Under the opposition of his ministers, Liu Zhi finally appointed Dou Miao, a descendant of Dou Rong, the former three princes, as his queen, and soon worshiped Dou Miao's father Dou Wu as the city gate captain and the Marquis of Huaili, hoping to rebuild the power of his relatives.

Confront the nobles in the court.

It's a pity that Dou Wu didn't understand Liu Zhi's thoughts at all, and instead came together with the gentry. After all, the Dou family was also a wealthy gentry, and they were a family. They did not change their positions quickly because of the change in status. In this way, the relatives and the gentry stood side by side.

When they reached a front line, they launched a full-scale counterattack against the eunuch forces, and eventually the two sides began to fight each other.

First, Zhang Rang's younger brother Zhang Shuo, who was still a member of the Xiaohuang Clan, was caught by Sili Colonel Li Ying and was found guilty of indiscriminate killing of innocent people. He was so frightened that even the county magistrate did not dare to take it upon himself and fled to Zhang Rang's home, but Li Ying led his troops to break into the house.

In Zhang Rang's mansion, he was caught and executed after recording a confession.

The problem is that although Li Ying, as Sili Xiaowei, has the power to arrest, he does not have the power to kill Zhang Shuo. Zhang Shuo is a county magistrate. According to the law, only Tingwei has the power to judge and execute.

Zhang Rangneng later became the leader of the eunuchs. Naturally, he knew about these systems and immediately cried to Liu Zhi, saying that although his brother died innocently, Li Ying killed his brother without being tried in accordance with the law, which was a sign of lawlessness.

Liu Zhi thought it was reasonable and asked Li Ying why he had no national laws. Li Ying replied: "In the past, Duke Wen of the Jin Dynasty guarded Cheng Gong and returned to the capital. This is what the Spring and Autumn Annals said. "Li" says that the Duke's family was guilty. Although he was said to be forgiven, there were officials to enforce it.

He refused to obey the constitution. In the past, Zhongni was a bandit of Lu, and he executed Shaozhengmao in seven days. Now that I have been in the official position for ten years, I am privately afraid that I will be punished by being detained, and I don't expect to be convicted of a quick crime.

Turning the heel, begging to stay for five days, to overcome the original evil, retreat to the cauldron, and start the intention of rebirth." In other words, not only did he feel that he had done nothing wrong, but he also felt that he was killing too slowly, and he used Confucius to kill him.

The incident of Shaozhengmao vindicated his reputation, and Liu Zhi, who had not read books seriously, was speechless.

Therefore, from ancient times to the present, if you want to win in political struggles, you must study political theory in place, otherwise no matter what others say, it will make sense, and no matter what you say, it will not make sense.

In this way, Li Ying's fame spread all over the world, and the eunuchs did not dare to leave the palace on rest days. Scholars all over the world were proud to pay homage to Li Ying. Anyone who was received by Li Ying was said to have ascended to the Dragon Gate.

Dragon Gate? You are a dragon, then what am I? Liu Zhi gritted his teeth and watched all this, but what Liu Zhi did not notice was that from this moment on, the authority of the Han royal family began to disappear. Your emperor is a fool. You

The people who use it are all lucky ministers, and only the nobles like us are the clear stream, which means that the imperial power is in danger.

And Liu Zhi is even more convinced that eunuchs must be used, because this scene is so similar to that of Liang Ji in those days. When all officials were promoted, they first went to worship Liang Ji, and now they worship Li Ying, and those recommended by the eunuchs no matter how capable they are, but when it comes to

As an emperor, I will respect you, you will be grateful for my rewards, you will thank me when you see me, and I will cater to you when I speak. But what about you? Taking my salary, you say that I am not good every day, and you give each other honorary titles.

When Dou Wu, whom Liu Zhi expressed his hope for, was also awarded the honorary title of "Three Monarchs", Liu Zhi knew that his relative and he would probably not be of the same mind.

What is "Three Lords"? To put it bluntly, it is the name that the nobles praise each other. "Three Lords" is also the "one's clan", which can be said to be the highest evaluation. In order to unite with each other and deal with the eunuchs, the nobles and their relatives can be regarded as expending effort.

Already.

In contrast, there are also nicknames such as "Bajun", "Bagu", "Baji", and "Bachu".

Anyway, these are all good people, so those good people criticizing must be bad people.

In fact, Ma Qiang felt that neither of them was a good person. Eunuchs who relied on the emperor's favor to be greedy and oppress the people and exacted excessive taxes were naturally bastards. But Li Ying, who had no law in his eyes and only had morality in his heart, was also a bastard, because in later generations, Ma Qiang was too

We know clearly that once people fail to abide by the legal system and allow people to be judged based on morality or preferences, the final result will be that no one will have a life guarantee.

Later, when Zhuge Liang was governing Shu, he explained that the reason for his harsh criminal laws was that the Shu region had strict laws and regulations, mutual respect, no moral governance, and no strict punishments. In fact, these problems all started from this time.

Now that people start killing without rules, both sides start to have no rules at all, and eventually they go from killing one person to killing the whole family.

At that time, Liu Zhi had already let himself go in his private life. He had more than 5,000 beauties in his harem, but only a few were truly favored. After all, his health did not allow it. One of the beauties he favored had a relative named Zhang Fan, who passed away.

He obtained the official position through the eunuch family, so he went wild and was captured by Nanyang Governor Cheng Jin and meritorious Cao Cen Hao. At that time, Liu Zhi happened to order a general amnesty for the whole country. As a result, instead of releasing Zhang Fan, Cheng Jin and Cen Hao killed Zhang Fan's entire family of 200 people.

If there are many people, it will be a real annihilation.

Liu Zhi went crazy when he got the news. Is this the so-called gentleman?

Don't worry, it's not over yet. When the Taiyuan prefect learned that Xiao Huangmen Zhao Jin had returned to his hometown, he immediately caught him. Instead of abiding by the amnesty, he was directly executed for corruption and wantonness.

When the eunuch Hou Hou Lan of Gaoxiang's mother passed away, he went home for the funeral and built a tomb on a large scale. Zhang Jian, who was then the postal supervisor in eastern Shanyang, discovered that Zhang Jian wrote a letter to impeach Hou Lan, but Hou Lan stopped him, so Zhang Jian led his people

They stormed into Hou Lan's house, smashed the tomb of Zhang Jian's mother, confiscated all the property of Zhang Jian's family, and killed countless guests in Hou Lan's house.

Xu Xuan, the nephew of Xu Huang, the Imperial Attendant, was appointed as the magistrate of Xiapi County. Because he failed to propose to the daughter of the late Runan Governor Li Hao, he sent someone to rob her, toy with her and then shoot her to death. Huang Fu, the Prime Minister of the East China Sea, learned about this and sent troops to kill her and her entire family.

Small all captured.

All in all, the struggle between the nobles and the eunuchs began to intensify, and the advantages of both sides were extremely obvious. In the court, the eunuchs had the support and acquiescence of Emperor Liu Zhi, and could often win, but in the local area, they had no power to fight back and were defeated by local officials.

Massacres of clans abound

Liu Zhi couldn't sit still. Although there are many eunuchs who are lawless, you nobles just kill them without my consent. Is it right?

The eunuchs who discovered that Liu Zhi was extremely angry about this matter encouraged their subordinates to file a complaint against Cheng Jin and others. Liu Zhi followed suit and ordered the arrest of officials who violated the law, but in the end, these officials disappeared.

Not only have they disappeared, but there are people everywhere helping to hide them, and there are even idioms like "watching the door and lodging", which makes Liu Zhi even more angry. I can't even catch a prisoner. Is the world really still surnamed Liu?

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Speaking of which, Liu Zhi, the gentry and clan really don’t understand each other. The gentry feel that they are dedicated to serving the public and the country. You, the emperor, are a fool. You are using villains. If you don’t find out your mistake soon, you are making mistakes by using us as officials.

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