When the first chapter of The Romance of the Three Kingdoms was released, the people in Luoyang City discussed this matter a lot. After all, they were people in the capital, and discussing politics was just one of many habits in daily life.
If you can't really govern the world, then after drinking some rice wine, you can start to give advice on the country, which has become one of the hobbies of the people in the capital.
Therefore, when the first episode of The Romance of the Three Kingdoms came out, people who drank too much could be seen everywhere, discussing the plot of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms and Liu Bei's experience.
At that time, the people could still look at this matter from the perspective of spectators.
Some even seriously analyzed Liu Bei's bloodline, and finally concluded that this old boy Liu Bei was a serious member of the Han clan. If the Han Dynasty fell, it was possible for him to come to Sanxing Han Dynasty.
And when the second episode was released, the people who were discussing it everywhere disappeared. Who made the second episode involve eunuchs, scholars, and generals?
This time, only some timid people dare to discuss it, and ordinary people no longer dare to discuss it openly.
And after the third episode was released, no one dared to discuss the matter. Even if they discussed it, they had to close the door, close the windows, and discuss it in a low voice.
Everyone is waiting for the Ling Emperor's reaction.
It is already the end of March, and there are only a few days left until April, and according to what was revealed in The Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Emperor Ling has only a few days left to live.
At this time, who dares to take the lead?
Who dares to disobey the Ling Emperor's order?
Aren't you afraid of being replaced by the Spirit Emperor before his death?
Even He Jin didn't dare to cause trouble at this moment.
On the early morning of the fourth day, under the protection of the palace guards, Zhang Rang arrived at He Jin's mansion with great fanfare and an imperial edict. The content of the imperial edict was very simple, announcing that General He would enter the palace!
At this moment, He Jin was in the main position, motionless and said nothing, while the chief secretary Chen Lin, the planner He Jin and Cao Cao and other He Jin's staff were distributed in all directions.
Zhang Rang held the imperial edict and stood in front of He Jin with a gloomy expression. Behind him was a richly dressed Han general.
He Jin didn't speak, nor did he say whether he would accept the imperial edict or not. Zhang Rang didn't say much, he just stood here quietly.
As the head of the Ten Constant Attendants and the current leader of the eunuch forces, Zhang Rang certainly knew that the future of himself and others would be both prosperous and destructive for the Ling Emperor.
Even though he was so powerful in front of others, one word could decide the life or death of a two-thousand-stone official, but one word from Emperor Ling could decide his life or death.
Chen Lin, the chief registrar, raised her hand directly to He Jin and said: "General, this edict must be the plan of the Shi Chang Shi. You must not go. If you go, there will be disaster."
Hearing this, before Yuan Shao could speak, Zhang Rang smiled sarcastically: "Should I stand up and say that the plot has been leaked, the matter has been exposed, and the general still wants to enter the palace?"
Then Zhang Rang looked at Cao Cao, a two-faced man with a very complicated identity and position: "Then Meng De spoke and said that he would first summon the ten constant servants to go out, and then he could come in?"
Hearing this, everyone looked at each other and were speechless for a while. Even Chen Lin, who spoke at the beginning, secretly blamed herself. How could she accidentally say what she said in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms?
Could it be that I was so fascinated by the Romance of the Three Kingdoms recently? That I blurted out the words from the Three Kingdoms?
However, while blaming herself, Chen Lin must also admit that what Zhang Rang said is the key to everyone's worries.
The plot development in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms is that He Jin was summoned into the palace by the Queen Mother, and then the eunuch jumped over the wall and killed the general He Jin.
Although this thing sounds scary, anyone who has read books or is familiar with the politics of the Han Dynasty will be familiar with it.
Why?
Because about ten or twenty years ago, when Emperor Ling had just transformed from a Han prince to a Han emperor, this scene happened!
At that time, the eunuchs launched a coup and killed the then General Dou. That General Dou was also a relative, but the difference was that his daughter was the Queen Mother.
Of course, there was no blood relationship between the new emperor Ling Emperor and the Queen Mother Dou at that time. Therefore, the relationship between General He Jin and the emperor was definitely stronger than the relationship between General Dou and Emperor Ling.
Therefore, the eunuch launching a coup and killing the general is something we are all familiar with. It belongs to a traditional art. If you think about it carefully, you will realize that the eunuch can really do this!
The difference is that during the coup 20 years ago, the eunuchs were secretly supported by the Emperor Ling who had been on the throne for half a year.
After they launched the coup, they directly took control of Luoyang City and the center, and immediately returned power to the Emperor and Emperor Ling. In the end, ministers from all over the world expressed their support.
At that time, the city of Luoyang was controlled by the eunuchs, and the central court was controlled by the eunuchs. Scholars in the world could only accept it honestly. If they did not accept it, they would be rebels!
Then, the scholars ushered in the second disaster of party imprisonment that lasted for more than ten or twenty years.
The so-called party ban is essentially the emperor using the eunuchs to suppress the world's scholars, prohibiting scholars from becoming officials, and prohibiting scholars' students and relatives from becoming officials. This can be seen as an attempt by the emperor to change the political structure of the world.
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As a result, after this attempt lasted for more than ten years, it finally became unsustainable when the Yellow Turban Uprising came.
In order to ensure the rule of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Ling had no choice but to admit defeat to the scholars and personally issued an edict to relieve the scourge of party imprisonment.
According to the prophecy of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, the eunuchs had not yet had time to take control of Luoyang City in this coup. Then the two brothers Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao directly attacked the palace in order to survive, and they succeeded.
Even if you think about it, you know that after this incident, the dignity of the royal family was directly trampled to the ground. No emperor can tolerate this.
In short, if there is no change of dynasty, then the upper limit of Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu will be the same, and they will be remembered by every generation of emperors.
Therefore, the key now is, who can guarantee that He will be able to live well after entering the palace this time?
Who can guarantee that this edict is not a conspiracy of eunuchs?
What if the eunuch falsely conveyed the imperial edict and wanted to kill He Jin?
What if the Emperor Ling was about to die and wanted to be taken away by a wave of waves?
What if this is another conspiracy?
This is the key point that Chen Lin, Yuan Shao and other scholars are worried about!
"General, the scholars can no longer afford to lose!"
At this critical moment, Yuan Shao finally stood up despite everyone's doubts: "Today, I, Yuan Benchu, tell the truth. This is the first disaster caused by the party's imprisonment. The scholars still have expectations for the emperor, hoping that one day they can avenge their injustice."
"When it came to the second disaster of party imprisonment, the scholars began to have the idea of changing the emperor, and some scholars who acted fiercely actually did so. They supported the Taiping Dao in an attempt to change the world."
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"Finally, His Majesty issued an edict to the world, saying that the second party ban was lifted, and then the general openly recruited the world's scholars. This was the result of putting down the Taiping Dao rebellion in just a few months.
With today’s peace.”
"If the general does not come out this time, then I, Yuan Shao and Yuan Benchu, will probably not survive. The eunuch will not let me leave alive."
"So, if the general must attack this time, then I request to act as the general's escort and move forward together."
"At the same time, please make the necessary preparations, General!"
Having said this, Yuan Shao paused: "Because the scholars can no longer withstand the third disaster of party imprisonment."
"The emperor is a king and father, and scholars are ministers. The relationship between them is that of father, son, king and minister. When the father makes a serious mistake for the first time, the son can endure it for a while, and even expect his father to change and come back again.
To the original situation of a loving father and a filial son.”
"When the father makes a serious mistake for the second time, the more violent son will stop his father and ask him to stop his wrong behavior. The filial son will also leave his father directly to avoid suffering losses."
"However, when the father makes a serious mistake for the third time, even the most filial son will take some necessary measures to restrict his father's behavior to avoid suffering greater losses."
This is still my biological father!
Are you, Emperor Ling, really the biological father of all the scholars in the world?
no!
Lord, minister, minister, father, father, son, this is one of the core values of Confucianism.
But today we are still in the Han Dynasty, so the cynical idea that if a king wants his ministers to die and they have to die, there is no such thing today.
Nowadays, the scholars of the Han Dynasty pay attention to the following: if the emperor regards his ministers as his hands and feet, then his ministers will regard him as his heart; if his ministers regard his ministers as dogs and horses, then his ministers will regard him as his countrymen; if his ministers regard his ministers as earth and mustard, then his ministers will
You are like a bandit.
Therefore, once the third party crisis breaks out, the Han Dynasty will surely perish. This is what Yuan Shao wants to express.
Many scholars had this idea before, but no one dared to say it publicly, and Yuan Shao had no choice.
He is the second generation party leader, and party members can be regarded as public intellectuals among the scholar community. Each party member has a very resounding reputation, and every move he makes has great influence.
If He Jin dies and the third disaster of party imprisonment begins, then he, the second generation party leader, has failed.
If you fail, someone must be responsible!
Of course, for the sake of the Yuan family, everyone will still give Yuan Shao a decent treatment, but Yuan Shao definitely doesn't want to live a life worse than death. At that time, he can only find an opportunity to commit suicide.
I, Yuan Benchu, still have so much good life and brilliant future ahead of me, and I have sacrificed so much to become the second generation party leader.
In order to raise my hopes, I kept my mourning for six years and gained a huge reputation. Now I haven't become the Third Duke yet. How could I die like this? How could I fail like this?
The conflict between the scholars and the emperor was directly brought to light by Yuan Shao. This was also a helpless move. Yuan Shao would not say this if he had a choice.
But as soon as the third chapter of The Romance of the Three Kingdoms came out, Yuan Shao knew that he was not far away from social death.
The demagoguery of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms is really too powerful. In the novel, it is said that when he was cleaning up the palace, he killed innocent people indiscriminately, regardless of their size.
Such behavior will be rejected by loyal ministers all over the world.
In short, before that, Yuan Shao had portrayed himself as a loyal minister, a party leader, a filial son, and a timely rain...
However, after that, Yuan Shao’s own character design was fucking overshadowed by the image in The Romance of the Three Kingdoms!
If possible, Yuan Shao would really like to use a loudspeaker to explain to everyone: I am not a rebel, I have not looted the palace or even massacred indiscriminately in the palace! These are all slanders with ulterior motives by the mastermind behind the scenes.
Everyone has to believe me!
But Yuan Shao has received news from his family. The Romance of the Three Kingdoms has been spread in Nanyang County, Yingchuan County, Runan County, Chenliu County, Py County, Hedong County, Hanoi County, Taiyuan County, Chang'an and many other counties.
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Therefore, what Yuan Shao has to do at this moment is to continue to do great things to reverse the slander of himself in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
If you can't be a loyal minister, then you should be a good person who asks for orders for the "people".
I, Yuan Benchu, am willing to risk my life for the benefit of the scholars!
For the benefit of the scholars, I will risk my life!
In fact, if he had a choice, Yuan Shao would definitely encourage He Jin to directly claim that he was ill and drag it on until the Ling Emperor died, and then he would win!
In this process, a series of measures can be taken to counter the emperor's edict. After all, disobeying the emperor's edict is not a serious matter these days.
Some scholars even deliberately refused to be called upon by the emperor in order to increase their personal reputation.
However, after last night's Romance of the Three Kingdoms and the ending in which He Jin was killed, He Jin's trust in scholars will surely drop again.
If He Jin was still thinking about using his acting skills to take advantage of the scholars before, then after doing so, He Jin's vigilance towards the scholars would rise to a new level again.
If the best strategy cannot be implemented, then you can only adopt the middle strategy, work hard to build a new character, and survive first. After all, if you do nothing, you can only wait to die.
After a while, He Jin took Yuan Shao, Chen Lin and other confidants to the palace.
In the end, Yuan Shao and others were left outside the palace, and only He Jin walked in under the leadership of Zhang Rang.
Walking into the palace, He Jin saw the Ling Emperor lying on the bed, and then sat down. With such a high position as the general, there was no need to kneel down.
"Do you want to be emperor?" Emperor Ling asked lightly.
Then, just such a simple question frightened He Jin so much that cold sweat broke out on his forehead. He suddenly rolled down from the chair, knelt on the ground regardless of the image, and raised his buttocks. There was no one at all.
The power above thousands of people.
"No, Your Majesty, you know me. I have no intention of usurping the Han Dynasty and becoming self-reliant. I was a butcher in the beginning. To be able to reach the status I have today is beyond my wildest dreams, let alone the emperor.
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At this moment, He Jin's thoughts were like a fountain, and he learned to analyze them from all angles: "Besides, even if I become a powerful minister in the future, I will not be too greedy for power, because the prince Bian is my nephew. A minister has a beginning and an end, and he can only start well and end well."
It’s normal.”
"I heard that you listened to Yuan Shao's advice, recruited wise and resourceful people, borrowed money from uncle Yuan at home, and supported the government externally, and monopolized the power in the court. At that time, Wang Jujun was also the emperor's uncle."
Hearing this, the cold sweat on He Jin's body became even more uncontrollable.