Shu Chen

Chapter 413
In Ji County, Luomen gathers.

Longyou in early winter and October is already filled with awe-inspiring winds and bleak trees.

But by the Xiaoxi Pavilion in Lujia Yishan Bieyuan, the atmosphere is very warm: Zheng Pu, who has returned from Hexi for more than ten days, is teaching calligraphy to Xiao Jingji, who has just begun to enlighten her, in a soft voice.

When the news of Jiangdongyin's attack on Huainan reached Bashu, all the soldiers and horses of the Northern Expedition of the Great Han Dynasty ushered in a rare moment of leisure.

The soldiers took turns to retire and return to Shu to visit their relatives. Except for a few generals guarding counties and counties, the others finally did not have to stay in the barracks day and night, and even the post stations in various places that conveyed military information became sparsely populated.

It's been ten years!
It has been ten years since the army entered Hanzhong County in the fifth year of Jianxing, and the Dahan once again ushered in the opportunity to give the people a rest, farm and grow grain.

As far as the court is concerned, it can relieve the overwhelming financial burden; as far as the common people are concerned, it is no longer tense for gold and iron horses.

In any case, in the hearts of those who only want food and clothing to succeed Li Shu, whether the Northern Expedition against Wei or the restoration of the Central Plains is a righteous name, it means that the increase in taxes and corvees disrupts the work at sunrise and rest at sunset. life expectancy.If men can farm and women weave in peace, and watch their parents entertain their grandchildren at home, who would want to fight with each other?

Therefore, when the imperial court successively issued edicts to let all the soldiers and horses temporarily disarm and go home, and to reduce the annual and quarterly quota hoarding of grain, armor and ordnance in counties and counties, even the bleakness of early winter could not hide the seriousness on the faces of the big men and the people. joy.

So did Zheng Pu.

Gein also ushered in the joy of Nong Zhang.

In Xia June, his wife Zhang Yan gave birth to a boy, which allowed him to live a life of having both children and an ambitious career.

The only uncomfortable thing is that the son who took the small characters as tiger head hated him very much. Every time he approached or tried to hug and feel the father-son relationship where blood is thicker than water, the boy would cry loudly, which made him suffer. Aunt Lu and his wife Zhang Yan both disliked him, and told him not to come here if he had nothing to do.

Okay.

Zheng Pu, whose husband is weak, has no choice but to obey.

He originally imagined in his heart that after Xiao Hutou was seven or eight years old, he would find a time to come up with popular allusions such as "Lying on the ice and begging for a carp" and "Mosquitoes full of blood", but he suddenly felt that it was not good to pluck the seedlings to encourage them to grow.
If you feel that such an opportunity to raise your filial piety is wasted, then give it to Xiao Jingji.

At least, every time the well-behaved little Jingji saw him, she would smile brightly, call her daddy pretty and act like a baby, making his father's love overflowing wantonly.

cough!
Yes, Zheng Pu's official position has been transferred.

In other words, with the implementation of the national policy of recuperation, the official positions of all officials have ushered in changes.

After the prime minister returned to Hanzhong, he went to Chengdu to ask for the title of honor for all the soldiers of the Northern Expedition on the grounds of temporarily suspending the army.

For example, Wei Yan was transferred to General of Hussars; Wu Yi and Wu Ban were Generals of Left and Right Chariots respectively; constant.

However, Zheng Pu removed the title of General and was transferred to the position of Prime Minister Si Zhi.

Sizhi, originally established in the fifth year of Yuanshou of Emperor Wu of the former Han Dynasty, belonged to the prime minister's mansion.

It is called "Prime Minister Sizhi", which is more than two thousand stones.

Responsible for assisting the prime minister in reporting crimes, his status is higher than that of Sili Xiaowei.

After Guangwu returned to the Han Dynasty, the position of prime minister was abolished, but he also followed the example of Emperor Wu of the former Han Dynasty to set up Sizhi, which belonged to the Situ Mansion.

The power is to assist Situ Du to record the prefecture and county performances, and to examine the ability of officials to see whether they are competent, but they were abolished after a few years.

Because Si Zhi has too much authority.

The power of Sili Xiaowei can inspect the crown prince and hundreds of officials below the three princes. The power of the prime minister Sizhi who is above it is self-evident.

However, the Chengdu temple has no objection to this.

For one thing, the emperor Liu Chan had no clan power to rely on.

As the emperor's brother-in-law, Zheng Pu was endowed with great power just like Zhang Bao, and it was a matter of course for him to be regarded as the emperor's help in controlling military power and government affairs.

The other is the reason why Wu Guoyin attacked Huainan.

This time Jiangdong's all-powerful attack against Wei is the prerequisite for the great Han to recuperate in the next few years.

For Lai Dahan, this move is no less than a great victory.

After all, with the fall of Hefei New City, if Wei Wei wanted to drive Wu back to the south of the river, he would have to pay at least tens of thousands of soldiers and countless losses of food and supplies, and he would not have the strength to launch an offensive against Longyou or Hexi.

And all of this is the result of Zheng Pu's mission to plan for Sun Quan.

With such a feat, how could An not be promoted?
In the end, it was the prime minister's authority, which was not fully granted to Zheng Pu.

Previously, Li Yan established the "Supervision and Examination Office" as the court lieutenant, and he has also taken over the powers of the supervisory officials.Today, the prime minister invited Zheng Pu to be the director, but it was just to determine the "successor" in advance.

Naturally, it is inevitable that this move surprised the big Han Liaozuo.

As the highest official in the prime minister's office and will succeed Li Yan's power, it is equivalent to announcing to the world that Zheng Pu will be the assistant government after the only two important ministers in the Han Dynasty.

Correct!
Now Zheng Pu's official position is the highest in the minister's office.

Xiang Lang, who was in charge of the affairs of the prime minister's office in Jixian County, later became a general and served as a servant and returned to Chengdu Shoushangshutai; while Jiang Wan, who was acting as the prime minister's mansion in Chengdu, resigned from his post in the prime minister's mansion and became the governor of Yizhou; It was Shi Feiyi, the head of the prime minister, who became the governor of Liangzhou.The rest, such as Hu Ji, Liao Hua, Zong Yu, and Wang Ping, also resigned from their positions as officials in the prime minister's office and took sole official positions in the imperial court.

In the past, there were countless assistants in the prime minister's mansion, only Zheng Pu, Ma Di, Dong Jue, some Lingshi and false assistants remained.

Such a transfer of personnel caused an uproar in the temples of Chengdu.

Without him, if the temple in Chengdu decides this form, the Prime Minister's Mansion will no longer have the previous authority of "the palace, the mansion and the mansion are all integrated, and everything is decided in every detail".

In other words, the prime minister who has ruled the country for more than ten years is planning to return power to the emperor
Inevitably, all the temples in Chengdu spoke with one voice.

They had no objection to the promotion of the official positions led by Wei Yan and other generals, but they believed that it was impossible to follow the prime minister's intention and weaken the power of the prime minister's mansion.

Li Yan used the excuse of "returning to the old capital, and the Northern Expedition has not yet been completed", so he could not persuade the prime minister privately.

The emperor Liu Chan wrote a book, claiming that he did not dare to disobey the exhortation of the first emperor before his death that "after my death, your brother and father will serve as the prime minister, and the minister will only work with the prime minister".

However, the prime minister did not change his mind, and returned to Chengdu.

Said:
"The old minister was entrusted by the late emperor when his Majesty was young. Now that your majesty is healthy and strong, he has the style of the former emperor. If the old minister loves the throne and steals power, it will be difficult to keep his face in the world. And the late emperor once said that 'a man is not young at fifty ', the old minister is nearly sixty years old, his body is no longer as healthy as it used to be, he suffers from frequent illnesses, he has trouble walking, and he will eventually die. Now that the government is in charge of the public, it is not to exhaust the power of the thighs, and then to die, but to fear I have worked hard all day and night, and I will not see the day when the old capital will be restored, and I will go to the underworld without saying a word to the spirit of the late emperor! But please be sympathetic to the worries of the old ministers, and the wishes of all the veterans are greatly appreciated."

The Son of Heaven was weeping when he heard it, and the princes in the temple covered their faces.

They all don't say anything, and things are done.

(End of this chapter)