The elite did not migrate south

Chapter 367 It’s all the eunuch’s fault!
"Lord Xun, last night His Majesty summoned many important ministers to the palace for a late-night meeting. Zhong Hui was the last one to emerge."

As soon as Xun Xi opened his eyes, his subordinates were waiting to tell him what happened last night.

Xun Xi had just woken up and was still a little sleepy, but when the official spoke, he immediately woke up.

He rubbed his forehead and asked helplessly, "Who did His Majesty summon?"

The official said, "The three dukes, Chen Pushe, Xiahou Gong, the Minister of Personnel, and the Palace Attendant."

Xun Yi's face turned ugly.

His Majesty summoned these important ministers, obviously to discuss important matters. With ministers of these levels gathered together, Xun Yi didn't dare to guess what they were planning last night.

But I wasn't invited to such an important meeting?
I am the Shangshu Zuo Pushe, and even Chen Tai and Zheng Mao have gone, but I am not qualified to go?

Xun Yi was in a very bad mood at the moment. He suddenly realized that the pressure put on him by Zhuge Dan, Zhong Hui and others might have been to force him to accept Chen Tai's appointment.

Ever since Chen Tai took office, these people have stopped bothering him.

Chen Tai still seems to obey his orders in everything, but in fact, Xun Yi's say is getting less and less.

Xun Yi looked at the officials standing by and said, "Go and summon Lord Cui, Lord Xin, Lord Yuan, Lord Tao, Lord Lu, Lord Zhao, Lord Yu and others to come to the temple now."

The official was startled, "Xun Gong, what are you doing?"

"Go quickly!"

Xun Yi waved his hand, and the officials didn't dare to say anything more. They turned around and left.

In fact, Xun Yi's act of summoning the ministers from the court to his mansion was not very rational and even somewhat extreme.

You are the head of the Secretariat, but you summoned so many important officials to your residence. This shows that you don't take the emperor seriously.

However, Xun Yi now felt threatened.

The emperor became more and more powerful. After Yongliang's great victory, the emperor's prestige rose to a whole new level. He even openly sent eunuchs to humiliate Guo Zhang. Although Guo Zhang was a minister who got promoted by slacking off, it was the first time in the Wei Dynasty that the emperor openly used eunuchs to confiscate their property and arrest people!
Even Emperor Wen of Wei didn’t dare to do this!
Faced with this incident, the ministers tried their best to suppress it, not wanting it to cause too much impact, mainly because the emperor was extremely powerful at that time.

At that time, the ministers did not dare to stand against the emperor.

But just by taking this step back, the emperor became increasingly unchecked. Now, he openly summoned those ministers close to him to his residence, away from the other ministers, to discuss important matters.

Xun Yi felt that if this continued, within a year the entire court would be replaced by the emperor's confidants.

Can’t delay any longer!!

Xun Yi is ready to let the emperor see the strength of his side. We are not as insignificant as you think.

The emperor did not hide the news this time and summoned all the ministers with great fanfare. If Xun Yi could get the news, then the other ministers would naturally be able to get the news as well.

Perhaps they were also worried about this matter. Not long after, many ministers appeared in Xun Yi's mansion.

Xun Yi had changed his clothes at this moment and looked very solemn.

He was sitting in the inner room, and when the ministers sat down in front of him one by one, Xun Yi did not stand up to greet them.

He dropped his previous politeness.

"Gentlemen, the country is in turmoil, and the task of stabilizing the world falls on us. We can no longer escape."

After Xun Yi finished speaking, he looked at the important officials in front of him.

These ministers and chancellors all frowned at this moment, their expressions very solemn.

They also learned about what happened yesterday. They didn't know what the emperor discussed, but when they put themselves in others' shoes, they thought of many terrible things.

Xun Yi's heart was very complicated. Even the people sitting in front of him could not work together.

During the years when Sima Yi and Sima Shi were in power, they governed the Wei Dynasty in an orderly manner. Through their actual actions, they created a large number of power monsters. The ministers became more greedy than each other, only knowing how to pursue interests. They had no sense of family and country, and morality was out of the question.

They would never have thought that a group of ministers would sit down with the emperor to discuss how to govern the world.

They only thought about the emperor and his ministers gathering together to discuss how to divide the wealth and benefits.

Among those sitting in front of Xun Yi, many have very close relations with the emperor, such as Xin Chang, who often regards himself as a member of the Cao family, and Cui Zan and Lu Zhi, who did not participate in the last memorial submitted by the ministers.

However, at this point in time, Xun Yi must let them know the difficulty of the situation.

If they continue to argue over things that are not worth it like they did before, they will really be doomed together!

The ministers chose to remain silent at this moment.

Xun Yi said, "My lords, the reason for the current unrest is not because there is no wise king, nor because there are no capable ministers, but mainly because of the eunuchs in the palace."

"The reason why the Later Han Dynasty fell was because of these eunuchs. Now, they are surrounding Your Majesty again, trying to deceive Your Majesty and implement unkind policies."

As an extension of imperial power, the strength of eunuchs actually represents the strength of imperial power. For example, in the Three Kingdoms period, the eunuchs of Shu were the most powerful. This was of course because Liu Chan of Shu had the greatest power. Although the ministers hated them, they were powerless. In order to accomplish great things, they had to take the initiative to show goodwill to them.

As for Wei and Wu, forget it. Your emperors are little more than puppets, so what are the slaves around you?
Xun Yi directly brought up the eunuchs, and the ministers finally agreed. If you asked them to curse the emperor, they wouldn't dare, but they would dare to curse the eunuchs around the emperor.

Xun Yi didn't count on them at all. He just criticized the eunuchs verbally and then ended the negotiation. It was a bit anticlimactic. Nothing was accomplished. He just scolded the eunuchs a few times.

When the ministers left, they were also confused. They didn't understand what Xun Yi wanted to do. Did he hurriedly call everyone here just to curse a eunuch?

After everyone had left, Xun Yi stood up and said, "Prepare the car."

The servants immediately prepared a carriage for him, and Xun Yi got on the carriage and left his mansion.

The carriage passed through the downtown area and finally stopped in front of a mansion.

Xun Yi got off the carriage and asked someone to knock on the door.

The servants who came out of the mansion looked at Xun Yi in astonishment, somewhat at a loss.

"Mr. Xun, what are your instructions?"

Xun Xi frowned, "Can you stop me from coming to visit an old friend?!"

The servant was immediately stunned and turned back quickly.

Soon, a man came out. It was Zhao Guo. He smiled and saluted Xun Yi. "I hope you won't be angry. I will go and inform the prince right away."

Only then did Xun Yi stop getting angry.

Soon, the other party led Xun Yi into the mansion and walked all the way to the inner room.

This is Wang Xiang’s residence.

In other words, this is the prison where Wang Xiang is imprisoned.

All the people around Wang Xiang were arranged by the emperor to monitor his every move and prevent him from having any contact with the ministers.

When Wang Xiang saw Xun Xi hurrying into the room, his expression remained as calm as ever. He stood up with a smile and greeted Xun Xi with greetings.

Xun Yi didn't care about Zhao Guo beside him at all. He greeted Wang Xiang warmly, and then the two sat facing each other.

When faced with such a complicated situation, the first person Xun Yi thought of was Wang Xiang.

Xun Xi had never been a leader of the ministers. He had always felt that he was no different from Sima Fu and others. However, the increasingly out-of-control situation now made Xun Xi realize that he really was not cut out for it.

Xun Yi was not weak in uniting the ministers and mobilizing the people, but when it came to formulating strategies to counter the emperor, he was really overestimated.

The first person Xun Yi thought of was Wang Xiang.

When Sima Shi was still in power, the ministers were also very depressed. At that time, Wang Xiang was the first person to stand up and charge against Sima Shi, and that attack was very effective.

Although the current emperor is different from Sima Shi, if one has to find someone to lead the other ministers to launch a counterattack against the emperor, Xun Yi believes that that person must be Wang Xiang.

Wang Xiang's vision, strategy, courage, and all other aspects were among the best among all the ministers.

Similarly, the moment Wang Xiang saw Xun Yi come in, he realized how bad the situation was.

Xun Xi was forced to come to the government office openly and see him openly. It seems that the situation is much worse than he thought.

The two exchanged a few pleasantries, which were all meaningless nonsense.

After a while, Xun Yi finally spoke, "My Lord, you may not know that the eunuchs in the imperial court are becoming increasingly arrogant and it's truly disturbing. Previously, when Guo Zhang got into trouble, it was the eunuchs who raided his house."

"Yesterday, His Majesty summoned all the ministers, but the eunuchs failed to convey His Majesty's will directly to the ministers. Instead, they were biased based on their personal relationships!"

"The eunuch has bewitched Your Majesty to this extent. This is something none of the ministers want to see!"

Xun Yi did not say a single thing about the emperor's fault, but instead blamed the eunuchs. Instead, he directly told the emperor what had happened in the temple and the situation he was facing at the moment.

I have to say that Xun Yi does have some talent in this regard.

Wang Xiang immediately understood and said, "Lord Xun, the crime of eunuchs is known to all the world, and they must be punished."

Xun Yi said helplessly, "What can we do? The eunuchs are so powerful. How can we make Your Majesty see their true colors?"

Zhao Guo stood aside, knowing exactly what they were talking about, but unable to say it out loud.

After all, in the Wei Dynasty, opposing eunuchs was the most correct behavior. Even the emperor did not dare to tell the world that eunuchs were bad. Once he opened his mouth, it would definitely cause an uproar.

Wang Xiang smiled softly, "Your Majesty is very intelligent. How could a mere eunuch possibly hide this from Your Majesty?"

"Don't worry, Lord Xun!"

"Your Majesty will certainly not disappoint those with lofty ideals."

(End of this chapter)