Chapter 207: Relevant Westbound Generals from Kanto
Luoyang
In a restaurant near Taixue, Chu Xuan and a guest were sitting by the window. There was tea in front of Chu Xuan, but the guest was drinking by himself.
Chu Xuan didn't speak, and the guests didn't speak either. Instead, they drank one cup after another without any intention of talking.
Looking down the window, we can see the famous Xiping Stone Scripture. The so-called Xiping Stone Scripture is actually the product of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty ordering many great scholars to work together to correct the Five Classics. What is recorded on it are the corrected Five Classics.
Theoretically speaking, education and scientific research should be separated from politics and should be purer, so that education belongs to education, scientific research belongs to scientific research, and politics belongs to politics.
But during the Han Dynasty, education or the Five Classics were inseparable from politics. A large number of ancient Chinese classics were also inseparable from politics.
The Xiping Stone Sutra is just such an attempt by the Ling Emperor in some form. The Ling Emperor attempted to achieve the great unification of consciousness through this Xiping Stone Sutra.
You are studying such and such a classic, and that is studying such and such Yi. Now I am directly kicking your base and ordering many great scholars to join forces to compile a standard version, the official version of the Five Classics.
Then, wouldn’t you, those of you aristocratic families who built their fortunes on Confucian classics, be in a much weaker position?
Then the facts tell Emperor Ling that you are thinking too much!
Emperor Ling summoned many great scholars and spent a lot of effort to compile the Xiping Stone Classics. Scholars and noble families all agreed after reading it.
A child from a poor family said yes after seeing it.
But it’s no use!
This did not change the status quo at all in which aristocratic families monopolized the officialdom of the Han Dynasty.
Three years after the Xiping Stone Classic was compiled, Emperor Ling changed his approach. He found that he and his family members really couldn't play happily, and they couldn't urinate in the same pot.
Then Emperor Ling decided to cultivate his own talents, have the right to speak, and make money!
Then, Emperor Ling founded the Hongdu School!
The so-called Hongdu Menxue is a broad category of literature that teaches everything except Confucianism.
Compared with orthodox Confucianism, Hongdu Menxue is more like a technical college. It specializes in teaching various non-Confucian things, including but not limited to rulers, novels, and poems.
Well, if Li Bai came here, he would definitely get the top spot in Hongdu School, but he may not want such a top spot.
Because after the Ling Emperor trained these people, he promoted many of his own people from Hongdu School, hoping to use this method to attack the aristocratic families and gain control of the imperial court.
This time, he failed again!
Hongdu School has been stigmatized by scholars since the day it was founded!
The aristocratic families have long been united with the poor families and scholars, and they have jointly created a large network. The Hongdu School was stigmatized before it was founded, and a lot of dirty water was poured on it.
All those who enter the Hongdu School are lucky to be small people and are members of the eunuchs (there are also eunuchs in the Han Dynasty at this moment).
From this point of view, although Emperor Ling was slandered by the members of the aristocratic family, he has been working hard to fight against the aristocratic family and seize power. He has successively made money through the Xiping Stone Classic, the Hongdu Sect, and selling his official position.
and other ways to extend the life of the Han Dynasty.
Moreover, Emperor Ling did not receive systematic and professional training as emperor. He became emperor in one leap from a marquis.
A few months later, he fought against powerful ministers and generals, and also fought against the Queen Mother, and became the de facto emperor. Even compared to Emperor Jiajing of the Dameng Dynasty, Emperor Ling was not weak at all.
But it is a pity that even though Ling Emperor has political skills comparable to Jiajing and has a shameless heart to make money, his opponents are far from being comparable to the weak squire of the Ming Dynasty!
His opponent is a scholar, a scholar who has thousands of years of history in Great Xia, and whose combat effectiveness is at the forefront. They are definitely not comparable to the useless squires of the Ming Dynasty!
After drinking tea for a while, Chu Xuan left without saying anything, leaving an article on his place.
The drunkard who had been drinking opposite him raised his head after Chu Xuan left, and the article left by Chu Xuan flew in front of him.
Before reading the article, the drunkard glanced at the Xiping Stone Scripture outside the window.
At this time, the people who copied the Xiping Stone Classics were also divided into two categories, one was students from the Imperial Academy, and the other was people from Hongdu School.
The two types of people are clearly distinct.
Looking at this scene, the drunkard could only sigh, and then he started to read Chu Xuan's article. After reading for a while, he couldn't help but take a breath. The title of this article was: A brief analysis of the emperor, the noble family, and the powerful.
, Liangjiazi, the demands and current situation of common people and slaves.
Looking at this topic, the drunkard felt that it was very exciting. He coughed and activated the cleaning technique. He who was originally very sloppy became much cleaner in an instant.
After leaving the restaurant, Chu Xuan walked and there were no more people. This time his goal was a barren mountain outside the city, where there was a newly built small pavilion.
When Chu Xuan arrived, Xiong Yan had already arrived. At this moment, Xiong Yan was slowly chopping vegetables. There was a bonfire in front of him. There was a large iron pot on top of the bonfire, and the thick soup inside was steaming.
"Conditions are limited, so we can only eat cabbage, tofu, tofu skin, Qianzhang, and beef and mutton pot."
Chu Xuan glanced at it and saw a large number of marinated lamb legs, which were almost ready to be roasted. He consciously walked aside and started to light a fire.
When the time came to night, Xiong Yan, Chu Xuan, Lao Wang, Lin Er, Changkong Taoist, Jiang Ju, Lu Zhou and others gathered together. There were twelve or thirteen people inside and outside.
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"This year is mid-March of the sixth year of Zhongping. The man in the palace will die soon. The situation that follows will be more complicated, or it may be very simple. Let me first talk about history and the historical trend recorded in history books."
Hearing this, Xiong Yan also put down the roasted lamb chops in his hand, picked up the tea cup on the side and started drinking tea. After eating so much lamb chops and beef, he was quite tired. Drinking some tea would help digestion.
"In history, Emperor Ling died in April and was given the posthumous title Ling. The chaos did not harm the spirit. It can be seen that although those aristocratic families hated Emperor Ling, they also recognized his ability."
Emperor Ling was originally a random prince of the Han family, not a prince, nor the son of the late emperor, but a relative of the late emperor, probably a distant relative of Emperor Heng.
When Emperor Heng died, he had no son and naturally no heir. After discussing with the then general Dou Wu, Emperor Heng's wife chose Emperor Ling as the new emperor of the Han Dynasty.
Therefore, when the Ling Emperor came to the throne, there were no ministers who cared about his life to help him, and there were no die-hard loyalists to him. After all, no one had known him before.
Emperor Ling ascended the throne in the first month. In August, he cleverly used the power of the eunuchs to kill General Dou Wu, and also made the Queen Mother lose power, and officially became the Emperor of the Han Dynasty.
This time the emperor is the emperor with real power, not someone's puppet.
When he succeeded to the throne, in the struggle between the aristocratic family and the imperial power, the imperial power was already at a disadvantage. When he succeeded to the throne, the financial revenue of the Han Dynasty was already on the verge of bankruptcy.
It's just that Emperor Ling was shameless and only wanted to make money, even if he sold his official position. Because he made money, he could afford to support the Central Army.
Because he could afford to support the Central Army, even if the scholars scolded him every day that he deserved to die, that he was a dead remnant, and that he was a foolish emperor, his position as emperor was still very secure.
If Chongzhen had the ability and awareness of the Ling Emperor, the Ming Dynasty could at least last for several more decades. Even if it would eventually perish, it would not destroy the world.
"After the death of Emperor Ling, General He Jin took power. This period of history is a bit complicated and should be different from the history books."
The personal image of He Jin in the history books is that of a 250-year-old with unsatisfactory intelligence, not even comparable to ordinary people, just like a primary school student.
"He Jin in the history books wavered, and was eventually beheaded by the eunuchs due to his carelessness. Then Yuan Shu, Yuan Shao and others, in order to avenge He Jin, directly entangled the army to attack the palace, and successfully breached the palace."
To be honest, this is quite speechless.
There is no difference between this behavior and rebellion!
Of course, Yuan Shu might say: I want to be a good person, but I have no choice!
"A careful analysis will reveal that He Jin first used scholars to attack the eunuchs and made the eunuchs surrender to him unconditionally. He also used scholars time and time again to intimidate the eunuchs. Then, he and Queen He were both white-faced and the other red-faced."
Then, the two powerful forces of the gentry and eunuchs were completely controlled by He Jin and Queen He.
Then, He Jin easily gained the surrender of the Ten Constant Attendants.
In the original history, the Shi Changshi had agreed to unconditionally surrender to He Jin, which was a sincere surrender. This meant that He Jin had successfully gained a second force under his command.
At that time, He Jin could not only divide and win over the nobles, but also control the power of the eunuchs. If the nobles were disobedient, they would let the eunuchs out and bark a few times.
This is simply perfect!
But it's a pity that by that time, Yuan Shao also discovered that He Jin had been playing him!
You play me?
How dare you fucking play me?
Then Yuan Shao was so cruel that he directly used the name of the General's Palace and wrote letters to local officials in the name of He Jin, ordering them to kill the official's relatives in his hometown.
When the eunuchs' relatives in their hometown were expelled by local officials, the eunuchs no longer believed in He Jin and even began to fight against the odds, because they had lost their way out and had no way out, so they had no choice but to kill He Jin.
However, when Yuan Shao did all this, he did not reveal any information to He Jin. Then He Jin entered the palace in a big way and was killed by the eunuch.
Immediately afterwards, Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao led their troops to attack the palace.
This is the executive ability of the first-class gentry children in the late Eastern Han Dynasty!
General He Jin played me again today!
After thinking about it, I decided to first use the eunuchs to kill the general, then attack the palace under the pretext of avenging the general, and then take the opportunity to become a powerful minister.
But I never expected that just when I finished the first half of the script, Dong Zhuo appeared halfway!
This guy picked my peaches!
"...To sum up, due to various chances and coincidences, Dong Zhuo successfully entered the capital and became the Grand Master."
"There must be some coincidence in this. The conflict between the Kanto scholars and the Kansai scholars is not just a day or two."
It's funny to say that many people only know that the Qing Dynasty signed many agreements to cede territory and pay compensation, but they don't know that the Han Dynasty reached a tacit agreement from top to bottom and collectively gave up part of the Bingzhou area.
For example, Jiuyuan County, where Lu Bu was born, had already been mixed with Han and barbarians when he was born. In fact, barbarians were the majority and had the upper hand. Every year, barbarians would come to fight against the autumn wind and rob the local Han people.
Does the Han court know about this scene?
You should know!
Do they care?
Basically don’t care!
After giving up some of the counties that merged with the state, the Han court may have been addicted to giving up land. Some loud-mouthed Guandong scholars said that Liangzhou is a loser. We rule Liangzhou and lose money every day without any profit.
No.
Otherwise, let’s throw Liangzhou away too, right?
As long as Liangzhou is thrown away, wouldn't the fiscal revenue and expenditure of the Han Dynasty look much better?
I say this out of public concern. Who allowed the imperial court to go bankrupt several times because of its handling of the Qiang rebellion in Liangzhou?
Therefore, the reason why I say this is not to further attack the voice of Kansai scholars, nor to attack the voice of Kansai warriors, but for the sake of the overall situation of the world!
This is all for the greater good!
You Kansai scholars and Kansai warriors must think of the overall situation of the world as a chess game. You can't just think about your hometown being invaded by the Qiang people all day long, nor can you just think about your fellow villagers and elders being robbed and killed by the Qiang people all day long.
die……
Have a big picture view!
Then, the Kanto scholar who said this was beaten to death by the Kansai scholar!
Therefore, Liangzhou has not been given up yet!
But from this we can see how low the moral integrity of the Kanto scholars was. It would not be unfair to say that they had no moral integrity at all!
"So, it was inevitable that after Dong Zhuo entered the capital, he hit it off with the Kansai scholars. After Dong Zhuo and the Kansai scholars came to power, it was also inevitable that the Kanto scholars would collectively rebel."
Guandong scholars: We worked hard to kill the eunuchs, worked hard to kill the generals, and threw the majesty of the royal family to the ground (we broke through the palace, forced Queen He and the emperor to flee in panic, and forced the maids to marry,
Forcefully kill all the beardless ones in the palace).
As a result, you Kanto scholars directly stole the fruits of our victory!
Can I bear this?
Damn it!
"Although in today's Han Dynasty, the literati and warriors are not as distinct as in the later Ming Dynasty, there is still a saying about generals going out from the east and going out from the west."
To put it simply and crudely, Dong Zhuo's Rebellion was essentially a conflict between the generals of the Han Dynasty and the scholar-bureaucrats of the Han Dynasty.
They fought over who was the boss and who had the cake, and eventually Dong Zhuo's Rebellion broke out.
Dong Zhuo's rebellion is just a symptom.
Even if Dong Zhuo was killed, the conflicts between the generals and ministers of the Han Dynasty were not resolved! It was only a matter of time before they broke out!
The difference is that when Emperor Ling is alive, he can ease the time for the decisive battle between the two sides. When He Jin is alive, he can also make the two sides maintain peace on the surface.
And now, Emperor Ling is about to die!
It’s hard to say how long He Jin can live!
After all, the fighting power of contemporary scholars such as Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Xu You and Guo Tu is not ordinary, it is very powerful!