Chapter 18: The Fork in the Road of History

For the official position of Zhu Cao's servant, Huo Guang was also very surprised. "Ya * Wen * Yan * Qing * Shou * Fa" He vaguely felt that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty had some hidden meaning in sealing him with such an official position. However, because Huo Guang only stays in the superficial records of today's government in the history books, and he still knows nothing about the complexity of the court situation, there are many things that he is not very clear.

"Your Majesty has appointed you as the servant of Zhu Cao, do you know the deep meaning?" Sure enough, after the generals left, Huo Qubing began to express Huo Guang's doubts.

"Please show it to my brother!" Huo Guang really didn't know this time. Even he didn't even know the specific details of the two official positions of Zhu Cao and Shizhong, after all, he didn't study history professionally in his previous life, and he just felt familiar with these two official positions.

"Hehe, speaking of this official position among the Cao servants, you are still the first person in the past. But this is nothing, His Majesty is the first emperor of the ages, and many official positions have never appeared. Once there are no outsiders, Huo Quzhi will behave more casually, and he can also show a long-lost smile in front of Huo Guang.

Huo Guang understood this point that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was a pioneering emperor, not only to expand the territory, but also to form many of the official systems that had been used for thousands of years in later generations. Even the titles of Huo Quai's hussar general and champion Hou belonged to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and there was nothing left in a Zhu Cao servant who had never appeared!

"Could it be that there is something behind this official position?" Huo Guang told the doubts in his heart, although he couldn't guess the meaning, but Huo Qubing was a favorite of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and he must know many secrets.

"There are indeed some sayings in this, and it is also a big secret to the entire government and the opposition, but since Your Majesty has appointed you as the servant of Zhu Cao, it doesn't hurt to tell you about it. Originally, this Zhu Cao was only the title of the subordinate officials of the various prefectures, but not long ago, His Majesty added this as an official position to some close ministers, and received the affairs of Zhu Cao Shangshu. Your Majesty has given you such an official position, in a sense, you actually represent Your Majesty in the army! Huo Quzhi explained to Huo Guang in detail, but just these are not as many secrets to the government and the opposition as he said.

"I only have an official position but no real position, and I don't even have the lowest title, is it because Your Majesty wants to reform the official position?" Huo Guang captured a sensitive place from Huo Quai's words, and Huo Guang vaguely remembered that it was around this time that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty made a major adjustment to the setting of the central power.

"Oh. I didn't expect you to think of this! What a remarkable! Huo Quzhi once again praised Huo Guang without hesitation, which also showed that Huo Guang's guess was right.

"Yes, Your Majesty has the idea of wanting to change the system of the DPRK and China, Your Majesty has always felt that the power of the foreign dynasty is too much, it should be the end of this battle of Mobei, Your Majesty will improve the internal dynasty, and from now on it will really be the only one!" Huo Qubing is actually Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, a key figure in the separation of the inner and outer dynasties, so as early as half a year ago, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty had told Huo Qubing about this plan.

"Inner Dynasty? Outside the court? yes, how did I forget that. Wasn't the first large-scale weakening of the power of the Han Dynasty during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and the Huo Guang in the original history developed the internal dynasty system to the peak, of course, it also buried the hidden danger of the dictatorship of eunuchs and relatives for future generations. Huo Guang finally remembered the famous Inner Dynasty of the Han Dynasty, and it was precisely he himself who was the biggest beneficiary of this system. It seems that the development of history is also a drink and a peck, and now Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty named himself as the servant of Zhu Cao and became an official of the Inner Dynasty, and twenty years later, he led the Inner Dynasty with the title of Sima and began to take charge of the entire Han Dynasty.

"Since His Majesty ascended the throne, there have been six prime ministers, and except for the death of the Marquis of Pingjin two years ago, none of them have died well. Although there is some accident in this, who knows His Majesty's thoughts? Huo Quzhi's voice was much quieter than at the beginning, and when he said this, Huo Guang was indeed shocked.

According to historical records, there were a total of thirteen prime ministers during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, except for what Huo Quzhi said just now, Sun Hong and Shi Qing, the Marquis of Pingjin, died of illness in the prime minister's office, and the other ten people had no intention of dying well. Of course, when Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty died, Tian Qianqiu, the last prime minister, had a smooth transition. History does not record those possible factors, but Huo Guang felt that the fate of these people might really be related to the policy of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to weaken the power of the emperor.

Historically, before the emergence of the Inner Dynasty of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the status of successive prime ministers was quite high. Among them, there is a famous idiom called 'sword shoes on the palace', which can be seen the status of the prime minister at that time, because from the beginning of the Zhou Dynasty, the courtiers had to take off their shoes and untie their swords when they met the emperor, but the prime minister was the only person who could go to the palace with a sword except for a very small number of people who were allowed by the emperor. Moreover, before Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, all the political affairs of the world belonged to the prime minister, and almost all the twists and turns had to be transmitted to the emperor through the prime minister, and then the emperor's orders were conveyed and implemented through the prime minister and his subordinates.

The establishment of the inner dynasty is precisely to check and balance the outer dynasty headed by the prime minister, such as Huo Guang's current official Zhu Cao Shizhong, who has the right to directly write to the emperor and participate in political affairs. Of course, this participation is limited to the emperor's meetings, you can observe and express your opinions, and you cannot directly issue any orders, all decrees must be in the name of the emperor.

Later, just as Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty envisioned, he really established an internal dynasty that overturned the power of the prime minister, so that the outer dynasty headed by the prime minister was just a policy implementation agency. However, I am afraid that even Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty himself would not have thought that many years later, his descendants were hollowed out by the inner dynasty he created, and the head of the inner dynasty obtained the actual power of the phase, and since the beginning of feudalism, the imperial power and the power have not stopped the game!

Huo Guang never thought that he had not seen the face of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and even Mobei, which was thousands of miles away, had been regarded as a chess piece by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and he had been involved in the struggle for power before entering the court.

In the following days, the Han army continued to advance towards the depths of Mobei, but for a long time did not encounter resistance from the Huns. According to the information obtained from the captives, the Han army faced at least two layers of defense against King Zuoxian. However, the Han army marched for more than 300 miles, and did not see a single trace of the Huns.

"Where are we now?" Huo Quzhi looked at the rough map in front of him and asked Zhao Anji. Huo Guang has also studied this map, but to be honest, Huo Guang feels that such a map is not as good as the map of the later generations that he has memorized in his head, because Huo Guang himself can't find a few familiar places on the map.

"More than a hundred miles further north is the Wolf Juxu Mountain." Zhao Anji replied without looking at the map.

"What?" As soon as Zhao Anji's words fell, Huo Guang was shocked. Because the place name mentioned by Zhao Anji is so famous, it has evolved into an idiom 'Feng Wolf Juxu'.

According to the original history, Huo Qubing should have basically completed the battle of Mobei before arriving at Wolf Juxu Mountain, and then held a ceremony to seal Zen in Wolf Juxu Mountain to sacrifice heaven and earth. This allusion has become the lifelong pursuit of later generations of soldiers and the highest achievement of every commander!

"It's already time to reach Wolf Juxu Mountain, but the Han army and the army of Zuo Xianwang have not yet divided the winner at all, and there is no record of more than 70,000 enemies in history! Could it be that because of his own appearance, history has really embarked on a completely different fork in the road? So what happens next? At this moment, Huo Guang was a little dazed, and even the little sense of superiority that he had been hiding in his heart disappeared!