Chapter 331: Door God
Li Cunxiao was very interested in Zhao Changqing after he first met him.
Because in my impression, I have always believed that as an emperor, he should be supreme, whether it is character or behavior, he should be judged by ordinary people, after all, he is in a high position, and the temperament that naturally exudes cannot be changed.
However, the emperor of Wei was unexpected.
This majesty seems to be very approachable, but when he is angry and very upright, the domineering aura exuded by his body is very frightening, and he can shrink this kind of imperial spirit freely, I have to admit that it is a skill.
may also be accustomed to seeing His Majesty the Emperor who likes to joke on weekdays, so Li Cunxiao is silent except for laughing, for fear that he will lose in front of the emperor.
Zhao Changqing told him about 'Xiang Yu' again, and said: "When I took the three of you back to the capital, Xiang Yu was still unwilling, saying that he would personally kill the Xiang family no matter what. I didn't agree, and forcibly took him away, and he was still a little unhappy, but I imprisoned all the Xiang clan of Chu State, leaving Xiang Yu to take revenge. Do you know why I insist on letting Xiang Yu go?"
Li Cunxiao said bluntly: "Your Majesty, are you afraid that General Xiang will not obey Marshal Bai Qi's orders?"
Zhao Changqing looked at him and nodded, and said in surprise: "How did you guess?"
He said: "Back to Your Majesty, it is not difficult to guess, because his subordinates often see General Xiang's disdainful look towards Marshal Bai Qi. ”
After Zhao Changqing heard this, he smiled bitterly: "Xiang Yu is good at everything, but his temper is not very good, if I don't suppress his temper, who will be able to restrain his temper after me in the future? I can be domineering with high martial arts? I do this for his good, otherwise after a hundred years, I am afraid he will not die well!"
These words made Li Cunxiao feel a chill in his heart, and a cold sweat broke out on his back.
Your Majesty is Your Majesty, and in a few words, there is a hidden murderous intention.
At the beginning, but Li Cunxiao, Li Yuanba, and Xiang Yu followed the emperor back to Luoyang, and the emperor now said Xiang Yu, which is indirectly equivalent to bringing Shuangli with him, even if the emperor has no such intention, I am afraid that in Li Cunxiao's heart, those words are not so simple.
The emperor's words are clear, that is, if you are disobedient, you will be vulnerable to disaster in your old age.
Thinking about it this way, it is impossible for the emperor to just say Xiang Yu, it is estimated that half of it is also said to himself.
Thinking of this, Li Cunxiao only felt his scalp tingle.
Zhao Changqing didn't mean this, this was really unintentional by the speaker, but intentional by the listener.
At present, he wants to reorganize the cabinet, because he learned through the intelligence of Jinyiwei and Dongchang that Zhuge Liang began to take care of big and small things.
This seems to be a good thing, everything must be done personally and personally, but from a certain point of view, Zhuge Liang's move is tantamount to stabilizing the power of the DPRK and China, and the successive dynasties of Wei are actually not as powerful as Zhuge Liang's prime minister.
Not only can it check and balance all matters in the army, but it has also gradually formed a hall of words in the court, and it is not a way to go on like this.
It's only to blame that when he first ascended the throne, he didn't watch any twists and turns, and let Zhuge Liang deal with everything, which directly led to his excessive power.
If the mediocrity value is based on the degree that a certain minister covers the sky with one hand, then Zhao Changqing would rather not earn this mediocrity value.
Therefore, reorganizing the cabinet and reducing Zhuge Liang's power has become a necessary plan.
And the transfer of Zhuge Liang to participate in the war of the Jin State was to reorganize the cabinet.
Without his involvement, the matter of reorganizing the cabinet would have been easier.
The current cabinet, equivalent to Zhongshu Province, has the position of left and right prime minister, at present, only Zhuge Liang is the prime minister, the original prime minister's position, just to play the role of advisers, the actual decision of the six ministries, is still in the hands of the emperor.
But after Zhuge Liang took office, it was different.
It has almost expanded the power of the cabinet to the peak of all dynasties, and through the cabinet, it has indirectly controlled the six ministries.
If it had been placed in the past, Zhao Changqing would not have been willing to ask about these things, after all, he knew Zhuge Liang's personality and knew that such a courtier might take power, but he would never do anything disloyal.
However, for the sake of the Wei State in a hundred years, and for the sake of the prince who is still young now, Zhao Changqing feels that some things must be completed in his generation.
Three days later, at the court meeting, Zhao Changqing solemnly announced that the cabinet would be reshuffled.
The power of the former cabinet will be reasonably distributed to six ministries.
Now the cabinet has been changed to the position of a scholar of the palace, such as a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion and a scholar of Wuyingdian University.
On the basis of Wenyuan Pavilion, the real government affairs of the cabinet are established.
Of course, the scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion is still Zhuge Liang, that is, the first and auxiliary minister of the cabinet, and he is still called the prime minister among the people, but his power has been greatly weakened.
The original intention of reorganizing the cabinet has been completed, and Zhao Changqing began to urge Zhuge Liang to concentrate on the war.
The emperor's meaning is already very clear, that is, he is not used to seeing Zhuge Liang continue to defeat the battle.
In fact, the matter of reorganizing the cabinet, if it is replaced by other dynasties, it must be a problem, after all, this will make the government and the opposition turbulent and the political situation unstable, but in the early days, there were not so many trivial matters, and their admiration for Zhao Changqing had almost risen to the level of faith, so they were very obedient, and the emperor said that one is one.
Because of the cooperation of the ministers, Zhao Changqing reshuffled the cabinet in a big way, without encountering too much opposition, and it was carried out quite smoothly.
After Zhuge Liang knew about this matter, he looked very helpless, the emperor was stabbed in the back like this, what else could he do as a courtier?
However, he did not have too much emotion to accuse the emperor of doing something wrong.
After all, if you change to yourself, you will also find ways to weaken the power of the prime minister.
Since ancient times, the prime minister has been under the imperial power, and it is easy to prosper.
If the power of the prime minister is equal to the imperial power, it is very easy to have problems.
He wrote a letter in which he strongly endorsed the emperor's reshuffling of the cabinet.
That's his attitude.
He wants the emperor to know that he has always done things for the emperor wholeheartedly, and has never been double-minded, and for the emperor's decision-making, he has always only insisted on standing with the emperor.
The cabinet was reshuffled during the war, and it is estimated that only Zhao Changqing, an emperor, dared to do this.
In the past few days, Zhao Changqing has not had much rest, he has been having nightmares, and as soon as he fell asleep at night, he would be awakened by the scene in the dream, which made him reflect more than once, whether he had done anything wrong in the Xuanwumen incident back then.
Because of this incident, he was disturbed all day long.
Even if he stayed with He Ning, it would make Zhao Changqing feel uneasy.
However, he suddenly discovered one thing, that is, when he was with Li Cunxiao and Li Yuanba, he lost this feeling of restlessness, and he couldn't help but feel a little strange in his heart.
Late one night, Zhao Changqing, who was still awakened by a nightmare, was in pain, and he was temporarily sleepy, and he summoned Li Cunxiao and Li Yuanba to chat, chatting and chatting, but he was sleepy, so he simply ignored the two of them, and then fell asleep.
Seeing this, the two of them quietly withdrew from the main hall and stood outside the hall as guards.
This night, Zhao Changqing slept soundly.
Didn't have any nightmares.
Later, someone told him that the two generals, Li Cunxiao and Li Yuanba, had been guarding the door all night.
Zhao Changqing muttered in his heart, could it be that these two people's evil spirit blocked the ghost for himself?
There are some things that you can't believe if you don't believe it!
Late that night, Zhao Changqing was afraid that he would be awakened by a nightmare again, so he asked Li Cunxiao and Li Yuanba to keep vigil.
This night, I slept soundly.
On the second night, Zhao Changqing felt that he would never have nightmares again, so he didn't let his two brothers come over to keep vigil.
However, the night was once again awakened by a nightmare.
So, for several nights in a row, he asked Li Cunxiao and Li Yuanba to stand vigil at the gate of the palace, and he slept soundly with them.
He suddenly felt that this was not a long-term solution, and he couldn't let the two of them stay outside the hall every time he slept!
So, Zhao Changqing thought of a way, he asked the palace painter to paint a majestic portrait for Li Cunxiao and Li Yuanba, and pasted it on the palace door.
Sure enough, there was no more nightmares.
Over time, Li Cunxiao and Li Yuanba became the door gods of Wei.
Every household, in order to exorcise evil spirits and keep peace, has posted portraits of the two of them.
The story of the emperor's nightmare gradually became widespread.
(End of chapter)