Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 3704 Host peace talks
Cen Wenwen lowered his head, drank his tea, and didn't notice the eyes of his surroundings. It seemed that he didn't care about Liu Jie's sudden emergence and aggressiveness.

Is it because the day of becoming an official is not far away, so he doesn't care about it?

Is it because of old age, frailty, lack of energy, and powerlessness in the face of Liu Ji's sudden rise?
Or, Liu Ji's sudden rise today has already been approved by him in advance?
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The civil servants and military generals gathered in the hall. Faced with this change that may affect the power structure of the Eastern Palace, they all remained silent, feeling like a stormy sea in their hearts.

Even Li Chengqian looked at Liu Ji meaningfully.

He doesn't care about Liu Ji's sudden rise and the establishment of another sect. For those in power, it is important to maintain the balance of the power structure so that all parties are in a state of mutual complementarity and mutual restraint. Only in this way can the stable implementation of the regime be ensured. It highlights the importance of the superior, but it is not so important who is restricting who.

They are all loyal courtiers, even if the superiors have likes and dislikes, they can't favor one over the other, "clear rewards and punishments", "a bowl of water is level", that's what the superiors should do.

Cen Wenwen is getting old. If it wasn't for this sudden mutiny, he would have retired from office and returned home at this moment, enjoying the family happiness with his grandchildren. The power system he represents must have collapsed after he took office, and now Liu Jie has taken over. , can ensure the orderly transfer of power.

With Liu Ji to check and balance Xiao Yu, and the civil service system represented by Liu Ji and Xiao Yu to check and balance the military represented by Fang Jun and Li Jing, mutual restraint and a complete structure can ensure the stability of the power of the East Palace.

Of course, the premise of all this is that Donggong can survive this mutiny smoothly, and that the crown prince can ascend to the throne...

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Li Chengqian was not surprised to hear that Liu Ji begged to take over the peace talks. The peace talks were fully implemented by the civil servants of the Eastern Palace. If they were completed in the hands of Liu Ji, then he would rise to power in one fell swoop, and he could sit on an equal footing with Xiao Yu and Cen Wenwen, without any objection .

Li Chengqian looked at Cen Wenwen and asked, "What advice does Zhongshu Ling have?"

He gave Cen Wenwen enough respect. After all, his identity, status, and qualifications are all the top civil servants, and he is on par with Xiao Yu. The text is too embarrassing.

Of course, if Cen Wenwen retreated bravely by himself and was willing to die, that would be another matter...

Cen Wenwen put down the teacup and said slowly: "The old minister is old and frail, and his energy is low. He should have retired at this moment, but because the rebel army suddenly rose up and endangered the country, he rallied his remaining courage to help His Highness set things right and maintain justice. As for the peace talks, it is indeed beyond our capabilities, since the servant is not afraid of difficulties and shoulders the heavy responsibility, the veteran can only be happy."

The hall became more and more silent.

Fang Jun was a little stunned, and just wanted to shout "good guy"!
That old guy Xiao Yu didn't even want to lose face in order to fight for power and profit. He fought with the military shirtless and was red-faced.As a result, the man hadn't returned yet, and was stabbed in the back suddenly and fiercely.

Obviously, Cen Benwen has reached an alliance with Liu Ji in private, and Liu Ji will inherit Cen Benwen's political resources and support him to become another powerful force that can be compared with Xiao Yu.At the same time, Liu Jie will accept Cen Wenwen's team and children from the clan to escort these people.

A change of power in the imperial court has been completed quietly without anyone noticing it. When Xiao Yu returns to Chang'an, he will soon face the split civil service system and the challenge of Liu Jie, a newly promoted civil official. ...

Fang Jun couldn't help mourning for Xiao Yu.

Li Chengqian looked around at the civil servants and generals in the hall. After a while, he nodded and said: "The servant is brave to take responsibility and is loyal to the country. I am very pleased. I will hand over the peace talks to the servant. I hope that the servant will work hard and forge ahead. In the future The country is stable, the country is peaceful, and the achievements of servants will be recorded in the annals of history and praised by all people."

Liu Ji bowed to the ground: "Thank you for your trust, Your Highness, I will definitely do my best and be completely devastated!"

After getting up, although he tried his best to suppress the excitement in his heart, the red light on his face could not be concealed no matter what, and he looked very complacent and extremely excited.

Every step of promotion in the civil service system is accompanied by cunning calculations, especially at the highest level above the court, where the right time, place and people are indispensable, and merit alone cannot reach the sky in one step.The situation in Donggong seems to be dangerous now, but as long as the peace talks are facilitated and the position of Donggong is stable, he, Liu Jie, will be promoted to the highest level of civil servants and become a big boss.

Taking a step back, even if the rebels win in the end and the East Palace is destroyed, Liu Jie still has enough capital to fight the Guanlongmen Clan by virtue of his current status.

What's more, as long as he can facilitate peace talks in the future, even Xiao Yu can't hold him back.

Li Ji, the head of the prime minister, is unshakable, but his position is transcendent, and the move of leading troops outside and watching the fire from the other side must be suspected by the prince. If there is no accident, the day the prince ascends the throne will be the day when Li Ji steps down. At that time, Liu Jie could compete for the position of "below one person and above tens of thousands".

The pinnacle of life is just around the corner.

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Fang Jun watched with cold eyes, watching the huge changes in the civil service system taking place before his eyes, so he turned around and whispered to Ma Zhou beside him, "When did this guy get on line with Cen Jingren?"

For a big brother of this status, he cherishes his political resources very much. Even if he retires, he will be on guard against his successors. He must rely on his successors to support his clan and children, and he must let his successors accept his own. Afterwards, the political resources were wiped out and refused to admit it.

So this process is extremely long and cautious, and it can never be completed overnight, because when you step down, all the right to speak will be completely lost, and if you meet someone who is not good, you will suffer a big loss, and there is no place to make up for it...

Ma Zhou shook his head and said calmly, "I never cared about these things."

Fang Jun laughed.

If there are really "pure ministers" in history, Ma Zhou must be counted as one.This famous minister is not only "non-party", but even "non-friend".He is Li Er Majesty's subordinate Jian Ba, and the reason why he supports the East Palace now is because the crown prince occupies the "fame and righteousness", not because following the crown prince can be a slave to the dragon.

Even though he is close to Fang Jun, he seldom has official contacts, at most, he has a few drinks in private, and rarely talks about official business.

His mind is all on government affairs, he has no other distractions, he forgets to eat and sleep, he is really a model of a famous minister...

Fang Jun reminded: "Of course you are not stained by mud, but as Jing Zhaoyin, if the peace talks are successful and the court is stabilized, in your position, I am afraid that troubles will continue."

The Jingzhao Mansion governs the important areas of Gyeonggi, and the area under its jurisdiction is the center of the empire's economic taxation. Although it is only a governor, its official rank is from the second rank, the same level as the left and right servants of the Shangshu, and it is a proper court boss.It should be noted that the Zhongshuling, Shizhong, and even the six ministers and the sixteen generals who are regarded as Zaifu are no more than three grades...

It is conceivable that if Liu Ji wants to completely control the court and fight against Xiao Yu, he must win over Ma Zhou, the powerful Jing Zhaoyin.But Ma Zhou disdained to form cliques, so he would definitely offend Liu Ji, and Liu Ji naturally tried to get Ma Zhou away, and he wanted to take the position of Jing Zhaoyin himself, so as to overwhelm Xiao Yu.

Ma Zhou glanced at Fang Jun, frowned and said, "Why do I think you're gloating?"

Then he said again: "Are you really not worried about the current situation at all?"

It is said that his start of war has brought the peace talks to the brink of collapse, making it difficult to continue.Once the peace talks completely collapsed, the flames of war between the two sides would naturally rekindle. With the current strength of the East Palace, even if the Anxi Army could arrive in time, it would be hard to say that they would surely win.

The situation is unpredictable.

Fang Jun raised his eyebrows, and said: "Peace talks for the sake of peace talks can only make Guan Long gain an inch and be insatiable. In the end, even if the peace talks are facilitated, the East Palace will lose its majesty and give up most of its power. Facing Guan Long's coercion, they have no prestige. Only when Guan Long is beaten hard and hurt, will they sit down and negotiate honestly, and will not dare to make unreasonable demands. It's okay for Xiao Yu, Cen Regardless of the text, it is already messed up at this moment, if they are allowed to lead the peace talks, the outcome can be imagined, and they cannot be left to do whatever they want."

"Ha ha."

Ma Zhou sneered, and said Xiao Yu and Cen Wenwen were fools?
Who can be more foolish than you guy!

Then, he turned his head and looked around, seeing that no one was paying attention to the two of them, he leaned over slightly and asked Fang Jun in a low voice: "Why do I feel that you are not trying to gain bargaining chips at all, but rushing to disturb the two of them?" Huang and talked to go?"

(End of this chapter)