Chapter 119: Sailing Against the Tide (I)

Liu Cun had just left Luoyang two days after Liu Cun followed a fleet full of various gifts, silk and satin, and ox and sheepskin, when the Imperial Historical Observatory threw out two fierce impeachment memorials, which were quickly made public to the court after the joint operation of several important ministers led by Taiwei Zhang Wen, which caused a fierce debate and ideological turmoil that affected the Han world.

The two impeachment chapters are written at a very high level, one starts from the foundation of the Han Dynasty and the founding system, and discusses the turmoil and political reform at various stages, and then takes out the new policies implemented by Liu Cun one by one to refute them, almost all of them can find a basis that contradicts the inheritance of the political system, and the serious consequences caused by it, not only severely criticizing the new policy implemented in Chengyang County for three years, but also the emperor's extremely trusted royal family, Liu Cun, the brilliant and meritorious Qingzhou assassin Liu Cun, was also faintly accused of being a treacherous person with ill intentions.

Another impeachment recital is not signed, this recital starts with Wang Mang, listing Liu Cun's series of crimes of violating the law and disorderly system one by one, rising to the level of "personal friends with princes and kings plotting against each other", "changing the tax system without authorization to shake the country's foundation", and "overstepping the system to build cities with ill-intentioned intentions", with sharp words and passion, it is almost clear that Liu Cun is Wang Mang's second.

To the consternation of many courtiers who supported Liu Cun, Huang Wan and Yang Biao, who had a good personal relationship with Liu Cun and also supported the reform policy, chose to remain silent.

During the period when Liu was in Luoyang, he took the opportunity of the banquet twice to publicly state his attitude of "slowing down land annexation with moderate measures, vigorously reclaiming wasteland, building irrigation ditches, and developing industry and commerce to solve the livelihood of the landless poor and relieve land pressure". But it still can't convince Huang Wan and Yang Biao fundamentally, so. Huang Wan and Yang Biao, who never believed that the emperor would punish Liu Cun, kept silent while wanting to see how Liu Cun responded.

The fourth pilgrimage meeting of the month. The atmosphere in the Chongde Hall was a little weird, and only the high-pitched and passionate voice of the third servant Shi Huandian, who accused Liu Cun, was heard, and such a situation happened in almost every court meeting recently.

In fact, the drowsy emperor Liu Hong on the dragon couch saw it more clearly than anyone else, he knew that he couldn't argue with the imperial history and ministers below who were rich and rich, and he couldn't persuade those imperial historians who spoke fiercely and seemed to want to immediately grab "Liu Cun, who is like Wang Mang's second", and chop off his head, so he simply sacrificed the magic weapon of evasion that has been tried and tested for several years - close his eyes and recuperate.

But as the criticism and questioning of Liu Cun became more and more, the emperor Liu Hong, who had closed his eyes and recuperated, finally couldn't sit still, and couldn't help but think of the afternoon when Liu Cun was summoned alone. Liu Cun, whose eyes were red and tears were surging with tears, pleaded earnestly before parting:

"Brother Huang, the younger brother knows that if he goes on according to the new policy of Chengyang County, he is likely to attract the reproach of the ministers of the DPRK and the central government, and even framed him, because the younger brother protects the interests of the people, and what he protects is the Jiangshan Sheji of my Han Dynasty, but what he hurts is the wealthy family who keeps saying that he is for the sake of the saint and the Jiangshan Sheji, but is insatiable and selfish."

"These wealthy families have only tens of thousands of people in the entire Han Dynasty, but they occupy most of the fertile land and fertile land in the world, and they take advantage of the privileges given by the emperor and the saints. Some of them do not pay taxes at all, but let millions of people who have lost their land and become slaves to feed the whole country. ”

"As the previous Zongzheng Liu Yu said, under the lawless exploitation of famous lords and landlords in various places. The people of the Han Dynasty are becoming more and more unable to live, and this is the fundamental reason for the rebellion everywhere! If the royal brother trusts his brother, give him a little time. It doesn't need to be too long, three years. Three years is enough! ”

The more Liu Hong thought about it, the more he could understand Liu Cun's good intentions, and he would better understand how difficult Liu Cun had been in the past few years. Therefore, he thoroughly understood Liu Cun's implementation of the Qingzhou New Deal of "suppressing land annexation, encouraging land reclamation, and supporting industry and commerce", and unconsciously sat up straight, staring blankly at the empty Dan Majesty outside the main entrance of the main hall, motionless as if in the middle of the evil, his face was pale and terrifying.

Many people in the hall saw the emperor's abnormality, and in a panic, they couldn't help but hint at each other's reminders, and Shi Huandian, who was making an impassioned speech, suddenly saw the imperial lieutenant Zhang Wen waving his hand to him, and hurriedly walked up to Zhang Wen and asked what he commanded? was so angry that Zhang Wen, the behind-the-scenes instigator of the scenes, simply closed his eyes.

Huan Dian looked around, only to find that the emperor was very wrong, so frightened that he hurriedly retreated, beads of sweat immediately appeared on his forehead, thinking that he was so angry that the emperor who was strong outside and did it fell on the spot, wouldn't he become a place for sinners through the ages to die without a place to be buried?

Zhang Rang and Zhang Dun hurriedly knelt down in front of the emperor and called out sadly, Liu Hong slowly came back to his senses, under the loose dragon robe, his emaciated body shook a few times, stood up in the frightened eyes of the hundred officials, stared at the servant Shi Huandian who was prostrate on the ground below, raised his thin hand with difficulty, pointed at Huan Dian who was trembling with fright, and gritted his teeth and said:

"You said that you went to the soup for my country, it's good! I heard that you are in your hometown in Qianjun, there are thousands of fields, more than 100 courtyards, herds of cattle and horses, and servants like clouds, then you can share your worries for me, within three days, send me a thousand gold, buy your current position as a servant of the imperial history, and if you don't want to, you can shut up and go back to your hometown in Qianjun. ”

Liu Hong held on to a hard breath and finished speaking, and suddenly collapsed and almost fainted, so frightened that Zhao Zhong shouted to disperse the court, Zhang Dun and several close attendants carried Liu Hong to the dragon with seven hands and eight feet, and hurriedly sent it back to the apse, and the two young little yellow doors had already rushed to the imperial doctor's room.

The biggest impeachment of Liu Cun ended like this, and Huan Dian, who was unwilling to pay a thousand gold to buy an official, wiped off his cold sweat, and finally slowly came back to his soul, and under the instruction of Zhang Wen and other important ministers, he immediately resigned in a high-profile manner, and after winning a round of applause, he quietly killed the bureaucratic reserve center of the Han Dynasty - Taixue!

But today's Taixue doctors and students are not so easy to fool, after two party disasters, the Han Dynasty academic circles have long since lost the previous sharpness and impulse, most of the teachers and students in the predecessors' grief and indignation and blood and tears learned to reflect silently, learn to think rationally.

Although many teachers and students quickly joined the ranks of criticizing Qingzhou's new policy led by Huan Dian based on their own class positions or political goals, more students showed a more pragmatic and inquiring attitude, and Confucianism was also doubted as never before.

Similarly, many teachers and students who have been struggling to find a way to save the country have seen the light from the development of Qingzhou and gradually come forward to put forward-for-tat political views.

As a result, a fierce and protracted debate broke out that affected the world of the Han Dynasty, and finally even the Langya Academy, which was established by Liu Cun, fell into the political torrent of the great debate. (To be continued......)

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