Volume 2: The Eighth Route Army's Festival Envoy - Chapter 12: Jing and Festival (7)

Although the emperor's expression was gentle and his tone was brisk, the sweat on Wang Jun's forehead was dripping down.

The magnanimous and generous son of the Guo family, who did not hesitate to spend manpower and money to build a side hall, is it just to put himself in the army like this at this moment? Wang Jun secretly thought in his heart, but the emperor couldn't help but answer his question, he coughed lightly, and said slowly, word by word: "...... His Majesty himself set up a partial hall to entertain himself, and the Privy Council built the building for the benefit of the country, and these two things seem to be incompatible. ”

Guo Wei looked at Wang Jun with a calm expression, and said slowly: "Brother Xiufeng has read more books than me, "Zhenguan Political Dignitaries" and "Wei Zhenggong's Advice" must have read ......"

Wang Jun was stunned for a moment, not knowing what the emperor's intention was to suddenly mention Zhenguan dignitaries and admonitions at this time, he hesitated and nodded: "The minister has read it!" ”

Guo Wei nodded: "Brother Xiufeng...... Tang Taizong is divided into three provinces and six departments, set up a political hall, and governs the world with a group, at that time, the eldest grandson Wuji, Fang Liang Gong, Wei Zheng Gong stood on three legs, and the rest of the ministers also divided their powers, these stories of the previous dynasty, Xiufeng brother will definitely not be unfamiliar......"

“…… If Brother Xiufeng wants to abolish this system, he must always take this matter to the court and discuss it with the ministers, even if the cardinal government has its own five rooms, don't the ministers of Zhongshu buy it, and Brother Xiufeng can still force them to take the matter to the cardinal council to decide? Even if the system continues, and the Chinese book refuses to sign the seal, will Brother Xiufeng stamp the seal of the cardinal, and the courtiers will recognize it? Even if the courtiers are willing to give Brother Xiufeng this face, could it be that those foreign feudal festivals. Are you willing to admit that this is not the holy decree of Fengge Luantai? ”

Guo Wei asked calmly, Wang Jun was sweating more and more on the ground, and he couldn't wipe it off.

"Brother Xiufeng...... The state system and court rules and regulations cannot be easily changed with one sentence. The group can not only correct the mistakes of the Son of Heaven at any time, but also supervise and restrain each other, so as not to make one minister arbitrarily arbitrary. This is the reason why Emperor Wen used the group to walk the way of vertical arching. Brother Xiufeng really replaced the Zhongshu with the cardinal mansion. Then the group phase becomes a solitary phase. Although I can't sleep well, can Brother Xiufeng and his family sleep peacefully? ”

Wang Jun was speechless......

The emperor's tone always remained gentle, and there was no hint of harshness on his face, but he could naturally hear that the emperor was clearly warning himself.

The co-governance of the group is the rule set by Tang Taizong, the three provinces are divided into powers, and they are mutually restrained in the process. The group of ministers formed a political hall meeting to discuss national politics so that the central decision-making is more scientific and more cautious, and at the same time, it also prevents the appearance of excessive power in the imperial court, and at any time there are several prime ministers at the same time to uphold the government, and no one can be alone, which can not only ensure that the whole decision-making error is caused by the mistake of one person, but also ensure that the emperor who rules the arch will not lose control of the government.

Once the power of the book was taken over by the Privy Council, the situation was completely different.

Nowadays, the pattern of Zhongshu is that Zhongshu makes Feng Dao stand high and retire in the court with the honorary title of Xiang. The so-called "great hidden in the court" is also. The other three prime ministers took Wang Jun as the one. There are also Fan Zhen and Li Gu, each of whom has a different ministry, but they are sent the same. All of them are "Pingzhang Matters under the Zhongshu Gate", with this title, the three people in the Zhongshu Menxia Province are actually on an equal footing. Wang Jun did not have the authority to directly order or lead the two prime ministers, Fan and Li.

But once the power of Zhongshudi was transferred to the Privy Council, Wang Jun, the privy envoy, was the well-deserved boss of the Privy Council.

That's the real prime minister - the real prime minister like Zhuge Liang and Xie Anshi!

The emperor is now warning himself very clearly, don't fight this abacus, although the intimacy and friendship between the monarch and the minister are good, but he will not tolerate himself becoming a powerful minister like Wuhou and Xie An who can go hand in hand with the monarch and "share the world".

In fact, Wang Jun should have figured out a long time ago that when today's son Guo Wei is in the world of ten thousand horse troops, and all the children of the family died in political battles and vendettas, naturally it is not Liu Houzhu and Sima Yao, who live in the deep palace all day long, and want to be the minister of power in front of Guo Wei, this idea itself is very dangerous.

"I know that Brother Xiufeng has always had some complaints in his heart, complaining that I became the Son of Heaven, so I alienated the old people......"

Guo Wei sighed and said, "...... At the beginning, it was Brother Xiufeng who took the lead in draping the robe on my shoulders, since I had no choice but to sit in this position, I am no longer Guo Qi'er who danced the sword in the drinking camp in front of Brother Xiufeng's army, I am the emperor who leads the military states of the world to govern thousands of Li Shu, and if I am an emperor, I must have an emperor...... The emperor naturally can't be as ignorant as Guo Que'er. As an emperor, you can't listen to and believe, listen to it darkly, and listen to it clearly, this is what Tang Taizong said. So I can't just reuse you Brother Xiufeng, the elder of the Four Dynasties of Feng Linggong, when you and I saw him, we all wanted to bow to the ground, but now although I am no longer in charge, he is still a senior, Brother Xiufeng always has to leave him a little face! Although Fan Zhen and others are young, they are all leaders in governing the country among the literati, Shi Huayuan despised the literati with a spear and a big sword, and finally made a fuss and wiped out all the corpses......

For this sake, Wang Jun could only kneel and apologize.

"Okay, okay......" Guo Wei smiled and stepped down from the Dan, and personally helped Wang Jun up: "I can't persuade Brother Xiufeng, you and I are my own brothers, and Brother Xiufeng doesn't have to be too afraid." Brother Xiufeng is here, there must be something big! ”

Wang Jun nodded, took out the recital from Ruan, and said: "The joint recital of Guanbei Xingying from Ruan and Li Bin in Yanzhou, Gao Yunquan!" ”

Guo Wei's face became solemn, he took the watch and looked at it, and said for a while: "It's so fast......"

Wang Jun nodded: "Gao Yunquan is already like a puppet, dying early and dying late, and the difference is not big." It stands to reason that the Gao family is worthless in Yanzhou now, and it doesn't matter if they are sloppy, but in the eyes of the world's feudal towns, they can't help but complain that the court is too snobbish, and it doesn't matter if the face is not good-looking, but it is a big deal to chill the hearts of the Quartet; Outside of the canon. Li Wenge's official festival is the second thing, this is the real power of Yanzhou today, and there is a long time to recommend it, although it is from a humble background, this salute can not be light, Yanzhou is counting on the court to give dignity! ”

Guo Wei smiled: "Speaking of being from a humble background, which of Brother Xiufeng or I was not from a humble background?" Now that one has become the Son of Heaven and the other has become the Prime Minister, Li Wenge has proved that Yanzhou, which he presided over, can become the Great Wall of the Northwest. How could I ignore him in the canon? ”

Wang Jun nodded. Said: "Your Majesty must have already made a calculation in his heart?" ”

Guo Wei raised his face and groaned for a moment. Said slowly: "Actually, it's one thing, but it has to be divided into three things......

Wang Jun nodded and said, "What the Holy Lord said is extremely true, and the minister also thinks so!" ”

Guo Wei smiled: "Since Brother Xiufeng has thought about it, let's talk about it!" ”

Wang Jun did not shirk, and said eloquently: "The first thing is that Gao Yunquan posthumously presented the Taifu and sealed the Duke of Yanguo. Zhao Yanzhou up and down, with the princes funeral, sent the military squire Tao Gu as a hanging envoy and an edict envoy to Yanzhou, on behalf of the imperial court to Gaofu hanging; The second thing, the north of Guanzhong, the camp of the autumn hunting victory, should be rewarded, the camp is deployed to make the three towns of the festival to make the Zhongshu order to fold from Ruan Feng Xihe County King, the deputy camp is deployed Yong'an Army Festival to make the Zhi De Rong Feng Qi Guogong. Worship the same book under the door of the Ping Zhang. The camp of the Mabu army is the Marquis of Yu Li Wenge, the general of Yunlu, and the camp of the Mabu capital is the supervisor of Lingzhou Jiedu, and Feng Jiye is stayed. Worship the same Zhongshu Men under the Ping Zhang, and the rest of the generals will be promoted to the northbound camp and the towns as appropriate, and reported to the Ministry of War for the record; The third thing is that after the Lingzhou Festival, Feng Jiye worshiped the Shuofang Army Jiedu envoy, attacked the Duke Chen Liujun, and Li Wenge worshiped the Zhangwu Army Jiedu after the Yanzhou Jiedu, and concurrently served as the second envoy of the state's defense and regimental training, and knew the affairs of the state......"

Guo Wei listened silently, smiling at first, but when Wang Jun finished speaking, his expression became solemn, and he slowly spoke: "Brother Xiufeng's discussion is not bad, but the details can be discussed slightly, the court rewards and punishes, and the world should be shown to ...... justice."

Speaking, he said in an unquestionable tone: "The Gao family has guarded the land for many years, although there is no merit but hard work, Gao Yunquan is the king of Yan'an County, and he is a gift to the Taishi, Li Wenge is the champion general, in addition to the right Xiaowei general, he worships the Eighth Route Army, knows the affairs of the state, inspects the Taibao, and ......"

The emperor hesitated for a moment and said, "...... Li Bin has been pacifying the feudal town for the imperial court for decades, working hard, adding gold and purple Guanglu doctors, inspecting the school, and worshipping the Pingzhang of the same Zhongshu Menxia! ”

Emperor Fang Cai changed the posthumous gift to Gao Yunquan and the promotion of Li Wenge, Wang Jun was peaceful, this is the proper meaning of the question, the level of rewards prepared by his subordinates should always leave some floating space for the Lord, this is political common sense, and even for the emperor to change the name of Li Wenge's military town, he was only slightly stunned, but he didn't care. It wasn't until the emperor mentioned the promotion of Li Bin that he was really taken aback.

After all, Li Wenge is already a festival envoy, even if he hangs up the Ping Zhangshi to become an envoy, but there is nothing remarkable, such as today's such a feudal town is not a few, but Li Bin is not a festival town, let alone a central official, a few months ago this remote civil official is just a small seven-grade observation judge, can only wear a green robe, not even a member of the imperial court, this is just a few months of time, from the seven-grade imperial history to the three-grade observation envoy has been pulled, and now he is worshiped as Tongping Zhangshi, and he has joined the ranks of the prime minister, Although the reward comes from above, it is worth learning what the emperor's intention is.

Moreover, in terms of observation and peace, Li Bin is the first person in hundreds of years since Emperor Wu founded the title of prime minister of "Tongzhongshu Men to inherit the entry and stop Pingzhangshi", and this case is really a little inexplicable.

He raised his head and looked at the emperor's face and asked, "Your Majesty, the observation envoy Tongping Zhangshi has not been regulated since the Tang Dynasty. Is Li Bin's observation of the envoy and the cabinet a precedent? In the future, can other state observers be able to use this example as envoys? In addition, the observation is from the three products, and the same product of the thorn history, the governor, and the protection of the same product can all be used as the minister? ”

Guo Wei smiled faintly: "...... Everything cannot be generalized, Li Wenzhen has been in Yanzhou for decades, whether it is Zhou Mi, the Gao family or the current Li Wenge, he can break the bottle in it, and maintain the land of these nine counties for the imperial court

Li Wenge, the envoy of the festival, was originally a slave in his family, and the slave was the envoy of the festival, and he was an observer, although this measure was good, it made both sides a little embarrassed. Li Wenge was the envoy of the festival at the time, and Li Bin paid homage to the prime minister, so theoretically, Li Bin's official position was still higher than that of Li Wenge, and the difference between the upper and lower platforms was often not disordered......"

"Not to mention ......". The emperor paused and continued: "Li Wenge is a military leader, if he leaves the imperial court, the military and political affairs of a state are in the hands of this person, and the imperial court is difficult to rest assured after all. Employ people and administer as prime ministers. Li Wenge is dissatisfied. As long as he does not dare to openly rebel against the imperial court, he will not dare to do anything out of the ordinary, as long as Li Bin restrains him in Yanzhou, the northwest border affairs, the imperial court can probably entrust this person with confidence. ”

Wang Jun was silent for a while, and then asked: "Since Your Majesty is not at ease with Li Wenge, why do you want to allow him to be the envoy of the festival?" and bestow high officials with great grace. Even allowed him to change the name of the military town? ”

Guo Wei glanced at Wang Jun and sighed: "The Son of Heaven is the lord of the world, and he can't think and do things like he used to be a prince. The Son of Heaven's personal preferences, good and evil are not important, and military affairs must be done cautiously, otherwise they will be overturned. Although Li Wenge may not be very reliable, but with this person in Yanzhou, the Dingyan army has been defeated one after another, and it cannot be attacked. You can't keep it. The situation in the northwest was changed, so that the imperial court could wholeheartedly quell the rebellion of Taining and resist the Khitan Koubian. Fight back against the covetousness of the Northern Han Dynasty. The imperial court did not give Li Wenge and Li Bin a penny of copper or a tael of money and grain, and they stabilized the northwest border for me and Zhongshu, which is a great achievement, and must be rewarded, and it is unfair not to reward it. Even if I didn't let him be the envoy of the festival, the local military and people would take the initiative to nominate him as a feudal town, and the court would have a grudge against him at that time...... If it is a mainland state or an ordinary border town, it doesn't matter, but Yanzhou is guarding the gateway to Guanzhong, and it is a land that cannot be rebelled, and the court is powerless to look westward at the moment, and he is not allowed to be a festival, so what should it do? ”

Wang Jun was speechless, and Guo Wei said again: "As for the name of the military town...... Haha, this posterior is also stubbornly cute...... Swore that he was willing to guard the gate of the eight roads for me, without taking into account the faces and thoughts of those local snakes in Guanzhong, this idea is a little immature, but the ambition is quite commendable......"

Wang Jun said: "One mouth is the eight roads, and this son's ambition is probably not in the small ......"

Guo Wei said happily: "Young people with too small ambitions, I really may not be able to look at it!" This son is quite a bit of the style of my early years as a military leader, and if it is a chance, I would like to meet this person. ”

Wang Jun said: "This is simple...... Won the victory of the north, captured a lot of prisoners, increased the rank of official, and awarded the festival...... Li Wenge always wants to offer four horses to the imperial court, and he will personally go to Beijing to offer horses! ”

Guo Wei shook his head: "...... I have never entered Beijing to see the border town, and I am afraid that I will have doubts when I enter Beijing for the first time, and I should not write down the matter of entering Beijing in the edict, as long as I let the edict envoy explain it to him in private. If the Central Plains is falling apart today, and the Central Plains is in ruins, stabilizing the current situation is the top priority of the imperial court administration, and the northwest cannot be chaotic, and Guanzhong cannot be chaotic. Li Wenge's chess piece, if used well, may become a barrier between the northwest and Guanzhong, if it is not properly taken to make it suspicious of the imperial court, it will not be beautiful! ”

Wang Jun nodded: "If Your Majesty has no other will, the minister will go back to the middle book to prepare it!" ”

Guo Wei waved his hand: "Lingzhou Feng Jiye, don't write it into the text!" ”

Wang Jun was stunned: "This ......"

Guo Wei snorted coldly: "I have said that the court's rewards and punishments must be fair, otherwise the world will not accept it." What is Feng Jiye's contribution to the battle of the camp in the north? That stinky boy didn't even send a single soldier, didn't give out a penny, and only cared about slaughtering his brother and the veteran generals left by his father in Zhouzhi, just waiting for me to correct his position in the domain town, and prepare to sit in Lingzhou to inherit his father's throne - he dreamed! I have not been confused, and right and wrong have not been confused. Old Feng Hui left a good situation, he couldn't manage it well, but the knife Xue Liang refused to cut the party, but turned his head to cut his own brothers and relatives, such a beast, he also wanted to be a festival envoy? I didn't move him for the time being, because I couldn't spare my hands for a while, and Lingzhou was too far away. If he was in the inner town, I would have cleared the portal for Old Feng Tou a long time ago......"

Wang Jun was stunned for a moment, not understanding why Guo Wei was so disgusted with Feng Jiye, the son of the old man.

He said tentatively, "Your Majesty...... Fold from Ruan in Yanzhou, or he can ......"

Guo Wei waved his hand: "The Zhe family is not a native of Guanzhong, and if the Zhe Congruan makes a move, it will cause the suspicion and suspicion of the entire Guanzhong Domain to the imperial court. ”

He snorted hatefully, and said: "Let's put this in advance, don't mention it in the edict, the edict will upgrade the rank by one level, don't go to Tao Gu, and go to Yanzhou to announce the edict ......."