Luoyang, the mighty city of the world! Ever since Guangwu moved the capital, Luoyang had become the center of the world's governance. Countless merchants gathered and the crowds surged!
On this day, the rays of the sun shone on the earth. Luoyang, a majestic city with a population of 100,000, gradually woke up. The streets were filled with shouts!
Sometimes, squads of soldiers would appear on the streets. These soldiers looked different from the other Han soldiers. They wore heavier armor and had better weapons and equipment!
In a teahouse on the side of the street, Tian Feng looked at these soldiers with a solemn expression. He sighed lightly and finally sat down helplessly!
"Sigh! The eunuchs are in chaos, and the country is about to fall!" Tian Feng drank the bitter tea in his cup and shook his head with a painful expression!
"Brother Yuan Hao, this is Luoyang.”A young scholar opposite Tian Feng said softly!
He carefully looked around. Fortunately, the time was good. There was almost no one in the teahouse. Only the three of them were drinking tea by the window!
"Haha! Gongda, there are times when you're afraid!" However, another person laughed and said! Just like Tian Feng, he didn't care much about such comments!
However, he looked even more carefree than Tian Feng. He did not have the kind of suffering that worried about the country and the people!
Xun You glanced at him and shook his head gently.""You're in your position to plan for politics. Gongyu, you're really unrestrained! He directly abandoned his official position and ran to Luoyang!”
"But Luoyang is not a clean place!”
These three people were the three famous strategists of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Tian Feng, Xun You, and Ju Shou!
At this moment, Tian Feng had been recommended by the local county governor to become an imperial censor in Luoyang. However, because of his upright personality, he often disliked court affairs!
He was even more resentful of the eunuchs who were in power and had disrupted the country's politics. However, he was only a small imperial censor at the moment and could not change anything. He could only complain to a few friends!
As for Qishou! It was about the same! He was originally a county magistrate in Jizhou, but he was young and impetuous. He was not used to the foul atmosphere of officialdom and did not get along well with his superiors. He was ostracized by his colleagues. In a fit of anger, he ran to Luoyang and sought refuge with his good friend, Tian Feng!
However, Tian Feng's life in Luoyang was even worse! Speaking of which, Xun You was the only one who was doing well with the Xun Clan backing him!
After entering the court, he was the assistant minister of the Yellow Family. After that, he followed the Western Expedition Army and made a great contribution. Then, he rose step by step. If everything was normal, he might become one of the three dukes in the future!
But at this moment, facing the depression of his two good friends, he was also helpless. It was an indisputable fact that the current emperor appointed eunuchs!
Over the years, the power of the eunuchs had been expanding day by day. Moreover, these eunuchs relied on the favor and trust of the emperor to do things without any scruples!
With the support of the Xun Clan, Xun You naturally wouldn't worry about him. However, these two good friends didn't have any background!
If they angered Zhang Rang and the other eunuchs, their corpses would be exposed in the wilderness the next day. This era was very dark, and it was not a big deal for a few people to die!
"Since ancient times, how could there be a eunuch leading an army? The emperor's action is really not good! When eunuchs ruled, they would bring disaster to the country and the people! In the long run, our Great Han army will lose its prestige, how can we intimidate the Outsiders?”
Tian Feng was an indignant youth with a straightforward personality. Under the depression in his heart, he directly scolded the eunuch and almost said that Liu Hong was a fatuous emperor!
At this moment, Qiushou was also a little stunned. Although he could not stand the current government, his personality was much better than Tian Feng's! He wasn't as straightforward as Tian Feng and easily offended people!
"Yuan Hao, watch your words!" Qiushou said softly. Once the emperor was involved, it was not a small matter!
This time, the emperor had established the West Garden Army and appointed eunuch Jian Shuo as the commander of the Upper Military Academy. This move had met with opposition from countless people in the court!
However, Liu Hong still insisted on his own way. In the end, the West Garden Army appeared! They were gradually replacing the Imperial Army as the defenders of Luoyang!
The Imperial Army was the most elite army of the Great Han Dynasty. It was stationed in Luoyang and Chang 'an, with nearly 100,000 soldiers under the command of Great General He Jin!
The various factions within the Imperial Army were extremely complicated and had been heavily infiltrated by the aristocratic families. Liu Hong no longer trusted them!
In order to suppress the power of his relatives and aristocratic families, Liu Hong appointed officials to form the West Garden Army, which became an army under Liu Hong's direct control!
The current court was a game between the officials, the relatives, and the aristocratic families. The eunuchs were used to suppress the relatives, the relatives were used to resist the aristocratic families, and the aristocratic families were used to weaken the officials!
The role of Tian Zi was to balance the various forces. Whichever side was more powerful, he would suppress that one! He had to ensure Tian Zi's authority!
However, as the Emperor's body gradually declined and Crown Prince Liu Bian slowly grew up, General He Jin became restless!
That was why Liu Hong had set up the West Garden Army controlled by the officials to suppress He Jin!
However, in the eyes of Tian Feng and the other civil officials, it was a disaster for the officials to mess up the government. Now, they had even extended their influence into the army!
The Great Han army was under the control of these eunuchs, so what dignity did they have?
"Sigh, the eunuchs are in chaos, and the country is about to fall! What was there to miss in such a court? It was fine if he didn't want to be an imperial censor!”Tian Feng said resentfully!
He had planned to resign long ago. He had come to Luoyang from Jizhou with the intention of serving the Great Han Dynasty and making a name for himself. However, the darkness in the imperial court far exceeded his imagination!
These days, he had seen many ugly faces. The high officials in the imperial court only cared about power and profit, and did not care about the lives of the people!
Tian Feng was disappointed. He planned to return to his hometown and hide from the world!
Jiushou wasn't surprised to hear this. He understood Tian Feng's character and had expected this. However, Xun You was surprised!
"Yuan Hao, have you thought it through?" Xun You asked softly.
Tian Feng nodded firmly. He was already disappointed in the royal court and did not want to see those faces again! He might as well return to his hometown and be a teacher!
Xun You was silent. Thinking about it carefully, Tian Feng's choice was not bad. With his personality, he would only offend people! If he continued to be an official, he would be stripped of his position sooner or later. In serious cases, his family would even be raided and exterminated!
Tian Feng's intelligence was top-notch, but his EQ was too low and his personality was too bad. He was not suitable to be an official!
The tea in the cup was already cold. Just as Xun You was about to ask the waiter to refill it, he suddenly heard a commotion on the street and the sound of horse hooves!
Just as he was wondering who would dare to run a horse on the streets in this important capital region of Luoyang? The three of them turned their heads and saw a group of Imperial Army guards rushing over from the west gate with a messenger!
He was shouting,"The Qiang people are at the border, Xiliang is in danger!" Quickly move aside!"
The Imperial Army quickly made their way to the Imperial Palace, but Tian Feng and the other two looked at each other in shock!
"Something happened in Western Liang again?"
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