I, Liu Bian, Sanxing Han Dynasty

Chapter 305 Everyone is anxious

"That's a good question! I don't know either." Zhong Shao said.

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"He doesn't expect me to write a letter to impeach him, does he?" Zhong Ji complained.

This sentence seemed to give Zhong Shao a guiding light, and he said: "It's not necessarily true."

"Think about it, you and I are aware of Sinong Qing's reputation in the court. Without his support, how could Li Ru mobilize such a large number of Sinong's subordinates at once? And Sinong Qing is willing to support Li Ru... It’s suspicious in itself.”

Zhong Shao thought about it again and again and said, "My father is not here, so we can't make the decision without permission. We still have to keep a low profile."

Although Zhong Ji felt that Yuan Pang's attitude was worthy of attention, he did not want them to shy away. He continued to complain: "Is it possible that we have suffered a loss and have to write a letter to apologize?"

These words fell into Zhong Shao's ears, and his eyes lit up again. He praised Zhong Ji and said, "You are right. I will go back and write a memorial to apologize to Your Majesty. The servants at home are ignorant and have been promoted without telling us." Food prices, we will accept the punishment voluntarily!”

Having said this, Zhong Shao simply stood up and was about to go back to the study to write. After taking two steps, he turned back and emphasized: "You should act like you don't know anything about today's matter."

Zhongji was left frowning, thinking about the meaning of Zhongshao's words.

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That night, Yuan Pang stayed at Da Sinong Mansion, which was not unusual for him.

At this time, he was listening to the report from one of his subordinate officials, who was talking about Li Ru's actions during the day.

In Yuan Pang's mind, Li Ru was still too impatient, his thoughts were undisguised, and his methods were crude.

Some are not worthy of his background as a doctor of Taixue.

The only source of support is the Holy Family, but how can we only rely on the Holy Family for a long time?
It was a pity that his son Yuan Huan was ordered to go to Yanzhou, otherwise he would have to use Li Ru's behavior to teach his son. Of course, it is as a counterexample that cannot be followed.

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The next day, the Shangshutai, which was originally busy due to the five states of Guandong, became even busier.

Guo Jia held a stack of about seven or eight memorials and put them together. These were all for the impeachment of Li Ru. Next to these memorials, there were two stacks.

Sighing, the work at Shangshutai was far more boring than Guo Jia imagined. As a minister, although he was not only responsible for copying work like his subordinate Ling Shi, he had the opportunity to express his own political opinions, but he was a low-key person. Compared with the minister, he was still far behind.

But I have to continue working in the official position I chose, even if my back aches.

Thinking of this, Guo Jia took the time to stare at Xun Yu, who was also busy, with a bit of resentment. He thought maliciously that Xun Yu wanted him to be a minister, maybe because he saw that he was free and wanted to accompany him. He suffers together.

As soon as this thought passed by, Guo Jia continued to immerse himself in the piles of memorials and official documents on the desk. Soon, a memorial attracted his attention.

It comes from the apology letter of Jinwu Chengzhong Shao.

He first put the memorial together with the memorial to impeach Li Ru. After thinking about it, he got up and handed the memorial to Zhou Ai, the Minister of Civil Affairs who was mainly responsible for official submissions.

Zhou Ao still recognized Guo Jia's ability, so when faced with the memorial handed over by Guo Jia, he immediately chose to watch it. Then he kept this memorial, obviously recognizing Guo Jia's judgment that this memorial was better than those who impeached Li Ru.

After several twists and turns, Zhong Shao's memorial and several representative memorials impeaching Li Ru appeared in front of Liu Bian.

This was accompanied by the suggestion from the Chancellor's Desk - there should be punishment for those who committed crimes, but Li Ru's method of direct seizure was suspected of being an excessive punishment, and Da Sinong's infringement of the courtiers' property was really not something worth encouraging.

Faced with this, Liu Bian did not want to stop Li Ru immediately. He was not in such a hurry.

However, he had to make sure that Li Ru had a plan and was not acting in a hurry after hearing his message yesterday.

If it was the latter, then Liu Bian would have no choice but to abandon him.

"It's said that Xun You came to see me."

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"General Huangfu, during this rectification, all the county and county officials are miserable, and their resentment is either upward or downward. Now Yanzhou has a large army stationed in it, and it seems stable just now, but can the army stay here forever? And the officials have grievances. In the end, it is the people who bear the grievances!”

"Why did Song let me be called a general? Wouldn't that be a disgrace to me? Just call me a true man."

With Huangfusong's status at this time, there were only a handful of people who could be treated like this by Huangfusong. There was one person from Shanyang County in Yanzhou who was standing in front of Huangfusong - Zhang Jian.

Although there are weak voices criticizing Zhang Jian for injuring too many virtuous people on his way to escape, under the influence of the common values ​​of the Han people, people are more praising the scholars who would rather die than surrender in the face of threats represented by "watching the door and lodging". Character, as the protagonist of the story, Zhang Jian is of course a famous person.

As early as when the party's imprisonment had just been lifted, General He Jin and the three princes at the time jointly recommended Zhang Jian. He started as a Shaofu, one of the Nine Qings, and his fame and influence are evident.

However, after being imprisoned by the party, Zhang Jian had no intention of becoming an official and returned to his hometown of Jiaohua Township.

Zhang Jian was already seventy-seven, and he was past the age of being polite to others. He saw that Huangfu Song spoke sincerely and followed the good deeds.

"Yi Zhengui is a chariot and cavalry general. With this important responsibility, it is appropriate to explain the situation of the people to the emperor. Governance should be like that of Wen Jing, with laxity as the most important thing."

Hearing this, even if it was Zhang Jian across from him, Huangfu Song still emphasized: "In the Wenjing period, Huang and Lao's techniques were practiced. Moreover, today is different from the past, and the situation among the people has changed from the past. How can governance remain unchanged? In the past, some generals, such as Zhang Wu, were bribed and given money by Emperor Xiaowen, which made corruption prevalent. What should we do now?

From Empress Lu to Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty, the country was governed according to the way of Huang and Lao, which means doing nothing without doing anything. Simply put, Huang Lao is the combination of Tao and Dharma. In Huang Lao's understanding, the emperor sets the rules and regulations, and then he can become invisible and issue as few decrees as possible. The ministers and the people stayed still as long as they could, so that the people could rest and recuperate.

However, all policies should be combined with reality. Huang-Lao's way brought about great governance, but it also caused problems such as officials easily getting bigger because they stayed in the local area for a long time, and the enforcement of laws was not strict.

Because he had experienced many hardships, Zhang Jian's political views became more conservative, and he opposed any major moves by the court that affected the people.

Facing Huangfu Song's question, Zhang Jian pointed to the sword on Huangfu Song's waist and replied: "It's nothing more than swords facing each other, just like a general leading troops to guard this place."

"However, has Yizhen ever thought that the act of leading the troops today is an act of treating the ministers as thieves and bandits? Is this the change that Yizhen wants?"

Huangfu Song shook his head and said: "The so-called kindness and punishment come from above. Now your Majesty sends envoys to inspect the place. Evil officials should be punished, and good officials should be rewarded. It is precisely because he regards evil officials as thieves and bandits and good officials as brothers and sisters!"

(End of this chapter)