Chapter 396: Your Class Teacher, I'll Return to the Dynasty (Part II)
Liu Yue, Marquis of Wuyi, is going back to Chang'an City, which is the top priority in front of the imperial court.
At the beginning of the war with the Turks, Liu Yu was not the commander of the three armies, he participated in the battle to pacify the Turks as the commander of the fire. At the end of the day, he was still not the commander of the three armies, but a "traitor who had actually lost power in the name of the commander". When Liu Yu came back this time, most of the forces in the DPRK and China were indifferently watched.
Sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight, Hua Ji'an fought with the imperial court, Liu Wenyan fought with Hua Ji'an, and there will definitely be results after fighting to the top.
On Liu Wenyan's way back to Chang'an, the imperial court has held several large and small meetings, and the content of the discussion is how to receive Liu Yu, the "outdated boss".
One plan was to greet him with ceremonies and receive him like a triumphant general. This was quickly vetoed by those in power.
It is obvious that Liu Wenyan has lost power and is an "indisputable fact", and he was also sent back to Chang'an City by Hua Ji'an as a "hostage", Hua Ji'an drove Liu Wenyan and his group of dog-legged people such as the treacherous Sui Yi and Li Mi, and now is the time for Hua Ji'an to control the overall situation. At this time, Liu Wenyan will be greeted ceremoniously, firstly, the emperor will have no face, and secondly, it will only make Hua Ji'an see jokes.
The most important thing is that the establishment does not want Liu Yu to be supported by the people, if it is really greeted ceremoniously, the people who do not know the truth will definitely think that Liu Wenyan is still the minister of the Dashun Dynasty, and continue to support him like an emperor. That's an outcome that the establishment doesn't want to see.
The second plan is much more reliable, saying that it is a low-key welcome, as for how low-key it is. This is inconclusive. The result of so many meetings is how to keep a low profile to the satisfaction of all parties. Do things the most beautifully, and the most in line with the interests of the imperial court.
Liu Wenyan came with the Turkic envoys, and this time the Turkic envoys did not come from the above countries or their counterparts, but with the etiquette of the vassal states to "negotiate peace," and by the way, they wanted to worship the Shun Dynasty as the "Heavenly Empire." After discussion, the officials basically reached a consensus that Liu Wenyan and the Turkic envoys should be greeted separately.
First take Liu Wenyan back to the city in a low-key manner and put him under house arrest, and it will be much easier for the emperor to deal with him when the time comes. Anyway, the tiger fell into Pingyang. Then beat gongs and drums to "welcome" the Turkic envoys, and let the people know that the Shun Dynasty is now the upper state of the Celestial Empire, and the Turks are now a small state that is not worth mentioning. This is a good measure to ensure both the face of the court and the interests of the court.
When the plan was implemented, the court's Ministry of Rites became busy, first giving the emperor a script, and then formulating a series of plans to welcome him.
But planning can never keep up with the rapid changes.
The Guanzhong area experienced a severe drought last year, and in the first year of Qichang, there was not much rain. Suddenly, in the middle of winter, it seemed that God wanted to compensate for the rain in the past two years. Since the end of September, the inside and outside of Guanzhong have been covered in heavy snowfall. Heavy snow closed the mountains and closed the roads, and Liu Wenyan's road back to the dynasty and the road of the Turkic envoys to Chang'an City were blocked.
"I knew that the road was difficult, why didn't they go west?"
Yuan Bolang was most annoyed these days, originally thought that Liu Wenyan could come back, he could solve a big problem earlier, who knew that this road was delayed again and again, and by the end of October, Liu Wenyan and the Turkic envoys did not enter Tongguan.
Liu Wenyan seems to be deliberately dragging out time. The road conditions are not good, and he has a reason to delay.
It was snowing east of Guanzhong, but it was sunny in the western part of Guanzhong to the direction of the Hexi Corridor, but at this time, the Turks had withdrawn to Mobei, and they did not dare to graze in Monan for a while, so it was no longer realistic for them to go to Guanxi again.
Yuan Bolang was angry, and all he said was a complaint.
All the energy of the capital was focused on welcoming the Turkic envoys and Liu Yu and other generals back to Chang'an City, and the imperial court also had some other things to do at this time.
First, the storage of autumn grain, which made the people of the Central Household Department and the Liutai Yamen very headache. Because of the frequency of wars, the situation of local "grain borrowing" is very serious, and this war in the north has already consumed the national strength to a huge deficit, and the income of the entire autumn endowment is not even as good as last year's year of famine. There are disasters and good things, and the imperial court can basically balance its income in terms of income, mainly relying on the income of the Department of Commerce and Trade.
The income of the Department of Commerce and Trade alone accounts for nearly half of the income of the imperial court in a year, and this is still the case that the Department of Commerce and Trade was only established in the middle of the year and the year has not yet ended. The high oil and water of the Department of Commerce and Trade also made the court feel how important the young eunuch and manager of the Department of Commerce and Trade were to the Yamen, but these things were firmly in the hands of Liu Yu's old subordinates, after Liu Yu left Chang'an City, Sui Yu and Han Sheng were always in charge, although one was a woman, and the other was old, but the two were extremely talented in governing the country and business, and the economy of the Great Shun Dynasty was running in such an orderly manner under such a war. Previously, the imperial court had to delegate power out of its dependence on the Department of Commerce and Trade, and it was not until the end of the war and the imminent implementation of the new policy that the emperor started the idea of the Department of Commerce and Trade.
Another thing that attracts attention to the imperial court today is the implementation of the new policy.
The new policy began to be prepared in July, and it took only more than three months to prepare in late October, but it has already skipped the steps of demonstration and experimentation, and it is directly necessary to implement it in earnest, and it must be popularized throughout the country. Although many people think that the new emperor is in a bit of a hurry, discerning people also understand that this is a manifestation of the new emperor's desire to be promising. If the new emperor wants to get rid of the control of some old powerful forces and become a famous monarch through the ages, he must come up with some means, and the new policy is his means.
But after all, he is still too young and vigorous, and many people think that the new emperor has made a mistake in this step.
Because of the shadow that lingered on the new emperor, Liu Wenyan returned. As soon as he returned, it must be difficult for the new emperor to implement the new policy, and few people knew about it, and now Su Bi and Yuan Bolang were discussing the secret removal of Liu Yu.
October 27, the third day after the heavy snow stopped. Liu Wenyan and his entourage and the Turkic envoys finally passed Tongguan, and then Liu Wenyan seemed to sense that something dangerous was coming, so he stayed in Tongguan for a few days and did not go to Guanzhong again. The emperor had no choice but to issue a holy decree to urge.
The people in the court also talked a lot, guessing why Liu Yu was so unhurried and unhurried. Many people guess that Liu Yu is unwilling to let his position be stolen by Hua Ji'an, and is unwilling to return to Chang'an City like this, that is to say, Liu Yu's main enemy now is Hua Ji'an, who is far away in Shaowu Pass. At this time, the new emperor was silent, and no one knew what the new emperor was thinking.
As a result, on the first day of the winter month, Chang'an City received news that Liu Wen seriously set off and was preparing to return to Chang'an City. Yuan Bolang was also gearing up to join forces with Su Bi to start a life-and-death contest against Liu Wenyan, and the emperor made a shocking will, which surprised everyone on all sides.
Yuan Bolang was deposed! (To be continued......)