The little fat man asked slowly. He sat comfortably on the chair and closed his eyes as he asked.
Zhang He possessed him and said, "It's true. Cai Gong said that when it comes to education, the stick must come first. After the stick has been applied, benevolent government must be given. If you just use violence, it is definitely not a good thing. He contacted the veterans of the court... and prepared to communicate with the court.
It is proposed to attack Cao Jun and others..."
"Well... you are doing a good job. It is okay to continue to monitor and complain, but... if you intend to contact Sun Jian, Song Feng and others, they will be executed directly without asking for my opinion..."
The little fat man said.
Zhang He's back felt cold, he cupped his hands and said, "I obey your order!"
"Oh, by the way..." The little fat man opened his eyes, looked at Zhang He, and said: "I heard that Jun Zixiong has your style and is a great young man. Tomorrow, I will let him enter the Yulin as a man and wait for you.
Sent..."
"Thank you for your great kindness, Your Majesty!"
"It doesn't have to be like this... Zhang Jun is my confidant... You and I are monarchs and ministers in the temple. On weekdays, we treat each other as friends..."
"I don't dare!"
Zhang He left the Hall of Houde cautiously. Just listen to the emperor's words. If he was serious about being friends with the emperor in private, I'm afraid that his and his son's heads would be hung on the city walls tomorrow.
Well, as the chief officer of the Embroidered Clothes Messenger and the emperor's eyes and ears, he knew how dangerous his position was. Just as the emperor had told him, if there was any abnormality, there was no need to ask and he would be executed directly.
Why not ask?
Because the emperor cannot know, and he, the one who knows, is likely to die miserably in front of the ministers. However, he has been in this position for so long, and he is already prepared in his heart. He knows that even if he dies miserably, he will die miserably.
The child will still be favored by the emperor and will inherit his marquis. If the emperor does not do this, no minister will dare to sit in his position.
Watching Zhang He leave, the little fat man didn't say anything for a long time. He frowned, took out the paper and pen and ink from under the case, and started to write. What he wrote were all names of people, filling the entire page. He looked at the paper,
Continuously marking and writing, Han Men stood at the door with his head lowered. No one was allowed in. The little fat man worked for a long time before turning over the paper in his hand to cover it.
"Hanmen..."
"nation!"
"I'm going to Yongning Palace..."
The Queen Mother Song looked at the little fat man in front of her, smiled, and gave him a few more mouthfuls of food, and said, "Eat more, you are getting thinner today..." The little fat man smiled and looked at Song
The Queen Mother pondered for a moment and said, "Mom, is grandpa still in good health?"
"It's okay. Why, do you miss your grandpa?"
"Yes, I miss you a little..."
"I don't know, Mom, I haven't heard my grandpa's voice for a long time...I almost forgot his appearance..."
Hearing what the little fat man said, the Queen Mother Song was stunned, slowly frowned, and asked: "What do you mean by this? Could it be that he has stopped going to court?"
"Mom, don't think too much. Grandpa naturally went to court to discuss matters. However, he didn't say a word or get up, so the child forgot a little... Taking the position of Jinwu, he supervises the inside and outside of Luoyang to serve the king.
It can be seen that grandpa is very tired..."
"Emperor..." The Queen Mother frowned and said somewhat seriously: "If you are dissatisfied with my grandfather, you can remove him from his post or punish him for his crime. There is no need to come to me to say this..."
The little fat man looked at his mother in front of him in astonishment and shouted, "What do you mean, mother? How dare I be dissatisfied with my grandpa at all?"
"Mom~~~", the little fat man smiled and said: "Mom made the mistake of blaming the child. No matter what happens to grandpa, he will always be my closest relative... Now in the temple, there are quite a lot of disputes among the old and new ministers.
I am worried that my ministers will fall out of harmony and interfere with state affairs...My grandfather is wise outside, and he is my grandfather. If he can speak a few words in the temple, it will be a good thing..."
After talking for a while, a palace maid came in with little Raoyang in her arms. Little Raoyang was yawning happily in the palace maid's arms. When he saw the little fat man sitting here, his eyes lit up and he stretched his whole body towards him.
, cried out in a milky voice: "Father, hug! Hug!"
The little fat man laughed, stood up, held the little guy in his arms, stretched out his hand, pinched her chubby little face, and said: "Ruobing, you called me wrong! It's not father, it's eldest brother!"
"Father!"
"It's the eldest brother!"
"Father!"
"Eldest brother!"
"Wow~~~~~"
"Okay, okay, it's Father!"
The little princess then stopped crying, laughed, hugged the little fat man's arms, and kept talking about her father. The little fat man smiled helplessly, looked at the Empress Dowager Song, and said: "Compared to my father, I am obviously better."
I’ve lost so much weight, why can’t this guy tell the difference?”
Queen Song glanced at him without saying anything.
"Go, go, my good girl, I will take you to play!" The little fat man had already explained what he had to explain, so he left Yongning Palace with the little guy in his arms. He took the little guy with him to the Queen.
As soon as I walked in from the Yongci Palace where I was staying, I saw Queen Cai leading everyone waiting. The little fat man teased the little princess in his arms, pointed at Queen Cai, and said, "Call Amu!"
The little princess bit her finger, thought for a long time, and shouted: "Sister-in-law!"
"Um???"
"Did you do this on purpose??"
"Wow~~~"
"Okay, okay, you didn't mean it."
Empress Cai smiled and took the little princess from his arms. In the queen's arms, the little guy became very well-behaved and smiled crazily. Just now, she was pulling the little fat man's short beard.
! The little fat girl complained about this. She could clearly recognize Queen Cai as her sister-in-law, but she couldn’t recognize herself! This was obviously intentional!
While they were chatting, Han Men walked in, and the little fat man turned his head and looked at him.
"Country, the Queen Mother left the palace and headed towards the Song Mansion... She said she wanted to meet the two elders of the family..."
"Oh..." The little fat man smiled.
"Ah? Why don't you just pick up grandpa and the others and go there in person?" the queen asked with some confusion. The little fat man smiled and said: "Grandpa is so busy, I can't bear to make him tired..."
The little fat man looked at the queen who was teasing the little guy for a long time. After entering the palace, the queen gradually matured and became more beautiful. The little fat man was often fascinated by the sight. He smiled infatuatedly and said: "I don't know.
When will you be able to give birth to a son for me..."
Empress Cai rolled her eyes at him, hugged the little guy, turned her head, and ignored him.
When the Emperor of Heaven returned to his Houde Hall, it was already evening. The little fat man was sitting on a chair, closing his eyes and meditating. The fights taking place in the temple today were naturally all arranged by him. The temple in the past
, after the strong period of Emperor Xiaokang, it became extremely calm, like a pool of stagnant water, without any vitality at all.
The ministers rarely debated policies, and they almost became the talking heads of the few veteran ministers.
This situation may have been good during the period of Emperor Xiaokang. Emperor Xiaokang was striving to revive China and needed ministers who could be completely obedient and would not obstruct innovation. However, in the Xiping year, some changes occurred. Today's emperor is young and energetic.
, my heart is full of great achievements, not to mention that after Emperor Xiaokang established the Ning Zhongxing, the situation of the Han Dynasty has now stabilized.
He hoped that a vibrant temple with bright stars would appear, rather than a lifeless one.
In addition, these veterans, occupying the position of three princes, have too much prestige. As old men who have followed Emperor Xiaokang, they have close relationships with many generals in the army. The emperor cannot say that they are afraid of them, but he hopes that there will be no people in the court.
There were too many old ministers dictating his own affairs. His original intention was to get Yuan Feng and others to leave the temple.
But we can't let Cao Cao and the others take over their positions, because no one in the court can be dominant. Cui Shi can stay in Situ's position because he will not oppose his own government orders. He is too old and spends all day
When he is confused and not awake, he is called a useless Situ in the court. However, his reputation and qualifications can completely crush Cao Cao and other officials.
In addition, he also wanted to support Song Feng and Lu Zhi to rise to power, but he did not expect that Cai Yong would act so staunchly.
Cai Yong was the emperor's father-in-law, and the emperor could not force him away like Wang Yun and Zheng Xuan did.
However, this is not a bad thing. As long as Song Feng can come forward to mediate and bring the forces of both sides into balance, he will have accomplished his original purpose.
In the third year of Xiping, the first month
Captain Zhang finally led King Fuyu, Liu Mo and others back to Luoyang.
The temple's canonization of Goguryeo and Buyeo areas has also been sent to the local areas. King Buyeo rested for a few days and then rushed to the palace. On the way, he still seemed a little worried and kept asking: "The emperor will not let this happen."
Will Ambassador Liu go to Fuyu to become prime minister?" Zhang Wen thought about it carefully and realized that it was really possible. Among the ministers, he was the only one who could understand the Fuyu language.
However, he was afraid of scaring King Fuyu, so he shook his head and said, "It shouldn't be..."
King Fuyu nodded and believed his words for the time being. Liu Mo followed them and was chatting cordially with Dahonglu Zhao Wen who came to greet him. Zhao Wen was a humble gentleman. He listened carefully to Liu Mo's words.
There was nothing to worry about. Liu Mo smiled and chatted with him, and suddenly asked: "I heard that the second son of Duke Zhao is Zhao Dao, the prefect of Changshan... I wonder if you know Zhao Yun, the military commander of General Tai Shici?"
Zhao Wen was stunned, thought for a moment, and said: "But the name is Zilong? If so, he is the grandson of the distant clan..."
Taishi Ci once led troops into Dongyi, and that person was the vanguard. Liu Mo was overjoyed when he heard this, and chatted with him about Dongyi.
This time, Liu Mo came here to serve as translator.
Zhao Wen led them into the palace. The emperor personally invited King Fuyu. This was an honor for King Fuyu. King Fuyu walked into the palace. On the way, he witnessed the power of the Han Dynasty. When he came to Luoyang, he was a little numb.
He did not lose his composure in the palace. When he entered the main hall, he saw the... burly emperor sitting on the throne. The emperor looked very solemn.
"Greetings to the Emperor of Han Dynasty!"
King Fuyu said, and Liu Mo began to translate from the side.
The emperor naturally praised King Fuyu's sincerity and gave him some rewards. Then he asked him to come to the court tomorrow to meet with the ministers and so on. When he left, there were only a few left in the hall.
After seeing Liu Mo and the Taiwei, the Emperor looked at Liu Mo and said: "This time Liu Mo has done a great job, I will give you my own reward, so I can retire first..."
Liu Mo was grateful again and again before leaving.
"Your Majesty... I have fulfilled my mission. Goguryeo and Fuyu... have joined our Han Dynasty. From now on, there will be no foreign troubles in Xin, He, You, and Han... The temples can feel at ease..." Zhang Wen said with cupped hands.
"Good, great good!" The emperor laughed. As the territory of the empire increased day by day, the expenditure of the new border guard army was also increasing. The vast majority of the expenditure of the temple was now spent on the military. This was also the request of the ministers to disarm.
The main purpose of this was that although the emperor had great ambitions, he was not willing to spend a lot of national power on these border guards. If the money was used on the Northern and Southern armies, the Han Dynasty would not know how to add tens of thousands of elite combat forces!
"In my opinion, the garrison soldiers on the east side..."
"Your Majesty, in the east, only Dong Zhuo will be left. Huangfu Song and Lu Bu can return to the court to repair and integrate into the Northern and Southern armies."
"As for the garrison soldiers, may your Majesty have forgotten... what Situ said earlier..."
Zhang Wen said with a smile.
"Huh?" The emperor frowned, Cui Shi? Cui Shi was in the temple, and he looked unconscious. What did he say? The emperor thought about it seriously, was shocked, and said: "We use garrison soldiers as an army.
Tuen!!"
"Not bad." Zhang Wen said.
The emperor frowned. A few months ago, when Cao Cao proposed the reform of agricultural settlements, Situ once said that he hoped that the emperor could turn the garrison into military settlements, not half-army and half-farmers, but directly into full-time military settlements.
, based on farming. At that time, when he proposed this statement, few ministers paid attention to it. The border guards have always established semi-military camps. If it is a full Japanese military camp, then what is the use of garrison soldiers?
They all just thought that Situ Gong wanted to establish his own prestige, and they all agreed to the political opinions he had just proposed.
However, after Goguryeo and Fuyu were completely destroyed, Situ Gong's political views led to the emergence of nearly 100,000 farmers in the northeastern region of the Han Dynasty. Farmers are attached to their homeland. If the temple wants to force them to go to the north and south to farm, obviously
They would not agree, but if they ordered the people to serve in the name of garrison, they would cultivate the border areas for three years, and this would continue for another ten or twenty years...
The emperor took a breath of air.
Whether it is the northeast, the southwest, or the northwest, those places where the people do not want to go, and even the criminal households want to escape, can use the name of border guarding to mobilize the people to carry out farming. For two or three years,
, the common people could not resist, and replaced a group of people every three years to continuously reclaim the desolate areas. This was even better than the dozen or so decrees proposed by Cao Cao!!!
Thinking of Situ, who was usually in a daze and closed his eyes all day long, the emperor's heart trembled. This person... must not be underestimated. It would be fine if it was a coincidence, but if all of this was expected by Situ, and took the lead
It was proposed that Cui Gong, who was known as the useless Situ, clearly surpassed countless ministers in terms of vision and talent, which was why the ministers did not react.
Could it be that Zhang Wen already knew this?
The emperor looked at Zhang Wen who was standing aside. Zhang Wen seemed to know what the emperor was thinking. Zhang Wen smiled and said: "Your Majesty, the late prince, in the past, he never obeyed anyone in the temple, not even He Zi. , Wen Rengong and the like, he only said that he could be my friend, but he was the only one who would give in and never talk to me when I met him on the road..."
"Mr. Cui?"
The emperor asked uncertainly, but the white-haired old man who was sick and confused all day long and wrote poems appeared in his mind.
"That's right." Zhang Wen replied.
At this moment, the emperor remembered Guo Jia's words in the past.
"Master, I say that only one and a half people can understand "Qianfu Lun"."
"That person is Cui Gong."
The emperor stood up suddenly and shouted: "Stop, I'm going to Situ's Mansion!"