readx;?readx; Chapter 405 Scholar

His Majesty Emperor Zhaowu took advantage of the golden opportunity to finalize the abolition of the prime minister with unprecedented strength, and even the five cabinet scholars were elected in one go, obviously to make the matter an ironclad fact. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The five scholars were the third prince Zhejun Wang Qinlin as a scholar of the Xuanzheng Palace, the former secretary of the Ministry of Rites and the former secretary of the Ministry of Rites, the former scholar of the Ministry of Rites, Tian Minnong as the scholar of the Wenhua Palace, the former Zuodu Yushi Wang Anting as the scholar of the Xianzheng Palace, and the former governor of Longdong, Zhou Lianben, as the scholar of the Wuying Palace.

Cabinet scholar is a member of the ranks, who participates in government affairs, directs six ministries, drafts edicts for the emperor, and approves and answers to the edicts. Whether in terms of grade or real power, it can be said to be extremely respected, although there is no name of the prime minister, but there is the reality of the prime minister.

Except for Zhou Lianben, who is in Longdong and will take some time to come, the other four are all in the Golden Palace, and they immediately went out to thank him, shouting long live. Emperor Zhaowu was naturally pleasant and gentle, and after some encouragement, he let the four of them return to work and stand up.

Emperor Zhaowu also promulgated three other regulations on the appointment of university scholars. First, a scholar may not concurrently hold any other office, and his children may not hold a military position. Second, the term of office of a fellow is seven years, and he can be re-elected for two consecutive terms, up to a maximum of 14 years. Third, the selection of scholars should follow the principle of one member of the imperial family, two people in the imperial history of the dynasty, and two people in the local governors, and should not be overstaffed or lacking.

Among the first scholars, Qin Lin occupied the position of the prince, Tian Minnong and Wang Anting occupied the position of officials of the ministry and court, and Lu Yanwu and Zhou Lianben were the representatives of the local governors.

No one would think that after only a month as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Ko Yanwu could represent the six ministers, so he still occupied the quota of governors.

After a few holy decrees in succession, this court meeting of great commemorative significance, which is bound to be repeatedly picked out and written by later historians, will come to an end.

Not surprisingly, Emperor Zhaowu left behind four freshly baked bachelors, as well as the crown prince who was completely liberated from studying behind closed doors, and Qin Xiaowu.

All the officials set their eyes on the four lucky bachelors, you know, the deliberations of the imperial study of the queen have always been the prerogative of the prime minister. Now it seems that in the future when there is no prime minister, the scholar will be the civil leader, the actual prime minister. Secretly envious, he quickly calculated in his heart which one was closer and which one was farther away from these five people, so that he could move around and get closer. It can be expected that another round of bribery and bribery will blow in the DPRK.

Facts have proved that as soon as the officials turned their heads, they forgot the sixteen-character mantra of Emperor Zhaowu to their grandmother's house.

Not to mention the snake and mouse thoughts of the officials, just in the imperial study, Emperor Zhaowu changed into civilian clothes and greeted Qin Ting, Qin Lei, and the four university scholars to sit down in a refreshing manner.

The prince and Qin Lei thanked him slightly, and then sat down on the brocade pier unceremoniously, and stood for a morning, his legs were already sore and swollen, but he had to rest. The two of them often went in and out of the imperial study, and they had long been accustomed to this kind of treatment.

But this was not the case with the four scholars, who had to stand honestly even if they were occasionally summoned for business. Four people, you look at me, I look at you, none of them dare to sit...... In fact, Qin Lin dared, but he was still a little dizzy, so he didn't want to come out.

Emperor Zhaowu did not blame them for their crampedness, but smiled slightly happily: "You guys can sit down, since you have become a cabinet scholar, you are qualified to sit in the imperial study." As he spoke, he glanced at the third child and said, "Rainforest, you take the lead." ”

Qin Lin saw that the old man had named himself, so he hurriedly thanked him respectfully and said, "Obey the order." He attached half of his buttocks and sat down on the brocade pier under Qin Lei's head. Although he was older, Qin Lei's title was higher than him, so he had to sit down honestly.

As soon as he sat down, the three of Lu Yanwu, Tian Minnong, and Wang Anting also thanked him and sat down in turn.

Emperor Zhaowu smiled and said with Zhuo Yan: "Serve some porridge to a few adults, it's been a while in the morning, and you should have been hungry for a long time." ”

Zhuo Yan responded softly, and after a while, a team of courtiers came up with sandalwood trays and presented exquisite and luxurious gold-inlaid porcelain bowls. Emperor Zhaowu took a bowl, and the palace ladies began with the prince and presented the golden bowl in turn.

Looking at the pair of slender jade hands...... Holding the golden bowl, several scholars were grateful, and almost drooped big snot bubbles. After trembling and thanking, he took a bowl and ate porridge in small bites.

While eating, the four scholars also looked at Emperor Zhaowu from time to time, and when they saw His Majesty put down the bowl, the four of them quickly raised their heads, took a silk scarf to wipe their mouths, and sat up.

Qin Lei and the prince had just eaten half of it, and when they saw that no one else was eating, they had to put down the bowl depressed. I heard Emperor Zhaowu say softly: "Zhong Aiqing can you eat?" ”

"Your Majesty, I'll use it later." In fact, even whether the porridge was sweet or salty, several scholars didn't taste it.

"That's good," Emperor Zhaowu took the teacup and rinsed his mouth, looked at Qin Ting and Qin Lei who were sitting on the top, and said softly: "You two don't think too much, this time the prince of a country can't be a scholar, and neither can a leading prince." ”

Qin Lei and Qin Ting hurriedly bowed their hands in person: "Thunder and rain and dew are all Jun En, father, you don't have to worry. ”

Emperor Zhaowu smiled and said: "Okay, my son should have this mind, although you are not in the cabinet, you still have to be a counselor in government affairs, and you must not slack off, do you hear?" ”

The crown prince and Qin Lei hurriedly responded.

Emperor Zhaowu smiled and said, "Very good." Then he turned his gaze to the four scholars.

His gaze fell on the third prince Qin Lin first, and he said with a flat expression: "Don't you always feel that I don't give you the opportunity to show your strengths?" ”

Qin Lin hurriedly got up and saluted: "Erchen doesn't dare, in the past, Erchen was ignorant, and he won't be in the future." ”

Emperor Zhaowu waved his hand and said softly: "Don't mention the past, what I want to see is your future performance." ”

Qin Lin responded with a sincere face, and then listened to Emperor Zhaowu say: "Among the five scholars, you are the youngest and the worst in ability, you must be modest and cautious, don't use the identity of the prince to oppress people at every turn, do you hear?" ”

Qin Lin only agreed, and then listened to Emperor Zhaowu said lightly: "I won't give you any specific errands, let's learn from a few adults first." Qin Lin responded again, and then he retreated like an amnesty.

Emperor Zhaowu turned his gaze to Lu Yanwu again, and said with a smile: "Although it is said that the five scholars serve as prime ministers together, there is no rotation order to the outside world. But koji... Zhongtang is the oldest and the most senior, and he is very familiar with both the center and the locality, so you have to take care of more things, and if they have any omissions, you must also point them out in time. ”

Everyone said: 'This is to let Koji Zhongtang take the overall responsibility.' Lu Yanwu hurriedly said, "Don't dare", and Emperor Zhaowu persuaded a few more words, and then responded with a panicked face.

Emperor Zhaowu shifted his gaze to Tian Minnong and said with a playful smile: "Tian Zhongtang, you are a model for the head of the ministry, you must continue to maintain it in the future, don't let me down." ”

Tian Minnong was grateful and said: "The humble duty must be done to die and then ......" The so-called 'drum does not need a heavy hammer', everyone is a person who understands, and some words do not need to be said explicitly.

Emperor Zhaowu said with a smile on his face: "Tianzhong Tang I can still be trusted, you have to arrest the national economy and people's livelihood, originally a household is too small, and Wen Yanbo is hindering it, it is normal for you to not be able to show it," said and touched the jade wrench on his thumb, and smiled: "From now on, as long as it is a major matter related to finance, taxation and people's livelihood, it is up to you to ask, don't let me down." ”

Tian Minnong trembled and took over this errand, and choked up: "Weichen will dedicate this old life to Daqin." "Emperor Zhaowu's upper lip touched his lower lip, and he said it very lightly, but whether it is taxation or people's livelihood, is it not a complicated and messy errand? Even if you take off a few layers of skin, you may not be able to do it well.

Emperor Zhaowu smiled slightly: "Tianzhongtang still has to take care of his body." Then he turned his attention to the last central hall in the house, the original left capital of the imperial history Wang Anting. Seeing His Majesty's gaze projected, Wang Zhongtang also stood up and stood solemnly, arching his hand and saying, "Please give instructions to Your Majesty." ”

Emperor Zhaowu smiled and said, "An Ting, how many years have you been serving as the imperial envoy of the capital?" ”

Wang Anting sighed: "Back to Your Majesty, it has been thirteen years until February this year. ”

Emperor Zhaowu smiled and said: "Your ability and character are very good, but you are too square, you have been suppressed by someone, and you have been pressed in the Metropolitan Procuratorate for more than ten years, what have you thought clearly?" ”

Wang Anting pondered for a while, and said in a deep voice: "Weichen finally knows that people should be kind and like a spring breeze, and solemn like autumn frost; The image is taken from money, the outer circle and the inner square. ”

"Anything else?" Emperor Zhaowu asked noncommittally.

"And ...... We must never forget the monarchy. Wang Anting said with a slight sweat on his forehead.

Emperor Zhaowu nodded with satisfaction and said with a smile: "Yes, "Huainanzi" said: 'Wisdom desires are round and actions are desired', that is, to be an official and a man, you must be mellow and flexible in your heart, and at the same time, you must not lose your righteousness, backbone and morality in your behavior. We must know how to change on the premise of being loyal to the monarch, patriotic, and honest. ”

"Thank you for Your Majesty's teachings, Weichen will remember it in his heart and never forget it." Wang Anting replied respectfully.

Emperor Zhaowu smiled and said: "You were originally the imperial history, you can't rub sand in your eyes, and after you arrive at the cabinet, you still supervise the center, if there are any violations and illegal things, you will propose to correct them." Wang Anting hurriedly responded.

After talking to everyone in the imperial study, Emperor Zhaowu took a sip of tea, rested for a while, and said, "The responsibilities of you scholars are clear, right?" The four of them responded in unison: "Got it." ”

"Have you come up with a proposal for each of your vacant positions?" This was the emperor's routine inquiry when the head of the ministry left his post.

Lu Yanwu said respectfully: "The current inspector Li Guangyuan has both ability and political integrity, and has profound qualifications, and Weichen thinks that he is worthy of the post of secretary of the Ministry of Rites. Tian Minnong recommended his deputy, Qian Weiyong, the left waiter of the household department; Wang Anting was not surprised to nominate Wang Biyan, the imperial envoy of the right capital, to succeed him.

As for Qin Lin, his Inner Ministry of Internal Service was more like a service agency than a judicial organ. Others really don't have his ability, and he can sort out thousands of things in an orderly manner, so he still has the position of governor of the Inner Servant Province.

Emperor Zhaowu nodded noncommittally, and said softly: "Then each of them will go back to the department to hand over, and take office on the same day." As for Zhou Zhongtang, after he enters Beijing, I will talk to him alone. ”

When the scholars heard that His Majesty had the intention of driving people away, they got up and knelt down in amusement, and went to their own business. Only the crown prince and Qin Lei were left in the imperial study.

Emperor Zhaowu looked at his two sons and said to the prince: "You have been studying at home for some days, is it comfortable for Maodong?" ”

The prince smiled bitterly in his heart, got up and said respectfully: "Back to my father, it's not uncomfortable at all, my son's body is about to rust." ”

Emperor Zhaowu smiled and said: "Yes, the spring flowers are blooming, and it's good to come out to breathe." As he spoke, he changed his kind smile and said softly: "You didn't make a mistake last year, but I locked you up for a few months, you won't blame me, right?" ”

"Don't blame you, who is ...... blame," the prince said with a grumbling heart. Slander is slander, and what should be said is still to be said: "The father and the emperor are far-sighted, and the five bodies admired by the sons and daughters are on the ground, and there is no trace of complaint." ”

Emperor Zhaowu chuckled and said, "Very good, this is what a prince of a country looks like." Saying that, he smiled warmly: "I will give you a good errand, which can be regarded as a small compensation." ”

The prince was overjoyed in his heart, and he didn't dare to say it, but his ears were straight up. I listened to Emperor Zhaowu say slowly: "People say that the scenery in the south of the Yangtze River is infinitely good, and now it is the March of fireworks, which is a good time to ride a crane down the south of the Yangtze River......"

The crown prince's head immediately sweated, and he swallowed and foamed: "Father, what do you mean...... Let me go down to Gangnam? ”

Emperor Zhaowu smiled: "Yes, what a good errand, they all say, 'The sunrise river flowers are red, and the spring river is as green as blue.'" Can you not remember Jiangnan? It can be seen that if you have never been to Jiangnan in this life, it is a pity. ”

Qin Lei also smiled and said: "That's it, second brother, Jiangnan girls are tender and slippery, you have to take it well." ”

The crown prince Bai Qinlei glanced at it and said strangely: "You are so fascinated, it is better to let you go." As soon as Wen Yanbo fell, there was a huge power vacuum in the court, and at this juncture of the struggle for power and profit, the old man wanted to take him away. This made the prince very entangled in his heart.

Qin Lei said with a smile: "The younger brother wants to, but he has already made a military order to his father, and he has to go to the barren mountains and mountains to train and endure hardships, so he can only endure it without blessings." ”

The crown prince saw that Qin Lei was also going to leave Beijing, so he felt better, he knew that Emperor Zhaowu had always been the same...... At least for his own son. He sighed lightly in his heart, bowed his head and said, "Please ask my father to command." ”

"Send an envoy to Southern Chu and establish an alliance," Emperor Zhaowu said in a deep voice, "at least let them not interfere in the war between my Great Qin and Eastern Qi." This is a national responsibility, and if you succeed, you will be credited with no less than winning the war of alignment. ”

The prince scolded in his heart: 'This sweet date is too tall, right?' 'In the last fifty or sixty years, the state of Qin has been strong, and Qi Chuwen has been weak. But whenever Qin wanted to concentrate on destroying one country, the other would attack Qin at all costs to maintain this balance of power.

It can be said that the pattern of Qi and Chu joining forces to resist Qin has been formed. However, now, Emperor Zhaowu actually wants to let him, the crown prince of the country, destroy the Qichu Alliance, doesn't this push him into the fire pit? What if someone detains it?

Sixteen years of hardship like Qin Lei? But people are young, and they are only sixteen years old when they are sixteen years old. But his prince can't do it, if he is also imprisoned for 16 years, he will have to be bald. Not to mention coming back to be the emperor, whether you can return to Zhongdu is another story...... Maybe you'll die of old age in a foreign land.

The crown prince had mixed feelings in his heart, but Emperor Zhaowu had obviously decided, and waved his hand to him: "You go back first, go to Honglu Temple to learn etiquette first, and then come to listen to my specific instructions for you." ”

The prince knew that the wood was already in the boat, so he had to nod with a sad face and said, "Obey." Then he slowly retreated.

Emperor Zhaowu looked at the back of the prince in the distance, and said lightly: "Now you can go to train with peace of mind, right?" ”

Qin Lei smiled with difficulty: "What my father said, my sons don't understand. ”

Emperor Zhaowu glanced at him and did not continue the topic, but ordered in a deep voice: "As soon as Li Guangyuan leaves, the inspection temple will be completely extinct, so I will hand it over to you, and I will be in charge of military intelligence first...... Seeing that the war is approaching, the espionage report can no longer be delayed. ”

Qin Lei responded in a deep voice.