"Ministers, participate in Your Majesty~"

"I wish my emperor thousands of generations, and I will be happy for a long time······"

After bidding farewell to his grandmother Empress Dowager Dou and visiting his mother Empress Dowager Jia, Liu Sheng complied with Empress Dowager Dou's wishes, said goodbye for half a month, and returned to his Weiyang Palace again.

Not long after returning to the palace, without even waiting for Liu Sheng to wash up and then change his clothes, the ministers of the court and the central government, including Liu She, the right prime minister, and Wei Juan, the left prime minister, rushed to the outside of the Xuanshu Palace.

——It has been more than half a month since the Son of Heaven left Chang'an.

Even if he has not yet been crowned pro-government, the Son of Heaven should not have left Chang'an for such a long time for no reason at a time when the Huns had just withdrawn from the border areas and the people inside and outside the government and the opposition were in a downturn.

Regarding the blow suffered by Liu Sheng, Chang'an Chaotang certainly understood;

But understanding does not mean that Liu Sheng's actions will not bring trouble to the government and the opposition.

For example, in the past half a month, it happened in Chang'an, but there was no decision made by Liu Sheng at all, and some issues that Empress Dowager Dou repeatedly put aside······

"Recently, I have worked hard for the princes."

"I just returned to Chang'an, and before I had time to rest, the princes came in a hurry, thinking that during this time, they also piled up a lot of government affairs, or the grievances and sufferings of the princes."

"If you come, let's be outspoken."

"I'm sorry."

said a word indifferently, Liu Sheng did not forget to look at Liu She's words meaningfully, although he did not say it, but his eyes were obviously dissatisfied with Liu She, the right prime minister.

Being stared at by Liu Sheng's obviously malicious gaze, Liu She was also panicked for a while, and the few things that he originally wanted to say in person were swallowed back into his stomach by Liu She.

- Today's court, although it is said that the left and right ministers are both in the country, but the left minister and the country guard are mainly responsible for banning the middle guard, which is obviously a high-end version of Lang Zhongling.

That is to say, in today's court, although Liu She is called the right prime minister, in fact, the word "right" can be completely removed.

Because the responsibilities that the prime minister should shoulder are basically all shouldered by Liu She now.

But Liu She, the prime minister, is fundamentally different from any Han minister in the past, or even any prime minister in history.

It is said that the successive Qin ministers of the Qin period, whether it is Lü Buwei or Li Si, are actually prime ministers/prime ministers who do it with their ability;

Although both men were theoretically to be loyal to their monarchs, they also had the power to stand firm and advise the king to accept their ideas when they disagreed.

Just like at the beginning of the succession of the first emperor, Xiangbang Lü Buwei categorically rejected the proposal of the twelve-year-old Qin Wang Yingzheng to 'immediately send the army to the east to send a letter to the valley', and formulated a short-term national policy of 'slowly drawing on it and accumulating steadily' for the Qin state.

The later Qin Prime Minister Li Si also put forward his own opinions on many issues after the First Emperor unified the world and swept the Six Kingdoms, and was finally adopted by the First Emperor.

- For example, the car is on the same track, the book is the same text, and the book burning order that has left a name in history.

Speaking of the Han family, from the first generation of prime ministers: Xiao He, the final marquis of Yuwen, Cao Shen, the second generation of prime ministers, Pingyang Yihou, Cao Shen, to the third generation of Anguo Wuhou Wang Ling, Qu Reverse Xianhou Chen Ping;

It was when Emperor Taizong arrived, Zhou Bo, Marquis of Jiangwu, Marquis Guan Ying of Yingyin, Zhang Cang, Marquis of Wen, Beiping, and even Shen Tujia, Marquis of Anzhenwu, all of whom were in power and were in power!

Even the predecessor Tao Qing actually has theoretical power.

But Liu She didn't.

As the prime minister - as the first prime minister of the Han family, and even in the history of China, Liu She has almost no independent power, and even does not have a personal position and principles.

As a member of the Xiang clan, and with the surname of Liu Hanguo, the only thing Liu She, the prime minister, can do, and the only thing he should do, is to look at the Son of Heaven on the royal couch for the first time when he encounters any major event, and ask: What does Your Majesty say, I will do;

In addition, when encountering some small things that do not need the emperor to worry about and only need the prime minister to solve them, Liu She also needs to deal with these things while not forgetting to report to the Son of Heaven;

- Your Majesty~

- I've done these things recently, although it's not a big deal, but I want to let Your Majesty know~

The Tianziguan of Weiyang Palace doesn't care about these little things, and it's not what Liu She needs to pay attention to—Liu She just needs to put on his own attitude.

And in the past period of time, that is, the time when Liu Sheng went to Shanglin Yuan to relax, Liu She's actions were obviously far from enough to satisfy Liu Sheng.

Obviously: Liu She has misplaced himself;

Liu She regarded himself as a 'normal' prime minister like Xiao He, Hou Cao Shen, Pingyang, or Zhang Cang, Hou of Beiping, and Shen Tujia, Hou Anhou······

"How?"

"As soon as I returned to Chang'an with my front foot, the princes came to the palace to block people;"

"Why are you silent in front of me?"

Seeing that everyone fell silent because of Liu She's retreat, Liu Sheng did not forget to make an understatement of sarcasm, so he sat back on the royal couch indifferently and began to look at everyone in the hall carefully.

Compared with the court ten years ago, when Emperor Taizong Xiaowen died and the first emperor Liu Qi was the emperor, today's three princes and nine kings have obviously undergone earth-shaking changes.

- Shen Tujia, the prime minister at that time, is now the deceased Marquis of Anzhen Wuhou; Today's right prime minister is Liu She, the secretary of the young government at that time.

Tao Qing, the imperial historian of that year, had already retired from the position of prime minister, and was allowed to return to his hometown by Liu Shengen to live for a long time.

Taiwei Zhou Yafu is now even more white - with the crown prince winning the emperor's throne, Zhou Yafu has not even been able to keep the false title of 'prince Shaobao'.

After talking about Sangong, it should be Jiuqing.

——The head of the Jiuqing of the year: Neishi Chao was wrong, and now he has been released from the position of 'Yaxiang', that is, the imperial historian, to guard the northern army, and has just experienced a sudden vicious battle!

If Liu Sheng didn't guess wrong, he should have waited for Liu Sheng's summons outside the palace gate.

And the position of the internal history, now sitting is Uncle Tian.

——Liu She, the Shaofu of the year, is now the right prime minister, and the post of Shaofu has been idle so far, and Liu Sheng has not been able to find a good candidate.

Zhang Ou, the court lieutenant of that year, has been replaced by Zhao Yu, a new upstart in the Legalist family;

At that time, the servant Gongsun became a pawn, that is, the great line after the first emperor changed his name, and the one who became the servant was the former Fengchang Yuan An.

The position of Fengchang has been solid since he was placed on the body of the second Nanpihou Dou Pengzu by the first emperor, and Liu Sheng has not changed the idea of Fengchang.

Zongzheng, on the other hand, still continues the tradition of 'hereditary Chu Yuan royal family', and is served by the son of Honghou Liu Fu.

Lang Zhongling is still Zhou Ren left by the first emperor, Liu Sheng can't be changed for the time being, and he can't find a suitable replacement for the time being, so he can only use 'Zuo Prime Minister Wei Juan is forbidden to stay in the guard' as an alternative, so that Zhou Ren can concentrate on embroidering clothes and guards, that is, the work of the spy chief.

Wei Wei is undoubted, and it is still the same as in the first emperor's years - relying on morality from Lang Guan step by step to the position of Jiuqing, obviously he has no intention of squeezing up again, or moving his nest at the level of Jiuqing, and he is still a 'moral gentleman'.

And today, following Liu Sheng to Weiyang Palace is the court team composed of the above people.

- Three public level, the right prime minister Taohou Liu She, the left prime minister Jianling Hou Weijuan, the imperial historian is temporarily idle, and the Taiwei is idle indefinitely by default;

Jiuqing first-class, Uncle Tian of Inner History, Zhao Yu of Tingwei, and Yuan An, the servant;

The pawn guest Pingqu Hou Gongsun Kunxie, the Wei Wei Saihou is not suspicious, and Lang Zhong ordered the Marquis Zhou Ren of Ru Tomb;

Fengchang Nanpihou Dou Pengzu, Zongzheng Zong Liu Biqiang, Shaofu is idle.

Counting on your fingers, there are exactly ten people.

And after Liu Sheng's 'reminder', these ten people, these ten high-ranking officials who seemed to be a little secretive and wanted to speak up, finally stood up by Zhao Yu, the court captain······

"Court Captain Zhao Yu, Your Majesty."

"In the spring of the first year of Your Majesty's new year, the Xiongnu entered the border, and the four counties of Beidi, Yanmen, Shang, and Dai were all affected by the war, and there were many dead and wounded in the army and civilians."

"Although the imperial history and angels sent by His Majesty have not returned, but the war in the north, the court has also roughly judged: the four counties of the north, Yanmen, Shang, and Dai are not effective in defending the border, and the guards are derelict in their duties.

"······ of them"

"Among them, especially in the north, the dereliction of duty is the worst, and the soldiers and civilians are the most seriously injured······"

···

"The minister was trusted by Emperor Xiaojing, and was appointed as the court captain, and the lord of the world was imprisoned and punished;"

"Today, the guilty ministers should be punished, but the ministers have nothing to do with this crime, if the ministers are convicted, I am afraid that many people in the world will think that the ministers are bending the law for personal gain."

"Therefore I invite Your Majesty to ask Your Majesty to judge ······"

Zhao Yu's voice fell, and the rest of the people in the hall only tightened their hearts, raised their heads tentatively, and looked at Liu Sheng on the royal couch with thoughts.

- Zhao Yu, this is really a pot that can't be opened!

I said before I came, I don't rush to mention the matter of the Huns knocking on the side!

How······

"I generally know the situation of the battle on the side wall."

"In the battle in the north, please also ask the princes to express their opinions."

Seeing that everyone was cramped, Liu Sheng was not annoyed, but he only said a word without being salty, so he naturally lowered his head and looked at the military report on the imperial case in front of him.

As Liu Sheng just said: Although in the past half a month, Liu Sheng, as the Son of Heaven, is not in Chang'an or in the power center of the court, but Liu Sheng has not ignored the matters that should be cared about.

For example, the general battle situation sent back by the side wall, Liu Sheng nested in the palace of Shanglin Yuan, and watched it dozens or hundreds of times!

And the real situation is indeed as Zhao Yu said: in this battle, the one who suffered the greatest loss, and was also the worst abused by the Huns, was the Beidi County where Chao Cuo was stationed.

According to the report sent back by the side wall, this time, the Huns can be said to have poured south, and the battle establishment is full of 20 '10,000 horsemen', and the strength of the army has reached a terrifying 140,000 people!

Its main force is elite, and it includes the main force of Shan Yuting's headquarters and the headquarters of the Right Xian King, and even the Xiongnu Shan Yu Da Tent of the military ministers of the Xiongnu and the wolf of the Right Xian Wang, all appeared on the front line.

Among them, Youxian Wang Yizhi led 40,000 cavalry in his headquarters, a total of 24,000 people, plus 20,000 cavalry and 12,000 men in each of the two divisions of Lou Fu and Baiyang, a total of 48,000 troops, to attack Yanmen County, where Zhidu was stationed.

Because it was an unwarned, unusually spring invasion, Zhidu was caught off guard, and fell into great passivity in the early stage of the war;

Although he quickly reacted and reorganized the direction, the control outside the city had been snatched away by the Huns, and even if Zhidu wanted to make up for it, it was difficult to take back control of the city from the hands of the Hun rangers with the infantry in his hands.

- Clever woman, it is difficult to cook without rice.

In desperation, Zhidu could only order the gates of the cities in Yanmen County to be closed, trying his best to avoid being broken by the Huns;

As for the field, because of the disadvantage of the troops and the loss of the fighter plane in the early stage of the war, Zhi had to give up helplessly.

The two counties of Shang and Dai are not actually border counties directly bordering the grassland;

These two counties suffered from military disasters, in fact, it was precisely because the Zhidu of Yanmen completely gave up control of the field that the Hun cavalry was unimpeded and were able to set foot on the two counties in the southwest and southeast of Yanmen by 'going around the city without entering, all the way to the south'.

Compared with what happened to Zhidu, Cheng Buzhi, who 'went out of the same school', was much luckier.

- The Huns' attack on Yanmen was actually to send a feint attack by a partial army, or to attract the attention of the Han army, and to buy time for the main force of Shan Yu to attack the north;

The reason why Shan Yu's main force wanted to attack Beidi was because Chaona and Xiaoguan within the jurisdiction of Beidi County could ignite the flames of war to the root of the Han family: Guanzhong.

It is precisely for this reason that Longyou County, which did not block between the grassland and Xiaoguan, was lucky to avoid this war.

The Huns only sent tens of thousands of rangers to patrol the road from Longyou to the north, showing an attitude of 'as long as you don't support the north, then I have no interest in fighting Longyou at all'.

And the Beidi County where Chao Cuo was stationed suffered an old crime because he was blocked from Xiao Pass, or wrapped Xiao Pass in the middle.

——The first battle that broke out in the war was a sneak attack by Shan Yuting's headquarters at night, and nearly 80,000 Hu cavalry attacked Chaonasai!

Tens of thousands of cavalry from the main force of Shan Yuting's headquarters sneaked attack, and the 5,000 Han army guards stationed in Chaonasai almost had no chance of victory;

In the end, in order to cover the transfer of the people behind Nasai, and also to leave enough time for the comrades and compatriots behind him to arrange the direction, the Captain of the North led 5,000 soldiers from his headquarters to defend Chaonasai.

The battle lasted for a day and night, and the 5,000 officers and soldiers of the Han army, including the commander himself, Sun Wu, were all martyred······

During the battle, the county guard quickly blocked several directions in front and back, intending to slow down the advance of the Huns;

However, all the elite troops were killed in the court, and there were less than 10,000 troops left, and the local armed forces mixed with agriculture were wrong, and they still failed to seize the opportunity of 'making meritorious contributions and paying homage to the prime minister'······

"The Captain of the Northland died in battle, and I am very sad."

"Before returning to the palace, I went to visit the Empress Dowager, and I had already decided with the Empress Dowager: posthumously crown Sun Wu, the commander of the northern land, as the marquis of Dingguo, the marquis of Guannei, and his son will be the lord."

"As for the war situation in the Northland, how much responsibility does Chao Cuo have for 'ineffective combat'······"

···

"I've read the report sent back by the border gate, and I have some ideas, but I'm not very sure."

"Since it's about the military formation, it's better to summon the Marquis."

"—Sun Wu, the Governor of the Northland, is also a proud protégé of the Marquis;"

"If it weren't for Chao Cuo's release to the Northland, this Sun Wu would have been the Northland County Guard I planned to appoint."

"Summoning the Marquis;"

"After the Marquis has explained the details of this battle, we will talk about the crime of mistake."

The extremely calm, even calm to the point of being a little indifferent, only caused the ten people in the hall to be stunned for a while;

After a long time, I saw Uncle Nei Shi Tian standing up, thinking about it again and again, and Fang said with a lot of doubts: "The ministers know why Your Majesty went to Shanglin in the past half a month. ”

"I just hope that after His Majesty comes back, he can calm down a little······"

"-I'm calm."

Without waiting for Uncle Tian's words to fall, he saw that on the royal couch, Liu Sheng still spoke indifferently;

When Uncle Tian raised his head in disbelief, he saw Liu Sheng staring deeply into the depths of his gaze······

"I'm calm."

(End of chapter)