Gongsun Zhan has some relationship with Liu Bei in the end, although Liu Bei did not return to Luoyang to attend the trial in order to avoid suspicion, but the court still attaches more importance to this trial.

The trial was held by the three divisions, and Tingwei, Sili Xiaowei, and Yushi Zhongcheng attended the trial together to convict Gongsun Zhan.

Previously, because of the Hedong crisis and a series of events, the head of the Three Law Divisions has changed a lot.

For example, Zhongcheng in the imperial history was recommended by Liu Bei to serve as an important figure in the ancient literature school, Ma Ripan, so Ma Riyan has completely stood with Liu Bei politically.

Because of his particularity, Sili has always been supported by Liu Bei to serve as Guo Hong, and in order to make up for Guo Hong's political needs, Liu Bei gave Guo Hong the title of Pavilion Marquis after the coup d'état in Luoyang, making him glorious.

Tingwei was still controlled by the Jinwen School at the beginning, but after the Hedong Crisis, the Jinwen School lost its position completely, and Tingwei's position was certainly not kept.

Now in charge of this position is Zhang Rang and other people related to the ten permanent servants, Mao Hong, a calligrapher from Hongdumen.

The eunuch group is now basically dependent on Liu Bei, and the forces of Zhang Rang and the Ten Standing Servants are closely related to Liu Bei.

It means that the judicial power of the imperial court is also controlled by the faction led by Liu Bei, and "Zuo's Spring and Autumn Period" has become an official school, and in the process of the Spring and Autumn Prison Break, the modern literary school has been completely crushed and has no right to speak.

In this context, how the three divisions want to act, of course, there is also a previous internal consultation.

The result of the internal consultation was to refer to Lu Zhi's attitude, not to help, and to truly "deal with it impartially" without leaving any handle.

As a result, the Third Division sentenced Gongsun Chan to death on the grounds that Gongsun Chan did not obey the order and sent troops without authorization, resulting in a great defeat and the collapse of Youzhou.

In this regard, Liu Xie, the little genius, didn't have any ideas, and he didn't understand much anyway.

The Empress Dowager has no opinion on this, as long as the chaos in Youzhou is cleaned up by Liu Bei, she is lazy to care about the rest.

Dong Chong didn't have any ideas, this was an internal matter of Liu Bei's faction, and it wasn't his people who died, it didn't matter.

Of course, most of the rest didn't have any ideas, so they watched coldly as Gongsun Chan was sentenced to death.

Finally, there is a slight opinion on the side of the modern literary school.

Of course, the opinion is not the disposal of Gongsun Zhan, Liu Bei's people, if they die, they will die, it doesn't matter, but is there only one Gongsun Chan who deserves to die?

After the verdict of Gongsun Chan came out, the modern literary school began to act.

Huan Dian publicly submitted the table to the palace and told his opinion.

Gongsun Zhan was originally the governor of Liaodong, and had only served as a county commander before, with a humble official position and shallow qualifications, and he was still a native of Youzhou, so it stands to reason that he is not qualified to serve as the assassin of Youzhou.

But later, because of Liu Bei's recommendation and promotion, Gongsun Chan was appointed as the assassin of Youzhou, so Liu Bei was the guarantor of Gongsun Zhan as the assassin of Youzhou.

Now that Gongsun Chan is messing around with things, he has caused serious losses in Youzhou, and the country has suffered a lot of losses for this, is it okay to kill only one Gongsun Chan?

Liu Bei, as a general, does not know people and appoints cronyism, which violates the trust of the Son of Heaven and the trust of the people of the world in him, doesn't this need to be asked?

Therefore, Huan Dian said that he should hold the general Liu Bei accountable, and asked Liu Bei to explain the matter, and punish him, and take away some of his power and so on.

The court officials reacted violently to his suggestion, and they were usually divided into two factions, one for support and the other for opposition.

The reason for the support is very simple, they are all of the modern literary school, anyway, the main diode.

There are many reasons for opposition, not only from the antiquarian school, but also with some centrist members.

Just kidding, they're not stupid.

It's okay to say that Liu Bei lost the battle, you can still be held accountable for this, and it doesn't matter if you deprive him of his power, but now that Liu Bei has returned from a great victory, he is famous all over the world, and his reputation is great, and you tell him to punish?

If he doesn't kill you, his subordinates will have to find you desperately.

Those arrogant generals can only serve Liu Bei alone, if you want to punish Liu Bei, do you have to ask those arrogant generals what they think first?

This time Liu Bei first destroyed the Xianbei people, and then killed Yuan Shao, and now he has to go to the Wuhuan people to fight the line, once he wins, it will be a great victory in Youzhou, and the credit far outweighs the fault, you still have to ask him about his crime?

Not to mention that Zhang Rang thinks this is very funny, Jian Shuo has something to ask for Liu Bei because of the matter in Jizhou.

As eunuchs, what happened in Jizhou was very exciting for them, and they realized that after Liu Hong's death, the eunuchs desperately needed a new protector to protect them.

At the same time, they further realized how important Liu Bei was to them.

Although the relationship with the Ten Standing Servants is not good, Jian Shuo is also a eunuch, although he did not have a deep relationship with Liu Bei before, but after the Jizhou incident, Jian Shuo also began to lean towards Liu Bei.

So Zhang Rang and Jian Shuo both openly expressed their opposition, resolutely disapproving Huan Dian's recital, and asked the Son of Heaven to make an opposing opinion.

Although Liu Xie has a certain understanding of himself, with his age of eight, it is still difficult for him to handle this matter, and the disposal of this matter is naturally in the hands of the Empress Dowager.

Dong Chong, as a nephew and mother's family, also has a certain influence on the Empress Dowager Dong.

However, on this matter, Dong Chong and the Empress Dowager Dong have some small differences.

Of course, the Empress Dowager Dong was very opposed to Huan Dian's recital, but Dong Zhong put forward another view.

"The original intention of the first emperor to leave four auxiliary ministers was to let the four of us supervise each other and restrain each other, and no one could be arbitrary, so as not to appear people and things like Liang Ji and Dou Wu, do you agree with this?"

Empress Dowager Dong nodded.

"That's natural, this is the long-cherished wish of the first emperor, and I know it."

"Since this is the case, we can't let Liu Xuande occupy too much power alone."

Dong Zhong smiled bitterly: "His ability is too strong, and his power will rise, and the power he holds is very great, and now he has two victories in a row, and they are all great credits, his position can no longer be promoted, and he can only increase his food, won't he feel dissatisfied?"

Even if he is not dissatisfied at all, with his merits and power, he will have more and more fans, and more and more people will move closer to him, Zhang Rang Jianshuo is a eunuch, with a bad reputation, and it is impossible to turn over, and the only one who can confront him is my nephew and me.

Now we are all right, but if one day he thinks that my nephew and I are an obstacle, in case he wants to take power alone, where will my nephew and I have any power to resist? The more time passes, the more powerful he becomes, the more powerless my resistance becomes, and in the end, I can only sit and wait for death, you say? ”

Empress Dowager Dong frowned and listened to Dong Chong's words.

"Heavy, why do you have such thoughts about Xuande?"

"It's weird if you don't, isn't it?"

Dong Zhong smiled bitterly: "Auntie, right now, the Son of Heaven is young, and the power is in the hands of the four of us, and among the four of us, Liu Xuande is the first person who deserves it, and even some people outside think that even if he doesn't do anything, in just a few years, the power will naturally come into his hands."

Don't forget, in addition to being a general, he is also the master of the valve, he can recruit protégés, can accept disciples, he has nearly 2,000 students in Liangzhou Prefecture, it is said that this time he directly summoned hundreds of people from there to help him!

That's it, he can continue to cultivate protégé disciples, hundreds of years a year, hundreds a year, and in a few years, the whole dynasty will be his protégés, and when the time comes, what will there be for our aunt and nephew? Auntie, it's not like my nephew is thinking too much. ”

Empress Dowager Dong thought about it and shook her head.

"The first emperor did a lot of wrong things in his life, but when he came, he did the right thing, that is, he chose Xuande to assist the government, Xuande became a general, and he was a relative of the Han family, since he served as a general, how comfortable my life is, you don't see it, how many problems he solved alone, don't you also see it?"

"That's true, but aunt, we can't just look at the present and not look at the future, right?"

Empress Dowager Dong looked at Dong Chong, and her face became unprecedentedly unhappy.

"It's not that I don't want to look at the future, it's just heavy, let me ask you, if you replace Liu Xuande, are you sure to deal with the chaos of the whole world? Can you lead troops to war? Can you guarantee that my old bones will continue to be blessed in the palace? ”

(End of chapter)