The revival of the Han Dynasty must start with Dong Zhuo

Chapter 20: The Son of Heaven? He is just kind and can be deceived!
Jia Xu.

Disobey the Grand Tutor?
How come I don't know?
Liu Xie blinked his eyes, thinking that the other party should not lie so openly.

This is not the way to be cute.

Dong Zhuo just didn't attend the court meeting, he didn't die immediately.

With such a distortion of right and wrong, isn't Shi Sun Rui afraid that Dong Zhuo will kill him directly afterwards?
Not only Liu Xie was shocked, but even Jia Xu turned sideways and narrowed his eyes slightly.

However, after a brief shock, Jia Xu raised the corner of his mouth with a hint of sneer, as if he understood what the other party wanted to do.

At this moment, Shisun Rui had lost all the kindness and respect he had shown when he met Jia Xu in the Secretariat a few days ago. Instead, he was full of hostility.

"I impeach the Minister of the Chancellery Jia Xu for disregarding the Grand Tutor's policy on merchants!"

"In the past, the Grand Tutor collected all the bronze figures, bells, flying lians, and bronze horses from Luoyang and Chang'an to mint coins. Today, Jia Xu changes his mind every day. Isn't this disrespecting the dignity of the Grand Tutor and the laws of the court?"

……

Now, even Liu Xie, who was sitting at the top, narrowed his eyes slightly, and there was a fierce look in his eyes when he looked at Shisun Rui.

On one side is the prestige of the Grand Tutor.

On one side are the laws of the court.

It can be seen that the other party was indeed well prepared.

On the surface, Shisun Rui was trying to protect Dong Zhuo's face and the court system, but in fact he was just trying to hinder Jia Xu, the Shangshu Ling, from exercising his power.

If it's blocked the first time, there will definitely be a second time.

As long as there is a second time, there will definitely be a third and fourth time...

In the long run, the entire Shangshutai and even the entire court would know that Jia Xu, the upright Shangshuling, was not a good person to use. In this way, Shisun Rui, the Shangshu Pushe, could take advantage of the opportunity to do two more things, let the west wind overwhelm the east wind, and naturally sideline Jia Xu and become the actual controller of the Han Dynasty's political affairs.

This is an old bureaucratic tactic, and it is actually not new.

But the reason why the routine is called "old" is precisely because it works.

Shisun Rui now brought up the Grand Tutor's reputation and the court's system, which naturally meant that he was openly putting these two things in front of himself and using them as an "open conspiracy."

With Dong Zhuo's current control over the court and the endorsement of Emperor Liu Xie, even if these two things are ignored, Jia Xu's decrees can still be implemented.

But there is a price to pay for doing so.

The price was precisely Dong Zhuo's prestige and the court system.

After all, if orders are changed every day, even if the revised orders are indeed beneficial to the people and the court, they will still be criticized.

Liu Xie couldn't help but clench his fists.

At this moment, he was completely disappointed with these corrupt Han bureaucrats.

For the sake of power, they don't care whether the decrees issued by the court are really beneficial to the people.

For the sake of power, they did not care whether it would damage the prestige of the court and the dignity of the Han Dynasty.

For them, if the Han Dynasty was not in their hands, they would rather destroy it.

Liu Xie closed his eyes and didn't want to look at these people's faces.

Because if he took another look, he was afraid that he would not be able to maintain his dignity as an emperor and would vomit right here in the Xuanshi Hall!
Shisun Rui did not notice anything unusual about Liu Xie.

At this moment, he was only looking at Jia Xu in front of him with complacency, and kept cheering for the "justice" he had displayed.

"Dong the thief and his followers all deserve to die!"

Bringing up the Grand Tutor's reputation and the court system was a brilliant move that Shisun Rui came up with after racking his brains.

Perhaps the only regret is that Dong Zhuo did not come today.

Shisun Rui was eager to see how Dong Zhuo would make a difficult choice between his own face and Jia Xu's decree. As for whether Dong Zhuo would kill him?
Even though Dong Zhuo is cruel, he should at least be reasonable, okay?

Shi Sunrui stood up to impeach the Grand Tutor in order to protect his reputation, but was killed by Dong Zhuo... If this word spread, what would those Xiliang cavalrymen who were truly loyal to Dong Zhuo think? What would those provincial governors and governors in Guandong who accepted Dong Zhuo's seal think?
So, this is the power of "open conspiracy".

While claiming to be doing it "for your own good", they are stabbing you with knives like crazy.

But you still can't make a choice.

Because no matter what choice you make, the outcome will be a loss.

What’s the difference between such a victory and getting something for nothing?
Perhaps the only cost is the people in Guanzhong who are about to suffer from the disaster... Of course, in Shisun Rui's eyes, this is not a cost at all, or it can be said that Shisun Rui has never considered the people in Guanzhong.

Although Shisun Rui felt a little regretful that Dong Zhuo was not around, it was precisely because of Dong Zhuo's absence that Shisun Rui felt a lot more relaxed.

Dong Zhuo is Dong Zhuo after all. If he stood in the Xuanshi Hall, even if Shisun Rui had the intention of using "open conspiracy", his courage would be weakened.

Now, most of the people in Xuanshi are Wang Yun’s former subordinates, they are his own people. What can Jia Xu use to fight against him?
Oh, yes, maybe there is also an emperor.

But is the emperor now really the emperor?

It's just a soft and gullible sculpture!

Shisun Rui stared at the couch where Jia Xu was sitting with disdain on his face, obviously feeling that he had already got the other party under control.

"Jia Wenhe, that document is well written, but it's a pity that it was written by Dong's crooks!"

Even Shisun Rui had begun to think about how to use Jia Xu's decrees to achieve his own political achievements after sidelining Jia Xu.

Unfortunately, what Shisun Rui didn’t see was that Jia Xu, who was sitting right in front of him, showed disdain on his face and was about to stand up.

"absurd!"

A loud shout, like thunder!

Not to mention people like Shisun Rui who had their own plans, even Jia Xu was frightened and sat down again after straightening his legs.

The ministers looked at each other, and after looking around, they turned their gaze to Liu Xie who was sitting at the head.

The emperor...actually spoke?

Some ministers almost instinctively bent down, trying to calm the emperor's wrath!
But after they bent down, they felt something was wrong.

The emperor in front of you is just a puppet, why should you be afraid of him?
……

They should be afraid!
Because even if Liu Xie is a sculpture, it is a sculpture forged by the imperial power of the Han Dynasty for four hundred years!

Liu Xie not only shouted loudly, but also jumped up from the couch.

The twelve tassels on the crown kept shaking because of Liu Xie's movements, making crisp collision sounds.

"Grand Master, Grand Master, who taught you to call me Grand Master all the time?"

"For the sake of the Grand Master's reputation! You don't even care about the prestige of the Han Dynasty and the suffering of the people!"

Liu Xie's chest was heaving violently, and he raised his arm and pointed at Shisun Rui, who was already stunned, with a ferocious look on his face.

"I know you are an official promoted by the Grand Tutor, but you must remember! You are the Shangshu Pushe of the Shangshutai of the Han Dynasty! Second only to you is Dong Zhuo's retainer!"

"Now you keep calling me Grand Master, but who do you think is the Grand Master or the Great Han?"

Liu Xie finally roared so loudly that the Liu Family Ancestral Temple seemed to shake.

Shi Sunrui felt dizzy at the moment.

broken!

Now I seem to have become a follower of Dong Zhuo???
(End of this chapter)