In the early morning in Luoyang, after a night rain, there was a mist of mist.

In the mist of the morning light, the ministers of the imperial court divided into two columns, climbed the steps along the corridor, and walked slowly and solemnly into the Chongde Hall.

As early as three days ago, Liu Wei, the young son of the Han Dynasty, returned to Luoyang. Today's Chongde Hall deliberations are the first early dynasty after Liu Wei returned to Luoyang.

Unsheathed his sword under the corridor, and walked to the palace The ministers lined up on both sides according to their rank. Taifu Yuan Kui stood at the head of everyone, and the general Lu Zhi stood opposite him, their eyes did not make any contact, and they each lowered their heads, as if they were thinking about something.

The core of today's meeting is to use the earthquake to remove General Lu Zhi from his ministry. Yuan Kui has received the news, as soon as Liu Wei returned to the palace, he summoned Lu Zhi to discuss the matter in the Dragon Garden, and the two discussed for a long time before Lu Zhi came out, presumably discussing how to deal with it.

Although I don't know what strategy the little emperor will come up with, but the soldiers will block the water and cover the earth, and Yuan Kui is not unprepared for this.

Thinking of this, he raised his eyes slightly and looked at Zhou Yu in the queue, and the other party's gaze also happened to look at him, and he gave him a knowing look.

These days, Zhou Yu jumped up and down, connected everywhere, and united a group of ministers to prepare to attack together in this early dynasty, creating a turbulent situation and forcing the little emperor to submit to the dismissal of Lu Zhi.

The ministers waited in the hall for a while, and then the yellow gate sang: "The Son of Heaven is lucky." ”

Liu Wei walked into the Chongde Hall with steady and confident steps. After leaving Luoyang for a long time, when the ministers looked at him again, they found that Liu Wei, who had gone out to experience a war, was more and more mature and majestic.

Yuan Kui felt a chill in his heart. The more mature Liu Wei became, the more fear he felt in his heart. Although Liu Wei is not a gifted person, he is not a stupid person. Not only is he diligent and studious, but also under the guidance and assistance of Lu Zhi, he has become more and more proficient in handling court affairs.

When Liu Wei walked up to Lu Zhi's side, he exchanged an imperceptible look with him. The first thing Liu Wei did when he returned to Luoyang was to summon Lu to implant in the Dragon Garden. Recently, there have been too many people and words attacking and slandering Lu Zhi, and Liu Wei is anxious to see him, because he is afraid that he will do something impulsive, so he will comfort him and show his support.

After the two met, Liu Wei realized that he was a little worried. Although Lu Zhi was angry at the dirty water that was spilled, he didn't stand it anymore and resigned. Compared with the dream in his heart of supporting the young master and supporting the Han family, status, reputation and even life are so insignificant to him.

The two have been discussing for a long time, and they have already had corresponding countermeasures to the crisis they are facing.

Liu Wei climbed the steps and knelt on the top of the main hall. The ministers stepped forward to salute, and then Liu Wei stood up and returned the salute to the three princes and three divisions.

At the beginning of the Han Dynasty, the Han Dynasty still had the etiquette of sitting with the Three Princes and discussing the Tao and the Son of Heaven bowing to the Three Princes. However, after Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the consolidation of imperial power was strengthened, and the Son of Heaven became more and more supreme, and he was not as respectful as the three princes in the early Han Dynasty.

After Liu Wei succeeded to the throne, he insisted on restoring some of the etiquette of the early Han Dynasty - such as the current return of the three princes and three teachers, and even the ancient rites of the pre-Qin period. This point has been recognized by many scholars.

After the salute, Zhou Bi took the lead in standing up and began to make trouble, only to see him standing in the middle of the main hall, holding up a pile of strings and saying: "Zhou Bi has a performance in the courtiers." ”

Liu Wei ordered Huangmen to present Zhou Bi's recital to the case, and Zhou Bi at the bottom bowed down and continued: "The recent earthquake in Jingxian County is a warning from heaven, and the government is immoral, and the ministers are ......."

As soon as Zhou Bi's recital began, there was a sudden sobbing sound overhead. Looking up, Liu Wei, who was kneeling on the top, had burst into tears at some point.

As soon as Liu Wei cried, Zhou Bi couldn't continue. No one can afford to be accused of insulting the young master. I still wondered in my heart that the content of my performance was only aimed at Lu Zhi, and it didn't involve the little emperor at all, besides, it had just begun, why did the little emperor cry.

The ministers were also very puzzled, and were about to speak out to persuade each other, Liu Wei said sadly: "What Zhou Shi said, I am deeply touched. This catastrophe from heaven is my sin......"

Before Liu Wei finished speaking, the scheming Yuan Kui had already realized that the little emperor wanted to take the wrong upper body and relieve Lu Zhi. Regardless of the etiquette in front of the palace, he interrupted Liu Bian's words by relying on his noble status as a concubine: "Your Majesty has just ascended the throne, and his reign is still short, how can there be a big mistake?" The reason why the heavens sent down the disaster police was the mistake of the auxiliary ministers. ”

As soon as Yuan Kui's words fell, before he could continue, Lu Zhi also stood up and interrupted him: "What Yuan Taifu said is extremely true, Your Majesty does not need to blame himself, it is the fault of our subordinates that disasters have fallen from the sky!" ”

Lu Zhi admitted his mistake, but instead of talking about me, he said about us, and brought all the ministers in. Yuan Kui was so angry that he smoked. Although he was annoyed, Yuan Kui had been an official for many years after all, and the city government was very deep and his cultivation was also high, so he just glared at Lu Zhi angrily. Wu Fu on the side yelled angrily: "Lu Zigan should not be quibble and deceive Your Majesty. If you are not virtuous and corrupt, how can you attract disasters from heaven! ”

As soon as Wu Fu took the lead, other Yuan Kui's henchmen came out one after another and loudly accused Lu Zhi. Zhou Yu also took advantage of this to continue the content of his recital, and shouted loudly: "Among the ministers, Zhou Yu played the ten sins of General Lu Zhi!" ”

Faced with the turbulent situation, Lu Zhi was unmoved, and he didn't care about the others, he sneered at Wu Fu again and again, and said: "The Son of Heaven shouted before driving, ignoring etiquette, and didn't put His Majesty in his eyes at all, isn't Wu Deyu following the example of the domineering general Liang Ji?" ”

Everyone understands who Liang Ji is, with such a big hat buttoned down, everyone was silent again, and Wu Fu's face was stagnant, flushed, and he couldn't speak. Seeing this, Lu Zhi said: "Wu Deyu still remembers when he was in the Northern Army, and he was brave and hurt people? ”

Wu Fu's face turned purple after hearing this, and he couldn't speak, and finally died down and lost his arrogance.

Wu Fu once served as a captain of the Yue Cavalry of the Northern Army, and once a subordinate spoke disrespectfully to him, and Wu Fu, who had a violent personality, beat him up with his own hands. If this matter is over, it will not be a big deal, but afterwards Wu Fu used his authority to transfer the subordinate away, which is a bit of a fake public benefit, revenge and revenge.

But this is not a big deal, after all, Wu Fu is not a saint, and not everyone can do anything to repay grievances with virtue. Moreover, although Wu Fu is attached to Yuan Kui, he rarely has major festivals and has always had a good reputation, which can only be regarded as the only small stain on his life.

However, in order to control the Northern Army, Liu Wei exaggerated this small stain on him and forced him to hand over the position of captain of the Yue Cavalry and change it to the civilian position of Taifu Cheng.

Wu Fu has an unusually grudge against Liu Wei and Lu Zhi because of this incident. Wu Fu didn't dare to say anything to Liu Wei, who was the Son of Heaven, but he often said to his friends in private, "I can't wait for the car to crack the thief in the city." Therefore, Wu Fu completely took refuge in Yuan Kui and became the vanguard of Yuan Kui's camp.

Yuan Kui saw that Wu Fu was speechless, and knew that he couldn't entangle the matter on Wu Fu, so he hurriedly changed the topic to the dismissal of Lu Zhi.

"Just now, Zhou Shizhong didn't finish his recital, and I ask Your Majesty to allow him to continue."

Liu Wei's eyes were filled with tears, and he waved his hand and said, "Needless to say, this time the disaster police from the sky are completely my fault. ”

Yuan Kui saw that Liu Wei insisted that it was his fault, so he had to ask helplessly: "What's wrong with Your Majesty?" ”

Liu Wei replied with a sad look: "When the second emperor Huan Ling, the eunuchs misled the country, the party was a scholar, and the loyal and good were brutalized. At the beginning of my succession, Lu Gongchang wrote to me asking me to rehabilitate the scholars who were under the control of the party, and to uphold the spirit of heaven and earth, but I felt that the party and scholars were the edict of the first emperor, and soon after the death of the first emperor, it was unfilial piety to change the edict of the first emperor, so it was undecided. I can't imagine that now it really makes the heavens angry and resentful, and the heavens send disasters as a warning. It's all my fault. ”

Liu Wei shed tears again as he spoke, and Yuan Kui and Zhou Bi glanced at each other and were speechless.

The disaster of the party in the Huan Ling period has always been a painful pain in the hearts of all scholars in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. In particular, the second disaster of the party in the period of Emperor Ling was the most tragic, because the relatives Dou Wu and the scholars killed the eunuchs but there was no secret, and the eunuchs slandered "forming a party and trying to form a society", Dou Wu was killed, Li Ying, Du Mi and other celebrities were also imprisoned and died, and there were as many as six or seven hundred people who were arrested, wanted, and exiled. Although during the Yellow Turban Rebellion in the first year of Zhongping, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty pardoned some party members in order to prevent the party members from colluding with the Yellow Turbans. However, the grievances of Dou Wu and Li Ying have not been redressed, and many party members are still wanted, such as Zhang Jian in the "Eight Harmony", who is still hiding in Tibet.

After Liu Wei succeeded to the throne, including Lu Zhi, Yuan Kui, Yang Biao and other heavyweight ministers in the DPRK once wrote to ask Liu Wei to rehabilitate the party members and remove the party, but Liu Wei has been dragging it out in the name of unfilial piety on the grounds that he changed the edict of the previous emperor without authorization.

Liu Wei and Emperor Liu Hong of the Han Dynasty have always been known to have no feelings, and no one believes him when he wants to practice filial piety. The reason why Liu Wei dragged it out was because the removal of the party was the most important card in his hand to win the favor of the people in the world, and he needed to play this card again at the right time to achieve the best results.

Now Liu Wei has put the matter of lifting the party on the table, firstly, to relieve Lu Zhi, and secondly, to buy the hearts of scholars and prepare for the reform of the court in the near future.

Yuan Kui and the others did not expect that Liu Wei would bring up the matter of lifting the party at this time, and they didn't know how to deal with it for a while, but Liu Wei, who was sobbing for a while, continued at this time: "I have changed my past wrongs, and I am determined to issue an edict to release the wronged people, and issue an edict to atone for my previous sins. ”

After speaking, Liu Wei gestured to the yellow door beside him, and the Huang man next to him immediately opened an edict and read it aloud:

"I rushed with a young man, flattered the flood industry, failed to set things right, and complained to the people, and finally the sky sent disaster police, and the people ......hung upside down"

After reading an edict of self-sin, Liu Wei's intention to rehabilitate the party's calamity has been very clear. Yuan Kui and others could not do anything about it, not to mention the court, but even among the people, many friends, colleagues, and relatives were implicated in the scourge of the party. Many people were looking forward to the lifting of the party's shackles, and just listening to the discussions of the courtiers behind him who ignored the court because they were happy, Yuan Kui knew that if he spoke out against this matter, he would be making enemies of the corporal in the world.

Helpless, Yuan Kui and the others had no choice but to retreat to the side, watching Liu Wei easily resolve the matter of removing Lu Zhi.

In the next few days, in the spirit of always doing good deeds and making a name for himself, Liu Wei went all out to unleash all kinds of propaganda machines in his hands, and trumpeted his good governance of putting things in order and removing the scourge of the party.

The Ten Standing Servants were said to be an "anti-imperialist and anti-people reactionary group", which became a negative example of misleading power and misleading the country, and was criticized and criticized. "Luoyang Times" also made a poem in a timely manner: happy people's hearts, find out the ten permanent servants......

Then he affirmed the actions of Dou Wu and Chen Fan to get rid of the eunuchs, issued an edict to rebuild their tombs, and sent people to pay tribute. Rehabilitating unjust prisoners and releasing party members, even the Tai student movement during the Huan Ling period was characterized as a "patriotic student movement".

Liu Bian's behavior of setting things right and lifting the party has greatly won the favor of the world's corporals, and even Yuan Kui, who was squatting at home sulking, sighed and said: "As soon as this edict comes out, the world's scholars are extremely heartfelt!" ”

In fact, Yuan Kui also understood in his heart the importance of lifting the party's shackles to subdue the hearts of the scholars, otherwise he would not have repeatedly written to Liu Wei to ask for the party's rehabilitation. However, no matter how much Yuan Kui's power is above 10,000 people, after all, he is still under one person. The imperial power is as big as the sky, Liu Wei resisted the pressure and did not spit out, and Yuan Kui had no choice.

What made Yuan Kui so angry that he vomited blood was that Liu Wei also issued an edict ordering Lu Zhi to be responsible for redressing wrongs and releasing party members. This invisibly improved Lu Zhi's status among the world's corporans.

Jealous and hateful, Yuan Kui instructed Zhou Yu to write to Liu to argue that the removal of the party was a big matter, and he was afraid that Lu Zhi would be difficult to complete alone, and that he should be assisted by the important ministers of the court, and recommended Yuan Kui, the Taifu.

Liu Wei unexpectedly agreed to this, but added another Yang Biao, and made up an edict that the general Lu Zhi, Taifu Yuan Kui, and Taibao Yang Biao were jointly responsible for the matter of leveling the ** Gong.

Yuan Kui felt that he had saved his journey a little. Yang Biao was angry when he saw that Yuan Kui only cared about himself when he encountered good things, and after Liu Wei's "Luoyang Times" exaggerated and publicized Yang Biao's role in the Ping** incident, Yang Biao immediately ended his short-term alliance with Yuan Kui and re-stood on the opposite side of the same situation.

Yuan Kui was angry at Yang Biao's capriciousness, but soon after, Liu Biao's edict made him really angry and vomit blood.

At the end of July of the third year of Guangxi, Liu Wei issued an edict to summon the world's scholars to take the examination and the Beijing Division, and the best ones were selected, and the name was called: "Imperial examination." ”

To be continued, stay tuned for the next chapter.

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