Chapter 336: The Great Eunuch's Fallout
The ministers in the palace expressed their opinions, and they didn't know the high-minded talk about military affairs, anyway, they were all self-speculation, and there was no reliable answer at all, which made the emperor Liu Hong, who was sitting in the palace, quite bored.
The only ones who are quiet among the ministers of the court are those generals, and the whole hall is strange, and the soldiers don't say a word, and the soldiers don't know the soldiers.
In fact, there is no way, among the courts, the scholars who have the most right to speak are undoubtedly those who are well versed in scriptures, and the military generals can really interject is very limited. This is quite like the later generations of people who do not do anything at all, and will be full of imagination to brag about the mouthful of experts or the media who make up the news and clean up false reports, can spread their so-called confirmed remarks in the sky and Haitian, while the people who have been working on the front line and know the truth of the matter do not even have a place to speak. It's ridiculous to say this, but most people still believe it and praise it as the mainstream of the media.
However, Zhao Zhong saw that the ministers were still boasting, and the atmosphere in the palace made the emperor Liu Hong around him quite bored, and he had yawned several times. Zhao Zhong, who knew that the time had come, walked up to Liu Hong, whispered a few words to Liu Hong, and said that Liu Hong's face became worse and worse, and finally Zhao Zhong took out the letter written by Fuquan, and added oil and vinegar to the side when Liu Hong read the letter, which soon made the emperor who was originally just a fox angry and angry.
I only heard the emperor Liu Hong sitting in the hall shouting angrily "Enough", which startled the ministers in the palace, and silenced them one after another, raising their eyes to look at the emperor in the palace, I don't know how everyone angered him, according to the usual habits, at this time, it should be Liu Hongyi's departure, how can he be angry?
"As my humerus, you don't want to be loyal to the country, but you miss the fighter plane because of selfish interests, and you are a minister in vain." Seeing that the ministers were quiet, Liu Hong pointed to His Royal Highness and scolded the ministers fiercely, and glared at Song Yu and Fu Wan viciously in his eyes, and after scolding, he threw Fuquan's good news into the hall, and ordered Zhao Zhong to explain what he said.
Zhao Zhong received the order, and he was not ambiguous, he walked directly into the hall, ignored the angry eyes of the ministers, and said the speculation that he thought of Fu Quan and Yang Xuan conspiring to delay the Jingzhou assassin Zhao Kai to lead the army to besiege Exian. In his words, he constantly threw out some suspicious one-sided remarks, and if people who didn't know the inside story would like to follow him.
For example, Zhao Zhong's words include "Zhao Kai led more than 20,000 Jingzhou troops to besiege the city for a few days, but Fuquan can conquer it in a few days", and for example, "Lingling Taishou Yang Xuan and Zhao Kai disagreed, and nine times out of ten they united with Fuquan, causing Zhao Kai to attack the city unfavorably, and afterwards he wrote with Fuquan to impeach Zhao Kai for incompetence", and "Fuquan broke the city, and the words made it clear that Zhao Kai was incompetent in Jingzhou's assassination, and even reported his military exploits, without mentioning the hard work of the Jingzhou army"......
And so on, and so on, anyway, Zhao Zhong's words made a clear meaning, the reason why Fuquan was able to break the city faster than Zhao Kai this time was because he and Yang Xuan joined forces and dragged Zhao Kai back together. After all, Zhao Kai and Yang Xuan did not agree, and Yang Xuan, in order to retaliate, had every reason to unite with Fuquan and rob the credit that originally belonged to the Jingzhou army.
As for the corroboration of Zhao Zhong's words, it was in that letter that Fu Quan's attitude was tough, and his dissatisfaction with Zhao Kai was clearly revealed in his words. And with Liu Hong's temper of trusting Fu Quan, he will also trust Zhao Zhong's sophistry, and there is a reason. Although Zhao Kai is a member of the Zhao Zhong clan, even if he has blood relatives, he will not give him the post of assassin of a state so simply, and it is already good to give him a county minor official by relying on his rights, after all, for Zhao Zhong, he can't do much if he rises to the position of a high-ranking state and county official.
Because these high-ranking officials in states and counties are used by Liu Hong to sell their officials to accumulate money, there are no official positions of more than 600 stone in states and counties, as well as high-ranking officials in the imperial court and even the three dukes, these long-awaited official positions, what can Liu Hong sell for money? And after Zhao Kai was recommended by Zhao Zhong, he sent a large amount of goods to the emperor, which was several times higher than others, which directly made Liu Hong think that Zhao Kai was more loyal than Fu Quan, coupled with the identity represented by Fu Quan and Yang Xuan, Liu Hong couldn't help but wonder, could it be that the relatives of the Song family sought foreign aid after they vigorously promoted the He family's power?
Think about what the emperor of the Han Dynasty was most taboo, isn't it the combination of foreign relatives and foreign forces, so that the power of foreign dynasties has increased greatly, and the eunuch group that overwhelms the emperor of the inner dynasty as a life-saving straw? Now that Zhao Kai is a member of the eunuch group, at the moment when Liu Hong clearly stated that he wanted to quell the chaos as soon as possible, he was impeached by Fu Quan, who is a relative group, and Yang Xuan of the Shiren group, and even bluntly said that he was incompetent, how could Liu Hong endure this?
In addition, the eunuch Zhao Zhong, who Liu Hong has treated as a close relative since he was a child, was bewitched on the side, so for various reasons, he believed that this was the result of Fu Quan and Yang Xuan's collusion and joint attack on Zhao Kai. After all, among the officials released by the eunuch group, Zhao Kai is a state assassin, and his status is also very important in the eunuch forces, which can't help but make Liu Hong guess.
Fu Quan may not have dreamed that in order to prevent Zhao Kai and the eunuchs from biting him, he and Yang Xuan wrote a book in advance to testify for the war, and even wrote the matter clearly and impeached Zhao Kai, but Zhao Zhong, who was handling the good news, caught the reason for the mixing of his relatives and scholars, and distorted the facts, making Liu Hong think that this was the result of the joint efforts of his relatives and scholars.
Speaking of which, this is really a back-and-forth, but it can't be explained clearly, after all, Fu Quan ignored the fact that Yang Xuan was a scholar, but this negligence deeply stung Liu Hong. Because Liu Hong hates his relatives the most, he thinks that since he was a child, because of the combination of the general Dou Wu and the forces of foreign dynasties, he has struggled with the party struggle of the eunuchs, so of course he has a deep guard against his relatives who are both inside and outside, so he has never wanted to promote his relatives.
If it weren't for the crossing of Fuquan, the relatives of the Song family would have entered the grave completely because Liu Hong didn't like it at this moment, and even for a long time in the future, Liu Hong would have completely put his relatives on hold. Without the later Yellow Turban Rebellion, I am afraid there would be no rise of He's relatives, and even after the rise of He's family, Liu Hong didn't like He Jin, because He Jin was a disciple of Yang Ci, and he was born to have ties with party people, which was the link between him and the foreign dynasty, otherwise it would be difficult for He Jin to become a general.
Even so, the later He Jin was always on guard against Liu Hong, and even in order to prevent the He family from becoming another Dou family, he issued a secret decree to let the eunuch Jian Shuo eradicate He Jin, not also to completely bury the He family, let his favorite Liu Xie ascend the throne, and pave the way for Liu Xie. As for Liu Xie's ascension to the throne, in addition to Liu Hong's love for Liu Xie and his shame on Wang Meiren, isn't there also a reason why Liu Xie does not have an extraordinarily powerful maternal family behind him?
To sum up, under all the reasons now, Liu Hong can't hear any justification at all, and at this moment he has an obsession of "I'd rather kill three thousand by mistake than let one go". Even if this matter came out of nowhere, he couldn't let Zhao Kai lose anything, and even hit his relatives and the scholar group hard.
If there is collusion between the two, then things are very good, and there is no need for Liu Hong to think about it at all. If there is no relationship between the two, then it doesn't matter, just give them a warning and let them understand what happens when they form a party.
When Liu Hong was angry here, Zhao Zhong hurriedly gave his eyes to his cronies Ren Zhi and Le Song, who were also human spirits, and quickly understood Zhao Zhong's meaning, and after Liu Hong finished roaring, he quickly took away the letter led by Liu Hong before the princes of the court did not react.
Ren Zhi and Le Song are the two of them, because they are advisers to the emperor who accompany the emperor, and they can also accompany them on formal occasions such as the court meeting, so they are close to Liu Hong's position. In addition, they had already prepared to snatch the letter, how could the other court officials be the opponents of the two of them, and it was strange that they could grab the good news.
After the two hurriedly read it alternately with each other, they handed the letter to the other court officials, because they had been with the emperor for a long time, and they naturally quickly understood why Liu Hong was like this after reading the good news. After knowing the reason for the emperor's anger, they started the impeachment one step ahead of the court when the officials in the court did not know what the specific situation was, which was a wave of counterattack by the two of them who had just been scolded by Lu Zhi.
I saw Ren Zhi salute first and said: "Your Majesty, Jingzhou Thorn Shikai is dedicated to public service, but he was conspired by Bajun Taishouquan and Lingling Taishouxuan to delay the war. ”
The words fell, and Le Song next to him also saluted, but his words were much more serious than Ren Zhi's, and he only heard Le Song say: "The minister seconded the proposal, the two thieves deceived the king, and deceived Shengcong, which is really a great crime, but now the war in Jiangxia is critical, it is advisable to send important ministers in the court, send the order to review, if there are conclusive facts, you can act cheaply, in order to punish the thief minister." ”
Well, for Ren Zhi and Le Song, two ministers from humble backgrounds who have suddenly climbed to a high political position, in addition to understanding the emperor's new accident, their ability to pour dirty water on people and reverse right and wrong is also absolutely powerful. Although they didn't know what Zhao Zhong and the emperor said, but with the good news, Fu Quan and Yang Xuan impeached Zhao Kai, coupled with Liu Hong's words "I don't want to be loyal to the country, but because of selfish interests, I will delay the fighter plane and become a minister in vain", I can already guess how to fight back.
Anyway, Fuquan only has a good report, and no evidence can prove the truth of the matter, as for his and Yang Xuan's joint name, it has long been led by the eunuch group to the way of the eunuch group to form a party with the foreign relatives and the scholar group for personal gain, and jointly frame the eunuch group, so that Fuquan's good news is equivalent to not being sent at all.
As for whether there is evidence, this is also simple, there is no evidence to make evidence, as long as the emperor first makes a conclusion about this matter, and then they recommend their own people to investigate, mobilize their own political forces, all kinds of evidence are not handy?
In fact, not only these two people, but Zhao Zhong, who was beside Liu Hong, also thought so, and he was even ready to end the court, so he quickly informed Zhao Kai to write a letter of injustice to refute it. After that, as long as the evidence of Fu Quan and Yang Xuan's "collusion" is found, there is no worry that they will not be able to crack down on the relatives and scholar groups behind them.
After Ren Zhi and Le Song finished speaking, a large number of people under the court over there echoed it, and if a discerning person looks closely, he will definitely find that these people are all officials of the eunuch family. At this moment, although they did not see the good news letter from Fuquan that was circulated, but the political vigilance, as well as helping Ren Zhi and Le Song of the same faction, cheering for them, had to let them immediately cheer as if they were conditioned, after all, as long as they sensed the slightest hint, they could find that this impeachment had caught the "handle" between relatives and scholars, could they not be excited?
The situation in the court suddenly gave the eunuch faction the upper hand, but many people in the relatives and scholar group were unable to speak out because they did not know, after all, with the speed of circulation of the ministers, I am afraid that many people will wait until Liu Hong decides to file a case, and they will not be able to see the content of the letter, and when they see the content of the letter, I am afraid that the daylily will be cold.
Of course, there are also politically vigilant among them, because of the impeachment words of Ren Zhi and Le Song, they knew that it was because of the fact that Fuquan and Yang Xuan formed a party for personal gain that angered Liu Hong, and they immediately refuted it intuitively. Now, even if they don't see the content of the letter, they can't sit still, otherwise when the eunuch group gains power and determines this matter, Fu Quan and Yang Xuan will not be able to save it at all.
Soon, within a few years, Song Yu, who had already been skilled in court battles, got up and said: "Your Majesty, this matter is not allowed, Bajun Taishouquan and Lingling Taishouxuan conspired to know the truth or falsehood, how can they be punished lightly at will?" This put tens of thousands of Han troops in Jiangxia in a dangerous place, and the generals and ministers who were in battle to punish the crime were taboo for the soldiers, and they were afraid that they would be overthrown by the Huang Sui rebels, so they implored His Majesty to think twice before acting. ”
Song Yu's words fell, and Song Guo also got up and said: "The ministers seconded the proposal, and the generals and ministers who were in battle to punish the crime are taboo for soldiers, and they should not be taken lightly." ”
After that, more ministers also seconded the proposal, and even foreign courtiers like Situ Yangci, who did not deal with the Song family's relatives in the past, and preferred He's relatives, also seconded the proposal.
It seems very strange, but it is not surprising, after all, compared with supporting the He family, the eunuchs want to hit their scholars' interests at this moment, of course, they will not insist on the original intention of being enemies with the Song family because they are not good with the Song family.
At this moment, in the eyes of these foreign courtiers, saving the famous man Yang Xuan is their top priority, and as for the battle in the court, it can be put aside for the time being. This is politics, the enemy of the enemy is the friend, not the eternal constant, as long as there is any sudden accident, the original enemy becomes an ally of each other.
All this happened in an instant, although there were countless courtiers who opposed Ren Zhi and Le Song's proposals, which seemed frightening, but this could not make the eunuchs back down at all, and even gave the eunuch group more evidence that they could attack the two forces of the relatives and scholars, and things seemed to be developing step by step in the direction of being more unfavorable to Fu Quan and Yang Xuan......