Chapter 134: The heavens are round, and the earth is round
"What Fan Aiqing played, it is also what I want to say, in the will of the Emperor Taishang, it is indeed said that the three phases of auxiliary politics will assist me in deciding the government affairs, I think so, before I am in power, the government and government are decided by me and the three prime ministers together."
Guo Zongxun gave in, he had to give in, Guo Rong's secret decree was really a tight spell, so that he didn't dare to be too presumptuous at all.
Wang Pu looked at it from the side, and immediately went out of class and said:
"Your Majesty, if the three phases disagree with the emperor, how should they decide?"
Wei Renpu saw that he couldn't be idle, and this was the best time to show himself to become a pillar of the imperial court.
"Your Majesty, in the eyes of the ministers, what Lord Fan and Lord Wang said will not happen too much, as long as our ministers are united, they are all for the sake of the Great Zhou Jiangshan Sheji, so how can there be different opinions?"
Guo Zongxun was a little relieved, finally among the three phases, there is one who is slightly biased towards himself, this Fan and Wang Pu obviously want to do it against me.
As long as you two don't lead the courtiers to oppose for the sake of opposition, I really have to get along with you, otherwise...... If you can't say it, don't blame me for being ruthless, I want to use Lu Siniang and Nalan Yi.
"Lord Wei is reasonable, since we are officials of the Great Zhou, we are the servants of the Great Zhou Dynasty, and we must be for the sake of the Great Zhou's country, but there is always a possibility of disagreement, the minister thinks that it is better to make it clear in front of the civil and military officials."
Fan Zhen is not confused at this time, he was cleaned up by Guo Zongxun once, and he seems to have opened his mind.
"I never doubt the loyalty of the three Aiqing, and I also believe that as long as our monarchs and ministers are united, they are all for the sake of the Great Zhou Jiangshan Sheji, all for the common people in the world and the people of Li, Fan Aiqing said that there will not be many situations, but there may indeed be, so if this situation arises at that time, I will work with the three phases to ask the Queen Mother to make a final decision."
Fu Jinhuan sat on the court for the first time, seeing everything fresh, listening to the arguments between the emperor and the ministers, he originally wanted to be a melon-eating crowd.
But he didn't want to, Guo Zongxun said a word, and pulled all his eyes to Fu Jinhuan.
Fu Jinhuan almost blurted out, saying that the palace would not hesitate to support the emperor.
The Emperor Taishang has not yet determined that before his death, Fu Jinhuan can only call himself the palace instead of mourning.
When the words came to his mouth, Fu Jinhuan held back, and this woman suddenly realized that she was not a melon-eating crowd with soy sauce, but a queen mother who could make a statement.
"Queen Mother, I have decided like this, I wonder what you think, Queen Mother?"
Guo Zongxun was really worried that Fu Jinhuan would directly say that he would support him and listen to him, in that case, it would be difficult to appease the courtiers.
If the Queen Mother publicly expresses her support for the emperor, this will actually exacerbate the contradiction between the emperor and the ministers, Guo Zongxun needs the power of Fu Jinhuan, which is a buffer, and at the same time can better maintain the balance.
"Fan Aiqing, Wang Aiqing, and all the Qing families, what do you think?"
was able to force the little emperor to make concessions, Fan Zhen didn't want to chase and fight, and this was exactly what he wanted, if they really let the three phases leave aside the little emperor and the queen mother to decide the government, it is estimated that the day when they will be attacked by the ministers will not be far away.
The current result is the best, Fan Zhen and Wang Pu can also unite the courtiers to put pressure on the little emperor and the queen mother.
Of course, all actions will have to wait for the exact news from the Emperor Taishang who is far away in Youzhou.
Before the death of Emperor Guo Rong, his deterrent power still existed.
If they let them know, the Emperor Guo Rong has already died, maybe their counterattack will be even tougher.
"Empress Dowager, the minister thinks this is the best, before Your Majesty is in charge and canonized the queen, the Queen Mother, you are still the mother of a country, and the queen mother of thousands of people in my Great Zhou, if there is a disagreement between Your Majesty and the ministers, please ask the Queen Mother to make a holy judgment, which is the most suitable."
Wang Pu and Wei Renpu seconded the motion.
Zhao Kuangyin, Han Tong, and Cao Bin seconded.
The civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty also seconded the proposal.
"Okay, then this matter is decided, if there is a situation where I and the three phases disagree, I will state to the Queen Mother separately with the three phases, and respectfully ask the Queen Mother to make a judgment."
Guo Zongxun secretly prayed in his heart that when things got to this point, it was definitely not what he wanted to see, but there was no way, his father's secret decree could not be violated, and he had to continue to wear the mantra until he was fifteen years old.
At this moment, an imperial historian suddenly appeared.
"The minister is silent, and there is something to do."
It seems that for a while, there is no way to go to the lottery, Guo Zongxun sat patiently on the dragon chair, thinking about the daily life after becoming the emperor, and really felt very boring and boring.
The profession of emperor is definitely not the first choice of traversers.
"What's the matter with Hu Yushi, just play it."
Hu Buyan, a middle-aged white-faced weak man with a black beard, his eyes were full of excitement, he saw the little emperor's concession to the three prime ministers, as the imperial history who was oppressed by His Royal Highness the crown prince and did not dare to give direct advice, Hu Buyan also knew that this was also the best opportunity for the officials of the imperial history platform to turn over.
"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that not only when Your Majesty and the three ministers disagree, I respectfully ask the Queen Mother to make a decision, for the sake of Your Majesty's sanctity, for the fairness of the court, and in order to allow the ministers to dare to be bold and direct for the sake of the Great Zhou Jiangshan Society, the minister implores His Majesty and the Queen Mother for permission, and if other ministers in the court disagree with Your Majesty, they should also respectfully ask the Queen Mother to decide."
Guo Zongxun didn't speak, but looked at the three prime ministers standing at the head of the civil officials.
"What do the three phases think of what Hu Yushi said?"
Fan Zhen, Wang Pu, and Wei Renpu turned their heads to look at Hu Buyan at the same time, and shook their heads at the same time.
This was originally a game between the three phases and the little emperor, competing for the right to speak in the court, and would not oppose it for the sake of opposition.
Let your gang of princes and other civil officials also have this opportunity to ask the Queen Mother to make a decision, and you won't turn the sky upside down.
In that case, what else do you want us to do?
"Your Majesty, the minister thinks it is inappropriate, the court is heavy, and it must not become a noisy bazaar every day, what kind of system is this, in the will of the emperor, it is clearly stated that the three phases are auxiliary to the government, and the emperor is assisted in deciding the government, rather than the ministers jointly assisting the government, and the minister believes that in addition to the three phases, the rest of the courtiers are better not to think about it."
Fan Zhen was the first to answer.
"Minister Wang Pu seconded the proposal."
"Minister Wei Renpu seconded."
This time, even Zhao Kuangyin took the initiative to stand up and second.
"Minister Zhao Kuangyin seconded the proposal."
Zhao Kuangyin was a little depressed, so that the little emperor had just mixed up for a while, and he lost an opportunity to read the edict of the emperor in public and show his face in front of the ministers.
The generalissimo of the Great Zhou Dynasty soldiers and horses, how prestigious, but unfortunately, in his own hands, he currently has no soldiers.
Emperor Guo Rong, although he paid equal attention to civil and military affairs in governing the country, he was born as a military general after all, and he was surrounded by four subordinates, and the Great Zhou Dynasty fought everywhere for many years, so in the court, the status of military generals was higher than that of civilian officials.
But to help the emperor govern the country, it still depends on civil officials, so a strange situation has been formed in the court of the Great Zhou, that is, the military generals are powerful but they don't count, and the civil officials are weak but control the government.
Mainly because of Guo Rong's strength and Guo Rong's control of military power, Guo Rong has been fighting abroad for many years, and these court assistants have naturally formed inertia, and the emperor threw the court to us, which is what the emperor allowed us civil officials to have the final say.
Zhao Kuangyin looked at the high little emperor Guo Zongxun, but what he was thinking about was how to control the government as a military general.
Regarding this point, it seems that we really have to start with the Queen Mother Fu Jinhuan.
Tingyi's wife, Fu Jinding, is the queen mother's own sister, and Tingyi seems to be very popular with the little emperor at present, and he never took Tingyi in his eyes before, but now he ...... , the second brother who is not a weapon, seems to have become an important chess piece of Zhao Kuangyin.
Guo Zongxun was a little disappointed, but he also knew that Fan Zhen and others would definitely not agree with Hu Buyan's statement, and it was the privilege of the three phases to be able to wrestle with the little emperor, how could it be left behind.
Guo Zongxun hopes that the three phases can agree with Hu Buyan's statement, and if he wants to destroy it, he must first make it crazy, if it is not chaotic, there will be no chance, if it is not broken, it will not stand, and only when it is broken can it be established.
It's a pity, all of them are old fritters, and they are thieves.
"What the three phases and Zhao Aiqing said is very agreeable, this is the power given by the father to the three phases, and the rest of the ministers, don't have any ideas, queen mother, you say yes?"
"The emperor is reasonable, and the palace has no objections."
In the court, Guo Zongxun must give Fu Jinhuan enough respect, and he can't pull this woman into a camp, at least not let her make trouble.
The nonsense still wanted to argue, but was reprimanded back by Wang Pu with a straight face.
In terms of guarding power, rabbits are in a hurry to bite.
"Zhongqing's family, if there is something to start, there is nothing to retreat."
Guo Zongxun decided to reduce the time to fight with the ministers in the court as much as possible in the future, this is a group of so-called capable ministers who are talking nonsense with the emperor, and what they say is basically useless.
The officials and officialdom of the Great Zhou Dynasty need surgery, but Guo Zongxun hasn't thought about it for a while, what to use as a starting point and where to start breaking through.
The ministers were also called here in the middle of the night, and listened to a very unruly edict of the Emperor Taishang, until now they are sleepy and tired, and the little emperor has only ascended the throne.
All the ministers were silent, and Guo Zongxun asked Li Tongjie to announce his retirement from the dynasty, but he left Sanxiang, Zhao Kuangyin, Han Tong, Cao Bin, and Lu Duan.
"Li Banban, there is a man named Xu Guangqi in the court, and I found him, and I heard that he seems to have some research on agriculture."
Li Tongjie was stunned, and then said:
"Emperor Qi, this Xu Guangqi is the Xu Zixian who is called Xu Maniac?"
Guo Zongxun smiled dumbly and said:
"It should be, if he wasn't crazy, my Chinese people would rise hundreds of years later."
came to the imperial study, due to the suddenness of the incident, it took three days for the Shangyi Bureau to make dragon robes for the little emperor, so in the past few days, Guo Zongxun could only wear the prince's court clothes.
"Three Aiqing, according to the will of your father, you drafted a charter and handed it to me and the Queen Mother, and finally determined the court law before my pro-government."
Guo Zongxun took the initiative to arrange the errand to Sanxiang, because he knew that even if he didn't arrange it, these three guys would definitely not be idle.
"The ministers obey."
Fan Zhen and Wang Pu were in a trance, and they didn't seem to know the little emperor in front of them, this is the emperor who has changed his sex, why is he suddenly so polite to us.
"Zhao Aiqing, since you have returned to Beijing, and your father has no will for you to rush back, the front division of this palace is still handed over to you to be in charge, right...... Cao Aiqing, tell Zhao Aiqing about what happened recently. ”
Shi Shouxin's head fell to the ground, which made Guo Zongxun feel sick, but the front division of the palace returned to Zhao Kuangyin's hands, which made Guo Zongxun very uncomfortable, but he was helpless.
He asked Cao Bin to tell Zhao Kuangyin about killing Shi Shouxin in person, just to see Zhao Kuangyin's reaction.
In fact, Guo Zongxun can completely guess Zhao Kuangyin's reaction.
"Your Majesty, this stone is trustworthy and corrupt, deducts military salaries, eats empty salaries to such a sensational degree, and ignores my Great Zhou military affairs, it is simply the anger of people and gods, the minister has no eyes before, and misidentified this person, please Your Majesty to condemn it."
"Zhao Aiqing, Shi Shouxin has committed a crime, and he has been ambushed, it has nothing to do with Zhao Aiqing, it's just that the strength of the front division of this palace still needs to be replenished as soon as possible, and now, the one on duty in Kaifeng City is the Guard Division, Zhao Aiqing, you have to clean up the front division of the palace as soon as possible, and when you finish the rectification, I will return the defense of Kaifeng City to the front division of the palace."
Guo Zongxun can't help it, Zhao Kuangyin, the generalissimo of the Great Zhou Dynasty soldiers and horses, is now the first person in the Great Zhou army in addition to the emperor, and he has to be reused.
"The minister obeys the order, the minister will definitely purge the forbidden army in the shortest possible time, Your Majesty please give the minister ten days, within ten days, if the minister cannot be completed, the minister is willing to surrender to the official position to apologize."
This guy is in a hurry to seize military power, and he actually knows that retreat is advance.
"Don't worry, now the defense of Kaifeng City is very complete under the leadership of Cao Aiqing, I will give you a month, so as to be perfect, don't rush."
What are you kidding, ten days, you want to take over the forbidden army and Kaifeng defense in ten days, I feel that a month is not enough, not enough for me to plan comprehensively.
The three prime ministers heard clearly on the side, and naturally knew the thoughts of Zhao Kuangyin and the little emperor, that is your military's business, and it has nothing to do with us, let's hurry back and draft how to clamp down on the little emperor.
Everyone went down, and Lu Duan, the prince of the prince, was left behind by Guo Zongxun.
"Lu Aiqing, it's time for you to step down as the crown prince, I didn't give you a new appointment in the court, I just want to listen to your own opinion first."
Lu Duan, if he is trained, he is one of the candidates for the future Zaifu of Da Zhou, Guo Zongxun decided to give him a stage and let him perform to his heart's content.
"Thank you for your trust, the minister is afraid, if you can stay by Your Majesty's side and be a scribe with a pen, the minister will feel extremely honored."
Yes, he is a scheming person, Guo Zongxun wants to use it, at least he must not be without scheming, he is a deceitful court, and those who have no scheming are waiting to be excluded.
Moreover, Lu Duan also reciprocated the favor very well, and those who did not care about their official positions should stay with the little emperor, which actually meant swearing allegiance.
"It's so good, there are only these two around me now, and there is still a lack of knowledgeable people like Lu Aiqing."
Guo Zongxun pointed to Li Tongjie and Wei Zhongxian, Liu Bowen was not here at this time, he had no official position and no position, so it was inconvenient for him to appear in the imperial study.
Li Tongjie and Wei Zhongxian laughed together, and the little emperor was surrounded by the two eunuchs, which was also a kind of honor.
"The old slave should die, he didn't share his worries for His Majesty, Lord Lu, I will have to rely on you more in the future."
"Your Majesty, the minions also deserve to die, please Your Majesty to condemn the crime, the minions have lost Qin Li."
After Wei Zhongxian finished speaking, he cried and mourned, knelt down in front of Guo Zongxun, and kept kowtowing, Jinyiwei was embarrassed and embarrassed, and an unarmed and powerless civil official actually disappeared under the surveillance of a group of veterans of a hundred battles......
Guo Zongxun's brows immediately furrowed, and he asked:
"What's going on, you explain it to me."
"Your Majesty, here's how it ......"
Qin Li was taken out of Kaifeng, Wei Zhongxian asked his Jinyi Wei to disguise himself as a spy of the Southern Tang Dynasty, and took Qin Li all the way to the Yangtze River, and after crossing the river, it was the Southern Tang Dynasty.
But he didn't want to, this Qin Li didn't know what kind of means he used, but he disappeared under the care of Jinyiwei unconsciously......
"Your Majesty, the slave is incompetent, and I haven't been able to figure out how this Qin Li escaped, and I haven't found any clues about Qin Li's whereabouts until now, please condemn Your Majesty."
Guo Zongxun got up and wanted to give Wei Zhongxian a flying kick, and after thinking about it, he was now the emperor, and he couldn't be so rash anymore, so he said hatefully:
"You dog, I'm really blind when I handed over the East Factory to you, get out, get out and continue to investigate, if you want to see people in life and see corpses in death, you can't find Qin Li, Wei Banban, you just come and see you."
Li Tongjie just wanted to say something, but Guo Zongxun didn't give him a chance to speak.
"Li Banban, the palace and Kaifeng, I still hand it over to you, my father trusts you, and I also trust you."
"The old slave is afraid, thank you for Your Majesty's trust, the old slave will definitely handle things properly."
Wei Zhongxian pouted his ass and knelt on the ground, he wanted to wait for the emperor to kick him, but after waiting for a long time, he didn't see the dragon's foot kicking over, so he had to roll out and continue to look for Qin Li.
When everyone left, Li Tongjie told Guo Zongxun that Xu Guangqi was still waiting outside.
"Announce him in, I'm also very curious about this crazy Xu."
After Xu Guangqi came in, he knelt down and kowtowed.
"Minister Xu Guangqi see Your Majesty, long live my emperor."
"Flat."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Xu Guangqi stood up, Guo Zongxun looked at him carefully, this is a thin man in his thirties, with a goatee, his eyes are bright, and he seems to have endless energy.
Regarding Xu Guangqi's information, Li Tongjie handed it to Guo Zongxun's desk in a timely manner.
Xu Guangqi, the current Si Tianjian Pusher, is not a sesame official, but because he is subordinate to Si Tianjian, that is, he watches the stars for the emperor, so he is qualified to be ranked in the court, in case the emperor can inquire at any time.
"Xu Guangqi, I'm very curious, how did you get the nickname of this Xu madman, I heard that not only do you not mind, but you are also a little complacent."
Xu Guangqi originally thought that the emperor announced that he was here to ask about the enthronement ceremony, but who knew that Guo Zongxun didn't care about the enthronement ceremony at all, and he was already sitting on the emperor's throne without even thinking about it.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty...... The minister thinks that the sky is round and the place is wrong, and the minister thinks that the sky is round, and the earth is also round, so they call the minister Xu crazy. ”
Guo Zongxun said in his heart, look at my Chinese nation, how open and tolerant, some people blatantly question the theory that the sky is round and the place is round, and they were not tied to the firewood and burned alive, which is really a great blessing.
"Xu Guangqi, you come to tell me, why the earth is also round, if what you say makes sense, not only will I not blame you, but will reuse you, if you are talking nonsense and grandstanding, then don't blame me for being ruthless, you will talk about it after you think about it, I will give you a chance to admit your mistakes."
Guo Zongxun wants to test Xu Guangqi's temperament, science and technology are like sailing against the current, without indomitable courage and firm temperament, it is impossible to succeed.
"Your Majesty, the minister insists on his own opinion, and thanks to His Majesty for giving the minister the opportunity to confess for himself, even if His Majesty finally thinks that the minister is wrong and surrenders the crime, the minister has no regrets."
Guo Zongxun can probably guess how Xu Guangqi is going to prove that the earth is round.
"Your Majesty, the minister once boated on the Yellow River, and when he saw the boats coming and going on the river, the minister found ......"
Sure enough, this is the most easily discovered natural phenomenon, and the ship coming from the distance sees the mast first, and then the hull......
There is also the scenery on both sides of the river, and the trees in the distance are also seen first at the treetops, and then at the trunks.
"Your Majesty, the minister is thinking, if the ground is flat, then what I see from far and near must be the whole of the ship and the trees, from small to large, but how to explain the facts that the minister has seen with his own eyes?"
Guo Zongxun stroked his palms and laughed:
"Xu Guangqi, I also taught you a method, you go to find the tower in the city, tonight when the sun sets, you start to watch the sunset from the bottom of the tower, wait until the sun sets, you climb the tower layer by layer, I can tell you, every floor, you can see the sun again, how many layers of the tower, you can see the sunset as many times."
Xu Guangqi's eyes lit up, and he looked at this young emperor in surprise, I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it, my confidant of Xu Madman turned out to be here.
"Your Majesty is really a confidant of the minister......"
Li Tongjie scolded on the side:
"Xu Guangqi, you are so bold, dare to offend Your Majesty."
Xu Guangqi seemed to be unafraid of Li Tongjie's reprimand, and still said to Guo Zongxun with great interest:
"Your Majesty, the minister definitely didn't mean to offend you, the minister is really happy, finally someone agrees with the minister's statement, and your majesty is more intelligent and careful than the minister, I have an emperor like Your Majesty in Dazhou, why not worry."
Guo Zongxun laughed and said:
"I forgive you for your innocence, I am not only willing to be your Xu Guangqi's bosom friend, but I also want to be your Bole, but the road to seeking truth is long and far-reaching, and it will be extremely difficult, so you and Lu Duan will stay by my side first and be a secretary."
Guo Zongxun just can't accept apprentices now, otherwise he will accept Lu Duan and Xu Guangqi as apprentices, and use the shallow knowledge he learned in the 2020 era to shock these historical bigwigs.