On July 3, the ninth year of Wude of the Tang Dynasty, today is the day when Li Yuan, the founding emperor of the Tang Dynasty, officially abdicated, of course. The reason announced to the public is that Li Yuan is old and sick, and the crown prince Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji have an affair with the concubine, so angry that Li Yuan is even more ill. Therefore, for the sake of the country's society, he abdicated as an old and sick man, and then let his second son Li Shimin ascend the throne as emperor. This is to fool the people and history, and almost all the people in the officialdom know the specific situation.

Of course, no one is going to talk nonsense at this time. However, what surprised Shi Bufan was that the date of his accession to the throne was advanced by more than a month, Li Shimin originally ascended the throne in August, and at this time, he ascended the throne so early. So this also made Shi Bufan feel that history was a little strange, but he didn't think that there was anything strange about money, and Li Shimin's ascension to the throne became inevitable, so they all thought it was okay.

And this kind of enthronement ceremony is attended by officials above the ninth rank in Chang'an, and this is the most grand. However, because the preparation was too hasty, it was only a month, so it must have been done in a hurry. However, Li Shimin is a realist after all, so naturally he will not dwell too much on these, as long as he sits firmly on this throne.

Before the enthronement ceremony, many officials here also gathered here in twos and threes, and then discussed things according to their respective factions. However, when it comes to this, it is very public.

"It seems that the higher the level, the less scruples there are in terms of personal behavior. The more you get to the top, the interest groups they represent are already very obvious and very distinct, and anyone knows that at this point, they will not easily change their positions, but will become more unscrupulous! Shi Bufan thought.

Shi Bufan vaguely knew that after an official reached the top level, he might be more complicated in his political thinking, but his personal behavior seemed freer. Because at the top, there is a large group of interest groups behind everyone, and everyone is a representative of the interest group, and they will not easily change their political stance. It's not like the bottom, once you have any dealings with other people, it's easy for your boss to think that you have taken refuge in someone else. Therefore, the higher the leadership, the less personal scruples there are, and there is no need to hide their factional positions.

"Shi Xiao Shulang, come here!" A man in his thirties said.

Shi Bufan listened to this voice, took the initiative to go over, and then said: "I've seen the eldest grandson Shangshu!" ”

At present, the position of the eldest grandson Wuji is the secretary of the ministry, so Shi Bufan calls the eldest grandson Wuji the eldest grandson Shangshu, and it is not appropriate to call him by his name directly. However, the eldest grandson Wuji called Shi Bufan here, so they are all here. However, in this circle of the eldest grandson Wuji, it is obvious that there are several important cronies and advisers of Li Shimin, and they are all high-level. Here, that is, Shi Bufan, a nine-grade petty official. However, it is precisely because Shi Bufan is a nine-grade petty official that he is the most conspicuous here, and it is difficult for a nine-grade petty official to be inconspicuous in some of the crowds at least four-grade.

However, the people next to him were also red-eyed, who made Shi Bufan follow the people who participated in the Xuanwumen coup? Those who participated in the Xuanwumen coup, whether active or passive, are naturally a circle, no matter how high or low they are, they are all a circle and an interest group. So in a sense, Shi Bufan is actually an interest group with them, and others can't envy it.

"Shi Xiao Shulang, in fact, you should have been able to wear a vermilion robe and have a silverfish bag, but unfortunately you missed it. I'm afraid there will be a lot of detours in the future! The eldest grandson Wuji said.

The eldest grandson Wuji's words were actually telling Shi Bufan that in fact, he could have ascended to the sky in one step to obtain an official position above the fifth grade. In the Tang Dynasty, officials of different grades had different colors of government, and the third rank and above were purple, the fourth and fifth grades were vermilion, the seventh and eighth grades were green, and the ninth rank was cyan. And the five grades or more can be equipped with a silverfish bag, and the silverfish bag represents the status, and the officials above the fifth grade represent the real high-ranking officials, high-ranking officials with real power. At that time, if Shi Bufan didn't make a fool of himself, he actually took in Li Jiancheng's daughter, so that he could rely on him to participate in the Xuanwumen coup d'état, and he could be promoted to an official above the fifth rank in one step.

After the Xuanwumen coup, that turbulent time was actually the most suitable for promotion of official positions. At that time, when there was turmoil and various forces were reshuffling, a large number of officials could get the opportunity to be promoted. The eldest grandson Wuji, a five-grade official, instantly became the secretary of the ministry, Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui directly became the prime minister, and all kinds of characters were promoted by Li Shimin when they were in turmoil and reshuffling at this time. Hurry up and promote your official position when others don't react, which is an established fact.

However, Shi Bufan did not seize the best opportunity for the reshuffle of that force, so now that the internal political transactions of various forces have ended, the reshuffle of interests in all aspects has been completed, and there is almost no room for one step to the sky. So Shi Bufan actually seized the opportunity to climb to the sky in one step, but now that the reshuffle has ended, everyone is performing their own transactions, so if Shi Bufan wants to be promoted, he must follow the normal process and procedures, and it is difficult to reach the sky in one step. Why do so many people want to gain the power of the dragon? In fact, in addition to gaining the trust of the emperor from the dragon's skill, the most important thing is that he can ascend to the sky in one step, and directly take advantage of the time to break the original order and re-establish the order, and when the various forces are shuffled, he will directly rise to many levels.

It's a pity that Shi Bufan didn't seize the opportunity, and now he can only be promoted step by step. Step-by-step promotion, where is there such a good chance as winning the 5 million jackpot? Perhaps, there are too many people who can't accumulate five million in a lifetime!

Although there are people who are promoted, there are emperors on top, and there are a large number of people from the same interest groups who are supporting and pulling. The forehead style does not mean that others do not pull, others also have people to support and pull. Since ancient times, there have been many second generations of officials, and there are many second generations of officials at the central level, but why is not every second generation of officials able to go to the national brand? In fact, you have family support, and others also have family support, and in the end, everyone is equal to leveling, and it still depends on your own ability and their own illusory luck. Therefore, the step-by-step promotion, this road has a lot of resistance, where is there a step to the sky? Don't look at the support, but whether this road can go up is still a question!

"Eldest grandson Shangshu, I don't think I care about this, I also told the emperor, I don't care about these things. To put it mildly, if you hadn't cheated me, then I wouldn't have gotten involved in this kind of! Shi Bufan said.

The eldest grandson Wuji smiled bitterly and said: "You stinky mouth, you don't even give us face, you don't even give the emperor face!" Fortunately, you met the emperor, otherwise I'm afraid you won't be able to cut off your head! ”

The eldest grandson Wuji originally thought that Shi Bufan had no future at all, but two days ago, Shi Bufan was summoned by Li Shimin, and as a result, he won Li Shimin's trust again, and Li Shimin gave him autumn clothes. This time, Li Shimin even showed his cheekiness to help Shi Bufan's lover get money, so isn't the money given to Qin Jiarui just for Shi Bufan? So this signal is not yet understood? Originally, the eldest grandson Wuji had already "cut" with Shi Bufan, but he didn't expect that Shi Bufan would be reused by Li Shimin again, which was the most embarrassing. The eldest grandson Wuji regretted that he had "cut" with Shi Bufan too early, so he took the initiative to beckon Shi Bufan to come over and appease him. In the final analysis, they are still people who participated in the Xuanwumen Revolution together, no matter what, they are also in a circle, and it is not appropriate to fall out in the future.

"Eldest grandson Shangshu, in fact, it doesn't hurt if I'm late. In this Zhenguan Dynasty, it is also pestled by you seniors, and it is not good for a junior to steal the limelight from his predecessors! So, it's better to be later, I'm still young, and there will be a lot of days in the future, so I don't need to be in such a hurry. Youth is capital, so after 30 years, I will come to you to take over. When the time comes, I may be just right! Shi Bufan said.

When the eldest grandson Wuji heard this, his heart suddenly burst into joy! Because Shi Bufan's words obviously have a very deep hint, that is, he is telling the eldest grandson Wuji that in this Zhenguan era, Shi Bufan will not compete with them for the position, and thirty years later, most of them will change emperors. In this Tang Dynasty era, the average life expectancy was generally about fifty years old, so the eldest grandson Wuji thought that Li Shimin would most likely burp after thirty years. Of course, you just know this in your heart, and you don't need to say it, after all, which emperor doesn't want to be able to "long live"!

In the twenty or thirty years of Zhenguan, Shi Bufan can be gradually improved, and there is no need to pursue the hope of ascending to the sky to compete for the position of prime minister with those of the older generation. Twenty or thirty years later, Shi Bufan can gradually ascend to the top, at that time, those high-ranking officials and prime ministers are now thirty or forty years old, and after more than twenty years, they will either burp or retire, and there is no direct conflict of interest with Shi Bufan. If Shi Bufan became a fourth- or fifth-rank official at a young age, then the position of these older generations would be unstable. Don't think that only the emperor will be suspicious of his subordinates, even the courtiers will worry that those rising stars will snatch their positions too early, which is not refreshing.

So Shi Bufan said this, which also means that Shi Bufan did not have the idea of competing for a position with them. Even, Shi Bufan defined himself as the person who assisted the new emperor after Li Shimin's burp, so that there was no direct conflict of interest with the older generation of the eldest grandson Wuji, they were not a generation. If it's not a generation, then there aren't many natural conflicts of interest.

"Hehe, I also envy you for having a young age, I can't compare! Youth is capital, you can afford to wait! It's not like us old guys, if we don't pay attention to it, then I'm afraid that all the ideals in this life will be wiped out. The eldest grandson Wuji laughed.

Obviously, the eldest grandson Wuji knew the meaning of the string song and took the initiative to continue to express his goodwill. However, it is obvious that Shi Bufan is mostly telling him not to compete for power with the older generation, let him slowly boil it, and wait for twenty or thirty years later when the older generation burps or retires, then they can also let him go.

Moreover, the eldest grandson Wuji knew that the future crown prince would definitely be Li Chengqian, his eldest grandson Wuji's nephew. Therefore, the eldest grandson Wuji doesn't mind handling the relationship with his nephew's important subordinates in the future, and he can pull talents for his nephew in the future. However, the eldest grandson Wuji doesn't know what the outcome of his nephew will be in the future!

"Shixiao Shulang, since this is the case, I will also tell you about the current situation in the court of our Tang Dynasty. At present, my Tang Dynasty court is probably dominated by Guanlong people and Shandong people, and I will not hide it from you that in the future, these two people will also be used as the mainstream high-level leaders of the Zhenguan Dynasty. Of course, during the reign of Emperor Taishang before this, the prime minister mainly came from Jiangnan. The current Chen Shuda and Xiao Yu are also Jiangnan Hao. Chen Shuda was the seventeenth son of Emperor Chen Xuan of Southern Chen that year, and the younger brother of Empress Chen. And Xiao Yu is the royal family of Nanliang, but Nanliang and Nan Chen, they also have a complicated relationship. They made profits for the Jiangnan Hao clan above the court, but after all, the two of them were from the former royal family, and Chen Baxian was still the one who destroyed the Southern Liang back then, so although they all had a lot of contradictions. Although they can be relatively consistent in terms of the general trend, there are also contradictions in some internal matters. Eldest Sun Wuji explained.

Shi Bufan heard the contradiction between Chen Shuda and Xiao Yu, and then said: "There is no party outside the party, and the emperor thinks." There is no faction in the party, and there are all kinds of strange things! ”

"Don't say this ——, in the future, although it is right, it is easy to break the ban! There are some things that don't need to be said so clearly, just understand it in your heart. Eldest Sun Wuji hurriedly said.

However, the eldest grandson Wuji continued: "However, Chen Shuda and Xiao Yu are probably also preparing to retire." If we don't get them down, how are we people going to get up? ”

Can Shi Bufan not understand? Once a son of heaven and a courtier, most of Li Yuan's senior officials back then were about to face being blown away. Chen Shuda and Xiao Yu are the first targets to be blown away, because Chen Shuda and Xiao Yu are prime ministers, if they don't get them down, then how can Li Shimin's cronies come up? As for excuses, it's easy to find, so what's the trouble with adding to the crime? Originally, Chen Shuda and Xiao Yu fought in the palace in history, so that the two prime ministers were actually masturbated together. It shows that Li Shimin had planned to masturbate them a long time ago, but he just took this opportunity to kill two birds with one stone.

As for that Pei Lian, he was Li Shimin's nominal deputy back then! Li Shimin used to be Shangshuling, and Pei Lin was Shangshu's servant, but Pei Lin was the person who was actually in charge of Shangshu Province, although Li Shimin was Shangshu Ling, it was difficult to interfere with Shangshu Province.

So Shang Shufu shot such an important position, and didn't give him up, so how to let his cronies go up? There are so many official positions, if you don't get people down, how can you let your cronies come up? If you don't have two cronies, on the one hand, your cronies can't see the future, and on the other hand, the throne is also unstable. So these old ministers of Li Yuan's era are not all going to be masturbated.

Everyone finally got Li Yuan down and supported Li Shimin, isn't it just waiting to sit on the ground and share the spoils?

"However, even if they go down, it does not mean that their power has been completely eliminated, they still have a lot of power. So, don't underestimate them either. They don't have anything to do with us, but you, a petty official, may be the target of their anger. And your position is just right, but it's a pity that you missed the opportunity to ascend to the sky in one step at that time, but you are also the one who participated in the Xuanwumen Change. Therefore, among the officials who participated in the Xuanwumen Rebellion, your status was the lowest, and you failed to seize the opportunity to ascend to the sky in one step. So you're exactly the target of their attack, and they can't hit us, so they'll definitely go back to your bad luck. In the future, you have to be careful. The eldest grandson Wuji said.

Shi Bufan nodded and replied: "I know, persimmons have to be picked up and pinched, and I am now this soft persimmon." However, in the long run, I'll see how capable they are! ”