Taking the Shun Dynasty as an example, in the 60 years of pacifying the world, three generations of emperors have gone through more than 30 right ministers.

Yuan Bolang is not the shortest when he is the right minister, and of course it will not be the longest.

But after all, this is a major event of the imperial court, Yuan Bolang, as the minister appointed by the emperor, in the more than a year of the change of the throne, he is also conscientious, his ability is not high, but he has also done his duty, and has been working hard for the stability of the imperial power. His sudden dismissal made everyone puzzled by the current situation in the court, what is the emperor going to do?

In this dynasty, the power of the two prime ministers has been extremely weakened, and they cannot be in charge of the army outside, and they are subject to the Liutai Yamen, the Liubu and the Shangshuyuan inside, and nominally hang the title of the head of the civil officials, but in fact, they have become the same figures as the think tank of the imperial court. Even if Yuan Bolang is dismissed, he can't afford to make waves, and everyone knows that he has no capital. And the vassal kings and generals sent by the Shun Dynasty wanted to depose their official positions, and the court had to be much more cautious.

Yuan Bolang himself knew that he was dismissed on the same day, and he didn't receive any news in advance. It's just that after the autumn grain was put into storage in the past two days, the emperor seemed to be deliberately hanging him, and even the deliberations of the six yamen were stopped for two days, saying that he wanted to prepare for the implementation of the new policy. Who knew that there was no shadow of the new policy, and the emperor first took him under the knife and kicked him home to hug his grandson.

This made Su Bi, the fourth princess who was originally going to join forces with Yuan Bolang to deal with Liu Yu, mess up.

Liu Wenyan has already started from Tongguan, if she relies on her Su Bi's strength alone, even if she loses her power, she can't fight. The new emperor had no intention of embarrassing his mentor in his heart, and he would definitely not be on her side. If you lose the help of Yuan Bolang's ally at this time. She could only witness Liu Wenyan return to Chang'an City to form her own power again.

Su Bi thought in surprise. Could it be that the emperor wanted Yuan Bolang to give way to Liu Wenyan, who was about to return to Chang'an City?

On the day of the first day of the winter month, after getting the news of the dismissal of the prime minister, many ministers still went to the Yaqian Hall to "say hello" to the emperor, in fact, they also wanted to know the intention of the emperor to remove the prime minister, in addition to the dismissal of the prime minister, which officials should be promoted and promoted, and who will be the next right minister. Although the snow stopped, it was still extremely cold, and officials waited outside and were not allowed to enter. After waiting for more than an hour, the emperor sent the little eunuch out to deliver the decree, asking the ministers to go back to rest, and by the way, summoned Zuo Xianglan and Li Yannian, the head of the household.

All the officials looked at Lan He and Li Yannian, the two "real power factions" in the current dynasty, in fact, everyone had long thought that in terms of the ability to deal with national affairs, Lan He was far above Yuan Bolang, and more importantly, Lan He was flexible and maintained a very delicate relationship with some officials below, to put it bluntly, he did not refuse to ask for gifts and bribes. Sleek. But Yuan Bolang is a dead brain, and even Yuan Bolang's descendants can't get cheap from him. A stubborn old pedant. If it is really Lan He who takes another step to the position of the right minister, the officials will still like to see it, and the court will be able to "live in harmony" in the future, and everyone will be "happy".

As for Li Yannian, the officials basically have no friendship with him, but they just think that this person is too contrived and too fake. But I also have to say that after all, he was born as an official eunuch, and the eldest son of Li Youchun, the left minister, was also a head higher than Yuan Bolang, who was born in the Ministry of Rites, in terms of ability. Everyone thought, summoning these two at this time, will it be to prepare for Lan He to be promoted to the right minister and Li Yannian to the left minister?

The officials were given an "expulsion order" by the emperor, so they could no longer wait for news in the palace, but they still tried their best, and many of them did not leave, and waited directly at the palace gate for news. If their conjecture is confirmed, it is crucial to stand in line one step ahead, and the result of not finding a team is that there is no team to stand on.

waited until the sunset in the afternoon, but there was still no news from the palace. Lan He and Li Yannian have been in the palace all the time and have not left the palace gate.

At this time, Lan He and Li Yannian, who were being guessed by the officials about what they were doing, were receiving a long lecture from the new emperor, and the content of the lecture was very complicated, from the new emperor's accession to the throne, to the three major battles to pacify the world, Guanzhong to quell the chaos, pacify the Huaidi and then pacify the Turks, and when it came to the issue of the new policy, the emperor seemed to be addicted, and he also said a lot of unknown "secrets".

After talking for a long time, Lan He and Li Yannian glanced at each other, and muttered in their hearts, didn't the emperor say this just to show that "being an emperor is very tiring"? The emperor is pouring bitter water.

The two listened respectfully and didn't dare to interject, and after listening to it for a long time, the emperor stopped, and they thought it was over. Who knew that the emperor drank a sip of water, eased his nerves, and began his routine again. This is bitter, standing in the atmosphere of Lan He and Li Yannian. Come to the palace in broad daylight just to listen to these innocuous words?

In fact, they want to know who will be the next right minister of the Dao, or what is the "main purpose" of the emperor to keep them here. The emperor chattered like a chatterbox that couldn't stop, and after an hour and a half of long speech, the emperor finally sighed and summed it up: "I'm not good at being the emperor!" ”

Lan He and Li Yannian said in their hearts that this should be over, right?

"What Your Majesty said is extremely true, Your Majesty has worked hard and made great achievements, and he will be a saint who will leave a name for thousands of years in the future." Li Yannian hurriedly complimented.

Although Lan He couldn't say such a sensual word, he still echoed twice beside him, and then the emperor sighed and said: "The Holy Monarch I don't dare to be, I will go down to the Hades Palace in the future, and when I see the ancestors and the ancestors, they just don't beat me." ”

The emperor seemed to be very emotional, and after talking about his "hard work and high achievements" for such a long time, he now behaved like a "confession" to his ancestors, in short, he has not yet reached the point. Lan He finally couldn't help it, and asked tentatively: "Your Majesty, there is something that the ministers don't know whether to ask." ”

Su Yan was a little surprised, and said sincerely: "What did Lan Xiang say, didn't I say it just now?" The monarchs and ministers of our Dashun Dynasty should be like friends, and it doesn't hurt to have something to say. ”

Lan He almost choked on this sentence. The emperor said that the monarch and the minister are friends, that is at most a good word, the monarch wants the minister to die, the minister has to die, although the emperors since the founding of the Dashun Dynasty have all flaunted benevolence and righteousness, but it is really unmerciful to kill the heroes. In the case of the first emperor's dynasty, there were no less than ten ministers above the first rank who were innocently implicated to death, and one was still a clan. The one standing next to him was one of the "innocent implicators".

"A kingdom cannot be without a king for a day, nor can it be without a face. Who is the emperor going to ...... to take over the right phase? ”

Lan He's words were well thought out, and in his heart he was not so optimistic that the emperor would promote him to the right minister, after all, Yuan Bolang was not at fault first, and he had no merit to get such a big promotion, Lan He was most afraid that the emperor would promote Liu Wenyan to the right minister in order to win over Liu Wenyan, who had lost power in the army. When he said this, "You can't be without a face for a day", he is reminding the new emperor that the right minister can't wait until Liu Wenyan returns to Chang'an City before standing up.

The emperor was not surprised to hear this, and was a little unhappy.

"What Lan Xiang said doesn't seem right, even if the country can't be without a face for a day, isn't there still Lan Xiang here? You don't want to be the left minister anymore? ”

Lan He quickly showed that he didn't mean it that way.

"What does that mean?"

Lan He was completely speechless, it seemed that the current emperor was no longer the foolish emperor he was at the beginning, and he might be in danger of being dismissed if he was not careful. On weekdays, Yuan Bolang pointed fingers at the emperor, which may be the main reason why Yuan Bolang was dismissed. Who wants to have an old pedant around them nagging all day long?

Lan He felt that he was confused for a while, and he didn't realize this reason in advance, and now he has violated the ban.

"Your Majesty, the minister means that the minister must obey what you advocate, but ...... Let the ministers know the Tao earlier, so that they can settle down and prepare early. "Blue and self-rounding.

The emperor's face was obviously much better, and he sighed: "Actually, I asked Yuan Xiang to go home to rest first, but also for his health, he is old, his health is not good, and if he is so tired, I am really afraid that he will not be able to hold ......"

"The emperor's compassion for his subordinates is a blessing for his subordinates." Li Yannian complimented. Lan He was stunned, this Li Yannian really knows that he is a sycophant, and the emperor really decided to quit because of Yuan Bolang's physical reasons? I didn't think so, but he was still interested and hurriedly followed.

The emperor sighed and said, "Although Yuan Xiang is not in the phase, I have already instructed the officials to follow it, and he will still follow it, and if there is any major matter in the court in the future, he will also be invited to come over to discuss." I think it's good that things are settled like this, don't you think? ”

What can Lan He and Li Yannian say? I had to nod in agreement.

"About the ...... of the right prime minister"

Lan He and Li Yannian said that they finally got to the point, and they couldn't wait to find out who the new right minister was in the mind of Emperor Lu Dao. In fact, Lan He and Li Yannian are selfish, they also want to become one of the two phases, Li Yannian is not the right phase, but the left phase, the father is the left phase, and the son becomes the left phase, which will be very helpful for the re-emergence of the Li family.

The emperor paused and continued, "I have thought about it a lot, so I decided to let the manager of the Department of Commerce and Trade, Yamen Shaoqing, Mr. Han Shenghan, be the right minister. ”

When Lan He and Li Yannian heard "Han Sheng", they all thought that they had made a mistake in hearing and misheard.

Let them count a hundred people in the court to serve as the new right minister, and they will not count Han Sheng's head, this Han Sheng has no experience as an official in the court, and secondly, he has no connections, to say that Han Sheng's biggest connection, that is, he is the in-law of Liu Wenyan, Marquis of Wuyi, and it is said that his two granddaughters married Liu Wenyan as concubines. Such a person, who is inconspicuous and low-key as an official in the court, can suddenly become the head of the court and command civil and military officials?

There is another key point, this Han Sheng, who is not young, is obviously not in line with the original intention of the new emperor to be sympathetic to the old minister.

"Two Aiqing, do you have any opinions?" The emperor looked at Lan He, who was silent, and Li Yannian.

"No, no. The emperor's choice could not be more appropriate. Lan He said, Deng Shi really wanted to slap himself, but this time was brought over by Li Yannian's flattery. (To be continued......)