Han officials

Chapter 181: Cleaning Up the House [12]

Dongshan Academy, library.

When Wei Zhe arrived, it was already evening, but Zheng Xuan, Cai Yong and others were still in the pavilion and had not left.

The same was true for Lu Zhi. In fact, he had not left since he came here five days ago.

Even though Lu Zhi knew that it was against etiquette for Wei Zhe to take the palace secrets back to Liaodong and place them there, he still didn't say anything.

When it comes to the classics of ancient sages, these old men are more open-minded than each other.

After all, in the past, these classics were just shelved in the palace and few people read them.

But even if the emperor never asked about it, it would be extremely difficult for people outside to read it.

Especially these people in front of me are no longer in school age and have entered the stage of writing books.

In this way, a large amount of documentary materials become even more valuable to them.

Therefore, when Wei Zhe spoke, Lu Zhi, who was in the mountain of books, did not even put down the bamboo slips in his hand.

While Wei Zhe was stirring up trouble in the Central Plains, Lu Zhi was actually not idle in Goguryeo either.

He not only built the Andong Protectorate from scratch, but also stabilized the Andong Fourteen Kingdoms. The Buyeo Kingdom, which had originally attempted to rise by swallowing up the remains of Goguryeo, gradually became estranged under Lu Zhi's tactics.

In fact, Lu Zhi’s method is not complicated. He just uses the transaction volume of Wangpinghu City to control the situation.

Yes, the horses of Buyeo Kingdom’s Solbin are indeed famous horses in the world, but it doesn’t matter who you buy them from.

They can trade with the old and immortal King Buyeo, or with the princes who are waiting anxiously.

Lu Zhi didn’t understand market advantages or economic colonization, but he understood human nature.

A King of Buyeo who reigned for sixty years was enough to make many Buyeo nobles impatient.

Therefore, Lu Zhi did not support any other small tribes of Fuyu, but instead worked hard within Fuyu.

Although there is no South Buyeo and North Buyeo now, there is almost a trend of division.

As soon as the extremely resilient King Yuchotai of Buyeo dies, the country of Buyeo will probably fall into civil strife.

In this situation, there is actually not much that the Andong Protectorate can do. On the contrary, restraint is the best way to add fuel to the fire.

So when Wei Zhe finished speaking, Lu Zhi nodded casually: "Yes."

"But forget about the Right Beiping prefect. Just leave a place for me in the academy."

Zheng Xuan sighed upon hearing this, "Yuan Ziliang has made great contributions to the Holy Way, but it's unfair for him to be given the title of Protector of Andong. If this happened in the court..."

Zheng Xuan shook his head halfway through his speech and said nothing more.

However, Wei Zhe understood what he meant. Indeed, it was not excessive at all to exchange Yuan Jun's merits for one of the Nine Ministers.

But the problem is that if there had not been chaos in the court, how could Yuan Jun have had such an opportunity to make a contribution?

However, although Lu Zhi agreed, Wei Zhe was still not satisfied.

He took out a letter from his sleeve and handed it to Lu Zhi.

"What is this?" Lu Zhina was puzzled.

"A letter of rescue from Han Jizhou!" Wei Zhe said bluntly: "Gongsun Zan attacked the counties of Jizhou in the name of defeating Dong Zhuo. Han Jizhou was unable to defeat him, so he asked me for help!" If Wei Zhe was the governor of Youzhou now, then Han Fu might not dare to ask for help.

But Wei Zhe was only the prefect of Liaodong, which gave Han Fu hope.

After all, the two of them had some affection for each other. When Wei Zhe led his army through Jizhou twice, he provided a lot of food and fodder.

It can be said that before Wei Zhe made a clear statement, Han Fu had not yet fallen into a situation where he had to give up his position.

At the same time, after hearing what Wei Zhe said, Lu Zhi finally put down the bamboo slips in his hand and sighed.

"What a deceptive trick to destroy the State of Guo... Well, well, I'll just keep my title in the title for a few days!"

Lu Zhi had a clear mind, and Wei Zhe recommended him as the prefect of Youbeiping in order to deal with Gongsun Zan.

Heaven, Earth, Emperor, Parents and Teachers, as Gongsun Zan's teacher, he has an innate advantage.

Originally, Gongsun Zan's plan to attack Jizhou by pretending to pass through Yu was unfounded and even violated the righteousness of the cause.

If he dared to go to war with his teacher Lu Zhi, Gongsun Zan's reputation would be completely ruined.

However, even though Lu Zhi knew Wei Zhe's plan clearly, he still agreed.

The reason was simple—Lu Zhi also wanted to clean up his house.

In Lu Zhi's view, Gongsun Zan should never invade in the name of defeating Dong Zhuo.

Such behavior makes it difficult for him, as a teacher, to face people.

Everyone in the world knows that Gongsun Zan is his disciple. If he doesn't clean up the mess, the Lu family will probably be finished.

Thinking of this, Lu Zhi immediately said: "I am not talented, but I am willing to write this letter. I don't know if you..."

Upon hearing this, Wei Zhe couldn't help but raise his eyebrows slightly. He didn't expect that this old man would do things so cleanly and efficiently.

However, since Lu Zhi was willing to take action personally, Wei Zhe naturally wanted it more than he bargained for.

"It's my wish, but I don't dare to ask for my ear."

Seeing Wei Zhe nod, Lu Zhi pondered for a moment and then improvised the manifesto. Seeing this, Cai Yong immediately followed suit and wrote it down in eight-point script.
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"Chasing Gongsun and the Rebellious Thieves"

Wei Zhe, the Left General of the Han Dynasty, announced to the Heaven and Earth, and to all the heroes of the world:
I've heard that a fierce tiger salivates before gathering its claws and fangs, and a vicious dragon hides its scales before swallowing a boat. Now there's the traitor Gongsun, with his halberd and mustache erected, pretending to be loyal and righteous, his tongue eloquent, yet harboring a treacherous cunning. In the past, I, out of respect for my fellow colleagues, would bring in wolves at their wit's end and thieves at their end. Who could have imagined that this thief, under the guise of suppressing Dong Zhuo, would actually seize prefectures and counties? This is the height of disloyalty!
In the past you slaughtered the women and children of Jizhou for pleasure, and now you plunder the granaries of Hejian for joy. The people welcomed you into the city with food and drink, yet you allowed your soldiers to plunder their homes. This is the height of inhumanity!
Han Fu, the governor of Jizhou, may have treated you with kindness and righteousness, but you repaid him with war. This is the ultimate in injustice!

The Spring and Autumn Annals states: "A traitor who kills the king shall be punished by anyone."

The Han Dynasty is now in jeopardy, and we need loyal and good people to cleanse the world. How can we allow evil spirits like you to harm the people?
With Heaven above and Earth as our witness, all the sons of the Han family should hold their spears and face north.

Anyone who captures this beast will be rewarded with ten thousand gold coins and a fief of ten thousand households; anyone who brings his head to the military gate will be rewarded with a thousand pieces of brocade and a title of Marquis of Guannei. Wherever this proclamation reaches, it will be like thunder from the sky; wherever the righteous flag points, all the monsters will be crushed in the four directions!
In the library, Wei Zhe couldn't help but sigh with emotion after listening to Lu Zhi's manifesto.

Tsk tsk~ As expected, the older the ginger, the spicier it is!
It seems that Lu Zhi only listed Gongsun Zan's disloyalty, unkindness, and injustice in the proclamation. However, Gongsun Zan was unfilial in the sense that he forced his own teacher to expel his family.

Once this article was published, the charges against Gongsun Zan of being disloyal, unfilial, unkind and unjust were set in stone.

When Zhang Chun rebelled, he even found an excuse that the emperor was unjust. This shows that once a person's reputation is ruined, even his own people will despise him.

Gongsun Zan may not have cared much about these false reputations in the past.

But with the issuance of the "Exhortation to Punish the Rebellious Gongsun Bandits," he would soon realize the power of these empty reputations...

(End of this chapter)