Chapter 102 The Yuan family dominates the world? (Month
After all, Gongsun Zan had some relationship with Liu Bei. Although Liu Bei did not return to Luoyang to attend the trial in order to avoid suspicion, the court still paid more attention to this trial.
This trial was conducted by the three divisions. Ting Wei, Sili Xiaowei and Yu Shi Zhongcheng attended the trial together and convicted Gongsun Zan.
Previously, due to the Hedong crisis and a series of events, the people in charge of the Sanfa Division had undergone great changes.
For example, the censor Zhongcheng was recommended by Liu Bei and was appointed by Ma Rixi, an important figure in the ancient literature school. Therefore, Ma Rixi completely aligned with Liu Bei politically.
Because of his special nature, Liu Bei always supported Guo Hong as the Sili Colonel. In order to make up for Guo Hong's political needs, Liu Bei granted Guo Hong the title of Ting Hou after the Luoyang Coup, making him glorious.
Tingwei was initially controlled by the Jinwen school, but after the Hedong crisis, the Jinwen school lost all power, and Tingwei's position was certainly not saved.
The person who currently controls this position is Zhang Rang and other people related to the Shichangshi, Mao Hong, a calligrapher who came from Hongdu School.
The eunuch group is now basically dependent on Liu Bei, and the forces of Zhang Rang and Shi Changshi are closely related to Liu Bei.
It means that the judicial power of the imperial court is now also controlled by the faction led by Liu Bei. In addition, "Zuo Shi Chun Qiu" has become an official school. In the process of the Spring and Autumn Period, the Jinwen School was completely crushed and had no right to speak.
In this context, how the third division should act was of course subject to previous internal negotiations.
The result of the internal consultation was to follow Lu Zhi's attitude and refuse to help, truly "handling it impartially" without leaving any clues.
Therefore, the Third Division sentenced Gongsun Zan to death on the grounds that Gongsun Zan did not obey orders and sent troops without permission, leading to a great defeat and the collapse of Youzhou.
The little emperor Liu Xie had no idea about this, and he didn't really understand it anyway.
The Empress Dowager has no opinion on this. As long as the chaos in Youzhou is sorted out by Liu Bei, she will be too lazy to care about the rest.
Dong Zhong didn't have any idea. This was an internal matter within Liu Bei's faction, and the person who died was not one of his, so it didn't matter.
Of course, most of the others had no idea, so they watched Gongsun Zan being sentenced to death with cold eyes.
Finally, the Jinwen school has some opinions.
Of course, the opinion is not about the treatment of Gongsun Zan. Liu Bei's people will die as long as they die, it doesn't matter, but should only one Gongsun Zan deserve to die?
After the result of Gongsun Zan's sentence came out, the Modern Literature School began to take action.
Huan Dian publicly presented his views to the palace.
Gongsun Zan was originally the captain of a vassal state in Liaodong. He had only served as a county magistrate before. His official position was humble and his qualifications were shallow. He was still a native of Youzhou, so he was not qualified to serve as the governor of Youzhou.
But later, because of Liu Bei's recommendation and recommendation, Gongsun Zan was appointed as the governor of Youzhou, so Liu Bei was the guarantor of Gongsun Zan's appointment as the governor of Youzhou.
Now Gongsun Zan is messing around and causing serious damage to Youzhou. The country has suffered a lot for this. Is it enough to just kill one Gongsun Zan?
As a general, Liu Bei did not know people well and was nepotistic, which violated the trust of the emperor and the trust of the people in the world. Doesn't he need to be punished?
Therefore, Huan Dian said that he should hold General Liu Bei accountable, ask Liu Bei to explain the matter, punish him, and take away some of his power.
Regarding his suggestion, the court officials reacted very fiercely, and they were typically divided into two groups, one supporting and the other opposing.
The reason for support is very simple, they are all from the Jinwen school, and they focus on a diode anyway.
There are many reasons for opposition. Not only the ancient literature school fully opposes it, but some centrist members also do not agree.
Just kidding, they are not stupid.
It's okay to say that Liu Bei lost the battle. You can still use this to hold him accountable and deprive him of his power. But now that Liu Bei has returned from victory, he is famous all over the world and has great prestige. Do you want to punish him?
If he doesn't kill you, his subordinates will look for you and fight for you.
Those arrogant and powerful generals only obey Liu Bei. If you want to punish Liu Bei, do you first need to ask those arrogant and powerful generals what they think?
This time Liu Bei first destroyed the Xianbei people, then Yuan Shao, and now he has to confront the Wuhuan people. Once he wins, it will be a great victory in Youzhou. His merits far outweigh his faults. Do you still want to ask him for his guilt?
Not to mention Zhang Rang thought this was funny, Jian Shuo also wanted something from Liu Bei because of the incident in Jizhou.
As eunuchs, what happened in Jizhou was very exciting to them. They realized that after Liu Hong died, the eunuchs urgently needed a new protector to protect them.
At the same time, they further realized Liu Bei's importance to them.
Although he did not have a good relationship with Shi Changshi, Jian Shuo was also a eunuch. Although he did not have a deep relationship with Liu Bei before, after the Jizhou incident, Jian Shuo also began to lean towards Liu Bei.
So both Zhang Rang and Jian Shuo publicly expressed their opposition, firmly disagreeing with Huan Dian's memorial, and asked the emperor to express his opposition.
Although Liu Xie has a certain understanding of his own, at the age of eight, it is still difficult for him to handle this matter well. The power to handle this matter is naturally in the hands of the Queen Mother.
As a nephew, Dong Zhong's natal family also had a certain influence on the Empress Dowager Dong.
However, Dong Chong and Empress Dowager Dong had some minor differences on this matter.
Of course Empress Dowager Dong was very opposed to Huan Dian's memorial, but Dong Chong put forward another view.
"The original intention of the late emperor to leave four assistant ministers was to allow the four of us to supervise and restrict each other. No one can be arbitrary, so as to avoid the occurrence of people and things like Liang Ji and Dou Wu. Do you agree with this?"
Empress Dowager Dong nodded.
"That's natural. This is the late emperor's long-cherished wish, and I know it."
"In this case, we can't let Liu alone have too much power."
Dong Chong smiled bitterly and said: "His ability is too strong, and his power will rise with the tide. The power he has is already very great. Now he has defeated twice in a row, which is still a great achievement. His position can no longer be promoted.
Wouldn't he be dissatisfied if he could only increase his food supply?
Even if he is not dissatisfied at all, with his merits and power, he will have more and more fans, and more and more people will move closer to him. Zhang Rang and Jian Shuo are eunuchs with a notorious reputation.
There is a possibility of turning over, and the only one who can confront him is my nephew.
We are in peace now, but if one day he feels that my nephew is an obstacle and he wants to take over the power, how can I, my nephew, resist? The longer time goes by, the more powerful he will be.
The resistance becomes weaker and weaker, and in the end, I can only sit back and wait for death, what do you think?"
Empress Dowager Dong frowned after listening to Dong Zhong's words.
"Chong, why do you have such thoughts?"
"It would be weird if it wasn't, right?"
Dong Chong smiled bitterly and said: "Aunt, the emperor is young now, and the power is in the hands of the four of us. Among the four of us, Liu is the well-deserved number one. Some people outside even think that even if he does nothing, he will be the best.
Then in a few years, power will naturally come into his hands.
Don't forget, in addition to being a general, he is also the leader of the clan. He can recruit and accept disciples. His Liangzhou Prefecture School has nearly two thousand students. It is said that this time he directly recruited students from there.
Hundreds of people were summoned to help him!
Just like this, he can continue to train disciples and disciples, hundreds a year and a few hundred every year. In a few years, the whole court will be full of his disciples and former officials. By then, what else will our aunt and nephew have?
A place to live? Aunt, this is really not something my nephew thinks too much about."
Empress Dowager Dong thought for a while and shook her head.
"The late emperor did a lot of wrong things in his life, but in the end, he did one right thing, that is, he chose to assist the government, serve as a general and become a prime minister, and he was a member of the Han Dynasty. Since he became a general, my
It’s not like you haven’t seen how comfortable life is, and how many problems he has solved alone, don’t you also see it?”
"That's true, but aunt, we can't just look at the present and not the future, right?"
Empress Dowager Dong looked at Dong Zhong, her face becoming more unhappy than ever before.
"It's not that I don't want to look at the future, I'm just concerned. Let me ask you, if you replace Liu, are you sure you can deal with the chaos in the world? Can you lead troops to fight? Can you ensure that I, an old man, can continue to enjoy happiness in the palace?