I, Liu Bian, Sanxing Han Dynasty

Chapter 155 The use of disasters

There is no doubt about Jia Xu's ability.

With the help of Zhang Rang, the financial supply of the Shaofu, and the manpower with relevant abilities as the cornerstone, Jia Xu quickly built an intelligence network covering Luoyang.

Although this network has a lot of holes due to time.

On this day, Liu Bian suddenly received a piece of news from Zhang Rang.

A few days ago, Yuan Shao personally went to the former general He Jin's mansion to deliver greeting cards, and he did this every day for three days in a row.

"Your Majesty, I am worried that Yuan Shao will seduce the former general again, so we must be on guard!"

Zhang Rang was very resentful towards Yuan.

"Does the former general want to see him?" Liu Bian asked.

Zhang Rang did not add any extravagance this time, and repeated straightforwardly: "The door of the former general's mansion was tightly closed, and even Yuan Shao's greeting card was confiscated."

This answer made Liu Bian breathe a sigh of relief. From this point of view, He Jin should be really introspecting.

Liu Bian also felt that he could no longer allow Yuan to jump like this.

Since the death of Emperor Xian, Yuan Wei has had a strong sense of presence. Whether he suddenly asked for the gift money in the West Garden or now targets the eunuchs, it is a blatant attempt to gain reputation.

Although Liu Bian also used his name to attract hatred among the eunuchs, he still felt unhappy.

But the Yuan family is famous all over the world. In the lineage of Yuan Tang, the father of Yuan Wei, there are four people, including Yuan Wei and Yuan Ji, who are all serving as officials in Luoyang. The worst one is a lieutenant colonel with a weight of two thousand shi.

In addition, Yuan Yi, who was also born in the Yuan family in Runan, is now the prefect of Shanyang, not to mention his disciples and former officials.

At least for now, the Yuan family's situation has not developed to the extent that Liu Bian would give up the stability of the court and overturn the table for no reason. He prefers to take things slowly.

After all, you have to consider the future.

Speaking of which, Yuan Ji and Yuan Shao were in charge of a military department in the Northern Army and Xiyuan respectively. As long as nothing happened to Liu Bian, they would not be able to cause any trouble in the military camp.

Rather than letting them go to the local area to make two thousand stones and continue to develop disciples and old officials for the Yuan family, it is better to continue to keep them in the army.

Compared with these two people, Yuan Wei and Yuan Shu played a greater role.

However, Yuan Wei has served as Situ, and now as Taichang, he is the head of the Nine Ministers. As long as he makes no mistakes, in theory, he must be given the corresponding official treatment.

To remove him from office, Liu Bian thought about it and found only one way.

Let Yuan Wei be the Sangong again.

Liu Bian did not believe that the fire in Beigong Zhangtai Palace during his mourning period was just an accident.

But there is only one problem with this method. What if there are no natural or man-made disasters in the next year or two?

When Liu Bian thought of this, he looked at Zhang Rang who was waiting for him to speak and smiled with satisfaction.

Compared with Yuan Wei, Yuan Shu is much easier to move, but there are already Yuan Shao and Yuan Ji in the army, so it is not appropriate to arrange Yuan Shu into the army.

Putting aside the historical stereotypes, Yuan Shu's tenure in Henan Yin can be said to be conscientious and dedicated to his duties.

The anti-corruption work was done very well, and Yuan Shu was very courageous. He dared to take action against both celebrities and imperial students.

Liu Bian was a little reluctant to let him go.

……

The next day, Liu Bian indeed saw the memorial to impeach the ten permanent servants for the Beigong fire, even though the ten permanent servants had donated their family wealth... although it had not been delivered to the national treasury.

Liu Bian took out the resignation letter written by Situ Ding Palace according to the old system, and said: "I have approved the memorial letter of Situ Gong."

The three ministers present were all surprised. This was the first time that Liu Bian took the initiative to remove the three ministers due to disaster.

In the past, Liu Bian could always delay things as long as he could. In this era when celestial beings are popular, this move cannot be called clever, but it is useful at least.

Liu Bian did not want to see Confucianism continue to develop in the direction of theology, although he was the beneficiary of the myth of heaven and man's induction of imperial power.

Therefore, during this period, Sangong ushered in a period of stability.

The three ministers were surprised. They should be dismissed anyway. They generally would not oppose Liu Bian's decision.

Liu Bian said: "Taichang Yuan Gong served as Situ for two times, and I intend to make him serve as Situ for three times. It is also a good story. What do you think?"

Lu Zhi coughed twice.

In his mind, Yuan Wei was certainly qualified to be a Situ, but this reason was a bit childish.

If word gets out, I'm afraid it won't be a good story, but a joke.

In fact, Lu Zhi had long sensed Liu Bian's vigilance against the Yuan family. Of course he could see the monopoly investigation.

Seeing that Liu Bian was approving the memorial in Ding Palace, Lu Zhi suddenly understood Liu Bian's intention.

Taiwei Ma Rixi, who should have been the first to bear the brunt of the disaster, became the most stable among the three princes because of his record of affairs. Once natural and man-made disasters occur again, Fan Ling and Yuan Wei will be the first to be criticized.

Lu Zhi thought about this, and he also encountered the problem that troubled Liu Bian yesterday.

At noon, as the handling of official memorial documents came to an end, Lu Zhi did not leave as usual.

Liu Bian knew something must be wrong with Lu Zhi. When even the internal officials who recorded the monarch's words and deeds had left in a sensible manner, Lu Zhi then asked -

"How does Your Majesty plan to depose Yuan Ciyang? Which palace will be burned?"

Although Liu Bian knew that his approach might not be able to deceive others, he did not expect that he would be seen through by Lu Zhi so easily.

He tried to regain his respect but failed: "The fourth and third prince of the Yuan family...Master Lu is right."

Lu Zhi admonished: "As the Son of Heaven, Your Majesty should be upright and upright, carry great righteousness and virtue, and act in an upright and upright way. Why do you have this... idea?"

Liu Bian sighed. Faced with Lu Zhi's sincere attitude, he gave up his sophistry.

He turned around and told Guo Sheng, who had returned to Yuntai Hall on duty: "Go and get Master Cai's newly compiled "Han Ji"."

After Liu Bian got the transcript of "Han Ji", he quickly showed his reasons to Lu Zhi.

"In the first month of the fourth year of Emperor Huan's reign in Yanxi, the Jiade Hall and the Bing Department in the Nangong were on fire one after another. In the second month of Renchen, the arsenal caught fire. In May, an alien star appeared, and on Dingmao, the original tomb of Emperor Guangwu was on fire. In the first month of the fifth year of the Yanxi reign, the Bing Department in the Nangong was on fire. There was a fire, the east palace of Emperor An's Gongling Mausoleum was on fire, and the Hu Ben Ye Gate was on fire."

In the end, Emperor Huan failed to withstand the pressure and gave up the protection of the "Five Marquises" who had made great contributions to him.

Of course, Wuhou and his descendants are not innocent in this matter.

"Does Master Lu think these fires are warnings from heaven? Or is there someone who is pretending to be warnings from heaven?" Liu Bian handed the "Han Ji" in his hand to Lu Zhi, "I thought reading history can tell the pros and cons. When I heard about the fire in the Beigong, I That was the first thing that came to mind.”

Lu Zhi sighed: "Your Majesty knows how to use history to understand gains and losses, how come you don't know how to use people to understand right and wrong?"

Liu Bian knew that he was wrong and asked tentatively: "The edict appointing Mr. Yuan as Situ is already being prepared. Do we want to recover it?"

Lu Zhi shook his head: "Your Majesty has already made a decision, how can he change it overnight?"

"That……"

Lu Zhi sighed again: "This is just an example! And your Majesty must not be in a hurry."

(End of this chapter)