12dz Chapter 124 Big Events, Small Tricks
Chapter 124 Big Events, Small Tricks
Chapter 124 Big Events, Small Tricks
Liu Bian had expected that there would be trouble when he persuaded a large number of playboys from aristocratic families and scums from Hongdu School to leave the Imperial College.
He looked normal and asked, "Do you know who it is?"
Zuo Li bowed in front of Liu Bian and said, "There are too many people causing trouble. I dare not act rashly. Do you need me to arrest some people for interrogation?"
"Let Taichang handle this kind of thing."
Liu Bian stretched his shoulders again and said, "There are so many ministers in the court, it is not necessary for me to do it myself."
Imperial College is a very sensitive place. Just trying to persuade some unlearned playboys to leave can cause so much trouble. If we really rush in to arrest people, the whole Luoyang city will be in an uproar.
Zuo Li quietly raised his head and observed Liu Bian's profile. A trace of caution appeared on his snow-white face. He hesitated in his heart whether to secretly arrest some people and torture them severely.
At this time, inside the Shangshutai.
As the most diligent court official, Wang Yun was still busy in the Secretariat even after dark.
Li Ru came in with a gloomy expression and said, "Prince, the students of the Imperial College have gathered together to cause trouble. It seems that they are going to attack the Imperial Household again."
Wang Yun raised his head abruptly, trying to keep his face calm, his eyes filled with anger, and said in a deep voice: "Order the Northern Lieutenant to arrest all the leaders!"
Li Ru was from the Imperial Academy and knew the situation inside very well. He whispered, "Prince, the students of the Imperial Academy are very complicated and all have extraordinary backgrounds. Doing this is like adding fuel to the fire, which will only backfire."
Although Wang Yun was angry, he did not lose his mind. His eyes were as sharp as a sword and he asked, "What are you going to do?"
Li Ru glanced back and whispered even more: "I think we should take a step back to advance, suspend the dismissal of students, and do it slowly in the future, and complete it in one year."
"No!"
Wang Yun rejected it directly and said, "It must be done as soon as possible. The imperial court is majestic and will not tolerate provocation from anyone!"
Without waiting for Li Ru to speak, Wang Yun stood up and said, "Pass my words on. Order Wang Lang to take up his post tomorrow and suppress the students' unrest. If it happens again, I will hold him accountable!"
Li Ru was immediately overjoyed and said, "Your Excellency is wise!"
In his opinion, Wang Lang was Yang Biao's aide and was recommended by him. If Wang Lang did not handle the gathering of Tai students well, Yang Biao would be to blame!
Wang Yun frowned slightly, looked at him, and felt a little dissatisfied.
How can we use national affairs to plot against others?
At the same time, the Prime Minister's Mansion was bustling with activity.
Because it was a last-minute banquet, so many things had to be prepared in a hurry. The seating arrangement of the guests alone was enough to give Yang Biao a headache.
The servants in the Prime Minister's Mansion were busy preparing tables, chairs, benches, wine, food, melons and fruits. The Yang Mansion, which had been silent for half a year, became bustling again.
It was not until it was completely dark that Yang Biao wiped the sweat from his forehead and came to Wang Lang's courtyard.
It was winter, and Yang Biao was wrapped very thickly. He was already fat, and now he looked even more bloated, and it was difficult for him to even sit down.
"Is it possible?" Yang Biao took off his cotton coat and fiddled with the charcoal fire, wishing he could jump on it.
Wang Lang looked at the book and said, "It doesn't matter whether it succeeds or not. What matters is that you do it."
Yang Biao understood and said, "What do you think about the students making trouble? Wang Yun is going to use you as a scapegoat."
Wang Lang put down the book, picked up a pen, and annotated it, saying, "What's so difficult about this?"
Yang Biao was startled, turned to look at him, and said, "Do you have any solution?"
Wang Lang was busy with his own comments and did not reply.
Yang Biao waited for a while, blew on his hands, rubbed his fat face, and said, "Recently, many people have been scrambling to enter the government, you have to be careful."
The aftermath of Liu Bian's victorious expedition continued to spread throughout the Han Dynasty. More and more people who were waiting and watching chose to go to Beijing and gradually became officials in various ways.
Since ancient times, official positions have been assigned to each individual, and once you grab one you have to hold on to it.
Wang Lang glanced at him and said, "You don't have to worry about me."
Yang Biao pretended to sigh and said, "I miss the late emperor a little bit."
Wang Lang frowned, the comments were not so smooth.
The late emperor was greedy for money and lustful, and favored treacherous people. He could be said to be a complete tyrant.
But compared to the foolish previous emperor, the current emperor is obviously ambitious. Such an emperor with a very clear purpose will be very demanding of his court officials.
It is difficult to be a minister.
……
The next day, Wang Lang took office as the magistrate of Luoyang.
He took up the appointment and got to know the officials of all ranks in Luoyang County. But when he saw that Yin Tong was not there, he locked himself in the duty room and no one knew what he was doing.
In the Luoyang County government office, people naturally talked about Wang Lang because Yin Tong threw the jade away.
"What does this County Magistrate Wang mean?"
"I don't know? Will we be implicated because of County Magistrate Yin?"
"It's hard to say. He is an aide to the Prime Minister's Office. It would only take him a word to discipline us."
"What should I do?"
"What are you afraid of? I bet he won't be the county magistrate for long!"
"He has the Prime Minister as his backer, who can touch him?"
"Prime Minister? Do you think the position of Prime Minister can last forever? Now, who doesn't look at the prince's face?"
They were whispering, but suddenly they stopped.
When they turned around, they saw Wang Lang standing not far away with a calm expression.
Everyone immediately fell silent and pretended to be doing things carefully, keeping their eyes on Wang Lang.
Wang Lang looked up at the sky, took out a notice, and said calmly: "Post this near the Imperial College, and post more."
A clerk stepped forward, took the wet white paper, and after examining it, he was shocked and said, "County Magistrate, is this true? The court is really going to recruit 500 people from the Imperial College to serve as officials?"
As soon as he finished speaking, he was poked quietly.
The clerk suddenly realized and said quickly, "Yes, yes, I'll go right away."
Wang Lang had a blank expression on his face. He glanced at the sky again and turned back to the duty room.
Everyone immediately gathered around the clerk and looked at the notice written by Wang Lang.
"Five hundred people, with a rank of less than 200 shi. Is this the county magistrate?"
"Maybe the county magistrate?"
“Is the court going to fill vacancies on a large scale?”
"Cutting and mending at the same time, isn't that ridiculous?"
"Stop talking, stop talking, go and post it!"
They gathered together, discussing and copying, and then led people straight to the Imperial College.
The students hadn't slept well these past few days, so they gathered together early in the morning, with someone leading the group and giving a loud speech.
"The Imperial College was established by Emperor Gaozu. It is the foundation of the country and society. How can we cut the number of students?"
"This is a treacherous attempt to suppress dissent and block the way for speech!"
"How can we just sit back and watch as our country is about to fall apart?"
Under waves of loud incitement, dozens of Tai students responded, shouting and walking out of the gate, ready to go to Taichang to petition again.
Not long after walking out, I saw a group of Luoyang County officials posting notices everywhere.
"lackey!"
They immediately became furious and rushed over with their fists rubbed, wanting to vent their anger on these officers.
But when they saw the notice, they were all stunned and looked at each other.
"Five hundred people, two hundred of them are from Pinyi!"
"Are we going to enter the government?"
"Listen to me, listen to me. The court is going to cut redundant officials and dandy students, not all imperial students. We have been fooled!"
"Yes, yes, yes. We are both excellent in character and learning, and we are from aristocratic families. We will definitely be selected!"
"Don't be deceived by those who have ulterior motives. They must have received the news earlier and want to frame us for opposing the imperial court and seize our positions!"
"Liu Huan, it's him! He's the leader!"
"It's not me, it's not me. This must be a conspiracy of evildoers!"
"Bullshit, you must have known this a long time ago? You even said before that your fellow townsman is in the Licao!"
"I remember that, too. That's so bad!"
"Can't let him go!"
Dozens of people who had been working together suddenly started fighting and beating each other, creating chaos.
The Luoyang County police who had been hiding nearby were stunned as they were caught off guard by the sudden turn of events.
"Why do I feel like those guys did it on purpose?" an officer whispered.
Another officer stared at the fighting crowd and said, "How many? Did you see that? Those few have been fanning the flames."
"Those guys are doing something shady!"
"What do you think? Will it be County Magistrate Wang?"
"Be careful what you say."
"Someone came out from the Imperial College. Hey, a fight has started. A fight has started."
What started as a fight between dozens of people quickly turned into a brawl between hundreds of people. No one could hear what was being said because of the noise. Everyone was furious and started beating anyone they saw.
A dozen or so police officers watched with great interest, some even took out their breakfast and ate while watching.
"No, shouldn't we go and persuade them?" someone suddenly said.
They are the police officers of Luoyang County, responsible for public security. Now that the fight has gotten like this, they should be the ones to take control.
No one paid any attention to him. In this melee involving hundreds of people, only a dozen of them could get beaten.
Therefore, they continued to hide aside and watch the battle with relish.
There was chaos at the Imperial College, and the Prime Minister's Mansion was hosting a banquet for guests.
As the Hongnong Yang family, with three officials in four generations, their prestige today is unparalleled and incomparable in the world.
Yang Biao was also the prime minister. He held a banquet and many people were eager to attend. However, Yang Biao only gave the invitations to the noble families in the opposition and did not invite any court officials.
At the gate, people line up to go in one by one and hand over their invitations and gifts.
There were etiquette officers recording it, and there were also people saying hello.
"Hennei Sima Gong has arrived."
"Gongsun Gong of Hebei has arrived."
"Duke Wei of Donghai has arrived."
"Mr. Zhang from Yingchuan has arrived!"
"Lord Cao of Runan has arrived!"
The huge Prime Minister's Mansion was packed with people, with all kinds of noises coming one after another, making it extremely lively.
In the backyard, Yang Biao personally received some people. The air was filled with the fragrance of tea and warm as spring.
They were naturally honored to receive Yang Biao's invitation, and they were all smiling and friendly.
Yang Biao sat upright, his expression both dignified and easy, his small eyes blinked, and he laughed loudly, "Today's banquet has nothing else to do but to be with you all."
Seven or eight people all smiled and nodded. Wei Ji said, "We would also like to ask Mr. Yang for advice."
Seeing this, Yang Biao suddenly said, "You all are free from official duties and should not get involved in court struggles. Family members should give more advice and not make mistakes and bring trouble to their relatives."
Everyone looked at each other calmly, and then said in unison: “Mr. Yang is right.”
Yang Biao mentioned this, his small eyes twinkled, his fat face trembled even more, and he said with a smile: "That's good, that's good, today we will only talk about romance, nothing else. I heard that the East Temple is going to be renovated?"
Dongguan is usually the place where great scholars compile history, classics, rituals and laws.
One of them, a nearly eighty-year-old man with an extremely old look, said, "It is said that Governor Lu of Bingzhou and Minister Cai are also interested in participating in this historical revision."
Yang Biao looked at him and asked, "Does Sima Gong have any interest?"
Sima Jun shook his head and said, "It is very strenuous for me to write, why should I let it affect state affairs? I just want to see it in my lifetime."
"Sima Gong has a long life and will surely live a hundred years."
"We also want to congratulate Sima Gong on his 100th birthday!"
Seven or eight of them raised their hands, looking polite and respectful.
"Is there anyone in the Sima family willing to enter the government?" Yang Biao suddenly asked Sima Jun.
You could hear a pin drop in the backyard.
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