Wei Ni

Chapter 7 Entering the East Hall

Wei Wen and Cao Pi set up scattered cavalry, mainly because they learned the lessons of eunuchs in the late Han Dynasty who exercised political power.

However, when this move curbs the power of eunuchs, it will inevitably expand the power of scholars invisibly. For example, the Shangshutai, which can be called the center of state affairs, has always been filled with scholars.

Naturally, Cao Pi, who had no success in foreign expeditions but had a beautiful interior image, would not allow the power to fall to the courtiers.

In order to centralize power, he also set up the Ministry of Secretaries in charge of secrets.

Among them, Zhongshujian and Zhongshu Ling are close ministers of the emperor. They are trusted and powerful. They are appointed as cardinals.

The "Zaifu" ministers with more than [-] people were added, and the power of other emperors and ministers was also lost.

For example, in the previous dynasty, it was possible to "keep secrets internally, issue imperial edicts, serve as ministers, and save ministerial affairs". Although they are still honorable and select veterans of the community to serve as servants, now they can only "discuss ministerial affairs".

And the newly established Sanqi Changshi, who is of the same rank as the servant, has little chance to interfere with the affairs of the minister.

Among the four regular servants of scattered riders today, Cao Shuang is only a temporary post, Cao Zhao also took a position in the Central Command, Liu Shao is proficient in the law, and often explains the doubts of the emperor Cao Rui who loves the law, and Wang Su is a well-learned man , specially for the emperor to dispel doubts about scriptures and allusions.

Although the nobility of accompanying the emperor is retained, the duties of consultants to deal with and advise on gains and losses are rarely manifested.

The rest, such as Gishizhong, Sanqi Shilang and others, were even worse.

Only when the emperor asks questions, or when the imperial edict allows the officials to discuss matters and recommend people, can they have the opportunity to participate in the performance, and the rest of the time is just to act as the emperor's playmate.

Therefore, Wang Su's suggestion to serve as Sanqi servant is just to let Xia Houhui be respectful, not to be negligent, not to let others find excuses to attack, and not to be rude to other courtiers by being noble.

Of course, for the sake of Xuxian's wife being the Xiahou family, he also added a heartfelt statement, "Today's son is exceptionally intelligent, as ambitious as Qin Huang and Han Wu. The childish Quanfu is banned from the palace, but he can serve him as attentively as Qin Yuanming."

It is very cryptic that Cao Rui is rough but has a strong temper, so that the young and vigorous Xiahou Hui, who has just been appointed to an official position, has no choice but to rely on enthusiasm and recklessness to make gains and losses.

Let's take Qin Lang as an example.

Qin Lang, who has a cautious personality, has never recommended a talented person to the emperor since he became a close minister of the emperor.The emperor Cao Rui would call him around no matter he was traveling or holding a banquet, and he would call him "Asu" in small characters and give him many rewards.

To put it bluntly, Wang Su was trying to persuade Xiahou Hui to stay clumsy.

As long as you honestly accompany the emperor, you will surely rely on Qiao Pei's status as a hero to usher in a prosperous time in the future.

It can be regarded as the golden mean that won the official career.

For this, Xia Houhui sincerely thanked her with a face full of gratitude.

But I knew in my heart that I would never imitate Qin Lang.

Without him.

What you want is different!
His original intention of embarking on an official career was not to revive the lintel and continue the meritorious deeds of his father's generation, nor was it to yearn for the glory of a golden horse or to seek the glory of his own history, but to change the original historical track.

And as a soul from after 2000, he doesn't like this kind of official career atmosphere and life where the hierarchy is strict and the superior can get whatever they want.

in contrast.

In his previous life, he was just a man who ran around all day long for a few taels of silver. Now that he was born rich, he even wanted to be a mediocre young man emotionally.

Such as the high-spiritedness of leading Huang Qingcang, the carefreeness of straw shoes and bamboo sticks, the elegance and simplicity of flute and strings, and the night reading with red sleeves and so on.

There is neither the trouble of copywriting nor the trouble of worldly sophistication, and one can sit back and enjoy the success in one's life.
Isn't it beautiful to live like this!
Why bother to accept the fate, and drift with the crowd for the sake of fame and fortune, with your eyebrows bent and your waist bent, so you can't be happy!

Of course, Wang Su's persuasion still made him gain something.

If let him know, the position of Sanqi Shilang, who is known as the most noble and most noble, is not qualified to persuade the emperor, nor has the opportunity to participate in major political affairs.If he wants to achieve his wish to change the course of history, he still needs to wait for the opportunity to wait for the opportunity, and make the emperor Cao Rui look sideways with a blockbuster momentum before he has a chance to make it happen.

The two will talk and do it.

When I was young, I went to the east hall of the emperor's administration.

I saw that the front of the building is quite empty, and the usual flowers and trees have been cleared away. The imperial guards belonging to the General Wuwei are wearing strong and sharp guards, and they are scattered in clusters. as a restricted area.Climbing up the steps to the gate of the East Hall, from time to time there are eunuchs, officials from the Shangshutai, and courtiers who come to see or are called to discuss matters, but everyone looks solemn and keeps their eyes on the ground. chat.If it weren't for the occasional snort of the horse driven by the emperor not far away, adding a ray of vitality, this place would not be much more gloomy than the dead silence of the deep mountains and pools.

Wang Su, who was walking in front, also said nothing, stopped to straighten his clothes, smoothed the jade tassels on his waist, and walked up the steps.

Xia Houhui, who came to Dongtang for the first time, naturally followed suit.

Go up the steps, go to the shoes, and enter the small trend.

Because Gein was related to the emperor's close ministers, the two of them didn't need to wait for the small yellow gate waiting at the entrance of the hall to pass the news, they walked straight into the lobby and silently saluted, then got up and sat down in the seats of scattered riders.

The emperor Cao Rui, who was sitting on the bronze platform, had seen them coming in a long time ago, but ignored them.

At this time, he was talking with two old men.

It can be deduced from the costumes that they should be Liu Fang, the supervisor of Zhongshu, and Sun Zi, the order of Zhongshu.

Xia Houhui's seat is at the end, and the bronze platform where the emperor sits is still separated from the servants, the regular servants on scattered horses, and the givers, so they can't hear clearly.

However, if you hold your breath and concentrate on listening, you can roughly guess what you are talking about from a few words.

For example, today's son Cao Rui is inquiring about Sun Zi's spring plowing situation in Jizhou this year, how much surplus there is in each county's mansion, and how many people's corvees are enlisted to transport grain and fodder to Yongliang for hoarding to prepare for the war, so that the people will not suffer. .

Sun Zi responded fluently.

Not only can it calculate in detail the grain and fodder reserved by Jizhou during this year's lean period, but it can also know the reserves of each county in Jizhou.

It can be seen from this that he has served in the Secretary Province since the Wei Wu period, and he is still in charge of secrets until now.

As for Liu Fang, Supervisor of Zhongshu.
He has already written some ink, thinking in advance how to draft the imperial edict, and waited for the oral order after the emperor Cao Rui made a decision.

And Xia Houhui listened intently for a moment, and immediately understood why everyone flocked to the position of loose rider.

Gein's job as a Sanqi is equivalent to getting the opportunity to observe politics. During the accompanying ride, he can learn about the situation of the whole country and counties, and he can learn how the important officials of the court handle government affairs.

The most important thing is that in the process, you can figure out the emperor's attitude towards everything!

In the future, no matter whether he is released to the state or enters the temple, his words and deeds will not offend the emperor's will.

However, at this time, Xia Houhui was more concerned about the fact that the temple was already preparing to hoard grain and fodder in Yongliang!

Although Zhuge Liang, Prime Minister of Shu, began to invade Yongliang, Wei State successively sent more troops to Yongliang, but also increased a lot of troops in Guanzhong, and the annual production was enough to supply the food of local soldiers.

Therefore, today's son Cao Rui plans to transfer grain and fodder from Jizhou, there is only one possibility-Yongliang will soon usher in a large-scale war!
However, isn't Cao Zhen's time to fight Ziwu Valley next year?

Why are you planning now?
Moreover, such a large-scale war should be discussed by all important ministers in the temple. Why is there no news at all now?
Could it be that I misremembered the time~
Xia Houhui was greatly surprised, and couldn't help lowering his head and squinting to try to remember.

Just at this time, the emperor Cao Rui had just dictated the edict to Liu Fang, and habitually glanced at the scattered riders sitting in the hall.

At a glance, his expression was stunned.

Looking at it with fixed eyes, my heart suddenly became annoyed!

Because Xia Houhui's expression at this time looks like he is taking a nap.
(End of this chapter)