A thousand-year-old family that began with the Battle of Makino

Chapter 339 Clan status, cautious emperor
The second year of Yuanjia
There was a solar eclipse in the sky. Liu Zhi believed that this was the reason for the courtiers' immorality, so he dismissed Huang Qiong, the latest person to be appointed to Sikong, one of the three companies, from his official position. He believed that Huang Qiong brought the solar eclipse to the Han Dynasty.

And Huang Qiong is from Liang Ji. He was promoted from the position of Taichang Qing at the end of last year in order to appease Liang Ji. For Liu Zhi, this is simply killing two birds with one stone.

December

The imperial court restored Yuan Ke to Sikong.

Putting Liang Ji's enemies to the position of three princes in such an upright and fair manner was another test of Liang Ji by Liu Zhi.

"General, your Majesty reinstated Yuan Ke. This shows that you want to regain your power. We must make a certain response, otherwise the people below will mistakenly think that you, General, have been suppressed by your Majesty. The military will understand Chaos!"

Huang Qiong, who was dismissed from his post and was idle at home, has always been resentful about losing his position as Sikong. You must know that he has only been Sikong for three months, and for this Sikong position, he has worked hard to get it. It cost no less than tens of millions of dollars.

Who would be willing to be dismissed from his post before he could get his money back? So now that Yuan Ke has been reinstated, he has found an opportunity to come to the General's Mansion to "regret his grievances". He also wants Liang Ji to be responsible for after-sales service and get some points. Compensation is also good.

Only now did Liang Ji feel that he had real power. It turned out that his sister, the Empress Dowager Liang, was suppressing him. Now that the Empress Dowager Liang had passed away, Empress Liang was his junior, and Liu Zhi was a coward who did not dare to compete with him at all. Confrontation is just a puppet in his own hands.

He also understood the reason why Huang Qiong was looking for him. He had agreed to promote him to the position of the Three Lords, so he accepted many rare treasures from him, which were very valuable. The total value was probably worth 40 to 50 million yuan.

However, he had fulfilled his promise to him, but he could not consolidate his position, could not have a good relationship with Liu Zhida, and lost his position as Sikong. Who could blame him? He wanted to be responsible for him and dream.

"Shiying, you are worrying too much. Your Majesty has now handed over most of the government affairs to this general. He has also given me the honor of being the Marquis of Xuancheng, and the number of fiefs has reached the highest level in the history of the Han Dynasty.

Even if that old boy Yuan Ke becomes Sikong, it will have no impact on us. Don't complain to His Majesty because you lost your position as Sikong. We are all subjects of the Han Dynasty. This is not good. "

Huang Qiong is from Jiangxia and was born in the Huang family of Jiangxia. This person has some abilities and has made many achievements in the local area. All the way to the position of Taichang Qing, he can be regarded as the person with the highest official position in the history of Jiangxia Huang family.

As one of the rich families in Jiangxia County, the Huang family of Jiangxia was extremely eager to increase their influence and rank to the point of influencing a state, so Huang Qiong took the road of Liang Ji.

It is hoped that with the help of Sangong's influence, the Huang family in Jiangxia will be prosperous. As a result, I spent a lot of money. I only bought a Sikong experience card, which lasted only three months, and I lost all my positions in the central government. It was like losing money to my grandma's family.

This time when Yuan Ke was reinstated, Huang saw an opportunity and immediately asked Huang Qiong to find Liang Ji. Even if he couldn't get back the position of Sangong, at least he should get back the position of Jiuqing.

"General, you should be more cautious in everything you do. Throughout the ages, many great figures have failed due to carelessness. Now that your Majesty can reinstate Yuan Ke, the next step will be to reinstate Li Gu, Du Qiao and others.

When Your Majesty's situation becomes overwhelming, the general will be in danger. I know that the general has the ambition of Xuanchenghou, and wants to learn from Xuanchenghou and push the Han Dynasty to a new peak.

As the saying goes, before the soldiers and horses are moved, the food and grass must go first. Without sufficient money and food, how can the general realize his ambition? I am not talented, but my family has a small amount of money. I hope that I can help the general and help my great man prosper for eternity.

In this way, even if Huang Qiong died the next day, he would have died well and without regrets! "

Huang Qiong was originally kneeling on his seat. As he spoke, he became more and more excited. He stood up and bowed to Liang Ji.

Then he presented the gift list in his hands with both hands.

Liang Ji took the gift list handed over by his entourage and curled his lips: "Shi'an, look at what you said, you have such a patriotism, how can I not be a beautiful man? Please get up quickly, someone will take Shi'an's seat Take away the noodles and serve fresh ones, why are you so ignorant?"

As the servants removed the already cold food and replaced it with fresh food, the quality has obviously improved a lot.

"Thank you, General!"

Huang Qiong wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes with his sleeves and knelt down on the couch again. I was so determined that I accepted his gift, which meant that it was done.

How could it not be possible? The gifts on this gift list are worth tens of millions of dollars, and Huang Qiong is well-founded. Reinstatement is far easier than promotion.

Moreover, Liang Ji also felt that Huang Qiong's words made sense. Liu Zhi had been a little wandering recently, so he just hammered it down.

"Shi'an, since you have great ambitions and are talented, I don't think it is enough to give full play to your abilities just by donating money. So, the position of the imperial servant in the court has not yet been decided. , look, how about I let you pick up the responsibility first? When the three ministers in the DPRK and the Central Government find a vacancy, I will definitely recommend you to it. "

Huang Qiong was very satisfied in his heart. Although he was not the original Taichang Qing, the head of the Nine Qings, he was still one of the Nine Qings, which was enough to protect the interests of the family.

"Thank you, General!"

Huang Qiong immediately knelt down with gratitude on his face.

For a prominent family such as the Jiangxia Huang family behind Huang Qiong, if they want to protect the interests of the family, they must have someone in the court who is a descendant of the family.

Otherwise, if the central government sends an official or makes a stumbling block to the central government, your family will face great disaster. After all, at this point, the power of the central government is already too powerful. In troubled times, they might not care, but in peaceful times, the central court is where wealthy families like them compete. Whoever can squeeze into Luoyang will be able to stay in the local area.

You must know that the county magistrate of a county is not their family. The judge of the ranking among these county magistrates is often the position of the children in the family in the court.

And those county tycoons naturally have much influence in the county, and how many of them hold office in the county. However, becoming a county magnate cannot be achieved overnight.

It is necessary to ensure that at least three generations of people have served in the court for a chance to elevate the family's status to the county seat. As for the higher families such as the Yang family, the Yuan family, and the Zhang family, which influence a state, they need higher positions. At least the positions of the three Dukes are basic.

One of the criteria for becoming a noble family is whether it can cultivate enough talents to hold three official positions or higher among each generation of children.

As for the Ji family and the Lu family in ancient times, the current Liu family and the Bai family have influence throughout the world and are enough to change the world's situation.

It is calculated based on time. Only if you can dominate the world within a few hundred years and continue to be wealthy can it count.

These are invisible rules that have been agreed upon by all the families in the world as they continue to develop.

And now there is only the Bai family that has lived for more than a thousand years. This is why the Bai family can share the world with the Liu family.

Thousands of years ago, the Bai family sat at the card table with the Ji family, and then sat with the Lu family, the Zhao family, and then the Liu family.

Over the millennia, the people and the number of people at the card table have changed, but Bai still sits at one end of the card table, like the host of the game.

The first year of Yongxing (the third year of Yuanjia)
October
The earthquake in Guandong destroyed tens of thousands of houses and was also felt in Luoyang.

Liang Ji took the opportunity to encourage his ministers to submit a letter. This was a warning from God. If he wanted to calm God's anger, he would have to offer a large sacrifice.

Some of the memorials even said that it was the emperor's lack of morality that caused such a big disaster, and Liu Zhi should be responsible for this, and issued an edict of sin to the whole world to appease his subjects.

Liu Zhi was furious when he saw these memorials. When he saw them, they turned out to be several members of Liang Ji's tribe, Wei Wei Liang Shu, Henan Yin Liang Yin, etc.

He knew that this was what Liang Ji meant. This was Liang Ji's dissatisfaction with his continuous placement of his own people.

It is absolutely forbidden to issue an edict to sin against oneself. Liu Zhi knew that once he issued an edict to sin against oneself, he would always bear the name of an immoral king and would always live in the shadow of the Liang family. Once he did something, Action, this matter will be brought up by Liang to talk about. And how will the people of the world view themselves as the emperor?
But he couldn't let it go easily at this time. After thinking over and over again, he still called Taiwei Yuan Tang into the palace.

He handed these memorials to Yuan Tang to read. Yuan Tang had been in the court for decades and could not see Liu Zhi's thoughts, so he handed over his hands and said: "Your Majesty, please hand me over. Only I bear the responsibility for this crime." Only then can we protect His Majesty!"

Liu Zhi looked unbearable: "Lieutenant, is there no other way?"

"Your Majesty, as a king, you must not be benevolent as a woman. Everything should be based on the interests of the Han Dynasty. There can be thousands of ministers, but there can only be one king.

As long as your majesty preserves it, the great man can have a future. If you lose a minister, you can find another loyal minister like him in the world, but if you lose your majesty, it will be difficult for you to find another sage and wise monarch like your majesty. "

Liu Zhi sighed and bowed to Yuan Tang in the high position.

Yuan Tang returned the gift and then slowly withdrew.

Liu Zhi looked at Yuan Tang's rickety back with an inexplicable abnormality in his eyes.

October 20

Liu Zhi dismissed Taiwei Yuan Tang from his post on the grounds that his moral misconduct was the cause of the earthquake. Appoint Taichang Qing Hu Guang as Taiwei.

Hu Guang was Liang Ji's die-hard party member. When Liu Zhi came to the throne, the Taiwei was Hu Guang. He finally managed to get him under control, but now he is recovering.

Not only that, Liu Zhi also regarded the three princes as one, so how could one of the Taiwei be unruly? The two ministers, Sikong and Situ, had no reason to influence him. He dismissed Situ Wuxiong and Sikong Yuanke from their posts, and appointed the imperial servant Huang Qiong as Situ. Guang Luxun Fang Zhi is Sikong.

It turned out that the three princes, Yuan Tang, Yuan Ke, and Wu Xiong, were all people who had no dealings with Liang Ji. Now they are all Liang Ji's people, which shows Liu Zhi's sincerity.

Liang Ji felt relieved when he saw that Liu Zhi was so sensible. It's no longer difficult for him.

Even though Liu Zhi paid such a high price, he did not touch any of his own people at Shangshutai, and even kept adding to them. You must know that the political center of the Han Dynasty was at Shangshutai, not in the outer court.

(End of this chapter)