Three Kingdoms

  Chapter 8

  The Western Han Dynasty was established by Emperor Gaozu Liu Bang, with Chang'an as its capital; the Eastern Han Dynasty was established by Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu, with Luoyang as its capital. During this period, there was a brief new dynasty (AD 8-AD 23) in which Wang Mang usurped the Han and established himself.

  Although Liu Bang was born as a **** in the Han Dynasty, the Han Dynasty he founded was indeed great.

  Different from the short-term unification of the Qin Dynasty, the Han Dynasty did indeed achieve recuperation. The Huang-Lao School advocated in the Western Han Dynasty and the Confucian culture in the Eastern Han Dynasty both paid great attention to the people's livelihood. In the Qin Dynasty, the population was said to be 20 million or 30 million, but it increased to 60 million in the Han Dynasty.

  The Han Dynasty was a great dynasty in the world at that time. From Han Gaozu to Han Wenjing period, the economic strength of the Han Dynasty rose in a straight line and became the first empire in the East. It was also called the two great empires with Western Rome. All major countries in Central Asia and the Western Regions are also afraid of it. By the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the Han Empire had become the most powerful empire in the world, and the Xiongnu Empire was defeated and fled to the north in embarrassment. Zhang Qian went to the Western Regions for the first time and opened up the famous "Silk Road", which opened the trade channel between the East and the West. Since then, China has become the center of the world trade system until the Mongolian rebellion more than a thousand years later. It is precisely because of the prestige of the Han Dynasty that foreigners began to call the Chinese "Han people", and Han people also liked to call themselves this way. "Han" has since become the eternal name of the great Chinese nation.

   "Those who offend a strong man will be punished no matter how far away they are!" This sentence is not just a slogan, it enhances the morale of a whole nation. The Han Dynasty was the first time to take the initiative to attack, and drove away the Xiongnu who had always violated the border like wild dogs. The sealing of wolves and Xuxu is a monument of the Han Dynasty.

  The heyday of the Han Dynasty was a dynasty with a clear division of labor between civil and military. Military generals were responsible for defending the country and expelling foreign enemies, while civil servants were responsible for political affairs to improve people's livelihood. Like the military officials of later generations, seeing that civil officials were three levels lower, they would always say that warriors were vulgar. In the Han Dynasty, there was no such thing. Throughout the Han Dynasty, from the gentry down to the common people, they were still full of blood, and the invaders must die!

Even at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, if you hold a barbarian or something, you must chop off not only your hands but also your head. There are many people guarding the border, such as Gongsun Zan who guards the frontier in Youzhou. It's hard to say that he might become the next Wei Qing.

During the 400 years of the Han Dynasty, the common people have gotten used to the rule of Emperor Liu of the Han Dynasty. According to most people, even if they are suffering, it is good to embrace the emperor. It is just that they are deceived by the officials under him. As long as the emperor finds out , the concept that everything will get better.

  However, the emperors in the last years of the Eastern Han Dynasty were more capable of killing each other, and their abilities were inferior to Liu Xiu and Liu Che.

   It can be said that after 400 years of rule, the emperor of the Han Dynasty has become a deified image. The orthodox dominance of the Han royal family did not really try to be overthrown until the end of the Three Kingdoms period. What kind of farce has Cao Pi engaged in abdication for several years? 220 or 221? And now it is 189 years, so it will take 30 years of wars before the statue of the Han Dynasty collapsed, and the current Yellow Turban Rebellion is just a new big crack added to the statue before it collapsed.

Liu Bian is also quite pitiful, the emperor who has only been in power for a short time is about to be poisoned to death, and Liu Xie, it is said that Liu Xie is pretty good, if the stall is not too bad, he might still be the master of ZTE …

   Fei Qian was thinking irresponsibly while sitting in a bullock cart to Cuijiazhuang in Beiman Mountain.

   By the way, how old is Liu Bian and Liu Xie this year? Liu Bian seems to be older, the eldest son, fifteen or sixteen years old? more or less. Liu Xie seems to be much younger, is he seven or eight?

  In later generations, one only went to middle school and the other only went to elementary school, both of them are still pink and tender!

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  When Fei Qian was wandering outside the city without any burden, General He Jin's head was about to explode.

  How can the guys under his hands say so many things about something that seems so simple to him? The key is that there is still some truth in what you said, how to choose this?

  The **** has just sent an edict, the content is that the Empress Dowager He invited General He Jin to enter the palace for a talk.

Although He Jin was born as a butcher, he is now a great general after all, and he still has a group of people under his command. For example, his chief secretary is Chen Lin, his general is Wu Kuang, and the later three famous princes, Yuan Shao , Yuan Shu, Cao Cao.

Although He Jin is already a general, but his background is humble, which makes him very contradictory when facing the gentry. He looks arrogant, but also feels inferior in his heart. In fact, he is very eager to gain the approval of the gentry family. He also thought that he would eventually become a member of the noble family.

Therefore, when Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu, the sons of a super family of four generations and three lords, came before him and became his subordinates, He Jin drank a whole night of wine that night, he was so happy, he was a butcher butcher Now let the first-class gentry family bow their heads and obey orders in front of him, how can it make people unhappy?

But after all, his background is too poor. Although he tried to study hard in private after ascending to a high position, after all, there is no one to guide him, and he lacks the perseverance to work hard, so he has only half a bucket of water, and has learned some superficial skills , As for the governing directors, operations planning and so on, I don't know anything.

  Lack of understanding of political opponents, lack of iron fists, soft ears and no assertiveness, this is also the root cause of He Jin's vacillation in dealing with eunuchs, which eventually led to his own tragedy.

  Just like now, He Jin felt undecided. He called all his subordinates to discuss it together, but he found it more troublesome to discuss.

  The number one troublesome thing is my master book, Chen Lin, Chen Kongzhang.

  He Jin's master book, Chen Lin, known as one of the "Seven Sons of Jian'an", has profound literary attainments, especially good at poetry and prose. It turned out that Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty arranged for Chen Lin to be the chief bookkeeper of the general's mansion so that the ignorant He Jin could increase his cultural value somewhat, but Chen Lin and He Jin really couldn't urinate in the same pot. One is a literati, one is a vulgar person, one likes romance, and the other likes women who like wine, there is really no common topic. At the beginning, He Jin was a little bit interested in learning and progressing, but later he found that it was very difficult for him to increase his knowledge, so he started to play tricks.

Chen Lin persuaded and tried hard, but to no avail, and finally gave up completely. She looked down on this butcher He, but now she no longer has any hope for He Jin. She just does what she is doing well. Ask him a question, and he will answer it, and he doesn't care whether He Jin listens or does it. He has completely become a wooden statue, responding to his request, doing his own job well without asking, and not caring about other things.

Just like when He Jin asked him what he thought of the Empress Dowager He's edict, he said with a little contempt, "This edict of the Empress Dowager must be the plan of the ten servants, you must not go, it will be a disaster." Explain, why do you love to listen, don’t listen to it—you can’t even see such a simple thing, your head is full of wine and meat women?

  He Jin is also very depressed. I’m just a rough person. Every time I talk to you, I’m very careful. It’s so hard. This is obviously the Queen Mother’s edict. Why did you get in touch with Shi Changshi again? Don't you explain it? It is dangerous for me to go, what kind of danger is there, how big is the danger? Look at your disdainful face, you think I'm a rough person so you can't see it? If you weren't famous, I would have ordered someone to whip you long ago, to let you know how popular the flowers are!

After much deliberation, He Jin still didn't understand, so he could only lower his face and ask, "What's wrong with the Queen Mother ordering me?" Do you know that if I don't go, I'm disobeying the imperial edict, even though the Queen Mother He is my sister, she can't bear it There are so many sprayers staring at it, it will be no wonder if the people who fall into the trap will not be sprayed into a sieve!

It's a pity that He Jin asked the question again. He didn't turn his face to Chen Lin, nor did he ask Chen Lin by name, so Chen Lin pretended not to hear with half-lucky eyes, pretending to be a fool and asking some stupid questions, just being obedient Looks like it needs to be explained.

   There was silence in the hall.

  General, what is the question you are asking?

   Master Chen kept silent, and the people below were not very easy to answer.

   It was Yuan Shao who broke the silence and saved He Jin's place: "Now that the plan has been revealed, the matter has been revealed, the general still wants to enter the palace?" General He Jin, you are really good at asking! How do we know what kind of danger there will be, and we are not the group of eunuchs, how can we know how they are going to deal with you?

   What's more, General He Jin, why did you go so early? Didn't I remind you about Dou Wu's matter, he hesitated to do it, now it's all right, the eunuchs know that you are going to deal with them, now our plan has been leaked, why are you still going to the palace to find someone to step on? Anyway, entering the palace is dangerous, as for how dangerous it is, I'm sorry, I don't know.

Cao Cao also squeaked on the side: "First call the ten permanent servants out, and then you can enter." Cao Cao came up with an idea of ​​drastic action, didn't he mean that the ten permanent servants would do crooked tricks, get these people outside the palace first, then Even if there is any danger in the palace, it will be useless if there is no leader. Then He Jin, if you go in, there will be no danger.

  This idea sounds good, but unfortunately, like the last idea, the implementability is not high.

  Cao Cao was not optimistic about He Jin breaking up with eunuchs, except that his background was related to eunuchs. It is an excellent tradition in the Han Dynasty to fight between relatives and eunuchs. How capable is a butcher He to completely eliminate eunuchs? Although I don't know what the danger is, I will give you an idea to ensure that this danger can be solved. As for whether it can be done, it will be another matter.

After listening to Cao Cao's suggestion, He Jin couldn't help but get angry. Last time you said that you can solve the **** and find a jailer. I really believed it. In the end, Yuan Shao is better. Explain it to me, saying that this is a beautiful-looking I haven't settled with you for things that are actually impossible, so what idea do you have for me?

  If I can directly order Shi Changshi to go here and there, why do I still have to deal with Shi Changshi? It's because they didn't listen to my order, why do you call them out? What are you calling for?

He Jinjin smiled and said, "This is my opinion. I hold the power of the world, how dare the ten permanent servants treat me?" Did you hear me, my son, you are talking about Cao Cao, Cao A, don't think I am easy to fool, I am in power General, be careful I turn my face.

Yuan Shao cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty wants to go, I will lead the guards to prevent accidents." If you want to die, then die, anyway, we have done what we should do, and bring more people to deal with those eunuchs There are also some deterrents.

  He Jin nodded, this was a good suggestion, so he took out the Tiger Talisman and asked Yuan Shao and Cao Cao to send 500 people each as guards. If you want to do it, you have to make it bigger. How can dozens or hundreds of people set off the prestige of me, He Jin?

At this time Yuan Shu stood up unexpectedly, and took the initiative to ask Ying to say: "Ben Chu, brother Meng De has a job, I'm afraid it will be inconvenient, if I don't take it, I will protect the general's safety." Yuan Shao, Cao Cao has a formal appointment The Eighth Colonel of Xiyuan, it is true that with the general's tiger talisman, you can mobilize soldiers, but after all, there is no order from the emperor. The population is solid.

   This principle is true, but why is Yuan Shu, who doesn't work **** weekdays, so active today? Yuan Shao's heart moved, and he turned his head to look at Cao Cao.

  Cao Cao also reacted at the same time, and gave Yuan Shao a wink, something abnormal, there must be tricks!

  (end of this chapter)