Dahan first prince

Chapter 281 The feud in the past, the retribution in the present

Seeing that Cao Shen was lost in thought again, Liu Ying couldn't help but raise a slight smile on the corner of her mouth.

If it was the previous life, when Cao Shen came and said, "Your father asked me to discuss this with you", then Liu Ying might really foolishly "spread nonsense" and fall into Cao Shen's trap by the way.

But after the years of "love and hatred" in the previous life, Liu Ying, who was able to start over, is no longer that young child.

In other words: the meaning of today's conversation, Liu Ying at this time, is really too clear.

On the surface, all of this seems so reasonable—Emperor Liu Bang is sick, Prime Minister Xiao He is old, Prince Liu Ying is young and supervises the country, and the 'quasi-prime minister' Cao Shen is about to take over.

At this time point when the throne and phases are in the handover stage at the same time, the emperor Liu Bang, who is "seriously ill", and the prime minister Xiao He, who is "old and unable to look after politics", hand over the vacant positions of the nine ministers of the court to Liu Ying and Cao Can. Raising, seems to be the rationale in the question.

According to common sense, most of the Jiuqing are vacant, and it seems that it is really necessary to implement the supplement as soon as possible, so as not to affect the government affairs of the court.

But in fact, it took Liu Ying the whole of her previous life to get to the point where she could see through the hidden doorway of this incident...
First of all, from a matter-of-fact point of view, the outermost layer of this matter is the test of Liu Bang and Xiao He's two successors, Liu Ying and Cao Shen.

That is: do the quasi-emperor and quasi-prime minister have enough ability to firmly control the court in the future?

This is very easy to judge.

If they are confident that they can control the court in the future, then Liu Ying and Cao Shen will choose the safest way to deal with this large-scale appointment of Jiuqing.

This is exactly why Liu Ying suggested to answer Cao Shen by "reinstating the former Jiuqing officials".

——It is undoubtedly the safest way to reinstate the officials who once served as Jiuqing, and it can also avoid some negative effects brought about by "new officials taking office" to the greatest extent.

Conversely, if they do not have the confidence to control the court in the future, then in this appointment, Liu Ying and Cao Shen will try to mix sand in the court and install a team to ensure that they will have enough power in the future.

For example, Liu Ying, although she still dare not move her mind in such a sensitive position as Wei Wei, but it is very likely that she will not be sensitive in such a sensitive position as Ting Wei, but she can still have a certain right to speak in the court and arrange her own humerus confidant.

On the other hand, Cao Shen, as the future "head of a hundred officials", is not convenient to express his views on the candidates of Jiuqing.

This is also the reason why Cao Shen put on the posture of "I don't mention the candidate" today.

——Because for the prime minister, Jiuqing is the tentacles of the prime minister to control the court, and it is precisely because of this that the prime minister himself often needs to keep silent on the appointment of Jiuqing to avoid being suspected of "power".

Therefore, if Cao Shen does not have the confidence to firmly control the court in the future, then Cao Shen's attention will inevitably be placed on his future reservation: the prime minister's mansion.

Naturally, Cao Shen did not dare to arrange his own people to take key positions; but it was no problem for Cao Shen to move some "stab heads" who obviously would not ask for anything from him.

Take a very simple example.

——Cao Shen believes that in the future, he will not be able to fully control the court situation, and his prime minister's mansion has a "stab head" like Zhang Cang, the planner.

In this case, Cao Shen can do a reverse operation.

For example, in this large-scale appointment of Jiuqing, he mentioned that Zhang Cang, Minister of Finance, is a great talent, and he is worthy of the post of Jiuqing.

In this way, there is a high probability that Zhang Cang will be 'promoted' to a leisurely Jiuqing like Dianke and Fengchang. Cao Shen can also quickly integrate the prime minister's mansion, and then focus all his attention on the court.

Judging from the current reactions given by Liu Ying and Cao Shen, it is obvious that both the monarch and his ministers have full confidence in controlling the court in the future.

In other words, even without this confidence, the two of them knew in their hearts: In this test, what kind of performance they should give in order to make the emperor Liu Bang and the prime minister Xiao He feel at ease.

And "test" is only the outermost political meaning of this matter.

One level further inside is temptation.

As the emperor, Liu Bang needs to use this kind of test to determine whether Liu Ying, as his successor, will regard "stability" as the primary task of power transfer after his own death, or "efficiency" as the main principle.

Liu Ying was [-]% sure that Liu Bang did have such intentions.

——Cao Shen has just made it clear: For the large-scale appointment of the Nine Ministers, Liu Ying and Cao Shen are only "discussing and giving candidates". As for the final result, the emperor Liu Bang still has to make the decision.

This is the very common "safety lock" in the political arena: the right to make decisions, I will give you the power to "negotiate", but the power to "decide" is still in my own hands.

If the result of the 'discussion' satisfies me, then I will 'follow the good' and everyone will live in peace; but if I am not satisfied, then I'm sorry, I will be arbitrary.

Liu Ying was tested by her father "whether she will be eager for success", while Xiao He's test of Cao Shen was more complicated.

As the current prime minister, Xiao He needs to determine whether Cao Shen is worthy of the great responsibility; but as a "person" with a mortal body, Xiao He will inevitably escape from some worldly affairs.

After all, the tragedy of death and death is the nightmare of every political figure...
In addition to the outermost test and the slightly deeper temptation, this matter has a deeper meaning.

--judge.

At this point, Liu Bang and Xiao He have the same goal: to judge whether Liu Ying and Cao Shen, the "partners", have a tacit understanding of mutual cooperation.

If so, there is a high probability that the candidates given by Cao Shen and Liu Ying will be exactly the same, and they will even hand in the same list directly;
But if the two have signs of 'disharmony', then Liu Bang is likely to receive two completely different lists.

But for this test, Liu Ying is not very worried.

Because of the result of this 'judgment', Liu Ying will not be affected.

——If Liu Bang and Xiao He judged that 'Liu Ying and Cao Shen have a tacit understanding', then they will live in peace;
Even if the judgment result is 'no tacit understanding', or even a sign of discord, it is impossible to shake Liu Ying's stable position as an old dog.

Therefore, at this level, Cao Shen needs to give a more perfect answer to ensure that he will not be temporarily replaced.

Combining all these, Cao Shen then gave a posture of 'I don't speak, you are the prince, whatever you say, I will be a microphone' posture.

But Liu Ying is also convinced: Cao Shen, who is still pretending to be a grandson in front of her at this moment, will definitely conduct an all-round analysis of Liu Ying's candidates in order to show her "responsibility" and professional ability when she is in front of her father. Give your opinion.

——After all, Cao Shen, who was born as a warden (prison clerk), is very professional in finding fault with others.

Cao Shen's attitude of "I'm pretending to be a grandson for the time being" and Liu Ying's attitude of "I'm as stable as an old dog, I don't panic at all", the core part of this dialogue is the result.

According to Cao Shen's previous prediction, this conversation can basically come to an end here.

But what makes Cao Shen vaguely feel a little uneasy is: Liu Ying seems to have set a trick for herself...

"Uh······"

He hesitated for a moment, then looked at Liu Ying's expression quietly. Seeing that Liu Ying still had that humble, serious, and extremely hypocritical expression on Liu Ying's face, Cao Can finally said tentatively: "Uh... ... at home."

"At present, Zhongjiuqing, the Shaofu, the servant, and the Langzhongling all have appointments;"

"According to the wishes of the family, Weiwei, Tingwei, and Fengchang should be reinstated by those who have served before;"

"You Dianke, Zongzheng, you can stop setting up for now..."

He spoke suspiciously, and stared at Liu Ying for a long time, but he still couldn't see Liu Ying 'waking up', so he gave Liu Ying a little puzzled hand.

"Since that's the case, the post of Zhi Awanaishi..."

"According to the wishes of the family, what should we do?"

He asked a question full of loneliness, and when Cao Shen raised his head, he found a smile on Liu Ying's face that Cao Shen didn't want to see...
"How does the Marquis of Pingyang feel?"

quack!

Before Liu Ying could finish her sentence, she heard the crisp sound of grinding her teeth, causing the huge Phoenix Palace to fall into a long eerie silence.

Looking at Cao Shen's gloomy face in an instant, the smug smile on the corner of Liu Ying's mouth became more and more substantive...

"Since the Han Dynasty, although my family is called 'Wang Tianxia', most of the countries in the Kanto East are lands of princes with different surnames;"

"So in the past, there were often jokes in Guanzhong: Guanzhong is the ruler of the world; internal history is the ruler of the Han Dynasty."

"It is also for this reason that since the time when the father and emperor returned to the Three Qin Dynasty, he has never been in the position of 'governing millet internal history'; all matters in Guanzhong are in the hands of Xiao Xiangguo."

"And today..."

Speaking slowly, Liu Ying looked at Cao Shen with more scrutiny.

"Today, the king of the Kanto with a different surname is the only one who is left behind by the king of Changsha, Wu Chen; more recently, the father and the emperor cut off the white horse and made an oath of blood with the princes and relatives of the meritorious family: no one can be king if he is not the Liu family; if he fails to agree, the whole world will fight against him."

"In this way, in the future, the countries in the Kanto region will be the clan princes, counties and counties in parallel."

"In the future, the prime minister will not be in charge of the affairs of Guanzhong alone, regardless of the principles of the Guandong..."

Speaking of this, Liu Ying waved her hands with a smile, and said with a smile: "This is just a solitary opinion, and I will try to talk to Pingyang Hou to 'discuss' it."

"I don't know according to Pingyang Hou's intention, my Han family's governance of Su Nei History has reached the time when it is in charge?"

"If he should be appointed to govern the internal history of millet, who should be appointed?"

After asking this last question in a calm tone, Liu Ying lowered her head with a smile, grabbed the tea bowl at hand, and secretly gloated at other people's misfortunes while sipping tea.

——In the previous life, Liu Ying was tricked by Cao Shen as a 'double-faced person', causing her to never raise her head for the rest of her life!
Liu Yingshang still remembered that in his previous life, Cao Shen returned to Chang'an at about this time to serve as the imperial doctor.

At that time, Emperor Liu Bang and Prime Minister Xiao He may have also evaluated Cao Shen.

It's just that at that time, Liu Ying didn't understand anything, and only thought that her father was training her team, and she could be said to have a thorough understanding of Cao Shen, and she almost didn't say that she was a time traveler!

In the end, Cao Shen was in a good position. In front of Liu Ying, he carried out Ruyi'ah, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes'. Looking back, in front of Liu Bang, there were two sentences: 'The prince is young', 'The prince is pure', and 'he is not worthy of a big job'·· ····

It is also for this reason that in Liu Ying's previous life, until the death of her father Liu Bang, she was unable to get one of the two jade tiger charms!
"The crown prince is still a stupefied youth for the time being, unable to take power", and since then it has gradually become the consensus of the entire court.

But in this life, when Cao Shen once again said "Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes" in front of her, Liu Ying's heart was filled with infinite malice towards Cao Shen.

——Don't you like to be a double-faced person, like to be a "late-haired man"?

Then I will force you to speak!
Daddy and Xiao He are both still there, so let me tell you who will be the next prime minister. Let me see if you dare to be a turtle!
Obviously, Liu Ying's reaction was completely beyond Cao Shen's expectations.

To be precise: Liu Ying's actions are worse than the worst result Cao Shen expected, and it is more than 01:30 o'clock...

There is no doubt that: Cao Shen's calculations hardly escaped Liu Ying's piercing eyes.

But for Cao Shen at this time, Liu Ying's unexpected "maturity" is still second.

The most critical issue at present is: as a 'quasi-prime minister', Cao Shen can't express any opinion on the topic of 'whether the internal history should be appointed' no matter what!

First of all, as Xiao He's successor, if Cao Shen said that "neishi should be appointed", it would be an admission of incompetence.

——Xiao He can 'concurrently act' as an internal historian, why can't you, Cao Shen?
No matter why it doesn't work, as long as it doesn't work, it means you, Cao Shen, can't do it!
But if he said that 'the internal historian should not be appointed', then Cao Shen would fall into another vicious circle.

——Xiao He didn’t appoint Nei Shi, that’s because he’s powerful and reliable; you, Cao Shen, haven’t even become the prime minister yet, you just want to pull Nei Shi into your own bowl, and hold Guan Zhong in your hands while you’re all in charge inside?

Hey!
In the future, the Lord Shaoguo doubts that you, a highly respected prime minister, still coerce the court and hold the entire Guanzhong...

What do you want to do?
Therefore, as early as when he received Liu Bang's order to "discuss the appointment of Jiuqing", Cao Shen made up his mind: no matter what, the internal history must never be mentioned!

But Liu Ying didn't mention the internal history, which put Cao Shen in a very embarrassing situation.

——Having the emperor Liu Bang's order to "discuss the appointment of the nine ministers", then Cao Shen must bring the results of all discussions in front of Liu Bang.

But Liu Ying didn't mention the internal history, or inadvertently 'missed' the internal history, so Cao Shen could only "remind" it.

This is just great.

It's good not to remind, but once reminded, Liu Ying kicked the question back to Cao Shen like kicking Cuju: "What do you think Pingyanghou should do?"
Being attacked by Liu Ying's "perspective hanging" suddenly, Cao Shen was in a mess for a while, and he didn't know what to do.

It was also when Cao Shen was in a dilemma, Liu Ying's words finally drew a perfect end to a "grievance" that spanned past and present lives.

"The Marquis of Pingyang has the trust of his father and emperor, and even Xiao Xiangguo personally said that he can continue to be the Prime Minister of Han. Should he have some opinions on the affairs of the government?"

"If this is not the case, in the future, the Marquis of Pingyang will be honored as a Han Dynasty minister, and he will eat the prime minister's salary of ten thousand stones. Wouldn't he have betrayed his father's trust?"

Seemingly saying this without any malice, Liu Ying stood up with a slight smile, and looked at Cao Shen with a vaguely warm and carefree look.

"It should be known that even the emperor would not dare to listen to the fallacy of the corrupt Confucianism's 'government', but would rather not be the 'holy son of heaven'" in the mouth of the bureaucrat.

"The Marquis of Pingyang is the noble of the Marquis, eats the city of thousands of households, grows rich again, and follows the father's side, and will be the noble of the Han Dynasty..."

"—I don't even know what 'responsibility' is?"

(End of this chapter)