Control your ancestors and create an immortal family starting from the Eastern Han Dynasty

Chapter 51: Studying Medicine Can't Save the Man

The next day.

——All officials submitted memorials to admit their mistakes, and Liu Zhi also released the scholars he had detained.

However, the turmoil caused by this incident still cannot be resolved.

Whether it was the officials dismissed by Liu Zhi or the scholars who were detained.

These people have gained extremely prominent reputations.

All the scholars in the world praised these people as loyal men who had the courage and resolution to face the emperor's mistakes.

This is said to be the right way for scholars all over the world to learn.

This is simply courting death.

Gu Xi even went to the Imperial College in person and almost burst into a curse.

This move did indeed suppress the turmoil.

But the hidden crisis remains unabated.

Liu Zhi's desire to redistribute power was unstoppable.

It didn't take many days.

He directly promulgated the Three Mutual Laws, which completely kicked off the process of rectifying the government.

The law clearly stipulates that officials from all regions must avoid their hometowns, marriage families, and official positions.

——When serving as an official, one should avoid one’s own place of origin; avoid the place of origin of the family of marriage; avoid mutual recognition of official positions;

To put it simply, the head of a state should not use people from the state;
The head of a county should not employ people from the county;

Officials are not allowed to serve in each other's provinces and counties.

This move can be said to be directly aimed at the literati.

The purpose was to prevent officials from colluding with each other and strengthening the power of the central court.

Both the government and the public were shocked!

Naturally, the officials were unwilling to accept these rules.

The clan ties of the Eastern Han Dynasty had long formed absolute alliances, and Liu Zhi's move was obviously an attempt to weaken these alliances in disguise.

At that moment, many people submitted memorials.

Of course, this time the memorial was much more polite than before.

Gu Xi's influence is still there, and scholars all over the world are still convinced of him.

But how could Liu Zhi possibly retreat?

This is what he must do. The emperor's authority has been threatened. How can he tolerate it?

Under such circumstances, the three mutual methods were actually implemented.

However, in this era, such a big change is destined to not be achieved overnight.

The hidden turmoil is bound to be stirred up again because of this incident.

Liu Zhi employed eunuchs and launched a thorough crackdown on the scholar-officials.

Different from the literati.

As eunuchs, all their power could be said to come from the emperor.

His attitude towards Liu Zhi was extremely flattering, which made Liu Zhi feel a huge difference.

Although because Gu Xi is now in Luoyang, these eunuchs did not do what was hated by both humans and gods as in the original history.

But people's hearts are always fickle, especially after they have a certain amount of power.

Seeing that Gu Xi didn't say anything from beginning to end, these eunuchs gradually became bolder.

They began to extend their influence to the appointment and dismissal of officials.

Although they were in Luoyang, they did not dare to act recklessly due to Gu Xi's presence.

But at the local level, these people show their greed to the fullest.

And precisely because of this.

The students of the Imperial College also seized the opportunity and shifted the focus from the emperor to the eunuchs.

But in fact, the person being discussed is Liu Zhi.

It refers to dissatisfaction with the current government.

Some people even found Gu Xi and wanted him to persuade Liu Zhi to dissuade him from abolishing the eunuchs.

But how could Gu Xi get involved?
If he still cannot see the contradiction today, then his decades in power have been in vain.

This is destined to be an uncontrollable struggle.

What does it mean to persuade Liu Zhi to abandon the eunuchs?
Does it represent that the Gu family and the scholar-officials are one and the same?

Drag the Gu family completely into this struggle?
If so.

Perhaps there would not be any problem when Gu Xi was alive.

If he dies, the Gu family will most likely fall into an irretrievable situation.

Because of the Gu family's reputation in the entire Han Dynasty.

If you join the game, you will definitely be the first to take the lead.

Even if this move might bring some prestige to the Gu family among the scholars of the world, does the Gu family lack this little bit of prestige?
There was no way Gu Xi would make such a choice.

And in his opinion, this may not be entirely a bad thing.

The rapid expansion of the power of the scholar-officials.

It is destined to threaten the imperial power.

If a young emperor appears again in the future, he will most likely be sidelined by the entire scholar-official group.

The descendants of the Gu family have never been kind and righteous gentlemen.

They all have very flexible moral bottom lines, and their current fate is clearly inconsistent with Gu Xi's character.

Under such circumstances, the two sides fought fiercely.

Liu Zhi, on the other hand, sat firmly on the Diaoyutai.

Finally, he gradually gained the power that an emperor should have.

He was a person who liked luxury, and perhaps because he was angry, he spent a huge amount of money on the renovation of the entire palace.

He also expanded his harem.

In fact, the ministers' resentment about this matter was not that great.

After all, if Liu Zhi had more sons, he could have avoided the fate of previous Han emperors.

But the problem was that Liu Zhi had too many concubines.

The number of palace maids alone has reached thousands and is still increasing.

And he also gradually gave up the affairs of state.

He watched the eunuchs and the literati fight to the death.

And it was under such circumstances that the undercurrent that had been hidden beneath the prosperity of the Han Dynasty finally broke out.

——The seventh year of Yan Xi.

News of refugees coming from all over the place.

The struggle between eunuchs and scholars eventually affected the people of the Han Dynasty.

Eunuchs caused problems in the administration of officials.

Errors in administration
The problem of land annexation by the Han Dynasty will directly affect the people.

And precisely because of this, the scholars' criticism of eunuchs and the court became louder and louder.

Every word they said was about eunuchs.

But the core of the incident is directed at Liu Zhi and the court system.

The flames of war are already difficult to stop.

Gu Xi had never expected that things would develop to this point.

After all, he was influenced by the limitations of the times and did not realize the hidden dangers under the Han system.

But in any case, it's too late now.

This matter could not be decided by one person alone. It was impossible for Liu Zhi to dismiss the eunuchs and bow to the literati.

The literati were also destined not to give up the power in vain and return it all to the emperor.

It was impossible for Gu Xi to let his family get involved.

But how could he just stand there and watch?
This was a prosperous era that he had spent countless efforts to preserve.

He went to see Liu Zhi again.

However, he did not mention anything about the court or the scholars. He only advised Liu Zhi to provide relief to the refugees and not let them cause greater unrest.

Liu Zhi's attitude towards Gu Xi has also changed a little now.

As time passed, and with the targeting of the literati, how could his attitude not change?
But this time, Liu Zhi still listened to Gu Xi.

Resolution to provide relief to disaster victims.

But if this could stop the fight, Gu Yi wouldn't take it so seriously.

It didn't take long to provide relief to the victims.

Scholars and officials from all over the country submitted memorials one after another, accusing the eunuchs of embezzling food intended for disaster relief.

This incident immediately caused a huge uproar.

In the court, the ministers launched various impeachments against the eunuchs.

The eunuchs cried out for injustice and took advantage of Liu Zhi's inclinations to firmly suppress the scholars.

Both sides used various means.

From the top of the government to the followers of each other at the local level, everyone is targeting each other.

In less than two years, the entire Han Dynasty was in chaos.

Liu Zhi obviously still had some brains at this time.

He made a decision that convinced everyone, which was to let Gu Xi be in charge of disaster relief.

As soon as this happened.

Whether they are eunuchs or scholars.

They were all convinced.

Gu Xi is quite experienced in this regard, and now that this undercurrent has just begun, it is naturally impossible for it to be so big that it will cause Gu Xi trouble.

He didn't even have to leave Luoyang to handle the matter directly.

Because whether it is in the hearts of officials or in the hearts of the people.

As long as Gu Xi is here, there will be no unrest.

The most crucial thing was Gu Xi’s action.

The two parties did not dare to fight with each other over this matter.

It was not until the ninth year of Yan Xi that refugees in various places felt somewhat at ease.

Liu Zhi was naturally very happy about this.

Decided to grant amnesty to the world.

After this decree was issued, the conflict between eunuchs and scholars broke out again.

"His Majesty!"

Su Kang knelt before Liu Zhi, weeping and saying, "Li Ying, the lieutenant of the imperial court, disregarded your order of amnesty."

"They actually executed the criminal."

"I have also heard that Li Ying and his ilk support scholars from the Imperial Academy, associate with students from various counties, and drive them around, forming a clique to slander the imperial court and disrupt public order."

He cried very sadly.

Upon hearing this, Liu Zhi frowned and anger instantly surged on his face.

"Be bold!"

"Are they defying my imperial decree?"

Liu Zhi was completely furious.

This is a blatant violation of his imperial decree!
Immediately, he sent people to escort Li Ying and others back to Luoyang, among whom more than 200 people were implicated.

When this incident happened, the government and the public were shocked.

Taiwei Chen Fan was the first to submit a letter.

They said that what Liu Zhi did was inappropriate, and then all the officials wrote letters to the emperor, and the students of the Imperial College also spoke out.

The powerful pressure of public opinion instantly pressed down on Liu Zhi.

But how could Liu Zhi give up?

If it weren't for Gu Xi, he would have started targeting these people long ago.

Just a few days.

He directly detained more than a hundred leading scholars, and dismissed Chen Fan from his position as Grand Marshal on the grounds that the person recommended by Chen Fan was incompetent.

He also began to offer rewards to the scholars who had criticized the court most harshly in recent years.

——The whole world is shocked!
The big man was already on the verge of exploding at any moment, but Gu Xi's appearance slowed down the process.

But this time, no one can stop it.

Liu Zhi even forgot about Gu Xi and directly asked someone to block Gu Xi back.

He made his attitude clear.

The entire Han Dynasty temple was shrouded in a gloom from that day on.

The anger of a powerful emperor in this feudal period was like thunder.

The Han Dynasty's political system was already on the brink of collapse.

From that day on, it collapsed rapidly.

The decline of the scholar-official group destined the rise of eunuchs.

In particular, Liu Zhi's change in attitude towards Gu Xi undoubtedly exacerbated the occurrence of this incident.

The eunuchs forcefully suppressed the scholars who wanted to fight back.

The bureaucracy in various places quickly became corrupt.

Refugees rise again.

And this time it is even more severe than two years ago.

This is the fatal problem of the Han people.

As time goes by, this problem will only get worse and it will not be alleviated.

And the most important thing is that it is not just internal trouble.

The Xianbei, who had risen in recent years, once again allied with the Southern Xiongnu, Wuhuan and other tribes, and divided their troops into several routes to invade Yunzhong, Yanmen, Liaodong and other counties.

The general trend is like a tide, surging forward.

Human power cannot stop it!

But how could Gu Xi just sit back and watch?

North Palace.

Gu Xi's body is now a little hunched.

He is over seventy years old and looks very old.

But his whole body still exuded an overbearing aura.

"Why would a master of your age get involved in this?"

Liu Zhi looked at Gu Xi with obvious displeasure on his face.

He thought Gu Xi came to beg for mercy again.

But Gu Xi simply shook his head and said in a deep voice: "This old minister does not care about the affairs of the court."

"I will not stop Your Majesty."

"This old minister has come here to ask Your Majesty to fight against the Xianbei."

Upon hearing this, Liu Zhi was stunned for a moment.

He stared at Gu Xi closely and shook his head almost instantly: "No!"

"The Grand Tutor is over seventy years old."

"How can I command an army again?"

He didn't doubt Gu Xi's ability, but he really felt that Gu Xi was a little too old.

Gu Xi laughed dryly twice, then sighed softly, "Your Majesty, rest assured. I will never delay any battle."

As he spoke, his tone paused slightly, and his eyes suddenly became lonely:

"If I really die on the battlefield, perhaps it is destined."

Liu Zhi stared at Gu Xi closely. After a long silence, he asked again, "Master, are you truly brokenhearted?"

"I, the old minister, have made up my mind."

Gu Xi nodded, and his eyes suddenly became sharp: "As long as I am alive, I will never let the barbarians invade our Han Dynasty!" Hearing this, Liu Zhi fell silent.

He just looked at Gu Xi, hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded slightly: "Okay!"

In fact, he also hoped that Gu Xi would leave Beijing.

Because as long as Gu Xi was there, these scholars always felt that there was a way to restrain him.

He had never felt this way before.

But as the time in power gets longer, this feeling becomes clearer and clearer.

Of course, he wouldn't be unprepared.

Naturally, an experienced commander would be appointed as deputy general to prevent Gu Xi from making any mistakes that would lead to the collapse of the Han army.

Gu Xi also talked to Liu Zhi about many things related to disaster relief and the power of eunuchs.

In fact, he regarded this as his last words.

At his age, how could he come back alive if he went to the battlefield again?

Liu Zhi obviously understood this truth.

This time, he listened very carefully.

"Your Majesty, now the Han Empire is plagued by refugees and foreigners are all around us."

"To carry out the Party imprisonment again at this time is a sign of national ruin."

"At this moment, Your Majesty should reassure the people and not let the people of the world lose their hearts."

Gu Xi said this calmly.

Looking at Gu Xi's white hair and wrinkles on his face.

Liu Zhi's expression became more complicated.

He recalled many things, including the time when Gu Xi was by his side and helped him stabilize his foundation.

In an instant, Liu Zhi felt that the dissatisfaction in his heart seemed to fade away a little.

He looked at Gu Xi and was silent for a long time. Finally, he couldn't help but open his mouth and wanted to persuade Gu Xi again: "Taifu, why don't you——"

Before he could finish speaking.

Gu Xi simply waved his hand and said calmly, "Your Majesty, there is no need to worry about this old minister."

"If the world can be at peace, then I, an old minister, will have done my duty to the ancestors of our Han Dynasty."

"Even if I die on the battlefield."

"So what?"

There was no fear in Gu Xi's expression.

By now, he really wasn't afraid of death at all.

He came today.

I just wanted to use this method to persuade Liu Zhi.

It is impossible for Gu to take action personally.

But if you want Liu Zhi to stop and prevent the Han Dynasty from continuing to weaken, this is the only way.

——When a man is about to die, his words are good.

Only in this way can Liu Zhi come to his senses and distinguish between priorities.

After saying that, Gu Xi bowed to Liu Zhi again, then turned around and walked out of the palace.

Liu Zhi stared at Gu Xi's somewhat hunched body, and a trace of sadness flashed across his face.

When this matter spread, both the government and the public were shocked!
Gu Xi is in charge again?
No one doubted Gu Xi's talent, they were just worried about his age.

Of course, there were also many scholars who did not want Gu Xi to leave Luoyang.

Because as long as Gu Xi is here.

They will have the confidence to rush to the Marquis of Guanjun's Mansion to dissuade Gu Xi.
But Gu Xi had never even met them.

I just met some court officials.

Some of these people understood Gu Xi's painstaking efforts, and when they came to pay their respects, each of them had a look of sorrow on their face.

How can you not see it?

When had Gu Xi ever feared death?

Quelled natural disasters; went to disaster areas; faced Yan's party alone.
With all these things laid out here, how could they not see Gu Xi's painstaking efforts?

Sure enough, it happened two days later.

Liu Zhi really released those scholars. Although he still imprisoned them, his attitude had obviously improved.

It is precisely because of this that more and more people have seen Gu Xi's painstaking efforts.

On the day Gu Xi set off.

All the people gathered together.

Whether they were common people or scholars from the Imperial Academy, they all came to see him off.

Looking at Gu Xi's slightly hunched body and his head full of white hair, cries of sorrow resounded throughout the world.

Liu Zhi also came in person.

He seemed to want to see Gu Xi off.

However, he did not show up. He just stood on the city wall, watching Gu Xi's carriage going further and further away. He was silent for a long time, and finally just sighed deeply:
"Grand Master, you are truly a loyal minister unseen in the ages!"
Gu Yi has been watching all this, and his feelings about this matter are also a bit complicated.

I have to say that Gu Xi has done enough.

He really worked hard for the entire Gu family and the Han Dynasty, and did everything he could.

But will the wheel of history stop because of this?

Obviously not.

Although Gu Xi's current action made Liu Zhi let go of some of his anger towards the scholars.

But how long can this last?
And the most important thing is that Gu Yi doesn't think Gu Xi will die in this expedition against the Xianbei.

The principle that "a dying man's words are kind, and a dying bird's cry is sad" does not apply to Gu Xi.

Let’s not talk about how long Liu Zhi can live.

Judging from the current development.

If Liu Zhi died before Gu Xi, would he still entrust his son to Gu Xi?

Obviously not!

The actions of the scholars over the years have influenced Gu Xi's impression of Liu Zhi.

How could he possibly entrust his son to Gu Xi again?

And the most important thing is that the fundamental problem of the Han Dynasty today is not here.

Serious land annexation will only lead to more and more refugees from all directions.

When the day comes when the Han Dynasty abandons them, or even when there are so many of them that the court cannot control them, the madness of these people will destroy everything!
Things did not go beyond Gu Yi's expectations.

Gu Xi sent troops and quickly pacified the coalition forces of the Xianbei and Southern Xiongnu.

There is no way, because whether it is the Xianbei or the Southern Xiongnu, the legend of Gu Xi is now circulating.

These barbarians are only more superstitious than the Han people.

When they heard that after so many years, Gu Xi was still leading the troops, their morale weakened by three points.

And Gu Xi took advantage of this.

During the confrontation with the coalition forces.

He directly said to the Southern Xiongnu Chanyu in front of the army: "I beat your grandfather so hard that he took off his hat and surrendered."

This move completely affected the morale of the Southern Xiongnu army.

Then he used some small benefits to lure the Southern Xiongnu and Wuhuan to withdraw their troops.

Finally, there was a head-on battle against the Xianbei.

He used the same fighting style as Gu Sheng in the past, intercepting the Xianbei army with cavalry guerrilla tactics, and protecting the people, making it difficult for the Xianbei army to plunder.

Use this method
Less than half a year later, the Xianbei army actually retreated.

The first battle actually wiped out the foreign enemies.

But this time, Gu Xi did not relax like last time.

He noticed the rise of the Xianbei and reorganized the northern defenses.

——It was not until the twelfth year of Yan Xi that he returned to Luoyang again.

No one could have expected that Gu Xi would come back alive.

Regency for many years
Then he went to the places that suffered natural disasters one after another, and ran around
Now he is seventy-four years old.

He actually came back alive from the battlefield again?
This is beyond everyone's imagination.

The ruling and opposition parties were shocked!

For the Han people today, this can be regarded as a good medicine.

It can give some peace of mind to refugees all over the world.

At least they still have hope.

As expected by Gu Yi, the refugee problem in the Han Dynasty has not been alleviated at all in the past two years.

Although Gu Xi's actions before leaving did make Liu Zhi sober for a while.

He tried his best to balance the contradictions between eunuchs and scholars.

Then they began to provide relief to the refugees.

But then he gradually realized a problem, that is, there were too many refugees and it was impossible to provide relief to them all.

In fact, the national strength of the Han Dynasty was actually able to support his disaster relief efforts.

But the fundamental problem is that the current Han Dynasty administration is significantly different from the time when Gu Xi was providing disaster relief.

Gu Xi's influence could make Liu Zhi give up his party membership and choose to balance both sides.

But he will never be allowed to retreat to the point where he started.

When feeling the pressure on the national treasury and granary, Liu Zhi began to sell official positions as in the original history.

This is indeed a good idea.

It brought him a lot of income.

But if the administration is not clean, disaster relief will be in vain.

Under such circumstances, Liu Zhi became less and less interested in this matter and began to enjoy his privileges as an emperor.

In just two years, his harem had reached a size of ten thousand people.

And several large-scale construction projects were carried out.

Although the scholars continued to voice their opposition.

But at that time, Gu Xi had left the court, and under Liu Zhi's favoritism, the eunuchs had become bolder and suppressed all these voices.

This situation doomed the disaster relief effort to failure.

When Gu Xi came back, he saw everything clearly.

Although he had heard of it a long time ago.

But I never expected things to come to this point.

At the celebration banquet.

Gu Xi even brought up the matter directly, wanting to take over the disaster relief work again.

But this time, Liu Zhi refused on the grounds that Gu Xi was too old.

He asked Gu Xi to stay in Luoyang.

Enjoy family happiness.

Then he left without caring about what Gu Xi said.

Now, as time goes by, he has officially become a tyrant.

Power always changes a person.

Not to mention that Liu Zhi was not a man of strong determination.

But how could Gu Xi give up?
He does not get involved in party disputes.

Because I don't want to put my family in danger.

But how could he watch the Han Dynasty completely decline while he was still alive?
Gu Xi first went to visit Liu Zhi several times, but Liu Zhi did not meet Gu Xi.

Even if we met once later.

However, Liu Zhi still used the excuse of old age to push Gu Xi back, but promised to provide relief to the victims of the disaster all over the world.

Obviously, Liu Zhi is very satisfied with the current political situation.

He would not let Gu Xi return to the government.

Because as long as Gu Xi returns to the government and governs the country as usual, it will inevitably affect the balance he has established.

How could he not know what the eunuchs were doing?

In fact, Liu Zhi had already suppressed several eunuchs because these eunuchs' hands were too long.

But even so, he still disliked scholars.

This is the fundamental conflict between imperial power and scholars.

The eunuchs' power came from the emperor.

They were easy for the emperor to control.

But it is different for scholars, and this is the fundamental reason why Liu Zhi was unwilling to let Gu Xi get involved in political affairs again.

Although he still gave Gu Xi a lot of rewards and his attitude remained the same as usual.

But so what?
Gu Xi is no longer the regent, and the ministers in the court have been replaced one after another compared to before.

How could he possibly bypass the emperor now?

Any such thing would be rebellion.

As long as he dies, the Gu family is doomed to face a fatal reckoning.

Even if he re-establishes an emperor.

This kind of influence is bound to cause the Gu family to fall from the clouds.

Under such circumstances, the news that the emperor no longer needed Gu Xi gradually spread.

In an instant, the whole world was shocked!
Giant deer.

"Mr. Zhang, what on earth is going on that makes you leave in such a hurry?"

Gu Lin looked puzzled and persuaded sincerely, "You have excellent medical skills. If you stay in my Gu family, you will be able to save more people."

"In the future, I will definitely recommend you to my father. Then, it won't be difficult for Mr. Zhang to become an official in the court."

Gu Lin really couldn't bear to part with Zhang Jiao.

Although his talent is average, as the eldest son of Gu Xi, his experiences over the years have given him a certain ability to judge people.

Gu Lin could feel that Zhang Jiao in front of him was no ordinary person.

He is a very courageous and resolute person.

He gives people the impression of having strong leadership abilities, and in just a few years, many doctors have been willing to work under him.

Moreover, his talent in medicine is quite amazing.

How could Gu Lin not be surprised that such a person was leaving suddenly?
"Master..." Zhang Jue sighed softly, his eyes revealing deep disappointment. "I'm deeply disappointed to hear that the Emperor has ignored Lord Gu."

"Now, refugees are everywhere in the world."

"Even my Julu County can no longer maintain peace."

"In Jiao's opinion, studying medicine today can no longer save the Han people, let alone the people of the world."

"Jiaoyuan is willing to travel around the world with his two younger brothers."

"Find a way to save the world."

When he said the last sentence, Zhang Jue's eyes suddenly flashed with determination.

Gu Lin was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect Zhang Jiao to say such a thing.

In fact, he was also feeling a little melancholy.

The fact that the emperor neglected Gu Xi had a huge impact, after all, Gu Xi's reputation was there.

Everyone in the world was disappointed, let alone him, the eldest son of Gu Xi.

But this kind of thing is not something he can get involved in at all.

Gu Lin was silent for a moment, and finally he sighed leisurely, waved his hand and said: "Forget it, since you have made up your mind.

"I will say no more."

"If you ever want to return to Julu, you can come back to my Gu family."

Zhang Jiao nodded slightly, then bowed deeply to Gu Lin with a solemn expression:

"Jiao thanks the Patriarch!"

(End of this chapter)