Picked up a copy of Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 417
When the emperor Huang Gai arrived at Situ's mansion, the old Situ leaned on a cane and led his family to greet him. The family supported him from both sides. Situ was trembling all over, his eyes were a little cloudy, and he looked into the distance, dazed.

Seeing Mr. Situ who went out to greet him in person, the little fat man quickly got off the frame, walked up quickly, and said with a smile: "I came to pay my respects to Mr. Situ, why should Mr. Situ go out to greet him?"

Cui Shi was stunned for a long time without answering, the emperor had no choice but to ask again, Cui Shi then laughed and said: "The emperor is coming, how can I not welcome you?" He trembled and asked the emperor to drive In the mansion, the emperor didn't want to take the car, so he personally supported him, walked into the mansion, and when he arrived at the study, Situ Gong sat opposite the emperor.

Looking at the senile Cui Gong with his head bowed in front of him, the emperor looked at it for a long time, then sighed, and said, "Cui Gong is old."

"It's time to go to serve four generations of kings now." Cui Shi said, tremblingly took out a book from under the case, put it on the case, opened his eyes reluctantly, read the book Looking at the content on the book, he stroked the book lovingly, looked up at the emperor, and said, "This thing. I want to dedicate it to your majesty."

The emperor took the thick paper from him with some curiosity. The paper has not been revised, and the title and table of contents have not been written. There are still many traces of revision in the whole article. He looked at it carefully for a while, and asked :"This is?"

Cui Shi smiled and said: "During the period of Emperor Xiaohuan, I wrote [-] political treatises and dedicated them to Emperor Xiaohuan. However, Emperor Xiaohuan did not listen to them. During the period of Emperor Xiaokang, I wrote this treatise again. Ten articles were dedicated to Emperor Xiaokang. Although Emperor Xiaokang paid attention to it, he never listened to it because of the obstruction of all the officials.

He smiled wryly, and said: "The old minister dare not abandon it. He has edited the book for 22 years. This is the minister's political theory. There are 130 pieces in total. I present it to your majesty. If your majesty can adopt it, I will live up to my painstaking efforts."

The old Situ looked at the little fat man expectantly. The little fat man smiled, opened the political commentary, and began to read it seriously. The first article was the agricultural article. Cui Gong wrote: "The world is stable, the Central Plains is rich, and the frontier fortress is unbearable. If the common people are forcibly relocated there, the life will be bad, or if the frontier is used as a village, the common people will serve and reclaim the frontier fortress, and the rich and the poor will be evenly distributed.”

The little fat man widened his eyes, looked at it seriously, and looked at the writing date at the end. This article was written in the ninth year of Jianning
"Mom!" The little fat man couldn't help exclaiming in his heart. As early as the ninth year of Jianning, 15 years ago, Cui Gong had already seen the situation after the Han Dynasty was settled?The little fat man hastily turned to the next chapter, which is the work chapter. The boss also has his own views on this aspect. He hopes that the temple can subsidize domestic handicraftsmen, and make all nations obey through the export of products.

The little fat man frowned, using commerce to control other countries?Can you win without a fight?He didn't quite believe it in his heart, so he quickly opened the third, fourth, and fifth chapters. Except for the agricultural chapter, the rest of the content made the little fat man a little confused. Why is maritime trade the most important thing for the country? Attacking the country with business, and even talking about tearing down the city wall of Luoyang
He closed the book and looked at the old man in front of him. The old man looked at the emperor expectantly and asked, "What do you think, Your Majesty?"

"very good, very good"

The emperor laughed lightly and said: "I will definitely be a good student to observe in the future."

The emperor just said that he would like to observe and emulate, but did not say anything about the next implementation. The old man lowered his head again and said, "If so, then I would like to thank Your Majesty."

The little fat man didn't stay here for too long, and after chatting for a while, he took his leave and left. The old Situ wanted to send the emperor off personally, but the little fat man declined and asked Situ Haosheng to take care of him. After the emperor left, the old Situ His eldest grandson walked in with a smile, and asked with some joy: "Grandfather, did the Son of Heaven accept "Politics"?"

The old man didn't answer, just lowered his head, half asleep and half awake, in a daze.

Back in the Hall of Houde, the emperor still frowned. Those political arguments put forward by Cui Gong really had a great impact on him, and he also wanted to understand why Emperor Xiaokang didn't fully listen to his political arguments. The political theory is too ridiculous, but even thinking about it like this, he still feels a little strange in his heart, always wanting to open the political theory again, just to see something.

The whole night, the emperor watched the political commentary and never fell asleep.

At the same time, the Han Dynasty is still in a state of excitement, and the national power has once again seen a huge rise. It is no wonder that Emperor Xiaokang always taught the emperor, in other words, the prosperity of the country lies in the administration of officials, and a large number of talents appear in the various grassroots of the Han Dynasty. , and even in the temple, from the prefect to the county magistrate, from Sangong to Yilang, there is no one who is unknown and talented.

The role of these talents is evident in the construction and development of various places.

In February, Sikong and Yuan Feng resigned, and Lu Zhi paid homage to Sikong.

Tingwei Zhang Jian resigned, and Shangshu Shi Guo Jia was Tingwei.

In March, the emperor held a court meeting.

At this time, the court meeting is no longer dull as before, or the voice of asking for cooking in unison. When discussing political affairs in various places, the officials almost started arguing and arguing endlessly. Looking at their appearance, the crowd , Cai Yong suddenly felt a little emotional, in the early years of Jianning, the situation in the court was also the same, there were a lot of talents, Liu Ju, He Xiu, heard of people attacking, Wang Fu, everyone was fighting endlessly, and they often fought.

How similar it is now, except that all the veterans have left, and only I am standing here alone, out of gregariousness.

"I want to tour the world, like the story of Emperor Xiaokang, what do you think?"

The little fat man looked at the officials and asked solemnly.

Cai Yong shook his head, the Son of Heaven was too blunt, and his tone was not thoughtful at all, so he immediately locked the matter, he really wanted to tell the Son of Heaven what to do, the real Son of Heaven should explain this to his confidants, so that The confidant proposed in the court that he should make the decision himself, so that he can truly behave like a king, and that's what Emperor Xiaokang did
However, the Son of Heaven is young and vigorous, and his national strength is not comparable to that of the past. I am afraid that even if he speaks by himself, it will be difficult to listen to him.

Sure enough, after hearing the emperor's inquiry, all the officials thought for a moment, and Sikong Lu Zhi said: "Your Majesty, it's March, and the world is busy with farming. If your majesty patrols the world, I'm afraid it will affect Nongsang. If His Majesty has the heart to harm the country, you can discuss with Nongsang after finishing all matters!"

Hearing what Lu Zhi said, Cao Cao and the others also nodded, thinking that they agreed. Of course, there are still different opinions, such as Xun Yu, who stood up and said: "I think that only matters related to Nongsang should be inspected by the emperor. Let the localities not miss the agricultural and mulberry, and the emperor will go to inspect again, and he will be able to see the real situation of the agricultural and mulberry in various places, and he can also supervise the officials, which will benefit the world."

Hearing what Xun Yu said, some ministers began to support his remarks.

The people were unable to make a decision, and Situ, who was able to restrain the officials, was in a daze. Naturally, the court was in chaos. Among the crowd, Xun Yu could vaguely hear scolding: "Gongda! How dare you?" Rebutting my uncle as a nephew! Don't stand behind me!"

"How can the court talk about family affection?!"

"Feng Xiao, have you ever had a little bit of dirt on your hands, and you dare to discuss farming?"

"I have all four subjects, not like you, Nong Sang white paper"

"You bastard!" Xun Yu shouted with anger in his eyes, "The matter of farming and mulberry is an important matter in the world. The emperor's inspection of farming and mulberry is for the purpose of persuasion. The people and officials will definitely do their best."

"Hey, if the emperor is here in person, if the officials are not allowed to welcome you, concentrate on farming, and dare to ask, where is the emperor? Where should he live? If you want to arrange a residence for the emperor, but will delay the farming work? If you are not good at farming, don't speak wild words."

"Guo Fengxiao, don't deceive others too much!"

"You haven't passed farming and mulberry, so tell the truth."

"Damn!!"

Seeing the red-eyed Xun Yu grabbing Guo Jia's neck, the officials stopped arguing and quickly pulled the two away. The fact that he failed the first examination was a severe pain in Xun Yu's heart, and he was so mocked by Guo Jia Of course, he couldn't sit still, Guo Jia didn't bother to pay attention to him, and sneered a little disdainfully, even if he was pulled away, he secretly stretched out four fingers, and said in a low voice: "I have four crowns, you can't win. "

The emperor cleared his throat and looked at Situ.

The officials suddenly fell silent, Lu Zhi quickly pushed Cui Gong, Cui Gong finally realized, looked at the officials blankly, and asked a little confused: "What's the matter? Is it time to retreat?"

"No." Lu Zhi quickly told Cui Shi the words of the emperor.

"Oh, the Son of Heaven wants to inspect the world"

Cui Shi nodded, looked at the emperor, and asked, "May I ask Your Majesty, where is the disaster?"

"What did Situ say? Now that the world is peaceful and the court is full of talented people, how can there be disasters?" the emperor said in surprise.

"Ah? That's impossible. Many sage kings of my great man are all suffering from disasters. They went there in person to help the people. They are dedicated to the country and have the world in mind. Your Majesty must not lie to the veterans. Your Majesty is so eager to inspect the world. There must be a disaster somewhere, as a wise king, His Majesty wants to go to inspect the old minister, but His Majesty cannot hide it from the old minister."

"Where is the disaster?"

The little fat man blushed a little, clenched his fists, and said helplessly: "We'll talk about it another day"

"What?" Old Situ didn't seem to hear clearly, and asked in a daze.

Lu Zhi whispered, "It's all right."

"Oh? Retreat?"

All the ministers looked at Cui Shi with some doubts. This person forced the emperor to give up his plan with a few words. Is he really old, or is he just pretending?The emperor also thought the same in his heart, he had no choice but to order to retreat, and only the guards helped Cui Shi to leave the temple.

After he got up, he looked up at the emperor, and said with some doubts: "What did your majesty say?"

The emperor turned to look at him, frowned, and said, "I never said anything."

Cui Shi sighed helplessly, and said: "Today, the old minister can't hear with both ears, and he is far away from His Majesty. It is really hard to hear clearly. I hope that His Majesty will blame you, and dare to beg His Majesty. The rumors? In this way, the minister can hear clearly, and will not be punished by the king."

The little fat man frowned and nodded.

Cui Shi was dragged out by the guards. He shook his head and kept saying with emotion: "In the past, when Emperor Xiaokang was around, he used the ministers to spread rumors about him, and the old ministers could hear clearly. It seems that Emperor Xiaokang passed away. Before, I forgot to talk to Your Majesty about the old minister, I am old, after I return home, I want to eat some meat." Seeing Cui Shi talking to himself, he walked out of the temple in a daze, and all the ministers looked at each other.

Back in Houde Hall, the little fat man sat quietly for a while, then raised his head suddenly, and asked with some doubts: "What is the meaning of Cui Gong's words? Rumors? Could it be?" The little fat man was not stupid, he just thought for a moment, Then he came back to his senses, is this asking him not to show up in person and let others spread rumors for him in the temple?
Perhaps, I should have done this earlier. If I had done this earlier, the officials would not dare to express their true thoughts because they were afraid of themselves. Even if the proposal was rejected, they would not lose face. Moreover, even in the future If something happened, it would have nothing to do with him, so Mr. Cui's behavior of forcing him to retreat and spreading rumors was worth thinking about.

Cui Gong is not opposed to his inspection of the world, but he is afraid that if something goes wrong during the inspection process, his prestige will be hit, so he let himself spread the word so that he can hear it. The emperor himself speaks, but he cannot hear it. Yes, is that true?The emperor frowned, turned his head quickly, and asked the Han gatekeepers Xun Yu and Guo Jia to bring them.

Not long after, the two were brought before the emperor.

Xun Yu glared at Guo Jia viciously, Guo Jia's face remained unchanged, and he ignored Xun Yu's gaze at all.

"Cui Gong, what do you think?"

When Xun Yu heard this, his complexion changed drastically, and he said with some fear: "Your Majesty, Mr. Cui is a veteran of the four dynasties, the pillar of the country, a virtuous man, don't act rashly!"

"You guys, it's impossible for me to do anything to Mr. Cui!" The emperor almost jumped up angrily, just wanting to see what you think in your heart, how did you make me want to order Cui Shi to be killed, I just like that Is it tyrannical? ?
Xun Yu breathed a sigh of relief, glanced at the Son of Heaven, and said, "Today Cui Gong contradicted His Majesty, and His Majesty is in charge of rams, I thought so."

"You guy..." the emperor took a deep breath, and was about to scold him, when Hanmen rushed in, his face was very happy, he was so excited that he almost fell to the ground, he said: "The country. "

"Didn't you see that I was discussing something important? Who let you in without authorization! You can't die!!"

The emperor shouted angrily.

Han Men was so frightened that his legs trembled and he knelt down on the ground, begging the emperor to forgive him.

The little fat man frowned, with a look of anger on his face, and asked: "As my long-term follower, how could you lose your composure like this! What's the important thing for you to do like this?!"

"Your Majesty, the queen has been feeling unwell for the past few days. Please order the imperial physician to go and diagnose the queen. The queen is happy!"

"What are you talking about!!!" The little fat man jumped up and grabbed Hanmen in front of him.

"The queen is happy and will give birth to a unicorn for the country"

The little fat man stared wide-eyed, looking a little surprised, but Xun Yu and Guo Jia hurriedly congratulated him. This is the eldest son of the emperor, maybe he will be the future prince, the prince. Laughing wildly, he shouted: "I'm going to have a son? My son? Hahaha, hurry up, hurry up, where is the queen?!"

The little fat man didn't even pay attention to the two ministers beside him, and rushed out like the wind and thunder.

Xun Yu and Guo Jia looked at each other in a daze, then turned their heads away with a cold snort, and each left the palace.

The news of the queen's pregnancy spread outside the palace.

(End of this chapter)