I, Liu Bian, the hero

Chapter 97
Wang Fen, one of the eight chefs, conspired to rebel and abolished the emperor?
After learning about this, ministers such as Lu Zhi, Yuan Kui, Yang Xu, Yang Biao, Ma Rixun, Cai Yong, etc., or General He Jin and his side He Yong, Zheng Tai, Wang Yun, etc. , everyone was shocked.

After all, the negative impact of this incident on scholars is too bad, and the follow-up impact will be long-term.

Especially when he learned that the Lingdi was mobilizing the army, he ordered Yang Biao, Zhijin Wuyangxu, and Zhao Yan, the school captain of Chengmen, to jointly imprison Wang Fen, Chen Yi, Xu You, Xiang Kai, and Zhou Jing in a prison car to parade the public, like Zheng Tai and the others guessed that Emperor Ling's purpose was not just to implicate those five people, but to take the opportunity to weaken the prestige of the entire scholar class.

Therefore, he hurriedly went to discuss the matter with Sikong Yuan Kai, hoping that Yuan Kai would use Yuan's influence to help him reduce the matter.

Yuan Kui expressed his embarrassment. After all, he also understood that Lingdi was making use of the topic. He jumped out at this time, not to mention pleading for Wang Fen and others. .

He has been in the court for many years, but he would not really regard the emperor as a complete fool, otherwise, would his scholar class really be unable to deal with a few eunuchs?

Seeing Yuan Kai's ambiguous words and unwillingness to help, Zheng Tai said solemnly: "Your disciples and old officials are all over the world, and scholars all respect Yuan as their leader. Now that our scholars are in trouble, how can Yuan be able to take care of himself?"

This remark also made Yuan Wei a little vague. After all, in the past year, although the eunuchs in the palace were divided into two groups, the group headed by Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong won the trust of Shi Hou, and their momentum was stronger. So promoted, even the other group headed by Sun Zhang also relied on the power of the Empress Dowager Dong and Hussar General Dong Zhong. in recession.

Some people may say, this is wrong, Lu Zhi became the prince and grand teacher, Yang Xu became the king of the king, and there are also Taiwei Cao Song and Situ Cui Lie. Shouldn't the power of scholars in the court be improved? ?
The problem is that there isn't.

Not to mention that Lu Zhi no longer talks about eunuchs in the court, but Yang Xu, who is the most temperamental, and an old party member who has been implicated by the party for more than ten years, has never had any conflicts with eunuchs since he was transferred to Luoyang. Even though more than one person saw that Yang Ji was honest with Zhao Yan and others in the ruling and opposition parties, the problem is that he did not impeach the eunuch again.

All in all, it seems that the scholars' control over the court has been improved, but when it comes to targeting eunuchs, the power of the scholars has actually been weakened, because Lu Zhi, Yang Xu, Cao Song, and Cui Lie no longer talked about it. For things, whether it is Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong, or Sun Zhang and Duan Gui.

Instead, Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong, Sun Zhang and others were looking for clues about their scholars, especially his Yuan family.

And this is exactly the reason why Yuan Kai didn't want to get involved in this matter. After all, his Yuan family was framed by Dong Zhong last time for having an affair with Gepi Huangjin, and was reprimanded by the emperor. Although there was no actual punishment, the damage to his reputation was quite serious.

If you don't believe me, go to Luoyang City and ask to see how many people have never talked about the relationship between his Yuan family and Gepi Yellow Turban.

All in all, Yuan Wei thinks it is better to keep a low profile during this period.

Being a low-key person is the reason why Yuan was able to stand alone in the previous two party imprisonments.

Of course, it is also a reason to accept Yuan She, the constant attendant of the Central Committee, as foreign aid, and even welcome into the genealogy.

At the same time, Yang Xu also visited Lu Zhi's mansion and discussed with him: "Your Majesty now orders me, Wen Xian (Yang Biao) and Zhao Yan to imprison Wang Fen and others to parade in the streets. Go out from Kaiyang Gate, enter from Huamen Gate, and then go around the streets and alleys of the city... Outside the Kaiyang Gate, there is Taixue."

"Hmm." Lu Zhi nodded solemnly, hesitant to speak.

After a long time, he said to Yang Xu: "Yanggong don't interfere, just follow orders."

Hearing this, Yang Xu said angrily: "Wang Fen conspired to rebel, the evidence is solid, and I am also ashamed and angry that he is a courtier. How can I intercede for him? I just feel sorry for his family... Chen Yi is the same, I respect Zhong Zhong Jugong (Chen Fan) is upright and loyal, and I often regret that he was murdered by traitors, but what his son has done this time, I am not ashamed!"

After a pause, he expressed his thoughts: "But your Majesty's move is clearly to take the opportunity to suppress the Imperial Academy and the scholars. I am afraid that the eunuch will take advantage of the opportunity to instigate, and then open the party."

Lu Zhi shook his head and said in relief: "You can rest assured about this matter. As long as Shi Hou refuses to agree, Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong and others will never dare. As for Sun Zhang and others, Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong will deal with it. Smart young gentleman, what he hates are those talkative people who flaunt each other, not fair and capable ministers."

In Lu Zhi's impression, the only respectful titles recognized by the world at first were 'Three Monarchs' and 'Eight Gentlemen'.

The three monarchs were the late Dou Wu, Liu Shu (grandfather of the non-ling emperor), and Chen Fan, while the eight Jun, or "Eight Jun" refers to the eight people including Li Ying, Xun Yu, Zhang Jian, and Zhao Dian. , these eight people were all upright, and they were killed in the struggle with the eunuch, and they deserved this reputation.

However, after that, scholars from all over the country gradually formed a trend of flaunting each other. There were Ba Gu, Ba Ji, and Ba Chu one after another. They criticized the government and praised the courtiers. Perhaps their original intentions were good at the beginning, but in the end, they made everyone below the ministers afraid of being criticized and did not dare to go to the palace of the Imperial Academy. It can be seen that this trend has gradually changed.

Thus, the party ban broke out.

Thinking of this, Lu Zhi couldn't help but shook his head and sighed, and immediately continued to Yang: "If something happens, Your Majesty will renew his party's heart, and you and I will speak to Shi Hou, and Shi Hou can come forward to dissuade him."

"Good." Yang Xu nodded in agreement.

To them, a certain Shi Hou can be said to be a great source of confidence.

The next day, Wei Wei Yang Biao brought Li Pan, Geng Wu, Min Chun, Li Li, Cheng Huan, Ju Shou, Sima Lang, Dong Zhao, Ju Shou, Qu Yi and others to the mansion hall and ordered them to write articles to testify against Wang Fen.

Hussar general Dong Zhong and his clan brother Dong Cheng were watching over.

In all fairness, Dong Zhong's contribution this time is far less than that of Liu Yu and Gongsun Zan, but due to various reasons, he was also nominated as a Marquis. Now Dong Zhong is very proud, and he appeared in the Weiwei Mansion with the honor of being wounded, threatening Li Pan sternly , Geng Wu, Min Chun, Li Li, Cheng Huan and others.

In order to save their lives, Li Pan, Geng Wu, Min Chun, Li Li, Cheng Huan and others added fuel to Wang Fen's rebellion under Dong Zhong's authorization, and added many unnecessary things in their respective proofs, such as, It is said that Wang Fen has long been unwilling to be a minister, colluding with Zhou Jing, a rich man in Peiguo, to raise a private army, and more often invites people to buy people in Jizhou, plotting wrongdoing.

Even Sima Lang, under the intimidation of Dong Zhong, wrote some things that went against his heart.

Yang Biao watched from the sidelines and shook his head, but he didn't dare to say anything. After all, Wang Fen's rebellion was a fact. Moreover, Dong Zhong was clearly ordered by Emperor Ling.

Among all the people, only Ju Shou and Qu Yi are not afraid of Dong Zhong's intimidation. After all, one of them is favored by Shi Hou, and the other is favored by Shi Hou's senior brother Gongsun Zan. Even Dong Zhong can't do anything about them.

Different from everyone else, Jushou described Wang Fen's behavior objectively, neither avoiding the fact that Wang Fen was "remonstrating" nor Wang Fen's achievements in Jizhou. It was the only one that Yang Biao could stand call to action.

Compared with Ju Shou, Qu Yi resented Wang Fen and others for their incompetence and almost dragged him into the water. He wrote a statement of evidence with the few words he had learned, and most of them scolded Wang Fen. Chun and the others were even more aggressive, and made Wang Fen useless, which made Dong Zhong very satisfied.

The next day, the day when Wang Fen and others were imprisoned and paraded through the streets, around the same time, Zhijin Wuyangxu and Chengmen school captain Zhao Yan came to Weiwei's mansion together to mention Wang Fen, Chen Yi, Xu You, Xiangkai, Five people from Zhou Jing were tied to the prison cart, and Li Pan, Geng Wu, Min Chun, Li Li, Cheng Huan and others were called to follow the cart.

Poor Wang Fen and the other five were wearing plain prison uniforms, tied up with ropes, stuffed with cloth in their mouths, and a plaque was inserted behind their necks to identify their crimes and record their crimes. It is called Mingjiao.

It is worth mentioning that Wang Fen's Mingshackle was written "One of the Eight Cooks" very maliciously, while Chen Yi's Mingshackle was written "Son of the Former Taiwei Chen Fan".

When Zhao Yan, the school captain of the city gate, deliberately exposed the shackles with his father's name in front of Chen Yi with a sneer on his face, Chen Yi's eyes almost popped out, he made a sound, struggled, but was left and right. Executive Jin Wei pressed down.

Yang Xu couldn't stand it anymore. Although he was not ashamed of Chen Yi's actions, he always respected Chen Fan and couldn't bear the loss of the late captain's reputation, so he stepped forward and took Chen Yi's shackles away. Zhao Yandao: "Mr. Zhongju has passed away for [-] years. Now his son has committed a crime. What can you do with Mr. Zhongju?"

I have to say, that is Yang Xu, other people let alone Yang Biao, even if they were Dong Zhong and Dong Cheng, Zhao Yan would not give him face. Does Yan also respect each other from the bottom of his heart?
So Zhao Yan continued to Yang in a good voice: "Chen Yi and Wang Fen conspired to rebel, and the three clans should be punished. Although Chen Fan is dead, under the law, his name should also be mentioned, so that the people of Luoyang can have a better life." Know."

Yang Xu was silent for a long time, softened his tone rarely, and said to Zhao Yan in a low voice: "Mr. Zhongju is someone I admire. I can't bear to be cast aside by stupid people after his death. Can Captain Zhao think of a way?"

This was the first time Yang Xu spoke to Zhao Yan in such a low voice since he entered Luoyang. Zhao Yan was flattered, gritted his teeth, and ordered the soldiers to cut off most of the word 'Fan' on the Ming yoke with weapons, making it blurry and unreadable.

"Yang Gong, I can only do this." He continued to Yang in a low voice.

Yang Xu nodded, showing his affection for Zhao Yan for the first time, of course, just a little bit.

Chen Yi, who noticed this scene, also gave Yang Xu a grateful look, but Yang Xu snorted coldly at him and turned his gaze away.

After a while, the team that imprisoned Wang Fen and others came out from Kaiyang Gate.

At this time, hundreds of Tai students had already been waiting outside the city gate, seeing Wang Fen and five people being imprisoned in the prison car, each of them had complicated expressions.

Seeing this, the hussar Dong Zhong who was supervising by the side ordered Li Pan, Geng Wu, Min Chun, Li Li, and Cheng Huan who were standing next to the prison car to read their respective proclamations aloud in order to prove Wang Fen's rebellion. Out of an uproar, some secretly clenched their fists, supporting Wang Fen and the others from the bottom of their hearts but did not dare to speak out, while more were shocked by what Wang Fen and the others did, as if they had been deceived, they cast aside one after another.

Suddenly, someone in the crowd yelled: "The prince's crime will not be implicated!"

Hearing this, Zhijin Wuyangxu was startled and angry, and a trace of panic flashed in his slightly widened eyes.

He knew very well that if this group of ignorant Tai students dared to make trouble today, there might be a third party imprisonment.

"Take it!"

Before Zhao Yan, the captain of the city gate, he shouted sharply.

(End of this chapter)