The first thousand five hundred and fifty-sixth chapter Zhou Yafu's official 2
Zhou Yafu and Li Ji chatted about some affairs between the DPRK and China, and there were rumors. It was not until nightfall that Li Ji left.
As soon as Li Ji went out, he saw an envoy from the palace approaching in a car, and he quickly stood aside.
"It's the Empress Dowager's confidant, Changqiu Palace Zheng Quan..." Li Ji recognized this eunuch at a glance. During the reign of the late emperor, he had great power and represented the face of the Eastern Palace.
Since the fifth year of Yuande, this once influential eunuch has kept a low profile and rarely appears in public again.
But Li Ji didn't dare to slack off at all, and hurriedly stepped forward to ask for his respects, saying, "My old friend Li Ji has met Mr. Zheng..."
Zheng Quan was a eunuch in his fifties. He had a kind face, fair skin, and spoke in a soft voice. When he saw Li Ji, he quickly got off the carriage and bowed: "Xing Ji."
The rest of the people don’t dare to be treated as kings and queens..."
Zheng Quan didn't dare to confide in front of Li Ji.
Who doesn't know that although today's Qu Zhouhou has already served as an official, he rarely even participates in government affairs.
However, he once served as the Wuyuan Jijiuer for three consecutive years, supervising the internal and external affairs and teaching arrangements of Wuyuan.
It was not until last year that I resigned from my position in Wuyuan due to illness.
Since the founding of Wuyuan, the elders of this Wuyuan have brought out hundreds of generals.
Among them there are many princes who have 5,000 households in the city!
With this background, even though Qu Zhouhou has no official position, his influence has surpassed that of when he was in power.
Every year during festivals and Li Ji's birthday, the long queue in front of Quzhouhoufu is proof of this veteran's status!
"Zheng Gong came to Changpinghou Mansion today, but he followed the instructions of the East Palace?" Li Ji asked tentatively.
As an old general, Li Ji has always had a good relationship with Donggong.
It can even be said that it is quite good!
This is also the tradition of Han Dynasty politics. Veteran ministers who have become official often rely on the wings of the East Palace, and the East Palace will also pay attention to and protect these veterans.
The two are in harmony and rely on each other.
That is to say, in the past few years, the East Palace has hidden behind the scenes and no longer participated in politics. When the old ministers went to ask for an audience and greetings, they only had a face-to-face meeting with the East Palace and then went back to their homes.
However, the affection and love between both parties are still there.
Therefore, Zheng Quan had no intention of hiding anything from Li Ji, and there was no need to hide it. He smiled and said, "I won't hide it from you. I did come to Changpinghou on the orders of the Empress Dowager..."
"What does the Empress Dowager want to reward Marquis Changping?" Li Ji asked with a smile.
Zhou Yafu is about to take office. According to tradition, the emperor will definitely entrust the East Palace to give countless rewards and honors to the veterans who have taken office. Just like the month before Li Ji, Han Dadang, Luan Bu and others took office, there would be envoys from the East Palace passing through the government every day.
It is a common practice to give things to women and even to houses.
Li Ji was very curious. As the first prime minister in the history of the empire to serve in an official position, and whose political performance and reputation were as good as those of the famous founding ministers, what kind of rewards could Changping Marquis Zhou Yafu get?
Zheng Quan chuckled and said: "The Marquis of Changping was ordered by the late Emperor Taizong to assist the Emperor in governing the Yuan Dynasty. He worked hard for his great achievements. The Empress Dowager was very grateful, so she sent her slaves to convey the decree - on the street in front of the Marquis Changping's mansion.
It is called Changping Street, and the Cao River in Changping County is called the Changping River. The Marquis of Changping is given a few sticks, and he is promised many honors such as entering the court without rushing, being praised and worshiped without being named, going to the palace with swords and shoes, and playing directly before the king..."
After Li Ji heard this, he was completely confused.
Taking the title of Marquis Changping as the name of a street or the name of a river?
Does this indicate that Zhou Yafu will be named a god after his death in the future?
Moreover, Nagawa Osawa and even the God of the Stars are possible!
What’s even more exaggerated is that when you enter the court, you don’t have to follow the rules, you don’t pay homage to your name, and you go to the palace with swords and shoes. These privileges are played directly in front of the king!
Before today, there was only one person in the Han Empire who enjoyed these privileges.
This man was the most important figure in the rise of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Gaozu. His humerus was small, and he was praised by Emperor Gaozu as: Xiao He, the most unparalleled scholar in the country!
Even the Marquis of Pingyang, Cao Shen, the Marquis of Qu Ni, Chen Ping, and the Marquis of Zhou Bo, have never had these honors.
Today, Zhou Yafu has become the second person after Xiao He.
Li Ji felt happy and relieved for his old friend, but at the same time, he felt sour and uncomfortable.
He, the Marquis of Qu Zhou, was a senior member of the special elite. He worked hard and worked hard for the Liu family. He took the blame for everything, both good and bad.
However, he didn't even get the honorable treatment.
Naturally, he felt a little unhappy.
However, after all these years in Wuyuan, Li Ji had gained some training and was no longer as careless as before. He buried these bitter feelings in his heart, bowed to Zheng Quan, and then left in a car.
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The next day, all of Chang'an knew.
Prime Minister Chang Pinghou became the second Grand Slam winner after Xiao He.
Many people are envious, jealous and hateful when they hear this.
The Grand Slam of the Han family is extremely difficult.
At the beginning, Zhang Cang, Marquis of Beiping, assisted Emperor Taizong for fifteen years. He achieved outstanding achievements and was respected by the world. He could only get the honor of being praised and worshiped. After Huanglong changed the Yuan Dynasty, this privilege was taken back by Taizong...
But Zhou Yafu has now won the three highest honors of being a minister. With these three honors, Zhou Yafu's actual status is actually above the princes and kings, second only to the emperor.
With these honors, Zhou Yafu will undoubtedly be as famous as Xiao He in the history of Qing Dynasty, and maybe even as famous as Guan Zhong!
"I'm afraid the Zhou family's wealth will last for the rest of the Han Dynasty..." Dou Guangguo, the Marquis of Zhangwu, sighed after hearing the news and was extremely envious.
Although it is said that at the beginning, Emperor Gao divided the meritorious officials and swore on the white horse with the founding fathers: unless he has merit, he will not be crowned, and if he is not the Liu family, he will not be king. Why not make an agreement and let the whole world fight together!
Emperor Gao then swore to heaven: If the rivers are like belts and Mount Tai is like steel, the country will be in eternal peace, and love will last for generations to come!
pity……
I simply can’t wait for the day when the river is like a belt and Mount Tai turns into a stone.
Even within a few decades, those princely states that had promised to coexist with the Han Dynasty disappeared one by one.
Except for the princes who lost their country due to force majeure factors such as the elimination of heirs.
Most of the other princes were deposed or even executed by Emperor Liu himself!
There are more than 150 princes who founded the country, including the heroes of Emperor Hui, the heroes of Taizong, and the heroes of Renzong, totaling two to three hundred.
But those who can survive to this day are at most a quarter.
Everyone else has been blown away by wind and rain, and there is no news.
However, there is a family that can always maintain wealth no matter how desperate its descendants are.
This is the Zanhou Xiao He family.
Since Emperor Gao, the old Xiao family's internal drama of beating drums and passing flowers has been played four times.
Nowadays, it is very likely that the Changping Hou Zhou family will also become a similar existence.
The true rivers are like belts, the Taishan mountains are like steel, the country is in eternal peace, and the love is passed down to the descendants!
No matter what mistakes the descendants made, the incense and sacrifices of Changping Marquis and the feudal kingdom will last forever!
And this is the status that all nobles are pursuing.
"I'm afraid I won't have the chance to win a position like Zanhou or Changping Marquis for the Dou family..." Dou Guangguo thought in his heart: "But at the worst, I have to stay for the family.
A foundation that can help us return home!"
Since the inheritance of the Han Dynasty, the relationship between the princes, ministers and the royal family as well as the rules of the game have been fixed.
Generally speaking, as long as someone is not too playful and wants to die and angers the royal family, otherwise, even if his descendants are unworthy, they will die according to law.
As long as someone in the family can lobby the nobles in the palace, they will usually get a chance.
Even some families who are not just teasers and those who want to die have also obtained a chance to reform.
For example, the Wuyanghou family is a clear proof!
However, Dou Guangguo knew that this was the rule of the game between the princes' heroes and the royal family, and had nothing to do with his relatives, the princes.
There is one emperor and one courtier, let alone a relative who does not know what relationship he has with him?
Dou Guangguo understood that he was old and the Empress Dowager was also old and could no longer protect the Dou family for a few more years.
The Dou family has been quite unlucky over the past few years and has had some bad luck.
Dou Ying, whom he was originally optimistic about, even suffered a disaster. From the position of general, he turned into a white body.
Until not long ago, Chao Cuo found Dou Ying and wanted to join forces with him.
As a result, the emperor was very unhappy, and an imperial edict came down, and Dou Ying was sent to the Kingdom of Jinan to become the tutor of King Liu She of Jinan.
It is obvious that today's emperor does not want Dou Ying to return to the court.
Now, the Dou family has only one person who can support their appearance - Nanpihou Dou Pengzu.
But the problem is that Dou Pengzu is just a middle-aged person.
Shoucheng can do it, but if he wants to revive the Dou family, or even stick to the Dou family's foundation in adversity... there is no way!
And the rest of the younger generation are all incompetent.
Dou Guangguo was really worried. Once he and Queen Mother Dou went west, the huge Dou family might be destroyed by wind and rain.
So Dou Guangguo knew that he must leave some legacy to his family for the future.
Thinking of this, Dou Guangguo suddenly stood up and said to his left and right: "Go and summon all the men in my family under the age of thirty..."
"No!" The left and right people immediately took orders.
For Dou Guangguo, he has understood that the only way to ensure the longevity of his family is to diversify risks and investments.
The Dou family, including direct and collateral descendants, has approximately twenty or thirty men aged over twenty and under thirty.
So many people stay in Chang'an every day, fighting cocks and cuju, practicing immortality and refining elixirs, or just doing nothing.
Dou Guangguo has been dissatisfied with them for a long, long time.
He had long wanted to throw these scum outside the Great Wall and into the wilderness to exercise.
Now, the Changping Hou family has received this generous reward, which stimulates Dou Guangguo.
Finally, he made up his mind to stop showing mercy and being soft-hearted.
"It doesn't make sense. Chen Xu and Chen Jiao can endure hardships and still achieve results, but I, the Dou family, can't..." Dou Guangguo murmured.
In his opinion, no matter what, the children of the Dou family are better than the Chen Xu brothers, right?
Moreover, among twenty or thirty people, just one Chen Xu is enough!
For the sake of his family's legacy, Dou Guangguo knows that he must be ruthless!
Now, aren't there wars going on in Munan and Heli Mountain, and don't they both need manpower to manage and govern?
Just throw these dudes away and let them struggle on their own.
After the struggle has come out, then give full support and leave a solid foundation for the Dou family while you and the Queen Mother are still there!
More than one Dou Guangguo thought this way. Basically, on this day, all the princes and ministers in Chang'an were thinking about this matter.
For the princes, passing on the family business is very important.
Over the years, the Liehou circle has undergone earth-shaking changes.
In the eight years since he ascended the throne, more than a hundred princes have disappeared.
No one wants to be next.
But no one can guarantee it. After all, it is well known that Emperor Liu has a broad mind.
What if one day I am unlucky enough to hit the muzzle of a gun?
Therefore, countless princes suddenly sent people to call their nephews to their side, almost unanimously. Many people planned to throw their nephews to Munan or Heli Mountain.
The reasons are surprisingly consistent: both Chen Xu and Chen Jiao can become talents and accomplish great things? Why can't you?
But how can these dandies agree?
All kinds of gossip, all kinds of rumors, all kinds of rumors, in short, they refuse to agree to life and death, and they have to stay in Chang'an even if they die.
In the eyes of dandies, let alone letting them go to dangerous and difficult places like Munan or Mount Heli.
Even leaving Chang'an and going to work in Guanzhong is not possible.
How wonderful Chang'an is!
Chang'an has the world's beauties, the world's delicacies, and the world's entertainment.
Here, you can go to the flower streets and willow alleys, be free and happy, or party all night with your friends.
When I feel better, I go to Maoling to bet on horse racing and watch horse racing and polo matches.
When I felt strong, I went hunting in Shanglinyuan and went to the Weihe River to play.
In Chang'an, you can get whatever you want!
Outside of Chang'an, everything is in the countryside!
Even a big city like Luoyang is just a rural market in the eyes of the second generation of Chang'an nobles, with nothing good about it.
Now, our fathers actually want to throw them to Munan? To Mount Heli?
Countless dandies want to die just thinking about such a long journey.
For a time, the whole Qili was in a state of chaos, and countless comedies were staged in Chang'an City.
These days, you can always see princes, princes, and ministers, with their retainers, searching the city, trying to tie up and send away those nephews who are trying to hide or who are stubbornly refusing to leave.
The people were naturally happy to move to a small bench to watch the show.
Of course Xiuyiwei would not let these things go, so soon, relevant reports and intelligence were piled up on the Liu Che case.
"The princes have finally figured it out..." Liu Che looked at the report on the case table and nodded.
The princes are willing to send their nephews to Munan and Heli Mountain. This is what Liu Che wants to see most.
Although it seems now that there are only dozens of princes who have chosen to do this, there are only a dozen or so people who have firmed their attitude and have decided to do this.
However, Liu Che felt that he still had to encourage him and even stand up to praise these people.
the reason is simple.
The country and nation need such an attitude and such a sense of crisis!
As for these dudes, will they cause trouble when they go to Munan and Heli Mountain?
Liu Che was too lazy to take care of it.
After all, you can train some talents!
The most important thing is that if the dandies stay in Chang'an, they will only waste food and create problems, but if they go to Munan or Heli Mountain, at least they have to do something, right?
Even if you don't do anything, it's still better to live there and wait to die than to stay in Chang'an!
