The revival of the Han Dynasty must start with Dong Zhuo

Chapter 188: Bath of Fire
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty..."

Huangfu Li was extremely scared at this time.

"Your Majesty, I have no such intention!"

"You don't mean that?"

Liu Xie leaned forward slightly, immediately putting great pressure on Huangfu Li.

"What does it mean that the Minister of Justice did not mean this?"

"I'm afraid this matter has spread all over Chang'an now, right?"

"Not to mention the boiling public sentiment, there are several high-ranking officials among the Nine Ministers, and even your uncle Huangfu Song is involved."

"Are you trying to tell me that these people gathered together to speak out not to clarify the administration of officials?"

Liu Xie spread his legs, put his elbows on his knees, bent over, and leaned over to look at Huangfu Li's face: "If it's not for this? What do you want to do?"

"Could it be a rebellion?"

The last three words frightened Huangfu Li so much that he trembled and subconsciously knelt on the ground and kowtowed: "I dare not! I dare not!"

Now that the fire has started, it is impossible for the people and public opinion in Chang'an to calm down at this time.

The fire must be allowed to burn out and turn something into ashes before it can stop.

The reason why Huangfu Li and others are fearless is obviously because they know this clearly.

However, in their imagination, the fire was burning towards the emperor and Dong Zhuo.

However, as Liu Xie forcibly used the authority of the emperor and Dong Zhuo intervened with deterrence, the fire eventually went beyond their expectations and burned towards a more terrifying and powerful place -

Bureaucracy and clan!
Moreover, Huangfu Li now understood why the emperor and Dong Zhuo ignored them and even allowed the fire to burn even more fiercely with an indulgent attitude.

Because to make a fire start, you need fuel.

If the fire burned towards Dong Zhuo and the emperor as they expected, the fuel would be the power in the hands of the two men.

No matter who wins in the end, the emperor or Dong Zhuo, there will always be a power vacuum. And these vacuums are where the flames are burned out.

The same reason.

If Liu Xie wanted to spread the fire to the bureaucracy and the clan, he would have to pay a certain price.

Liu Xie was not noble enough to cut his flesh to feed the eagle and use the court and himself as fuel.

It just so happened that Huangfu Li and his men united together, so Liu Xie simply threw them into the fire to serve as firewood.

One Huangfu Li is definitely not qualified.

But with those nine ministers, and even the great god Huangfu Song behind them, the fuel is barely enough.

It can be imagined that once the imperial court takes action against officials and clans, it will inevitably provoke a strong counterattack from the opposition forces.

Since there will be a counterattack, there will inevitably be losses.

People like Huangfu Li were the losses caused by Liu Xie.

That is, the fuel that will soon ignite the fire.

Liu Xie reminded Huangfu Li: "I will immediately inform officials at all levels of the court of the emperor's intention."

"I think from today on, the Umbrella Minister will be very busy. Please take care of your health and don't get exhausted. Do you understand?"

Liu Xie also asked the palace maids if they had any supplements such as deer antlers and ginseng, and gave them all to Huangfu Li.

Huangfu Li's face turned pale.

This is naturally not the emperor's concern.

Rather, it was the emperor who was telling him - don't die.

At least, you must not die before this fire is over.

If you die, the fire won’t burn anymore and the emperor will be very angry!
When Huangfu Li took the tonic in his hand, he fell heavily to one side.

He knew it was over!

It's all over!

Liu Xie glanced at Huangfu Li, and then ordered the military secretary to -

"Draw up the decree."

"The Minister of Justice Huangfu Li is concerned about the country and the people. He laments that the world is in a difficult situation and the people have a hard time making a living. Therefore, he wrote to me, saying that we should be more careful and clear about the administration of officials, so that the fresh air can flow in and the turbid air can be dispersed. Only in this way can the country prosper and the people be safe and prosperous."

"Now I have appointed Huangfu Li as the Minister of Justice to clarify the administration of the court and educate the clans in the countryside, so as to appease Huangfu Li's loyalty and righteousness."

With the emperor's seal, Huangfu Li was promoted to the position of Tingwei, one of the Nine Ministers.

But there was no trace of a smile on Huangfu Li's face.

Because he knew that it was just a cover.

The so-called "Ting Wei" was nothing more than the emperor worrying that his body was too thin to start a big fire, so he tied a layer of hay and cloth on the outside and then threw himself into the fire pit.

But he couldn't refuse.

He was the one who started the fire.

If he is not burned clean, the fire will never stop.

Huangfu Li looked at Liu Xie in despair.

At this moment, he also thought of a sentence in the history book -

"The Liu Emperor is so mean and ungrateful!"

But what he didn't expect was that the emperor had such a mind at this age.

Originally, Huangfu Li thought that it was already a monstrous thing that Emperor He of Han, who had created the Yongyuan period, was able to seize power from his foreign relatives at the age of adulthood.

But compared with Liu Xie, who was also an emperor at the same age, Huangfu Li even felt that Emperor He was far inferior to the current emperor.

With such an emperor, Huangfu Li felt gloomy. Perhaps for the Han Dynasty, having such an emperor was definitely a good thing.

But for himself, such an emperor of the Liu family is definitely his nightmare!
No one knows how many people the emperor will burn to death in this fire before he will stop and achieve his goal...

Huangfu Li’s premonition was not wrong.

From the moment he came out, several guards had been following him.

On the surface, it was to protect his safety, but in reality it was to prevent Huangfu Li from dying secretly.

And with the release of the emperor's edict, the fire instantly reached its climax!
Countless bureaucrats and ordinary people were involved intentionally or unintentionally, fueling the fire.

Rumors on the streets,

The conspiracy in the deep courtyard,
All of these turned into streams of air, creating a huge storm in the political arena! The flames were completely swept up to the sky!
"The Lintao incident has come to fruition!"

"Huangfu Li wrote a letter to the emperor asking him to clarify the administration of officials!"

"What? You don't know who Huangfu Li is? You must know Huangfu Song, right? Huangfu Song is Huangfu Li's uncle! And several of the Nine Ministers are also involved!"

"..."

When the news spread to the Taiwei Mansion, Yang Biao was unable to react for a while.

But Yang Biao was old and shrewd. After thinking about it, he instantly understood the emperor's intention and broke out in a cold sweat!
It was the appearance of this cold sweat that caused Yang Biao to become seriously ill, and he lay in bed with his teeth chattering.

He grabbed Yang Xiu's hand and said, "Son! Don't be so smart in the future! Although you are smart, you are just a fool in front of the emperor! All of us are fools! There is only one way for you to treat the emperor in the future, and that is to be sincere! Do you understand?"

Yang Xiu had also seen through the emperor's arrangements and calculations these days, and he felt a chill all over his body.

"Father, I understand. I will definitely be a good official and serve the emperor in the future."

"Ah! Do you still want to be a palace official?"

With Yang Xiu's status, in the past he would have easily been promoted to a palace attendant and gone to serve the emperor.

But Yang Biao had a hunch.

After the fire is out, the emperor will never let such a thing happen again.

"Just read books honestly! I heard that the emperor likes to read military strategies and poetry, so just focus on these two aspects! Throw away all your other little calculations!"

Yang Xiu scratched his head and said, "Well, I will definitely listen to you, father."

……

On the first day, nothing much happened.

The next day, people began to report officials and aristocratic families.

Coincidentally.

The people who were reported were exactly the bureaucrats in Huangfu Li's group.

Several of the Nine Ministers were reported for their past mistakes and were impeached wildly.

Even Huangfu Song was exposed for several scandals.

Indeed, there is nothing wrong with Huangfu Song himself.

But what about his nephews, younger generations, or even his wife's family and distant relatives?

Don't forget that the official letter his nephew Huangfu Li wrote to the emperor started with a complaint about "lack of discipline". How can you, Huangfu Song, remain untainted by the mud?
Huangfu Song, who originally had a good reputation, was suddenly dragged into a bunch of dirty tricks. His achievements in suppressing the Yellow Turban Rebellion seemed to have vanished in an instant, and he became the target of everyone's condemnation.

These high-ranking officials who were attacked will naturally not sit idly by and wait for death.

For example, Huangfu Jianshou, the son of Huangfu Song.

Even though he didn't want to get involved in this matter in the first place.

But being caught up in this fire, he had no control over anything.

Huangfu Jianshou also began to fight back against those bureaucrats and clans who wanted to take advantage of Huangfu Song.

Once this struggle begins, it will only get more intense.

After the fifth day, the fire finally reached a critical point and exploded!

Two bureaucrats who were attacking each other met in a market. Their dispute gradually turned from verbal quarrel to armed fight, and then from armed fight to loss of life.

And now, which bureaucrat of the Han Dynasty does not have the support of powerful families behind him?

Even if there is no powerful family, but you are in that position, your family will naturally become a powerful family.

The clans of the two men were not far away. When the clan of the murdered bureaucrat heard about this, they were immediately furious and directly called on their clansmen to go and ask for an explanation.

But if it were so easy to get justice, the world would have been peaceful long ago, right?

Like the two bureaucrats, the two major clans' verbal dispute evolved into a fight with weapons.

By the time local authorities learned of the situation and arrived, dozens of people had already died!
Even among these dozens of people, there is one who is a respected elder!
The third elder is already eighty years old!

Even if the Emperor of the Han Dynasty saw him, he would have to greet him respectfully and would not dare to be rude.

But now, he died in a fight?

Some quick-witted bureaucrats realized instantly that

Things are getting big!
And the emperor's ceremonial procession finally arrived at this moment.

It is said that when the emperor heard the news that three elders died in the fight, he was also very indignant, and directly ordered the arrest of all the members of both clans!
But this is not enough!
The emperor also issued another decree:

"Anyone who has reported officials in recent days will be sent to jail!"

"Especially the Imperial Court Judge Huangfu Li, who disregarded the emperor's grace and incited the officials and their families, causing the tragedy. His crime... should be put to death!"

Countless cavalry poured into Chang'an, and their murderous aura finally calmed down the city.

"After this fire is burned out, the great man will be reborn from the ashes!"

(End of this chapter)