12 BC was the 21st year of the reign of Emperor Liu Biao of Hancheng. During the year, there were several incidents caused by land.
First, in December, Wang Li, who had just succeeded his brother Wang Shangfuzheng, seized hundreds of acres of land through Li Shang, the Taishou of Nan County. Then tell the government that this is newly reclaimed land and ask the state to recycle it. In the agricultural era, there is no ecological protection, the state encourages the people to open up the land, and supports the national recycling policy. Wang Lina was a red man of the dynasty, and he had the final say on how much his land sold, and this batch of land was valued at more than 100 million yuan. This is an obvious trick and plunder, and it is strange that the Western Han Dynasty is not defeated.
However, in this world, no one can cover the sky with one hand. The Chancellor reported the incident to the Emperor. Emperor Cheng of Han directly deposed Wang Li and used his younger brother Wang Gen the Marquis of Quyang as the Grand Sima Auxiliary. Here to say more, during the hancheng emperor's period, his mother Wang family has occupied the imperial court, so the candidates for auxiliary government can only choose between brothers, and the emperor of Hancheng does not have much real power, and he is a very depressed emperor.
In the absence of any industry or commerce, land is a good thing. Emperor Hancheng's teacher, Zhang Yu, the Marquis of Anchang, asked the emperor for a piece of land from Pingling for a place to be buried in the future. Wang Gen firmly opposed it, believing that this place was a sleeping temple and could be rewarded with another place. The emperor did not listen to Wang Gen's advice, but gave the land to Zhang Yu. Wang Gen then hated Zhang Yu and slandered him many times. The emperor was very unhappy with the monopoly of the Wang family, and the more you objected, the more I respected Zhang Yu, and whenever the teacher was ill, Emperor Hancheng would personally go to the palace to greet him. Emperor Hancheng's move was actually to borrow a highly respected teacher to break the wrist with the Wang family and prove that he was not completely a puppet.
Although Zhang Yu was an imperial master, he had a name and moral character, and he wanted to fight for the greatest interests for himself in his mind. At that time, the younger son did not have an official name, and he took advantage of the fact that the emperor came to visit him, and he looked at the younger son many times. The emperor also took over the collar and immediately gave him the title of Huang MenLang (黄門郎) and (給事中), equivalent to a bureau-level leader. Every day, whenever there was a big matter, Emperor Hancheng consulted with Zhang Yu.
When the Wang clan was in charge, the officials and the people suffered, they could not fight, and they could not win the complaint, so they hoped that there would be God. Every day, when natural disasters such as earthquakes and heavy rains occur, the people will say that it is caused by the dictatorship of the Wang clan, and God can't look at it anymore. These voices from the people spoke to the heart of Emperor Hancheng. But Emperor Hancheng was not stupid, he needed someone to endorse him before he could exercise his next plan, he thought of his teacher Zhang Yu. After personally coming to Zhang Yu's mansion and driving away the slaves, Emperor Hancheng asked Zhang Yu if there was a disaster in the sky, and did you think it was correct for the officials and the people to say about the dictatorship of the Wang clan? Here to say more, Zhang Yu has studied Confucianism since he was a child, has a lot of experience in Zhou Yi's gossip, and has a reputation for being able to pinch and calculate, if he says yes, then the Wang family's dictatorship will also be implemented. This is actually the reason why Emperor Hancheng came to the door to ask the teacher.
I have to say that Zhang Yu's Confucian theories have all been learned in the belly of the dog. After the emperor threw out this question, Zhang Yu immediately thought of his own safety. He saw that he was old and his descendants were weak, and if he did not have a good relationship with Wang Gen, the Marquis of Quyang, he would be retaliated against after his death. He said to the emperor very succinctly that the catastrophe was far-reaching and unpredictable, and the saints did not blame the gods. My abilities are limited and I can't really judge.
Then he kicked the ball at the Emperor, Your Majesty, you should be diligent in government affairs and do more good deeds. These absurd languages cannot be judged by scripture, so let alone speculate. As soon as Emperor Hancheng saw Zhang Yu's attitude, he had no other thoughts. The Zizhi Tongjian said that he would not doubt the Wang family from then on. I want to see that this is the helpless move of the Hancheng Emperor, who originally thought that the teacher would support himself, but he did not expect that at the critical time, he would become a turtle with a shrunken head. Emperor Hancheng probably had a cold heart at that time.
Wang Gen and his disciples learned what Zhang Yu said, and their hanging hearts let go, thinking that Zhang Yu was standing with him, so they became close to Zhang Yu.
However, there are always people in this world who understand and dare to speak. Huaili Ling Zhu Yun is such a typical example. He wrote to him to see him. Above the court, Zhu Yun shocked the emperor and the secretaries of state as soon as he opened his mouth: the current imperial court ministers, who could not be the lord of the court, could not benefit the people, and all of them were vegetarian. I implore the Emperor to give me shangfang a sword, to behead a courtier, and to warn the others. The emperor said, who do you want to kill? "Marquis Zhang Yu of Anchang". When the emperor heard this, he was furious, and you, a small official, dared to commit such a crime, and when the court insulted my teacher, the sin was not forgiven. The guards next to him came and grabbed Zhu Yun and wanted to drag him down, but they didn't expect Zhu Yun to climb the threshold of the main hall, because the strength was too great, the threshold was broken. Zhu Yunzui was not idle, shouting, I can meet with Long Kui and Bigan underground after I die, it is worth it. I just don't know how the emperor will face the notoriety of killing loyal subjects in the future. You see, although Zhu Yun is reckless, he is not stupid.
At this time, the left general Next to him, Xin Qingji, took off his hat and lifted the seal, prostrated his head and pleaded, saying that Zhu Yun has always been crazy and straight, if he is right, he should not be killed, if he is wrong, he must also be tolerated, and I will fight with death! As he spoke, he prostrated his head, and his head was bleeding. The emperor probably didn't want to really kill Zhu Yun, so he borrowed a donkey and spared Zhu Yun. Later, someone wanted to repair the threshold that was broken by Zhu Yun, and the emperor said: Don't change it, this also leaves an example, indicating that I can also accommodate what the courtier said.