Chastity Layman

  Chapter 906 Gu Mingquan Chen

  Port Taiping.

  On the Nanyang Navy's flagship Ningyuan, Qin Lang was wearing a purple robe and jade belt, looking at the pier that was getting far away.

   "It took several years to build Weigong Fort, which cost more than a million yuan, and I have only lived in it for a few days. Isn't Saburo reluctant to leave?" Zhang Chao said with a smile on the side.

Qin Lang smiled slightly, Weigong Fort did cost a lot, manpower, materials and materials add up to millions of guan. After all, it has been repaired for several years, and the labor alone is not enough, but Qin Lang insists on paying the wages, and the wages are still low. It was good, and it didn't say that the people of Wu'an were conscripted to serve him for free, so the wages alone accounted for a lot, let alone various materials.

Such a Weigong Castle is unique in the entire Lingnan. It not only has a strong military defense function, but also is a benchmark-like feudal town and vassal mansion. Yes, whether you are doing business, visiting friends, passing by or playing, this Weigong Fort must always be looked forward to.

  The polygonal crown-shaped Fortress of Wei is indeed different from ordinary cities, and it is indeed magnificent.

  Because of the blood shield and golden lion flag flying in the castle, many people now call this castle simply Golden Lion Castle, Lion City, etc. The Qin family is sometimes called the Lion family.

  Luxurious and mighty Lion Castle, but the lion is never at home.

   "This is my retirement home in the future, and I will come back after all." Qin Lang said with a smile as he looked at the tall watchtowers of Weigong Fort, which was already far away.

  Be prepared for danger in times of peace, advance and think of retreat, and think of change when you are poor.

Think twice.

Qin Lang can't be said to be an extremely human minister now, but he has indeed reached a very high position. Although this is completely a hero made by the times, it only appeared under specific times. At the beginning of the founding of the Tang Dynasty, it happened When there was civil strife in the imperial power, he, the concubine of the founding general, came to the front of the stage step by step by chance. This is actually no different from Hou Junji, Zhang Liang, Changsun Wuji and others.

   Once the emperor and the courtiers, didn’t Li Yuan also use the warrior Xun who was a merchant, and Yang Guang also used the southerners all the time.

The emperor is still young now, and Qin Lang is even younger. As the prince's brother-in-law and teacher, he can even think that if everything goes well and Chengqian can inherit the throne smoothly, then in the new dynasty in the future, he will be able to follow his eldest grandson Wuji. The uncle of the country is the same, and he is one more advanced, becoming an important minister of the auxiliary government.

   Even like Huo Guang and Duke Zhou.

Historically, Chengqian failed to inherit the throne and was defeated in the battle with his brother Li Tai. In the end, the ninth prince Li Zhi succeeded to the throne. Minister Gu Ming, worshiped Taiwei, was the third rank of Tongzhong Shumen, and concurrently served as the governor of Yangzhou, presiding over the government.

  Changsun Wuji presided over the government for Li Zhi for ten years, but in the end Li Zhi was convicted of treason and exiled to Qianzhou, and then sent people to Qianzhou to force Changsun Wuji to commit suicide.

  When the eldest grandson was assisting the government, the grandson was very beautiful, but in the end the ending was extremely bleak, and the entire eldest grandson's family was implicated as a result, and the descendants were exiled to Lingnan.

Besides, Huo Guang, the important minister of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, was even more serious. He was ordered by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to be the minister of Gu Ming Tuo Gu, and he assisted the eight-year-old Emperor Zhao of the Han Dynasty. The ministers fought and defeated them one by one, and finally took over the power of the government.

  After the death of Emperor Zhao, Liu He came to the throne, but soon deposed him, and then Emperor Xuan of Han came to the throne, and married his daughter to Emperor Xuan of Han as the second queen.

Huo Guang went through the four dynasties of Han Wu, Han Feidi, Han Zhaodi and Han Xuandi. After the death of this man, the Huo family was immediately and completely liquidated by Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty. The Huo family was convicted of treason and the family was wiped out.

In fact, there are many powerful ministers in Chinese history. These people are so powerful that the emperor would fear them, such as Yi Yin of Shang, Zhou Gong of Zhou, Zhao Gao of Qin, Wang Mang and Huo Guang of Western Han, Dong Zhuo and Cao Cao of Eastern Han, and Sima Yi of Wei. , even Zhuge Liang of Shu...

  Further back, Sima Yue of the Western Jin Dynasty, Wang Dao, Huan Wen, and Liu Yu of the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

  From Er Zhurong, Gao Huan, Yu Wentai, Yu Wenhu to Yang Jian in the Northern Dynasties...

It can even be said that from the Western Han Dynasty onwards, almost all dynastic changes were completed by those important ministers and great generals. The replacement of the five generations, the addition of yellow robes, etc., are actually usurping the throne by powerful officials.

Of course, there are also high-ranking officials and nobles who are uncrowned kings such as Huo Guang of the Han Dynasty, Wei Taifu Sima Yi, and Zhang Juzheng, the chief assistant of the Ming Dynasty. Emperor Chu, but he was defeated and died later, just like Yang Xuangan, the son of Yang Su, the power minister of the Sui Dynasty, who conspired to rebel against the Sui Dynasty for self-reliance, and ended in failure.

   There is a saying that is good, when Wang Mang was humble and not usurped, Duke Zhou was afraid of rumors.

  In that position, in fact, most of the time, this person has no choice but to do so.

  Zhuge was a Shu Han all his life, but as the prime minister of the Shu Han, he also had a hundred guards to accompany him in the court. Someone once said that if Wang Mang died before usurping the throne, how would the world treat him? Maybe everyone will think that he is a saint, not a traitor who usurped the throne.

   Another example is Cao Cao. If his son Cao Pi did not usurp the Eastern Han court, then would Cao Cao also become a high-gloss prime minister who helped the great Han?

   Or if Zhuge Liang had a capable and ambitious son like Cao Pi and Sima Zhao, and he usurped the Shu Han throne after his death, what would be Zhuge Liang's historical evaluation?

So in fact, being a powerful minister is also extremely risky. Once you get to that point, you often either go one step further, usurp the throne, add a yellow robe, such as Liu Yu, Chen Baxian, Yang Jian, Gao Huan, Yu Wentai, etc., or you can control the situation , such as Cao Cao and Sima Yi, these great people will continue to lay the foundation for their sons until the water is ripe.

   Of course, there are people who have not taken that step, such as Zhou Gong, Yi Yin, Huo Guang, Zhang Juzheng, Yang Su, etc., but among these people, there are very few who can really die well.

  Huo Guangquan devoted himself to the government and went through four dynasties, but once he died, the entire Huo family was liquidated and wiped out.

  Yang Su was even forced to take medicine even when he was sick.

  After Zhang Juzheng died, his home was ransacked by Emperor Shenzong of the Ming Dynasty, and Yan Song was dismissed from office and ransacked his home even when he was more than ten years old.

  Not to mention Dorgon, for the sake of a widow, he didn't even want the country, but in the end he ended up in an extremely bleak end.

   There is also Oboi, Minister Gu Ming, the founding general of the Manchu Dynasty, who was finally murdered by the little emperor Kangxi, and Yu Wenhu, the powerful minister of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, who was also called into the palace by his nephew and killed.

  The real master of high meritorious deeds can still be preserved, that is Guo Ziyi in the middle Tang Dynasty.

  Because Guo Ziyi was just a general who led the army, and had never really been in charge of the government in the central government, and he had never even been a prime minister. There were powerful officials in the Tang Dynasty, and there were actually many.

For example, Li Linfu, who was full of honey and swords during Tang Xuanzong's time, and Yang Guozhong, the cousin of Concubine Yang who succeeded him, and then the powerful officials of the Tang Dynasty who rose up during the Anshi Rebellion, Li Fuguo, Cheng Yuanzhen, Ju Wenzhen, Qiu Shiliang, all of them were in charge of the government. Can influence, even control the emperor.

As for Zhu Wen, Li Keyong, Li Maozhen, etc., the powerful officials in the late Tang Dynasty, not to mention, the emperor was afraid of the strong soldiers under his command. Later, Zhu Wen directly killed the late Tang court completely, and then usurped the throne by himself. The Tang Dynasty established itself as the Liang Dynasty.

  Li Maozhen, who occupied Guanzhong and the west of Beijing, was once the father of the emperor of Chang'an Tang Dynasty.

  Pei Ji, one of the founding prime ministers of the Tang Dynasty, used to have a lot of power, but he can't be said to be a powerful minister. Changsun Wuji has indeed been a powerful minister for ten years.

  But Pei Ji and Changsun Wuji didn't end well, they were both exiled. In the end, Pei Ji died of barbarian invasion, and Changsun Wuji was forced to commit suicide.

   After all, it still affected the authority of the emperor.

Often when the dynasty changes, powerful ministers are the most likely to appear. Gaiduo is a young heir, and the old emperor is worried, so he chooses his most trusted confidant minister as the Minister of Gu Ming, and he left his life alone. These ministers of Gu Ming are average, and they are indeed very capable. .

  But young emperors will always grow up, such as Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Wu of Zhou, Emperor Gaozong of Tang Dynasty, Shenzong of Ming Dynasty, Kangxi of Qing Dynasty, etc. As long as they have the ability, conflicts will always break out between monarchs and ministers in the end.

  Qin Lang is sometimes frightened when he thinks about it.

  Will Chengqian dislike teachers like him and Changsun Wuji in the future?

  History tells Qin Lang that this is very possible, as long as anyone hinders the authority of the emperor, there may be problems.

  For those young emperors, when their ideas conflict with these ruling ministers, their biggest thought may be to wipe out these old guys immediately, so that they can flex their muscles.

  Don't say anything about family affection, Huo Guang is the father-in-law of Emperor Xuan, especially Huo Guang abolished the Emperor Xuan and registered Emperor Xuan, which gave Emperor Xuan the opportunity to become emperor.

Another example is Yu Wenyong, Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. Yu Wenhu was his uncle. During the Three Kingdoms War in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, his father died young, leaving his sons young. How could the family keep the foundation of Bei Zhou? The other families of the twelve generals of the Eight Pillars Kingdom had already snatched it away.

  But Yu Wenyong was supported by Yu Wenhu, but he had been secretly planning to kill Yu Wenhu, and endured it for many years. Finally, after Yu Wenhu was defeated, he was called into the palace, and his trusted guards surrounded him and assassinated him.

  During Huo Guang's lifetime, Emperor Xuan never dared to take any action, but after his death, Emperor Xuan still couldn't swallow this breath, and still wanted to kill the Huo family.

  The same is true for Shenzong of the Ming Dynasty. After Zhang Juzheng died, he liquidated and ransacked his home.

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  This kind of cruelty is the same as Li Shimin met his eldest brother Jiancheng and his third brother Yuanji at Xuanwumen, and he met his father with swords and swords in Taiji Palace.

  Qin Lang resigned at every turn, which is very dishonest. In fact, there is a reason, and he has been looking for a way out.

  He doesn't want to become a minister who cares about his fate one day, let alone a minister who takes over the emperor's house, it is very dangerous.

  A ruthless person like Changsun Wuji can't play, Qin Lang thinks he should never try it.

   It is right to manage your own fief when you have time and maintain your status, but you must not touch that deep mountain area.

  (end of this chapter)