I'm really not King Jing of Zhongshan

Chapter 372 I am very calm

"My lord, join your majesty~"

"I hope that my emperor will last forever and live happily ever after..."

After bidding farewell to his grandmother, Empress Dowager Dou, and visiting his mother, Empress Dowager Jia, Liu Sheng complied with Empress Dowager Dou's wishes and returned to his Weiyang Palace after a half-month absence.

Not long after returning to the palace, without even waiting for Liu Sheng to wash up and change his clothes, the right prime minister Liu She and the left prime minister Wei Wan, including the ministers of the imperial court and the central government, rushed to the outside of the Xuanshi hall.

——It has been more than half a month since the emperor left Chang'an.

Even if he has not been crowned as a pro-government, the emperor should not have left Chang'an for such a long time for no reason at a time when the Huns had just withdrawn from the frontier and the people inside and outside the court were in a downturn.

For Liu Sheng's blow, Chang'an Chaotang certainly understands;

But understanding does not mean that Liu Sheng's actions will not bring trouble to the government and the public.

For example, what happened in Chang'an in the past half a month, but Liu Sheng didn't make a decision at all, and the Empress Dowager Dou has repeatedly shelved some issues...

"Recently, it has been hard work, gentlemen."

"I just returned to Chang'an, and before I had time to take a rest, the princes rushed here in a hurry. I think that during this period of time, a lot of government affairs have accumulated, or the grievances and sufferings of the princes themselves."

"That's right, let's speak bluntly."

"I'm all ears."

After speaking calmly, Liu Sheng did not forget to look at Liu She meaningfully. Although he didn't say it clearly, his eyes clearly showed dissatisfaction with Liu She, the right prime minister.

Being stared at by Liu Sheng's obviously malicious eyes, Liu She also panicked for a moment, and Liu She swallowed all the things that he wanted to say in person.

——In today's court, although there are both left and right ministers, the chief of Zuo Xiangguo's guard Wan Wan ordered Zhongsuwei to be banned, which is obviously a high-profile version of Lang Zhongling.

That is to say, in today's imperial court, although Liu She is called Prime Minister You, in fact, the word 'right' can be completely removed.

Because the responsibilities that the prime minister should shoulder are basically all shouldered by Liu She now.

But Liu She, the prime minister, is fundamentally different from any Han prime minister in the past, or even any prime minister in history.

Let’s talk about Qin Shi’s successive prime ministers, whether it was Lu Buwei or Li Si, they were actually prime ministers/xiangbangs based on their abilities;

Although in theory, both of them must be loyal to their monarch, but when their ideas diverge, these two people also have the power to stick to their principles and persuade the king to accept their ideas.

Just like when the First Emperor succeeded to the throne, Xiangbang Lu Buwei categorically rejected the proposal of the 12-year-old King Yingzheng of Qin to "immediately send troops out of Hangu", and formulated a short-term national policy for the Qin State of "planning gradually, accumulating steadily".

Li Si, the later Qin Prime Minister, also put forward his own opinions on many issues after the first emperor unified the world and swept the six countries, and was finally adopted by the first emperor.

——For example, the cars are on the same track, the books are in the same text, and the order of burning books that is famous in history.

Speaking of the Han family, from the first generation of prime ministers: Xiao He, Marquis of Feng Wen, to Cao Can, Marquis of Pingyang Yi, the second generation of prime ministers, to the third generation of Anguo Wuhou Mausoleum, and Chen Ping, Marquis of Qu Nixian;
Even in the time of Emperor Taizong, Jiangwuhou Zhou Bo, Yingyin Pinghou Guanying, Beiping Wenhou Zhang Cang, and even the old Anzhenwuhou Shen Tujia were all powerful prime ministers!

Even his predecessor, Tao Qing, actually possessed theoretical power.

But Liu She didn't.

As a prime minister—as the Han family, and even the first prime minister in the history of China that "has no power of prime minister", Liu She hardly has any independent administration power, and even does not have personal positions and principles.

After being a member of the Xiang clan, and bearing the surname of Liu Hanguo, the only thing Liu She, the prime minister, can do, and at the same time the only thing he should do, is to immediately look at the emperor on the imperial couch when encountering any major events, and ask One sentence: I will do what Your Majesty says;
In addition, when encountering some trivial matters that do not require the emperor to worry about, but only need to be resolved by the prime minister, Liu She also needs to handle these matters well, and at the same time, do not forget to report to the emperor;
——Your Majesty~
——I have done these things recently, although they are not big things, but I want to let His Majesty know~
Whether the Emperor Guan of Weiyang Palace cares about these trivial matters is not what Liu She needs to pay attention to - Liu She only needs to show his attitude.

And during the past period, that is, the period when Liu Sheng went to Shanglinyuan to relax, what Liu She did was obviously far from satisfying Liu Sheng.

It's obvious: Liu She has made a mistake in her position;
Liu She regards himself as a 'normal' prime minister like Xiao He, Marquis of Hefeng, Cao Can, Marquis of Pingyang, or Zhang Cang, Marquis of Beiping, and Shen Tujia, Marquis of Gu'an...
"how?"

"As soon as I returned to Chang'an, the princes came to the palace to block people on the back;"

"Why did you keep silent when you came to me face to face?"

Seeing that everyone fell into silence because of Liu She's retreat, Liu Sheng did not forget to make an understatement, then sat back on the imperial couch indifferently, and began to carefully look at the people in the hall.

Compared with the court ten years ago when Emperor Taizong Xiaowen died and the first emperor Liu Qi took the throne, today's Sangong Jiuqing has obviously undergone earth-shaking changes.

——The prime minister at that time, Shen Tujia, is now the deceased Marquis Anzhen; the current prime minister, is Liu She, the young minister at that time.

Tao Qing, the imperial censor at that time, had already retired from the position of prime minister, and was allowed by Liu Shengen to return to his hometown to take care of his life.

The Taiwei Zhou Yafu is even more white now-as the crown prince wins the emperor's throne, Zhou Yafu even failed to keep the false title of "Prince Shaobao".

After talking about Sangong, it should be Jiuqing.

——The head of the Nine Ministers back then: Nei Shi Chao Cuo, now he has been released from the position of 'Ya Xiang', that is, the doctor of the royal family, to serve as the governor of the Northern Army, and he has just experienced a sudden and fierce battle!

If Liu Sheng guessed correctly, Chao Cuo should be waiting outside the palace gate to be summoned by Liu Sheng at this moment.

As for the position of internal history, Uncle Tian is sitting now.

——Liu She, the Shaofu in those days, is now the prime minister of the right. The position of the Shaofu has been vacant so far, and Liu Sheng has not been able to find a good candidate.

Zhang Ou, the Tingwei of the year, has been replaced by Zhao Yu, an upstart Legalist;

At that time, the grand servant Gongsun Huanxie became a Dianke, that is, Daxing after the first emperor changed his name, and the one who replaced him as a grand servant was the former Fengchang Yuan An.

Since the post of Fengchang was placed on the body of the second Nanpihou Dou Pengzu by the late emperor, it has been impregnable to maintain order until now, and Liu Sheng has no intention of changing to Fengchang.

Zongzheng still continued the tradition of "hereditary inheritance of the king's family of Chu and Yuan", and was appointed by the son of Honghou Liu Fu.

Lang Zhongling is still Zhou Ren who was left behind by the late emperor. Liu Sheng can't change it for the time being, and he hasn't found a suitable replacement for the time being. He can only use "Zuo Prime Minister Wei Wan as the main ban Zhong Suwei" as an alternative so that Zhou Ren can concentrate on embroidery Yiwei, that is, the job of the spy chief.

Wei Wei has no doubts, and it is still the same as the first emperor's time-relying on morality step by step from Langguan to the position of Jiuqing, obviously he has no intention of squeezing up any more, or moving his nest at the first level of Jiuqing, it is still the same. Deputy 'moral gentleman' attitude.

And today, following Liu Sheng to Weiyang Palace is the court team composed of the above-mentioned people.

——Sangong level, right prime minister Taohou Liushe, left prime minister Jianling Marquis Weiwan, doctor censor is temporarily idle, and Taiwei defaults to idle indefinitely;
Jiuqing first class, Neishi Tianshu, Tingwei Zhao Yu, Taifu Yuan An;

Dianke Pingqu Hou Gongsun Kunxie, Wei Wei Saihou Zhibuyi, Lang Zhongling Rufenhou Zhouren;

Dou Pengzu, the Marquis of Nanpi, Fengchang, and Liu Piqiang, the orthodox family of the Zongzong, left the Shaofu idle.

Counting with your fingers, there are exactly ten people.

And after Liu Sheng's 'reminder', these ten people—these ten high-ranking officials who seemed to be a bit secretive and hesitant to speak, finally stood up by Ting Wei Zhao Yu...
"Ting Weichen Zhao Yu, report to His Majesty."

"Your Majesty, in the spring of the first year of the New Yuan Dynasty, the Xiongnu entered the frontier, and the four counties of Beidi, Yanmen, Shang, and Dai were all affected by the flames of war, and many soldiers and civilians were killed and injured."

"Although the censors and angels sent by His Majesty have not returned, the court has roughly concluded the war in the Northland: the four counties of Beidi, Yanmen, Shang, and Dai are not doing enough to guard the frontier, and the guards are negligent in their duties. , and the crime is aggravated."

"in······"

"Among them, Chao Cuo, the guard in the north, was the most dereliction of duty, and the soldiers and civilians suffered the most casualties..."

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"The minister was trusted by Emperor Xian Xiaojing, and he was appointed as a court lieutenant, and he ruled the world's prisons and punishments;"

"Chao Cuo, the guilty minister, should be punished today. However, the minister has always been involved with the guilty minister. If he decides to convict him, I fear that most people in the world will think that the minister is perverting the law for personal gain."

"Therefore, please Your Majesty, please Your Majesty's holy judgment..."

After Zhao Yu's words fell, the rest of the people in the hall tensed their hearts, raised their heads tentatively, and looked at Liu Sheng on the imperial couch with their own thoughts.

——Zhao Yu, this is really which pot is not open and which pot to lift!
It was agreed before coming here, don't be in a hurry to mention the matter of the Huns knocking on your side!
how...
"I already know about the situation on the border wall."

"For the war in the north, please express your opinions."

Seeing the awkwardness on everyone's face, Liu Sheng was not annoyed, he just said something indifferently, then naturally lowered his head and looked at the military newspaper on the imperial case in front of him.

As Liu Sheng just said: Although Liu Sheng, as the emperor, was not in Chang'an or the center of power in the court for more than half a month in the past, Liu Sheng did not ignore the matters that should be concerned at all.

For example, Liu Sheng nestled in the palace in Shanglinyuan and watched the general battle situation sent back by the side wall no less than dozens or hundreds of times!

And the real situation is exactly as Zhao Yu said just now: the one who suffered the most losses in this battle and was also the worst abused by the Huns was Beidi County where Chao Cuo was stationed.

According to the report sent back by the side wall, this time, the Xiongnu almost went south, with a combat organization of twenty "ten thousand cavalry" and a horrific 14 troops!

Its main force is elite, including the main force of Shan Yuting's headquarters and Youxian King's headquarters. Even the Shanyu Dazhang of the Xiongnu Shanyu's military officials, and the wolf banner of Youxian Wang's Yizhixie all appeared on the front line .

Among them, Youxian King Suotan Yizhixie led four ten thousand cavalry from the headquarters, a total of 4000 troops, plus two ten thousand cavalry from Loufan and Aries, each with 2000 troops, for a total of 8000 troops. Yanmen County where Zhidu is stationed.

Because there was no warning and another uncharacteristic spring invasion, Zhidu was caught off guard, and fell into a great passivity at the beginning of the war;
Although he quickly reacted and reorganized the direction, the control outside the city had been taken away by the Huns. Even if Zhidu wanted to make up for it, it would be difficult for him to take back the outside of the city from the hands of the Huns with his infantry. of control.

--Make bricks without straw.

In desperation, Zhidu could only order the gates of the cities in Yanmen County to be closed tightly, trying to avoid being broken by the Huns;

As for the field, because of the inferiority of the arms and the loss of fighter planes in the early stage of the war, they had to give up helplessly.

As for the two counties of Shang and Dai, they are not border counties directly bordering on the grassland;

These two counties suffered military disasters. In fact, it was precisely because the Yanmen's Zhi completely gave up control of the field that the Xiongnu cavalry was unimpeded, and they were able to reach the city through the method of "circling the city without entering, and going all the way south". The two counties of Shang and Dai in the southwest and southeast of Yanmen.

Compared with what happened to Zhidu, Cheng Bushi, who was born in the same school as his teacher, was much luckier.

——The Xiongnu attacked Yanmen, in fact, they sent all the side troops to feign an attack, or to attract the attention of the Han army, so as to buy time for the main Shanyu who attacked the northern land;
The reason why Shan Yu's main force wanted to attack Beidi was because Chaona and Xiaoguan, which were under the jurisdiction of Beidi County, could ignite the flames of war to the root of the Han family: Guanzhong.

It was for this reason that Longyou County, which was not standing between the grassland and Xiaoguan, was lucky to escape this war.

The Huns only sent tens of thousands of rangers to inspect the road from Longyou to Beidi, showing an attitude of 'as long as you don't support Beidi, then I have no interest in fighting Longyou'.

And Beidi County, where Chao Cuo was stationed, blocked Xiao Guan, or surrounded Xiao Guan in the middle, so he suffered an old crime.

——The first battle when the war broke out was Shan Yuting's headquarters sneak attack at night, and nearly [-] Hu cavalry stormed towards Nasai!

Being attacked by tens of thousands of cavalry, the main force of Shan Yuting's headquarters, the [-] Han soldiers stationed in Chaonasai had almost no chance of winning;

In the end, in order to cover the transfer of the people behind Nasai, and also to leave enough time for the comrades and compatriots behind them to set the direction, the Northern Captain led [-] soldiers from his headquarters to defend Nassai.

The battle lasted for a full day and night, and the [-] soldiers of the Northern Commander's Department, including the captain himself, Sun Wu, all died for the country...

During the Battle of the Captain, Chao Cuo, the governor of the county, quickly blocked the front and rear directions, intending to slow down the advancing speed of the Huns;

However, all the elite troops were buried in the court, and there were less than [-] troops and peasants mixed in the local armed forces. Chao Cuo still failed to seize this opportunity of "making contributions and making achievements, and being named princes and ministers"...
"The captain of the Northland died in battle, and I am deeply saddened."

"Before I went back to the palace, I went to visit the Empress Dowager, and I had already made a decision with the Empress Dowager: Sun Wu, the captain of the Northland, should be made Marquis of Dingguo, Marquis of Guannei, and his son will succeed him."

"As for the battle situation in the Northland, how much responsibility does Chao Cuo have for 'ineffective combat'..."

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"I have read the report sent back by the border, and I have some ideas, but I am not sure."

"Since it's about the military formation, it's better to recruit Tiao Hou."

"—Sun Wu, captain of the Northland, is also the favorite student of Marquis Tiao;"

"If Chao Cuo hadn't been sent to Beidi, this Sun Wu would have been the governor of Beidi that I intended to appoint."

"Call the Lord to come;"

"After Hou Tiao has explained the details of this battle, we will discuss Chao Cuo's crime."

An extremely calm, even indifferent voice, only made the ten people in the hall stunned for a while;
After a long time, I saw that Uncle Nei Shitian was born, and after thinking about it, he said with a lot of doubts: "I know why your Majesty went to Shanglin in the past half month."

"I just hope that His Majesty can calm down a bit when he comes back..."

"—I, very calm."

Before Uncle Tian finished speaking, he saw Liu Sheng speaking indifferently on the imperial couch;
When Uncle Tian raised his head in surprise, he saw Liu Sheng staring deeply into the depths of his eyes...
"I, very calm."

(End of this chapter)