Chen Mu stood on the tower, silently looking at this magnificent product of the feudal era that was full of cruelty and bloodthirsty.
What is the concept of a hill with tens of thousands of people piled up in rows?
The tattered skin and flesh were mixed with the exposed muscle tissue, countless hairs were entangled with each other, and the blood was so thick that it formed a river.
The dead man's eyes were open, his face still showed the fear before his death, and the strong smell of blood hit his face.
Yesterday there were still fresh human lives, but now they are either charred barbecues with residual warmth, or cut into two parts by a knife. The corpses are placed randomly, with blood flowing on them, and heads piled up in mountains.
This fire not only burned tens of thousands of lives, but also took away the vitality of the Yellow Turbans in Yuzhou, destroying half of the Yellow Turban Uprising.
Huangfu Song stood on the city tower, overlooking the more than 20,000 officers and soldiers below the city, and shouted: "The great Han will be victorious!"
"Wan Sheng!"
"Wan Sheng!"
"Wan Sheng!"
All the officers and soldiers raised their weapons and shouted loudly.
The intuitive feeling brought to people by this Beijing temple is too strong. Whether it is fear or excitement, everyone is trembling.
A tsunami roars from the mountains beside my ears.
The smell of blood hit my nose with the wind.
Chen Mu looked up at the sky, but he was thinking in his heart.
If there really are ghosts and gods in this world, then I will definitely go to the eighteenth level of hell.
Life is in your own hands, just like cutting grass.
Somehow, Chen Mu suddenly felt that he was a little cold-blooded.
My previous self was not like this.
Why does this happen?
Treat human life as nothing?
Or was it like this before?
It's just that I haven't discovered it yet.
It's because I'm afraid of death.
Chen Mu smiled bitterly.
Suddenly from a time of peace to a time of chaos, there is only one life, and no one wants to be a lamb to be slaughtered at the next moment.
Climbing up step by step through other people's corpses, I just want to save myself.
Were you wrong?
wrong.
But so what?
Between life and death, of course the choice is life or death.
Everyone wants to be Yi Xiaochuan, but in the end they all end up like Gao Yao.
Only the eldest brother can always cherish his ideals and continue to dream of his dream of benevolence and righteousness in this troubled world.
Chen Mu held up his hat, huddled his hands in his wide sleeves, and stood in the shadow of the tower with a smile on his face.
There was a coldness in his eyes.
Like a ghost.
A homeless wild ghost.
…….
…….
June of the first year of Zhongping is destined to be an extraordinary month.
Huangfu Song defeated the Yellow Turban in Changshe, burned tens of thousands to death, killed tens of thousands, and built a capital outside the city. The news spread back to Luoyang, and the government and the public were excited.
For a time, the evaluation of Huangfu Song by the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty skyrocketed and they praised him.
Even Emperor Liu Hong, who had not held a court meeting for many days, made an exception and held a court meeting.
In the Chongde Hall of Luoyang Nangong, the Sangong, Jiuqing, and dozens of high-ranking ministers in the capital slowly entered the hall on small steps.
According to the formal etiquette of a large court meeting, there should be a ceremony of kneeling and worshiping in sequence, and the salute officer will call you by name.
However, this court meeting was just a small temporary meeting, and there was not much emphasis on it.
After everyone bowed their hands and bowed in salute, they sat down on both sides of the Chongde Hall according to their official positions.
Among them, the general and the three princes had the highest status, sitting on the left hand side of the emperor.
"Book of Rites" stipulates that the left is respected.
But in the Qin Dynasty, the right was respected, and the Western Han Dynasty inherited the Qin system, so the prime ministers of the Western Han Dynasty were all on the right hand of the emperor.
However, in the Eastern Han Dynasty, the etiquette of the Western Zhou Dynasty was restored and changed to the left.
The general and the three princes are both ten thousand stones. Originally, the status of the three princes was higher than that of the general. By the time of Emperor He of the Han Dynasty, Dou Xian was very powerful. From then on, the status of the general surpassed that of the three princes.
Therefore, on the left hand side below Han Ling Emperor Liu Hong are General He Jin, Taiwei Deng Sheng, Sikong Zhang Wen, and Situ Yuan Wei.
On the right hand side are the nine ministers, namely Guang Luxun Liu Kuan, Wei Wei Xu Xu, Ting Wei Cui Lie, Da Honglu Cao Song, Shaofu Huang Wan, Zongzheng Liu Yan, and the prince Shaofu, who will be the great craftsman.
Wait for a few high-ranking officials with more than 2,000 dan.
Among them, the three seats of Taipu, Taichang and Dasinong were vacant and no one sat on them.
Because the former Taiwei Yang Ci and Sikong Zhang Ji were dismissed by Liu Hong, the current Taiwei and Sikong were replaced by the original Taipu and Da Sinong, resulting in several official positions becoming vacant.
The twenty-eight-year-old Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty was sitting on his knees on the stage. On the left and right sides were the regular attendants and the palace guards. His face was expressionless and he looked down calmly.
For this emperor, later generations mostly gave him the title of "faint emperor". He opened a market in Xiyuan and did business in the palace. He loved driving donkey carts, which made Luoyang's donkeys expensive. He also used dogs as officials, which made people at that time often sigh at the ruler.
A donkey is a donkey, and an official is a dog.
But it is undeniable that he also has his imperial methods.
The Empress of the Song Dynasty, who was born in an aristocratic family, was abolished, and Empress He, who was born as a commoner, was replaced by the Empress He who was born as a commoner; the Hongdu School was established to fight against the Imperial Academy. When He Jin's power was growing, he opened the Xiyuan School to divide He Jin's military power. All signs were clear.
On the surface, he is far from being as stupid and unprincipled as recorded in history books.
"Lu Zhi won consecutive battles in Jizhou, and Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun defeated the Yellow Turban in Yuzhou. What do you think?"
Liu Honggao sat on the stage and slowly asked.
The old god Yuan Wei was there and said nothing. Although Deng Sheng was highly qualified, he did not have enough foundation in the court and did not say anything. Among the three princes, only Zhang Wen said: "Your Majesty, a fire from the Changshe can defeat hundreds of thousands of Yellow Turbans."
, Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun are so powerful that they have solved the crisis in Luoyang, which is a great achievement."
"Well, how to award a reward?"
Liu Hong asked again.
Zhang Wen thought for a while and said: "The three of them have made great contributions and can be moved to Jiuqing."
Liu Hong frowned slightly.
There are indeed three vacancies for Jiuqing. With Lu Zhi, Huangfu Song, Zhujun's qualifications, and this contribution, there is nothing wrong with being promoted to Jiuqing.
But these three positions are what he plans to reserve for selling money.
What's more, Liu Hong has always disliked party members. Huangfu Song was the main force in lifting the ban on the party. If he was promoted to a high position, the party members' power would rise again.
Therefore, Liu Hong did not hesitate and said: "Nine ministers cannot be held without high moral character and high prestige. Huangfu, Song, Lu, Zhi, and Zhu Jun have made great contributions, but their virtue is not enough, so let's make them a marquis. Let Huangfu Song be the Marquis of Duxiang, and Zhu Jun be the Marquis of Xixiang."
"Although Lu Zhi won the battle, his achievements were not as great as those of Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun. Let's take a look first."
"only."
The emperor had set the tone, and of course the ministers stopped talking.
Didn’t you see that Yang Ci, the imperial master who argued with the emperor, was kicked out of the temple and sent to teach in the Imperial College?
These people were either royalists, official purchasers, or eunuchs. All the party members in the court had been wiped out, so how could they have the courage to imitate Yang Ci?
"Deng Taiwei, Huangfu Song, Lu Zhi and Zhu Jun came to ask for merit. There are many heroes who helped, how do you think they should be rewarded?"
Liu Hong asked Deng Sheng again.
Many people should have studied the system of the Han Dynasty in history books. It was the system of three gongs and nine ministers. The emperor, the emperor, had a direct superior-subordinate relationship with the three gongs and nine ministers, and there was also a superior-subordinate relationship between the three gongs and the nine ministers.
For example, Taipu, Honglu and Tingwei are the subordinates of Situ. Zongzheng, Shaofu and Si Nong are the subordinates of Sikong. Taichang, Weiwei and Guangluxun are the subordinates of Taiwei.
Taichang is the head of the nine ministers, and Taiwei is the head of the three princes. The emperor holds large court meetings, and these three princes also have the power to hold small court meetings, which is the so-called opening of the government.
For example, in the later dynasties, "Kaifu Yitong Sansi" was equivalent to the third prince opening a small court by himself, responsible for the daily affairs of the world.
For example, frontline battle reports are usually submitted to Guang Luxun, the superior leader of the frontline generals, and then forwarded to the Taiwei by Guang Luxun, who finally submits them to the emperor.
After the emperor inquired about the rewards for the three generals who made the first contribution, the rewards for other people were usually decided by discussion among the three princes, and he rarely personally asked about them.
Seeing the emperor suddenly asking, Deng Sheng was a little surprised, but he still told the truth: "Your Majesty, this three-front battle report, to verify the military exploits, there are Chen Mu from Puyin, Liu Bei from Zhuoxian County, Zhang Fei, and Guan Yu from Xie Liang. These four people
The merits are great. Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were warriors and could be awarded the rank of Sima in other departments. Chen Mu was a scholar and Lu Zhi recommended him to study at Taixue."
"oh?"
Liu Hong glanced at Wang Jun, the newly appointed Qianshizhong Palace Attendant, and chuckled: "I heard that Chen Mu is the queen of Qu Nihou?"
"good."
Deng Sheng nodded: "I have sent people to Puyin to check, and there is no doubt that it is the queen of Qu Nihou."
Liu Hong shook his head: "Although Marquis Qu Ni is a noble, he has been removed from the country long ago. Now the Chen family in Puyin has long ceased to be a wealthy and prestigious family, and his identity is just a commoner. How can he be qualified to enter the Imperial Academy, so he was sent to Hongdu to study.
"
"this......"
Deng Sheng hesitated and glanced at He Jin, who was hanging his head and keeping silent. He could only grit his teeth and said: "Respect the emperor's order."
hehe.
Liu Hong sneered inwardly.
Where are the most party members?
In aristocratic families and Taixue.
Among them, most of the disciples of Taixue were descendants of aristocratic families, and they were also the main ones responsible for the two party disasters.
This Chen Mu can tell from his deeds that he is an extremely smart man.
Giving such a person to your opponent is something only a fool would do.
As for Hongdu School, he established it himself.
The people inside were all descendants of poor families and common people, intellectual talents cultivated by Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty himself.
According to the later dynasties, they were called disciples of the emperor.
From now on, I will serve him as the emperor.
Although Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty did this to dig up the roots of the scholars, he was the emperor, the party prison had just been lifted, Yang Ci was dismissed from office, Yuan Wei pretended to be deaf and dumb, and the aristocratic family and party members had no power to compete with him.
"As for Liu Bei."
Liu Hong tapped the desk gently and said slowly: "Zongzheng, have you checked Liu Bei's family tree?"
Liu Yan stood up and replied: "Your Majesty, the people sent to Zhuoxian have returned, and the family tree has been checked. It is indeed the great-great-grandson of His Excellency Emperor Jing, the descendant of Prince Jing of Zhongshan, his father, grandfather, great-great-grandfather and so on for more than ten generations.
Correspondingly, according to the clan lineage, he is your majesty’s clan brother and the minister’s clan nephew.”
"very good."
Liu Hong nodded with satisfaction: "Then Liu Bei will be recorded in the genealogy, given a title according to the genealogy, and named Tinghou."
"only."
Liu Yan took the order and sat down.
This time no one among the ministers spoke.
First of all, Liu Bei is not like Chen Mu who can contribute to the scholars.
Secondly, this is a family matter of the emperor. Let alone being granted a title of marquis, even if it is to be granted the title of king, as long as the person is of the Liu family and their merits are great enough, they have nothing to do with it.
Nowadays, the scholars are all attached to the general He Jin. As long as He Jin doesn't say a word, the scholars will be unable to speak.
After confirming the distribution of the credit, Liu Hong glanced at He Jin coldly. Originally, he made He the queen because he wanted to have an obedient relative. However, He Jin was deceived by the scholars and had to go against him.
The performance of my uncle-in-law is really disappointing.
"Dismiss the dynasty!"
The salute officer shouted, announcing the end of the court meeting.