Dahan first prince

Chapter 401: Green and Yellow Don't Pick Up~
"Taking Beiping Marquis Zhang Cang as the imperial historian..."

"What does the queen mother think?"

Tentatively proposing her own candidate, Liu Ying also lowered her head a little, and secretly calculated.

Zhang Cang, Marquis of Beiping, can be regarded as a very special one among the founding fathers of Liu Han.

It is different from the Taizu Yuancong such as Xiao He, Zhou Bo, Cao Can who originated from Fengpei, and it is no more than the "old ancestors" such as Wangling and Yongchi, or the surrendered generals like Chen Ping;

Zhang Cang was almost the only pure intellectual among the hundreds of founding fathers of the Han Dynasty, or a 'pure civil official'.

Of course, no matter how you say it, he is still the founding father of the country, especially the founding father of Liu Han, and Zhang Cang still has martial arts above the standard line;
However, compared with Zhang Cang's mediocre ranking of "Martial Arts" among the Founding Fathers, and the mediocre [-] households in Fenghou Shiyi, he is obviously still an "intellectual" and can better demonstrate Zhang Cang's status as an "intellectual". different.

May I ask how many meritorious deeds of the founding of the Han Dynasty can be counted as "decent people"?

——Taizu Liu Bang himself, needless to say, has the title of "Pavilion Chief of Surabaya" on his head, but in fact, he is the leader of a ranger with an official body, a pure rogue!
Even if Liu Bang is like this, the rich Yuan Cong who followed Liu Bang to lay down the Liu Han Jiangshan is not much better.

Fan Kuai, born as a butcher, sold dog meat;

Zhou Bo's main job is 'weaving mats and selling shoes', and his side job is playing flute music at other people's funerals;
Xia Houying, the groom of the local government;
Even the two "bosses" in Liu Bangqian's residence, Xiao He and Cao Shen, were only a little decent.

Xiao He is better, at least he is the 'chief official' in charge of a department of the county government alone: ​​the chief official, a small official with a rank of two hundred stones;
Cao Shen is a small prison guard, to put it bluntly, he is the head of the prison, a small official with only a hundred stones.

The core personnel of the 'Fengpei Yuancong' are like this, and those who are a little bit closer to the periphery are naturally even more unbearable.

Wangling, Yongchi, two old rich men;
The two families of Zhou Zao and Zhou Chang really got to know Liu Bang when Liu Bang was released from prison in Dangshan, and have followed him since then; the former is a laborer who was escorted, and the latter is the history of the death of laborer... ····
There are 47 founding fathers of the Han Dynasty, and there are only a handful of people who can really be regarded as "scholars" and "cultural people".

Xiao He, the last Marquis of Feng Wen, was an official of the Qin Dynasty and the founding prime minister of the Han Dynasty, so he counted as one;
Although Cao Shen came from a humble background, he was also a giant of the Huang-Lao School in the world, and he can be counted as one;
Again, it is the old Han nobleman: Zhang Liang, Marquis of Liu.

But in terms of academic status alone, or the gold content of the identity in terms of "literature", the three of them together may not be as good as Zhang Cang, who was once the censor of the Qin court and studied under Xunzi and Xunqing.

It is no exaggeration to say: Zhang Cang, Marquis of Beiping, is probably the only great sage in the world today who can make scholars from a hundred schools of thought obey his advice!

In particular, the gold-lettered signboard of "Xunzi's disciples" raised the Marquis of Beiping, who had [-] households in Zhangcang District, to a height that he shouldn't have reached.

Therefore, after Wang Ling and Chen Ping, for the position of Prime Minister of Han, I am afraid that it will be Zhang Cang's turn.

In fact, if it wasn’t for Zhang Cang’s martial arts during Liu Han’s founding of the country, especially when he couldn’t compare with Cao Shen, Wang Ling and other veterans, and Zhang Cang was not Feng Pei Yuan Cong, this Han Prime Minister The position should have fallen on Zhang Cang's head long ago.

Not to mention Xiao He, Marquis of Fengwen, and Cao Can, Marquis of Pingyang, who is now seriously ill, at least Zhang Cang's professional ability is obviously much higher than that of Wang Ling and Chen Ping, who will soon be prime ministers.

Even according to the unspoken political rule of the current imperial court that "non-internal history cannot be a doctor of imperial history", Zhang Cang has no missing resume.

——Zhang Cang, Marquis of Beiping, did not do internal history;

But he did a fortune teller!
He fought alongside Xiao He, the last Marquis of Feng Wen, and later served as the Prime Minister of Huainan and Dai two countries. With his status as the founding father of the country, there is nothing wrong with being directly a doctor of imperial history.

Moreover, this mode of operation has precedents;

At that time, when Taizu Liu Bang was dying, he returned directly from Qi Guoxiang to Beijing to serve as Doctor Yushi, and then Cao Can, who quickly became prime minister, was a precedent for Zhang Cang to skip the internal history and directly promoted to Doctor Yushi from the Prime Minister.

If you have to say that there is something wrong with Zhang Cang being a censor, it may be that he is in his 60s or close to [-]s, and Zhang Cang may not be able to survive Wang Ling and Chen Ping at all;
But this problem is not a problem for Liu Ying.

Naturally, it wasn't that Liu Ying had some secret technique that would allow Zhang Cang to live a few more years;

——It was Zhang Cang himself, who could live for many years!

Liu Ying still remembers her previous life, how shocked she was when she heard that Zhang Cang, a hero of the Han Dynasty, lived to be 104 years old!
So in fact, Zhang Cang looks in his sixties now, and he doesn't have a few years to live, but in fact, Zhang Cang still has a lifespan of at least nearly 40 years!

And a lifespan of 40 years means at least 30 to [-] years of political life.

This is enough for Liu Ying.

According to Liu Ying's estimation, Wang Ling, who has passed the age of [-], will live less than ten years, and will follow Taizu Gao Emperor;

Although Chen Ping was younger, he was not as pampered and spoiled as Wang Ling, who was born as a rich man, nor as strong and strong as Wang Ling, who was born as a warrior.

Liu Ying speculated: Chen Ping, who was born as a counselor, became a chancellor alone after the royal tomb, and his life expectancy was only three to five years.

——Chen Ping, you are not young~
After Wang Ling and Chen Ping passed away successively, Zhang Cang, who served as the royal doctor, was only 80 years old at most;

For others, it may be too late to reach the position of prime minister at the age of 80; but for Zhang Cang, it can be called "the prime of life".

For Liu Ying's choice, Lu Zhi obviously didn't have much opinion, and after thinking about it for a while, he nodded slowly.

"The Marquis of Beiping is now the acting king. If he is called back to Beijing, the emperor should also make plans to choose the acting king."

Hearing this, Liu Ying only nodded with a smile, but her brows were even more bitter.

Back then, after the death of Emperor Taizu Gao, Liu Ying personally came forward to save her younger brother Liu Ruyi who was 'suspected of rebellion', and transferred Liu Ruyi from King Zhao to King Huainan;

Afterwards, Liu Ying ordered: Zhou Chang, Marquis of Fenyin, the prime minister of Zhao, should be the prime minister of Huainan, Zhang Cang, marquis of Beiping, the prime minister of Huainan, Chen Ping, marquis of Quni, should be the prince of Huainan, and Marquis Li Lutai should be the lieutenant of Huainan.

Three years ago, Zhou Chang died of illness in office, and Liu Ying then ordered: Zhang Cang, Marquis of Beiping, was moved to be the right minister, who was in charge of Huainan affairs;

Last year, Fu Kuan, Marquis of Yangling, died of illness. Liu Ying, who couldn't find a suitable candidate, could only abolish the Huainan Kingdom's left-right duplex system, leaving Chen Ping as Huainan chancellor and Wang Taifu, and sent Zhang Cang to Jinyang , Go to be Wang Xiang for Dai Wang Liu Heng.

But now, Liu Ying plans to call Chen Ping back to Beijing, which means that a Huainan Prime Minister is vacated;

Inviting Zhang Cang to return to the capital, but also to free up a acting king...
"Whoo~"

"Where can I go to find so many 'country ministers'..."

Man shook her head with a wry smile, and Liu Ying lowered her head; Zhang Cang, the doctor of imperial history, had been decided.

Right Prime Minister Wang Ling (positive), Left Prime Minister Chen Ping (Deputy), and Yushi Dafu Zhang Cang (quasi) have all been settled. In the end, only Zhang Cang’s successor and the next Han Prime Minister are left: Internal History up.

But for this position, Liu Ying racked her brains and couldn't think of a suitable candidate.

In other words, when Liu Ying came to Changle Palace today, the main reason for her mother Lu Zhi to give her advice was the candidate for internal history.

It is also at this point that Liu Ying's previous exclamation really hit the point.

——At the moment when the order of the founding fathers is withering and the second generation of meritorious officials are really unable to show their talents, the Han Dynasty's reserve of officials, especially senior officials, that is, the reserve of cadres in the category of courtiers and ministers, has been a little out of date... ·
Among the founding fathers, those capable of being prime ministers were almost all about the same age as Xiao He and Cao Shen;

Now that Xiao He has been dead for many years, Cao Shen is also dying, and the others are also dying of old age or illness.

That is to say, Wang Ling's body is stronger and he has more ideas, and Chen Ping is younger.

Coupled with the fact that Zhang Cang is an old monster who can live to be more than 100 years old, the embarrassing scene of "no one can be compared" immediately appeared in front of Liu Ying.

But after Zhang Cang, the group of founding fathers of the Han Dynasty completely bid farewell to the stage of history.

——If the founding fathers can live, who can live better than Zhang Cang?
After the founding fathers bid farewell to the stage of history, the rising stars who can take over from their predecessors can be counted on their fingers.

Li Ji, the only one who may be eligible to be the prime minister among the second generation of meritorious princes, is still the son of Qu Zhouhou;

Except for Li Ji, the only seedling, the other rising stars are probably still studying hard in their hometown.

Jia Yi, Jia Changsha, Chao Cuo, Yuan An and other young talents are only in their early teens now;
It will take at least 14 years for one of these three to be a high-ranking official who can serve as the Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty, even if everything goes smoothly.

——A boy under the age of 50, even Jia Yijia Changsha, would never be able to sit on the high position of prime minister in the feudal era!

But right now, the only internal history that Liu Ying could think of was the choice of prime minister after Zhang Cang, that is, the rare second-generation hero in Qing History: Li Ji.

But then again, in recent years, Li Ji has been promoted too quickly...

When his father Qu Zhou Hou Li Shang was still in the court, Hou Shizi Li Ji was only a palace gate captain who was more than two thousand stone;
But in just a few years, Li Ji jumped from the palace gate captain who was more than two thousand stones to the guard who was two thousand stones in one fell swoop, directly skipping two thousand stones and real two thousand stones. Just get promoted to three ranks!

Although this appointment was due to the fact that his father Li Shang retired and Liu Ying used it as compensation to Qu Zhouhou's family, the speed of promotion and the span of his promotion are really astonishing.

Fortunately, Li Ji himself is also up to the mark. In addition to his identity as the second generation of Hou, he also has a slash identity of a "generation hero". Wu Xun is extremely tough;

In addition, there is really no other suitable candidate, which makes the phenomenon of "Hou Shizi is Jiuqing" not become a joke inside and outside the court.

But this is already the limit of Hou Shizi Li Ji;

Taking Hou Shizi as the nine princes is already shocking enough...

If the explosive incident of "Hou Shizi is the internal history" or even "Hou Shizi is among the three princes" happens again, will there be the theory that "the position of the public minister is hereditary, and people from poor families should not get their hands on it", Liu Ying can say I really can't tell.

It is indeed possible to use Li Ji as a candidate for prime minister;

However, if Li Ji wanted to break through the bottleneck of his official career and complete the transformation from Jiuqing to the head of Jiuqing and the candidate prime minister-inner history, he still needed an indispensable factor.

Chehou's identity.

To put it more bluntly, it means that Li Shang will not die for a day, and Hou Shizi Li Ji will not be able to rise any more.

However, Li Shang, the Marquis of Qu Zhou, is the same as the old and vigorous Wang Ling. He had a good family background and a prosperous life in his early years. He even raised thousands of soldiers alone during the disputes at the end of Qin Dynasty!

After Peigong attacked Chenliu, Li Shang took more than 4000 soldiers and horses and took refuge under Peigong's command.

Today, although Li Shang has faded away, his body is still very strong;

From Liu Ying's point of view, Li Shang's remaining life span was probably no less than that of Wang Ling, and even less than that of Chen Ping.

This made it difficult for Liu Ying.

Right now, Li Shang's body is strong and tight, and Li Ji must have no chance to get involved in the next internal history;

But Liu Ying was afraid that Wang Ling and Chen Ping would leave one after another, Zhang Cang would become prime minister, and Li Shang was still alive and panting, so that Li Ji would still miss the position of "next prime minister" in the internal history.

This is only a concern for the future;
Right now, even Liu Ying, the internal historian after Wang Ling's promotion, really has no choice...
"Shen Tujia, governor of Huaiyang County, although he came from a humble background, he is also Emperor Gao, the ancestor of Wu Cong;"

"Even if you are a military follower, you will have military honors by your side; and you have been a county guard for many years, can you also prove your ability to govern the people?"

While thinking, Lu Zhi's calm and gentle words came to her ears, causing Liu Ying to raise her head slightly.

After seeing Lu Zhi's face clearly, there was also a little hesitation, and Liu Ying couldn't help frowning a little.

"Shen Tujia..."

"I'm afraid it will be difficult to convince the public?"

He said a word full of hesitation, and before Lu Zhi could answer, Liu Ying shook her head to herself.

Speaking of Shen Tujia, he has some connections with Liu Ying.

——Back then, King Yingbu of Huainan raised his troops to rebel, and when Taizu Liu Bang was dying of illness, Liu Ying, who was the prince at the time, went out to fight against the rebellion. He had a certain understanding of the governor of Huainan County.

I have to say that Shen Tujia has a very temper towards Liu Ying;

Dutiful, restrained, upright and upright, straight to the point, not so much flirtatious at all.

What Liu Ying admires the most is that Shen Tujia, the 'founding father', is different from other heroes.

——Shen Tujia, the 'founding father', started from the position of a big soldier, and was cut out with one knife and one gun in that era of strife!
Being able to go from being a big-headed soldier to being a captain, and then being the governor of any county after the founding of the country, even if this kind of experience is put in later generations, it can definitely be regarded as an inspirational example of grassroots counterattack.

But the problem is precisely here.

——A pure military man who was born in a big soldier and did not have the title of Marquis of Guannei, to serve as the internal historian who will surely become the prime minister...
Now these founding fathers who are still panting in the court, can they agree?

Even if there is no objection, can such a person shoulder the heavy responsibility of internal history at present, and even in the future visible to the naked eye, can he shoulder the heavy burden of "Han Xiang"...

(End of this chapter)