Beautiful step by step

Chapter 105

Emperor Qinglong's oral order not only caught Yan Heng and Wei Wei by surprise, but also stunned all the important court officials who followed the western tour.

The Liangzhou Guard Commander and the Youzhou Guard Commander of the third rank have been in control of all the military power in the Northwest.However, after the city of Youzhou was moved to a new location, it formed a natural barrier with the Qilian Mountains in the north, and all the troops on the western front fell on Liangzhouwei.The two guards, which were originally equal, have faintly distinguished high and low over the years.

Although the rank is still the same, but in terms of real power in hand, the commander of Liangzhou Guard is much higher than that of Youzhou Guard.

How old is Yan Zhenfu now?After he replaced Wu Gong, one of the two heroes of the Wu family, and was appointed as the governor of Liangzhou Weisuo, everyone in the officialdom knew his details.Disliked by his family, he joined the Northwest Army as a child at the age of 13.When I turned fifteen last year, I saw that I was transferred to Cheng Ding and promoted to Xiaoqi.As of now, he is only 16 years old.

"Your Majesty, Yan Zhenfu is only sixteen now, four years away from the weak crown. How can such a young boy be qualified to be the commander of the third-rank guard?"

In the imperial tent, Sansi, who delivered the decree, hadn't come back yet. He Ge and several important ministers who had heard the news had already knelt in front of Emperor Qinglong, earnestly admonishing him.

"It's just a substitute commander."

All the important officials of the court were frightened by the emperor's wrath yesterday, thinking of King Duan who went back to the capital to retrieve the mutual files, most of them didn't sleep very well last night.Everyone was a little cautious about this meeting with Emperor Shangqinglong.

Ke Qinglong's helpless tone gave them an illusion.The emperor is still the benevolent emperor, he will give in under the persuasion of the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty.

"This is absolutely impossible."

He Ge stroked his beard, his face was full of panic.

Emperor Qinglong asked with great interest: "Aiqing is talking about it, why not?"

He was still a moth yesterday, but today he is an Aiqing. Emperor Qinglong's change of attitude gave Elder He Ge great confidence.

Immediately, he said eloquently: "Your Majesty, this matter is a long story."

Emperor Qinglong took a sip of milk tea, and it was exactly what A Yi said, this tea is very filling.After drinking it, my whole body feels warm, and my stomach still feels very full.Looking at the stone that avenged grievances that day, he also knew how difficult life was for soldiers in the Northwest these years. Those Mongolians outside were very simple, and maybe they could add some dairy products to the army's menu.

Behind the imperial case, Emperor Qinglong traveled far and wide. Although Wei Xiang had only taught him for two years, and he was still very young, among so many masters, the one who had the deepest influence on him was Wei Xiang.Affected by it, Emperor Qinglong paid special attention to some details, such as the prices of a series of daily necessities related to the common people, such as meat, eggs, poultry and vegetables.From the skinny stone and the distribution of salaries reported by him, Emperor Qinglong could roughly estimate the daily life of ordinary soldiers.

The Northwest Army is not rotten to the bone now, but it is almost terminally ill.Those members of the Wu family who have been trained by the Wu family over the past 20 years are more or less tainted with the Wu family's style.The country is easy to change, and the nature is hard to change. They have been greedy for so many years, and now it is difficult for them to control their greed.

But Yan Heng was different, even in the secret guard of the capital city, he was able to investigate his performance in the past three years.He is really capable, and he has inherited Wei Xiang's character.For today's Northwest Army, Yan Heng is the best medicine.

While thinking about it, Emperor Qinglong kept nodding his head.He sat at the top, and He Guogong, who was kneeling at the bottom, couldn't see the expression on the emperor's face against the light.Seeing him nodding all the time, He Guogong spoke more vigorously.

"Your Majesty, according to the decree of the first emperor, the descendants of Prime Minister Wei are not allowed to be officials for three generations. The commander of the Yan Dynasty is now the third generation. He is committing a crime of deceiving the emperor."

The important ministers echoed: "Yes, this is the crime of deceiving the emperor."

These important court officials who used to have to make twists and turns when doing business in the past, but now they stood up together and confronted Yan Heng face to face.

There is no other reason, it was all frightened by Wei Xiang back then.

Even though Wei Xiang has already fallen into the loess now, maybe his bones are beginning to rot, but the prestige that single-handedly almost overturned the entire court was still there, and they did not dare to take it lightly.

"Deceitful?"

Emperor Qinglong thought it over and said: "Wei Xiang, the son of Wei Xiang, and the grandson of Wei Xiang, three generations have passed. Don't say that the crime is not as good as a married daughter. Even if the children of a married woman are considered family members, then the great-grandson of Commander Yan It's the fourth generation."

Commander Yan?What about the most important word "generation"?
Unexpectedly, the emperor sincerely wanted a 16-year-old boy to be a third-rank official, and he was also a powerful official who controlled more than half of the military force in the Northwest.

Regardless of whether he is a descendant of Wei Xiang or not, a 16-year-old third-rank official, how embarrassing are these old men who have worked hard all their lives to get second rank.

"Your Majesty, the imperial decree of the first emperor says that it is the descendants of Wei Xiang, Wei Xiang's generation does not count."

Emperor Qinglong's expression became dangerous: "Then you are saying that I did something wrong?"

The important ministers shook their heads like rattles: "The emperor was also deceived by villains."

The emperor with the old god in the head, but this time he vowed to carry the rogue to the end: "I have been familiar with the 24 histories since I was a child, and all the emperors who can be deceived by villains have a common name-Hunjun. That's right, Traitors are easy to come out under the rule of a weak ruler, and I am really stupid when I say it."

The old emperor is difficult to deal with, and the old emperor who is determined to play a rascal with you is completely incomprehensible.

"The emperor is the son of Shengming."

Emperor Qinglong nodded his head as a matter of course: "Then that means, I didn't do anything wrong?"

The important ministers were completely at a loss. They knelt on the ground and exchanged glances, putting all their expectations on He Guogong.Whoever said that he benefited the most from the downfall of Prime Minister Wei, he should be the one to step up if something goes wrong.

These bastards!

Old He Ge cursed in his heart, but he also understood.Once Wei Xiang's descendants are revived, the most severely damaged must be the few that benefited the most that day, including He Guogong's mansion.Although the emperor's meaning was already clear, at this moment he could only bite the bullet and refute.

"Your Majesty, what Wei Xiang did was determined by the civil and military affairs of the Manchu dynasty in the early emperor's dynasty."

Emperor Qinglong also dismissed the rascals: "Sure enough, you are still because of Wei Xiang."

Elder He Ge simply admitted: "Your Majesty, the imperial court has discussed this very clearly beforehand. Ignorance leads to inaction, and inaction leads to success. People don't know anything, so they are as docile as sheep and submit to the rule. Once officials pay taxes, There is no obvious difference in status between the people and the officials, and this barrier will be broken, so how can they obey?"

In the end, he lay down on the ground and shouted hoarsely: "Your Majesty, the wisdom of the people should not be taken lightly, and the strategy of fooling the people is the foundation of Da Yue."

After the imperial case, Emperor Qinglong fell into a long silence.

The hot tea was misty, and he suddenly remembered the prosperous Tang Dynasty that Wei Xiang had told him when he was a child.The sentence he remembers most is: As a member of the Tian family, the most important thing is to have the mind of Lord Li Tang.A truly powerful dynasty will bravely accept the thoughts of a hundred schools of thought, extract its essence and discard the dross, until it grows step by step until no external force can defeat it.

At that time, his head had only reached Wei Xiang's waist, and at his young age he could not fully understand the meaning of this sentence.However, after ascension to the throne, these words often surfaced in his mind.So he opened a mutual market in the Western Regions, opened a trade port in Nanyang, and accepted Confucian scholars sent by Goguryeo and Japan in Guozijian.At the same time, the imperial court also acquired the iron-smelting technology from the Western Regions and the technology of making colored glaze from foreigners...During the exchanges with each other, Da Yue became stronger and stronger.

But now, after he has worked hard for the country's prosperity and prosperity for most of his life, these important court officials have come to tell him that they want to fool the people.

"Man, mouth, absurd, absurd! One, group, waste, thing!"

Shouting word by word, Emperor Qinglong threw down the clean milk tea bowl.

"Foolish people? Let the common people know nothing, only know how to pay taxes like old scalpers, and let you high-ranking mermaids? Wei's proposition for a long time is absolutely right, you bunch of moths only care about your own little ones. Whether the family can live a life of extravagance and lust. Desires are hard to fill, you will never be satisfied, you will only make money every day to compare, and finally empty out Da Yue's foundation."

The old general He Ge buried his head on the ground: "I am terrified."

Amidst the terrified apology from the ministers, Emperor Qinglong threw the paperweight over: "Are you still panicking? Ha. There is a saying from ancient times to the present: the emperor with a family of iron. Although the family has disappeared in the Wei and Jin Dynasties, you These nobles are no different. I remember that more than half of your ancestors were officials from the former dynasty. Seeing that the vitality of the previous dynasty was exhausted, you quickly surrendered to Taizu when you had enough greed. Why, do you plan to continue to be greedy? Wait until later One hundred and eighty years, let's see if Da Yue's strength is about the same and then bring a rich family property to find another family?"

"Your servant must never dare."

"I don't believe a word of it."

He Ge's old man straightened his neck: "The emperor's words really made the old minister feel ashamed, and the old minister asked to resign from the position of Ge Lao."

Emperor Qinglong smiled, and looked around: "You guys... hurry up if you want to resign together."

The calm words shocked everyone, and under He Ge's inspiring eyes, everyone bowed their heads and remained silent.

"Very good, I promise He Ge will retire."

After he finished talking, Emperor Qinglong finally left the throne, stepped on the suede boots in front of Mr. He Ge, bent down and took off his organdy-winged gauze hat, which symbolized his official position, and said politely: "Please. "

"You..." With blue veins on his hands, pointing at the rest of the people, He Ge walked out of the imperial tent in a fit of anger.

"Hey, Mr. He Ge, where is your hat?"

After passing the oral order, he drank a bowl of milk tea with a mouth full of milk tea taste and the enthusiasm of trusting Liangzhou's acting commander and his wife, but it was difficult to be so kind, and he happened to meet Mr. He Ge who opened the door of the imperial tent.

Seeing that he ignored him, he didn't think twice and was not annoyed. As soon as he entered the tent, he threw an official hat in front of him.

"Think twice and go again, go to Wei's residence, and hand over this hat to the grandson of Wei Xiang."

After thinking twice and leaving, Emperor Qinglong looked at the important ministers kneeling on the ground.

"I'm not the soft-footed shrimp emperor of the previous dynasty who couldn't even control the military power. Since you take my kindness for granted, from today onwards, I will follow the example of Taizu. Corrupt officials must be heavy-handed. There are so many scholars in the world. If it’s not enough, it’s a big deal to add Enke. I don’t believe I can’t find a suitable official.”

(End of this chapter)