Chapter 125 The Conspiracy of the Ten Permanent Attendants
There are many rules for serving as a Shi Chang Shi. Taking seats as an example, Zhang Rang is always on the right hand side.
The Han Dynasty respected the right and had a tendency to respect the right and the left. Because of this tendency, it even affected the views of later generations on "the superiority of the left and the inferior"!
During the Han Dynasty, there was a relatively clear record of "respecting the right and despising the left". Generally, when officials were demoted, they were called left movers.
Zhao Yi of the Qing Dynasty also mentioned in "Qi Yu Cong Kao": "In the two Han Dynasties, the right was respected and the left was respected, and it has been customized for a long time."
The Han Dynasty inherited the Qin system, and the tradition of "respecting the right" in the Han Dynasty may also come from the rules and regulations of the Qin Dynasty.
It is more obvious that the status of the right prime minister in the Han Dynasty was higher than that of the left prime minister.
In the early Han Dynasty, Chen Ping and Zhou Bo made great contributions in pacifying the Zhulu Rebellion. After Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty succeeded to the throne, he wanted to add Zhou Bo to the throne, and Chen Ping became the prime minister.
But Chen Ping believed that Zhou Bo's contribution was greater, so he gave up the first-ranked Prime Minister You.
In addition to the prime minister, most other official positions in the court also follow the principle of "honoring the right."
People with high official positions are often listed on the right side to show their dignity.
As the tradition of "Shang You" becomes more and more popular, the meanings of "left" and "right" in the semantic environment have also undergone significant changes.
The Chinese character "right" has a positive part of speech, such as "no one can surpass the right", etc. The Chinese character "left" has a derogatory part of speech, such as "to move to the left".
Of course, there are also cases of respecting the left, which usually appear in military positions, but they often appeared in the late Han Dynasty.
For example, among the generals with heavy titles in the Han Dynasty, those with the locative words "left" and "right" were undoubtedly the generals from all directions.
According to the "Book of Han Wei Qing Huo Qubing Biography": "The doctor ordered Li Guang to be the former general, the imperial servant Sun He was the left general, the lord Zhao Shiqi was the right general, and Pingyang Hou Xiang was the rear general. They were all generals."
According to the historian's habit of "writing first, respecting the most", it can be seen that the rankings of the four generals are front, left, right and back.
In other words, the left general should be ranked higher than the right general.
This "law" also applies to the late Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period.
After Liu Bei became emperor, General Zhang Fei on the right was promoted to General of Chariots and Cavalry, and General Ma Chao of the left was promoted to General of Hussars.
According to "Han Yi", the hussar general is "second to the prime minister" and the chariot general is "higher to the minister". From the fact that the hussar general is above the chariot general, we can see that the left general is before the right general.
Zhang Rang was deeply influenced by this idea and always sat in the first place on the right hand, Zhao Zhong was in the first place on the left hand, and then the other ten people took their seats in order of status.
"Excuse me for your time."
Zhang Rang looked at the members of his small group and was polite first according to tradition.
"I wonder what Duke Rang's orders are?"
The first person to speak was Song Dian, whose status was also at the top among the ten regular attendants.
Song Dian had a salary of two thousand dan and was responsible for managing the emperor's documents and issuing edicts on behalf of the emperor. He was a close official of the emperor.
Zhang Rang first looked at Song Dian, then moved his gaze to Zhao Zhong's face and raised his head slightly.
Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong were together every day, and they immediately understood what Zhang Rang meant.
"Everyone, Mr. Rang and I have troubled you to come here today. We do have something very important!"
The ten people who sat down sat upright and bowed their hands to Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong.
"Please let me and Lord Zhong give me your instructions."
"Um."
Zhao Zhong waved his hand and motioned for them to sit down.
"A few days ago, Huangfu Song publicly impeached me in the court hall. I believe everyone has heard about it!"
Everyone nodded one after another, with a trace of anger on their faces.
The Ten Permanent Attendants are a group, everyone is prosperous when one is prosperous, and everyone suffers when one is harmed!
Moreover, they also did everything Zhao Zhong did!
Huangfu Song's impeachment of Zhao Zhong was equivalent to the impeachment of the Ten Constant Attendants!
Guo Sheng's mood fluctuated the most, with a look of resentment on his face!
"What Huangfu Song did must have been authorized by the general!"
"I hate that He Suigao. If I hadn't helped his sister for the sake of my fellow villagers, how could he be as powerful as he is today!"
Zhang Rang squinted, his small eyes showing murderous intent from time to time.
"Imagine that Queen He is the daughter of a butcher, with a low status! If it weren't for us, how would she have the chance to be favored by His Majesty? If it weren't for our help, how could she rise from noble to heaven and become the mother of a country!"
The more Zhang Rang talked, the more angry he became. Thinking that He Jin had gone from begging for him in a low voice to being arrogant and not taking him seriously, the anger in Zhang Rang's heart burst out!
"This butcher can't help but be ungrateful, and now he is afraid that he will be unjust! As far as I know, He Jin's men have often threatened to kill us!"
As soon as Zhao Zhong said these words, everyone fell silent. If they could, I'm afraid they wouldn't want to be enemies with He Jin!
After all, in addition to He Jin, there are also aristocratic families and the scholar-bureaucrat class to face!
"Hehehehehe!"
A sinister laugh broke the oppressive atmosphere, and everyone focused their attention on Zhang Rang.
"Why are you laughing!"
"Huh huh huh, that butcher is happy too early! Your Majesty is suffering from the dictatorial power of his relatives, how can you let him be so arrogant! As long as your Majesty is around, we will have no worries!"
Seeing Zhang Rang's proud expression, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
"It's better to let the public think carefully!"
"I can only go further under the leadership of Mr. Rang!"
A person like Zhang Rang, who is physically disabled, must have an extremely twisted mentality. He simply can't put it down for this flattering person!
"Hahahahahaha!"
Seeing that Zhang Rang had laughed enough and felt comfortable, Zhao Zhong began to speak.
"Rang Gong, even so, we can't sit still and wait for death!"
"Then Huangfu Song impeached me. If we don't fight back, we will definitely think that our Shichang servants are afraid of the butcher!"
"By then, I don't know how many people will ride on our heads to shit!"
"Yes! Mr. Rang, we must teach them a lesson and let them know that our ten permanent servants are not easy to mess with!"
Zhang Rang enjoyed this feeling of being superior and being relied on, even in front of Shi Changshi.
"That's right! Then we can't move He Jin, so why can't a little Huangfu Song be moved!"
"Didn't he go to put down the rebellion in the northwest? I want to see how he fights the rebels when he is hampered by everything!"
Zhao Zhong's eyes lit up, as long as Zhang Rang spoke, they could do whatever they wanted!
Thinking of being impeached by Huangfu Song, Zhao Zhong was filled with hatred and wanted to kill Huangfu Song immediately!
"Rang Gong, we will seize his food, grass and weapons and see how he fights!"
"madness!"
Zhao Zhong was frightened by Zhang Rang's sudden curse and looked at Zhang Rang with a puzzled expression.
"Rang Gong, this..."
Zhang Rang let out a heavy breath. He didn't expect that Zhao Zhong would come up with such a bad idea!
"Border rebellion is a national event! How dare you do anything about it! If you want to die, I won't stop you. Don't implicate us!"
After being scolded, Zhao Zhong felt aggrieved and his eyes gradually became moist.
"Rang Gong, I was wrong! I was also confused by that Huangfu Song!"
"Who in the world doesn't know that our ten regular servants are all Rang Gong's people! How dare that old thief do this? He clearly doesn't take Rang Gong seriously!"
"He and I are at odds with each other! I...wuwuwuwu!"
Zhao Zhong was crying with tears streaming down his face as he talked. It was so miserable.
"Okay, okay, I'm not blaming you! There are so many pairs of eyes staring at us now. We must be extremely careful when doing things!"
Zhang Rang couldn't bear to see Zhao Zhong like this. After all, they had known each other for many years.
"Rang Gong, what do you think we should do?"
Seeing that Zhang Rang no longer blamed him, Zhao Zhong quickly wiped away his tears symbolically.
"Hmm hum hum hum hum..."
Zhang Rang squinted his eyes and kept making evil laughter.