I'm really not King Jing of Zhongshan

Chapter 225 Prime Minister, Leave It To My Father To Have A Headache
From the mouth of his cousin Dou Ying, Liu Sheng got a satisfactory answer.

——Dou Ying is willing to unite with the "prospective prince" who has not been officially canonized as before, as he did with Liu Rong's "eyes in advance" in advance!

After successfully achieving this goal, Liu Sheng also nodded kindly, and adopted his cousin's suggestion of "get to work first and leave Zhou Yafu alone".

As for the reason, it is also easy to understand: Zhou Yafu, Liu Sheng can't fight at all...
Not to mention that Liu Sheng is just a 'son' now;

Even if Liu Sheng became the prince or even the emperor in the future, it would be difficult for him to straighten his back in front of Zhou Yafu, a prime minister with great military exploits.

This has nothing to do with Liu Sheng's own character, but just the word "Prime Minister", which gives Zhou Yafu great power.

To cite two very classic cases, we can know how "powerful" the prime minister of the Han family is.

——The first case happened more than 40 years ago, after the death of Taizu Gao Emperor Liu Bang.

In the summer of the 12th year of Emperor Gao of Taizu (195 BC), Liu Bang, Taizu of the Han Dynasty, died, and Prince Liu Ying succeeded to the throne;

Two years later, Xiao He, the first prime minister of the Han family, died of illness.

Later, the Empress Dowager Lu, who was in charge of the dynasty, appointed Cao Can, Minister of Qi, as the second Minister of Han of the Han family in accordance with the last instructions of Emperor Gao Liu Bang and Xiao He's last wish at the time of his death.

After Cao Shen became the prime minister, he drank and had fun all day long, without asking about government affairs;
All government affairs undertaken by the Prime Minister's Mansion are handled by the subordinate officials of the Prime Minister's Mansion in accordance with the old rules and practices of the time when Xiao He was in power.

At that time, Emperor Xiaohui Liu Ying succeeded to the throne for a few years, at the age of seventeen or eight, and there were only a few years left before the age of being crowned as a pro-government.

Zhengchou didn't know where to start, and Emperor Xiaohui, who opened up the situation and laid the foundation for the future pro-government, naively set his eyes on his prime minister: Cao Shen.

Therefore, Xiaohui Liu Ying found Cao Can's son, Cao Yu, the son of Hou Shizi who served as a doctor in the palace, and instructed Cao Yu: After you go back, ask Prime Minister Cao;

Just ask: Emperor Gao has just bid farewell to his ministers, and your Majesty is very young. As a prime minister, you drink all day long and don't ask your Majesty for instructions when you encounter problems. On what grounds do you consider state affairs?
After returning home, Cao Yu really asked his father Cao Shen according to Emperor Xiaohui's instructions.

As a result, Cao Shen was furious, and directly rewarded Cao Yu with two hundred slabs, and scolded: "Such a major national event, should you care about it?" !

Go back to the palace and concentrate on serving His Majesty!

I heard that Xiaohui and Liu Ying felt very guilty because Cao Yu was hit by a board, so she told Cao Shen in private: I asked Dr. Cao to ask those words, why did you punish him?

As a result, Cao Shen immediately took off his crown and asked Xiaohui Liu Ying: Please think about it carefully, Your Majesty and Emperor Gao in terms of sage and heroism?

When Emperor Xiaohui heard the words, he only said in awe and fear: How dare I compare with the late emperor!
Cao Shen asked again: "In your Majesty's opinion, who is more capable, Xiao He or I?"
Emperor Xiaohui replied: You seem to be inferior to Xiao He.

So, Cao Shen bowed again and said: What your Majesty said is very correct;

Emperor Gao and Prime Minister Xiao have pacified the world, and the decree has been clearly formulated;

Now, your Majesty is hanging his clothes and handing over his hands, and the ministers and others strictly abide by their respective duties, follow the original laws and do not change them at will, isn't it good?

Since your Majesty is not as good as Emperor Gao and your ministers are not as good as Prime Minister Xiao, why bother to overthrow the system established by Emperor Gao and Prime Minister Xiao?

Hearing this, Xiaohui Liu Ying finally woke up like a dream, and thanked Cao Shenbai: If it wasn't for the prime minister's reminder, I would have almost done something stupid...

In the impression of later generations, this is a famous historical scene that took place in Xiaohui's reign: Hanging the arch and governing the Holy Son of Heaven.

——After this incident, Cao Shen became the virtuous minister of "Xiao Gui Cao Sui", and filial piety Liu Ying also became the wise emperor of "government and governance".

But what later generations don't know is: Xiaohui Liuying's entire career as an emperor was suppressed by Cao Shen's phrase "hanging down and governing the holy emperor";

Tried again and again to control the government, but was repeatedly frustrated by Cao Shen's phrase "governing the emperor and governing the emperor", Xiaohui Liu Ying finally had to give up power, and spent the whole day in a daze, drunk and dreaming;
Just seven years after inheriting the throne, the 22-year-old Xiaohui Emperor Liu Ying died in Weiyang Palace, leaving the eldest son Liu Gong who was only four years old and became the third emperor of the Han family.

It was also when Liu Gong succeeded to the throne that the era of Empress Dowager Lv coming to the court officially came...
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The second case happened in the late emperor's last year, and only a dozen years have passed since now.

In the 14th year of Emperor Taizong Xiaowen (166 BC), Gongsun Chen, a native of Lu, came to Chang'an and told the first emperor: Qin is the virtue of water, and Han inherited the legal system of Qin. According to the beginning and end of the five elements, Han should be the virtue of soil;
Tude, corresponding to the appearance of Huanglong, should re-enact the calendar, revise Zhengshuo, and change the color of court clothes to yellow.

As soon as the news came out, the court in Chang'an was shaken, and everyone in the court and the public were excited!
Gongsun Chen from Lu has since become the first person in Chinese history to enjoy "black red is also red".

——Before this, the attributes of the Han family in the beginning and end of the five elements were still the fire virtues set by the Taizu Gao Emperor Liu Bang.

As for the reason, it is naturally because the Han family has never recognized the regime of 'Qin' as a legitimate regime.

Since Qin 'never existed', what the Han family inherited should be the legal system of Zhou.

Zhou is the virtue of fire, and the Han family who inherited the legal system of Zong Zhou should have been the virtue of water. (Qin's water virtue also comes from this way, water overcomes fire)

But Taizu Gao Emperor Liu Bang said: My Han family did not 'inherit' to replace the legal system of Zong Zhou, but defeated Qin who stole the country for Zhou, and 'continued' the legal system of Zong Zhou!
Therefore, Han, like Zhou, still uses fire virtue!

Emperor Taizu Gao personally designated "Han belongs to fire virtue", and the people of the world can only accept this statement, and cleverly linked it with the legend of "the son of the Red Emperor beheading the son of the White Emperor".

——According to the theory of five virtues, Qin's water virtue corresponds to Baidi Shaohao;

The Huode of the Han Dynasty corresponds to the Red Emperor Shennong, that is, the Yandi Shennong clan among the "Descendants of Yanhuang".

Before Gongsun Chen's "turned into the sky", the Han family's discussion on the attributes of the dynasty was still limited to the level of Han's fire virtue (continuing the Zongzhou legal system) or water virtue (inheriting the Zongzhou legal system).

If it is Huode, it is to continue the Zongzhou legal system, but the country name and surname have been changed, so it doesn't make sense;
If it is water virtue, it is to inherit the legal system of Zongzhou, which is obviously in line with the reality, but it will go against the wishes of Emperor Gao Liu Bang...
It was at this delicate juncture when the monarchs and ministers of the Han family wavered between Huo De and Shui De, Gongsun Chen was born out of nowhere, and he left the sentence "Han belongs to Tu De", which undoubtedly completely ignited this powder keg!
Han belongs to Tude, what does it mean?
——It means Han's "Tu De" follows Qin's "Shui De"! (Turk water)

——It means that the Han family officially recognized that Qin had existed as a "legitimate regime"!
In the simplest and most straightforward words, it is equivalent to the legal system of Han, which inherited Qin! ! !
When the news came out, there was a lot of excitement inside and outside the government and the public, and all the people of insight in the world were cursing at Gongsun Chen, a native of Lu!
As the "double representative" of the Chang'an court and the world's academic circles, with the academic label of "Xunzi's disciple" on his head, Zhang Cang, who also holds the post of prime minister, stood up without hesitation.

Zhang Cang told the first emperor: Qin never existed legally;

Qin's illegal rule brought unprecedented disasters and indelible pain to the people of the world.

Emperor Taizu Gao obeyed the order of heaven, defeated the tyrant Qin and established Liu Han Guozuo - this is the foundation of the legal system of the Han family;

If Han belongs to Tude, it means abandoning the Han family's legal system and destiny's favor, and it also fails the people of the world to believe in our Han family.

With Zhang Cang’s bluntness, he couldn’t be more blunt, and even wished he could directly say a reminder of "Han belongs to soil = Han loses its deer", the late emperor calmed down and replaced Gongsunchen's sentence "Han belongs to soil" De' ignore.

Logically speaking, this farce should end here.

The Han family should have continued to entangle whether the Han family belonged to the virtue of water or the virtue of fire, and Gongsunchen should also go back to Ludi and make his own big dream of "changing the day and changing the day".

But after Gongsunchen yelled the phrase "Han belongs to Tude", a short period of time passed, and something that shocked everyone in the world happened.

——In the 15th year of Emperor Taizong Xiaowen, Huanglong has become a century!

When Gongsunchen played the first emperor's "Han belongs to Tude", the phrase "Huanglong is present" that he mentioned has really come true...

The news was sent back to Chang'an, and the Chang'an court was instantly dumb;
The world's academic circles were also stunned by this sudden change.

In the end, the first emperor gave an order after much deliberation: Gongsun Chen, a native of Lu, was summoned to re-enter Chang'an.

After careful discussion with Gongsunchen, the first emperor appointed Gongsunchen as a doctor, and asked Gongsunchen and Confucian scholars who were proficient in this way to discuss matters such as correcting Shuo and changing clothes.

At that time, Zhao Renxin Yuanping suggested that the late emperor set up the Five Emperors Temple in Weiyang, and said: After the Five Emperors Temple is built, Zhou Ding will appear in the world, and there will be a jade flower to point out the direction for the late emperor.

Two years later, in the 17th year of Emperor Taizong Xiaowen of the Han Dynasty, the prophecy of Xin Yuanping from Zhao Ren also came true—the first emperor got a jade cup and wrote a letter: The Lord prolongs life.

At this point, the first emperor finally stopped hesitating, and despite the obstruction of the courtiers and officials headed by Zhang Cang, he formally issued an edict: Han belonged to Tude, and ordered the court officials to correct Shuo, change clothes, and yellow;

In the first year of the Yuan Dynasty, the world was overwhelmed.

This is the historical allusion that happened in the reign of Emperor Wen and became famous to later generations: Emperor Taizong Xiaowen of the Han Dynasty Huanglong changed the Yuan Dynasty.

However, the result of this incident is the same as Cao Shen's saying "hang down and rule the emperor", which is not well known to later generations.

——In the year when Emperor Wen Huanglong changed the Yuan Dynasty, the Xinyuanping case happened.

After careful investigation by Prime Minister Zhang Cang and Tingwei Zhang Shizhi, they finally arrested the craftsman who carved the words "the master prolongs life" on the jade cup in Xin Yuanping's mansion;

Soon afterwards, the officials sent by the court to investigate into Chengji responded: The legendary "Huanglong is alive" is just a cloud formed by wind and sand, not the real Huanglong.

It wasn't until this time that the first emperor finally realized that he wiped out all the thieves including Gongsunchen and Xin Yuanping;
The change of Huanglong to Yuan Dynasty became one of the few stains in the life of Emperor Taizong Xiaowen Liu Heng...
Speaking of this, some people may be puzzled: During this whole incident, Prime Minister Zhang Cang did not seem to do anything, reflecting the weight of the word "Prime Minister"?

This is because an event after the first emperor Huanglong changed the Yuan Dynasty is also not well known to later generations.

——After the incident of Xinyuanping and Huanglong’s change to the Yuan Dynasty were abandoned, the prime minister Zhang Cang entered the court with a hundred officials and asked the late emperor Liu Heng: Change the virtue of fire in the Han Dynasty to the virtue of water!

Zhang Cang's move, of course, was to take advantage of the chance that the late emperor had just made a mistake because of "Huanglong Changing the Yuan", and he had no confidence in his heart, to change the five-element attribute of the Han family from the fire virtue that Liu Bang had decided on, to the way it should be. Water Virtue.

But at that time, the first emperor was annoyed by Huanglong's change of Yuan Dynasty. Hearing that Zhang Cang also wanted to change the dynasty's attributes, he naturally expressed annoyance: Stop talking about the beginning and end of the five elements!
I still have a face!
The first emperor refused in shame and indignation, Zhang Cang repeated his request;
In the end, under the mutual non-concession of the monarch and his ministers, the first emperor finally had to angrily order: Prime Minister Zhang Cang was dismissed and ordered to return to the feudal state, and he was not allowed to return to Chang'an for life!
So far, the change of Huanglong to Yuan, initiated by Luren (Luru) Gongsunchen and Zhaoren (alchemist) Xinyuanping, has finally come to an end.

The change of Huanglong to the Yuan Dynasty became a dark history in the heart of the late emperor, which he never wanted to recall;
However, Zhang Cang, a generation of sages, also forced Liu Heng, a generation of sages, to become the first monarch of the Han family to dismiss the prime minister.

——Just because Zhang Cang had no choice but to change the virtue of fire into the virtue of water, the late emperor who held great power and ruled the world could only say 'no' to Zhang Cang by dismissing his prime minister... ··

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These two incidents are classic cases that have happened between Han Xiang and Han Tianzi in the past few decades.

In front of the Prime Minister Cao Shen, Emperor Xiaohui Liu Ying was uttered with a sentence of "hanging down and governing the Holy Son of Heaven", so that he could not stand up for life;

In front of the prime minister Zhang Cang, even a sage with such power as the first emperor can only ensure that he can win a battle that is worthy of the name in the direct collision between the "monarchy" and the "prime minister" by roughly dismissing the prime minister. Fierce victory.

If these two things are too far away, then in recent years, there is another thing that can explain how terrifying the power of the prime minister of the Han family is.

——Before the outbreak of the Wu-Chu Rebellion, today's son Liu Qi, because of a disagreement with the deceased old prime minister Shen Tujia on the matter of "Cutting Down the Fan", had to secretly instruct the internal history Chao Cuo to chisel the outer wall of the Supreme Emperor's Temple open.

The reason, but I just want to try to see if I can make Shen Tujia mad...

Knowing all these things, and looking back at Liu Sheng's current situation, it is not difficult to understand what Prime Minister Zhou Yafu means to Liu Sheng;

——As the heir personally designated by the founding emperor Liu Bang, Xiaohui Liu Ying was unable to take care of herself after being sprayed by Prime Minister Cao Shen after inheriting the throne;
——So far, Emperor Taizong Xiaowen, who has been recognized by the world as "the virtue of the common people, the lake and the birds and beasts", was forced by the prime minister Zhang Cang to resign;

——For 23 years, the emperor Qi, who was already full-fledged when he ascended the throne, was forced by the prime minister Shentu Jia to have no choice but to dig up the temple of his ancestors to try to see if he could kill Shentu Jia!

And now, it was Liu Sheng's turn.

It is Liu Sheng's turn to deal with the current prime minister: Zhou Yafu, who is malicious to himself.

But there is a slight difference: the previous cases were all collisions between the "current prime minister" and the "reigning emperor";

But this time, Liu Sheng came to meet Zhou Yafu, who was already serving as the prime minister, with the identity of a 'son'.
In other words: This is not Liu Sheng's war.

It was another collision between the power of the monarch and the power of the prime minister between Tianzi Qi and Zhou Yafu.

The result of this collision will determine the future fate of Liu Sheng and even the entire Han family.

And Liu Sheng is just the fuse of this collision...
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"Asheng, do you really want to compete with the prime minister?"

Walking out of Dou Ying's Wei Qihou Mansion and walking back to the palace, he heard his elder brother Liu Pengzu's inquiry, but Liu Sheng could only helplessly shake his head and smile wryly.

"The me now, I'm afraid I'm not worthy of competing with the prime minister..."

"—to compete, it is also the rivalry between the father and the prime minister."

"As for me, I can only do what my cousin said, and do the food business first;"

"The right is to do something useful, so that the father and emperor will have more confidence in front of the prime minister..."

The helpless tone only made Liu Pengzu smile bitterly;

For Liu Sheng's current situation, the two brothers obviously have a very clear understanding.

Liu Pengzu was also secretly relieved that Liu Sheng was able to recognize the status quo and calmly come to the conclusion that 'I am not worthy of competing with the prime minister'.

But for Cai Cai, Liu Pengzu was obviously still a little puzzled by Liu Sheng's tough attitude in front of Dou Ying.

"Since this is the case, then Ah Sheng, why did you say that to your cousin?"

"Aren't you afraid that because of today's incident, my cousin will think that Ah Sheng is a person who is overconfident and unworthy of allegiance?"

Hearing this, Liu Sheng just smiled and turned sideways with great interest.

There was also a hint of cunning quietly in the eyes looking at Liu Pengzu.

"Brother, I still don't know my cousin..."

"——Cousin, he is a person who likes to solve other people's problems, but is also worried that he can't solve problems for others."

"I showed such an attitude, of course my cousin would be worried because I was 'overreaching';"

"But at the same time, it's satisfying to be able to dissuade me."

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"Besides, I also want to use today's incident to make my cousin realize: I am not the eldest brother."

"—When encountering such a thing, I will not hesitate like my elder brother."

"After what happened today, my cousin should be able to realize what is the difference between me and my elder brother."

"Of course, the most important thing is: Cousin is willing to accept the reality, and as the prince and tutor, help me, the 'prospective prince'."

Saying so, Liu Sheng couldn't help but smile again, shook his head, sighed, stopped, and then stretched lazily.

"Uh! Uh~"

"——Prime Minister, leave it to the father to have a headache~"

"For me, instead of wasting time on Zhou Yafu and doing useless work, it's better to focus on what I can do."

"—for example, cousin;"

"—such as food;"

"Another example······"

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"Hey;"

"In a few days, it will be the Yuanshuo court meeting..."

　First more.

　　This chapter is a foreshadowing transitional chapter, and the content may be a little boring, so please bear with me.

　　My hands are much better, but they are still a little itchy. I will do two more changes today.

　　The second update is three hours later.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)