Chapter 161 The Memories of the Prince (Continued)
(Thank you for the reward for a fish drifting, the left and right are not north and south, and the light smoke surrounds three people. Thanks for the votes of the magical golden beetle, the sailor himself, yptse and other brothers.)
After the incident at the banquet, Guo Bing and Lu Zhongtian fell into a cycle of smiling on the surface and stabbing each other in the back. It was nothing more than an ordinary little friction. Two years after that incident, the late emperor discussed When he established the crown prince, Lu Zhongtian finally showed his ruthlessness.
Everyone in the court knew that the position of the prince was not controversial, and that was Guo Bing's elder brother Guo Chong. So the court did not think there would be any disturbance in this matter. Once the emperor decided to establish the prince, that person would be Guo Chong. However, under this situation, rumors that are not conducive to Guo Bing are still rampant. About him wanting to be the prince, secretly contacting officials in the court and central government to lobby the emperor, and even secretly searching for information about the eldest prince. Rumors flying around the inspection area actually confused many officials in the court, and some even believed them to be true and went to tell the late emperor about these things.
During that time, Guo Bing was in a very embarrassed state. It was the first crisis he encountered as an adult, and he truly felt a huge threat. Because this kind of behavior of seeking the throne of the prince without permission was the behavior of the ancestors of the Great Zhou Dynasty. What is strictly prohibited is to prevent the tragedy of brothers fighting for the throne. Too many such things happened in the Li and Tang Dynasties in the previous dynasty. The Zhou Dynasty learned the lesson of the demise of the Tang Dynasty from the beginning of the founding of the country, regardless of whether it was the prince. The biggest changes have been made to the rules and court policies.
To give a simple example, the Great Zhou Dynasty ruled the world with culture and never allowed military attachés in border towns to command the army. This was based on the strong strength of the feudal towns in the Tang Dynasty. Being self-absorbed eventually evolved into the lesson of each acting for his own king and causing rebellion. In fact, the Great Zhou Dynasty itself took advantage of this misstep in the late Tang Dynasty. The Great Zhou Dynasty founded by the ancestor Guo Wei was born out of the vassal town. This is Under such circumstances, how could we not take strict precautions?
Therefore, this incident made Guo Bing very passive. In the end, it was his father who was wise and did not believe such rumors. In addition, Guo Bing took the initiative to go to the palace to express his feelings and wished he could commit suicide to prove his innocence. This incident finally disappeared. But from then on, Guo Bing felt the suspicion from his royal brother Guo Chong, and for the first time there was a sense of distance between the brothers. This was different from the small conflicts in childhood. This time Conflict is destroying the trust between the two people.
Afterwards, Guo Bing conducted a secret investigation for a long time. Although the source of the information and the manipulator behind the scenes were not clearly found, various signs showed that it was the first strong medicine Lu Zhongtian gave him. From this incident on, Guo Bing Then he decided to break up with Lu Zhongtian.
However, just like his name, Lu Zhongtian was at the height of his power at that time. He was promoted from deputy prime minister to prime minister, accomplished several major events in succession, and was deeply favored by his father. Guo Bing knew that he was no match for him, so he had to swallow his anger for the time being.
Three years later, Guo Bing found an opportunity. A corruption case involving local officials caught Guo Bing's attention. It was originally a small case in which hundreds of taels of silver were embezzled, but it turned out to be just an ordinary case. It couldn't be an ordinary case, but Guo Bing still seized this opportunity. Who said that the general judge was Lu Zhongtian's nephew and son-in-law? Naturally, such things cannot be easily let go. So the case was upgraded layer by layer, from the corruption case to the investigation It became an official administration case and went back several years, tracing back to how this general magistrate entered the official position, how he obtained the official position, and how he was promoted. Finally, the irregularities in the promotion of this general magistrate were found.
The fact that this person was supported by He Yuanqing, the Minister of Civil Affairs, and was promoted beyond the level has also emerged. Although this has nothing to do with Lu Zhongtian, Lu Zhongtian cannot escape the relationship. He Yuanqing's personal confession was for the sake of Lu Zhongtian's face, and in order to flatter Lu Zhongtian
Promoted his nephew and son-in-law. A group of officials at Yushitai have always been fearless. They wish they could bring down a high-ranking official every day to show that they are not idle. After learning about this, they immediately became bloodthirsty.
Like mosquitoes and flies, they swarmed him. Guo Bing didn't even take action personally. Lu Zhongtian resigned because he couldn't stand the impeachment of this group of people every day.
That was also Guo Bing's first victory over Lu Zhongtian, and also his first political victory in his life. Guo Bing also truly realized that fighting with others is really fun, especially the feeling of having his enemy overthrown.
, it’s so exciting.
That was also the first time that Lu Zhongtian was defeated in his life. Of course, it was because of his lack of political determination, his failure to psychologically withstand the attacks of the officials, and his lack of maturity and composure. In fact, the Holy Spirit had no intention of blaming him at all.
, and there was no thought of punishment at all. After all, this matter was not done by Lu Zhongtian, but the people below made their own decisions in order to flatter him. Even the prince Guo Chong publicly supported Lu Zhongtian at the time, but Lu Zhongtian still chose to resign to calm the matter.
.
Guo Bing actually knew in his heart that Lu Zhongtian must know that he was behind it, and it was actually not difficult to find out. But Guo Bing didn't care about this. He was immersed in the joy of victory and enjoying this victory.
After Lu Zhongtian stepped down, a group of cutting-edge officials quickly occupied important positions, including Fang Dunru, who is now the head of Songshan Academy. At that time, Fang Dunru was originally an official at Yushitai, and he was elected because of his daring to speak out and give advice.
His reputation was so great that he was promoted to the political affairs hall and served as the counselor of political affairs. He was in the limelight for a while and had the potential to be the prime minister. However, only one year passed. Prime Minister Feng Ziyue passed away due to illness. When many people thought that Fang Dunru had a good chance.
When paying homage to the prime minister, the late emperor re-appointed Lu Zhongtian as prime minister.
It was really lively now. Many people in the political hall were the ones who impeached Lu Zhongtian, and Lu Zhongtian's return was doomed to be unrest in the court. This time, Lu Zhongtian seemed to have become much more mature after a year of precipitation.
, he ruthlessly purged the dissidents in the political hall. A number of policies were immediately abolished after he came to power. For this reason, Fang Dunru argued hard, but Lu Zhongtian remained unmoved.
Although Fang Dunru still had the right to speak in front of the Holy Emperor, it was obvious that the Holy Emperor was more inclined to Lu Zhongtian. Under this situation, Fang Dunru chose to resign and go into seclusion. Although many people in the court persuaded him to stay, even the late emperor himself also persuaded him to stay.
Fang Dunru, but Fang Dunru's temper was rather broken, so he left the capital and returned to Hangzhou, founded Songshan Academy, and never asked about the affairs of the court again.
This also objectively consolidated Lu Zhongtian's power. Lu Zhongtian regained control of the political hall and quickly took control of the situation.
For Guo Bing, this was naturally a huge blow. What's more, his brother, who was the prince, later married Lu Zhongtian's daughter as a concubine. Guo Bing understood that Lu Zhongtian was no longer something he could shake.
Twenty years ago, taking advantage of the banditry in Hangzhou, Guo Bing finally persuaded the late emperor to leave the capital and come to Hangzhou to eliminate the banditry and stabilize the situation. Guo Bing left the capital in a concession, not only to avoid conflict with Lu Zhongtian, but also for himself.
Leaving a way out. Lu Zhongtian obviously didn't want to let Guo Bing go. He bluntly pointed out all the inappropriateness of the vassal king's departure from the capital in front of the late emperor. However, the late emperor obviously understood the contradiction between the two and did not want the two to go.
The situation was like fire and water, so he remained unmoved. At the same time, Guo Bing also strived for success and successfully suppressed bandits in Hangzhou, driving a group of tough bandits into the sea. He also requested to sit in Hangzhou on the grounds of preventing the pirates from coming back, and the late emperor also followed suit.
Agreed to this matter.
At this time, the rise of Yang Jun, the secret envoy of the Central Government, became Lu Zhongtian's strong opponent. Lu Zhongtian had to put aside the matter for the time being and transfer his energy to Yang Jun. In the battle between the two, Guo Bing made a wise choice.
Neutral, because he couldn't join forces with Yang Jun. He knew that doing so would ruin him. If the vassal king and the privy council stood on a united front, it would force the Holy One to take action. He could only watch helplessly and must not get involved. But
Guo Bing knew that Lu Zhongtian had never forgotten him.
Lu Zhongtian's last two short-term resignations were also due to Yang Jun. The two sides actually had victories and defeats, and it can only be said that Lu Zhongtian had a slight advantage. Those two short-term resignations were also measures to retreat in order to advance.
In view of all the entanglements between him and Lu Zhongtian, Guo Bing could not remain silent when he established the prince. Anyone can be the prince, except Huai Wang Guo Xu. Even if it is not the eldest prince Guo Mian, he will definitely not be Guo Xu, otherwise if Guo
When Xu ascends the throne, Prince Liang's palace will be destroyed. No matter what, Guo Bing cannot let this happen.
This is also the reason why Guo Bing is depressed and restless.
In fact, if he joins forces with Privy Councilor Yang Jun, he may not be able to send King Jin to the throne of crown prince. After all, in terms of morality and ancestral system, he occupies the commanding heights and will have a large number of people following him. But the problem is that things are by no means that simple.
One of the biggest problems is that if you side with the King of Jin and support the King of Jin, you may have a conflict with the emperor's brother. Although it is a rule to establish a leader, it is obvious that the emperor's brother is interested in the Huai King. These attitudes are more or less the same.
If it comes out, and Lu Zhongtian is lobbying from the side, things will be very difficult. Openly opposing the emperor's brother will not only destroy the relationship that Guo Bing has carefully maintained over the years, but will also cause unreasonable disasters.
But if he does not stand with Privy Councilor Yang Jun, I am afraid that Yang Jun will not be able to support him alone. Although Yang Jun is not easy to mess with, he is a well-known iron-blooded Privy Councilor who completely annihilated Xixia more than 20 years ago.
He made great achievements in the battle and defeated the northwest in one fell swoop. He was the mainstay of the court. But facing the emperor's brother and Lu Zhongtian, he might still be difficult to deal with. He was a military commander, and he did not have enough appeal to civil servants. This will
It cannot form enough power to influence the decisions of other people in the DPRK.
Guo Bing was very anxious and very difficult to decide. But fortunately, the matter of establishing a prince was just a rumor. The Holy Emperor obviously understood that this matter would cause a disturbance, and he did not seem to decide to proceed with it immediately. Therefore, although this matter is difficult,
But there is still time. Maybe it won't be brought to the forefront in two or three years. This is the consistent style of the Holy Father.
When the emperor acts, he likes to let the wind go first, observe the movement secretly, and then act in a targeted manner. Guo Bing believes that he should not jump out and expose his thoughts for the time being, and then he will act on his own. Even if the emperor asks in person, he will not
You have to be careless and can't speak your mind.
