Chapter 233: Summoning (2)
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Han Qian sat in the side hall with Zhang Ping and waited, out of the side hall to the west is the Chongwen Hall where Emperor Tianyou lives and handles affairs, and out of the side hall to the east across a palace gate, is the Privy Council of Prime Minister Da Chu's military affairs.
Although Shi Yandao took Zhongshu Shilang and Tongzhongshu Menxia Pingzhang Shibai as the prime minister, and led the affairs of the six ministries, the core of the Great Chu was newly established, and the real decision-making of military and national politics was in the Privy Council.
And the tradition of emphasizing martial arts and ignoring literature since the continuation of the previous dynasty, even if Shi Yandao is the head of the civil ministers and leads the six departments, his status among the courtiers of Great Chu is not the most important.
The privy envoy was originally served by Xu Mingzhen, the Duke of Yasukuni, and Xu Mingzhen led the troops out of Shouzhou and served as the envoy of Shouzhou Jiedu, the post of privy envoy was vacant, and the affairs of the privy council were mainly presided over by the deputy envoys Niu Gengru and Wen Duqiao.
Prime Minister Shi Yandao is naturally qualified to participate in the privy council that really decides the affairs of the Great Chu state, but the presiding officer has always been Niu Gengru or Wen Duqiao, so in the minds of the Great Chu courtiers, Shi Yandao's status is inferior to that of the two privy deputy envoys.
If Emperor Tianyou has any major military affairs, he mainly consults with Niu Gengru or Wen Duqiao.
Emperor Tianyou rose in Huainan, and before he became the envoy of Huainan Jiedu, Wen Duqiao was already the military envoy sent to the Huainan Army by the previous dynasty, but he had an irreversible relationship with Emperor Tianyou, and made suggestions for the rise of Zhunan, with extraordinary achievements; At that time, Niu Gengru was the middle gate envoy of the Guangling Festival and the Xu family.
When Guangling Jiedu made Xu Wenzhi die, the young master Xu Mingzhen was only in his early twenties, coinciding with the general Zhou Hou rebelling and leading the troops to attack Yangzhou, the young master Xu Mingzhen was under the proposition of Niu Gengru and other generals, led the troops to join his brother-in-law Emperor Tianyou, and quelled the rebellion of Zhou Hou and other generals, but also with the efforts of Niu Gengru and other generals, the power of the Guangling Jiedu envoy was quickly integrated into Huainan, so as to truly lay the foundation of the rise of Jianghuai in Great Chu.
Niu Gengru became famous at a young age, even at this time he was just fifty years old, while Wen Duqiao was much older, at this time he was already over seventy years old, and he was injured in the early years of war, so he was not active in the court.
Wen Duqiao has long had the intention of returning to his hometown, and he has written several times, but Emperor Tianyou has not allowed it.
Han Qian looked through the palace gate and palace wall at this time, looking at the dimly lit Privy Council, thinking that Emperor Tianyou probably didn't find a candidate who could suppress Niu Gengru in terms of seniority and prestige at this time, so he could only let the dying Wen Dusk Bridge continue to hold on, right?
Of course, Li Yu, who retired in Hongzhou, was the best candidate to replace Wen Duqiao, but when the situation in Jingxiang was so critical, Emperor Tianyou did not summon Li Yu to the court, probably because he was afraid that Li Yu, the king of Zhedong County, and Li Pu, the Marquis of Xinchang, would assist the three princes together, which would only become another hidden danger in his heart, right?
In comparison, Li Pu, Marquis of Xinchang, looks quite ambitious, but in the mind of Emperor Tianyou, Li Pu, who has sparse talents, is easier to control than Li Yu, right?
At this moment, Emperor Tianyou was summoning Niu Gengru and Wen Duqiao to discuss the important matter of the military aircraft, and the three princes were able to accompany him, while he and Zhang Ping could only wait patiently in the side hall.
Han Qian knew that Emperor Tianyou was quite satisfied with Zuo Si's handling of Zuo Si and his performance in the Imperial Tomb case during this time, but he couldn't guess why Emperor Tianyou summoned him at this moment, and he could only take one step at a time.
Since there were several eunuchs in Tsing Yi in the side hall, Han Qian sat quietly and didn't talk much to Zhang Ping.
Zhang Ping, as a eunuch, is also the head of the inner palace of the county king's mansion, and the three princes have to accompany him when they enter and leave the palace, but he only accompanies him, and almost never shows his face in front of Emperor Tianyou, mainly waiting in this side hall in front of the palace gate.
Today, he didn't have the opportunity to talk to Han Qian alone, but he knew in his heart that Han Qian could accompany the third prince into the palace, and he must have been summoned by Emperor Tianyou.
Emperor Tianyou arrived in Xiangzhou City, and the two times before and after summoning the meritorious generals in the bloody battle of Xichuan were in mid to late April, and it had been half a year by this time, what made Emperor Tianyou decide to summon Han Qian at this time?
Is it Han Qian's peace and self-preservation in the past six months, or does Emperor Tianyou have another purpose?
After waiting for a while, a scarlet-clothed eunuch came over with a whisk, stood in front of the corridor and beckoned Han Qian to follow him, walked to the front of the main hall, and asked him to wait under the corridor.
In front of the corridor of the main hall, there were more than a dozen military attachés of the guards, and they were also looking at Han Qian curiously; Han Qian looked at his nose and his nose, and according to the rules of the palace, he didn't dare to look around.
At this time, Niu Gengru and a white-bearded old man stepped out of it, and seeing Shen He carefully holding the old man's hand behind him, Han Qian knew that this person was Wen Duqiao, and when Emperor Tianyou drove to Jingxiang, Niu Gengru was the head of the camp, Han Qian had seen Niu Gengru from afar, but he didn't know if Niu Gengru recognized him.
When Wen Duqiao first came to Huainan to serve, his status was even much higher than that of Emperor Tianyou, who was a general in Huainan at that time, but from the beginning, he regarded Emperor Tianyou as not a thing in the pool and tried his best to support him, if it weren't for the special existence of Xu Mingzhen, Wen Duqiao would be the natural candidate for the privy envoy.
At this time, a guard general guarding in front of the hall also took a step forward to support Wen Dusk Bridge, and with the help of the hanging lights, Han Qian saw that he was in his early forties, and his appearance was somewhat similar to Wen Dusk Bridge, so he knew that he was Wen Bo, the second son of Wen Duqiao and the commander of the Left Guard.
Wen Duqiao's eldest son died of illness at an early age, and the second son, Wen Bonai, is the contemporary head of the Wen family.
Han Qian was following the rules just now and didn't look around, but he didn't expect him to be standing behind him.
Niu Gengru and Wen Duqiao stepped out of the main hall, and their eyes looked at Han Qian at the same time.
Han Qian felt a big headache, he really didn't know that Emperor Tianyou let Wen and Niu know their existence at this time, and knew what it meant that he was summoned at this time, was he telling these two that he intended to set up three princes? Or will he continue to be suspicious, so that everyone will not be able to guess where his Sacred Heart has fallen?
"Han Qian has seen two prime ministers!"
Regardless of whether Niu Gengru and Wen Duqiao recognized him or not, Han Qian stood outside the door of the main hall and saluted.
"Han Qian?" Wen Duqiao looked old and looked at his son suspiciously, as if he had never heard of the name Han Qian.
Han Qian just felt that this old guy was acting too much, and secretly felt that he showed that he didn't listen to the window matter like this, maybe it was just to express his stance in front of Niu Gengru, and he didn't have the slightest intention of getting involved with his Wen family.
"Han Wenhuan, the grandson of Han Lao Linggong, the only son of Han Daoxun, the assassin of Xuzhou, is in charge of the Third Highness's Mansion at this time - His Majesty will summon him later." Wenbo introduced in his father's ear.
"Heroes come out of teenagers, heroes come out of teenagers." Wen Duqiao gestured to Han Qian, and then was supported by his son Wen Bo and walked down the steps.
Niu Gengru also glanced at Han Qian, and then walked down the hall.
"Lord Han, you come in with the miscellaneous family, Your Majesty will see you now." Shen Hemu sent Niu and Wen away, and beckoned Han Qian into the main hall.
The three princes accompanied Emperor Tianyou to sit in the inner hall and talk, Han Qian walked in under the guidance of Shen He, he didn't have time to look, he bowed at Shen He's signal, and when he looked up again, he could only see the imperial case in front of him covered by the yellow embroidered dragon curtain.
Although he could see what Emperor Tianyou looked like if he looked up again, according to the rules, he could no longer raise his head before he was given a seat.
After a long time, the air seemed to freeze, and Han Qian had to hear a deep voice coming from above his head: "Give me a seat!" ”
When Shen He came over with an embroidered pier, Han Qian sat down sideways, according to the rules, he couldn't sit on his buttocks, he was really fucking offended.
"The Dragon Bird Army wants to choose a cavalry general, do you recommend Zhou Yi and Chen Jingzhou, tell me your reasons?" The deep voice asked again.
Han Qian turned sideways, and only then did he raise his eyes and look at Emperor Tianyou for the first time.
In the established historical trajectory, this person who wanted to kill his father and tear him apart in the city, Han Qian subconsciously did not have a good impression of him, and was afraid, but he had to admit that he had a majestic bearing and a sharp eye that could penetrate people's hearts.
Although Emperor Tianyou's sideburns were a little frosty, it was difficult to associate him with an old man in his sixties in his current life, and it was even more difficult to conclude that his life was likely to be less than three years left.
Later history books do not have a special description of the death of Emperor Tianyou, which indicates that he did not die in a public coup or murder.
Of course, if this history is not reversed, the next forty or fifty years will be chaotic, and what will be recorded in the history books of later generations may not be historical facts, so anything may happen to Emperor Tianyou.
"Is my question difficult?" Yang Mi saw that Han Qian's son was distracted in front of his eyes, and asked in a deep voice again.
Weichen didn't dare to answer. Han Qian woke up in shock, quickly got up and knelt on the ground, and replied.
"What dare you dare, is it possible that you are afraid that I will cut off your head?" Yang Mi said.
"Your Majesty pardons Weichen for his innocence, so Weichen dares to talk nonsense." Han Qian said.
"Speak, and I will forgive you of your innocence." Yang Mi said.
"Your Majesty has named His Royal Highness the King of Linjiang County, but His Royal Highness is still shallow, and it is difficult to fight against His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and King Xin. The source of Junzhou cottage power is complex, after the rebel generals, after the rebellious army, after the bandits, and sandwiched between the three kingdoms of Liang, Chu and Shu, it seems that they can't be trusted the most, but the battle of Xichuan proved that they can trust the most, and there is no interference with Liang, Shu, and the ministers of the DPRK and China. His Royal Highness has no available people in the court, no credible people, and the children of the cottage can all become descendants. In the future, His Royal Highness wants to make a career, and the children of the cottage can be entrusted with their lives, and Weichen is to recommend Zhou Yi and Chen Jingzhou to His Royal Highness. Han Qian knelt on the ground and said.
Shen He was slightly stunned, and secretly felt that Han Qian's grandson really dared to say it, so he almost said that he had only served the third prince.
"If you dare to say that, you have guessed my thoughts, so guess why I summoned you, right?" Yang Mi asked.
"Wechen didn't dare to guess." Han Qian said.
"Forgive your innocence, you can guess." Yang Mi said.
"Your Majesty has the money of the Feng family, and you can barely support the use of troops in Tanzhou, Your Majesty wants to hand over this position to His Highness and hand it over to the Dragon Bird Army," Han Qian said humbly, "In addition, if Weichen wants to break his head, he really can't think of any reason for His Majesty to summon Weichen!" ”
With a "snap", the dust in Shen He's hand was not held steady, and fell to the ground.
Seeing that His Majesty and His Royal Highness all looked at him in surprise, Shen He couldn't wait to dig a pit and bury himself in it.