The three kings sacrificed to the river first and then to the sea." [Book of Rites·Xueji]
Others witnessed Ying Shao's transformation from escaping death to being re-appointed. Hopes of life were ignited in their eyes, and they began to recommend themselves to the emperor, saying that they had written some works, but these people
The emperor has never heard of any of his names, and even if he has heard of them, they are all people who are seeking fame and reputation, and most of these people are disciples and former officials of the Yuan family, so the emperor will not let him off lightly. He is tired of it.
He raised his hand and looked into the noisy crowd below: "Is Chen Lin here?"
Chen Lin stumbled out of the crowd with her palms in her hands, staggered and knelt down and bowed: "Sin Lin, please pay homage to Your Majesty."
"Chen Lin's article is well written." The emperor glanced at Chen Lin briefly and waved his hand to the side: "The rest"
Xu Chu understood, and immediately led his men to drag away all the Yuan family officials except Chen Lin. The palace was wailing for a while. They were limp and dragged out like dogs and chickens by the man in front of the palace, and they were beheaded and stood under the pillars.
Ying Shao and Chen Lin, who was kneeling on the ground in a daze, were also frightened. They were both glad that they had some merits that could be noticed by the emperor.
The man in front of the palace led a group of people outside the palace. When they dragged Guo Tu away, Guo Tu did not resist, but stood up on his own initiative. His eyes were calm and deep. Although he did not look at anyone, he
Knowing that someone looking at him would definitely understand the painstaking efforts he had made in the end. When it was the turn of Chen Yi, who was seriously injured, to be pulled away, someone suddenly came forward to intercede with the emperor, saying that Chen Yi was the son of Taifu Chen Fan
, who had been wronged for many years and went astray for a while, thinking that he had not done too much wrong, he asked the emperor to spare his life.
The emperor looked at Chen Yi who was lying on the ground with unruly eyes, and said with a smile: "Since he is a famous minister, he should be lenient, but he has not seen him willing to admit his guilt."
Chen Yi covered the wound on his waist with one hand while glaring at the emperor. Those who interceded for him were sweating for him, secretly cursing this man for being so confused before he died. As long as he pleads guilty, wouldn't it be great to return to his hometown to continue the Chen family's bloodline?
good?
"Death is a common thing that everyone must go through, so why should I be afraid?" Chen Yi neither called a criminal nor a common citizen. He said stubbornly: "I am just ashamed of my late father..."
After saying this, his voice lowered, and no one knew what he was ashamed of.
After looking at each other for a moment, the emperor looked away first. He had seen this resentful look on another person a long time ago. The chaotic government of previous generations had caused indelible pain to many people. The world is free for itself.
Dong Zhuo became increasingly chaotic in the future, and it was precisely because of the chaotic political situation in previous generations that many people lost their support. Although the emperor tried to restore him, once he came into contact with Chen Yi's eyes, he knew that some grudges could not be resolved.
After the emperor waved someone to take Chen Yi down, he turned his attention to Tian Feng and said, "Do you have anything to say, Mr. Tian?"
"I'm about to leave with my lord, why don't I say anything more!" Tian Feng smiled generously, stood up and bowed to the emperor.
Jushou suddenly walked out from the side, and said to the emperor with a solemn face: "Your Majesty, Tian Feng and I are old acquaintances, and now I can't help it. Please give him a ride."
"Go." The emperor did not pardon any Jizhou scholars this time. Many Jizhou scholars, including Tian Feng, were escorted outside the palace. With their deaths, the entire powerful forces in Hebei will be severely damaged. This is
The price that the defeated must bear is also the consequence that the rebels must accept.
Jushuo was disappointed and sad in his heart. He was disappointed that the emperor had not spoken to persuade him to surrender, and he was sad that Tian Feng was still stubbornly willing to die for Yuan Shao. He followed Tian Feng until he left the palace gate, but before he spoke, Tian Feng
He turned around first and asked, "When did it start?"
"What?" Jushou didn't react for a moment.
"Have you had contact with the imperial court a long time ago?" Tian Feng's face was neither happy nor angry. He quietly watched the group of people kneeling in rows in the square in front of the palace, while he was intimidated by others.
Concerned about Ju Shou, no one came to touch him for a while: "Is it through Ju Jun? I have said before that your nephew is very good."
"Yuan Hao..." Jushou suddenly felt guilty, as if he wanted to find an explanation, an explanation that he had contacted the court in private but didn't know Tian Feng.
"I will definitely oppose you on such a big matter." Tian Feng looked at it very lightly and said softly: "It's okay if you don't tell me. Everyone is selfish. Although you and I are good friends, we are not good friends.
... From now on, how far Jizhou scholars can go in the court depends entirely on you."
"Yuan Hao." Jushou bowed and bowed to Tian Feng. His voice was choked with sobs, and he lowered his head and burst into tears several times. He admitted that he did have selfish motives in this matter, and had also thought about convincing Tian Feng when the time was right.
They started an incident together, but later because of his hesitation, he took the initiative to alienate contact with the court, so he forgot about it. At this time, the minister in front of the palace was impatient, and began to ignore his status as an admonishing doctor, and forcefully
Tian Feng pulled him to his place and knelt down.
Jushu didn't dare to look anymore, and hurriedly turned around and walked back. His son Juhu, who had been imprisoned by Yuan Shao after Jushu surrendered, was released at this time. He hadn't even taken off his prison uniform, and saw Jushu walking up the steps.
Steady, hurriedly went over to hold him up.
Just listen to Tian Feng shouting during the execution: "Winning or losing is not up to you, success or failure depends on God, what a pity, what a pity!"
Jushou suddenly felt remorseful. He beat his chest and cried loudly, as if he had done the worst thing in his life.
The faint sound of beheadings coming from outside the palace did not affect the solemn atmosphere in the palace. After the emperor ordered the execution of a group of Yuan's 'ghosts', he named them by name: "Yuan Gongli, do you still want to live?"
The emperor asked with a smile and a gentle tone, as if he would let Yuan Shu go if he begged for mercy.
However, Yuan Shu seemed to have taken everything lightly. He bowed to the emperor in a polite manner and said: "Logically speaking, the guilty minister should not have asked for anything, but the guilty minister saw that His Majesty was kind and generous, so he boldly asked for it."
The emperor squinted his eyes and asked, "What are you begging for?"
"Your Majesty, please behead the guilty ministers when the weather is clear." Yuan Shu said word for word. He seemed very confident that the emperor would agree to his strange request.
The emperor raised his eyebrows in surprise, but after thinking about it for a moment, he nodded in agreement: "Okay, my son, you must die with dignity."
Yuan Shu knelt down beside Yuan Shao again and thanked him.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty..." After being frightened for a long time, Liu Shuo, who was fidgeting, finally remembered to speak: "I was confused for a moment... I was confused for a moment... I made a big mistake, and I have dishonored my ancestors. Please forgive me for being the emperor of Xiaohuan."
For the sake of Zong Zuo Wuji...please, Your Majesty...please have mercy on Your Majesty!"
"Are you confused for a moment?" The emperor was amused by the trembling fat on his body. He looked at the two plates inadvertently, and his eyes darkened: "If you really want to refuse the throne, who can't refuse it?
?When Liu Yu was supported by Yuan Shao, Han Fu and others, why did he reject it so simply? As a vassal king, there were many stories in ancient times about stubborn refusals, so why don't you use it? "
Liu Shuo lowered his head with a gloomy expression.
Ma on the side was unconvinced and said: "Your Majesty was never the prince, so wasn't he also the vassal king who ascended the throne? When Emperor Xiaohuan died, his second brother was still alive. If it weren't for the obstruction by the powerful ministers, how could the throne be transferred to Jiedu Pavilion!
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"presumptuous!"
"Be bold!"
Immediately, someone jumped out and denounced Ma's treason, and Ma also broke her pot and kept throwing tantrums on the ground, saying that her son Liu Kui had been framed to death, and also talked about her pitiful life experience. Her resentment has been going on for many years.
, Encouraging Liu Shuo to become emperor was just to disrupt the Liu family. Ma family's mind was almost crazy, and the emperor had to take them all away.
On the second day after Nanpi was conquered by the imperial court, the long-gloomy sky suddenly shone brightly, and the sun slanted golden light from the clouds. Everyone who saw it regarded it as auspicious.
On this day, Yuan Shu was beheaded by the emperor's order at noon. Yuan Shao's wives and children were also tortured with him. Immediately afterwards, the emperor announced that he would abolish the pseudo-emperor's reign title of "Xingping" and give Liu Shuo and Ma's poisonous wine.
, and also abolished Anping State and Pingyuan State, and replaced the prime minister with the governor.
After Nanpi was conquered, the emperor's liquidation of the Yuan family's rebellion did not stop with the killing of a group of people. He planned to further offend their families, confiscate their property, and move all the family members to Yanmen or Shangjun.
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The emperor thought that what he wanted to liquidate was only the criminals who supported the false emperor, but he did not know that this would make many people die and mourn. Many scholars who had close relations with these people petitioned the emperor to think that it would not be easy to pacify the world, and it was time to implement benevolent government.
On the grounds that the crime was not as serious as that of his family. In addition to the Jizhou scholars who went to the Shu to plead, the affected Ruying scholars also began to go to the Shu to dissuade him.
Faced with resistance from all sides, the emperor did not give up. Instead, he asked Chen Lin, who had newly surrendered, to write a harsh yet gorgeous article. In the article, in addition to describing the various crimes of the Yuan family's treason, it also dealt with the consequences.
After summing up, Shao cited the conditions for genocide in the "Han Code" to prove the legitimacy of the emperor's crime and his family members. At the end of the article, Chen Lin severely criticized the Yuan family, and even advocated that scholars all over the world should follow this example.
As a warning, be loyal to the Han Dynasty, otherwise even a hundred-year-old lintel will not escape the punishment of heaven.
This "Zhichen Yuan Family's Great Rebellion" was published in the form of an edict and was quickly announced to the world. The public opinion that originally hoped that the emperor would implement benevolent government was quickly suppressed by Chen Lin's article. Who is still taking the blame now?
If the subject's family pleads for mercy, the label of defending treason will be slapped on his head.
After the emperor won for a while, he immediately sent an edict to Liu Ai, the governor of Runan, ordering him to confiscate all the land and property of the Yuan family in Runan and make them official officials. All the descendants of the Yuan family, no matter how far or near, must migrate to Jiaozhi.
With the power of victory, the emperor severely liquidated a group of rebellious powerful people represented by the Yuan family. Even when Emperor Guangwu revived the Han Dynasty, he never liquidated the powerful powerful people who supported Wang Mang's usurpation of the throne. The emperor's thunderous move,
In the minds of the scholars who had finally settled down, turmoil arose again.
The one who first aroused panic was Liu Yu, who had presided over the sacrificial ceremony for Emperor Xiaoling and his family ancestors at Jiedu Pavilion. Through various channels and people, he found out what the emperor said when he refuted Liu Shuo. Listen.
When the story of the emperor was mentioned again, Liu Yu's experience of being almost proclaimed emperor was used as an example. Liu Yu was so frightened that he could not stand still. He hurriedly excused himself to preside over the repair of several cemeteries, and sacrifices in the ancestral temple cost too much.
In order to be healthy, I don't see any outsiders when I am sick in my residence.
He naturally knew why the emperor would always dwell on this matter from time to time, and he also understood why once the emperor's "casual talk" was uttered, it was spread from distant Nanpi to several people within a day or two.
A solution hundreds of miles away.
On the one hand, the emperor wanted to warn him and beat him, but on the other hand, some people wanted to push him out and lead the trouble.
When Liu Yu was alone, the more he thought about it, the more frightened he became. His hair turned a lot whiter overnight. The situation at this time actually frightened him more than when he learned that Gongsun Zan died because of him. Soon, Liu Yu read the official announcement,
The decision was made immediately after the talented scholar Chen Lin wrote the "Zhichen Yuan Family's Great Rebellion".
He personally went to court to plead guilty. Not only did he bluntly admit that since he led the army, he had made successive miscalculations on Gongsun Zan and the expedition against Yuan Xi, which almost caused the court to fall into an unfavorable situation. He also deeply reflected on the things he faced when he was the shepherd of Youzhou.
The temptations of Yuan Shao and Han Fu actually only adhered to their principles and resisted severely, but they did not completely draw a clear line between them. They even went to Shu to ask for orders to attack them. Liu Yu confessed that he had lost his loyalty and had no morals and incompetence. At the end of the memorial, he asked the emperor to deprive him of his power.
He was given the title of Marquis of Xiangben to serve as a warning to others.
Liu Yu's wording in the memorial was particularly particular, which not only expressed his sincerity in confessing his guilt and self-examination, but also did not make it look like he was threatening the emperor by retreating in order to advance. It can be seen that Liu Yu really went to great lengths to write this memorial.
After racking his brains, when the emperor saw it, he understood that he had achieved his goal. He did not take away Liu Yu's marquis at once, but only cut half of his food.
Receiving such a punishment did not completely reassure Liu Yu, and he used the excuse of being ill to resign from his only remaining official position as governor of Bingzhou. The emperor could not go too far, he also needed Liu Yu to care for the barbarians, so that's why
He rejected Liu Yu's request and gave him a lot of tonics, indicating that the matter would be over.
However, the turmoil about this matter has not yet subsided. Seeing that the powerful people who had had many interactions with them in the past were confiscated and punished by the government, the scholars in Hebei were panic-stricken. They also heard rumors from Nanpi from Pingmo: The Emperor
It seems that in order to carry out this policy thoroughly, Wang Yi, the governor of Hedong, was deliberately appointed as the governor of Jizhou.
It is said that the powerful people in Hedong rebelled under the instigation of Yuan Shao. After being quelled by the emperor himself, almost all the powerful people in Hedong were liquidated and wiped out. The Wei family, a century-old wealthy family, also collapsed, leaving only the Pei family and the Guanqiu family.
There are only a few others. And the person responsible for presiding over the post-war liquidation in Hedong, as well as a series of restraints on powerful people and the implementation of various new policies, was Wang Yi, a native of Beidi County, Liangzhou.
In this regard, Wang Yi can be said to have ‘rich’ experience.
The scholars in Jizhou realized that the emperor's intention was more than that, and the scholars in Yingchuan had no motivation to move forward or retreat together because Wang Yi's transfer to Jizhou had nothing to do with them.
This forced everyone to turn their attention to the admonishment official Jushou, who although his official position was weak, his intelligence and reputation were deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.