So Zhang Rang took a step forward and scolded loudly: "The dignified ministers of the court, so threatening Your Majesty, do you want to rebel?" Zhang Rang first put the big hat on for everyone. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Now the disaster of the party has not gone, if Zhang Rang's words are confirmed, it is estimated that some people will be beheaded all over the house, although the power of the Shi clan is large, but now is not the time of troubled times, the imperial court still has a certain degree of control over the country, no one dares to rebel, and can only compete for power and profit within the limits of the rules of the game.

The ministers were frightened into a cold sweat, and hurriedly defended: "Your Majesty, the ministers don't dare, the ministers are just arguing on reason." ”

Zhang Rang was unforgiving, and continued to scold: "Who dare you dare? From ancient times to the present, what courtier dared to question and coerce His Majesty's decision in such a way? Well, since you are arguing with reason, I will talk to you today and see what your reasons are; First of all, refute Yuan Situ's nonsense, the money that Gao Shun bought officials for his subordinates was his own money, which of your eyes saw that he was corrupt? The three newcomers have not yet taken office, so how can you conclude that they are corrupt officials? What is the evidence? If Yuan Situ can't come up with a reasonable reason today, I will accuse you of slander and slander in front of Your Majesty. In addition, you also cursed the national chaos, saying, is your Yuan family already planning to rebel? ”

Zhang Rang put the big hat on Yuan Situ, and he was not prepared to let him take it off easily.

As soon as everyone heard this, they knew that it was bad, and Zhang Rang finally said one thing correctly, that is, Gao Shun is a good family, not to the weak crown, no official position, how can he say corruption? The three newcomers have not yet received His Majesty's holy decree, so how can they say that they have looted the people's fat and people's anointing? And Situ compared it to a corrupt official, which is indeed a mistake.

Regarding Zhang Rang's sophistry of stealing beams and changing pillars, everyone has no way to refute them.

Yuan Situ also felt his mistake, so that the eunuch seized the opportunity to refute, it should not be something for an old fritter like him, but yesterday he was busy contacting the people of various families, and only considered the consequences, but he didn't expect the antecedents, so that there was such a low-level logical error, he was scared into a cold sweat, and hurriedly defended to the emperor: "Your Majesty, the minister didn't mean this, the minister's original intention was to say that selling officials would lead to the rampant of corrupt officials, not that Gao Shun and others were corrupt officials; Too many corrupt officials will inevitably lead to chaos in the world; The Yuan family has been an official for several generations and is loyal, how dare they rebel? Please trust Your Majesty's loyalty to Your Majesty. ”

Zhang Rang was in a good mood, and immediately sarcastically said: "Haha, Yuan Situ, what do corrupt officials and corrupt officials have to do with Gao Shun and others?" I think we should let Gao Shun and other people of insight arrest more corrupt officials and corrupt officials, so that the world will be peaceful, but I don't know who those corrupt officials and corrupt officials are whose protégés and former officials they will arrest at that time. ”

The angry Yuan Situ pointed his finger at Zhang Rang and said, "You, you ,......" for a long time and didn't find the right words to refute.

Zhang Rang knew that Yuan Kui couldn't help it, so he pointed the finger at Taiwei Yang Ci again, and said loudly: "Taiwei Yang, I feel that you are really old and confused now, and you just said the opposite; Gao Shun and others defended the border, protected the township, and fought bravely to kill the enemy, so they have the current appointment, don't forget, they just annihilated a Xianbei thousand-person team, they didn't use a grain of millet or a penny in the court; This should be a model for the whole world, an object for everyone to emulate, why has it become a reason why no one is willing to fight on the battlefield and no one is willing to fight to the death for the country? If you say that there is no more soldiers in the imperial court to fight, it is also your incompetence and dereliction of duty; In addition, I remember that the day before yesterday, the Taiwei also recommended Zhao Xiong as the Taishou of Yanmen County in front of His Majesty, why did Zhao Xiong and others become the culprits today? ”

Liu Hong's heart blossomed at this time, and he was happier than eating honey, Zhang Changshi's words were too timely, too lethal, and he couldn't be polite when dealing with these people from big families.

Although everyone present didn't like Zhang Rang and wanted to eat his flesh and sleep on his skin, his words were impossible to refute. More people secretly rejoiced that they didn't make the first bird, otherwise they would be in trouble if they were stained by Zhang Rang.

Yang Ci felt that the situation was serious, and continuing to argue would only get darker and darker, so it was better to retreat as advance, take a step forward, and said: "Your Majesty, the minister is old and in poor health, and he is not qualified for the post of captain, so he asks to return to his hometown." ”

Liu Hong didn't even keep it, but just said one word coldly: "Quasi!" ”

"Your Majesty, no!" Everyone began to persuade the emperor to take back his fate, if so, the family would be a complete defeat in this matter, and once again defeated by the eunuchs, they were really unwilling.

"Zhang Changshi, continue!" Liu Hong ignored everyone.

"Yes, Your Majesty, the minister will refute the fallacy of Lu Shizhong." Zhang Rang saluted Liu Hong and continued: "Who said that Gao Shun and others don't read the scriptures and don't know etiquette? On the contrary, I believe everyone is familiar with Gao Shun's poems, who of you here has such talent? And he not only reads, but also uses it for the present time to build wide roads for the township, give houses to houseless families, give land to landless people, and adopt widows, widows, lonely, old and young, women and children; All of you here, which one is not rich in money and 10,000 acres of fertile land, and who can have Gao Shun and others Gao Feng Liangjie? Lu Shizhong, do you people read all the books into the dog's stomach? The people's hearts are not ancient, the morality is degenerate, the country will not be a country, so alarmist, how can the important ministers of the court say? Without distinguishing between facts and right from wrong, is it the work of a scholar to talk so exaggeratedly? ”

Liu Hong was very satisfied with Zhang Rang's performance today, and said everything he wanted to say but couldn't say, which was really relieved; At this time, his face was no longer pale, but he was smiling, smiling and watching the courtiers perform.

Wang Yun sighed secretly, this little fellow is really capable, but he didn't expect him to climb the path of eunuchs, and the relationship is still so close, so that the eunuchs can be so desperate to wave the flag and shout for him, fortunately he did not take the lead this time.

Lu Zhi Lu Zigan was very remorseful in his heart, and what he regretted was not that he should not be admonished, but that he regretted that he chose the wrong target and should not attack Gao Shun. You should not be in a hurry, but wait for the right target to appear before admonishing, and if you are not careful, you will lose the whole game.

At this time, he can only choose Yang Ci's way to retreat into advance, otherwise it will damage his great image as a model of Confucianism and scholars at home. So he said: "Your Majesty, the minister is not thoughtful, that Gao Shun is a pillar of talent with both ability and political integrity, both civil and military, and he is beyond the reach of the minister; Please allow your majesty to allow the minister to resign, and after that, the minister will think behind closed doors, study the scriptures hard, and cultivate self-cultivation. ”

Lu Zhi admitted his mistakes openly, Liu Hong's vanity was greatly satisfied, and it was not easy for these scholars to admit their mistakes, since he admitted his mistakes, he would not allow him to resign, otherwise he would leave an intolerable impression, so he said: "Knowing mistakes can improve the great way, and it is fair and fair, which is a generation of Confucianism!" Lu Shizhong was very pleased to realize that Gao Shun and others had both ability and political integrity; I appointed the three of them without selfishness, you must know that it is a dangerous place in a border county, and those who are not talented cannot turn the tide, if they can resist foreign races and protect the township, it will really be the prosperity of the border people and the court. Zigan's family is Zhuo County, and he is occasionally plundered by foreign races, doesn't Zigan want the people of his hometown to be safe and stable? Don't mention the resignation. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Since then, under the deliberate promotion of Zhang Rang and others, Gao Shun's deeds have spread rapidly, making Gao Shun famous all over the world.

In particular, Lu Zhi's evaluation of Gao Shun, "That Gao Shun is a pillar of talent with both ability and political integrity, both civil and military, and he is beyond the reach of ministers." It makes people believe that Gao Shun is no less talented than Lu Zhi.

In this era, people worship Confucianism unprincipledly, even if they tell lies, people will believe unconditionally, of course, the real Confucianism will pay attention to their own image and disdain to tell lies.

And the second generation of officials in Luoyang City, after learning the news of Gao Shun, disagreed, if they wanted, their family could let them become officials at any time, and they would never take the despicable way of climbing to the eunuchs, this kind of self-depraved behavior made them very shameful.

Some people think that Gao Shun is really stupid, when will the officials who buy this kind of place be able to return to their capital? It is better to concentrate all the money and buy the officials of a wealthy place.

And more people because of Gao Shun's previous two sentences and a poem to understand his "literary talent", this time under the deliberate publicity, they know more content, including Gao Shun's age, family, handsome appearance, road construction, house, land and other "virtue", as well as the fight against the Xiongnu, encirclement and annihilation of Xianbei and other "martial arts".

Under unknown circumstances, Gao Shun is described as a figure with both civil and military skills, both ability and political integrity, and has become a model for the poor men around the capital, and the idol of the ladies in the boudoir.

In this battle, the eunuch side won a complete victory, and the scholar side suffered a heavy defeat.

The snipe and the clam competed, and only the emperor benefited.

Although Yuan Situ was not dismissed, his image was negatively affected; And Lu Zhi's image in front of the world is even taller, he can change his mistakes, he is fair, and he is not a generation of Confucianism.

Of course, Yuan Situ will not give up, Gao Shun is gradually accepted by the people, and his status is gradually improved, which makes it more difficult for him to accept this reality; This became the beginning of the decades-long grudge struggle between Gao Shun and the Yuan family.