In August of the first year of Zhongping, Luoyang, Luoyang County, West City.
Sufficient human resources have brought strong handicraft manufacturing to Luoyang today. As long as there are goods, there will naturally be sales. Although the sun is shining brightly and the weather is not very good today, it still cannot stop people's enthusiasm for shopping on the streets.
After going out from Yongmen, you cross the suspension bridge and return to the road. You are facing a wide intersection. There are a large number of shops along the Luoshui River on the left and right sides. The street directly opposite Yongmen is the famous West Market in Luoyang.
The main street, looking all the way from the street to the end, there are silk cloth shops, ironware shops, restaurants, porcelain shops, grain shops, oil, salt, sauce and vinegar shops, restaurants, musical instrument shops, karaoke houses, gold and silver jewelry and mother-of-pearl shops, etc.
Everything is available.
In addition to shops, the streets and alleys are filled with a large number of vendors or peddlers selling goods along the street. There are noisy hawking sounds, the sound of people moving around, the sound of equipment clashing, the echo of the hooves of horses and donkeys on the ground, and the numerous signboards swaying in the wind.
, the afternoon sun is shining down, and the age of disaster still cannot stop the prosperity of business.
Zhao Gong walked out of the Northwest Alley in Ping'an Lane. There was a constant flow of people coming and going on the street.
Xun He was waiting for him at the street corner. Zhao Gong was dressed as a military attache, with a ring-shaped sword hanging on his waist. When he saw Xun He, he shook his head: "It's a waste of time. He is not here. It is just a believer's residence. I have tortured him before."
That person said that he saw the code and had some extra money at home, so he was willing to make this microphone."
Xun He had no expectations, so it couldn't be said that he was disappointed. He walked side by side with Zhao Gong on the street and said calmly: "It's expected. Since Zhang Jiao asked him to be in Zhang Rang's mansion, it proves that he is in Sili."
His status is no less than that of Ma Yuanyi. Smart people cherish their lives. Now that Ma Yuanyi is dead, if he still wants to live, he will definitely find a way to hide it and prevent anyone from finding it."
"How are you sure he is still in Luoyang? If he just asked someone to send a message, but he has gone to other places, we will not be able to find him."
Zhao Gong didn't particularly understand.
After Tang Zhou reported on the matter, all the Sili Yellow Turbans were hunted down. Even if they hid deeper, they would definitely just want to escape.
The saying that the most dangerous place is the safest place is pure nonsense. As a rebel, if you don't immediately flee to the ends of the earth after the incident, and hang around in front of the officials all day long, that is what a fool would do.
After all, as long as you keep your hands and feet clean when you escape, and don't let anyone find your location, it's still better than staying under the nose of others, where accidents may happen anytime, anywhere.
Therefore, Zhao Gong always felt that their efforts were in vain.
Xun He smiled and asked, "If you were Hou Xu, what would you do?"
"Of course I'm running."
Zhao Gong replied without hesitation: "Rebellion is a capital crime, and of course you can run as far as you want."
"But he has a family."
Xun He took small steps and walked slowly among the crowds of people.
Zhao Gong retorted: "When we went to Wei County, there was no one in his family. This means that after his incident, his family was notified immediately to escape. Maybe now he has reunited with his family and fled to Yizhou.
Or Jiaozhou, the sky is high and the emperor is far away, who knows?"
Xun He laughed: "Zi Qian, do you know what time it is now? In an era of great chaos, what is the cost of a normal person traveling far alone? What's more, his family is also missing."
"What if he abandons his family and goes away?"
Zhao Gong seems to want to fight Xun He to the end.
Xun He said calmly: "There are two types of people in this world, those who are sentimental and righteous and those who are heartless and unrighteous."
Zhao Gong thought for a while and said: "Are you trying to say that this Hou Xu is a kind and righteous person, and it is difficult to escape with his son and daughter behind him?"
"no."
Xun He said: "What I want to say is that whether he takes care of his family lovingly or abandons his wife and children ruthlessly, he needs one thing now."
"what?"
"money."
"Everyone is short of money."
Zhao Gong smiled and said: "After the party was lifted, I approached Ye Ye's old friend to find the position of Luoyang Western Lieutenant. Apart from serving as an official, was it not for money? How can I support my family without money?"
The Six Lieutenants of Luoyang, divided into six Lieutenants of the southeast, northwest, left and right, were under the command of Luoyang Order and were worth 400 shi. They were responsible for the security of the capital and were equivalent to the branch directors of the Capital Public Security Bureau today.
When Cao Cao used a five-color stick to kill the uncle of the eunuch Jian Shuo, he was the captain of the northern part of Luoyang.
But in fact, Cao Cao also picked a soft persimmon, because at that time, Jian Shuo was just an ordinary little Huangmen, without much power. Moreover, at that time, Cao Song was already a great minister, one of the Nine Qings, with a high position and authority, and he wanted to suppress him.
It's very simple to do this.
So although this young Cao Cao seems to be a great person, in fact, if Jian Shuo was already a regular servant at that time, and gained the trust of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, and let him be the head of the eight captains of Xiyuan, both Cao Cao and Cao Cao would have the courage to do so.
Don't dare to take action.
But even so, Cao Cao had offended the eunuch group. He was promoted openly and secretly, and was transferred to a foreign county magistrate. You can know how powerful the eunuch group is. Even an ordinary Xiao Huangmen is not easy to provoke.
Xun He smiled and said, "But Hou Xu wants a lot of money."
"Why?"
Zhao Gong was puzzled and said: "The information we found shows that Hou Xu is Zhang Rang's spy placed beside Zhang Jiao. Every time a large sum of money is bribed, it is given to Zhang Rang through him. If he keeps some of it himself,
It should be enough for him to be happy for the rest of his life."
"Then why do you think he contacted us?"
Xun He's eyes wandered back and forth between countless commodities. His son is nineteen years old this year, a few years younger than his cousin Xun You, the son of the Xun Yi family. For more than ten years, he has either been hiding in Tibet or been imprisoned.
In the dark of the prison, he lived a life that was neither human nor ghost. Even his original marriage was canceled and he still has no wife.
Now that we finally see the light of day again, it’s time to take a look at this prosperous world.
A few days ago, my cousin Xun Qu sent me some money. If I have some extra money on hand, I might be able to buy something for my wife at home. Although I was living a precarious life before, now that I have hope, I can't.
It was so miserable.
Zhao Gong thought for a while and replied: "Maybe he wants to tease us?"
"Ah."
Xun He sneered: "You, I usually ask you to study more, but your father is still a famous scholar in Yizhou, but the son he taught only knows how to use swords, guns and sticks. If I were your father, I would be angry to death."
Zhao Gong said nonchalantly: "Yeah, he's been dead for so long anyway. Even if I want to be angry with him, I can't be angry with him. This old man is verbose all day long, and I'm bored to death. But you're right, if yeah
If he were still alive, he would definitely scold me. But when he is gone, I will think about how great it would be if he were still alive..."
As he talked, his mood became much lower. He drooped his head and tears flashed in the corners of his eyes.
The disaster of party imprisonment at that time involved more than just those celebrities who were famous all over the world. There were thousands of people on the list, and hundreds of them were persecuted to death. Hundreds more either fled, were imprisoned, or hid, and later were imprisoned together, like them.
Tens of thousands of relatives were implicated.
For example, Xun He, Xun He's father is Xun Yu, one of the Eight Heroes, Xun He's grandfather is the biological brother of Xun Yu's grandfather Xun Shu, and Xun You's grandfather is Xun Yu's biological brother, so Xun He is Xun Yu's
Clan brother, Xun You's cousin.
The Xun family in Yingchuan was full of talents, but due to the party's imprisonment, Xun Yu and Li Ying generously died together, leaving behind a son who was homeless and lived a miserable life. Even Xun You's grandfather and father suffered.
He was implicated, was dismissed from his official position, and died early.
Zhao Gong's father was Zhao Yan, a famous scholar in Yizhou who was a good friend of Chen Fan. He was eventually imprisoned and tortured to death.
After the party ban was lifted this year, many people like Xun and Zhao Gong, who are in their 30s and 40s and middle-aged, have lost their parents, elders, and relatives after regaining their freedom.
Some of them have just been released from prison, some have returned home from the mountains or beyond the Great Wall, and some have already died in exile and imprisonment.
Times have changed, and the last party incarceration was eight years ago, and it was also sixteen years ago when their parents died.
After so many years, if I could let it go, I would have let it go long ago.
But Xun He and Zhao Gong just couldn't let go.
There was a feeling of resentment in my heart.
Why?
Why do our relatives have to die, but you are still alive and well?
Why do you surrender so quickly when we all clearly have the same common interests and demands, and continue to be officials while we have to live in an ignoble existence?
Xun He once thought that all the scholars in the world were the same, full of character, and would rather die standing than live on their knees.
But he found that he was wrong.
There are only a few people with strong backbones in this world. Most people have chosen another way, which is to surrender and kneel down to the enemy.
Before the imprisonment of the party, all the officials in the world stood behind their fathers, like an unshakable force of justice, trying to turn this turbid world into a clear sky and clear water.
After the party banned them, most of the officials chose to become a puddle of muddy water, shunned them, left their circle, fell into the lap of the eunuchs, and paid another amount of money to buy an official position, so that they could continue to plunder the people's wealth and wealth.
It is even euphemistically called a small impatience that messes up a big plan.
These people never care about what justice is, what it means to fight evil to the end, and they never care that light must defeat darkness. All they care about is their own interests.
Once you find that you can't defeat your opponents, then join them and continue to maintain your own interests. It's just a change of camp and identity, no big deal.
Xun He once thought that his fathers were on the same side as them because they were all scholars and they all had the same pursuit.
I hope that they, like me, will make sacrifices and efforts to overthrow the dark and corrupt eunuch regime.
But later Xun He discovered that they were different from their fathers.
Just like some people are noble and some are despicable.
What they want is that their children can continue to be officials, and what they want is that they can continue to oppress the people. They never care whether these eunuchs are disrupting the government, and they never care about the life and death of the people in the world.
They don't have the iron-clad character of their fathers, nor do they have the perseverance of their fathers.
So these scholars were promoted one by one, and became eunuchs, and their children also became officials. The officials in the family gradually became a noble family one after another.
As for those who had strong bones, the eunuchs had their legs broken, their heads chopped off, their clothes and skins burned, leaving nothing behind except their innocence and noble qualities.
Even now, the lifting of the party ban has only lifted their detention, wanted orders, and imprisonment.
However, in the pages of history, the rebellion of Chen Fan and Dou Wu is still written, and the people on the party list are still cronies who colluded together. They are firmly nailed to the pillar of shame, telling the world that this is the end of rebellion.