Volume 3: A Generation of Heavenly Pride - Chapter 25: The Sacred Power of the Monarch (5)

"You are not a person who eats the ancients, and the so-called Hanhu and Yixia's defense have no weight in your heart, why did you suddenly understand the righteousness today?" Han Wei's question was direct and harsh, even a little rude, even if the two of them were alone in the secret room at the moment, such a tone rarely respected the superior, if the other party was not Li Wenge, I was afraid that he would immediately leave with his sleeves up.

Guo Wuwei has already arranged to rest in the pavilion, and although Li Wenge, the foreign minister of the Northern Han Dynasty, did not agree to his covenant requirements, he still gave enough respect and preferential treatment in terms of treatment.

"Who said I didn't care about the difference between Han and Hu, and the defense of Yixia?" Li Wenge frowned and asked rhetorically, he was so misunderstood by his cronies and staff, he felt quite uncomfortable in his heart.

"Not only can you tolerate the fine seal to lead the army alone, but also divide the grassland for the cattle killing family and the Ye Ji family, aren't you doing these things?" Han Wei asked slowly.

Li Wenge sighed: "I didn't expect you to understand these things!" ”

Seeing that Han Wei was puzzled, he said slowly: "If you talk about Han Hu, Tang Taizong Li Shimin was originally a Hu species, but he was also regarded as a model of Ming Jun by Han Confucianism. In vain, the Western Qin was originally Rong Di, but because of the dynasty of Zhou, the first emperor had to be the ancestor of Zhuxia. If the difference between Han and Hu and the defense of Xia is so literal, after the alternation of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period of Qin and Han, and the Five Hu Chaos and the Sixteen Kingdoms of East China and Jin, the bloodline of the Han family has long been mixed and difficult to distinguish. The so-called difference between Han and Hu and the defense of Yixia is impossible to talk about at all! ”

Han Wei listened carefully, and Li Wenge said earnestly: "The so-called Han Hu, if the Hu people are willing to abandon nomadic farming, they are the Han family; In general, Yi Di Ruoken reads poetry and books and serves the teacher, that is, the people of Zhuxia. I am not a Confucian student. The so-called heroes don't ask about their origins, what they are saying is that the bloodline group is worthless, as expensive as the Qinghe Cui family, a famous family for thousands of years, Cui Bao is not the same here now to ask for a living? The difference between Han and Hu is not in language and clothing; The defense of Yixia is not a simple division of bloodline groups! Hebei was originally the homeland of China, but Shi Jingjiao forcibly cut off a piece of grassland that became a Khitan people, and many middle-class families went bankrupt. How many good people have been displaced as a result? My family's ancestral home is Zhaozhou, if it weren't for the Khitan occupying the thistle. How did I end up in the northwest? Make the fertile field into a place for barbarians to run horses and graze, Shi Jingjiao has a thousand virtues and politics, and this alone is difficult to get rid of the name of traitor. I don't discriminate against the Khitans. If they are willing to produce and can be self-reliant in farming, without encroaching on our land and disturbing our people, I can regard them as one, and I will not hesitate to help them and treat them well. Before that, since they did not regard themselves as our race, they invaded our land and killed our people. Naturally, I am not the enemy of the sky......"

Han Wei didn't think so: "You treat people with the heart of a gentleman, but I'm afraid that people may not treat you like a gentleman!" ”

"You're right!" Li Wenge nodded. "So the premise is that we Han people must first be strong, and if we are strong, we will not be bullied by others. I am weak, and in the face of a pack of wolves, can I use poetry and etiquette to educate them not to be bloodthirsty" It's a pity that since ancient times, three people have become tigers! Han Wei sighed, "How can you resist the invasion of Yidi if you are fighting and falling apart to the current situation?" ”

Li Wenge was silent.

Han Weiyou said: "If you have this heart, you must first restore the Han family to unification, otherwise it will be a plate of scattered sand." There is no way to talk about self-improvement! ”

This is the first time that Han Wei, an outsider, has proposed to Li Wenge the topic of taking the world as his ambition. Although there were all kinds of undercurrents before, they were all spread within the Yanzhou civil and military system. Although Han Wei's remarks this time are not without tentative meaning, it also proves that in the current situation, the issue of Li Wenge's self-reliance is no longer a simple idea, but a formality.

For the persuasion of Wei Xun and others, Li Wenge can rely on his prestige in the army to force it; For the hints of Li Bin, Qin Gu and others, he can pretend to be deaf and dumb; But for Han Wei's temptation, he had to give a clear statement, after all, the political dispute that occurred a few days ago has made the Han family consume too much political capital on himself, Han Wei needs to think about his family, and naturally evaluate whether these capital investments are worth it.

Li Wenge pondered for a moment and asked rhetorically: "Qiren's argument, is it his own argument, or is it the same as others?" ”

Han Wei frowned: "Since ancient times, there have been frequent internal worries, and then external troubles, all the same!" Whether it is the Eastern Jin Dynasty or the late Tang Dynasty in front of us, they are all living examples, do you still need to say it explicitly? "There are counterexamples!" Li Wenge shook his head and said.

"I want to hear about it!" Han Wei became interested.

"The Zhou room is divided into princes, the Spring and Autumn Five Hegemons, the Warring States Seven Heroes, the world is not unified for a day, the books are different, the cars are not on the tracks, but Qin chases Xirong, Zhao is the Xiongnu, Chu collects the land of the barbarians in Nanyue, although the Central Plains fall apart, the Rongdi barbarians have no chance to enter the Kou. The Qin and Han dynasties were unified, although there was a great wall for thousands of miles, but the Huns could not enter the Kou, the son of heaven of the Han family was besieged in the mountains by Beidi, and the daughter of the Han family had to marry far away for the country and relatives, this long and a sell, but how to explain it? Li Wenge said eloquently.

"This is a special case...... Han Wei argued.

"Since there are special cases, it shows that what Qiren said is not complete!" Li Wenge did not tolerate it, and said with a determined expression: "The Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States period are in turmoil, but the princes and hundreds of schools of thought compete in all directions, and once the white-clothed scholar achieves his will, he can match the seal of the six countries." Princes and doctors, rich or poor, do not dare to despise scholars, and those who win scholars win the world, otherwise the country will be defeated and killed. It is under such a situation that the Chinese side of my Zhuxia gave birth to five tyrants and seven heroes, and although the foreign barbarians are strong, they are not allowed to peep into the Central Plains. Until Yingzheng burned poetry and books, Liu Che unified Confucianism and Taoism, the civilization of Zhuxia was stagnant, the situation of a hundred schools of thought was no longer contending, and the foreign clan was able to gain a foothold and grow, and even became a great disaster in China for thousands of years......"

"You are a strong word, and a hundred schools of thought are attributed to Confucianism, which is the trend of the times!" Han Wei insisted.

"I didn't say Confucianism is bad!" Li Wenge shook his head, "Confucianism was originally good, and Confucius and Mencius were not people who sat and talked about Taoism without being practical. However, without the competition for a dominant Confucianism, it is like a wolf pack of natural enemies in the wilderness, with all the minions and teeth broken, and there is the power to sit on the legacy, and there is no positive and enterprising heart, such Confucianism. It has long lost the original intention of the sage Confucianism. Draw a circle for yourself and circle yourself, isn't that sitting and waiting for someone to knock on the door? It's not uncommon for people to be swords and fish for me! ”

"Therefore, the sin of eternity is not in Confucianism, but in one of the Confucian families!" Li Wenge said coldly.

Han Wei found that his debate with Li Wenge had inadvertently gone off topic, he did not belong to the traditional Confucian school, but at this time he couldn't help but instinctively defend Confucianism: "Confucianism is not the word of one family, in fact, Taoism does nothing, and Legalism regulates it." Even the combination of vertical and horizontal families, vertical and horizontal, long-distance and close attacks, are reflected in Confucianism. It is the debate of righteousness and benefit, and it has not been concluded through the ages, Huairen is responsible for Confucianism and not thinking of forging ahead, but he can't refer to the deer as a horse, right? ”

"That's different!" Li Wenge shook his head. "The reason why a hundred schools of thought are fighting is for the right to rule the world. The struggle for Taoism within Confucianism was nothing more than a redivision of the power that had already been gained, and most of them were suppressed by external forces. It's like if it weren't for the chaos in the world, how could a family like Qiren have such a place in Confucianism? ”

"I'm not a Zongheng family......" Han Wei said with some annoyance.

"I didn't say that Confucianism is bad!" Li Wenge smiled and explained, "Since Confucianism can be the head of a hundred schools, it will naturally not be a bad academic. Therefore, it is not Confucianism that is not good, but the current situation in which Confucianism dominates and suppresses other academic sects. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty changed the system and abandoned Huang Lao to take Confucianism. The original intention was to be a good land, but between the trade-offs, a hundred schools were deposed. This is a great mistake that will harm a thousand generations. ”

Han Wei was speechless, he was not a pure Confucian disciple in the first place, if Qin Gu was here, he might argue with Li Wenge on the basis of "good and evil", but he had no interest in it. Han Wei, who has been accustomed to seeing troubled times and disputes since he was a child, has long been disdainful of those small words and righteous scriptures, it is not his own family business, so why bother with his lips and tongues?

"What to do with this yellow crown who pretends to be a ghost?" Han Wei shifted the topic from ethereal philosophical issues to real diplomatic problems. ^^^^

Li Wenge's attitude of refusing to form a private alliance with the Northern Han Dynasty was very clear, according to this attitude. It seems that this person should be handed over to the imperial court!

Li Wenge thought about it. Said slowly: "You can talk to him, an alliance is impossible." But trade can be considered! ”

"Commerce?" Han Wei's brows furrowed with the word "Chuan".

This is really an unbelievable idea, the Northern Han Dynasty itself is so poor that it is scum, and the common people are as thin as human beings, and it is really impossible to think of what benefits can be obtained from trade with such a regime.

"The twelve prefectures of Hedong are not Jiangnan or Saibei, there is neither grain and silk, nor cattle, sheep and camel......s," Han Wei said lightly.

Li Wenge shook his head: "We don't want to buy things from them, but sell them something!" ”

"Sell them something? What do we have to sell them land? Han Wei was even more puzzled, Yanqing can be said to be one of the most barren lands in the world, with very few specialties, in this situation where even grain has to be imported, except for the four-wheeled carriage that has been developed for a short time, I really don't know what can be done. Han Wei felt that the father and son of the Northern Han Dynasty were not the monarchs of the Southern Tang Dynasty, and they might not be interested in the luxury of four-wheeled carriages.

Li Wenge was reluctant to elaborate: "What to buy, you and Mrs. Zun and Uncle Ling will discuss, I only say the same, the caravan in Yanzhou must be able to travel freely between Daizhou, Lanzhou, and Xinzhou, this is the bottom line!" ”

Han Wei shook his head and didn't say anything more, pedestrians joining the army are not state officials, and they have no right to question the decision of the Jiedu envoy, since the commander has already made a plan, how to implement it is the business of the people below. Han Wei was a little relieved in his heart, Li Wenge finally had a bit of a monarch's meaning, this captain really lacked the majesty and consciousness of being a warlord on weekdays.

"There is no news from the imperial court yet?" Li Wenge asked.

"No, Your Majesty sent Yanqing Shangshu to the Prime Minister's Mansion, and Feng Linggong is still calling it sick, but there is a news from the outer domain, which is worth paying attention to!" Han replied lightly.

"Oh? Tell me about it! "Li Wenge is interested." Wang Yin returned to Beijing and brought five hundred armor soldiers! ”

Tianxiong Army's Jiedu envoy Tongzhongshu Menxia Pingzhangshi Wang Yin entered Beijing very ostentatiously this time, not only put out the full honor guard of the Jiedu envoy, but also brought two battalions of pro-army to accompany him, such a large scale, the pavilion post is definitely not open, so the entire Jiebei Lane of the dwellings were requisitioned. The hundred officials in the capital, Li Shu, everyone looked sideways. However, this Ye Shuai did not feel ashamed of disturbing the people at all, but on the day he entered Beijing, he asked the emperor to give him a mansion in Beijing.

Wang Yindi's shogunate was much more generous than Li Wenge's, and there were more than 30 clerical advisers in the government alone, and he brought 10 people to Beijing this time, headed by Sun Chen, a famous scholar from Hebei.

"Jie Shuai, the table seal is grassy, please take a look at it!" Sun Chen respectfully handed the watch to Wang Yin, who was sitting on the top and eating tea.

Wang Yin took the watch seal, swept it lightly, and smiled slightly with his beard: "It's okay." Read it to all the gentlemen......"

Sun Chen cleared his throat and read: "Chen Tianxiong's military festival envoy is the first to play the first thing in the country: the major affairs of the country. In Rong is worshipping. Zhou Zuo Chenghan, and now three years. At the beginning, there was a tear in the Liu family of the previous dynasty, and the later Tianning was handsome, and the ministers were not talented. From the early driving, His Majesty in the chaos of the army, since Guangshun, the town of Hebei, in preparation for Hulu, in this year also has a year. The ministers heard that the loyal people lived in the mountains and wilderness, and there were temples and worries, so they invited themselves to the pilgrimage...... Spring ploughing next year. His Majesty has something to do in the southern suburbs, and Yingzhou is old. Ye Gong went to the court, and the ministers were rude, and they were willing to serve His Majesty, and they were willing to serve the young prison to offer ......"

"That's it......" Wang Yin waved his hand impatiently, and Sun Chen stopped and bowed aside.

"Xiong Sheng, that kid in Yanzhou, hasn't the imperial court dealt with it yet?" Wang Yin suddenly asked about Yanzhou, which had nothing to do with his own family, which made all the staff stunned.

Hao Chongyi stood on one side, his body stiffened slightly. Relax.

"There has been no news yet. Feng Linggongdi's illness is not yet well, but I am afraid that I have not seen the performance table at this moment! Sun Chen replied with a smile.

Feng Dao was sick almost all the time. But there is a stir in the DPRK, and he has never been able to hide it, which is no longer news in Bianjing officialdom, and after hearing Sun Chen's analysis, Hao Chongyi could only smile bitterly in his heart.

"Nonsense......" Wang Yin shook his head.

"That old man has served four courts! Will he delay this kind of major event due to illness? Although Wang Yin was reprimanded, there was no displeasure in his words.

This is the temperament of this marshal, who likes to correct his subordinates when they make mistakes, so as to show that he is better than others. Hao Chongyi also suffered a lot to understand this, so he was not surprised to hear Wang Yin reprimand Sun Chen like this.

"What do you say, Mr. Mulder?" Wang Yin turned his head to Hao Chongyi.

Hao Chongyi was helpless, so he had to bite the bullet and greet him: "Be handsome!" ”

"It's not easy to get praise from you, the number one Qingke in the Prime Minister's Mansion!" Wang Yin said with a smile.

Hao Chongyi smiled bitterly in his stomach, but he didn't dare to refute it at all.

Wang Yin muttered to himself: "My old brother has been the emperor for a few years, but this courage seems to be getting smaller and smaller......"

Hao Chongyi's lips squirmed, Guo Wei had been an emperor for a few years, and his scheming became deeper and deeper, which was the acquaintance he and his former proprietor Wang Jun had exchanged for a painful lesson. No matter how familiar Wang Yin was with Guo Wei, Hao Chongyi can conclude that Guo Wei has never become less courageous than before he ascended the throne.

"Mr. Mude, what kind of bold figure is this doll from Yanzhou?" Wang Yin's question sounded again.

Hao Chongyi pursed his lips and replied in a thoughtful tone: "Li Wenge is not a scheming person, otherwise Xiufeng Xianggong would not have fallen in love with him. He originally had the opportunity to bring down the Duke of Xiufeng in one fell swoop, even if His Majesty would be useless to protect him. He did not do this, but saw the difference between His Majesty and Xiufeng, and used his strength to sell him to King Jin, and also gained a good reputation of generosity and benevolence from His Majesty. From this point of view, this person's actions are only afraid that there is another deep meaning! ”

"What does it mean? Is it the deep meaning of self-inflicted death? Sun Chen asked disdainfully on the side.

Hao Chongyi wanted to speak and stopped, he really didn't want to clash with the most favored chief strategist in Wang Yin's curtain, this person was mediocre in academics, narrow-minded was better than Guo Tu in the Three Kingdoms, he would rather offend the gentleman than the villain, Hao Chongyi had always walked around him, how could he be too famous as the mastermind of the Prime Minister's Mansion, but Sun Chen refused to let him go.

"Brother Xiong Sheng, the imperial court is not capable of putting Li Wenge to death now!" Hao Chongyi finally said it, this idiot can't even understand the most basic situation.

Sun Chen glanced at him, and then looked at Wang Yin, but saw that Wang Yin was thinking deeply, and couldn't help laughing: "In a small Yanzhou, how can soldiers and horses be geometric?" The handsome man with 100,000 armor still doesn't dare to ask for feudalism, what is he, dare to speak out like this? ”

"Mu De, according to what you said, will the Emperor of your Dao allow this seal?" Wang Yin didn't listen to Sun Chen this time, and turned his head and only asked Hao Chongyi.

Hao Chongyi sighed secretly in his heart, although he didn't want to be Tian Feng, but this lord was only afraid that he would be inferior to Yuan Shao, he said earnestly: "The two things are actually different, Li Wenge asked for feudalism because he is the actual lord of the four states of Yanqing, don't talk about feudalism, he is called the king and the emperor, and he is also bento." The marshal invited himself to drive with him to the southern suburbs, it was nothing, but the gift of the young prison was the prime minister's residence, and now that Feng Linggong is still here, His Majesty may not agree to the marshal! ”

Wang Yin smiled: "If people want to divide the land and seal the king, he is willing, and I will be the prime minister of the eldest brother, and he will be a little trick?" ”

"It's not a gadget!" Hao Chongyi shook his head, "The matter of Xiufeng Xianggong has been clearly shown to the world, the advance and retreat of the prime minister is the monarch's power, and the monarch's power is sacred, and foreign ministers are not allowed to touch ......"