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

Chapter 323 He is crazy and has his own destiny
After the destruction of the Xiongnu, Dou Xian's reputation flourished. He used Geng Kui and Ren Shang as his minions, Deng Die and Guo Huang as his confidants, and Ban Gu and Fu Yi both established the shogunate. At that time, many local officials such as governors and prefects came out.

Even Sikong Lugong was forced to commit suicide because he offended Dou Xian.

In particular, some members of the Dou clan are particularly arrogant and do evil in Luoyang City. They invaded the common people, robbed property, usurped criminals, and robbed women.

As a result, Luoyang merchants in Kyoto were isolated, as if they were avoiding enemies. But the officials in charge were as silent as cicadas, swallowing their anger and not daring to raise their voices.

Even the convoy coming from the Bai State to pay tribute was influenced by the Dou family. Some of the Dou family's children made wild remarks in front of the convoy of the Bai State's tribute, insulting the Bai State one after another, thinking that it had no merit to gain a foothold, and even called him the king. Ashamed.

The owner of the motorcade is Bai Li, the legitimate son of the Crown Prince of Bai Kingdom and Gongsun of Bai Kingdom.

Facing the insults from the Dou family's children, Bai Li's face remained unchanged, and he just asked them to get out of the way when they finished speaking. If Bai Guo's time for paying tribute was delayed, and the court did not blame him, Bai Guo would also ask the court to severely punish him, but not I know if Dou will offend Bai Guo because of you.

The Dou family's children looked hesitant when they heard this, but still got out of the way. Bai Li saluted him and the motorcade continued to move forward.

Bai Li was really not angry in his heart, because in his opinion, the Dou family was close to extinction, and he only felt compassion for a person who was about to disappear.

What happened in front of the Baiguo motorcade quickly spread to all parties.

After Bai Yan found out, he rejected the person who delivered the news, but his eyes turned cold.

After Yuan An found out, he immediately patted his thigh, stood up, and kept pacing thinking about something.

When Empress Dowager Dou found out, she was very angry. He couldn't believe that Dou's children had become so arrogant. Because Dou Xian had lived in Liangzhou for a long time, and Empress Dowager Dou was in a deep palace, many of Dou's children had no one to restrain them.

There was another person who was very happy when he found out.

Luoyang, Nangong, Jade Hall in the front and back halls

As early as the first month of this year, the emperor Liu Zhao adopted the new ceremony formulated by Cao Bao, the Canadian dollar service, which represented that he could take charge of the government.

Liu Zhao was really happy when he heard that the Dou family hated the Bai family. He had gained another powerful ally.

Immediately ask someone to call Situ Yuan An in.

Since the death of Lu Gong, the anti-Dou forces have been in decline, and Bai Yan has allowed himself to be free. This allowed Yuan An to see an opportunity, after Liu Zhaoyuan surrendered this year.

Yuan Anjiu became a pioneer in opposing the Dou family, and Liu Zhao indeed introduced it as the main city of the country.

"Your Majesty!" As soon as Yuan An arrived, Liu Zhao handed Yuan An the news that Dou had stopped Bai.

"Your Majesty, I already know about this matter. I believe most people in the city know about it."

After all, Liu Zhao is still very young. Even if he is in the Yuan Dynasty, he is only twelve years old. Therefore, he could not suppress the excitement on his face and said: "Mr. Yuan, what do you think of this matter? This is very important for us to bring down the Dou family." Is it beneficial or detrimental?"

Yuan An smiled and said: "Of course this is beneficial."

Liu Zhao nodded, of course he knew that this matter was very beneficial to him, but because he was young, inexperienced, and only had intuition, he could not analyze what the benefits were and how to use them, so he invited the experienced Yuan An Come.

"What does this mean?"

"Your Majesty, everyone knows that the Bai family is trapped in the Bai Kingdom. The Bai family's sons are not allowed to go abroad without a court order, so their influence on the world is very limited.

However, as a descendant of the Bai family, I clearly understand that the Bai family's influence on the world has not weakened, but has become stronger.

It's just that everything has changed from light to darkness.

Take the Bai clan of Luoyang as an example. Although they have nothing to do with the Bai clan of the Bai Kingdom on the surface, they are inextricably linked secretly. But outsiders don’t know about it, and even if they do, it’s because the two clans come from the same origin. , and there is no way. "

Liu Zhao was surprised and said: "What should I do? How about I stay away from them in the future?"

Yuan An shook his head: "How can it be so simple? Even the two emperors of Ming and Zhang couldn't do anything about it. I heard that your minister, Pu She, is a descendant of the Bai family?"

"Are you talking about Bai Zhi?"

"Are you able to stay away from him?"

Liu Zhao said distressedly: "I have been deeply taught by Bai Pushe since I was a child, and I often listened to him talk about the affairs of the Western Regions. Moreover, he is extremely skilled in government affairs and military affairs. It would be really unreasonable to forcefully alienate him without any reason." easy."

"This is the charm of the Bai family. He awes you, but you can't help but get close to him. Therefore, your majesty can safely rely on his power, and Bai Zhi is a good breakthrough point.

Now that the Dou family has offended the Bai family, one reason is that the Dou family has reached the point where it is impossible to restrain its children. This is a precursor to the decline of the family.

Secondly, I don’t believe that Bai Yan will remain indifferent to the humiliation of the Bai family. Therefore, if His Majesty extends kindness to him, he will definitely accept it.

Although I am a Situ, I can control less than one-fifth of the government affairs. Most of the courtiers have more or less connections with Yuzhenfang, and many of the local county chiefs are Bai Yan's disciples. Officials, their power is very vast, but Yuzhenfang has always kept a low profile and is not known to outsiders.

And even Chen and Bai Yan have an unclear relationship. "

At the end, Yuan An also laughed at himself. Now that he has left the Bai family and surrendered to the emperor alone, he can be considered as independent. In other words, he will no longer be protected by the Bai family. Whatever happens, the Bai family will not Take care. With the emperor as their backer, Yuzhenfang and the Runan Yuan family already have a cooperative relationship like allies, and they are no longer dependent.

Yuan An doesn't know if this is the right step to take. He is already too old and probably doesn't have much time left. If he doesn't break out of the Bai family now, the Runan Yuan family will never be able to make a difference. It's really true. Bai's light was too dazzling.

After receiving Yuan An's explanation and analysis, Liu Zhao had already made a decision.

Empress Dowager Dou forced the children of the Dou family who made mistakes to go to the location of the Baiguo mission to apologize.

Because he was a vassal king, the tribute mission from the Bai Kingdom temporarily settled in Honglu Temple.

Bai Li did not reject Dou's apology, which made Empress Dowager Dou relieved.

But on the same day, when Dou's children went to Honglu Temple, Liu Zhao, as the emperor, appointed Shangshu servant Shebai Zhi as Shangshu Ling to command Shangshu Taiwan.

Afterwards, Liu Zhao received the visitors from the Bai Kingdom very warmly and hosted a banquet, which greatly satisfied the Bai Kingdom.

April
Situ Yuan'an and Sikong Renkai jointly submitted a letter to impeach the governors of some local counties for levying additional taxes from the people in order to bribe Dou Xian.

Liu Zhao was furious when he heard this and ordered the dismissal of more than 40 local officials who bribed Dou Xian.

When Dou Xian in Liangzhou got the news, he hated Yuan An and Ren Wei extremely.

Immediately afterwards, Shangshu Pushe Lehui Shangshu opposed his relatives' interference in politics, alluding to Dou Xian's power, but was rejected by Empress Dowager Dou.

Dou Xian took advantage of Le Hui to go to the prefecture and county for business, and used his power to force him to commit suicide by taking poison. As soon as this incident came out, the officials were shocked, and the memorial to impeach Dou Xian floated to the chancellery like snowflakes.

October
Liu Zhao visited Chang'an and ordered Dou Xian to accompany him. During his stay in Chang'an, Dou Xian remained arrogant and indulgent, which made Liu Zhao even more dissatisfied and murderous.

December

When the news came that Banchao had conquered the Qiuci, Gumo, Wensu and other countries in the Western Regions, Liu Zhao was overjoyed. He visited Gaomiao, Gaozongmiao and other tombs of the previous Han dynasties on the spot, and burned this news and the previous news of the destruction of the Xiongnu.

Then he ordered the restoration of the Protectorate of the Western Regions, and ordered Ban Chao to assume this position. At the same time, he consecrated Bai Ba, the accompanying servant of Kucha Kingdom, as king, and sent people to escort him back to Kucha Kingdom to inherit the throne.

In the same month, Liu Zhao decided to return to Luoyang and invited Dou Xian to return with him, but Dou Xian refused. Since the matter in Liangzhou was not yet completed, he would return to Luoyang immediately after the matter was settled. Helpless, Liu Zhao had no choice but to set off first.

Yongyuan four years
March
When the great Situ Yuan An passed away, Liu Zhao was very sad and sent an envoy to express his condolences and express his regrets.

Liu Zhao appointed Ding Hong, who had always supported him, to take over as the chief minister, and ordered him to take charge of the position of prime minister and command the rank of thousands of people.

April
Dou Xian returned to Luoyang,

June
A solar eclipse occurred and the whole country was shocked. The great Situ Dinghong took the opportunity to write a letter suggesting that Liu Zhao launch a coup.

Because Nangong was the Dou family's sphere of influence, and there was a possibility of being hijacked by the Dou family in the Nangong, Liu Zhao moved to the Zhangde Hall in the North Palace on the grounds of "going to the White Tiger Temple to lecture on scriptures" more than ten days later.

When he arrived at the Nangong Palace, Liu Zhao asked Ding Hong to serve as the Taiwei, the head of the three princes, and also let him serve as a guard to command the imperial army in the palace and control the Nangong and Beigong.

He also ordered Zhi Jinwu and the fifth captain of the Northern Army to lead the troops to prepare for war, closed the city gates, and arrested Dou's gang members throughout the city. They also ordered Mrs. Deng, Empress Dowager Dou's best friend who had always wanted to plot regicide, as well as Empress Dowager Dou's favored ministers Guo Huang and Guo Ju, Deng Die, and Deng Lei were all imprisoned and executed.

He also sent an emissary, Pu She, to take back Dou Xian's seal ribbon of the general, changed him to the title of Champion Marquis, and forced him to go to their respective feudal states with Dou Du, Dou Jing, Dou Gui and others.

Because Liu Zhao lost his mother when he was young and was raised by the Empress Dowager Dou, Liu Zhao did not order the explicit execution of Dou Xian out of consideration for the Empress Dowager Dou. Instead, he appointed strict and capable prime ministers to supervise their return to the country.

After confirming that Dou Xian, Dou Du and Dou Jing had arrived in Fengguo, envoys were sent with a secret order to order them to commit suicide.

Liu Zhao, who was only thirteen years old, regained his power in one fell swoop, and then immediately cleaned up the remnants of Dou's party. All Dou's relatives and friends, as well as those who relied on Dou's connections to serve as officials, were all dismissed and returned home.

Bai Yan, who was already idle at home, said to Bai Zhi across from him: "Look, I have long said that as long as the Emperor Yuanfu, the Dou family can easily solve it, but Lu Gong and others just refused to listen and lost their lives in vain.

If it really has an effect on the current situation, it would be good for the government, but it has no promoting effect at all, and it is not as thorough as Yuan An. "

Bai Zhi, who had become Shangshu Ling, saluted Bai Yan and said, "Grandpa, now that His Majesty has taken charge of the government, the man should be able to return to the right path, right?"

Bai Yan sighed: "I hope so, but the Dou family incident should still alert us. Foreign relatives and eunuchs have the tendency of resurgence. Lu Gong is right. Foreign relatives intervening in politics are indeed harmful, but he is also wrong. This Everything is the emperor's problem.

Whether it is eunuchs or relatives, this is the result of the emperor's laissez-faire. Can the courtiers still pose any threat to him? So watch out for us.

Even if it's Wang Mang, it's because of his maternal relatives. I think maybe the only way to get the answer is to go back to the country and ask King Bai! "

Bai Zhi consoled him: "Grandpa, you don't have to think so much. Our task is to assist the emperor in governing the Han Dynasty, and to be the eyes and ears of the master. As for those things that are too profound, the master has to think about them."

Bai Yan looked at Bai Zhi and smiled: "You really know the way of being an official better than your father!"

(End of this chapter)