Wei Ni

Chapter 30

Late autumn, mid-September.

The sky is blue and blue, and the ground is yellow.

Bathed in the morning sun, Beiman Mountain pours the joy of surviving the long night into the Luoshui that runs through the capital, winding its way eastward with cheerful sounds.That is, the grass smoke on both sides of the strait is low and slightly cold, and the autumn is getting stronger.In the open fields after the autumn harvest, flocks of sparrows soared from the scavenged wheat fields from time to time, causing the crows hovering at low altitude to cry out in despair and fly away with flapping wings.

With a tinge of melancholy, Xia Houhui entered the palace from Xuanyang Gate to be on duty.

His mood was as disappointed as that crow.

It's just that there are no wings to turn around and look for another place.

Ever since Jiang Ji went to the temple to reflect on himself and the emperor Cao Rui used the issue to increase the power of the school, he has been thinking about a question: Can Cao Rui with such a vision be persuaded to become a saint?

Yes, he was a little disappointed.

After the long talk that night, he just felt that it would be very difficult to change Cao Rui, but now he feels... perhaps, it is an impossible thing?

Political affairs, that is, personnel affairs!

If the officials are not clear, the laws will not work, and if the laws are not good, the accumulated abuses will not be corrected!
He advised to rectify the administration of officials by learning the lessons of selling officials and nobles when Emperor Hanling was in power in the previous dynasty, which led to corruption of officials in prefectures and counties, and searched for the people's admiration. He took Jiang Ji, who had a lot of status and authority, as a model, and killed this trend in the The end of the Granny Smith!
It is for the long-term stability of the country!

And it coincides with the complicated Han law inherited by temples this year, so the criminal law uses Zheng Xuanzhang sentences, and the doctor of law is placed; State and county orders, Shangshu official orders, military orders, etc.!

In other words, now is the perfect opportunity to reprogram and improve the laws on bribery, corruption and ink and other laws related to official governance to form the law of the ages!

Moreover, in Xia Houhui's remonstrance, rectifying the administration of officials and Enke, the emperor, complement each other and are implemented in unison!

Gein no matter what the system is, it needs a running-in period from its establishment to the realization of the expected purpose, and there is even a high probability that it will be abandoned halfway and stillborn!

Therefore, it is very difficult to train cruel officials through the emperor Enke.

Even if it succeeds, it will take a long time to wait.

Xia Houhui felt that there was no need to wait any longer, and directly passed the enactment of laws to eliminate the evils of corruption and turn the government of officials into a clear one. In the process, the emperor can naturally select his confidants from the original bureaucrats to act as cruel officials!

And with the example of the emperor's leapfrog promotion of cruel officials, those who are selected by the emperor Enke in the future will naturally follow the emperor's favor and let themselves develop in the direction of cruel officials!

In this way, alleviating the ills brought by the nine-rank official system to the country is a good start.

But the result?

Cao Rui actually regarded it as a means to increase the power of the monarch!Kill Xia Houhui's remonstrance and interlocking solutions to the current problems in the cradle!
As the son of heaven, he had to choose between the importance of the country and his personal power, and he couldn't tell which was more important!
hehe~
This son of heaven, who has been known for his intelligence since he was a child, really deserves to be the son of Cao Pi!

Turn a blind eye to things that are beneficial to the community, but when they are opportunistic and manipulate power and fraud, they are eager to rush!
How can such a person bear the words "I am based on you for three generations"!

In other words, Cao Rui still listened to the remonstrance, but it was just for a while to seek personal gain. After the emperor Enke was established and on the right track, it would not be difficult for officials to restore the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

But Xia Houhui felt hopeless.

Just seven or eight days ago, Jiang Ji, who had won a great reputation, under the instruction of Cao Rui, once again went to Shushu to advise on the establishment of Emperor Enke, which once again caused waves in the temple.

But the emperor Cao Rui first praised him without hesitation, and after expressing his feelings, he pretended to let Gungun be discussed by everyone.

It also left no room for the princes to refute.

However, this operation was a failure.

Just think about it.

When it was mentioned by a patriarch of the clan or a well-known and well-known Confucianist, the temple guilds thought it was a supplement to the ninth-rank official system, and they would reluctantly accept it based on their awe of the emperor.

But how can Jiang Ji, who has just been awarded, be allowed to speak out on this matter?
With his low family background, he mentioned it, which naturally aroused the resistance of the rich and powerful families, thinking that this was a provocation to the ninth-rank official system, and then evolved into a struggle between the noble and poor families.

The same words, coming from people with different identities and backgrounds, express different meanings!

Because the positions are different, the angle of view of the problem is different!
Don't even understand this?
Indeed, with the support of the emperor Cao Rui, the aristocratic family did not dare to stop the establishment of the emperor Enke.

But they can obey and obey!

With their authority in the court and their background rooted in the state and county, is it difficult to corrupt one thing from them?
The authority of the Son of Heaven is unrivaled in the capital, but in the far reaches of the rivers and lakes of the prefectures, counties and villages, under the influence of these aristocratic families, what can be done!

Perhaps, the final direction of the emperor Enke will evolve into the anticlimactic and embarrassing end of Hongdumen School in the previous dynasty of Han Lingdi.

In other words, Cao Rui's one move made all Xia Houhui's plans go to waste.
Shuzi lacks and seeks!

With this kind of indisputable disappointment, Xia Houhui seemed very quiet and quiet when she entered the palace to accompany her in recent days.

Even one time he followed the emperor Cao Rui to Beiman Mountain to hunt for fun, and he politely refused to have fun with the emperor and his ministers on the grounds that he injured his forearm by bowing at home.

For his displeasure, many people think that it is the reason why General Zhenwei Wu Zhi returned to the court.

Yes, Wu Zhi has been promoted to servant.

Perhaps it is a fresh relationship, he is quite favored, and is often taken by the emperor Cao Rui to consult and travel with him, and the time of accompanying him is like a servant riding a horse.

You should know that because of the weight of the Zhongshu Province and the young age of the emperor, almost all the servants are only accompanied in the east hall, or summoned when the emperor has state affairs consultations.

Traveling, it will not be taken.

There is too much age difference between each other, it is difficult to have fun together.

Wu Zhi won this honor, but he did not change his disposition to fight with power. He often squinted at other accompanying officials, and even made a gesture of sneer at Xia Houhui who had quarrels.

His attitude was so bad that even Wang Su, the regular attendant of Sanqi, couldn't bear it.

After thinking about his wife Xiahou's family and the good personal relationship with Xiahouheng, and worrying that Xiahouhui's youthful vigor would retaliate against Wu Zhi and make him disrespectful in front of the emperor, he persuaded him a few words.For example, "Wu's quality is heavy and his conduct is poor, and he is not worthy of childish power's anger", "The heart of a villain is often dirty, and an open gentleman does not need to worry about it" and so on.

For this, Xia Houhui thanked him sincerely, and said that he would not be reckless.

Then there was a greasy feeling in my heart.

Not to Wu Zhi, but to Wang Su and others.

Because after satirizing the emperor Cao Rui with "A Fang Gong Fu", many close officials rarely talked or got close to him~
However, after sitting and talking with the emperor that night, everyone seemed to have discovered that he turned out to be a modest gentleman with excellent moral character and a friend who could be cited as a confidant.Even Xia Houxian, who worked in the Central Command and rarely had the opportunity to chat with others, once took the initiative to chat with him while waiting for his driver.

Although Wang Su, a Confucian Confucian who studied Confucian classics after a high school, is not without such a snobbery, if there is no one-night long talk, he will definitely not come here with good intentions to appease Xia Houhui's emotions.

Alas, sure enough.

The world is hot and cold, and the sophistication of human feelings is the article~
It was this feeling that made Xia Houhui's desire to find like-minded people more intense.

The road of persuading the emperor is difficult, and it is time to make preparations.

Ugh.
It's just that the talents in the world are like crucian carp crossing the river, who will return to evil with me?
Relying on the "knowledge of people", the unforeseen and prophets look for talents, and make friends with them before they show their glory, in order to become fellows in the future?Or, look for reckless dog slaughterers from the mountains, wild rivers and lakes, give them kindness and entrust them as confidantes, in the hope that they will be able to fight for me in the future to kill dissidents?

Well, let's be patient for now.

Now the government and the public think that I have the trust of the emperor, so the people who find it at this time must be those who follow the power.

After my Shangshu recommended Du Shu to offend the gentry and clan members and become a lone minister of the emperor, and others dare not make friends with him, then I can find someone who will be able to treat each other with sincerity and life.

And now that I have been an official for a short time, people of insight in the government and the public dare not make a definite conclusion on my character.

When my reputation grows day by day, and my own character and conduct are enough to be concluded, maybe there are like-minded people who will come to me spontaneously.

Birds of a feather flock together~
A two-way rush to the same place is the way to go.
Nonsence!

Only those who are of the same mind and have the same ideals and ambitions can become unswerving friends.

With such self-comfort and thinking about the future, Xia Houhui slowly walked through Xuanyang Gate, looked at Sima Gate and left.

Just as he was walking, he suddenly felt a gaze stuck on his back for a long time in his heart.When he suddenly looked back, he saw a man wearing a martial pen and a court uniform with crimson red and green ribbons staring at him.

Seeing that he was alert, the man was not restrained, but instead grinned at him and nodded slightly with appreciation.

In this regard, Xia Houhui also showed a smile, and after slightly bowing his hands in greeting, he continued to move forward.

That person is Jiang Ji.

This made Xia Houhui feel quite ironic.

Because he had no friendship with Jiang Ji, and the reason why Jiang Ji showed favor to Xia Houhui was that he knew from the emperor Cao Rui, who gave the advice to establish the emperor Enke.

It was also Xia Houhui who was about to obtain the right to select students for the emperor.

It can also be seen from this that he doesn't know who is the person who cut off his use of the Central Guard's power to make money.And Xia Houhui's original intention was to use him as a "chicken" to kill chickens and monkeys
It really is that the world is impermanent like a white cloud and a dog!
With self-mockery, Xia Houhui walked into Sima Gate and came to the east hall. When he was climbing up the steps, his footsteps suddenly stopped.

The so-called mulberry elm is harvested in the east corner of the loss.

The emperor Cao Rui let his painstaking efforts go to waste, but Jiang Ji showed his kindness to him~
This turning point means that I have been neglecting something~
(End of this chapter)