My father is Emperor Wu of Han, how can I be different from him?

Chapter 88 Selfishness, Selfishness

The office of the Grand Censor.

Inner hall.

Zhang Tang sat quietly on the main seat, not saying a word. His silence did not mean that no one else was talking. On the contrary, the room was extremely noisy.

"Where did Zhuang Qingzhai come from?"

"He is the prince's tutor."

"I know! What I want to ask is why Zhuang Qingzhai was promoted to Prime Minister? Just because of his title of Marquis Wuqiang?"

"...In the fourth year of Jianyuan, he served as the Imperial Censor."

Bang!
An Imperial Censor slammed the table and said angrily: "These are qualifications from 20 years ago. How can you still bring them up today?!"

Someone in the room responded and was also angry.

Snapped!
"Why are you yelling at me? You said I can't bring it up, but what's the use? Your Majesty admits it, and there are people outside who admit it too!"

After the second person slammed the table and stood up, the quarrel in the house suddenly intensified.

Some were blushing, some were spitting, and some were showing resentment, but Zhang Tang did not say a word from beginning to end.

He just quietly looked at the tea in his hand, as if trying to figure out the mystery behind it.

To his position.

Promotion has long been more than just a matter for one person. He has close confidants under him, old officials in the court, and retainers and children at home. Each of them is closely connected with Zhang Tang.

When he rises, everyone else will follow suit.

He descended...

After serving as an official for decades, Zhang Tang had never surrendered...

He had been promoted from a minor official in Chang'an to Taizhong Daifu, then to Jiuqing, and finally to Sangong, until today, when he suffered a setback for the first time.

At this time.

There was an endless quarrel in the room, and someone said without thinking: "Your Majesty, choosing Zhuang Qingzhai as prime minister is unfair!"

The voice just fell.

"Shut up!"

The Imperial Censor Lu Yeju shouted and glared at the person who had spoken. "Just talk about Zhuang Qingzhai, why are you bringing up Your Majesty? Don't bring disaster to the Imperial Censorate!"

After he shouted at him, the man who had said that knew he shouldn't have said that. He sat down angrily, still with an angry look on his face.

The arguments in the hall also paused for a moment.

After a while.

Someone else couldn't hold back and said, "Even if Zhuang Qingzhai becomes the prime minister, he doesn't have any trustworthy officials under his command. The Imperial Censor will still have the final say in the court!"

Once the bad words start, there will be no end to them.

Everyone present at this moment.

They were all Zhang Tang's trusted confidants who had been promoted over the years. They had worked under Zhang Tang since the time of the Chief Justice. They had done many things like confiscating property and exterminating families, and were very familiar with framing crimes.

Talking and talking.

Someone has already suggested sinisterly, "Why not take advantage of Zhuang Qingzhai's lack of foothold and find some excuse to pull him down!"

"Correct!"

"that is!"

Instead of being surprised, the others were eager to try it out and expressed their approval.

Not everyone in the room was so impulsive. Some people frowned and questioned, "Zhuang Qingzhai has been away from the court for many years, so he is indeed not to be feared, but he was the prince's tutor before."

"If the prince helps him, he will be in big trouble!"

Mention the prince.

The noise once again came to a halt, but it was only for a short time. To be able to serve as a minor official under a major official, let me put it in simple terms:

I really don't know how to write the word 'coward'!
"So what if he's the crown prince?" After a brief pause, someone said coldly, "He relies on his uncle who is a relative..."

"Shut up!"

In the middle of his words, the Imperial Censor Lu Yeju interrupted him again with an angry shout, "If you keep talking nonsense, get out!"

This time, after he yelled, he took a little longer.

Because everyone suddenly remembered that their own Imperial Censor seemed to have some relationship with the Crown Prince. Now, it was no longer a secret that Zhang He had fled to the Crown Prince's Palace...

There was a buzz in the house.

They no longer talked about His Majesty or the Crown Prince. They looked at Zhang Tang who had been silent all the time and discussed in a low voice.

"This time, the censor should be promoted to prime minister..."

“That can earn you a title of nobility!”

As if he had heard the key words, Zhang Tang gently placed the tea bowl in his hand on the table.

The sound of the bottom of the bowl hitting the table was very light, but it was clearly audible at this moment, because from the moment Zhang Tang moved, all the noise in the room disappeared.

"Are you done arguing?"

Facing the Censor's questions, all the censors in the hall shut up and looked at him in silence.

"Now that you guys have finished arguing, let me say a few words."

Zhang Tang nodded, without looking at anyone, but as he had done many times, he looked into the distance, towards an unknown place.

"I studied legalism since I was young. At that time, all schools of thought had not yet been abolished, so I always considered myself a disciple of the Legalists. Later, when I entered the officialdom, I did not change my original intention."

"Wei Yang was not unaware of his death, but he still insisted on ruling the country with strict laws. This was due to the will of his superiors and his personality."

talking.

Zhang Tang paused, and said calmly, "Whether the ending will be tragic or not, I don't care anymore, it's just..."

"I came to this world and left nothing good behind. Instead, I left behind a bad reputation and enemies all over the world."

"I am not afraid of death, I am only afraid that my descendants will pay tribute to me in the future..."

“Still no peace.”

After that, the room was silent for a long time.

Zhang Tang retracted his gaze and looked around. The indifference and emotion on his face disappeared, and the coldness returned to his cheeks. "You have selfish desires, and I also have selfish desires."

"Zhuang Qingzhai should not be the prime minister!"

This statement came out.

The heavy atmosphere was swept away, and with Zhang Tang's approval, today's quarrel came to an end.

The common man is not guilty, but he is guilty of carrying a jade!
Starting from the Imperial Censor Lu Yeju, everyone stood up and bowed, saying goodbye. Everything was said without words...

……

If the New Year's Day court meeting was like throwing a huge rock into the lake of the imperial court, then the first regular court meeting in the fourth year of Yuanshou was the moment when the rock really stirred up waves.

Grand court meetings are mostly ceremonial in nature.

Regular court sessions are held to handle daily state affairs.

The first topic brought to the table at the first meeting of this year was a very explosive one.

"Not long ago, the Xiongnu sent envoys to the Han Dynasty to request a marriage alliance!"

On the dragon couch.

Liu Che flicked his sleeves and asked the ministers, "Do you want to make peace? Tell us your opinions."

And dear.

It has a long history in the Han Dynasty. Even in the first year after the current emperor ascended the throne, that is, the first year of Jianyuan, there are still records of marriages.

It is understandable that Liu Che asks for opinions at this moment.

During the regular court sessions, not only the Three Dukes and Nine Ministers were present, but generals were also present and heard the word "marriage".

The generals immediately started to make noise.

Huo Qubing's expression was sharp, and he said without disguising: "Before we fought the Xiongnu, we married the princess. After we fought the Xiongnu, we married the princess again. Isn't it a waste of effort?!"

"What are you discussing?"

Li Guang followed with a loud voice, saying disdainfully: "What is there to discuss? Just chop off the head of the Xiongnu envoy and be done with it!"

Even the usually silent general Wei Qing looked uneasy at this moment. He was about to speak, but unexpectedly...

"Silence."

The emperor frowned slightly, "Did I ask you?" As he said this, he pointed to the line of civil officials, "What do you think?"

Without the suppression of the generals, some scholars indeed emerged.

The Right Internal History Ji An was the first to step forward and said, "Your Majesty, making peace with the Xiongnu can save the Han Dynasty from repeated wars. I think we should do it!"

The emperor nodded, his face showing no emotion.

"Who else agrees?"

"Your Majesty, I also think that we should marry the Xiongnu." Doctor Di Shan stepped out and said, "Emperor Gao was not successful in conquering the Xiongnu, so we should marry the Xiongnu, and only then can we have the peace and happiness of Emperor Xiaohui later."

"Emperor Xiaowen wanted to start a war, and the border counties suffered from the war."

"During the time of the previous emperor, there was also..."

This Confucian scholar spoke eloquently, from Liu Bang to Liu Ying, and then from Liu Heng to Liu Qi. The generals looked at him sideways and the emperor nodded repeatedly.

Well said!

If he hadn't said it, Liu Che would not have known that he was such a worthless person and had completely forgotten the deeds of his ancestors?

(End of this chapter)