But then again, Huo Guang's idea is too idealistic. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 infoFrom the perspective of the country's centennial plan or even the millennium's plan, or from the perspective of the courtiers, it is also for the sake of the country's 'healthy' development, Huo Guang's idea is not a problem.

But from the perspective of Emperor Han personally, where did he have many opportunities to contact those scholars who were overturned by his relatives, especially those who were very famous, and it would be strange if his relatives didn't guard against them. In this case, the most convenient and feasible thing is undoubtedly to cooperate with the eunuchs around you, which is something that cannot be helped.

After all, if this thing is not done secretively enough, it will be all kinds of implications, and it will inevitably kill a large number of people, even the Han Emperor, even if it is not done, it will be very dangerous.

As far as Boss Cao is concerned, it can be said that he has played the positive side and also participated in the negative side. When the positive side supported the Han Emperor, it almost succeeded. When the opponent was the enemy of the Han Emperor, he successfully saw through the other party's plan.

Of course, the opponents of these two sections are not relatives, but the princes who hold the Han Emperor hostage.

The first is Cao Cao's assassination of Dong.

Generally speaking, it is generally believed that this is because Boss Cao has not completely gotten rid of the youthful vigor of his youth, the heart of serving the country, and even the so-called capable minister of governing the world.

However, it is not without conspiracy theories, purely from the point of view of conspiracy, it is believed that Cao Cao has planned and has ill intentions.

Let's make two assumptions first: first, what would happen if Cao Cao didn't stab Dong Zhuo? There is no doubt that he will continue to be his "Captain of the Horse" in obscurity; Second, what would happen if Cao Cao's assassination was successful? It will only be Wang Yun, Li Dao, Guo Yan or Yuan Shao and others who have cleared the king's side and made a wedding dress. Obviously, neither of these results will be what Cao Cao, who "has the power to schem, has many changes" and "would rather teach me to bear the people of the world than teach the people of the world to bear me". And what was the actual benefit of his stabbing and sacrificing the sword? Earn a lot of money. downward, currying favor with the people, and being able to quickly gather a group of people; upward, provoked the two factions of loyalty and rebellion in the imperial court to eat dog. Before Cao Cao assassinated Dong, Dong Zhuo could not catch the braid of the royalist leader Wang Yun; Wang Yun was afraid of Dong Zhuo's obscenity, so he only dared to hide at home and sobbed quietly. So the two are at peace for the time being.

However, when Dong Zhuo investigated that Cao Cao's assassination sword was borrowed from Wang Yun, the two should turn against each other. The use of the Seven Treasure Knife for Cao Cao is what Mink Chan is to Wang Yun. I can't help but ask, why did Wang Yun hoard treasures and hide treasures? Because he is the vested interest of the Han family and the super fat moth of the country! and Dong Cheng, who appeared later in the article and wantonly kept concubines, was also a fake loyal minister who desperately defended his own interests. The reason why it is said that the Eastern Han Dynasty should be destroyed, in addition to the mediocrity of the emperor, is also because none of the court officials are clean, but the "dog" of a hill. Cao Cao saw through this.

It is superficial to evaluate Cao Cao only on the basis of greed for life and fear of death or double-facedness, and there is a profound ideological innovation hidden behind his stabbing of Dong Xiandao.

First of all, Cao Cao wanted to improve the way of resolving contradictions, and changed the urgent map to Xu Tu. The cruel reality told Cao Cao that it was not difficult to kill one Dong Zhuo, but the difficult thing was that there were countless Dong Zhuo who got up, and they couldn't get up quickly. Dong Zhuo himself was in the palace battle, and behind him there were more wolves coveted by Li, Guo, Zhang, and Fan. Obviously, in order to fundamentally solve the national crisis, it is necessary to replace the outdated factions of the imperial court with a group of new talents with both ability and political integrity. However, it takes time for the new to grow and for the old forces to fall. Cao Cao's change of career to discord is to lead the contradiction between the old and the new to a gradual and benign cycle of change.

Second, Cao Cao hoped to find new philosophical ideas between Confucianism and law. In the eyes of many people, Cao Cao is a typical legalist, but in fact, he is not. If he was a pure legalist, he would not have been able to blend into Wang Yun's circle, and he would not have thought of assassinating Dong Biao's loyalty. Of course, he is not a pure Confucian, and he will not really work for Wang Yun. In Cao Cao's view, there is no way out for the country to rely only on the struggle between the left and right factions of the imperial court, and it must be reversed from the bottom to the top, and the people must be opposed to the officials. So he came to borrow the name of Confucianism and practice the reality of a lawyer. Although this approach is still radical and not an authentic "Confucian law mixture", it is very suitable for destroying the dead but not rigid court. There is no substitute for Cao Apu in the early years!

Third, Cao Cao hopes to change the values of "heroes" and change the pursuit of small profits to real profits; Change the pursuit of short-term effects to long-term benefits. As an Assassin, whether the assassination is successful or unsuccessful, it can only be praised for a moment, and it is fleeting. For example, what Wu Fu got was a small poem: "The loyal ministers of the late Han Dynasty said that Wu Fu was arrogant and arrogant in the world." The name of the court thief is still there, and he can be called a big husband in ancient times. Cao Cao got an army that terrified Li Dao, Guo Yan and other traitors.

If it weren't for Cao Cao's step-by-step efforts to eliminate the two extremist forces of loyalty and rebellion in phases and batches, when would the war in the late Han Dynasty subside? When Cao Cao maximized his personal value and national interests at the same time, who would be more "bear" than when he assassinated Dong?

Of course, it's a bit too much to say that Boss Cao is so treacherous. Although it is appreciated from the perspective of what is for the country and the people, in fact, it also denies Cao Cao's early loyalty to the Han and Han emperors.

From the five-color stick to the assassination of Dong Dong to the retreat of Dong Zhuo in the later stage of the anti-Dong Alliance, Cao Cao led the army to chase after him alone, and at this stage, Boss Cao's heart to the Han can still be seen.

You know, the assassination can be said to be able to rely on acting. It's not very difficult to fail in evolution. But the defeat of the army, if you want to act like this, then the loss will be big, Boss Cao was beaten by Xu Rong in the battle of chasing and killing Dong Zhuo, and suffered heavy losses, and if you don't get it right, you will be killed directly.

You must know that at that time, Boss Cao was still a fledgling and had just led the troops. Where did he have the confidence to take risks in this regard?

On the other hand, Xu Rong is not an ordinary person, at that stage, there are not many people who have really been in battle for a long time, and those famous generals in the later period have not yet begun to hone their training, Jiangdong Tiger Sun Jian is one of the best, and he has risen a lot in various battlefields such as Dongwu and Xiliang. It can be said that the Kwantung Army, what really scared Dong Zhuo was Sun Jian's soldiers and horses.

But this Sun Jian was beaten by Xu Rong twice in a row, which is unimaginable. You must know that it was this Sun Jian, who was beaten by Xu Rong, who packed up the remnants of the defeated army and advanced into Yangren and killed Huaxiong.

Therefore, it can be seen from this incident that Boss Cao is not so treacherous at this time. Then before that, it is inevitable that there will not be so many bends and bends in it.

It is precisely because of these things that in retrospect, Boss Cao is more shrewd in this matter, and the famous 'Cloth and Belt Edict' incident is what is said here, a matter of Boss Cao as the opponent.

Naturally, there is no need to say much about the Romance version, anyway, in the Romance, Boss Cao is the villain, and the Han Emperor is an absolute loyal minister.

However, from a historical point of view, it is natural that it will not be so arbitrary.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Cao Cao welcomed Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty and moved his capital to Xu. Dong Cheng, an Anji general who participated in escorting Emperor Xian of Han to the east, had a conflict with Cao Cao over the distribution of power. Dong Cheng later worshiped the general of the chariot and cavalry, and was the father of the emperor Dong Guiren. In the fourth year of Jian'an, Dong Cheng claimed that he was under the secret edict of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty to kill Cao Cao, and conspired with Changshui Lieutenant Chongji, General Wu Zilan, Wang Zifu, Yilang Wu Shuo and so on. Liu Bei did not participate at first, and later Cao Cao cooked wine with him to discuss heroes, and Liu Bei conspired with Dong Cheng. Later, Liu Bei fled from Xudu. Dong Cheng said to Wang Zifu: "Guo Yan had hundreds of people back then, but he once defeated tens of thousands of Li Wei, it depends on whether he is of the same heart with me!" In the past, Lü Buwei was rich and noble after having a son, and now I and my feet are the same. Wang Zifu hurriedly excused himself: "I am too frightened to be afraid, and I have insufficient troops." Dong Cheng replied: "If the matter is successful, you can get Cao Cao's strong troops, aren't you satisfied?" Wang Zifu asked again: "Is there anyone who works in Beijing?" Dong Cheng replied: "Changshui Captain Chongji and Yilang Wu Shuo are all my henchmen." The two sides conspired.

In the fifth year of Jian'an, Dong Cheng's conspiracy was exposed, and the conspirators were all brought to justice.

Many people regard the Dong Cheng incident as a sign of the deterioration of relations between Emperor Xian of Han and Cao Cao, but this statement is not true. Lu Simian expressed doubts about the authenticity of the edict in "The History of the Three Kingdoms". Let's take a look at the historical records. "Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms: The Biography of the First Lord" said: "Dong Chengci, the general of the emperor's chariot and cavalry, received the secret edict of the emperor's clothes and belts, and should be punished by Cao Gong." Many people will misunderstand that Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty issued a secret edict to Dong Cheng, but this is not the case, because "ci" is the meaning of the declaration ("Zizhi Tongjian" is changed to "praise", the meaning is clearer). This means that Dong Cheng himself claimed to have accepted the secret edict of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, so what Dong Cheng said himself, is it credible? Therefore, the "Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms" and the "Zizhi Tongjian" expressed doubts about the authenticity of the edict. And Yuan Hong's "Later Han Dynasty" directly expressed its denial, and even the three words "clothes and edicts" did not appear. Fan Ye's "Book of the Later Han Dynasty" has a positive attitude. "The Book of the Later Han Dynasty: The Biography of Dong Zhuo" said: "The emperor is jealous of the tyranny, but he is secretly edicted to Dong Cheng, so that the righteous people of the world will be punished together." The Book of the Later Han Dynasty was written too late, and it cannot be compared with the "Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms" in terms of historiographical value, which is more discrediting to Cao Cao. Dong Cheng is the remnant of Niu Fu (Dong Zhuo's son-in-law), and he is a warlord of the Xiliang family, how can he be a person who is loyal to the country? In addition, in the early days of Cao Cao's welcome to the Son of Heaven, he had a good relationship with Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, how could the emperor let Dong Cheng kill Cao Cao? This is nothing more than a contradiction between Cao Cao and Dong Cheng.

Therefore, the very famous story of the edict incident. In the description of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", compared with history, we can obviously find several differences between Dong Cheng's case and Romance:

First, historically, Dong Cheng may not have been a person who was loyal to the country, and the dispute between him and Cao Cao was more of a struggle caused by the uneven distribution of interests and power. And in the romance, Dong Cheng became a loyal minister.

Second, in history, whether Dong Cheng accepted the edict of Emperor Han Xian, in other words, whether Emperor Han Xian issued an edict is full of doubts. The record in the history books is that Dong Cheng himself said that the emperor had an edict for him. Is he credible when he said it himself? But "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is convincing.

Third, historically, Ma Teng did not participate in Dong Cheng's conspiracy, on the contrary, Ma Teng and Cao Cao were allies on the same front at this time. Ma Teng was also not loyal to the Han family. The description of Maten is just nonsense.

Fourth, Liu Bei participated in the conspiracy only after cooking wine and talking about heroes. "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" was advanced, saying that Liu Bei was invited by Cao Cao after participating in the conspiracy.

Another point is that in history, Dong Cheng's conspiracy was revealed, and the cause was unknown. However, "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" said that Dong Cheng's slave Qin Qingtong was found to have an affair with Dong Cheng's maid, so he held a grudge and informed Cao Cao of the facts.

This point is a more critical issue, if it is said that it is necessary to rely on a coincidence to be able to see through Dong Cheng's plan, it is really too much to look down on Boss Cao.

This incident undoubtedly illustrates a truth, when the power of the relatives is in power, it is not so easy for the scholars to fight with the relatives. Although eunuchs relatively have to go through a struggle to get rid of their relatives, the key is that eunuchs follow the emperor all the time, and you can't change a batch of eunuchs for the emperor every once in a while, right?

So again, Huo Guang's system is very reliable from an objective point of view, but from a subjective point of view, in order to regain power as soon as possible, it is undoubtedly impossible for Emperor Han to wait for the scholars to come and serve him with peace of mind.

Gossip said so much, in fact, it is mainly these contents of Bao Hong's psychological thinking. What Huo Guang is talking about is a specific implementation plan. For example, specific restrictions on eunuchs, restrictions on relatives, and so on.

By the time the conversation between the two ended, the communication between the people on the other side had ended. For those warriors, it was actually easier to accept these things.

The main reason is that Qi Liang and others have a high degree of trust in Yan Zi, and although Yan Cangming does not know Chen Ping, he also said earlier that the three Han countries and the Central Plains countries are closely connected, not only the information of South Korea can be transmitted to the past, but the information of the eastern power Qi State is naturally not ignorant.

And Chen Ping, although he was not famous when Zhang Liang and Yan Cangming assassinated Qin, but his understanding of the various situations in that era was also very clear, and after comparing their opinions, they could naturally understand whether what they said was true or false.

And all the military advisors are all thoughtful and intelligent people, prescribing the right medicine, explaining the topics they are concerned about, and naturally it is easy to gain their approval.

"General Bao, Qiliang They don't have any requirements, and they are also very impressed by what the general has done these days, and they are willing to serve under the general!" Yan Zi said with a smile.

You must know that Yan Zi himself agrees to follow Bao Hong on the condition that if there is a descendant of the Jiang family of Qi State in the future, he cannot be stopped from going to take refuge. But Qi Liang did not have this requirement, after all, it can be seen from their deeds that both of them are righteous people, and they do not have a too absolute sense of identity with Qi State, since what Bao Hong did is in line with their appetite, it is not unacceptable to join Bao Hong's command.

As for Filthy Cangming, the requirement is also very simple, that is, to know the situation in his hometown.

According to the Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms, the residences of the later generations of the Fuyu, Wofu, Goguryeo and other ethnic groups were all within the sphere of influence of the ancient state.

After Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty conquered Wei's Joseon, the location of the Filthy State was successively subordinated to the two counties of Lintun County and Lelang County, and the Fil people here gradually became Sinicized.

Speaking of which, that place belongs to the most border place in Youzhou. (To be continued.) )