The elite did not migrate south

Chapter 114: His Majesty Wants to Establish Ten Eunuchs (Thanks to the Alliance Leader)

Outside the south gate, the court began another meeting.

The general still did not show up.

The person in charge of this court meeting was Situ Gong Gao Rou.

The ministers sat on both sides. Except for the Three Dukes and the Inspector of the Capital who sat alone, the rest of the ministers sat together.

General Sima Zhao, the General in Charge of the Western Expedition, was sitting among the ministers, looking at everyone, and thinking about what his brother had told him.

Shangshu Fu Gu was not here. He had left Luoyang and went to Heyin and other places to check whether local officials had killed innocent people and claimed credit for their achievements.

The ministers gathered together this time mainly to discuss the affairs of the Wu State.

From its establishment to the present day, the internal problems of the Wu State were no less than those of the Wei State. Now, like Cao Wei, it has fallen into a situation where powerful officials control the government.

First there was Zhuge Ke, and now there is Sun Jun.

Zhuge Ke was lucky. As the adopted son of Wu Hou, he was quick-witted, tall and handsome. He once pacified the Shanyue people and was later ordered to assist the emperor. In the Battle of Dongxing, he defeated the Cao Wei army, and even Guanqiu Jian and others fled without a fight.

What a pity, why did he have to learn from a certain emperor who personally led the army to attack Hefei?

He led an army of 200,000 to attack Cao Wei, but suffered countless casualties in Hefei and failed to capture the city. He was forced to flee in panic after being defeated by Sima Fu.

Later he was killed by Sun Jun.

Compared with Sima Shi, Zhuge Ke and others, Sun Jun was an even more important figure. Sima Shi was only a general, while Sun Jun was the prime minister and general, in charge of all domestic and foreign affairs.

His rise to power was extremely shameful. He had always been trying to curry favor with Sun Quan's princess, Sun Luban, and even had an affair with her. Sun Jun himself was the great-grandson of Sun Quan's uncle, Sun Jing. This was quite shocking in the history of China.

Just a few days ago, news came from the State of Wu that Wu Hou Sun Ying wanted to kill Sun Jun.

Unfortunately, the plan did not succeed and Sun Ying committed suicide after the failure. Sun Ying was the grandson of Sun Quan and the second son of Prince Xuan.

The officials of Cao Wei made fun of this matter, their eyes full of disdain and laughter.

The internal turmoil in Wu made them extremely relieved. Everyone felt that they should change their strategic deployment towards Wu, and they quickly reached a conclusion through discussion.

Just as they were discussing this matter, Xun Xu, who had recently been appointed as the Grand General's Military Advisor and a new Imperial Cavalry officer, suddenly stood up, faced Gao Rou, and said, "Lord Minister of the Interior, I have a report."

During the Han and Wei dynasties, ministers of low official positions had to pay homage to the Three Dukes. In addition, those who were promoted would pay homage to their promoters, and subordinates would also pay homage to them.

Gao Rou was a little surprised. Logically speaking, Xun Xu had no right to sit here at all.

He was just a subordinate of the general, and could not even be considered a subject of the Wei Dynasty.

However, now the general is the sole decision-maker, and no one dares to object if his people want to sit here.

Gao Rou's face was stern. Their family had a good relationship with the Xun family, so he asked, "What's the matter?"

Xun Xu said helplessly, "After I was appointed a Palace Guard, I went to see Your Majesty. Your Majesty said that the Palace Guard position was inconvenient and wanted to restore it to the position of Palace Attendant. I was terrified and could not take this matter lightly, so I spoke rashly in front of your wise minister today."

"What did you say?!"

At that moment, Gao Rou stood up immediately.

Not only Gao Rou, but many ministers in the court were stunned, their eyes full of astonishment.

Your Majesty is very close to the eunuchs, and everyone has heard about this. Your Majesty has no real power, so people just express regret and forget about it. But, do you want to reinstate the eunuchs?

How dare a foolish ruler do this!!!

Old ministers in the temple had all experienced the Party and Faction Rebellion. Even if the others had not experienced it, they had heard about it from their parents.

We finally got rid of those eunuchs and let the sons of noble families serve as constant attendants. What are you trying to do now?

Gao Rou was furious. At this moment, he seemed to have turned back into his former upright and resolute self.

The affairs of the Wu State were instantly forgotten by the ministers, and everyone looked at Xun Xu.

Xun Xu said bitterly, "How can I not obey your Majesty's words?"

“Absolutely not!!”

Gao Rou was the first to speak, "Your Majesty is still young! You don't know the truth! Why is this so?!"

None of the ministers were in a hurry to speak, they just waited and watched.

This matter doesn't make sense no matter how you look at it. It's true that the emperor is close to eunuchs, but he is not crazy. How dare he come up with such an idea?
Will you also tell Xun Xu?
Would Xun Xu also write a letter to the emperor?
All the ministers smelled a conspiracy.

Wang Xiang, who was sitting alone opposite, suddenly became uneasy.

His eyes widened and he almost cursed out loud in his heart.

Xun Xu has never met His Majesty. What does the general want to do?
Lu Yu glanced at Sima Zhao, who looked calm, then looked at Wang Xiang, closed his eyes and did not participate.

Gao Rou was now loudly recounting the chaos caused by eunuchs in the past. "Eunuchs are vicious! Your Majesty must have been bewitched by them!" "As a minister, you should die in remonstration! Your Majesty must not be allowed to make such a grave mistake!"

Gao Rou was very excited and looked like he was irreconcilable with the eunuchs. This was the first court meeting in the Cao Wei court to criticize the eunuchs.

After Gao Rou started the attack, all the ministers followed suit.

No matter what conspiracy there is, criticizing eunuchs is the right thing to do. If scholars do not criticize eunuchs, they will lose their morality and the world.

"Lord Wang! What's going on?!"

"Is this how you teach the emperor?!"

After Gao Rou had been criticizing the eunuch for a while, he turned his attention directly to Wang Xiang.

Wang Xiang was well prepared. He suddenly stood up and said excitedly, "It's my fault for not teaching you well enough. I allowed Your Majesty to be bewitched by those eunuchs! I am guilty!"

His face flushed red, and he looked even more excited than Gao Rou.

Gao Rou then began to issue orders, "Investigate who is inciting Your Majesty to surrender! Contact all the ministers and submit a joint letter to Your Majesty, making Your Majesty aware of the evil deeds of eunuchs! Do not allow them to get close to you!"

All the ministers agreed.

Sima Zhao remained calm from beginning to end, just watching the scene.

The court meeting was hastily concluded, and Gao Rou had already begun discussing submitting a petition to the Emperor and Empress Dowager, as if it were of paramount importance. The resolute Si Tu Gong declared, "I am as unyielding as I am. Even in the face of a powerful Emperor, I will never yield! I will risk my life to make His Majesty understand his faults!"
Wang Xiang hurriedly found Lu Yu.

"Mr. Lu."

"No problem. It seems the general wants to delay for a while."

Lu Yu laughed. They had already made preparations and wanted to bring all the ministers together today to discuss the reform of the Zhongzheng system.

Xun Xu suddenly popped up and the court meeting went off track.

"The General is worthy of his title. First, he destroyed your Majesty's reputation. Second, he eliminated the eunuchs around your Majesty. Third, he warned you, the Imperial Preceptor. Fourth, he prevented us from submitting a petition."

"Our Lord Situ, ah."

Lu Yu shook his head, his eyes full of disappointment.

He said seriously, "You don't have to worry. This can be done later. The general can't stop it."

"Today, we are taking such a risk. It seems that the general has something important to do, so he doesn't want us to bother him. Find something for us to do."

"It should be Guanqiu Jian's matter, no need to rush."

Wang Xiang's face looked very ugly.

Not daring to deal with Lu Yu, so he pulled himself out to beat him?
"Xiu Zheng, don't worry about it. This is just a small matter. Although you are the emperor's teacher, you are still a well-known filial son and wise man. Gao Rou and the ministers will not take action against you."

"The one who should be worried now is His Majesty."

"If you don't handle this kind of bad reputation, you'll be cut off from the world."

"These ministers in the court are likely to make His Majesty uneasy."

Lu Yu said with a smile.

Wang Xiang lowered his head and said nothing more.

Lu Yu comforted him a few more words and then left the place lightly.

Wang Xiang stayed where he was and watched Lu Yu leave. After the other party disappeared from his sight, his eyes suddenly became cold.

I only told Lu Yu about the innovative idea, and the rest of the people didn't know how Sima Shi knew that it was I who proposed it?

Are you here specifically to criticize me?
They are at the forefront when it comes to eating meat, but when it comes to taking charge, they throw themselves out.
This was the case with Sima Shi, Sima Zhao, Gao Rou, and Lu Yu.

This is true regardless of faction or which minister one follows.

In that case, it would be better to take up the knife yourself and become the big shot who divides the meat.

Wang Xiang narrowed his eyes, and countless thoughts flashed through his mind.

The ministers gathered around Gao Rou and walked towards the Taiji Hall. Wang Xiang just watched them from a distance. Wang Xiang knew very well what these people were going to do. They were just going to the emperor to gain fame.

If Wang Xiang followed Gao Rou to Taiji Hall at this moment, expressed his sorrow in front of the emperor, and then reprimanded him severely, he might be able to restore a lot of his reputation.

However, Wang Xiang didn't want to do that.

He had a better idea.

ps: Thanks to the leader An Zuixue!!!
(End of this chapter)