Chapter 334: Is Dou Wu really a model gentleman?
Speaking of the current emperor Liu Hong and Lu Zhi have enmity, in fact, it has been doomed from the beginning before he ascended the throne, it can be said that Lu Zhi was the first courtier to oppose Liu Hong's succession to the throne, and he was loyal and outspoken to instigate a wave of general Dou Wu, and he was not afraid of the power of the Dou clan at that time.
When Emperor Huan died early and had no children, Dou Wu, the general who was the head of the country at the time, and the Dou family behind him, wanted to rely on Dou Wu's daughter Dou Miao to be the queen to select the youngest son of the clan as the emperor, and Lu Zhi was quite opposed to this. He thought that this was the best way to choose the heir of the king on the grounds of "looking for the righteousness of the Spring and Autumn Period, the queen had no heirs, and the eldest of the relatives was selected, and the annual average was based on virtue, and the virtue was decided", and he exhorted Dou Wu to let Dou Wu choose an older person in the clan to ascend the throne, so as to prevent the emperor from being trusted by the eunuchs with improper intentions and to attack the scholars.
However, although Dou Wu is one of the "three gentlemen" of the party and has the reputation of "the sect of the first generation" in the outside world, he is also a human being after all. In the family has the opportunity to grasp the power of the Han family, he can indirectly control the politics of the Han Dynasty by controlling the little emperor, no matter how high Dou Wu is, it is impossible to refuse the temptation of such power, and in the end he also rejected Lu Zhi's suggestion, and under the influence of selfish desires, he elected Liu Hong, who was young at the time and had a declining family background, as the emperor.
From this point of view, what so-called upright gentlemen, and high-minded models among the party, are all farting, and they are not defending themselves in the face of interests? What's more, when the Dou family came to power, the father and son of the Dou family, with the connivance of the queen Dou Miao, robbed the Han court of goods, and brought the beautiful women in the palace back to enjoy themselves.
Think about it, if it weren't for the arrogance of the Dou clan on weekdays and the fact that they didn't completely rein in the hearts of the Luoyang army, even if the eunuchs mastered the two big killing weapons of the emperor and the queen mother, they shouldn't have been shouted by the eunuchs, "Dou Wu is anti, you are forbidden to soldiers, and you are staying in the palace province, why do you follow the rebellion?" After the first drop is rewarded, all the half-day work is gone. Even if there is a reason why the soldiers of Luoyang are afraid of eunuchs, but the five schools of the Northern Army have been under Dou Wu for a long time, and among the thousands of Han troops, there is not a single die-hard soldier who is willing to serve the Dou family.
Maybe it can only be said that this party member "Three Gentlemen" has spent all his energy on power, women, and money, but it is ridiculous to say that such a "hypocrite" who is greedy for money and lustful is a celebrity who has been praised by the party members to this day.
There is little gossip, not mentioning what Dou Wu did, only talking about Lu Zhi. Ever since Lu Zhi advised Dou Wu not to make Liu Hong the emperor, he has offended Liu Hong, the emperor who has become an established fact and wants to be in charge of the Han world. According to reason, Lu Zhi's "ignorance of promotion" would have been calculated if other emperors did not count it afterwards, but Liu Hong did not pursue it, but repeatedly promoted this Ma Rong master disciple to the center to discuss political affairs.
Of course, the emperor treated him like this, and this resolute Lu Zhi didn't appreciate it, and often looked for Liu Hong's unhappiness. Such as admonishing him not to have wanton pleasure is a trivial matter in Lu Zhi's exhortations, such as scolding the eunuch in the court just now, but it is the most headache for Liu Hong, because he does not want to punish both sides.
After Lu Zhi's scolding in the Chongde Hall just now, it seems that because of Liu Hong's deliberate favoritism, the war of words without gunpowder smoke has been temporarily extinguished, but in fact, it is an undercurrent, not to mention that the scholars and the party are waiting for other opportunities to impeach the eunuchs and the eunuchs, but the eunuchs and the eunuchs who have suffered losses will not admit it like this.
Seeing that the hall was temporarily calm, Liu Hong, who had long known how to deal with the situation in the court, immediately said: "Since Yang Shi and Lu Qing have no objections, this is a matter of the two gardens of Lu Gui and Lingkun, and I will approve it." At this moment, in Liu Hong's heart, the construction of the Royal Forest Garden is the most important, he knows that the scholars who have been opposing him at this time will definitely not say anything to stop them, after all, he just helped them, if they don't know each other a little more and agree to his proposal, then he doesn't mind standing on the side of the eunuchs next time to punish them well.
"Your Majesty! The matter ...... decided"
"Huh? What are the words of Master Yang? ”
"Back to Your Majesty, I think this matter is feasible."
Yang Ci, who wrote to admonish Liu Hong to give up building a forest garden at the beginning, heard that Liu Hong was going to decide to build a forest garden directly at this time, so he hurriedly stopped it. It's just that Liu Hong, who was sitting at the head of the hall, suddenly snorted softly, which directly interrupted his words.
Yang Ci raised his eyes and saw Liu Hong's face, seeing that his face was not good, thinking of what happened to Lu Zhi in the palace just now, he finally changed his direction and compromised the emperor, because Liu Hong was using his power to force him to compromise, after all, what Lu Zhi had just done, without Liu Hong's interruption in advance, it was impossible to say that the eunuch group, which has now become a trend, will be unfavorable to Lu Zhi.
The hateful eunuchs, the hateful Hongdu Menxue, Your Majesty, why are you not sober, these are all bad governments that are chaotic in the country......