Showdown: I'm Reborn

Chapter 217 Your Majesty, You Know Me
When the first episode of The Romance of the Three Kingdoms was released, the people in Luoyang City discussed this matter a lot. After all, they are the people in the capital, and discussing politics is just one of the many habits in daily life.

There is no way to truly govern the world, so after drinking some rice wine, starting to point out the country has become one of the hobbies of the people in the capital.

Therefore, when Romance of the Three Kingdoms came out for the first time, people could be seen drinking too much everywhere, discussing the plot of Romance of the Three Kingdoms and Liu Bei's experience.

The people at that time could still look at this matter from the perspective of a spectator.

Some even seriously analyzed Liu Bei's lineage, and finally came to the conclusion that this old boy Liu Bei is a serious Han family. If the Han Dynasty falls, it is possible for him to come to Sanxing Han.

And when the second chapter was released, the people who discussed it everywhere disappeared. Who made the second chapter involve eunuchs, scholars, and generals?
This time, only some courageous people dared to discuss it, and ordinary people did not dare to discuss it openly.

And when the third chapter was released, no one dared to discuss this matter anymore. Even if they discussed it, they had to close the door, close the windows, and discuss in a low voice.

Everyone is waiting, waiting for Lingdi's reaction.

It's the end of March now, and it's only a few days away from April. According to the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Lingdi has only a few days to live.

At a time like this, who would dare to take the lead?
Who would dare to disobey Lingdi's order?
Are you not afraid of being exchanged by Emperor Ling before he dies?

Even He Jin didn't dare to mess around at this moment.

In the early morning of the fourth day, under the protection of the palace guards, Zhang Rang came to He Jin's mansion with great fanfare and brought the imperial decree. The content of the imperial decree was very simple.

At this moment, He Jin was in the main position, motionless, and said nothing, while the chief secretary Chen Lin, the conspirator He Jin, Cao Cao and other He Jin's staff were scattered in all directions.

Holding the imperial edict, Zhang Rang stood in front of He Jin with a very gloomy expression, and behind him was a magnificently dressed Han general.

He Jin didn't speak, nor did he say whether to accept the imperial decree or not.Zhang Rang didn't say much, he just stood here quietly.

As the head of the Ten Permanent Attendants and the current leader of the eunuch forces, Zhang Rang certainly knows that the future of himself and others will be both prosperous and ruined by the Ling Emperor.

Regardless of the fact that he was so powerful in front of others, a single sentence could determine the life and death of the two thousand stone officials, but only a single sentence from Lingdi could determine his life and death.

The chief secretary, Chen Lin, cupped her hands directly at He Jin: "General, this edict must be the plan of the ten servants, you must not go, it will be a disaster."

Hearing this, before Yuan Shao had time to speak, Zhang Rang smiled mockingly: "Should the following stand up and say that the plan has been leaked, the matter has been exposed, and the general still wants to enter the palace?"

Then Zhang Rang looked at Cao Cao, a double-faced faction with a very complicated identity and position: "Then Meng De said that he would call out the ten permanent servants first, and then he can come in?"

Hearing this, everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, speechless for a while.Even Chen Lin, who started talking, secretly blamed herself, why did she accidentally say what "myself" said in Romance of the Three Kingdoms?

Could it be that I was too fascinated by watching Romance of the Three Kingdoms recently?So that it blurted out, is it the words in the Three Kingdoms?
However, apart from blaming herself, Chen Lin also had to admit that what Zhang Rang said was the key to everyone's worries.

The development of the plot in Romance of the Three Kingdoms is that He Jin was called into the palace by the queen mother, and then the eunuch jumped over the wall in a hurry and killed the general He Jin.

Well, although it sounds scary, anyone who has read the book and is familiar with the politics of the Han Dynasty will be familiar with it.

why?
Because about 20 years ago, when Emperor Ling had just changed from a lord of the Han family to an emperor of the Han Dynasty, this scene happened!
At that time, it was the eunuchs who staged a coup and killed General Dou at that time. That General Dou was also a relative. The difference was that his daughter was the current queen mother.

Of course, there was no blood relationship between the new Emperor Lingdi and Empress Dowager Dou at that time.Therefore, the relationship between General He Jin and the emperor must be stronger than that between General Dou and Emperor Ling.

Therefore, the eunuch staged a coup and killed the general, which was familiar to everyone, and it belonged to traditional arts. After thinking about it carefully, everyone felt that the eunuch could really do it!

The difference is that in the coup 20 years ago, the eunuch was secretly supported by Emperor Lingdi, who had been on the throne for half a year.

After they launched the coup d'état, they directly took control of Luoyang City and the center, and immediately returned the power to the Son of Heaven and the Emperor Ling.In the end, the ministers of the world expressed their support.

At that time, Luoyang City was controlled by eunuchs, and the central court was controlled by eunuchs. Scholars in the world could only accept it honestly. If they did not accept it, they would be traitors!
Then, the scholars ushered in the second disaster of party imprisonment that lasted for more than ten or twenty years.

The so-called disaster of party imprisonment is essentially that the emperor used the hands of the eunuchs to suppress the scholars of the world, forbid the scholars to be officials, and forbid the students and relatives of the scholars to be officials. try.

As a result, this attempt lasted for more than ten years, and finally when the Yellow Turban Uprising came, it could not be maintained.

In order to ensure the rule of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Ling had no choice but to admit defeat to the scholars and personally issued an edict to lift the scourge of party imprisonment.

And according to the prophecy of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, the eunuchs had not had time to control Luoyang City in this coup, and then the two brothers Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao directly attacked the palace in order to survive, and returned their mother's success.

Think about it with your butt, after this incident, the dignity of the royal family was directly trampled on the ground. No emperor can tolerate this incident.

In short, if there is no change of dynasty, then the upper limit of Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu will be the same, and it will be remembered by every generation of emperors.

So, the key now is, who can guarantee that He will be able to live well after entering the palace this time?
Who can guarantee that this edict is not a conspiracy by eunuchs?
What if the eunuch falsely preached the imperial decree and wanted to kill He Jin?

What if Emperor Ling wanted to take He Jin away before he died?
What if, this is another conspiracy?

This is the key to the worries of Chen Lin, Yuan Shao and other scholars!
"General, the scholars can no longer afford to lose!"

At this critical moment, Yuan Shao finally stood up against the doubts of the crowd: "Today, I, Yuan Benchu, tell the truth. It was the first time that the party was imprisoned. Scholars still have expectations for the emperor, and hope that one day they will be able to avenge their grievances."

"When it came to the second disaster of the party, scholars began to have the idea of ​​​​changing the emperor, and some scholars who acted fiercely really did so. They supported the way of peace and tried to change the world."

"In the end, His Majesty issued an edict to open up the world, saying that the second disaster of the party was lifted, and then the general recruited the world's scholars openly. Only in a few short months, the Taiping Dao was quelled. With today's peace."

"If the general doesn't come out this time, then I, Yuan Shao and Yuan Benchu, probably won't survive. The eunuch won't let me leave alive."

"So, this time, if the general must attack, then I request to act as the general's guard and move forward together."

"At the same time, please make the necessary preparations, General!"

Having said that, Yuan Shao paused: "Because scholars can no longer withstand the third disaster of being imprisoned by the party."

"The emperor is the father of the emperor, and the scholars are the ministers. The relationship between the father and the son is the relationship between the emperor and the minister. When the father makes a serious mistake for the first time, the son can endure it, and even hope that the father will make a change and come back again. Back then, the father was kind and the son was filial."

"When the father makes a serious mistake for the second time, the violent son will stop his father and ask him to stop his wrong behavior, and the filial son will leave his father directly to avoid losses."

"However, when the father makes a serious mistake for the third time, even the most filial son will take some necessary measures to limit his father's behavior so as not to suffer greater losses."

This is still my dear father!
Are you, Emperor Ling, really the father of the scholars in the world?
No!

Monarch and minister, father and son, this is one of the core values ​​of Confucianism.

But now it is still the Han Dynasty, so the cynicism that the monarch and ministers have to die is not there today.

Today's scholars in the Han Dynasty pay attention to the fact that the emperor treats his ministers like brothers and feet, and the ministers regard the emperor as his heart; The king is like a bandit.

Therefore, once the third disaster of party imprisonment breaks out, the Great Han Dynasty will surely perish. This is what Yuan Shao wants to express.

On this point, many scholars had this idea before, but no one dared to say it publicly, and Yuan Shao had no choice.

He is the leader of the second generation of party members, and party members can be regarded as the well-known big V among the scholars. Every party member has a very famous reputation and every move has great influence.

If He Jin dies and the third disaster of party imprisonment begins, then he, the leader of the second generation of party members, will fail.

If it fails, someone must be responsible!

Of course, for the face of the Yuan family, the big guys will still give Yuan Shao a face, but Yuan Shao is definitely unwilling to live a life that is worse than death, so he can only find a chance to commit suicide at that time.

I, Yuan Benchu, still have so many great lives and bright futures, and I have paid so much to become the leader of the second generation of party members.

In order to raise Wang, I kept my filial piety for six years and raised a huge reputation. I haven't become a Sangong yet, how can I die like this?How can it just fail like this?

The contradiction between the scholars and the emperor was directly brought to the surface by Yuan Shao, which was also a helpless move.Whenever there is a choice, Yuan Shao will not say that.

But as soon as the third chapter of Romance of the Three Kingdoms came out, Yuan Shao knew that he was not long away from social death.

The demagogic nature of Romance of the Three Kingdoms is too strong. It said that when cleaning up the palace, he killed innocent people regardless of size.

This kind of behavior will be rejected by all the loyal ministers in the world.

In short, before that, Yuan Shao set himself up as a loyal minister, party leader, dutiful son, timely rain...

However, after that, Yuan Shao's own character set was covered by the image in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms!
If possible, Yuan Shao would really like to explain to everyone with a loudspeaker: I am not a traitor, I did not loot the palace or even massacre indiscriminately in the palace!Those are all slanders with ulterior motives behind the scenes, everyone should believe me!
However, Yuan Shao has already received news from his family that the Romance of the Three Kingdoms has been spread in Nanyang County, Yingchuan County, Runan County, Chenliu County, PY County, Hedong County, Hanoi County, Taiyuan County, Chang'an and many other counties. .

Therefore, what Yuan Shao has to do now is to continue to do something big to reverse the slander of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

Loyal ministers can't do it, so let's be a good person who pleads for the people.

I, Yuan Benchu, am willing to go all out for the benefit of scholars!
For the benefit of the scholars, I don't want my life!

In fact, if there is a choice, Yuan Shao will definitely encourage He Jin, directly claiming that he will not be sick, drag it on until Lingdi dies, and then win!

In the process, a series of means can be adopted to resist the edict of the emperor.After all, it is not too serious to fail to obey the emperor's edict these days.

Even some scholars, faced with the call of the emperor, deliberately refused to increase their personal reputation.

However, as soon as the Romance of the Three Kingdoms came out last night, and as soon as the ending of He Jin being killed came out, He Jin's trust in the scholars would definitely decline again.

If He Jin had thought about using his acting skills to take advantage of the scholars before, then after he finished, He Jin's vigilance against the scholars would be raised to another level.

If the best policy is not implemented, then it can only be the middle policy, work hard to build a new personality, and live first.After all, if you do nothing, you can only wait to die.

A while later, He Jin took Yuan Shao, Chen Lin and other confidants to the palace.

In the end, Yuan Shao and others were left outside the palace, and only He Jin walked in under the leadership of Zhang Rang.

Walking into the palace, He Jin saw Emperor Ling lying on the bed, and then sat down. Naturally, such a high position as a general does not need to kneel down.

"Does Qing want to be emperor?" Lingdi asked lightly.

Then, it was such a simple question, but He Jin was so frightened that cold sweat dripped from his forehead. He rolled down from the chair in a jerk, and knelt on the ground regardless of his image, sticking out his buttocks, and there was no one at all. The power and influence above ten thousand people.

"No, Your Majesty, you know me well. I have absolutely no desire to usurp the Han and stand on my own. I was a butcher in the beginning. To be able to achieve today's status is beyond my dreams, let alone the emperor. ?”

At this moment, He Jin's thoughts were like a spring, and he learned to analyze from various angles: "Besides, even if the minister becomes a powerful minister in the future, he will not be too greedy for power, because the prince is the nephew of the minister, and the minister has a beginning and an end. is normal."

"I heard that you listened to Yuan Shao's words, recruited resourceful men, borrowed Uncle Yuan's resources internally, and took the power to assist the government externally, so as to monopolize the power in the court. Wang Jujun was also the emperor's uncle back then."

Hearing this, the cold sweat on He Jin's body couldn't be restrained from dripping down.

Who is Wang Jujun?
Wang Mang is also!

(End of this chapter)