I, Liu Bian, Sanxing Han Dynasty

Chapter 296 Fish and Bear’s Paw
"Mr. Yang, there is no need to be polite. Please sit down first."

In Yuntai Hall, Liu Bian was summoning Yang Biao.

Yang Biao was a little puzzled. Logically speaking, everything that should be explained had been explained, and he had never heard of any other ministers who upheld integrity and had been summoned by the emperor.

That's right, he will be ordered to go to Kanto holding the festival, and the Emperor's Festival in his hand represents the power of life and death in his hands.

This was decided years ago under the leadership of the emperor and with the support of Taifu Lu Zhi and others. It was also the source of Yang Biao's worries throughout the holiday - to what extent he should use the power given him.

The young Yang Xiu did not give a perfect answer in the end, leaving only the emotion that "you can't have your cake and eat it too." No matter what choice he makes, there will be adverse consequences, and Yang Biao still doesn't have a definite answer in his heart.

"Speaking of which, Mr. Yang is an important minister left to me by my father, but I suddenly thought recently that I have not communicated much with Mr. Yang in recent years."

When Yang Biao heard Liu Bian speak, he immediately replied: "Your Majesty is surrounded by capable ministers and officials, and only one minister is not enough to compare."

"Mr. Yang does not need to be too modest." Liu Bian said with a smile, "Mr. Yang does not know that when we first discussed this matter last year, when talking about the most suitable minister to uphold integrity, the first person recommended by the Taifu and the Taiwei was Mr. Yang. ”

Yang Biao's heart tightened. Is the emperor warning them about their personal relationship?
"I am ashamed of myself." Yang Biao said, if the emperor used this to cancel his qualification to go to Guandong, he would be happy to accept it.

Yang Biao did not have the ambition of becoming a scholar leader like Yuan Wei. All he wanted was not to lose the reputation of his ancestors and fathers and to continue the family.

Based on this idea, Yang Biao tends to compromise.

Yang Biao wanted to be a centrist who stood upright and was not involved in party disputes, but his personality was different from Yuan Pang who could do this. In addition to compromising, the education he received and the words and deeds of his ancestors made him unable to understand some things. Ignore it.

This can be seen from Yang Biao's repeated support for Yuan Wei at that court meeting.

In fact, like Yang Biao, Ma Rixi also has a compromising side. It's just that over time, he was influenced by Liu Bian to compromise in the direction Liu Bian wanted.

Yang Biao continued to listen to Liu Bian's words with suspicion in his heart.

"I noticed that Mr. Yang looked very tired, but he didn't get a good rest at home during the holidays?"

Yang Biao became more and more firm in his judgment. He was determined to give in, but then he thought that if he bowed his head and resigned because of these words, wouldn't he be admitting the suspicion of private favors? Even the friendship between gentlemen will be stigmatized.

Therefore, if the emperor wants to replace someone, he will accept it calmly and let him resign himself, which is absolutely impossible.

Yang Biao, who had figured it out, promised: "Your Majesty, don't worry. Although I have been feeling unwell in recent days, it is not related to anything serious."

"I really can't bear the fact that Mr. Yang is so busy with state affairs!"

Hearing Liu Bian's words, there was a villain in Yang Biao's heart shouting - yes, that's it, the reason is already there, just keep saying it!
"In this way, I will ask Hua Yuanhua to send a disciple to go with Duke Yang. In this way, I can safely let Duke Yang go east."

Yang Biao:?
Shouldn't the normal procedure be to keep the veteran in Luoyang in the name of caring for his health?

Although the result was different from what he expected, Yang Biao still had to express his gratitude with emotion.

Seeing Yang Biao performing a scene in front of him, "He has to thank us," Liu Bian changed the topic again.

"It's interesting to say that yesterday King Chenliu read what Mencius said about the fish and the bear's paw, and asked me why he couldn't have both. I didn't know how to answer for a moment. How can Mr. Yang teach me about the origins of his family's education?"

Yang Biao's excitement spread from his tail bone to Tianling Gai. How did His Majesty know about his conversation with Yang Xiu?

Fortunately, Yang Biao was well-educated and did not show the fear in his heart. Instead, he thought that this statement might be a coincidence, but why would the emperor ask such a question?
He was just thinking about how to answer when he listened to Liu Bian speak again.

"You can't have both, fish and bear's paws. Is Mr. Yang willing to give up the fish and take the bear's paws?"

Yang Biao immediately understood that the emperor definitely meant something!
The conversation between him and Yang Xiu was leaked, and he first thought of Yang Xiu. This bastard in his family always relied on his intelligence to keep his mouth shut.

But he came back to his senses in just one thought. How to deal with it now was the key.

Yang Biao said categorically: "I have been taught by my father since I was a child. Wherever the Tao is, even if there are thousands of people, I will go there!"

Liu Bian said: "In this case, the two states of Jizhou and Qingzhou are entrusted to Yang Gong! With Han Gong and Ying Jun as the governors of the two states, and Yang Gong here, I have nothing to worry about."

Looking at Yang Biao's back, Liu Bian told Guo Sheng, "Go and ask your servant Huang Gong to come here!"

For Liu Bian, during this year's inspection of officialdom, the situations in the thirteen states were different.

First of all, the four southern states each have generals in charge, while Liangzhou, one of the northern border states, needs to maintain stability. Both Bingzhou and Youzhou have to face the continued harassment of Xianbei who cannot survive outside the Great Wall, so it is not appropriate to engage in a large-scale war.

Sili was managed by Liu Bian as the basic base, radiating from Luoyang to the surrounding areas, and Sanfu also had traces of the two later batches of imperial college officials.

Therefore, the focus is on the five states of Yuzhou, Yanzhou, Jizhou, Qingzhou, and Xuzhou located in Guandong.

In China, which is still gradually developing in the south, these five states are the essence of the Han family, accounting for nearly half of the country's population.

However, the combined area of ​​the five prefectures is only roughly equivalent to the two prefectures of Jingyang.

Even though these areas are far more developed than in the south, with more acres of land cultivated, and have experienced population reductions caused by the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the contradiction between man and land is still acute.

If you want to suppress the wealthy families in Kanto, you need high-ranking officials and scholars who can surpass them in terms of reputation, qualifications and knowledge.

There are not many people in the DPRK who meet this requirement and can be won over by Liu Bian. Yang Biao is the most representative person.

He needed important ministers and great scholars to sit in place and suppress the most vocal scholar groups.

Historically, in the face of the Kwantung Allied Forces, Dong Zhuo once sent Jiu Qing and other high-ranking officials as envoys to persuade the Kwantung princes to withdraw their troops. The members included Han Rong, Hu Wuban, Yin Xiu, Wu Xun, and Wang Gui. The lowest official position was Yueqi Xiaowei. However, in the end, many of them were killed by Wang Kuang under the instruction of Yuan Shao, including those killed by Yuan Shu. Only Han Rong, who had enough fame and knowledge, was spared.

No one wants to bear the crime of killing Han Rong.

The influence of famous scholars and great scholars is evident.

Yang Biao and Huang Wan both had such influence.

Compared with Yang Biao, Huang Wan, who was born in the Communist Party, has a much tougher style.

When he was serving as a general with five sense organs, he was dissatisfied with the fact that the three departments used to select officials had become chaotic due to the increase in the number of children of powerful people. At that time, the children of the powerful and rich were mostly promoted through personnel affairs, while those who were poor and kept their ambitions retired in poverty. The capital's official said: "If you can't get what you want, you will be rich and talented."

(End of this chapter)