For ten days in a row, Zheng and Dong were different from history, because of the intervention of outsiders, and the emperor was not always surrounded by eunuchs, Dong Teng was not dead, and Zheng Sa was not tortured, and they bit Liu Kui, and the two were interrogated, but they only bit themselves to contact Liu Kui, all because of the old and the old, and there was nothing else.

Both of them got a message from Liu Hua's secret channel, and knew that Duan Cheng didn't dare to harm them, and they didn't conspire against Liu Kui, because no matter how Duan Cheng tried it, they didn't get the information they wanted. And Duan Cheng was also tied up because of Li Xian and others beside him, and there was almost no progress in the case.

The Han Dynasty was not like later generations, it was not easy to transmit information, and even if the emperor's will was fastened, it would take time.

On this day, in Yecheng, in the Jizhou Assassin Historian's Office, Li Shaozheng, the assassin, was dealing with a eunuch Xiao Huangmen. This little yellow door has the same surname as him, his name is Li Chao, and he was sent by Luoyang to deliver the decree.

The whole journey from Ruoyang to Ye is more than 2,000 miles, and Xiaohuangmen and his party rushed to come because of the urgency of the will, and they arrived quickly in ten days. I just arrived in Yecheng today. After Li Shao received the will, the little yellow door spoke in a strange tone, and after a while, he realized that he was here to ask for bribes.

Throughout the Han Dynasty and the Han Dynasty, the wind of bribery and bribery prevailed, not to mention the Western Han Dynasty, and there were many embezzlers in the Eastern Han Dynasty.

For example, the late Ma Rong, a famous scholar of the Eastern Han Dynasty, was born in the Fufeng Maoling Ma clan, a descendant of the founding fathers and the nephew of the famous Eastern Han Dynasty general Ma Yuan.

Since Ma Yuan's daughter married Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty as the queen, the Ma family has been rich and prosperous, and Emperor Guangwu's mother Fan, his wife's Guo family and Yin's family are collectively known as the "four surnames of foreign relatives" in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and the hereditary marquis of the descendants is collectively called the "four surnames of the little marquis", which is praised by Cai Yong as "the marriage of the imperial family, the world is a famous family". Later, the Fan and Guo families declined for various reasons, and the Ma family was called the five major relatives by the world, along with the Yin and Dengmen valves in Nanyang and the Dou and Liangmen valves that rose in the Sanfu area of Kansai.

The Eastern Han Dynasty was founded until the period of Emperor Huan, five of the six generals came from these five families, and among the eleven queens, they sent nine people.

Ma Rong was a student of the legendary female scholar Ban Zhao, and later became close friends with first-class scholars such as Zhang Heng, Wang Fu, Cui Ying, and Xu Shen. However, such a noble figure would take advantage of being an official to embezzle bribes everywhere, and was condemned by the world.

Most of the people from the Gain family live in luxury, and so does Ma Rong, who is still very debauched by nature. He once imitated Confucius, recruited thousands of disciples, often sat in a large fuchsia tent, had his disciples kneel in front of the tent, and made the kabuki and dancers perform around him, and few disciples could study wholeheartedly without being distracted. Later generations called "setting up accounts" for setting up a museum to teach apprentices, which came from this.

It is common for the Eastern Han scholars to accept bribes, unless the family is rich and there is no shortage of money, and the same is true for eunuchs, after all, most of them are poor in their families to wield knives from the palace, enter the palace as eunuchs, and do not make more money, how can they be worthy of themselves?

This little yellow gate is a confidant of Wang Fu in the palace, this time he was instructed to come out to deliver the decree, and the destination is Jizhou, a famous rich place in the Eastern Han Dynasty, can you not ask for bribes after passing the decree? Otherwise, is it worthy of his running around for days?

"Angel forgive me, the Jizhou treasury is empty, and there is no money left." Li Shao's meaning is clear, the state government has no money, and he will not give money.

Li Jizhou said with a smile, the land of Jizhou, with a population of one million, many fields cultivated, and the rao of mulberry dates, how can Li Jizhou say that he has no money? Why are you so scolded? The two of us have the same surname, in other words, Li Jizhou is my brother, and the family is also, what is wrong with asking my brother for money? If it is said that Jizhou has no money, Li Chao will not believe it, so he continues to ask for it.

Li Shao didn't think that this eunuch was so shameless, and he saw that his eyes were extremely open, but he didn't eat this set, after all, he was a little yellow man, he was a state assassin, and the governor of the assassin was removed, and he was equivalent to a feudal official in the locality, so why not be afraid of this young temple man.

If Wang Fu and Cao Jie came in person, Li Shao might have offered a bribe, but before he could see the young eunuch, he shouted angrily: "Shao is ashamed to have the same surname as you, if you are my brother, Shao will kill him." ”

After that, the case was filmed, and there was no trace when he left the house. Only the little yellow door Li Chao was stunned on the spot, at a loss, and it didn't take long for him to show hatred and leave angrily.

Watching Li Chao leave, the little official of Jizhou Thorn Shi Peng flashed into the back room, and Li Shao was in the back room. The little official saluted Li Shao and said: "Ming Gong is angry, the eunuch bullied me and no one in Jizhou, and forcibly took money, so I will gather my cronies and teach him a lesson." ”

This little official is Li Shao's cronies, and he usually follows him around, but today he heard that the eunuch bullied Li Shao, of course, he was very angry, and when Li Shao agreed to ask for instructions, he had to send someone to teach Li Chao a lesson.

How to teach, of course, it is not a simple beating, but mainly assassination, after all, Li Chao is an angel of the decree, if he is beaten by the local government for no reason, he will anger the emperor, and the only way is to let it disappear.

As for the investigation after the fact, this matter is easy to hear, as long as he goes out, no one knows about it, even if someone goes to Jizhou to investigate, but Jizhou is Li Shao's territory, and no one can investigate it with a little strategy.

Of course, Li Shao knew what the little official meant, and waved his hand and said: "That's it, don't worry about this person, you will give an order and send troops to escort the King of Bohai and his party to Beijing." Remember, you need to send people with cronies to protect them strictly, and you must not treat the King of Bohai slowly. ”

"No."

When the little official left, Li Shao took out the edict passed on by Li Chao and thought about it with his eyes. There are two other things next to the case, one is the edict received two days ago, the intention is to let him take the Bohai King and his family into custody to verify whether there is any rebellion, and the other is a private message from Yuan Kui, the great Honglu, which did not say much, but just let him remember to help Duan Cheng.

Coincidentally, this edict and private letter arrived in his hands on the same day, which made him in a dilemma at that time, after all, this is a family matter of the Son of Heaven, if he is partial, it will be difficult to be found in the future.

In addition, Duan Cheng's defection to the eunuch disgusted Li Shao and did not want to be involved with it, but Yuan Kui instructed himself in the letter that he could not help it, Li Shao had an old relationship with the Yuan family, and owed the Yuan family favors, although he was not his protégé, but he had a lot of origins, and it was a headache.

I didn't expect today's edict to send the King of Bohai to Beijing, which made Li Shao breathe a sigh of relief, and he didn't need to have a headache. However, this time he was bribed by Wang Fu's cronies Xiao Huangmen, which made him very angry, looked at the letter written by Yuan Kui, and muttered: "Forgive Shao for not being able to help Yuan Gonghu, the eunuch bullied me, and only fought back." ”

Immediately, he took a pen and paper, picked up a pen and wrote a letter, finished it in half a ring, carefully examined it, and ordered his cronies and servants to send it to the mansion of Li Xian, the chief lieutenant of Luoyang.

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"The Book of the Later Han Dynasty: The Biography of Ma Rong": "Rong often sits in the high hall, Shi Jiang yarn tent, the former apprentices, the latter female music, the disciples pass on from one to another, and few people enter his room. Later, the word "setting up accounts" refers to setting up a museum to teach apprentices.