Liu Xiu said this with the utmost disdain for him.
After living for most of my life, I am still a fool, bound by fame and fortune, and have lost myself.
In his view, fame and fortune are like a rag. If it is useful, you will hold it in your hand. If it is not useful, throw it aside. There is no need to forget about fame and fortune and not know what your name is.
Don't you see, he has also casually thrown aside the reputation of being an emperor for eternity.
As long as he is willing, as long as he wins the Northern Expedition to the Huns, he will definitely be the emperor for eternity. Later generations of literary works will continue to describe it, but what's the use. I don't care how later generations of literary works describe me, and I don't care how the world evaluates me. Stand firm in my ideals.
Follow your own path.
"Put it down!"
Liu Xiu said disdainfully.
The soldiers stepped forward and took him down.
When the news came that Ouyang She was imprisoned, Taixue immediately started to stir up trouble.
In the eyes of Taixue students, Ouyang She is a scholar and a good person. A scholar and a good person must be an upright official and must make decisions for the people. How could he be corrupt? There must be a treacherous minister who wants to harm Ouyang Qingtian.
As a result, countless Taixue students, numbering in the thousands, came to the palace one after another to seek justice for Ouyang She and beg His Majesty to release him.
Then, some students were willing to enter the prison instead of Ouyang She and die on his behalf.
There were even more civil servants who begged for mercy.
Suddenly, the news of rescue overwhelmed everything else.
Liu Xiu was isolated for the first time.
Liu Xiu just sneered, did not respond, and would not explain anything. Smart people can understand without explanation; as for those who can't wake up, no matter how much explanation they have, it is a waste.
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In the mansion, since the founding of the People's Republic of China, Deng Yu has lived in semi-seclusion and rarely participated in court affairs.
His attitude is very similar to Zhang Liang.
Deng Yu retired, but no one looked down upon him.
On this day, many nobles came to the door one after another and persuaded Deng Yu to go out and rescue Ouyang She.
"Da Sima is an upright official, how can he be corrupt!"
"Your Majesty, you must have been deceived by the treacherous officials, so you let Da Sima be imprisoned!"
"The Marquis must take action to rescue Da Sima!"
"There are traitors like Dong Xuan and others in the imperial court, and they should be killed!"
"The Marquis must come forward to persuade His Majesty!"
"The Marquis is a good friend of His Majesty. He has fought with His Majesty for many years, so he must obey the Marquis's advice!"
One by one the literati persuaded.
Deng Yu nodded, but after these people left, he immediately said: "Tell the outside world that I am sick and will die soon!"
As he spoke, he coughed deliberately, got on the bed, covered himself with a thick quilt, and was dying, as if he was about to die at any moment.
The son looked at this scene and was speechless.
My father, Deng Yu, is a half-step martial arts god. His true form is impeccable and his cultivation is strong. How can he get sick easily? It seems that he is pretending to be sick to avoid the disaster in front of him.
"Father, are you really not going to take action?" the son asked.
"Those people want to fight against Du Tianling, want to fight against His Majesty, go to seek death, and want to drag me with them! I'm not that stupid!" Deng Yu sneered: "Ouyang She is a bad person and a fool.
There is no distinction between right and wrong. If you want to fight against the emperor, you will definitely be imprisoned!"
"Originally, Ouyang She would not have died. Unfortunately, thousands of imperial students came to plead for mercy and sat quietly in front of the palace to force the emperor. At this point, how could the emperor give in? He had no intention to kill, but he became
Endless killing intent..."
"If the emperor gives in, his authority will no longer exist, and the emperor will no longer be the emperor. It would be better to abdicate directly and let Ouyang She take the throne!"
How can the emperor be forced?
The emperor was so kind-hearted, and he was very kind to scholars and treated people kindly, giving the world a kind, even weak and deceptive look.
But is the emperor really easy to bully?
If you really dig your nose in the face and show shamelessness, the emperor doesn't mind killing anyone.
The experience of getting along with him as a boy made Deng Yu understand that the emperor is easy to talk to, as long as he does not offend the emperor's bottom line; but once he offends the emperor's bottom line, the emperor does not mind killing.
"Take care of your younger brother and those clan members. If anyone resists the Dutian Order, we will directly wipe out the family tree and expel him from the family!" Deng Yu said with cold words, "No one can resist the Dutian Order. Anyone who resists is seeking death.
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In prison, the jailer talked about his experiences in the outside world and the various situations outside.
"Da Sima, there are thousands of students petitioning. This is the general trend. Your Majesty is forced by the general trend. Da Sima will be released from prison soon!" The jailer said: "Here, I would like to congratulate Da Sima in advance on his release from prison!"
Ouyang She listened, but her hands and feet felt cold.
Even the jailer left without noticing.
"I will definitely die!" Ouyang She sighed: "Originally, it was unfavorable to farm, and it was greedy. Your Majesty took me down to warn those officials... If things calm down, I may have a chance of survival. But now, those people are inciting the imperial students.
, openly confront the emperor, and force the emperor to give in!"
"How can the emperor give in? If he can give in today, he can abdicate tomorrow!"
As he said this, Ouyang She drank a glass of wine, feeling extremely bitter.
At many times, you can plead with His Majesty, but you cannot force the Emperor.
The emperor may have given in, but Xiao Jiujiu has already been remembered in his heart, and he will continue to liquidate in the future.
On small issues, the emperor often gave in; but the land transfer order was about the country and the fundamentals, so how could the emperor give in?
If he gives in now and loses his authority, the emperor may no longer be the emperor soon.
Originally, the emperor had no intention of murdering him, and there might be a chance to escape. However, as thousands of Tai students petitioned and forced him, the emperor would definitely kill him.
"Someone wants to kill me! You are so cruel!" Ouyang She said angrily, "You don't understand the stakes involved. But you still did it. You were obviously trying to rescue me, but you were actually forcing the emperor to kill him.
I!"
Thinking of this, Ouyang She turned into sadness.
In the past, those so-called friends and so-called tribesmen usually had a good relationship, but at the critical moment, they worked together, not to save him, but to kill him.
This is the friendship of aristocratic families!
He is indeed a fool!
"You want to provoke the imperial students to fight against the emperor and resist the order to save the land, but you underestimated the emperor!" Ouyang She sneered: "It's like Mr. Ye loves dragons. He seems to like dragons, but in fact he doesn't like them at all. The emperor seems to be kind to Confucian scholars.
, The reason why I value the Imperial High School Student is actually just because Mr. Ye is fond of dragons!"
"What the emperor really values is those nobles!"
"Morality cannot be forced, blood and tears cannot be forced, I understand!"
After entering the prison and reflecting on the past, Ouyang She felt a sense of enlightenment.
He took up a pen and wrote a book of ten thousand words, listing the names of the governors and officials from various places who resisted the order to conquer the fields one by one, and submitted them to Liu Xiu.
The clerk left.
Ouyang She stepped forward, took out the powder, poured it into a cup, drank the poisoned wine, and committed suicide.