Chapter five hundred and forty-five internal contradictions
The next morning, Jia Fu entered the palace and reported to Liu Xiu what he had done last night.
In the Han Dynasty, morning dynasties were not held every day. The dynasty meetings were usually divided into two types: one was for greetings, which only occurred on festivals, and the other was for discussing affairs, which was the morning dynasty in the usual sense, once every five days.
Now that Liu Xiu had just established his capital in Luoyang, he was busy with state affairs and government affairs. The original tradition of having one court meeting every five days was changed to one court meeting every three days.
After listening to Jia Fu's report in Qingliang Hall, Liu Xiu said: "Even though we destroyed the five strongholds of Si'a, our understanding of Si'a is still very little. We even don't know whether there are other Si'a strongholds in Luoyang City.
I don’t know if there are any remnants of Si’a.”
Jia Fu lowered his head and said, "Yes, Your Majesty!"
Liu Xiu sighed, he was very confident in Jia Fu's ability, but even Jia Fu couldn't catch the Si'a assassin alive, which shows how difficult the Si'a assassin is.
He nodded and said, "Okay, I understand. Jun Wen also worked hard last night."
Jia Fu lowered his head with a red face and said, "It's just a humble minister who is useless."
Liu Xiu smiled and said: "Jun Wen is a general on the battlefield, not a knight in the martial arts. It is understandable that he has no idea about the martial arts for a while."
The implication of his words was that he was urging Jia Fu to adapt to the position of Zhijinwu as soon as possible and shoulder the responsibilities of Zhijinwu.
This time, we can just forget about it, but next time, don't let this kind of thunderous and rainy thing happen again. After a whole night of tossing, only five identified enemy strongholds were destroyed.
No gain.
Zhijinwu, also known as lieutenant, in modern terms, is the commander of the Capital Military Region and the director of the Capital Public Security Bureau. He is responsible for the security of the entire capital. He is a high-ranking official and of course carries great responsibilities.
Although Liu Xiu did not explain what he said, Jia Fu could hear the implication. He bowed and said, "Wei Chen will remember your Majesty's teachings. Wei Chen resigns!" wavv
Seeing Liu Xiu nodding, Jia Fu exited the hall. After Jia Fu left, Liu Xiu picked up a memorial and read it from beginning to end twice, tapping the table with his fingers.
After a while, Liu Xiu raised his head and said, "Zhang Kun!"
Following Liu Xiu's call, a visitor quickly walked in from outside, bowed to Liu Xiu and saluted, and said, "I have seen your Majesty!"
The full name of Yezhe is Zhonggong Yezhe, who is the emperor's close attendant. To put it more bluntly, he is the eunuch beside the emperor who helps the emperor convey various orders and affairs. This Zhang Kun is the Zhonggong Yezhe.
The supervisor among the visitors.
Zhang Kun was an eunuch captured in Wang Lang's palace when Liu Xiu led his army to capture Handan. At that time, many chamberlains were captured with Zhang Kun. Liu Xiu did not kill these chamberlains indiscriminately, but gave them to them.
With a sum of money, he sent them back to their hometown. As for the servants who refused to leave, Liu Xiu took them as his dependents.
At that time, most of the captured chamberlains chose to stay with Liu Xiu and become his dependents.
First, they were all eunuchs. When they returned to their hometown, they were ridiculed and life was worse than death. Second, Liu Xiu was generous. Even when he treated his servants, he was not harsh at all. The servants were willing to follow Liu Xiu from the bottom of their hearts.
, is willing to serve Liu Xiu, and this Zhang Kun is one of them. Zhang Kun is quick in his hands and feet, flexible in mind, and very good at doing things. It didn't take long for him to stand out from the many servants and was noticed by Liu Xiu.
Gradually, Liu Xiu will also arrange for him to do some relatively important tasks.
As Liu Xiu took control of Luoyang, Zhang Kun followed suit and became the eunuch of the Central Palace. He was already considered a powerful eunuch in the palace.
Liu Xiu said to Zhang Kun: "Immediately declare the Great Sima, and the Great Sikong will enter the palace."
"Yes! Your Majesty!" Zhang Kun agreed, bowed and exited the hall.
Zhang Kun did not dare to delay, so he immediately left the palace, went to Da Sima Mansion and Da Sikong Mansion, and summoned Wu Han and Wang Liang into the palace.
Wu Han listened to the call and didn't ask any questions. He immediately changed into his official uniform and went to the palace. In his heart, Wu Han looked down on these eunuchs and naturally had nothing to say to them.
Wang Liang was much more tactful. After Zhang Kun finished reading the emperor's oral edict, he stepped forward, raised his hands and said, "Zhang Ye's order!"
Zhang Kun hurriedly returned the salute and said with a smile on his face: "Your Majesty!" He is young, not yet thirty, of medium height, slightly fat, with a round face. He is cheerful and cheerful to everyone he meets, and is very lovable.
happiness.
Wang Liang asked in a low voice: "Your Majesty only declares me to enter the palace?"
Zhang Kun had a good impression of Wang Liang, and he didn't mind saying a few more words when he asked him about it. He looked left and right, leaned into Wang Liang's ear, and whispered in a low voice: "Your Majesty also announced the
Sima Wu Gong."
Wang Liang was stunned. Among the three princes, only Deng Yu was not in Luoyang now. His Majesty announced that he and Wu Han had been announced, so there must be important matters to discuss. He asked: "Zhang Ye's order, I don't know that your Majesty announced that I and Wu Han will enter the palace.
What happened?"
Zhang Kun looked around again and said mysteriously: "Your Majesty only announced the prince and Duke Wu after reading Zhuzhou Mu's memorial."
Zhuzhou Mu, that is Zhu Fu. It’s strange, what important thing could happen in Youzhou? Could it be that the Xiongnu invaded? Wang Liang was filled with doubts and thanked Zhang Kun.
Zhang Kun returned the gift with a smile and said: "Your Majesty is too polite, this servant cannot bear it!"
Eunuchs in the Han Dynasty usually called themselves slaves, and they were particularly close to the emperor. Those who were granted official positions and received salary would call themselves ministers, but this was rare.
There can only be one man in the palace. If the eunuch calls himself a slave, it does not mean that there are two men in the palace. It is a great disrespect to the emperor. Therefore, the eunuch can only call himself a slave, and this kind of self-proclaiming has been continued for a long time.
Wu Han and Wang Liang entered the palace one after another. The former arrived first and waited in the side hall for a while. After Wang Liang also arrived, they went into the main hall to meet Liu Xiu.
After the two of them finished saluting, Liu Xiu waved his hands to them and motioned them to sit down in front of him.
After the two sat down, Liu Xiu picked up a memorial and handed it to the two of them for them to read. The memorial was written by Mu Zhufu of Youzhou, and the content in it was basically an accusation against Peng Chong, the prefect of Yuyang.
In the memorial, Zhu Fuyan conclusively listed a series of evidence against Peng Chong, saying that he formed a party in Yuyang for personal gain, cultivated party members wantonly, and said that he enriched his own pockets and took advantage of his power to hoard food, grass and weapons in order to plot evil...
He enriched his own pockets, formed a clique for personal gain, and had evil intentions. Zhu Fu's memorial was also cruel enough, and he deliberately wanted to punish Peng Chong to death.
After Wu Han and Wang Liang had finished reading Zhu Fu's memorial, Liu Xiu asked, "Zi Yan, Jun Yan, what do you think?"
Now Wu Han and Wang Liang finally understood why His Majesty announced them to the palace. Wu Han and Wang Liang had both served as county magistrates under Peng Chong, so they naturally knew Peng Chong very well.
Now that Zhu Fu was impeaching Peng Chong for so many serious crimes, Liu Xiu would not just listen to his words, so he brought Wu Han and Wang Liang into the palace to discuss the matter.
Hearing Liu Xiu's question about his head, Wu Han and Wang Liang looked at each other, but neither of them answered immediately.
For this question, they really didn't have a good answer. If they agreed with Zhu Fu's memorial, they would seem too ungrateful. After all, they were both officials under Peng Chong. The reason why they came to Liu Xiu's side was
, who followed Liu Xiu was also appointed by Peng Chong. It can be said that the two of them were able to become Da Sima and Da Sikong, and Peng Chong played a major role in supporting them.
But if they speak for Peng Chong and try their best to defend him, it will appear that they are shielding Peng Chong, and it will even make people suspect that they are having an affair with Peng Chong.
After being silent for a while, Wu Han said: "Prefect Peng is not honest enough as an official, but I think that Prefect Peng will not betray His Majesty!"
Wang Liang glanced at Wu Han and then said: "This matter is of great importance. I believe that your Majesty can first send people to Yuyang to investigate secretly, and then summon Prefect Peng to Beijing to question him face to face. This is the safest way!"
Liu Xiu said: "When I first arrived in Hebei, officials from all over the country were bewitched by Wang Lang and willingly took refuge in Handan. Only the governor of Shanggu Geng and the governor of Yuyang Peng in Youzhou were willing to follow me sincerely and sent troops to the two counties.
The army helped me rebel. During this period, supplies from the two counties continued to flow. I have kept these in mind and will never forget them!"
Wu Han and Wang Liang bowed and said, "Your Majesty is wise and benevolent!"
Liu Xiu continued: "If others turn against me, I will not feel sad. If Prefect Peng turns against me, I will feel very sad."
Wu Han and Wang Liang looked at each other again and said nothing.
Zhu Fu's memorial was partly true and partly false. Both of them were skeptical because the relationship between Zhu Fu and Peng Chong was very bad.
After Liu Xiu became emperor, Peng Chong often regarded himself as a hero, and he was always honest with his immediate boss, Zhu Fu, who was a narrow-minded and very vindictive person. Peng Chong's arrogance and rudeness,
Let Zhu Fu always bear the grudge in his heart.
Under such circumstances, Zhu Fu's memorial will inevitably be mixed with water and exaggerated. However, Zhu Fu used to be Liu Xiu's chief secretary and was Liu Xiu's direct confidant. Zhu Fu's report occupied a special place in Liu Xiu's mind.
Huge portion.
As the saying goes, there is no storm without fire. If Peng Chong had never done anything mentioned in the memorial, Zhu Fu would not dare to write it like this.
Liu Xiu came to Wu Han and Wang Liang to discuss the matter. In fact, he wanted to use their mouths to warn Peng Chong that enough was enough. If the matter was allowed to develop to the point of irreversibility, it would be too late to regret it.
Wu Han and Wang Liang were both old subordinates of Peng Chong, and they could talk to Peng Chong.
Wang Liang understood Liu Xiu's intention, but Wu Han didn't think in this direction at all. Wu Han was a person with a high IQ but low EQ, and his interpersonal relationships were average.
After listening to Liu Xiu's words, Wu Han just said casually: "Wei Chen doesn't think that Prefect Peng dares to rebel yet."
Then, he changed the topic and talked about the issue he was most concerned about, which was to march south and recover Jingzhou.
He didn't know Liu Xiuxuan's purpose of entering the palace at all, but he brought all the maps of Jingzhou. He asked the chamberlain outside the palace to bring the map he brought in and unfold it. Then he stood up and pointed at the map.
, and talked endlessly about how to use troops to regain the entire Jingzhou step by step.
Seeing this, Wang Liang had a helpless smile on his face. Now it is obvious that what His Majesty wants to do most is to stabilize the internal situation and consolidate his own foundation, rather than non-stop and aggressive expansion.
In fact, Liu Xiu did have such thoughts, but he didn't show it. When Wu Han pointed at the map and explained, he listened carefully.
When Wu Han finished speaking, Liu Xiu laughed loudly, nodded and praised: "Ziyan is worthy of being a great Sima. He can prepare for a rainy day and win a thousand miles!"
When Wu Han heard this, he grinned and smiled proudly.
