The Power of the Three Kingdoms at the End of the Han Dynasty and the Imperial Power of the Han Dyna

Chapter 323 Xun Yu is in a complicated mood

There are many talents in Yingchuan, and there are also many in Yanzhou. Although they are not as talented as Xun Yu, they are still satisfactory enough.

Zao Zhi, a native of Yangzhai in Yingchuan (Yangzhai Zao clan), followed Cao Cao in his early years and is now Dong'aling. He and Han Hao suggested setting up farmland. The government would lend cattle to the people for farming and collect rent according to regulations. . (gentry)

Han Hao was very lucky. When he gathered his disciples in Hanoi to protect the county, he was not suppressed by Zhu Jun. He escaped from death and ran to Wei County, where he became a general under Cao Cao. Now he and Shi Huan are Cao Cao's trusted generals and were entrusted to take charge of the personal army. Heavy responsibility. (strong)

Mao Jie, courtesy name Xiaoxian, was born in Pingqiu, Chenliu City. He was a county official when he was young. He was an honest man and was known for his honesty and justice. (strong)

Liangmao, courtesy name Bofang, was born in Changyi, Shanyang. He was eager to learn when he was young, and often quoted classics as evidence when discussing. He is currently the prefect of Taishan County. (gentry)

Lu Qian, courtesy name Zike, was from Rencheng. After Cao Cao captured Yanzhou, he appointed him as an officer and led his retainers to garrison Hulu. (strong)

Xue Ti, whose courtesy name was Xiaowei, was a native of Dongjun, Yanzhou, and worked in Yanzhou.

Gaotanglong, named Shengping. A native of Pingyang County, Taishan County, he was a Zhusheng when he was young and served as the postal supervisor of Taishan.

Wang Bi, one of the first counselors to follow Cao Cao, served as Yanzhou official, and later served as chief secretary and chief historian.

Only two years after the emperor ascended the throne, he was dead and was killed by a warrior from Xiliang. This is definitely the most ridiculous thing that happened to the Han Dynasty in the past four hundred years!

Xun Yu was a very simple person, because he was as simple as a traditional literati; it can also be said that he was a very complicated person, because he was so complicated that he was always entangled in the feelings of family and country.

Country and family, this time Xun Yu chose family.

If we talk about individuals alone, Xun Yu's best master is not Cao Cao, but Liu Han. No matter where he is, he can shine.

But Liu Han didn't look down on him, or looked down on the Xun family of Yingchuan behind him. He was cruel to the nobles. He wanted all the nobles to become Liu family's dogs. Xun Yu couldn't agree, so he retreated. Secondly, I chose Cao Cao, who not only has feelings for his family and country, but also respects the noble clan, and is not as extreme as Liu Han.

Did Xun Yu blame Liu Han?

Not to mention, don't persuade others to do good without suffering others' suffering. Xun Yu can understand Liu Han's hostility to the gentry.

Throughout the Eastern Han Dynasty, starting from the founder Guangwu Emperor Liu Xiu, there was a political structure in which the imperial power stood on the stage and the powerful powers hid behind the scenes. The imperial power controlled the central government and the powerful powers governed the local areas. Both parties shared equity and dividends.

This co-governance situation is beginning to show cracks. To be precise, it is not that the relatives have exclusive power, but the eunuchs have exclusive power, and the emperor stands behind the eunuchs. The eunuchs have exclusive power. In fact, the emperor wants to take back the power in the hands of the nobles and consolidate the imperial power.

The Liu family is the largest gentry clan. It has common interests with gentry clans and powerful men in some places. If both parties maintain a delicate balance, both parties will be in peace.

But this is simply impossible, because since becoming a royal family, he must be on the opposite side of the noble family. To this end, the powerful nobles also elected a representative - the foreign relatives. Because most of the relatives were born into powerful families, their exclusive power would not harm the interests of the powerful class very much.

Eunuchs are different. Due to various limitations such as body, knowledge, and background, this group has no bottom line in anything they do except being loyal to the imperial power once they gain power. This group seriously damages the interests of the wealthy class and destroys the Eastern Han Dynasty. The political system.

In addition, people's hearts are fickle, and after their relatives get a taste of power, they gradually become more selfish and selfish, which intensifies the conflict between the two parties.

Therefore, the "disaster of party control" that became more and more intense later occurred. The Eastern Han Dynasty was famously destroyed by Emperors Huan and Ling, but was actually destroyed by the Party's control. Because the vested interests of a large number of local tycoons who had been promoted to gentry were destroyed and their promotion channels were blocked, they were determined to overthrow the existing political order and rebuild it. For example, the Yellow Turban Uprising was secretly supported by gentry and powerful people. However, things changed after the uprising. Zhang Jiao attacked the nobles and powerful people. Although the party was lifted, the nobles and powerful people suffered considerable losses.

The Eastern Han Dynasty court, which lost the centripetal force of the entire gentry class, was simply incapable of managing such a large country. Taxation, finance, national defense, public security, disaster relief, peace of the people, etc., without the cooperation of the gentry group that had already developed into a local powerhouse, it was impossible to rely solely on the appointment of eunuchs who only knew how to make money and make the emperor happy.

This fell into a strange circle. The emperor wanted to suppress the gentry, but also divided his interests and relied on the gentry to help govern the place.

However, the gentry had already fallen out with the emperor, and it was difficult to reconcile the broken relationship. Under the careful planning of Yuan Shao, an outstanding young man in the gentry group, both the eunuch group and the foreign relatives group that had been in the court for hundreds of years were liquidated. However, the fruit of this victory was not eaten by the gentry group, but was cut off by the local warlord Dong Zhuo, who was overwhelmingly violent.

That's why Liu Han hated these hypocritical, selfish and sanctimonious nobles, so he changed his previous conciliatory attitude in merging the two states, and killed these nobles when cleaning up Jizhou and Sili. Those who could be spared before were now dispersed; In the past, it was enough to confiscate homes, but now they are exiled; those who used to be exiled are now killed directly; those who were wanted to kill people in the past are now simply annihilated. If the nobles did something heinous first, don't blame the royal family for killing them.

However, Xun Yu didn't expect that Liu Han was no longer the "reckless man who must retaliate" in the eyes of the nobles, but a hunter who was good at fishing for profit. It can only be said that he disguised himself so well. In the past ten years, this sentence has been circulated among the nobles: "A gentleman takes revenge, and it is never too late in ten years; Liu Han takes revenge, seizing the day and night." Whoever offends him will be killed in a few days Revenge is coming.

The nobles had worked hard for decades or even two hundred years, and had endured humiliation and painstaking planning for several generations... only to have a high position stolen by a warrior who knew nothing. The key is that this warrior had put it in himself, and the noble group could swallow it. This tone? If you can accept it, you will probably give yourself a few slaps when you wake up at night: "Why were you so mean in the first place?"

Therefore, no matter how Dong Zhuo tried to win over him, no matter whether Dong Zhuo held the emperor as a trump card, the noble group would not buy Dong Zhuo's account at all, so that there would be a situation where all the heroes were fighting against Dong.

Human nature is selfish! It is true that warlords from all over the world looked down upon Dong Zhuo, but they also wanted to take advantage of the chaos in the world to become the final winner. Although they have a common goal, they also have their own small thoughts, so the princes from various places can't form a joint force. Slowly, it became the situation of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods when princes competed for hegemony and annexed the world.

Liu Han seized on this point, and when both sides were tired, he struck each other with a ruthless blow. This was also in line with Liu Han's style. Either he didn't take action, or he would make the enemy lie down and unable to move for at least a few months.

Dong Zhuo lost a lot of people, and the territory was given to Liu Han, so there was basically no loss. Although the Shandong princes arrived in Luoyang, their institutions were destroyed when they returned, and they just stayed there for several months.

As a counselor, Xun Yu could see clearly from the perspective of a bystander, so he paid special attention to Liu Han.

But as a scholar, especially a scholar who is born noble and noble, a very pure scholar.

"The stranger is like jade, the young master is unparalleled" is very appropriate to describe him. People like Xun Yu have not been assimilated by the secular world. He always adheres to his original class belief. He can assist a warlord, but he accepts If the Han Dynasty cannot be overthrown, he will live as a Han official and die as a Han soul.

Under Cao Cao, the person with the most complicated mood at the moment is none other than him.

(End of this chapter)