The revival of the Han Dynasty must start with Dong Zhuo

Chapter 187 Volume Burning the Government
When Dong Zhuo got off the carriage, he was holding a swaddling cloth in his hands.

The strong sense of disobedience made Liu Xie pause, but he still stepped forward and saluted Dong Zhuo apologetically.

"I was too rude to inform the Grand Tutor about the Lintao incident this time."

Dong Zhuo was still holding Liu Wansheng in his arms at this moment, and his expression was complicated after hearing Liu Xie's words.

"Your Majesty, this really gave me a big surprise."

Liu Xie was also a little embarrassed at this moment.

Fortunately, Dong Bai, who had just been scolded by Cai Yong, ran over at this time and stood on tiptoe to see Liu Wansheng in Dong Zhuo's arms.

Dong Bai looked at Liu Wansheng for a while, then stretched out his little finger and gestured indignantly, "Do I have to call this little thing uncle from now on?"

Liu Xie and Dong Zhuo immediately said in unison: "What little thing! This is your uncle!"

Dong Bai stuck out his tongue and snatched Liu Wansheng from Dong Zhuo, frightening Dong Zhuo and quickly ordered: "Slow down! Slow down!"

Dong Bai picked up Liu Wansheng, and instead of slowing down, he trotted Liu Wansheng away and brought him to Cai Yan and others, where he teased Liu Wansheng with everyone else.

After this little episode, the atmosphere between Liu Xie and Dong Zhuo was not as tense as before.

The king and his minister walked side by side on the road, and Liu Xie spoke first:

"Master, I heard a story when I was a child."

"Once upon a time, there was a group of bandits who committed crimes. Finally, a righteous man went to conquer them. After the righteous man wiped out the bandits, he coveted the property left by the bandits. In the end, he chose to stay in the mountains and forests and became a new bandit."

"The Grand Master once told me: The sins of the world are the fault of the aristocratic families."

"But now the Lintao Dong family has also become the person the Grand Tutor hates the most without the Grand Tutor noticing."

"And Lintao is where the Grand Master started his career, after all."

"As far as I know, many of the Grand Tutor's personal soldiers are from Lintao. If I were to favor the Dong family, I would actually be harming the Grand Tutor."

The Dong case involved things that were far more complicated than what the people in Chang'an imagined.

Just as Liu Xie said, what the Dong clan members were involved in was not only the laws of the imperial court and their own interests, but also Dong Zhuo's own foundation.

The struggles Dong Zhuo had to face were actually no less than those Liu Xie had faced before.

If Dong Zhuo did not punish the Dong family members, those militiamen from Lintao would probably rebel against Dong Zhuo.

Dong Zhuo lowered his head, wanting to say something, but he just sighed slightly.

"Your Majesty, I have heard some of the news. But since we are relatives, I sometimes just turn a blind eye."

"It's all because my nephew Dong Huang was so arrogant in Chang'an that he brought this habit to Lintao."

"Now that Your Majesty wants to discipline them, I have nothing to say."

But Dong Zhuo still felt a little reluctant: "Dong Huang is my nephew after all. I wonder if Your Majesty..."

For Dong Zhuo, perhaps only Dong Huang could be considered his blood relative.

The clan behind him actually did not bring much help to Dong Zhuo, and now has even become a burden to Dong Zhuo.

"I understand."

Liu Xie said: "If this can be accomplished, I am afraid that the reputation of the Grand Master will be comparable to that of Duke Zhou."

When Dong Zhuo heard Liu Xie mention the name of Zhou Gong at this moment, he felt a little ashamed.

After all, Duke Zhou did not have relatives as deceiving as Dong Huang.

But after Dong Zhuo thought about it carefully, he found that if he could really accomplish this, it would really be comparable to the great achievements of Zhou Gong!
This was not a reform merely aimed at the military system, such as the equal distribution of land and the military service, but a reshaping of the entire Han Dynasty court.

One of the great achievements of Duke Zhou was the formulation of Zhou Li.

And now the task that Liu Xie asked Dong Zhuo to do, to some extent, seems to be no less important than the formulation of Zhou rituals!

"I am ashamed."

Even though Dong Zhuo was ignorant of state affairs, he knew that he could carry out on his own what Liu Xie asked him to do.

If it were implemented by the emperor himself, the emperor's prestige and authority would probably expand to an unprecedented height in an instant.

At that time, Liu Xie could even directly compete with Dong Zhuo, who held military power.

But Liu Xie didn't.

Liu Xie still chose to give this opportunity to leave his name in history to Dong Zhuo.

That's why Dong Zhuo said, I'm ashamed.

"What is Grand Master doing? If it weren't for Grand Master, I would have become a stray dog ​​and I don't know where I would have fled to. How could I be so honorable?"

Liu Xie grabbed Dong Zhuo's hand——

"And no matter how you think about it, it's better for the Grand Master to preside over this matter."

"The Grand Master sacrificed his own relatives for the sake of justice. Such behavior is rare among the ancient sages. After this incident, even if the Grand Master himself refuses the title of Duke of Zhou, I am afraid that the people in the future will not agree."

Dong Zhuo was speechless, but choked up a little.

The fire in Chang'an burned very quickly.

The Imperial Censor Huangfu Li could no longer bear it, and three days later he went directly to Chencang with a memorial, requesting to meet the emperor.

Liu Xie did not come out, but asked someone to present Huangfu Li's memorial.

Unlike before when everyone blamed the Dong family, even if it was directed at Dong Zhuo, it was only superficial and the expression was extremely obscure.

Huangfu Li's memorial set the tone directly at the beginning - "Grand Tutor Dong Zhuo is a disaster for the country and the people!"

The above examples list Dong Zhuo's numerous crimes without showing any mercy.

After Liu Xie glanced through it, he sent it back and said to Huangfu Li: "I understand what Pushe meant, but I don't know what Dong's mistake has to do with the Grand Tutor."

Huangfu Li understood immediately!
Why can Dong Zhuo be blamed for the mistakes made by the Dong family?

There must be some important reason behind this!

Huangfu Li couldn't help laughing.

The emperor rejected his memorial not because he didn't like its content, but because he couldn't charge Dong Zhuo with a serious crime!

Immediately, Huangfu Li quoted from classics and told the emperor that the reason why the Dong family committed crimes was because their superiors were not strict enough!

The Dong family made mistakes, but do you, Dong Zhuo, have no mistakes?

Even if it wasn't you who ordered it, it must be because you failed to discipline them properly!

Why is there no discipline? Isn't it because you don't have the court or the emperor in your heart?
The revised memorial was submitted again, and this time Liu Xie did not reject it.

Huangfu Li happily said to the people around him: "I have guessed the emperor's intention and completed the emperor's task. It seems that my day of rapid rise is just around the corner!"

Everyone around congratulated him.

If Huangfu Li can really rise in this conflict, he will naturally become the biggest beneficiary.

Even if people like them can't eat meat, they should at least have some soup, right?

Two days later, the emperor's envoy came directly to invite Huangfu Li to meet him, which made Huangfu Li even more excited!

He immediately notified Huangfu Song, who was still in Chang'an, and told his uncle to start preparations immediately.

"If my uncle can capture Dong Zhuo first, it will surely be a merit worthy of being made a marquis and appointed prime minister!"

Huangfu Li went to the emperor's carriage with great interest, and suddenly he seemed to see himself standing in the court wearing the Jianhua crown with iron columns, nine large copper beads and a pattern of deer, looking down at the people below.

But just as he stepped into it, a person he had never expected appeared here——

"Dong Zhuo!"

Huangfu Li was so surprised that he actually called out Dong Zhuo's name.

Dong Zhuo looked at Huangfu Li with interest: "Are you Huangfu Song's nephew?"

"Yes, yes... no."

Huangfu Li's tongue had begun to tremble at this moment, and he spoke nonsense.

He looked at Dong Zhuo, then at Emperor Liu Xie who was sitting at the top, and instantly understood something.

"Your Majesty, Grand Master... Your Majesty..."

Liu Xie took the memorial from Huangfu Li in his hand and asked Huangfu Li: "I saw that the Minister of Justice was very eloquent in this memorial, but how come he can't say anything in front of me?"

The worst thing was that Dong Zhuo also followed suit, looking at Huangfu Li with a fake smile: "Why is the Minister of Justice silent? Your Majesty and I both think that your article is very well written, why don't you explain it in detail?"

Huangfu Li was completely frightened and just stood there in a daze.

Liu Xie seemed not to notice Huangfu Li's abnormality. He just looked at Huangfu Li's memorial and answered himself: "I actually like some of the arguments of the Minister of Justice very much."

"For example, the Minister of Justice said that the people committed crimes because they were not properly disciplined."

"And the Minister of Justice also said that those who fail to discipline their children properly should be punished with capital punishment?"

"It's been a long time since I've seen someone who dares to speak the truth like this!"

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Huangfu Li's face turned pale, and he could no longer understand what Liu Xie was saying.

"According to the opinion of the Minister of Justice, if the people do not behave in a good way, it is because of the lack of proper discipline."

"But who disciplines the people on a daily basis? Aren't they the local officials and the three elders of the clan?"

"The Minister of Justice actually wants to clean up the bureaucracy and wipe out the power of the clans. He is really bold."

Huangfu Li panicked.

wrong!

He was clearly following the emperor's instructions and using this thing to accuse Dong Zhuo!
How come it is now related to the bureaucratic system and clan power?
He wanted to argue.

But when he saw Dong Zhuo's intimidating figure, he swallowed what he was about to say.

Not to mention that he didn't dare say this in front of Dong Zhuo.

Even if Dong Zhuo is not here, as long as the emperor thinks he means this, he will definitely mean this!
And now that the fire has started, there must be an outlet.

Before, everyone thought that the fire would burn between the emperor and the prime minister, but unexpectedly, the fire was suddenly blown by the emperor and turned to burn the bureaucratic system and clan forces of the Han Dynasty.

Huangfu Li suddenly felt like a mountain was pressing down on his shoulders!
If this fire really burns to the bureaucratic system and clan forces, it will inevitably cause a counterattack from the other side.

And as the first person to light this fire, how can anything good happen to me?
Considering the emperor's previous hints, Huangfu Li understood everything.

The emperor's target has never been Dong Zhuo.

The reason why the emperor allowed the fire to grow bigger was not because he wanted to fight for power.

What the emperor really wants to do is to thoroughly complete the purge of the court and completely eliminate the bureaucracy of the Han Dynasty!
(End of this chapter)