I, Liu Bian, Sanxing Han Dynasty

Chapter 80 Cao and his son

Cao Song has been doing nothing recently. After being dismissed, he was not able to seamlessly transition to the next official position like Zhang Wen, but was directly unemployed.

When the road was clear, a message came from his hometown, Peiguoqiao County, saying that the damage was not serious and there was no need to worry. He no longer considered returning to his hometown and actively worked for his own recovery.

Regardless of whether there is a natural or man-made disaster, San Gong will be deposed at any time, but San Gong is not a mascot specially used to quell disasters.

Although after Guangwu, the initiative decision-making power of the three princes was largely deprived by the chancellery and the emperor, their ability to do things was not restricted. And because one prince governs three ministers, his ability to handle "matters" is further strengthened.

Cao Song had been Sikong for more than a year, but before he could fully appreciate the beauty of the Three Lords, he suddenly fell from the clouds and didn't even have an official position to take over.

There is inevitably a gap in my heart.

On this day, Cao Song sneakily approached Cao Cao and asked, "Have you paid attention to the recent public discussions in Kyoto?"

Cao Cao was studying at home, borrowing a collection of books from his old friend Cai Yong. He was reading carefully when he heard this and raised his head: "This is just Chen Yi's business. Father, please don't interfere."

Cao Song immediately blew his beard. This son didn't sound like a son, but more like an father.

He immediately said: "Whenever you become the Third Duke, you can teach me a lesson as a father!"

Cao Cao immediately retorted: "Now my family can't raise 100 million yuan to send me as the Third Duke. Fortunately, my father bought Sikong instead of Taiwei. Otherwise, he would have been dismissed due to disaster in two or three months." "

Don’t blame Cao Cao for talking like this, it’s really hard for Cao Song to listen!

Before Cao Song could get angry, Cao Cao asked again, "Has He Boqiu come to see my father again?"

Seeing Cao Song nodding, Cao Cao first carefully put away the borrowed books, and then asked seriously: "What does He Boqiu want my father to do this time?"

He Boqiu was He Yong. He had a wide circle of friends. After the party's imprisonment was lifted, he was recruited as the governor of Sikong Prefecture. Later, he became the chief historian of Sikong Prefecture. He was moved to the middle position of the Northern Army and was in charge of the fifth battalion of the Northern Army. He had always had contacts with Cao Song.

Cao Song said: "Your Majesty ordered the imperial officer to publicly interrogate Chen Yi in the busy city. This move would inevitably humiliate Duke Zhong Ju. Now that the imperial officer is not in the court, Ding Gong and Fan Ling do not dare to disobey your majesty. Boqiu intends to unite the scholars of the court and the public. I wrote a letter asking Your Majesty to take back the order.

Officials did not mention it in their letters. Those who are in the opposition should write letters on the bus. I was once the Third Duke, so I should be the leader and invite the students of the Imperial University and others to write letters to express their opinions. "

Speaking of this, Cao Song was very excited. He told Cao Cao: "If this happens, my family will be a model for scholars!"

Cao Cao was not as excited as Cao Song at all: "I don't know if I can become a model scholar, but now my father can pack his bags. After getting on the bus to write the letter, my father and son will take Yuan and let them go back to their hometown to farm. Go!"

"Why did Ah Man say this? You are now at the beginning of your official career, so why do you want to resign and return to your hometown?"

Cao Cao sighed: "Father, let me ask you, what is the reputation of Tingwei Yangxu? Will he frame Chen Yi?"

"Yang Xu has a clear name and was once imprisoned by the party. How could he make false accusations?"

"Yang Xu stated in the official document that Chen Yi was treasonous, which shows that the evidence is conclusive and there is no room for doubt. My father will not object to this."

Cao Song nodded. After the results of Yang Xu's trial came out, most people were actually well aware of the fact that Wang Fen and Chen Yi had rebelled.

"Since Tingwei's official document is enough to inform the world, why bother to hold a public trial in a busy city?"

Cao Song immediately said: "It must be the ten constant servants who deceived Your Majesty."

"Father, don't forget, no eunuchs were involved in the court trial of Wang Fen and Chen Yi for their rebellion."

After hearing this, Cao Song immediately stood up to leave. Cao Cao saw this and asked where he was going.

Cao Song only said the next sentence - "Go to Boqiu and cross out my name. If you are late, it will be too late!"

Cao Cao sighed again, his own son, there is nothing he can do.     Continued to read the book again.

The Qingliu he admired did not include rebellious officials and traitors like Wang Fen and Chen Yi.

Tingwei Yangxu also had the same idea.

Yangxu had been conquered by Dou Wu and had always admired Chen Fan. At first, he did not believe in Wang Fen and Chen Yi's rebellion.

But as pieces of evidence were put in front of him, and faced with the truth, he could only angrily question Chen Yi: "Zhong Jugong is not afraid of force, dares to directly remonstrate, and is loyal to the country. It is well known to the world. In order to protect Qi You were exiled, several families were implicated and confiscated, and now you are committing rebellion, are you worthy of Zhong Ju Gong? Are you worthy of these people who have sacrificed their lives for you?"

When questioned, Chen Yi refused to answer and only wanted to die quickly.

Although Emperor Ling did not send eunuchs to intervene, he did send people to supervise whether Yangxu would bend the law for personal gain for Chen Yi. Even if Yangxu was willing to seek personal gain, it would be difficult to do so.

What's more, he is not willing to show favoritism at all.

But even so, Yang Xu still didn't want Chen Yi to be tried in a busy city.

He understood very well that the deepest imprint on Chen Yi was that he was the son of former Taiwei Chen Fan.

He also wrote a letter stating: "Chen Yi has been convicted and another trial is unnecessary."

Although Lu Zhi, as Shangshu Ling, did not express his attitude clearly, he also placed Yang Xu's memorial at the top of the memorials that Liu Bian wanted to review.

Liu Bian knew very well that there would be no change in the pattern of Han emperors and scholars co-ruling the world now and for a long time to come.

In this era when paper has not yet become popular, knowledge is monopolized in the hands of a few people. Ordinary people have neither the channels nor the capital to access classics. Even if they are from a poor family, they are by no means comparable to those in Guizhou.

Since scholars must be used, they must be used by themselves.

However, the current trend in the Han public opinion field is still a legacy of the "Three Monarchs" in the era of Dou Wu and Chen Fan, including He Jin's bent on getting rid of the eunuchs, which are all manifestations of this trend.

This is something Liu Bian absolutely does not want to see.

It has been a long time since Yang Zhen's incident, but it was only twenty years since Chen Fan was killed, and many people regard him as a spiritual leader.

Therefore, it is imperative to suppress Chen Fan's reputation.

Moreover, he did not want to see Tai students unite together again to select various titles in private.

However, this time Lu Zhi's hint also reminded Liu Bian, so Liu Bian ordered people to invite Lu Zhi and prepared to have a frank chat with him.

When Lu Zhi came over, he turned away the people serving around him.

Zhang Rang was stunned for a moment, but finally led the people out of the palace.

Liu Bian asked straight to the point: "Master Lu, I'm a little confused. When Zhongju Gong and others planned to get rid of the eunuchs, in Zhongju Gong's mind, should all the eunuchs be killed?"

Although Lu Zhi didn't understand why Liu Bian asked this question, he still answered happily: "That's not the case. For example, the eunuch Dongguan devoted himself to writing books and had no crime. How could he be executed for nothing!"

Liu Bianke remembered that in history, when Yuan Shu and others killed eunuchs, they did not care whether they were guilty or not. They even killed eunuchs accidentally, and some even needed to reveal their bodies to prove their identities before they were killed.

(End of this chapter)