I will be the master of Xuande

Chapter 703 On Yuan

The moment Huang Zu saw the bodies of Liu Bian and He, he knew that he was in for something big this time.

Previously, I was still thinking about how to use this incident to make the Jiangxia Huang family become the largest family in Jingzhou. Let alone become the largest family in Jingzhou this time, if Yuan Shao doesn't kill his whole family later, it will be regarded as giving him face.

Huang Zu was also a figure in Nanyang's top aristocratic circle. He naturally knew how much impact he would have on the political situation in the south after he led his troops to kidnap King Hongnong and led to King Hongnong's death. This was not a big deal. It's a small thing.

It's just that although he knew it in his heart, he was already panicking.

At this moment, he showed panic. He looked around, clapped his hands helplessly, and said repeatedly: "What should we do, what should we do!"

Huang Zu was already confused, but once he was confused, it would still have a great impact on the Jingzhou soldiers around Zhou Tai.

Seeing the generals in this state, how could these people not begin to feel that not only had their mission failed, but they had also made a big mistake.

In this way, the morale of the army will be easily affected. If Xu Huangzai suddenly kills someone at this time, Huang Zu and the others will be in danger.

At this critical moment for this kind of car, it was Zhou Tai who hurriedly stepped forward to help Huang Zu stabilize his mind.

Zhou Tai hurriedly stepped forward, raised his hands to Huang Zu and said, "Huang Gong, at this time, you must not be left without a master and do nothing."

Huang Zu turned to look at Zhou Tai strangely, not understanding what he meant.

Although Zhou Tai has a reckless background, he is also quite scheming. The advisers he has seen around Yuan Shao over the years are plotting against each other, and he has also become very thoughtful.

Who would have thought that at this time, he would be able to make a more calm judgment than Huang Zu.

"Huang Gong, Huang Gong, you must not forget that the death of King Hongnong and He family today was definitely not what we wanted. We wanted to invite King Hongnong and He family to Jingzhou, but we never thought that Liu Jian of the imperial court sent soldiers and horses to intercept and kill him on the way. He did not care that King Hongnong was the son of the late emperor. He ordered his soldiers to continuously attack King Hongnong's carriage, which led to King Hongnong's death. This matter was later discussed by Huang Gong. We must report it to Duke Yuan, and let him spread the word to the world, and let the heroes of the world work together to defeat the traitor Liu Jian!"

Zhou Tai's words sounded like the morning bell in Huang Zu's mind.

He looked at Zhou Tai in surprise, then narrowed his eyes and nodded slowly.

Yes, Zhou Tai was right. Now the situation has become the worst. No matter how much he complains or panics, it is useless.

The top priority now is to quickly muddy up the matter and at the same time pour dirty water on Liu Jian.

This was a common method used by prominent families from all over the Han Dynasty...the method of public opinion.

Although I don't know whether Liu Jian planned this matter, it has something to do with both parties. It depends on who can spill the dirty water on the other party first.

Huang Zu thought of this and suddenly jumped up from the ground. He reached out and patted the dust on his body.

He cupped his hands towards Zhou Tai and said, "You were the one who reminded me that Youping must return, otherwise I would have made a big mistake."

Immediately afterwards, I heard him order Zhou Tai to say: "Youping, you are leading the troops and horses to cut off my back here. I will rush back to Wancheng first and report this matter to Mr. Yuan, asking Mr. Yuan to make a quick decision on this matter."

Zhou Tai nodded, then squinted at the two corpses on the side, and said: "The corpses of King Hongnong and his mother need to be brought back to Jingzhou for Mr. Yuan to bury, so that we can show our respect for King Hongnong." of respect.”

Huang Zu understood what Zhou Tai meant. He wanted to use this matter to slander Liu Jian, so Jingzhou must give King Hongnong a grand burial.

He nodded quickly and said, "What Youping said is true!"

Afterwards, Huang Zu ordered his soldiers to reload the bodies of King Hongnong and He into the carriage, and drove the carriage to follow his advance troops and horses in the direction of Nanyang County, while Zhou Tai He led most of his troops to follow Huang Zu as the rear guard, guarding against the imperial army coming to pursue him.

Although Huang Zu and others were the first to discover the bodies of Liu Bian and He, the news of Liu Bian and He's deaths did not mean that the imperial court was unaware of them.

Liu Jian, Jia Xu and others may know the news faster than Yuan Shao.

After King Hongnong died, Xu Huang got the news as soon as possible, and the person who informed him of the news was none other than the eunuch Li Zhi who led the way for King Hongnong.

Thinking about it carefully, this person was a eunuch trained by Lu Qiang, but after Liu Bian's fall, he still followed him unabated.

This can only mean that he has two thoughts, one is that he has deep feelings for King Hongnong and is determined to repay King Hongnong with his death.

Another possibility is that Lu Qiang, who trained him, was kind to him again, and Lu Qiang died in the hands of Liu Bian. Then the purpose of Li Zhi following King Hongnong until now can be imagined. And know it.

Li Zhi fled to Xu Huang and informed Xu Huang that King Hongnong was dead.

As for how King Hongnong died, he did not elaborate, and Xu Huang was too lazy to ask. Xu Huang just sent someone to escort Li Zhi back to Hongnong and asked him to see Li Ru.

Li Ru then took him back to Chang'an as quickly as possible to meet Jia Xu.

Jia Xu also reported the incident to Liu Jian as quickly as possible.

When Liu Jian heard that King Hongnong and the He family were dead, he immediately showed displeasure on his face.

"I asked your schoolmaster to look after King Hongnong, but I never asked you to interfere with King Hongnong and Yuan Shao's affairs. How could you instead use King Hongnong to attack Huang Zu's army with Xu Huang? Although you have won by chance now The enemy had been fighting for a while, but instead they risked the life of King Hongnong, thus causing our great Han Dynasty to lose a vassal king in vain, and acting without authorization, do you still take me, the Prime Minister, in your eyes?"

Jia Xu was not afraid at all when he heard Liu Jian's criticism of him, but he still showed regret on his face.

"What the Prime Minister said is that we were eager to perform meritorious service and also wanted to relieve the imperial court of its worries. We made this decision out of desperation. We did not expect to do bad things with good intentions. Please forgive me, Prime Minister."

"Oh, that's all!"

"Now that things have come to this, what's the use of me scolding you so harshly?"

"It's just that King Hongnong is dead this time. What should we do if we are so passive?"

What should be done? Jia Xu believed that Liu Jian must have planned it long ago.

But he still said:

"Back to Prime Minister, in my opinion, the top priority is to send our people to spread the word about this matter all over the world, and at the same time use Ta Kung Pao to publicize this matter in all counties. In any case, we must connect the death of King Hongnong and Yuan Shao's delusion. Make connections on your own.”

"Besides, if Yuan Shao hadn't sent troops to kidnap King Hongnong secretly, how could it have led to a big war in Hongnong County? How could King Hongnong have died innocently on the battlefield?"

"I now suspect that Yuan Shao sent troops to Hongnong County this time to deliberately intercept and kill King Hongnong, and then use this matter to undermine the morale of my court."

When Liu Jian heard this, he nodded and said: "Wen He's words are reasonable. If so, then I can't let Yuan Shao succeed." "In the Ta Kung Pao, it should be quickly announced that Yuan Shao is supporting King Hongnong. In addition, your school affairs office is required to spread this matter to various places, and the imperial court will also issue an edict to attack Yuan Shao!"

"In short, this time the imperial court will launch all public opinion offensives to announce Yuan Shao's crimes to the world."

Jia Xu said: "Prime Minister, according to my opinion, Yuan Shao should have the same thoughts as a prime minister now."

When Liu Jian heard this, he laughed loudly and said, "How could I not know what Yuan Benchu ​​was thinking? He just wanted to use the public opinion offensive to blame King Hongnong's death on my head. How could Liu let him do so?"

"In the past, the world's public opinion channels were all in the hands of You Yue, but now after more than ten years of my layout, who is in the hands of the world's public opinion channels? We still don't know."

"I want Yuan Shao to know through this incident that the world's public opinion is no longer in their hands."

"From now on, the public opinion mouthpiece of the Han Dynasty will only be in the hands of the imperial court!"

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Sure enough, the battlefields in various places between the north and the south had not yet decided the winner. In response to the death of King Hongnong, they launched another public opinion war.

In this battle, both sides used endless tricks to fight each other. It didn't matter whose hands King Hongnong died in. People on both sides didn't want to know the truth. The truth was meaningless to them.

The main thing they are doing now is to use various channels at their disposal to blame the death of King Hongnong on the opponent's head.

Yuan Shao still used the traditional clan review model, using the propaganda channels of major families as the main force to penetrate Liu Jian's viciousness into the people, saying that he sent people to secretly assassinate King Hongnong during the Battle of Hongnong. However, he had a serious problem in his heart. He ignored the late emperor's entrustment and killed the late emperor's heirs, which was a heinous crime.

In particular, many of He's old family members are still living in Nanyang. Under Yuan Shao's rule, these people were also moved out by Yuan Shao and cooperated with Yuan Shao to slander the court and Liu Jian.

Yuan Shao originally thought that his propaganda and slander methods should be very effective. After all, for so many years in the world, it couldn't be easier to use such methods to destroy someone!

Even if this person has a high position and authority, he generally has no power to resist under such a powerful public opinion offensive.

Yuan Shao had even begun to imagine Liu Jian thundering in the court, furious and helpless.

But unfortunately, Liu Jian does not have such a problem in reality.

Not only will there be no problems such as anxiety and irritability, but Liu Jian's attacks are sharper than Yuan Shao's.

Liu Jian first directly rebuked Yuan Shao's evil deeds based on the decree of the imperial court and the decree of the emperor, and issued a copy of the edict to all counties in the world, stating that this time Yuan Shao led his troops into Hongnong, kidnapped King Hongnong and killed him. , is to avenge private life, retaliate against the imperial court, attack the imperial court, the crime should be punished by the three clans.

After that, the most influential Ta Kung Pao in the Han Dynasty began to publish information everywhere!

Over the years, Ta Kung Pao's influence has ranked first among the Han Dynasty. He regularly updates world affairs and analyzes the world and filtered policy situations to the people at the bottom with extremely accurate remarks.

Before the publication of Ta Kung Pao, many lower-class rural people did not understand the affairs of the imperial court. However, each issue of Ta Kung Pao popularized the policies of the imperial court and policies that were beneficial to the people, so that the people could understand in a timely manner what was beneficial to them. The imperial policies were not deceived by the powerful, so Ta Kung Pao held a very high weight in the hearts of the people.

Since Ta Kung Pao has explained Yuan Shao's crimes, it is naturally a certainty in the hearts of the people.

There is no doubt that Ta Kung Pao has become the authority in the hearts of the people. No matter how much other gossip or news spread by various sources, it cannot shake its weight in the hearts of the people.

Then came the established universities in various places, as well as various other official and private schools.

Over the years, Liu Jian established state universities in various places, and he also served as the president of Capital University. It can be said that the Han Dynasty had unprecedented control over academies in various places.

Coupled with the fact that the imperial examination system cut off the ability of aristocratic families to recommend students, students from various universities have become, to a certain extent, imperial disciples.

The concept of imperial disciples is also a new concept that Liu Jian has popularized and penetrated in various schools and scholars while running schools in recent years.

There is nothing more glorious than being a disciple of the Emperor!

Students would no longer become officials because they were recommended by their original local families, but would actually pass the imperial examination system and become officials, becoming disciples of the Liu family of the Han Dynasty.

Moreover, all state universities in various places have linkages with the imperial court.

As soon as there was any news from the imperial court, the news was immediately distributed to various universities, so that the scholars could get the news from the imperial court as soon as possible and publicize the matter from the imperial court's standpoint.

Students all over the world are promoting this matter from the standpoint of the imperial court, so the direction of public opinion on this matter is almost certain.

Today's students no longer need the recommendation of local families or the support of local bosses to have an official career, and the imperial examination system also makes them understand the importance of the imperial court to their official career.

Moreover, among universities in various places, the proportion of powerful and humble scholars is increasing.

Therefore, the scholars now are different from before. The direction of their speech has changed. They have begun to unanimously support the imperial court. Many people open and shut their mouths because it is the favorable policy of the imperial court. The scholars now understand that only by doing this, they can The future may be brighter.

Zuo Bo, who was in charge of the Cultural Affairs Bureau, also under Liu Jian's instruction, began to publish a book, printed it in large quantities, and distributed it widely throughout the world.

"On Yuan"

The content of this book cannot be prepared in the near future.

Because the content in this book is very sophisticated.

Starting from Yuan An, the ancestor of the Yuan family in Runan, it describes in detail what the Yuan family in Runan did in the Han Dynasty for several generations.

The content of the book is relatively pertinent.

The book does not completely discredit the Yuan family, including acknowledging the achievements of the Yuan family. The achievements of several generations of Yuan family descendants in the court for the Han Dynasty are all recorded in detail.

Of course, there is also the dark side of what they did, which is roughly explained in this book.

Therefore, the content of this book is still very objective.

However, such an objective family record was published in large quantities in the Han Dynasty at this time, and the content in it is intriguing.

(End of this chapter)