At the beginning, when the Son of Heaven ordered the relocation of a million homes to Pingling, Zhang Anshi and others did not feel too much crisis.

After all, the matter of migrants filling the mausoleum has happened in the past generations, although it will cause harm to the interests of some families, but after all, it is a system.

Moreover, Zhang Anshi and others firmly believe in one thing-

Although today's son sometimes acts like Meng Lang, but after all, he is young, as long as they know and affection, the Son of Heaven is willing to listen to their advice.

They didn't dare to say that they could make the Son of Heaven dispel the idea of migrants, but at least they could reduce the blow to the big families.

In their hearts, the family is the cornerstone of the Han Dynasty, and they cannot "exonerate" at will.

However, from the time Wei Xiang led the troops to "disappear", the Son of Heaven became ill.

At first, Zhang Anshi and others thought that the Son of Heaven was really sick.

But when they received the news of the three counties and learned that Wei Xiang was killing the three counties with five thousand lang guards, they vaguely realized that the "illness" of the Son of Heaven was a little sudden.

Zhang Anshi and the others had an extremely bad premonition, and they had a premonition that the situation in the three counties might become uncontrollable.

As a result, Zhang Anshi, a cabinet scholar who could enter and leave the palace, gradually couldn't sit still, and began to go to the Qingliang Hall every day to ask for peace.

said that it was to invite peace, but the real purpose was naturally to admonish, hoping that the Son of Heaven would quickly recall Wei Xiang and not let this cool official harm the three counties.

I didn't expect the Son of Heaven's illness to get worse day by day.

For half a month, whether Zhang Anshi and the others were invited early or late, when they rushed to the Qingliang Hall every day, they would be stopped by Fan Ke, the little waiter.

They don't want to say that they have seen the Son of Heaven, but they haven't even heard the voice of the Son of Heaven.

In order to be able to advise the Son of Heaven, Zhang Anshi even risked his sister Zhang Jieyu to knock on the side.

Unexpectedly, within a few days, Zhang Jieyu also fell ill, and she never saw Zhang Anshi again.

This kind of abnormality made Zhang Anshi and his "fellow party" vigilant.

Chang'an City was still as quiet and peaceful as ever, but they looked nervously eastward towards the three counties, and vaguely felt that a terrifying storm was brewing.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for the news that shocked and shocked Zhang Anshi and others to Chang'an City one after another.

Wei Xiang was charged with rebellion and killed Henan County Shou Han Bu Harm.

Wei Xiang was charged with resisting the edict and raided the first house in Henan County, the Lu family.

Wei Xiang forcibly moved a million-dollar house, forced him to donate money and grain to Shui Heng Du Weijin, and pressured him to sell land and fields at a low price......

These news caused an uproar among the families of Chang'an City.

All of a sudden, the heroes were excited, and the voices of attack and crusade were endless.

The words of "Wei Xiangku" spread widely.

There were even bold people who went to the Wei Mansion to gather a crowd to make trouble, throwing bricks and stones and clods into the courtyard, so that the Wei family did not dare to go out half a step.

What is even more unexpected is that the Son of Heaven, who has not asked about political affairs for most of the month, is particularly resolute in dealing with these troublemakers.

The sick Son of Heaven directly issued an edict to Zhijin Wu Anle, asking him to strictly investigate the matter.

This An Le was already bent on climbing up and carrying out the edict of the Son of Heaven, but there was no hesitation at all.

With the assistance of the embroidered guards, An Le made a secret visit, and it only took more than ten days to arrest dozens of "troublemakers".

According to the previous "rules", if Jin Wu does this step, he can stop.

Unexpectedly, all the troublemakers were handed over to Chen Xiu, the edict of the prison order, by Zhi Jinwu.

This Chen Xiu is also a good method, after a severe torture, let these troublemakers direct the people behind their scenes to come out.

This black hand is naturally the eldest and second sons one after another, as well as some officials and branches of the giant family who are originally from the three counties.

As a result, Chang'an City was a big rope for five days.

All officials and clans involved in this matter, no matter how high their rank, no matter how prosperous their old achievements, and no matter how big their family is, they will all be punished according to the crime of great disrespect.

Convicted, sentenced, raided, and taken!

The whole process is very skillful and fast, and the Tingwei Temple under the system of Kong Ba rotates twelve hours a day, and the speed of judgment is amazing.

It was not until this time that Zhang Anshi finally understood that after the reform of the New Deal, the court had magnified the imperial power countless times.

Before the restructuring, the Son of Heaven could only govern the government through the "Prime Minister", "General" and "Shangshu Administration", which had a lot of constraints.

But now the situation is completely different.

What the Son of Heaven wants to do, he can directly issue an edict to the governor of the Jiuqing Second Mansion, and he doesn't need to go through the cabinet at all.

The Cabinet has thus become an ornament.

And most of the governors of the Jiuqing and Second Mansions who are in charge of practice are officials who have been single-handedly promoted by the Son of Heaven.

They may not all come from humble backgrounds, but at least they are not wealthy families.

In addition, the Son of Heaven has the grace of knowing them, so these people only look forward to the Son of Heaven and do not give Zhang Anshi and others any face.

Zhang Anshi and the others went to Guan openly and secretly, hoping that they would show mercy to their subordinates, and wanted them to come together to admonish the Son of Heaven.

But the result disappointed Zhang Anshi, who, without exception, refused the former's request without exception.

What Zhang Anshi, Wei Xian and others didn't expect was that Chang'an Rulin was not completely on their side this time: in other words, most of the Confucian scholars were on the side of the Son of Heaven.

It turned out that the "Hadith Canon" revised by the Son of Heaven had been engraved on the more than 100 stone tablets in Beique Square.

The official school has also used the "Hadith Canon" as the only scripture for teaching, and the sages of Chang'an City have risen next to the high temple - the Son of Heaven is sacrificed in the name of the saint.

The ideas of "universal harmony" and "people-oriented" in the Hadith have long begun to spread among Confucianism.

These "advanced" views resonated with most of the Confucian scholars, who soon understood the purpose and intention of the Son of Heaven in striking at the Great Clan.

Most of the Confucian scholars, especially the most energetic young ones, did not feel that the Son of Heaven was wrong, but that the Son of Heaven was holy and benevolent.

As for the Confucian scholars who defended the great clans, they inevitably became a minority of "reactionaries".

This small number of opposition factions only set off a few discussions at the beginning, and then they were suppressed by the momentum of the humble Confucian scholars.

In addition, the Son of Heaven not only has the support of Confucianism, but also tens of thousands of newly trained Han troops as the backing.

Then naturally you can sit firmly in the Qingliang Palace, and use the reason of "the widow is sick" to ignore the demands of Zhang Anshi and others.

Under the unbearable endurance, Zhang Anshi came up with the last resort of the courtiers to deal with the Son of Heaven - to go to the Beique Square of Weiyang Palace to kneel and admonish!

Last year, the troublesome Confucian scholars also did such a thing, but in the end it was in vain.

But this time there is something different, kneeling at the north gate of Weiyang Palace is not an unofficial Confucian student, but a head and face of the pillar stone of the court and the giant family.

Zhang Anshi recognized that the Son of Heaven would not be indifferent.

But—there will be one in everything, but—

Beginning on May 20, Zhang Anshi and a group of Sanfu Haoqian went to Beique Square to kneel for seven days.

The Cool Hall was always silent.

Not to mention that the Son of Heaven personally came out to comfort them, and he did not even send a messenger.

It was as if kneeling outside the gate were not the powerful cabinet scholars, but insignificant slaves and hired laborers.

No, if it was a slave or a hired servant kneeling on the Beique Guangshang, the Son of Heaven would definitely have shown up early.

So, on both sides of the monarch and the minister, there was a fight.

The most hard-working ones are, of course, Zhang Anshi and a few of them.

Although they were extremely dissatisfied with the Son of Heaven's approach, they still had to go to the cabinet of Weiyang Palace on time to vote for the draft every day.

After all the things that should be done were done, he hurried outside the north gate and joined the team that knelt down to the Son of Heaven.

At the beginning, Zhang Anshi and others were bound to win, thinking that the Son of Heaven would definitely admit defeat.

As the days go by, they become more and more bottomless in their hearts, and they don't seem to see how to end up in the end.

When the news of "the cabinet scholars led the kneeling" spread, Chang'an City was really shaken for a few days, and there were many onlookers.

Within a few days, the people lost interest: after all, the poor and ordinary people had no common interests with the big families.

……

At this time, it was already too late, Zhang Anshi and others dispersed in advance, and after eating a small Hu cake in a hurry, they rushed here to kneel down.

According to the agreement, they would kneel until the end of the day before leaving.

At this hour, the sun was already setting in the west, but the heat emitted by the setting sun was just as violent, even hotter than noon.

Zhang Anshi, the four scholars, had only knelt for half an hour, and then they felt that the right side of their body was hot and hot.

Zhang Anshi, Liu De and Bingji are in the prime of life, so they can still persevere.

Poor Na Wei Xian is already over seventy years old, and after a few days in a row, he has already had some unbearable endurance.

Zhang Anshi knelt straight, he looked at Wei Xian, who was a little embarrassed beside him, and couldn't help frowning and sighing.

This tone not only sighed that the Son of Heaven did not listen to the minister's advice, but also sighed that Wei Xian, a loyal old minister, had to suffer this great hardship.

"Elder Wei Ge, you are old and frail, go back and rest for the time being, you don't have to waste your ...... with us here"

"There is this official watching here, if the county official has an edict, I will immediately send someone to invite Wei Ge Lao."

After Zhang Anshi persuaded him with good words, Bingji and Liu De also persuaded each other to let Wei Xian, the gray-haired old man, go back first.

"There is Lao Zhugong's concern, and now only this old bone is left......"

"If you can persuade the Son of Heaven to change his mind and say a few words for the world's great families, it can be regarded as a well-deserved death." Wei Xian waved his hand again and again as he spoke.

"Elder Wei Ge, you are a Confucian giant, if there is really anything bad, how can we explain to the Confucian students in Chang'an?" Bingji, who was covered with sweat, hurriedly persuaded again.

"Rulin? Today's Confucianism is different from the Confucianism of the past. ”

"The young Confucian students in Chang'an City all want to be gentlemen and Confucians, and they want to scold me, an old man, as a villain."

Wei Xian said desolately, he never thought that in just a few months, most of the Confucian scholars would stand on the side of the Son of Heaven.

It's not right to say that he didn't think of it, Wei Xian should have thought of it a long time ago.

The Son of Heaven has run so many official schools, and he has also implemented the imperial examination system, so that Confucian students from poor families can have food and money, and they can compete fairly in the future.

Considering the Confucian students everywhere, of course they will get their support.

Even many Confucian scholars who were hopeless in their careers stood behind the Son of Heaven.

Not to mention that the Son of Heaven still has great talents, the content of the scriptures in the "Hadith Canon" is much more sophisticated than the original private study of the old scriptures, and of course it is deeply popular.

The prestige of Wei Xian's old Confucians will only decrease day by day, but the prestige of the Son of Heaven will increase day by day.

"Ziru, do you think the county official will come out to see me today?"

"The world is about to be in chaos now, but the county officials live deep in the palace, and they make it clear that they want to avoid us and wait, and don't listen to the advice of loyal ministers, this, this ......"

"Isn't this the same as the faint king? The Han Dynasty has the appearance of a dead country! ”

Liu De, who was kneeling on the very edge, said bitterly, and his anxiety was obvious.

Among these people today, Liu De is of course the most anxious.

The interests of the rest of the people have not been directly harmed, but Liu Deke is different.

The Lu family is his in-law and has been confiscated.

The dignified cabinet scholars and clan relatives are leading, and they can't even protect their in-laws, so it's not just a simple shame?

Therefore, most of this kneeling thing was planned by him.

Zhang Anshi did not answer Liu De's words, but looked up at Weiyang Palace in silence.

For a while, he felt extremely depressed, and he really couldn't answer this question.

What exactly the Son of Heaven was going to do, he couldn't guess at all.

"Jiande, Your Majesty is wise, but the Holy Communion is not good, so I can't do anything, as long as we kneel here, Your Majesty will always see it." Zhang Anshi sighed.

"Poor Eucharist? I Liu De don't believe it! I don't think the county magistrate is in a daze! Liu De suddenly raised his voice and said angrily.

"Ziru! That's Meng Lang! How can you talk such nonsense, be careful that the wall has ears. Bingji said in a panic and pulled Liu De's sleeve.

"I'm Meng Lang? The county officials appointed cool officials like Wei Xiang, regarded the family as enemies, regarded the meritorious ministers as enemies, and treated the ...... harshly everywhere."

"It's tantamount to self-destruction of the Great Wall and self-digging of the foundation, if time will definitely shake the society of the Han Dynasty, where is there still the appearance of a half-clear king......"

"The princes are talking about it, see if I can say it, I don't care!"

Liu De's provocative words immediately attracted the echo of the cunning people behind him, and there were bursts of complaints in the crowd.

"The family's family is also hard work, how can you take it away at will!"

"The system of migrants to the three auxiliaries should have been abolished a long time ago!"

"The county magistrate should resume the training of inaction!"

"The county officials are stupid, they reuse cool officials, trust despicable people, and kill their ministers."

"If the Huo family is still here, why is the Han world like this!"

……

Seeing that the words of the courtiers were getting more and more excessive, Zhang Anshi and Bingji continued to break out in cold sweat on their backs.

If these words reach the ears of the Son of Heaven, it will really be a river of blood.

In the end, Zhang Anshi stood up with an angry face and reprimanded them fiercely, "You can only admonish, not be disobedient", and only reluctantly let everyone quiet.

So, with a stomach full of resentment, everyone knelt in silence again, and continued to exert pressure on the Son of Heaven in this unique way.

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