I, Liu Bian, Sanxing Han Dynasty

Chapter 266 Er Dong and Li Ru

At a time when various plans were in full swing, Luoyang was also bustling because the emperor was about to appear at Taixue to watch the Taixue discussion.

This time is different from the last time when Grand Tutor Lu Zhi lectured at Taixue.

The last time the emperor went, there were no courtiers other than Lu Zhi accompanying him. The only remaining participants were doctors and students from Taixue.

But this time, it was openly allowed for the courtiers and the officials in Beijing to share the Confucianism and Confucianism, which has been controversial recently.

The emperor, on the other hand, has to sit high on the stage as a referee.

In other words, this was an opportunity to speak out directly before the emperor.

At first, Xun Shuang and others had lived in the countryside for a long time and had not been recruited for a long time. However, after the new emperor came to the throne, he accepted the official bus without hesitation and became a doctor. I don't know how many people behind his back laughed at him for not being able to protect himself in his later years. But to this day, some of the people who once laughed at them have no envy in their hearts.

In the past, Emperor Xian launched a large-scale party control, ignored the existing problems in the world, and allowed the eunuchs' children to cause trouble to the local area. Moral people see no hope in the government. If they don't want to suffer real disasters for the sake of a false reputation, and they don't want to be complicit, then they have to refuse to become officials.

Even if Emperor Xian realizes the problem after Zhongping, there are signs of awakening, but the emperor will change at his will, who knows he will not fall back to his old ways.

It should be noted that just one year before Liu Bian entered the palace, Zhang Yan, who had been the Taiwei Zhang Liang, had a long-standing conflict with the eunuchs and was imprisoned and died.

As for this dynasty, even Zhou Zhong, who was deposed a few months ago, can only sincerely express his gratitude to the emperor for his kindness to the outside world. Otherwise, it is not impossible to put him to death based on his son's secret connections.

Although there are some debatable behaviors and decisions today, they are always enterprising and always show some kindness to famous people - He Yong, Zheng Tai and others are also living well.

These influences are obvious, that is, more and more famous people come to Beijing to study or make friends, and there are also more famous people who are willing to accept the conquest.

Being able to be conquered by the government is naturally better than being conquered by states and counties, and the best way to become an official is to be conquered by the emperor himself.

If you want to debate in front of the emperor, you must have supporters and opponents. Each side has its arguments and its final conclusion.

We can't make a mess in front of the emperor when the time comes. What if another person without a king or a father sneaks in...

Therefore, the candidates who can appear in front of Liu Bian for debate must be decided before the Taixue debate begins.

This matter was led by the Shangshutai and jointly implemented by the Sangong Mansion.

As for the main supporters of the equal loss method, although Cao Song did not come back, there were actually many supporters of the equal loss method among the court officials.

The scholar-bureaucrats had one position when they were in the opposition, another position when they were local officials, and another position when they were central court officials.

No promising and ambitious courtier wants to see local counties disobeying control. Even if the courtiers have selfish motives in this regard, there is always some tacit understanding in sitting in this position.

Besides, Cao Songjun's income from losing the law was all used to supply military expenses. The lieutenant is in charge of military affairs, the general and the hussar general are in charge of conquests. As the highest officers of the army, how can the three parties just sit idly by and watch?

Ma Rixi was a master of Confucian classics, and even if He Miao and Dong Zhong could not participate in the debate, they should have sent their own long history officials to take action.

When you hold the official position of Wan Shi, you should do what this official position should do.

Therefore, these three people must send people, and Ma Rixi not only needs to send people, but he may also have to go on stage to say a few words.

Among the three, the most anxious one was Dong Chong. For Dong Zhong, he had long understood that the emperor kept him as a hussar general mainly for the sake of the Empress Dowager.

Whether it is political or military affairs, he, the hussar general, has no way to get involved. It is the most important means of winning over people as the general of the Kaifu - recruiting government officials and recommending talented people, placing them on Dong Chong, and recruiting him. There was no problem in the mansion, but most of the talented people he recommended to the Secretariat did not recognize him, although these talented people themselves also had some crotches.

After being scolded by Yuan Wei in a public letter that day, Dong Chong simply gave up and only appeared on occasions where he should appear. Anyway, someone was in charge of the most critical part in his hands.

But if everything goes badly, you have to get by in order to save face.

Dong Zhong originally just wanted to watch the show. After all, Dong Zhong knew the level of the rotten fish and shrimps in his general's palace. He usually flattered and waved flags, which was fine. But if he really wanted to fight with others, he would be afraid. Others will be confused if they quote two more quotes from the classics.

Fortunately, his house is not full of rubbish after all, and there is still someone who can give him some advice - in Taixue, there are doctors who teach classics every day, and there should be no problem with their eloquence. Find someone who is not so pedantic to be the leader, and there are a few more The eloquent Fu Peng was behind him to help him, and he could always speak reasonably without saying anything brilliant.

With this in mind, Dong Chong came to Taixue.

I haven't found any doctor yet, but I met an acquaintance of mine.

"How did Zhongying end up in Taixue?"

It was Dong Zhuo, the former Shangguan of Dong Chong's younger brother Dong Cheng.

With Dong Cheng here and Dong Zhuo deliberately complimenting and making friends, the relationship between the two is not bad.

"Greetings to General Hussar, Zhuo is here to meet and reminisce with his friends." Dong Zhuo bowed respectfully, completely unlike those party members such as Yang Xu and Huang Wan who treated Dong Zhong with unpretentious remarks.

Next to him, a man dressed as a Confucian scholar also followed Dong Chong in bowing his hands and claiming to be Li Ru, a doctor of Taixue.

Dong Chong looked at Li Ru and suddenly had an idea and asked, "Does Zhong Ying also plan to find a doctor from Taixue to participate in the discussion of Taixue?"

But he had the idea of ​​taking advantage of the situation.

Dong Zhuo is a good person. Thinking of the hotly discussed topics in Luoyang recently, I don't understand what Dong Zhong means.

He immediately said: "Zhuo has no intention of participating, but he is a literary scholar. He has always had opinions and supports the continued implementation of the Junshu method, but he can't find a way."

Dong Chong saw such a coincidence in the world and said quickly: "The person I am looking for is exactly such a person!"

After all, he didn't care whether Li Ru wanted it or not. Thinking of the questions that his government officials had put together to test candidates for the school, he immediately asked Li Ru.

Li Ru was nearly sixty years old. Of course he was not willing to be just a doctor. He didn't care about Dong Chong's rudeness and answered them one by one. It is true to show something in front of the emperor.

Fortunately, it was Li Ru who wanted to make progress, otherwise some doctors with integrity would have walked away when they saw Dong Zhong doing this, even a hussar general.

After Dong Chong asked, he was immediately satisfied and decided on the spot to let Li Ru participate in the Taixue discussion on his behalf.

Upon hearing this, Li Ru immediately paid homage to Dong Chong again and said, "Ru will live up to the general's trust!"

Dong Zhong had something on his mind, and while he was relaxed, he chatted with Dong Zhuo and Li Ru for a long time. The latter two greeted them in a tacit understanding, until it got dark, and Dong Chong left happily.

(End of this chapter)