Chapter 1: Courtier Chess
In the fourth year of Qinghe, King Meihe of Jin succeeded to the throne.
On the day of the ceremony, the world will be amnesty, thousands of lights will be lit up, thousands of people will be empty, and the sky will be festive. The country is a glorious scene.
But it didn't last long.
Emperor Taijin, quite virtuous and talented, changed the government of the separation of powers in the previous dynasties, integrated military and political power, and acted vigorously and resolutely.
His words must be true, and his words must be done. The order is reached, and the next Buddha dares to rebel, and there is no suspicion of prevarication and procrastination.
Therefore, although the taxation and servitude of the people are heavy, and the administrative conduct of the officials is hard, they dare not speak.
The new emperor Mei He, under the shadow of the royal father's deeds, advocates the military and politics beside him, stretches out his hand to the sky, walks on the kun, speaks alone, and the supreme power of hundreds of officials and people dare to rebel.
Therefore, he did not listen to the words of hundreds of officials, and firmly exercised centralized power.
However, I don't know that the gap between people, even if it is a father and a son, can be huge.
In the eighth year of Qinghe, Mei He ascended the throne for four years, there was no achievement in political affairs, talents could not be used, officials were greedy, the people were overwhelmed, and there were many complaints.
Militarily, the generals are incompetent, and they are all drunk. Ordnance research and development has come to a standstill. And the four neighboring countries are like hungry tigers and greedy wolves, eyeing each other.
In the second year of Vietnam, natural disasters occurred.
Locusts are raging, and the affected land, including seven counties and twelve cities, is in danger.
In the tenth year of Qinghe, a time to rewrite the course of history has arrived.
Emperor Taiming, Yang Zhao's birthday.
Throughout the ages, there are many talents that are unbeatable.
But there is no case that can be compared with Yang Zhao.
In March, he can speak, he can run in June, he reads the Bible at the age of two, he cultivates martial arts for four years, and he has a cold spear, which is praised by the world.
In the twenty-sixth year of Qinghe, Yang Zhao was sixteen years old, and the Jin Dynasty came to the final end.
Because there was a young man who held a cold gun and rode a green horse, he went out of Anyang County.
At that time, the overall situation was chaotic, the warlords were divided, the wars were endless, and the people of the world were displaced.
The western Great Xia cavalry of the neighboring country entered the Jin, greedy tigers and wolves, showing their minions; the northern desert garrisoned 400,000 soldiers in the border area, the intention of stealing the country is self-evident; the southern Liang secretly transported grain and grass to the north, and the arrow was ready to be attacked, just waiting for the arrow to be fired. The eastern Jin Kingdom besieged the three counties, and when the time came, the soldiers set foot in Jincheng.
The danger of overthrowing the country is imminent.
At the time of difficulty, the Dragon River burst, the turbulent river, and the lives of the people were destroyed. The water crossed the land of the four counties, drowning 300,000 people and destroying 100,000 acres of soil.
Tens of millions of people have no clothes to wear, no food to drink, and no place to live.
The people rose up and resisted, the capital of the country fell without doing anything, the king of Jin hanged himself, and the dynasty collapsed.
It is not easy to build a prosperous era, and it will take at least hundreds of years. However, to destroy a prosperous world, it is simple, and one plum crane is enough.
Commander of the Yang family's army, Yang Zhao said.
Three years after the fall of the country, Yang Jiajun was raised. Yang Zhao led the army north from Anyang County, successively tried to destroy the four major warlords, manipulated the vassal kings of all roads, collected more than 2 million troops, entered the sand city in the west to destroy the Xia country, slaughtered the desert in the cold and bitter land in the north, and conquered the Liang in the rich domain in the south.
In the thirty-sixth year of Qinghe, the Ming Dynasty was built, the country name was "Daming", and the capital was Anyang.
On the day of the enthronement, the old year was abolished, and a new calendar was set up.
In the second year of Yonghe, the country was decided, the world was settled, the national law was promulgated, the Jin law was abolished and the power was centralized in the king, and two ministers, three dukes and six ministries were set up, and the decentralization was so large that it was rare compared to previous dynasties.
In the fourth year of Yonghe, the people were able to recuperate, the people were stable, the treasury was rich, and the monarch Yang Zhao crossed the Dragon River and set out to conquer the Jin country.
Ran Tian is jealous of Yingxian, above the Dragon River, Yang Zhaoyu, at the age of Chinese New Year's Eve, known as Emperor Taiming.
When the news of his death came back to Mingdu, the imperial court was shocked, and the expedition to the Kingdom of Jin ended without a problem.
After taking the Zhengda Guangming plaque and the suicide note on the body of Emperor Yang Zhao of Taiming, the two are corrected, word for word.
At that time, Yang Zhao's eldest son was seven years old, and Yang Xu succeeded him.
Yang Zhao's martial arts are excellent, he has a hundred-year-old life, and the death of Long He is very surprising. After the return of Emperor Taiming's entourage, his subordinates sought specific details.
However, the historian took it with him, and took out the accompanying note, only four words, and the cause of death was unknown.
At this point, the death of Emperor Taiming has become an incomprehensible mystery.
After Yang Xu ascended the throne, according to the calendar, his mother Hua set up the queen mother, and his brothers, uncles and relatives were all crowned princes and kings, and each had its own fiefdom, which was inherited from generation to generation.
The Ming Emperor is young, and major events at all levels can not be broken, and he needs to be assisted by a close person.
Therefore, since the age of seven, every morning court, accompanied by the Queen Mother.
However, the Ming country is huge, the rivers and mountains are vast, especially after the conquest of the three kingdoms of Liang, Xia and Mo, the people of the country, how can there be tens of millions?
Therefore, in order to govern the country, on the basis of the two phases, three public and six departments, five offices, seven courtyards, eight temples, and nine Qings were added.
Since then, the central government has once again delegated a lot. Moreover, there are hereditary marquis and kings with different surnames outside the far capital.
Carefully calculated, the power and even military power that are really in the hands of the Ming Emperor are already pitiful.
Therefore, when Yang Xu after the coronation ceremony, when he wanted to take back the imperial power, he suddenly found that it was not so easy.
It is much more difficult to get back power than to give it away.
It's just that if it's stable, it's just that if you don't go back for a while.
However, when private power is unprecedentedly expanded, there are no more people without ambition.
In the summer of the ninth year of Yonghe, Yang Xu made a weak crown ceremony and raised the dynasty to celebrate peace.
Summer is a good season, with flowers and flowers, falling and fragrant.
Especially in this huge Ming Emperor's court.
However, Yang Xu did not like the flourishing of summer flowers, as early as the turn of spring and summer, he ordered people to prune off the brightly colored flowers and plants.
Therefore, this should be a little lonely in the back garden.
It's better to be lonely, so that his mind can be gathered on the chess game.
Yes, in a small pavilion, he was playing against a man.
Weak crown ceremony, such an important day, but how can you have the leisure to play chess in this back garden?
If it were known to other ministers, it would not be known why.
Because the Ming Emperor was drunk and put on a drunken posture, staggered, and left the banquet.
Sitting opposite Yang Xu, the right-hand man holding the right hand is thinking about a middle-aged man, his country is upright, with a mustache, and it is not accurate to say that he is upright, or the first feeling he gives people is gentle.
The bearing is mild, and the subordinates are gentle.
However, compared to mildness, he was not as good as the upright young man opposite.
The young man is not aware at all, he has a pair of phoenix eyes, which is very charming, if you count the shallow eyebrows, you have to describe it as beautiful.
This young man is, the contemporary Ming Emperor, Yang Xu.
Looking at this scene, how can you say that you are drunk?
"Chen, lose!" About half an hour later, the white son held by the Guozheng man had nowhere to fall after all, so his face was slightly depressed, his voice was slightly embarrassed, and he said three words.
Emperor Ming did not speak.
After a while, Fang Fang threw out a sentence flatly, "How do you think the right minister is doing with this emperor?"
When he asked this, Yang Xu looked into the eyes of the Guozheng man.
For no reason, why did he say such a sentence, the middle-aged man did not know.
"The minister is terrified!" said the right minister, standing up and clenching his fists and bowing his head.
The action of lowering his head made him look at Yang Xu at a loss.
"I forgive you for your innocence, just tell the truth!"
The right minister raised his eyes and found that the young man's expression had not changed.
"Your Majesty loves the people like a son, and is merciful for the sake of a virtuous and wise king!"
"Haha! There is De Mingjun?" Ming Huang stood up, muttering to himself, laughing at himself.
The laughter makes people even more confused.
"I don't think I'm doing well as an emperor. ”
"Your Majesty is humble!"
"Xun Qian?" Yang Xu laughed at himself again.
"Your courtiers are laborious in chess, but I don't know that my king's chess is equally difficult. Emperor Ming suddenly said a flat sentence.
However, at this moment, the gaze of the right minister changed suddenly.
It is a reason for the courtiers to go to bed with the concubines and want to push back.
That is, the emperor wants to win, but he also wants the emperor to win the interest. This pair of schools on the school naturally requires many times the effort.
Da Da...
In the next season, the young man in the dragon robe suddenly took the sunspot and dropped three in turn on the chessboard.
The chessboard is made of wood, and the chess pieces are made of jade, so when it falls, it suddenly makes a crisp sound.
The three clicks were very clear, but they didn't break the thoughts generated by looking at the three sons.
It seems that the position of these three sons has a magical power, and it attracts the eyes and emotions of the right minister to the extreme.
King chess, as the name suggests, is explained in terms of courtier chess, that is, it is necessary to be able to win and win interest, and also to have courtiers play courtier chess.
In such a competition, the most difficult thing in the world to do is not the people at the bottom.
At this time, Emperor Ming walked to the right side of the prime minister and said calmly: "One governor, two ministers, three dukes, four divisions, five departments, six departments, seven courtyards, eight temples, nine Qing, ten kings." ”
The right prime minister took his eyes off the chess game and looked at the boy.
Emperor Ming smiled bitterly and said, "If the people are like this, how can I not know?"
The gaze of the right phase changes greatly.
"The governor is in charge of the court, and he directly orders the queen mother, and the court needs to be given a seat to be equal to me. On weekdays, I have to say Chitose when I see it. Who is not one of the chamberlains in this court who is not him and his mother? Even if he wants to play a game of chess with you, he must hide his eyes on the grounds of drunkenness. You say I'm a Mingjun, but I don't know where Meiji is?"
The right phase was startled, and his mind fluctuated greatly, because he knew that this was the truth.
"The left minister is in power, and he is unifying everything. The scale of travel is far beyond the scale of me. The month before last, Pang Long rebelled, and he didn't even ask me, so he personally led the Praetorian Guards to steal 128 lives of General Pang's Manchu. How can I not know that Pang Long was forced to rebel? You say that I also have the deeds of Demingjun?"
The right phase's heart has changed from ups and downs to shock.
"The three dukes have done nothing, but the Jixia School Palace has never been driven by me, and the talented and virtuous people need to take the lead in asking the three dukes before taking office, and what is my status in their eyes? What they do is the official of the Three Princes!"
Hearing this, the right Xiang's expression no longer changed, and he was very calm at the moment, without saying a word.
"The Fifth Department of Guozijian is to cultivate talents for the Ming Dynasty, but which talented and virtuous person must not be promoted by him Wei Houming before he can appear in front of me?
Right and Left nodded imperceptibly.
Because everyone in the world knows that Wei Houming is the person of King Wuping. At the beginning, there was a lack of a royal historian in the five departments, and the pilgrimage of King Wuping was served by Wei Houming, and the right minister's opinion was to the left, so the Ming Emperor did not approve.
However, Ning Yuan, the commander of the capital, Ning Yuan, the assassin of Langzhou, Yu Qing, and Ye Xun, the waiter of the Yuanmen, all died suddenly in the mansion on the third day after receiving the holy decree of the imperial doctor.
Until Wei Houming became the imperial doctor.
Therefore, among the kings with different surnames, the most blatant relationship is undoubtedly Wei Houming and King Wuping.
"As for the six departments, the Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, the Shilang of the Household Department, and even the Lang of the Criminal Department, I don't have the slightest confidence that they are not the people of the Lieyang King, the Green Ape King, and the Chunyuan King. Even the five-grade Lang Zhong is not my person, you say that I am a Ming Jun, how dare I deal with these two words?"
"Even if Your Majesty doesn't speak, the old minister also knows the suffering of the emperor over the years. Zuo Xian said.
"You don't know, and if you do, that's not what I'm waiting for. Yang Xu said suddenly.
Zuo Xian was a little stunned, his expression was on his face, not very natural.
Because at this moment, he and Yang Xu looked at each other.
"It would be fine if I were a person with no ambition or a desire for pleasure, but I was born in the emperor's family. He said this truth.
But on closer inspection, it's a bit illogical.
But Zuo Xian understood, so he didn't respond, and was thinking.
"The Duke is directly subordinate to the queen mother, and the left minister is Concubine Cai's father, and I need someone. "Emperor Ming approached.
This is another sentence without beginning and end.
"The king's chess is a clear proof of me, with you, I am not afraid of them in the court and even the kings outside the court. "Emperor Ming is domineering.
"The minister himself is the person of the Ming Emperor. Zuo Xian said suddenly.
Yang Xu was taken aback, but for a moment, he was relieved and said confidently: "I pride myself on having the talent to govern the world, and I also want to be the virtuous gentleman in your mouth." I am also confident that one day I will become the real me in the mouth of the hundred officials! Now I will seriously ask you, if you want to be the real me, are you willing?
"Minister's will!" Zuo Xian knelt on the ground and bowed his head.
"Father, please get up!"
However, Zuo Xian, who raised his head, did not get up.
"How can I blame you for your temptation! Since I am me, I have my bearing, so please hurry up. Yang Xu knew the reason why Zuo Xian couldn't kneel on the ground, so he admonished and bent over to help.
"The old minister is terrified!" Zuo Xian didn't dare to let Emperor Ming bend his knees.
"Father is serious. ”
With these five words, Zuo Xian has zero tears.
It is enough to receive a person's heart, appreciation and respect.
This point, Yang Xu in the year of the weak crown did it.