Xuande

Chapter 60 Serious Chen Dan

With such a grand vow, Yuan Shao invited Zhang Miao and He Yong as lobbyists to Situ Chen Dan's mansion three days before the action was launched, preparing to persuade Chen Dan.

He sincerely hoped that Chen Dan could join them and fight with them.

From the incident until now, Situ Chen Dan, the only one who is not under the control of the eunuch, has not made any public remarks. It seems that he has nothing to do with it. He just does his own thing step by step every day, as if he has no opinion on what is happening outside. .

When this lobbying was launched, Liu Bei also decided to go to Chen Dan's mansion with Zhang Miao and He Yong to join the lobbying.

If Chen Dan is easy to persuade, he will naturally act as a little transparent, saying nothing and doing nothing.

If Chen Dan is not so persuasive, he has to find a way to add a stick to Zhang Miao and He Yong.

Liu Bei knew that Chen Tan had always had a reputation for being loyal and upright. He was from Xuzhou, and in a broad sense, he also belonged to the Kanto scholars, but he didn’t have a great relationship with the mainstream Central Plains scholars, and he didn’t have many contacts. He was able to become a Sangong, and it didn’t depend on the famous Yuzhou scholars. promotion.

However, among the 26 county guards who were targeted by the eunuchs this time, there were also people from Xuzhou. According to common sense, Chen Dan should not have said nothing.

But until this moment, Chen Dan still didn't say a word, as if he was waiting for something.

He Yong and Zhang Miao still have a lot of face. They are a famous party member and a famous dog family. Chen Dan also knows them well.

For the appearance of these two people, Chen Dan couldn't stop laughing.

"He Jun is a member of the party and is being chased by the eunuchs, but he appears in Luoyang at this moment. Aren't you afraid of being chased by the eunuchs? Zhang Jun is the prefect of Chenliu. It is illegal for an official to enter Beijing without edict."

He Yong bowed his hands to salute.

"Everyone in the world is resenting the eunuch's perverse actions. If you can resist the eunuch's perverse actions with a humble body, if you succeed, even if you die, you will not feel sorry."

Zhang Miao also saluted.

"What the eunuchs have done has aroused the anger of both men and gods. The 26 county guards are upright and honest, but they are slandered as villains who are corrupt and pervert the law. If the eunuchs cannot be defeated this time, everyone in the world will be controlled and insulted by the eunuchs. Your Majesty asks the crime, can I sit idly by?"

Chen Dan sat upright, looked at He Yong and Zhang Miao, and sighed.

"What the two of you said seems to be saying that I am in a high position but ignore this matter, so I behaved improperly?"

He Yong nodded.

"Exactly."

Zhang Miao was startled, but Chen Dan laughed out loud.

"Everyone says that He Boqiu is a bold person, but looking at it now, it is true! Chen has never been said that in his life."

"There is now!"

He Yong ignored Zhang Miao's eyes and continued to speak.

Chen Dan continued to laugh, laughed for a while, but sighed slowly.

"It's not that I don't want to, it's that I can't."

"Why not?"

He Yong said doubtfully: "Mr. Chen is one of the three princes. He has high morals and high prestige. He should help the monarch and set the record straight. Now the eunuchs are violent and unscrupulous. We, the scholars, have retreated again and again. There is no way to retreat. You are waiting for impeachment in one breath. 26 sheriffs! 26 people!

One-fifth of the county guards in the world are within the scope of their impeachment. Such actions are shocking. If we continue to shrink back and don't fight against them, we scholars will become the lackeys of the eunuchs! "

He Yong's words were sincere.

But everyone understands the truth, but it is another matter to actually put it into practice.

Everyone knows what is right and what is wrong, but people are social creatures with social attributes, and a single person's resistance to society is extremely limited, and in many cases, you can't do what you think.

Especially politicians, they can't do whatever they want, but they have to carefully calculate the gains and losses, and do what is most in their own interests, and they must not do things that are not in political interest, unless they really decide to die.

Chen Dan didn't have the determination to kill and break the net. He finally became a Sangong, and all he thought about was to make a name for himself, lay the foundation for the family, and create a better future for the family.

This is the first, and then the common interests of scholars.

Obviously, Zhang Ji and Xu Yu also saw this and chose to cooperate with the eunuch.

Didn't you see that the Yuan family in Runan also cooperated with eunuchs in a sense?

The second of the three princes has already stood up to cooperate with the eunuch. In this general environment, he is alone and weak, and he is more likely to become the eunuch's primary target and lose the position of the three princes in minutes.

Although the interests of Xuzhou people have also been violated, it is necessary for him to stand up and do something.

But he didn't want to go out alone and be set on fire by the eunuchs. He had to wait until someone with enough weight stood with him and made the matter safe.

Fight the battle you must win.

So he has been waiting.

He heard that Yuan Shao, Zhang Miao, He Yong and others moved around after the incident and recruited many people for their use.

It is also heard that the father-in-law of Liu Xuande, a well-known and well-known debater in Luoyang, is within the eunuch's scope of impeachment.

This is a powerful new force.

It can leverage the power of the school of ancient texts and classics in Luoyang City, it can also leverage the power of some former officials of the Yuan family, and it can even leverage the power of some scholars and officials who are interested in party members.

This is important, it will ensure that he doesn't fight alone and get set on fire by the eunuchs.

He didn't wait before, so he was hesitating.

And now, he waited.

"I understand what Jun He said, but what I understand more is that when you are weak, you should not make meaningless sacrifices, and you cannot do things that you are not sure of. The higher the status, the more you must Be careful with what you say and do."

Chen Dan sighed and said, "Seeing my colleagues being coerced by eunuchs, I also feel very sorry, but I am alone and weak, how can I compete with eunuchs? It just gives them more excuses to blame me."

"You are not alone!"

He Yong stood up and walked in front of Chen Dan, bowing solemnly: "I also invite Chen Gong to join us in fighting against the eunuch, and we will never let the eunuch succeed!"

"you……"

Zhang Miao got up at the right time, bowed to Chen Dan, and told Chen Dan of their preparations, letting Chen Dan know that they would never fight alone, and they were quite sure.

After Chen Dan heard this, he was moved. He took He Yong's hand with both hands to help him up, and made an agreement with him to fight against the eunuch together and never back down.

The short-lived political alliance was thus reached, and everything seemed to be going well, and there was no need for Liu Bei to appear.

But on the way back to Yuan Shao's mansion after leaving Chen Dan's mansion, Zhang Miao asked Liu Bei a question on purpose or not.

"Xuande, do you think Chen Situ is serious about cooperating with us?"

Liu Bei looked at Zhang Miao.

"Of course, very seriously."

"Oh? How serious?"

"He was so serious that he was waiting and begging for us to come to him and take the initiative to find him."

Liu Bei smiled.

Zhang Miao also laughed.

"As expected of Xuande."

He Yong also looked at Liu Bei very appreciatively, and said, "Although Chen Situ has always had a reputation for being honest and honest, in my opinion, he is just trying to gain fame. But whoever can become a Sangong doesn't have an exquisite heart? I think , Chen Situ has been expecting us to find him for a long time."

Saying this, He Yong suddenly had some bad tastes again.

"You said, if we never went to find Chen Dan, would Chen Dan come to us on his own initiative?"

Liu Bei and Zhang Miao looked at each other, and laughed out of a tacit understanding.

Who knows if it is Situ?

But even though he was Situ, who didn't take him seriously?

(End of this chapter)