Chapter 202: Defection
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The Chinese New Year's Eve of the third year of the Great Qin II was spent in Hu Hai's drunken confusion. The pen and the fun and pavilion www.biquge.info the fifty-fourth year of the Great Qin calendar and the fourth year of the second dynasty began in a blanket of silver.
Without the Black Ice Platform secretly fueling the trouble, all kinds of things that happened during the Afang Palace banquet on Chinese New Year's Eve have spread rapidly throughout Xianyang, and are rapidly spreading to the entire Guanzhong and even outside the entire Guanzhong throughout Daqin.
Hu Hai's five glasses of wine before the banquet made the name of the Son of Heaven more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people; A song of loyalty to the country, but it has become a popular song that has swept the entire Daqin, oh, it is not a pop song, it is a pop Qin ballad.
So much so that in this New Year's Day, if anyone doesn't hum two sentences of loyalty to the country, then they will be despised by countless people. And the soldiers of the Great Qin Dynasty sang this song of loyalty to the country repeatedly.
Princess Yi of Loulan also became a household name in Xianyang because of her amazing dance; However, compared with His Majesty the Emperor's poem of loyalty to the country, Princess Yiya's popularity is much weaker.
The fact that the Second Emperor gave freedom to the six queens and concubines made the people of the six countries rejoice, but they also had a greater sense of belonging to Great Qin. After all, it was already a fact that the Six Kingdoms no longer existed at this moment, and it was also a fact that Great Qin was growing stronger and stronger and treated the descendants and people of the Six Kingdoms well.
Feng Quji's edict to be crowned as a Taifu was sent to Feng's mansion by Wang Yan early in the morning of the first day of the new year. Since Li Si's death, the three dukes of Great Qin have gathered again.
However, everyone knows that it is inevitable that the Feng family will prosper.
Unlike the ordinary people who are full of excitement and celebration, the noble families in Xianyang and even all parts of Guanzhong are gloomy.
The Auxiliary Minister Feng Quji proposed to return the fiefdom, and the Taishi, the Auxiliary Minister Wei Yu, the Imperial Historian, and the Auxiliary Minister suddenly supported weakly, and the emperor's attitude was ambiguous at that time, and it was only handed over to the Cabinet Office and the Six Ministries for study and then submitted. This made the noble family, who was worried, temporarily relieved. Nervous contact began, trying to convince the emperor not to take Feng Quji's proposal before he made a decision.
However, on Chinese New Year's Eve, Feng Quxiao was crowned as a dowager by the emperor, but everyone sank into the abyss.
If the emperor hadn't already made up his mind in his heart, then what was the purpose of suddenly adding the title of Taifu to Feng Quji? You must know that Taifu is not a cabbage on the street, you can seal it casually.
Even Li Si, the powerful prime minister of Great Qin, was only crowned the title of Taifu by the emperor because of various merits before he died, and of course, Meng Tian and Wei Yi were also crowned as the third duke.
Now, Feng Quji has just won the honorific title of Taifu in this way.
This is not the emperor's reward for Feng Quji, and what is it for?
Feng Laogou is estimated to wake up laughing from his dreams now!
This is the latest name given to Feng Quji by the Xianyang and even Guanzhong noble families.
Of course, this title must only be private.
I think that no one dared to call Feng Quji such a person in person when he was just an assistant to the cabinet, not to mention that now Feng Quji is already ranked as the third prince, and he is a prince.
From the first day to the fifth day of the new year, in addition to the necessary left-behind officials, the various government offices are in addition to the necessary left-behind officials. You don't have to go to work. Naturally, most of the ministers in the court and the central government took advantage of this rare rest day to cultivate themselves at home.
However, Hu Hai obviously can't really rest. Of course, it can also be said that he can rest at any time.
On Chinese New Year's Eve, the second emperor was drunk and had the news that Long Bing and Long Xue, twin sisters, could not be concealed at all, and Zongzheng Mansion would record the emperor's diet and daily life every day, including his daily words and deeds.
Of course, Hu Hai didn't think about hiding it.
Blessed by the emperor. The identities of Long Bing and Long Xue are naturally different, not to mention that everyone knows that the emperor has an unusual affection for the two sisters. Not to mention that they are all emperor's women now.
Here, Zongzheng Mansion is already preparing to give the emperor what titles Long Bing and Long Xue will be given. The dormitory must also be prepared in advance. The two girls are no longer the dead soldiers of the Dragon Guard Mansion before.
For these, Long Bing and Long Xue sisters are both painful and happy. After all, although it was not said in the mouth, but to the woman who can become the emperor. But it was the result that the two women had always wanted. It's just obvious that since she is already the emperor's woman, it is certain that she will be given the title, but once the two daughters are awarded, they may not be able to stay with the emperor every day and run around like in the past.
But these are the problems. Hu Hai didn't have time to pay attention. The storm caused by Feng Quji's proposal to return the fief to the imperial court in the court was intensifying.
On the first day of the new year, Meng Tian had already vaguely expressed the idea of the Meng clan by paying New Year's greetings to the emperor, that is, he hoped that Hu Hai would not be in a hurry. And then no matter what, the Montessori clan will be on the side of the emperor.
On the second day of the first month, Zheng Guo, Ma Xing, Zhang Han and others also expressed their willingness to hand over their fiefs to the Ministry of Households. In the afternoon of the same day. The old Qin family in Guanzhong, represented by the Fan family, the Su family, and the way family, officially handed over the household registration list of all the fiefs of the three clans to Zhang Cang. At the same time, a large number of nobles of the old Qin family in Guanzhong began to hand over the fiefdom documents in their mansions to the household department one after another.
On the third day of the first lunar month, Wang Gan, on behalf of the Wang family, sent a large number of fiefdom documents and household registration documents that had been given by the first emperor of the Wang family to the emperor's study in Huhai. Although it is not explicitly stated, the meaning is already clear.
In this regard, Hu Hai didn't say anything, just patted Wang Gan's shoulder heavily.
There are many noble families in Great Qin, especially a few wealthy families, and the situation of the Wang family today should be the most complicated.
Because Wang Li died on the battlefield suddenly, he didn't have time to arrange his son's succession. After Wang Li's death, the Wang family experienced a lot of fluctuations, and finally because of Hu Hai's relationship, many elders of the Wang family pushed Wang Gan, who was only in his twenties, to the position of the head of the Wang family.
However, although Wang Gan is the head of the Wang family, whether it is in terms of age or qualifications, the Wang family is much higher than Wang Gan, and because Wang Qian is also the commander of the Suzaku Army, he has always stayed in the barracks and rarely goes back to the house to do things, so the real power of the Wang family is actually in the hands of the elders.
As for Wang Kun, although the Caishi battalion was abolished, he was also incorporated into the forbidden army as a captain, but Wang Kun is younger than Wang Qian, and he is only a small captain, so although others are in Xianyang, he can't have any say in clan affairs.
At the beginning of the reform of the official system, Hu Hai saw this, so he handed over the position of the left squire of the military department to Wang Gan's maternal uncle Wang Hao, because Wang Hao was the only remaining elder of Wang Gan's branch and Wang Li's younger brother. At the same time, Wang Hao is also a die-hard supporter of Wang Qian in the Wang family.
As soon as Wang Li died, the Wang family suddenly became a scattered sand, and there were many factions. The elders of each house controlled a piece of the family estate. Wang Gan can only sit firmly in the position of the patriarch of the Wang clan with his own support, Hu Hai knows very well, and also because of the killing of Zhao Gao, Hu Hai also has a different kind of trust in Wang Gan.
In this case, Hu Hai will naturally spare no effort to support Wang Gan to control the Wang family.
Now it seems that Wang Gan is not too bad. Although it was not easy to persuade the elders of each house to return the fief to the imperial court, fortunately, Wang Qian still did it.
The rest is much simpler.
A major event like recovering the fiefdom can't hide it from the eyes of the anxious people who have been waiting for it, not to mention that Hu Hai is not prepared to hide it.
In the case of not knowing the thoughts of the Mengshi clan, many important ministers in the court took the initiative to return the fief to the emperor, and the noble families who wanted to twist it into an iron plate and resolutely refused to hand over the fief were panicked, and began to send the list of the fief in the Fuzhong fief, as well as the household registration and land deed to the household department.
As for the Li Mansion, in fact, as early as the Chinese New Year's Eve banquet, Li Yan had already said the meaning of the Li family on behalf of Li You. That is to resolutely support the emperor. The emperor said that he would hand it over, and the emperor said that if he didn't pay it, he would not pay it.
Under such circumstances, before the fifth day of the first lunar month, Yao Jia, Hu Wujing and others, who originally wanted to see the direction of the wind, reluctantly handed over the household registration register, field contract and other things to Zhang Cang.
Things have come to this point, and Hu Hai already knows that something big has happened.
The rest of the people do not pay, in fact, the impact is almost equal to zero, and when the cabinet office opens its doors to discuss politics, as soon as the cabinet government comes out, it must be handed over, and it must be handed over if it is not paid. The only thing to consider is how to solve it, and the only ones who are still under house arrest in Xianyang, such as Ma Xing, Zhaoping, and Du He, are the former nobles of the Six Kingdoms who have been attached to Great Qin.
On the sixth day of the first month, the first day of the opening of the doors of the various prefectures and offices of Great Qin, Ma Xing, Zhaoping and others, who had been living in the post house for many years, finally waited for the edict summoned by the emperor from Xianyang Palace.
After bathing and changing clothes, more than 20 marquis nobles who belonged to Daqin arrived at the council hall under the leadership of Wang Yan.
After some greetings, Hu Hai sat on the emperor's throne in the council.
"I think you've heard about the big things in the court, and I know that you're all afraid that I'll treat you like Linghu Fan. Don't worry, I won't act like this unless I have to, no matter how you say that you Aiqing are meritorious to Daqin. ”
This was Hu Hai's opening remarks after he sat down.
However, this opening remark made Ma Xing and the others even paler.
I won't act like this unless I have to, so in other words, once the last resort, I will do more than Ling Hu Fan?
Well, the emperor is for the sword, and I am for the fish.
"The subordinate is willing to return the fief given by His Majesty the First Emperor to the household department, the old minister is old, please allow the old minister to recall the family to Xianyang for retirement!"
Ma Xing looked at the man who spoke in shock, with an irrepressible look of resentment in his eyes. He didn't expect that the first person to defect would be Zhaoping, the Marquis of Tanglin, who had been saying that he wanted to fight the emperor to the end.
Zhaoping not only defected, but also bit himself and others hard. is even willing to move the whole family into Xianyang for retirement!
It's shameless!