I'm really not King Jing of Zhongshan

Chapter 259 Big Brother, I'm Going Back to Chang'an...
"Zhou Yafu..."

"Ah~"

"The master of the high power..."

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"It's the poor Linjiang king."

"First, because of my mother, I lost the crown prince position;"

"Now, the inexplicable 'destroying the ancestor's ancestral hall' has been recalled to Chang'an for punishment..."

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"Prince, shouldn't you sit idly by?"

"After all, no matter what, he is also the prince's elder brother?"

"—Even if it's a concubine brother, it's still a 'brother'..."

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After the news that Zhou Yafu "invited himself to be dismissed" and asked to return to his hometown came out, there was a lot of discussion inside and outside the government and the field.

Some people say that Zhou Yafu did it on his own, and he has to bear the blame;

Some people also say that this is Zhou Yafu's great achievements, and the emperor Qi has no tolerance for others.

How the truth is, not many people dare to draw conclusions.

But it is obvious: Liu Sheng, who witnessed everything in Shanglin Garden that day, and was unable to get out of the vortex called "reserve ownership" from the beginning to the end, and who has been hated by Zhou Yafu to this day, is not in this list. ·····
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"In this way, Zhou Yafu's 'resignation' does not mean he really wants to resign?"

In the fourth year of Emperor Kaixinyuan, the first ten days of autumn and July.

To the north of Haojie Street in Chang'an City, Taiwo Palace, Jiaguan.

Lying lazily on the back of the chair, listening to his younger brother Liu Sheng's general account of what happened in Shanglin Garden in the past few days, Liu Pengzu only raised his hand thoughtfully;
Subconsciously brought his hand to his mouth, carefully bit his fingernails, and then asked a question suspiciously, but Liu Sheng shook his head slowly.

"Not quite."

"——Since the rebellion between Wu and Chu was put down, and Zhou Yafu was transferred from Taiwei to prime minister, the well-organized prime minister's mansion that was once taken care of by the teacher has not been safe for even a day."

"Combined with the previous few days' court meeting, the Jiuqing and Yousi have their own backgrounds. Although they did not impeach directly, they all implicitly expressed their dissatisfaction with the Prime Minister's Mansion—the Prime Minister's Mansion under Zhou Yafu's control."

"For this reason, no matter how thick-skinned Zhou Yafu is, he will not be able to sit in the position of prime minister no matter what;"

"Whether Zhou Yafu resigns voluntarily or not, the final result may not be changed."

"Zhou Yafu took the initiative to resign, which is to save himself the last trace of decency;"

"If it weren't for this, I am afraid that the father would not 'allow him to adopt', but would let Zhou Yafu go to Baling to 'guard the spirit' for the late emperor..."

The indifferent tone self-invited Liu Pengzu, who was on the opposite side of Gao's case, to nod repeatedly;
Seeing Liu Sheng leaning back a little, stretching slightly, he continued, "Zhou Yafu~"

"Ugh! Uh~"

"——At the end, I still don't forget to leave a sentence to my father: I don't need to be the prime minister, but the ninth son of the emperor can't be the prince..."

"Hey;"

"As expected of the son of Jiang Wuhou Zhou Bo..."

Hearing that Liu Sheng was full of jokes, and inexplicably relieved, Liu Pengzu, who had just turned around from his thoughts, couldn't help but shook his head and smiled.

After a while, thinking of the other Liu Pengzu, he cast the same playful look at his younger brother Liu Sheng who was sitting on the opposite side.

"Zhou Yafu, please resign, the prime minister, but you will become Tao Qing, Marquis of Kaifeng..."

"——Since the emperor's grandfather passed away and his father succeeded to the throne, Tao Qing, the official censor, has always followed Chao Cuo's lead."

"Now that Tao Qing is prime minister, is it equivalent to Chao Cuo becoming prime minister?"

"In this way, Zhou Yafu is no longer the prime minister, so it's not a good thing for Ah Sheng, right?"

Hearing some ridicule in his brother's tone, as well as more concerns and worries, Liu Sheng still smiled easily;
Sighing a little, he smiled and shook his head again.

"will not."

"—After becoming the prime minister, Tao Qing will definitely not be willing to be Chao Cuo's lackey again."

"Brother, you need to know, then, you are the prime minister?"

"Because of emotion and reason, it is impossible for Chao Cuo to stand behind Tao Qing and direct Tao Qing to charge forward."

"Even the father will never allow Chao Cuo to remotely control Tao Qing who has become the prime minister..."

The meaningful words caused Liu Pengzu to nod his head in agreement. The ridicule on his face remained, but most of the worry disappeared.

In the past, Tao Qing, the censor of Kaifeng, was indeed Chao Cuo's marionette.

It is not even an exaggeration to say: The reason why Tao Qing was appointed as the imperial censor was that in the last few years of the late emperor, Tianzi Qi specially found a customized version of the marionette for Chao Cuo, his confidant.

As for the reason, it is actually easy to understand: the current Han court is still in the stage of paying attention to qualifications, background, background, and even age.

At that time, Chao Cuo, the "former prince's family order", was obviously not enough to take on the important task in all other aspects except for an illusory "talent".

——In terms of background, Chao Cuo became an official as a scribe, which is considered to be the second only to merchants in the level of "worthless" in the Han family, and ordinary people cannot be ordinary;

In terms of background, Chao Cuo is not a descendant of a hero like Zhou Yafu and Qu Zhou Hou Liji, and he is not a descendant of the old War King family like Liu Hou Zhang Liang and Han Wangxin;

Even his qualifications, in Chao Cuo's personal resume, there are only a few "suggestions" such as "Speaking of Soldiers", "Guarding the Frontier and Persuading Farmers", "Recruiting People's Reality", "Lun Guisu Shu".

What's more terrible is: Even these few "suggestions" were basically not adopted by the late emperor...

"If it weren't for the status of the emperor's teacher, Chao Cuo might not even be able to sit securely in the current internal history position?"

In the silence between the two brothers, Liu Pengzu asked a question out of the blue, which only caused Liu Sheng to nod his head slowly.

"Indeed."

"My Han family established the country with martial arts, and the style of martial arts prevails. Whether it is the government or the public, the folk customs and folk customs are mostly upright and fierce."

"Chao Cuo can gain a foothold in the temple only by virtue of his literature, without the slightest martial arts. If he can be ranked among the nine ministers, this official has already achieved the top."

"——If it weren't for the shortcoming of 'Wu Xun', I am afraid that this time, the emperor would have wanted Chao Cuo to succeed Zhou Yafu and become the new prime minister."

"It's a pity that Chao Cuo has been an official for more than 20 years, not to mention his experience in the army, and he doesn't even have the experience of being sent to counties and counties."

"That is to say, with the protection of my father, no one will say that Chao Cuo is wrong;"

"If not, Chao Cuo would be on pins and needles just because of the internal history of the head of the Nine Ministers..."

Liu Sheng answered again, causing Liu Pengzu to nod his head again, and then fell into a short thought.

The day before yesterday, when there was news from Changle Palace that Zhou Yafu had already received the "gracious permission" from the emperor to resign from the position of prime minister, there were indeed all kinds of rumors emerging inside and outside the court and the public.

But after Tian Ziqi's follow-up edict came out, the government and the public, and even the public opinion in Chang'an, quickly reached an agreement on a few things.

The most important point is that after Zhou Yafu, Kaifeng Hou Taoqing, the censor who succeeded the prime minister, was not the best choice.

According to the unanimous statement of public opinion in Chang'an, Tian Ziqi's favorite candidate for prime minister should have been Neishi Chao Cuo.

It's just that Chao Cuo was born as a civil servant, and he almost flew into the sky from the prince's family order, and directly became the internal history of the head of the Jiuqing;
Since he became an official in his 20s, Chao Cuo has never found a chance to practice in the army and accumulate some decent martial arts.

However, under the current political background, social atmosphere, and tacit political unspoken rules of the Han family, it is almost impossible for a courtier like Chao Cuo to become a prime minister.

——Taizu Gaohuang system: no one who is not Liu can not be king, and no one can be a marquis unless he has meritorious service;

For later generations, this oath made by Taizu Gao Emperor Liu Bang and Yuan Xun Gonghou when he swore an alliance on a white horse is naturally well-known.

But what few people know is: after Fei Liu Wu Wang and Fei Gong Wu Hou, there is actually another oath that did not fall on paper.

——If you are not a Marquis, you cannot be a prime minister...

"Since Emperor Taizu Gao established Han Guozuo, my Han family has grown from the founding prime minister Xiao He, Cao Can who succeeded Xiao Prime Minister, to the later Wang Ling, Chen Ping, and Shen Shiqi;"

"Then to Zhou Bo, Guan Ying, and Zhang Cang in the time of the first emperor."

"—Anyone who has served as a prime minister in the Han Dynasty has been worshiped as a prime minister in the body of Chehou."

"Especially in the time of the first emperor, after the Prime Minister Zhang Cang, Marquis of Beiping, was dismissed by the first emperor because of Huanglong's change of the Yuan Dynasty, the phrase 'not a prince, not a minister' became more and more popular in the court and the field."

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"At that time, the prime minister Zhang Cang was dismissed, and both inside and outside the court agreed that Zhang Wuhou, the boss of Dou Guangguo, should be the prime minister."

"Since the first emperor succeeded to the throne, after he met the emperor's grandmother, the two brothers Zhang Wuhou Dou Guangguo and Nanpihou Dou Changjun have been in the palace, receiving the teachings of the old students;"

"By the time Prime Minister Zhang was dismissed, Zhang Wuhou, who had escaped from the coal mine with difficulty and came to Chang'an by chance to reunite with the emperor's grandmother, had grown into a world-renowned sage and elder."

"But in the end, the rumor that 'Dou's family will become the second Lu' suddenly arose inside and outside the court, and the late emperor had no choice but to dispel this idea."

"Emperor Grandmother and Zhang Wuhou also gave up this opportunity in fear."

"—Give up this opportunity for Dou's relatives to take over the position of prime minister..."

When Liu Sheng talked about these old events, he saw Liu Pengzu sat up straight with great interest, and put on a posture of listening attentively.

——Of course Liu Pengzu has heard about these things;

But in the past, brothers Liu Pengzu and Liu Sheng were only princes after all, and the upper limit in the future is only clan princes.

So in the past, the two brothers' understanding of these things was limited to the level of 'hearing'.

But now, Liu Sheng has become the crown prince, and the information he can access is obviously wider than before by more than 01:30 points;
It was rare to hear these old events from Liu Sheng's mouth, although he had heard about them, but he was still unknown. Liu Pengzu naturally didn't want to let go of this opportunity.

But it was a pity, and what made Liu Pengzu feel a little disappointed was that Liu Sheng's words did not stay on Zhang Wuhou Dou Guangguo for too long;

Just a little refrained from mentioning "Zhang Wuhou was supposed to be the prime minister, but he didn't make it later", Liu Sheng quietly changed the topic.

"Zhang Wuhou missed the opportunity to become prime minister because of a rumor that he was afraid of returning to the Lu family, which made the emperor's grandfather feel very distressed;"

"Because at that time, apart from Zhang Wuhou Dou Guangguo, there was no other person inside and outside the government and the opposition—and there was no second person who was satisfied with the 'June of Chehou' and could take on the duties of the prime minister."

"In desperation, the emperor's grandfather had no choice but to settle for the next best thing. He chose the teacher from among the Marquis of Guannei."

"Subsequently, the emperor's grandfather granted the teacher the title of Marquis Che in the name of 'Enfeng Heroic Official', and his title is still 'Gu'an'."

"On the day I was named Chehou, the teacher was worshiped by the emperor's grandfather as the prime minister. Until last year, the teacher died in office..."

Said the last sentence in a calm tone, Liu Sheng couldn't help letting out a long sigh;
The face of the late old prime minister Shen Tujia also came to Liu Sheng's mind at this moment, and it would not leave for a long time.

On the other side of Liu Sheng, Liu Pengzu finally nodded thoughtfully after hearing this past event, and also let out a long sigh.

"Yes~"

"The teacher was originally the title of the Marquis of Guannei. In order to worship the teacher as the prime minister, the first emperor had to confer the title of the teacher as the Marquis of Che, and then worship the teacher as the prime minister."

"Chao Cuo is not even a Marquis of Guannei. If he wants to experience the majesty of the prime minister's 'excellent etiquette' in his lifetime, he must go to the army and the ranks."

Hearing this, Liu Sheng shook his head again, dispelling the thoughts of his deceased teacher in his mind, and said calmly: "Chao Cuo, I can't be prime minister anymore."

"——Since the time of Emperor Taizu Gao, our Han family has always had a precedent of being an internal historian first, and then being transferred to the prime minister through the imperial doctor."

"Because after the experience of internal history, you can prove that someone has the ability to be a prime minister; and after the transition of the 'sub-prime' censor doctor, you can become a prime minister justifiably."

"As for Chao Cuo's internal history, he was directly promoted from the position of the prince's family order by his father, and now he is directly promoted from the internal history to the doctor of the royal history."

"If you don't let it out, Chao Cuo will never be able to make up for his lack of martial arts and Marquis of Che;"

"But if it is released from the position of Doctor Yushi, it will be as difficult for Chao Cuo to return to the center of the court..."

Saying so, Liu Sheng finally got up from his seat, raised his hands above his head, and moved his back without any hesitation in his image.

While twisting his upper body, he continued to say: "Furthermore, even if Chao Cuo is sent out to take up a military position, he may not be able to truly achieve martial arts."

"—After all, there is a specialization in the art industry."

"Chao Cuo is good at planning and offering advice, and I'm afraid he may not be familiar with the things between the ranks..."

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"Tao Qing is the prime minister, the only thing that people can't fault is the title of Marquis of Kaifeng;"

"And Chao Cuo couldn't be the prime minister. The only shortcoming is that he doesn't have the title of Marquis Che."

"Now that Tao Qing is the prime minister, he will definitely stand up for himself—at least try to do so."

"As for Chao Cuo, he became the doctor of the royal history, that is to say, he became the sub-prime minister who checks and balances with the prime minister."

"—Royal father, he will never allow his prime minister to be restrained by his 'sub-prime', or even remotely controlled..."

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"Whoo~"

"So~"

"—Tao Qing is the prime minister, it's good news for me, a crown prince who has just been crowned and whose foundation is not stable;"

"After all, no matter how good Tao Qing is, he won't be like Zhou Yafu, planning all day to pull me down from the reserve position?"

"In addition, Wei Wan, the 'loyal old man', became my prince and Taifu, not my cousin Dou Ying..."

At the end, Liu Sheng breathed a sigh of relief, and even stretched lazily.

"Uh! Uh~"

"Finally able to sleep soundly~~~"

"Hey;"

"This is what the prince did, and I was terrified all day..."

Seeing Liu Sheng's relieved appearance, Liu Pengzu also grinned slightly, and a bright smile appeared on his face instantly.

But soon, the two brothers seemed to think of something, from smiling at each other to quietly sighing at each other.

"Asheng..."

"—Brother, I'm going back to Chang'an..."

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"What are you going to do, Ash?"

"--I have no idea······"

"—I don't even know what kind of face I should appear in front of my brother..."

"——Especially this time, the eldest brother is still 'becoming guilty'..."

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Liu Sheng was full of sorrow, melancholy, and occasionally self-deprecating, which only caused Liu Pengzu to frown;
After exhausting all his strength, he still couldn't think of a way, so Liu Pengzu could only tighten his lips and let out a long sigh leisurely.

The eldest son of the emperor, Liu Rong, is going back to Chang'an;
Brothers Liu Sheng and Liu Pengzu, the eldest among the emperor's sons, are going back to Chang'an.

It's just that the two brothers knew in their hearts: Liu Rong will face unprecedented dangers when he returns to Chang'an this time.

Just a few days later, Liu Rong set off from his Linjiang capital—the palace in Jiangling City;

The moment Liu Rong walked out of the palace and appeared on the streets of Jiangling, there was a burst of low and mournful weeping in the entire Jiangling city.

——For His Royal Highness Linjiang King who has just been conferred for more than a year, most of the people of Linjiang Kingdom, that is, Nanjun, feel very sympathetic.

Especially this year, after Liu Rong's biological mother Li Ji "seriously ill and died suddenly" in Chang'an, the Chang'an court banned Liu Rong from returning to Beijing for the funeral, and could only grieve and mourn in the palace. , tends to the limit more and more.

On this day, thousands of people took to the streets to send off their great king;

Naturally, there were thousands of pairs of eyes who witnessed the king's car outside the main gate of the Linjiang Palace.

——The moment Liu Rong boarded the car, the axle was broken in half, which symbolized the extremely dangerous and ominous Wangjia...
"Let's all go back;"

"Let's go back······"

"If the widow can return safely, I would like to thank you all for your kindness when I went out of the city for ten miles today..."

"—— King~"

"——The Great King..."

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Liu Rong, let's go.

Starting from Jiangling, the capital of the kingdom, he traveled all the way through mountains and rivers, passing through Chu and Liang, and finally arrived outside Hangu Pass.

Along the way, whether it was Liu Rong's cousin Liu Li, the king of Chu, or his uncle Liu Wu, the king of Liang, they all avoided Liu Rong, and they didn't even let Liu Rong enter their own capital.

After arriving at Hangu Pass, Liu Rong's Wang Jia was picked up by Lieutenant Zhidu who had been waiting here for a long time.

——From the moment he stepped into Hangu Pass, Liu Rong lost his freedom;
As soon as he arrived in Chang'an, Liu Rong was taken back to the Lieutenant's Mansion in Zhidu.

No one knows what Liu Rong will face and experience in the Lieutenant's Mansion.

But everyone in Chang'an knows that the Han family's lieutenant's mansion has never let anyone walk out with their tails intact...
Oh;
correct.

The last clan prince of the Han family who was transferred to the Zhongwei Mansion and stayed overnight in the Zhongwei Mansion was Liu Chang.

Nowadays, people are more used to calling this person: King Li of Huainan who died of hunger strike after being drunk and attempted rebellion...

　Call ~
　　at last!

　　Restore two updates!

　　went to sleep, went to sleep...
　　
　
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