Chapter 107: Fu Jian is the emperor
Taishi Ling Kangquan said to Fu Sheng: "Last night, there was a three-moon light at the same time, it can be said that it is really an astronomical wonder, the comet enters the Taiwei Star, connected to the Jing Xing in the east, since the end of May, the weather has been gloomy but does not rain, this is a disaster that has been plotted by the ministers." Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info"
Kang Quan can be said to be loyal, but Fu Sheng thought that this was a lie to confuse the public, so he ordered someone to throw Kang Quan from a high place and fell to his death.
In the imperial history, Liang Ping looked at it and mixed with Fu Sheng, sooner or later there was no good reward, so he wanted to vote for the Ming Lord, he took a fancy to Fu Jian, he said to Fu Jian: "Today, the Lord has lost his virtue, and there are many complaints from top to bottom, and there are thoughts of rebellion. This is His Highness's business, and it should be planned as soon as possible. ”
Fu Jian had such a mind for a long time, but he was afraid of Fu Sheng's bravery, and he didn't dare to make up his mind, but history would not hesitate.
Once Fu Sheng got drunk again, and the so-called drunk spit out the truth, he shouted: "Fu Jian, this guy he can't be trusted, I'll kill him tomorrow." ”
Fu Jian is not easy to deal with, since he has already had the intention of rebellion, he must have been prepared, and he has already bought off the people around Fu Sheng, and the people around Fu Sheng immediately reported this important information to Fu Jian, so the time to make up his mind has come.
Liang Ping Lao entered the palace with hundreds of people, Fu Jian took people to cover behind, the soldiers guarding the palace are estimated to have been bought, and they also followed Fu Sheng enough to hope for a change of monarch, they saw Fu Jian with people, they all put down the butcher's knife, and announced that the Great Qin Palace was undefended.
So Fu Jian's people successfully entered Fu Sheng's bedroom, at this time Fu Sheng was still drunk, and when he saw someone coming to his bed without notification, he was more surprised, and asked loudly: "Who are you?"
"Robbers. Fu Jian's subordinate replied.
Fu Sheng said again: "When the robbers saw me, why didn't they kowtow?"
Fu Jian's soldier smiled, and now he knew in his heart, this person was not terrible, and he was a stupid person. Fu Sheng said loudly again: "If you don't bow quickly, if you don't worship, you will be killed." ”
Fu Jian hadn't figured out what to do with Fu Sheng at that time, so he had Fu Sheng put under house arrest and depose him as the king of Yue first. But it didn't take long for Fu Jian to make up his mind, kill him, make him history, and call him King Li.
As a result, the former Qin entered the era of Fu Jian, the heyday of the former Qin, and the most brilliant era of dazzling fireworks in the long history of China.
When Fu Jian ascended the throne, the former Qin society was in chaos. Guanzhong was originally an area where various ethnic groups lived together, and ethnic vendettas occurred one after another. The former Qin was founded in the midst of war, the legal system was not perfect, and Fu Sheng implemented brutal rule, and there were already floods and droughts, which caused thousands of miles of Qin and Sichuan to run rampant and the common people to be miserable.
Fu Jian felt bitterly that the evils of the times had harmed the country and the people, so after taking the throne, he was determined to create a clean and clear political situation, rectify the rule of officials, punish lawbreakers and tyrants, quell civil strife, and implement a policy of recuperation and recuperation with the people. He was well aware that there was no big or small government and that winning people was the foundation, so he recruited talented people from a wide range of sources, and first started by adjusting the supreme leadership body, and decisively beheaded more than 20 people, including Dong Rong and Zhao Shao, who helped Fu Sheng do evil. A group of shrewd and honest Han scholars were promoted and reused to participate in the government, and the most influential of them was Wang Meng, who was born in a poor family.
He also repaired some official positions that did not match the name, restored the ceremonies that had become extinct, worshipped the gods, encouraged agriculture, set up schools, and supported the widowed, lonely, and the elderly. In addition, praise and praise some people who have special talents, filial piety, loyalty, and virtue. Fu Jian ordered all local officials to promote filial piety, integrity, literature, and political talents, if they are really talented, they will be rewarded, otherwise they will be condemned, and if they have no talent, they will be abandoned, so the domestic officials at that time were very competent. Through the cultivation of cultivated land, the warehouses of the former Qin were enriched, the people were fed and clothed, and the thieves were reduced.
Fu Jian reused the Han Wang Meng, when Wang Meng was a teenager, his family was poor, and in order to make a living, he sold a dustpan at a young age. But others are not endless, rigorous, and erudite.
When Wang Meng was young, he once went to Yecheng, the capital of Hou Zhao, and none of the dignitaries here could afford him, except for one named Xu Tong, who was very surprised after seeing him, thinking that he was a great person, so Xu Tong invited him to be a meritorious Cao.
Instead of agreeing, Wang Meng fled to Huashan to live in seclusion. Because he believed that his talent should not only be to do gongcao, but to help the monarch do great things, so he temporarily secluded in the mountains, watched the changes in society, and waited for the time to come.
The Eastern Jin Dynasty Huanwen Northern Expedition defeated the former Qin Fujian garrison Bashang, and the fathers and elders of Guanzhong rushed to bring wine to reward and welcome them. Wang Meng also wore a linen short coat, went to the camp to see, in front of the public, Wang Meng put his hand into the placket to catch lice, while discussing the world's major affairs with Huan Wen, talking endlessly, as if no one was around.
Huan Wen was secretly surprised and asked: "I was ordered by the Son of Heaven to lead 100,000 elite soldiers to crusade against the rebels and eliminate the harm for the people with justice, but no one came to serve the heroes in Guanzhong, what is the reason?"
Wang Meng replied: "You have come thousands of miles to crusade against the thieves, Chang'an City is close at hand, but you don't cross the water to take it down, everyone can't figure out your thoughts, so you don't come." ”
Wang Meng's words were secretly hitting his vital point, and Huan Wen was silent for a long time. In fact, his mind was that he had pacified Guanzhong and only gained a false name, but the territory was returned to the imperial court, rather than consuming strength to make wedding clothes for others, it was better to support his own troops and save his strength for seizing the imperial court power in the future.
Huan Wen listened to Wang Meng's words and realized that this poor scholar was extraordinary. It took him a long time before he raised his head and said, "There is no one in Jiangdong who can compare to your talent. ”
Later, Huan Wen decided to retire from the army, and before leaving, he gave Wang Meng a luxurious carriage and horse, and awarded it to a high-ranking official, asking Wang Meng to go south together, but Wang Meng refused Huan Wen's invitation.
Wang Meng met Huan Wen this time, originally wanted to go out of the mountain to show his talent and do a career, but in the end he dispelled this idea. Because after inspecting Huan Wen and analyzing the situation in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, he believed that Huan Wen was not loyal to the imperial court and had ambitions to usurp power, and he might not be able to succeed, and it was difficult for him to make a difference if he defected to Huan Wen's hands, and this was the second time he refused the invitation and promotion of others.
In the second year of Huan Wen's retreat, the former Qin Fujian died, and was succeeded by the famous tyrant Fu Sheng in Chinese history, who was mediocre and cruel and murderous. Fu Jian wanted to get rid of this tyrant, so he recruited talents to strengthen his strength. He heard that Wang Meng was very talented, so he sent the then Shangshu Lu Polou to implore Wang Meng to come out of the mountain.
Fu Jian and Wang Meng hit it off at first sight, talking about major events in the world and speculating. Fu Jian felt that when he met Wang Meng, it was like Liu Bei met Zhuge Liang during the Three Kingdoms, and Wang Meng felt that Fu Jian in front of him was the object worthy of his life's work. So he was very happy to stay by Fu Jian's side.
Fu Jian eliminated the tyrant Fu Sheng and became the monarch of the former Qin himself, while Wang Meng became a Zhongshu squire, in charge of state secrets and participated in the affairs of the imperial court. When Wang Mengxian was six years old, because of his outstanding talent, shrewdness and ability, he was promoted to the fifth level in one year, and became the former Qin's Shangshu Zuo Pu Shooting Auxiliary General Si Li's lieutenant, making suggestions for Fu Jian's governance of the world, doing a vigorous career, and becoming an outstanding politician in China's feudal society.
The ancients said: "A good bird chooses a tree to perch on, and a virtuous minister chooses the master to follow." "How many talented people in history have regretted their lives because they voted for the wrong master. Wang Meng, like Zhuge Liang, correctly chose his own path in a turbulent situation, so he had the success of his career and the glory of his life.
At that time, Shiping County, the northwest gateway of the Beijing Division, was rampant, and the people complained of hardship. Fu Jian sent Wang Meng to govern for the Shiping County Order, Wang Meng strictly enforced the law, vigorously and resolutely, and as soon as he got out of the car, he beat a traitor who had done a lot of evil to death in public, causing the traitor's fox friends and dog party to jointly file a complaint, and colluded with the law enforcement officer to arrest Wang Meng and escort him to prison in Chang'an.
Fu Jian was greatly surprised when he heard this, and personally went to visit and reprimand Wang Meng in prison: "When you are an official and a politician, you have to put benevolence, righteousness, and morality in the first place, how can you kill people as soon as you take office?"
Wang Meng said calmly: "To govern a stable country, we must use courtesy, and to govern troubled times, we must use law." I am bent on eradicating traitors and lawbreakers for Your Majesty, and I have only now killed one traitor, and there are thousands of traitors who disturb public order; if Your Majesty thinks that I cannot eliminate traitors and stabilize social order, I am willing to be punished; if I am too cruel, I really dare not accept it. ”
Fu Jian was happy when he heard this, and decided that Wang Meng was a capable person in governing the troubled times. So he said to the ministers of civil and military affairs present: "Wang Meng is really a figure like Guan Zhong and Zisan." So he pardoned Wang Meng on the spot and trusted him even more.