Xuande

Chapter 136 It's time to fight
The situation in Luoyang City suddenly intensified at the time when Taipingdao had already started an incident in Jizhou.

The sudden actions of Zhang Rang and Dong Yuan disrupted the respective arrangements of the ancient literature school and the modern literature school, and they each lost their opportunity. When facing the emperor's angry questioning, they bowed their noble heads to the emperor for the first time. Have to admit that they did make mistakes.

But Zheng Xuan and Yang Ci still pleaded to the emperor and defended themselves.

No one knew that Taipingdao had wolfish ambitions for rebellion. Everyone was just curious about Huang Lao's studies. This was openly encouraged by the court. There should be nothing wrong with everyone following the call of the court.

All in all, the fault lies with Zhang Jiao, not with scholars and officials.

They tried their best to throw the blame away and were unwilling to take the blame.

In order to further clarify himself, Yang Ci took the lead in launching an attack on the Ancient Literature School, and participated in all the leaders of the Ancient Literature School from Zheng Xuan down, saying that they were involved with the Taiping Dao, suspected of rebellion, and needed to be investigated.

There are Taipingdao activities in Qingzhou where Zheng Xuan lives, there are Taipingdao activities in Youzhou where Lu Zhi and Liu Bei live, and there are also Taipingdao activities in the places where other ancient literary masters live, so they are all suspected and must be investigated.

Yang Ci also seriously claimed that the reason why these people cooperated with Taipingdao was that they were imprisoned by the disaster of the party, so they hated the big man, so they conspired to join forces with Zhang Jiao to make trouble.

Then he impeached Sili Xiaowei Guo Hong as guilty. As Sili Xiaowei, he didn't notice the conspiracy of the courtiers and the collusion of Taipingdao, which is completely unreasonable.

Even if it wasn't dereliction of duty, he was still confused. How could such a person continue to serve as the captain of Sili?

So he has to be deposed and investigated!
After the ancient literature school learned of Yang Ci's appearance, the crowd became furious and strongly demanded a counterattack.

Zheng Xuan, an old pedant, has spent his whole life tinkering with academics. He wanted to avoid disputes and establish orthodox academics all his life. He finally founded Zheng Xue, which formally ended the dispute between modern and ancient prose. People are also deeply trapped in the political whirlpool and cannot extricate themselves.

Academically, the debate between modern and ancient prose did not continue, but politically, the debate between modern and ancient prose broke out completely.

So dignified, he turned into a traitor in collusion with Zhang Jiao on the battlefield of political struggle.

He was heartbroken and depressed.

But until now, he has nothing to do, so under Liu Bei's strong suggestion, the bigwigs of the ancient literature school can only fight back, spraying back the accusations of the modern literature school completely.

There seem to be more Taiping Taoists active in the Central Plains!
Especially in Yuzhou, especially in the Runan area of ​​Yingchuan, there are so many Taiping Taoists!
How many noble families live there?
Are there only Xun and Yuan over there?
Aren't the lairs of you guys all active in Taipingdao?

Did you instigate it secretly?
Come on, let's snipe at each other, hurt each other, who is afraid of whom?
At this critical moment, Liu Bei once again became the number one organizer and assaulter of the ancient literature school's external propaganda and public opinion offensive. When the big bosses made their appearances in the court hall to confront Yang Cizhong, he launched the ancient literature school's soldiers outside the court hall. The children and the lackeys of the modern literature school are passionately facing each other.

The two sides quarreled again.

Then under Liu Bei's instigation, the forces of both sides launched the first physical debate in Luoyang City.

The young supporters on both sides finally no longer insisted on deciding the victory with their mouths, but replaced their mouths with fists, turning Luoyang City into a hot land of youth and blood.

The situation has escalated, and the era of physical classics debate has begun. The ancient literature school and the modern literature school are finally not satisfied with the traditional classics debate, and start physical debates.

Then Liu Hong was happy.

He immediately instructed Dongyuan to arrest and examine people, and according to the lists put forward by both parties, conduct investigations separately, and don't let anyone go.

It has to be said that this version of the Taipingdao Uprising did give the Eastern Han Empire more leeway and gave them more time to react.

The Jizhou Yellow Turban Army led by Gao Zheng, Yan Sheng, and Wang Meng did not send news to the Taiping Daoists in the Central Plains in time to make them rise up. The two sides did not even have a symbolic coordination. The threat is naturally local, not national. of.

What's worse, Luo Yang knew about their nationwide uprising plan in advance.

Therefore, although there is fierce party struggle, you come and go, and physical debates in Luoyang City, the military arrangements there have not been left behind.

It's time to fight.

Liu Hong presided over the military meeting himself. In addition to the attendance of the San Gong and Jiu Qing, he also selected civil and military officials who are good at military affairs to participate in the meeting, and gave them special privileges to protect them from party disputes-this point, Liu Hong is still clear.

Lu Zhi, as a capable minister with clear military achievements, was also summoned by Liu Hong to attend the meeting, and Liu Bei, as Lu Zhi's disciple, was able to attend the meeting in a fair manner.

At the meeting, Liu Hong disclosed Taipingdao's national uprising plan, and informed the participants of Taipingdao's wolf ambitions. Many officials present at the meeting were terrified. It turned out to be a bad wolf.

They all spoke out to reprimand Tai Pingdao and Zhang Jiao. Liu Hong got tired of hearing this and waved his hand.

"Okay, stop talking nonsense. I called you here to discuss a solution. Zhang Jiao is dead, so stop scolding. The question now is, how should the Taipingdao thieves deal with it?"

Liu Hong forcefully asked the officials to discuss the business and come up with a motion, then everyone would know that it was time to show their true skills.

When it comes to turning black and white with their lips and tongue, many people here are good players, but when it comes to marching, fighting, arranging troops and winning thousands of miles away, they just don't know what to ask.

They can only recommend some masters who are good at military affairs to answer the emperor's questions, and they themselves serve as the background board and atmosphere group for discussing issues.

Apart from Lu Zhi, the officials selected to participate in the actual discussion of issues included Zhu Jun, an admonishing official of the dynasty, and Huang Fusong, the nephew of General Du Liao Huangfu Gui.

Among them, Lu Zhi and Zhu Jun both had military merits. They both put down rebellions for the country and had a wide reputation in the court.

Huangfusong was born in Liangzhou, he was a descendant of a family of generals, although he was knowledgeable, he had no actual military exploits, the reason why he was promoted to the military council by Liu Hong was the eunuch Lu Qiang's recommendation.

But this is understandable, because of the Hundred Years Han-Qiang War, Liangzhou people were in a very bad situation during the Eastern Han Dynasty. Even within the ruling group, Liangzhou people were second-class citizens and would suffer a lot of unfair treatment.

Although Huangfusong was born in a general family, his parents and ancestors also made many military exploits, but because of his identity as a Liangzhou native, if he wanted to gain a foothold in the court, it would be impossible for him to rely on himself without a solid background.

Eunuch Lu Qiang has always had a reputation of integrity, he is a rare honest and upright eunuch, Huangfusong felt that relying on him would not humiliate his family, Lu Qiang was also very strong, and sent Huangfusong to Liu Hong as soon as he made a move.

Huangfusong probably also wanted to show off, so he was the first to respond to Liu Hong's question.

"Your Majesty, I believe that since Zhang Jiao is dead, the Taiping Dao has no leader and cannot become a great weapon, so there is nothing to be afraid of. The imperial court can send troops to Jizhou to wipe out the rebels. Once the rebels in Jizhou are wiped out, all the Taiping Daoists in the world will turn into birds and beasts and disperse."

Although Liu Hong doesn't understand military affairs, he also vaguely feels that this statement is a bit too simple.

"Really?"

"Really."

Huangfusong said: "Of course, it's not enough just to exterminate them. I ask you to kill the Taipingdao bandits in Jizhou, then kill all their captives and build a temple in Beijing, so as to deter the Taipingdao bandits all over the world. In this way, the Taipingdao bandits The crowd will certainly lose heart and dare not make trouble."

(End of this chapter)