A thousand-year-old family that began with the Battle of Makino

Chapter 242 Defeated and took office

As the power of the Bai clan was weakened, the Confucian officials fell into a disadvantage.

The eunuchs did not get any benefits, but the foreign relatives got real benefits. However, the foreign relatives formed a political alliance with the eunuchs, so when the Confucian officials were weak, the eunuchs made a comeback with the help of their relatives, even better than before. The momentum became more intense.
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"Mr. Bai, now eunuchs are doing their best, and Shi Gao and other relatives are colluding with them. The administration of officials is corrupt. Whether you are promoted or not depends on how much money you pay. As a result, good officials and capable ministers cannot do what they want. Corrupt officials are rampant and the world is suffering for a long time. That’s it.

The year before last, Zhang Meng, the official of Guanglu, Jingfang, the prefect of Baijun, Chen Xian, the imperial censor, Jia Zhizhi who was waiting for the imperial edict, and other ministers, issued secret reports to expose what Shi Xian and others had done. However, His Majesty was seriously ill, and all government affairs depended on Shi Xian. hand.

At Shi Xian's suggestion, Jing Taishou and Jia Ganzhi were abandoned, Doctor Zhang committed suicide in the bus station, and Chen Xian was found guilty, had his hair shaved, and served the sentence of Cheng Dan.

How long can this big man hang high in the sky? "

Chaoge, Baifu.

At this time, three years have passed since Bai Du was dismissed.

In three years, Zhongshu ordered Shi Xian to build a huge network of influence. In addition, because the Han emperor had been immersed in wine and sex for a long time, his health was deteriorating and he would get sick from time to time. Therefore, many government affairs were handed over to Shi Xian. deal with.

So Shi Xian concealed it from the Han emperor, internally colluding with Zhongshu Pu Shelaoliang, externally wooing Changxin Shaofu Wulu Chongzong and others, and agreed to become a party.

Shi Gao and other relatives were wary of Shi Xian's strength, and since the Huo family took over power, it was sensitive for their relatives to interfere in government affairs, so they did not want to interfere. As a result, the Confucian officials were suppressed and could not hold their heads high.

Even the prince Bai Gong and the imperial censor Zhongcheng Bai Ke were sent down by Shi Xian and went to Shu County to serve as the prefect, which was almost equivalent to exile. The three princes and nine ministers, such as Prime Minister Kuang Heng and the imperial censor Gong Yu, were either attached to the eunuch party or were attached to the eunuch party. As a result, the Confucian officials were leaderless. The ministers and officials below the Duke were very afraid of Shi Xian and did not dare to act rashly.

The murder of Zhang Meng, Jing Fang and others three years ago further demonstrated Shi Xian's confidence.

Bai Du looked at the crying Zhang Lei and felt helpless.

"Zizhong, it's not that I don't take action, it's really that I can't take action. My Bai family's power in the court has been completely weakened. If I take action again, I will have to use force. We haven't reached the point of using force yet."

"Mr. Bai, are you just going to watch the world fall into turmoil?"

"Zizhong, you have to understand that according to my responsibilities, I am Bai Gong. I only need to be responsible to the people of Bai Kingdom, not to the people of the world. Now that the people's surname is Liu, there is no way to overthrow one's life. If the world really It's hopelessly corrupted, and I don't need your reminder. I, the Bai family, will take action on my own.

Do you know that if you take action at the wrong time, you will not only waste your own strength in vain, but also plunge the world into turmoil in advance. By that time, I will not be able to bear such karma. "

Zhang Lei knew that if he relied on Bai, he might not be able to avenge his father, so he had no choice but to bow and retreat with tears in his eyes.

After Zhang Lei left, Gongsun Bai Guan asked Bai Du, who was sighing:

"Grandpa, are we really not going to take action? Are we going to let Shi Xian, a scumbag, dictate what's going on in the court? This doesn't seem to be in line with my Bai family's principles."

"Guan'er, we have already taken action once. That time we forced the palace, just to deal with Hong Gong and Shi Xian at once, but we only killed Hong Gong, so the eunuchs were not cleared away. What does this mean? This is destiny. By not allowing Shi Xian to die, Heaven wanted the Han Dynasty to fall into turmoil.

This is destiny. Later, I offered a strategy to rectify the government and tried to use it to find evidence of Shi Xian's corruption. However, he was not found yet, and it actually fell into the hands of Mr. Xu. If I, Mr. Bai, had not withheld part of it. By destiny, I, the Bai family, have long followed in the footsteps of the Lu family, the Wei family, and the Huo family.

How could we escape unscathed? The divine seal helped us block the emperor's wrath, and the power in the court was damaged because we consumed the destiny and showed a specific manifestation. "

"I see." The theory of destiny has always been circulated in the clan, but he knows very little about destiny. Now Bai Guan has a deeper understanding of it.

Seeing Bai Guan listening carefully, Bai Du continued to teach.

"I, the Bai family, have my own mission for the one who escaped. If we waste our strength wantonly at the wrong time, not only will the world fall into turmoil in advance, but the impact it will cause cannot be stopped by us, the Bai family. of.

After all, destiny now lies with Liu, not Bai.

It is our destiny to be able to save the White Kingdom and the people within our ability. The more we die, the more we die, but we will be stabbed in the back.

Nowadays, people call me the Bai family as the Ya family in the world, which is the clan second only to the Liu family. Do you know the meaning? "

Bai Guan thought for a moment and said: "My grandson remembered that Yizu said: 'If you want to wear Jiuyi, you must bear its weight.' People in the world call us the Ya family of the world, which requires us to bear the responsibility of being second only to the Liu family in the world." "

Bai Du looked at him with relief. No wonder his father took him with him to teach him before his death. Now that the world has seen the first signs of chaos, perhaps he is the Duke Guangxin who saved the Bai family from collapse.

"So our vision cannot just be limited to the court, we must look at the whole world. Although the court has become so corrupt now, it is not completely hopeless. And the person who is good at power and chaos is just an eunuch. All his power is From the emperor, I heard that His Majesty is in poor health and may not have much time left.

But as long as the new king comes to power, Shi Xian will definitely lose power, and the chaos in the court may be swept away, so there is no need to be so pessimistic. And when we look at the place, the strength of the vassal states goes without saying. Empress Wu no longer has the capital to cause rebellion.

The local officialdom was not corrupt, but was declining. The Liu family's power in the local area was getting lower and lower, and it would not fall into the situation of uprisings in various places and the struggle for hegemony in the late Qin Dynasty. "

With Bai Du's analysis, Bai Guan's eyes became brighter and brighter, and he felt that his vision had reached a height he had never reached before.

"Looking at it this way, if Huo Guang and others from the Liu family or people loyal to the Liu family did not appear again, the Han Dynasty would be in chaos within fifty years." Bai Du became even more satisfied with Bai Guan's intelligence.

"Da Shan, it seems that you already have a certain view on the world and my Bai family."

Bai Guan said respectfully: "If my great-grandfather and grandfather hadn't worked tirelessly to teach my grandson by his side, how could his grandson know so much?"

"Since you understand so many truths, you should understand that talking on paper is not advisable. You have to experience it yourself to have a deeper understanding. Now that you are in your thirties, it's time to go out for a walk."

"Please ask grandpa to make arrangements."

Bai Du thought for a while: "First, your great-grandfather arranged for you to investigate the situation at the bottom of Bai Country. I think you should have gained something. However, Bai Country is still under the governance of my Bai family, and it is still different from other places.

As for the difference, I think it’s up to you to experience it yourself. In this way, I think you will become a county magistrate and take a good look at what the world is like now. You can also do a good investigation for me and let me know more in detail. "

"Yes, the grandson listens to his grandfather."

Bai Du took out the map of the Han Dynasty from the study. It was the extremely detailed copy of the map of the Han Dynasty that was stored in the Shiqu Pavilion of the Han Dynasty. Obtaining such a map was not difficult for the Bai family, who was the Ya clan in the world.

Looking at the densely packed prefectures, counties and vassal states in the world, Baidu first excluded the north and the south because those places were too far away from the center and there was no point in going there to investigate.

Exclude Guanzhong first, because the Liu family in Guanzhong is too powerful and it is difficult for the Bai family to provide help, and it is too close to the center, so it is not the best place for research. Looking at Qidi again, this side is good and prosperous enough, but because of its prosperity, it is less affected by the central government.

Looking at the middle part again, Yingchuan County is a good place to go, but there are too many aristocratic families in that place. Even if Bai Guan is smart enough, he will inevitably fall into a struggle between them.

It’s finalized.

"Guan'er, go to Nanyang County. In recent years, there have been reports of bandits raging in Nanyang. I guess there are some problems. It's just a good time for you to go and have a look. And it's not far from Guanzhong. You can also receive news in Guan in time. , it’s a good place to gain experience. As for the specific county, I don’t care.”

"Yes."

After being recommended by Hanoi County, Bai Guan's name was sent to Chang'an, and then through the Bai family's arrangements, Bai Guan finally became the central airborne county magistrate of Caiyang County, Nanyang County.

This process, under Bai's operation, only took three months.

So Bai Guan, who had never published a Chaoge, received the seal from the county magistrate and became a glorious Marquis of a Hundred Miles in Caiyang County with a salary of 800 shi.

This time was mainly for research and to test one's own abilities, so few people know the true information about Bai Guan. There are only two people in Nanyang County who can clearly know Bai Guan's identity. One is He Wu, the governor of Jingzhou, and the other is Bai Guan. One is Wang Liang, the governor of Nanyang County.

The governor, He Wu, was a Confucian scholar. He had previously served as Prime Minister Sizhi in the central government. He was attacked by the eunuchs and was allowed to serve as the governor of Jingzhou. The prefect Wang Liang was a relative of a foreigner, and was a rare capable person in the Wang family. This Wang family is not the king of the present Majesty the King and Queen, but the king of Emperor Xuan's adoptive mother and the Queen Mother.

At the south gate of Chaoge, Bai Guan bid farewell to his mother and brothers and sisters, and set off in a low-key manner with only a few guards and a clerk.

Because of Bai's low profile, being more kind to others and less enmity with others, coupled with her aloof status, there are very few people who resent Bai in the world today, and the most are those who are jealous and attached to her.

Therefore, low-key travel can already reduce the attention of most people.

Needless to say, the several guards are all rare brave men in the Bai Kingdom, and the civil servant is not simple. He is recognized as the smartest person of the Su family in the Bai Kingdom, named Su Shen.

Su Shen was astute and could read people's thoughts, but he was not interested in political affairs. He liked lyrics, poems, and entertainment, but his talent for poetry was too poor, so at the age of twenty-five, he still accomplished nothing.

This made the elders of the Su clan beat their chests and beat their heads, saying that Su clan finally became a genius, but he turned out to be partial to science, and God couldn't help Su.

When Bai Guan was selecting people to go with him this time, he immediately thought of Su's dissolute genius. As soon as Su Shen heard that he could go abroad, he passed out drunk with his luggage and wine bottle the next day. Bai Guan door.

So Bai Guan looked at Su Shen who was swaying on the horse while drinking, and said worriedly: "Mr. Su, we still have a long way to go. How can we hurry up when we are so drunk?"

After hearing this, Su Shen stuffed the wine gourd, put it away, and then belched the wine and said, "Don't worry, sir, you will travel faster after drinking wine!" After saying this, he slapped his whip and the horse galloped away.

I saw the horse running, Su Shen leaned back, and kept rising and falling with the horse's hesitation, "Hurry up, horse, faster! Haha~"

Su Shen's operation made Bai Guan's eyes twitch.

"Quick, follow up!"

After saying this, Bai Guan and several guards quickly chased after him.

Several people headed south.

(End of this chapter)