novelsmap Chapter 17 A Brief Calm Continued
Chapter 17 A Brief Calm Continued
Before Cui Song realized the meaning of these five words, a bolt of lightning struck straight down, illuminating the night outside the window.
A little silver light broke in through the window gap and shot on the wall, like entangled silver snakes.
Surprised by the unexpected thunderstorm, Cui Song sat up reflexively, only then belatedly tasted Xu Zhuo's words.
The Holy Majesty passed away... Hanling Emperor Liu Hong died?
For a while, Cui Song heard the roar in his ears, and couldn't tell whether it was captured by the news, or the thunder outside was too powerful.
Looking at Xu Zhuo in a blink of an eye, his face was still as white as paper, and he didn't get better.
Liu Hong can't be called Mingjun, so Xu Zhuo's gaffe and anxiety did not come from grief.
Anyone who knows a little bit about the history of the Eastern Han Dynasty knows how absurd Han Lingdi is.
Shibi commented that during the Huan and Ling periods, the official circles were dark and poisonous, so that Han Zuo, who was already inclined to the west, quickly collapsed and turned into nothing.If it is said that Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty has something remarkable, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty opened the tomb door for the great Han Jiangshan himself.
Xu Zhuo's reaction was so great because he foresaw the evil consequences of Emperor Ling's death.
The most famous thing in the Eastern Han Dynasty, apart from Cai Lun's papermaking skills, was the power struggle between eunuchs and relatives.
After you sing, I will appear on the stage. The east wind and west wind have been pressing against each other for a hundred years. Looking at the 5000-year history, it can be said to be unique.
Why is there such a situation?
Because the emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty died quickly.
Maybe it was a genetic problem, or maybe it was the strife in the court. Most of the emperors in the Eastern Han Dynasty were very short-lived.
It's not uncommon to die at 20, but you're lucky if you die at 30.This way of death, no matter how prosperous the royal family population is, it will be incomplete.The newly succeeded little emperor lost his father at a young age and couldn't even walk steadily. How can he manage politics?So the Empress Dowager listened to the government behind the curtain, and the uncle of the country, who was as prosperous as the Empress Dowager, was majestic and majestic, and his relatives ruled over him, and he was overjoyed.
When the little emperor grows up, the problem will come.
But whoever wants to be a puppet with a little ambition?What's more, the dictatorship of foreign relatives is so arrogant that even the princess's fertile land is dared to be robbed, which emperor can bear it.
So the emperor cultivated eunuchs who had no roots and no prosperity, and let them seize power for themselves.
Finally seized the power, okay, the emperor belched again, and the power once again fell into the hands of his relatives.
The high-level officials were busy seizing power, and the little emperor died before he could show his grand plans. This shows how rough the governance of the Eastern Han Dynasty was.
Perhaps because of this, when Emperor Huanling came, the two attached great importance to enjoyment and lived according to their own will.
The top is unwilling to control, and the bottom is dark.Natural disasters and man-made disasters, the people are in dire straits.As soon as the Taiping Jing came out, the whole world rose up.
It can be said that, in the final analysis, at least half of the chaos in the Eastern Han Dynasty should be counted on the "early death of the emperor".
Not to mention the political achievements of Liu Hong, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, he is still a anchor when he is alive, so that his relatives and eunuchs dare not act rashly.
Besides, Liu Hong is not a fool.
The current situation is turbulent, and Han Zuo is in danger. Liu Hong's death means that Xu Zhuo, who knows nothing about the future history, also understands how this bad news will make the Han Dynasty worse.
Power shuffled and disputes resumed.
Misfortune caused Xiao Qiang, uneasy inside and outside.
The world is going to be in chaos, right?
It is the character of a person with lofty ideals in this era to worry about the world before worrying about it.But for Cui Song, Lingdi's death only means one thing.
——Dong Zhuo is about to enter Beijing.
Cui Song got off the bed, put on his coat, and stretched out his hand to pull his long hair behind his head: "Come out with me."
The emperor is dead, and the whole city mourns together. It seems that I can't sleep.
Cui Song pushed open the door, and it happened that Cui Yan's clothes were messy and came in a hurry before he could tidy up.
"I'm in the prime of life now, how could—" Cui Yan couldn't restrain the pained look on his face, "Venus is transiting the sun, so you should guard your heart. The sky will be in chaos."
Since Dong Zhongshu, the world loves to talk about the "interaction between heaven and man", and Han Guangwu even brought the trend of prophecy.When a star in the sky dims, it can be blamed on the emperor of the world.When Venus transits the sun, Yinghuo Shouxin is a natural astronomical phenomenon, but when Taishi Ling touches it, Venus and Mars become demon stars that herald the sudden death of the emperor and disasters everywhere.
Cui Song remained silent on the theory of astrology and divination—in his opinion, which dots of stars in the sky do not look the same, what difference can be seen?
Therefore, Cui Song just echoed a few words along with the crowd, expressing his sorrow for the death of the emperor, and eccentrically preaching his love for the emperor and the country, and went to sacrifice with Cui Yan.
White cloth soul silk, silver pine hanging curtain.
The nearby houses also lit lamps, laid altars, and observed the national mourning.
Cui Song looked at the endless white, stood under the corridor, listening to the unabated sound of rain, feeling a bit dazed in his heart.
The rain seemed to never stop, and even the heavens were weeping for the death of the emperor.The cold rain hit the wooden steps, splashing the plain long hakama and staining the shoes with a dark color.
Emperor Ling is dead, Dong Zhuo is approaching, the world is falling apart, and human life is like mustard.
Where should he go?
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On the second day, everyone who had been up all night returned to the hall to rest.Cui Songshi ate a breakfast without meat and oil without taste, and went back to his room to catch up on sleep.
There was a little scare along the way.
Because Liu Hong, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, had no hobbies and had a special liking for Ci Fu, Cui Yan privately speculated whether the palace would order that Cui Jiasonglang, who was known as "a Fu that laughs for thousands of years", would write it for the late emperor. A sacrificial text.
After all, the reason why Cui Song's talent and fame can spread far and wide is partly because Liu Hong loves his poems and fus, and once "he couldn't put down the book, and deeply praised it".
Cui Song feels that "I want to choose death" is not enough to express his heartfelt voice.
If it continues like this, he might go to heaven.
Fortunately, whether it was because the palace was busy with the dispute over the candidate for the new emperor, or because of other factors, none of the bigwigs in the palace ordered him to make a fu.He eulogized Liu Hong's few political achievements without pain.
Before Liu Hong's first seven days had passed, the candidate for the new emperor had already been decided.
At the same time, there was another fresh corpse outside Jianzhang Palace.
Jian Shuo died and was killed by He Jin.
He wanted to make Liu Xie, the son of Wang Meiren, the emperor, and punish He Jin and the palace.Not wanting the matter to be exposed, he was killed by He Jin who "deeply hated him".
As soon as Jian Shuo died, the eunuch's leg was cut off, and his vitality was severely injured.
He Jin took this opportunity to seize military power, hit it off with the aristocratic clan, and joined forces to exclude the eunuchs.
As a general and uncle of the country, He Jin already holds great power.Now the mountain that parachuted above his head was gone, and the prince's nephew had become the emperor's nephew. He was like a fish in water, swimming as he wanted.
In order to further suppress the eunuchs, He Jin began throwing olive branches at the aristocratic family without money.
The Xun family?Okay, okay, the famous big family in Yingchuan, not everyone can raise the Eight Dragons of the Xun family... The juniors of the Xun family who stayed in Luoyang already have jobs?It doesn't matter, doesn't he have an uncle who is a few years younger than him? This Xun Wenruo is quite a gentleman. Although he is still young, he is also elegant and dignified. The Holy One is in charge of the documents.
Yuan Shao in Runan is beautiful and majestic, and he has many outstanding scholars. The Yuan family is the first generation of Zanying, the fourth generation and the third prince. He is definitely going to bring this person under his command.
The Cui family is a prominent family in Qinghe, the family of Shilu.The population is prosperous, and talents emerge in large numbers.Although Cui Yan is not well-known, his reputation in recent years has been good.There is also the youngest son of Cui's direct branch, who studied under famous teachers and is amazingly talented. Although he is too young, if he is an official, it will make...
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He Jin made a good plan, and the next day he sent a post to several companies.
Touching the famous thorn with a red border and rolling gold, Cui Song suddenly wanted to learn a few tricks from Mi Heng, and threw it out in a cool and domineering way.
The author has something to say: *Emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty was really powerful.Don't talk about political achievements (many of them have no time to make political achievements), just talk about political tactics. [Compare hearts to Han and Emperor
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*About [Knife Pen]:
The explanation of the entry is: In ancient times, when writing notes on bamboo slips, scrape off typos with a knife, so the things related to the copy are called knife and pen.
I remember the first time I knew this word, I read it in a book, saying that the knives and pens were tools carried by scholars in the Han and Jin Dynasties and used for writing.
That so-and-so in the Three Kingdoms committed suicide with a knife and pen?
CC Guliang discussed the usage of knife and pen with me. I don’t know whether knife and pen are the same thing or two things (pen + knife)... So let’s write according to my own understanding.Anyone who understands this knowledge is looking for popular science (づ￣3￣)づ
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*Then there is the problem of calculating age according to imaginary years in ancient times, this... I really didn't pay attention (muddle)
In short, Cui Xiaosong is a 171-year-old person, so... he should be 19 (virtual) years old now.