Character defects are the most difficult diseases in the world to treat.
Don't Xiang Yu have any strong generals or wise men under his command?
Of course there is.
But he controlled most of the country and hundreds of thousands of troops, and finally fell at the feet of Liu Bang.
Emperor Chongzhen was not diligent in his administration, didn't he want to turn the tide when it was falling, support the building when it was about to collapse, and save the Ming Dynasty that was about to collapse?
Of course I work diligently, and of course I want to save the country.
But after more than ten years of hard work, Li Zicheng finally captured the capital.
What is the reason for all this?
Because character determines destiny.
Xiang Yu and Chongzhen are both stubborn and extremely suspicious. They don't understand the principle of not being suspicious of people when they are employed and being suspicious of people when they are not used.
Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty understood.
From a historical perspective, during the Yellow Turban Rebellion, he chose the three best generals to put down the rebellion.
It took less than a year to put down the Yellow Turban Rebellion.
When dealing with the border, Liu Yu and Zhang Wen were also used to merge the two states.
Although Zhang Wen only defeated Han Sui and did not annihilate him, compared to the very rotten situation, it was already pretty good.
But was Emperor Ling of Han a good emperor?
of course not.
Chaos without loss is called "spirit".
The posthumous title Lingdi is the best explanation.
He doted on the eunuchs, kept amassing money, was greedy for pleasure, and overhauled his palace.
His character is too playful, which means that Chen Mu can't change his destiny and help him correct himself.
A year and a half later, there is a high probability that Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty would still collapse his body due to his greed for pleasure and die suddenly in bed.
If this is the case, Chen Mu will have to follow the original plan.
In fact, he already ruined the plan once.
At the very beginning, Chen Mu planned to completely collapse the country and bring troubled times ahead of time.
However, under the influence of big brother Liu Bei, this plan was not implemented in the end.
So he chose the second plan.
As a wise and resourceful person, it is reasonable to prepare more follow-up plans.
get off work.
Chen Mu wrote down the current plan with a brush in his room.
"If Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty is bound to die, then there are two options. One is that Dong Zhuo enters the capital, leads the wolf into the house, kills the young emperor and kidnaps Emperor Xian, and then starts the mode of collapse of the world."
"Two, Liu Bei enters the capital? Defeats Dong Zhuo? Assists the young emperor and activates regent mode."
"But with Liu Bei's character? At most he can be Huo Guang."
"Is it too miserable to be a powerful minister? When Liu Bian grows up, who knows if he will imitate Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty and eradicate the Huo family."
"Although the Huo family is indeed looking for death? The problem is that Liu Bian has no friendship with our four brothers, and there is no trust."
"In the final analysis? Big Brother's brain is hot? After the world is settled, what will be done to return power to the emperor? Once Liu Bian takes power, all the brothers will suffer."
"Huh? The regent route must not be taken."
Chen Mu crossed out the second line written on the paper, the Prince Regent line.
So what is the next path to take? The only thing left is the collapse mode, after Dong Zhuo's chaos. Liu Guan, Zhang Chen's group set out from Qingzhou, followed Liu Xiu's example, conquered the north and south, conquered the Central Plains, and finally conquered the world.
Is this route very difficult? Even if Cao Cao walked his whole life, he would only be divided into three parts of the world.
Chen Mu wants to make a plan? There are many difficulties.
But it’s not impossible.
After all, now that he is sitting in the position of Shangshu Ling, he has a certain ability to plan the world.
At least now? Chen Mu’s eyes have already seen far into the future.
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At the beginning of December, there is a monthly court meeting.
The bureaucracy of the Han Dynasty did not actually require the emperor to hold meetings with officials every day.
Because under the emperor? There are still several small court meetings.
All the affairs of the world are gathered at the Shangshutai? And then transferred from the Shangshutai to the Sangong and Jiuqing? The Sangong has the power to conduct official affairs, so they hold internal small meetings by themselves, and then the Shangshutai and the subordinate officials of the Sangong and Jiuqing work together to handle certain matters.
For example, if the governor investigates that there is a problem with the governor of a certain place and reports it, then the Sangong, Yushifu, and Shangshutai will send out people to investigate, and finally draw a conclusion, and then discuss how to deal with it.
Therefore, in fact, apart from major matters, the emperor basically does not need to take care of ordinary small matters. Therefore, in addition to temporary court meetings, the monthly fixed court meetings are routine reporting work of each department and discussion of some other matters.
For example, today's court meeting will mainly discuss the major events that happened in the country this month, and then the sacrifice matters at the end of the month, as well as the matters of the upcoming New Year's court meeting.
Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty sat high in the Yutang Hall. Since the Yutang Hall had floor heating, he changed the venue of the court meeting here.
The three princes and nine ministers sat in rows.
Shangshu Ling, Yushi Dafu, and Sili Xiaowei also have seats, which are called three independent seats.
However, after the Eastern Han Dynasty, the imperial censor's official name was changed to Da Sikong, and the censor's platform was controlled by the censor Zhongcheng, so the three independent sittings were now changed into two independent sittings.
Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty was sitting on the main seat and saw Chen Mu sitting at the bottom seat on the left hand side with lowered eyebrows, to the left of Sili Colonel Zhang Zhong.
"Your Majesty, last month the Censor's Office investigated Wang Huai, the prefect of Yingchuan, for corruption and perverting the law, and Wu Shun, the prefect of Yongchang, for extortionate taxes. The above six people were investigated. All the above-mentioned six people were checked with the Censor's Office and the Secretariat. The investigation has been detailed.
, confirmed.”
The first person to report the work was Situ Xuxiang. In fact, Sangong Kong had status at this time and no longer had real power. But nominally, the matter of two thousand stones was still reported to Sangong.
Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty nodded: "Since it is confirmed that it is correct, let's deal with it as we should."
Xu Xiang sat down.
Then He Jin, Cao Song, Zhang Wen and others reported on their work.
After they finished talking, it was finally Liu Yan's turn.
Taichang was the head of the Nine Qing Dynasties. Liu Yan sat in the front row and said to Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty: "Your Majesty, the twelfth lunar month is approaching. This year, I will be safe for one year. I should go to the southern suburbs to welcome the gods and perform the ceremony of blessing Yong."
Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty replied: "That's exactly what it should be."
"On the day when the hundred gods are welcomed, the world should be granted amnesty, all wars should be stopped, and no disputes should arise."
Liu Yan said again.
Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty hesitated slightly: "I have already issued a general amnesty this spring, and Liaodong has not yet been peaceful, so I am afraid it is not appropriate to stop the army."
"Let's put aside the Liaodong matter for now. The world still needs amnesty."
Liu Yan insisted that this was the final bottom line for Taichang in charge of etiquette. Otherwise, where would the etiquette be?
"Then I will follow Mr. Taichang."
Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty was actually a little concerned about money. Every time he held a general amnesty, it meant that he would lose a lot of money for redemption. However, he thought that this year would be good and the taxes would be a lot, so he thought it didn't matter.
"Your Majesty, I have something to report."
Zongzheng Liu Yu stood up.
"What's the matter?"
Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty asked.
Liu Yu said seriously: "Now the sea is at peace and the world is stable. The position of the crown prince has been vacant for a long time. The emperor has debated for twelve years. As Zongzheng, I have the responsibility of enforcing the implementation of the clan's etiquette and law. Therefore, I ask your majesty to appoint the crown prince as soon as possible and set him aside."
To the left and right, and to plan the affairs of the world, to tie the hearts of all people."
After he said this, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty's face froze. Behind him, Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong and others looked at each other, a little uneasy, and carefully observed the expression of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty.
Who among the eunuchs and maids in the harem doesn't know that because Shi Hou (Liu Bian) behaves frivolously and lacks the majesty of the emperor, while Dong Hou (Liu Xie) is dignified and steady, which is deeply liked by His Majesty, so His Majesty intends to make Dong Hou the crown prince, but he encounters too much resistance.
, so give up.
Now that Liu Yu raised it in public, wouldn't this make it impossible for the emperor to come to Taiwan?
Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty glanced around and stared at He Jin.
He Jin lowered his head, the old god was there.
Looking at the others again, except Huang Wan who seemed to want to say something, no one else spoke.
"Is this what Zong Zhengqing means or what everyone else means?"
Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty originally had a smile, but now he is extremely calm and looks at everyone with cold eyes.
All the three gongs and nine ministers kept silent and pretended to be deaf and dumb.
If it had been in the early days of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, when there were countless upright officials in the court, if it had been proposed at that time, I am afraid that the three gongs and nine ministers would have already stood up to agree with Liu Yu's words.
After all, this matter itself was the fault of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty. It is the rule set by the ancestors to establish elders rather than young ones, and to establish direct descendants without respecting the virtuous. Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty insisted on going his own way, and upright officials would definitely stop him.
However, after several rounds of party control, officials in the Manchu Dynasty now basically curry favor with eunuchs or buy their positions with money.
For example, Situ Xuxiang and Shaofu Fan Ling were killed by Yuan Shao when Yuan Shao was killing the eunuchs because they were members of the eunuch faction.
As for Guanglu Xunding Gong and others, when Dong Zhuo wanted to depose Liu Bian, they were the first to stand up and support him.
So except for Liu Yu who was instigated, none of the other old foxes would show their attitude.
However, not taking a stand does not mean that they agree with Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty's decision to make Liu Xie the crown prince.
In fact, everyone including Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong believed that the emperor should appoint Liu Bian.
the reason is simple.
Zhang asked Zhao Zhong and others to have a good relationship with the He family.
Zhang Rang and He Jin were related, and Zhao Zhong served as the Great Changqiu in the Queen's Palace.
Except for the silly Jian Shuo, all the attendants believed that it would be in their own interests for Liu Bian to ascend to the throne.
After all, if Liu Bian becomes emperor and the He family ascends to the throne, they can continue to ensure their power.
Therefore, it is okay for the emperor not to appoint Liu Bian for the time being, but if he forcibly appoints Liu Xie, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, including Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong, will stand up to oppose it.
This is also the reason why Liu Xie did not legitimately become the crown prince during the lifetime of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty.
"General, what do you think?"
Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty cast his eyes on He Jin. Don't think that he didn't know who instigated Liu Yu.
A group of old foxes in the Manchu Dynasty, Dahonglu Shexian was originally named Xie Fu, but because he disliked his name, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty changed his name to Shexian. Xie Fu happily changed his name to Shexian.
Liu Yan was also the only one who followed the emperor's lead, and everyone else either bought offices or had connections, so Liu Yu would be taken advantage of because he was a fool.
He Jin said calmly: "I think it is a good thing to establish a prince early to calm the hearts of the people."
"I understand."
Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty said indifferently: "This matter can be discussed later."
"His Majesty."
Liu Yu wanted to say something else.
At this moment, Wang Jun outside suddenly rushed to the door and waved wildly to Chen Mu, who was sitting at the bottom table.
This move interrupted the court meeting, and everyone looked at Wang Jun.
Chen Mu was also pretending to be deaf and dumb, but he didn't want to get involved in this matter. No matter which side he supported, he would offend the other side, so he just pretended to be confused.
Seeing Wang Jun's anxious expression, Chen Mu said to Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty: "Your Majesty, maybe something big has happened, and I will accuse you."
"Go ahead."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Chen Mu walked backward out of the Yutang Hall and was pulled to a corner by Wang Jun.
"Zi Gui, something happened."
"What's the matter?"
"The people from Shangshutai came to report that Xiu Tu's tribes invaded Bingzhou and killed the governor Zhang Yi. The entire Xihe County was lost. Taiyuan and Shangdang County were also in danger. The Xiongnu and Xianbei troops were pointing directly to the east of the river."
"I will report to His Majesty immediately."
Chen Mu frowned. It seemed that he could only send Ding Yuan to Bingzhou, but it didn't matter. Since he was going to take the route of the Honkai Overlord, Lu Bu still had to give it to Dong Zhuo. The reason why Wang Yun was spared was because of the chess piece he laid out at that time.
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Otherwise, if Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty could live a long life, he would have found a way to kill these two cheaters Huangfu Song and Wang Yun.