Xiangquan, since the day of its birth, has become a great supplement to the monarchy's power, and at the same time a strong competitor. The power of the Qin Dynasty and the early Han Dynasty was extremely strong, and even if it was divided into three (the left and right prime ministers and the imperial historian), it was enough to oppose the monarchy. When Emperor Wu was arrested, because the military nobles who originally held the power of the prime minister were declining, he took advantage of this opportunity to "respect Confucianism", on the one hand, he raised the monarch's power to an unshakable position granted by heaven, and on the other hand, he used Confucianism without military power as the prime minister to lead the outer dynasty, and the new military aristocracy as the general to build the inner dynasty. The separation of the internal and external dynasties has led to the differentiation and weakening of the power of the prime minister. As for the Eastern Han Dynasty, there is no prime minister, the general of the Inner Dynasty has the fact and power of the prime minister, and the three princes of the outer dynasty have the name and respect of the prime minister, and the name does not match the reality, and the monarchy is completely above the power.

However, the system changed due to the shape of the tomb, and when the monarchy was replaced, the power of the prime minister was correspondingly larger. First of all, Dong Zhuo claimed to be the prime minister, the general affairs inside and outside, located above the three dukes, and then Cao Cao abolished the three dukes and appointed the prime minister, and changed the Shangshutai of the inner court from the emperor of heaven to the subordinate officials of the prime minister, and the name, reality, respect, and power were unified, which not only restored the situation in the early Han Dynasty, but even went further.

Interestingly, under the influence of the Cao family, the Shu Han and Eastern Wu were also placed in the prime minister, and after Cao Wei usurped the Han Dynasty, he restored the system of the three princes and re-suppressed the power of the prime minister - only those who have mastered the power of the prime minister know that the power of the prime minister is terrible, and Liu Bei and Sun Quan have not been able to understand it.

In the original history, Cao Cao said that the prime minister was in the thirteenth year of Jian'an, that is, after the conquest of Liaodong and Pingkasuma, and before the southern conquest of Liu Biao. But on this timeline, Jizhou received it ahead of schedule, and the war in the north stopped for the time being. The situation in the Central Plains is similar to that of the original history a few years later. Therefore, there is the theory of abolishing the three princes and placing the prime minister.

Therefore, Cao De raised the matter. Ask is Xun. Shi Xun didn't get the news in advance, and he was slightly stunned when he heard the words, and then smiled: "This is also commonplace." If the lord is not the prime minister, who dares to shoulder to shoulder? "Now Cao Cao is the first person in the court, the soldiers are strong, no one can compare, although the three dukes are superior, after all, they are the same level. But who dares to be at the same level as Cao Cao?

Cao Dezhi frowned: "Why don't you be a general?" "Most of the generals of the Eastern Han Dynasty are held by relatives, and their rank is not below the three dukes, but everyone knows that the three dukes are false, and the great generals are real.

Shi Xun raised his eyebrows: "The general records the Shangshu and controls the inner court, and the three princes are the outer court, and today it is undecided, the power must be one, if the internal and external affairs are not presidential, how can it be done?" "Although the government is in the Inner Dynasty. But the outer court is not a complete decoration, and it can still play a certain role. If you want to have such two sets of teams, it is convenient for the emperor to control the ministers, but it is not convenient for Cao Cao to have a general military and political power. Of course, this is not easy for Xun to say too clearly, he can only say "how can it be done", and it will be difficult to do practical things in many ways.

Cao De glanced at him: "In this way, Hongfu agrees with this proposal?" Shi Xun smiled: "The situation is like this, and it is beyond the ability of individuals to reverse it." And for the sake of the country, for the sake of the Cao family, why not? "Even at this time, it is estimated that not many people will realize that the Cao family will win the world on behalf of the Liu family, and the people in the Cao family are just hoping that the lord will go further, and he will be able to follow the promotion to power. It's just that with the Cao family's successive military victories, they will arch Cao Cao higher and higher under this psychology, until there is no arch in front of them except for the emperor, then it is logical for the Han Dynasty.

Even if Cao Cao was really a loyal minister of the Han family as he said, and he really came to that point, he would not dare to go against the tide, otherwise not only would he die without a place to be buried, but even the Cao family would be destroyed. So he had to use the sentence "Set the destiny of heaven in Lonely, and Lone Qi is the king of Zhou Wen" to drag it - anyway, I don't live long, you still have to hope for my son, just wait a few more years.

As far as Xun himself is concerned, he has been secretly promoting this matter. However, the root cause is not because he is a member of the Cao family, or a relative of the Cao family, but because the Han family is already decaying, and if he does not take advantage of the opportunity to change the dynasty to carry out a thorough cleanup, the accumulated disadvantages will not be alleviated. Of course, the best way to clean up is to have a big scuffle and directly destroy the previous dynasty, and the trick of Xiang Chan Rang, just like Wang Mang in the Han Dynasty, is too big to cure the disease from the root. But there is no way, if the former way is used, the whole society will have to pay too much, it is Xun intellectually believes that "revolution" is stronger than "innovation", but when he is in the middle of it, emotionally he still hopes to have a "revolution", "revolution"...... It's just too bloody......

However, although he and Cao De have a good relationship, many things are related to their bizarre background, and they dare not tell each other frankly. So he said to Cao De, your brother wants to be prime minister, this matter is a big deal, and it is useless to oppose it, let's just sit and watch. He persuaded Cao De that you don't agree, as Cao Cao's own brother, you don't have to care about that little bit of support, but don't oppose it, otherwise it is very easy to cause a split in the Cao family and give careerists an opportunity.

It was Xun who persuaded Cao De like this, but he was thinking about another question in his heart - my meritorious service in Shuozhou this time has aroused suspicion and jealousy in Beijing, and I, Zhuge Liang and others are inevitably ignorant in the bureau, but Xun Yu and Guo Jia They must be able to see it, why is no one silent, but I want a little official Wu Zhen to remind me?

Okay, Xun and Guo Jia have a slight knot with themselves, Jia Xu can't get along with him, these people deliberately don't say it when they see it, or it's better to have more than one thing, that's understandable. But I didn't expect it before, but today Cao De only remembered that Dong Gongren was also in the capital! Gongren is most familiar with this way, and he has a deep friendship with himself (although not as good as Cao De and Lu Su), why is he unwilling to persuade him? Is it because he was busy pushing Cao Cao to be the prime minister, so he occasionally ignored it, or did he have something else to hide?

In the original history, Cao Cao's life can be said to have been greatly influenced by two people, one is Xun Yu, who persuaded him to be domineering and assisted the Son of Heaven for the uncle of the princes, and the other was Dong Zhao, who persuaded him to follow the royal road and stand on behalf of the Han Dynasty. The faction of these two people will eventually lead to a confrontation that is peaceful on the outside, but dangerous on the inside. After all, Shi Xun himself mainly relied on his own talent rather than his in-laws to join the Cao family class, and he couldn't compare with Cao De, so he couldn't sit and watch. You have to pull a gang and fight a gang. Needless to say. It must be to help Dong Zhao fight against the representative of the family. and opposed the Xun clan who changed the dynasty. And if Dong Zhao doesn't trust him, or even secretly has a disagreement with himself, it will be difficult for him to correct his position in the future.

No, I have to find a way to order Dong Zhao a little bit to make him understand that I am willing to sit in the same boat as him, but don't deliberately push me into the water, it will not be good for him.

It's Hoon who spins these circles in his head. The conversation with Cao De can't help but be a little perfunctory, and the preface and afterword are often incoherent. Cao De saw it, so he asked him, "Hongfu seems to have something else to think about?" It was Xun who originally wanted to prevaricate with the fatigue on the way, but after thinking about it, he still replied: "I am worried about the affairs of Shuozhou." Although he had to resign from his post, he was afraid that he would travel a hundred miles and half ninety-nine, and his achievements would fall short. ”

Cao De said Okay, I won't bother you for the time being-wait for you to come back from Gaomi and stay for a few months. Naturally understood. I'm about to ask you about Shuozhou, so you can tell me more. I will try to follow the rules and not change your policy.

Shi Xun said that that was great, and immediately explained the situation in Shuozhou and his own disposal to Cao De in detail, and said: "Xihe County guards Zheng Wengong, Shangjun guards Dong Gongsheng, and guards the Huns Captain Jia Liangdao, all of which can be used, and Qing can use them with confidence." "As for Zhuge Liang, Guo Huai, Qin Yi and others, he plans to bring them back to Xu Capital for the time being.

This chat was talked about until late, and Cao De stayed attentively. It was Xun Xin who said that he couldn't go out of the city to see Guan Si and his son anyway, while Cao Miao and his daughter were still in Xihe, and there was no point in going home, so he simply stayed and slept with Cao De. Before going to bed, he also wrote two letters, one to Wei, asking him to treat Cao De as a father and obey Cao De's command. The second letter was addressed to Dong Zhao, which said:

"Wen Gongren wants to abolish the three princes and restore the prime minister system at the beginning of the country, but the prime minister is divided into left and right, and the imperial historian is second. Today, Cao Gong is the general military and political, and Shangshu orders Xun Gong to be the general minister, so that Cao Gong is the left and Xun Gong is the right, such as Zhou Bo and Chen Ping's stories. However, I am afraid that Xun Gong will not dare to be in the same column as Cao Gong, so what? In addition, if Shangshutai is moved into the Prime Minister's Mansion, Shangshu is also in the hands of Xun Gong, which is no different from today. The national system must be consistent with the name and the reality, if it does not match, how can this discussion be accepted by Cao Gong? Think. ”

On the surface, it seems to be opposing the restoration of the prime minister system, but in fact, it is reminding Dong Zhao that Xun Yu is likely to interfere with it. Now Cao Cao is commonplace, Xun Yu is Shang Shuling, equivalent to Cao Cao's agent in the Inner Dynasty, if the Inner and Outer Dynasties are combined into one, then the agent may jump to the deputy boss, can you bear this matter? Will Cao Cao agree? You have to think about how the system will change.

Going deeper, it was Xun who was also expressing his attitude to Dong Zhao: I support Cao Cao to go further, but the premise is that Xun Yu can't follow him in, so I should be on the same front as you, don't push my important chess piece to the side of the Xun family!

I believe that with Dong Gongren's wisdom, he should be able to understand the implicit meaning of the letter.

There was nothing to say for a night, and early the next morning, Shi Xun immediately packed his bags and followed Xi Xi and others to help Zheng Xuan's coffin return to his hometown. A group of hundreds of people left Xudu and marched north, on the way, there were often scholars with hemp belts around their waists, kneeling on the side of the road to see each other off-all admirers of Zheng Xuan-some teachers can be related to Zheng Men, and after kneeling, they simply stood up and followed. In this way, the team became larger and larger, and by the time it entered the territory of Dengzhou, it had exceeded 1,000 people.

Dengzhou Assassin Wang Xiu greeted him at the Gaomi County boundary - a few days ago, the imperial court had approved Cheng Yu's resignation and reappointed the former Dengzhou Beijia Wang Xiu as the assassin history. Shixun and Wang Shuzhi are also old acquaintances, and they say goodbye to each other after meeting. Wang Xiu immediately stretched out his hand and pointed behind his back: "Zichun, Zhu Biao, come and meet the envoy." ”

Wang Zhong Wang Zichun, who also had a good relationship with Shixun in Beihai back then, and suffered from the difficulty of overturning Yongshan Mountain, and his younger brother Wang Yi Wang Zhubiao met with Shixun for the first time. The two of them bent their knees to worship, but were stopped by Shi Xun and said: "Father Qing and I, such as uncle, Zichun and my friend, have such a great gift?" The king said loyally and earnestly: "In the past, they were friends, but today the king soars above the nine heavens, but the end is dragged in the mud." But please be a guest, so that you can agree! ”

Is Xun Xin saying that this is the so-called "as soon as the spirit of the king is released, the younger brother bows his head"? He deliberately glanced at Wang Xiu and asked him: "Shuozhou is bitterly cold, does the prince want to make the second prince obey?" Wang Xiu looked left and right, and there was no one else beside him, so he leaned closer and said in a low voice: "Cheng Zhongde has stepped down from Dengzhou, and I am expected to be in Shuozhou soon." ”

It was Xun Xin who said that Uncle Wang was quite sensitive to you - it is estimated that Wang Xiu had already heard about his resignation, but he deliberately made a comparison with Cheng Yu, which shows that he has a ...... for the imperial court No, it should be that Cao Cao is afraid of sitting in a big place, and he is also vigilant. didn't admit it at the moment, nor did he deny it, he just patted Brother Wang Zhong on the shoulder, wanting to fool the past for the time being.

But I heard Wang Xiu say in a low voice: "The situation in the court is turbulent, and Hongfu is cautious - my Qing and Dengzhi are all supported by Hongfu." ”

When Shixun heard this, his left eyebrow couldn't help jumping...... (To be continued......)

PS: I took my child to a review this afternoon and came back, the update was late, I'm sorry. From today, the restoration is renewed.