Chapter 2793: Dou Chens past cases, Bijings fellow travelers today
The devil was put into a bottle and thrown into the bottom of the sea. From the first hundred to the fourth hundred, the transition from prosperity and wealth to a choice of how to die fully demonstrates the consequences that arise when prayers are not answered.
irritable and angry.
Fortunately, Liu Bei did not wait until Dou and Chen were completely demonized before coming...
Of course, the history is not clear.
Anyway, officials in the feudal dynasty always only pay attention to their own buttocks. Very few people are willing to stand up and look into the distance, because they are afraid that when they stand up, the position under their buttocks will be stolen by others.
It's really not a good look for a man in his thirties or forties to cry uncontrollably, but if a whole family of forty or fifty people is crying, it's hard to describe the scene as good or bad.
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Zhang Fei despised the situation of these mothers-in-law the most, but this time he didn't have any anger, just silence.
Guan Yu just squinted his eyes and said nothing. After following Liu Bei back to the county government office in Bijing County, he asked: "Brother, why didn't you just say it was us on the spot..."
Liu Bei waved his hand.
Guan Yu immediately shut his mouth.
It wasn't until Liu Bei and Magistrate Bijing complimented each other for a while, fully demonstrating Liu Shijun's charm and making Magistrate Bijing laugh so hard that he receded like a bun, did Liu Bei slightly relax his straight waist.
The pole looked a little tired.
Bijing County is actually a very small county. It only takes a quarter of an hour to ride a horse from one end of the county to the other. There are two or three streets, and the county government office is the most "grand" building among them.
However, even this "magnificent" building is not only covered with moss, but is also dilapidated in many places. The tiles on the eaves are not complete, and there are some holes that are obviously not repaired, showing light. The wooden boards on the ground are old and cracked, and there are only people
The places that are often stepped on are shiny, and other places...
Liu Bei looked at it, and then felt a little emotional in his heart.
Isn't this county government like the current Liu Bei himself?
So, will such a county government attract people to come?
The three of them sat in the hall and were silent for a long time.
After a while, Liu Bei took a long breath and broke the silence.
"I remembered something about General Dou back then..." Liu Bei said slowly, "Do you know why Dou was guilty?"
Zhang Fei let out a laugh and said, "I know! Isn't it just the party's imprisonment?"
"Ah, third brother, tell me about it?" Liu Bei said with a smile.
Zhang Fei blinked and recalled, "It seems that during the reign of Emperor Xiaohuan, Li Gong, the captain of the Sili School, disobeyed the amnesty order and killed the alchemist's son. Later, more than two hundred people were imprisoned..."
Guan Yu squinted his eyes and said, "Eunuchs who are domineering should all die!"
Liu Bei also nodded, "I thought so at first..."
Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were stunned for a moment.
"Haha," Liu Bei said with a smile, "I'm not saying anything nice to those corrupt eunuchs, I just want to say...what does this matter according to Hussar say? A contradiction? Well, a contradiction..."
According to the official records, or the more "orthodox" records among the gentry's children, the party's control of the party occurred after Emperor Huan Liu Zhi of the Han Dynasty came into power, and the reliance and connivance on the eunuchs reached an unprecedented level. The direct result was that the power of the eunuchs spread throughout the country.
Incidents of tyranny, arbitrary power, and harm to the people occurred in various places. These incidents aroused dissatisfaction among the nobles, so they formed parties to punish and attack the eunuchs.
Liu Bei clapped his fingers and said, "I remember, there were three things mentioned at that time. One was that the nephew of Marquis Wu Yuan robbed the daughter of the governor of Runan. The other was the alchemist's amnesty for killing people, which was what finally became Li Yuanli's crime. The other was
The first incident was that the Zhongchang Shihou inspected and seized the people's fields of 118 hectares... Why do I remember this number? Because at that time, I felt that the 118 hectares of fields were a lot. When I was in Zhuoxian,
My family's Susukaku farmland is less than 30 acres...it's just that, now it looks like, huh..."
Of course, in fact, there were not only three things that resisted the eunuchs at that time, but also many illegal things by the eunuchs and their relatives and members, which were either exposed or punished by the gentry party members. However, these three things were widely publicized and became a
An important trigger of the party imprisonment incident.
Guan Yu squinted his eyes and seemed to have some understanding.
Zhang Fei hummed and stroked the beard on his chin, making a rustling sound.
"One hundred and eighteen hectares..." Liu Bei repeated again, "How much? One hectare is fifty acres, more than one hundred hectares, nearly six thousand acres, which is two hundred times the acres of my family's land... I remember
When I heard about this, I was very angry... But, I remember later, during the reign of Emperor Xiaoling, how much the title of the Three Dukes was paid for, at least 30 million yuan... Then some people just donated when they said they would.
Okay...these people donating money are not eunuchs...Then I thought, these 6,000 acres of land and 30 million dollars...Third brother, how much does one acre of land over there cost you?"
"Three to four thousand dollars... middle-income fields, the best ones are more expensive, and there are cheap ones, about a thousand dollars..." Zhang Fei replied, and then he suddenly realized, and couldn't help but snorted, "These guys..."
"Not long after the party imprisoned him, Emperor Xiaohuan passed away..." Liu Bei stroked his beard, "On the 30th of the year, six..."
Guan Yu's eyes flashed, "Brother means..."
Liu Bei shook his head, "I don't know... I don't know, maybe it's just a coincidence, maybe... After all, Emperor Xiaohuan often took elixirs, and eating too much of them is said to be bad... This is what the doctor at the medical center said..."
It's an elixir. It's the kind that will definitely make you escape from the mortal world after taking it. There are some that take effect immediately and some that take effect slowly. So it's not impossible that Emperor Xiaohuan accidentally took a few more pills when he was doing something he liked to do.
"After Emperor Xiaohuan died, Emperor Xiaoling came to the throne." Liu Bei said slowly, "There are three ministers who care about life, General Dou, Taiwei Chen, and Situ Hu... This should have been decided before Emperor Xiaohuan died...
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After Liu Hong's death, among the three ministers, Hu Guang was the moderate faction. He was known as "If you don't care about everything, ask Bo Shi, the moderate in the world has Hu Gong." Therefore, it is generally clear that the initial configuration was actually done by Hu Guang.
To coordinate, Dou Wu and Chen Fan came together, and then Waiqin and Qingliu restricted and balanced each other, but Dou Wu and Chen Fan came together.
"Did I think before that General Dou is a fool..." Liu Bei laughed a few times, "Not keeping things secret, hesitating and indecisive, having a false reputation, not enough to castrate men, and more than enough to send him to death, how stupid is that? Haha, that's all.
, then I had some other ideas..."
The relationship between Dou Wu and Chen Fan at that time should not be as close as a family like in Bijing County, but they were taking advantage of each other.
After the death of Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty, his queen Dou Miao was promoted to the empress dowager and took the title of emperor. Dou Miao's father Dou Wu was naturally promoted to general. Together, they welcomed Liu Hong, the 12-year-old Marquis of Jiedu Ting, as the emperor.
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It is said that when Dou Wu came to Chen Fan to plot how to get rid of the eunuchs, Chen Fan happily "rose from the table with his hands", so Chen Fan never expected that Dou Wu would take the initiative to pose...
Up?
Come on!
The two hit it off immediately.
As a result, Empress Dowager Dou disagreed. At first, it looked like a stupid father gave birth to a stupid daughter, and the whole family was stupid.
"Now it seems... General Dou is not trying to get rid of the official, but to raise Wang..." Liu Bei said with a smile, "Do you know why I said he wants to raise Wang?"
Guan Yu pondered for a while and said: "Emperor Xiaoling?"
Liu Bei nodded, "Emperor Xiaoling was not born from the Dou family."
Now Liu Bei feels that Dou Wu and Chen Fan were not stupid, but were too shrewd and calculated too much, so that in the end they did stupid things. If they were really stupid, then they would just rush in and finish the job, and swing it with a hammer?
The sledgehammer is eighty and the small hammer is forty, and the bang bang is just like when Yuan Shao was forced to a dead end, didn't he kill all the eunuchs in the palace in one night?
So among them, there are Dou Wu's calculations, Dou Miao's plan, the Empress Dowager Dou, and Chen Fan and others' calculations. Everyone wants to take the opportunity to suppress their opponents and strengthen themselves, or to preserve themselves and eliminate hidden dangers. As a result...
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Dou Wu wanted to kill the eunuch, not for the sake of the Han Dynasty, but because he knew that he would no longer be a general soon. Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty was about to marry a new queen. He would not be a general for long. In order to ensure the interests of the Dou family
, he would want to eliminate the power around the emperor, and would not hesitate to pretend that he wanted to wear a pair of pants with Qingliu.
"Emperor Xiaohuan's party imprisoned the scholars, but they could not do without the scholars, so they had no choice but to ask the Dou family to come forward as guarantee..." Liu Bei said with a smile, "If what I expected is true...this is actually the yin and yang of the two sides...not to mention
General Dou's actions, now that I think about it... seem to be somewhat similar to Wang Mang..."
In the ninth year of Yanxi, Dou Wu became the captain of the city gate. During his tenure, he recruited famous people, served the government honestly, and did not accept gifts or bribes. His wife's food and clothing was only enough for food and clothing. At that time, the Western Qiang was invaded for many years, the food harvest was poor, and the people were hungry. General Dou
All the rewards received were given to the imperial students, and food and meals were carried in cars and given to the poor on the roads.
Dou Wu's nephew, Dou Shao, served as Huben's lieutenant general. He had a lazy and extravagant temperament. Dou Wu often scolded him severely, but Dou Shao still didn't realize it. So Dou Wu wrote a letter requesting his dismissal, and blamed himself for not being able to teach Dou Shao well.
, should suffer first...
Guan Yu frowned and said: "So, there are some similarities...but does Mr. Dou really have the courage?"
Liu Bei shook his head, "Maybe not... but the Dou family may not really want to get rid of the eunuchs... This can be seen from the hesitation of Empress Dowager Dou... Or maybe Empress Dowager Dou had her at the time
My own ideas are not willing to cooperate with Mr. Dou..."
As the Empress Dowager Dou Miao, when she was about sixteen years old, her father threw it to Emperor Huan of Han Dynasty like a trading commodity. Then because she could not give birth to her own prince, she had to hold her nose and admit to someone who was more powerful than herself.
The cheap son Han Lingdi, who is seven or eight years younger, may have been wasted away by the gloom and cruelty in the palace, even if he devoted his youthful blood to the Dou family at the beginning.
Logically speaking, although Queen Mother Dou is the Queen Mother, Dou Wu is her father. What reason does the daughter have to object to what her father wants to do? Either Dou Miao and Dou Wu have serious differences, or they actually
It's a play...
"Pretended?" Zhang Fei's eyes widened, "Why is it so complicated?"
"Didn't my brother just say that? Fame!" Guan Yu sneered disdainfully, "They are all just trying to gain fame and reputation!"
Liu Bei nodded and said: "In the name of purging the eunuchs and gaining the support of Shilin, he is also training his disciples and controlling the court... Anyway, at any stage, it is estimated that the people recommended by General Dou will be
The arrangement went on smoothly...but the process was interrupted..."
"Brother, are you talking about the Revolution of 1911?" Guan Yu asked.
Liu Bei hummed, "At first I also thought about this, how could General Dou be so stupid... Then when I thought about it, I just thought of a person..."
"Who?" Zhang Fei asked.
"The late Emperor was a filial piety," Liu Bei said.
Liu Bei had previously thought that the then teenage Han Ling Emperor might not be considered a big deal, and who could treat him like a plate of bean sprouts? But now when he looked back and thought about it, Liu Bei suddenly felt that this plate of bean sprouts might be the key.
The soul of...
It's like the last spoonful of pepper oil poured on top of Maoxuewang.
It is said to be the main ingredient, but it is not, but if it is missing, it means it is not flavorful enough.
By the way, the eunuchs attached to Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty also had their lives extended for another twenty or thirty years.
You must know that Emperor Han Ling was not the son of Empress Dowager Dou, and when he took over as emperor, Emperor Ling of Han was already twelve years old.
Twelve years old was not considered young in the Han Dynasty.
"Ah?" Zhang Fei didn't quite believe it, "No way, this... was he only eleven or twelve years old at the time?"
Liu Bei nodded, "So there is another person, Zhongchang Shi Cao Jie Cao Hanfeng..."
Guan Yu stroked his beard and said, "By the way, that makes sense... This was the man who welcomed Emperor Xiaoling to the throne."
Cao Jie was the official who went to Hejian to welcome Liu Hong to the capital and became emperor. In addition, he lived in the palace for a long time, so he naturally had a good relationship with Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty. Therefore, during the incident, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty drew his sword to show his respect for the eunuch.
Active support for their behavior.
The emperor felt that he was not his biological son and could be replaced at any time, while the eunuchs felt that the knife was on their necks, so the two "vulnerable groups" got along day and night, and had a lot of time to cherish each other...
After having Emperor Ling's sword, everything Cao Jie did became smoother.
When the incident happened, Chen Fan probably just wanted to let his relatives and eunuchs die together and then come back to take advantage, so he didn't even think about helping Dou Wu to the end, nor did he care whether Emperor Xiaoling lived or died, so in Dou's case
When Wu Zhen encountered danger, Chen Fan was not prepared at all. In the end, an old man could only bring some men to go out and "rescue" Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty.
That's right, even Chen Fan didn't go to join his ally Dou Wu, but went to find Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty. He made a mistake and rescued Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty. Chen Fan and others were naturally still alive...
As for Dou Wu, who is that?
As a result, the Dou family and Chen family were exiled to Bijing, and then the two families lived closely in a manor...
Of course, no one knows exactly what happened back then. They only know that the eunuchs who benefited in the end were the eunuchs, and the twelve-year-old Emperor Xiaoling, who was definitely on the throne.
"I say this just to draw lessons from the past..." Liu Bei said slowly, "The Dou family and the Chen family were exiled here... We are about the same... But, the weak may not always be weak... But the important thing is
If we are of the same mind, if we are not of the same mind, no matter how powerful and famous we are, it will soon collapse..."
Guan Yu and Zhang Fei looked at each other but said nothing.
Victory and defeat are commonplace in military affairs. For Liu Bei, he did not think that this place in Jiaozhi was the end of his life.
"We need manpower. If these people... are willing to join us, it would be great..." Liu Bei changed the topic, "Only those who share the same goals can join forces. It would be unavoidable if I said on the spot that the edict was from me..."
There is some coercion, so the person who comes may not be sincere..."
"No one will be willing to be sacrificed..." Liu Bei said in a deep voice, "Even cattle and sheep will howl and struggle when they are tied to the altar, let alone humans? Are the children of sinners sinners? Party prison... Haha,
The party has been there since the beginning, and has never been really removed. It is just a name change... What I need are these people who are unwilling... As for those who are "willing", let them go back.
You can't keep it even if you force it to stay, so why bother?"
For Liu Bei, he can indeed take credit from someone, saying how much effort, effort, and things Liu Bei had made would have resulted in such a pardon edict, but it is like
He is like Dou Wu. He can deceive him for a while, but he may not be able to cover it up for the rest of his life.
The edict was brought by Liu Bei, but it was not issued by the Shandong court, but by General Fei Qian of the Hussars in the name of Xishang Shutai...
Liu Bei went to Feiqian to ask for someone, and then Qiaoqi said that there was no one, so he just gave you an edict.
From a certain perspective, it doesn't matter whether it is Liu Bei's credit or not.
However, this is also an edict.
In the current chaotic situation, when even the emperor kills him when he says it, and kidnaps him when he says it, the local governors of Sangong and Jiuqing who were killed are extraordinary. In comparison, the imperial edict to pardon the exiled Han people in Jiaozhi area is extraordinary.
, it’s almost an extremely small thing.
What Liu Bei needs more now is a pragmatic person, who doesn't come here based on false reputation. It's like Dou Wu has gained so much fame, and he still pretends to act with this, what's the use of pretending that? It's like Dou Wu keeps scolding
His nephew Dou Shao seemed to dislike him, but when Cao Jie wanted to kill him, Dou Wu immediately ran to Dou Shao's place...
Liu Bei was willing to give the Dou family and the Chen family a chance, and at the same time he was eager for useful people from the Dou family and the Chen family to supplement the lack of official positions. Of course, the most important thing was that Liu Bei wanted to be truly "like-minded"
People must not be in a situation similar to that of Dou Wu and Chen Fan.
"In addition," Liu Bei's voice was lowered, "think about it, actually speaking of this whole thing...who benefits in the end? Is it the Zhongchangshi?"
Guan Yu squinted his eyes, "It's Emperor Xiaoling."
Liu Bei nodded, "Yes...at that time, Emperor Xiaoling was the weakest..."
Liu Bei smiled slightly and did not continue.
Guan Yu raised his eyebrows and then stroked his long beard.
Zhang Fei started to rub the beard on his chin again, tugging at it...
The three people fell into silence again.
The sound of footsteps came, and the soldiers reported in front of the hall, "Your Majesty, the son of the Dou family has come to ask for an audience!"
Liu Bei smiled, exchanged glances with Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, and then said loudly, "Please..."
