to destroy the Han Dynasty.
The king treats his ministers like grass and grass, while the ministers regard him as a bandit!
Destiny rotates.
The thousand-year-old sacred kingdom has finally achieved its destiny.
Can Han Ting always be ordered?
Countless complicated thoughts filled everyone's minds and then left.
…
Luo Qian knelt down at the table, warming wine, and said calmly: "My dear, you are famous all over the world, and the number of scholars who come to visit you is like the crucian carp crossing the river.
The last time he killed the eunuch's son, the emperor calmed down and didn't think anything of it.
Now you are walking with the scholars, but you have violated the emperor's taboo.
Next time there is a big disaster, if you can't find a suitable reason, the family will not be able to save your life unless you run away. "
Luochuan stood in front of the window, stroking the wine bottle in his hand.
He recalled that in the past few days, even the families belonging to the five surnames had begun to persuade him to forget it, and the most famous Confucian classics families in the world had written to him, saying that writing further letters would anger the emperor even more. Just wait until the next opportunity.
He said with a trace of sadness: "This is a sign of death for the big man.
The emperor and ministers were racking their brains to retain their power.
The vision will be narrowed to that of the imperial court, and the problems of the world will be ignored.
These people are obsessed with winning the power struggle, but they don't know that the world is already riddled with holes. "
Both husband and wife were silent for a moment. It was impossible to stop fighting. This was human nature, but fighting without breaking up was the normal way. Now the emperor directly broke his face.
Luo Chuan took a sip of wine and said worriedly: "These scholars all have their own talents.
It is not comparable to those eunuchs and relatives who can only be attached to the emperor.
A group of heroic people with great ambitions, capable of civil and military skills, and capable of governing the country and bringing peace to the world, are imprisoned among the people. This will greatly shake the rule of the empire.
In addition, he cooperated with the government to sell officials and confer nobility, built palaces wantonly, and frequently launched wars on all sides.
According to the current trend, Weifu estimates that the Han Dynasty will be at most a few decades away from the outbreak of chaos, and it is very likely that a great chaos will plunge the Han court into the abyss just like the late Qin Dynasty and the late Han Dynasty.
Will Emperor Guangwu come to level the world this time? "
Probably.
Luo Chuan was a little unsure. Although he was not the legitimate son of the Luo family, he was determined to marry a daughter of the Luo family since he was young because he was the only son of the previous Yinghou. He had been living in Zhaocheng and received the orthodox education of a Luo family.
He knew that the illusory theory of destiny existed objectively.
Destiny is not a coercive mechanism, but a biased mechanism.
If the destiny of the Han Dynasty had fallen, then naturally everyone would compete according to their own abilities.
But the Han Dynasty has only lasted three hundred years, which is too short compared to previous dynasties.
Luo Chuan speculated that the life given by God might not be over yet.
Under this situation, it is very likely that another ZTE leader will emerge to continue the Han Dynasty.
But judging from the current situation, the current emperor has no repentance and will go all the way to darkness.
Luo Qian stood up and walked to the window, side by side with Luo Chuan, and said calmly: "My dear, these scholars may not necessarily be imprisoned among the people.
The Yan Kingdom in Liaodong was booming, and many poor families went to the country.
If there are children from wealthy families in the Central Plains who are willing to go, wealth will be within reach.
During the Han Dynasty, facing the declining Han Dynasty, the children of the family actively worked to save the world, and even took the life of Duke Zhaozhongyi.
But the last time you returned to the family, you knew that the family had been indifferent to Han Ting.
Unlike today's nobles who dragged the Han Dynasty into the abyss, they were already very restrained.
After all, there is a passionate relationship between the two parties.
If you want to support Han Ting, the family will hardly provide you with help. "
Luo Qian's words were a little cold. When Luo Chuan heard the words, his lips moved slightly, and after a long time he said softly: "Madam, I understand.
But the Yinghou family has been passed down for three hundred years, and unlike other families in the world, it is sincere and loyal, and I cannot let it be cut off here.
The family will be passed down for thousands of years, tens of thousands of years, until the end of time.
The Yinghou will live and die with the rise and fall of the Han Dynasty.
Our child, I don’t know if he can withstand such pressure. "
Both husband and wife knew that when they were alive, the big man was not so corrupt that he would perish, but when their children grew up, they would encounter far worse situations than they did now.
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It's impossible to count how many people were imprisoned. After all, the imprisonment this time was for five people, plus there were disciples, the number was simply terrifying.
However, the occurrence of the disaster of party imprisonment did not seem to have any impact on the court, as it should be.
The emperor was very satisfied with this. This was his idea. Everyone would change if the imperial court left. No one was indispensable.
A large number of scholars left the court, leaving a lot of official positions vacant. The emperor was so excited that he sold three high-ranking officials for a good price, a full 100 million yuan.
The eunuchs who once again defeated the scholar-bureaucrats became more and more aggressive. Except for a few people, the rest of the regular servants and the eunuchs' children faced the silent court and the world, and they began to conquer more and more fiercely.
Not only the eunuchs' children, but also the powerful people in the local counties followed these people, either annexing the land, or gathering the people who could not survive after being conquered by the eunuchs' children into the family, becoming their tenant farmers, and becoming "Disappeared people" in the imperial household registration.
Vigorously, everyone is digging at the foundation of this huge dynasty, just waiting for it to collapse!
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"The Disaster of Party Imprisonment" was a political event that could not be avoided in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, and the consequences were extremely serious. It is recorded in "The Biography of Party Imprisonment" in the Book of the Later Han Dynasty that "the Disaster of Party Imprisonment resulted in hundreds of scholars being imprisoned and hundreds of dead, and the upright people were extinct in the court." , those who follow him will imprison his three clans and five robes."
In essence, this was a struggle for power within the ruling group, a confrontation between the scholar group representing ministerial power and the eunuch group representing imperial power.
The author usually only records this kind of political struggle without bias, but the disaster of party imprisonment is different.
Eunuchs are not impartial from either an objective or subjective perspective. The scholar-officials who stepped forward not only represent the voice of their own class. Compared with the eunuchs, these scholar-officials are also speaking out for the people, promoting integrity and denouncing lawlessness. justice.
The "Disaster of Party Confinement" was extremely harmful. It caused a group of more advanced scholars among the scholar class to alienate themselves from the Han Dynasty. It can be said that the foundation of the Eastern Han Dynasty's rule was completely shaken, and caused a series of subsequent negative consequences. ——"The Rise and Fall of the Han Dynasty"
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