Chapter 1227: Is History a Mirror?
These are the things that Wang Yan thought about after reading "Zizhi Tongjian" recently.
The identity of the prison country is regarded as the prince of the country, and with this identity, he can satisfy the Shun family and the Wang family.
Separating the emperor from the imperial court, this is to learn from Cao Cao to put Emperor Xian in Xuchang, and set the capital Yecheng himself, so that Emperor Xian is far away from the political center of Wei State, and gradually dilute the influence of Emperor Xian.
Let the emperor return to Beijing, and the imperial court stay in Nanjing, which is equivalent to putting the emperor outside the Ming bureaucratic system, and his authority will be further reduced, of course, Wang Yan will not leave the emperor alone after putting it in Beijing, he will definitely send his henchmen to guard Beijing, and the emperor is not allowed to enter and leave the palace at will except for the Temple of Heaven sacrifice.
After all, the emperor is a very useful banner, as long as Wang Yan can't govern the Ming Dynasty well, ambitious people will have no chance to take advantage of it.
As for the third article, it is an attempt to unravel whether to obey the emperor's order or to listen to the minister's order.
In this way, he actually used the persecution of the Shun system to further promote his innovation.
Of course, after ascending to the position of the superintendent, he was only one foot away from the throne, whether it was the final success of the establishment and the realization of his ideals, or the promotion of the Wang family and other forces, replacing the Ming Dynasty, at this time, it is really uncertain.
Of these two situations, the first is naturally what Wang Yan wants to achieve, and the second is what he has no choice but to accept when the first cannot be realized, he still has time, and now he can follow his ambitions.
This is just like what he said to Gaozong at the beginning, the world is impermanent, and he can't calculate the future.
Xia Wanchun does not support Wang Yan's usurpation, the Jin State has not yet been destroyed, and doing these things now will only make the country chaotic, purely for his own selfish strength, which is very ridiculous in his opinion, and once he usurps the throne, the personality created by Wang Yan will collapse in front of him, and Han Xiang will immediately become a thief.
It's just that he also knows that in the current situation, the king of Chu has won a big victory, the court must have a reward, and the voice in the army calling for the king of Chu to ascend the throne is very high.
Entering the throne to supervise the country and forcing the emperor to order, such a thing, Wang Yan is not good to mention by himself, and Wang Fuzhi can't say it, so Wang Yan can only discuss with Xia Wanchun, and after Xia Wanchun listened to what Wang Yan said, he immediately agreed to mention it, because he saw the insistence of His Royal Highness the King of Chu.
Although he ascended to the position of the prison state, it is not far from seizing the throne, but it is better than usurping it now, he thinks that it is not only him, even his mentor Chen Zilong is afraid that he does not want to see the king of Chu usurp the throne, and he also sees the efforts of the king of Chu for the establishment of the system.
After listening to these three articles, Wang Fuzhi couldn't help but glance at Wang Yan, which was two more than what he said, and the meaning changed greatly.
If the emperor is still in Nanjing after Wang Yan enters the throne and supervises the country, then the contradiction between Wang Yan and the emperor will break out sooner or later, but he moved the emperor back to Beijing and kept him away from the imperial court, which seems to be learning from Cao Cao and reducing the emperor's influence on the world, but in fact, from the third article, we can see his other intentions, which can also be said to be protecting the emperor.
However, Wang Yan entered the position of supervising the country, led the government in chief, and had the emperor's will to show the world, which was enough for the Wang family. After that, no matter how Wang Yan was in power, the purpose of the Wang family had been achieved.
If Wang Yan takes care of his reputation, then the Wang family can consider cultivating Wang Shizi, so that the power will not be left behind.
Thinking of this, Wang Fuzhi's eyes closed, and he didn't want to participate in the next thing, so it depended on whether the Shun Department and the cabinet could accept such conditions.
The thing that Shun wants is actually very simple, that is, Wang Yan's attitude, that is, he can't return to the emperor, and he has the intention of replacing him.
The reason why they are in a hurry is because Wang Yan has always been a loyal minister, and the emperor has only seven years left in power, and this time has passed in a blink of an eye, so they want Wang Yan to ascend the throne as soon as possible.
After the three finished speaking, Liu Fangliang and the other martial artists were still a little confused, but Gao Yigong understood, and whispered, "Emperor Wei Wu!" ”
Their attention is mainly on the first two, although Gao Yigong doesn't read much, but he loves to watch dramas, the story of the Three Kingdoms, he still knows, after he listened, his heart immediately rejoiced, the king of Chu is going to be Cao Cao.
"Cao Cao?" Liu Fangliang was puzzled, and after a while, he finally reacted, he turned his head and glanced at King Chu, who was sitting with an expressionless face, and suddenly felt inappropriate in his heart, so he quickly withdrew his gaze.
He also knew that Cao Cao had a bad reputation, and the King of Chu was so famous and had a good face, and now he was regarded as a living Cao Cao, so he was afraid that he was very unhappy.
When he heard the name Cao Cao, he realized that Cao Cao had a bad reputation, but he didn't know that if they followed their plan, the king of Chu wouldn't even have to do Cao Cao, and he would be forced to become Sima's family.
In the eyes of the generals, Wang Yan's plan dragged on, and learning Cao Cao was really not as pleasant as Fengzen Taishan, but after all, the king of Chu was the prisoner of the country, and the emperor was sent to Beijing, and they could also accept it.
After Xia Wanchun finished speaking, the cabin quieted down, and after listening to it, Du Yinxi was also relieved in his heart, at least Wang Yan did not rebel immediately, but this can also be said to be preparing for rebellion.
Once such conditions are agreed, it is only a matter of time before Wang Yan becomes clear, and the methods are more clever than now, and the resistance will be smaller, but if he does not agree, how will the generals give up.
When Su Guansheng listened to the first two, he was already disappointed in Wang Yan, but when the third one finished speaking, his eyes lit up.
In the reform of the Ming Dynasty, the most critical problem was that the position of the emperor of the Ming Dynasty was too high, and all rights were given by the emperor.
In Article 3, there is indeed a sense of raising the power of the cabinet to counter the divine decree, which is a key attempt to solve the problem of whether the establishment can succeed.
At this time, Wang Yan, who had been sitting upright for a long time, waited for everyone to digest it for a while, and finally spoke: "I don't know if these three are acceptable?" ”
When Gao Yigong and the others heard this, they looked at each other, stood up together, clasped their fists and saluted: "With the merits of His Royal Highness, he should be promoted to the prison country!" We will all listen to His Highness's orders! ”
On the cabinet side, Yan Qiheng and Chen Bangyan also stood up, as long as the generals were not allowed to stand up and the current situation was not destroyed, they could accept it, "The lower officials have no opinions!" ”
Seeing this, Zhang Kentang also hurriedly expressed his position, and also persuaded Gu Yinxi and Su Guansheng in a whisper, "Two cabinet ministers, you should go down, look at these martial artists, agree first!" ”
Looking at a group of generals, this is just like when the Donglin Party faced An Zong, who was supported by the four towns, as long as the army is not controlled, how vulnerable and powerless the cabinet and civilian clique are.
Su Guansheng sighed and stood up, but Du Yinxi said, "This pavilion opposes the king of Chu to enter the throne and supervise the country!" Article 3, which orders His Majesty can give and which orders cannot be given, and which ones listen to His Majesty and which ones listen to the imperial court, also need to be discussed clearly. ”
Wang Yan glanced at Du Yinxi, "The opinion of the Governor's Cabinet, the Cabinet will decide on the vote!" ”
Several scholars said that they agreed, and Wang Yan said this, in fact, he was denying Du Yinxi's opinion, but the third article really needs to be carefully discussed.
After deciding down, Wang Yan left Gao Yigong behind, and let the others disperse, and he said to Gao Yigong: "Before the pacification of the Tanglu Rebellion, after all, it was an internal dump, so I didn't give you any reward, but King Lone has always remembered your achievements in guarding Nanjing over the years!" Originally, taking advantage of the recovery of Shenjing this time, I wanted the cabinet to give you the title of king, but if you transfer troops privately, the king will not be sealed, and you will be ready to accept punishment. ”
Privately deploying troops is a manifestation of the army's uncontrollability, and Wang Yan must bring down his influence to prevent others from following suit.
The best way is actually to kill all these generals for the purpose of deterrence, but there are too many people involved in the incident, and Wang Yan can be a prisoner, and they are also promoting, so he can only punish appropriately and find a few small characters to convict.
After Wang Yan finished speaking, Gao Yigong was immediately ready to plead guilty, but Wang Yan dragged him and said: "King Gu knows your intentions, wronged you to go to Hebei to be a governor, and watch the emperor for me." In addition, Fu Lin has fled to Horqin, if you can capture him and sacrifice him to Nanjing, the Lone King will restore your position. ”
On the other side, several cabinet ministers gathered together, Du Yinxi's face was gloomy, and Su Guansheng enlightened: "The situation is like this, the current situation is always stronger than the king of Chu, Taishan Feng Chan, and hundreds of thousands of troops threaten His Majesty to abdicate." ”
Du Yinxi shook his head, "How can I explain this matter to the first emperor, and how can a courtier force Your Majesty to issue such a holy decree?" ”
Su Guansheng sighed: "After returning to Nanjing, I will go to talk to the Queen Mother, and then ask Your Majesty to issue a decree!" ”