Xuande

Chapter 582 Can You Do It?
After all, Gongsun Zan had some relationship with Liu Bei. Although Liu Bei did not return to Luoyang to attend the trial in order to avoid suspicion, the court still attached great importance to this trial.

The trial was jointly heard by the three divisions. Tingwei, Sili Xiaowei and Yushi Zhongcheng attended the trial together to convict Gongsun Zan.

Previously, because of the Hedong crisis and a series of incidents, the head of the Sanfa Division had changed a lot.

For example, Yushi Zhongcheng was recommended by Liu Bei, and Ma Rixun, an important figure of the ancient literature school, served as the post. Therefore, Ma Rixun has completely stood with Liu Bei politically.

Because of its particularity, Sili Xiaowei has always been supported by Liu Bei to take Guo Hong as the post. In order to make up for Guo Hong's political needs, Liu Bei named Guo Hong the Ting Hou after the Luoyang coup, making him honorable.

Tingwei was controlled by the Jinwen School at the beginning, but after the Hedong crisis, the Jinwen School lost all power, and of course Tingwei's position was not retained.

Those who hold this position now are Zhang Rang and other people related to Shichangshi, Mao Hong, a calligrapher who was born in Hongdu School.

The eunuch group is now basically attached to Liu Bei, and the forces of Zhang Rang and Shi Changshi are closely related to Liu Bei.

It means that the judicial power of the imperial court is also controlled by the faction led by Liu Bei. In addition, "Zuoshi Chunqiu" has become an official school.

Under such a background, how the third division should act, of course, also had a previous internal negotiation.

The result of the internal consultation was to refer to Lu Zhi's attitude, not to help, and to truly "handle it impartially" without leaving any excuses.

Therefore, the third division sentenced Gongsun Zan to death on the grounds that Gongsun Zan did not obey the order and sent troops without authorization, which led to a big defeat and the collapse of Youzhou.

Little emperor Liu Xie didn't have any idea about this, and he didn't really understand anyway.

The Empress Dowager had no opinion on this, as long as the chaos in Youzhou was sorted out by Liu Bei, she would be lazy to take care of the rest.

Dong Zhong didn't have any idea either. This was an internal matter within Liu Bei's faction, and it didn't matter that the one who died was not his.

Of course most of the rest of the people had no idea, so they watched Gongsun Zan be sentenced to death with cold eyes.

In the end, there is some opinion from the Jinwen School.

Of course, the opinion is not about how to deal with Gongsun Zan. Liu Bei's people will die if they die, it doesn't matter, but is there only one Gongsun Zan who deserves to die?
After Gongsun Zan's sentence came out, the Jinwen School started to take action.

Huan Dian publicly submitted a table to the palace, telling his views.

Gongsun Zan was originally the capital of Liaodong, and he had only served as a county magistrate before. His official position was humble, his qualifications were shallow, and he was still from Youzhou. Logically speaking, he was not qualified to be the governor of Youzhou.

But later, because of Liu Bei's recommendation and recommendation, Gongsun Zan was appointed as the governor of Youzhou, so Liu Bei was the guarantor for Gongsun Zan to serve as the governor of Youzhou.

Now Gongsun Zan messed up things and caused Youzhou to suffer serious losses, and the country suffered a lot because of this. Could it be enough to kill only one Gongsun Zan?

Liu Bei, as a great general, knows no one well and acts cronyism, which violates the trust of the emperor and the trust of the people in the world. Doesn't this need to be questioned?

Therefore, Huan Dian said that the general Liu Bei should be held accountable, asked Liu Bei to explain the matter, and punish him, take away some of his powers and so on.

For his suggestion, the court officials reacted fiercely, and they were typically divided into two factions, one faction supported and the other opposed.

The reason for the support is very simple, they are all from the Jinwen school, anyway, the main focus is a diode.

There are many reasons for opposition, not only the ancient literature school is fully opposed, but also some members of the middle school do not agree.

Just kidding, they are not stupid.

It's okay to say that Liu Bei lost the battle, you can still hold him accountable, and it doesn't matter if you deprive him of his power, but now that Liu Bei has returned from a big victory, he is famous all over the world, and his reputation is greatly shaken, so you say punishment to him?
If he doesn't beat you to death, his subordinates will find you desperately.

Those arrogant soldiers only serve Liu Bei alone. If you want to punish Liu Bei, shouldn't you first ask those arrogant soldiers what they think?
This time Liu Bei killed the Xianbei people first, then Yuan Shao, and now he is going to fight against the Wuhuan people. Once he wins, it will be a great victory in Youzhou. His credit far outweighs his faults, and you still have to ask him for his crime?

Don't say that Zhang Rang thought it was funny, Jian Shuo wanted Liu Bei because of the Jizhou incident.

As eunuchs, what happened in Jizhou was very exciting to them. They realized that after Liu Hong died, the eunuch urgently needed a new protector to protect them.

At the same time, they further realized the importance of Liu Bei to them.

Although the relationship with Shi Changshi is not good, Jian Shuo is also an eunuch. Although he didn't have a deep relationship with Liu Bei before, after the Jizhou incident, Jian Shuo also began to lean towards Liu Bei.

So both Zhang Rang and Jian Shuo publicly expressed their opposition, resolutely disapproving Huan Dian's memorial table, and the above table asked the emperor to make an objection.

Although Liu Xie has a certain degree of self-awareness, but at his eight-year-old age, it is still difficult for him to handle this matter well. The right to dispose of this matter is naturally in the hands of the Empress Dowager.

As a nephew and natal family, Dong Zhong also had a certain influence on the Empress Dowager Dong.

However, on this matter, Dong Zhong and the Empress Dowager Dong had some small disagreements.

Of course, the Empress Dowager Dong was very opposed to Huan Dian's performance, but Dong Zhong put forward another view.

"The original intention of the late emperor to leave the four assistant ministers is to allow the four of us to supervise and restrict each other. No one can be arbitrary, so as to avoid people and things like Liang Ji and Dou Wu. Do you agree with this?"

Empress Dowager Dong nodded.

"That's natural. This is the late emperor's long-cherished wish, and I know it."

"Since this is the case, let Liu Xuande occupy too much power by himself."

Dong Zhong smiled wryly and said: "His ability is too strong, and his power will also increase. He has a lot of power in himself. Now he has won two consecutive victories, and it is still a great credit. His position can no longer be promoted. Wouldn't he feel dissatisfied that he could only increase the food cost?
Even if he is not dissatisfied at all, with his merits and power, he will have more and more fans, and more and more people will come to him. The possibility of turning over, and the only one who can confront him is my nephew.

Now we live in peace, but if one day he thinks that my nephew is an obstacle, if he wants to monopolize the power, how can my nephew have the power to resist?The longer the time, the more powerful he becomes, and the weaker my resistance becomes. In the end, I can only sit and wait to die, what do you think? "

Empress Dowager Dong frowned after listening to Dong Zhong's words.

"Chong, why do you have such thoughts about Xuande?"

"Isn't it strange that it doesn't?"

Dong Zhong smiled wryly and said, "Aunt, right now the Son of Heaven is young and the power is in the hands of the four of us, and among the four of us, Liu Xuande is the No. Then in a few years, power will naturally come into his hands.

Don't forget, besides being a great general, he is also the master of education. He can recruit and accept disciples. His Liangzhou state school has nearly [-] students. It is said that this time he came directly from there Hundreds of people were summoned to help him!

Just like this, he can continue to train disciples, hundreds of hundreds a year, and in a few years, the whole court will be full of old disciples of his. At that time, what else will we, aunt and nephew, have? Shelter?Aunt, it's not that my nephew is thinking too much. "

Empress Dowager Dong thought for a while, but still shook her head.

"The first emperor did many wrong things in his life, but at the end of his life, he did one right thing, that is, he chose Xuande to assist the government. Since then, how comfortable my life has been, you haven't seen how many problems he has solved by himself, don't you also see it?"

"That's true, but Auntie, we can't just look at the present and not the future, can we?"

Empress Dowager Dong looked at Dong Zhong, her complexion became unprecedentedly unhappy.

"It's not that I don't want to look at the future, it's just that I want to ask you, if you replace Liu Xuande, are you sure you can deal with the chaos in the whole world? Can you lead troops to fight? Can you guarantee that my old bone will continue to enjoy happiness in the palace?" ?"

(End of this chapter)