After the death of Yang Biao and his son, Chen Chong also returned to the Sili Mansion to handle political affairs. When he came back, all the bureaucrats with more than 300 shi in the capital had received orders and did not dare to delay. Soon, hundreds of people were densely packed in the mansion.
I stood hard in the courtyard, but I didn't dare to speak loudly because I was uneasy. For a while, the Sili Mansion seemed to be filled with migratory birds that had just returned from the north, and they were filled with cobweb-like chirping.
Since Jia Xufu and Emperor Zuo came to power, the political situation in the DPRK has undergone great changes. Although the emperor has not adjusted Chen Chongda's policies, there have been many personnel transfers.
The first to bear the brunt were the Northern Army, Sili Mansion, Tingwei Mansion, Weiwei Mansion and Taixue. Except for Taixue, these places had previously been Chen Chong's confidants, and the emperor was deeply concerned. Therefore, he moved many of the Sili Mansion
The old ministers were transferred to vacant positions, and on the one hand, they promoted students in Taixue, promoted Five Classics doctors such as Cui Yan, Xi Lu, etc., and supplemented them with Shen Tupan, Han Rong, Chun Yujia, Zhong Fu and other dynasty elders, so as to control the government affairs. In the past few months, the old relatives left by Chen Chong were uneasy and many died due to worries, such as Yao Gong, Sheng Xiaozhang, Zhao Qian and other elderly people. They all died of illness one after another a year ago and were buried under Hongguyuan.
In addition, there are also Kong Rong, Wang Yi, Huan Shao, Sun Yan and others who had many conflicts with Lu Bu and are now dead. In addition to Meng Jian, Tian Zhao and others who died in the battle before, Chen Chong's subordinates
It can be said to be extremely damaging.
But fortunately, the foundation has not been shaken. People such as Yu Fan, Tao Qiuhong, Guan Qiuxing and others are still in the capital. Chen Chong has also gained a group of young talents in Chencang, so it is not difficult to deal with them.
The top priority now is to rebuild the Forbidden Army in the capital and restore order in the capital. Therefore, Chen Chong appointed Xu Huang as the Huben Zhonglang General, Dong Yue as the Yulin Zhonglang General, Hu Zhen as the Central Guards Army, and Zhang Ji as the City Gate Colonel.
Duan Gu was the middle commander of the Northern Army, and asked them to temporarily form the Forbidden Army based on the current Bai Bo and Dong Zhuo's remaining troops.
Secondly, we must stabilize the counties and counties in Guanzhong. The cold spring has not yet passed, and the people have experienced repeated chaos. Therefore, most counties and counties in Guanzhong have not yet been cultivated. Rebuilding military warfare will also require a lot of money. When necessary, we must continue to recruit troops from the people, which requires rich experience.
Only the elderly can make proper arrangements. Therefore, Chen Chong sent out all the old people of Sili Mansion, with Tao Qiuhong as the prefect of Hongnong, Sun Qian as the left Fengyi, Xu Ci as the right Fufeng, Chen Deng as the Jingzhaoyin, and Yang Hui as the prefect of Hedong.
In an emergency, Chen Chong also temporarily gave them the power to remove the commander.
After the above arrangements were completed, it was finally the turn of the three most prominent officials in the court.
Among them, most of the three officials had empty positions, so Chen Chong regarded them as virtuous, and successively moved Guanglu doctor Shen Tupan to be the Taiwei, the servant Ma Yu to be the Sikong, the Liaodong prefect Gongsun Du to be the Situ, and the father-in-law Cai Yong to be the Taifu.
Among the nine ministers, Chen Chong only changed the key points, making Liu Yan the Guangluxun, Qianzhao the Weiwei, Wang Xiang the Tingwei, Wen Li the chief minister, Linghu Shao the Shaofu, and the rest.
The position remains unchanged.
As for the Sili Mansion, Chen Chong no longer set up Zhizhong and Biejia to work together. Instead, he directly led the Cao Cao and ordered Zhuge Liang and others to join the government to serve as counselors.
As for the imperial students chosen by the emperor for trial, Chen Chong changed them all to Dongguan Lang and Secretary Lang, and planned to try them out as appropriate in the future.
Chen Chong did not make any major changes to the remaining official offices in Xijing, except to review the official documents and check for any omissions.
After talking with officials for three days, Chen Chong finally settled everything. The martial law in the capital was also lifted, and all the people in the city returned to normal. The number of people on the street gradually increased, except for Xu Huang who still led
The soldiers escorted Jia Xu outside Liangzhou in an orderly manner. On the surface, there were almost no major incidents in Guanzhong.
But in fact, the counties and counties in Guanzhong are urgently mobilizing soldiers, food and supplies from each county to prepare for the next war with Cao Jun. After all, the villagers and fortress people who came to gather before can hardly be called a siege, and a joint battle will be useless.
, they could just demonstrate, but this would probably not deceive Cao Cao, so Chen Chongduo had dismissed them and advised them to go home and work on the farm. However, as a result, the time for sending troops would be delayed, and it is expected that it would not be until mid-March at the earliest.
Fortunately, Liu Bei also sent a letter from Luoyang at this time, saying that Cao Jun's offensive had slowed down. Although he didn't know the reason, it was enough for him to prepare fortifications and it would be more than enough to last until May, so Chen Chong didn't have to worry.
Having said that, Chen Chong was still extremely busy. After Lu Bu entered the capital, his subordinates looted Pingzhun and lost all of it to Cao's treasury, causing the relevant accounts to almost become bad debts; then the Liang people seized private houses and drove out the people, which led to
Many household registrations could no longer be used, which made it difficult to recruit people and transfer taxes. Chen Chong had to send more people to resettle the refugees to their places of origin. He was often busy from Mao hour to Xu hour, even if it was getting dark, he would still stay up late to review. Pang Tong and others
People couldn't help but secretly gasped after seeing this, and joked to each other privately: "I said that governing a big country is like cooking a small delicacy. I'm afraid the teacher is cutting it into shreds!"
But on the afternoon of that day, a messenger in white clothes suddenly came from the palace, saying that the emperor wanted to meet with Chen Chong. This surprised everyone. After the previous coup, everyone knew that the relationship between the emperor and Chen Chong was
The relationship has completely broken down. Just to maintain the stability of the DPRK, Chen Chong lets it go. But how embarrassing it will be for the two to meet is beyond anyone's imagination.
Therefore, Chen Chong put off the matter of meeting the emperor again and again. After Chen Chong entered the capital, except for the first day, he basically stayed in the Sili Mansion. Although he submitted four statements to the palace every day for the emperor to review, in fact, it was not possible.
It was just a matter of asking the emperor to stamp his seal. The emperor also treated him as usual and ignored him, until today. When everyone thought that everything was going to be peaceful, the emperor couldn't bear it anymore, so he came to invite Chen Chong first. p>
After delaying for so long, Chen Chong had no reason to refuse, so he immediately agreed and entered the palace with his guards.
An official led him into the side door of Weiyang Palace, and he stood in the corridor waiting for the news. After standing there for a long time, everyone in the palace knew that he was coming, and some maids were looking at him from the other side. He heard a whisper,
It seems like someone is talking about it.
After waiting for a while, the internal officials came out and invited him in. After walking through the corridor and entering the palace, the curtains on both sides rustled, and it was clear that many people were peeking behind the scenes. Chen Chong was very surprised. It seemed that these maids were not talking about him because of
Fear is not due to pity, nor is it possible to prepare for an assassination. After all, the guards in the palace have all been replaced. If there is a premeditated plan, they will definitely be repaid. They seem to be talking about something that is related to them and completely unexpected.
, which made it difficult for him to guess the reason.
On this day, he was wearing a white robe with a narrow collar, a copper-tacked belt around his waist, and a green sword hanging on the left side of his waist. He did not wear a heaven-reaching crown on his head, but a white scarf wrapped around his head to show his mourning. For the past six months,
The battles made his face dark and thin, and the scars on his eyebrows became more abrupt and conspicuous. He was seven feet tall and walked steadily. Under the attention of everyone, openly or secretly, he calmly came to the side hall where the emperor studied. Here.
The place was silent, except for Chen Chong and Tianzi.
Chen Chong did not take off the Qingzhi sword, but took off his boots and walked straight in. Seeing the emperor sitting on the couch in the middle, he bowed to the emperor and said: "I, Chen Chong, see your majesty. May your majesty live forever."<
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When the emperor saw him, he didn't say anything, but just looked at Chen Chong quietly. Chen Chong stood up, looked directly at the emperor calmly, and asked directly: "I am busy with official duties. I wonder why your majesty has been summoned?"
The emperor still didn't respond. He was sitting on the big couch in half-light and half-darkness, but his expression looked extremely struggling. It was obvious that he was having a fierce struggle in his heart. He didn't speak, and Chen Chong didn't speak either. The two of them were like stone statues.
They usually confront each other in the palace. But Chen Chong finally realized that the emperor was not looking at his appearance, but at the white scarf on his head.
After a long while, the emperor sighed. He stood up from the big couch, bowed to Chen Chong sadly, and said: "Although I'm sorry for the teacher, the life and death of the teacher's family is definitely not my intention, but I still can't absolve myself of the blame, so I still blame him."
Please forgive me, teacher."
When Chen Chong saw the Emperor prostrating himself, he immediately remembered the scenes of getting along with him over the past few years. He still remembered the calmness of the Emperor when he first entered Chang'an, the relief that the Emperor was in Yuanfu, and the anger of the two people's quarrel.
But all this has passed, and now there is no disturbance in his heart. He thinks that he probably hates this student very much.
But he could only help the emperor up and said calmly: "This is just a minister's family matter, so I won't bother your majesty."
The emperor saw that Chen Chong's face was as dense as a cloud, his tone was not wavering, and his heartstrings could not help but tighten. He didn't know whether to continue speaking. But he remembered Jia Xu's words before leaving, "He is already trapped in the palace, otherwise he will not be able to live."
, In the end, the desire to survive finally defeated the fear, and continued to say to Chen Chong: "Why did the teacher say this? I invited the teacher to meet today just for the teacher's family affairs."
He didn't wait for Chen Chong's reaction, and then said: "I'm talking about the teacher's renewal."
Continue? Chen Chong was shocked when he heard that the emperor would say such words. He immediately refused: "I am still in mourning, how can we discuss marriage?"
But the emperor said: "What the teacher said is true, but there is no need to stick to common sense in war, and what I said today is also for the consideration of the emperor."
As the words started to open up, the emperor's words gradually became smoother, and he said: "The emperor has admired the teacher for a long time, but because the teacher was already married, she has no interest in it. However, she thinks very highly of herself, even if she is a famous Guanzhong family member.
The color has been delayed until now. If I can’t get married with my teacher, I’m afraid she will never marry!”
Chen Chong was even more surprised when he heard this, and then felt a sudden sense of realization.
On her first night in Beijing, the princess sent someone to deliver wine to her. She was still surprised and surprised, but she should have woken up long ago. Otherwise, why would she have disobeyed the emperor and secretly delivered a silk scarf to her, writing in it the conspiracy of the palace?
Now that I think about it, she has actually expressed her feelings a long time ago, but she has never thought about it. It is now very clear what the maids were talking about on the way here.
But then he thought of Dong Bai and realized a series of consequences after marrying the princess, which Chen Chong could not accept, and his heart soon became cold again. Considering the reputation of the princess, he did not refuse in person, but used consideration as an excuse.
He pushed away the past and quickly said goodbye and left the palace.
In the corridor, he felt the same gaze as when he came.