Chapter 19, The Eunuch of the Chinese Book

Xun Group scolded Xun Di and said that you can't help but think too much - "In the Han Dynasty in the past, Dong Zhuo's troops were only thousands of Liangzhou troops, but they were similar to those led by Pei Shenggong today. However, because He Miao was attached to him, Dong Zhuo recaptured the original army of Jinwu Ding, so that he could chase Yuan and Cao and advocate chaos, how could Pei Shenggong do this? It's a big comparison! ”

Xun Di hurriedly apologized, saying that I just didn't think of a suitable precedent for a while, uncle, it's good that you understand what I mean.

Xun Group closed his eyes, let out a long sigh, and then replied: "What Qing and the others are worried about is that it is difficult for Pei Shenggong to come and go......

The reason why Xun and Zu felt so frightened about Pei Pi leading his troops into Beijing and wanted to rush to ask Xun Group for advice was that they were all dumb and ate Coptis chinensis when Pei Caiquan was in charge of the dynasty and the proverbs that had been spread throughout Luozhong.

In this regard, Xun's uncles and nephews, Zu Shiyan and others, who are politicians for many years, will certainly not hide their ears and steal the bell, pretend not to see it, and will make some assumptions and plans for the future of the country, the future of the family, and the honor and disgrace of the individual. On the whole, their hope is to maintain the status quo and delay one more day......

Sima's reputation has really fallen to the bottom, and there is only one Sima Ye left who can barely be regarded as a descendant, and he has no children, as a courtier, he will inevitably think about what happens - what if Sima Ye dies young? What if he doesn't have a son? The authority of the Jin family will be completely collapsed, so who else can save it at that time?

To tell the truth, the authority on the surface of Sima Ye is now all coaxed up by Pei Gai and Zu Ti, if only relying on the previous Suo Qi, Liang Fen, or relying on the Xun family, it will not be enough to dominate the world - at least the Jiankang regime has always been in harmony with the Chang'an regime before Sima Ye returned to the capital, and even often quarreled and even quarreled. So if one day, Zu, especially Pei, doesn't want to maintain this imperial power anymore, is it still possible for Jin Zuo to continue? For this matter, there is really no need to spread rumors, the Central Plains scholars have some brains and pay attention to state affairs, all of them know about it, not to mention Xun Daoxuan and Zu Shiyan, who are heirlooms of official eunuchs.

To ask them to support the crisis and protect the imperial power, not only do they not have the ability and confidence, but they also do not have enough motivation. The greatest hope is to maintain the status quo, or make some changes slightly, and finally sacrifice Sima and return to the Pei family, which is not an unacceptable result. To tell the truth, Pei Gai, the representative of the family, although Pei Gai is in Chang'an, has somewhat deviated from the interests of the family, but it can be considered that it is only an expedient measure - sharing the world with the Sima clan is equivalent to sharing the world with the family and the imperial power, and in this, at least the Xun family is happy to see it.

Of course, although in terms of ideals, Xun Daoxuan and Zu Shiyan are very close, but when it comes to their views on the current situation, there are still some differences between the two. Zu Shiyan is a little more bookish after all, he thinks that Da Sima has the intention of arbitrarily exercising power, and has no intention of usurping the throne, as long as we try our best to stabilize the situation, we only wait for the society to recover, and the rivers and mountains are unified, which can naturally lead to the situation of co-governance of the monarch and the minister. The Xun uncle and nephew will not be so naïve, they hope to win over the Zu clan to resist and restrain the Pei clan, so as to prevent Pei from taking that last step.

However, both sides believe that once the world is decided, Pei should have to withdraw from Taiwan and return to Luoyang, when the Chinese and North Korean official offices are limited, and the Guanxi scholars are infinite, they will never weaken their momentum, and they will be listed in the court with Xun and Zu. To put it bluntly, even if Pei should not have ambitions, it is difficult to ensure that his subordinates cannot afford to be delusional, even if Pei should have the intention of sharing the world with the Sima family, it will not stop Pei Wei, Tao Kan and others from looking forward to climbing the dragon in Dinghu.

So it will definitely form a rally, Xun and Zu want to pull Pei in the direction of the fake emperor, but Pei and Tao want to pull him in the direction of the real emperor, which is absolutely unavoidable.

The implementation of Pei Pizhi's troops into Beijing today is certainly a mistake of Zu Ti, and it can also be regarded as Pei's layout. Xun Di therefore said: "If Pei Shenggong takes the opportunity to seize the military power in the capital, control the forbidden army and unify the five schools, then the matter of China and the DPRK, he can decide with a word, how can he not worry?" ”

After all, the world has been turbulent for so many years, and even after the vassal king only controlled Gyeonggi by the general, it was not uncommon for him to control the court situation and kill from his heart for more than ten years, and the big guys were used to it. If it is an era of peace and prosperity, and the imperial court has absolute authority, no one will dare to act so recklessly, and even if they do, they will soon be suppressed; Now it is different, controlling the government by pure force and holding the Son of Heaven hostage will be considered a logical thing - Xun and Zu are worried about this, and Pei Xu also uses this as the basis for his plan......

Therefore, if Pei Pi completely controls the Chinese Dynasty, Zu Pi is stumped by Zhao and has no time to return to the teacher, maybe Pei Pi will come to a big purge of the imperial court, once he deposes Xun, Zu, and the Westerners Bulie court, then when Pei should come back, will he be waiting for a Rong chariot, or a green cover?

Similar to these words, Xun's uncle and nephew naturally discussed them in private, but now that Zu Shiyan is beside him, it is impossible to say it too bluntly - Zu Na is the same, out of bureaucratic habits, he also refuses to say it explicitly. Therefore, Xun Di had to give a less appropriate example, who wanted to be reprimanded by Xun Group in person.

And Xun Group immediately reprimanded: "Qing and other provinces are really in charge of state affairs, how to deal with the current situation, do you still have to ask me?" The five schools and the forbidden army must not fall into the hands of Pei Shenggong, knowing this, why not make arrangements as soon as possible! "After all, Pei Pi has just entered the city, just like when Dong Zhuo first entered Luoyang, didn't he also use all his means to control the government? Now it's up to you to see who's moving fast, and you still have time to run around and ask me? Is it that hard?

Xun Di said: "The day is twilight, even if there is a fate, we must wait for tomorrow morning." It is the old foolish nephew and others who have come to report to their uncle, although they have a plan, they must also be approved by their uncle. After a pause, he said: "It's really in the capital, it's hard to find someone who can ...... the five schools."

There are no qualified middle and high-level generals in the Xun family's pocket, and those who are available to the Zu clan are also leading troops, so who should unify the five schools to fight against Pei Pi? If Pei Pi wants to use strength, although he also lacks combat experience, after all, his army is Pei Gai's old department, and he has been trained in Henan for a long time, which is really not comparable to the five schools that have just been put together; And what if Pei Pi relies purely on political means and tries to follow normal procedures? With Yin Qiao, and possibly Bian Yan to help him, Xun, Zu and others may be difficult to suppress.

Therefore, it is definitely not possible to arbitrarily appoint a bureaucrat, president, five schools and even the garrison, and Shangshu is also the leader of the forbidden army and destroys the system. Although theoretically speaking, Xun Group, as a captain, can be in charge of the army, but one is that the old man is old and his spirit is not good, and the other is that Xun Di Yeya is unwilling to let his uncle who is in his last years be on the front line of the battle with the Pei family.

Therefore, he discussed with Zuna for a long time, and finally came up with an almost whimsical plan, but then he had to ask Xun Group to help endorse it......

So the three of them discussed secretly for a long time, and after Zu Na first said goodbye and left, Xun Group whispered to Xun Di: "What Qing and the others are planning, it is clear that they are resisting Pei Shenggong, but they are actually trying to persuade Pei Wenyue, but if they are urgent, they are afraid that Westerners will jump off the beam, do you know it?" ”

Xun Di nodded and said, "Just as my uncle said." For this reason today, the nephew is imitating Liang Gong, and wants to retreat first, so that others can be strong. If the enemy knows the difficulty and does not advance, I can reap the merits, and if the enemy stubbornly continues to advance...... The blame is not on my Xun family. ”

Xun Group smiled slightly: "If you can think about this, then I don't have to worry about it." ”

Early the next morning, the Xun group actually went to Shangshu Province in person, and then passed the resolution forcefully, and played it to the door, Huaheng did not dare to refute it, and even went to the middle school, and naturally successfully obtained Sima Ye's approval. Immediately, the book was issued, and the five schools and the palace ban Zhulang were ordered to obey the orders of the Zhongshu from now on - to put it bluntly, the five schools were handed over to the hands of the eunuchs Mingda and Zhu Fei.

On the evening of the same day, after returning home from the province, Yin Qiao explained the reason to Pei Xu, and then spread his hands and said: "From this, even if I am in the province and add Bian Shangshu, the two of them will not be able to help Sheng Gong capture the soldiers of the five schools......"

During the Wei and Jin dynasties, the status of the eunuchs was very low, not only could there be the "five marquis" and "ten permanent servants" of the Later Han Dynasty, but also the Wang Shen and Xuanhuai of the Hu Han Dynasty. However, in recent years, due to the re-management of the government and the new life of the officials, the eunuchs have gradually controlled the power of Zhongshu.

The authority of the junior high school book of Jin is very large, such as Xun Xuan, Zhang Hua, He Qiao, Hua Hui, etc., have all served as middle school book supervisors and orders. However, when the small court of Chang'an was built, there was a lack of talents, there were many official offices, and Suo Qi and others were only in charge of the book, and the restrictive institutions such as the middle book and the subordinates were completely emptied; Even after Sima Ye restored the capital to Luoyang, for a long time, he was the only scholar in the book, and there was no one in the middle book, and the door was scattered. The main reason is that Zhongshu's own duty is to convey the order of the Son of Heaven to Shangshu Province, and to present the Shangshu to the Son of Heaven, and since the Son of Heaven has no power, everything is always Shangshu, so what's the use of Zhongshu? It's enough to find two eunuchs to run errands.

Later, Hua Heng joined the service and the subordinate as a province to restrain Shangshu, and some officials jumped out at the opportunity to ask for a reply to the Zhongshu - regardless of whether it was in line with the current situation or not, it was necessary to restore all systems to the time when the dynasty was prosperous, which was the pathological thinking inherent in many bureaucrats. However, Xun Group and others were naturally reluctant to set up a Zhongshu province again to restrain themselves, so they cited the old practice of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to set up Zhongshu at the beginning, and made the eunuch serve as Zhongshu.

Of course, the scholars were never happy to see the eunuchs hold real power, so although they were hit, they had neither a province nor a prison or order, and only picked out the two low-level positions of general affairs and sheren, who were in charge of presenting the case and chapter at the beginning of the country, to confer eunuchs. Mingda and Zhu Fei, who were originally in charge of running errands, just added a name, and the actual affairs were not added.

——These two eunuchs, who were Sima Ye's former ministers, fled from Luoyang to Chang'an with him, and then moved back to Luoyang from Chang'an.

However, originally only responsible for running errands, presenting the chapters, and the order of the Son of Heaven, and the Zhongshu Tongshi and Sheren, who had no right to open the seal, now let them master the five schools, which is indeed a whimsical idea - eunuchs and soldiers, which has never been done since the end of the Han Dynasty! Therefore, Xun Di and Zu Na have to go to implore the Xun group, and you must come forward to determine this matter.

The Xun group is still citing stories, and there is a precedent for Zhongshu to be in charge of the five schools - of course, at that time, the position of Zhongshu was not held by eunuchs, and the forbidden army was not a low-level general, and people could be mobilized.

Yin Qiao analyzed the reasons in detail to Pei Xu, and said: "The Xun family did not dare to resist Brother Ling's Shenggong, and feared that Shenggong would force them with military might, so the eunuch would also be the fifth school." Mingda and Zhu Fei are both close to the Son of Heaven, so attacking the other two is afraid that it will affect the Son of Heaven and hurt the reputation of the Great Sima......"

Although Zhongshu has no province, after all, it was once a cardinal office that surpassed Shangshu Province, so since it was under control of the five schools in accordance with the "precedent", it would be difficult to seize its military power again according to normal channels and regular procedures. And what if it is strong? It's equivalent to slapping Sima Ye directly in the face! Although Pei Pi relied on the soldiers and horses in his hands, and even more relied on Pei Gai's might, he could not put Zhu Shangshu in his eyes, at least he dared to disobey the yang and the yin, but for the time being, he did not dare to dominate the king as a minister. If you want to be a minister, Lingjun has to wait for Pei Gai to do it personally, Pei Pi and Pei Xu's brothers don't have the courage, and Yin Qiao and Bian Yan naturally don't have ......

Pei Xuan heard Yin Qiao's words, and couldn't help but smile bitterly: "The Xun family wants to use the Son of Heaven as a shield, so the family slaves are in charge of the soldiers. Do they think that eunuchs are not enough to worry about? Approaching Hu Han, that is, there are Wang Shen and Xuanhuai's rebellion...... "Scholars are generally hostile to eunuchs, but at the same time they do not take eunuchs in their eyes, thinking that according to the regular procedures, they can easily twist the eunuchs who do evil to death at any time." But the problem is that eunuchs will not do things in accordance with the formal procedures and the laws of the court.

After all, the eunuchs of the Han Dynasty were far away, and the bureaucrats were often forgetful.

"Even if the tiger is out of the woods, its meaning is clearly in Da Sima!" Pei Shu sighed lightly, and then said: "If you want to break this situation, unless you have a conspiracy, you can't do what we want...... However, he thinks that he is not as good as Wang Gong when he plays conspiracy...... I can only wait for Wang Gong to come, and then let him worry about it.

But since Pei Pi led his troops into the city, even if he can't seize the military power in Luozhong, I must find ways to make him come as soon as he is recruited, but he can't leave immediately!

The two were discussing when suddenly a report came from the door, saying that the Son of Heaven had summoned the ministers to gather in the forbidden middle school.

Yin Qiao couldn't help but be taken aback - summoned by the emperor in the middle of the night? What's going on?! Not to mention that Sima Ye is basically just a vertical arch, even if he is a powerful and diligent son of heaven - for example, Emperor Wu...... Oh no, he wasn't diligent enough - if there was no big thing, he wouldn't have been able to summon important ministers all night!

Hurriedly put on his clothes, rode to the forbidden middle school, and took care of Pei Xu before leaving, saying Ziyu, you hurry up and gallop to the Shenggong army, be on strict alert, and wait for my news - I have a hunch that this matter may be related to today's appointment of eunuchs, and there will be earth-shattering events in the forbidden area, which will greatly affect the court situation!