This year in the capital is much more lively than in Yanzhou. Yuan Zhengri (that is, the first day of the first lunar month) early in the morning, the Great Zhou Dynasty Emperor Guo Wei sat in the Qianyuan Hall of Daning Palace, the outer court officials to Hongwenguan University scholar Zhongshu Ling Yingguo Gong Feng Dao as the head, the inner court officials to the privy envoy Shangshu left servant shot the same Zhongshu Men under the Pingzhang Shi Ye Guo Gong Wang Jun as the head, in turn according to the class fish into the hall to present the congratulatory table, according to the procedure, in Guo Wei solemn and heavy long-winded after a large mouth-twisting speech, when the palace gave a banquet.

After this set of processes, Wang Jun didn't think anything of it, but Feng Dao, who was already seventy years old, was really tired. Originally, although Feng Dao should have attended this kind of occasion, it was not impossible to recuperate from his illness, and with his prestige and status, no one would hold on to this little thing and not let him look good. It's just that this year is different from previous years, this is the first Yuan Zheng Festival after Guo Wei ascended the throne, no matter what, it can't be slow, and it is good to create an atmosphere of peace and security in the country and the people. Although everyone understands that it is just a political show, but the tradition left by the ancestors, the more rotten it is, the more glamorous it must be on the face, so no one dares to complain, Feng Dao is a person with a very strong view of the overall political situation, so naturally he will not pick on this matter.

Therefore, after a lengthy court meeting, the old man was miserable, not to mention his mental malaise, and even when he read the congratulatory table on behalf of the two governments, he almost read the white letters, but fortunately, no palace servant dared to jump out to impeach him, and the old man finally barely survived this scene.

As a result, when he returned to his home that day, Feng Linggong suffered from a severe cold, from Yuan Zhengri to the seventh day of the first lunar month, he had been sick for seven days, but there was no major problem, but Feng Dao did not participate in other celebrations of Renri.

On this day, Guo Wei led hundreds of officials to accompany the snow and enjoy the plum blossoms in the Longting Imperial Garden, and the Zhongshu waiter on duty in Zhongshu was with Ping Zhangshi, but he quietly came out of the forbidden city and came to Feng's mansion alone.

“…… Most of the Guanzhong post stations were abandoned, and the messenger folded the horses borrowed by the camp for a long time, and ran sleepless for ten days along the way, and all five good horses ran to death. Not only Li Bin's signature was on this secret recital, but Qin Gu was present that day, and he also signed it, without the signature of his son, who seemed to be unwilling to take care of things. According to a certain person, this year in Yanzhou, I am afraid that I am only afraid that I am restless......"

Fan Zhen narrated on the side, and Feng Dao leaned on the couch and read Li Bin's secret music carefully from beginning to end.

After a while, Feng Dao sighed lightly, put down the secret music, and asked slowly: "Who is the Lang Zhong who is the one who is the main repairer and dredge the canal in Heyin County, Mengzhou?" Alas...... When people get old, they can't make it, and the last time you talked about it, now it's only been more than 20 days, and you forgot about it......"

Fan Zhen was stunned for a moment, and he replied depressedly: "It's Yuan Shu of Langzhong of the Ministry of Industry and Water, and a few days ago, the Zhongshu has already banned him from Mengzhou......

"Oh-" Feng Dao immediately recalled, "It's him, didn't he get a seal a year ago?" It's freezing cold, and someone is freezing to death on the construction site, please dial the tent, stove, charcoal, shochu and other heating application items, have you dialed it down? ”

Fan Zhen paused for a moment and said: "This matter is handled by Li Weizhen, and the officials don't know much, but the accounts and other things are all military, and they must be decided by the Privy Council and the Military Department......

Feng Dao patted the couch lightly with his hand in annoyance and said, "Be quick...... People are freezing to death over there, and the court is still prevaricating the corpse, you go back and ask Li Weizhen, has it been done, if it is the privy side of the skin, my old man will give up this old face and beg Wang Xiufeng...... It can't be delayed any longer, it's cold and snowy, people are drying on the riverbed, it's strange if you don't freeze to death, human life is a matter of heaven, you can't drag it out......"

Fan Zhen's face suddenly turned red, and he said with a little dissatisfaction: "Ling Gong, there will be arrangements in this matter, and I came here to discuss with Ling Gong on the matter of Yanzhou......"

Feng Dao pushed the secret recital in front of him and said, "These things--it should be Wang Xiufeng and the privy council who take the idea, it doesn't matter if I see this thing or not, take it over there!" ”

Fan Zhen was a little annoyed, Feng Dao was really confused, he dragged out his voice and shouted, "Ling Gong-"

Seeing Feng Dao turning his head and looking at him with blazing eyes, Fan Zhen took a deep breath and said solemnly: "This is a military matter-"

"Military Events——? Feng Dao muttered these words again, with a sour meaning in his tone, and a little sarcasm.

Fan Zhen smiled bitterly and said: "Duke Ling, Wang Xiufeng is perverse, if you ask him to be arbitrary, what else will I do when I come to the house?" Yanzhou has made two mutinies this year, the end is turbulent, the situation is very difficult to reverse, the difficult army has not yet returned to obedience, Li Yiyin contacted the Northern Han Dynasty to look at Guanzhong, that is not a mediocre person, in case of being coveted by it, we have to regret it too late......"

"The sky is falling, and this tall man has been on top for a long time, so you don't need to be **** and idle......" Feng Dao's words were serious, but the content almost turned his back on the teaching.

"Ling Gong-you-" Fan Zhen was stunned for a moment, and he choked up.

A smile appeared on Feng Dao's shriveled lips: "What, Wensu, do you think I'm old and confused?" ”

Fan Zhen sat in front of the couch with a cold face and didn't speak, so he simply gave Feng Dao a default.

Feng Dao barely cheered up a little and said, "It's been thirty years...... I don't know how many such 'military events' have been encountered. Rebellion, rebellion, secession, mutiny, these things are still a great thing today? In my life, I have changed four courts and served nine kings, and there are only two who can be called a good death. For decades, there have been rebellions in various places every day, mutinies in feudal towns every month, and wars have to be fought every year, you fight me, I fight you, fight back and forth, who is the one who dies? It's not all ordinary people. Natural disasters and man-made disasters must leave a way for these Li Shu to live, right? We, the prime ministers who sit in the center, have to think about these people who have no power and no money, right? ”

These words made Fan Zhen stunned, and he hesitated to pick up Feng Dao's words.

Feng Dao smiled bitterly: "There was a mutiny in Yanzhou, is it a major military event?" The farmland is barren, the irrigation can't keep up, the people abandon their homes and land, they flee, the land is not cultivated, the people have no food, they will starve to death, they will rebel, the court has no taxes, there is no income, there is still a war, and there are soldiers...... When the soldiers and horses move, the money and food are all over, where to raise? ”

He sighed and said a little helplessly: "Wensu, don't keep messing with Wang Xiufeng, it's true that he has a bad temper, but as long as you don't fight with him for power, he won't stand in our way......"

Fan Zhen gritted his teeth and said: "Ling Gong, the Lu of the Eater, the matter of being loyal to the king, this court is the court of the Lord, not the court of his Wang Xiufeng......"

"What is the rule of the king—the Lord will get up and farm? You're the breadwinner...... cough cough"

Feng Dao sharply refuted Fan Zhen's words, but he said in a hurry, his breath was not even, and he coughed uncontrollably.

Fan Zhen was stunned, he was stunned by Feng Dao's seemingly disrespectful words, his mind was blank for a while, and he woke up after a while, and hurriedly stepped forward to support Feng Dao, patted his back gently, and smiled bitterly but didn't know where to start.

After a long time, Feng Dao slowly spoke: "In this world, who is the Son of Heaven is not up to us Confucian scholars to decide. No one knows who the next emperor will be, and no one knows who will be in the world tomorrow. Even the Supreme is still like this, what is there to fight for in the position of Zhongshu? Wang Xiufeng wanted to be a Chinese book order, he had already thought about it, he was embarrassed to speak, if he relied on me, what would be the heartache for him? It's just that the Lord will never agree to this matter, my clay statue, the Lord insists on placing it in the temple to support the façade, what can I do ......? ”

The old man smiled bitterly: "Being a prime minister in this world is too confused, and if the prime minister is confused, the people will starve to death; It's not too shrewd to be, those who hold the power of the army in their hands, anyone can easily pinch us to death. Sang Guoqiao is too smart, and in the end, being smart is mistaken by being smart, monstrous power, and thousands of family wealth, the left is just a yellow dream......"

Fan Zhen smiled self-deprecatingly: "Wang Xiufeng's current power is comparable to that of Sang Guoqiao back then......

"With Sang Guoqiao's intelligence, he is still famous and dead, Wang Xiufeng is far inferior to him, and he is arrogant and domineering, how long can he last? How is it different between you fighting with him and fighting with the dead? ”

Feng Dao said to Fan Zhen with a little helplessness.

“…… Wen Suh...... For example, today is not what it was when the Tang Dynasty was in its heyday, all industries withered, Li Shu was scattered, and there was not one in the prosperous Ding household. Nowadays, it is not who is reasonable, who can go all over the world, and whoever has the knife is bright. We, the Confucian ministers, can't control this, whether it's the world, the family or the country, leave it to those who do great things to think about...... As long as we can be conscientious, persuade farmers to cultivate mulberry crops, cultivate fields, and repair water conservancy, so that the people can have something to rely on, households can have something to save, and the people can get half of their taxes and not take risks, we will be a supreme meritorious achievement. If we can educate one or two more and select some officials who are close to the people from the scientific system, it will be a cause for the benefit of the world......"

Fan Shi's eyes were sour when he said this, and he smiled dryly: "Ling Gong is inevitably too pessimistic, after all, the Holy Lord is the master of the Ming Dynasty today, as long as we do our best to assist, the prosperous era can naturally be expected......"

"Don't I know that the Lord is the Lord today?" Feng Dao shook his head with a wry smile, "This world is too chaotic, Ming Jun may not be able to complete his country, and the tyrant may not be able to get retribution, but these can only be pinned on others, and we can't make the slightest claim ourselves." We are not the ones who lead the troops, and if we get too involved in political disputes, we will be wiped out at every turn. Wensu, you have to remember that no matter who becomes the emperor, no matter whose family changes the country, there must be officials who govern the people and are close to the people to administer with power, otherwise no one will pay taxes, the court will have no income, the army will have no salary, the soldiers will mutiny, rebel, and pull the emperor out with a gon and wrap another emperor out - so although we are weak and powerless, it is indispensable for any court, and without Confucian ministers, the court will no longer be the court......"

“…… So we can't get involved in the struggle for imperial power, not at any time, as long as we don't get involved in military power, don't get involved in imperial power, then no matter who is sitting in Daning Palace, they won't touch us......"

"The struggle for imperial power?" Fan asked in surprise.

Feng Dao smiled: "You think it's not? The old relationship between Wang Xiufeng and the lord blindfolded you, and you can't even understand the situation? Whether Wang Xiufeng is arrogant or arrogant, it is nothing more than wanting to pick up two prefectures at the same time, and to be a cardinal and a town, which is a taboo for the ministers. But the lord is thin, and he is embarrassed to refute and depose him. Murong Yanchao's disaster is just a disease of scabies, Wang Xiufeng's excessive authority is the trouble of his henchmen, the main person is the person who rolls over with a knife and a gun, and the old and young women and children of the family all died in political disputes, how can they not know this reason? Wang Xiufeng wants to take command of the Taining army, and the lord wants to recruit in person, isn't this a very obvious thing? The reason why the lord is personally conquering is because the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty can't come up with a person who can suppress Wang Xiufeng's army, and at such a point, if Wang Xiufeng doesn't usurp the throne, I'm afraid that the defeat is only a matter of time......"

Fan Zhen shuddered all over his body, Feng Dao has gone through the vicissitudes of the four dynasties, and has always been in the phase, which is really not unreasonable. The unbreakable intimate comrade-in-arms between Guo Wei and Wang Jun was analyzed and explained by him, and he suddenly looked like he was shaking away.

Fan Zhen hesitated, to be honest, although Feng Dao had already explained the truth clearly enough, he was still a little unwilling, as soon as he thought of Wang Jun's arrogant face, Fan Qian, who regarded himself as a Confucian minister, felt tired for a while, the villain is in charge, and the virtuous minister avoids it, which truth is this.

As if knowing the resentment in his heart, Feng Dao sighed and said, "You write a letter to Lanzhou every ten years, do you think Wang Xiufeng doesn't know?" ”

Fan Zhen suddenly felt as if he had been splashed with a basin of snow water head-on, and a burst of cool air gushed out from his chest......

Feng Dao sits at home behind closed doors on weekdays, and he doesn't even go to the court, he only goes to Zhongshu once every three days, and only sits in the political hall for half an hour before returning home, and even Li Gu is talking behind his back that Ling Gong is a little old and confused, but he thinks that the most secret political privacy, this old guy actually knows it clearly in private, and listens to the meaning of Feng Dao's words, and even knows his number one political enemy about this matter.

It's terrible, it seems that a Confucian student like himself really can't fight with these old guys who have been in the whirlpool for decades in the matter of political disputes.

"Shen Sheng died inside, and Chong'er lived outside and was safe. This truth is not only understood by us old Confucians, but also understood by the saint even though he did not study when he was a child. It's Wang Xiufeng, how can you not know? Otherwise, why is Li Chongjin, who has just taken over the Great Inner Forbidden Army, not afraid of him, but afraid of a Taiyuan Marquis in a foreign town? ”

Feng Dao continued to slowly "beat" Fan Zhen in his gentle and hoarse tone.

"Actually, it's not just you who are optimistic about Taiyuan Hou at the moment, Li Weizhen also has actions in secret, but you don't know. But the Lord knows, and Wang Xiufeng also knows. The reason why the lord forbears is that he is benevolent and generous by nature, and knows that it is not easy to be a minister in troubled times, and secondly, you and Li Weizhen are both prime ministers who he is ready to stay and finally assist the Marquis of Taiyuan, so he will turn a blind eye. ”

"In this situation, why is Wang Xiufeng wary of you, but rarely troubles Li Weizhen? It's not that he is on a whim, it's not that he's narrow-minded, it's that he's afraid that you, the future prime minister, will come and seize his power today. Li Weizhen divided the three divisions, and all day long with the people's livelihood and national plans such as the number of households, the number of rivers, water conservancy, money, grain, and grains, and rarely interjected in things like Tainingjun and this Yanzhou, this is where he is smarter than you...... You think these things are major military events, and Wang Xiufeng naturally thinks they are major military events. Since it is a major military event, it is natural that he and the Holy Lord will decide it, and you Fan Wensu will intervene horizontally and rush to fight with him for the right to decide on this 'military affairs', how can he allow you? ”

Feng Dao paused, and said in a deep voice: "We are civil officials, and civil officials in troubled times naturally have things that civil officials should take care of, what is the livelihood of Li Shu, what is the national economy and people's livelihood, land, water conservancy, and business, all of which are nothing more than Erer." I don't teach you to take care of things, it's not that you ignore military affairs, otherwise what else would you call a prime minister? It's just that we have our major military affairs, Wang Xiufeng and those feudal princes have their own military affairs, each has its own power, each performs its own duties, and each manages its own 'military affairs', even if the world cannot be governed, the people can suffer less. Wen Su, you ******** worry about the 'military affairs' that Wang Xiufeng should be in charge of, and you are going to the end of the book......"

Feng Dao has been raising soldiers these days, rarely speaking, today he barely bothered to be energetic, and said so many words in one breath, he had already exhausted his energy, his face was full of tiredness, and the spirit of the beater finally said: "The matter over there in Yanzhou, you don't count, Wang Xiufeng doesn't count, Zhecongruan's soldiers are stationed in Sanshui, and now his voice is the brightest in Guanzhong, and the matter of Yanzhou is only counted if he says it." If you leave this matter to Wang Xiufeng to take care of, he will no longer be reasonable, and he will eventually sell the noodles for three points...... Now if you intervene in this matter, it will only cause Wang Xiufeng's suspicion and doubts, and may even involve the Marquis of Taiyuan, if you teach Wang Xiufeng to mistakenly suspect that the Marquis of Taiyuan is involved in this matter, I am afraid that he will be hindered everywhere, and the things that could have been done smoothly will be handled by Wang Xiufeng's own family, and he will be disrupted by you......"

At this time, Fan Zhen was already completely convinced by Feng Dao, he picked up the secret music without saying a word, and finally asked: "What about this reckless captain who made Gao Yunquan disgraced?" It seems that Gao Yunquan can't deal with this person himself......"

Feng Dao waved his hand weakly: "...... Let Wang Xiufeng have a headache, I still say the same thing, the matter of Yanzhou, it can be counted as a long time before the old fox said it......"

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