Chapter 3506 The king and the subject, the father and son
In the short pause of no war on the Western Front, Shandong should make progress in repairs and make real preparations to welcome the thunder strike that the General of the Cavalry could appear at any time. However, in fact, in this brief stopping stage, the children of Shandong were preparing to take down Cao Cao in full swing.
This is almost a semi-public secret...
Unity?
To be united by yourself, you can.
To unite with others depends on how much reward you are given.
At present, anyone who makes free contributions and free support will most likely be considered a fool, or has ulterior motives.
No one wants to be a fool.
For example, Cui Yan is of course not a fool.
When you reach the level of Cui Yan, you can't get promoted.
If you continue to move up, you will enter the central system of the court. Obviously, the Yuzhou School will not give you this opportunity.
In the ancient officialdom, most of the people who set the rules would not feel that there was anything wrong with them.
Nepotism?
If you are not nepotism, can you still appoint someone who will fight against you every day?
Isn't that causing trouble for yourself?
Therefore, once a large number of remarks appear in the feudal court and expressing the need for "execution", it is often the most likely time to be nepotist!
Only when "nenaticism" can there be no objection, no matter how outrageous the above commands are, and there is still no opposition. It will be implemented in one breath!
Cui Yan is obviously not a "nenatic" from the Yuzhou school, so it is difficult to get promoted to his position.
These days, Cui Yan often enters the palace and appears in front of Liu Xie. In fact, since Cui Yan was promoted to the governor of Yizhou, he has rarely seen Liu Xie and has never been so attentive.
When Liu Xie saw Cui Yan like this, he would not refute Cui Yan's face in the current dynasty. He also cooperated and ordered Cui Yan to come and report from time to time to inquire about the situation and local customs.
Liu Xie actually has a high tolerance for his ministers. After all, his emperor really has no airs to take. In general, if he put aside the identity of the emperor, Liu Xie is still a good person. After Liu Xie abdicated in history, he did not complain, and even put down his body and studied medicine to treat the people. Compared with other emperors who were dismissed or seized the throne in history, Liu Xie is much better than those in history. It’s a pity that Liu Xie realized the importance of the people after he was seized...
Over the past few days, Liu Xie has been very busy every day.
In addition to the sacrificial activities that the emperor should have prepared for every winter and the preparation of the farming and sericulture in the spring, Liu Xie also had to take time to meet with the ministers and discuss state affairs. Although most state affairs are not the turn of Liu Xie to make decisions, at least he should have to put forward such an attitude.
Cui Yan's intentional approaching was undoubtedly something that made Liu Xie feel glossy on his face.
Before, Liu Xie could only find the children and grandchildren of Cui Yan and others, but now it is a kind of improvement.
In fact, for Liu Xie, he also knew that the phenomenon of fritories in the court was very serious.
But what can he do?
Grouping together is the basis for human beings to form a country and build a society. Even if some people do not have the consciousness of grouping together, there is no concept of cliques, or hierarchy, they will still subconsciously gather together.
In a company, there are newcomers and old qualifications.
In a village, there are locals and outsiders.
Level is a relatively broad concept, and it does not necessarily mean that one has a sense of hierarchy to be called level.
Normally, multiple social groups with different identities, different statuses, wealth, etc., and different ideologies can be called hierarchical, and there is no need for some people to extract certain spirits from a certain hierarchy or make any directive constraints to be called hierarchy.
At the same time, in most cases, oppression, opposition, and invasion of interests often form between levels and levels.
For example, the elderly want to let the newcomers work more...
Among the current Han dynasty and opposition, Jizhou and Yuzhou, senior officials in the court, and powerful people with economic and population strength but no political power, are all opposites. Fei Qian in Guanzhong and Cao Cao in Shandong are just spokespersons of these opposites and contradictory groups.
Contradictions will never exist alone or remain alone.
Just like now, for Liu Xie and Cui Yan, their common opposition is Cao Cao.
Although Cao Cao failed to attack Guanzhong at the moment, Cao Cao still had a deep foundation in the court and the country, especially Cao Cao still retained a certain degree of military strength, as well as the military farming soldiers around Yingchuan, and Ren Jun was in charge of the soldiers in Xu County...
So if Cao Cao was forced to jump over the wall, it would obviously not meet the expectations of Liu Xie and others. They hoped that through negotiation, Cao Cao would give up some of the benefits.
Liu Xie believes that the Han Dynasty needs balance.
Relatives, eunuchs, and clear streams are a kind of balance.
Jizhou, Yuzhou, and Guanzhong are also a kind of balance.
Now that Cao Cao's vitality is severely damaged, Guanzhong has risen again, and the Heluo area in the middle cannot be regarded as a relatively suitable buffer zone. Overall, gathering the power of Jizhou and Yuzhou, and even other states to fight against the increasingly powerful Guanzhong is undoubtedly the best balance strategy.
But the problem is that anything is involved, once it involves cliques, it will be a little trouble.
Everything must be balanced and discussed in advance, otherwise even if it is enforced, it will be dragged down and in the end nothing will be done.
So now Liu Xie thinks it is an excellent opportunity to let Cao Cao sit down and talk.
Cui Yan also thinks so.
For Liu Xie and Cui Yan, Cao Cao was not very bad.
Cao Cao has good attainments in classics, has good literary talent and poetry, and is also outstanding in military and martial arts. He can't be very cruel and rude to his subordinates. Overall, he can be regarded as a hexagonal warrior, but the problem is that Cao Cao has too strong control and too much suspicion!
Before, Yingchuan provided money to Cao Cao, which could be regarded as supporting Cao Cao's political group operation. However, after a great war, it is naturally more difficult for Yingchuan to continue providing or make up for the shortcomings in this regard. Moreover, Cao Cao had held the emperor as a banner before and maintained the rationality of his rule over the Central Plains, and now there are naturally problems.
As Cao Cao's authority became heavier, Liu Xie became more and more uneasy and wanted to replace Cao Cao with a new balance, but Liu Xie also knew that if he was not careful, there would be greater turmoil.
Fortunately, the cavalry did not continue to attack.
What's scary is that the cavalry did not continue to attack...
Smart people have realized that the administrative system in the Central Plains of the Han Dynasty is no longer in terms of order or excellence, and the management structure of the entire county is simply a mess.
Before Liu Xie took up the throne, the court system was almost paralyzed and it was not much better yet.
These smart people know that if you want to do things well, you must have a strong ruler, but the problem is also here. All smart people want to be the ruler!
Liu Xie also wanted to be the ruler. He wanted to clarify such a messy system of contradictions, but he didn't know where to start.
Cutting Cao Cao's authority and giving up some of the interests to the Jizhou faction is a good balance strategy that Liu Xie has figured out at this stage, and it is also a key to re-routing the upper and lower levels and making himself the emperor more powerful. However, such measures are also very dangerous. If you are not careful, it will definitely cause a big chaos!
Even if the Cavalry Army does not fight, the Central Plains will probably be divided into pieces!
From the beginning of the failure to enter Guanzhong until the winter of the ninth year of Taixing, Liu Xie had not had a few days of comfortable life, thinking about where the situation in the world would go...
But as Liu Xie understood the mess of the big man, the more he felt cold.
No money and food.
Taxes in various places cannot be raised. Whether it is to form soldiers or maintain order, it is a problem. Even if you bring your own dry food like Xun Yun, it is not a long-term solution.
The operation of the Han Dynasty's court had already begun to overdraw as early as the reign of Emperor Xiaoling. The continuous debt caused the plots in various places to be a joke. Even if Liu Xie really sent some angels to collect taxes to collect money and grain from all over the place, most of them would spread their hands together, indicating that it had already been the Yin branch and Mao grain, and the granaries were empty and there was nothing.
Without money and food, there is no one.
This is a very straightforward question.
A few years ago, Liu Xie would have thought that he was the emperor. As long as a big flag shakes a few times, all the righteous men from all over the world gather. He took a little from his left pocket to his right pocket and could produce food and grass for thousands of people to eat, drink and chew...
Now Liu Xie knows that this is not possible.
It is not difficult to recruit people. Even if you don’t send military salaries, it is difficult to provide these people with daily food and drink.
Therefore, all Liu Xie could think of was the Jizhou School.
So, Cui Yan is here.
However, there was no such thing as Liu Bei and Zhuge in history, nor the mutual support between Sun Quan and Lu Su. It was more of a careful test, a roundabout trade-off, and a mutual suspicion...
The so-called loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness, the so-called king, father, minister, son, and other moral integrity, which began to emphasize strengthening in the early days of the Han Dynasty, has basically disappeared in the present. Everything is looking at money and everything is looking at power. Those who can make money and seize power are the ability. After all, white dogs and black dogs can bite meat are good dogs, and as for the rest, they are secondary things.
The same is true for Cui Yan.
If Cui Yan was asked to sit on the stage and talk about loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness, he could probably say that he had not repeated all day long, and could also be shocked and shocked. He quoted classics and extended explanations, which made the listeners feel deeply moved and reflect deeply...
But what if Cui Yan is now allowed to give up his family’s wealth for the sake of loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness and devote himself to the great cause of reviving the Han Dynasty...
That is absolutely absolutely not possible.
Cui Yan returned to his residence with exhaustion.
I talked with Liu Xie for a day today, and it seemed that I had some results to discuss, but it seemed that there was no progress at all.
After Cui Yan came back, he drank a little warm water at all times, and then asked Meiji to pinch her feet and calm her mind for a while before he asked Meiji to retreat and asked someone to summon Cui Qin to come.
Although the residence here is just Cui Yan's place in Xu County and is not a big industry, there is no shortage of luxury items. The copper basin and silver charcoal alone burned four pots and placed them in four corners of the house, making it still warm even in winter, and you only need to wear a single dress, which is even more relaxed than in Liu Xie's Chongde Hall.
Not long after, Cui Qin came.
Cui Qin actually despised his father Cui Yan...
Not only did he feel that his father went back on his word, but he even felt that his father had stolen his merits!
Before, Cui Qin was discussing with the emperor and risking being caught by Cao Cao. But now he finally waited until Cao Cao was in a wrong momentum and saw that he could gain something, his father intercepted him!
Can this be tolerated?
Well, you still have to endure it.
Cui Qin came forward in a proper manner and saluted respectfully.
Cui Yan rubbed his head. On the surface, he followed Liu Xie and everything seemed to obey the emperor's orders, but in fact, he hoped to pull the emperor's banner and build his own territory, so that he could fight against Cao Cao. However, this struggle was not a matter of life or death, but Cao Cao had to recognize Cui Yan's control over Jizhou and give up the rights of personnel, finance and military power in Jizhou...
Otherwise, Cui Yanguang would have the title of Jizhou Governor, even if he was upgraded to the prefectural governor, he would have no use.
Cui Yan wanted to get some free benefits from Liu Xie, so that Liu Xie could stand in front to block Cao Cao's knife.
Unfortunately, Liu Xie happened to think so too...
Cui Yan raised his eyes and happened to see Cui Qin's eyes secretly cast at him. He was stunned and his heart trembled!
Although Cui Qin saw Cui Yan looking up, he quickly lowered his head and looked well-behaved when he looked down, but the anger in the short look before remained in Cui Yan's heart!
Cui Yan has been busy colluding with Liu Xie these days, but he has neglected Cui Qin to come here.
Originally, Cui Yan wanted Cui Qin to help do something, but after seeing the look that Cui Qin cast, Cui Yan suddenly realized that this kid was probably...
Just like Cui Yan is polite to Liu Xie on the surface, but does Cui Yan take Liu Xie seriously in fact?
Now Cui Qin is also polite to Cui Yan...
Cui Yan originally wanted to discuss something with Cui Qin, but now he feels something is wrong.
Cui Yan signaled, asked Cui Qin to sit down, and then slowly said: "Today's world is chaotic, with foreign enemies around you and my father and son together, and we should work together to deal with the changes from time to time..."
"My father said yes." Cui Qin answered very readily.
Seeing Cui Qin speaking so happily, Cui Yan's eyes couldn't help but move slightly.
silence.
After a little, Cui Yan sighed softly.
"Although the East-West War is about to stop, the cavalry stationed their troops in Hangu this winter and next spring, there will be some movement." Cui Yan said, "In the past, Dong's thief led the army of Xiliang, and was domineering and domineering, which harmed the country and the people. Today, Fei's army led the Liang army again, which is not a good thing. This is why we should unite and work together to fight the enemy..."
Cui Qin didn't think about it and answered directly, "Yes, what my father said is..."
Cui Yan paused for a moment, "If the cavalry brings troops to you, you will shoulder the heavy responsibility of the court, how should you deal with the favor of Your Majesty?"
"Hmm?" Cui Qin looked up at Cui Yan, "Of course, he united everyone, gathered the counties and joined forces to fight against it!"
"Oh? It's like a sour jujube?" Cui Yan asked.
Cui Qin blinked, "Ah, it's like a sour jujube...Master, is this...what is wrong?"
Cui Yan didn't say anything, but lowered his head but smoothed the wrinkles of his clothes. It seemed that this wrinkle made Cui Yan very uncomfortable, so he stroked it over and over again, but the wrinkle had existed for a long time, so how could he be able to calm down after being touched by a few strokes?
"Sir, Father?" Cui Qin was a little confused.
『Oh…』 Cui Yan seemed to have reacted and said, 『You are right! It seems that you have gained something in these days, very good, very good...』
Cui Qin was stunned for a moment and replied, "This... is just a little bit small..."
"Since that's the case, I recommend you to Your Majesty to go to Qingxu, recruit soldiers and gather people in case of emergencies... What do you think?" Cui Yan stared at Cui Qin and said.
This is Cui Yan's last attempt.
Can father and son be intimate?
In the face of interests, can family affection withstand the test?
How many children always have anger from the "original family" and are gritting their teeth and hatred for their parents' incompetence? Why can other people's parents do anything, and then my parents can't do anything?
The relationship between Cui Yan and Cui Qin and his son did not suddenly become worse now.
Just like the current situation of the Han Dynasty, it doesn’t become so decaying in one day.
So, is the monarch’s fault or the minister’s fault in the current situation in the Han Dynasty?
Cui Yan and Cui Qin and his son are getting more and more alienated, and even hatred arises. Who's fault?
Cui Yan tried to make his last effort.
He proposed to ask Cui Qin to recruit soldiers from "Qingxu" on the one hand, which allowed Cui Qin to avoid the conflict that would inevitably come in the next stage. On the other hand, it also implies that Cui Qin wanted to develop, he could only leave Jizhou and Yuzhou and go to areas like "Qingxu".
However, Cui Qin was unwilling. He thought Cui Yan was just to support him. What could he do when he went to Qingxu? It was really just to recruit soldiers. That was a joke, so Cui Qin stammered and found some excuses, but was unwilling to go.
Cui Yan listened, instead of exposing Cui Qin, he asked: "Since that's the case, what do you want to do?"
Cui Qin was stunned. What did he want to do? It wasn’t simple? He wanted to become the true heir of Cui’s family and return to Jizhou to eat and drink spicy food! But these ideas can be thought of secretly, but it’s hard to say, otherwise where would he place his brother?
Therefore, Cui Qin pretended to be very obedient and said: "The child... there is nothing he wants... Just by the father's instructions..."
This is actually shopping with some people in later generations, saying that they were about to eat when they were about to order, and then they said "whatever".
It's really "regular"? Someone else said one, and they refuted one. They kept opposing it until they reached what they wanted in their hearts, and then they expressed that they would give you this face and agreed to go "ruely".
Cui Qin thought, and waited for Cui Yan to say something, and then he seemed to object to Qingxu, and then he found an excuse to shirk his head. However, Cui Yan nodded slowly, but said: "Since you have no idea... Then, my father has felt tired and dizzy recently, and he is really not as heavy as a document. He is ready to beg for his majesty's bones and return home... What do you think?"
Chapter completed!