At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

Chapter 1553 One thousand four hundred and seventy three

How did I get into the cabinet?

I beg grandpa to tell grandma, what else can I do?

Dad didn't even want to face me before he stuffed me in.

Sima Yi smiled wryly.

"It can't be said that I can't be an official. It is thanks to Cao Mengde, the chief assistant of the cabinet. Decades ago, when Cao Shoufu was an official in the former Han Dynasty, the recommender was my father."

Ren Yong was taken aback for a moment, and then he was greatly surprised.

In the former Han Dynasty, Sima Yi's father was the leader of Cao Cao, and the relationship was very important.

It is also clear what the relationship between Cao Cao and the Supreme Emperor is.

The two layers of relationship from those years have been superimposed to the present, so Sima Yi won't be almost 40 years old and still a local two thousand stones, right?

Ren Yong was a little puzzled.

"I remember that the rule in the former Han Dynasty was to investigate and judge. It is a great favor for an official to appoint the master. The official will try his best to repay the master. Helping the son of the master to find a position is just the most basic, Sima Duhu, you..."

When mentioning this matter, Sima Yi couldn't help feeling melancholy.

"My elder brother Sima Lang first became an official under the Supreme Emperor because of Cao Shoufu's recommendation. At that time...Ren Langzhong, do you know Xun Yu?"

Sima Yi remembered that Ren Yong was an official of the imperial examination, and Xun Yu had died many years before the imperial examination.

In today's officialdom, there are not many people who still know some things about that era, including Xun Yu.

But Ren Yong happened to be one of them.

"Don't tell me, I really know that Xun You, the left servant of the current staff station, is his uncle and nephew, right?"

"you know?"

Sima Yi was a little surprised.

Xun Yu had been dead for more than ten years, and Guo Peng died a few years before he became emperor. After that, no one in the officialdom dared to talk about Xun Yu publicly, especially after Guo Peng became emperor.

Anyone who dares to talk about Xun Yu's matter is looking for death.

Guo Peng very deliberately wants people to forget Xun Yu and the era when the wealthy noble families dominated the world.

With the several political storms during the Yande period, the old bureaucrats died, and many things were covered up in the dust of history.

Few newcomers knew about this matter, and Xun Yu had been forgotten among the new generation of officials.

In the end, there was actually a new official here who knew about Xun Yu's existence.

"At the beginning, when I was an official in Luoyang, one time, Xun Shilang from the staff desk came to handle some affairs and talked with Wang Butang for a while. , he told me about Xun Yu in private."

Ren Yong explained a little bit.

"Then you know what's going on?"

"I know, it is said that at that time Xun Yu and some people with bad intentions felt that the emperor at that time, that is, the current Duke of Shanyang, was too weak to be the emperor, unable to bear the responsibilities of the emperor, so they conspired to kill the emperor and decided to establish a new emperor.

As a result, the news leaked, they were captured by the Supreme Emperor and handed over to Lord Sanyang. Lord Sanyang was very angry and ordered to kill them. The reward, from the Duke of Wei to the king of Wei. "

"Is this what you know?"

Sima Yi looked at Ren Yong in a little surprise.

Ren Yong nodded.

"Not many people seem to know about this matter now. It was told to me in private by the senior senior official. It seems that public discussion of this matter is forbidden. It is said that the Supreme Emperor owes Xun Yu a debt, so I don't want everyone to mention his sadness. thing."

Sima Yi lowered his head and pondered for a while.

Then nodded slowly.

"That's right, that's it. Xun Yu conspired with another man named Zang Hong to kill the emperor, and was killed after the incident. This Zang Hong's identity is not ordinary, do you know?"

"I know, it's said that it's... a schoolmate and classmate who studied in the former Han Taixue together when the Supreme Emperor was young, and the Supreme Emperor had a close relationship with him. He was a good friend when he was a teenager, but it turned out to be so troublesome... The Supreme Emperor didn't know. What a taste in my heart!"

Ren Yong sighed: "It's no wonder the Supreme Emperor doesn't want people to discuss this matter."

Sima Yi pursed his lips, suddenly feeling that this world was a bit ridiculous.

However, there are ridiculous ways to live in the absurd world. What Sima Yi is best at is extreme survival. Nothing can stop him, an expert in extreme survival.

"That's right, I don't know how the Supreme Emperor feels in his heart."

Sima Yi calmly talked about the bloody past: "But apart from the pain caused by the emperor, my family also suffered. At that time, I hadn't become an official. It was my elder brother, Sima Lang, who was in Xun Yu. The official next to me is Xun Yu's former official."

"…………"

Ren Yong was stunned, and suddenly his eyes widened: "There is such a thing? Then your Sima clan...wrong, since your Sima clan has such a relationship with Cao Shoufu, why don't you become Cao Shoufu's subordinate?"

Sima Yi sighed.

Who knew that times would change so fast?

The imperial examinations are gone, the high-ranking families are gone, the imperial examination system is popular, and people all over the world are proud of reading and taking exams. They have the means to study and are willing to study. This is completely different from the situation in the past when all reading channels were monopolized.

"You officials who come from the imperial examinations don't know much about the examination. When you were officials, the high-ranking and wealthy families were almost dealt with by the emperor.

When we were officials, high-ranking families were still very respected. You probably don’t know very well. The former Han, there are four generations and three princes. They were all top-notch high-ranking families, and only they could be high-ranking officials. "

"Sima Duhu, don't think that we imperial examination officials don't understand Chaju. I was also born in the former Han Dynasty. It's just that I came from a humble background and couldn't reach that place."

Ren Yong looked at Sima Yi with a displeased expression on his face: "Four generations and three lords, a family of scholars, four consecutive generations have served as three lords, extremely honorable and powerful, it can be called the Zhong surname under the Liu surname. Runan Yuan, Hongnong Yang and so on."

"I underestimated you."

Sima Yi smiled, and said, "Now that you understand, you should know that at that time... about 20 years ago, the Yingchuan noble families were still very powerful, Yingchuan Chen, Yingchuan Xun, Yingchuan Zhong The Han family and the Yingchuan Han family are extremely powerful scholars.

The Yingchuan Guo family of the Taishanghuang was only a second-class family at that time. Even so, the family of the Taishanghuang was well-dressed and honored for a hundred years, and the Sima family of Hanoi, where I was born, was a general until my great-grandfather’s generation. It was only in my father's generation that I finally turned into a scholar.

When it comes to background, we are not even as good as the Yingchuan second-class family, let alone the Yingchuan wealthy family?Xun Yu, who was born in the Xun family in Yingchuan, was the first member of the Xun family to take refuge in the Supreme Emperor. Since the Supreme Emperor was the governor of Qingzhou in the former Han Dynasty, he followed the Supreme Emperor, advised him all the way, and made great contributions.

So after the Emperor Taishang defeated Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu occupied the entire Central Plains, he set up a government office in the general's mansion at that time to give an overview of all the government affairs in the Central Plains. The person in charge of the government office at that time was Xun Yu. You can imagine how powerful Xun Yu was at that time .

At that time, Xun Yu's power was no worse than that of Cheng Yu, who was then the Minister of the Book. Xun Yu was born well, famous, and powerful. No matter how many people wanted to follow his path, there was no way to go. My brother can be his subordinate. How difficult it is to be an official. "

"There's still this past."

Ren Yong narrowed his eyes and frowned, nodded slowly, almost understanding why Sima chose Xun Yu instead of Cao Cao.

"Then why did such a thing happen? According to this, Xun Yu was endowed with such authority that he could be called a prime minister. He should be the emperor's confidant. How could that happen?"

Ren Yong felt that Xun Yu's status was so high, he must be Guo Peng's confidant, since he was a confidant, how could he betray him?

To actually conspire with the Taishanghuang's childhood friend to betray him and plot to kill the emperor, this is simply a double betrayal of the Taishanghuang.

It's no wonder that after the Supreme Emperor proclaimed himself emperor, he had a lot of distrust of his courtiers, and repeatedly set off political storms to kill all the officials, killing all the officials.

Ren Yong felt that he could understand Guo Peng.

Sima Yi didn't know what Ren Yong was thinking, and if he knew, he didn't know what he would think.

While recalling the past, Sima Yi lamented the fate of his family.

"Who says it's not? Our family also thinks so, so my father came forward and asked Cao Shoufu, who was the governor of Jizhou at that time, to operate my brother as Xun Yu's subordinate official, and Xun Yu came forward to call my brother.

In this way, not only can I become a close minister of the Supreme Emperor, but also the relationship between the Sima family and the rich family in Yingchuan has been shortened. "

"result……"

"As a result, Xun Yu conspired to kill the emperor, he was killed, and a large number of officials around him were imprisoned. At that time, many scholars and officials died because of this, or were dismissed, which was equivalent to death.

It's just that my elder brother just happened to be seriously ill at this time, and almost died, so he didn't participate in this matter throughout the whole process, and he was not held accountable by the Supreme Emperor, which is considered a blessing among misfortunes.

Although my elder brother came back from the brink of death, the atmosphere at that time was that the subordinate officials should do what the master did. Although it was wrong to do so, my elder brother was not killed together with Xun Yu. , is considered to be detrimental to human integrity. "

Sima Yi said so.

"So, he was ridiculed for being cowardly, lacking integrity, and lost the possibility of continuing to be an official, so he voluntarily resigned and went home to find a job. My family lost the only one who was an official, and his future was uncertain. The matter of my official career.

Now my elder brother has no future, only my third brother and I are still officials in the whole family, and I was also my father who came forward and asked Cao Shoufu to help with the operation, and was made a subordinate official by the Supreme Emperor. good. "

Chapter 1554 One thousand four hundred and seventy four Sima's firm foothold in the Wei Empire

Sima Yi explained a little bit about his past experience, as well as the bloody coup before and after the establishment of the Wei Empire.

Of course, it was beautified according to Guo Peng's script.

What Ren Yong knew was not complete, it was Guo Peng's beautified record. As for the real situation, those who knew would not tell, and those who did not know would never know.

"I see."

Ren Yong nodded slowly, tentatively understanding the ups and downs of the fate of the Sima family.

But soon he felt something was wrong.

"Wait, Sima Duhu, logically speaking, subordinate officials must obey the decision made by the master, but the only way is to rebel, even subordinate officials and former officials do not need to follow.

Xun Yu and others conspired to kill the king, that is an unforgivable crime, it is a rebellion, such a terrible thing, it is not the right way for Brother not to participate in it?How can you lose your future? "

Ren Yong's question happened to be the only loophole in this seemingly seamless statement that Sima Yi noticed.

This is a loophole that Guo Peng himself has no way to make up for.

Because this was the result of the people's hearts at that time, and it cannot be compensated by individuals.

Sima Lang's resignation was the result that people who knew the inside story and sympathized with Xun Yu did not dare to question Guo Peng and turned to vent their anger.

After Sima Lang recovered from his illness, he still took up the position and continued to hold the position. Guo Peng seemed to intend to reuse him, but Sima Lang was considered to have no integrity, a brazen person who was struggling to survive, and was not qualified to continue to be an official.

They ostracized him.

It is a helpless fact that Xun Yu, Zang Hong and others were killed, but their efforts to maintain the legal status of the Han Dynasty and the orthodoxy of the Han Dynasty still won the approval of a considerable number of officials in their hearts.

Everyone knows Guo Zifeng's heart. People at that time knew everything they should know, but they were frightened by Guo Peng's bloody butcher knife and brutal force and dared not speak or resist Guo Peng.

fear death.

But my heart is really dissatisfied.

They had no choice but to attack Sima Lang, the traitor beside Xun Yu, with cold violence. They didn't dare to attack Guo Peng.

They felt that Sima Lang, as Xun Yu's subordinate, didn't advance and retreat with Xun Yu, and watched Xun Yu go to disaster, but he himself lived well, which is really shameless to the extreme.

This group of people who sympathized with Xun Yu did not dare to defy Guo Peng openly, so they used cold violence to end Sima Lang's career, venting their resentment and dissatisfaction.

So in essence, Sima Lang's resignation was the last collective resistance of the opposition to Guo Peng's upcoming usurpation of power in a broad sense at that time, and it was their last allegiance to the Han Empire.

Although this kind of resistance was very weak and could not hurt a single hair of Guo Peng, it was still resistance.

Guo Peng has nothing to do with this kind of resistance.

It was unnecessary for Sima Lang to arouse the collective opposition of the people, so as to completely tear his face. At that time, there were no imperial examination bureaucrats for him to use. He had to rely on scholar bureaucrats to govern the country.

So he could only give up Sima Lang and make Sima Lang a scapegoat.

That trivial resistance brought the only remaining logical loophole in Guo Peng's big lie.

As long as you do some understanding of the former Han Dynasty's requisition and expropriation system, you will find that according to the official statement of Guo Peng's screenwriter, Sima Lang, a special existence, should have the opportunity to be promoted and have a bright future.

Because he did not follow the evil group that conspired to kill the emperor, he deserved a promotion and salary increase, so why did he lose his political future?

Of course he will lose his political future, because this is a lie, a lie that cannot be self-consistent, a lie that Guo Peng spun to cover up his ambition to usurp power.

So of course Guo Peng was very unhappy.

He found that there were still people who dared to resist him, even if the resistance was trivial.

Coupled with his own ideals, he must use the emperor's imperial power to drive out all those who oppose him after he becomes emperor.

So in the 13 years since he became emperor, he launched several political storms, seized power, killed officials, persecuted gentry, and destroyed their families. As a result, no less than [-] scholars and their families died.

He almost wiped out all the political forces left over from the former Han Dynasty, all the classic wealthy families were abolished, even the examination system was abolished by him, and it was changed to imperial examinations, which completely changed the ruling class.

He let those who opposed him clearly and those who opposed him in their hearts die.