"Your Majesty, two days ago, I seized the opportunity to accept bribes from merchants when Lu Yun of Guanglu Temple was purchasing at the court banquet, and then let those merchants get the opportunity to sell their goods to the court. And Lu Yun's thing is really a bribery behavior, and he should be severely punished. And the minister's piles and pieces are recorded in the account book. And the fake accounts used by Lu Yun have been pointed out by the minister himself, these are all evidence of his corruption, their ability to make false accounts is too poor, and they are not any opponent in front of the minister at all. Therefore, the minister has checked this account book clearly, and asked the emperor to verify it! Zhang Chao said.

And soon, that Guanglu Temple Cheng Lu Yun was soon pulled up. And this Lu Yun is a person in the Seven Sects and Five Surnames, they are one of the highest-level scholars in the Tang Dynasty, and their status among the people is very lofty. And they look down on the poor people very much on weekdays and nights, and they don't take it seriously in front of the cold at all. Even if it is their boss, as long as they are not from the noble clan, they will despise it. Even if you don't obey the orders of your boss, you often have things like being passive and slacking off. This is also the so-called nobleman, who thinks that they are noble, and thinks that even if those poor families have a higher official rank than them and are their superiors, they are not worthy of leading them. They don't regard Hanmen as human beings at all in their hearts, they obviously treat Hanmen as animals. Even if the beast stands higher than themselves, they will not obey the management of the beast, which is also the logic of the nobles.

"Lu Yun, are these evidence of corruption true?" Li Yuan asked.

And Lu Yun immediately said: "Your Majesty, this is all a false accusation against me by that Chao!" Zhang Chao is lowly, because he is not a scholar, so he hates the scholar very much. He hated his origin, so he wanted to kill all the corporal clans in the world, so he took the initiative to frame me. Please the emperor to see! ”

And at this time, a group of scholars immediately came out to speak.

"Your Majesty, this is all Zhang Chao's envy of the scholars, so he slandered the scholars." "Your Majesty, Zhang Chao is in a poor body, and he admires the Shi clan in his heart. And because of envy, he gave birth to jealousy, and finally hated the warriors. Therefore, this is all slandered by Zhang Chao's hatred of the scholars. "Yes! Your Majesty, Zhang Chao's words can't be believed. "Your Majesty, it's all Zhang Chao'......"

Soon, those scholars also began to criticize Zhang Chao, obviously saying that Zhang Chao was extremely jealous of the scholars because of his background. In the end, he hated the scholars, so that he slandered the scholars so much. And then, even many people began to say that Zhang Chao was not worthy of being an official, thinking that Zhang Chao should not be qualified to be an official. Even, they all said that Zhang Chao was envious and jealous of the scholars, so he would behave like this. They all put the blame on Zhang Chao, obviously saying that Zhang Chao acted like this because he envied the scholars.

"You say I forged the evidence, right? Well, I'll show you the proof! Zhang Chao said.

Soon, Zhang Chao immediately brought the so-called witnesses.

"Several, you were all Lu Yun's subordinate scribes, what did Lu Yun ask you to do on weekdays?" Zhang Chao asked.

And immediately a scribe said: "Your Majesty, Zhang Yushi, Lu Yun once asked me to collect the money of those merchants. Then he handed it over, and in his private house in Chang'an, countless copper coins were buried, all of which were bribes he received. ”

"Your Majesty, Director Zhang, I am responsible for making false accounts for Lu Yun, and I handle every fake account he makes. Therefore, I know very well everything Lu Yun does, and I can explain it clearly. Even, because I was afraid of what Lu Yun would do to me in the future, I made a real account in advance, and I was willing to show it to the emperor as evidence. ”

"Your Majesty, I am the one who helps Lu Yun to convey orders, and every time I convey orders, and then they can also purchase according to Lu Yun's orders."

Soon, these former Lu Yun's subordinate scribes also began to correct Lu Yun one by one, obviously telling everything Lu Yun had done one by one. And this shocked everyone, because these former Lu Yun's subordinates actually betrayed him. This is simply terrifying, because they can help Lu Yun do these things, they must all be Lu Yun's henchmen, but now they actually betrayed him collectively, which is simply surprising to everyone.

And when Lu Yun saw that his henchmen betrayed him, he was also furious.

"Why did you do this, why did you betray me?" Lu Yun shouted angrily.

But one of the scribes immediately said viciously: "Lu Yun, you also have today!" How did you treat us like dogs? Then they shouted and drank at us, beat us when they wanted, and scolded when they wanted. Even, when you are bored, we have to accept your insults, and even help you do some unsightly things. And you completely treat us as slaves in the house, and beat us whenever you want. And, if we don't obey you a little, you will just slap us in the face, and you don't treat us as human beings at all. ”

But Lu Yun immediately said "as a matter of course": "Shouldn't it? I'm a scholar, you're just a poor family, what if we beat you a few times? ”

"Yes! You are a nobleman, and we are a poor family. But I see in your eyes that you see us no different than a dog. If you like to beat, you will be scolded, and we will obey you as a matter of course, right? We are humble people, but we are also human beings, and we are all upright people. We are just your subordinates, not your servants. But we have endured your wanton insults to us for a long time. ”

Lu Yun immediately said angrily; "You lowly poor people dare to do this, believe it or not, our Lu family will not let you go?"

Zhang Chao immediately opened his mouth and reprimanded angrily: "Lu Yun, it's all this time, and you still threaten witnesses?" Your Majesty, Lu Yun's situation is already very obvious, he still wants to threaten witnesses? If there is any accident with these three witnesses in the future, it will be regarded as killed by the Lu family, so please ask the emperor and you to be here to testify. In the future, whenever they have an accident, that is, the Lu family is starting. ”

"Before, we couldn't accuse, but now Zhang Yushi is willing to take the initiative to clean you up, and we will come out to testify immediately under Zhang Yushi's suggestion. Even if we don't want to do it today, we will come out and correct you. The king treats me as a countryman, and I will repay me as a countryman. But if you do this to us, of course we won't help you. We have long hated you to the core, so today we finally had an opportunity to correct you, and of course we will not let it go! ”

Zhang Chao was calm, because he knew that these three Lu Yun's former subordinates had pointed out things one by one, and this obviously played a decisive role. And Lu Yun didn't expect that his three henchmen would suddenly betray him. As for the reason for betrayal, that is, he abused them and looked down on them. This is simply a surprise to Lu Yun, is this actually a reason? And those scholars couldn't imagine that they were actually digging a hole for themselves by bullying those subordinates and officials of the poor family on weekdays.

They look down on the poor and wantonly insult and bully the poor. In the officialdom, they even scolded at every turn, and managed the Hanmen as if they were their own minions. Even what kind of disdainful gaze they use to look at the cold door. This kind of "colored gaze" is even lower than that of later generations, obviously looking at an animal, and not treating the other party as a person. Although the colored eyes of later generations are a little discriminatory, they still treat others as the same kind. But this kind of gaze of the scholars looking at the cold gate is no longer the kind of eye that looks at the same people, and obviously treats the cold door as a beast.

And as long as the psychology is normal, you can have a certain amount of life experience, and you can come into contact with enough people, you can see what this kind of gaze means. These scribes must have come into contact with a lot of officials, and they naturally knew how the scholars viewed them. But I was forced by the situation before, thinking that your entire court was a scholar, and in the end, those poor officials and scribes also had nowhere to say. But now Zhang Chao actually dared to fight with the Shi clan, which made many scribes feel a burst of heartbeat. After all, they felt that they had an organization to rely on, so when Zhang Chao took the initiative to clean up this Lu Yun, they were also very happy.

When Zhang Chao took the initiative to ask them to help him testify, those scribes not only did not object, but also wanted to take the opportunity to vent their anger. These scholars don't regard the Hanmen as a person at all, and they don't regard the Hanmen as a person in their bones, which makes those Hanmen officials and Hanmen scribes naturally very indignant in their hearts. Before, they had no place to vent their indignation, they could only hide it in their hearts. But once the critical moment comes, once this anger emerges, it must break through everything, and then carry out a complete revenge. These scribes had been insulted by Lu Yun before and had endured it for a long time, so now they were stimulated by Zhang Chao and they all came out to testify, obviously wanting to kill this Lu Yun.

"Your Majesty, now that Lu Yun's bribery behavior is very obvious, please ask the emperor to quickly dispose of Lu Yun according to law, and then correct the country's law!" Zhang Chao said.

However, of course, the scholars will not die so easily, and they will naturally not watch their own people being killed.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the scholars are the cornerstone of the court, and if they are killed because the scholars have made some small mistakes, it will be too chilling for the scholars. If you kill the Shi clan for such a trivial matter, wouldn't it make everyone in the world endanger? So, just ask the emperor to punish Lu Yun with a small punishment and a big admonition, and you don't have to dig too deep? Immediately, a scholar said.

But Zhang Chao immediately said: "If the poor official commits a crime, will he be severely punished?" ”

"Yes! The Hanmen is not the cornerstone of the imperial court, and the Hanmen should not be an official in the first place. The humble family was born in a humble and lowly manner, and if this kind of villain is allowed to be an official, it will definitely be harmful to the court. Therefore, the minister thought that it should still be dominated by the scholars, and the poor officials were of inferior moral character and should not be reused. And the imperial court should stop the imperial examination, and just let the scholars come as officials. ”

When these words are spoken, they are called righteous words, and it is evident that they are righteous. He said that the poor officials came from a low background, and their moral character was naturally inferior. Moreover, the officials of the poor family are all "villains", and they are not worthy of being compared with the scholars who have been officials for generations and have received education for generations. Therefore, he believes that the scholars should be officials for generations, so as to ensure the stability of the country. Only the scholars are of high moral character, and the officials of the poor families are also of low moral character. This is also Chiguoguo's thinking full of blood, believing that nobles will always be good people, and poor people will always be bad people. Aristocrats will always be nobles, and ordinary people should always be low. And no ordinary person can become an aristocracy, so that this order can be maintained.

If this kind of words are in the future generations, a large group of people will be able to beat you to death, because this kind of words will definitely offend the whole country in the later generations, even those political giants will not let you go. But in this era, it was so direct and bold to say it. Moreover, saying this kind of thing is still so righteous and righteous, and there is no appearance of weakness. It seems that he is doing a very righteous thing, for the good of the country. It seems that it is really as he said, the officials of the poor family are all extremely low, and they are all unworthy of being an official. The bloodlines of the Hanmen are full of dirt, and this is what he firmly believes in his heart.

Those scholars firmly believed in this statement, so they looked down on the Hanmen, believing that the Hanmen were also inherently lowly people. They think that the moral character of the poor family is naturally problematic, and that the moral character of the poor family is already hopeless, and this is the dirtiness brought about by the natural bloodline, which cannot be compensated for by any education. In this way, he said it so righteously, obviously expressing great conviction in it.

And Zhang Chao thought to himself: "It's really looking for death, and you actually fire a map cannon here?" ”

Zhang Chao had to have a new understanding of the arrogance of those scholars in this era. Not only did they deceive the people that the poor were lowly, but they themselves also deceived themselves into believing themselves to be noble. This is actually related to the fourth-class system in India, and they have even deceived themselves, thinking that they are really some kind of "blue-blood nobles". However, this kind of direct insult to more than ninety percent of the population is a person who fires a map cannon. Maybe those who have not read will be willing to degenerate and humble, but those who have some culture will not be willing to go on like this. With culture, they are naturally unwilling to be a lowly person all the time, so they naturally began to rebel against the scholars.

The Tang Dynasty is actually a history of the struggle between the scholars and the Hanmen, and the fall and disintegration of the Tang Dynasty is inseparable from the struggle between the scholars and the Hanmen. In the late Tang Dynasty, the scholars seemed to be able to re-emerge in the center, but they lost in the localities. In the middle and late Tang Dynasty, a large number of Jiedu envoys divided one side, and the Jiedu envoys were a large number of Han men as officials, which largely excluded the scholars. In fact, many of those separatist forces attach importance to the cold door and use the cold door as the foundation. The Tang Dynasty was an era of the gradual rise of the Hanmen, and after the support of several generations of emperors, the Hanmen had enough political influence, and finally swept the scholars into the garbage heap of history at the same time as the Tang Dynasty fell.

In the early Tang Dynasty, the Shi clan had an absolute advantage, and in the middle of the Tang Dynasty, they were evenly matched with the Hanmen, and the Hanmen began to have a slight upper hand. In the later period, although the scholars controlled many central institutions of the imperial court in the central government, they had been completely hollowed out in the local area. However, what Zhang Chao wants to do is to speed up the process, so that they can be destroyed as soon as possible. This kind of class, which does not regard the poor as human beings, must be eliminated. This kind of class, which does not regard human beings as human beings, has no human beings at all in their hearts, and is even more hateful than those capitalist and big landlords in later generations. They don't see Hanmen as human beings anymore, so this kind of person must be exterminated.

"Your Majesty, the imperial examination selection is what the imperial court should always have, otherwise how can we Datang select suitable talents? Therefore, it is not feasible to abolish the imperial examination. Zhang Chao said.

However, some officials of the scholar clan immediately said: "You poor men are not worthy of being officials at all, please ask the emperor to clean up all the officials of the cold family, so as to maintain the prosperity of the court and the world......

However, the map cannon was really big enough that many people began to get angry.

"Good! If this is the case, then my Lao Cheng will be disarmed and returned to the field directly, and don't come to me Lao Cheng if there is a war in the future! Suddenly, a loud general said.

And Zhang Chao saw that this was Cheng Bitingjin, one of Li Shimin's hardcore generals, and Cheng Biting Jin couldn't help it this time.

"Count me in, if the Hanmen is not qualified to be an official, then I am not appropriate. If you go to the battlefield to kill the enemy in the future, don't come to me! Wei Chigong also said.

I have to say that the map cannon of this scholar clan official is really ruthless enough, and they directly fired the map cannon on the heads of all the cold officials. In this way, the poor officials will not be able to stand alone, and at this time, in order to maintain their official positions, they must stand on the side of the poor officials. Cheng Yanjin and Wei Chigong are both from poor families, and they both came out of the army with a knife and a shot from the Sui Dynasty, so they naturally would not be so easy to bully. Now that they see that the Shi clan actually wants to cross the river and tear down the bridge, and want to clean them out, how can they accept this?

In this era, the vast majority of civil officials were scholars, and some of the military attaches were scholars, but most of them were poor, and only a small part were scholars. So when he heard that he was going to let all the cold men go home, the military attache couldn't sit still, and obviously wanted to come out to fight back.

Li Yuan saw that the situation around him was a little out of control, and immediately said: "Everyone, now everyone is just a normal corruption case, why do you need to do this?" This time it's just an ordinary corruption case, don't get into any civil and military disputes! ”

Li Yuan saw that the situation had come out and was out of control, so naturally he came out and diluted the mud. So he took the initiative to say that this time it was an ordinary corruption case, not a fight between the nobles and the Hanmen. And what Li Yuan said just now was that this was a civil and military dispute, in fact, he just wanted to downplay the battle between the Hanmen and the scholars. As for Li Yuan doing this, in fact, it is just hope and mud.

"Father, the son thinks that this matter must be strictly investigated. It is necessary to strictly investigate the officials of the imperial court, so as to find out whether there are corrupt officials and corrupt officials! Li Shimin said.

"King Qin, you ......"

Many scholars were also surprised that Li Shimin suddenly supported Zhang Chao so much, and no one knew that Lu Yun just now actually insulted the Hanmen, saying that the Hanmen was lowly. This made Li Shimin very angry in his heart, because most of the scholars were born in Shandong, and they were naturally not the same as the Li family. Li Yuan and Li Shimin's Li family are actually from the Guanlong Group, not the Shandong Shi family. And although the Li family claims to be from the Li family of Zhao County, everyone knows what is actually going on.

Many Shandong scholars also looked down on Li Shimin's Li family, and under Zhang Chao's explanation, Li Shimin also understood what those scholars thought. Those scholars look down on the Tang royal family from the bottom of their bones, even if the Li family becomes the emperor in their hearts, they are just a "dog king", and in their eyes, the royal family is also a lowly person. This made Li Shimin very angry, so he had dispelled his illusions about the Shi clan and didn't think he was relying on the Shi clan. Because since your hot face is sticking to the other party's cold ass, why should you please them?

So now Li Shimin supports Zhang Chao, obviously he thinks that only by supporting the Hanmen can he obtain the capital to fight against the scholars. If the Hanmen does not rise, then Li Shimin's Li family is just a "dog king" in the eyes of the scholars. Where can this kind of insult be accepted by Li Shimin, a generation of heroes? Therefore, Li Shimin, the male lord of this generation, naturally can't endure this kind of thing.

"Okay, pull this Lu Yun down and behead it for public display. This time it is simply implemented in accordance with my Datang law, and nothing else is involved, do you understand? This time, Zhang Chao has made meritorious efforts to picket corrupt officials, and he can reward me with twenty taels of silver. Li Yuan asked.

Li Yuan is pulling the bias, since Li Yuan wants to support the Hanmen, he naturally wants to help Zhang Chao. Although this time it seems to be just a matter of catching corrupt officials, it is actually a sentinel battle between the Hanmen and the scholars, so Li Yuan rewarded Zhang Chao, which is also pulling the sidelines. And this battle was also suppressed by Li Yuan, the emperor, and did not continue to be exposed. However, this outpost battle between the Hanmen and the Shi clan can be regarded as having a slight advantage under Li Yuan's bias, and the Lu family was killed by an official from a side lineage, which can be regarded as a loss.

However, no one knows that a Shi Clan butcher has begun to rise, and the losses received by the Shi Clan will definitely be bigger and bigger, more and more.