Chapter 209: Speaking of the general trend of the world, it will be united for a long time
early April
At night, a solitary oil lamp stood on the desk. The area that the soybean-sized light could illuminate was really limited.
Even so, not everyone can afford such a luxury item as an oil lamp, especially the oil lamp in front of Chu Xuan. It is said that the lamp oil inside has been specially treated. It smells not only free of odor but also exudes a light fragrance.
, has a refreshing effect.
There were not a large number of books on the desk, and there were not a lot of white paper, pens, inks, paper and inkstones and other common desk necessities. They did not appear in front of Chu Xuan.
At this moment, Chu Xuan rolled up his sleeves, revealing his strong arms, holding a carving knife in one hand and a wooden board in the other.
On the table in front of him, there are wooden boards one after another. These wooden boards were temporarily made by Chu Xuan after letting the descendants cut down trees in the past few days. This prevents anyone from using the wooden boards to find out Chu Xuan in the future.
On the head.
tuk tuk tuk
This was the sound made when the carving knife penetrated the wood. Along with the noise, inscriptions appeared on the wooden board one by one.
The inscriptions are the words engraved on the seal. They look upside down from the normal words, so they may not be recognized at first glance. However, if you look carefully, anyone who is literate can basically recognize them.
After the seal is stained with ink, a few words can be printed by pressing the cloth against a white paper or other paper.
This is actually the prototype of woodblock printing!
The famous Xiping Stone Scripture is like this!
Cai Yong and other great scholars carved the corrected Five Classics and other classics on stones in inscriptions. Students who came to admire and study could hold white paper and cloth, and paste ink on them.
Just press the stone and you will have the official corrected version of the Five Classics.
Chu Xuan's work at the moment is similar. He is making engravings. After the engravings are completed, he takes the ink and prints directly on the white paper.
If you are an ordinary person, even a skilled old worker, you may only make one version a day. After all, carving wood is very laborious and requires precision, which is very troublesome.
And Chu Xuan is not an ordinary person, he is a transcendent, not just an ordinary transcendent, but a powerful transcendent. Therefore, he completed the first carving almost in a moment.
Romance of the Three Kingdoms
After carving these four characters, Chu Xuan nodded and continued to carve.
The rolling water of the Yangtze River flows eastward, and the waves wash away the heroes. Right and wrong, success or failure, are all gone. The green mountains are still there, and the sunsets are red several times.
The white-haired fisherman and woodcutter on the riverbank is used to watching the autumn moon and the spring breeze. They happily meet each other over a pot of turbid wine. Many things in ancient and modern times are laughed at and talked about.
After engraving the poem "Linjiang Immortal" in smaller characters, Chu Xuan looked at the cover again, and after thinking about it, he left the author's name at the bottom: Adventer!
After blowing on the wood chips, Chu Xuan picked up the second piece of wood and continued carving:
Speaking of the general trend of the world, if it divides for a long time, it will unite, and if it unites for a long time, it will divide. The seven kingdoms fought over the weekend and were merged into Qin. After the destruction of Qin, Chu and Han fought against each other and merged into Han.
The Han Dynasty started an uprising after Emperor Gaozu killed the White Snake and unified the world. Later, Guangwu Zhongxing was promoted to Emperor Xian, and was divided into three kingdoms. The cause of the chaos probably started with Emperors Huan and Ling.
Emperor Huan imprisoned good people and respected eunuchs. When Emperor Huan died and Emperor Ling ascended the throne, General Dou Wu and Grand Tutor Chen Fan assisted each other. At times, eunuchs Cao Jie and others took power, and Dou Wu and Chen Fan plotted to kill him, but the matter was not kept secret.
, but he was harmed, and Zhongjuan became more and more violent from then on.
When Chu Xuan was carving the above content, in a certain room of the General's Mansion, Yuan Shao, Xu You, Guo Tu and others were gathering together to discuss the current situation.
"Your Majesty feels that the prince is frivolous and not good enough to rule the world. He wants to make the prince the crown prince, but he is wavering and has not yet made a decision."
"But Jian Shuo, the captain of the military academy, frequently suggested to the emperor that Han Sui was causing the rebellion and wanted the general to go and quell the rebellion."
"This is not the first time the military commander has suggested this, but this is the first time the emperor has agreed."
At this point, Guo Tu shut up.
Smart people will definitely understand Guo Tu's thoughts after hearing this. If they still can't understand their own thoughts after hearing this, then there is no need to communicate.
At this moment, Yan Liang, Wen Chou and Yan Liang were guarding the door. It was impossible for anyone in the world to bypass the two of them and peek in.
The room was full of Yuan Shao and his friends. They were basically the core figures in Yuan Shao's circle. They were all their own people and smart people.
However, unlike Guo Tu's caution, Xu You pinched his beard and sneered: "The family members are different, they talk in such convoluted ways, they are not refreshing enough, and there are so many rules."
Hearing this, Guo Tu acted as if he hadn't heard anything, stroking his beard and looking at the ground motionless. As long as you didn't call my name, then you're not talking about me.
Perfect!
Seeing Guo Tu who had no reaction, Xu You felt bored, so he turned around and said to Yuan Shao: "Benchu, the emperor is not going to die soon!"
The Yellow Turban Rebellion was put down by General He Jin. There is nothing wrong with that!
Of course, those who despise He Jin can say that these are all the correct suggestions made by He Jin's staff, this is all because the Han Dynasty is powerful, all this is...
Just have some hands!
This is the main view of people who despise He Jin, but even if you have the skills, even if you put a pig on it, you can put down the Yellow Turban Rebellion, but this does bring He Jin a huge reputation.
Ever since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Emperor Ling was afraid of He Jin.
And Liu Bian's biological mother is He Hou, and He Hou is He Jin's sister. If Liu Bian is allowed to ascend the throne, He Jin will definitely become a powerful minister, and no one can change this.
He Jin must be very satisfied with such a future.
The scholars behind He Jin were also very satisfied.
But Emperor Ling was very dissatisfied!
Therefore, Emperor Ling has always had the idea of making Liu Xie the crown prince, but Liu Bian is the queen's son and is older than Liu Xie. No matter how you look at it, no matter what standards you use to judge it, Liu Bian is the true heir.
eldest son.
In the context of the eldest son's inheritance system, if the eldest son makes no mistakes, I will say that you are too stupid. I think your IQ is not enough to inherit the world.
Such reasons cannot convince the world!
Therefore, Emperor Ling has been spreading rumors all this time, hoping to see what everyone thinks about Liu Xie's rise to power.
And all this time, Emperor Ling was just testing the waters and had no intention of quarreling with each other. But at this moment, Emperor Ling suddenly agreed to the suggestion of the military academy lieutenant Jian Shuo and really wanted He Jin to leave Luoyang and go to Xiliang to quell the rebellion.
Not normal!
This is equivalent to an ultimatum!
If Emperor Ling is still very healthy and has many more years to live, then what is he anxious about? He can completely reduce He Jin's power bit by bit through normal political means to achieve a smooth transition.
Just like if Li Er hadn't lost all hope politically, how could he have risked his life and launched the Xuanwumen Incident?
At that time, as long as Li Er had the slightest political hope of becoming a prince, he would not launch the Xuanwu Gate Revolution in despair!
(Although it later succeeded, before launching the coup, Li Er must have considered what would happen if it failed. This was a last-ditch effort for him.)
Therefore, Jian Shuo has been making suggestions to transfer He Jin away. This is no problem. He is the eunuch and the confidant of Emperor Ling. He is thinking about Emperor Ling. No matter how you look at it, there is no problem.
Gu Yi
The question is, why did you, Emperor Ling, suddenly agree?
You are the emperor, and with great righteousness, you cut off He Jin's left arm today, cut off his right arm tomorrow, take off his shoes the day after tomorrow, and remove his thighs the day after tomorrow, weakening him bit by bit. This is the royal way.
Just like how Emperor Ling set up the Eighth School Lieutenant of Xiyuan before, even if He Jin knew that the Xiyuan Army was to share military power with him, he could only accept this reality.
If the emperor implements this royal method, no matter how many ideas the scholars have, there is nothing they can do, because this is a conspiracy!
It is difficult to resist conspiracy!
The emperor's destiny is not long!
When Xu You, the loudspeaker, said this, everyone in the room reacted. As for Yan Liangwen Chou, who was guarding the door, he couldn't help but be shocked.
Good guy!
Good guy!
The emperor is actually going to die? This was Yan Liangwen Chou's reaction.
Can you say this directly? Without etiquette, he is indeed a rebel and a fanatic! Only this kind of fanatic could have planned a rebellion to kill the emperor five years ago. This is Guo Tu.
You are still useful, so I said nothing and watched your performance quietly. This is Yuan Shao.
"So, originally you only had to delay it on the grounds that Qingxu Huangjin was coming back."
The Yellow Turban Uprising broke out again in Qingzhou and Xuzhou. This is not new news. After the Yellow Turban Uprising, the land annexation went further and the people could no longer survive. So wouldn’t they have no choice but to rebel?
Therefore, large-scale rebellions occurred one after another across the country and never stopped at all.
"It doesn't matter what the reason is, and it doesn't matter whether the reason is convincing or not. What's important is that we need a reason to delay time. The key now is to waste it. Your Majesty can't wait for the general after all."
Hearing this, Yuan Shao nodded slightly: "When the emperor dies and the prince succeeds to the throne, the general will be able to completely eliminate the eunuchs and usher in the world of scholars like us."
While Yuan Shaochang was thinking about the future, Chu Xuan had already finished carving the second edition, even paired it with a picture, and was now carving the third edition:
Looking at the sun in April of the second year of Jianning, the emperor ascended the throne in the Wende Hall, and a strong wind suddenly rose in the corner of the hall...
In the first year of Guanghe, the hen turned into a male. On the first day of the sixth lunar month, more than ten feet of black air flew into the Wende Hall. In the seventh month of autumn, a rainbow appeared in the Yutang; .
The emperor issued an edict to ask the ministers for the reason for the disaster, and Cai Yong, the minister of consultation, believed that the transformation of Ni into chicken was caused by Fusi's interference in politics. His words were quite straightforward. The emperor sighed and got up to change his clothes. Cao Jie followed. He peeped at him and announced to his left and right; so he was convicted of other things and released to the fields... The government was deteriorating day by day, causing confusion among the people in the world and the rise of thieves.
When Chu Xuan was carving the third block, Xiong Yan took the first block out and then dipped it in ink and started printing.
This wave is simply crazy, and it’s really a great job!
This test might really reveal the background of the Han Dynasty and the family.
Whether it is a mule or a horse, emergencies can often test the true strength of a city, a country or an organization.
Likewise, a catastrophe suddenly breaks out, and the performance of a certain magical city on earth can shock the world for a hundred years!
And it's hard to say how many raptors hidden deep under the water can be exploded by Chu Xuan's big bombs.
However, through the response speed of various aristocratic families and the imperial court, we can simply infer their degree of organization and their relevant data.
We can even judge the basic operational capabilities and hidden heritage of each aristocratic family through the efficiency and scale of their subsequent exploration methods.
This wave is just a depth charge. You can see what it is capable of!
All I can say is that he is indeed Chu Xuan!
Just when Xiong Yan was praising Chu Xuan for his greatness, somewhere in the palace, Emperor Ling was lying on a hospital bed, breathing very weakly, surrounded by a large number of heavenly materials and earthly treasures.
At this moment, the Ling Emperor relies entirely on the treasures of heaven and earth to survive, and even he himself doesn't know how many days he has left to live.
"How did the general react?"
"The general has not responded yet, but his staff Yuan Shao and others have been discussing. Yan Liang, Wen Chou and others are blocking the door. We don't know more detailed information. But what is certain is that they will definitely refuse by tomorrow at the latest.
." Zhang Rang said directly.
Emperor Ling sighed, and then asked: "Where is the Queen?"
"The empress has sealed off her palace. Unless your Majesty gives an edict, no one will see her and no one will listen."
"Where's Xie'er?"
"This afternoon, the Queen Mother said that she missed her grandson, so she summoned His Highness. His Highness has not returned so far. The palace officials said that he was with the Queen Mother and would not be back today."
"Where are the scholars?"
"Yuan Ji is still in charge of the mansion and has not taken any action, while Yuan Shao has summoned his confidants and frequently held secret discussions, and Yuan Shu has gathered hundreds of rangers with unknown intentions. Yang..."
(In the late Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms, it was common to call other people by their names and rarely by their names. It was very impolite and was equivalent to being insulted to other people. If you didn’t give an explanation, they could come to you directly.
Challenged.
But Zhang Rang was a eunuch, and the relationship between Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao was already very bad, not to mention that there was no need to give Yuan Shu or Yuan Shao face in front of Emperor Ling.)
In just a few questions and answers, Emperor Ling knew the current specific form. In just a few breaths, Emperor Ling came up with more than one way to deal with it. However, just when he was about to issue an order, he couldn't help coughing.
, this time he even coughed up blood.
Looking at the blood coughed up, Emperor Ling was stunned for a moment, while Zhang Rang knelt on the ground and did not dare to make any sound: "I didn't expect that I have already aged so much, and I don't have much time left."
"Your Majesty, Changle Weiyang, is the son of God, and will surely bring long-lasting blessings..."
"If God gives me another ten years, no, even five years, I will be able to reduce the power of the general, and I will be able to establish Xie'er as the prince, not to mention the trouble of Shi Zizhou Mu."
"Does Liu Junlang (Liu Yan) think that I don't know his true thoughts? Isn't he just thinking that the land of Yizhou has the spirit of the emperor, and wants to block the land of Hanzhong, and then encircle the land and become the king. If my health hadn't been bad, I would have been there long ago.
Let him be killed."
Liu Yan is the governor of Yizhou!
Liu Dai is the governor of Yanzhou!
Liu Yu is the governor of Youzhou!
Liu Biao also became the governor of Jingzhou in the future.
Liu Yao will be the governor of Yangzhou in the future!
But the one with the surname Liu is not good at it!
"Does He Jin think that I don't know his true thoughts? But can he fight against the scholars? I can't fight even with the dignity of the emperor, so why should he? Based on his power or his status as a general? It's just seeking the skin of a tiger!