Chapter 977: The Zhongxing Sword Desires Zhongxing

Fei Qian really didn't expect that after Diaoyin met Jia Xu, what Jia Xu was interested in was not the changes in Guanzhong's form, nor his own arrangements in the future, but Fei Qian's sword.

The Zhongxing sword given to Fei Qian by Emperor Liu Xie of the Han Dynasty.

Jia Xuwanruo ignored Huang Xu's vigilant gaze behind Fei Qian, and sat on the table, holding the Zhongxing Sword up and down...

Fei Qian looked at the turtle with some interest. Well, Jia Xu, he felt that he had never seen Jia Xu like this before.

Whether it is in the memory or when Jia Xu was just captured by Zhang Liao some time ago, Jia Xu seems to have a light expression, neither indignant nor aggrieved, with a face like this This is really the first time I have seen the look of nostalgia.

Jia Xu gently brushed the sword's spine with his fingers. After a long time, he sighed slightly, then sheathed the sword and gave it to Fei Qian's bodyguard with both hands.

Huang Xu, who was behind Fei Qian, just now slightly loosened the handle of the sword he was holding, and took half a step back gently.

"Do you know what this sword is?" Jia Xu pondered for a while and asked slowly.

Fei Qian nodded and said: "Zhongxing, Jianning three years ago, four swords were forged at the same time, all with the same inscription. This is one of the four swords."

When he first got the long sword, Fei Qian didn't know much about it, but when he came back, he met Xu Shu and Xun Chen. Although these two people were not encyclopedias, they had some basic knowledge about the Han Dynasty. Fei Qian's half-bucket of water is better, so he naturally knows a little bit about it.

Jia Xu nodded and continued: "So, one of the four swords has been lost for no reason...does the prince know about this?"

Fei Qian nodded slowly and said uncertainly: "I heard a little bit about it." After Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty cast the Zhongxing Sword, these four swords have been placed in the palace, but later one of them was inexplicably missing.

Xun Chen also briefly mentioned this matter, but he only mentioned it and did not explain it in detail. Therefore, Fei Qian only knew that there was such a thing.

But now when Jia Xu said it, Fei Qian began to murmur in his heart. "...Wenhe meant that this sword...is...the lost sword?"

Jia Xu smiled hoarsely and said, "Young Lord, please don't joke. How is this possible?"

Fei Qian was silent for a moment.

Damn turtle, are you kidding me?

Come on, boil some water to make turtle soup...

Fei Qian muttered a few words silently in his heart, and then endured it. Information asymmetry is like this, and it is very annoying to be paralyzed. This situation will be unavoidable even in future generations. On the one hand, people who have information will subconsciously prevent the information from being expanded. On the other hand, people who lack information, Maybe I didn’t have the channels, maybe I wasn’t in the mood, maybe I was lazy, and then I didn’t continue digging...

Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty forged four Zhongxing swords, and then lost one.

Oh, Fei Qian knows this matter now. Most people are just like Fei Qian. Up to this point, they have not delved into it. They just simply discuss things and do not connect some things with each other. But now Fei Qian Looking at Jia Xu's appearance, it's obvious that there is something nagging about it...

"Please Wenhe speak frankly." Fei Qian said.

Jia Xu obviously wanted to give him a shake. Of course, this was the proper intention. Otherwise, how could he make Fei Qian think that Jia Xu was a useful talent? Then he would return to prison with heavy shackles, like this Jia Xu really doesn't want to experience life a second time.

However, Jia Xu glanced at Huang Xu behind Fei Qian, and Huang Xu immediately stared back at Jia Xu.

Fei Qian understood and thought about it, but his curiosity took over. He ordered Huang Xu to guard the outside of the hall, and then signaled to Jia Xu that he could speak.

Jia Xu stroked his beard and said: "This sword is the root of troubled times..."

"Ah?" Fei Qian's eyes widened.

What does this mean?

How did the Zhongxing Sword forged by Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty become the foundation of troubled times?

Meow meow meow, this Jia Xu is not angry, uh, has a fever?

Historically, when discussing the collapse of the Eastern Han Dynasty, one must talk about Huan and Ling, who sold their officials with their titles and favored eunuchs, which led to great chaos in the world, the rise of the Yellow Turbans, and the overthrow of the Han Dynasty, etc...

But in fact, is this really the case?

Jia Xu was silent for a while and then said: "In the first year of Yongkang, the Dou family came to the court to ask for political power. They were the great-great-grandson of Emperor Dingzhang and inherited the rule. In the first year of Jianning, the late emperor succeeded to the throne, with Taifu Chen, General Dou and Situ The three of them, Hu, were involved in recording the affairs of the minister..."

Fei Qian nodded in confusion. These are all known things, but what exactly is Jia Xu going to say, and what does it have to do with the Zhongxing Sword?

Jia Xu glanced at Fei Qian and knew what state Fei Qian was in now, so he gave a brief explanation and said, "Do you know who welcomed the late emperor into the court?"

Fei Qian blinked and said, "Could it be General Dou?"

"No." Jia Xu shook his head and said, "It was Liu Shu, the official of Guanglu, and Cao Jie, the captain of Fengche, who came to Hejian to welcome him... Then it was Dou and Chen who came to power, and they also conspired to remove the eunuchs. There was the Xinhai Coup..."

Although Jia Xu didn't make it very clear, Fei Qian could generally infer it.

The appointment of an emperor is naturally a great achievement, but it is obvious that after Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty ascended the throne, all those who ate meat and drank wine were General Dou Wu and Taifu Chen Fan, and the eunuchs did not share the wealth. On the one hand, it caused the eunuchs to be dissatisfied, and they might also make slanderous remarks in the ears of Emperor Han Ling, and make some small moves. Such things further deepened the relationship between the two parties to a freezing point, and eventually they met at war.

The Xinhai Coup, well, it seems that at this time of Xinhai, things don’t seem to be very peaceful...

Of course, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty may have been partial to the eunuchs who came to greet him during this incident. Perhaps he also wanted to use the eunuchs' hands to get rid of the increasingly large Dou family group. As for which situation it was, now I don’t know yet, but I just know that what happened next was that Dou Wu was too careless, and Cao Jie and others counterattacked, so he took a break and went to rest.

Jia Xu continued to speak in his slow tone: "... In the third year of Jianning, the fourth sword of Zhongxing was cast and held in all directions in the palace. In the fourth year, the first emperor was dressed in Yuan Dynasty, got married, and made the Song family his queen. Amnesty for the world... chaos started from this..."

In ancient times, if you wanted to make a sword, especially for someone like the royal family, if you wanted to make a symbolic sword, you couldn't just turn on a fire and hit it with a hammer. It must be extremely cumbersome. According to various The process may also require worshiping ancestors, etc. Therefore, the Zhongxing Sword, which was cast in the third year of Jianning, is estimated to need to be started in at least the second year of Jianning, or even the first year, so that is It is said that Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty began to do this when he ascended the throne.

Although I don’t know how old Han Ling Emperor was when he was in the Yuan server, he was probably twelve or thirteen years old. So no matter who he is, when he reaches the age of the second grade, he should have some of the second grade actions or the second grade. It’s a dream, so the birth of Zhongxing Sword is not surprising. Maybe at that time, Emperor Han Ling was convinced that he was the master of Zhongxing...

Well, all emperors thought so at first.

Wait, Empress Song, the Song family, Fei Qian suddenly remembered, who is Cao Cao, is he a brother-in-law or a brother-in-law? It seems that his surname is Song, and then Cao Cao was implicated because of this surname Song and lost his official position...

Jia Xu showed a slightly sarcastic smile on his face and said: "...Although the late emperor had great plans, he had no means. Except for the Dou family, he fell into Zhongchang. The Song family was also incompetent. The government of the world fell into the hands of the eunuchs. Ande Not messy?"

In fact, among the eunuchs in the past dynasties, there were people who had clear politics, and ordinary officials may not necessarily be so good. It is just because one of the eunuchs did not have enough knowledge, most of them failed to make up for the mistakes, and the other was that the eunuchs were cruel enough to themselves. , so once the viciousness is unleashed, it is inevitable that there will be no rules and no bottom line. This naturally became the burning criticism of most ancient intellectuals...

According to Jia Xu's wishes, there was nothing wrong with using eunuchs to kill Dou Wu. However, the eunuch released did not have a noose. This was the master's fault.

"...During the Jianning period, there were many party incarcerations, and there were countless people hooked up with the party in the prefectures and counties. Chen and Li Zhili were afraid to speak out. Zhongchang became more and more powerful. Gouzong personally trapped the queen, and the government and the public were as silent as a cicada. Later, Hongdu was established. In the Academy, all the students were promoted by the prefectures and counties, either as governors or governors, or as servants of the ministers. Some of them were granted titles and titles. It was indeed a prosperous period... In the end, the big families everywhere couldn't bear it, and the sword of ZTE was lost because of this. …”

The Hongdu Academy was created by the eunuchs in order to cultivate their own power and compete with the Taixue, which was occupied by the gentry. The academy opened in the name of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty would naturally encroach on the foundation of the gentry's influence. However, Fei Qian didn't expect that this matter was actually related to Zhongxing Sword.

Or to put it another way, no matter what the eunuchs did before, the nobles turned a blind eye and tolerated it, but when the eunuchs began to touch the foundation of the nobles, the noble forces could not tolerate it, and naturally Fei Qian could not tolerate it. It's understandable, but is there any necessary connection between this and stealing the Zhongxing Sword?

Jia Xu smiled slightly, and then said: "... a certain Taishi, well, he had to read Taiku's documents during his stay in Beijing... After the theft, the palace was closed for many days to search, and the word 'without reason' could only be written on the end of the pen... …”

"For no reason", these two words are extremely ironic. If something is lost, where is the person on patrol? What about the cleaning people? What about the person overseeing the count? There is neither any punishment nor any other records, just two words "without reason", just forget it if you throw it away?

What a joke.

This was cast by the emperor himself, and it also had a certain symbolic meaning. It was placed in the palace according to the four directions. It was obviously the spiritual sustenance of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty for himself and the Han Dynasty. What would happen if he lost it? Will you let it go easily? How could it be possible that the case was closed just because of "no reason"?

Therefore, this "without reason" means that something unexplainable happened at that time.

"...The sword was lost in the seventh year of Xiping, so the late emperor changed his name to Yuan Guanghe. In the second year, Yang Wenxian, who was the Yin of Jingzhao at the time, and Yang Fangzheng, the captain of the Sili school, exposed Wang Fu, the regular servant, and extorted Zhongliang and made countless money in the name of 70 million yuan. Go to jail, die under the rod, and die..." Jia Xu continued, as if talking about two unrelated topics.

Fei Qian frowned, listening to Jia Xu's words and thinking.

Change the year name to Guanghe?

Light and light, light and light, and light and dust?

You must know that the ancient era name is not like Cao Jiji, which is just mentioned casually with chicken bones. It must have some meaning.

"Thwart its sharpness, dissolve its confusion, harmonize its light, and become the same as its dust; this is called Xuantong."

What does this reign name represent the state of mind of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty at that time?

Furthermore, Wang Fu, the regular servant?

Yang Wenxian? Yang Fangzheng?

The crime of extortion and making money for no reason?

What seems to be hiding this behind this seemingly fair and just reason?

You must know that long before Guanghe, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty had already begun to instruct his eunuchs to buy and sell officials and titles in Xiyuan, not to mention 70 million yuan, haha, this is only the price of two or three high-ranking officials...

At that time, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty clearly marked the price, and no one could deceive him. Officials in the central court and those with thousands of stones had to pay tens of millions of dollars, and the title was calculated separately, while local officials had to pay twice as much. At the same time, regardless of the size of the officials, all promotions required bidding, and the price Only the senior ones can get their positions. In this way, 70 million yuan seems to be a large amount, but it is really not much. You must know that the Han Dynasty does not count the officials in the court. There are hundreds of millions in various counties, large and small. Come on, it's only worth two or three county guards anyway.

What's more, the former Vice-Chancellor Wang Fu had overwhelming power. Under his instruction, not to mention all the big and small officials in the government and the public, he also killed a clan prince. Even the Empress of Song Dynasty of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty was actually this person. Wang Fu was in the way. Such a great eunuch who was extremely favored by Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty took a sudden turn for the worse. He was beaten to death in prison because of the crime of corruption and bribery. And it was not over yet. He had to be abandoned after death. City, this relieved me...

How much hatred does this have to make Emperor Han Ling feel like this?

Is it just because of the 70 million yuan?

Fei Qian touched the soft beard hair on his chin, frowned and said: "...Wen He means that the theft of the Zhongxing Sword has anything to do with the Zhongchang Shi Wangfu?"

Jia Xu smiled and did not answer the question.

There is no answer to this question.

However, judging from these incidents, one by one, it can be seen that there is no need for the Zhongxing Sword to be stolen by Wang Fu, and there is a high possibility that he was unjustly accused. However, there may be many evidences after the Zhongxing Sword was stolen. They all pointed to him, which became a knot in the heart of Emperor Han Ling. Although there was no immediate verdict at the time of the theft, in the end it might be Emperor Han Ling's instruction, or Yang Biao and others pushed the situation, and the Zhongchang Attendant Wang Fu was killed. It was packed away.

"...Houyang Fangzhengshangshu said that Taixue and Dongguan are enough to declare enlightenment. Please remove the selection of Hongdu to eliminate the slander of the world...Houhongdu will be abolished..." Jia Xu continued to say slowly, "... …But this matter is not over yet…”