Picked up a copy of Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 416 Situ Wushuang
"They, did they really say that?"

The little fat man asked slowly. He sat comfortably on the beard chair, closed his eyes, and asked.

Zhang He possessed himself and said: "That's true. Cai Gong said that in the matter of enlightenment, the stick first, and the stick has been used, then we must give a benevolent government. If you blindly use violence, it is definitely not a good thing. He contacted the old officials in the court to discuss with Cao Cao You and others are in trouble"

"Well, you've done a good job. Continue to monitor. It's okay to make troubles, but...if anyone intends to contact Sun Jian, Song Feng and others, they will be executed directly, and there is no need to ask for my opinion." The little fat man said.

Feeling cold behind Zhang He, he cupped his hands and said, "I obey the order!"

"Oh, that's right." The little fat man opened his eyes, looked at Zhang Yun, and said, "I heard that Jun Zixiong is quite like you. He is a young man. Tomorrow, let him enter the Habayashi as a man and wait for orders. "

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness!"

"It doesn't have to be like this. Mr. Zhang is my confidant. You and I are monarchs and ministers in the temple, and we treat each other as friends on weekdays."

"I dare not!"

Zhang Xi left the Hall of Houde cautiously. It is good to listen to the words of the emperor. If he is serious and treats the emperor as friends in private, I am afraid that the heads of him and his son will hang on the wall tomorrow. Well, as the chief official of the Embroidery Envoy, the eyes and ears of the emperor, he knew how dangerous his position was, just as the emperor had told him, if there was any change, he would be executed immediately without asking.

Why not ask?

Because the emperor cannot know, and he, who knows, is likely to die tragically in front of the officials. However, he has been in this position for so long, and he has already prepared in his heart. He knows that even if he dies tragically, he will The child of the emperor will still be reused by the emperor and will inherit his marquis. If the emperor is not like this, no minister will dare to sit in his position.

Watching Zhang Xi leave, the little fat man said nothing for a long time. He frowned, took out a piece of paper, pen and ink from under the desk, and began to write. What he wrote were all names, which filled the whole sheet. He looked at the paper, Constantly marking and writing, Hanmen stood at the door with his head down, and no one was allowed to enter. The little fat man worked for a long time before turning over the paper in his hand to cover it.

"Hanmen."

"nation!"

"I'm going to Yongning Palace."

The Empress Dowager Song looked at the little fat man in front of her, smiled, took a few mouthfuls of food for him, and said, "Eat more, you are getting thinner today." The little fat man smiled, looked at the Empress Dowager Song, and pondered After waiting for a while, he said, "Mother, is Grandpa still in good health?"

"It's okay, why, miss your grandpa?"

"Yeah, I miss you a little bit."

"Mum, I don't know. I haven't heard Grandpa's voice for a long time. I almost forgot his appearance."

Hearing what the little fat man said, the Empress Dowager Song was taken aback for a moment, then slowly frowned, and asked, "What do you mean? Could it be that he has stopped going to court?"

"Mother, don't think too much, grandpa is naturally going to court, but he didn't say anything, and he never got up, so the child has somewhat forgotten the position of Jin Wu, supervising Luoyang inside and outside, working for the king, it can be seen that grandpa is very serious. It's tiring."

"Emperor." The queen mother frowned, and said seriously: "If you are dissatisfied with the grandpa, you can remove him from his position and punish him for his crimes. You don't have to come to me to say these things."

The little fat man looked at his grandmother in front of him in astonishment, and shouted, "What does grandmother mean? How dare the child be dissatisfied with Grandpa?"

"Grandmother~~~", the little fat man smiled and said, "Grandmother is wrong to blame the child, no matter how grandpa is, he will always be my dearest relative... Now in the temple, there are quite a lot of disputes between old and new ministers, I am worried that my ministers will lose peace and miss the state affairs. Grandpa is wise outside, but also my grandfather, if he can speak a word or two in the temple, it is also a good thing."

After talking for a while, a palace lady walked in holding Xiao Raoyang. Little Raoyang was in the palace lady's arms, yawning comfortably, seeing the little fat man present, his eyes lit up, and his whole body was stretched towards him , shouted in a childish voice: "Father, hug! Hug!"

The little fat man laughed, got up, hugged the little guy in his arms, stretched out his hand, squeezed her round face, and said, "Ruo Bing, you called me wrong! It's not Father, it's elder brother!"

"Father!"

"It's elder brother!"

"Father!"

"Brother!"

"Wow~~~~~~"

"Okay, okay, it's Father!"

Only then did the little princess stop crying, and laughed, hugging the little fat man's arms, constantly talking about her father, the little fat man smiled helplessly, looked at the Queen Mother Song, and said: "Compared to my father, I obviously I've lost so much weight, why can't this guy tell the difference?"

Empress Song glanced at him, but said nothing.

"Go, go, my good girl, I will take you to play!", the little fat man has already explained what should be explained, so he left Yongning Palace with the little guy, and he took the little guy to the Queen's Palace. The Yongci Palace where it is located, just walked in, and saw Empress Cai leading the crowd waiting, the little fat man teased the little princess in his arms, pointed to Empress Cai, and said: "It's my mother!"

The little princess bit her finger, thought for a long time, and called out, "Sister-in-law!"

"Um???"

"Did you do it on purpose?"

"Wow~~~"

"Okay, okay, you didn't mean to."

Empress Cai smiled, and took the little princess from his arms. In the empress's arms, the little guy became very well-behaved, smiling foolishly. Just now, she was pulling the little fat man's short beard. !The little fat man complained about this, she could clearly recognize Empress Cai as her sister-in-law, but she couldn't recognize herself!This is clearly intentional!

While chatting, Hanmen walked in, the little fat man turned his head and looked at him.

"Country, the Empress Dowager left the palace and went to the Song Mansion, saying that she wanted to meet the elders of the family."

"Oh." The little fat man smiled.

"Ah? Why didn't you just pick up Grandpa and the others, and go there in person?" The queen asked in confusion, and the little fat man smiled and said, "Grandpa is so busy, I can't bear to make him tired."

The little fat man looked at the queen who was teasing the little guy for a long time. After entering the palace, the queen gradually matured and became even more beautiful. The little fat man was often fascinated by it. He smiled infatuatedly and said, "I don't know. When will you be able to give birth to a son for me?"

Empress Cai gave him a blank look, hugged the little guy, turned her head, and ignored him.

When the emperor returned to his Houde Hall, it was already evening. The little fat man sat on the bearded chair, closed his eyes and meditated. The battles happening in the temple today were naturally all arranged by him. The temples in the past After Emperor Xiaokang's dominance period, he became extremely calm, like a pool of stagnant water, without any vitality at all.

The group of officials seldom engaged in policy debates, and it almost became the talk of those few veteran officials.

Such a situation may have been good during the period of Emperor Xiaokang. Emperor Xiaokang was striving for prosperity, and what he needed was ministers who could be completely obedient and would not obstruct innovation. However, in the Xiping year, some changes occurred. Today, young and vigorous , My heart is full of great cause, not to mention that after Emperor Xiaokang Jianning Zhongxing, the situation of the big man has also stabilized now.

He hoped that there would be a vibrant and star-studded temple, not a dead one.

In addition, these old ministers occupy the positions of the three princes, and their prestige and momentum are too high. As old people who have followed Emperor Xiaokang, they have a close relationship with many generals in the army. There are too many old officials who are dictating their own affairs. His original intention was to get Yuan Feng and the others to leave the temple.

But Cao Cao and the others cannot be allowed to take over their positions, because one party cannot be dominant in the court, like Cui Shi, who can stay in the position of Situ, because he will not oppose his own government orders, he is too old, and he will be in charge all day long. When he is muddleheaded and not awake, he is called useless Situ in the court, but his prestige and qualifications can completely crush Cao Cao and other officials.

In addition, he wanted to support Song Feng and Lu Zhi, but he never thought that Cai Yong would be so strong.

Cai Yong is the father-in-law of the emperor, and the emperor cannot force him away like Wang Yun and Zheng Xuan.

However, this is not a bad thing, as long as Song Feng can come forward to mediate, so that the forces of both sides are in a balance, he will be considered to have fulfilled his original goal.

Xiping three years, January

Zhang Taiwei finally led King Fuyu, Liu Mo and others back to Luoyang.

The temple's canonization of Goguryeo and Buyeo has also been sent to the local area. After resting for a few days, King Buyeo rushed to the palace. On the way, he still seemed a little worried and kept asking: "Will the emperor let Let Liu envoy go to Fuyu to be your chancellor?" Zhang Wen thought about it carefully, it is really possible, among all the ministers, he is the only one who can understand Fuyu language.

However, he was afraid of scaring King Fuyu, so he shook his head and said, "Probably not."

King Fuyu nodded, believing his words for the time being, Liu Mo followed behind them, and was chatting kindly with Zhao Wen, Dahonghe, who came to greet him. Zhao Wen was a humble gentleman, and he listened carefully to Liu Mo's words, There was nothing to worry about, Liu Mo smiled and chatted with him, and suddenly asked: "I heard that the second son of Mr. Zhao is the prefect of Changshan, Zhao Dao. I wonder if you know Zhao Yun, the commander of General Tai Shici's army?"

Zhao Wen was taken aback, thought for a moment, and said, "But Zilong? If so, he is the grandson of the Yuan clan."

Tai Shici once led troops into Dong'an, and that man was the vanguard. Liu Mo was overjoyed when he heard this, and chatted with him about Dong'an again.

This time, Liu Mo came here to act as a translator.

Zhao Wen led them into the palace. The emperor personally invited King Fuyu. It was an honor for King Fuyu. King Fuyu walked into the palace. On the way, he witnessed the power of the big man with his own eyes. When he came to Luoyang, he was also a little numb. He didn't lose his composure in the palace. When he entered the main hall, he saw the burly emperor sitting on the top seat. The emperor looked very solemn.

"Meet the Son of Heaven!"

King Fuyu said, and Liu Mo started to translate from the side.

The Son of Heaven naturally praised King Fuyu for his sincerity, and gave him some rewards, which allowed him to come to the court meeting tomorrow and meet with the officials in the court meeting. After leaving Liu Mo and Taiwei, the emperor looked at Liu Mo and said: "This time Liu Jun has made great achievements. I have my own reward, so I can retire first."

Liu Mo was grateful again and again before leaving.

"Your Majesty, I have fulfilled my mission. Goguryeo and Buyeo have entered my Han Dynasty. From then on, Xin, He, You, and Han have no foreign troubles in the temples, so I can feel at ease..." Zhang Wen said with his hands clasped.

"Good, great good!" The Son of Heaven laughed. As the territory of the empire increased day by day, the expenditure of the new army guarding the border was also increasing. The huge expenditure of the temple was now spent on the army. This is why the ministers demanded disarmament. The main purpose is that although the emperor has great ambitions in his heart, he is unwilling to spend a lot of national power on these soldiers on the border. If the money is used on the northern and southern armies, the big man will add tens of thousands of elite combat power!
"In the opinion of the Taiwei, this is a soldier stationed in the east."

"Your Majesty, in Dongfang, only Dong Zhuo is left, and Huangfu Song and Lu Bu can go back to the court for repairs and be incorporated into the Northern and Southern Army."

"As for the guards, Your Majesty has forgotten what Situ said earlier."

Zhang Wen said with a smile.

"Huh?" The emperor frowned, Situ Cui?Cui Shi always looked unconscious in the temple, what did he say?The emperor thought about it seriously, was taken aback, and said: "Take the soldiers as the army station!!"

"Not bad." Zhang Wen said.

The emperor frowned. A few months ago, when Cao Cao proposed the reform of the farming village, Situ once said that he hoped that the emperor could turn the garrison into an army station, not the kind of half-army and half-agricultural, but directly become a full-time army station. At that time, when he made this statement, few of the officials cared about it. The frontier army has always been a semi-army station. If it is a full-time army station, what's the use of the soldiers?
They all just thought that this was a political opinion that Situ Gong wanted to establish his own prestige, and they all agreed.

However, after Goguryeo and Buyeo were completely destroyed, Situ Gong’s political views led to the emergence of nearly 20 farmers in the northeastern region of the Han Dynasty. Farmers are attached to their homeland. If the temple wants to force them to go north and south to farm, it is obvious. They will not agree, but if in the name of garrison soldiers, the people are ordered to serve and cultivate the frontier for three years, this will last for another [-] years.
The emperor took a breath.

Whether it's the northeast, the southwest, or the northwest, those places where the people don't want to go, and even the criminals want to escape, can use the name of guarding the frontier to use the people to carry out farming. For the time of two or three years , The common people can't resist, changing a group of people in three years, and constantly reclaiming the desolate areas, this is even better than the dozen or so decrees proposed by Cao Cao! ! !
Thinking of Situ who was always in a daze and kept his eyes closed all day long, the Son of Heaven trembled. This person must not be underestimated. It would be fine if it was a coincidence. Cui Gong, who is called the useless Situ, obviously surpassed the ministers by countless talents in terms of vision, so that the ministers did not react.

Could it be that Zhang Wen already knew about it?
The emperor looked at Zhang Wen, who seemed to know what the emperor was thinking, and Zhang Wen said with a smile: "Your Majesty, the late prince, in the past, never obeyed anyone in the temple, even He Zi , Wenrengong and the like, he just said that he can be friends with me, but there is only one person, who will back down and never talk to me when he meets on the road."

"Mr. Cui?"

The emperor asked uncertainly, but the sick, white-haired old man who was confused all day long and wrote prose appeared in his mind.

"Exactly." Zhang Wen replied.

At this time, the emperor remembered Guo Jia's words in the past.

"My master said, one and a half people can understand "On the Latent Fu."

"That person is Cui Gong."

The emperor stood up abruptly and shouted: "Show me, I'm going to Situ's mansion!"

(End of this chapter)