According to the genealogical records of the Dou family, the family of the Empress Dowager Dou Miao can be traced back to the Shaokang era of the Xia Dynasty. At the beginning of the Western Han Dynasty, Dou Yifang in Guanjin, Qinghe County, became the queen of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty, and the Dou family began to become prominent.

Starting from Dou Yifang, the Dou family experienced the enthusiasm of Emperor Wu to fight against the Xiongnu, and the brilliant achievements of Yan Ran Leshi, but finally fell into the power struggle with the eunuchs, which is really embarrassing.

With the death of the Empress Dowager Dou Miao, the Dou family, which has accompanied the Han Dynasty for more than 300 years, has completely faded out of people's field of vision.

As the saying goes, death is like a lamp going out, according to the old system, since the Empress Dowager Dou died of illness, the court can bury her well.

But Cao Jie and Wang Fu, who were among the ten permanent servants, did not think so, they still complained about the Dou family, and carried the body of the queen mother in a clothes car and placed it in the city house in the south of the city for a few days.

Cao Jie Wang Fu even bewitched Liu Hong, the son of heaven, and wanted to use a noble person to bury the Empress Dowager Dou. Although Liu Hong is young, he is not stupid, he politely refused: "The Queen Mother personally bowed and inherited the great cause." "Poetry" cloud: 'No virtue is not rewarded, no words are not rewarded'. Shall it end up as a nobleman? Seeing that this plan could not be achieved, Cao Jie and the others opened their mouths again and said demagoguingly: "Your Majesty, there is a custom in this dynasty, and people who have committed serious crimes cannot be buried with the first emperor after death!" Now that the Dou family is so sinful, how can the Queen Mother be buried with the first emperor? It is better to bury the Queen Mother elsewhere, and use Feng Guiren as a concubine. Liu Hong hesitated, the Dou family's crime was that he decided that if the Empress Dowager Dou and Emperor Huan were buried together, wouldn't it be inconsistent with the ceremony?

I'm afraid it will be criticized by people all over the world. So he ordered hundreds of officials and ministers to come to Deyang Hall to hold a court meeting to discuss the joint burial of Empress Dowager Dou and Emperor Huan.

However, he didn't want to get involved in this matter, but asked Zhao Zhong, the regular attendant of the central government, to supervise the discussion. When Taiwei Li Xian heard about this, he didn't care about his body, which was suffering from illness, and rose up with his own hand.

And said to his wife: "If the queen mother is not worthy of Emperor Yihuan, I will not come back alive." When Li Xian came to the main hall, he was already the last person to arrive.

Today's matter is very important, all the officials and ministers, all of them are absent, Sikong Zongju and Situ Xu Xu and other Jiuqing all stood up to greet them.

Zhao Zhong, as the spokesperson of Liu Hong, the Son of Heaven, was standing in the middle of the Deyang Hall at the moment, and there was an indescribable sense of pleasure in his heart.

He knows very well the bottom line in the heart of Liu Hong, the son of heaven, and he doesn't care about the final result, he only cares about his reputation.

In fact, the reason why Cao Jie Wang Fu and others did this was to take revenge on the Dou family, second, to use the affairs of the Empress Dowager Dou to deter hundreds of officials, and third, to see the attitude of the ministers of the DPRK and China, and whether there were any hostile forces.

Since the death of Taifu Hu Guang, their actions have become more and more unscrupulous. In the past, they were worried about the Empress Dowager Dou's comeback, but now even the Empress Dowager Dou has died of illness, which makes them want to look up to the sky and howl.

Compared to Cao Jie and Wang Fu, Zhao Zhong's own forces were still weak enough to compete with them. Therefore, in this court meeting, Zhao Zhong also wanted to take the opportunity to find a worthy object.

The arrival of Taiwei Li Xian did not change the quiet atmosphere in the hall, and the officials watched each other for a long time, and no one was willing to speak first.

Zhao Zhong looked at everyone, showed an expression that seemed to be smiling, and urged:

"Ladies and gentlemen, the bill should be decided quickly!

The hall was still as silent as death, Zhao Zhong moved his gaze from one official to another with interest, and kept commenting in his heart: The three princes are too old, Xu Xu is his own person, and Li Xian is sick. Among the Jiuqing, Da Honglu Qing Yuan Kui, Tai Servant Qing Yuan Feng and Dasi Nongqing Cao Song are all their own people, and several other people are more or less related to their ten permanent servants. Li Xian saw Zhao Zhong's expression, his heart was angry, and he was about to speak, but Chen Qiu, the court captain, had already stepped forward and made his debut:

"The queen mother is of noble character, innocent in origin, and governs the world with motherly etiquette, and should be worthy of the first emperor, there is no doubt about it.

Chen Qiu, as the son-in-law of Cheng Huang, is not afraid of Zhao Zhong. Compared with Cheng Huang, Zhao Zhong is still a notch behind. What's more, he himself is a little jealous and hateful. Zhao Zhong didn't expect that the first person to stand up would be Chen Qiu, and he suddenly felt a little interesting. Tingwei is also one of the Nine Emperors, who is in charge of the world's prisons, has the right to refute the judgment opinions put forward by the emperor, and is responsible for etiquette, laws and decrees. So he smiled and said:

"Then please ask Chen Tingwei to hurry up and draft the bill, let me wait and see.

At the same time, he secretly thought: Don't think that if Cheng Huang protects you, you can disobey the wishes of other middle and regular attendants. If you are not afraid of death, I will cut you. However, what Zhao Zhong didn't expect was that Chen Qiu wanted this opportunity. Chen Qiu was not humble when he heard this, and immediately wrote:

"Empress Dowager Dou is in the deep palace, talented and intelligent, and has the appearance and morality of the mother of the world. In the face of difficult times, the Queen Mother supported Her Majesty as the emperor and inherited the royal temple sacrifices, and made outstanding contributions. After the death of the first emperor, the unfortunate rise of the prison, the Empress Dowager Dou was moved to live in Yuntai and died prematurely. ”

"Although the Dou family is guilty, the matter was not initiated by the Queen Mother. Now, if you are buried elsewhere, you will definitely disappoint the people of the world. ”

"Moreover, Feng Guiren's grave has been excavated by thieves, and the bones have been exposed, mixed with the bones of the thieves, and the soul has been contaminated. What's more, Feng Guiren has no credit to the country, how can he be qualified to enjoy the supreme

After reading the proposal drafted by Chen Qiu, Zhao Zhong's face changed with anger, and his whole body trembled. Zhao Zhong had all kinds of preparations, but he didn't expect Chen Qiu to be so bold and dare to speak out, and he didn't save face for Cao Jie and the others at all, which made him a successful deal. So after calming down, he sneered and said:

"The bill drafted by Chen Tingwei is really good!

The officials present were all through the big scene, and they all sweated for Chen Qiu. Chen Qiu had put life and death aside, and replied loudly:

"Chen Fan and Dou Wu have been wronged, and the Queen Mother has been imprisoned for no reason, I have always been very sad, and everyone in the world sighs indignantly!"

"Today, now that I have spoken out, I will never regret even if I am retaliated against after the meeting, which is what I have always wanted.

Chen Qiu's words came from the bottom of his heart, and under the arrogance, Zhao Zhong didn't know how to refute for a while. Li Xian came with the idea of standing up for the Empress Dowager Dou, and was a little hesitant at first, but without delay at the moment, he said loudly:

"I originally thought that it should be so, and Chen Tingwei's proposal was exactly the same as mine.

Someone in the Three Princes spoke, and all the officials breathed a sigh of relief, and many people spoke in favor of Chen Qiu's opinion. In fact, among the hundred officials, there are also many people who have received the favor of the Dou family. They were all deeply sympathetic to what happened to the Empress Dowager Dou. Zhao Zhong saw that it was difficult to disobey the will of the public, so he had to report it. When Cao Jie got the news, he could only come to the front hall with Wang Fu and Liu Hong, the son of heaven, and Wu Yong also followed behind them at this time. After waiting for the hundred officials to worship, Liu Hong immediately asked: "Regarding the joint burial of the Queen Mother and the first emperor, how did the ministers discuss?" The reason why he asked like this was actually because he wanted Empress Dowager Dou to be buried with Emperor Huan.

It was Chen Qiu who was the first to come out and said: "The queen mother is at ease in the pepper room, has the virtue of a smart mother, and she does not make it when she is not made, and she supports the saint." Inherited Jongmyo Temple. The martyrdom was extremely important, and the first emperor Yan drove it, and because of the big prison, he moved to the empty palace. unfortunately died early, although the family was guilty, it was not the queen mother. If you don't bury it now, you will lose hope in the world. Cao Jie glanced at him and said gloomily: "There is a practice in this dynasty, Empress Liang is the wife of the first emperor, and then because the Liang family committed a great crime of rebellion, Empress Liang was buried in Yiling. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty deposed his wife, Empress Wei, and took Mrs. Li as a deserved. Now that the Dou family is so sinful, how can they be buried with the first emperor? Chen Qiu asked rhetorically: "Then among the concubines who Cao Chang thought were deceased, who could be worthy of Emperor Xian?" Wang Fu hurriedly replied: "The first emperor's favorite concubine during his lifetime was Feng Guiren, of course, Feng Guiren was matched with the first emperor. Chen Qiu smiled coldly and said: "Feng Guiren's tomb has been excavated, the bones have been exposed, the corpse has been combined with the thieves, the soul has been polluted, and it has no merit for the country, how can it be suitable for the supreme." ”

"Chen Qiu, you are bold! Dare to criticize Feng Guiren! Wang Fu was a little angry.

"Hehe~" The ten permanent servants are not monolithic, Chen Qiu has Cheng Huang's support, and he is not afraid of Wang Fu.

"Things that are known all over the world are also criticized? Wang Changzhi is really calculating! When Wang Fu and Cao Jie heard this, their faces were a little unsightly.

They only thought about disgusting the Empress Dowager Dou, but they forgot about the theft and excavation of Feng Guiren's tombstone. Feng Guiren had been buried for many years, but recently, thieves who came out of nowhere dug up Feng Guiren's tomb and exposed Feng Guiren's coffin to the sky, and the valuables accompanying the burial were looted and the body was exposed.

Henan Yin Duancheng was convicted and dismissed from his post and demoted to a counselor. At this time, the officials and ministers also began to talk about it.

"The corpse touched by the thieves was buried with the first emperor, Cao Jie and Wang Fu's idea is too ridiculous!" Seeing that the time was ripe, Taiwei Li Xian stood up and bowed to the Son of Heaven: "The ministers are cruel to the Empress Dou of Zhang De, and the Empress of An Siyan is guilty of rebellion, and there is no discussion of burial with the emperor, and there is no derogatory text in the Shun Dynasty." As for Empress Wei, Emperor Xiaowu's body was abandoned and cannot be compared. Today, the Empress Dowager Changle is honored, she tastes the system, educates the world, and confers the Holy Ming, Guanglong Huangzuo. The Queen Mother takes Her Majesty as her son, how can Your Majesty not take the Queen Mother as her mother? The son has no mother, the minister has no derogatory king, and it is advisable to bury Xuanling together, just like the old system. "Liu Hong, the son of heaven, is still very grateful to the Empress Dowager Dou, and the purpose of his convening this court meeting is to block the mouths of Cao Jie and other people in the world.

After listening to Li Xian's advice, he looked at Cao Jie for a long time, and saw that he was always silent, so he said: "Although the Dou family is not moral, and the Queen Mother is virtuous, it is not appropriate to dethrone. Seeing that Liu Hong, the son of heaven, finally decided to let the Empress Dowager Dou be buried in Xuanling as the concubine of the first emperor, and she was the queen of Huansi, the officials and ministers were relieved.

Wu Yong witnessed the whole incident, and he couldn't help but sigh at the weakness of the Son of Heaven. is obviously a very easy thing to handle, but the eunuchs are swaying their minds.

In the end, it was only by relying on the righteous officials that the inner thoughts were reached. If you wait for Li Xian, these ambitious ministers, to withdraw from the court situation, and encounter today's affairs, how should they deal with it?

Thinking of this, Wu Yong also felt that this Luoyang was not a place to stay for a long time, so he had to get out quickly. At least after the Yellow Turban Uprising, the party ban will be lifted, which is the best time to enter the court.