After entering summer, it seems that the enthusiasm for military affairs in Chang'an streets has gradually increased.
Most people are like this. If an ax is coming, most people will be afraid, but seeing that the ax cannot be cut down for a long time, they gradually don't take it seriously.
When Cao Jun first attacked Tongguan, people in Chang'an were panic-stricken. However, now that Tongguan was found to be stable, Cao Jun had no choice but to pull at the lower city of Tongguan, unable to climb in. He had no choice but to move to Hedong, so Chang'an
The people's fear of the war gradually subsided, and the outing that was originally not possible in the spring due to various reasons was gradually put on the agenda.
Is it summer? If you don’t take into account the hot weather, wouldn’t the scenery of mountains and rivers be the same as spring?
Grass buds are competing to grow, thousands of trees are competing for spring, oh, competing for summer, isn’t it a beautiful scenery?
Of course, there is another very important reason, which is who can get an extra piece of cold pork among the remaining corpses after the fall of the Wei family?
Wei Duan was arrested before, and the Wei Manor was ransacked. All the Guanzhong gentry and squires were trembling, fearing that it would be their turn next, so they tried their best to find out the information, transfer assets, and at the same time hug each other behind the scenes to keep each other warm.
, just in case.
For example, if you send your child to another county, it may appear to be a study tour, but in fact everyone knows that if something happens, if I resist the crime, my child's life can be saved to some extent.
After all, in the current Han Dynasty, the household registration system is relatively rough. If you change your name or something, you won't be able to find the person.
Most of those who were sent away were selected elite children of the clan. With their incomparable loyalty and nostalgia for the family, they embarked on an unknown road. As for those who were lazy and lazy, there was no point in sending them away, so basically
Everything remained in place.
On the edge of the Wei River, a group of gentry children who seemed to have come out of Lingyi to take a breather were gathering and camping on the grassland on the bank of the river.
Some curtains were propped up with wooden poles, which could not only block the sun but also block the eyes.
There were some servants and guards around. When they saw the crowds approaching, they shouted and waved their arms like they were driving cattle and sheep.
Although it was covered by a curtain, some voices of discussion could be heard.
What?
Literary meeting?
Who is a serious person holding a literary conference?
How many famous literary associations in history, if you think about it carefully, are they either seeking fame or profit, and how many of them are serious literary seekers?
For example, "The Story of Yueyang Tower", did Fan Zhongyan really write "The Story of the Tower"?
Mr. Fan is a true gentleman, but are there others...
So if you don’t know what Wenhui really wants, and then go ahead and do it with your head covered, I don’t know who is stupid.
Nowadays, the Guanzhong area, as an important political, military and economic center of the Han Dynasty, has naturally become a stage for competition among aristocratic families.
When these gentry children talk about the power Fei Qian has gained, they always get slapped on the thigh.
"If I had known..."
"Actually, I've already seen it..."
"I should have thought of it back then..."
Is there any use in regret?
Even if you break your thigh, it won't work.
These aristocratic families each have a profound influence in the land of Guanzhong, either because of their outstanding military exploits, because of their scholarly reputation, or because of their wealth. The interactions between them are like carefully choreographed dramas.
After Fang finished singing, I appeared on the stage, and the game of thrones took turns.
Among these aristocratic families, alliances and confrontations coexist, and interests are complicated and intertwined. Sometimes for the sake of common interests, they will form alliances to jointly fight against foreign enemies; sometimes because of conflicts of interests, they will fight openly and secretly with each other, or even fight each other. This is
This intricate relationship makes the political situation in Guanzhong even more confusing.
Fei Qian, well, Pang Pangpang and Fei Xiaohao took advantage of Webster. Most of the gentry were horrified, thinking that Fei Qian was going to be like Dong Zhuo or Li Guo and kill the gentry and gentry at the end of the road.
But then I discovered that it seemed that it was just Webster and those guys who were too closely involved with Webster, and nothing happened to the others...
Look at that belly, oh, Du Ji is safe and sound, and the other Guanzhong gentry and squires also breathed a sigh of relief.
As long as this kind of thing is not targeted at a class, but only against a certain person or a few people, it will not cause much backlash, but if it really wants to attack an entire class...
On the other hand, it is really fast.
From the start to the decision, it was like thunder. As the saying goes, the matter was dealt with before I could react.
In other words, it has come to an end for now.
The longer the time goes on, the more chances the demons and monsters will have to cause trouble. Pang Tong was well prepared and the activation time was short. Some guys really wanted to take advantage of the chaos and extend their claws, but when they saw that the water was not mixed, they retreated in embarrassment.
go back.
"I heard that... Wei Shi bit many people, and they were all restrained by Dali Temple!"
"Why? Didn't you say that the traitor would be executed in a public trial early?"
"There is something wrong with your news... Those who were beheaded were all Wei's miscellaneous people, but the Wei's father and son are still alive!"
"Are you really alive? Why not... Sigh! If you let Webster bite you randomly, this... this... if something happens..."
"So, now it's up to who wants to move which way..."
"Huh? What do you mean by that?"
"What else can it mean? Are you pretending to be stupid?"
"Hey, bro, bro, you are the biggest, tell me, tell me..."
"Let me tell you, Prime Minister Cao, he's getting old, and he doesn't look like he's doing well anymore! I heard that in this land of Shandong, regarding Prime Minister Cao, then...hehehehe, even the emperor is a little dissatisfied with him.
ah!"
"This, is this true?"
"Whether it's true or not depends on whether Prime Minister Cao can resist this time... So, the current situation in the world can be summed up in two words..."
"May I ask...which two words are they?"
""Friend or foe"!"
Everyone was silent for a moment.
The wind blew across the grass, bringing some hot summer air.
The river flows not far away, and it feels cool.
Cold or hot, friend or enemy, this is indeed a question.
But most of the people present know that if you didn't choose before, you have missed the opportunity of low-cost investment. If you choose again now, the additional investment will not be as simple as a tiny bit.
If you want to make a living by chasing highs, you must be aware of being trapped.
Now is the time to manifest your own awareness...
But it is not easy to really take this step.
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On the other side, in Xu County, Emperor Liu Xie listened expressionlessly to the routine narration of the war.
The black and red colors in the hall were originally supposed to be a symbol of power and majesty, but now, in Liu Xie's eyes, he felt that this color represented his helplessness and compromise, anger and disappointment.
On the pillars of the main hall, there are carved beams, painted pillars, and gold-painted decorations. They seem to be very gorgeous, but they have faded slightly and are no longer as gorgeous as they were originally.
This is his main hall, where he meets with ministers and officials, but it is also his cage and his restraint. He sits on the dragon throne, but cannot freely exercise his power. He can only be controlled by powerful ministers.
Make compromises again and again.
Those court uniforms and official uniforms that represented the authority of the Han Dynasty, as well as the Heavenly Crown and the Xian Crown, seemed to be mocking Liu Xie. Anger and disappointment were rolling in his eyes, but he could only lower his eyelids and bury these emotions deeply.
He is now sitting on the throne, with hundreds of officials under the Dan rank, but in fact this is just an illusory appearance. His imperial power has been stripped away and only an empty shell is left. Every corner of the palace is full of power.
However, in Liu Xie's opinion, it was just sarcasm and ridicule towards him.
On the surface, the Emperor is the emperor of the Han Dynasty, the supreme commander, leader, and symbol of the Han Dynasty, but in fact he has no control over anything.
Even these battle reports from the front line are all approximate, should, maybe, maybe...
Tangerine wheat peel.
During the Second Emperor Huanling, when the Shandong gentry first opposed the emperor, it was indeed because of the emperor's incompetence. But now it is obvious that Liu Xie is not a fatuous emperor. At least at this stage, he is not fatuous, but no one
Offered to return the rights to him...
Well, it’s not that no one raised this issue at all, but the person who raised the issue was subsequently solved, so naturally there were no subsequent issues.
The emperor is not like the emperor, and the ministers are not like ministers.
The foundation of the Han order was gone.
These Shandong nobles and official families were originally the beneficiaries of the order of the Han Dynasty, but now they are desperately poaching the corners of the Han Dynasty. Even when Cao Cao's war was unfavorable and the defeat on the front line was revealed, these people still did not let go of the small things in their hands.
hoe.
Liu Xie had already noticed that the sky was changing and a storm was about to arise. In order to prevent himself from being involved in it immediately and to have some buffer space for advance and retreat, he did not express his dissatisfaction with the war as clearly as before, but just
Listen silently and no longer express any opinions.
It's just that some things are not just what he wants.
Liu Xie did not expect that a storm had already arisen, and he was about to push him forward, until he reached the peak of the storm...
The first thing is to have a dead soldier.
Only those who are not afraid of death can take a righteous stance.
When Liu Xie was preparing to end the court meeting, there was a noise coming from the imperial street outside the palace, and then it became louder and louder, shocking everyone in the hall, from the emperor to the officials down to the officials.
Of course, everyone knows whether it is a real color change or a fake color change.
Xu County, at the beginning, never thought that the emperor would be waiting for a long time. As a result, he could not leave while living there. However, the land in the city could not be built every day. Therefore, the emperor's palace, regardless of its size or structure, could not be moved.
It's smaller than Luoyang in Chang'an. The noise on the imperial street in this front palace gradually became clearer...
"Bus... Submit a letter..."
Liu Xie's face looked a little exciting, and his eyes were a little tentative and hesitant.
The Han system stipulates that when officials and people submit letters and comments, they will be received by public transport orders.
And because many of the people who wrote letters were used in great ways, they were often referred to as ordinary people writing letters to those in power.
It is said that during the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, after Dongfang Shuo arrived in Chang'an, he went to Gongche Mansion to write a letter to the emperor, which took a total of 3,000 wooden slips. Gongche Mansion sent two people to carry his memorial together, and they could barely lift it. It took Emperor Wu two months to read it.
After reading Dongfang Shuo's memorial, Long was delighted and ordered the appointment of Dongfang Shuo as Lang Guan.
"Report!"
Outside the main hall, there is a Huangmen kneeling on the ground, kowtowing and reporting, "Your Majesty! There is Zhang's son's bus on the Imperial Street to announce something!"
Liu Xie frowned, "Since it's a bus, why is it making so much noise on the street?"
Huang Men kowtowed, "I said that I submitted letters before, but they were all... uh, I was stopped. I don't mean..."
Inside the main hall, the scene suddenly fell into an unspeakable silence.
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On the Royal Street, a young nobleman stood on a high platform built with a simple wooden box, speaking impassionedly.
"Someone has heard! The way of heaven is to make up for the deficiency when there is more damage; and the way of man is to make up for the deficiency when it is not enough! Today there is a treacherous and cunning minister who monopolizes power and disrupts the government, deceiving the emperor and neglecting his superiors. His crime should be punished!"
"I hope that your majesty will judge this incompetent person and get rid of this thief as soon as possible, and use the Qing Dynasty to stabilize the country, eliminate border troubles, and ensure the peace of the people!"
"I heard something! During the time of Yao and Shun, the world was peaceful and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment. In the days of Jie and Zhou, treacherous ministers were in power and the government was in chaos, so the people suffered a lot! Now, your majesty is wise, powerful, intelligent and capable, but the traitors are in power, the government is unclear, and the people are suffering. It's as heavy as meeting a fierce tiger!"
"Traitors have been monopolizing power and disrupting the government, bullying the emperor and neglecting their superiors. It has not been a day! As time goes by, the harm will be too much!"
"The traitors have disrupted the government and caused chaos in all directions, causing frequent troubles on the border!"
"Nowadays, the people are suffering and their hearts are in panic. If this thief is not eliminated early, the disaster will be extended to the people, the people will be unstable, and the country will not be able to survive!"
"May your Majesty make an early judgment and get rid of this thief as soon as possible, so as to enlighten the world and the world, so that the Han Dynasty can be revived again..."
These are all clichés, and they seem to apply to everyone, but the more the young scholar talks, the more obvious they are.
"Emperor Xiaowu was well aware of the disaster of the prime minister's autocratic power, so he ordered the world to dismiss the prime minister and establish three ministers and nine ministers to divide the affairs of the common people. Then the Han Dynasty expelled the Xiongnu, opened up the Western Region, fought Yelang and expanded Liaodong, and everyone in the world surrendered! Dong Zhuozhi Liu, despicable and barbaric, harming the emperor, slaughtering hundreds of officials, and still calls himself prime minister and national teacher! How miserable is the great man!"
"When Cao Cao welcomed the Emperor, he first served as a general and then as the Three Dukes, which was not enough. He risked the disapproval of the world and appointed himself the prime minister! He followed in the footsteps of Dong's thieves, taking the power of the Emperor, invading the affairs of the Three Dukes, and coveting the position of the Nine Ministers. All of them belong to the Prime Minister alone! All matters concerning counties and counties must be reported to the Prime Minister first and dare to be carried out!"
"The Prime Minister's residence is full of people running around like a city! In front of the Emperor's Palace, there is nothing to report!"
"No matter how big or small, only Cao Cao makes the decision! Only Cao accepts money and taxes! Dare I ask if this great Han in the world is surnamed Liu or Cao!"
When the last sentence fell, the entire Imperial Street was like boiling and in chaos!
The changes in the political system of the Han Dynasty were a complex and far-reaching historical process, involving many aspects such as power structure, political struggle, ideology, etc. The changes in the prime minister and the three gongs and nine ministers, or in other words, Cao Cao abolished the three gongs and re-established the prime minister system. , in fact, they are all caused by the mutual transformation of the struggle between concentration and decentralization of power. They may not be blindly good or simply bad.
At first, the prime minister of the Han Dynasty did have too much power. Although he was nominally second to the emperor and under the emperor, he was responsible for assisting the emperor in handling national affairs. However, as time went by, the power of the prime minister gradually expanded, posing a threat to the imperial power. During the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, in order to limit the power of the prime minister, he first established the post of Grand Sima and General to decentralize power and check and balance. Later, he simply dismissed the prime minister and changed it to the system of three ministers and nine ministers.
The three Dukes are respectively responsible for military, administrative and supervisory functions. This decentralized design does help to prevent excessive concentration of power and thus maintain the stability of imperial power. However, the theory of the induction of heaven and man is inherently incomplete, causing the Three Dukes to change from actual positions to The scapegoat, Jiu Qing, instead became a truly powerful figure. In particular, the military power of the Taiwei was often invaded by the generals, so that the political balance was once again overturned.
In fact, from another perspective, the mutual struggle and changes between the Prime Minister and the Three Gongs and Nine Ministers system are also the struggle between the governing ideas of Legalism and Confucianism. The establishment of the Prime Minister system more reflects the Legalist thought of centralization, while the Three Gongs system
The establishment of the institution incorporates the Confucian concept of ritual governance.
So for ordinary people, they may think that the prime minister, the prime minister, and the three princes are all officials, and they change their meanings. But in the eyes of these people, is this Legalism or Confucianism, left-wing or...
Ahem, cough, that’s probably what it means.
Having said that, Cao Cao was actually forced by Fei Qian to reform his position.
Different from the history where Cao Cao gradually had some inappropriate thoughts, the current Cao Cao abolished the three-gong system and re-established the prime minister is actually to adapt to the needs of the current situation and strengthen centralization so that he can more effectively
Coping with the situation of being constantly suppressed by Guanzhong.
In the past, in the land of Shandong, whether it was Jizhou or Yuzhou, when Cao Cao expressed his intention to become prime minister, no one opposed it, and even praised it overwhelmingly. Now...
"Step aside!"
"Everyone, get out of the way!"
A group of Cao soldiers fought their way in from outside the crowd.
Not only did the onlookers of noble clansmen not get out of the way immediately, but they stumbled intentionally or unintentionally.
Zhang's scholar was pulled down from the high platform by Cao's army. Although he was dragged along, he kept saying, "If we don't get rid of the thieves, the world will be in danger! Get rid of the thieves... Uh-huh..."
One of Cao's soldiers stuffed a piece of rag into the scholar's mouth, and then dragged him forward.
"Get rid of thieves!"
Suddenly someone in the crowd shouted.
Everyone was a little stunned.
Even the group of Cao Jun soldiers couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.
"Get rid of thieves! Get rid of thieves!"
Someone shouted again, and this time the direction of the shout was from the other side.
There were more voices, "Get rid of the thieves! Get rid of the thieves!"
After a while, people on the left and right were shouting, "Get rid of the thieves! Get rid of the thieves! Get rid of the thieves!"
The soldiers of Cao's army, who were originally aggressive, now looked more or less at a loss. They looked left, right, and then looked at their leader.
"Go, go, go, go!"
Seeing Cao's soldiers walking away in confusion, the crowd cheered.
At the end of Imperial Street, far away from a second-floor window, several figures swayed, smiling slightly in the shadows.
