Chapter 8 Ready to Fly on the String 8

"General......" The voice of the thief Cao came from outside the door,

"Lord Li Wei is here...... Li Hong was overjoyed, and just wanted to open his mouth to invite him in, Xian Yufu shook his hand,

"Since Zhong Yuan is here, I'll go first. In these extraordinary times, the three of us get together, and it is easy to cause unnecessary trouble. Li Hong glanced at him suspiciously.

According to the usual practice, ministers with a rank of more than 2,000 stone are generally not allowed to get together in private by the imperial court, and in order to avoid suspicion, ministers are generally reluctant to take the initiative to get together to provoke criticism except in special circumstances.

But Li Hong just came back tonight, and it was reasonable for a few old friends to take the lead in coming to see him, as if there was no need to be so stubborn.

"Brother Yu Xing, are you ...... to Zhong Yuan?"

"I don't want to see him right now." Xian Yufu waved his hand vigorously, and it was difficult to hide the dissatisfaction in his heart,

"He was the initiator of the Jinyang crisis. If he hadn't used the issue of wealth to provoke trouble, and if he hadn't contributed to it, how could things have evolved into what they are today? Li Hong's head was a little dizzy.

The three best and most trusted friends are conflicted because of their different political opinions, and they seem to have a grudge against each other.

"Brother Yu Xing, are you too tired...... Li Hong asked with concern,

"You and I have been together for more than ten years, you have always been as stable as a mountain, as long as you are there, there will be no problems."

"The imperial court is the imperial court, different from the state and county. My ability is limited, not only can I not help you, but I ......" Xian Yufu sighed gloomily,

"I've been in Jinyang for two years. I can't help you stabilize the situation for two years, and I'm ashamed. ”

"Brother Yu Xing......" Li Hong gratefully took his hand. Xian Yufu smiled bitterly, he reached out and patted Li Hong's shoulder, and said in a hoarse voice: "You know who I am." I'm trying to stabilize the situation, but the more I try to keep it as it is, the more powerless I feel. I was like a creature caught in a whirlpool, barely struggling to scream a few times, watching everything around me be swallowed up, and there was no way out of the disaster. ”

"The ministers of the court are like a bunch of hungry wolves. Some people deliberately provoke trouble for ulterior purposes; Some people fan the flames on the side for their own interests; Some were swayed by the situation and had to roll up their sleeves and punch out; Some people are in the way of the situation, or pretend to be confused, or have ill intentions to help from the side; Some people have to fight for survival and dignity; Some people knew that they might lose both, but they had to fight back because of the situation. ”

"The court is like a battlefield in which the Son of Heaven, the eldest princess, and the ministers are like pawns on the battlefield, they don't know what they are fighting for, and they don't know if they can survive. They were aroused by the bloodshed of victory. They shouted, nothing more than to slay their opponents at their feet. At this moment, except for the generals who were standing in the distance and commanding, no one knew the cause of the fight, and no one knew the outcome of the battle. Li Hong deeply felt Xian Yufu's frustration and pain, and he looked at Xian Yufu helplessly, not knowing how to comfort him.

"People, we will always be brothers. No matter what choice you make, I will stand firmly by your side and fight with you. Xian Yufu turned around and walked out of the study.

He had a lot to tell Li Hong, but he couldn't say it, and he didn't want to say it. During his two years in Jinyang, he knew that he was a martial artist after all.

Although he also studied scriptures, was born in a wealthy family, and had been mixed in the officialdom for many years, when he faced the deteriorating situation in Jinyang step by step, he tried his best but was unable to turn the tide, he knew that he was just a martial artist.

He doesn't blame his former brothers for betraying him at a critical moment, he doesn't blame them for doing whatever it takes to achieve their goals, he only blames himself for not being capable.

I don't have a cold heart, no tenacious will, no keen sense of smell, no bold means, and no enterprising sharpness and momentum.

I really don't fit to stay in this bloody and cruel court. Li Wei appeared. His tall body had lost a lot of weight, his white face was not bloody, his eyes were bloodshot, and his expression looked exhausted.

Li Hong saw Xian Yufu's staggering back when he left, and he had an impulse in his heart, he wanted to scold Li Wei fiercely.

When Xian Yufu needed support the most, Li Wei shouldn't have kicked it again. Xian Yufu's heart was full of resentment, full of disappointment and sadness.

He once blamed Xu Rong for his betrayal, but he never accused Li Wei of half a sentence. Li Hong knew that everything Li Wei did was for himself, but Xian Yufu definitely couldn't accept what Li Wei did, so he was painful, resentful, but helpless.

However, when Li Hong saw Li Wei, he couldn't say a word of reproach. Li Wei is overdrawing his life for the sake of Dahan, what else can he say except gratitude.

"I was discussing tomorrow's ceremony with Zhao Jian, Sima Lang, Liu Fang, and Sun Zi in Shangshutai, and I heard that you were back, so I rushed over immediately." Li Wei let go of Li Hong's big hand and sat down on the seat with a slump.

"Did Lord Xianyu come just now?"

"He's just gone." After Li Hong ordered Li Wei to get some food, he turned around and sat opposite Li Wei.

"After I came back, I met Brother Zilie first." Li Yan was stunned for a moment,

"Lord Xu Rong? What did he say? ”

"What? After Brother Zilie returned to Jinyang, you didn't meet him? Li Hong asked in surprise.

"Nope." Li Wei shook his head and said,

"It's not right for me to see him."

"Not suitable?" Li Hong said with a smile,

"What's wrong with that? What are you worried about? ”

"Don't ask knowingly." Li Wei sat up straight, looked at Li Hong and said,

"Why did the general rush back to Jinyang overnight? Didn't Lord Xun Yu make it clear to you? ”

"What reason do you have to hold such a grand ceremony?" Li Hong smiled slightly,

"If you can convince me, I'll get out of town now, and I'll wait for you to pick me up tomorrow morning."

"I'm here to convince you." Li Wei said without hesitation,

"By doing this, the general not only embarrassed the foreign minister, but also undermined the foreign minister's plan to regain power."

"The imperial system has been rebuilt, the structure of the imperial court has been established, and the implementation of the new policy is steadily advancing. We have won the Jizhou War again, everything has gradually been on the right track, why do we have to make waves again at this time, what kind of struggle for imperial power? What did the foreign ministers think? ”

"General, it is precisely because everything in the imperial court is on the right track, that there is a re-competition between the imperial power and the prime minister today." Li Wei said solemnly.

What is the structure of the imperial court today? The Son of Heaven is young and still growing. The eldest princess acts as the agent of the state and the lord holds the authority.

The imperial court was functioning normally. Then the following is the three states of Hebei. At present, the territory actually controlled by the imperial court is only the three prefectures of Hebei.

Li Hong, the general of the Great Sima, led the military and political power of the six states and four counties. The military and political power of the three states of Hebei is controlled by Li Hong, the general of the Great Sima, and all matters in the three prefectures of Hebei must first be reported to the Great Sima General's Mansion, and then the Great Sima General's Mansion will be played to the imperial court.

All the national policies of the imperial court must first be transmitted to the Great Sima General's Mansion, and then from the Great Sima General's Mansion to the counties and counties of the three prefectures of Hebei.

If you put it simply, it is that now the Son of Heaven and the imperial court are an empty shelf, and the actual authority is controlled by Li Hong and the Great Sima General's Mansion.

Only when the imperial army recovered the counties outside the four counties of the six prefectures did the Son of Heaven and the imperial court have the territory under their actual control.

In a sense, the current Li Hong and the Great Sima General's Mansion are equivalent to the Son of Heaven and the imperial court, and the powers between the two overlap.

This kind of situation that is completely unreasonable is considered normal by everyone when the imperial system is rebuilt and the imperial court is rebuilt.

Because without Li Hong, without Hebei under Li Hong's control, it would be impossible for the imperial system and the imperial court to be rebuilt.

However, with the establishment of the imperial system, the perfection of the imperial court, the implementation of the new policy, and the time of pacifying the world is far away, this contradiction of unreasonable distribution of power will immediately come to the fore.

For example, this time, the Changgong mainly implemented the policy of land cutting off and leviing rent on households, and Xian Yufu, who acted as the military officer of the Great Sima, refused to implement this policy on the grounds that it was not approved by the ministers of the foreign dynasty and that the court council was not passed.

The eldest princess had no choice but to use her strength to persuade Xu Rong, Zuo Yan, and Tian Yu to abandon the Great Sima General's Mansion and forcibly implement the new policy.

The eldest princess acted beyond her authority, and the county officials below resolutely supported it, as Xian Yufu, he had no way.

He could not openly confront the eldest princess and the imperial power, nor did he have the power to revoke or punish officials like Zuo Yan and Tian Yu who had a rank of more than 2,000 stones.

And Xu Rong, Zuo Yan, and Tian Yu have no choice. They can only choose one between the eldest princess and Li Hong, between the imperial power and the phase power, but they have no power to make a choice no matter what the circumstances.

Because choosing Li Hong is tantamount to betraying the Son of Heaven, which not only endangers them personally, but also endangers Li Hong, so they actually have no choice at all.

Therefore, Xian Yufu's life in Jinyang was very sad, but compared to Xu Rong, Zuo Yan, and Tian Yu, his life was a little better.

Because the contradictions between him and the eldest princess are mainly limited to political opinions and power struggles, while Xu Rong, Zuo Yan, and Tian Yu have to bear the charge of betraying Li Hong.

If the outcome of this power struggle is decided, they may suffer an unjustified catastrophe and lose their lives with great grievance.

Today's Jinyang crisis seems to be a struggle between imperial power and relative power, but behind the struggle between imperial power and relative power, it is the Son of Heaven and the imperial court who want to regain the military and political power of the six states and four counties controlled by Li Hong.

In the past, the general was worried that Hebei would be troubled by the wrong national policy of the Son of Heaven and the imperial court, which would lead to the failure of the great cause of Zhongxing, so the general retained the military and political power to supervise the six prefectures and four counties. At that time, both the eldest princess and the ministers of the court understood the general's worries, and also supported the general to continue to supervise the military and political power of the six states and four counties, but now it is different......" Li Wei smiled bitterly,

"Now that the eldest princess is in charge, the imperial court is operating normally, and the new policies have been implemented smoothly, if the general continues to supervise the military and political power of the six states and four counties, there will be a violent conflict in the distribution of power, which will seriously affect the stability of the imperial court and Hebei, and affect the development of Zhongxing." Li Hong understood.

Xian Yufu is very excited, and has been very excited. He was not willing to go against his loyalty to the eldest princess and the imperial court, but he also did not want to see Li Hong lose more and more power, and he was even more worried that Hebei would gradually go to the abyss of defeat because of this.

Xian Yufu can't predict the prophet and predict the future, so he is unwilling to change the status quo, unwilling to hand over power, unwilling to lose control of Hebei, but in the face of the rapid development of Hebei, in the face of the extremely expanding imperial power, he has to bow his head.

He was very hesitant, very uneasy, very painful. Xu Rong was very depressed and gloomy, and he could not tell Li Hong the essence of the matter, so he avoided the important and quietly turned this power struggle between the imperial court and Hebei into a battle for statecraft.

But in the end, he still said that whoever can hold the power will be able to use his statecraft to lead the Han in an unknown direction.

He actually didn't have an answer, and he didn't know if Li Hong was willing to hand over power, and he didn't know where the big man would go after Li Hong handed over power.

The uncertainty of the future made all the officials of Northern Xinjiang who had worked hard to conquer Hebei feel deep fear.

"Sooner or later, the general will hand over the military and political power of the six states and four counties, which is an inevitability, the inevitable stable development of Hebei, and the inevitability of the Han Dynasty moving towards Zhongxing." Li Wei said very calmly,

"Today's catastrophe in the Han Dynasty is directly related to the division of the power of the state and county officials, so the generals and the ministers of the DPRK and China agreed to abolish the state pastor, reset the state assassin history, and limit the power of the state assassin history."

"Although there is no state pastor in the three states of Hebei, there is a general, the actual controller of the three states of Hebei. In the early days, the imperial court needed a general to supervise the three states of Hebei, but now that the imperial court is stable and on the right track, this power in the hands of the general is about to be handed over. This is not only consistent with the national policy of the imperial court, but also necessary for the development of Zhongxing's great cause. ”

"You already saw that?" Li Hong asked with a smile,

"So you deliberately provoked trouble under the pretext of a shortage of money, even at the expense of adding fuel to the fire?"

"You always leave Jinyang, doesn't that explain what you really think in your heart?" Li Wei also smiled,

"The Great Han Zhongxing needs a very authoritative Son of Heaven and the imperial court, not a powerful general. So you always leave Jinyang, let the eldest princess and the court mature quickly without restraints, and quickly establish supreme prestige. You've achieved your goal, but have you thought about the dangers involved? You're kidding the Han Society, you know? Li Hong smiled,

"The eldest princess is trying her best to implement the policy of land cutting and renting shade households, is there any credit behind it?"

"Of course I have a lot of credit." Li Wei said proudly,

"I am Dasi Nong, of course I have to advise the eldest princess to do her best to tap the wealth of Hebei. After the implementation of this strategy, the blow to the gate valve tycoons is long-lasting, and five or ten years later, if these high-ranking families of the Han Dynasty want to continue to be brilliant, they can only control the authority and use the national policy adjustment after the rise of the Han Dynasty to try to recover from this long-term blow. ”

"Therefore, what the ministers of the DPRK and China are most worried about now is that the general will hand over the military and political power of the three states of Hebei, continue to support the eldest princess, and continue to reshape the strong imperial power."

"However, the general has long wanted to hand over the military and political power of the three states of Hebei, and now the eldest princess has openly overstepped her authority and bypassed the Great Sima General's Mansion to directly command the counties and counties, forcing the general to a situation where she had to hand over power." Li Wei looked at Li Hong and said with a smile,

"If the general refuses to hand over power, the eldest princess's imperial power will be restrained and weakened, the prestige of the imperial power will decline sharply, Xu Rong, Zuo Yan, and Tian Yu will be attacked, and other officials in the northern Xinjiang who follow them will inevitably be purged. In this way, the Son of Heaven, the eldest princess, and the officials of Northern Xinjiang will both lose, and the power of the gate lords and wealthy will take the opportunity to increase. Although the general retains power, he may lose the opportunity to revive the Han. ”

"Zhong Yuan, if this idea is dedicated to the eldest princess, I will consider whether to send you to the desert." Li Hong punched Li Wei hard and laughed loudly.

"The eldest princess is a genius." Li Wei shook his hand,

"The first emperor passed on his best intelligence to the eldest princess, and he was the worst ......" Li Wei paused for a moment, feeling that it was not good to say bad things about the first emperor in front of Li Hong,

"If the filial piety emperor can be like the eldest princess, then ......"

"Forget it, don't mention the past." Li Hong said,

"In the past two years, the eldest princess has changed too much."

"Personally in charge of handling state affairs, the burden on his shoulders is very heavy, which can stimulate all the talents of the eldest princess." Li Wei said disapprenously,

"With a different person, after two years in charge, the changes are also very great." Then he continued with what he had just said.

"In order to stop the infinite expansion of imperial power, the ministers of the DPRK and China immediately came up with a countermeasure, rebuilding the official system, changing the three dukes to the prime minister, the imperial lieutenant, and the imperial historian, so that you can sit in the position of prime minister."

"In this way, after you hand over the military and political power of the three states of Hebei, you actually still control the three states of Hebei, and because of your special status, the eldest princess has to give up some of the power she has taken away." Li Hong shook his head and chuckled,

"You spent a lot of money on this grand ceremony, just to build momentum for me and force the eldest princess to agree to revise the official system?" Li Wei smiled and nodded,

"This time, for the sake of their own interests and power, the gate valve tycoons have to bow their noble heads and take the initiative to make concessions to you and show goodwill." Once the official system was revised and the general became the prime minister, the Jinyang crisis was completely resolved.

After the general became the prime minister, now all the functions and powers of the Great Sima General's Mansion have been transferred to the Prime Minister's Mansion, and Li Hong's power has increased rapidly.

This is the best result that the officials of Northern Xinjiang are willing to see, and it is also Li Wei's ultimate goal. The eldest princess got her wish and forced Li Hong to hand over the military and political power of the six states and four counties, but she lost the power she controlled, and the imperial power was also greatly restricted.

Although the new policy will continue to be implemented, the eldest princess can no longer do whatever she wants. The foreign ministers successfully regained all the power, but Li Hong's power was too great and the threat was too great, and this emergency strategy was purely a compromise in desperation.

In the future, the power struggle between foreign countries will be very fierce, and this is the biggest hidden danger hindering the great cause of Zhongxing.

Now the question is, will the eldest princess agree to change the official system? She forced the general to hand over power, but in the end, it evolved into giving up power herself, making the general more powerful.

Will she shoot herself in the foot?

"Zhong Yuan, do you think I still need a grand ceremony to increase my prestige now?" Li Hong said with a smile,

"You just said that the eldest princess is a genius, so can you guess what the eldest princess's countermeasures are?" Li Wei closed his eyes tiredly and shook his head,

"I don't know." Jump to