On the same day, Han Wangran summoned the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty to the palace.
This was the first time in the past ten years since he became the king of Korea that he summoned ministers with the presence of Marquis Han Wu, Duke Kang Han Hu, and Duke Zhuang Han Geng as regents. It was also the first time that he exercised the power of a Korean king in a real sense.
"Why are you so silent? Don't you recognize me?"
Perhaps seeing that the atmosphere in the palace was too solemn, Han Wangran smiled and joked.
However, none of the ministers in the palace took this sentence as a joke. These ministers, who were old enough to be Han Wangran's father and grandfather, were all kneeling in the palace at this moment, with their heads lowered, and they did not dare to speak loudly. Take it out.
It's no wonder, after all, in the two-day plan to eradicate Wu'an Shou Zhu Man and Kang Gong Han Hu, this young king who was once despised finally revealed his long-hidden fangs, cleverly making people Zhu Man and Han Hu were suspicious of each other and hated each other. They even fought against each other and ended up getting rid of them all by his majesty.
At this time, there were only a few people in the palace who looked calm, including the old Prime Minister Shen Buhai.
"It's really not that simple..."
Sitting on his knees at the head of the list of courtiers, the old Prime Minister Shen Buhai opened one eye slightly and looked at the young king with his peripheral vision.
He had never had an enmity with the young king. In fact, because Han Wu, the Marquis of Li, kept Han Wangran in seclusion all the year round, he rarely saw Han Ran a few times throughout the year. Naturally, there was no possibility of any conflicts between them.
In addition, he, Shen Buhai, never participated in the struggle for power between Li Hou Han Wu and Kang Gong Han Hu. He only acted as a minister of South Korea and performed the duties of a minister.
Under this situation, Shen Buhai did not think that Han Wangran would have any influence or threat on him after he regained power.
After all, Han Wangran is not a traitor who has usurped the throne. He is the legitimate King of Han. It is just that he has regained the power after losing the royal power. In the future, he will still need to be like Shen Buhai, open-minded and heroic when handling state affairs in the future. Waiting for the minister's assistance.
But having said that, Shen Buhai was secretly surprised at the young king's forbearance.
You must know that Han Wangran is about the same age as Wei Gongzi Run. He was only twelve or three years old when he inherited the throne. But even so, this young king also understood what it means to have a sinister heart. He knew how to keep a low profile and hide his talents at a young age. This was hidden for fourteen years.
This kind of forbearance is probably unbearable even for adults with mature minds. However, this young king managed to do this with an endurance that ordinary people do not have. Not only is it amazing, but it also has a deep respect for this young king. The king was full of fear and fear.
Perhaps it was for this reason that the ministers in the palace did not even dare to express their dignity at this moment, because they had realized that the king they had misunderstood for a mediocre talent was actually probably a man comparable to King Jian of Han. Hero, this made them both excited and nervous.
You know, whether the king is excellent or not can directly affect the entire country.
I remember that nearly a hundred years ago, although the Wei State was not as powerful as it is now, it was still a big country that could compete with South Korea. Until a faint king "Zhao Kang" appeared in the Wei State, during his reign, the national power of the Wei State declined. Instead of advancing, they retreated, and even rashly forced troops to fight with South Korea, which contributed to the "disastrous defeat of the Shangdang in Wei and Han." From then on, the Wei State fell into decline and became a medium-sized country.
The Yin Rong of Sanchuan also took this opportunity to steal Sanchuan County of Wei State, but Wei State dared not speak out in anger.
However, during the "Period of Wei King Zhao Si", Zhao Si drastically abandoned the dross of the policies of his father's period, worked hard to govern, and devoted himself to developing national power. Although for more than 20 years, Wei Guo could not go to war.
The army only has the "Sixth Garrison Battalion" of only 80,000 people, but the national strength has doubled from before.
Later, Zhao Run, the son of the Wei State, appeared and achieved incredible results. He swept through the Central Plains countries, regained Sanchuan, defeated the Chu State, captured Hexi and Hetao, and finally made the Wei State a powerful country again, no, a first-class powerful country.
known to the world.
Even though the rise of the Wei State did not rely solely on Zhao Si, Zhao Run and his son, it cannot be denied that it was indeed these father and son who took more than thirty years to put back the family business that had been ruined during the "Wei King Zhao Kang Period".
In the past few years, South Korea, a weak country that could be destroyed at any time, has developed into a behemoth that cannot be defeated by the five forces gathered together.
This is the role of king!
If the king is wise, the country will be prosperous and strong; if the king is ignorant, the country will fall.
This is an eternal truth.
Now, in Korea, there may be a hero who can inherit the mantle of King Jian of Han, which makes all the officials in the palace very excited.
But at the same time, they were also very nervous, because before this, many of them had praised and criticized the young monarch in public or privately. When they thought of this, many ministers seemed to have sharp edges.
It feels like sitting on pins and needles on my back, so uncomfortable.
Of course, there are also people who look calm and seem unmoved at all.
In addition to the old prime minister Shen Buhai, there were also Lieutenant Qing Zhangkai, Wei Weiqing Xia Lei and others. Because there were not many in number, they were particularly conspicuous at this moment, which also made Han Wangran pay attention to a few people.
"I thought that all the ministers must have heard about the incident that happened at the palace gate two days ago..."
Sitting on the throne, Han Wangran slowly spoke.
Seeing this, the ears of all the ministers immediately perked up, and even the old prime minister Shen Buhai also concentrated some attention.
At this time, I heard Han Wangran continue to say: "Kang Gong Han Hu, I have always respected him. However, this old man, relying on his contribution to the country and the country, dared to ambush and assassinate Wu'an Shou Zhu Man..."
"Hey……"
The old prime minister Shen Buhao seemed to be smiling but not smiling.
You know, a while ago, the majesty in front of me swore that "only Duke Kang can stabilize the situation." But today, the title for Duke Kang and Han Hu has become "old thing (old thing)", which once again confirms
Shen Buhai guessed that when the Japanese and Korean kings agreed with his proposal, they were just following the trend.
Shen Buhai even felt that maybe it was his Majesty who actually sent someone to deliver a message to Kang Gong Han Hu, which enabled the latter to arrive in Handan early, making Zhu Man, the governor of Wu'an, even more nervous.
Although the other ministers in the palace are not as clear-eyed as Shen Buhai, they can still see one thing: that is, His Majesty designed Zhu Man and Han Hu. Otherwise, Zhu Man,
Are Han and Hu really so stupid that they would not hesitate to die together to make a wedding dress for the majesty in front of them?
Of course, although they knew it in their hearts, anyone who exposed it at this time would be the biggest fool in the world. There was only one thing they had to do at this moment, and that was to sing "Ancestral Blessing" in unison after Han Wangran said that.
, the luck of the country" is enough. "PS: People who eat melons say that as long as they can shout 666, it will be enough."
As for whether Wu'an Shou Zhu Man died at the hands of Kang Gong Han Hu, or whether Kang Gong Han Hu intended to coerce the majesty in front of him, is it important?
The majesty in front of me said yes, then that is the fact!
No, after Han Wangran finished what he said, all the officials in the court sang in unison: "It's really the blessing of our ancestors and the blessing of our country."
No one would be stupid enough to speak out against the situation at this time.
Seeing that all the ministers in the palace were very cooperative, Han Wangran was very satisfied.
To be fair, he really didn't mind someone jumping out to question him at this moment, so that he could exercise his power as a king and kill the chicken to scare the monkeys. However, the palace was full of human beings, and no one wanted to become that chicken.
After that, Han Wangran promoted several people in an unconventional way.
For example, he promoted Zhao Cong to serve as Wu Anshou, replacing the late Zhu Man, and promoted "Yan Ju" to serve as a school captain, temporarily taking over the military forces in Handan City - the reason why he said temporarily was because Han Wangran reserved it for "Bao Yuan"
position, after all, Bao Yuan is also a royal party member who supports him all year round, so the one who holds the position of Handan must be Bao Yuan.
In addition, Han Wangran promoted some generals, all of whom were recommended by Ma Kuo, Zhao Cong, and Yan Ju. These generals occupied almost all positions with military power in Handan and Wu'an.
However, among the officials in the court, Han Wangran was not promoted or dismissed. It was obvious that he was saving face for the old Prime Minister Shen Buhai.
After all, even when Li Hou Han Wu and Kang Gong Han Hu were both in Handan, state and government affairs were Shen Buhai's private territory - he could tolerate Han Hu, who turned Handan into a mess in order to fight for power, but he was determined to
They are not allowed to interfere in internal affairs.
If one of them violates the bottom line, then Shen Buhai will favor the other person.
Over time, Han Wu and Han Hu gradually accepted this situation.
As for today, the fact that the King of Han did not touch the role of Minister of Internal Affairs can be regarded as a way of showing off to Shen Buhai. After all, he still wants to reuse the old prime minister.
Shen Buhai, of course, also understood the deep meaning behind it. After gesturing with his eyes to open the ground, Xia Lei was waiting for the pillars of the court, and a crowd of people supported Han Wangran. Following Han Wangran's words, they all rebuked Kang Gong and Han Hu.
All kinds of bad deeds, in short, made the incident of "Han Wangran ordered Zhao Cong to execute Han Hu" become justifiable and impossible to praise or criticize.
Due to the tacit understanding between both parties, except for those ministers who had criticized Han Wangran secretly and were still trembling with fear, the rest of the upright officials in the court, such as Shen Bukai, Zhang Kai, Xia Lei, etc., all looked calm, as if Wu Anshou
The death of Zhu Man and Kang Gong and Han Hu has never happened before.
After the dynasty was dismissed, Han Wangran returned to the inner hall with Ma Kuo, who had just been on duty at the entrance of the hall.
During this period, Ma Kuo smiled and asked Han Wangran how he felt about summoning the ministers today.
Although Han Wangran smiled slightly and did not say it clearly, it was not difficult to see from his expression that he was very happy, as if he was elated and elated.
After returning to the inner hall, a chamberlain came over and reported: "Your Majesty, the Queen sent someone here this morning, saying that she was thinking of Your Majesty."
Hearing this, Han Wangran snorted, and then sighed slightly.
At this time, the chamberlain had already retired. Ma Kuo saw that Han Wangran had a frustrated look on his face, so he asked doubtfully: "Your Majesty, what's the matter?"
Han Wangran shook his head. At first he was not interested in explaining, but after thinking for a moment, he suddenly said: "The queen is not willing to marry the widow. Over the years, although she cannot be said to have owed anything to the widow, she can't be said to be close to her.
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Ma Kuo suddenly understood.
This is not surprising. Once upon a time, the chamberlains in the palace even dared to glance sideways at Han Wangran, but today, do those chamberlains still have the courage?
However, at this moment, Han Wangran suddenly asked: "Ma Kuo, do you think I should go see the queen?"
"Huh?" Ma Kuo was stunned and said hesitantly: "This is your Majesty's internal matter, and I will not dare to speak nonsense."
"I allow you to speak nonsense." Han Wangran said with his eyes closed.
Seeing this, Ma Kuo thought for a while and bravely said: "The general thinks that your majesty should go to see the queen..."
Han Wangran took a deep look at Ma Kuo, suddenly showed his face and said: "I think so too."
After that, he patted Ma Kuo's arm and said: "In that case, I will go to the harem to comfort the queen. You can invite Zhao Zhuo and Han Chao here on my behalf. I have something to tell them."
"Zhao Zhuo? Han Chao?"
Ma Kuo was stunned for a moment, then he guessed a little bit and retreated with clasped fists respectfully.
Watching Ma Kuo's leaving figure, Han Wangran stood there with his hands behind his back, his eyes closed and thoughtful.
In the past ten years, he has tasted too much of the harshness of the world and the warmth and warmth of human relationships.
Over the years, some people have bullied him and some have slandered him. Even the queen, who should be the woman he is closest to, lacks intimacy with him.
But now that he has regained power, these people have joined him one after another.
At this time, a chamberlain walked by quickly. When he saw Han Wangran, he seemed to be surprised and saluted quickly: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty."
"This person..."
Pretending to glance at the other person casually, Han Wangran nodded casually and walked past the servant.
Seeing this, the chamberlain breathed a sigh of relief and reached out to wipe the cold sweat from his forehead. He would never have thought that Han Wangran, who was walking away at this moment, had glanced sideways at him with a cold look in his eyes.
Just like the way he looked at Kang Gong and Han Hu two days ago.
In fact, he recognized the chamberlain.
When Kang Gong Han Hu took the birdcage from his hand and smashed it to the ground out of anger, the chamberlain was nearby. Afterwards, Quan used this incident as a joke to talk and laugh with the chamberlains and maids in the palace.
, happened to be heard by Han Wangran.
Han Wangran has never forgotten the contemptuous tone of those people at that time.
"...it's not the time yet."
Taking a deep breath, Han Wangran clenched his fists, then relaxed again and adjusted his mood.
With his current power, it would be easy to kill that chamberlain, including other chamberlains and palace maids who had slandered him behind his back.
Including those ministers in the court who had offended him, it would not be very difficult for Han Wangran to want them to die today, but the current situation did not allow him to be so willful.
After all, the Wei State is now aggressive. He can only resist this disaster by joining forces with his subjects and uniting as one. How can he make his ministers who already have doubts and fears about him become more alienated from him because of his sudden speed?
Woolen cloth?
Vaguely, he felt a little depressed in his heart.
He stopped and stood in the corridor looking at the sky.
"...Besides the birdcage, why isn't there a bigger cage? It's just that if you don't pay attention, you won't notice it..."
Sighing slightly, Han Wangran slowly closed his eyes.
For some reason, the excitement and joy of eradicating Duke Kang and Han Hu and regaining the royal power disappeared at this moment.
After a while, King Han comforted the queen from the harem and returned to the side hall.
At this time, Ma Kuo had also summoned Zhao Zhuo and Han Chao to the side hall and were waiting here.
Not long after, they saw Han Wangran walking in from outside the palace. Zhao Zhuo and Han Chao hurriedly stepped forward to greet him and saluted respectfully: "My lord, I'd like to meet your majesty."
Han Wangran nodded slightly, and after signaling Zhao Zhuo and Han Chao to excuse themselves, he said: "Zhao Zhuo, Han Chao, I have summoned you two this time. I think you two must have guessed something."
Zhao Zhuo and Han Chao looked at each other and nodded hesitantly.
Although they served as ministers in the DPRK and sometimes handled some internal affairs, they more often visited other countries as envoys. Under the current circumstances, if Han Wangran summoned them, it must be for the sake of Han Wu. , asked them to talk about Wei Gongzi Run - after all, Zhao Zhuo and Han Chao had visited Wei Gongzi Run many times on behalf of South Korea, and they were both familiar faces.
Logically speaking, this is not a difficult thing.
Although Wei Gongzi Run has the reputation of "killing envoys", he did not kill all envoys. Those killed by Wei Gongzi Run were all those who felt good about themselves, were arrogant and arrogant, such as the officials of Qi State. "Tianhu".
Anyway, Zhao Zhuo and Han Chao have visited Wei Gongzi Run many times over the years, and they are polite to each other.
Therefore, the key to the hesitation of Zhao Zhuo and Han Chao was not Wei Gongzi Run, but whether the young Han Jun in front of him wanted a living Lihou or a dead Han Wu? - Only then did he want a living Lihou or a dead Han Wu? is the key!
You know, even though Han Wangran is currently in control of the royal capital, if Lihou Han Wu returns to Handan alive, Wu'an and Wu'an's troops may immediately switch sides, and Han Wangran's current power may be wiped out.
After all, compared to Han Wangran, Lihou Han Wu was once the person who truly stood above the country.
Therefore, Zhao Zhuo and Han Chao did not think that Han Wangran really wanted to save Lihou Han Wu, and he was probably just pretending to say so.
And the most embarrassing thing is that it is difficult for them to ask about this matter.
However, the king's order was unavoidable. In the end, Zhao Zhuo and Han Chao accepted the order and led a group of people on the journey to Julu.
They were accompanied by Ma Kuo, but Ma Kuo's mission was different from theirs. He was ordered by Han Wangran to rectify the Korean army in the Julu area.
On the way, Ma Kuo met his father's deputy general Xu Li who was guarding Ma She in the valley. It turned out that Ma She was very worried when he saw that his son had not been heard from since he went to Handan, so he sent his deputy Xu Li to lead a thousand cavalry and two thousand infantry. Come to the rescue - just in case Han Wangran wants to regain his power in a hurry, but he doesn't have enough troops.
It has to be said that when he learned from Ma Kuo that Han Wangran had regained power, deputy general Xu Li was stunned.
Don't talk about him, I believe that even Ma She would have never expected that Han Wangran, with only Ma Kuo and a few of his soldiers to help him, got rid of Wu'an Shou Zhu Man and Kang Gong Han Hu, and recaptured gained authority.
"This is simply... simply unbelievable."
Xu Li couldn't help but be amazed.
Hearing this exclamation, Ma Kuo burst out laughing. While laughing, he also admired Han Wangran's city government and methods.
While chatting, Xu Li asked Ma Kuo about the purpose of his trip.
Ma Kuo took out Han Wangran's royal order from his arms and said with a smile: "Your Majesty ordered my father to supervise the four armies of Yuyang, Daijun, Beiyan, and Shanggu..."
This is equivalent to asking Shanggu Shou Mashe to replace Dangyin Hou Han Yang and take charge of all the Korean troops in the Julu area.
Therefore, after hearing Ma Kuo's words, Xu Li was very happy.
Since Handan had been controlled by Han Wangran, Xu Li decided to simply return to the Julu area and escort the two envoys Zhao Zhuo and Han Chao.
After arriving at the Yuyang military camp, Ma Kuo said goodbye to Zhao Zhuo and Han Chao, and went to the military camp to issue Han Wangran's royal order. Zhao Zhuo and Han Chao, with their envoys, went to Xu Li personally. The five hundred men he led headed for Julu under the protection of Shanggu cavalry.
During this period, Zhao Zhuo and Han Chao asked Xu Li about the current situation in the Julu area. They learned from Xu Li that after their Han army was accidentally captured by the Wei army at Lihou Han Wu, the morale of the army was sluggish. Yinhou Han Yang worked hard to boost morale, hoping to besiege Julu and put pressure on the Wei army to force the Wei army to release Lihou Hanwu.
But unfortunately, the effect is not good.
While chatting, they arrived at Julu City.
Because the envoys of Zhao Zhuo and Han Chao raised flags with the words "Han, Envoy" high, the Shangshui soldiers guarding the city did not embarrass them. After ordering Xu Li's 500 cavalry to retreat two steps After a hundred feet, he opened the city gate, put the envoys Zhao Zhuo and Han Chao into the city, and immediately informed the prince Zhao Run.
After learning about the arrival of Zhao Zhuo and Han Chao, Zhao Hongrun was not surprised. In other words, he had been waiting for Handan to send someone to negotiate with him these days.
"Your Highness Run, we are here to bother you again."
"Hahaha, please take a seat, you two... Come here, prepare some food and drinks to welcome the two distinguished envoys."
Therefore, they are familiar faces to each other, and Zhao Zhuo and Han Chao both know how powerful this Wei Gongzi is and do not dare to show off at all. Therefore, the atmosphere between the two sides is very harmonious, and it does not look like a hostile country at war.
After inviting Zhao Zhuo and Han Chao to take their seats, Zhao Hongrun said with a smile: "A few days ago, I was here waiting for you two... I guess there must be two distinguished envoys this time."
Although Zhao Hongrun's words were very witty, Zhao Zhuo and Han Chao really couldn't laugh due to various reasons.
After looking at each other, Han Chao raised his hands and said to Zhao Hongrun: "Your Highness Run, the two of us are here today on the orders of the monarch of our country to implore Your Highness Run to raise your noble hand and release Marquis Li..."
Zhao Hongrun was drinking tea. He was suddenly startled when he heard this. He raised his head and asked with a strange expression: "Monarch? Han Ran?"
Zhao Zhuo and Han Chao didn't know what was going on and nodded slightly.
After receiving confirmation from both of them, Zhao Hongrun's expression became even weirder. He put down the tea cup and murmured: "This is really beyond my expectation... He moved so fast! Where is Han Hu? He was killed by Han Killed then?"
"Huh?"
Zhao Zhuo and Han Chao looked at each other, secretly surprised: This Young Master Wei seems to know something.
Nodding, Zhao Zhuo said in a low voice: "Kang, Kang Gong, Han Hu, killed Zhongliang in the fight for power, and was captured and killed by the king of our country." "This is really..."
Touching his chin, Zhao Hongrun said with great interest: "At first, I thought you two were sent by Han Hu, Han Geng and others, but I never thought it was Han Ran... Hey, in this case, then I will Let’s use a different rhetoric.”
After that, he propped his elbows on the desk, spread the palms of his hands forward, and asked with a smile: "In my hands, there may be a living Lihou, or a dead Hanwu, but I don't know how expensive it is." Is it the living Marquis Li or the dead Han Wu that the country wants to welcome back?"
After hearing this, Zhao Zhuo and Han Chao looked at each other, wanting to cry but without tears.