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

Yuan Shu proclaimed himself emperor, but Yuan Shu was not the first to suffer misfortune. The noble clans related to the Yuan family in Runan under the rule of Liu Han in the Han Dynasty suffered great misfortune.

The Yang family of Hongnong, the fourth generation and the third Duke, were uprooted overnight.

In addition to this family, the Ma family in Fufeng and other noble families related to the Yuan family in various places were purged. Later generations called it the "Yuan Shu Case", which was also called the "Military Food Case", "Xiandi Case" and the subsequent "Imperial Examination Case". The four major cases used to purge the gentry during the New Han Dynasty.

The "Military Grain Case" was the discovery that the nobles were greedy for grain reserves. Liu Han took advantage of the situation and purged the nobles in Bingzhou, laying a solid foundation for consolidating his rule. This led to a period of rapid development in Bingzhou and accumulated enough capital before the advent of troubled times.

The "Emperor Xian Case" was the death of Liu Xie. Liu Han took the opportunity to launch an attack and carried out the first round of purges of the powerful nobles in Yongzhou and Jizhou. The nobles did not dare to confront Liu Han openly.

"Yuan Shu Case" Because Yuan Shu proclaimed himself emperor, Liu Han issued an order to kill Yuan Shu's nine clans, implicating tens of thousands of people. The Yongzhou, Jizhou, Yanzhou, Yuzhou gentry, and even the declining gentry who were sent to the north to cultivate land and mine, as long as they and Runan Yuan Everyone with the slightest connection to his family was implicated.

The impact of this case was second only to the "Imperial Examination Case", but it resulted in the largest number of murders. "Yuan Family of Runan" became the four words reviled in history books, and "Four Generations and Three Dukes" became something that the nobles would never touch. red line.

Later generations also had a family of officials, but they all deliberately avoided the Four Generations and Three Dukes, for fear of being criticized for being rebellious. Once someone in the family became one of the Three Dukes, the descendants of the family invited themselves to be county magistrates and county guards, and their grandchildren could enter the central government. It is difficult to become the Third Duke, and this has gradually become the default rule for the royal family and the nobles.

In this round of purges, the nobles suffered heavy losses and completely lost their ability to fight against the imperial power, so that the emperor could carry out drastic reforms of the system. Of course, these are things for later.

Back to the present, Kong Rong couldn't bear it and wanted to persuade Zheng Xuan and Cai Yong to come forward and intercede for him to avoid death.

However, Zheng Xuan did not care about world affairs. Although Cai Yong couldn't bear it, when he thought of his grandson, he chose to pretend to be dead.

The noble family is very important, but these are not as important as my grandson and granddaughter.

Helpless, Kong Rong could only bite the bullet and persuade Liu Han: "The fourth generation of Yang Gong was virtuous, which is seen all over the world. According to "Book of Zhou", the crimes of father, son and brothers are not related, so the Yuan family is blamed on Yang Gong. "Book of Changes" said that ' Accumulating good deeds will only deceive others."

"If King Cheng kills Duke Shao, will Duke Zhou be able to tell the truth and not know what is wrong? Today, the Jin gentry in the world looks up to Duke Ming, because the king is smart and benevolent, and he assists the Han Dynasty. He raised Zhicuo in vain, and brought it to Yongxi. Today Heng Heng If you kill innocent people, the whole country will watch, and no one will be disintegrated! The man from Kong Rong of Lu will leave tomorrow and never return to court."

Liu Han laughed angrily at Kong Rong. He did not answer Kong Rong's question, but asked: "The Yuan family of Runan and the Yang family of Hongnong are related by marriage?"

He said: "Yes."

"Yuan Shu proclaims himself emperor, and the Yang family should be regarded as Yuan's relatives. How can I, the Liu family, survive?"

"Mr. Liu is your own king."

"Jun? Where is Emperor Xian?"

"This is the Xiliang traitor..."

"Where is the Young Emperor?"

"..."

"Where is the He family?"

Kong Rong couldn't answer. It was indeed not him who did it, but in the end it had nothing to do with the nobles.

"Back then, when the Shichang servants wanted to kill He Jin, Yuan Shao armed himself with weapons and led his army to break into the palace gate at night. He deserved death!"

"Now that Yuan Shu is proclaimed emperor in Huainan, the Yuan family in Runan will kill ten clans!"

"..."

Kong Rong had nothing to say, as Yuan's conspiracy to rebel was already a fact.

"Kong Wenju, you are a descendant of Confucius. Is this what Confucianism teaches?"

Everyone knows that the Runan family's ability to achieve the fourth generation and the three nobles is inseparable from Yuan An. The Yuan family has studied "Mencius' Yi" and passed it down from generation to generation. It can be said that its influence is unique in the Han Dynasty.

"Of course not."

No matter how well the nobles take care of their families, they must always say they are loyal to the emperor and patriotic. "Dong Zhongshu deposed all the schools of thought and only respected Confucianism. I don't mind restoring the schools of thought!"

"Your Majesty..."

"With Confucianism, Wang Mang and Yuan Shu openly rebelled and a hundred schools of thought contended. This has never happened before."

Liu Han had long wanted to overthrow the transcendent status of Confucianism, but his thoughts were deeply rooted in people's hearts and he could not tamper with them. With Kong Rong, he suddenly saw hope.

"minister……"

"Think about it carefully and step back."

"Here."

Kong Rong walked out of the palace in despair. His mind was buzzing. This time he asked Liu Han to plead for mercy. Not only was he unsuccessful, but he almost got involved with Confucianism.

"No! We must not let him do this!"

Kong Rong didn't care about anything anymore. He hurried back to his hometown. He wanted to find a way to maintain the transcendent status of Confucianism in the Han Dynasty.

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Jingzhou, Nanjun, Xiangyang.

"Everyone, have you seen it?"

Liu Biao held a meeting in his mansion and discussed with everyone the matter of Yuan Shu proclaiming himself emperor.

"My lord, Yuan Shu... is seeking death."

Kuai Liang, as a nobleman of Nanjun and Liu Biao's most capable man, naturally saw the situation clearly. Yuan Shu seemed to be very powerful, but compared to Liu Han, he was far behind.

"The problem is Yuan Shao!"

Liu Han issued an edict to the world to kill the Yuan family, which gave Liu Biao a headache. Yuan Shao was the barrier Liu Biao placed in the north of Jingzhou to resist Liu Han. If he obeyed Liu Han's edict, it would mean breaking the barrier. If he didn't obey...the consequences would be more serious.

No matter how you say Liu Biao is Han Lu Gong Wang Liu Yu, Han clan clan, no matter how he and Liu Han do not deal with each other, it is still a fight between his own family, but the Yuan family has proclaimed the emperor and is a proper rebel. If he does not attack Yuan Shao, other Han people The sign of Shi Zongqin is gone!

"My lord, I have a plan, so I won't have any worries."

"Oh? De Gao (Han Song) has a clever plan? Tell it quickly!"

(Han Song, whose courtesy name is Degao, belongs to a wealthy family in Yiyang, and may be related to Han Xi, Han Ran, etc. He was young and eager to learn, but he did not change his ambitions when he was poor. He served Liu Biao as a biejia and worked as a lieutenant in Zhennan. Xiandi paid homage to Shizhong and Lingling. After being surrendered to Cao Cao, he became ill and was taught by Da Honglu at home.
"My lord, Lujiang Liu Bei, can I be used by my lord?"

"Oh?"

"Long before Yuan Shu became emperor, Liu Bei had secretly contacted Huang Zu of Jiangxia, hoping to serve under the lord. Now that Yuan Shu has become emperor, the lord may as well recruit Liu Bei."

"Ok?"

Liu Biao continued to listen: "After Liu Bei claims to be King Jing of Zhongshan, although the one in the north does not recognize it, as long as he does, he will definitely not be a minister of the Yuan family. My lord may as well drive the tiger to devour the wolf and use Liu Bei to attack Yuan Shao!"

Han Song stood up and walked to Kuai Liang: "If Yuan Shu proclaims himself emperor, I, Jingzhou, will definitely oppose it. My lord does not want to conflict with Yuan Shu, but accepting Liu Bei is tantamount to weakening Yuan Shu in disguise. We are done." The mission given by King Zhenbei to Jingzhou is to defeat Yuan Shu."

Then, he came to Liu Biao again and said: "Secondly, since Yuan Shao can't protect the north for me, how about someone else? Liu Bei and Liu Han have always had a grudge, and they will definitely try their best to protect Jingzhou."

Liu Biao was overjoyed when he heard this: "Okay! Okay, okay! That's it! I'll leave this matter to you."

"Here." (End of chapter)