I have lived forever since the end of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 356 Chen Luo’s back-up plan

"Brother Boyu, I didn't expect that things would develop like this. It's really...sigh." In the Guo Mansion, the three of them sat opposite each other, and Li Xu spoke first, breaking the silence.

After the Queen Mother sent eunuchs to convey her will, the entire court fell into a deadlock.

Now that this order is out, who dares to risk the world and continue to propose severe punishment to Jiaoxi King Liu Duan?

What's the difference between that and putting His Majesty on the fire?
  If you don't care whether there is a next page in your family tree, you can be unscrupulous.

The ministers in the court are all smart people and know what to say at what time.

Sometimes you need to take a chance to get ahead, in order to gain fame and wealth.

Sometimes the first thing is to rise up against the thunder, which results in countless troubles.

Anyone who can understand the situation knows that the waters surrounding the Jiaoxi King case are too deep and they are unwilling to get involved.

Therefore, after the Queen Mother's decree was sent, the court meeting froze.

Liu Che had no choice but to announce that the matter would be discussed later and announce his resignation.

Guo Xie half-closed his eyes. After a while, he slowly opened them, with murderous intent in them, like a vajra glare.

He clenched his fists and spat out word by word: "The King of Jiaoxi is a lonely man. If the court doesn't care, I will kill him."

I have never been a kind person.

He used to do things within the rules and didn't want the pure black of the Mo family to be stained with blood.

But if the problem couldn't be solved within the rules, Guo Xie didn't mind breaking the rules and using unconventional means to kill the lonely man.

"Mr. Guo, Brother Li, don't be impatient. This matter has not reached that point yet." Chen Luo tried to dissuade him.

After all, the Han Dynasty today is different from the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. There is no such relaxed environment as before.

Ren Xia was making trouble at the grassroots level, even if he killed a county guard outside the customs, as long as it was seven or eight years apart, the officials would actually turn a blind eye and not have so much energy to deal with it specifically.

But if a prince and king is assassinated, things will be completely different.

The status of the princes and kings in the Han Dynasty was second only to the emperor.

If you dare to assassinate the princes today, who knows if you will assassinate the emperor in the future?

And since the King of Jiaoxi could not be dealt with according to law, Liu Che would never want anything to happen to him.

After all, he failed to succeed in questioning, and Liu Duanren died in the assassination.

Anyone would feel that they are inseparable from the emperor, right?
  It is difficult to predict how the Queen Mother and local officials will react, but they will never give up.

Therefore, if Guo Xie's plan is carried out, when Liu Duan dies, the high-ranking officials of the Han Dynasty will be furious.

When the time comes, the government will attack Ren Xia from all over the country with great force, and the power of the Mohist family will also suffer a lot, because Liu Duan, an absurd single man, caused a tragic sacrifice, which is completely unworthy.

Hearing this, both of them quietly turned their eyes to Chen Luo.

Mohism values ​​virtuous and capable people.

In these days, Chen Luo has performed outstandingly in all aspects, which convinced them both, so he has considerable say in this internal discussion.

"The Queen Mother intervened, trying to suppress the emperor with the word 'filial piety', and use public opinion to force the emperor to give in and let the King of Jiaoxi go." Chen Luo rubbed his chin and changed the subject, "Li Xu, do you still remember that? The last of the three 'chestnuts'?"

"Huh?" Li Xu was startled, then thought back and said, "Of course I remember, Boyu, you were so clueless at that time that I was curious for a long time."

They were analyzing the current situation in the restaurant before and mentioned that the Han Dynasty currently has three conflicts that need to be resolved by the emperor.

Chen Luo revealed the first two, namely the Xiongnu and the local princes, and then became the riddler without telling himself what the third contradiction was.

"The remaining hard 'chestnut' is my maternal relative." Chen Luo rubbed his chin.

He didn't tell Li Xuzhi before because he felt that the existence of his relatives had nothing to do with the Jiaoxi King case and there was no need to get involved.

Unexpectedly, Empress Dowager Dou intervened and issued an edict to use "filial piety" to coerce Liu Che, hoping to keep Liu Duan.

Hearing this, Li Xu was a little discouraged and said, "In addition to us taking action, is there any other way to punish Liu Duan from other angles?"

The empress dowager's position in the Han Dynasty was so respected that no one would question it.

"Of course." Chen Luo's expression did not show any signs of depression. He continued, "If we want to solve this matter, we naturally need to start from the same angle and regain the upper hand in public opinion."

"Brother Boyu, what do you mean?" Li Xu asked confused.

The Han Dynasty ruled the world with filial piety, and the Queen Mother had already issued an edict. Could it be that Brother Boyu had other ways to give them the upper hand in public opinion?
  Just thinking about it, I feel it is harder than climbing to the sky.

Even if the late emperor is resurrected, he will be inferior to Queen Mother Dou in terms of status.

Smiling, Chen Luo said seriously: "Three days ago, someone from Yangxia came to see me."

In an instant, the room fell into silence, and Guo Xie and Li Xu's breathing was slightly stagnant.

"Of course, what happens next?" After a moment, Guo Xie, who had been listening just now, asked. I wonder if his voice was a bit hoarse because of the long conversation.

The corners of Chen Luo's mouth raised slightly, and the right hand that was originally rubbing his chin slowly moved down and touched the jade pendant that had reunited into one at his waist.

"Of course it passed their test."

……

Prime Minister's House.

Wei Wan took the carriage home with a serious look on his face. He didn't even take lunch, so he locked himself in the study and ordered his servants not to disturb him unless they had nothing to do.

He wanted to carefully sort out everything that happened in the court today.

"It's difficult, it's difficult." Wei Wan held up a brush and wrote and drew on the best-quality Yangxia paper, finally clarifying the general relationship.

Although he is the prime minister, his actual authority is not as good as those of the big bosses in the past.

Wei Wan has been an official since the reign of Emperor Wen, but he has not actually made any very outstanding achievements. The only one he can show off is his participation in quelling the rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms.

But step by step, with various achievements, he reached the position of imperial censor in the later period of Emperor Jing.

Finally ascending to the position of prime minister was a compromise between various factions.

Today, I am young and cannot appoint the ideal candidate in my heart; the Queen Mother wants to appoint her nephew Dou Ying as the prime minister, but the opposition is too loud; the ministers in the court hope that a good old man can be appointed as the prime minister, so as not to disturb the atmosphere of the court meeting Too serious; the local princes and kings thought it would be nice to have a familiar face in the position of prime minister.

Due to the combination of many factors, Wei Wan, who was experienced and silent, became the best candidate.

The prime minister's position, one person below one person and above ten thousand people, may seem glamorous, but in fact, it often makes it impossible for him to truly express his thoughts.

Wei Wan did not dare to offend any of the old queen mother, young emperor, local princes and kings, or former colleagues.

After all, he is Wei Wan, not Xiao He, not Chen Luo, not Cao Shen or Chen Ping.

The reason why he came forward to speak for King Jiaoxi today was because he received a letter from Liu Duan pleading for mercy, and the Queen Mother sent someone to give hints...

"I, the Prime Minister, am probably the most useless of all the Prime Ministers that have served in the Han Dynasty for so many years." Wei Wan smiled wryly with a lot of self-knowledge.

Prime Minister Xiao, Prime Minister Chen, and Prime Minister Cao are not the ones who can decide national affairs with a wave of their hands. Even if they are judging food, they can stir up the situation.

Unlike himself, he has completely become a marionette. I really hope that one day I can draw my sword and make immortal achievements like Marquis Wenzhen of Yangxia.

Wei Wan stopped fantasizing, shook her head, and re-analyzed.

Although I offended the emperor in the court this morning, overall, I did not make a mistake in taking sides.

According to the original trend, everyone will push down the wall and all the ministers will write a letter of impeachment. Even if the King of Jiaoxi can survive, he will definitely not be exempted from the country.

Wei Wan felt that for people like Liu Duan, the pain of losing power and status after leaving the country was probably no less painful than death.

But the Queen Mother's decree completely turned the situation around.

According to Queen Dou, the political affairs discussed openly in the court instantly became the emperor's family affairs, indicating that brothers should live in harmony.

As a result, not only will it be inconvenient for the courtiers to express their opinions, but even if His Majesty wants to touch the King of Jiaoxi in the future, it will not be possible for at least five years.

Even if Empress Dowager Dou dies, if he wants to target Liu Duan again, he must consider the impact of today's decree from the Empress Dowager.

"Haha, what a bad luck." Wei Wan curled her lips, feeling quite disdainful of Liu Duan's behavior.

It's just that when people are in the court, they can't help themselves.

He was about to stand up, but his vision suddenly turned black, he felt dizzy, and almost fell to the ground.

I haven't eaten for a long time and have been sitting for a long time. As I get older, my body can't bear it.

After waiting for a while, Wei Wan rubbed the center of her brows and said, "It's really, really hard to walk on thin ice."

……

In Weiyang Palace.

The atmosphere is extremely dignified.

Liu Cheping withdrew his attendants, leaving only Zhao Wan and Wang Zang.

"Your Majesty, it was my fault. Please punish me." Zhao Wan lowered her head and sounded annoyed.

He argued with Wei Wan in the court and lost. If the envoy from Jiaoxi had not stood up and changed the subject immediately, the situation would have been even more unfavorable when the eunuch arrived.

Of course, the current situation was equally bad. At least I didn't think of any way to break the situation, so I could only let Liu Duan escape.

"I don't blame you." Liu Che waved his hand calmly.

He was angry on the dragon chariot back to the palace, but he has restrained himself now.

After all, anger cannot solve problems; on the contrary, it will disrupt one's thinking and make the problem more difficult to solve.

"I'm thinking about something." Liu Che spoke slowly, then stopped and did not continue.

"Can I share my worries?" Seeing this, Wang Zang stood up and asked.

The atmosphere in the palace is quite bad now.

Their preparations before today's court meeting are not inadequate.

You must know that since His Majesty took office, he has been dealing with trivial matters and has never handled any real important cases.

Liu Duan, who had committed many mistakes, was the best candidate for surgery. After dealing with the King of Jiaoxi, he showed the emperor's courage to the ministers and the world.

The results seemed close to screwed up.

Narrowing his eyes, Liu Che exhaled and said, "It's okay, I haven't figured out what to say about this yet."

He was thinking about when the eunuch arrived in the hall.

It would be too much of a coincidence if he happened to arrive at the main hall at the time when the crime of King Jiaoxi was being discussed.

So is it possible that he was waiting on the sidelines for a long time, and arrived when Wei Wan had the upper hand and almost refuted Zhao Wan, and then looked at the situation on the court and had no intention of coming forward?

At this time, Wang Zang spoke up again and said: "Your Majesty, the Queen Mother's decree states that the King of Jiaoxi should not be too harshly punished, but after all, the King of Jiaoxi made a big mistake. If he does not punish him, it will be difficult to calm the anger of the people in the world.

Even if the Jiaoxi Kingdom is not eliminated, most of the fiefdoms can be cut off and placed under local counties or independent counties. "

It is indeed difficult to violate the Queen Mother's will, but such punishment does not actually violate the Queen Mother's will.

After all, the crimes Liu Duan committed were enough to demote him to a commoner, and now he is only reducing most of his fiefdom, which is considered very tolerant.

It's just that this was the first big thing Liu Che wanted to do since he came to the throne, but the Queen Mother blocked him in this way, which would cause certain damage to the emperor's own prestige and the confidence of his ministers.

From now on, if Empress Dowager Dou does not die, Your Majesty may not be able to truly control the court.

But there is no other way but to use this semi-compromise method to see if we can save some of the situation and make it less embarrassing.

After pondering for a moment, Liu Che rubbed his eyebrows and said, "It's still not right.

That's all, let's stop here for today. I'm a little tired. As for when to discuss this matter again, it will be on the third day, um, after the morning court in five days. "

If you didn't want to be cruel at the beginning, then such a compromise would not be a bad idea.

But after expressing his attitude in the first place and then making a compromise, it was actually a failure.

"Wei." Zhao Wan and Wang Zang stood up, saluted, and exited Weiyang Palace.

After the two left, Liu Che was still sitting in front of the document in an upright posture, his face as calm as water, but his thoughts were racing in his heart.

Faced with the current situation, he also had no way to break the situation.

The great Han people put filial piety first.

This basic rule recognized by both the official and the private sector limits oneself and cannot use unconventional means to disobey the Queen Mother's orders.

Following Wang Zang's method can only be said to be a helpless compromise.

I had accumulated some strength in the court before, but it seemed that it was still not enough. The Queen Mother only used a decree to destroy her entire plan.

Especially the Prime Minister Wei Wan jumped out to sing the opposite, causing the whole situation to be almost unbalanced from the beginning.

"Huh." After a long time, Liu Che rubbed his brows and let out a long sigh of relief.

He did not lose heart.

Since the challenge I launched this time failed, then let it be a failure.

At best, this proves that the initial preparation was not sufficient.

If there is no suitable opportunity in the future, you should continue to lie dormant.

When the right time comes, I will strike again with iron-blooded tactics and take control of the entire court.

And next time, I won't fail again.

Taking a deep breath, Liu Che stood up, regained his confidence, and left the hall with his head held high.

Looking at the scorching sun hanging slanting in mid-air, there was still a hint of expectation in his eyes - what if a miracle happens next?
  (End of this chapter)