Gai Xun twisted his brows and thought for a moment, and said seriously: "Cheng Qiu is an iron stone, and his crime is extremely evil, and he won't say anything if he is killed." I guess Lao Bian deliberately told him. This old man is very cunning, he probably understands that Li Zhonglang is an idiot, but he has a chivalrous heart, so he deliberately left these shocking evidence to stimulate Li Zhonglang. I didn't expect Li Zhonglang to be really fooled. ”

At this time, Gai Xun hated Fu Xie to death in his heart. Nanrong, you have gone too far, even Qingwu you dare to call Li Zhonglang to fight. If there was nothing in it, wouldn't it kill everyone?

Zhang Wen glanced at him suspiciously and said, "Yuan Gu said that he laughed. ”

At this time, Tao Qian and Sang Yang had already sat aside and worked hard to write.

Tao Qian suddenly raised his head and exclaimed, "My lord, it's terrible......"

Everyone was taken aback and looked at him.

"Tantra needs Li Zhonglang's seal." Tao Qian said, "But, now ......"

Zhang Wen's expression was relieved, and he said with a smile: "For small things, I immediately ordered the following to carve a fake one." Write it. ”

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Huangfu Li was called into the study by Zhang Wen.

"You set off for Luoyang immediately. Yongxian County is a thousand miles away from Luoyang, and you will arrive tomorrow night at the latest. ”

"This secret letter to Your Majesty, as well as these secret letters, are all related to the lives of me, your father, and some ministers of the court and the pardoned Qingliu party. After you go back, give these things to your father, and then ask your father to transfer this secret letter to Shangshu Liu Yu Liu. You don't want to stay in Luoyang, come back immediately, you know? ”

Huangfu Li nodded.

"When you enter Luoyang, you have to disguise yourself and don't let your acquaintances see it." "The stakes are high, so be careful. ”

Huangfu Li hurriedly took his leave, and rushed out of the city with two attendants.

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Gai Xun took his leave and left. Zhang Wen personally sent him out of the study.

"My lord, something has happened, so don't worry too much, let's take it one step at a time."

Zhang Wen smiled and said melancholy: "What is my personal life? I'm afraid that because of this, the disaster of the party will be repeated and the lives of the people will be ruined. ”

"The year before last, because of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, His Majesty enlisted Emperor Fu Song to lead the army to quell the rebellion. Huangfu Song took the opportunity to write a letter to persuade the emperor to lift the ban on the party. Later, Lord Taiwei Yang Ci, Lord Situ Yuan Kui, and Lord Sikong Zhang Ji joined the ministers to write a letter of advice at the same time. ”

The Son of Heaven thought about it again and again, thinking that if the problem of the party members was not solved, once the party members and rebels in various places colluded with each other and rebelled together, the consequences would be unimaginable. So the Son of Heaven agreed to grant amnesty to the Communists and allow the exiles to return to their homeland. At this point, the problem of the party was slightly solved, and although the Son of Heaven strictly forbade the party to be officials, they could go home. ”

"At that time, the Zhongchang attendants considered that the world was in turmoil and needed a group of people to lead troops to fight and restore national strength, so they did not stop them."

"But now it's different, and the eunuchs have nothing to fear. If the party rises again, not only will our lives be gone, but we will also bring a large number of innocent people. ”

Gai Xun sneered and said, "It's different now. Although the yellow turban ant thieves have been pacified, they are not extinct yet, and they are still rising and falling in various places. The Xiliang rebels are still at large north of the Yellow River. What's especially different is that the emperor has grown up. He's no longer young, he already has his own ideas. This is something that the Captain has ever thought of. ”

Zhang Wen was taken aback.

Gai Xun continued: "In the fifth year of Yanxi (162), Huangfu Gui was meritorious, because the eunuch Xu Huang failed to extort money from him, so he framed Huangfu Gui for embezzling military salaries, and as a result, he was sentenced to hard labor. Later, Zhang Feng, a student of Tai, gathered more than 300 scholars to the court to write a letter to the emperor and complain for the emperor's rules, and the emperor's rules were pardoned. But look at his nephew, Huangfu Song. Huangfu Song was also framed by Zhao Zhong and Zhang Rang last year, but the Son of Heaven only received the seal of his left chariot cavalry general and cut the household by 6,000. The situation is no longer the same. ”

Zhang Wen was silent in thought and accompanied Gai Xun slowly.

"In the past, the emperor was too young, and the eunuchs controlled the government, so that the court was out of order."

"Back then, when the Son of Heaven was first established, he was only twelve years old, and the Empress Dowager Dou was in charge of the country. At that time, the eunuchs were powerful, corrupt and promiscuous. The Zhongchang attendants Hou Lan, Cao Jie, Wang Fu and others, with the nursing mother of the Son of Heaven and the female scholars, committed adultery with each other, defiled the court, and manipulated the authority of the state. Taifu Chen Fan and the general Dou Wu were ready to plot against the eunuchs, but they were killed, and even the Empress Dowager Dou was banned from the cold palace. At this point, the eunuchs began to have nothing to fear, and they brought disaster to the country and the people. ”

"When the Son of Heaven was thirteen years old, Hou Lan, the servant of Zhongchang, instructed the traitor to falsely accuse Zhang Jian, the governor of the eastern part of Shanyang County, of forming a party to endanger Sheji, causing the disaster of the party in this dynasty to rise again. In the fifth year of Xiping (176), the Son of Heaven was twenty years old, and Yongchang Taishou Cao Luan wrote a letter to avenge the grievances of the party. Cao Luan's book was well-intentioned, but the emperor was bewitched by the traitor, and he didn't distinguish between right and wrong, but detained Cao Luan to death in prison. After going down to Zhaozhou County, the protégés and former officials, fathers and sons, brothers, relatives and friends within the five subordinates, all those who are appointed officials are exempted from official imprisonment. This time the traitor dealt us the hardest, and the punishment was extremely cruel. Since then, scholars have been taboo, and thousands of horses have been in unison. ”

"Since the eunuch has controlled the government, the Son of Heaven has become nothing. On the one hand, the traitors wantonly looted the people's fat and ointment, and dared to take it by force, and on the other hand, they controlled the power of official selection, abused relatives and friends, reversed right and wrong, and confused black and white. There is a folk legend: 'Show talent, don't know books; Cha Xiaolian, his father lives separately; Hansu is as white and turbid as mud, and Gao Diliang will be as timid as a chicken. You can see how mediocre the officials selected under the control of the eunuchs are. They are traitors, tyrannical expropriation, perverse acts, calamity to the country and the people, causing the livelihood of the Han people to wither, starvation (read piao) all over the wilderness, empty fields, empty courts, empty treasury, and finally the people's resentment boils, and the officials force the people to rebel. ”

"The Yellow Turban Rebellion, the Xiliang Rebellion, finally woke up the Son of Heaven."

"The Son of Heaven is thirty years old this year, and he knows everything. He is very clear about the past, the present, and the future. Lord Taiwei has always been high above the court, can't you see it? ”

Zhang Wen was expressionless and did not make a sound.

Gai Xun also stopped talking and walked slowly with him.

"Yuan Gu, do you think we have a good chance of winning this time?" Zhang Wen asked in a low voice.

Gai Xun smiled slightly and said, "I just said a lot, just to remind you that the present is different from the past. The emperor already knows what the root cause of the party's disaster is and what the consequences are, so he will definitely not think of the party's troubles again. ”

"However, it is absolutely impossible for you to keep the emperor away from traitors, trust relatives, trust party members, and trust us bureaucrats."

Zhang Wen's heart was shocked, and he involuntarily stopped.

"He doesn't trust anyone." Gai Xun said with a smile, "Either side controls the government, and the result is the same." Therefore, the emperor doesn't believe anyone now. ”

Zhang Wen glanced at him suspiciously.

"Your Excellency probably thinks that the emperor trusts me, right?" Gai Xun didn't wait for Zhang Wen to make a statement, smiled self-deprecatingly, and said: "Actually, I am not the only one who keeps in touch with the foreign minister of Beijing with the emperor's edict, so this does not mean that the emperor trusts me at all." ”

"I don't know what the emperor is thinking, but I think it has something to do with 'the authorities are fascinated, and the bystanders are clear'. Since he didn't trust anyone, he had to ask for advice everywhere, and after a comprehensive comparison, he chose the one he thought was the most suitable. ”

Gai Xun looked at Zhang Wen's slightly discolored face, and said with a smile: "The emperor has the emperor's difficulties, and the emperor's thoughts, and it is not easy for us to speculate as courtiers." Although he was reluctant to pay his own money to fill the treasury, he really wanted to pacify Xiliang. Because Xiliang is pacified, for him, there will be more income, so his words that let Xiliang people pay for themselves are very credible. Therefore, he will neither favor us nor support those traitors now, we can completely let go of our hands and feet, completely solve the decades of grievances between us and the traitors, and also settle the old accounts of Xiliang for decades. ”

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After seeing Gai Xun leave, Zhang Wen did not walk back to the study, but walked aimlessly back and forth in the courtyard alone.

"My lord, I don't think Lord Gai is telling the truth." Sang Yang walked over lightly and whispered, "Lord Gai is famous for his upright and loyal martyrs in Xiliang, and he and the corrupt officials in Xiliang have always sworn to each other, so they should know the source of these evidences. ”

"It's Nanrong." Zhang Wen smiled, "It must be Nanrong for the leopard." For more than ten years, in order to expose the corrupt officials and corrupt officials in Xiliang, many people have died one after another. Their courage and righteousness are admirable. This time they finally succeeded. What a stupid leopard. Zhang Wen shook his head vigorously, a gentle smile on his face.

Sang Yang was not surprised by Zhang Wen's words, in fact, he also estimated it in his heart, but he couldn't say it.

"Li Zhonglang is ignorant and bold, if he continues to do this, he will die sooner or later." Sang Yang sighed and said, "He thought that this was a prairie, and whoever had a hard fist would have the final say." Alas...... A brute. ”

Zhang Wen smiled silently.

"He did a good job. If the fight against corruption is successful, several major problems can be solved. First of all, the problem of military spending of the army in the next few months has been solved, secondly, it has dealt a heavy blow to the corrupt officials in Xiliang, which is very beneficial to the stability of Xiliang in the future, and thirdly, it is to do the emperor a favor......"

"Adult ......"

Zhang Wen stretched out his hand to stop Sang Yang's words, and whispered: "Xiliang's officials are corrupt and rampant, we all know that it is related to the traitor of the DPRK and China, but there has been no evidence. If we find conclusive evidence this time, it will be another huge blow to the traitorous eunuchs, and the emperor will distrust them even more. The eunuchs and their protégés must have bribed His Majesty with a lot of money in order to exonerate themselves and regain the emperor's favor. Your Majesty has made a fortune this time. Xiliang's rebellion was put down, the corrupt officials in Xiliang were rectified, Xiliang's stolen money and goods were handed over to the national treasury, His Majesty's Wanjintang was full of money, and we also took the opportunity to combat the arrogance of the traitors. It's all a good thing. ”

Sang Yang saw Zhang Wenxing's appearance as if nothing happened, and asked nervously: "My lord, are you confident?" ”

"I've figured out a few questions, so I still have confidence in Li Zhonglang." Zhang Wen said with a smile.

Sang Yang stood aside and was silent.

"This matter was led by Li Zhonglang, so let him keep investigating it, and our Taiwei Mansion should not interfere."

"Him?" Sang Yang said in surprise, "Can he deal with these people?" Adult ......"

"It's come to this point, it's better to let him do it. It doesn't matter if it's dead or alive. Well done, we all benefit. If you don't do a good job, I think this leopard will fight to the death, and no one will please you. Zhang Wen said with a smile, "Tomorrow, you go to the Tiger Valley, talk to Li Zhonglang about this matter, and make my attitude clear, so that he not only wants to drive Qianghu away to relieve the siege of General Dong, but also to do a good job in Xiliang's anti-corruption affairs, collect evidence of Xiliang bureaucrats' corruption and perversion of the law, and most importantly, immediately move part of the stolen money to the camp, which I urgently need here." ”

Sang Yang couldn't help but laugh.

Zhang Wen continued: "You immediately write another chapter and recommend Li Zhonglang in my name to take full charge of Xiliang's anti-corruption affairs. This cantata, together with the urgent recital I wrote to Your Majesty, was sent out together this evening on an eight-hundred-mile ride. ”

"My lord, didn't you say that you wanted to spare half a day for Huangfu Li? Why did it change again? Isn't it okay to send it out tomorrow morning? ”

Zhang Wen sighed and said, "Tomorrow, who knows what Xiliang will bite this leopard into, it's better to hurry up." ”

Sang Yang nodded, and was about to leave, when he suddenly remembered something, and asked: "My lord, you just said that the traitorous eunuch was hit again, is it ......?"

Zhang Wen hesitated for a moment and said, "It's okay to tell you, but you have to keep it a secret and don't ask for trouble." ”

"The year before last, Wang Yun, the assassin of Yuzhou, defeated the Yellow Turban Army and seized a letter from the head of Zhang Rang's Mansion to the Yellow Turban Ant Thief, which said that Zhang Rang had promised to help after receiving the money bribed by the ant thief. As for what help, I don't know. Wang Yun submitted the letter to the Son of Heaven and reported and exposed Zhang Rang. The Son of Heaven angrily scolded Zhang Rang, and Zhang Rang denied it in every possible way, saying that the head of the house did it without concealing it. Later, Zhang Rang quietly sent tens of millions of dollars to the emperor and put the matter to rest. The Son of Heaven accepted the benefits of Zhang Rang, and did not pursue it. Zhang Rang immediately took the pretext of putting Wang Yun out of prison and handed him over to the Tingwei Mansion for trial. The old lady Yang Ci was Wang Yun's teacher, and he came forward to invite the generals He Jin, Situ Yuan Kui, and me to play a joint performance, and only then did Wang Yun come out. ”

"Since that incident, His Majesty's trust in Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong and other members of the Standing Committee has been greatly reduced, the most obvious is that he began to take the initiative to consult the minister, and often contacted the minister of foreign affairs. Since that incident, the middle attendants in the palace have also been slightly restrained. If we can find evidence of the embezzlement of Xiliang's military funds by the Zhongchang attendants this time, it will definitely be a better blow to them. ”

After hearing this, Sang Yang said worriedly: "My lord, in this way, no matter whether this matter is successful or not, the middle attendants in the palace will not be punished by the emperor. Then, the adults will return to Luoyang in the future......"

Zhang Wen smiled indifferently and didn't care.

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