Crowned the New Han Dynasty

Chapter 381

"Huang Si still has some abilities. He has done well in the Secretary's Department. He has not seen any serious mistakes. If he is friendly with Chen Jun, he will definitely be asked by Chen Jun. With the current reputation of the Dream Army, he will come and go. Huang Si's reputation is more prosperous, and he can make friends with all the great people. He also spreads the act of abdication as a virtuous deed and wins a favor. In today's world, if you are an official, if you have no family background, you must have a reputation. The two complement each other, but they are single. He can also make a difference, so I say Huang Si lost his opportunity."

When Huang Tong spoke, there was a hint of emotion in his words, and then he changed the topic: "The Taile Department was deserted in the past, but now it is very popular. Several officials who were in charge at the time were frustrated, but now their reputations have improved. They are all Knowing the role of Chen Zhi, Dong Xu and Zhou Ao, all of the original four prime ministers, except Xu Ji, had achieved success. Dong Xu and Zhou Ao were transferred directly to Chen Zhi. In the Ministry of Secretaries, not only has the official status been improved, but the future has also become clearer."

Everyone has heard about these things and knows that in addition to Secretary Cheng Dong Xu, Cao Zhouao, the co-law of the Taile Department, has also recently been transferred to the Secretary Department to take over the vacant position of Secretary Lang.

It is worth mentioning that the original Secretary Cheng and Secretary Lang tried to oust Chen Zhi when Chen Zhi was just promoted to Secretary Supervisor. However, Chen Zhi was able to get rid of them easily with just a little skill, and then several people came together again in Huang. Under the instruction of Si Si, he and Chen Zhi adopted a non-confrontational and non-cooperative attitude, hoping to make things difficult for Chen Zhi.

This is considered a common practice in the officialdom. Unfortunately, Chen Zhi has encountered it more than once. Simply relying on his own ability, he is enough to handle the work of many people. It is nothing more than a repeat of the situation in the Taile Department. Only this time, Chen Zhi was not new here. Since several people were unwilling to cooperate, Chen Zhi simply ignored them. After completing the initial work, he became even more rude. On the one hand, he promoted lower-level officials in the Secretariat Department and let them pretend to be superior officials. That is to say, the work of uncooperative officials is temporarily handled by subordinates below.

At the same time, contact the old department of Taile Department——

After several comments, the people in the Taile Department had completely returned to him. They were managed by Chen Zhi from top to bottom, and with the care of Taichang Dengmeng, there was no shortage of manpower.

Naturally, subordinates who wanted to sideline Chen Zhi were completely sidelined, like sitting on wax, and eventually left sadly, with Chen Zhi's old subordinates taking over their positions.

And compared to their boss Huang Si, these loyal subordinates were much miserable. They didn't even have the chance to retain their official positions. They were all demoted and hired, and some of them were directly transferred to local officials. of.

After this incident, the atmosphere in the Secretariat Department suddenly changed, and Chen Zhi's authority became increasingly high.

Now, Baijia Tea House is talking about the transfer of Zhou Ao and others. Huang Si was mentioned before, so it is inevitable to mention these subordinates of his.

"These people are also stupid. They went against Mr. Chen. Isn't this the old man who hanged himself because he didn't want to live too long? After all, even the Huns couldn't get any favors from Secretary Chen."

"Yes, after the ceremony, during the talks with the Xiongnu, the Xiongnu tried to get the country to recognize their country's name and the status of the country's leader, but the King of Guanghan directly resisted it by saying that Secretary Chen had people arrest them. The envoys of a country not only Ignorance of etiquette and violation of the law must be punished according to the laws of the Han Dynasty. Liu Yuan is a rebellious minister, so what qualifications does he have to be called a loner? If Liu Yuan is like this, then Liu Cong is just Liu Yuan's son, and he still wants to have a different surname. King? Isn’t it ridiculous?”

"Speaking of which, what kind of agreement did the imperial court reach with the Huns? It is still unclear. It seems that they just agreed to a truce, and did not say that the Huns were rebellious, but they did not rectify the name of the Huns."

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The topic slowly shifted to the war with the Xiongnu. This happened after the ceremony and before Chen Zhi was promoted to secretary supervisor.

According to the thinking of many people, the so-called talks must last for several days, go back and forth many times, and even quarrel before they are finally settled.

But unexpectedly, there were only two real talks before and after. Within three days, the Huns envoys quickly left, and then the war in northern Xinjiang ended. The court seemed to acquiesce to the Huns' occupation of Bingzhou, but no matter whether it was the court There is no explicit mention of this matter in official documents, policies, or edicts.Occasionally, you can hear about suppressing and weakening the Xiongnu from certain channels.

In such a strange situation, no one could figure out the specific situation. However, the imperial court's official statement still emphasized the matter of merging the state and constantly affirmed the ownership of the merging state. However, except for a few places such as Jinyang, it no longer Officials have been dispatched there.

One person in the crowd said: "However, I have some news. It is said that there is no truce in the northern frontier, especially in Hedong. Although there is no big war, there are constant small battles. At the same time, in Hebei, the imperial court is It seems that they are gathering people and intending to have a big battle there, but I don’t know whether it’s true or not.”

Many people recognize this person and know that he is a descendant of the noble Zhao family. He is well-informed, but due to military law, they usually dare not say more.This was the first time for everyone to hear this news about him, and Huang Tong's expression changed slightly.

After thinking for a moment, Huang Tongcai said: "Could it be that the Huns want to advance eastward? No, maybe they are using heavy troops to create an oppressive posture. I think the imperial court may use a strategy of division and co-optation to disintegrate the Huns. After all, the Huns have deep roots in Bingzhou. The population is large, and many people are trapped. If we attack with military force, it will be impossible to achieve it in just a few years or more than ten years. For such a long time, if we use all our weapons and weapons, not to mention every year, every day, every day. It is impossible to calculate the money and food consumed in a month, and it will continue to weaken the power of the country, which may make other border tribes have dissatisfaction."

Everyone else nodded in agreement, feeling that Huang Tong's analysis made sense.

But then someone else sighed: "These are court matters, it's useless no matter how much we think about them!"

"Yes, if we had our way of thinking, we would have taken so many troops to defeat the Huns!"

"Well, let's talk about the romance, chess, calligraphy and painting." As several people were talking, several more people came in from outside the door.

As soon as these people arrived, everyone around them went to greet them, and the focus fell on the leader, who was called Zheng Wulang.

This Zheng Wulang was born with a well-proportioned figure and a good-looking face. He was always polite when faced with compliments from everyone.

This person's name is Zheng Hua, and he is not ranked fifth in his family. The reason why he is called Goro is because he was ranked fifth in the final evaluation in the previous Danqing evaluation.

"The influence of various comments, you can know it by looking at it."

Huang Tong couldn't help but sigh, and others nodded in agreement.

After the grand ceremony and the peace talks, the commentaries that dominated the daily conversation of the people of Luoyang were the commentaries.

The so-called reviews include the previous literary reviews, subsequent book reviews, as well as music reviews and painting reviews.

The book review looked at calligraphy, and the competition was about calligraphy attainments. It was relatively straightforward, and there weren't many objections when the various academies competed.

There is also an episode in which Zhou Bu, who was the winner at the time and was good at the academy, won a plaque for his academy with the title "No. [-] in calligraphy in Luoyang" and asked Chen Zhi to write a word of encouragement to him, saying It has become a hot topic to frame it after returning home.

As for the evaluation of painting, it is also very simple to understand. It looks at the painting skills. Because painting requires a lot of viewing, this evaluation was not conducted in Taile Department, but was placed in the suburbs. Taichang Mansion mobilized manpower A forum is set up for everyone to comment and students can sit and watch the scenery. At the same time, placing it in such a place can broaden their minds.

Therefore, this Danqing Commentary is also called Danqing Tan.

As for the temperament criticism, it is also called the Boyazi period review. It is said that this name was still given by the current sages. However, the competition in this criticism is particularly fierce. Because the art of temperament is extensive, there are many musical instruments, each with its own strengths. In such a situation, it is inevitable that some people will be dissatisfied when deciding which college to go to which student is more outstanding. During this period, many episodes occurred, and there were also students with ill intentions and unwillingness to fail who secretly tried their best to make trouble. There were a few minor accidents, but they were calmed down by Chen Zhi and Tai Le Shu.

As the music evaluation came to an end, the first Luoyang evaluation came to a successful conclusion, but the trend it brought had no intention of declining. It became more and more intense in the following days, and eventually many rankings even appeared——

Some good people in the hundreds of teahouses said that students from various academies in Luoyang should be ranked according to the final rankings of various reviews, so various lists sprung up like mushrooms after a spring rain, and hence they were called Zheng Wulang.

Because the commentaries are government organizations, with names given by the emperor, and there are many forces involved behind them. Even several ministers are involved, and there is a little bit of gaming around the commentaries. Later, even the upper echelons of the academy became concerned. , so that private quarrels in the city were regarded as courageous behavior, and it was a sign of not daring to compete with others in various opinions.

Therefore, the rankings of these reviews have become a symbol for the younger generation in Luoyang to show their talents, and it has also made many people gear up and prepare to appear on the stage in the next session, not only to win glory for their own academy, but also to justify their own name— —

In fact, many people still looked down upon the first comments, and even pretended to be noble, unwilling to condescend and be judged.

But looking at the impact, many of these people were tempted and prepared to participate. Unfortunately, according to Chen Zhi's rules, they had to wait until next year.

"Next year is fine," Huang Tong had a different view when it came to this issue. "Leave one year for the students to accumulate their knowledge and wait until next year to show their skills."

At this time, a voice suddenly came from the corner of the tea shop——

"Brother, I hear what you say is a wise man. Have you ever heard that Secretary Chen, who advocated various commentaries, will soon be released as a prefect. Do you think it is true or false? If it is true, next year Can the various comments on the topic be expanded upon?"

When Huang Tong heard this, he looked over and saw two unfamiliar faces, who seemed to have come from other places.

　Thanks to "Wei Jin", "brownspecter", "vicky~", "Wei Jin", "Altar Fat Biao" and "Lin Yana" for their rewards!

　　
　
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