Chapter 5: Towards Unification Section 33

The military and political hall of Hangu Pass was originally a place to discuss the military situation and gather the generals in the pass, but now that the emperor is here, this hall has become the emperor's temporary Jinluan Palace, and the ministers are happily congratulating each other on their promotions in the palace. Liu Bei swaggered and took more than 20 generals to break into the hall without first informing.

"Where is it now?" Liu Bei shouted loudly unscrupulously, Huangfu Song frowned, and Lu Zhi leaned over to introduce the emperor in a low voice, pretending not to notice Liu Bei's actions. Yang Feng and Dong Cheng turned around and pretended not to see anything.

The military and political hall is very large, it was originally used to hold a military meeting (the length is about 100 meters), Qingzhou people like to sit on chairs when they hold meetings, therefore, the whole hall floor is paved with bluestone slabs, and the court meetings are kneeling and sitting, and the floors are wooden for cold. After the ministers of the court occupied the hall, they thought that Zhou Cang's official position was low, and he disdained to communicate with him, Zhou Cang originally had few soldiers, and there was only one main seat in the hall, four accompanying seats, a total of five chairs, and the ministers did not open their mouths to ask for chairs.

There were not enough chairs, and all the ministers simply didn't sit, counting nine cold days, and the bluestone slabs were cold and biting, so everyone copied their hands and stood in the hall in a chaotic manner.

"Where is Xiao Fei?" Liu Bei shouted at the top of his voice, but everyone still ignored it and talked to each other on their own. Liu Beicheng was prestigious, stabbed Zhang Fei, and said, "You come and shout." ”

Zhang Fei took a deep breath and shouted: "Where is Xiao Fei?" ”

After the shouting, everyone only felt a ringing in their ears, and the unprepared officials even collapsed to the ground, and the hall suddenly fell silent.

As soon as the words fell, Xiao Fei ran in from outside the hall out of breath, and stood up and saluted: "Xiao Fei, the commander of the Luoyang City Guard and the first-class school officer, was summoned to report. ”

Liu Bei ignored the face of the ministers in the palace, patted the military boots with a knife, and said fiercely: "How do you serve Master Lu?" It's so cold in the hall that you don't even have a brazier? Go, put on the brazier and set up the chairs. There are rules for station shifts, what kind of system is such a chaotic and noisy? ”

Liu Bei took the lead, the ministers were busy embarrassingly looking for their positions, standing in two shifts, in front of the emperor's table, a few people kneeling showed that they were Cao Cao and other Yanzhou generals, take a closer look, Cao Cao and other generals put a few leather blankets under their knees are familiar, "That thing seems to be mine." Liu Bei muttered.

Xiao Fei stretched out his face and explained in a low voice: "It's the lord's, the lord left in a hurry this morning, threw the kneeling mat at the door of the master, and the master asked me to bring it and spread it in the hall, hehe......"

"My whale skin." Liu Bei groaned to himself with pity, glared at Xiao Fei and became angry: "Bastard, why don't you go quickly?" A chair for each person, a brazier, a cup of hot tea, and a batch of soju at the armory to warm you up. ”

Liu Bei was so generous, whether the officials knew each other or not, Qi Chong Liu Bei gave up, but Yang Biao came out of class and shouted: "Stop!" Liu Xuande, please untie the sword and enter the hall. ”

Liu Bei widened his eyes and said in a low voice: "Duh! Rotten Confucianism doesn't know what to do, the enemy army Chen Bing is closed, the big battle is imminent, our generals do not disarm at night, ready to fight at any time, today to see our emperor with a military salute, you dare to let us untie the sword ......", Liu Bei turned back to the school officer and said: "The armor is on your body, if someone tells you to go to the sword, how about it?" ”

All the school officers replied in unison: "The man is in the sword, and the sword is dead." ”

Lu Zhi straightened up from the emperor's side and said: "In the past, the Yellow Turban was in turmoil, and the first emperor also knew that he was performing martial arts in the West Garden. ”

Liu Bei replied loudly: "Exactly, our military ministers rushed thousands of miles to come to the rescue, the heart of loyalty can show the sun and the moon, the armor is on the body, but when you enter the palace, you have to untie the sword, which is obviously not trusting us."

Mencius said: 'The king regards his ministers as his siblings, and his ministers regard him as his heart; The king regards his ministers as dogs and horses, and his ministers regard him as his countrymen; The king regards his ministers as dung, and his ministers regard them as enemies. "Fang is in war today," although the ministers have no ambitions, but they are the masters, can An be rude to the subordinates? ’

The cold wind is biting, the snow is fluttering, the enemy soldiers are coming to the city, and the soldiers are throwing their blood on the wild saint, Captain Yang is so demanding, do you want to help the Xiliang soldiers? Duh, rotten Confucian, do you know that the sun, moon and stars have their own laws, so that they can last forever. The people of the world are crowded, and they must also abide by an axiom: all people must get along on the basis of the principle of fairness, hard work must be rewarded, and the blood of soldiers must be respected. Otherwise, although the superior is respected, if he does not pay care and compassion, how can he live in peace for a long time? ”

Yang Biao was speechless, but retreated, and the emperor was at a loss, so he bowed his head and did not speak. Liu Bei was in high spirits, walked close to the emperor's table, brushed away Cao Cao's generals with a scabbard, took a cushion, placed it side by side with Cao Cao, and saluted on one knee: "Qingzhou Mu and Zhendong General Liu Bei knocked on my emperor, with a military uniform, please forgive me for not being able to salute fully." ”

The Son of Heaven was shocked, and asked almost openly: "Is Aiqing the Qingzhou Mu Liu Xuande?" After I heard that you are King Jing of Zhongshan?"

As soon as the emperor asked, Liu Bei stood up, stood with his hands down, and replied, "Exactly." ”

At that time, there was no saying that Aiqing was flat, because according to etiquette, the emperor also knelt on the ground, but today, the emperor sat on a chair, and Liu Bei stood up when he answered, which made the emperor and the ministers at a loss.

The emperor looked at Cao Cao, who was kneeling, and then at Liu Bei, who was standing, swallowed and spit, and said reluctantly: "It's a pity that Dong Zhuo's thieves moved the capital and the royal classics were lost, otherwise if you check the genealogy, you will be able to rank with Xuande." ”

Liu Bei pretended to be surprised and asked, "Did the Holy Lord only know about Taishi Dong's sin today?" ”

The young emperor's face was flushed and he had nothing to say. Lu Zhi glared at Liu Bei fiercely, and explained to the emperor in a low voice: "When Xuande got married in Luoyang, he had reported to Zongzheng, and his eldest son Liu Feng was born, and the local clan in Qingzhou had been registered. Check the genealogy, Xuande should be the same generation as the first emperor. ”

While the emperor was talking to Lu Zhi, Liu Beiyi stretched out his hand and grabbed Cao Cao, and said in a low voice viciously: "Brother Meng De, the kneeling blanket under your knees is my whale skin cushion, moisture-proof and waterproof, soft and supple, and worth a thousand gold!" ”

Cao Cao rolled his eyes, looked down at his toes, and replied without raising his head: "Why is Brother Xuande so stingy, this kneeling carpet has been used by everyone in the hall." ”

Liu Bei was so distressed that he gasped for air, bumped Cao Cao with his shoulder, and said eagerly: "Shining, I'll see if it's broken." ”

Cao Cao stood on his heels, not giving an inch, both of them did not move, seemingly maintaining a respectful standing posture, but secretly wrestling with each other with their shoulders, making a red face and red ears, just holding each other, the emperor raised his eyes and looked over, found something strange, coughed, and reminded the two to pay attention to their manners. At this time, Xiao Fei led people in, brought chairs and braziers, and when everyone's attention was diverted, Liu Bei pushed Cao Cao hard, bowed down like lightning to put away the whale skin cushion, and turned around and quietly stuffed it to the officials behind him.

The chairs came, and the newly sealed officials humbly conceded their seats to each other, generally speaking, this kind of humility needs to last for about an hour to reach a recognized result, and between the noise, Liu Bei became impatient, and shouted in a deep voice: "The Qingzhou school officials are seated in the right row, and the generals will meet the saint." ”

Gao Shun and other generals signed up to visit, and the emperor smiled and nodded again and again, making a cordial gesture. Liu Bei waved his hand again, Gao Shun had the highest rank, and the car turned around and ordered: "All pay attention, turn left, and take five steps forward...... Pick up your sword, turn it back, pay attention to it, and sit down. ”

Starting from the last chair in the right row, the Qingzhou generals sat down in turn, with a sword in their arms, the neat and uniform actions of the Qingzhou generals made Cao Cao faintly a little unconvinced, and then gestured to Xiahoudun, Xiahoudun had a good example, and immediately greeted the Yanzhou generals, and sat down in turn at the top of the Qingzhou generals.

Liu Bei asked the Qingzhou general to give up the first seat, Cao Cao calmed down a little, quietly walked to the third chair on the left hand and sat down, and gestured to Gao Shun and Liu Bei to sit on top of him.

In the Han Dynasty, the right side was respected, and Wenchen should have sat on the right side, but now Liu Bei and Cao Cao unceremoniously occupied the right hand. Liu Bei also stared at the civil officials aggressively, and everywhere he looked, everyone bowed their heads and avoided it, and after a while, all the ministers in the hall had already taken their seats, but the height of the seats was irregular.

Dong Cheng and Yang Feng glanced at each other, and walked to the lower position of Cao Cao in their right hand intentionally. As soon as this move came out, Liu Bei immediately stared at these two outliers with interest, and his gaze finally stayed on Yang Feng.

Yang Feng was a small person who was not outstanding in the Han Dynasty, and only left a faint mark in history. But this descendant of Yang Feng declared in history that he was the prototype of the "Yang family general" called by later generations.

During the Wuhu Rebellion, the Yang family was active in the stage of the secession regime of the Hu people in the north, and the generals made a big noise. Until the Sui and Tang dynasties, for hundreds of years, the Yang family practiced martial arts and served in the army, becoming a prominent and peculiar warrior family, and was called "Yang Family General" by the people at that time. This is the original origin of the title "Yang Jiajiang".

For hundreds of years, the "Yang family general" in the mouth of the Hu people has become a sharp weapon to suppress the resistance of the Han people. For example, Yang Jie, the Zhongshan minister of the Murong clan of the Yan Kingdom (founded in 337), is said to be the eighth grandson of Yang Feng, and his son Yang Zhenshi was in the Northern Wei Dynasty (founded in 396) Tuoba clan and served as the Taishou of Shanggu. Yang Zhenzi Yang Zhen, successively served as the Taishou of Hanoi and Qinghe. Yang Zhenzi Yang Yi, appointed as the Taishou of Beiping, was posthumously awarded the title of Hongnong County Duke after his death. Yang Yizi, Yang Bo, Yang Chun, Yang Ying, Yang Shun and other grandchildren held important positions in the DPRK (army).

Yang Feng's 11th grandson Yang Fu (Yang Shilang) has a direct descendant named Yang Su, the first Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, served as the general of the palace chariot and cavalry, and later built the Sui Dynasty from Emperor Wen of Sui, sealed the Yue Guogong, and was in charge of the government. Subsequently, Yang Su assisted Yang Guang, the king of the Jin Dynasty, to frame the crown prince Yang Yong and helped Yang Guang seize the throne and become Emperor Yang of Sui.

In the Ming and Qing dynasties, folk artists wrote commentaries, distorted the pen, and changed the "Yang family general" of the Hu people to the "Yang family general" of the Han people, and this title luckily fell on the head of a military general surnamed Yang in the Song Dynasty. This is what we now know as the Yang family general.

In this way, the title of traitor has become synonymous with hero; The thugs who slaughtered the Han people have since become the idols of the Han people, and we have worshiped them for thousands of years, and history is so wonderful......

Yang Feng was also a strange person in the Han Dynasty, he could have become a hero to revive the Han Dynasty, but he would not establish his prestige in the first place, and those who were as loyal as Xu Huang sighed at the mention of him; The second is willing to be obscene and unwilling to cooperate with courtiers to deal with the warriors who interfere in politics, but he likes to be in the same stream with Han Xian and other old friends and Baibo bandits! Third, he is not tolerant, after Cao Cao came, he felt that the situation was twisted, so he pulled his legs and left. Later, I regretted it again and came back to rob the emperor. Acting strangely and unruly.

(ps: The Hu people have no text, and the historical record of Wuhua Chaohua is relatively rough, and there is still controversy about whether this Yang Feng is Yang Feng, the ancestor of the Hu people's "Yang family generals". This book adopts one of these points of view and is not intended to be conclusive on this controversy. )

All the ministers sat down, but Liu Beishang stood in front of the emperor's table, watching the soldiers send braziers, tea cups, and wine jugs endlessly. None of these things had ever appeared in the court before, and the ministers had their hands full, and for a moment, they didn't know what etiquette to deal with.

Liu Bei took a glass of wine handed by the soldiers, raised his glass and toasted to the emperor: "Son of Heaven Shengming, today's court council, everyone doesn't know what to do. Please ask the Holy Decree to allow the ministers to raise their glasses and drink to congratulate the Holy Driver on his escape. ”

The emperor replied softly, "According to what Qing said." ”

The ministers raised their glasses and drank bitterly, and the strong wine was in their stomachs, and they were suddenly warm. Liu Bei still stood in front of the imperial case, and said loudly: "Shengshang, the ministers and other Kwantung princes spent three years to rebuild Luoyang, and the new palace is different from the original, which has added a lot of new equipment, such as tables, chairs and benches, the old equipment has many inconveniences, and it has been abandoned, and the minister implores the emperor to subordinate the new rules of the court as soon as possible to fit the new palace room." ”

Liu Bei sighed and said to himself: "For example, the etiquette of kneeling and sitting for a few cases may not apply, in order to prevent fires, the newly built palace rooms are mostly paved with blue bricks, and then kneeling on the green bricks, I am afraid that the ministers will be unbearable." There are many merits in sitting in the main hall today, please consider it. ”

The emperor glanced at Lu Zhi, Lu Zhi nodded resolutely, and then glanced at the ministers, the ministers sitting in the chair, their faces were drunk, shaking their heads, and the emperor replied helplessly: "Zhun Qing played." ”

Liu Bei waved his hand again, signaled the soldiers to add wine to the ministers, and after beckoning them to drink it all, Liu Bei started to play again: "Holy Lord, the ministers still have this music." ”

The emperor didn't dare to look at Lu Zhi anymore, and raised his eyes and glanced down, looking for supporters. At this time, the Qingzhou soldiers serving the ministers carried a large tray with more than a dozen glass bottles of red, yellow, blue, and green fruit wine on the tray, and diligently asked the minister what he needed. The emperor turned his head and glanced at the ranks of the generals on the right, the Yanzhou generals, Dong Cheng, and Yang Feng had already begun to drink, but there were no soldiers in front of the Qingzhou generals, and on the seat, the ring-eyed man who roared loudly just now was still swallowing and spitting.

"Let's talk about it." The emperor said reluctantly.

"The minister thought that the Han Dynasty lasted four hundred years, so far the Han government has accumulated very many disadvantages, my emperor is still the capital today, the new palace, the new atmosphere, take this opportunity, it is time to implement the new policy of Ding Revolution, and the Han Dynasty.

The minister thought that the official election system was out of date, and it was easy to lead to officials clinging, and it was difficult for the emperor's decree to be carried out in the locality.

The ministers thought that the division of the princes today stemmed from the excessive power of local officials, and the civil affairs, justice, supervision, military, and official nominations all came from the hands of one person, who recruited party henchmen and cultivated cronies so that the tail could not be lost.

The minister suggested that the powers of local officials should be decentralized, so as to weaken their control over the local government, and that the powers of justice and public order should be separated, and that special officials should be set up to be in charge of local litigation, and even let these officials have their own system, even if the crimes of the three public officials should also be controlled by them. The power of supervision should be attributed to the people, to the villagers, and to the meritorious people everywhere. This is also the second.

In the past, Gaozu stipulated that merchants were not allowed to wear silk clothes, ride in cars, buy land, and must pay double the amount of money (the main poll tax) like slaves and maids. By the time of Emperor Wu, the Qin Dynasty's system of military affairs was also restored, and merchants with city registration and their descendants were included in the list of crimes. However, the Book of Zhou once said: "If the farmer does not come out, he will lack food, if he does not work, he will lack work, if he does not produce business, he will have no three treasures, and if he does not come out, he will have little wealth." If there is little money, the mountains will not be cleared. These four are the origin of food and clothing for the people. ’

The ancients had different industries and the same way, and their dedication was one also. Scholars are cultivated and governed, agriculture is maintained, workers are used for sharp tools, and merchants are used for currency, each according to the proximity of its resources and the reach of its strength, so as to seek its dedication. It comes down to the way that is beneficial to the living, and that's it. Shinong is dedicated to cultivating the cultivators, and the sharp weapons are currency, just like the monks and farmers; Industry and commerce with its dedication to sharp weapons and currency, and repair and maintenance, just like its industry and business. Therefore, it is said that the four people have different industries and the same way.

The minister tried a new policy in Qingzhou, encouraged industry and commerce, and exempted agricultural taxes, and now, Qingzhou is rich in the world, with rich taxes, rich people's warehouses, and generous salaries for officials.

The ministers tried to implement the new policy in Hebei, You, and three states, and for each state, one state became richer. The minister implored the Holy Majesty to abolish the undignified status of merchants, encourage merchants to circulate freely and trade, and enrich the treasury with commercial taxes.

Nowadays, the territory of our Han Dynasty is gradually expanding, the people have a lot of things, one person's energy to deal with the livelihood of so many millions of people, even if you don't sleep or eat, it is difficult to do the day's affairs, accumulate over time, the natural evils of state affairs are reborn, my emperor Shengming, the minister suggested that the state affairs should be given to hundreds of officials, reform the official positions, establish an official system dominated by the prime minister, and try his best to deal with trivial matters for His Majesty, and His Majesty will give far-sighted guidance, which is enough, so that His Majesty can spare a lot of time to spend his life leisurely and enjoy life. Fourth, too. ”

Liu Bei said this, even the drunken officials were shocked by these words, this is the first naked forced palace, this is the emperor completely hollowed, and suddenly the officials were noisy.

The corners of Liu Bei's mouth showed a sneer, the fourth of the four reforms was the most rebellious, the official system of the prime minister's responsibility system was close to the constitutional monarchy, which was the policy system finally adopted by Cao Mengde in history, but unfortunately Cao Cao's ruling was based on the family, and the prime minister's responsibility system without election or election was still a kind of personal centralization, and the fruits of the final victory were usurped by the family.

Liu Bei's current military strength is even stronger than Cao Cao at that time, and at this moment, he has completely revealed his hideous face, and he is ready to force the emperor and loyal ministers to back down and change the constitution.

"The minister still has two strategies, and I implore Your Majesty to grant permission to implement them together." Liu Bei didn't seem to hear the noise of the officials, and ignored Lu Zhi's eyes, and continued to add in a relaxed tone, as if the emperor had approved the four strategies mentioned earlier......

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