"How does Ah Sheng view the scourge of party imprisonment?" Xun Chen couldn't help asking, "Ah Sheng's position is not the same as ours."

"If you ask me..." Ah Sheng thought sideways, "Among the eunuchs, there can only be one in a hundred who has vision and talent; at least one scholar can come out in ten. If you have to compare a scholar with an eunuch Naturally, it is better for the common people if the scholars are in power." At least the aristocratic families have face, and most eunuchs don't even have face when they plunder.

Little Xun Yu is smarter than his elder brother and eldest nephew, knowing that Ah Sheng still has more to say, he took the initiative to connect her: "However—"

"However, from the original essence, this is a war between the imperial power against the nobles, and the center against the localities."

"Ah..." Xun Yu stared blankly at A Sheng with rounded eyes.I saw that Ah Sheng's eyes wandered, his voice became lower and lower, his watery almond eyes narrowed slightly, and the corners of his mouth slightly raised, he didn't know what he was thinking.

"Ah Sheng!" Xun You's voice pulled her back, "The party's imprisonment is a serious disaster. Li Ying and Chen Shi are both benevolent and upright elders, but they suffered unreasonable disasters because of this. I don't think there is anything ridiculous in this."

Ah Sheng was taken aback: "No, I thought of something else."

"Appreciate further details."

"The scourge of the party's imprisonment is serious. It is difficult to explain it in general with our current experience and vision. It is better to see the big from the small, just take Li Gong's case as an example, and debate one or two."

Li Ying's disobedience was the fuse of the disaster of party imprisonment.

Speaking of it, it still has something to do with the natural disasters that have happened in successive years. In order to deal with the disasters, in addition to carrying out sacrifices, the emperor also has a measure of accumulating virtue called "amnesty to the world".The imperial power arbitrarily overrides the law, which is nothing at all. The Chinese people have been used to it for thousands of years.Amnesty is a good thing, it is a virtuous government.But this amnesty was taken advantage of by the eunuchs. They served the emperor personally and were much more informed than others. Naturally, they knew the time of the amnesty in advance and deliberately let the subordinates obtain a lot of illegal benefits before the amnesty.Wouldn't it be nice to wait for the decree of amnesty to write off all crimes?

Can Li Ying, who was born noble and arrogant, bear it?

Of course I can't bear it.So Henan Yin, who had just taken office, ignored the order of amnesty and killed all the eunuchs on his territory who should be killed.Now the emperor resigned, the order of amnesty was issued by the emperor, and Li Ying's behavior was properly resisting the order and flouting the emperor's benevolent government.Why did Li Ying dare to despise the emperor?Because he is a descendant of a family with a high reputation, there are a large group of old and in-laws behind him applauding him.The more the emperor thought about it, the more angry he wanted to punish Li Ying, but nine out of ten of the court officials pleaded for Li Ying, and the emperor put all the pleaders on the list of those who were not allowed to be officials. "Go away, I won't play with you anymore." In addition, the eunuchs took the opportunity to instigate and attack dissidents. In the end, the involvement became wider and wider, and finally led to the disaster of the party.

"We all know the cause and effect of Mr. Li's matter." Ah Sheng sat upright, looked directly at the friends across from him, and raised a finger, "The first question: Is it wrong to amnesty the world?"

Xun You hesitated for a moment: "No, the amnesty is His Majesty's kindness, but kindness should not be applied to eunuchs."

"Why? Because they have committed a lot of evil? But the other sinners who are forgiven by the amnesty are no more evil? Everyone who is forgiven by the amnesty is a sinner. In this case, why the same crime is not forgiven by eunuchs, but Is it true that those who belong to the party of eunuchs cannot be forgiven?"

Xun You shut up.

Xun Chen interjected: "Although the will is to treat people equally, there is always a standard of judgment in people's hearts. Some people are evil and cunning, and often rely on their power to avoid punishment by the law. You can't use thunder to eliminate hidden dangers. Wait until they are brought to justice. How many people will suffer from it."

"Since Ah Chen believes that Li Gong's judgment based on morality is higher than the emperor's will, then as long as we have morality, it is enough. What do we need the emperor for? What do we need the law for?"

"Uh... Ah Sheng, don't..."

A Sheng said with a cold face: "Everyone does things according to their own moral concepts, and they don't listen to the command of the central government at all. It would be unbearable for anyone to be an emperor. Today, it is a wise person like Li Gong who breaks the law and can be praised by everyone. ;Tomorrow, will it be a stupid person making judgments based on his own morality? How about a corrupt official making judgments based on his own morality the next day?"

Xun Chen opened his mouth wide: "You..."

"Li Gong thinks he is just, and maybe he is just. However, even if it is just, it cannot be opened because it is destroying the foundation of the dynasty's prestige. It is a way of contempt for the law. Are eunuchs better than eunuchs who flout the law? I am afraid that from now on, the gentry and the eunuchs will do whatever they can to destroy each other, and that is a more terrifying thing." Ah Sheng finished speaking in one breath, and stretched out his second finger: "Question [-]: Is it possible to control violence with violence?"

The room was quiet, no one spoke.

Ah Sheng stretched out his third finger: "I still have a third question, the law..."

"Master, the food has been delivered."

Ah Sheng put down his right hand: "Bring it in." She smiled: "Oh, let's just talk about it casually, it has no effect on changing reality. Eating is the biggest thing."

Only then did Xun Chen and Xun You spit out the breath that had reached their throats, and smiled wryly at each other.If they were born 2000 years later, they would know that this is an interrogation of the thinking of the rule of law on the thinking of the rule of man.But now, they can only feel that the originally glamorous things have been dismembered by sharp logic.

"You're getting worse." Xun Chen muttered, "I must tell Uncle Six."

Ah Sheng hastily stepped back half a centimeter: "I have never slandered celebrities. Being able to defy power, even if you have gone beyond the bounds, is far more valuable than colluding with others."

Xun You sighed, the sentence just now "Using violence to control violence, it's okay" was too deafening, and the later added sentence seemed a bit perfunctory no matter how peaceful it was.

In comparison, it was Xun Yu who accepted it well.While drooling over the tofu on his plate, he still asked Ah Sheng: "But now the government is corrupt and the eunuchs are doing evil. What should wise people do if they want to fight against them?"

"If I know, I can be a Sangong." Asheng perfunctory the children, bowed his head to eat.She cherishes every grain of food after the disaster.

Little Xun Yu didn't give up, and continued to pester her after dinner: "Ah Sheng sees it differently from us, so naturally he should have a different solution. Don't perfunctory me just because I am young."

The solution, of course, is a new system.The palace system, legal system, land system, education system and official selection system must be overthrown and reinvented.Before that, the innovation of the superstructure needs the support of the underlying productive forces.Ah Sheng hugged a flower pot and shouted to see off the guests: "I don't know anything about court struggles, I only know how to grow flowers and cook."

Little Xun Yu burst into tears: "Ah Sheng is perfunctory to me, even a flower pot is more important than me."

A Sheng looked up at the sky: "Not only is it more important than A Yu, but to me, this flowerpot is more important than the entire disaster of the party."

"It looks like an ordinary bud with two green leaves and no flowers. What is this?"

"This is called a...flower." Ah Sheng said vaguely, "I waited for three full years before I got a piece of the root of the flower." The pitiful space, such a small amount of roots, is enough to be cultivated for large-scale planting Seedlings will take a few years.

Next year, she will travel south in person to send this precious seedling to the South Island.Until Dong Zhuo's Rebellion, she didn't intend to let this thing go out.Although Ah Sheng only remembered a name for the Yellow Turban Uprising, she clearly knew that sweet potatoes, in principle, could extend the life of the Eastern Han Dynasty.Once the people are full, they will not rebel, but in turn, the decadent system will continue for as long as she lives.

Human life is limited.

Ah Sheng not only failed to prolong the life of the Eastern Han Dynasty, but also contributed to its collapse.

How do we do this?

Doing bad things is obviously not her strong point, so she has been thinking about it for more than ten years since she was born, but she still can't make up her mind.At this time, a news that shocked the whole country came from Luoyang.

Emperor Liu Zhi died at the age of 36.

His posthumous title is Huan.

Although he was hacked by the family over and over again in the last year of his reign because of the disaster of instigating the party, but when he died, the officials still gave him a good evaluation.

To open up the soil and serve far is Huan, and to restrain the respectful and diligent people is called Huan.

Although Emperor Huan spent a lot of money on the military, thanks to the efforts of generals such as Zhang Huan, Duan Jiong, and Huangfu Gui, he never lost a foreign war; and Emperor Huan was still an emperor who was able to subdue everyone, and the five princes were finally punished for corruption In the end, the relative Liang's crimes were finally wiped out.Apart from the aristocratic family that has become the trend of the times, the system of virtue ruled for thousands of years, and the endless natural disasters that he cannot do, it is really hard to find out the obvious big mistakes in governance.

Although there was a grandfather's hatred with Emperor Huan, when the whole country was in mourning, Ah Sheng still sympathized with Emperor Huan.He is not stupid, nor is he cruel. The problem of saving the country in the late Eastern Han Dynasty was so difficult that it could kill a person's ambition and life.

Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty left, leaving only three princesses, and no prince could inherit the throne.

Empress Dou, who was born in an aristocratic family, was promoted to Empress Dowager Dou, and the empress dowager's father, Dou Wu, a famous scholar leader, was a general.After deliberation, they welcomed a 12-year-old Liu clan relative as the new emperor.

Everything, on the surface, looks like a reprint of the story of Liang Ji and Queen Mother Liang back then, but there are still subtle differences.

First, Dou Wu is different from the domineering Liang Ji. He is the spiritual leader of Shilin, a moral model, and one of the "Three Monarchs".

Second, unlike the low-key eunuch group headed by Cao Teng when Emperor Huan first came to the throne, the conflict between eunuchs and scholars is now irreconcilable.And both sides have already tasted the taste of destroying the enemy's flesh with bloody means.

With the ignorant little emperor's car driving into the capital, a new round of bloody storm is about to kick off.

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