Chapter 5: The End of the Scourge of the Party
In the pre-Han era, the aristocracy and scholars were very strong, but in the later Han Dynasty, only relatives could fight back and forth with the eunuchs, and all the struggles of the scholars would end in failure.
After the emperor issued an edict to reprimand himself and showed an unrepentant attitude, Luo Chuan knew that the Han was about to end.
In the Yinghou Mansion, a group of scholars were kneeling and sitting, of different ages, and there was a gloomy cloud.
The emperor pardoned capital crimes, and only imprisoned the political future of these scholars, and those who had fled could return to their hometowns.
These scholars directly bowed their hands to the ground, and then their heads went to the ground, and they actually bowed to Luochuan three times and bowed nine times, the most solemn bow to the head, which is a etiquette that can only be performed when the courtiers meet the king during the ceremony.
Luo Chuan naturally hurriedly stopped him, but even the most old-fashioned Confucian scholars insisted on finishing the salute.
"Zichuan Gong, if it weren't for your protection, I'm afraid that the old man and all the sons and scholars would die at the hands of the eunuchs.
This kind of regeneration grace is just a gift of honor, and it is really not excessive. ”
Luo Chuan shook his head and said: "This is nothing, Ben Hou can only do some modest efforts, the edict of imprisonment has not been lifted, do you have anything you want to do after returning to your hometown?" ”
Hearing the word imprisonment, everyone was silent, the grief and indignation in their eyes were almost irrepressible, and there was no deep despair that didn't know how deep it should be.
Self-cultivation, family, governance, and peace in the world!
What scholar does not have the great wish to rule the country and level the world, hoping for the peace of the world?
Which scholar has not made a bold statement to Jun Yaoshun.
Serve the king, make great contributions, maintain the community, and survive the world.
It's all ruined.
The king who wanted to be loyal abandoned them and accused them of being traitors, some of the scholars could not accept suicide directly, and some of the scholars did not like to find problems in themselves, so they felt that the emperor must have a problem.
There was silence in the room for a long time before someone spoke: "The old man is old, I'm afraid I won't see the edict of imprisonment lifted."
The edict of imprisonment affected the three clans and five suits, and also affected the friends and disciples under the disciples, even if they wanted to accept apprentices to teach, the disciples had no chance to become a leader.
He went back to his hometown to engrave scriptures, so that poor students could study, and perhaps among them were talents who could revitalize the Han Dynasty.
When he meets the Holy Lord of the Ming Monarch, the edict of imprisonment will definitely be lifted, and at that time, the revitalization of the Han Dynasty can be regarded as having the power of the old man. ”
This is a typical Confucian scholar, even if he is forced to this point, he still wants to revitalize the dynasty society.
He is still good, because he at least said that the current emperor is not a Ming monarch.
Even up to this case, Confucianism attributed the reason to the eunuchs' seizure of power, rather than the rebuke of the emperor, believing that the monarch's father was only deceived.
Some of the young scholars are confused and don't know where the future is going, so are they really spending their lives in the countryside like this?
There is also a hint of anger in their eyes, especially some who were born in the Meng family, and even have the idea of going to Liaodong Yan and leading the army south to destroy the Han Dynasty in their hearts.
The king regards the minister as a mustard, and the minister regards the king as an enemy!
Destiny rotates.
The thousand-year-old Divine State Week has yet landed its destiny.
Can Han Ting always be ordained?
Countless complicated thoughts filled everyone's minds, and then left.
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Luo Qian knelt at the table, was hot wine, and said lightly: "Love, you are famous in the world, and there are as many scholars who come to visit you as if you are a carp crossing the river.
The last time he killed the children of eunuchs, the emperor didn't feel anything when he was angry.
Now you are walking with the scholars, but you have committed the emperor's taboo.
The next time there is a big disaster, if you can't find a suitable reason, unless you run away, the family will not be able to save your life. ”
Luo Chuan stood in front of the window, rubbing the wine jug in his hand.
He recalled that a few days ago, together with the families belonging to the five surnames, they all began to persuade him to forget it, and the most prestigious Zhujing families in the world all wrote to him saying that it would anger the emperor even more if he wrote again, so let's wait for the next opportunity.
With a hint of sorrow, he said, "Dahan, this is a sign of death."
Both the emperor and the minister are racking their brains to keep their power.
The vision will be narrowed to the court, and the problems of the world will be ignored.
These people are drawn from the victory of the power struggle, but they don't know that the world has long been riddled with holes. ”
Both husband and wife were silent for a moment, it is impossible to stop fighting, this is human nature, but fighting without breaking is the normal way, and now the emperor directly tore his face.
Luo Chuan took a sip of wine and said worriedly: "These scholars have their own talents.
It is not comparable to those eunuchs and relatives who can only be attached to the emperor.
A group of heroes with great ambitions, who can write and martial arts, and can govern the country and level the world, but they are imprisoned among the people, which will greatly shake the rule of the empire.
and cooperated with the official mantle, built palaces on a large scale, and frequently waged wars on the four sides.
According to the current trend, Weifu estimates that the Han Dynasty is at most a few decades away from the outbreak of the troubled times, and it is likely to be like the late Qin and early Han dynasties, which directly threw the Han court into the abyss.
Can there be Emperor Guangwu of Shizu to calm the world this time? ”
Probably there will be.
Luo Chuan was a little unsure, although he was not the son of the Luo family, but because he was the only son of the previous Yinghou, he had determined to marry the daughter of the Luo family since he was young, and he had been living in Zhaocheng and receiving the orthodox Luo family education.
The ethereal doctrine of destiny, he knows that it exists objectively.
Manifest Destiny is not a coercive mechanism, but a biased mechanism.
If the Mandate of Heaven of the Han Dynasty has fallen, it is natural to rely on their abilities and compete with each other.
But now the Han Dynasty is only 300 years old, and compared to the past dynasties, the time is too short.
Luo Chuan guessed that the life given by God might not be over yet.
In this case, it is very likely that there will be another master of Zhongxing to continue for the Han.
But judging from the current situation, the current emperor has no repentance and wants to go all the way to the dark.
Luo Qian stood up and walked to the window, side by side with Luo Chuan, and said lightly: "Love, these scholars may not necessarily be imprisoned in the people.
The Yan Kingdom of Liaodong is booming, and many cold men are going to its country.
If there are children of wealthy families in the Central Plains who are willing to go, wealth and nobility will be in the wan.
In the early Han Dynasty, in the face of the declining Han Dynasty, the children of the family were actively saving the world, and even took the life of Zhao Zhongyi Gong.
But the last time you returned to the family, you knew that the family was already in a state of cold watching Han Ting.
It is not like the current Shi clan who dragged the Han Dynasty into the abyss, which is already very restrained.
After all, there is incense between the two sides.
If you want to help Hanting, the family will hardly help you. ”
Luo Qian's words were a little cold, Luo Chuan heard this, his lips moved slightly, and after a long time, he said softly: "Madam, I understand."
But Yinghou has been inherited for three hundred years, and unlike other families in the world, he is sincere and loyal, and I can't let it be cut off from me.
The family will be passed down for thousands of years, ten thousand years, until the end of time.
Yinghou will survive with the rise and fall of the Han Dynasty.
Our child, I don't know if he can handle such pressure. ”
Both husband and wife knew that when the two of them were alive, the big man was not corrupted enough to perish, but when their children grew up, the situation would be far greater than now.
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The people who have been imprisoned can't count how many people there are, after all, this time the confinement is directly five suits, plus there are also disciples, this number is simply terrifying.
However, the occurrence of the disaster of the party does not seem to have had any impact on the imperial court.
The emperor was very satisfied with this, this is his idea, the great court will turn away from anyone, no one is indispensable.
A large number of scholars left the imperial court and vacated a lot of official positions, and the emperor excitedly sold the three Jiuqing high-ranking positions for a good price, a full 100 million yuan.
The eunuchs who had once again won a great victory over the scholars and doctors became more and more rampant, except for a few people, the rest of the permanent servants and the children of the eunuchs, in the face of the silenced court and the world, began to scrape more and more fiercely.
Not only the children of eunuchs, but also the powerful people in the local counties also followed behind these people, either annexing the land, or scraping the children of the eunuchs, and the people who could not survive were gathered into the family, becoming their tenant farmers, and becoming the "disappeared people" in the household registration of the imperial court.
Booming, everyone is digging the foundation of this huge dynasty, just waiting for it to fall with a bang!
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"The disaster of the party" is a political event that can not be bypassed in the late years of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and the result is extremely serious. ”
Fundamentally speaking, this was a struggle for power within the ruling group, a confrontation between the group of scholars representing the power of the vassals and the group of eunuchs representing the imperial power.
The author usually only records this kind of political struggle without bias, but the disaster of party power is different.
Eunuchs do not have justice from an objective or subjective point of view, and the scholars who come forward not only represent the voice of their own class, but also speak for the people compared to the eunuchs, promote integrity, denounce lawlessness, and have justice.
The "disaster of the party" was extremely harmful, it caused a group of more advanced scholars in the scholar class to deviate from the Han Dynasty, it can be said that the foundation of the Eastern Han Dynasty was completely shaken, and caused a series of subsequent evil consequences. ——"The History of the Rise and Fall of the Han Dynasty"
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