I have lived forever since the end of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 307 King Yan comes to Beijing and establishes his authority first

Northeast of Chang'an.

The water quality of the Weihe River is slightly turbid. When viewed from the air, it looks like a piece of goose-yellow silk cloth, slowly shaking and spreading on the ground.

Today, there is a rare bustle beside the Weishui Bridge.

Those high-ranking officials and nobles who usually traveled with great pomp and ceremony respectfully stepped out of their carriages and displayed them on both sides of the road. They stood here and looked into the distance, with nervous expressions containing a bit of anticipation.

The current scene was not too serious, so the familiar ministers in the team started talking in low voices.

"This time King Yan will inherit the throne. Huang Taicang, I heard that you seem to have corresponded with the ministers of Yan State and are quite familiar with them. Then you will be very prosperous. Don't forget to treat me then." Wine."

The speaker's surname is Zhang. He is currently serving as the Commander of Junshu, responsible for the unified collection, sale and transportation of goods. He has a salary of [-] dan. He is considered a middle-level official in Chang'an and has a lot of lucrative positions.

However, according to the description of Zhang Junshu's friends, they said that he was not as courageous as a grain of wheat, and he did not dare to touch the benefits that he could reach out.

The Huang Taicang who was talking to him was Taicang Ling. His usual job was to assist Taicang Cheng in managing the granaries in the Gyeonggi region. He had more money but less responsibility.

They have a salary of four hundred stones, but if there is a famine and there is a jam in opening the warehouse and distributing grain, they will be responsible.

However, the Gyeonggi area of ​​Han Dynasty has been very stable in recent years, and the things that Huang Taicang has been worried about have not happened.

But various accidents were not uncommon. Every time Huang Taicang encountered one, he would always get blisters in his mouth and sores on his vest.

Therefore, as a friend, Zhang Junshu hoped that he could rise as high as possible and no longer occupy this embarrassing position.

"I wish I had a chance to rise to the top." Huang Taicang laughed to himself, then lowered his voice, "I know Zhang Wu, Langzhong Zhang, who is under King Yan, but he is not optimistic about their highness coming to Chang'an this time."

"Oh? Brother Huang, please elaborate?" Zhang Junshu immediately took a step closer and coughed twice.

Talking about mutually interesting gossip can quickly bring them closer and eliminate barriers. Now he even changed his title from Huang Taicang to Brother Huang.

"There is no specific explanation." Huang Taicang touched his chin, lowered his head and thought for a moment, and then asked, "Do you know why King Yan came to Chang'an to inherit the throne instead of King Dai and King Jiujiang?"

"This is not something I, a six hundred-stone official, should consider." Zhang Junshua waved his hand. Regarding the succession of the throne, even a two-thousand-stone man couldn't get in the conversation, and the title he received was lower than that of a three-thousand-stone household. , I was too embarrassed to go over and get involved.

Huang Taicang's eyes rolled around, looking to the side where no one was paying attention.

He then said in a deep voice: "Compared to King Dai and King Jiujiang, King Yan's character is more... well, peaceful. When he ascends to the throne, the court becomes an arena."

"The arena?" Zhang Junshu frowned, obviously confused by this word.

Huang Taicang explained: "Isn't it just the heroes and elders fighting with Lu's group in the court now? When the late emperor was in power, they didn't have a winner. Could it be that they really stopped fighting?
How can it be!

They both just want to decide the winner, and then let the court be completely decided by them. If it were the king who came here, would he let them make such a fuss? "

"What difference does it make to come here on behalf of the king... Oh yes, if Yang Xiahou is here, then they really can't make trouble." Zhang Junshu smacked his lips.

More than ten years ago, he was just a low-level official, but he was deeply impressed by Dr. Chen's illustrious reputation.

At that time, his boss was greedy and less than half of the supplies were shipped to Korea. Unexpectedly, they were supplies to support the frontline fight against the Huns. When Doctor Chen came back, he grabbed his boss and gave him a fierce criticism, and then pressed Law beheaded.

It was precisely because of the shadow brought about by that incident that Zhang Junshu was cautious in his subsequent career as an official, not daring to step too far.

Therefore, in his eyes, Yang Xiahou's intimidating power was quite sufficient.

Huang Taicang sighed softly and said: "So, the person with the highest prestige under King Yan is only Ru Yinhou.

But you and I both know that Marquis Ruyin is a good old man, and it is okay to mediate the relationship, but it is impossible to shock the court like Marquis Yangxia.

King Yan himself is weak in temperament and has no useful people under his command. In the future, he will probably be just a decoration, sitting at the top and watching the people below him fight to decide the outcome. "

He is quite pessimistic about the prospect of King Yan.

Moreover, not only did he dislike King Yan, but few of King Yan's subordinates also thought highly of him.

It was too difficult to fight against those courtiers who had been struggling in the court for decades. Huang Taicang could not see any advantages of King Yan in terms of prestige or strength.

Although I really want to make progress, it seems not feasible to take advantage of the east wind of King Yan's succession to a higher level.

"Brother Huang, be careful what you say." Zhang Junshu said quickly, these contents are too real and it would be bad for others to listen to them.

After King Yan ascended the throne, he couldn't deal with those heroes, so he couldn't deal with us?

"Alas." Huang Taicang shook his head, expressing his helplessness.

After thinking for a while, Zhang Junshu raised his head and said, "But, I still want to persuade Brother Huang to make peace with you."

"Brother Zhang, please speak." Huang Taicang turned his head and said.

Many things can be said to be clear to the beholder. The person involved does not know what to do, but the onlooker can understand the pros and cons at a glance.

"This is my personal suggestion. Brother Huang, you have to make your own choice whether to listen to it or not." Zhang Junshu first put a layer of shield on himself to prevent the other party from blaming him in the future.

Then he asked calmly: "How many years will it take for Brother Huang to be promoted now?"

Huang Taicang was stunned for a moment, then made some calculations and said, "If I don't make any mistakes and don't make any great achievements, I can move up in about three years."

The upward move he mentioned was actually not very high. In terms of salary, it was probably from [-] shi to [-] shi, which is the same as Zhang Junshu now.

"It will take three years to achieve nothing but no mistakes. There are too many variables in your current position. It is difficult to achieve success but it is easy to make mistakes." Zhang Junshu told the facts and then asked, "It's not a small risk if you want to slowly grind up, why not How about giving it a try?"

"A bet? You mean..." Huang Taicang subconsciously turned his attention to the other side of the Wei River.

Zhang Junshu nodded and said: "That's right."

"Do you want me to bet on King Yan's rise?" Huang Taicang smiled bitterly, "At first, we analyzed so much and thought King Yan was just a puppet, but in the end you still want me to choose to join him?"

Zhang Junshu said seriously: "Brother Huang, this is a shortcut. If you want to take risks, you can choose it. If you want to ensure stability, there is no need to take this gamble."

"Yes, yes." Huang Taicang agreed, and then became silent.

Are you satisfied with your current position, which is neither high nor low?

If he doesn't fight for the opportunity, he may end up like this in his life.

The only question is, is it really an "opportunity" to join King Yan?

While Huang Taicang was thinking for a while, he heard a low commotion around him, so he raised his head and saw a small group of carriages and horses coming from the other side of the Weishui River, and he immediately cheered up.

You must know that the road closure on the other side of the river started more than ten miles away. Others cannot go to Chang'an from this direction and can only go around elsewhere.

Therefore, the chariots and horses coming now must be related to King Yan, and it is even said that King Yan himself is among them.The ministers on the south bank of the Wei River were silent and focused their attention on the other side of the river.

Taiwei Zhou Bo and Zuo Prime Minister Chen Ping walked in front, followed by Shen Shiqi, Lu Chan and Lu Lu on their left, and Zhang Cang and Shu Sun Tong on their right.

These people represent the highest level of the Chang'an court, and their different positions can be regarded as three different factions.

Zhou Bo and Chen Ping were from the Heroes' Faction; Shen Shiqi and Lu Chan were from the Lu Family Faction; Zhang Cang and the others were from the Neutral Faction, but they were more inclined towards the Heroes' Faction.

"The King of Yan is here!" These words were shouted by Song Chang, the lieutenant of the Yan Kingdom. He was riding on a tall horse and his voice was loud and majestic.

"Prime Minister Ping, come with all the officials to greet King Yan." Upon seeing this, Chen Ping reacted quickly and immediately stood still and saluted.

The officials who followed him across the bridge bowed and saluted one after another. Hundreds of people bent down together, and their heads were lowered into a large black mass.

After everyone finished their salutes, Zhou Bo walked forward in small steps, bowed twice more and said, "Taiwei Bo, I would like to meet King Yan alone to tell him the matter."

Seeing him seizing the opportunity, Lu Chan and Lu Lu behind him were furious.

If Zhou Bo met King Yan, he might say something bad about himself, and then they would directly leave a bad image in the new emperor's mind.

Song Chang dismounted, walked back a dozen steps, and stopped in front of a carriage, apparently reporting Zhou Bo's request inside.

After a while, Song Chang returned: "May I ask if you want to talk about business or private matters, Taiwei? If what you want to say is business, then just speak openly and honestly here.

If what you want to say when you meet King Yan is your own private matter, and the King is not private, please consider it carefully. "

When he said this, Song Chang looked upright. In addition, this sentence was very reasonable, which made it even more plausible.

Zhou Bo was not as eloquent as Chen Ping, so he stood there awkwardly, a little at a loss.

When Lu Chan saw Zhou Bo's defeat, he almost couldn't hold back his laughter.

The Lu family and the Hero Faction have been fighting for so long, but this is the first time they have seen such a scene.

Chen Ping, who was standing side by side with Zhou Bo, was slightly stunned and looked confused.

Where does this damn familiar feeling come from?

He took a deep breath and subconsciously rejected his conjecture in his mind.

The moment Liu Heng asked Song Chang to pass the message, he felt very much like those people who had once suppressed him so hard that he couldn't lift his head.

You must know that there are not many people who awe Chen Ping in terms of intelligence. The vast majority of people can't even guess his thoughts, let alone fight with him.

He is already close to the ultimate in scheming. If he wants to suppress himself, he must find another way, use scheming, and take the right path.

In other eras, such people might not have been seen for two to three hundred years, but in the early Han Dynasty, a large number of them emerged.

Whether it was Zhang Liang in the period of conquering the world, Chen Luo in the period of ruling the world, or Liu Bang who was the queen of the world, they all used conspiracy. Their decisions were well-founded and people could not find any reason to refute it, so they could only accept it. This path is optional.

However, Zhang Liang retired to wander around, Chen Luobei went to Dai State, Liu Bang passed away, and Chen Ping had a lot of luck in the court over the years. Even during Lu Fei's reign, she knew that Chen Ping was a representative of the meritorious faction, but as long as he showed a little kindness, Lu Pheasant couldn't do anything to him.

Calculating carefully, Chen Ping has not encountered a real opponent for ten years.

Hearing Liu Heng's reasons for rejecting Zhou Bo made him feel inexplicably familiar.

Isn't this an upright conspiracy?

From Liu Heng's point of view, there are three situations when Zhou Bo wants to find him privately.

Overtures, threats, and deals.

Except for the first situation, the other two are detrimental to Liu Heng, but bluntly rejecting Zhou Bo's request will undoubtedly cause him to be dissatisfied, and may offend the hero faction.

Therefore, Liu Heng said the principle of "the king is not selfish", which not only did not offend Zhou Bo too much, but also saved the face of the hero faction, and showed his integrity. He even said that the people of the Lu family had deep feelings for the King of Yan. It will give rise to some good feelings.

This is no longer a matter of killing two birds with one stone, it can simply be called winning pot!

Chen Ping expected it well.

The other courtiers present subconsciously felt a sense of awe towards this King Yan, whom they knew very little about.

Taiwei Zhou usually doesn't show much in court, but no one dares to speak out against him.

Now King Yan used Taiwei to establish his authority as soon as he came. Regardless of whether the reason for doing so was lack of brains or far-reaching plans, it gave most of the courtiers the impression that they could not be offended.

After all, the Taiwei's request was rejected, so who am I?

However, contrary to the reaction of most people, Huang Taicang's eyes lit up as he stood at the back of the line of ministers.

This King Yan is very brave.

I am not afraid of risking my future by following this King of Yan, but I am afraid that this King of Yan will not even have the courage to fight against the Heroes Faction.

If he was followed by a cowardly king who couldn't even control his ministers, would anything be accomplished?

So Huang Taicang secretly made up his mind that when the welcome ceremony was over, he would immediately visit Zhang Langzhong, the subordinate of King Yan, and ask him to introduce him to King Yan.

Now or never.

King Yan, who has just arrived in Chang'an, is short of people. Even if he is just the order of Taicang, he is still of relatively high value. In addition, he has taken refuge early. What if King Yan wants to imitate the former King Yan Zhao and buy a horse bone for a thousand gold? ?

……

As Zhou Bo retreated in embarrassment, King Yan's motorcade started driving again.

Liu Heng opened the curtains of the car window, looked at the ministers with different expressions on both sides of the road, and then looked at the magnificent Chang'an City in the distance, and he slowly exhaled a breath of fresh air.

I originally thought that living a stable life in the bitter cold Yan land would be the end. Unexpectedly, the situation suddenly changed and I actually had the opportunity to take over Chang'an.

But Liu Heng knew it very well.

What awaits me next is countless struggles and challenges. If there is a slight mistake, it may be doomed.

But for the sake of his ambition, how could he be afraid?

The golden morning light shone clearly through the car window. Liu Heng reached out to catch it and murmured in a low voice: "Chang'an, I'm here."

(End of this chapter)