Chapter 312: The miserable officialdom of Chang'an
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Once you enter the Gyeonggi area, it belongs to Chang'an, and if you want to take the army from here to Guò, you must report to the capital and you must get permission to get close to Chang'an.
On the border of the Gyeonggi region, there is a huge post station, which is specially responsible for the envoys and officials from the northwest, Yang Ze can't think of not living in the post station, he didn't enter Beijing by order, if he doesn't live in the post station, isn't it the same as rebellion.
The post station is very big, not to mention more than 400 people, even if it is doubled, it will be lived, and there are many rooms, Yang Ze first greeted the officials of the post station and made a registration, and then he began to write a chapter, wanting to report the matter to Empress Dugu.
It is not in accordance with the rules for him to do this, just the chapter left by the ram of Qiuzhou Thorn History, it will definitely not work, the ram is left on one acre and three points of land in Qiuzhou, but who is he in Chang'an, no one will take him seriously, take the chapter of the Thorn History and dare to enter Beijing, this is not the era of the division of the feudal town, so can it be good.
Yang Ze wrote a recital, emphasizing that he had to secretly enter Beijing, afraid of leaking the news, no matter what, the sudden awakening of the national teacher "into the court", or after being caught, this kind of thing can not be known by too many people, in case it is used by someone with intentions, it will cause disputes between the two countries.
After writing the chapter, he asked someone to send him to Beijing, and Yang Ze waited in the post station, without the will of Empress Dugu, he could only wait here, even if he was asked to wait for a month or two, he would have to accept his fate.
Caicai came to Yang Ze and asked, "I heard from the people in the post station just now that it is not okay to enter Beijing like us, and the army is not allowed to enter Beijing without being summoned, otherwise it will be held responsible." Are you okay, are you going to get your head cut off? ”
Yang Ze thought for a while and said, "It is estimated that it will not be cut off, after all, it is necessary to send Gumodoro to Beijing." Four hundred guards is really not much, and the difference between the army and the guard is huge. Even if I want to be held responsible, I can only find out why I didn't report to the imperial court immediately after I caught Kumodoro, so it is estimated that I will be removed from the post of Zhenxi County Commander! ”
Caicai was taken aback and said, "Then, then you will be a flat-headed ordinary person in the future?" ”
Yang Ze suddenly smiled. Shaking his head and said: "Remove the post of Zhenxi County Commander, but you can take on other positions, after all, you can get the Sudden Jue National Teacher to Chang'an and let the Sudden Awakening Khan bow his head, this is a good thing for us to be generous and have the upper hand, even if your imperial grandmother doesn't say it." I must be happy in my heart, and I will be reprimanded first, but afterwards, I will still be promoted. ”
Caicai put her mind at ease, looked at Yang Ze, and said, "You seem to be very proud, do you know that you will definitely be promoted?" ”
Yang Ze frowned. said: "I expected it so, but according to your imperial grandmother's temper, it is not likely. However, anyway, it is something that has not yet been born, so I think in a good direction, so why bother to add trouble to myself. ”
At this moment, Mugen ran in from outside, saying that there were many people coming from afar, some soldiers and some officials. The leader looks like a eunuch!
Yang Zeqi said: "Eunuch, how can you tell that it is a eunuch?" ”
Mu Gen scratched the back of his head and said, "It's that Liang Dazhong, the eunuch who wanted to pull the senior brother into the palace before, isn't he the chief manager." It's a eunuch, isn't that a eunuch! ”
Yang Ze shouted, hurriedly ran out of the house, ran out of the post station, arrived at the main road, looked in the direction of Chang'an, and sure enough, he saw a large group of people, all riding horses, for the person is not the chief manager of the palace, Liang Dazhong, followed by a group of officials, but the grade of those officials is not too high, most of them wear scarlet robes and green robes, but the highest grade of purple robes is not!
Caicai also ran out and said strangely: "These people are here to deliver the decree, didn't you just send the music out, why did they come so quickly, could it be that the imperial grandmother knew about Xin'er in advance and asked them to meet you?" ”
Yang Ze thought to himself: "I'm a few oldest, and they still greet me, even if they want to greet me, they are here to greet Gumodoro, but to meet the Sudden Awakening National Teacher, the grade of those officials is not enough." ”
He said: "I won't know in advance, I have kept this matter very secret, how can it come so quickly!" ”
Yang Ze hurriedly greeted him and shouted, "Manager Liang, it's been a long time, it's always been good, don't come unharmed?" ”
Liang Dazhong is not the chief manager, his position in the palace is strictly calculated as the deputy chief manager, and this level in the palace cannot be mistaken, if anyone dares to call him Liang Daguan, the real chief manager will be angry, and he must wear a string of small shoes for Liang Dazhong, but it doesn't matter outside the palace, it seems affectionate to call the chief manager.
Liang Dazhong was stunned, he recognized Yang Ze, hurriedly dismounted, walked a few steps quickly, came over to greet Yang Ze, he said very strangely: "Isn't this Lord Yang, aren't you in Zhenxi as a county commander, why did you return to Beijing, when did you come back?" ”
Yang Ze was relieved when he heard this, seeing that Liang Dazhong's expression didn't seem to be fake, then Liang Dazhong should not have come to greet him at the behest of Empress Dugu.
Yang Ze said with a smile: "I have business to come back, I have no choice, I can only come back from a long distance, and General Manager Liang doesn't know that the lower officials want to come back?" Ah, that's right, a little person like Xiaguan, how many people can know about it when he returns to Beijing! As he spoke, he sighed twice.
Liang Dazhong sighed and said, "You live in this post station, it's just right, I also want to rest here, let's go in and talk!" He turned back and said to the officials, and then entered the post station with Yang Ze.
After entering the house and taking a seat, Liang Dazhong took a sip of tea when the servant brought it, and then said: "Lord Yang, you are back to Beijing this time, you are not in the right time, I am afraid that it will ...... Alas, I'm afraid I'll be unlucky! ”
Yang Zeyi frowned, he could see that Liang Dazhong seemed to be preoccupied, although he was not to the point of frowning, he was also very depressed. He asked, "What is that?" he asked. By the way, Chief Manager Liang, why did you leave Beijing, you should serve the emperor in the palace as your identity! ”
Liang Dazhong sighed and said: "Although there are some things that we should not talk about, but you are not an outsider, and you can't hide it, the empress's health has not been as good as before, although there is no serious illness." But minor illnesses are always constant, so the chief manager of the palace sent our family out to Xishan to pray for the emperor. With that, he hehe said twice.
Yang Ze sighed and said, "The emperor is unwell? Things that can pray for the emperor. It's not a trivial matter, why did I only send you out, and I have to go to Xishan, logically speaking, even if it wasn't the chief manager who went out in person, it should be the prime minister of Fengge. ”
A sneer appeared on Liang Dazhong's face. Said: "The chief manager wants to stay with the emperor, so he can only send our family out, these things, with your cleverness, how can you not understand the reason, there is no need to ask." He expressed deep dissatisfaction in his tone, but he was not dissatisfied with Yang Ze.
Yang Ze thought for a moment. Then you can see why.
It must be that Liang Dazhong and the chief manager of the palace do not deal with each other, think about it, the forehand and the deputy are natural enemies, especially people like eunuchs, if they can get along with each other, it is really strange, intrigue is the norm. The chief steward of the palace sent Liang Dazhong out to pray for blessings. If Empress Dugu's health still does not improve, and the empress is so old, there may not be any improvement, it is equivalent to Liang Dazhong's failure to pray for blessings, and the chief manager will not have an excuse to repair Liang Dazhong.
Yang Ze sighed: "This is a thankless errand, it's hard to be in charge of Liang." ”
"Who's to say it isn't!" Liang Dazhong complained, and said, "Don't talk about our family's worries." Lord Yang, do you know that there have been a lot of things going on in the officialdom in the capital recently, and many high-ranking officials have been dismissed. was sent to prison by the emperor, which is not bad, some big officials were even beheaded and the whole family was exiled! ”
Yang Ze was taken aback and hurriedly asked, "Why is this?" Could it be that the emperor wants to build a prison? ”
In the years when Empress Dugu was in power, it was very common to repair officials, and it was not once or twice that the prison was raised, and it was not easy for Empress Dugu to use her hobby of being a cool official in her court, and even if it was a cool official, after losing its use value, the ending was also very miserable.
Liang Dazhong shook his head and said: "Does the emperor want to build a prison, how can our family know, but judging from the current situation, this prison has already risen, and it has passed the previous course, so if you return to Beijing at this time, the prospect is really worrying!" ”
He and Yang Ze didn't have a deep friendship, on the contrary, it was a little unpleasant at the beginning, but now Liang Dazhong is in trouble, and Yang Ze doesn't seem to have a very good future, so he has a feeling of being connected to the same disease, and he actually talked to Yang Ze about his heart.
Yang Ze bowed his head and was silent, thinking of what was on his mind, the so-called authorities are obsessed, in the current Chang'an, many ministers may not think of it, but he, a person who has lived for two lifetimes, can think of it. Empress Dugu is not in good health, but now she is arresting the ministers and killing the heads, which is obviously preparing for her death and clearing the way for the new emperor.
The ministers who were killed must be unreliable, but the ministers who were arrested are just the opposite, they must be reliable, and if the unreliable dies, the new emperor will not have to do it himself, saving trouble, and the obedient will be put in prison, so as soon as the new emperor ascends the throne, release these ministers is tantamount to showing grace to others, and those ministers who are already reliable are naturally grateful to Dade and are willing to use them for the new emperor, so that the new emperor's country will not be able to sit firmly down.
In history, there are two emperors who did this the best, one is Zhu Yuanzhang, Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, and the other is Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty. It's just that Zhu Yuanzhang focuses on killing "suspicious" ministers, while Emperor Kangxi is locked up and loyal ministers.
There is a reason for these two situations, Zhu Yuanzhang killed the minister because the successor was too weak, and the Kangxi Emperor Guan Minister was because the successor was too strong. The new emperor is too weak, and the old emperor can only personally kill the disobedient ones for him, but the new emperor is too strong, so he must keep more capable ministers and let the new emperor do it well.
Judging from the current situation in the Dafang court, both of these situations are possible, so it means that although Empress Dugu is not in good health and knows that she is dying, she still has not made a final decision on who to appoint as the heir.
The eldest princess is strong enough, and the king is weak enough, both of them are possible, but no matter who they are, it is greatly disadvantageous to Yang Ze!