Three Kingdoms Guo Jia's growth diary

The more Liu Zhi thinks about Guo Xi's story, the more angry he becomes, and in a fit of rage he sends the old Tai Wei Chen Fan and Xiang Kai home to farm.

Cao Jie and Wang Fu originally planned to get rid of Li Ying, a little fish, but they didn't expect Chen Fan, the leader of the three princes, to be thrown into the fishing net.What a bonus.It is enough to deter those restless civil and military officials, and let them know what it means to obey me and prosper and oppose me to perish.You can take it when you see it.The water in Chaotang is too deep, with strong wind and waves.If the waves go down, there is no guarantee that the boat will not capsize.

Therefore, when Empress Dou and her father, Dou Wu, wrote a letter to intercede for Li Ying, Cao Jie followed suit and persuaded Emperor Liu Zhi to send Li Ying and others lightly.Strip them of their official positions, let them go back to their hometowns, and deprive them of political rights for life.It is known as the disaster of party imprisonment in history.

In this struggle between literati and eunuchs, the literati were completely defeated.

Although everyone lost their official positions, this did not hinder their interest in continuing to toss. These Qingliu celebrities headed by Li Ying flaunted each other and gave each other titles.Among them, three people including Dou Wu and Chen Fan are called "Three Monarchs", eight people including Li Ying, Xun Yu and Du Mi are called "Eight Talents", and eight people including Zhang Jian and Liu Biao are called "Eight He".

These scholars led the field to criticize officials and criticize the current malpractices, forming a huge clean force to guide public opinion.

Anyone who is liked by their Qingyi comments will immediately become famous and become a celebrity. If they lie at home and sleep, they may also be hit by an official seal from the sky.Those who are criticized by them are immediately notorious, and they will be criticized if they continue to be officials.

As for Guo Xi, this kind of disobedient and obtrusive donkey is really not suitable for such an important official position as Ting Wei.Wang Fu said a few "good words" in front of Liu Zhi, and Guo Xi was transferred from Tingwei's Mansion to serve as a servant.

The eunuch's salary is also two thousand shi, and his official position is still one of the nine ministers. It seems that not only did he not wear small shoes, but he became a close minister of the emperor.

However, the servant was in charge of the emperor's chariots and horses, as well as animal husbandry.Liu Zhi was always surrounded by a group of eunuchs, and it was not Guo Xi's turn to manage Liu Zhi's guard of honor.Nowadays, there are foreign plunder, state and county rebellions, natural disasters and man-made disasters, people can't eat enough, and there is no financial support for livestock or animal husbandry.So Guo Xi became an idler.

This is enough to show that Wang Fu is very skillful in rectifying people. With a few words, he can turn a powerful official into empty air.It also made many people doubt Guo Xi's position.

Just when Cao Jie, Wang Fu and others were enjoying the wonderful taste of being in power, while busy eliminating dissidents, the emperor Liu Zhi died suddenly.

Empress Dou became Empress Dowager Dou.

All his life, Liu Zhi had first been the puppet emperor in the palm of the general Liang Ji, and finally eradicated Liang Ji, and then relied heavily on eunuchs, selling officials and nobles.The worst thing is: he has been in power for 21 years and died at the age of 36. He died in a daze without having a son.

This means that the great Han has no legal heirs.After the Empress Dowager Dou discussed with her father, Dou Wu, together with Cao Jie and Wang Fu, they selected the 12-year-old Liu Hong, the son of Liu Chang, the Marquis of Duting, to inherit the throne.

In terms of blood relationship, there are many descendants of the clan who are more qualified to inherit the throne than Liu Hong, but Liu Hong has an advantage that no one else has.

He is weak and easy to control.

Liu Hong lost his father when he was young, and lived with his biological mother, Concubine Dong, in the old house in Hejian.This is what Dou Wu and Wang Fu value most: orphans and widows, who have no power, power, and support, can only be held in their palms and squeezed into a round shape at will.

All in all, Liu Hong is only 12 years old now, and he is a very easy-to-handle yellow-mouthed child, and it is impossible for him to be in power.The powerful minister said to go east, but he dared not go west.

After Liu Hong came to the throne, he really lived up to expectations. He was good at fighting cocks, walking dogs, and playing crickets, and fell asleep when he heard about business.The whole answering insect, who is also an automatic Gaiyuxi Yanjia man, can only say one sentence when he goes to court: "What the general said is very true."

This general is of course Dou Wu.By the way, the first thing Liu Hong did after ascending the throne was to change his reign name to Jianning.Dou Wu was appointed general.

Dou Ji, Dou Wu's son, was granted the title of Marquis of Weiyang and served as a servant.

Dou Wu's nephew, Dou Shaofeng Yuhou, was in charge of the infantry school lieutenant battalion, one of the five battalions of the Northern Army.Since his nephew Dou Jing was granted the title of Marquis of Xixiang, he was placed in the Forbidden Army as the left knight of Habayashi.

Empress Dowager Dou is in court.

General Dou Wu took charge of government affairs and appointed former Taiwei Chen Fan as Taifu.Reuse Li Ying et al.

Guo Xi's slender fingers tapped on a few cases. Right now, the Dou family is in power and the eunuchs are interfering in politics.Dou Wu, the representative of foreign relatives, and Cao Jie, Wang Fu, the representative of eunuchs, both wanted to monopolize the power and fought each other.He is neither the confidant of his relatives nor the lackey of the eunuch, so he is in an embarrassing situation.

There is a joke among colleagues: It is said that his son is Xiaolian and is going to be an official. He asked his father who has been an official for 20 years about how to be an official. "Ah Weng, how to be a good official?"

My father asked, "What do you think?"

The son thought for a while and replied: "Loyal to the emperor and love the people, honest and law-abiding."

Father was silent.

The son said again: "Be flexible, be diligent and pragmatic, know people and do well, and benefit one side?"

My father sighed slightly: "The most important thing is that if you can't do it, you won't have a chance to serve as an official and benefit one party. Your ambition and ambition will be in vain."

The son asked, "What is that?"

Father lowered his voice: "It's a team. You must stand on the right side at critical moments. You must save your life before you can do what you want to do."

It is precisely this serious problem that Guo Xi is facing now.Surviving in the cracks between the two strongest forces in the court, relatives and eunuchs are all putting pressure on him, forcing him to stand in line. If he stands right, he is very popular to be promoted, and if he stands wrong, go back to his hometown.Then don't stand in line, okay?Hehe, I don't know how to die, because neither side minds killing a neutral person who doesn't have much weight.

Opposite the bamboo and wooden table, separated by the mist rising from the teapot and a square Go board, Xun Yu held a white piece in his hand and looked down at the chess board intently. After a long time, he leaned back slightly. Looking up, he casually threw the chess piece on the table.

This is called throwing in the towel.

Xun Yu, courtesy name Boxiu, was born in Yingyin, Yingchuan.He is one of Guo Xi's few friends.

His game of chess was accidentally slaughtered by Guo Xi, and the dragon was slaughtered. It has not yet come to an end, but the game is already lost.Just like his plan to kill Wang Fu, there were signs of miscarriage before it was fully implemented.

It was also a well-planned chess game, but if you lose, you will lose your wealth and life.

In May of the first year of Jianning, there was a solar eclipse, and the people beat gongs and drums in an attempt to drive away the tengu that eats the sun.The people burned incense and worshiped the gods, praying for the sun to shine on the earth again.

Taishi ordered Shan Yang to write a letter saying: There is no change in the sky more than the sky dog ​​eclipsing the sun, which is a bad omen.He also euphemistically pointed out that there were villains who deceived the emperor and caused the emperor to act improperly.

In fact, the solar eclipse is not the key, the key is no matter what happens: whether it is an earthquake, a flood, or a rebellion by the people in the state or county, even if it is just the little emperor having a nightmare or feeling unwell, the remonstrance written by the Taishi Ling Except for the beginning, the following content is the same.

Because Xun Yu wants to use Dou Wu's hand to make those great eunuchs who control the government, plunder and extort bribes get the punishment they deserve, and sweep away the evil spirit of eunuchs taking power.

The Dou family has the power of a general to assist the government outside, and the empress dowager's prestige inside.Dou Wu himself holds a high position and holds a heavy army.He had already reached a consensus with Xun Yu, only an excuse was missing.

And Taishiling's biggest role is to help Dou Wu create an excuse.

It is said that Taishi Ling Shanyang once asked Xun Yu with a bitter old face: "What if there is no disaster in the heavens, the underground palaces or outside the palace by the agreed time limit?"

Xun Yu was speechless for a while.Beside him, Guo Xi narrowed his eyes slightly, and smiled evilly: "That's easy to do, let's say that a strange beast with a human face and a bird body is singing on the spiritual platform (the spiritual platform is a building used by ancient emperors for stargazing, which is equivalent to the imperial observatory) , flew into the sky in a moment, and disappeared. As for the rhetoric, you can refer to Father Zhou Xuan’s dream interpretation, how to arrange it.” (Bo Yang’s father was the Taishi when King Zhou Xuan)

Everything is ready, and the action of killing the eunuch is like an arrow ready to go.

According to Xun Yu's plan, the eunuchs have been entrenched in the palace for many years, and their roots are deep, and their eyes and ears are everywhere in the palace.Therefore, this operation must be kept secret, and the speed must be fast, especially to hide it from the Queen Mother.If the Queen Mother knew about this plan, it would be tantamount to informing Cao Jie and Wang Fu.

You can use thunderous means to bring dozens of jailers into the palace, first capture Wang Fu, Cao Jie, Hou Lan and other culprits alive, and wipe them all out.Judge them publicly for their crimes.These eunuchs are usually powerful and do many evils.We must give them the most just judgment according to the law, so that the people of the world will be convinced, and their followers will not be able to refute.At that time, if the queen mother is asked to kill the traitor, the queen mother may be shocked and angry, but she will not do anything to her father, Dou Wu.It is not enough to cover up criminals.

However, Dou Wu felt that as a literati, he could just use his mouth when he had something to do, and at most he could use his pen.It is too rough and demeaning to use force and violence to solve the problem.So led by Dou Wu, Chen Fan, Li Ying, Du Mi and other important ministers wrote a bunch of impeachment letters, asking the Queen Mother to order the death of Wang Fu and other eunuchs, and to prohibit eunuchs from participating in politics.

The Queen Mother disagreed.There are good reasons: eunuchs have participated in politics since ancient times.What's more, the emperor is young and needs her to assist the government. She is a woman, so it is not easy to directly discuss the government affairs with a group of elders, right?Besides, Cao Jie and Wang Fu are really good at serving people, and they are reluctant to kill them.

However, Dou Wu and those eunuchs are already in an endless situation.He couldn't persuade the Queen Mother, but actually led people into the Forbidden Palace, intending to kill Cao Jie and Wang Fu, but the action was blocked by the Queen Mother, and only killed Zhongchang servants Guan Ba ​​and Su Kang.

Things couldn't have been worse.If Dou Wu can be more obedient, don't disobey the queen mother, don't tear yourself apart with the eunuchs, the situation will still maintain a superficial peace, hello, hello, hello everyone, they still have time to think long-term.

If Dou Wu can be tough to the end and directly clean up Wang Fu and other eunuchs under the coercion of the Queen Mother, at least the political opponents will be eliminated, and future troubles will never be avoided.But now, they may be liquidated by eunuch forces at any time, and even harm the family.

Xun Yu did all the tricks, but he didn't expect Dou Wu to be such a fool who couldn't see the situation clearly.Those in power like to play balancing games.Especially in this dynasty, the royal family is weak, and the power of the country is firmly controlled by relatives and eunuchs.How long an emperor can live often depends on how long he can balance the various forces in the court.As soon as Emperor Huan came to the throne, he had to make a choice between being a puppet of his relatives, or promoting eunuchs to kill his relatives and then letting the eunuchs intervene in politics.

The emperor whose head has not been caught by the door will choose the latter, because the relatives are likely to kill the emperor, and there will be a grand drama of usurping the throne.Although eunuchs are not good birds, they can't usurp the country. At most, they are greedy for money and afraid of death and harm others.The lesser of two evils.

As for the Empress Dowager Dou, she is the empress dowager who decides the world when the little emperor is in power.If it were another emperor, what would she do in court?She can still figure this out.

These eunuchs acted so recklessly, relying on the Queen Mother and the Emperor.Dou Wu's approach, besides making the empress dowager and the emperor feel jealous, and reminding Cao Jie and Wang Fu who should be killed next, is there any use?Could it be possible to drown Wang Fu by spitting stars?

Xun Yu felt a dull pain in his forehead, he pressed his temple and said: "Brother Gongfang, when you strongly opposed my vassal Dou Wu, did you expect that he would not succeed?"

The public house is Guo Xi's character, and it seems closer to friends to call each other by the watch character. However, Guo Xi has been a court officer for so many years, and based on the principle of impartial law enforcement, he has offended his relatives and friends a long time ago.In recent years, very few people have called him by his name.

Guo Xi leaned crookedly on some of the desks, and his low and magnetic voice contained a hint of teasing: "This time Dou Wu is in power, Cao Jie and Wang Fu have contributed a lot. To put it bluntly, they are all thieves. Colluding together, stealing the country and becoming a prince. Now the spoils are not evenly distributed, and they have turned against each other. Dou Wu used you and Li Ying, just to put money on his face. You want to use his power, and he wants to use your name. Each takes That’s all for what is needed. According to Dou Wu’s hesitant and overwhelmed personality, he must have done enough superficial efforts to respect the magi, drag you into the water, but he will not regard you as a confidant.”

Xun Yu laughed at himself: "It really hurts to tell the truth."

"Bo Xiu, don't wade in the muddy water, go back to Yingchuan."

"The Qiang people plundered Sanfu, and the Xianbei invaded Liaodong. Wuhuan and the Southern Huns rebelled and surrendered, surrendered and rebelled again. There was a famine in Hanoi, and people cannibalized people. A fat man like me who is 300 catties only sells dried meat for a dozen A catty of money! It’s not as valuable as dog meat. Hou Lan corrupted and extorted bribes, amassing billions of dollars, occupying more than [-] houses, and arrogating the palace system to build [-] mansions. Wang Fu is even worse than that. The world is in chaos, come back How long will Yingchuan be stable? I will go back to Yingchuan, and you will go back to Yingchuan, and let the barbarians go south to herd horses? Let corrupt officials abuse the people?"

Guo Xi ignored his old friend's face flushed with anger, and casually packed away the chess pieces, "When the dragon is dozing off, of course the tiger and wolf watching by will jump over and bite a few. There are eighty if not one hundred, what will happen to them? Compared with them, do we have more trust from His Majesty, or are we older and more sophisticated?"

For a while, both of them fell silent and stopped talking.The eunuchs, relatives, and gentry are all responsible for the big man becoming what he is today.

Wang Fu was a lice on the late emperor's dragon robe. If it had been left in the past, no one would have dared to crush him to death if the late emperor didn't nod his head.Nowadays, the little emperor is just a puppet. Dou Wu pulls the banner of punishing eunuchs, wins over the gentry, and buys people's hearts. Does he want to be Zhou Gong or Wang Mang?

How many of those celebrities who were instigated by Dou Wu, like Xun Yu, wanted to change the situation of eunuchs' monopoly and fight corruption.How many gamblers and careerists are full of struggles for power and profit, and want to seek greater benefits for the family?

After a long time, Xun Yu said in a low voice: "All the servants in my mansion have been dismissed, only the sixth younger brother Xun Shuang is in the capital. If anything happens, brother-in-law, please protect him."

Guo Xi looked into the eyes of his old friend, and saw the determination to die without any surprise.His blood surged for a moment, he got up suddenly, and said seriously: "Xi Yuan and Bo Xiu will advance and retreat together. As for Ci Ming (Xun Shuang), we should try to get him to leave the capital earlier to avoid the limelight."

Xun Yu bowed to the ground, "Thank you."

"Between you and me, why bother to say thank you!" Guo Xi helped his friend up, and lowered his voice slightly: "Please tell the general that you can either get rid of the chief culprit quickly, or wait for the opportunity to calm down and impeach Cao Jie if you have nothing to do. And Wang Fu. The entire imperial palace is under the control of those eunuchs. If they are forced to go out and hold the Queen Mother and the Emperor hostage, and falsely spread the imperial decree to mobilize the fifth battalion of the Northern Army to encircle and suppress the Dou family, our lives are in danger. It must be guarded against."

Originally, he was just casually mentioning Xun Yu, but he would turn it into a prophecy in the future.