Dahan first prince

Chapter 317 The King of the Benevolent and the Weak?Big joke!

The Son of Heaven personally grasped a water conservancy project, which should not have happened due to emotion and reason.

But under Liu Ying's words, "Xiao Hequ is a gift from my grand master and I want to give you", and the warning from the Queen Mother Lu Zhi's cold gaze, this matter, no matter how unreasonable it is, can only become extremely reasonable.

The prime minister Xiao He was sick at home, and the quasi-prime minister Cao Shen was stunned and had nothing to say. The construction of the "Xiao He Canal" was set up in this way.

After the autumn harvest, the "Xiao He Canal" project located in the north of the Weishui River will officially start under the personal supervision of Emperor Liu Ying.

Regarding this result, although the courtiers and officials felt a little awkward, they could barely accept it.

——After all, no matter how you say it, it is impossible for Liu Ying, the emperor, to actually go to the field to investigate or inspect the progress of the project.

So in name, although Xiao Hequ is the emperor Liu Ying's "professor", at least the public officials and officials in the court can at least have a name; The water craftsmen in the government will go to the specific arrangements.

In this way, when Xiao Hequ was repaired, all the officials would have the reputation of "benefiting the people and benefiting the country", and the request of the emperor Liu Ying was also satisfied. By the way, the Binghou family gave the courtiers and all the officials a favor... ··

For this result, the courtiers and officials were naturally satisfied, and they began to gear up for Xiao Hequ's excavation and construction work.

However, after the court was over, Cao Can, the official censor, had a somber face, and low-key called Shaofu Yang Chengyan to his carriage, euphemistically expressing "willing to walk with you"...

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"At Chenshi, Duke Yang said about Xiao Hequ's matter to me, but is it His Majesty's intention?"

As soon as the 'carriage' pulled by four old cows started outside Changle Palace, Cao Shen couldn't hold back his doubts any longer, and asked Yang Chengyan straightforwardly.

Startled by this sudden question, Yang Chengyan could not help but adjust his sitting posture, and then reminded Cao Shen with his eyes full of embarrassment.

"Marquis Pingyang's remark, do you think it's a bit of a presumption of holy meaning?"

"As the saying goes, the king's heart is unpredictable, but also unpredictable..."

After saying this vaguely, Yang Chengyan lowered his head and put on a posture of "I don't know anything, Mr. Cao, don't ask anymore".

Seeing this, Cao Shen finally got the answer, and immediately sighed full of sorrow, and shrugged his shoulders.

"If I knew this earlier, why should I be born..."

But when Yang Chengyan heard the words, he only raised his eyelids cautiously, and muttered in a low voice: "Yu Zao said Mr. Cao can't say no..."

"How could Mr. Cao not listen to persuasion..."

There were two inaudible complaints, but Yang Chengyan still seemed dissatisfied, raised his head full of confusion, and looked at Cao Shen's ever-changing face.

Yang Chengyan couldn't figure it out: How could a shrewd person like Cao Shen make such a low-level mistake at the delicate time when he was about to succeed the prime minister and the Han family was in charge of Shaoguoyi!
Looking at the court, there are hundreds of meritorious officials and hundreds of court officials. Who can't see that Liu Ying's move is an invitation to buy people's hearts?
Who can't see Liu Ying's subtext, which is "do things for my Han family, and I will be famous before and after my life"?
For such a straightforward political stance of the young and weak king, let alone a quasi-prime minister, even a treacherous man with ulterior motives and ready to rebel at any time, I am afraid that he will stand up and say the last sentence: I must do my best to get the bestowal from your majesty. The great benefit of...
In the end, Cao Shen was lucky. He stood up out of nowhere and added another visible crack to the not-so-close relationship between himself and Liu Ying, the monarch and his ministers. 'The Binghou family.

What's more, if today's incident spreads to the people, Cao Shen's reputation in the hearts of the people all over the world, I don't know how bad it will be!

——The custom of the Qin and Han Dynasties: As long as you are willing to build a canal, you must be a good person; but whoever prevents you from building a canal will be classified as a traitor!

That is to say, Cao Shen's succession as prime minister is imminent, and all officials in the court dare not chew their tongues;

If it were someone else, the news that 'the doctor Yu Shi expresses firm opposition to the canal repair' might have spread to Xinfeng hundreds of miles away in just such a short period of time!
"Strange things..."

Thinking of this, Yang Chengyan looked at Cao Shen with an even weirder look.

At dusk yesterday, Yang Chengyan was called into the palace by Liu Ying, and when he said inexplicably, "Let's talk to Master Cao about the canal repair", Yang Chengyan was still completely puzzled;

Before entering the palace in the morning, according to Liu Ying's instructions, Yang Chengyan didn't take it seriously when he told Cao Shen cryptically that he can't interfere in this matter.

From Yang Chengyan's point of view, not to mention important officials of various countries at the level of Cao Shen, even ordinary county officials can see through the twists and turns at a glance;

But when Cao Shen disregarded his own "dissuasion" and really took Liu Ying's sentence "you may still have objections" as the truth, and immediately stood up at the court meeting, Yang Chengyan was completely confused.

At that moment, there were only two sentences in Yang Chengyan's mind.

——No wonder His Majesty asked me to give Cao Shen some air!

——What is the serious illness of Cao Shen? !

As for this moment, when Cao Shen called him into the car to go home together, there was only one doubt left in Yang Chengyan's mind.

——Cao Shen, why did you have such a big reaction to the construction of the canal?
But it is a pity that Cao Shen will never be able to give an answer to Yang Chengyan's doubts.

What can Cao Shen say?
Said 'Although the treasury has some money, but it still needs to be saved', this kind of nonsense that even ghosts don't believe?

Or tell Yang Chengyan: I originally wanted to keep the matter of repairing the canal on my own, so as to stabilize my position?
Or, it is vaguely telling Cao Shen himself, who no longer believes at this moment, the famous saying of "as long as you do nothing, the world will get better and better", to the former dynasty of Yangchengyan. Military craftsmen listen?
Obviously, neither can.

Especially when Cao Shen witnessed a series of incidents such as the Shaofu government’s grain rice, Liu Ying’s repair of the Zhengguo Canal, and Liu Ying’s personal expedition to suppress the rebellion, and the first emperor Liu Bang spent his entire life in suppressing the rebellion. After he was shaken by the concept of "governance by doing nothing", Cao Shen himself could not explain why he had such a big resistance to "Xiao Hequ".

But if one day, Cao Shen has the opportunity to ask Liu Ying, he will definitely get the most reasonable and true answer to this question from Liu Ying.

——The current prime minister, Xiao He, is ill and is about to die, and the next prime minister, Cao Can, has not officially succeeded. Now, between Liu Ying and Cao Shen, the struggle between the "power of the king and the power of the prime minister" has already occurred. When I realized it, I quietly opened the curtain...
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When Cao Shen's ox cart returned to Shangguanli and left Yangcheng Yan inside and outside Shangguanli, in the Changle Palace, which was just across the street from Shangguanli, the Empress Dowager Lv Zhi and the emperor Liu Ying, mother and son, lived together. In the room, it was peaceful and peaceful.

Especially when talking about Cao Shen, Empress Dowager Lu Zhi could not help but burst into playful smiles.

"Today's court meeting, my son and the Marquis of Pingyang are so big as to 'get off the horse'?"

"I had expected it a long time ago. Seeing Pingyang Hou's embarrassment, I can't bear it..."

Although he said so, Lu Zhi looked at Liu Ying with almost overflowing appreciation and approval.

——Cao Shen may not have reacted to the current situation;
But as Liu Han, and even one of the best politicians in Chinese history, Lu Zhi couldn't see the current situation very clearly.

To be precise, Cao Can, the quasi-prime minister who will succeed Xiao He, is the last test Lu Zhi left for Liu Ying.

As long as Liu Ying can give a full score in this test, or even just a near-full score in the answer sheet, instead of crying to herself with a sentence like "the prime minister said that the emperor will rule the emperor" like Liu Ying in her previous life, then don't wait. Next year, Liu Ying will be 17 years old. Even if Liu Ying wants to be crowned as a pro-government immediately, Lu Zhi will have no problem!

As for the reason, it's not that Lu's pheasant has any eccentricities, or something similar to "I have to watch my son and his courtiers fight wits and bravery";
But Lu Zhi clearly understands: For every young king who succeeds to the throne, the prime minister who is "highly respected", "renowned in the world", and even "invited by the former emperor" will have to face and have to face it sooner or later. face the test.

Because of the balance between the power of the monarch and the power of the prime minister, it is based on the premise that the prime minister is "famous in the world and admired by courtiers and officials", and the emperor is "beautiful to the world and loyal to the people under his rule".

Only when the two sides hold chips of similar weight can the balance called "the country" be kept impartial.

But for the young emperor who came to the throne, it is obviously too early to say "ze and birds and beasts"; "be followed by the people of the world" is even more impossible to talk about.

Therefore, in the past, and even in the future dynasties, whenever the king is weak and the court is in a state of great power, it will inevitably develop in the direction where the old ministers are in power and the emperor is weak;

Once the emperor is like this, it is harmless, but if it is like this for several generations, then the foundation of the country and the country may be shaken.

Therefore, as the only insurance for her husband Liu Bang and son Liu Ying in the process of handing over power, Lv Zhi must guarantee that when Liu Ying is sitting alone on the imperial couch in the Changxin Hall with her waist tied with Fang He's Bi, Liu Ying The balance with Cao Shen, or a certain prime minister in the future, must be in a balanced state!
If there is no guarantee, then Lu Zhi would rather stand at the end of the scale with the word "monarchy" written on it, or even overturn the scale with a slap, and never allow the throne of his son Liu Ying and the society established by her husband Liu Bang to be destroyed by a Courtiers with foreign surnames hang high in the air!

But what makes Lu Zhi feel more at ease is that this has not yet officially stood on the scales, and his precious son Liu Ying has already begun to look for chips to "weight the scale" for himself in the future...

"I don't insist on this..."

"Yesterday, my son asked the Shaofu to use this matter to declare that Cao Taifu knew about it."

Liu Ying's self-defense, half guilty, half proud, finally brought Lu Zhi's scattered thoughts back to her eyes.

Looking at Liu Ying full of love, Lu Zhi's smile suddenly showed a touch of ridicule.

"Ah······"

"Please, Shaofu, explain..."

Said the number jokingly, Lu Zhi was overjoyed, and even patted Liu Ying on the forehead lightly!
"As the emperor, my son will really 'entrust' the young mansion?"

"And the Shaofu came from a humble background, and he has no high rank; can the Marquis of Pingyang listen to what the Shaofu said?"

"Furthermore, according to Marquis Pingyang's temperament, even the Shaofu's past has made it clear that Marquis Pingyang has also heard about it, so why would he change his mind?"

Seeing that all her calculations had been thoroughly seen by her old lady, Liu Ying lowered her head with a guilty conscience, and muttered unwillingly: "All the officials in the court, the son is only a little familiar with the Shaofu... ···”

"Except for the Shaofu, I really don't know who else can take on this important task..."

Lu Zhi didn't believe a word of Liu Ying's defense.

But it was precisely because of this that Lu Zhi looked at Liu Ying with a strange brilliance.

——The young emperor Liu Ying, in order not to conflict with Cao Can, who was about to become prime minister, sent Yang Chengyan, the young man with whom he had the best relationship, to communicate with Cao Can in advance?
If there were no Liu Ying's ulterior motives here, Lu Zhi would be the first to not believe it!

But then again, at least on the surface, this is indeed the case!
It is also very convincing to spread out!

Compared with "The young emperor is precocious like a fox, all this is a game for Cao Shen", people in the world are obviously more willing to believe: Liu Ying really does not want to conflict with Cao Shen;

It's just that Cao Shen didn't know good from bad, so he insisted on being a stubborn bull!

Even the courtiers, hundreds of officials and meritorious princes who can see through the matter are bound to be more willing to convince themselves and thus believe in the latter explanation.

And this is what made Lu Zhi's eyes shine and made him feel extremely satisfied...

"Use the 'Qingqu' to win the hearts and minds of the people, establish prestige and blessings in the court, and not only win over the meritorious and meritorious princes, but also secretly command Pingyanghou to control the prime minister's mansion..."

"That's it, and I don't forget to whitewash the peace and say to the people of the world: This is not my original intention, but is Pingyang Hou insisting on it?"

After saying this meaningfully, Lu Zhi chuckled and looked deep into Liu Ying's eyes.

"However, when he was about to die, did he call my son to Changle in the tenth month of the month, did Emperor Taizu teach him?"

Hearing this, Liu Ying only smiled shyly, and sat beside Lu Zhi with a slightly stiff expression.

"Hmm~ Feng Qu?"

"The wisdom of a queen mother is far superior to that of a child!"

"Compared with 'Xiao Hequ', Feng Qu, it is indeed more pleasant..."

Seeing Liu Ying answering irrelevant questions and pretending to be stupid, the appreciation in Lu Zhi's eyes finally gradually reached the extreme.

"good······"

"good·········"

Smiling and nodding to Liu Ying full of deep meaning, Lu Zhi finally turned around with a smile and looked out of the hall full of relief.

"If you are still alive, see the majestic appearance of my son today..."

"Ah······"

"The king of the benevolent and the weak..."

Thinking so, Lu Zhi just shook his head with a smile, and got up from the imperial couch.

Then he smiled at Liu Ying and patted the side of Liu Ying's head lightly. Lu Zhi turned around without saying a word and walked towards the apse.

At this moment, there was only one sentence in Lu Zhi's mind.

——Lord of the benevolent and the weak? !

joke! ! !

Big joke! ! ! ! ! !

(End of this chapter)