Liu Che pulled Yizong, and the emperor and his ministers walked out of the palace.

Historically, a sign of the close relationship between monarch and ministers is that the emperor takes his ministers to visit and play in his own palace.

As the saying goes, when you go out, you are in the same car, and when you are in, you are on the same bed.

I remember that in those days, the doctor's order, Zhou Ren, could even cheer for Liu Che's father when he welcomed his concubine, and even helped carry the candidate beauty to the emperor's palace.

Historically, some two-way plugs were even more exaggerated.

For example, Emperor Ai married Dong Xian and left behind the allusion of the habit of cutting sleeves.

Where did this habit of cutting sleeves come from?

Even Emperor Ai's wife Dong Xian was afraid of waking him up in the morning, so he cut off his sleeves...

After Liu Che came to the throne, these problems disappeared.

Not to mention the ministers, even the eunuchs had to stay outside the door while he was having sex.

Liu Che has never had a habit of letting people watch pornographic scenes.

But this trick of wooing the ministers and showing them favors was a success for Liu Che.

Not only did he often invite the elders to the palace to talk and play.

Even when he had free time, Liu Che would drag Zhou Yafu and others to go hunting in Shanglinyuan.

The cost of these methods is very low, even close to nothing.

But since ancient times, it has been the only way for emperors to win over their ministers, cultivate their wings, and consolidate their power.

Liu Che led Yi Zong through the attic and came to the small woods in front of Shiqu Pavilion.

As soon as Yi Zong saw this place, he smiled and said to himself: "Your Majesty is still as fond of coming here as before..."

After I ascended the throne, I loved coming here very much.

On average, I will come here once every three days.

You can take a walk, sit on a stone pier in the woods, stare at the flowing water in Shiqu Pavilion, or take your ministers with you to have a heart-to-heart talk.

Yi Zong originally thought that he had been away from Chang'an for nearly a year.

The emperor may have found a new place to relax.

Now, it seems that this person has never changed his preferences.

And...look at this small forest.

Yi Zong discovered that this place was no different from the past.

It is still an ordinary grove with no buildings except for a wooden pavilion and a few stone piers.

This shows that deep down, I am a very nostalgic person.

This made Yi Zong feel at ease immediately.

In fact, what Yi Zong fears most after being away from Chang'an for so long is that he has lost the emperor's trust.

This situation is indeed possible.

There will never be a shortage of ministers around the emperor.

And the rising ministers will definitely spare no effort to attack and discredit their predecessors in every possible way.

If the predecessor had not died, then this kind of attack and slander would have been ten times more intense.

Throughout the ages, many emperors and ministers, once they left the emperor, would have all sorts of shady stories exposed within three months, and then die horribly. This is why.

Although Yi Zong boasts that he did not make his fortune by flattery, nor by nepotism.

After the Battle of Mayi, facts proved that he was qualified and capable and worthy of the position of Cavalry General.

However, the emperor's trust is still crucial to him.

The most troublesome problem for all generals is: how to win the trust of the emperor.

In history, how many famous generals fell short of success or even died in battle just because they could not gain the trust of their kings?

I can’t even count them!

Liu Che looked at Yi Zong's appearance and smiled inwardly.

He looked up at the small forest.

To be honest, at first, he just came here to be quiet.

But as time goes by.

This gradually became a habit.

Then, it changed from a habit to a disguise.

As his time as emperor continued to increase, Liu Che now understood deeply that the emperor needed to disguise himself to deceive his ministers.

Just like what he saw his father doing back then.

An outstanding emperor should make it impossible for ministers to understand the emperor's thoughts in normal times.

But at the same time, the emperor must clearly tell his ministers and the world what his governing ideas and bottom line are.

If you want to grasp the balance between the two, you need to continuously accumulate experience.

Fortunately, Liu Che was lucky.

His father left him such loyal ministers as Zhou Yafu, Zhi Du and Chao Cuo.

When he first came to power, he also won the support of conservatives led by Shen Tujia.

Therefore, I have a lot of space to operate and shape my own image, and slowly weave for myself a disguised personality that is either true or false, half true and half false.

It allows ministers to be sure of many things while being unpredictable.

This is important.

It is especially crucial for the emperor to rule the world.

Liu Che looked away and asked Yizong: "You are nearly a year old in Yunzhong. Is there anyone who is the governor of Yunzhong County who can choose me?"

Yi Zong won the Battle of Mayi.

In China, where kings succeed and bandits fail, he will definitely not be just a Yunzhong County governor.

Therefore, the original plan can only be scrapped.

But Wei Shang might not be able to hold on any longer.

Liu Che felt that it would be better to resolve this matter as soon as possible.

Otherwise, Wei Shang would have died in his position as the governor of Yunzhong County.

The Liu family and the Han family will be completely disgraced!

In such a big country, China can't even find a suitable candidate to take over Wei Shang's position?

How could Liu Che and the Han Dynasty have the nerve to say: The whole world is not the king's land, and the shore of the land is not the king's ministers?

But the truth is, sometimes it's really embarrassing.

The position of governor of Yunzhong County is high, but in fact it is just like a ********.

There are dozens of other counties the size of Yunzhong in the old Liu family.

It is not a high-level city like Luoyang or Jinyang, and it can be suppressed by Jiuqing, which is an exception.

Therefore, in fact, the position of Yunzhong County Governor excludes most capable and qualified ministers and generals. Liu Che can't send Zhidu to take charge, right?

And other younger generation ministers.

Liu Che was really worried about letting them go to Yunzhong to serve as county guards based on what he had said in his heart!

Yunzhong, facing the Xiongnu's main force in the Hetao, was responsible for the Han family's most important warning and security work against the Xiongnu in the past. Because Yunzhong shared the Hetao with the Xiongnu, many lines of defense were not protected by the Great Wall at all.

Went to Yunzhong City and headed north. Hu and Han were mixed together, and the situation was very complicated.

I'm afraid most people won't be able to control such a complicated situation.

It was precisely because he could not find a suitable candidate that Liu Che had to send his brother-in-law as his successor.

The purpose was to let Yi Zong borrow the tiger skin of his brother-in-law, the emperor, to calm the situation.

Now, with great difficulty, Yi Zong has been trained under Wei Shang.

But the glorious victory in the Mayi battle made it impossible for Yi Zong to become the governor of Yunzhong County...

The world is like this sometimes.

Plans never keep up with changes.

With no other choice, Liu Che had no choice but to inquire with Yi Zong to see if he could be a suitable candidate.

Yi Zong heard the words and pondered for a moment. He also felt troubled.

People who have not personally been to the situation in Yunzhong have no idea how complicated the place is.
To be continued...