"In November, the meeting will allow students to rebel. Calling himself the 'King of Yue', he conquered the county. In the second half of the year, the Son of Heaven ordered Yangzhou to assassinate Shi Zang Min and Danyang Taishou Chen Kun to crusade against Xu Sheng. ”

Liu Bei smiled bitterly, the empire is in the twilight, the central power is declining, and the various contradictions accumulated over hundreds of years have long been like a volcano about to erupt, which is difficult to suppress!

From Emperor Xiaohuan to the present short period of more than 20 years, there is no year of smooth weather, natural disasters have just gone, man-made disasters have come - plague, locust plague, Qiangyi, Xianbei, and the unprecedented "Yellow Turban Uprising" in the future, compared with these, Xu Sheng's rebellion, from beginning to end is more like a farce, although after three years, but from beginning to end is tossed in Yangzhou, even the central army has not been dispatched, it was suppressed and pacified by Yangzhou's county soldiers and temporarily organized local townspeople.

However, the problem is that if Liu Bei remembers correctly, his father Liu Hong was transferred to Yangzhou as an official, and he was in Tan County, Huiji County! No matter how funny this rebellion is, a rebellion is a rebellion after all, and it kills people!

It's none of your business, you can hang high, you can talk about it, but if it comes to your own head, who can be calm and objective? What's more, what makes Liu Bei blame himself even more is that he is not powerless about this.

Although Liu Bei knew that he was helpless about his father Liu Hong going to Yangzhou as an official, he could more or less remind his father to raise his vigilance, and if a dangerous thing was prevented in advance, then there would always be a lot less worry.

……

In a secret room in the Taishou Mansion, Lu Zhi quietly listened to Liu Wei's account of an incident that happened in the imperial capital in the past few months, and felt sad in his heart, not only for the innocent Taixue students who were imprisoned, but also for his current work, sometimes, Lu Zhi even thought that if he hadn't stayed in Zhuoxian County to learn this sacrificial wine, then he would at least not be at a loss about the affairs of the imperial court now, and sometimes what changes a person's fate may be a small decision one day.

After a long time, Liu Wei turned his head to look at Lu Zhi after speaking, and Lu Zhi sighed again and again: "Mediocre, mediocre, really mediocre!" The good thing is to be ruined by these corpse silverfish! ”

Lu Zhi never thought that although the treacherous party struggle in the court ended in the victory of those eunuchs, the party members did not have any hope of turning the tables.

This turning point was the funeral of the Queen Mother, after the Son of Heaven made his attitude clear, "The Queen Mother personally bowed and inherited the great cause." Shiyun: 'No virtue is not rewarded, no words are not rewarded.' 'Shall you end up with a nobleman?' ”

And these eunuchs, who have always been sycophants, turned their backs on the Son of Heaven on this issue uncharacteristically, insisting on burying the Queen Mother with the gift of a nobleman, which naturally angered the Son of Heaven, so the Son of Heaven later ordered the ministers to gather to discuss the funeral.

With the acquiescence of the Son of Heaven and the arguments of the important ministers, the court developed in the direction that the party was pleased with, and finally the Son of Heaven issued an edict: "Although the Dou family is not Taoist, and the Queen Mother is virtuous and virtuous, it is not appropriate to dethrone." "It was a perfect end to this matter.

Hearing this, Lu Zhi even had the urge to cry, the Son of Heaven can get close to the scholar in this matter, stay away from traitors, and have such a deafening insight, the great Han Zhongxing is hopeful!

But after a moment, this joy turned to anger, because Lu Zhi knew what happened next, that is, the Suzaku Que incident, and it was because of Lu Zhi's long sigh above.

Liu Wei also nodded and said with emotion: "It's just a pity that Taiwei Li has worked hard." ”

Li Taiwei is Li Xian, when the Son of Heaven convened the court meeting, Li Xian was bedridden due to illness, but after hearing about the "court discussion", he rose up to help the public opinion, pounded pepper and followed, and when he left, he said Mingzhi to his wife: "If the queen mother is not allowed to eat Emperor Huan, I will not pay it back!" ”

And at the subsequent court meeting, Li Xian and Tingwei Chen Qiu argued together to refute the absurd remarks of the eunuchs, so that the Son of Heaven made up his mind and issued an edict.

"Alas, Taixue is no longer what it used to be, and students do not study poetry and books seriously, but are obsessed with current political comments one by one and criticize the minister; Reckless and impulsive in the face of trouble, provoked by others, and not thinking about the consequences. If not......"

Speaking of this, Lu Zhi didn't say any more, some things can only be understood, not explicit; However, as for the meaning of Lu Zhi's words, Liu Wei, who has been an official for several years, is very clear.

In fact, if it weren't for the audacity of the students of Taixue to post notices on the walls of the palace this time, so as to be found by those eunuchs, how could things have come to this situation?

What is that palace? It is the abode of the Son of Heaven, symbolizing the majesty of the Han family!

In the past, the Marquis Xiao He was ordered by Emperor Gao to build Weiyang Palace at the former site of Qin Zhangtai, and the repair was majestic and beautiful, and Emperor Gao came back to see such a majestic Weiyang Palace, and said angrily: "Today's chaos is endless, and the victory and defeat are especially known, why do you strengthen its palace?" ”

But Zhanhou Xiao He replied: "The world is undecided, so you can go to the palace because of it." And the husband and son of heaven are all over the world, and they are not magnificent, nor can they be magnificent, and they will not make future generations have anything to add. After Emperor Gao heard this, Fang turned his anger into joy.

From this, we can see how bold and reckless these students are, which is simply a naked provocation to the Son of Heaven, lest the world be chaotic.

Liu Wei vaguely remembers the time when he was young and studied hard with his friends in Luoyang Taixue; Now, it has only been more than 20 years, but the students of this Taixue have fallen into Si and recklessly to this point, which really makes Liu Wei's heart ache.

"By the way, Brother Zi'an, Zigan came here this time because he wanted to trouble Brother Zi'an."

"What?" Liu Wei came back to his senses and asked again.

Lu Zhi was silent for a while, and seemed a little embarrassed, but he still said: "Zigan wants to be a leader." ”

"Out of office?" Liu Wei was stunned, looked at Lu Zhi, and said in surprise: "Zigan, do you know what the situation is now." ”

Lu Zhi nodded.

"And you're still there?" Liu Wei looked puzzled.

Lu Zhi didn't explain, gave a long salute, and said, "I also hope that Brother Zi'an will help Brother Yu." ”

"Good ......" After a while, Liu Wei took a long breath and replied.

When they went back, the three masters and apprentices had different expressions, Lu Zhi was serious, Liu Bei was worried, and Gongsun Zhan was the most strange, and he was a little proud. But because Lu Zhi and Liu Bei had their own things on their minds and didn't have any extra curiosity, Gongsun Zhan's cover-up was in vain, of course, Gongsun Chan didn't know about it.

Under Liu Bei's increasing anxiety, time passed day by day, and in the second half of October, among the county officials of Tan County, Liu Hong was pacing back and forth in the house with a frown.

After a while, Jia Wei pushed the door in, bowed to Liu Hong first, and then took out a silk book from his arms and handed it over.

Liu Hong hurriedly took the silk book and flipped through it, but the more he looked at it, the deeper his brows wrinkled, and after reading it, he threw the silk book directly on the ground and said angrily: "What a vertical ear!" Sneaking up and shrinking his head, I really don't know how such a contemptuous villain sat down on this two-thousand-stone master who was guarding the side. ”

After Liu Hong finished venting his anger, Jia Weifang arched his hand and asked again: "That family master, what should I do now?" ”

"Gongyan, in the county government, let's be commensurate with the position."

"Yes, sir." Jia Wei replied.

Liu Hong stopped and pondered for a while, and then instructed Jia Wei: "Gongyan, first strictly guard the city ban." ”

"Whoa." Jia Wei replied.

After Jia Wei retired, Liu Hong came to the mat in front of the bookcase, sat down, and rhythmically tapped his fingers on the bookcase.

From February to October, Liu Hong has been in the position of the magistrate of Tan County for eight months, although the time is not too long, Liu Hong is confident that he has basically mastered Tan County.

Different from ordinary officials, when Liu Hong arrived in Tan County, he first did not sit on the prestige of the county government or indulge in the banquet with the local heroes.

Instead, he took Jia Wei and the soldiers he brought to go deep into the township pavilion non-stop to get a bottom-up survey of the population, acres, and clans of Tan County.

After that, Liu Hong organized the craftsmen he brought to start casting Quyuan plows, and in the spring ploughing, he lent the plows to the people of Tan County for free according to the situation.

After this, Liu Hong successfully established a certain degree of popularity, and then temporarily deterred the lawless Haoqiang by killing a small Haoqiang who was usually rampant and had no deep background in Tan County.

In the end, Liu Hong began to build workshops again, as in Zhuo County, to lure people and unite most of the remaining heroes.