Chapter 49 The position of the prime minister
Since the founding of the Great Shang Dynasty, according to the rule of law of the ancestors, the prime minister of a country is actually the cornerstone of the country and oversees most government affairs. Therefore, the people who can be prime ministers are naturally not ordinary people.
Prime Minister Shang Rong is an old minister of the three dynasties, and his qualifications in the court are unparalleled, and he has a friendship with Jiang Huan Chu, the marquis of Dongbo, and Echongyu, the marquis of Nanbo, who has a wide range of contacts, and does not think about being a second person in the court.
On the same day, Shang Rong became angry at the court because of the stripping inspection, and resigned in a fit of anger. At the end of the day, Queen Jiang personally came to say something for him, advising the court not to go without business for a day, but at that time, the king of Shang was worried about the matter of Mei Bo, so he just pushed it to talk about it later.
To put it simply, Shang Wang hoped to take this opportunity to replace Shang Rong.
After all, no king would like an old courtier of his grandfather's generation, carrying the name of a lonely minister, holding most of the government affairs of a country in his hands, and running a prime minister's mansion like an iron bucket, and water cannot be splashed.
Of course, the king of Shang wanted to replace himself with people he trusted, such as Zigan as the prime minister, and his brother Jizi as the sub-prime minister, which was undoubtedly a more suitable choice.
However, how can an old prime minister who has been in charge of the DPRK and China for 50 years say that he can be replaced? His people have long since become a situation in which the tail cannot be changed, and if he moves the merchants, he will move the cake of too many people, and the slightest carelessness will damage the foundation of the country.
The king of Shang had previously discussed this matter with his close ministers, and came to the unanimous conclusion that it was best to delay the matter, and as long as Shang Rong was not in the court, his power could be slowly transferred to the hands of Yaxiang Zigan, and when Shang Rong lost his roots in the court, there was no possibility of his recovery.
But if he wants to delay, how can the other forces in the DPRK do what he wants?
Sure enough, seeing that the matter in front of him was dealt with, the senior doctor Jiang Jia came out and said, "The king, the minister has a book." ”
This Jiang Jia is the nephew of Jiang Huanchu, the marquis of Dongbo, and the younger brother of Queen Jiang, and his background should not be underestimated.
King Shang nodded, ordered the attendant to take the notebook, and opened the notebook, but it was Shang Rong's matter.
In the book, the business has been the pillar of the country for many years, and it cannot be replaced. The king of Shang must not abandon the virtuous because of a temporary battle of will, but should follow the example of Tang Yiyin, and personally come to the door to save the merchant, so as to show that the king of Shang is eager to seek talent, then the Shang lord will naturally be grateful for the grace of the Son of Heaven and stay in the court.
King Shang watched the concerto, but there was some surprise in his heart, if he just asked Shang Rong to enter the court and continue to be the prime minister, he really couldn't find a good excuse to refuse for a while. After all, Shang Rong's qualifications and contributions are there, and no one can easily deny them. But now that he is asked to come to the door to save him, he can just take the opportunity to have a seizure.
In fact, the reason why Shang Rong made this seemingly extremely rude request was also because of his own helplessness.
On that day, above the court, the monarch and the ministers said that they were in a hurry, and many words could not be done accurately. After Shang Rong went home that day, he originally thought so.
But after a few days, things have changed.
On that day, the ministers stripped and inspected, which has been slowly spread, so the ministers are undressed and undressed in the palace, and they have naturally become a laughing stock in many people's mouths. All the adults are naturally face-saving people, and they will definitely not be willing to be ridiculed. So, as soon as some adults put it together, they came up with a good way to save face.
Since ancient times, China has a habit of fearing people to take the lead in everything. No matter how embarrassing he is, as long as he has a leader with enough qualifications, he will throw most of the shame on that leader. The so-called law does not hold the public accountable, and this is the truth.
So, Shang Rong, the old prime minister who was the first to be stripped and checked, took the position of this leader as a matter of course. As soon as someone talks about stripping and checking, the ministers of the court will sigh: "I didn't want to, but the old prime minister took the lead in stripping, and we had no choice but to attach the old prime minister." "The meaning is, it's not that I am willing to take off my clothes, but the old prime minister took the lead in taking it off, I am giving the old prime minister a face, if you want to say, just say that the old prime minister goes, don't come to me.
In this way, the old prime minister Shang Rong naturally became the target of everyone, and everyone unanimously ridiculed him.
How can an old bureaucrat in his seventies stand this, and now he wants to take the initiative to find the king of Shang and ask for reinstatement, do you still want face?
Therefore, Shang Rong needs a step, a step that will not embarrass him too much, and Shang Wang personally came to the door to stay, which is undoubtedly the most suitable step.
When Jiang Jia and the others found Shang Rong, they were a little helpless about his rather excessive requirements. But the position of prime minister is very important, and Zigan and others must not be allowed to occupy it, so I had to write this recital head-on.
Sure enough, the king of Shang took advantage of the case and said angrily: "Hmph, you actually want me to come to the door to invite Shang Rong in person, do you want me to apologize to him personally? ”
Seeing that the king of Shang had started, King Wu Cheng hurriedly followed: "King, Shang Rong has already committed the crime of great disrespect by resigning and threatening the king that day, and the king does not blame it, which is already a great kindness." Today, if the king himself comes to the door to apologize to his courtiers, where will the face of the monarch be placed? Where is the ethics of the general rule? Such a thing as turning the world upside down must never be allowed. ”
As a result, the ministers spoke one after another, some supported Jiang Jia, and some supported King Wucheng, and the court was suddenly chaotic like a bazaar.
With such a situation, the king of Shang was not in a hurry. He's a whistleblower, and as long as someone helps him go down and play, he never loses this game.
Sure enough, the final result of a court discussion was that there was no result, and it would be discussed later. In fact, neither side of the two sides expected to rely on a mere court meeting to finalize the matter of the prime minister.
But judging from the results, it should be the Shang Wang and Zigan side who won. Because in the end, the king of Shang made a decision, since the position of prime minister could not be decided, he handed over some matters that needed to be dealt with urgently to the Yaxiang Mansion, and Jiang Jia did not have any position to oppose this.
There are a lot of things to deal with today's court, so by the time the court meeting is over, it will be past noon.
After the dispersal of the dynasty, the Shang King was in a very good mood, had lunch, and took a nap, and the Shang King decided to go to Huang Xue. Chat with this new Rong Hua, and then spend the night by the way, and by the way, some things that have been rehearsed many times in dreams can also be practiced.
Huang Xue no longer lives in Yaohua Palace at this time, and her status has now risen to one of the nine concubines, so she naturally has to be treated accordingly.
Today's Shang kings, in fact, do not have many concubines, and the so-called nine concubines are not full. In addition to Huang Xue, the Ronghua, and the concubines descended from Concubine Yang, there are only four of them, and they are all just to win over some border ministers and pull their daughters in to make up for it. In the past six months, only Huang Xue and Shu Concubine have seen the face of Shang Wang.
The steward Jiao Fang naturally knew everything about this, and of course he would not neglect Huang Xue in this matter. There was no need for her to send someone to intervene, a larger and more luxurious Ronghua Palace had been packed up, just waiting for her to move in.
Huang Xue is also in a good mood today, she has been doing the same thing since she got up in the morning, that is, playing with cannon branding.
This thing is so funny, she holds it in her hand and flutters, but the actual weight is very heavy. Smashing a piece of wood, nailing a nail, it doesn't take much effort at all, and gently scorching the cannon down, it's already a thousand powers.
She also found that at the critical moment, she could throw the cannon as a hidden weapon to smash people, but whoever was accidentally hit would end up with a broken tendon. At the end of the day, many trees in the palace were selected as targets by Huang Xue, and the disaster was not good.
Of course, what pleases Huang Xue the most is the function that the cannon can become bigger and smaller, and it is really handy as a weapon.
So, when the king of Shang came to Ronghua Palace, he saw a scene that made him jaw-dropping. I saw Huang Xue turning the cannon brand into the size of a wooden barrel, stepping on it, his feet kept kicking, and the cannon brand was rolling quickly along the road outside the palace gate.
Looking at Huang Xue carefully, I saw that she was wearing a casual cloth dress, with some dirty dust on her clothes, no makeup on her face, and no accessories on her head, shouting and having fun. The little maid was running behind the cannon branding, already sweating profusely, and kept shouting: "Niangniang, be careful, don't fall down again." ”
King Shang couldn't imagine that Huang Xue would play such a trick with this cannon branding, and he felt funny in his heart, so he raised his hand to stop the attendant Jiao Fang, who was about to drink, and motioned him to stay where he was, and he quietly approached.
Huang Xue's method of playing is called 'stepping on the roller' in modern acrobatics, and it is impossible to practice without two or three years of acrobatic skills. However, in this life, she has practiced a lot of martial arts with Su Quanzhong, Huang Yan, and Huang Tianhua, so her physical fitness is far from comparable to that in her previous life, and she is really handy at using cannon branding, so she has practiced for more than two hours, and she has learned it, although she still suffers a lot for this.
The little maid was very sharp-eyed, and when someone came in the palace, she could see it at a glance. When she could see the appearance of the person who came, she exclaimed, and quickly knelt on the ground and said, "The slave has seen the king." ”
At this time, Huang Xue was trying to control the turn, and when she was frightened by the spring equinox, she turned her head and saw the Shang Wang who was looking at her curiously, and suddenly the soles of her feet slipped, and she fell from the cannon with an exclamation.
At present, the king of Shang is far away from him, and the spring equinox is kneeling on the ground in horror, but he can't be rescued, so both of them were surprised to see the whole process of Huang Xue falling to the ground in embarrassment.
"It's over!" Huang Xue lamented in her heart, thinking that the king of Shang had been busy with affairs for the past two days and would not come to her, so he would have such a good time. How did I know that not long after lunch, the king of Shang came, and he saw her so ugly, it was really too embarrassing.
To be honest, she actually didn't fall too hard, she had fallen more than a dozen times, and she had already had experience, but she didn't get up for a long time, and she just thought in her head: "It's embarrassing to get up, should I pretend to faint?"