Liu Che pulled Yizong, and the two of them walked out of the palace.

Traditionally, the sign of the close relationship between the monarch and the minister is that the emperor pulls the minister in and out of his own court.

The so-called out is the same car, and in the same bed.

Back then, Lang Zhong ordered Zhou Ren to cheer on Liu Che's father when he was fortunate to be a concubine, and even helped carry the alternate beauty to the emperor's bedroom.

Historically, some two-way plugs have been even more exaggerated.

For example, Emperor Mourning favored Dong Xian and left the allusion of broken sleeves.

How did this broken sleeve fetish come about?

It was Emperor Mourning who favored Dong Xian, and even when he got up in the morning, he was afraid of waking up the other party, so he cut off his sleeves......

After Liu Che ascended the throne, he did not have these problems.

Not to mention the minister, even the eunuch, when he is slapping, he has to stay outside the door.

Liu Che has never had a habit of letting people see the Spring Palace.

But this trick of wooing the minister and showing his kindness, Liu Che played it flying.

Not only often invite the elders into the palace to talk and play.

Even, as soon as he was free, Liu Che would pull Zhou Yafu and others to go hunting in Shanglin Garden.

The cost of these methods is very low, or even close to none.

But since ancient times, it has been the only way for the emperor to win over his courtiers, cultivate wings, and consolidate power.

Liu Che led the righteous column through the attic and came to the grove in front of the Shiqu Pavilion.

As soon as Yi Zong saw this place, he smiled and said in his heart: "Your Majesty is really still the same as in the past, and I like to come here......"

After he ascended the throne, he loved to come here.

On average, I would come here once every three days.

Or take a walk. Or sit on the stone pier in the woods, watching the flowing water of the Shiqu Pavilion in a daze. Or bring your courtiers to talk.

Yizong originally thought that he had left Chang'an for nearly a year.

The Son of Heaven may have found a new place to relax.

Right now. It seems that the current one has never changed his preferences.

And, look at this grove.

Yi Zong found that this place is no different from the past.

It is still an ordinary grove, with no buildings except for a wooden pavilion and a few stone piers.

This shows that it is in the bones today. He is a very nostalgic person.

This made Yizong's mood immediately become steady.

In fact, after leaving Chang'an for so long, what Yizong feared the most was that he lost the trust of the Son of Heaven.

This is indeed possible.

By the emperor's side, there will never be a shortage of favored courtiers.

And the favored ministers who rose later will definitely spare no effort to attack and discredit their predecessors by all means.

If the predecessor is not dead, then, this kind of attack and smear. And ten times more.

Over the ages, many emperors have favored their courtiers, and once they leave the emperor, it will take less than three months. is going to be exposed to all kinds of shady scenes, and then die a miserable death, that's why.

Although Yizong boasts that he did not make a fortune from sycophants. Nor by nepotism.

After the Battle of Mayi, it turned out. He is qualified and capable of the position of hussar general.

But. The trust of the Son of Heaven is still very important to him.

For all generals, one of their biggest headaches is: how to win the trust of the emperor.

In history, how many famous generals fell short or even died in defeat because they could not gain the trust of their own kings?

I can't count it!

Liu Che looked at Yizong's appearance and smiled in his heart.

He looked up at the grove.

To be honest, at first, he just wanted to be quiet.

But over time.

This gradually became a habit.

Then, it went from habit to disguise.

As the time of being the emperor continues to increase, Liu Che now deeply understands that the emperor needs to disguise himself to deceive his ministers.

Just like he had seen his own dad do back then.

An excellent emperor should make the ministers completely unpredictable about the emperor's thoughts in ordinary times.

But at the same time, the emperor must clearly tell his courtiers and the world what his governing ideas and bottom line are.

If you want to grasp the degree between the two, you need to continue to accumulate experience.

Fortunately, Liu Che was lucky.

His father left him loyal ministers like Zhou Yafu, Zhi Du and Chao Cuo.

At the beginning of his coming to power, he also won the support of the conservatives led by Shen Tujia.

Therefore, there is a lot of space to operate and shape one's own image, and slowly weave a disguised personality for oneself, true or false, half-true and half-false.

So that the ministers can be sure of many things while being unpredictable.

This is important.

Especially for the emperor to rule the world, it is especially crucial.

Liu Che withdrew his gaze and asked Yi Zong, "Qing is nearly a year old in Yunzhong, can there be a candidate for the county guard of Yunzhong County to recommend to me?" ”

Yizong won the Battle of Mayi.

In China, where the king is defeated and the king is defeated, he will definitely not be just a county in the clouds.

Therefore, the original plan can only be invalidated.

But Wei Shang is likely to not be able to hold on.

Liu Che felt that it was better to solve this matter as soon as possible.

Otherwise, if Wei Shang dies in the position of the county guard of Yunzhong County.

Then the faces of the Liu family and the Han family are about to be lost!

There is a huge China, and there is not even a suitable candidate who can take over Wei Shang's position?

Liu Che and the Han family, what other face does they say: The whole world is not the king's land, and the shore of the land is not the king's minister?

But the truth is that sometimes it's really embarrassing.

Yunzhong County Guard, this position, said high, is actually a ********.

And there are dozens of counties of the size of the old Liu family like Yunzhong.

It is not a high-level city like Luoyang or Jinyang, which can be suppressed by Jiuqing.

Therefore, in fact, the position of the county guard in Yunzhong excludes most of the ministers and generals who are capable and qualified - Liu Che can't send Zhi Du over to take charge, right?

And the other ministers of the younger generation.

If you want to talk to your heart, let them go to the clouds to serve as the county guard, Liu Che is really not at ease!

in the cloud. Facing the main force of the Xiongnu in the Hetao, he undertook the most important vigilance and security work of the Han family against the Xiongnu in the past. Yunzhong is also sharing the Hetao with the Xiongnu, so. Many of the defense lines, in fact, are not within the protection of the Great Wall at all, and after passing the city of clouds to the north, the Hu and Han are mixed, and the situation is very complicated.

Ordinary people may not be able to control such a complicated situation if they go.

It was precisely because he couldn't find a suitable candidate that Liu Che had to send his brother-in-law over as his successor.

The purpose was to let Yi Zong borrow the tiger skin of the emperor's brother-in-law to calm the situation.

Now, with great difficulty, Yi Zong Wei Shang has practiced it under his hands.

However, the glorious victory of the First Battle of Ma Yi made it impossible for Yizong to become the county guard of Yunzhong......

That's how the world sometimes works.

Plans never keep up with change.

There's no way around it. Liu Che had no choice but to inquire with Yi Zong to see if he could recommend a suitable candidate.

When Yi Zong heard the words and pondered for a moment, he also felt tricky.

The situation in the clouds, people who have not been there in person, have no idea how complicated the local area is.

Decades of Han-Hungarian wars resulted in vast areas north of Yunzhong City, some of which were nominally Han dynasty lands, but in reality. The Xiongnu herdsmen on the opposite side often come over to graze.

Some, nominally, were the territory of the Xiongnu, but the Han army did not mind sightseeing in the past. By the way, draw a map and observe the scenery outside the fortress.

In general, similar to these moves. As long as it's not too much, it's too deep.

Whether it is Yunzhong County or the Xiongnu Xiutu and Kunxi tribes on the opposite side. will pretend not to see it.

The reason is simple.

None of you are stupid.

I won't make a fuss about trivial things. It is even more impossible because today your family ran a cavalry to my house, and I will go to war with you, and it is impossible because your family ran a few sheep to my house to graze, and I will fuck your mother.

Moreover, such a situation is also conducive to the clans in Yunzhong and the Xiongnu eyebrows, and do things in private that will not be liked by Chang'an and Shan Yuting.

For example, Yunzhong took metal utensils and silk from the Han family, and exchanged them for war horses and livestock fur with Kunxi, Xiutu, and Donghu, and subsidized the family.

Even sneaky selling points weapons and equipment in the past.

After all, the clouds are too poor.

Before he ascended to the throne, there was not enough military spending for many years, and there was not much money for local output and tax revenues in the cloud.

And the special location in the cloud makes it impossible to throttle.

So, I had to try my best to open source.

After Wei Shang left, he confessed a lot of things to him.

After careful observation and inspection, Yi Zong also expressed his understanding of this.

After all, you can't expect a county with a total household registration of only 20,000 or 30,000 to be able to sustain such a large army.

There is only a little appropriation from above, and if you don't want to find a way, if you find some money, the army will starve to death.

And there's more to the cloud than that.

Yunzhong County also needs to maintain and manage, and in the past twenty or thirty years, the Han family has buried and wooed dozens of nobles and more than a dozen tribes close to the Han family within the Xiongnu.

Among these people, there are the Lu family, the king of Donghu, and there are also Kunxi, Xiu Tu, and even the side nobles of the four major clans.

Some of these people are really heart-to-heart.

But the vast majority of them are just for money and profit.

Give money, they will do things, and if they don't give money, they will not do things.

Even someone gave money and didn't do anything.

It is no exaggeration to say that in such a complex place as Yunzhong County.

The general view of right and wrong, the concept of good and evil, and the evaluation of mainstream public opinion are all invalid.

Many times, people who don't know the inside story can't judge whether Yunzhong County's approach is right or wrong.

But the fact is that for twenty or thirty years, under Wei Shang's efforts and tenacious persistence, the clouds have been as stable as a rock.

No Hun army ever captured it.

It became a nail in the Great Wall for the Han Dynasty, firmly nailed to the throat of the Xiongnu southward, forcing the Huns, even if they broke through the pass and invaded the south, they had to leave the army behind the ass to prevent the chrysanthemum from being exploded by the garrison in the clouds.

In the eyes of Yi Zong, in fact, the vast majority of the current Han family's county guards are not capable of controlling Yunzhong.

Even if it is himself, he needs the help of the tiger skin of the Son of Heaven and Wei Shang to stabilize the local situation.

I want to do a good job in the clouds.

It's not just a test of ability. It also tests the ability to adapt, and even requires the person to have strong convictions and strong personal charisma. While these conditions are in place, the person must also be calm and humble enough.

Otherwise. Today's rock-solid clouds will become a sieve of the defense line of the Great Wall of the Han Dynasty in a few years.

This was determined by the geographical disadvantage and strategic position of Yunzhong County - Yunzhong City was downstream of the Hetao, and the Hun cavalry was condescending and threatened here at all times. Moreover, the Han and Hungarian forces have been staggered here for decades.

In many places, you have me, and I have you.

The repercussions of the wrong choice of the county guard. It will be devastating.

Yi Zong thought of many personal choices in his heart, but finally rejected them one by one.

It's not enough ability and qualifications, or it's not tactful enough, not enough personality charm, not enough to unite the top and bottom of the clouds.

"If it was really so simple, Wei Gong wouldn't have been troubled for years by this......" Yi Zong sighed in his heart.

As early as six years ago, Wei Shang wrote to the first emperor and asked for a successor.

But six years have passed, and the matter has taken a turn for the worse. It's back to square one.

Yizong knew very well that the reason for this situation was because of Wei Shang's role, and no one could replace him.

He has been rooted in the clouds for too long.

Long time coming. From the time Yunzhong was recovered by the Han army, he was the county guard.

The soldiers and civilians in Yunzhong were accustomed to obeying Wei Shang's command and arrangement.

They were also accustomed to conducting all kinds of affairs in Wei Shang's work mode.

Yunzhong County is up and down, every pass. Every beacon tower has already been branded with a mark that belongs to Wei Shang.

Everyone praises Xiao Gui and Cao Sui.

But in this world. Xiao He may have a lot.

But how many people like Cao Shen are willing to live in the shadow of their predecessors?

Even if he didn't have the time to work and study under Wei Shang for a year. Fully aware and aware of the complexities on the ground.

I am afraid that as soon as he arrives, he will also want to play some new tricks and implement a new normal to show that he is different from his predecessor and establish his prestige and status.

This can be fatal in the cloud.

It's even enough to collapse the entire system that the cloud relies on to be powerful.

This is the reason why the successor of the county guard in the cloud is difficult to deliver: if the ability is enough, it may change the pattern in the cloud and cause a lot of bad things to happen, but if the ability is not enough, it will not be able to control the field.

In the eyes of Yizong, in fact, there is no one in the Jiuqing of the Han family who is qualified for this position.

After thinking for a long time, Yi Zong finally shook his head helplessly, and said, "Your Majesty, the last general is dull, and I can't think of anyone who can take over as Duke Wei for the time being......"

When Liu Che heard this, he also sighed.

State affairs, sometimes that's it.

But fortunately, Liu Che already knew this.

He put his hand in his hand and said: "In this world, except for me, no one is irreplaceable!" ”

In fact, Liu Che knows very well that even he is not irreplaceable.

Without Wei Shang, wouldn't the sun rise tomorrow?

Of course, Wei Shang's role is indeed very large.

Just like Liu Che, Liu Che is a traverser, so he knows the development trend of the future world.

And Wei Shang is a veteran, the founder of the defense line and various affairs of Yunzhong County, he can maintain the entire system, so that the upper and lower levels are orderly and will not make mistakes.

But, human beings, human beings, are human beings because human beings know how to be flexible.

In that case, it will not work.

That can be a different way of thinking, a different approach, and the same can solve the problem!

"Qing prepares ......" Liu Che said, "I will appoint Qing as the governor of Anbei Protectorate next month......

"It has jurisdiction over seven counties, including Yunzhong County, Longyou County, Beidi County, Taiyuan, and Shanggu, and all the military affairs of the county and the president!" Liu Che said lightly: "Responsible for the entire Great Wall of the Northern Kingdom, and at the same time make peace with the Huns!" ”

In fact, the so-called Andong Metropolitan Protectorate and Anbei Metropolitan Protectorate.

In Liu Che's understanding, it is the large military region or war zone of later generations.

Yi Zong was the commander of the Northern Theater of the Han Dynasty.

The president is responsible for the garrison and county troops of the entire northern Great Wall defense line, as well as the militia reserve and other paramilitary organizations.

However, he, the governor of Anbei, will not have any civil power, financial power, or personnel power compared to Bo Shi, the governor of Anton.

He has only command and management.

In the future, when the Andong Metropolitan Protectorate begins to embark on the right path, the civil, financial, and personnel powers owned by the Andong Metropolitan Protectorate will also be gradually withdrawn.

This is an effort that must be made to prevent the emergence of feudal towns.

In this way, these capital protectorates, in the future, will become war machines that will open up territory for the Han family.

"Your Majesty trusts the grace, and the minister is grateful!" Yizong hurriedly knelt down to show his loyalty.

The model of the Metropolitan Protectorate, after the Andong Metropolitan Protectorate, began to enter the sight of the ministers of the Han Dynasty.

Everyone immediately discovered that this was a new power hotspot.

The Governor of the Prefecture was in power, and he managed a huge area beyond the restrictions of the county.

Everyone knows that the future, the era of the Metropolitan Protectorate, is probably coming.

The difference is only that today, to what extent do you want to promote the model of the Metropolitan Protectorate.

Now, the new Anbei Metropolitan Protectorate has been born.

While making Yizong ecstatic, he also saw the shadow of the future Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate, Annan Metropolitan Protectorate, and even the Hetao Metropolitan Protectorate, Hexi Metropolitan Protectorate, Western Regions Metropolitan Protectorate and Poison Metropolitan Protectorate under the water.

Today, it has always been a plan and then a move, step by step.

With a start, there is no stop.

"Aiqing, don't be in a hurry to be happy...... Liu Che said with a smile: "The situation in the north is not as good as that of the Andong Protectorate, this place has always been the land of China, so I will not give the Anbei Protectorate any civil, financial and personnel powers, Qing, the work to be responsible for is mainly the army and the snooping of the Huns!" ”

Liu Che looked at him and said, "Got it?" ”

Yi Zong looked at the eyes of his brother-in-law and the king, he had been by Liu Che's side for three years, and immediately understood what the other party meant-you can't meddle in anything that I don't let you take care of, except for the war against the Xiongnu and the daily training of the army, you can't meddle in other things.

In this way, although the power of the Anbei Protectorate was immediately reduced by more than half.

But at the same time, Yizong was relieved.

If so, this Anbei Metropolitan Protectorate has civil, financial, and personnel powers.

Then he will be scared.

How did Han Shin die?

How did Peng Yue and Yingbu 'rebel'?

Everyone has read history and knows what it is.

If that's the case, then sooner or later, he will be forced to follow the back path of Han Xin, Peng Yue, and Lu Xuan.

Besides, there is no way to pass it in the court - the Han family spent 56 years, through continuous wars, to flatten the princes with different surnames and the princely states with the same surname, not to create a new batch of local separatist powerful factions.

Therefore, Yizong immediately bowed and said: "The minister understands that this is His Majesty's return to the minister......"

Liu Che nodded, smiled and encouraged him: "Hussars don't be discouraged, when the Hussars defeat the Xiongnu, recapture the Hetao, and occupy Hexi and the Western Regions, I will choose a good place for Aiqing in the Western Regions according to Qing's merits, as Aiqing's feudal country!" ”

Liu Che looked at Yizong and made a meaningful promise: "The real feudal country!" ”

Liu Che plucked a leaf, put it in Yizong's hand, and said, "This promise is also my promise!" ”

Of course, Yizong knows the allusion of a leaf sealing tong.

Moreover, the Son of Heaven has long been out with the ministers.

In this future, following the example of Zong Zhou, in the newly conquered places far away from China, the great title of meritorious hero, this is almost a well-known thing.

However, Yizong is very convinced.

He was the first minister to make a definite and unequivocal commitment to an independent feudal state.

Suddenly, a boundless sense of honor arose in Yizong's heart.

Such trust and kindness, in this era, are enough to drive all scholars and nobles with discipline and conscience to work hard for the emperor.

Righteousness is no exception.

He knelt down and bowed: "The minister only works hard to die, and he will die a hundred times to repay His Majesty's kindness!" ”

Liu Che pulled him up and said, "Hussars working hard to kill the enemy and expand the territory for me is the greatest reward for me!" ”

"The minister will live up to His Majesty's expectations!" Yizong swore an oath: "It will be Your Majesty, the head of the order, and the guilt will be held in front of the emperor!" (To be continued.) )