In early winter and October, Longyou is already filled with wind and clouds, and the trees are rustling and solemn.
But beside the creek pavilion in the Yishan Villa of the Lu family, the atmosphere was very warm: Zheng Pu, who had returned from Hexi for more than ten days, was teaching calligraphy in a soft voice to little Jingji, who had just begun to enlighten herself.
When the news of Jiangdong's Yin attack on Huainan reached Bashu, all the soldiers and horses of the Han Dynasty's Northern Expedition ushered in a rare moment of leisure.
The soldiers took turns to take leave and return to Shu to visit relatives. Except for a few generals guarding counties and counties, others finally no longer had to stay in the military camp day and night. Even the post stations in various places that conveyed military information became deserted.
It’s been ten years!
It has been ten years since the army entered Hanzhong County in the fifth year of Jianxing. The Han Dynasty once again ushered in the opportunity for the people to rest and engage in farming and grain cultivation.
For the court, it can relieve the overburdened finances; for the common people, it is no longer tense for the golden horse.
In any case, in the hearts of people who only want food and clothing to succeed Li Shu, whether it is the Northern Expedition against the Wei Dynasty or the restoration of the Central Plains, it is a matter of great righteousness, which means an increase in taxes and corvee, disrupting the work at sunrise and rest at dusk.
Life expectations. If men can farm and women can weave in peace, and watch their parents play with their grandchildren at home, who would want to fight?
Therefore, when the imperial court successively issued edicts such as ordering all troops to temporarily disarm and return home, and reducing the annual and quarterly quotas for counties and counties to stockpile grain, armor, and ordnance, even the desolation of early winter could not cover up the faces of the great Han people.
of joy.
The same goes for Zheng Pu.
Because of this, he also ushered in the joy of Nongzhang.
In the summer of June, his wife Zhang Yan gave birth to a son, allowing him to live a life full of children and career ambitions.
The only thing that was a little uncomfortable was that the son who was named Tiger Head didn't like to see him. Every time he came close or tried to hug him to feel the love between father and son, blood is thicker than water, the boy would cry loudly, which made him suffer.
His mother, Lu Shi, and his wife, Zhang Yan, both disliked him and told him not to make others uncomfortable.
Okay.
Zheng Pu, whose husband was weak, had no choice but to obey his orders.
He had originally thought that when the little tiger was seven or eight years old, he would find an opportunity to come up with popular allusions such as "lying on the ice to seek carp", "snatching mosquitoes with blood", etc., but suddenly he felt that it would not be good to encourage the seedlings.
If you feel that such an opportunity to show your filial piety is wasted, then give it to little Jing Ji.
At least, the well-behaved little Jingji would smile brightly every time she saw him, calling her father playfully and acting like a baby, making his father's love overflow freely.
cough!
Yes, Zheng Pu's official position was transferred.
In other words, with the implementation of the national policy of rest and recuperation, the official positions of all officials and assistants have undergone changes.
After the prime minister returned to Hanzhong, he went to Chengdu to request a knighthood for all the soldiers of the Northern Expedition on the grounds of a temporary truce.
For example, Wei Yan was transferred to the hussar general; Wu Yi and Wu Ban were left and right cavalry generals respectively; Ma Dai was the successor general, Jiang Wei, Guan Xing, Zhang Bao and others were transferred and stayed in the army.
constant.
However, Zheng Pu dismissed the title of General and was transferred to the position of Prime Minister Sizhi.
Sizhi was originally established in the fifth year of Yuanshou by Emperor Wu of the former Han Dynasty and belonged to the Prime Minister's Office.
It is called "Prime Minister Sizhi", which is more valuable than two thousand stones.
Responsible for assisting the prime minister in reporting illegal acts, and his status is above that of the Sili Xiaowei.
After Guangwu restored the Han Dynasty, he abolished the post of prime minister, but also followed the example of Emperor Wu of the former Han Dynasty and established the Sizhi, which belonged to the Situ Mansion.
His authority was to assist Situ to record reports from prefectures and counties, and to examine the abilities of officials to see if they were competent, but it was abolished after a few years.
Because Si Zhi's authority is too great.
The power of the Sili Xiaowei is to supervise the crown prince, and there are hundreds of officials below the three princes. The power held by the Prime Minister Sizhi above him is self-evident.
However, Chengdu temples have no objection to this.
As a result, Emperor Liu Chan had no clan power to rely on.
As the emperor's brother-in-law, Zheng Pu was given as much power as Zhang Bao, and it was natural for him to be the emperor's help in controlling military power and government affairs.
The other reason is that Wu State attacked Huainan in secret.
The overwhelming power of Jiangdong to attack Wei was the prerequisite for the Han Dynasty to rest and recuperate in the next few years.
For Lai Han, this move was no less than a great victory.
After all, with the fall of Hefei New City, if the Wei Dynasty wanted to drive Wu back to the south of the Yangtze River, it would have to pay at least tens of thousands of soldiers and countless grain and baggage losses, and it would not have the strength to launch an offensive against Longyou or Hexi.
All of this was the result of Zheng Pu's mission to prepare for Sun Quan.
With such merit, how could An not promote him?
Finally, the authority of Prime Minister Si Zhi was not fully delegated to Zheng Pu.
Previously, the "Inspection and Examination Office" was established with Li Yan as the court captain, which already had the power of supervising hundreds of officials. Now the prime minister has asked Zheng Pu to be the director, but it is just to determine the "successor" in advance.
Naturally, it was inevitable that this move would surprise the Han officials.
As the highest-ranking official in the Prime Minister's Office and the person who will succeed Li Yan, it is equivalent to announcing to the world that Zheng Pu will be the only assistant to the government after the second most important minister in the Han Dynasty.
right!
Nowadays, Zheng Pu's official position is that of the highest ranking official in the prime minister's office.
Xiang Lang, who acted on behalf of the Prime Minister's Office in Ji County, later returned to Chengdu as a general and served as a minister; while Jiang Wan, who acted in charge of the Prime Minister's Office in Chengdu, resigned from the Prime Minister's Office and became the governor of Yizhou; similarly,
The first one was Fei Yi, the chief minister of the prime minister's office, who was transferred to the position of governor of Liangzhou. Others, such as Hu Ji, Liao Hua, Zong Yu and Wang Ping, also resigned from the post of minister and assistant in the prime minister's office and took over the official posts of the imperial court alone.
In the past, there were countless ministers and assistants, but only Zheng Pu, Ma Di, Dong Jue and some ministers and assistants were left.
Such personnel transfers caused an uproar in Chengdu temples.
Without him, if the Chengdu temple decides on this, the Prime Minister's Mansion will no longer have the previous authority of "all the palaces and mansions are integrated, and all matters can be resolved regardless of the size."
In other words, the prime minister, who has been in power for more than ten years, plans to return power to the emperor.
Inevitably, all the temples and temples in Chengdu spoke in unison.
They had no objection to the promotion of official positions led by Wei Yan and other military commanders, but they believed that it was inappropriate to carry out the Prime Minister's wishes and weaken the authority of the Prime Minister's Office.
Li Yan sent a private message to the Prime Minister to persuade him not to do so on the grounds of "returning to the old capital and the Northern Expedition has not yet been completed".
The emperor Liu Chan wrote a letter, claiming that he did not dare to disobey the late emperor's instructions before his death: "After my death, your brother's father will serve the prime minister, and your minister will only work with the prime minister." He asked the prime minister not to have any thoughts of returning to power.
However, the Prime Minister's mind did not change and he returned to Chengdu.
say:
"The old minister was entrusted by the late emperor to be an orphan when your majesty was still young. Now that your majesty is strong and strong, he has already possessed the style of the late emperor. If the old minister loves his position and steals power, it will be difficult for him to have a face in heaven and earth. Moreover, the late emperor once said, 'A man cannot be called a child at fifty.
', The old minister is nearly sixty years old, and his body is no longer as healthy as it used to be. Diseases occur frequently and walking becomes inconvenient, and he will eventually die. Now that he is promoting the government to the public, he is not unwilling to exhaust his strength and then die, but he is afraid that he will die.
After working hard all day and night, I will not see the day when I can return to the old capital, and I will go to the underworld to tell the spirit of the late emperor without saying a word! But please, Your Majesty, take pity on my worries, and it is my wish. I am deeply grateful for your kindness."
The emperor burst into tears upon hearing this, and all the princes in the temple hid their faces.
No more words were said, and the matter was carried out.
