Chao Cuo has never dreamed of becoming a prime minister.
And he could only choose to sprint towards the prime minister's position.
Because, if he could not climb to the position of prime minister when Zhou Yafu became official, then he would have no choice but to follow Zhou Yafu to become official.
In this court, now, anyone can become an official.
Chao Cuo alone can't do it.
He has too many enemies!
So many that even he himself can’t count them!
Chao Cuo can guarantee that as long as he loses power, his entire family will die without a burial place.
Therefore, he could only bite the bullet and launch an attack on the Prime Minister's throne.
But, in the Han Dynasty, a civil servant wanted to be the prime minister?
Disaster!
too difficult!
The first thing that stood in front of him was the ancestral system. The iron rule of the Han family was that no one would be eligible unless he had merit, and he would not be king unless he was the Liu family. Why not make a promise and let the whole world fight against it!
If you want to be the prime minister, you must first become a prince.
But the problem is that in the more than sixty years since the rise of the Han Dynasty, those who have become princes without relying on military merit can be counted on ten fingers! (Princes, princes, brothers and relatives are not counted as princes, they belong to princes).
They are nothing more than Wu Hou Yang Quji, Cheng Tao Hou Zhou Xin, Teng Hou Lu Gengshi, Jianling Hou Zhang Ze and others.
Among these people, the success of the yang and illness is due to their contribution to the construction of Chang'an City.
Zhou Xin was chosen because he was Empress Lu's confidant and had been a life-saving favor to Empress Lu and her family.
Not to mention Zhang Ze, he was a close confidant of Emperor Hui and grew up with Emperor Hui. What does it mean to reward him as a noble prince?
Teng Hou Lu Gengshi, first of all, his surname was Lu, and secondly, he was a good farmer.
Who dares to dissent?
Therefore, in the past few years, Chao Cuo has been doing everything possible to gain his reputation and doing everything possible to get into trouble, just so that he can become a marquis and live his life as a prime minister in the future.
To this end, he even abandoned many of the principles he had adhered to all year round and endorsed many of today's policies.
pity……
Although these things made him highly appreciated by the emperor, he was still a little short of being able to achieve the title of lord.
After all, it is now recognized throughout the world that if you want to be a prince, you must have military merit.
Otherwise, you can give birth to a good daughter and send her to the palace...
In addition, I want to rely on political performance to become a prince.
This not only requires the consent of the emperor, but also the support of the courtiers or the belief of the world.
The courtiers support this kind of thing…
Chao Cuo never even thought about it...
He knew that he had as many enemies as his friends in the court.
Outside the court, he can be said to be enemies from all directions.
In particular, Yuan Ang's old relatives and friends have been giving him eye drops and pouring dirty water on him.
Fortunately, just when he was at his wits' end, the King of Qi descended from heaven...
To Chao Cuo, this was no different than a gift package from heaven.
You have to know, how did Chao Cuo start his career?
Cut off the vassal!
What makes him famous in the world?
Or cut off the feudal clan!
Cutting down the feudal vassal was his curse, his knot in heart, and his life-long career.
King Qi jumped out at this time, which was equivalent to shouting at Chao Cuo to fire on me!
Chao Cuo was naturally rude and immediately wrote a letter to impeach the King of Qi for ten crimes!
With Chao Cuo taking the lead, almost the entire Imperial Censor's Yamen followed suit.
Especially the censors who held the books were as if they had eaten gunpowder, and bullets and bullets poured into the palace like a tide.
And where are the others willing to take their time?
After seeing the examples of Chao Cuo and the imperial censors, everyone among the three public servants and the nine ministers should imitate their example.
Various impeachments were launched one after another.
All the things that King Liu Jianglu of Qi did and did not do were revealed.
In an instant, the orchid terrace of Weiyang Palace was flooded with various bullets.
Liu Che looked at these bullets and smiled slightly. He didn't even bother to look at them. He just asked the ministers to sort them out for later use.
Of course it is not such a simple thing to kill a vassal king, or a vassal king that has lasted for decades and flourished.
Moreover, Liu Che couldn't act too ugly.
Therefore, he ordered Ji An to say: "In response to the memorial, all of them should be kept in the center and reported to each official: King Qi, sir, I can't bear to punish the king. Please think about it again..."
"No!" Ji An accepted the order and left.
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"The emperor can't bear to punish the king of Qi?" Taking the reply, Chao Cuo sneered, and then shouted: "Prepare pen and ink!"
The emperor said that he could not bear to harm King Qi, so King Qi could escape?
joke!
In fact, in Chao Cuo's eyes, this reply was the same as 'I think there is too little evidence of King Qi's crime, why don't you look for more later?' It was basically encouraging him to cause trouble.
On the contrary, if the emperor scolds him, he should make big things into trivial matters and trivial matters into nothing. He will be punished with three drinks of wine, and this will not happen again.
There is a folk proverb that says it well...
As the saying goes, this board is raised high and falls gently...
Therefore, Chao Cuo immediately cheered up, and after thinking for a while, he wrote and began to accuse the King of Qi.
Accusing people of crimes is the forte of Legalist ministers!
For example, in history, Zhang Tang invented "belly slander" and killed Yan Yi...
With just one movement of his eyes, Chao Cuo found more than thirty crimes for Liu Jianglu.
Then I picked and picked and picked out three.
Don't think that this is Chao Cuo's kindness...
On the contrary, this is a desperate plan to kill everyone.
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The next day, at the morning court, Chao Cuo was the first to come out and pay homage before the officials had even sat down and said: "Your Majesty, I have this memorial..."
Liu Che gave Chao Cuo a meaningful look.
He knew that Chao Cuo would definitely fire, so he raised his hand and said: "If the imperial censor wants to talk about King Qi's affairs, please step down..."
Liu Che looked very unbearable and said: "King Qi, my uncle, even if you make a mistake, it is only a small mistake. Please don't hold on to it..."
This is like a loli looking pitifully at a loli accuser and saying: "Uncle, although I don't mind, but starting in three years, the maximum penalty is death..."
How could Chao Cuo and his ministers endure it?
At that moment, Chao Cuo knelt down and worshiped with righteous indignation: "Your Majesty, Jiangshan Sheji is the Jiangshan Sheji of Emperor Gao. It is the Jiangshan Sheji of Taizong. It is the Jiangshan Sheji of the late Emperor Renzong and Xiaojing. It is not the Jiangshan Sheji of Your Majesty alone!"
"The poem says: Working all day and night to solve the problem, just to serve one person... I hope your majesty knows the old minister's innocent heart..."
"Ji Fu, King Qi, it's not just a small mistake..."
Chao Cuo was just like Bigan and Wei Zi in the history books who outspokenly admonished him. He looked solemn and bowed righteously: "Old minister, I am just a humble man from Yingchuan... I work hard in the countryside and do not seek to be famous.
To the princes... Fortunately, the late emperor did not give up, and entrusted his ministers with the affairs of the military and state, and entrusted them with the important task of entrusting the orphans..."
"Now the King of Qi is in chaos, causing harm to the country and the people, and I have no choice but to impeach him..."
After Chao Cuo's death, including Prime Minister Zhou Yafu, the three ministers and nine ministers, as well as the civil and military ministers, are now united.
Even those enemies of Chao Cuo are now standing behind Chao Cuo.
All these people knelt down together with Chao Cuo and worshiped: "Censor Censor, Chen Cuo..."
"Prime Minister, my father..."
"I will hold the gold for all my subjects..."
"The great peasant minister has no doubt..."
"Taichang Chen Peng Zu..."
"Da Hong Lin Chen Kun Xie..."
Even Shanyu Guiyi of the Xiongnu seemed to understand something, and he also lay on the ground and said in half-baked Chinese: "Chanyu Chenyi..."
In an instant, the entire Xuanshi Palace, hundreds of officials, all knelt down collectively and begged in unison: "May your Majesty put the world first and listen to the words of Sheji..."
Liu Che looked at this scene, his eyes suddenly became moist.
This is touching.
He looked around and saw that among these ministers, there were Legalists, Huang-Lao sects, pro-Confucians, and even Mohists.
But, they are united now.
Liu Che can guarantee that they have never connected in private because no one, not even him, has the ability to clear up the ideological work of so many factions in one night...
There is only one answer and that is now. No courtier will tolerate anyone making peace with the Huns, even the Huns themselves, such as Guiyi Shanyu Xia Yi...
The only thing that can have such great ability is profit.
A powerful and unrivaled interest group similar to the US military-industrial complex!
Only such interest groups can unleash such terrifying power and make such coordinated actions.
After all, when faced with behavior that harms one's own interests, there is no need to coordinate or discuss, or even use the brain.
Just a slap on the ass to react!
For this day, Liu Che spent a full seven years, investing countless manpower and material resources, constantly subtly advocating to conquer the world, constantly using interests to win over, and using practical benefits to seduce.
He even did not hesitate to use the bonus-sharing magical power such as the grace order.
But now it seems that everything is worth it.
Because, today, a new interest group that is powerful enough to challenge everything has officially taken shape.
It spreads across all classes, takes root in all groups, uses the ideological theories of various schools of thought as its foundation, uses the military force and national power of the Han army as its tentacles, and finally materializes in this court.
Its characteristic is that if there is only one person who blocks my expansion, I will kill him!
Moreover, this group has a solid foundation.
Politically, it has the backing of a group of distinguished nobles and nobles; militarily, it has hundreds of thousands of elites to rely on; and economically, it has countless military nobles and generals as well as businessmen who are eager for war.
Basically, this group already coexists with the Han Empire.
Want to eliminate it?
Destroy the Han Empire first!
Just like America's military-industrial complex and Wall Street, I am the empire, and the empire is me.
Interest groups are powerful and irresistible forces.
You only need to look at the various schools that have been defeated by interest groups to know that as long as this monster grows, you will not be able to eliminate it unless you destroy it all at once.
The group may have differences internally, but externally, it is absolutely united and fearsome.
And Qi King Liu Jianglu was the first victim of this monster.
How could Liu Che not be moved?
Until this moment, he finally knew that everything about him could be preserved, and there would be no possibility of anyone losing power.
Just like what Lord Shang did in Qin.
Government will not stop when people are destroyed.
With this interest group protecting us, all foreign enemies will be crushed to pieces.
It is finally possible for the Han Empire to become an empire on which the sun never sets!
only……
Liu Che knew that everything has advantages and disadvantages.
Just like a coin.
If there is a positive side, there must be a negative side.
Interest groups want to eat people!
For example, the historically invincible group of landlords, gentry and bureaucracy ruled China for two thousand years, especially the civil service group after the Song Dynasty. It was like cheating, crushing all opponents.
The consequence was the prevalence of the etiquette system and the beginning of country governance by rural sages.
Now, this new interest group is probably not much better.
It was born for expansion and must fight for expansion.
For their own development, growth and prosperity, they must not be afraid of sacrificing others.
After all, imperialism does not care whether you are one of its own or an outsider.
Just like capital, it never has a nationality.
However, there is no need to worry about these issues just yet.
The dividends from victory in foreign wars and the benefits brought by external expansion are enough to erase all contradictions and cover up all problems.
As long as China's society continues to progress, develops to a certain level while the dividends are still there, and enters an industrial society, then all problems will be solved again.
And when these hidden problems explode...
Liu Che felt that most of his bones should be rotten.
The descendants must have the wisdom of the descendants, so there is no need for Liu Che to worry about them.
"Your Majesty..." Liu Che looked embarrassed, sighed, and said: "Since you insist on doing this, I am all ears... However, let me explain in advance that King Qi's current mistake is nothing more than a small one.
I will never take legal action against the king because of this..."
This is also certain.
In China, no matter what time it was, except during the Manchu, Qing, Mongolian and Yuan dynasties, when the Literary Prison was launched, no other dynasty would dare to bear the charge of "blocking the way of speech" and not allowing people to speak.
Whoever does it will definitely be scolded for a thousand years, or even ten thousand years!
Therefore, in China, nobles and gentry have always enjoyed full freedom of speech.
Even a king cannot take it away.
In history, there were not just one or two people who used Tumo Xingzi to wash the emperor's face.
Otherwise, why do you think the Donglin Party likes to deceive the emperor so much?
Isn’t it just a way to gain reputation?
Therefore, no matter what, it is impossible for Liu Che to use the memorial written by General Liu, the king of Qi, as an excuse.
That is basically the same as telling the world publicly that I am a single husband, there is no difference!
However, Chinese politics has always had a sense of humor.
For example, most of the aristocrats and bureaucrats who were executed certainly did not die for the crime for which they were executed.
That's just an excuse to fool the world.
Even most of them were pushed up by others.
For example, King Li of Huainan, or the current King of Qi, Liu Jianglu.
These are the rules of the game and China’s unique culture.
However, in the eyes of those involved, this sense of humor is not humorous at all, but full of cruelty and cold-bloodedness. (~^~)
