Chapter 31: The Loyal Ministers of the Han Dynasty
Cao Ang asked Shi Xun, why are you engaged in such a rebellious conspiracy, don't you want to destroy my father's virtuous image? When Xun heard this, he was shocked on the spot, and said that your father would usurp the throne sooner or later, didn't you count it in your heart? Do you still want to be a pure minister of the Han Dynasty? Boy, are you stupid to read?
In astonishment, he almost didn't think about it, and instinctively brushed it off: "This is not Xun acting arbitrarily, and he is also being sarcastic by Wei Gong." "Cao Cao instructed me to do this.
Cao Ang gritted his teeth, two edges were connected on his cheeks, and then he turned his head sideways and sighed: "My sister-in-law should talk to me first." It can be stopped, waiting for the return of the adults, and I will defend my aunt-in-law. "Stop, don't be afraid of Daddy blaming you, I'll help you out when the time comes—it's all my idea, and I'll take the responsibility for disobedience alone."
Shi Xun frowned and stared at Cao Ang, and said in his heart, "Do you plan to be obedient for the rest of your life?" Since I have this opportunity today, I might as well make it clear to you: "Since Duke Wei has intentions, he should obey them for his ministers; Even if the son is not afraid, the son should not violate the father's will. And the son of the world is not scared? Wei Gong is a hero, and he has made great contributions to the community, how can a king be rewarded? "Do you think that with your father's merits, in fact, the power, it will be enough to give him a king?
Cao Ang said hatefully: "This is all Dong Gongren, Xi Hongyu and others, if Xun Lingjun is here, he will not let the adults fall into this disloyal and unrighteous place!" He turned his head and looked at Shi Xun: "I know that my sister-in-law is also against my heart, and I have to do it, but I will cause the Lord to be unjust, how can it be said that I am △8 loyal?" ”
Shi Xun pouted: "How can the son of the world get Yun against his heart?" Wei Yidai Han, forced by the general trend, is not strong by manpower. It is the will of God. Nonsense is unrighteousness? I am commanded to do this. What is nonsense about infidelity? ”
Cao Ang didn't expect that the four words "Wei Yidai Han" would come from the mouth of Shi Xun, and he felt that the original tall and pure image of Shi Xun collapsed in an instant, and he couldn't help but ask again: "Aunt-in-law is cautious!" What is providence? The mandate of heaven is in Han, how can he belong to Yah? ”
Shi Xun sneered: "The Mandate of Heaven was in Zhou, but where is it in Zhou today?" The Mandate of Heaven was in Han, but it will always be in Hanye? Chen Shiyun: 'Princes and generals, what kind of is it? And the Son of Heaven is also a kind? Since Huan Ling, the Central Plains has collapsed and the dynasty has been replaced. That is, the sky is not tired of Han, and the people are tired of Han! ”
Cao Ang covered his ears: "I don't want to hear such unsubdued words!" Emperor Xi Gao extinguished the rebellion and rejuvenated the Han Dynasty, and Emperor Guangwu regained Yan Liu, and his achievements covered the sky, how could my father imitate it? Cao's He De, dare to speak out on behalf of Han? ”
Shi Xun couldn't help but "snort" from his nose: "How can the ancestors be virtuous, and the descendants can be inherited forever?" 'The gentleman's ze, the fifth generation and the beheading', Liu's has the world, not only the fifth, and its virtue is prematurely decayed. Decay and virtue cannot be served. Don't calm the people, the Cao family won't come out. What is the resistance to the common people? ”
Cao Ang also had to refute: "Huan Ling is also immoral, but today's son is smart, and he will be able to succeed the ancestors and re-secure the world......"
Shi Xun sneered: "The one who is in the world, Wei Gongye? Or the Son of Heaven? A smart person may not be virtuous, if it weren't for the Son of Heaven to satirize Geng Ji and Wei Huang to make trouble, causing Xun Wenruo to be martyred, and Duke Wei would dare to replace him? "Liu Xie has a fart virtue? He was the one who caused the trouble himself! "The son of the world is detained by the chaotic party and released by the Son of Heaven, so is it virtuous? If there is no Xun to coerce the Son of Heaven, the Son of Heaven will have an edict? Qing's uncle and nephew, or kill them together! ”
You are grateful for his kindness because Liu Xie summoned you into the temple that day and saved you from the hands of the chaotic party, right? But I tell you honestly, that was not the original intention of the Son of Heaven, it was I who forced him to do it! You shouldn't be grateful to him at all, but you should hate him!
Cao Ang said sharply: "The Son of Heaven hates Cao, and he is disrespectful to my father and son. ”
Shi Xun also glared at him: "Meng Ziyun: 'I have heard of a husband, but I have not heard of killing a king!'" ’”
Cao Ang said angrily: "This disloyal lie should not be engraved in the stone scripture and spread to the world!" The way of the monarch and the minister, the great man of the world, has not heard of the son harming the father, nor has he heard of the minister offending the king. If the great Lun falls, if the society survives and falls, and if the people are born and die, how is the difference between humans and beasts? ! ”
Yes Xun is completely speechless, this kid in front of him is completely reading and reading to death, why did such a living treasure appear in the Cao family's class? He couldn't help but sigh, tried his best to soften his tone, and reminded Cao Ang: "Wei Gonggong is highly powerful, and he is not a person who has lived in the position of a minister for a long time." For example, if you sail against the current, if you don't advance, you will retreat......"
Cao Ang interrupted Shi Xun's words: "Yi Yin let Jun go, and finally return it; Zhou Gong assisted the government, and did not abolish the king; Huo Guangli Dynasty had no second thoughts. I would like the Lord to be Yi Zhou, for Huo Guang, and I don't want him to be Wang Mang. If the Son of Heaven has no virtue, it can be abolished, and other domains, such as Huo Guangzhi's chase Changyi, but Han Zuo cannot be overturned. ”
It was Xun Xin who said that you thought it was really simple - "Huo Guanggu has a full life, the Huo family is finally destroyed, and the son of the world is not afraid?" "Do you think that the Cao family will be beheaded like the Huo family in the future?
Cao Ang flicked his sleeves: "Huo Yu conspired against him, but he was punished for the clan, how could he be filial to the emperor's original wish?" If I don't do it for Huo Yu, the Cao family will be safe. ”
It was Xun Xin who said don't talk nonsense, how young and fresh do you have to be to say such nonsense? "Huo Guang died, and Emperor Xiaoxuan accepted Huo's authority, that is, he was not guilty, and he was eventually defeated. Huo Yu's reckless behavior is to speed up the matter, and those who are not loyal can be avoided. "With the authority of the Huo clan back then, do you think that as long as Huo Yu is honest and loyal, he will definitely be able to maintain it? Sooner or later, there will be a bloody contest between the prime minister and the imperial power, either you die or I die!
Cao Ang knew that he was just Xun at all, so he simply said directly: "If the adults don't shy away from it, I will return to the Son of Heaven and retire to the vassal country, and the Cao family will naturally be fine!" If the Cao family usurped, the history is brilliant, it will be left for 10,000 years, I would rather die than be disloyal and unrighteous for this! "Just don't look away, don't look at Shixun anymore.
"In that case," Shi Xun slowly stood up and waved lightly at Cao Ang, "and the minister retreated. What the minister does, the order of the Duke of Wei, and the son of the world cannot be abolished. If there is any discouragement, you can give Wei Gong. "Everything I do is Cao Cao's order, and it is impossible to change it categorically because of your thoughts, unless you first persuade Cao Cao and let him give the order, this matter can be terminated.
When he came out, Shi Xun looked up, the sky was thin and cloudy, and the sun was dazzling - he couldn't help but think, I didn't expect to see such a foolish boy today, it was really blind to my kryptonite eyes!
Cao Ang's temper and temperament are completely different from Cao Cao, Cao Cao is a generation of heroes, treacherous and ruthless, but Cao Ang is a good baby loved by everyone, if compared with the predecessors, Cao Cao is the big hooligan Liu Bang, but Cao Ang is like Emperor Hui Liu Ying. Originally, Xun thought that this was not bad, with his own help, Cao Cao could usurp when he was born, establish the Wei Dynasty, and then maybe he could have a town for ten or eight more years, and when he hung up, the world was completely peaceful, and Cao Ang inherited the throne and ruled by doing nothing.
The so-called "ancestors have merit and ancestors are virtuous", the founder must have great talent and courage, but the inheritor is mediocre and humble, and he must really be too shrewd, but it is easy to be clever and mistaken by cleverness, causing endless disasters - for example, the first rhapsodic Emperor Sui Yang in the ages......
Shixun's ideal was to create a bureaucratic system that was sufficiently perfect in this era to ensure political stability and stability for a long period of time. Compared with the past, that is the Western Han Dynasty, the Han Dynasty since Gaozu Zhaoji, and then the Hui, Wen, and Jing dynasties all used Huang Lao, inaction and rule, and the people rested, but even in the face of the heyday of the Xiongnu Empire, it was enough to defend the power, which created the efforts of Emperor Wu, and the glory of Zhaoxuan.
Needless to say, a strict political system and a well-established and self-operating bureaucratic system are incompatible with a strong monarchy, and a shrewd and diligent monarch will easily destroy or even destroy the bureaucratic system that is still under structure, or it may be glorious for a while, but it will bring irreparable consequences to future generations—Emperor Wu exhausted his army and wealth and the people were poor in his later years, which is the best example.
Of course, it is impossible to completely abolish the monarchy in these years, or even to achieve a virtual monarchy in the true sense, which will inevitably go to the other extreme, causing local forces to grow and the country to fall apart. Therefore, Shixun hopes to find a balance between it, and a second-generation monarch with noble character, mediocre ability, humility and listening, is the best choice - so he has high hopes for Cao Ang.
In the original history, Cao Cao's heir was Cao Pi, although his ability was not as good as his father, but he was not a mediocre person, and then Cao Rong was the same, and in the end, the little cleverness caused a big disaster. Because capable monarchs, especially in the peaceful world, appreciate the courtiers who can be firmly controlled, but who lack personal political concepts, and the people who talk about it are overflowing, and hidden conspirators such as Sima can easily ascend to the throne.
But he never expected that Cao Ang's high morality had completely broken through his expectations, not only did he not want to be a monarch with real power, but he didn't even want to be a monarch! It is true that he has found out before, and Cao Ang is not enthusiastic about Wei Daihan, far less than his brothers, but he thought that as long as Cao Cao was put on the throne, Cao Ang, as a good child, would naturally follow suit and ascend. Unexpectedly, when he was about to kick the door, the little guy suddenly shrunk, and could no longer hide his fear and worry about his father's ambitions.
Thief God, you're too good at playing people, aren't you? Assuming that Cao Cao died early and did not usurp, will Cao Ang really return to the Han Emperor? Let's not say that the world will fall into chaos again because of this, let's just say that the Cao family will also follow in the footsteps of the Huo family and bring about its own destruction, so what will happen to me as the Cao family's in-laws and core henchmen?
Thinking of this, although the sun was shining, Shihoon felt that it was dark in front of him.
Shi Xun was still at a loss here, but he didn't know that as soon as he stepped out of the main hall, a maid quietly crept to the side courtyard, silently wrote out all the conversations between him and Cao Ang, and secretly handed them over to an attendant. After several rounds of tossing and turning, the report was presented to the desk of Lu Hong, the school officer, on the evening of the same day. When Lu Hong saw the book, he was surprised and happy, so he left home at night and went to someone's house.
The owner of the mansion received Lu Hong secretly, read the book, and couldn't help but have a hint of joy on his lips, and then asked: "Cifan, what the prince said is true?" Lu Hong replied in a low voice: "There is no emptiness in every word - and even if there is emptiness, why hurt?" "Even if it's fake, what does it matter?
The other party twisted his beard and his head: "Shuo is the second son's ......" (to be continued......)