Chapter 14: A Day in Shangshutai
The CD in May is the season of spring flowers. In the Shangshutai not far from the palace, there are also insects and birds, and a piece of spring is full of joy.
Shangshutai was set up in the early years of the Western Han Dynasty. The rights were not big in the beginning. During the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, in order to strengthen the imperial power against the relative power, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty greatly expanded the power of Shang Shutai. From the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the power of Shangshutai has been constantly changing with the size of the emperor's real power.
In general, if a prime minister or a general of a period can open a palace, then Shangshutai is only an emperor's private secretariat. If the prime minister or the general is not able to open the government, then the office of the presidential office of Shangshutai will swell into the de facto State Council.
As far as Shu Han is concerned, when Shu Han was just founded, Zhuge Liang was the prime minister, but he did not have the right to open the government. Therefore, Liu Bei was the first person to govern Shu Han and was Shangshu Ling Fazheng (after Fazheng's death, he was Liu Ba), not Prime Minister Zhuge Liang. At that time, the mode of operation of Shu Han's regime was: Liu Bei's will was transformed from Fazheng to specific orders, and Zhuge Liang carried them out.
After Liu Bei burped, Zhuge Liang obtained the right to open the mansion. Then all the major national affairs will be handled by the Prime Minister's Office itself. The Prime Minister's Office made its own plans, implemented them by themselves, and reviewed them by themselves - the emperor became a rubber stamp, and the Shangshutai was useless.
After Zhuge Liang died, Liu Chan did not set up a new prime minister in the name of forever remembering the prime minister. However, at this time, the power of the Jingzhou faction of Shu Han was still strong, so Liu Chan also had to let Jiang Wan open the mansion in the name of the Great Sima and let Fei Yi open the mansion in the name of the general. Let them control the government. But in any case, the government of the prime minister of the great Sima and the general is not justified compared to the prime minister's government. And it was also during that period that the Shangshutai of Shu Han also began to rise slowly.
When Fei Yi was suddenly assassinated, the inheritance of the Jingzhou faction was suddenly interrupted. Liu Chan took Chen Yuan of the Dongzhou faction as the secretary of the order, and quietly and completely recovered the management of the Shu Han state, so far, Shang Shutai regained his power and became the de facto State Council.
As for the current general Jiang Wei, he has not been able to open the mansion, and he has been leading troops for a long time. In fact, it is not much different from the governor of one side, and its influence on the government is very weak.
Now the prefect of Shangshutai is Shangshuling Chen Yuan, and the following are several Shangshu servants: Zhuge Zhan, Dong Ju, Fan Jian, and Zhang Shao. These five people were nominally the emperor's secretaries, and Chen Yuan was the secretary general. But in reality, they are the premier of the State Council and the four vice premiers.
Liu Chan's political wisdom is very high. He appointed Chen Yuan of the Dongzhou faction as Shang Shuling. Since the fall of Li Yan and the death of Wu Yi and Wu Ban, the Dongzhou faction has actually withered over the years and cannot be called a faction. Therefore, Chen Yuan, who lacks his own team, is basically obedient to Liu Chan. With Chen Yuan in control of Shangshutai, Liu Chan was able to ensure that his imperial power would not be sidelined.
But Liu Chan also knew very well that the basic plate of the Shu Han regime was the Yuancong faction and the Jingzhou faction. Therefore, the four servants in Shangshutai, Zhuge Zhan, Dong Ju, and Fan Jian are all from Jingzhou. The only remaining Zhang Shao is Zhang Fei's second son, Liu Chan's brother-in-law - Yuancongpai.
It's a pity that people are not as good as heaven. At the time of Yanxi's twenty years of winter and spring communication. Chen Yuan fell ill. And according to the Shu Han Imperial Doctor, Chen Shangshu basically couldn't get up when he fell ill this time. Therefore, at this time, Shangshutai, the actual controller, is Zhuge Liang's son, Zhuge Zhan.
"Changyuan, Gong Xi, Zhongxing, you all come and see, this Guan Zifeng has just arrived in Fuling County, and he is restless."
"Oh? Siyuan, what does the second son of the Guan family want to do? ”
"Well, he actually found Ma Youchang's widow in Fuling County. Asked for a promotion to this Ma Gaizhi. ”
"Horses often have posthumous children?"
"Yes." Zhuge Zhan stroked his forehead: "Speaking of which, if it weren't for this Guan Zifeng's reminder, I would have forgotten about this person." At that time, Ma Youchang lost the street pavilion and was beheaded by his father shortly after. His widow gave birth to a son. The father named it himself, and gave the word in advance to change it. At that time, I was still young, and my father mentioned it once, and after so many years, I also forgot. ”
"Hmm...... Hum! Some people are too much! Dong Ju carefully looked at the report handed in by Guan Yi and found a clue: "This horse entered the office nine years ago. For nine years, he has served as three lords of the three counties of Fuling County. All the time you are not allowed to be promoted. This is not intentional suppression, and what is it? ”
"What? How unreasonable! Fan Jian was a fiery temper, and as soon as he heard Dong Ju's words, he became angry: "Ma Youchang lost the street pavilion, which led to the failure of the Prime Minister's first Northern Expedition. Of course, it's a great sin. But Ma Youchang has already apologized for his sin with death. Why do you treat other people's children so harshly? Well? Let me take a look, oh, this Guan Zifeng also said, he talks well, he has something to say, and he is a good talent! Look, such a talent, they can't bear to let the family suffer repeatedly for nine years? What have the successive Taishou of Fuling County done over the years? ”
"Changyuan is angry, angry." Zhang Shao actually has no sense of existence in Shangshutai, and he knows very well that his talent is far worse than the previous three. As the emperor's brother-in-law, he played a role in supervising and reconciling in Shangshutai: "It is estimated that the successive Taishou of Fuling County also dared not recommend it because Ma Youchang's sins were too great." ”
"What's wrong with that? In the past, Yang Weigong (Yang Yi) framed Wei Wenchang for rebellion and exterminated his three clans. Gong Xi and I are not under pressure to cry out for Wei Wenchang. In the end, Wen Chang was also rehabilitated. That is, Yang Yi's fight was too ruthless, and Wen Chang couldn't even leave a descendant. Otherwise, Gong Xi and I will definitely take good care of it. ”
After Zhang Shao listened to Fan Jian's complaints, he also shouted in his heart: Big brother, you, Fan Jian, Dong Ju and Wei Yan are all from Yiyang, Jingzhou! You all got into our revolutionary team because of Wei Yan's relationship! Wei Yan fell, if Yang Yi was not brought down. How can you two little minions have today? Also, what does it mean that if Wei Wenchang has descendants, you must take good care of it. So, what do you mean is that Zhuge Siyuan is a mean bastard? Well! Although I agree with this evaluation, please don't say it so bluntly, okay? I didn't see that Zhuge Siyuan's face had turned red and white!
"That's it! Changyuan, don't make trouble! Sure enough, Zhuge Siyuan was slapped in the face, and his tone of voice was very unpleasant.
"When Ma Youchang died, I was only two years old." The traces are very obvious to defend himself: "Since this is the case, according to Guan Zifeng's meaning, move the horse to Fuling County to engage in it, and the annual salary is 200 stones." How is it? ”
"Good." "Good."
"Well, let's talk about the second article of Guan Zifeng's report. The people of Fuling County were poor and barren and could not support a large number of county soldiers. Therefore, this guy proposed that for the time being, the five families of Guan, Zhang, Zhao, Sun, and Jian each contribute 10,000 yuan and 1,000 stone of grain every year to support the county soldiers. Stop ...... when Fuling County is able to self-sufficiency in food."
"Hiss~~~ What does Guan Zifeng want to do? Raise the county soldiers of the imperial court as private soldiers? Does he want to rebel? "The first to be frightened was Zhang Shao, there was no way, among the four vice premiers, his son was involved.
It can be said that the Shu Han regime was very powerful in its control of the domestic army. The military commanders of the four major armies of Hanzhong, Yong'an, Nanzhong, and Yulin will be transferred when they say they will be transferred, and they will be changed when they are said. It completely put an end to the situation of officials in various places supporting troops and self-respect in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. Even the most elite mobile corps of Shu Han has been in Jiang Wei's hands for more than ten years, but the imperial court is really determined to take Jiang Wei, and Jiang Wei will not be able to resist no matter how reluctant he is.
Therefore, Guan Yi's report really embarrassed the people of Shangshutai. Although everyone knows that this poor and weak Fuling County will not be able to make any money even if it rebels, such a blatant proposal to privately fund the state to raise the army still breaks the rules of Shu Han.
"What I mean, this is completely because this group of sons and brothers are lawless, and they don't know the chaos of the court law at all. If there are any bad intentions, I don't believe it. The Guan family, the Zhang family, the Zhao family, the Sun family, and the Jian family, they are all Yuan Cong. ”
"Then reply. Forbid! ”
"Good."
"Well, keep going. Evil Water Removal Order? Collecting Fern Root Order? These two orders are very good. Zhongxing, let me record that if Guan Zifeng's two orders can achieve certain results in Fuling County, we can completely promote them in Dahan. ”
"No!"
"Well, there's another order, the order to hunt beasts? Ridiculous! How can you hunt wild beasts in the spring? That's not one corpse, two lives, three lives? This is too hurtful! Also, how can this Guan Zifeng be the guard of a county, how can he personally serve as the captain of the hunting team? ”
(Guan Yi: Eldest son, you guys who sit in the office on CDs all day long know what a fart!) Lao Tzu, the people here have been miserable! You S mothers B! Phew! )
"Hehe, Siyuan, you still don't know? This group of boys and brothers finally came out of the CD, don't they want people to play safari? ”
"Humph! In the end, it is good and bad to work hard. Hey, forget it, let's encourage this group of guys more. This kind of specific county affairs did not involve the decree of the Han Dynasty, so it was ignored. ”
"Good."
"Well, Guan Zifeng's report is finished, which county's report needs to be read by the four of us next?"
"Well, not from any county. Instead, the general Jiang Wei issued another note, asking the imperial court to allocate 500,000 stone grain and 20 million money to him. ”
"Bastard! This Jiang Boyu went on a northern expedition every year, but he had no gain except for the loss of troops and generals. I, Zhuge Zhan, am not Chen Fengzong......"
Just when Zhuge Zhan scolded Jiang Wei, showing that although he was the leader of the Jingzhou faction, he also knew that Yizhou had been fighting for many years and the people were in hardship. A lower-level official wearing a soap coat hurriedly ran in: "Qi Qi all the servants, the puppet Wei Governor Yangzhou Zhujun, the general of the Eastern Expedition, Zhuge Dan has raised troops against Wei!" ”