Jinyi Town Mountains and Rivers

Chapter 48

He Liu's situation can be described as a dilemma.

No matter whether he handed the "Hundred Officials' Records" to Lu Bing, Yan Gelao, Lu Gonggong, and Yu Wang, it would be dead.

He Liu is not afraid of death.But he didn't want to die so soon.He hasn't found out the cause of his father and wife's death yet, and he hasn't brought up his daughter Xiangxiang. . .

After a long time, He Liu said to Old Hu, "Old Hu, what can you do?"

Lao Hu picked up the tin flagon and sipped his wine: "Lao Liu, can you know the secrets of being an official that are circulated in the officialdom?"

He Liudao: "You mean, the one that civil servants often say is to think twice before being an official?"

Old Hu nodded: "That's right. Civil servants often say, think twice about being an official, think twice about being an official, think about danger, think about retreating, and think about changing. If you know the danger, you can avoid it. If you don’t pay attention to your place, this is called retreat; when you retreat, you will have the opportunity to look at it slowly, and slowly think about what you should do in the future, this is called thinking.”

He Liu shook his head: "Old Hu, it's as if you didn't say what you said. I was in danger, and I knew that it would be a death to hand over this demon book to any party. But you make me think of retreating? How can I retreat? Commander Lu The envoy, Mr. Yan Ge, Eunuch Lu, and King Yu will not give me a way out!"

Old Hu Chaohe Liu smiled meaningfully: "Let me teach you the sentence that military officers often say: put them to death and live!"

"Put it to death and live?" He Liu fell into deep thought.

Lao Hu patted He Liu on the shoulder: "Lao Liu, let me ask you, who is the biggest in the court?"

He Liu replied: "The current imperial court is divided into four parts: Yan Ge Lao, Yu Wang, Lu Gonggong, and Commander Lu. These four are the biggest."

Old Hu said: "What else?"

He Liu was puzzled: "There is more? There is no more! These four people can be said to be under one person and over ten thousand people. Under one person? I understand! Hu, and the emperor!"

Old Hu said: "A child can be taught! Who is the biggest in the court? The emperor is the biggest! Whether it is Mr. Yan Ge, King Yu, Eunuch Lu, Commander Lu... To put it bluntly, they are all It is for the emperor to look after the house! In the imperial court, the emperor is the one who is really in charge. Don’t look at the emperor hiding in the Yongshou Palace all day long, cultivating immortals and asking, he has never let go of the court situation for a moment! Living in the deep palace, he will not go to the court for decades , but can play tricks on the officials and the masters. Our emperor, we dare not say that he is the most holy monarch since the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, but he is the smartest monarch!"

He Liu agreed and said: "The emperor's method of controlling people is indeed very clever. He let the Yan Party, the Yuwang Party, the Eunuch Party, and the Jinyiwei restrain each other and restrict each other. Over the years, none of the four forces in the court dared to fight against each other. Said that he has monopolized the court! At the same time, the emperor is happy to see the courtiers fighting with each other. Sometimes the four parties are safe and sound, and the emperor will even intentionally create some conflicts between the four parties."

Old Hu said: "Lao Liu, let me ask you, who will the emperor be satisfied with this box of books?"

He Liudao: "King Yu is the emperor's own son. Maybe the emperor will be satisfied if you hand it over to King Yu."

Old Hu laughed out loud: "Oh, you are so confused! Do you know what is ruthless and most is the emperor's family? Do you know what is causing trouble to Xiaoqiang? Haven't you heard of the change of the sand dunes in the Spring and Autumn Period, the change of the Xuanwu Gate in the Tang Dynasty, the change of the current dynasty?" The change of seizing the door? Once the word 'power' is involved, father and son can turn against each other, and brothers can kill each other!"

He Liudao: "Old Hu, you are right. If the contents of this box are given to King Yu, if King Yu has a different heart, he can use this book to coerce the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty and force the emperor to abdicate. The emperor never wants to see himself His son has the opportunity and strength to plot rebellion!"

Old Hu said again: "For Mr. Yan Ge, let alone Eunuch Lu! The emperor doesn't want to see either the strict party or the eunuch party monopolizing the court situation! King Yu is the emperor's son after all. Yan Song and Eunuch Lu? I am afraid that in the eyes of the emperor, one is a long-term worker who resists work, and the other is a domestic slave who serves others!"

He Liu patted the big wooden box on the Huya Clipper: "If it is handed over to Commander Lu, the emperor will be satisfied? Commander Lu is the emperor's most trusted person. He is even the emperor's savior. The emperor knows that if Commander Lu If I get this book, I will definitely dedicate it to him.”

Lao Hu shook his head: "Not necessarily. If you give this book to Commander Lu, Commander Lu will then submit it to the emperor—as the king of a country, he can only kill him. The officials were convicted and killed one by one! How will the history books be written a hundred years later? It will be written that the emperor killed more than 800 officials at one time. When people in future generations read the history books, they will think that the emperor is a bloodthirsty king! What the emperor wants is eternal life An honorable name, not an eternal infamy!"

He Liu's head hurts a bit: "Old Hu, I've been spared for a while, but you've brought me back again! This book still can't be handed over to any of the four directions - the emperor will be unhappy if it's handed over to any party!"

Old Hu said: "Didn't I say it just now? Put it to death and live later! What is death? Disobeying Commander Lu's order and offending Mr. Yan Ge, King Yu, and Eunuch Lu at the same time is death! Don't all parties want this book?" Why? Why don’t you give it to anyone! Burn this book!”

He Liu shook his head: "Stop talking nonsense! Hu, I said that I burned the book. Would any of Yange Lao, Yu Wang, Lu Gonggong, and Commander Lu believe me? They would think that I was plotting something wrong, and I secretly did it. This book is a vain attempt to coerce officials like Ding Wang did!"

Old Hu said: "Lao Liu, why are you so smart and confused for a while? You won't burn this book in front of Sifang?"

He Liu smiled wryly: "It's difficult. I'm just a small family. Please don't let these four bodhisattvas who have hatred for each other gather together."

Old Hu pointed to the big wooden box: "For the book in this box, they will condescend to come to you! It is said that only Jinyiwei and Dongchang specialize in secret errands in the imperial court. It is not true, Mr. Yan Ge In 1000, hundreds of people were raised in the Ministry of Criminal Affairs to serve him as secret missions. Zhang Juzheng, King Yu's confidant, was in charge of the Ministry of War. There were also hundreds of people in the Ministry of Justice, who were dedicated to serving as the eyes and ears of King Yu. We used it with great fanfare. More than [-] sailors went to Zhangzi Island and found a big wooden box. There is no impenetrable wall in the world. Maybe the Quartet will know about this before dawn tomorrow! At that time, you just wait for them to come to you Bar!"

He Liu thought for a while: "Old Hu, I have an idea!"

The Huya Clippers sent He Liu and Lao Hu ashore, and the two of them took the big wooden box and directly lived in Sun Chunbin's Commander's Office!He Liu asked Sun Chunbin to send [-] soldiers to guard the "Hundred Officials' Records" in the big wooden box day and night with him.

He Liu and Lao Hu stayed in Tianjinwei, and the big shots in Beijing were in a hurry.

The first person who came to the Commander's Office to look for He Liu was Liu Da, the governor of Jinyiwei Beisi.

(End of this chapter)