Chapter 086: The Human Heart Is Unfathomable
"What does this mean, sir?" After sending Jiang Wanzai away, Zhao Yu handed the copy of the reorganization plan of the Secretariat approved by himself on the table to Ying Jieyan, but the old man read it, but ticked off the three words of the Bureau, which made him very puzzled and stunned.
"Your Highness, since the opening of the mansion is a foregone conclusion, why do you have to hide it so much!" Ying Jieyan said with a smile.
"Hehe, this king is really confused!" Zhao Yu was woken up by a word, patted his head and said with a smile, he thought that this old man had repented just now. He knew that Jiang Wanzai had always acted cautiously, and since he had promised, he would do it with his heart. To put it bluntly, the Queen Mother is a housewife who has no ideas, she strictly obeys the will of the Empress Dowager Xie and listens to Jiang Wanzai's opinions when there are major things, so the matter of opening the capital of Qiongzhou is nine times out of ten.
In this case, according to the official system of the Great Song Dynasty, the subordinates of the officials who left the town were all appointed by the imperial court and were not allowed to be expropriated on their own, so as to strengthen the centralization of power, and at the same time monitor the chief officials for any illegal activities, so as to prevent the formation of local secession. In order to consolidate the localities, strengthen the defense capability of key areas, and resist the invasion of the enemy, the Great Song Dynasty granted the local magistrates the expedient right to manage the local military and political affairs, allowing them to recruit troops on the spot and create their own army, meddle in the local economy, intervene in local taxes, issue currency, levy and appoint subordinate officials, appoint local officials, and even allow the establishment of departments to select talents, which is like a warlord who is divided into territories.
Of course, the period of granting heavy power was always a time of war or turmoil, and it was also a last resort, and the first two times after the regime was stabilized, the imperial court took back power in time to prevent it from becoming larger and forming new local forces. Now that the Great Song Dynasty has existed in name only, in order to delay the time of defeat, the imperial court once again delegated power and was greater than before, not only for the court officials, even if the bandits who were interested in accepting Zhao'an, the surrendered enemy soldiers and civilians could be supplemented and given centralized power. In fact, the imperial court has lost control over the locality, but it has to do it.
In this way, all the subordinate officials of the royal palace could be directly appointed by Zhao Yu, and most of the Great Song Dynasty areas were fallen, the local power was dissolved, and the officials appointed by the imperial court either died or defected, vacating a large number of positions, and he could be in charge, so it was meaningless to set up this obscure affairs bureau again. In addition, everyone is in a hurry to run for their lives and doesn't want to waste any more time, so he believes that the appointment to himself will not be too long, so the combination will not have to waste feelings.
"Your Highness, the old man thinks that since the overall situation has been decided, the Secretariat will not move for the time being, but in the coming day, the General Bureau and the Craftsman Bureau should still be merged into the Inner Palace, and the personal guards will also be expanded, all of which will be directly subordinate to His Highness." Ying Jieyan also said that he had just read the revised copy of His Highness, and most of his invitations were not moved, but he raised the status of the General Bureau and the Craftsman Bureau to a position alongside the shogunate, and set up a separate second bureau for the original Bureau. It made him feel that this bureau was by no means as simple as what he saw and just mysterious.
His Royal Highness's control of the General Bureau and the Craftsman Bureau is still easy to understand. The allocation of the property of the General Bureau can be used to control the parties; The Craftsmanship Bureau may seem like a hodgepodge now, but the weapons in it take on the work of making new weapons, which is related to the outcome of the battle and needs to be kept secret for the time being. However, His Royal Highness the Secretariat held on to it and refused to merge into the shogunate, and he felt that this child was really not simple, and he not only had a benevolent side, but also a dark side.
Today, His Highness said that he wants to be a bad person, and the one who does the 'bad thing' must be the Bureau. What he did must be something unspeakable, even involving His Highness's privacy. Ying Jie Yan is very clear, the less he knows about the things that involve the royal secrets, the better, and the longer he lives, and it is better for everyone to clear the relationship earlier.
"It depends on the gentleman." Zhao Yu nodded, knowing that Ying Jieyan had already understood his hints, since everyone was a smart person, so as not to bother with words.
"Your Highness, Jiang Zongjie is behind the gate, and he knows how to be gracious and reasonable, why don't you merge him and that team of sergeants into the personal guard!" Ying Jieyan proposed again.
"Mr. has a close relationship with Jiang Fu, so you can know what Jiang Zongjie is good at." Zhao Yu was noncommittal, and asked after a moment of silence.
"Your Highness, Zong Jie is also smart, he looks naughty, but he is also a kind person. Martial arts and learning are not outstanding compared to other brothers, but they have achieved Mr. Furuyama's skills. Ying Jieyan replied.
"Since he is good at the art of public opinion, then mention it and let him go to the capital to join the army! Far from the sword soldiers, you can keep them safe. They can be said to be ancient geographers and geologists, who have an understanding of the topography, landform and soil conditions, and this is also the part that Du Tianjian is responsible for, so he can be regarded as making the best use of people when he goes there.
"The old man thinks that it is entrusted by the palace marshal, and it is more appropriate to stay around His Highness, and it can be regarded as an explanation to Lord Jiang." Ying Jieyan heard that His Royal Highness didn't want to keep Jiang Zongjie by his side, but he didn't know where he offended His Highness, so he reminded after thinking about it.
"Mr. Furuyama has always been upright, although he thinks of his sons and nephews, but he has always refused to ask for them, but today he speaks to this king for a righteous son, isn't it strange that sir?" Zhao Yu said worriedly, just when Jiang Wanzai promised to say something for himself just now, his gaze at him was cold, which made him shudder, and he always felt that there was something wrong but he couldn't think of anything wrong. And it was precisely when Jiang Zongjie was mentioned that he thought of something.
"As His Royal Highness said, everyone has family affection, and today Mr. Gushan has been enlightened by His Royal Highness, maybe he has figured it out!" Ying Jieyan felt that His Royal Highness was too careful, and said with a smile disapprovingly.
"No, I think it's Xishu Madai." Zhao Yu pondered for a moment and patted a few dwarfs and said.
"What His Highness said is Ma Dai, who was beheaded by Shu Prime Minister Zhuge Kongming's plan to kill the rebel general Wei Yan!" Ying Jieyan was stunned and asked rhetorically.
"That's what I'm talking about!" Zhao Yu nodded solemnly.
Ying Jieyan was stunned when he heard it, and he knew this allusion very well. After Liu Bei's death, Wei Yan followed Zhuge Liang to quell the rebellion of Meng Shu, the "Southern Barbarian King". During Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition, he offered the strategy of "Meridian Valley Strategy", but it was not adopted by Zhuge Liang, so he ignored Zhuge Liang's military orders when he was ordered to attack Keigu and was almost defeated. Later, when Zhuge Liang prayed to the heavens to prolong his life, he entered the account to report the news of the enemy's invasion, and accidentally knocked down the main lamp, resulting in the failure of the prayer. Zhuge Liang ordered Yang Yi to command the army before his death, Wei Yan was dissatisfied with this, and led the army to counterattack Yang Yi after Zhuge Liang died of illness, and Yang Yi provoked Wei Yan according to Zhuge Liang's will, Wei Yan shouted "Who dares to kill me", and was killed by Ma Dai who was lurking aside.
"Your Highness is not too worried, Mr. Furuyama is loyal to the royal family, how can he have such thoughts. And if he was suspicious, how could he agree to persuade the Queen Mother to let Her Royal Highness open the mansion? "It happened suddenly, Ying Jieyan really couldn't believe that Jiang Wanzai would do such a disobedient thing.
"This king doesn't want to believe it, maybe I'm too anxious today, so that my words are too aggressive, which makes Lord Jiang suspicious, worried that this king will do something unfavorable to the court and His Majesty. However, he could not judge that the king intended to rebel on this basis, so he laid a secret plot for later use. Zhao Yu said with a wry smile, saying that this old man is too suspicious, and when his short-lived brother is finished next year, you all have to beg me to be the emperor, why should I rebel, but unfortunately they don't know, and they can't say it themselves!
"It's better to believe it than to believe it, it's up to His Highness's arrangement." Ying Jieyan also felt suspicious before and after thinking about the matter, and it was related to the life and death of His Highness, so he couldn't think too much, "Alas, if it is really as His Highness expected, I am afraid that this Wei Yan is not only His Highness, I am afraid that the old man is also among them!" ”
"Hehe, I would have set my heart on the bright moon, but the bright moon shines on the ditch." Zhao Yu looked at Ying Jieyan with a bitter look on his face, and teased.
"What a poem, but it was written by His Highness?"
"Where do good poems come from, but they are sent by feelings, and they are talking nonsense." accidentally said it again, the author of this poem and his father still don't know where he is, and Zhao Yu is busy dealing with the old man's questioning......
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'Ahh ’
"Is it a cold, or is he peeping through it......" Jiang Wanzai, who was riding on the horse, suddenly sneezed twice, his heart was a little panicked, he slowed down his horse and looked back in the direction of the road and muttered, "Hmph, as long as he has crooked thoughts, don't blame the old man." ”
Today, under the persuasion of His Royal Highness, Jiang Wanzai had already intended to assist, but when he happened to see the Zhang Zheng Yan who had been placed on the table to write the allocation and personnel arrangements of the relevant affairs bureau, he found that the setting up involved both the military and the government, and the functions were complete. It made him suddenly realize that His Highness wanted to open the mansion only because it was not a matter of a day or two, but that it had already been deployed.
Later, His Highness's words became more intense, and he wanted to be a hero, and his various performances and words also revealed the meaning of unscrupulous means to achieve the goal. Then it must be best to get the permission of the imperial court, and if it fails, he will definitely find another opportunity to forcibly leave. And there is already a non-negligible escort army in his house, if it is intercepted, it may make a cannibalistic killing, and it is not impossible to hold the Queen Mother and His Majesty hostage.
At this moment, Jiang Wanzai remembered that Ying Jieyan had said that His Royal Highness met an immortal in a dream, and there were two verses left on the table that were 'Guan Bao also divides the horse, and the river is broken and the water flows freely', and then there is the nursery rhyme that has been widely circulated recently, 'The waves are high, the boat is dangerous, and it is difficult for the king and the little king to become a pair'. These two unrelated things seem to point to the inevitable separation of the two kings, and combined with the actions of His Highness, he has to believe that there is a providence in the underworld, and he should also follow the heavens.
Jiang Wanzai remembered the last sentence of the verse, 'earthworms descend the dragon', and then thought that although King Wei is the grandson of the dragon, he is still a small worm in the mud compared to His Majesty. But he had to admit that His Highness's current intelligence and resourcefulness were far superior to those of His Majesty today, especially his perseverance in the face of adversity and his unyielding character made him love talent and could not bear to kill him.
After weighing between conforming to the will of heaven or doing his duty, Jiang Wanzai made a difficult decision: it would be better to keep King Wei away from the court. But he still left the back hand in case of accidents, and Zhao Yu only guessed the result, but not the reason......