I'm really not King Jing of Zhongshan

Chapter 348 Even if it is not as good as the crown, it is also today...
On the way back to the palace, Empress Dowager Dou and Liu Sheng, the grandfather and grandson, chatted about many things.

When the imperial chariot slowly stopped outside the west palace gate of Changle Palace, the three lords and nine ministers in the court, and the important ministers who might become the three lords and nine ministers in the future, were basically mentioned by the grandparents and grandchildren.

Generally speaking, the opinions of the grandparents and grandsons are fairly consistent: before Liu Sheng becomes the pro-government, the only thing that needs to be changed is to pull Tao Qing from the position of prime minister and let the young man Liu She go up. To live the addiction of golden seal and purple ribbon, and a hundred bureaucrats;
The Shaofu became the prime minister, so he needed to find a replacement to control the affairs of the Shaofu.

For this candidate, Liu Sheng put forward several possibilities, but they were all rejected by Queen Mother Dou in sequence.

——Fengchang Dou Pengzu, who was rejected by the Queen Mother Dou with the statement that "foreign relatives should not hold financial power";
With Empress Dowager Dou's statement that "foreign relatives cannot hold financial power", Liu Sheng's mother-in-law Jia Gui, and Wei Qihou Dou Ying, who has been at home for many years, obviously lost the opportunity to become Jiuqing for the same reason.

As for the other candidates, Liu Sheng was reluctant to mention them. Empress Dowager Dou was noncommittal, and Liu Sheng knew it: the young mansion is in charge of the money, and it is almost the emperor's personal steward. He is in charge of the emperor's money bag. It is not enough to lift a person up casually.

Therefore, the candidates for the new Shaofu became the test for the new monarch Liu Sheng by Empress Dowager Dou.

Whether or not a suitable Shaofu can be found will directly affect Empress Dowager Dou's judgment on the level of professional ability of 'Tianzi Sheng'.

If this test is completed, Liu Sheng will be able to accumulate a certain degree of credibility with the Empress Dowager Dou—the emperor is not bad, he can choose a good young mansion, and ordinary things should not be difficult for the emperor;
But if it is not completed, there will be some unnecessary variables - even a suitable young mansion can't be found, if you want to take charge of the dynasty, you should hone it first and learn more... ··
In this way, in Dahang Emperor...

Do not;
It should be said that it is Emperor Xiaojing.

In this way, on the seventh day after the death of Emperor Xiaojing, Liu Sheng ushered in the second test of his career as an emperor: to find a suitable young mansion to replace Taohou Liushe who was about to be worshiped as prime minister.

As for the first test, Liu Sheng has obviously handed in a perfect answer.

Is this not?

Liu Sheng got a perfect answer, and in the evening of the same day, he brought together most of the high-level officials in the Chang'an court, which were more than [-] shi, in Kaifeng Hou Taoqing's prime minister's mansion.

It was exactly as Liu Sheng expected: the protagonist of this dinner was the imperial servant Yuan An.

Except for Yuan An, everyone else at the meeting had a worried, even panicked expression...

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"I also ask the servant to give me some pointers."

"What is your majesty doing today?"

"What is your Majesty's picture?"

This dinner was first initiated by Prime Minister Tao Qing, who was first approved by Uncle Naishi Tian.

Judging from the lineup of guests present at the meeting, it is no exaggeration to say that among the officials above the court today, except for those little Xiami who have no right to speak, almost all other important officials who are qualified to take the initiative to play are absent.

——Tao Qing, the prime minister, and Chao Cuo, the official censor, attended the meeting;

Among the Nine Ministers, Neishi Tianshu, Tingwei Zhao Yu, Shaofu Liu She, Dianke Gongsun Kunxie, Fengchang Dou Pengzu, Taifu Yuan An, and Wei Weizhi were no doubt seven people present.

As for the two people who didn't show up, one is Lang Zhongling Zhou Ren, who has never liked this kind of large party attended by three people;

The other is Zongzheng Liu Biqiang, just like every Zongzheng who was born in the family of Liu Jiao, King of Chu and Yuan, did not hesitate to express his position of "too lazy to talk to you" about the private gathering of important ministers of this level.

In addition to Tao Qing, Chao Cuo, Tian Shu and other nine officials, the second lieutenant Wei Wan, Lang Zhongling, and the captain of the bandit, two thousand stones, were also seated at the end of the living room.

And at the top, Tao Qing was the first to speak, and all the attention of the living room was attracted by Yuan An, who was seated at the head of the east seat...
"Yeah yeah!"

"Your Majesty first said that he would build a temple for Emperor Xiaojing, and then he skipped the matter without hesitation. What exactly do you mean?"

"After the imperial court was over, the servant also went to Changle with the Empress Dowager and His Majesty. Did you hear any rumors?"

As he is about to resign, he already has no desires, just out of the consideration of 'saving a game for the big guys, so as to exchange feelings', Tao Qing, who organized this dinner, naturally made the opening remarks, then He drank the wine by himself.

——I have been prime minister for several years, but I have not made any achievements. Now I will resign for no reason. Tao Qing expressed that he was very depressed;
But none of the ministers and ministers present today noticed, or in other words, no one cared to notice Tao Qing's loneliness.

Everyone's gazes, following Zhibuyi's anxious inquiry, focused on Yuan An...
"What does His Majesty mean by today's matter, you will not fail to understand."

"Since you understand it, you came to me specially. What you want to ask, it must not be His Majesty's intention."

"It's the performance of the princes today, which makes me quite unexpected;"

"It's just that you didn't have time to ask each other, but you were preempted by the princes?"

Feeling the urgent gazes gathered on him, Yuan Ang adjusted his sitting posture contentedly, and then held his loose sleeves, and poured a glass of wine for himself.

Sipping the wine again, his intriguing gazes swept across Uncle Tian, ​​Zhi Buyi and the other four in sequence.

——In the early court today, there were no four people who stood up to support Liu Sheng and fight for the temple name for Emperor Xian Xiaojing.

I don't know how long it has passed like this, and finally Zhibuyi couldn't hold his breath, raised the wine cup, and strode towards Yuan An.

"I respect the servant!"

Man said a word solemnly, and drank the wine in Juezhong by himself, then wiped the cloth carelessly, and bowed deeply to Yuan Ang in front of him without any doubt.

"What kind of person I am, the servant knows."

"Don't say it's me—all the officials in the court, there is no servant who doesn't understand, doesn't make friends, or doesn't know his temper well."

"What happened today really made me, a stupid person, unable to understand what His Majesty meant and what he wanted to do."

"Being an official in the court for many years, I have a vague feeling that I seem to have made some mistakes in the early court today."

"If the servant can point out the mistakes I made and eliminate the disasters that my clan may face, then I will never doubt the kindness of the servant, and I will never dare or forget it for the rest of my life..."

He frankly stated his intentions, and forcibly stopped the beautiful maid beside him who was going to pour wine for him, first poured wine for Yuan An, then poured a cup for himself, and then drank it all in one gulp.

It's just different from just now, when he saw Zhi Buyi drinking, he hurriedly raised his head to drink - this time, Yuan Ang looked at Zhi Buyi in front of him with a sigh of relief, the wine cup in his hand was stuck in mid-air for a long time...
"Ugh······"

"Saihou, why bother..."

Saihou is an unquestionable noble title.

As a general, he participated in the quelling of the Wu-Chu Seven Kingdoms Rebellion and won the title of Marquis of Che for himself by making military merits.

Logically speaking, as an emerging military nobleman who has just been awarded the title, the present straightness should have come from the highlight moment of his life;
It's just that at this moment, Zhi Buyi, who holds the position of Marquis of Sailor and Wei Wei, bowed deeply sincerely in front of Yuan Ang, who had no title of Marquis of Che at all, but was just a servant...

"Saihou please get up, please get up..."

Shaking his head and sighing with melancholy for a moment, Yuan An finally drank the wine with a complex expression, then put the wine back on the table in front of him, and raised his hands up;

When Zhi Buji straightened up with a bitter expression on his face, Yuan An let out a long sigh to Zhi Buji as if there was no one else around.

"Ugh······"

"Obviously a gentleman, Saihou, why can't you understand this matter?"

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"It may indeed be inappropriate and inappropriate for His Majesty to build a temple for Emperor Xiaojing."

"But as a Weiwei, Saihou, why bother to consider whether His Majesty's actions are reasonable, and whether he should build a temple after Xiaojing's achievements?"

"—The title of Marquis Sai was conferred by Emperor Xian Xiaojing himself~"

"Saihou, the guard, was personally received by His Majesty and appointed by the imperial edict~"

"In the future, after Saihou's coffin is finalized, he will also be buried under the Yangling Mausoleum, and he will be a courtier of Emperor Xian Xiaojing..."

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"Received such kindness from the late emperor, but Saihou didn't feel grateful for the late emperor's kindness at all. When His Majesty proposed to build a temple for the late emperor, he was ambiguous and ambiguous?"

"When we come to the underground, what face will Saihou have to meet Emperor Xian Xiaojing?"

Some seemingly straightforward, but in fact, enough cryptic words, finally provoked Zhibuyu to bow his head in shame, and almost wanted to speak, but in the end he was just aphasic and unable to speak.

Zhibuyi struggled for a long time, but in the end he just silently bowed again, poured another cup of wine and drank it down, and then returned to his own actions, Yuan An's gaze shifted to the other people sitting opposite him.

"Nan Pihou is a relative and relative of the Empress Dowager;"

"Since Zhu Lu brought chaos to Chang'an, the court of my Han family has a tacit understanding of 'foreign relatives are officials and not public servants'."

"—Back then, Zhang Wuhou Dou Guangguo Dou Boss missed the opportunity to become prime minister, which is the most intuitive manifestation of this tacit understanding."

"But Nanpihou, he still became Fengchang."

"As a foreign relative, Enfenghou, he has never commanded troops or fought in battle, and he is not even the first Enfenghou. Nanpihou is still an official to Jiuqing."

"Why, Nanpihou, don't you understand?"

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"I asked Saihou just now, so I won't ask Nanpihou again."

"I just want Marquis Nanpi to think about it: Who gave Marquis Nanpi his title?"

"—Is it true that Emperor Taizong Xiaowen resisted all opinions, risked the great disgrace of the world, and risked disobedience to Emperor Gao's oath of 'no meritorious service shall not be a marquis', and enfeoffed Nanpihou's dead father as a foreign relative? where?"

"Nanpihou, who appointed this Fengchang?"

"Is it because Emperor Xiaojing first thought that Nanpihou is a member of the empress dowager's family, so he handed over the responsibility of Fengchang to Nanpihou without even thinking about it?"

"Nanpihou, are you worthy of Emperor Taizong's favor?"

"Are you worthy of the trustworthiness of Emperor Xiaojing?"

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"Now, the elder of Nanpihou is sitting on the imperial couch in the Changxin Hall of Changle Palace. He is the Empress Dowager of our Han family;"

"Emperor Taizong Xiaowen, who was conferred the title of Marquis of Nanpi, is the grandfather of His Majesty today;"

"Emperor Xiaojing, who appointed Marquis Nanpi as Fengchang, is the biological father of His Majesty today."

"Nan Pihou, is this how you treat the eldest grandson of Emperor Taizong Xiaowen and the eldest son of Emperor Xian Xiaojing?"

"Is this the way to treat the current Empress Dowager, the grandson who has been loved so much since childhood?"

"—Isn't Nan Pihou the cousin of Emperor Xian Xiaojing, and the cousin of His Majesty today?"

Regarding today's matter, Dou Pengzu didn't have much psychological burden.

As Fengchang, Dou Pengzu himself has the privilege of "unrestricted pursuit of the ultimate rules";

And Liu Sheng 'doesn't follow the rules' today, as Dou Pengzu of Fengchang, he is undoubtedly the most confident minister to stand up to express opposition and dissuade Liu Sheng.

——Follow the usual, follow the usual, what you care about is the rules of the court and the field!

But after Yuan An's questioning for a while, Rao didn't feel much guilt at first, and Dou Pengzu still bowed his head in shame.

Because of Yuan An's words, Dou Pengzu suddenly remembered something that had been forgotten before.

I am not just Jiuqing, not just Fengchang who can speak the rules without restriction;

Dou Pengzu's most important and most distinctive political label is actually his relatives...
"Weiwei and Fengchang may disappoint His Majesty today."

"But His Majesty is a very magnanimous and generous person."

"——Even Tiao Hou, who once showed disrespect in front of the late emperor, His Majesty let him be the Prince Shao Bao, who specially taught him the things in the army;"

"Even Tiao Hou can tolerate you, so it's impossible for His Majesty to hold grudges against you two just because of what happened today."

"It's just that in the future, I'm afraid you two need to think carefully: is the one sitting on the imperial couch the young and uncrowned new king, or the county magistrate of my Han family..."

Some profound and simple words, as if nothing was said, and inexplicably provoking infinite thought-provoking words, only caused everyone in the meeting to bow their heads;

Some people are 'ashamed and have no face to raise their heads', while others are involuntarily lost in their thoughts.

That is, at the moment when the entire living room fell into complete silence, Yuan An's gaze finally fell on Uncle Nei Shitian.

"To Mr. Ziqing, I have always respected him very much."

"However, I still have something to say about today's matter, and I want to ask Mr. Ziqing to think about it."

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"Emperor Daxing Xiaojing, his bones are not cold;"

"—But even so, it's still a corpse."

"Today's sage is not as old as the crown;"

"—Even if it's not as good as the crown, it's still today..."

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"Some things have changed."

"Mr. Ziqing, you should also understand what these changes mean..."

(End of this chapter)