"When a country is about to prosper, there must be auspiciousness. When a country is about to fall, there must be monsters." Zhongyong in the Book of Rites
These counselors under Yuan Shao are not fools. Who doesn’t have a foundation created by their ancestors? In the past, it was because the Han Dynasty collapsed and the world collapsed, but the Yuan family was willing to be driven by them because of their reputation. Now they are facing
After a big change, the central government regained its strength. How many people would be willing to follow him and continue to fight against the court?
His eyes glanced vaguely at the faces of Tian Feng, Ju Sue, Guo Tu, Chun Yuqiong and others who were sitting separately. Although all of them had calm faces and sincere attitudes, they were the same as usual.
, but Yuan Shao knew that some of these people must have changed their minds.
This was a groundless guess, but it made Yuan Shao particularly convinced. He did not think that this was due to him breaking his halberd and sinking in the sand at Huguan Pass. After realizing the authority of the emperor, he felt guilty and fearful for a while and extended it to others.
It caused suspicion. Instead, he believed that this was a premeditated plan. If not, why was it that he had been unable to do anything for so long? Why didn't the secret arranged by the court make any secret obstruction to the emperor's personal expedition?
Yuan Shao believed that some of his subordinates must have had different intentions, and perhaps communicated with the court, otherwise their intelligence would never have led to this.
Of course, these are all unfounded things. No matter how fearful and suspicious Yuan Shao is in his heart, he has to be generous and generous on the outside. And now is not the time to look for moles. The first thing is to stabilize people's hearts and give themselves
Next, he continued to segregate the regions and find a persuasive reason to resist the imperial court and drag them all into the water.
Otherwise, Tian Feng and the others would have a great escape route and could turn around and follow the emperor. However, he had made many mistakes while the imperial court was weak, and it would not be so easy to turn back: "Eh!"
He deliberately made a look of regret and sighed with emotion: "The emperor is young and wise, and he has restored the situation within a year. At first, I really thought it was God who would not abandon the Han Dynasty. However, I recently heard that what happened in Guanzhong
Several things have come together in the past, but I really can’t let go of them, and I even have some doubts.”
Tian Feng and others were shocked, vaguely aware that Yuan Shao's words must be of great importance. Their thoughts suddenly changed, and they all straightened up to show their respect.
Yuan Shao rolled his eyes and said worriedly: "Do you still remember the solar eclipse on the first day of this year?"
"The solar eclipse on New Year's Day shocked the common people everywhere. Now that Ming Gong mentions it, he still remembers it." Guo Tu, Tian Feng and others had already fallen into deep thought because of this, but Chunyu Qiong had not yet figured out the key points. He was just cooperating.
He answered.
Yuan Shao nodded and sighed: "I heard that if the emperor is not filial to the emperor, there will be a solar eclipse and the stars will move. In previous years, there was a solar eclipse in Zhengshuo, the three lights were dark, and the five latitudes were disordered. Therefore, since the emperor was filial, the country has
Zuo has always been unhappy, and emperors such as Xiao Chong and Xiao Zhi often died young. I'm afraid this is the fault of heaven."
Jushou opened his eyes slightly and opened his mouth. After a long time, he said with some uncertainty: "Ming Gong, you mean that this solar eclipse is also a sign of destiny? I don't think it is like this. Even when Emperor Xiaozhang and Xiaoming were there,
There has been a solar eclipse, not to mention that the country has also dismissed the Taiwei according to the system, so I think everything will be fine."
"It's great if that's the case." Yuan Shao looked meaningfully at Ju Shou, who had been silent until he spoke at this time, and said dullly: "If you think about the many disasters and warnings in the past few years, but in the past, there were so many disasters and warnings.
Than?"
Without waiting for anyone to say anything, Yuan Shao just listed them one by one: "On Renchen in the second month of the first year of Chuping, a white rainbow penetrated the sky. On Yisi in the third month, that is, when the imperial court moved the capital to Chang'an and the country was fortunate enough to have the Yangtze Palace for the first time,
It rained heavily, and the day was like night. In the eleventh month of Gengxu, Zhenxing, Yinghuo, and Taibai came together at the end. There was another earthquake in June of the second year of Chuping. In September, Chiyou's flag was seen in the corner, and all kinds of things like this were seen in Kang.
It has to make people think more.”
Guo Tu's expression changed. Faced with this kind of thing, even he, who had always followed Yuan Shao's orders, said with some hesitation: "At that time, Dong Zhuo conspired to rebel and corrupt the government. This should be God's fault.
For that, it is not necessarily a national crime."
"I think so too, but after all, the country has produced disasters less than two years after he ascended the throne, far more disasters than the previous generations. I thought it was not just Dong Zhuo's fault." Yuan Shao glanced at Guo Tu, with a sneer on his face.
, and continued: "If it was just before the pro-government, and after the pro-government, the disasters disappeared, it would be better to say that the Han Dynasty was destined to be a Han Dynasty, but what about this year? There was a solar eclipse on the first day of the year, and in March, a house outside Xuanping Gate in Chang'an broke down.
.In June, I heard from Xu You that there was a strong wind in Fufeng, and there was actually hail in the summer. Mount Hua, which had never had any trouble, collapsed at this time, and the Tengu star, which foretells chaos, also moved northwest."
Everyone frowned and was speechless. How could they not know the meaning of Yuan Shao's words at this time? The frequency of disasters in the past three or four years was far higher than before. The previous emperors had only encountered disasters a few times in several years. Today, this emperor is rumored to be
Guangwu was the second emperor, and the emperor who had the appearance of rejuvenation almost immediately gathered signs of star changes, solar eclipses, landslides, natural disasters and other phenomena that portended decline.
In the past two years, Dong Zhuo's chaos could still be used as an explanation, but this year the emperor was in charge personally, and all his ministers were well-known and respected ministers. If a disaster occurred, who else could be blamed?
Although Tian Feng and others are afraid of these mysterious disasters from the bottom of their hearts, it does not mean that they completely believe that these things will have any predictions. The laws of nature are consistent, and they will not survive for Yao or perish for Jie.
Although everyone doesn’t say it with their mouths, they are generally convinced in their hearts.
In order to make them agree with the idea that the emperor's virtue is unworthy and despised by heaven, so that they can continue to oppose Yuan Shao and the court, in addition to the grand excuse of disaster, more practical benefits are needed to impress people.
Yuan Shao also knew this. After throwing out an opening sentence, he got to the point: "If you want to govern the world, you must have a wise king and wise ministers. The two cannot be independent. What is the real way to govern the world? You know better than me.
.The country seems to have done a lot of good governance since taking office, but once detailed, there are many mistakes and omissions. For example, when he was appointed as a capable minister, he made the rebel Dong Cheng ascend to the throne, and even chose his daughter to be the middle palace to open farmland in Guanzhong, but he took advantage of the powerful.
The Imperial Academy was established in the land, but the last majors such as business and economics were established alongside Confucian classics to increase the national use, but the salt and iron monopoly was reopened. This was a bad government during the reign of Emperor Xiaowu. In addition, the country was unsympathetic by nature, and Wang Situ had meritorious deeds in punishing Dong.
But he was deposed and his methods were very cruel. Not to mention how Li Jue and other surrenderers were killed, but it is self-evident what the fate of Fan Xian, Cheng Yin and others in Hedong would be after they rebelled one after another."
Yuan Shao planned to use disasters to question the emperor's prestige, and then hinted at the emperor's many political methods, which seemed to be on the path of suppressing powerful families. Now he is reopening the salt and iron of Emperor Xiaowu, but what about the future?
Tell me, how many wealthy families have been ruined by moving to the throne? The emperor has no such plan now, who knows in the future? The emperor's behavior is too uncontrollable and too dangerous.
If the emperor wants to monopolize power in the future and really wants to do this, will they have the strength like today to unite and fight back against the emperor? With the emperor's current ability and means, he may not be able to protect his family by then.
If you really want to fight back, why not do it now?