Chapter 143: Ning Cheng took refuge
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Some hatreds can never be forgotten, and the obsessions of Wang Meng and Sun Qi will not be eliminated.
The drama letter was frightened by the two uncles, and he was smart enough to know that everyone has their own secrets, so don't spy on other people's secrets at will.
A small incident in a room in the Hou Mansion did not cause a stir, and Cao Shi knew nothing about it.
Next, he saw a duel between two top swordsmen.
Ji Xin's swordsmanship talent is very good, and within a few days of arriving at the Hou Mansion, he beat the generals of the Hou Mansion, except for some old warriors who are in the prime of life, and people who are ten years older than him are not his opponents at all.
The proud young man showed off his achievements, and it wasn't until he was taught a lesson by Sun Qi that he remembered that this cold-faced Uncle Sun was also a person of the same level as Uncle Wang.
The drama letter is the son of the drama Meng, and its ancestor is the general of the Yan State who wrote the "drama", and the unscrupulous descendants of the dramatist have long forgotten the battle skills of the drama, and there is only one assassination swordsmanship that has been handed down.
Every day as soon as the sky dawned, Wang Meng took the young people of the Hou Mansion to practice swordsmanship, facing the morning breeze and facing the rising sun, hundreds of people were shining silver in the small teaching field.
Wang Meng's requirements are very strict, combining sword training with physical training. Intensive training for more than two hours a day, the Hou Mansion is full of complaints.
At first, the young man of the Hou Mansion was not convinced and wanted to challenge Wang Meng, but the challenger was put to the ground by a photo without exception. I didn't know how I fell out when I fell, and after a few beatings, no one dared to make a mistake again.
Cao Shi was very envious of their swordsmanship, a long sword in his hand was like a silver light protecting the body, and Sun Qi and Wang Meng fought for a quarter of an hour without distinguishing between victory and defeat, which made everyone addicted.
After the training, Wang Meng slowly walked over and asked, "Junhou likes swordsmanship?" I can teach you! ”
"No need! My swordsmanship foundation isn't very good. Cao Shi shook his head, his swordsmanship talent could only be regarded as average. At least far inferior to his archery and riding talents, sword training is purely to master simple skills, and long swords and straight-edged long knives are interconnected. It is easy to change from swordsmanship to swordsmanship, and you can practice riding with horsemanship.
Weiyang Palace, Xuanshu Palace.
If you need it urgently, do your best to do it.
Save time. Be prepared.
The big war is imminent. Wait for the day.
The common words chanted in the Weiyang Palace every day, the little emperor has flown thousands of miles away in the heart of the palace, and he can't wait to tear the powerful Xiongnu Empire to pieces.
Fight the Huns? Must fight!
When to play? The sooner the better!
Liu Che's anxious and roaring style made the palace attendants at a loss, Cao Shi became a strong man when he became a strong man, was picked up and kicked into the deep pit of military reform, and asked him to complete the military reform in his spare time to do his job, of course, this deadline would be more perfect if it was within three months.
I don't treat him as a human being, like a cow and horse driven by a reckless man.
Liu Che, the son of heaven, had long had the idea of arranging cavalry. At the beginning of the funeral, he was urging him to make a plan for military reform, and now he is the minister who can be used in Liu Che's hands. When he encountered a need, he directly picked up Cao Shi and was responsible for it.
This order prompted him to familiarize himself with the skills of cavalry warfare, and when Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty was in power, there was almost no sense of urgency in the country, but when the new emperor Liu Che came to power, he immediately felt the urgency of the Han-Hungarian war suddenly pressing down like a mountain.
Cao Shi was indignant, and every time he complained, he would be blocked by Liu Che's hippie smile.
He sometimes thinks that maybe Liu Che, this kid, is too uncomfortable to hold back for three months, and he feels uncomfortable when he sees him chic and free, so he deliberately finds a mess for him to do, regardless of whether he succeeds or not, at least he can't be idle.
The first emperor died and mourned for three months, and the ban of the imperial court was suddenly eliminated, and the high-voltage wire hanging on his head was removed, but the war in the court had just begun.
Tingwei Gao Wanhou Bingwu was dismissed from his post due to illness, and the replacement was the head of Qi Guoniu, Bingwu was old and not in good health, and he took the initiative to ask for illness and retirement a few months ago, and the Son of Heaven promoted a person from a distant country from the good as a stream.
Another appointment is more strange, Lieutenant Ning Cheng was demoted to Zuo Neishi, and it was replaced by Zhang Ou, a famous virtuous minister in the era of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty, Ning Cheng was the minion left by the first emperor to Liu Che, and it would never be the original intention of the Son of Heaven to abolish Ning Cheng, and outsiders speculated that this was the beginning of the power of the Empress Dowager.
"Shaofu! You must save me! Now there are countless people shouting and shouting inside and outside Chang'an City, and I am in danger of leaving the position of lieutenant, for the sake of my colleagues, I will pull my brothers for the sake of my colleagues! "Ning Cheng is like a lost dog, and he can't live in fear.
The old master Liu Qi went to the Taimiao, and the new master Liu Che didn't have the time to take care of him, how many people stared at Ning Cheng's head, and they couldn't wait to take off his level and kick it as a ball on the spot.
Over the years, he has offended too many people, so much so that he himself can't count how many enemies there are, maybe he can meet the enemy family when he goes out of his own house, but he lacks Cao Shi's great ability to gather people's hearts, offended people and has no friends to help, several cool officials in the same camp can't help one by one, except for the little emperor Liu Che, up to the empress dowager and down to the people of Guizhou, they don't like him, there is neither prestige nor favor, such a shallow foundation is like a rootless duckweed and ends in a snap of his fingers.
Ning Cheng knows his situation very well, and he can't blame him for being too ruthless and ruthless to get to this point, if it weren't for his ability to bite people at the beginning, the first emperor would not have dragged him out of a bunch of cool officials and became the real power of the Jingshi.
The opportunity is in front of him, he will not be on the others, even if he knows that there is a dead end in front of him, he still has to grit his teeth in the face of huge interests, and he regrets that he will not be a man until today, and he begs people everywhere to find a way to pray to save his net worth and life.
Cao Shi knew about his situation and knew very well that the Son of Heaven's support for Ning Cheng was limited. The reform of the money law of the Jianyuan New Deal reached a critical moment, and in order to ensure that the Empress Dowager would not interfere and disrupt the layout, the Son of Heaven decided to make appropriate compromises in personnel arrangements.
Other words. The goods in front of him were abandoned, Liu Che's bottom line was to save Ning Cheng's life from death, and the Empress Dowager had no reason to kill a Shangqing, after all, Zhidu's death was for a reason, Ning Cheng did not participate in the incident of killing the abolished prince Liu Rong, and not dying is already a very good ending, and the rest depends on Ning Cheng's personal creation.
Cao Shi didn't want to mix with this troubled water. smiled and reassured: "Zuo Neishi is also very good, don't worry that no one will attack you." ”
Ning Cheng hurriedly distinguished: "No! I received hundreds of threatening letters in my house, and there were people who wrote letters in animal blood threatening to kill my entire family. I scared my wife so much that I didn't even dare to go out of the house, I had never encountered such an arrogant threatening letter when I was a lieutenant before, they really wanted me to die! ”
"Oops! It was so strict that he did everything to intimidate the high-ranking officials of the two thousand stones. Then did you go to the Imperial Governor's Mansion and the Lieutenant's Mansion to complain? ”
"I've been there. Tingweifu sent someone to check, saying that he was going to go back to study it and then make a decision, I don't think there will be any action, the people from the lieutenant's mansion just came and went around and left, and no one still remembers that I am their top boss, if I go to be this Zuo Neishi, I will definitely be killed or imprisoned in a few months. Ning Cheng said worriedly.
His situation was somewhat unexpected, and the popularity of paper made such a thing as a threatening letter pop up suddenly. Ordinary people don't dare to challenge the majesty of the Han Law and the ability of the Tingwei Mansion to use this kind of illegal deed, but it is another matter to change to an enemy with an identity background. Hundreds of threatening letters were at least involved by many people in Chang'an City, and perhaps there were Cao Shi's old acquaintances, good brothers, colleagues and old friends.
Cao Shi said helplessly: "Then I can't help it!" It is said that he has been selfless for several years in the Qi country, and has sentenced many major cases that have been unresolved for a long time, and even Liu Shou, the king of Qi, can't intercede, you think about the sudden emergence of a rootless and bottomless and selfless court lieutenant in the Beijing division, who can speak? ”
Ning Cheng was a little disappointed, he had begged all over the three princes and nine secretaries, including the newly appointed Zhang Ou and Niu Yu, Prime Minister Wei Juan didn't come out to see him at all, and the imperial historian didn't doubt it and avoided it, these two people who claimed to be decent and upright people looked down on Ning Cheng's character the most, and several other Shangqing came out more or less perfunctory, and the result was the same sentence.
I'm sorry, I can't help it.
Lieutenant Zhang Ou refused to express his opinion on the grounds that he had just arrived in Chang'an City and was not familiar with the specific situation, and Ting Wei Niu's eyes were even more useless with a black face as if he were looking at a prisoner.
Ning Cheng thinks that he is not as clean as Zhidu, but it is not comparable to those corrupt officials and corrupt officials, if he is not forced to a dead end, he is never willing to flee back to his hometown Nanyang, the last way to retreat is to flee back to be a landlord and bully rampant in the township, with his Jiwei in the middle of the court to live in a county Taishou has no problem, but that is a forced last resort, as long as he walks on the desperate road of illegal occupation of land, not to mention that Han Lu will never allow him, even the Shaofu Cao Shi in front of him will not hesitate to attack him.
Throughout the winter, the powerful landlords who migrated to the major mausoleums were in groups, and in just a few months, more than 40,000 households with a total population of 200,000 were relocated, and these powerful landlords were all rich people from all over the country, in other words, all of them were rich people who illegally occupied the land.
He never wants to be a prisoner of Luzuo, he also wants to continue to be an official to enjoy the 2,000 stone of money and respect, since he was in the difficult to be a lieutenant Taishou, more than ten years of career can be described as smooth sailing, long in a high position and pampered and pampered has long been accustomed to a good life, depriving him of his position and beating him as a prisoner, it is better to let his head be stabbed and be a ghost.
The young man in front of him was the last hope, Ning Cheng gritted his teeth and bowed down: "Cao Gong must save my life, there is really no way to survive after leaving the lieutenant, please Cao Gong think of a way to keep it, as long as you nod and say a word, this life is Cao Gong's." ”
Pingyang Hou Gaomen has a prominent reputation, this young prince has been ranked Jiuqing, Ning Cheng can even conclude that he can be the prime minister in ten years, and now it is not an exaggeration to call him the alternate prime minister, it is not a shame to worship under the Pingyang Hou Sect as Ning Chengkuai, the only taboo is the resume of being an eagle dog minions. But this can't be blamed on him, he doesn't have Zhidu's stubborn personality, he knows that his power must be attached to the strong. The little emperor didn't let him be attached, so he had to change someone to attach to.
Cao Shi's cold gaze locked on him, Ning Cheng's statement meant that he wanted to break away from the protection of the imperial power and join his own camp as a lackey, and the huge risks and benefits were in front of him, making him a little uncertain.
It is undeniable that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty began to rise up the tradition of reusing cool officials. Zhidu and Ning Cheng are the best of that group of cool officials, Ning Cheng's ability to do things and execution are not the same, but his personality is slightly more flexible than Zhidu. This kind of flexibility is selfish, heavier, and more complex.
Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty has carefully cultivated cool officials for more than ten years, not to mention that Ning Cheng is also a military meritorious disciple who knows the soldiers, and there are unimaginable benefits in his hands, which is equivalent to having a high-ranking official supporter of 2,000 stones.
The risk is to beware of being recognized. The use of public power for private purposes is very taboo in any era. Cao Shi is not worried about this at all, as long as the control is done properly, there will be no such possibility, Ning Cheng is a professional bureaucrat who is old in government affairs, and he has been a lieutenant in charge of the Northern Army, and he is by no means a fool who doesn't even know how to keep secrets.
If you don't even understand the truth that if the king is not secret, he will lose his ministers, if the minister is not secret, and if he is not secret, he will be harmed, Ning Cheng would have become a dry bone in the grave and would not sit in front of him and talk about it.
"Is that true?"
Ning Cheng's eyes widened: "It's true!" Never dare to deceive in the slightest. ”
"Dare to swear an oath. Make a covenant with the book of Dan? ”
"Why don't you dare!"
Then he wrote down the oath with a big stroke of his pen and handed it over, and Ning Cheng agreed to the oath almost without thinking about it. As a person who made an oath unilaterally expressed his obedience to the benefactor, this shows that Ning Cheng is determined to be subordinate to him, otherwise he will never dare to make an oath to make a contract, and the little emperor will see this oath, Cao Shi is not a big problem as a contract, Ning Cheng's career and even his life can be over, after all, there is no need for the dog to change its owner to live.
Ning Cheng took a deep breath, and the back of the hunched hunched was stern, just like the housekeeper of the Pingyang Hou Mansion.
Cao Shi said with a smile: "Listen, don't be the Zuo Neishi, tomorrow morning at the court meeting, you yourself take the initiative to ask the court to go to the country to be the prime minister, the Son of Heaven will definitely agree for your diligence, the country is relatively remote in the border counties and is also very sensitive, the hundred officials and ministers in the court will not stop you from degrading yourself, it is not a problem to go to the border counties for three years and five years, and then transfer to other border counties as a Taishou, ten years of kung fu is not human, then you may have the opportunity to return to Chang'an." ”
"Wonderful! Wonderful! Why didn't I think of this trick! Thank you for the mention, I know what to do! Ning Cheng was overjoyed, not only did he not feel annoyed by his stupidity because of the simple prompt, but he was very happy with the hint of ten years, the first half of the sentence is just to solve his crisis, and the second half of the sentence is the competition for this strategy, and the two terms of ten years represent Cao Shi's commitment, and it also hints at the cause of Zhidu's death.
Zhidu did a term of exactly five years of Yanmen Taishou, I heard that the first emperor was seriously ill and was anxious to return to Beijing to serve as Shangqing, so he came up with a ghost trick of Yanmen's victory, but Shangqing did not become but took his life, maybe he regretted his impatience and recklessness before he died, and waited for another five years, the Empress Dowager may not be alive, he was too anxious.
Ning Cheng got a strong hint that Cao Shi would operate specific personnel arrangements and transfers for him, in fact, this kind of transfer is a government affairs within the prime minister's share, and another person would never dare to say that he could interfere in the government affairs in the hands of the prime minister as Jiuqing, Cao Shi is the only exception, the little emperor obeys his words and almost relies on him, as long as he says he can do it, he can do it 100%.
Cao Shi frowned slightly and said: "Go there to train the troops well and focus on supporting Yanmen County, someone from my side will come to contact you and Yanmen Taishou Bush to get on the line, remember that the county soldiers must be trained well and trained more, don't be stingy with the expenditure of money and food, cavalry and cavalry infantry are the focus, in the future, the Son of Heaven will use them in the Northern Expedition of the Huns, and your future success or failure depends on this move." ”
Ning Cheng responded awe-inspiringly, the news of the Son of Heaven's northern expedition to the Huns was released for a few months, and the high-ranking officials of the two thousand stones in Chang'an City knew that there was such a thing, and most people said that they were not very optimistic about the initiative to fight the Huns, and the Huns were so good at fighting that there would be no defeat in vain.
The construction of the racecourse is in full swing, and in the winter, you can see the sweaty busyness of the people carrying shovels everywhere.
The oval-shaped pit stretching for dozens of miles has been dug, the land has been tamped before winter, and the 4,000-kilogram stone rollers from Longxi are driven by the animal power of the old oxen, which is much easier than beating the land with ropes tied to wooden stakes before.
In order to save the cost of materials, the hard bamboo and wood were selected as the foundation pile, mixed with iron brazing iron bars to build a foundation frame, poured cement and sand and gravel to make a solid foundation, taking advantage of the warm weather at the end of January, 100,000 people began to build the first wall with the remaining stone and blue bricks of Chang'an City.
The outermost high wall is more than ten zhang high, such a high wall is higher than the Chang'an city wall, fortunately, the thickness of the high wall of the racecourse is very insufficient, the Chang'an city wall can run two carriages side by side, the luxury configuration of the double single lane is simply scary, as far as Cao Shi knows the history, absolutely all the city walls.
But even those who are too often embarrassed want to die or live.
For the problem of limiting height, Cao Shi really broke his brain, and ran to Taichang Mansion twice in three days, just to grind out a set of plans that everyone can accept.
Taichang Bai to Hou Xuchang didn't embarrass him too much, and opened his mouth to open his own conditions.
"What? You asked me to increase the city walls of Chang'an and the city of Miyagi to ten zhang? Are you kidding? That's a lot of work, you want me to die of exhaustion with those people! Cao Shi was suddenly unhappy, he opened his mouth too often and broke his leg, this is the emperor's prerogative, why did he become too often to command him.
"If this doesn't work, then I can't do anything,"
Cao Shi was anxious: "We can't pit our own family!" This is a heavy project appointed by the Son of Heaven, and it can't be stuck because of the disagreement with the ceremony, anyway, they are all royal buildings, regardless of whether he is ten zhang or twenty zhang, and the buildings of Changle Palace and Weiyang Palace are also twenty zhang high, why don't you go to the palace too often to say that it is generally high. ”
Xu Chang said with a straight face: "These two properties are different, the shape of the racecourse is similar to the city wall, the ignorant people don't care whether the racecourse is a city wall or a building, as long as it looks like it, they will believe it, what do people in the world think about your high city wall erected outside Chang'an City?" That's why I said that the city wall must be built to be generally high, and this is not negotiable. ”
Cao Shi had a headache, so he had to say perfunctorily: "Okay, let's build it later when we have the money, let's finish the current project first, and then leave the future to the Son of Heaven to decide." ”
At this time, Bai Zhihou Xuchang smiled, the two of them were unwilling to give up half a step for almost ten days, and in the end he won the victory, even if it was only a verbal victory, as for whether Shaofu fulfilled his duties or not, it had nothing to do with him. (To be continued!)
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