Shu Chen

Chapter 198 Clues

Da Sinong is one of the nine ministers.

In charge of taxation, money grain, salt and iron, and state financial revenue and expenditure.

However, with the increasing power of the state and county magistrates, today's Dasinong has been reduced to only responsible for the custody of these materials.Position and power have long been mismatched, and it has become a noble position.

Li Yan, who rushed forward underestimated the enemy and lost nearly [-] elite soldiers, returned to Chengdu with this title.

Since Prime Minister Zhuge Liang opened his government to manage affairs, he has been rewarded for meritorious service and punished for crimes.

Li Yan, who was moved from the left, was not at all unwilling to deal with this.

If it weren't for the prime minister's consideration that he was a lonely and important minister of the late emperor Liu Beituo, seizing the title and abolishing the people would be the lightest treatment.It was his own fault, but now that the prime minister has shown mercy, what complaints does he have?

The other generals didn't care if he complained.

In terms of military exploits or seniority, there are many big men who are higher than Li Yan.

He was able to occupy a high position, but it was because the talent of Dongzhou scholars withered, and the first emperor Liu Bei "raised generals from among the dwarfs" in order to balance internal power.

When the generals in the army talked about him, they would not pity him for having the name "I don't know soldiers".

But feel worthless for those soldiers who died in battle.

For example, Wei Yan, who has always been rebellious and open-mouthed, cursed in private: "If I am willing to sacrifice more than ten thousand elites, then the Sangyuan Gorge in the Wei District can stop my big man!"

This sentence is also the voice of all generals.

Anyway, with or without him, the Great Han's Northern Expedition will continue.

The most urgent task that people care about is how to clean up the mess of his defeat and re-formulate the strategy of the Northern Expedition.

This was the case for Zheng Pu, who was privately summoned by the prime minister to Hanzhong County for an interview.

Before him, Wei Yan, Guan Xing, and Jiang Wei were all asked by the prime minister in private letters one after another, asking them to write a book to present their opinions.

From the small details, many officials of the imperial court had a faint realization: in the mind of the prime minister, their opinions were to pick up doubts and make up for them, and only Zheng Pu could make up for them.

It also means that the prime minister defined Zheng Pu as the "conspirator" of the great man.

Just like the former emperor's positioning of Fazheng.

In this regard, there are those who are envious, but there is no one who is jealous.

First of all, Zheng Pu's plans for the war in these years are almost exhaustive.

The other is that Zheng Pu has the reputation of being invincible in a hundred battles in the army.

The prime minister pushed it to the front, with the faint intention of downplaying Li Yan's defeat and inspiring the soldiers' confidence in the Northern Expedition.

Furthermore, everyone knows that Zheng Pu recommended Xue Yong to serve as the prefect of Xiping.

Taking the selfless Yuan Cong faction as the prefect and taking into account the interests of the other three major factions is a result that everyone likes to see.

Therefore, people can't help but suddenly discover Zheng Pu's "outstanding".

In terms of the talent and learning he displayed, if there are no accidents, it is inevitable that he will become an important minister of the court in the future.

As a Yizhou scholar, the son-in-law of the Yuan Cong family, and the in-laws of the Jingxiang family, he was close and trusted by the emperor Liu Chan, and it was inevitable that the Dongzhou scholars would gradually integrate into the Jingxiang family.
Take a big man up and down, who else doesn't share his pros and cons?
Those who can serve as Liao Zuo in the court are not stupid.

So they also came to a conclusion: this son may succeed the prime minister in the future!

In other words, the prime minister, who has always been known for his unstinting promotion of younger generations, has long regarded him as one of his successors!
Now he is suddenly and blatantly building up momentum for him and establishing his prestige in the court, but it was revealed in advance because of Li Yan's defeat.

Otherwise, how to explain that he is involved with both Yuan Cong and Jingxiang families?

No one wants to believe that this is just a "coincidence".

No one even questioned that if the prime minister, who was personally involved in every detail, hadn't secretly promoted it, this kind of "coincidence" involving the future stability of the imperial court would have happened.

No wonder not long ago, when the imperial court recorded Yuzhong County's great defeat of Xia Houru, the prime minister would try his best not to promote Zheng Pu's military post, but instead joined the army from the prime minister's mansion and moved to Sima.

The imperial court of the Han Dynasty now uses the prime minister's mansion to determine the government, and the power of the prime minister's chief Shi is equivalent to that of the minister.

For example, after Shang Shu Ling Chen Zhen was transferred to Weiwei, he did not appoint a new Shang Shu Ling, and many affairs began to be handled by Shi Jiangwan, the governor of the residence.

It just so happens that Sima and Chang Shi are at the same level.

The Northern Expedition has just begun, and there are many battles and military exploits, so the prime minister let Zheng Pu enter the decision-making center first.
It turned out to be the case.

Many court officials suddenly realized.

Zheng Pu also faintly realized something, so he felt uneasy.

Not to belittle oneself.

Over the years of becoming an official, he has indeed made countless achievements, and his promotion and title awards are far faster than others.

But he was never too ambitious.

I never expected that one day I would become the ruler of the country.

He doesn't have that desire for power.

And don't want to have that kind of authority.

Because, his original intention of becoming an official has never changed!
It doesn't matter whether Qiao Zhou is asked to preach against the Wei Dynasty, and he is not destined to die, and he advises the emperor Liu Chandang to experience more difficulties in knowing the scholars, but it is just for the great man to be united and support the Northern Expedition unswervingly.He tried his best to make friends with the Yuan Cong family, to be friendly with the Jing Xiang family, and let Qiao Zhoudai cultivate cronies, so that when he led the army abroad in the future, there would be no criticism from the temple.

Of course!

He just wants the prime minister to see the hope of revitalizing the Han Dynasty in his lifetime; when the weather is not holiday, he is gratified that the big man has the foundation of "Sanxing"!

No more grudges.

That's all, that's all.

That's why he doesn't care about reputation and feathers in his actions.

So he devoted himself to leading the army and conquest, and he also stopped at fighting for supremacy on the battlefield.

Taking a step back, he was also afraid of having that kind of authority.

Power is a double-edged sword.

When you hold it, you can make others submit, and you will continue to be cut by the blade.

In his dusty memory, all rulers rarely end well.

Or be like Huo Guang, who had nothing to add to his kindness during his lifetime, and his family was wiped out after his death.

Or like Wei Wu Cao Cao, when he was young, he aspired to be the general of the West and quell the northwest rebellion for the great Han;

Zheng Pu couldn't decide what would happen to him after he had that kind of authority.

Zhou Gong was afraid of rumors, and Wang Mang remained courteous.

Welcoming the baptism and corruption of the power that is the only one who dominates me, how many people can dare to draw a conclusion on themselves before the day when the conclusion is drawn?
Besides, he is not the prime minister who tried his best to save the Han Dynasty; today's son Liu Chan is not the first emperor Liu Bei who has not yet collapsed in his business.

Or in other words, throughout the ages, only the late emperor and the prime minister were the only ones who could not share their ambitions.

Today, the emperor Liu Chan is indeed tolerant and honest, and he is friendly and close to him.

But what if he has authority?

The Han Dynasty had the deeds of Wang Mang, Dong Zhuo and Cao Cao. Is the emperor Liu Chan still lenient?

Even if the emperor Liu Chan is still honest, will other officials who want to go further be equally lenient?
People can change.

The price was too heavy, Zheng Pu didn't dare to trust himself, let alone others.

So he didn't want to get involved in politics.

If they arrive later, Jiang Wan, Fei Yi and Dong Yun will be fine, and Zhuge Qiao will be fine too.

Even Chen Zhi and Zhuge Zhan are acceptable.

He didn't need to put himself in that kind of right and wrong place, walking on thin ice.

Of course, that's not the case yet.

The prime minister just revealed a little bit of clues; and the cautious prime minister would never pin all his hopes on him alone.

He still has plenty of time to keep himself out of the matter and define his own position.

On the basis of living up to the prime minister's trust and not missing the merits of the Northern Expedition, let other people become the prime minister.

The method is also very simple.

For example, in the future, he will never intercede for Ma Di again.

For example, if you meet someone similar to Liu Yan, you will end up naked, and you will get revenge!

Cheng Yu, who rebelled against Wei, was ruthless in his actions and often made trouble with others. Therefore, even though he was loyal to Ni Wei and made great achievements, he would never become a Sangong in this life.

Zheng Pu also wanted to follow suit.

Anyway, to lead the conquest, there is nothing to do.

By the way, it would be even better if we could establish a few political enemies.

It's just that nowadays, under the combination of the prime minister and many officials, there are few disputes in private, and it is difficult to find an opponent at the same level.

Chang Shi Yang Yi is a good candidate.

But Wei Yan alone is enough for him.

If I continue to persecute him, I am afraid that he will not be able to bear it, and he will delay the Northern Expedition.

As for the others, there seemed to be no intolerance.

Alas, that's all.

Let's first find an opportunity to push Guan Xing and Jiang Wei, who are of the same generation, to their merits, so that they have more opportunities to show their abilities, so that they can attract the prime minister's attention.

And brother-in-law Zhang Bao.

In the future, his identity is doomed, and he will be relied on by the emperor Liu Chan who has little support from the clan.

On the way back to Hanzhong County, Zheng Pu was thinking secretly.

(End of this chapter)