I'm really not King Jing of Zhongshan

Chapter 438 The Huns Come Again

Under the mobilization of the Empress Dowager Dou, the "fine-tuning" of each other's court officials has come to an end.

The three males (the second male) seem to be as stable as Mount Tai, but in fact they are all close to their respective terms of office.

——Prime Minister Liu Sheben just got a chance to enjoy himself. By the way, he made a transition, and then he had to give way to Dou Ying behind him.

It was Dou Ying who failed to live up to expectations and missed the position of prime minister. Whether there was a suitable replacement in the court, Liu She, the acting prime minister, was allowed to act indefinitely until now.

Up to now, Liu She is already in a very open-minded state.

——The prime minister's addiction is over, the feeling of the golden seal and purple ribbon is also experienced, the taste of power is tasted, and the honor of a supreme minister is also available.

Life is like this, what more can I ask for?
Liu She's current state of mind is very optimistic: Whatever Liu Sheng confesses, just do it nicely, and if you don't explain something, don't make trouble for Liu Sheng.

When the prime minister needs to stand up, he should stand up and shoulder the responsibility, and when he should not stand up, he should be a coward...
As for the aspect, sitting for one day counts as one day, and every extra day of sitting is pure profit!
But Liu Sheng didn't know that his prime minister was in such an open-minded state of mind.

If he knew, Liu Sheng would definitely say the last sentence with difficulty: By chance and coincidence, Liu She broke through the limitations of human nature and broke through the most ideal state of being a minister.

Liu She is a monk who rings the bell for a day, and enjoys doing it all day long, but Uncle Tian, ​​the imperial historian, is the opposite extreme.

——Uncle Tian, ​​already very old...
It has been more than 50 years since Emperor Taizu Gao came to Chang'an as a guest and servant to intercede for his master Zhang Ao.

The husband who used to be in his prime is now an old man on the verge of death.

In the past ten years or so, Uncle Tian first made an internal history, and dealt with the princes and nobles in Chang'an City for several years, which made the old man mentally and physically exhausted;
It's hard to say goodbye to this high-pressure position that can easily lead to sudden death, and to become a royal doctor...

Although the doctor censor does not have such complicated official duties to deal with, the doctor censor belongs to the office, and most of them are in charge of the actual controller: the prime minister of the censor. This pressure is definitely not what a 90-year-old birthday star should bear.

Because of being a royal doctor, he is a position with serious unequal powers and responsibilities that rarely occurs in the Han Dynasty, and even in the entire history of human civilization.

Take a simple example.

One day, the censor's office received an order: a certain position was vacant, and the censor's office needed to provide three suitable personnel.

After receiving the news, Censor Zhongcheng did not even ask Uncle Tian who is the doctor of the Censor, he directly took out three candidates according to the procedure, and sent them directly to Tian Zisheng.

——This is Yushi Zhongcheng's power, and no one can fault it.

At this time, Uncle Tian, ​​who is the doctor of the censor, knew nothing about the vacancy of this position, and the subordinate office of the doctor of the censor received the task of recommending candidates for this position, and even the three people who were finally recommended by the doctor of the censor were completely ignorant. .

At this time, Uncle Tian was busy criticizing Prime Minister Liu She in order to fulfill his duties as a "sub-prime minister", and couldn't care about anything else.

——This is also the power of the censor doctor, just like the censor Zhongcheng elected officials on his own initiative: it has always been operated in this way, and no one can find fault.

After a few months, something went wrong.

Among the three candidates nominated by Yu Shi Zhongcheng, one of them was the remnant of the overlord of Chu who was a member of the Xiang clan!
But in the end, it was precisely this remnant of Xiang Yu's family who was selected by the court to fill the vacant position!
Now, things are about to explode.

The first person to be held accountable is of course Censor Zhongcheng—you pushed him, and now there is a problem with the selection, especially because of his political affiliation. Naturally, you, the censorship department, have failed in their duties. There is nothing to say about it.

Here comes the interesting thing.

The second person to be held accountable after Yushi Zhongcheng, and also the only public official Erqianshi who was held accountable, was Uncle Tian, ​​the doctor of the censor!
why?
——Are you the imperial historian?
——Doctor Yushi belongs to the yamen, is it your territory?
——Censor Zhongcheng, is that your subordinate?
——Is it your territory that you are ordered to recommend officials: the imperial censor belongs to the yamen?

——Is it your subordinate, Yushi Zhongcheng, who finally elected officials?

As long as you say "yes" to these five questions five times in a row, there is no need to say anything else.

What is inferior is not inferior, and what is ignorant of it is no more useful than a sentence of "Please forgive me"...

Therefore, the royal censors of the Han family, especially the current censors, are typical dangerous positions with little power but great responsibilities.

If you are not careful, you will be dragged by the inexperienced Yushi Zhongcheng, and you will go to Huangquan Road hand in hand...
So Doctor Yushi can only live in fear?

What Uncle Tian is facing now is that he doesn't know that when he wakes up one day, he will be tricked by the censor Zhongcheng into the face of King Yan?

of course not.

As the saying goes: the height of the devil is one foot, and the height of the Tao is one foot.

To put it in more plain terms: in the initial stage of a system, there may be some unreasonable loopholes;
But as time goes by, this imperfect system will reach a delicate balance due to the game and checks and balances of the forces of all parties.

It's like those computer programs that rely entirely on loopholes to function, but if there is one loophole missing, they will crash on the spot.

As for Uncle Tian's situation, it was actually a similar situation.

——The actual power of the censor’s yamen is basically controlled by the censor Zhongcheng. The censor himself has no power at all and does not know how to intervene in official affairs, but he has to take joint and several responsibilities at any time, even secondary responsibilities preparation.

But anyone who is a censor with a healthy mind will not allow such an unequal treaty to exist.

Therefore, as early as the time of Emperor Taizong Xiaowen, Zhang Cang, the doctor of imperial history at that time, thought of a good way.

Specially send two servants to stand guard outside Yushi Zhongcheng's office, and no matter who comes in or out, one of them will report immediately.

——It’s not too much for me to arrange two related households in my own territory, is it not too much?
As for where you arrange it, don't worry about it. It's said that it is a related household, and you can control where...

Then, something magical happened.

Whenever a messenger with an official recommendation order came to Yushi Zhongcheng, it would take no more than two sticks of incense at most, and the doctor Yushi would definitely walk outside Yushi Zhongcheng's office by a very coincidental coincidence.

When seeing Yushi Zhongcheng, it is natural to say hello, and when there is a guest, I can't help but ask: Who is this?
Then, it was Yushi Zhongcheng's turn to make a decision.

——Either Daoming the identity of the person in front of him, by the way, explain the purpose of this person's visit, and then let the doctor censor say the sentence logically: Oh...that's how it is... ·
I just happen to be a little free recently, so I can still ask about this matter.

That who, when the person is selected, remember to show me a look...

No matter how important the Yushi Zhongcheng is, he is still the subordinate of the Yushi doctor-at least in theory.

How can you refuse the doctor Yushi's request of "I'm so bored, show me what you are doing"?
In this way, Doctor Yu Shi earned himself the right to review the officials' nominees, even in a way that is not on the table.

In this way, even if the fault is caused by personnel problems in the end, it is at least his own fault, and he will not be so useless.

Of course, Yushi Zhongcheng has another choice: to conceal.

This is also acceptable to the imperial censor.

——I really don't know!

——And I specifically asked Yu Shi Zhongcheng, this girl with thick eyebrows and big eyes didn't mention a single word to me! ! !
With such a rhetoric, even if they still have to bear joint and several liabilities such as poor leadership, they are nothing more than fines and salaries, which are far safer than taking secondary responsibilities.

——Which royal censor lives on his salary...

They're all in the prime minister's reserve service, why don't you have a marquis and be a fart imperial censor?

With the output of the Hou State, no one would value the salary of the three melons and two dates of the doctor Yushi.

In this way, Tian Shu seems to have nothing to worry about.

But as the saying goes: the simpler the lock, the slower it will actually be opened;

The simpler the source of trouble, the more difficult it is to solve.

——Still the same sentence: Uncle Tian, ​​you are already very old...
He was so old that he had no strength for a long time, so he ran three or five times a day to Yushi Zhongcheng's classroom;

He was too old to have the energy to deal with an old fox and old fritters like Yu Shi Zhongcheng.

So old that even Yu Shi Zhongcheng couldn't stand it anymore, and even waited for this guy to "encounter" him friendly every time, but he still couldn't handle all this...
In the end, Empress Dowager Dou gave a plan: as long as he stays in office, Uncle Tian will not be held accountable for any crimes except treason.

Looking at this amnesty, the Empress Dowager Dou persuaded the old man to come back, and finally stayed for two years.

Empress Dowager Dou also agreed very simply: two years later, Nanpihou Dou Pengzu will drive in person, and send Uncle Tian back to the gate of his parents' courtyard with the empress dowager's frame parked in Changle Palace...

Sangong is a bit more complicated, but Jiuqing is relatively simpler.

——Han Anguo, the internal historian, was released as the guard of Yanmen as he wished, replacing the position of the system, and became the border guard of the northern border of the Han Dynasty.

Wei Wei Saihou was transferred to the internal history without any doubt, filling the vacant position due to Han An's release from abroad, and successfully served as the head of the Jiuqing.

Fengchang Nanpi Hou Dou Pengzu continued to fill in, moved from the position he had held for more than ten years, and finally took up a relatively more valuable position in Jiuqing.

Of course, people inside and outside the court knew in their hearts that this was the compensation that today's son Sheng made to the Nanpihou family due to the pressure from the Empress Dowager Dou.

After all, Lishan Stable Commander Dou Wan died in Dou's ancestral hall just a few days ago, and was even removed from the Dou's family tree by the Empress Dowager Dou herself afterwards.

In this way, as the only child of the Nanpihou family, the treatment enjoyed by Dou Pengzu has basically become an important reference standard for Empress Dowager Dou to judge today's attitude towards Dou's relatives.

Dou Pengzu became a Wei Wei, and Feng Chang, who was free, returned to Yuan Ang after going around.

After receiving the notification letter issued by Liu Sheng Hanhen, almost half of the bureaucracy has already understood: In the future visible to the naked eye, another Feng Changqing will die in the Han family...

As for the imperial servants left behind by Yuan An, they were once disturbing inside and outside the court.

After all, the mess of Taipu Mazheng - this mess accumulated over the years, it is impossible for an individual to be willing to accept it.

Not to mention the fate of Dou Wan and Yuan An.The official document he sent out with hatred from the emperor almost clearly told the court inside and outside the court: the eunuch is going to carry out a big cleansing.

At such a time, accepting the mess of the servant is thankless, but if you get involved, it will not be a fun thing.

Just when he felt headaches inside and outside the court, he was afraid that one day he would become a servant by himself, and news came out from the palace: the candidate for the servant, today Zisheng has been decided! ! !
However, the candidate Liu Sheng finally placed in front of the officials and ministers caused mixed feelings inside and outside the court.

——Yanmen Shouzhidu········
In other words, it should be the goshawk, which has been away from Chang'an for many years, is about to soar over Chang'an again, ready to swoop down at any time and end any pika...

Liu Sheng's purpose of letting Zhidu return to the court to serve as a servant can also be regarded as completely obvious: to cut the mess with a sharp knife.

Use Goshawk Zhidu's notorious sharp knife to cut down the mess of the eunuch Ma Zheng.

Regarding Tian Zisheng's arrangement, all the officials in the court naturally sang praises on the surface, kowtowed three times and bowed nine times, expressing that Zhidu is simply the most suitable primate in this world to be a servant! ! ! !
But in the dark, without exception, they all prayed that Qizhi would finish the servant's affairs as soon as possible, and then go as far as possible, just not to take them in the Chang'an court.

——During the days when Zhidu was in Chang'an, almost the entire Chang'an city was shrouded in the majesty of goshawks.

After all, who doesn't have a ridiculous nephew?
In the past period of time, Zhi was not in Chang'an, and Chang'an City was hello, hello, hello, everyone, let alone how happy everyone is.

So if possible, people still hope that Zhidu's ruthlessness can be used on the Huns.

After smoothing out most of the affairs in the DPRK and China, and getting through the painful period caused by a series of personnel transfers, Liu Sheng didn't waste any more time and formally summoned the capital to return to Beijing to report on his duties.

It's just that when Zhidu returned to Chang'an, he brought another group of people with him.

——The envoy of the Huns finally set foot on the land of China again, once again set foot on the fertile soil south of the Great Wall.

In Liu Sheng's view, this is the most interesting part of the Han-Hungary Mayi battle...

(End of this chapter)