Survival Three Kingdoms

Chapter 807 Ten Holy Dukes (2)

I was more surprised by Liu Xie's wisdom. After some analysis, it sounded clear and clear. It cannot be said that there is no ambiguity, but there is no better reason to refute.

The Privy Council has another consideration. The selection of the ten holy princes is not only to flaunt the predecessors, but also to inspire the younger generations, and at the same time to appease the states and counties.Just imagine, which place doesn't want a saint to be born in its own place?For example, Yue Nu not only represents women, but also represents Jiangnan Road.Although Fan Li was from Yue, he did not become Tao Zhugong until he left Yue.

Hearing this, Zhou Cang laughed, the emperor Liu Xie is not a fool, Dong Zhuo can see that the young Liu Xie is better than his elder brother Liu Bian, and can be tempered under Dong Zhuo and Cao Cao, so how can Liu Xie not improve.Zhou Cang sighed to himself, even if he could not think of a better candidate than this, it was really embarrassing for Liu Xie.Liu Xie's ability to nominate Yue Nu has a lot to do with his desire to gain fame in Jiangnan Road.

The controversy of the ten holy princes is not only about the candidates, but also many people put forward all kinds of names.

Someone suggested that there should be debate sages, and there were quite a few of them: Guigu, Su Qin, Zhang Yi, and Zou Ji, no less than ten people.Liu Xie believes that this will encourage sophistry, and instead of seeking the true solution, it will only talk and talk.

As for book sages, wine sages, poet sages, etc., as long as they can be thought of, people who are engaged in related occupations will be mentioned.Liu Xie put it aside because he had no great contribution to the country and no great benefit to the people.On this point, the Privy Council agreed with Liu Xie.

Jiang Gan interjected another paragraph in the middle. The emperor's grandson Liu Kang was very restless during the selection process of the ten saints. He often expressed his personal opinions and followed the trend to advocate that Confucius should be a sage of literature. , can be called the Great Saint.

Zhou Cang almost spit out the tea in his mouth, is there any mistake, Great Sage?Are you invited by the monkey?Before Zhou Cang could ask, Jiang Gan said: "Your Majesty grounded Liu Kang when he learned about it, ordered him to study in the palace, and copied the outline of governing the country ten times."

Zhou Cang nodded slightly, Liu Xie handled it properly.Whether he wants to win him over or flatter him, I really don't know what Liu Kang is thinking. Is this because he can't wait to get in the position?Compared with his father, he is far behind.

Jiang Gan cupped his hands and said, "The Privy Council Prime Minister Xun Xiang, Xu Xiang and Zhou Xiang asked the prime minister for instructions, how should the final candidates of the ten holy princes be determined?"

Zhou Cang thought for a while and replied: "The ten sages are tentatively designated as: Wen, Xuan, Nong, Craftsman, Merchant, Medicine, Soldiers, Wu, History, and Music."

Jiang Gan wrote it down one by one, which is equivalent to Zhou Cang's ranking of the ten holy princes.

"However, I don't think the so-called Shenggong should be limited to ten. In the future, it may be increased to twelve or eighteen? One or two can be added every two or three years, such as Shui Sheng, King Yu ruled Shui Ze and Wan Dai, and counted Sheng, The medicine saint and so on can be considered to show that our country is prosperous and the culture has a long history." Zhou Cang let go of it like this, and he never thought that he would become a member of the Holy Duke decades later, of course he is not a great sage .

"Although the selection of the ten holy princes is not a political matter, it is also a state matter. Let's do it, it will be voted by the House of Representatives according to the emperor's nomination." From voting to voting, this is a big change, and it will leave enough room for Liu Xie. Save face, and also retain the rights of the House of Representatives.In all likelihood, Liu Xie's nomination will be approved.Zhou Cang went on to say: "It is inevitable that there will be high meritorious candidates who fail the election. You can propose to the emperor that a sub-sage can be established under the Shenggong."

Zhou Cang gave Jiang Gan a meaningful look, you know.Jiang Gan understood and recorded his resignation.Zhang Zuo, the deputy envoy of Jin Yiwei who came with Jiang Gan, took out a letter from his pocket: "This is a letter from Prime Minister Zhou to Your Excellency, please read it."

The letter said two things. One was that after Zhou Yuan received the commission to go to Jeju, he did not sleep, eat or speak for two days, and then sent someone back to Jinan, while he and Mu Jin rushed to Jeju immediately.The second is that Zhou Liang sold the shop under his name to pay off the money owed by the bank, closed the house and seldom went out again.

Zhou Cang frowned. He once thought that Zhou Liang would leave to follow Zhou Yuan to Jeju, and he also thought that Zhou Liang would die suddenly. Zhou Cang didn't want to think badly about his son. Whether Zhou Liang left or died, Zhou Cang would feel Zhou Yuan It's hard to save, but I didn't expect Zhou Liang to stay.Did Zhou Yuan understand the deep meaning of it and change his past, or did he want to calm his mind?
"You tell Zhou Chong, just say that I know everything, tell him to continue to look after it, don't worry and don't relax."

"Yes." Zhang Zuo agreed, "There is one more thing. Han Bao heard the news from the palace that the emperor is extremely displeased with the emperor's grandson Liu Kang, and is ready to make Liu Ji the crown prince."

Considering his age, Liu Ji is just a four or five-year-old naughty boy who doesn't understand anything. Liu Xie wants to make Liu Ji his heir, not because he values ​​Liu Ji as Xun Chen's grandson, nor does he think that Liu Ji will be better than Liu Kang in the future. Liu Xie is worried. Liu Kang's restlessness will lead to death.Zhou Cang and Liu Xie agreed that the Liu family would always be the emperor of the Han Dynasty. Liu Xie knew that there was a prerequisite for this. The condition was that the monarchy should be a constitutional monarchy. If Liu Kang is alone, all the royal families will be implicated. With Zhou Cang's current reputation, even if Zhou Cang himself becomes emperor and continues to pursue constitutional monarchy, there will never be any opponents in the world.The power is given to the ministers and the House of Representatives, and it doesn't matter to the people and officials who is the emperor.

If Han Bao knew that Liu Xie wanted to establish Liu Ji, he was afraid that Liu Xie would let it out on purpose, just to spread it to Zhou Cang's ears, and Liu Xie would definitely announce after the selection of the Ten Shenggongs that the selection of the Ten Shenggongs was his. touchstone.

Zhou Cang rubbed his head, the court drama on TV was in front of him, but he changed from a bystander to a player in the game.The onlookers are like playing poker, they know the hole cards of each player, and the players in the game are the players who can only estimate.The facts are by no means like those shown in court dramas, everything must be investigated to find out the truth; in reality, no one will take risks, nor will they look for evidence, as long as there is a slight sign, they will immediately eliminate all hidden dangers.

However, Zhou Cang also has a better understanding of Liu Xie from Zhongzhong. Liu Xie has been content with his current identity and status, at least he does not want to have any changes in his lifetime.

"Understood, you go back and tell Han Bao not to intervene. In addition, tell Jiang Gan that he will write to the emperor, saying that Peijun will be recovered. Next spring, please come to Peijun to worship the ancestors, and ask Xun Xiang to send someone to make arrangements. Let Chen still know when you pass through Peijun." Zhou Cang put the letter away.

Since Liu Xie threw out the touchstone, Zhou Cang has no reason why he shouldn't.The two monarchs and ministers are not fighting each other, but are tacitly paving the way for each other. Some things don't need to be said at their level, a little hint is enough.

(End of this chapter)