Chapter 493 The battle between modern and ancient literature is not over yet
After the "spoils sharing meeting" ended, it was already midnight. Liu Bei, who had not had a good rest for a long time, was now very tired. Logically speaking, this was a night when he should have a good rest.
But this night, Liu Bei had no intention of sleeping.
In other words, he doesn't have time to sleep, he still has many things to do.
He came to the army station outside Luoyang City, washed his face with cold water, and stimulated his spirit. He planned to explain the previous results to his subordinates as the first step, and then go to find others.
When Liu Bei returned, Cao Cao, Gai Xun, Zhen Yan, Yan Wen, Jia Xu, Xun You and other subordinates who participated in the coup and the subordinates in the Hussar General's Palace had been waiting in the military camp for a long time. As soon as they saw Liu Bei, they anxiously asked Liu Bei.
Things in the palace.
According to Liu Bei's instructions, they had finished all matters outside the palace, including statistics of battle results, custody of prisoners, cleaning of the battlefield, etc. They returned to the military camp and eagerly awaited Liu Bei's return.
Liu Bei briefly explained to them the series of events surrounding Liu Hong's death, which shocked his subordinates.
Some subordinates with Luoyang background showed sadness, such as Cao Cao.
"Your Majesty is in the prime of spring and Autumn, why do you..."
Liu Bei patted Cao Cao on the shoulder.
"When His Majesty was dying, we fulfilled his last wish. His Majesty passed away peacefully. What we did was worthy of His Majesty's trust, so we don't need to be too sad."
The subordinates all thought what Liu Bei said made sense.
After a moment of silence, everyone, including Cao Cao, changed their mentality and began to focus on more important things.
For example, the distribution of benefits.
This time, Liu Bei led them to complete the most important task and made the greatest contribution. Therefore, the benefits will definitely not be small. Even the position where one person is below ten thousand people is not impossible to reach out and touch.
Of course, they were still conservative. Liu Bei was not polite. He directly reached out and grabbed the position.
"On his deathbed, His Majesty appointed me as the new general, overseeing the world's military affairs, and ranking above the three princes."
The subordinates were overjoyed for this and congratulated Liu Bei one after another, congratulating him on becoming the first person below the emperor of the Han Dynasty and the first person in the military.
Of course, Liu Bei himself became the first person below the emperor, and he would not forget to fight for the interests of his subordinates.
So Liu Bei then recounted the process of fighting for power between himself, Zhang Rang, Dong Zhong and Jian Shuo, and informed his subordinates of the benefits he had obtained.
To be honest, even Zhen Yan, who had the highest expectations for Liu Bei, did not expect that Liu Bei would directly open his mouth and put the west of Luoyang at his disposal.
Everyone was shocked by this, and what shocked them even more was that Zhang asked Dong Zhong and Jian Shuo to agree to this request.
Not counting all other interests, the entire west of Luoyang belongs to Liu Bei to handle this matter, which can be regarded as a huge profit.
"They actually agreed?"
Jia Xu asked in disbelief: "Do they really have no opinion on the land of Guanxi? Is it really okay for them to leave the west of Luoyang to you?"
"Of course they don't have any opinions, but they know my strength better."
Liu Bei smiled and said: "The most important thing at the moment, and the main reason why I can achieve this goal, is because we need to implement this matter ourselves. Just because they say yes does not mean that it can really be done."
What Liu Bei said made everyone a little confused. Even the senior staff officers did not understand it, let alone Zhang Fei, Dong Huang and other generals.
They really didn't understand it.
So Liu Bei patiently explained the secrets here.
The greatest credit for the Luoyang Incident actually belongs to the emperor Liu Hong, but Liu Hong passed away before he could make any arrangements for the war. Although the crucial edict could be drawn up by them, due to the lack of Liu Hong's
It was announced in person, so it was rather embarrassing.
If Liu Hong could live to announce the positions of Liu Bei and others, establish the current system of four ministers, and then die, then the system of four ministers would be legitimately established.
However, Liu Hong did not persist until that time, so without Liu Hong's personal certification and only a posthumous edict, some variables would arise in this matter.
Of course, Liu Bei and the other four should take over Liu Hong's greatest military exploits, but the court bureaucrats who have the strongest talent in fighting for power and gain will also have ideas about this.
Among the foursome, only Liu Bei has strong prestige and strength, and the other three do not have this ability. Therefore, once the officials in the court decide to attack the foursome, except for Liu Bei, the foursome lacks any officials to oppose them.
their ability to launch an attack.
At present, Liu Bei's foundation in Luoyang is unstable and he does not yet have the strength to fight against the entire Luoyang court alone. He needs the sharing and help of the other three.
In short, the four of them have divided their interests internally, but this division of interests has not yet been recognized by the court officials who still have a certain weight in Luoyang.
They have not yet accepted the fact that their interests have been divided among all the four ministers. Once they are ready to reach out to these interests, they will inevitably have disputes with the foursome's plan, and then the four ministers will prepare to start a battle with the major factions of the court officials.
Only by winning this internal battle can their distribution of interests be truly implemented. At the moment, it is just an intention and a plan, but it has not yet been truly implemented.
The subordinates understood.
Liu Bei's explanation was very clear and simple. There was no reason why they couldn't understand.
Obviously, Liu Bei believed that the most important thing at the moment was to prevent the imperial officials from counterattacking. Although the military power was in their hands, they could only be used as a deterrent and could not use knives to kill people.
They had legitimate reasons for killing people before, but if they kill again later, they lack legitimate reasons and Liu Hong will take the blame.
After all, if Liu Hong could persist for a long time and confirm the system of four ministers, this series of turmoil would be avoided.
However, this may not be a good thing.
Killing people casually is not allowed. After all, Liu Bei is not a wild version of Dong Zhuo. He cannot be the prime minister or the master of everyone. Therefore, he still needs to use his tactics of manipulation.
"Your Majesty, under the current situation, the court officials do not know that the emperor has passed away. You should take action immediately, find people who are willing to support you, ask them to stand by your side, and confirm everything at the court meeting tomorrow.
, catch those opponents off guard, and in this way, all the results of the victory can be harvested."
"Oh? It seems that Wen He has a plan?"
Liu Bei looked at Jia Xu with a smile and asked, "Wen He, tell me, what's your plan?"
Jia Xu stretched out a hand with five fingers spread out.
"The debate between modern and ancient literature."
Liu Bei nodded with satisfaction.
"Wen He is indeed my good advisor, and he hits the right note."
The two looked at each other and smiled.
The others looked at each other.
And soon, Xun You reacted.
He recalled the heated debate between modern and ancient literature in Luoyang City. The grand occasion at that time was still vivid in his mind.
"I see, so much time has passed that you almost forgot that the prince is still an important person in the ancient literature school."
Many people don't understand what they are talking about because they really don't know much about the debate between modern and ancient literature. To understand this matter, you need a certain threshold.
And people who knew a lot about this also realized one after another what Liu Bei was going to do.
"A few years ago, the debate between modern and ancient Chinese prose almost started because of me. After that, because I left Luoyang, the debate between modern and ancient Chinese prose fell into silence, and people did not pay much attention to the debate between modern and ancient Chinese prose. Until today, the debate between modern and ancient Chinese prose has
In the eyes of many, the battle is almost over.
However, I don’t think so. The dispute between modern and ancient literature has not ended. The modern literature school is still there, and the modern literature classics and the ancient literature classics are still in parallel. This is not the original goal of the ancient literature school. Therefore, since I, as an important person in the ancient literature school,
After becoming a general, of course he would help the Ancient Literature School completely defeat the Modern Literature School.
However, the Jinbun school is not completely without any power. They still have some power. There are still some people who stubbornly insist on the decadent Jinbun classics. This is intolerable to me, but it is difficult for me to defeat them alone.
,I need help from many people, and even more, power.”