The night is hazy with a round of hooked moon in the sky, the endless buildings of Chang'an are hidden in the night, most of Chang'an City is pitch black, the imperial city is bright everywhere, and there are dots of light in the noble area.

In the general's mansion, the lights are bright, and at night, there are many people gathered here, and everyone sits around Cao Chengsi, all of whom are Cao Chengsi's cronies, Cao Chengsi rubbed the handrails under his hands, and said slowly: "Now that the country is decided, I will gather you here today, and I have something to say." ”

Everyone immediately straightened their waists and lowered their heads to listen to Cao Chengsi's words, Cao Chengsi smiled slightly: "The emperor is young and needs the assistance of virtuous ministers, and now there are several ministers to assist the emperor, but no one can do it without a leader."

Since ancient times, I have never heard of a few courtiers who are subordinate to the government without distinguishing between superior and inferior.

Now, I think it's the way to get rid of chaos, what do you think? ”

When everyone heard this, they immediately responded, "I think that General Zuo's words are reasonable, and the country has capable people living in it, and General Zuo has the ability and ambition to help the world, and he should become the bull's ear of the Great Wei." ”

Although no one said it directly, everyone knew that Cao Chengsi had issued a declaration to seize power, and he was going to start preparing to overthrow the rest of the auxiliary ministers and become the one who monopolized power.

In the Wei state, there was such a "fine" tradition.

At that time, Cao Rui asked Cao Shuang and Sima Yi to jointly assist Cao Fang in the government, but the final result was that Cao Shuang and Sima Yi fought fiercely, and even developed to the point of life and death, Cao Shuang monopolized power, and Sima Yi completely lost power.

With such a fine tradition, how could Cao Chengsi be willing to assist the government with others, besides, there is such a thing as power, Cao Chengsi has a saying that it is very right, there must be a leader.

Cao Chenghe's cousin, who was also his playmate since childhood, Cao Cheng, the third son of the King of Hedong, hugged his fists and asked, "Brother, now that the imperial court has been decided, how should the old subordinates of the first emperor be handled?"

Liangzhou and Yizhou have people from Emperor Daxing, especially Yizhou, the general who guards Yizhou is the person of the first emperor, and the younger brother is worried that he will betray the Great Wei because of the affairs of the first emperor, and the Yizhou scholars are also the first rats at both ends, and they just want to be safe in Shu, and it is impossible to count on them. ”

The reuse of the clan relatives of the Wei State was implemented in all aspects after the oath of Luoshui, not only the reuse of the clan relatives in the court, not to mention the general guards in all aspects.

The general who guarded Yizhou was naturally still a clan relative, and he was also a close relative of Cao Chao's blood, and he was Cao Chao's uncle before he passed on to Cao Rui.

But it is the clan relatives who are more likely to be afraid of being liquidated by the people who kill the monarch in the court, and people's interests do not change due to blood status, just like when the Murong clan of the Yan Kingdom seized the throne of the Yan clan, there was also the royal family of the Yan clan on the side of Murong Chengguang.

Cao Chengsi's face changed slightly, if the general guarding Yizhou betrayed, then the Wei State would suffer a heavy blow, and it would completely become the weakest country among the four countries in the Central Plains, and just by relying on Guanzhong and Liangzhou, would it really be able to withstand the continued attack of the Yan State?

Cao Chenghei is not here to be the king of the dead country, his goal is to become the person who is ordained to unify the six and eight wildernesses.

Will Yizhou Cao Lu betray?

Cao Chengsi asked himself, if he didn't do anything to remedy it, as long as Liang Guo was willing to accept it, then Cao Lu would definitely betray, and he didn't need to think about it.

Cao Lu must be dragged down, at least not for a short time, and he must not be allowed to throw himself into Liang Guo.

This thought appeared in Cao Chengsi's mind almost instantly, "What do you think we should do?" ”

There was a silence for a while, and then someone proposed: "If you really want to stabilize Cao Lu, the best way is not to recall him to the court, temporarily stabilize him in Shu, and promise not to recall him back during his lifetime, so that he can become a real feudal official, so that he can feel the sincerity of the imperial court."

Wait until the situation in the country is completely stabilized, and then do anything, then there is a margin. ”

These words coincide with Cao Chengsi's thoughts, it is just one word, procrastination!

First stabilize the current Wei State, as for the future affairs, one by one, there will always be a day when all of them will be resolved, and now it is necessary to control the situation and prevent it from slipping into a worse situation.

As for whether Cao Lu will be made a feudal official or not, that is not a matter for Cao Chenghei to consider now, as long as the Liang State does not become strong.

"It's not just Cao Lu's problem, but other people, or the entire Great Wei Dynasty, the courtiers who have a relationship with the first emperor, have this kind of problem, and if it is not solved, the current political crisis of the Great Wei cannot be solved.

If people's hearts cannot settle down, our Great Wei will fall behind in the competition of other countries, and even fall into the crisis of national destruction. ”

Cao Chengsi pondered for a while, and something gradually appeared in his mind, and he said it, and the hall was full of shock, arguing a few times, and gradually calming down.

Following.

The sun rises as usual, since the coup d'état, the frequency of the court meeting is much more than in the past years, such a high frequency of the court meeting, naturally not to discuss government affairs, but to give everyone an occasion for communication.

The queen mother appeared at the court meeting with the emperor in her arms, and the four auxiliary ministers stood in front of everyone, all four of them were Cao clan relatives, with the prestige of Cao Chenghei, it was naturally impossible for all of them to inherit Cao Lin's political legacy.

The ministers stood on the palace, Cao Chengsi stepped forward, he was going to start talking about what he had discussed last night, of course, he couldn't say that Cao Lu might betray, there was no evidence for the murder of the king, at the official level of Wei, this was done by the spies of the Liang State and the eunuchs who were bought by the Liang State.

In the eyes of everyone, Cao Chengsi said loudly: "Colleagues, there have been some rumors circulating among people with ulterior motives in the country recently, and my father is very heartbroken.

Are these people trying to ruin the reputation and society of Great Wei?

Don't these people know that these words will become a sword for the enemy country to stab at my Great Wei?

Don't these people know that this will only make their relatives painful and their enemies happy?

Bengong heard the ancestors and ancestors scolding, Bengong heard that the people of Great Wei were disgusted, Bengong saw endless blood and tears, this situation can not continue!

The first emperor collapsed in the hands of traitors, this is what we have determined together, it is recorded in the history that even if the mountains are not edged, they cannot be changed, even if the Yellow River disappears, it is the truth, but some of the old departments of the first emperor are worried that the first emperor died at the hands of the ministers of the country.

Ben Gong is deeply saddened, we were originally robes, but we have fallen into this situation of mutual suspicion, and Ben Gong deeply understands them, because their loyalty to the first emperor is like the loyalty of this Duke to His Majesty.

Bengong is in Chang'an City, so he can know the truth, they are thousands of miles away, and they can't know the situation in Chang'an City, so they are confused by traitors and lies, which is reasonable.

This Gong believes that in order not to have a fight in the same room, in order to prevent Yan and Liang from taking this opportunity to attack our Great Wei, give Cao Lu, the general of Zhennan who guarded Yizhou, greater grace.

Let him know that the court's loyalty to him is recognized in every way, and this duke suggested that Cao Lu be promoted to the general of Zhengnan, increase the number of households by 1,300 households, and add envoys to keep Yizhou for generations, with these, he must be able to know the sincerity of the court. ”

Wow!

As soon as Cao Chengsi's words came out, it immediately caused an uproar in the palace, but anyone who is sensitive to politics knows that Cao Chengsi is appeasing the hearts of the people in the old ministry of the first emperor, and then he thinks that Yizhou has always been the focus of the confrontation between Liang and Wei, and Cao Chengsi is worried that Cao Lu will directly surrender to Liang, so he made such a heavy promise.

But this kind of reward of direct division and rule is still somewhat beyond the psychological bottom line of everyone, and these alone may not be able to appease Cao Lu's heart, this kind of political promise, no one in the Wei State has long believed in it.

It is really that since the establishment of the Wei State, it has unloaded the mill and killed the donkey, and it has been too chaotic in just a few decades, which makes people feel unstable, the more they give now, the more Cao Lu may be worried, this is a delaying strategy.

Although in some cases, it is indeed true, this is a plan to delay the army, and when there is a chance, Cao Chengsi will definitely capture Cao Lu back to Chang'an and eat him alive.

Cao Chengsi saw that everyone was pondering, and no one objected, so he said: "This prince has another idea, and I will talk to you now, this prince thinks that the first emperor has great merits in my Great Wei, and he should give the first emperor a temple number to boast to future generations." ”

Temple name!

After Cao Chengsi said this, the whole palace fell silent, almost a pin drop could be heard, and everyone looked at Cao Chengsi in disbelief, they couldn't believe what they had heard.

Temple name?

Give the first emperor Cao Chao a temple number, is he worthy?

But Cao Chengsi's expression was solemn, and he didn't have the mind of half-joking at all, and those who were lively immediately guessed that this was still showing favor to Cao Chao's old department, which was to completely cover the coffin, but it was a bit unbelievable to use the temple number to cover the coffin.

Immediately, someone asked loudly: "General Zuo, the temple number system is very important, the first emperor did have great merit, but is there something wrong with the temple number?"

In the Han Dynasty, there were only six temple numbers: Han Taizu, Han Renzong, Han Taizong, Han Gaozong, Han Zhongzong, and Han Shizu.

I'm Da Wei, isn't it ......?"

He spoke more tactfully, and did not directly say that Cao Chao was unworthy, and even Cao Cao did not have a temple number, how could Cao Chao get a temple number This is a common psychology of everyone.

Cao Chengsi felt a ridicule in his heart, these people's brains couldn't turn at all, what kind of tradition, what is the use, only those who use these rules can get more.

He said solemnly: "Everyone, the king of the Han Dynasty does have great merits, but the king of my Wei State is not worse than the Han Dynasty, you can't favor one over the other, in today's world, who can be more qualified to obtain the temple number than the first emperor?" ”

This question is difficult to answer, can they really find a foreign king to say, stronger than Cao Chao?

Cao Chengsi looked around for a week and said: "It seems that all of your colleagues agree with the words of this father, and this prince knows that the first emperor is a heavenly posture, and it is not easy to get a temple number." ”

Cao Chengsi was really too outrageous, and some faceless scholars couldn't stand it, so they directly came out and asked loudly: "General Zuo, the subordinates have a word to ask, even Emperor Wu, Emperor Wen and Emperor Ming don't have temple numbers, do you think it's appropriate for the first emperor to get a temple number?"

Emperor Wu did not get the temple number when he founded the Wei State, so what qualifications can the descendants of later generations be able to get the temple number? ”

Most of the people in the hall nodded involuntarily, yes, that's right, even Emperor Wu, who laid the foundation of the current Wei State, does not have a temple number, and Emperor Wen does not have a temple number, what qualifications does Cao Chao have, even the world is not unified, and it is really a shame to go to the temple.

Cao Chengsi didn't think so, he didn't care if Cao Chao would be laughed at, but this could show his loyalty to Cao Chao, which was enough, he gave Cao Chao such a good thing, who could say that he was not loyal to Cao Chao.

If it weren't for the nickname for Ji Zhao to see, Cao Chengsi would still have a little bit of awe, of course, it was also because other people in Wei also had a sense of awe and didn't let Cao Chengsi mess around, Cao Chengsi would definitely choose a good nickname for Cao Chao.

Hearing the scholar's question, Cao Chengsi seemed to suddenly realize and said: "This is the negligence of this father, I only thought of giving the temple number to the first emperor who had just died, but I forgot that the ancestors and ancestors can also be posthumously sealed, and this prince thinks that Emperor Wu should be given the temple number of Taizu, the temple number of Emperor Wen on Taizong, and the temple number of Emperor Ming on Gaozong. ”

Quiet!

There was silence in the hall again, Cao Chengsi did it on purpose, anyone could see it, he was not a fool, how could he not hear the meaning of this, he had long been preparing to send a temple number to Cao Cao and them together, he was deliberately waiting for someone to bring it up.

The scholar who spoke just now only felt shaky, his face was flushed, and he was almost about to faint to the ground by Cao Chenghe, he didn't find out that Cao Chengsi was such a shameless person before, and now he realized his true nature, but it was already a little late, and said a thousand ways and ten thousand, Cao Chengsi This is really filial piety, no matter how to add mourning to the ancestors after death can not be regarded as an inappropriate thing.

Seeing that Cao Chengsi was really going to be done if it went on like this, someone came out and said: "General Zuo, the Shang Dynasty and the Han Dynasty where the temple number was activated attach great importance to the awarding of the temple number, if my dynasty grants it so easily, won't it become the laughing stock of the world?"

And General Zuo isn't worried about Roselle's blame? ”

Cao Chengsi waved his hand casually when he heard this, and then said with emotion: "When choosing a nickname for the first emperor, my father felt that the choice of nickname was too bad, and the first emperor was able to deserve a better nickname, but the nickname had to be reported to the emperor Su Wang, and everyone insisted on giving a eulogy, so the prince could only accept it."

Now choose the temple number, this is not on any gods, and Su Wang and Luo Shen has nothing to do with it, this prince can finally make up for the loyalty to the first emperor a little, the Han Dynasty and the Shang Dynasty awarded less temple numbers, because their emperor ability is not good, the first emperor's talent is high, this prince is clear, if it is not for filial piety, this prince even thinks that the first emperor can grant the ancestral temple number.

After Sima rebelled against the rebellion, His Majesty was able to stabilize the current Wei State, this kind of merit is really too great, and my father yearns for it every time I think of it, what do you think? ”

Thought?

The ministers looked at each other a few times, and so did their mothers!

Nonsense, stinky and shameless!

Cao Chengsi naturally knows what these people are thinking, but he has a deeper understanding of human nature, he believes that after he does this, there will be people who will follow suit in the future, and if there are more people who follow suit, he will be the initiator, and the most important thing is that he doesn't care about the future, as long as it can be useful in this life, it will be worth it.

Several reasons were blocked back by Cao Chengsi one by one, and the most real reason is that no one dares to say, the atmosphere in Wei is a little strange now, Cao Ang's era of political clarity is gone, and now Wei Guozhong can hardly even see the ministers, and the whole country has come to a very dangerous level.

The emergence of this situation is normal, after a few decades of national strength, it is very reasonable to come to this point, but the problem is that only Wei is the most serious now, and the root cause is that the emperor of Wei has changed too much, and when other countries are generally only two or three generations or even one generation, Wei is already the sixth generation of emperors.

This frequent change of emperors led to the fact that among the four kingdoms, only Wei did not carry out large-scale restructuring actions, so it encountered countless problems now.

Cao Chengsi saw that no one had spoken, and laughed loudly: "It seems that all my colleagues have agreed, the first emperor must be happy in the spirit of heaven, the next day when he told the temple, he told the ancestors of the good news, and then sent a letter of state to every county of the Great Wei, so that the officials of the entire Wei State knew that in the future, in the documents reported, the combined name of the temple number and the name of the temple should be used, which is the biggest problem, and it must be observed." ”

There is no simple question about changing the title of the emperor, and on the contrary, the format of many documents has to be changed, so Cao Chengsi has this statement.

Many of the courtiers of the Wei State left the palace as if they were mourning, and a group of people walked together, looking back at the majestic palace and the magnificent columns, the grand recklessness overwhelmed them like a mountain, and they only felt a little out of breath.

"Sven sweeps the floor."

"The laughing stock of the ages."

"How did you get to where you are now?"

"I'm incompetent, I'm incompetent."

"How? He holds the banner of filial piety, can we make him unfilial? ”

"Filial piety can't trample on the rules of ancient times!"

"Is there less trampling?"

"How many rules are left of the rules that existed in ancient times?"

"Why is this world so strange?"

"What would have been done before?"

"Rock's absence is gone, so what Rock's proposes is no longer to be observed."

Silent.

The group walked like a walking corpse, everything that happened today once again hit them deeply, and the occurrence of one thing after another made them dizzy, but they were all things that they had never thought of and never seen before.

"I want to beg for bones, I want to go to the mountains and forests.

The land of right and wrong should not be left for long.

Ladies and gentlemen, when I return home today, I will hand over the excerpt of my resignation, say goodbye to my hometown, and return to my hometown to teach and educate people, which may not be suitable for me. ”

Silence again.

……

The news of Wei at the court meeting shocked the meticulous works of various countries, and these meticulous works immediately transmitted this shocking news back to their home countries.

Everyone's reaction was the same, that is, shock, disbelief, especially Han Guo, completely dumbfounded.

Liu Chen looked at the news in his hand, turned over and over and asked the important ministers in disbelief: "Ladies and gentlemen, is this Wei State crazy?"

How dare Cao Thief call Taizu?

My Emperor Gao of the Han Dynasty is the son of heaven who pushes the six and eight wildernesses, King Zhaosheng in the name of Emperor Suwang, personally crowned Emperor Gao, under the whole world, there are no two people who overthrow the tyrannical Qin and inherit the mandate of Zhou Zuo, he is only a thousand miles away, or a usurper who ascends the throne, how dare he call Taizu? ”

Liu Chen's words were deeply approved by others, which was really funny, and there was a very deep reason, that is, Cao Cao could be called an ancestor, but the emperor of the Han State could never do it.

The Han Kingdom is a descendant of the Liu family, and if you want to give the temple number, you must consider the past emperors, Liu Bei has some merits, but this merit is definitely not enough to be called an ancestor, even if it is a sect, it is not enough.

Because in the political logic of the Han Kingdom, at least the Son of Heaven must be unified to have this qualification, and where there is a temple number if there is no Son of Heaven, it is simply ridiculous.

Liu Chen threw away the letter in his hand, frowned and asked: "Ladies and gentlemen, do I need to react to this matter, I always feel that if the temple number is done like this by the Wei State, it will have no gold content in an instant, alas." ”

"Your Majesty, this matter should be sent to the Wei State to ridicule the Wei State, and the theme can be written around 'What kind of garbage is worthy of using the same temple number as my Han Dynasty Holy King First Emperor', so that the matter of the Wei State becomes a laughing stock, just like the "Funny Collection" written during the Bang Zhou period, this is probably the only thing we can do.

When my Han reigns in the world again in the future, he will cancel all those messy temple numbers, and now I can only endure it first. ”

Liu Chen pondered for a while, and said with an unhappy face: "It can only be like this, find the best literati in my Han Dynasty, write more poems for me, and write this matter in, as well as the matter of the killing of the monarch by the Wei State, the Wei State is secretive, and it is all written in, I think it is the Cao Lin who killed the monarch, write it down, don't let the people of later generations be deceived by the villain of the Wei State." ”

"Yes!"

……

Xiao Yan sat in the hall and tasted tea, his eyes glanced at the corner of the hall from time to time, Luo Xianzhi sat there, he had maintained this posture for a while, Xiao Yan was very able to understand Luo Xianzhi's mood.

Although the temple number system was established by the Shang Dynasty, the sworn enemy of the Zhou Dynasty, the current improved temple number system was established by Luo's ancestors in the Han Dynasty, which is another magic weapon of Luo's stay in this world for Emperor Kuangzheng, which is Luo's political legacy.

And now the things left by the Luo family have been destroyed one by one, and the Luo family line has only disappeared for a few decades, and it has been destroyed so much, Luo Xianzhi must be very uncomfortable now.

After a long time, Luo Xianzhi finally stood up and sat down opposite Xiao Yan, Xiao Yan asked: "Lingxiu, don't care too much, this is a matter of time, without Cao Chenghei, there will be another person, and the Wei State can even cover up the killing of the king, let alone this kind of thing." ”

Luo Xianzhi's face was complicated and said: "The minister just feels that he is incompetent, and he can't keep the bottom line of the world for the ancestors, the temple number is set up for Kuang Zheng Tianzi, and the temple number is a tool for the emperor to sing praises and virtues, not a tool for the emperor to paste gold, and now it has been made like this by the Wei State, and the minister really doesn't know what will become like it will be in the future."

Your Majesty, would you want a temple number? ”

Xiao Yan was stunned when he heard this, and said slowly: "Which king doesn't want a temple number?" If it weren't for Qingyun and you, I would really want a temple number of Taizu or Gaozu, but forget it now.

If I can dominate the world, then I deserve any praise, and the temple number will naturally be crowned on my head.

If not, it means that I have no relationship with the temple number, and I am not worthy. ”

Xiao Yan was very honest, and bluntly said that he really wanted it, and even if Luo Youzhi and Luo Xianzhi did not assist him, he would have asked for a temple number.

Luo Xianzhi's eyes darkened when he heard this, this is the reality, the imperial power without restraint will break the conventional political bottom line one by one, and the imperial power will take all the power in the world over, and then throw all the responsibilities out, which is exactly what Luo has been avoiding.

Luo Xianzhi knew that it was not something he or Jiangdong Luo's could do, and even now that the lineage came back, if the lineage really still had this ability, then he would not hide in Liaodong and lick his wounds.

Luo Xianzhi didn't know when his descendants would be able to come back, he bowed down to Xiao Yan and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness, the minister can't influence the world, he can influence Jiangdong and a country."

I only hope that one day, I can rely on my ability to assist you to become a real Taizu. ”

Xiao Yan sighed slightly: "Don't mention these things, Lingxiu, this time Wei Guo's move can be described as fast and ruthless, we plotted against Yizhou, do you think there is still a play, I feel a little difficult."

Wei gave Yizhou Cao Lu the qualification to divide and rule, which is almost to make Cao Lu the king of Yizhou, if it is me, I will not surrender. ”

Luo Xianzhi smiled slightly when he heard this: "Your Majesty, let's not mention whether the Wei State will really give Cao Lu the qualification to rule in Shaanxi, even if it is true now, it does not mean that it will be true in the future, where is the political trust so easy to establish, and as long as Shu can be neutral between Daliang and Wei for the time being, the minister thinks it will be enough."

Yizhou is not in a hurry, and when we get the true attitude of the central court of Wei towards Yizhou, and then go against Cao Lu, the minister believes that it is not very difficult, and Cao Chenghei of the central government of Wei will never really hand over Yizhou to Cao Lu.

Now the minister thinks that what my Daliang needs is to clean up the country, and then set out from Nanyang County to attack Heluo, and cooperate with the Yan State's offensive in Hedong, which is our goal. ”

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In fact, the collapse of the temple number system is expected, as the author wrote in the preface, the period of the Northern and Southern Dynasties was the era of the complete collapse of the old order, and the moral system that had been maintained by Luo's was to some extent a pavilion in the air supported by a single tree, and after Luo's no longer supported, this spectacular edifice collapsed, which was the era of great fission. - "Zhuxia Fission: After the Disappearance of Luo"

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