Chapter 22: The Ministers
Just when the shogunate of the town army and his party hurried to Fan County, Shao Xun's note had been submitted to the desk of the Son of Heaven.
After reading it, the Son of Heaven and the important ministers lost their voices for a while.
As far as the Son of Heaven is concerned, there is anger, but after the anger is more panic.
Xun Fan sighed, how can there be people who don't have a long memory? Can the words of the Son of Heaven be taken seriously? Once the matter is defeated, it is impossible for the Son of Heaven to admit it.
When Sima Yue went out of Yanzhou for the first time, the former governor of Xuzhou and the king of Jingling proposed to attack He Lun, and the Son of Heaven allowed him.
This is actually like Sima Yi, the king of Changsha, who gathered more than 100 henchmen to raid Qi Wangjian, and it was a surprise and large-scale assassination operation.
In the end, it didn't work out. The Son of Heaven put all the blame on King Jingling and plucked himself clean.
Gou Xi is old, and he is still in this kind of ghost, so he can only say that he is dizzy.
Wang Yan also came, sat aside and didn't speak.
The Son of Heaven's gaze wandered over him a few times and asked, "Why didn't the Taiwei say a word?" ”
"The minister is worried about state affairs, and he doesn't know where to start." Wang Yan replied.
Sima Chi's face was not good-looking, and he said in a stiff tone: "Taiwei is old and seeks the country, and he must have something to teach." ”
Wang Yan groaned and said, "Your Majesty, Duke Chen has said a lot of things about this seal. After reading it, the minister only asked His Majesty, what would happen if Chen voted for the Huns? ”
Sima Chi's face turned white.
Xun Fan, Xun Group, Liu Jun, Zheng Yu and others also frowned.
Wang Yan continued expressionlessly: "The Xiongnu have always been generous to surrender people. In the past, Liu Yuanhai attached great importance to Chen Gong and gave him a good bow, which was passed down as a beautiful talk for a while. Today, Chen Gong fought in the east and west, and fought in the south and north, and his prestige was great, and Shi Le, Wang Mi, Shi Chao and others were all defeated under him. If Chen Gong surrendered with everyone, Liu Cong should be overjoyed, or he will be crowned the king of the county, entrusted with authority, and will supervise the military affairs of several states in Henan. Your Majesty, imagine how you will get out of trouble if the situation comes to this point. ”
"The generals under Shao Xun's account are not all crazy." Sima Chi argued.
"Indeed." Wang Yan nodded, and said: "But the most warlike Silver Spear Army and the Volunteer Army are all their subordinates, and whoever the master votes for, they will follow." Luonan also has soldiers from the government, with thousands of them, and the countryside, houses, armor, and equipment are all given by Shao Xun, and how many hearts do they have to the court? Shao Xun has been in charge of the Yamen Army for many years, and he is good at soothing the hearts of the army, and he works tirelessly every New Year's Day, and the rewards are continuous, and he comforts him, how many of these people still remember the imperial court? ”
"Let's talk about the Praetorian Army." Wang Yan continued: "Shao Xun is a number of Luoyang, and his prestige in the army is extremely high. Your Majesty may wish to think about it, such a crisis may be solved? ”
Sima Chi's face turned pale when he was spoken.
There is no way back.
The courtiers jumped to the side of the Huns, and the high-ranking officials enjoyed it.
You can't do anything about him, he has Liu Han's way out, once he throws himself over, Shi Le and the others may have to listen to his orders.
At that time, not to mention anything else, most of the imperial court was gone, and everyone was reduced to prisoners.
"Your Majesty, I heard that Duke Chen has a secret edict in his hand?" Liu Jun said suddenly.
Sima Chi was just frightened by Wang Yan, and when he heard the word "secret edict", he habitually denied it: "The rumors are false." ”
"That's Gou Xi's edict?" Liu Jun asked.
Sima Chi spoke.
"If it is an edict, then there is no forgiveness for sin." Liu Jun said: "Maybe you can send a message to the whole world and send someone to arrest you." ”
Sima Chi glanced at Liu Jun hatefully and did not refute.
Gou Xi's army is destroyed, and it is no longer valuable, so let's die.
It's not the first time I've done this, anyway.
Liu Jun and Wang Yan glanced at each other, but they both looked away.
It's not that you don't want to help the Son of Heaven, the problem is that you have to weigh what you can do and what you can't do.
If the situation is bad, everyone's interests will be damaged, and at this time they are willing to play with you, that is a real loyal minister, but unfortunately there are few loyal ministers.
Even Gou Xi may not be a loyal minister.
"Shao Xun—" After the Son of Heaven was quiet for a while, he asked, "Will you enter Beijing?" ”
"No, it won't." Xun Fan shook his head and said.
"Maybe." Wang Yan said.
Xun Fan glanced at Wang Yan, what did he do to scare the Son of Heaven at this time?
Sima Yue can enter Beijing to clean the court, but Shao Xun can't do this.
If he really does it, he will be the public enemy of the world, and in the face of a four-way crusade, most of the ministers of Yuzhou and Yanzhou will also oppose him.
However, Xun Fan thought about it, and was also shaken, what if Shao Xun recklessly came to Luoyang to kill indiscriminately, and when he saw that something could not be done, he would join the Huns?
Will he vote for the Huns? Xun Fan thought about it, and finally sighed and said, "Your Majesty may issue an edict to appease Duke Chen." ”
The Son of Heaven's face turned red all at once.
What he said to Gou Xi in the edict was not nonsense.
Isn't it true that "theft of the spear"? From time to time, the Luoyang arsenal transferred ordnance to Liang County, some of which he didn't even know.
He also stole my grain every day.
Without me, would he be in the situation he is in today?
"How's that for a pacification method?" Sima Chi gritted his teeth and said.
Wang Yan didn't see his expression, and said: "Wang Kang, the governor of Yuzhou, resigned, and there is a shortage of overseers today, so he may be entrusted with this position." ”
Sima Chi laughed nervously: "Shao Xun is neither a clan nor a relative, and he is only twenty-four years old...... Can the dynasty have a governor under the age of 30 and a history of assassination? ”
The crowd was silent.
Age is indeed his biggest bruise. Not to mention that you are twenty-four years old, even if you are thirty years old, you have never seen the governor and assassin history, no matter how much credit you have made, when you choose officials, age will not be negated.
Not to mention hard conditions such as appearance, demeanor, and origin.
Sticking to these is actually to maintain the rules. You keep making exceptions, and what you lose is the prestige of the court, even though there is not much of that prestige left.
You can't let Shao Xun marry a princess and then become the governor of Xuchang as a concubine, right?
Hey? Don't say it! Don't talk about it!
Wang Yan couldn't stand it anymore, and said directly: "If it was put two years ago, the minister would have thought it was impossible." In the past four years, Yongjia has been in turmoil, and there are those who have self-styled assassination; There are those who attack without the order of the court; It is like a separation, and there are those who do not pay money and food. All kinds of situations are vivid. Chen Gong supervised the Cao Yun and repeatedly broke the stubborn enemy, which can be described as extremely obedient. There are some rules, it's time to change them. ”
Sima Chi was silent, obviously unwilling.
Wang Yan sighed and asked, "Your Majesty, do you know the geometry of the grain stored in Taicang in Dongyangmen?" ”
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Sima Chi glanced at him blankly.
"If there is no grain to come, I am afraid it will be difficult to support it until the end of the year." Wang Yan said.
Xun Fan and Xun Group stopped talking, only sighed.
If there is a lack of food, the forbidden army will have no will to fight, and the soldiers and civilians of Luoyang will starve to death in large numbers.
"Langya Wang Rui is sparse, and bluntly said that Zhou Zuxuan is domineering, and he has sent troops to fight, and Shouchun is afraid that there will be no food to enter Beijing." Wang Yan said again: "Today, only Guangling is left, which is the place where Gou Xi robbed and plundered grain. ”
Sima Chi opened his mouth, but finally said nothing.
Shao Xun was the villain who sued first, saying that Gou Xi robbed the grain, which was complete nonsense.
But when Wang Yan said this, he obviously wanted to make Gou Xi's crime a reality.
Not only robbing the grain, but also presumptuous, why not die?
Sima Chi only felt that this was "snapping" to slap him in the face, pressing his head to eat that.
"The imperial court elects officials, and it has its own laws......" Sima Chi said weakly.
Wang Yan directly interrupted and said: "Maybe it can be enlightened by two important ministers, and the imperial court will send people to investigate, and then grant the festival." ”
There are many ways to become an official in the dynasty.
Taixue and Guozixue are two ways - just have the qualifications to be an official, not necessarily be able to become an official, occasionally some civilians, most of them are the children of scholars, especially Guozixue.
The state promotes talent and the county investigates filial piety, and there are two ways, that is, the state and county elections - most of them distribute fertilizer to the local scholars.
Article 5 is the election of important ministers of the opening government, who are appointed by themselves, and most of them are government officials.
Subordinates do not need to report to the imperial court, and superiors need the permission of the imperial court to transfer to foreign officials, and shogunate officials can also serve as court officials - Wang Yan once served as Sima Yue's military secretary as Situ.
The sixth article is the imperial court election (central election), occasionally some commoners will be elected, but it is better to have a knighthood, which is prepared for nobles and relatives, and is reflected in official documents, which are generally "levy", "worship", "remove", and "grant".
The seventh is the door shade, not for ordinary people.
The eighth article is what Wang Yan said, which is rarely used by the important ministers at the level of the three princes and prime ministers, and is mainly prepared for celebrities, hermits, state guests, and sages.
Wang Yan wanted to pass this article and let Shao Xun become the governor, which could be regarded as the last fig leaf for the imperial court, after all, "it is beautiful and can be used".
If Shao Xun is allowed to lead the governor, and then the court posthumously recognizes it, just like Wang Jun, it will be too ugly.
The court took the initiative, and it was able to save face and pretend to maintain the rules.
"Wang Qing has a plan, what else do you want to say to me!" Sima Chi sneered.
Wang Yan is the Taiwei, Xun Fan is Sikong, and Situ is Fu Yi.
Sima Chi knew in his heart that if he couldn't figure it out, these three people would recommend Shao Xun to be the governor of Xuchang. Even, there is more than one state.
The more Sima Chi thought about it, the more irritated he became.
It's a shame this time. Gou Xi not only failed to win Yanzhou and Yuzhou, but on the contrary, he was directly beaten down by Shao Xun with a stick.
This man is acting too decisively.
After the courtiers analyzed, they had already spelled out the whole picture: a detour to Hebei and a thousand miles of attack.
This person uses soldiers, has no craftsmanship, no trace, moves like a rabbit, and is as fast as lightning. He is extremely fierce to the enemy, and he is not given a chance at all.
This-Sima Chi remembered the possibility of Shao Xun defecting to the Huns analyzed by Wang Yan again, and his heart was dark, but he maintained a sneering expression, which would not let people see the fear in his heart.
But who are you there? The human spirits who have been up and down for decades in the sea have long since seen through the careful thinking of the Son of Heaven.
To be honest, there are few people here who look up to Shao Xun, and there are even many people who dislike and hate it.
But if one has to face reality, one must compromise.
Several people then did not exist in the Son of Heaven, and finally discussed it and convicted Gou Xi for "rebellion".
Shao Xun attacked Gou Xi, meritorious and innocent, and Wang Yan, the chief lieutenant, expressed it as "the envoy of Xuchang, the military town of Yuzhou".
After Sima Chi saw it, he changed it to "Xuchang, the military town of Yuzhou, which is the military town of Yuzhou".
Sikong Xun Fan and Shang Shuling Liu Jun glanced at each other helplessly, and expressed Shao Xun as "Xuchang, the military town of Yuzhou", which can be regarded as a compromise among the nine combinations.
Very childish behavior.
"Xuchang is an important town, and the overseers need to be courteous." Wang Yan said again.
Sima Chi was dissatisfied again.
Wang Yan looked at the Son of Heaven.
It has already been given to the governor of Xuchang, so it is better to be happy, otherwise there will be no kindness at all.
"Or you can enter its opening ceremony and the three divisions, and set up your own assistant." The right servant of Shangshu, who had not spoken, shot Zheng Yu and said: "The imperial court gave gold medals and purple ribbons, and gave five o'clock court clothes, martial crowns, and mountain Xuanyu." In addition, he gave six rides to the cart, and gave twenty people to the tiger ben, and held the sword ......"
"The matter of adding officials...... Liu Jun asked.
Xun Group said: "General Pingdong is enough." ”
There are conditions for opening the mansion, because this is a great honor, and the treatment and etiquette are on par with the first product, just like the three princes.
The requirements for clans, relatives, and royal in-laws are slightly lower, but if ordinary officials want to open a government, they must have a minimum of three grades, and generally more than two grades.
Sima Lun once opened the mansion in the name of the general of Zhengxi (the third grade), and Sima Yuanxian opened the mansion at the age of sixteen as a servant and a general.
Xun Xian, who has repeatedly made military exploits for the Eastern Jin Dynasty, became a general of Beizhong Lang and a Xuzhou assassin at the age of twenty-eight, and was the youngest person in history, and he was also a concubine - he once escaped marriage, and was later arrested and forced to marry the princess.
But this is the privilege of the clan, relatives, and in-laws, and others can't envy it.
After Wang Kang ran away, General Pingdong happened to be vacant, barely qualified.
"Then move to the position of General Pingdong, open the palace and summon the three divisions, hold the festival and the governor as before." Wang Yan clapped his hands and said.
Several important ministers said a word to me, completely ignoring the Son of Heaven, but when it was finally determined, they pretended to ask the Son of Heaven.
Sima Chi was disgusted when he heard it, pinched his nose and admitted it.
"Your Majesty." Wang Yan finally asked: "How did the matter of the secret edict get out?" ”
Without going through Shangshutai and Zhongshujian, they made orders without authorization, and it was their power that was usurped.
If every Son of Heaven does this, then what else does the prime minister do?
In this way, isn't the Son of Heaven alone in the world having the final say? Are they slaves or courtiers?
Worship the prime minister, the prime ministers of Taiwan Province are not respectful, how can we talk about paying respects to the prime minister?
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