On the fifth day of the eighth month, Liu Hong convened some permanent attendants and councillors to discuss national policies.

He believes that the sluggish state of the Great Han State is due to the lack of virtuous ministers to assist the emperor, and the reason for the lack of virtuous ministers is because of the party's policy for many years.

He believes that the party's policy has lasted for more than ten years, and has played a role in punishing and warning those who are not subservient, and there is no longer anyone in the world who continues to offend the emperor and commit rebellion, so it seems that there is no great significance in continuing the party's policy.

Therefore, it seems that the time has come for the party's policy to be lifted.

The scholars and officials were very surprised by this, but Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong and others believed that this was not the case.

They believe that there are still people in the world who offend the emperor and commit rebellion who are despising the majesty of the emperor, and that the party's policy has been running for more than ten years, and there are no major problems, so it should be maintained until no one dares to offend the majesty of the king again.

The scholars were very angry about this and debated with the eunuchs.

Liu Hong also thinks that no, the punishment of those who commit rebellion is almost enough, and if the punishment continues, it will endanger the Han Dynasty.

Zhang asked Zhao Zhong and others to continue to ask not to lift the party's policy, and knelt in front of the emperor and kowtowed.

The councillors attending the meeting continued to have heated debates with the attendants led by Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong, and there was even a tendency to fight for a while.

In the end, in order to [bridge] the dissent between the two sides, Liu Hong decided to adopt a compromise approach.

He announced that he would take a decision at a later date, taking into account the views of both parties.

On the seventh day of August, Liu Hong made a decision.

When the scholars were eagerly awaiting the announcement of the party's dissolution, Liu Hong's declaration was not quite what most people thought.

First of all, he announced the appointment of Zhang Rang, the chief attendant of the Central Standing Committee, and the commander of the Shangshu Order.

Then he promoted the master of ancient literature and scriptures, Shangshu Lu Zhi to Shangshu Zuocheng, and still added the rank of servant.

He also recalled the master of ancient literature and scriptures who was sent to serve as the county commander to the imperial court, and asked him to take over Lu Zhi's position and become one of the Shangshutai Shangshu, with the rank of servant.

Then he announced that he would recruit the great Confucian Zheng Xuan into the court as an attendant in the capacity of the emperor.

Under Zheng Xuan, he decided to recruit thirteen scholars of the ancient school of literature and scriptures who were imprisoned by the party's policy to serve as councilors.

Subsequently, there were also some changes in the official positions in the Shangshutai, and some scholars and officials of the lowly school of ancient literature and classics were promoted, and now the officials of the school of literature and classics have been suppressed to a certain extent in the Shangshutai.

It's a terrible thing.

Although the official system of the Eastern Han Dynasty generally maintained the system of the Western Han Dynasty, with the system of three princes and nine secretaries as the skeleton, the real power had been completely transferred to Shangshutai.

Therefore, even if the three princes and nine kings are all scholars of the modern Wenjing school, as long as they can't control Shangshutai, they can't have a direct impact on politics, and they are just mascots with high status.

It is Liu Hong's special practice to let the eunuch raise Shangshutai, and the eunuch Cao Jie had received the Shangshu Order before, but Cao Jie died of illness two years ago, and the post of Shangshu Ling was unresolved.

Now, Liu Hong's reappointment of the eunuch Zhang Rang to lead Shangshutai is no longer so unacceptable.

And what is really unacceptable is the series of arrangements behind, after this series of arrangements, in Shangshutai, the scholars of the ancient Wenjing school have occupied an absolute advantage, and the scholars of the current Wenjing school have been suppressed.

According to the gossip that circulated, Liu Hong originally planned to lift the party's policy, but the eunuchs resolutely disagreed, for fear of being counterattacked, and cried to Liu Hong again and again in private, which finally made Liu Hong soft and compromised.

So, at the suggestion of the eunuchs, Liu Hong decided to partially rather than completely remove the party.

Those who have been relieved of the party's scumbags are the scholars of the ancient school of literature and scriptures whose political power is relatively weak, and the scholars of the modern school of literature and scriptures, whose political power is still huge, are still under the influence of the party's policies.

With the promulgation of this series of decrees, the atmosphere of the entire Luoyang City has entered an extremely delicate state.

For a while, all forces were waiting and hibernating, and they did not make a public statement on this series of decrees for the first time.

But the private action has already begun.

Before the position was appointed, some bigwigs of the Jinwenjing School invited bigwigs of the ancient Wenjing School who had met in the past or had a good personal relationship to discuss them.

They hoped that the ancient school of literature and scriptures could stand on a united front with them, not accept the appointment, but fight together against the eunuchs and the emperor, and hold on to the glory of the scholars.

Don't believe in the tricks of the emperor and the eunuchs, this is an attempt to divide our scholars, this is an extremely despicable act, you must not believe it.

Lu Zhi invited.

And Liu Bei, who is a rising star and has a great influence within the ancient Wenjing school, was also invited.

They were invited by Yuan Kui, the current head of the Yuan clan in Runan, who had been appointed to the post of Situ by the former Situ Chen Tan, who had lost his position on some trumped-up charges, and his subsequent maneuvers were apparently unsuccessful.

The eunuch is still so strong.

However, this position was immediately succeeded by Yuan Kui, so people didn't pay too much attention to it.

It seems that because of Yuan Shao's relationship, this invitation was not initiated by Yuan Kui, but Yuan Shao personally came to invite Liu Bei, and went with Liu Bei to meet Lu Zhi, and then invited Lu Zhi and Liu Bei to go to Yuan Kui's mansion as guests.

Before that, Liu Bei asked Yuan Shao for his opinion on this matter.

"Views? My opinion is not important, I am a concubine, it is difficult to compete with Yuan Ji and Yuan Shu for the family business, and it is not my turn to inherit the family business, but in the final analysis, I am still the Yuan family, and the Yuan family is both prosperous and lossy, so I have to contribute. ”

Yuan Shao trusted Liu Bei very much, and said in a low voice: "But Xuande, don't worry about me, if there is a chance, although you accept the promotion appointment, the higher your position, the happier I am." ”

"Yuan Jun, this ......"

"This is what I say from my heart, please Xuande must believe it and don't have any doubts."

Yuan Shao's expression was very sincere.

Liu Bei believes this.

At a historical fork in the road where the dispute between modern and ancient texts is about to reach a landmark turning point, Yuan Shao should have sensed something, and he does not have an advantage in the competition for family inheritance, which will prompt him to seek some new development possibilities.

It is true that you can seek wealth by clinging to the thighs of the family, but Yuan Shao is obviously not a person who is willing to be subordinate.

He is also a talented son-in-law who wants to smile crookedly and slap the Yuan family.

Liu Bei, as an important rising star in the ancient school of literature and classics, will be the breakthrough point for him to seek a breakthrough, so the better Liu Bei's development, the happier he will naturally be.

Besides, he didn't think that the Yuan family of the fourth and third princes would fall, after so many years of deep cultivation, the family background is extremely strong, could it be that the emperor can fall if they fall with a word?

The emaciated camel is bigger than the horse.

In a sense, this is not a kind of scumbag behavior of [the red flag at home does not fall, and the colorful flags flutter outside the house].

Well, Yuan Benchu is obviously a scumbag.