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Chapter 37 Controversy in the court (please recommend, please collect)

Whether it is him, Zhang Ming, or someone else, if he wants to implement an advanced plan in a backward era, he will only be crushed by the wheels of the times.

For example, at the beginning, Zhang Ming wanted to exempt the agricultural tax, promote agricultural development, and then vigorously promote the development of commerce, but he soon discovered that at this time, apart from the agricultural tax, the government had almost no other way to obtain income. As for the monopoly of salt and iron, If it was in the era of great unification, it could develop well, but in troubled times, the business of salt and iron has long been monopolized by princes from all over the country, and even the salt and iron in Chang'an needs the princes to provide.

In other words, Chang'an is now an isolated city, surrounded by Dong Zhuo's subordinates.

There are a lot of problems in Chang'an City, and there are even more problems outside Chang'an City.

Zhang Ming found that his head was a little dizzy again, so he hurried back to the palace to get ready to rest. The imperial doctor also advised him not to overwork himself recently, otherwise the wind and cold would be even more difficult to heal.

At the same time, Lu Bu had successfully arrived at Meiwu, but the people stationed at Meiwu Dong Zhuo did not know the news of Dong Zhuo's death.

However, without further ado, Lv Bu ordered his subordinates to kill all Dong Zhuo's subordinates, including everyone in Dong Zhuo's clan. They were all released, and he came to Meiwu only for Diao Chan.

Of course, Lv Bu didn't care whether or not Lv Bu's subordinates used this to kill innocent people, raped and plundered, anyway, he just followed Wang Yun's suggestion to release all these people, and Lv Bu didn't care about what happened next.

After a while, the whole of Meiwu was bleeding like a river. Except for some Dong Zhuo's generals who voluntarily surrendered, the rest of Dong Zhuo's people were slaughtered.

Then Lu Bu sent his subordinates to load all the weapons, food, and equipment stationed in Meiwu on the carriage, and prepared to return to Chang'an.

The food stationed in the entire Meiwu is actually more than the food in Chang'an City, there are millions of stones of food, and I don't know how many people Dong Zhuo has searched for so much food. shock.

Waking up early the next morning, Zhang Ming felt that his condition was much better than before. Now that he was clear-headed, he could participate in the court meeting again. The main issue this time was about the transfer of Cui Ming's official position.

In fact, since the reign of Emperor Ling, many ministers hated eunuchs, and they naturally felt that it was because of eunuchs that the emperor became extremely greedy, licentious, fatuous and incompetent.

This is not just one person thinking this way, but almost all ministers think so.

Moreover, eunuchs and aristocratic families are naturally opposed. The hands of aristocratic families not only control local forces, but many local officials only recognize the aristocratic families and do not recognize imperial power, and the people at the bottom do not know where the imperial power is. The family is doing it.

Locally, this phenomenon is particularly frightening.

Moreover, when the political power of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty declined and the world was in chaos, Liu Yan, the current Yizhou Shepherd, put forward a major suggestion to the court that would affect the history of the Three Kingdoms, that is, use the clan and important ministers as the state shepherds, and override the governors and prefects in the local area. On top of that, monopolizing power to stabilize the people is known in history as "abolishing history and establishing animal husbandry".

At that time, Emperor Ling adopted this suggestion, but the result was the formation of separatist warlords in various places. After taking office, the prefects, including Liu Yan, were basically no longer under the control of the court.

That is to say, now that the aristocratic families and state pastors in various places have united to form a stable ruling structure, the emperor's order is like a piece of waste paper.

When the emperor's order is passed to the local area, it needs the approval of both the state pastor and the aristocratic family before it can be implemented smoothly.

Of course, if it is said that the power of the aristocratic family only has such a huge influence in the local area, it is actually not important to Zhang Ming now. After all, the emperor's order has long been invalid, and it did not start when he ascended the throne.

It's just that in Chang'an City, and even in the imperial palace, aristocratic families also occupy an important position, so now Zhang Ming urgently needs to promote people who belong to him, such as Cui Ming.

As for Li Ru, whom he won in the court meeting yesterday, he has not yet handed over to the palace.

The court meeting was held as usual, but this time there were fewer ministers than yesterday, and they all claimed to be ill, which was simply an excuse.

But Zhang Ming didn't care. After all, these ministers really didn't care about him as the emperor.

Zhang Ming looked at the sparse ministers below. Fortunately, at least Wang Yun came, and at least he had something to talk about.

"I would like to promote Cui Ming, the eunuch beside me, to become a permanent servant, in charge of the eunuchs and bodyguards in the palace. I wonder if any ministers have any opinions?"

At this moment, Cui Ming was standing beside the emperor. With the support of the emperor, he naturally stood up straight.

I saw Wang Yun come out, looked at Cui Ming, and then looked at His Majesty, and said slowly, "Could it be that Your Majesty has forgotten the incident of the Ten Eunuchs messing up the government before? If Zhang didn't let these big eunuchs mess up the government, how could the court do it?" Being occupied by Dong Zhuo, and now His Majesty wants to promote the eunuch to be the middle servant, is it possible that the next ten servants will appear?"

The other ministers made statements one by one, but without exception, these statements all supported Wang Yun's views.

Zhang Ming looked at the group of ministers who were speaking at the bottom, "Mr. Situ, of course I know about the rebellion of the ten servants, but Dong Zhuo's people were able to easily enter the capital of Luoyang and control the court. Was it really caused by the eunuchs?"

"I think Mr. Situ still has an impression. After all, that incident happened only two years ago. Let me explain to all the ministers how the Han Dynasty was taken over by Dong Zhuo step by step."

"Two years ago, He Jin joined forces with the Empress Dowager He to control the court and wanted to control the entire country. The ten permanent attendants worried that if He Jin controlled power, their lives would be lost, so they killed He Jin, and Dong Zhuo and others The reason why he was able to enter Luoyang City smoothly was that He Jin summoned him into Luoyang City, which finally led to the situation where Dong Zhuo was in power."

"In other words, the reason why Dong Zhuo was able to enter Luoyang City was all He Jin's fault, so why should his fault be blamed on the eunuch?"

Wang Yun was a little surprised when he heard His Majesty talking about what happened a few years ago. After all, His Majesty was still young at that time, how could he be so familiar with the affairs in the palace, but he still had something to say
"Although Dong Zhuo was summoned to the Luoyang Palace by General He, how could General He have summoned Dong Zhuo to the capital if there hadn't been the chaos of the Ten Permanent Attendants?"

Zhang Ming persisted and continued, "As a general of the Han Dynasty, He Jin didn't want to eliminate all rebels from all walks of life, but only thought about how to control the government and the emperor all day long. Such a person is also worthy of being a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty." ?”

"Mr. Situ also thinks that He Jin is a loyal minister of the great man?"

"If He Jin hadn't introduced Dong Zhuo to the capital, how could the big man be ruled by such a brutal person? In order to avoid the national traitor Dong Zhuo, I lived in fear for more than a year, and I couldn't eat enough to sleep every day."

"Situ Gong, tell me, is He Jin a loyal minister or a traitor?"

(End of this chapter)