"The wind in summer is warm and warm, and the trees are shaded. The new shoots are purple in length, and the early cherry blossoms are red in color." [Ten Poems on Summer]
The tea bowl in front of Xun Yu has not been touched since adding water. He has always been a calm and steady person. However, when he first encountered this kind of thing, compared to Xun You's already accepting and indifferent attitude, he still felt aroused in his heart.
waves.
"Based on the current situation, Wu Shuo is just a cover. Is the country going to point the finger at Huang Situ first?" After thinking for a moment, Xun Yu blurted out: "Wu Shuo is not worthy of being a Taoist. The Yang family has huge power and has been in hiding for many years.
Huang Situ is the only one who cannot catch mistakes..."
Xun You glanced at the greenery outside the window, and said unconsciously: "Huang Gong has been deposed and promoted repeatedly, and he has won the emperor's decree. However, he cannot do things for the country like Duke Zhao, and he often gets close to the Yang family and other wealthy families.
Ideas and practices are naturally contrary to the country. Therefore, no matter how famous a minister is, he is strong and good in governance, the country will not tolerate it for long. Last year, the ministers proposed to move the capital, and Huang Gong and others proposed to return the capital to Luoyang.
He built a palace without permission and was deeply disobedient to the emperor. From that time on, he was destined to have this day."
"Not to mention anything else, Huang Situ's reputation, city government, and talents are unmatched by others. If he has not committed a big mistake, how can your majesty remove a famous official in the court?" Xun
Yu seemed to be asking the other party, but also seemed to be asking and answering himself. He pondered and soon found the answer himself: "Could we start from Jingzhou?"
His last words were not a question, but he looked at Xun You very clearly, and Xun You nodded: "Chang Qia, the governor of Jingzhou, served as the governor of Jingzhou for a period of time more than ten years ago. This person is from Shu County.
A native of Jiangyuan, he has a good relationship with Zhao Sikong, a fellow countryman. His ability to resume his post this time despite his old age is inseparable from Zhao Sikong's promotion and recommendation. Now the imperial court is about to check household registration, slaves and maids, and end-of-year civil service examinations. In this way,
For this reason, Chang Qia will definitely work hard on this matter. Even if Huang Situ is a blameless person, how can his family and the Jingzhou powerful men who have relations with him be a gentleman? Those who expropriate the common people and conceal their household registration and slaves,
In the end, he was punished by Chang Qia, so Huang Situ said he didn't want to say anything?"
"Jingzhou is not just Chang Qia, right?" Although Chang Qia has Zhao Wen or even the emperor standing behind him, not to mention his ability and courage, but if there is no helper, facing the powerful and powerful in the counties, it is probably half the result with twice the result. Xun Yushen
Knowing the twists and turns, he thought about it and said in a low voice: "Lai Gong, the governor of Nanjun, is loyal, brave, upright, and heroic. He was once conquered by Liu Biao, because the people from Lingling in Jingnan are not a big family in Jingbei, so he is especially famous.
Trustworthy. When Liu Biao was conscripted into Chang'an, Shangshu recommended this person. At that time, the state issued an edict and appointed Lai Gong as the prefect of Nanjun. A few days ago, the state summoned some ministers to discuss taxes, and afterwards Liu Biao was retained.
After a long conversation, although it was decided that the two parties would be in charge of cattle, horses and livestock in the mutual market, who knew what they were talking about before Bao came out and Mi Zhu entered the palace?"
Xun You didn't seem to be thinking in this direction. He picked up the tea bowl steadily and said slowly: "What kind of virtue does Liu Biao have? He is just a few steps behind Liu Yan. He can laugh at fifty steps and be able to enter the imperial court."
Ju Jiuqing is already deeply loved by the country, how dare you think of anything else?"
Obviously, the clues about Liu Biao's private life in Jingzhou did not escape Xun You's eyes and ears.
Xun Yu smiled softly, shook his head and said: "Liu Bo'an made a lot of mistakes during the Eastern Expedition, but what about now? They are clans after all, and the country is different from Emperor Guangwu in this regard."
Perhaps because he was alienated from his subordinates and succeeded to the throne, Emperor Guangwu always treated the clan poorly after he ascended the throne. From the beginning, he guaranteed their rank and salary, and later he was demoted to a prince, which all expressed Emperor Guangwu's fear of the princes and kings of the same clan. After all, these
Although the princes and kings are from the same clan, they have no relationship with Emperor Guangwu for a long time. What is the use of retaining fiefdoms and hereditary titles in vain? At this point, compared with Emperor Guangwu, the emperor is much more benevolent and righteous, and he treats those who have estranged relationships.
After the previous Zhengdan court meeting, the emperor continued to recognize their current status. Not only that, he also used the Liu family clan in a large number of ways. No matter whether they were in the previous dynasty or this dynasty, they were all appointed according to their talents.
Except for those members of the clan who initially followed the emperor, such as Liu He, Liu Fu, Liu Ye, Liu Zhen, etc., now all hold important positions, not to mention that there are rumors that the emperor intends to restore the grandmaster officer to educate the clan's children. The Liu family
If we count the clan members from Taigong Liu's generation, there are at least hundreds of thousands of people who have multiplied to this day. How many elites are there in this large clan of hundreds of thousands of people? People like Liu Bei who only have a family name but no wealth,
How many more?
Clan members are not more powerful than powerful men. At certain times, clan members are often promoted faster than scholars, and most of the virtuous members of the clan are helpful to the emperor. The prerequisite is that these clan members can truly be used by the emperor.
"Not all clan members are close relatives of princes. There are rich and powerful in the countryside, but there are also poor and humble people. If the country can promote talented people and use them for its own use, it is indeed a good move." Xun You took a sip of tea and suddenly raised his head to think.
After a while, he continued slowly: "Liu Yao's ability to be resurrected and reused is probably inseparable from this, right?"
Liu Yao, the former prefect of Longxi, advanced lightly under the command of the governor Zhong Yao and was defeated at the hands of Cheng Gongying. He lost his army and lost his general. Since Zhong Yao luckily escaped punishment after the incident, Liu Yao just dismissed him. He was dismissed last year.
In the winter, he became ill due to overwork and almost died of illness. Finally, he was overjoyed when he heard the news that the emperor had restored him to the position of censor.
"If it wasn't Ma Yu or Yang Ru who died, Liu Zhengli wouldn't even be able to stand up in this battle!" Xun Yu said contemptuously.
The main reason why Liu Yao was favored by the emperor again was because he indirectly killed Yang Ru and other wealthy family members, and offended the Yang family and the Ma family. Who else but the emperor would be able to provide him with protection in the future? If Liu Yao becomes depressed from now on, he will no longer have the will to fight.
, that's all. If you still have a trace of the heroic spirit of beheading the leader of a thief alone when you were young, you should know who to serve at this time.
"Don't worry about this person for the moment. The same goes for Liu Biao. In my opinion, if your Majesty places great emphasis on the clan, he will definitely set up a few banners in the future. But I don't know if it will be Liu Bingzhou or those local county governors..." Xun Youqing
Counting lightly, in fact, although he didn't think much of Liu Yao's character revealed by "sitting up from a dying illness", because Liu Yao had many contacts with Zhong Yao when he was in Liangzhou, he also interacted with the Yingchuan gentry.
They were still close. After Liu Yao offended the Yang family, the Ma family and other wealthy families, maintaining friendly relations with the Yingchuan scholars almost became his only choice. Although Liu Yao was destined to be driven by the emperor, they had this relationship with each other.
Well, whatever you say from now on will be good.
"It can't be Liu Bo'an." Xun Yu said firmly: "Liu Bo'an has been famous for a long time, and now he is famous all over the country. This is a ready-made character, and your Majesty will never use him."
Xun You also made this judgment in his heart. Liu Yu's reputation had already been established. The emperor could not give him much, so the best option was to personally promote an important member of the clan. Who could this person be? It was Yuzhou, who had already become a senator.
Liu Ai, the governor? Or Liu Miao, the prefect of Taiyuan who recently presided over the merger of states and exchanges with each other and cleverly protected King Langxie? Or Liu Ye, the prefect of Qinghe, who worked in farming and mulberry production in Jizhou and actively copied a series of new policies in Hedong? Or maybe the governor of Huainan
Liu Fu, the governor of Lujiang who had political achievements?
Somehow, Xun You didn't think that these powerful two thousand stones and princes would be the most popular ministers in the future. Although they had outstanding abilities, they always lacked something in Xun You's eyes. He thought silently, and involuntarily emerged in his mind
An uncertain figure appeared.
"Mengde has been in Liangzhou for more than a year. It's time to try to get him back." Xun Yu said in a low voice.
He has already sensed a huge crisis from the emperor's intention to deal with Huang Wan and activate the clan. In the future, there will inevitably be a purge of forces in the court. The old conservative forces will be cleared out on a large scale, and the emerging and related forces will be eliminated.
The emperor's coordinated forces will dominate. As a rising gentry, where should the Xun family go in this expected great change?
Fortunately, they had discussed countermeasures for this a long time ago and found help for themselves.
"In the past, the Xiongnu in Bingzhou were poor and weak, with 30,000 households and hundreds of thousands of people. It took the court five years to standardize them and compile their households. Now it still cannot be said to be completely successful, but only a little stable. On the other hand,
The Qiang Di in Liangzhou are far from comparable to the Xiongnu. The Wudu Di, Hanyang Di and other tribes have at least hundreds of thousands of people despite several wars. The imperial court wants to implement the policy of assimilation here and change the surnames and customs. It will not take more than ten years.
This achievement cannot be called a small success." Xun You said unhurriedly: "At the beginning, there will definitely be resistance from the Qiang and Di people. Cao Mengde stationed troops in Liangzhou, which can act as a deterrent and a crusade... At least this year, it will be mobilized
Not coming back."
Xun Yu thought for a moment and sighed: "It's a pity that neither you nor I are very courageous people. Otherwise, why would we need to help Cao Mengde up?"
"This is also a matter of mutual help and complementarity, just like Huang Situ and the Yang family." Xun You said calmly, but couldn't help but look at the other party and said curiously: "My uncle worked with Cao Mengde back then, and he deeply praised his talent for governing the world.
You tried your best to protect him, but now you have no choice but to get up?"
Xun Yu looked at the other person deeply but didn't answer.
Shanglin Garden, Fuli Palace.
It is summer, the heat in Sanfu is steaming, and the greenery is abundant. Shanglinyuan is even more lush with trees, and the green and beautiful mountains are rolling. Zhongnan Mountain and Qinling Mountains are far away to the south; Balingyuan and Leyouyuan are endless. Looking around, you can see the distance.
Where the sky and the earth meet, the sea of clouds rises, the trees nearby are lush, and birds fly among them. When a gust of wind comes, the branches and leaves rustle, and the afternoon sunshine dances like golden spots.
At this time, Du Kui, the leader of Dayu Music, was playing the harp in the forest. The sound of the wind not only did not interfere with his harp music, but actually had a different charm, as if he was consciously moving the leaves to accompany him.
Birds are chirping, mountain streams are moving, and dozens of tall ginkgo trees open their huge crowns like umbrella canopies, casting shade all over the ground for people.
The emperor took the book and read it casually under the tree. In his ears, Yin Qi, a good singer, sang softly along with the music:
"The rooster crows high on the treetops, and the dog barks deep in the palace. Where can the prodigal go? There is peace below the sky."
Du Kui was a court music man during the reign of Emperor Xiaoling. He was proficient in court music, silk, bamboo and eight tones, and could do anything. Later, he fled to Jingzhou, where he and a group of court musicians and dancers who lived in exile restored the Han Dynasty with the support of Liu Biao.
Jia Ya Le. With the restoration of the territory last year, Du Kui was also ordered to worship Da Yu Le Ling, also known as Tai Le Ling, because of his "close friend".
Perhaps Du Kui was really talented in playing elegant music. The emperor, who had not paid much attention to music in the past, suddenly became interested in music these days. From time to time, he asked Du Kui and others to develop elegant music, and even played it alone
When he was reading, he would have Du Kui and others accompany him.
This made Du Kui and others unbearable, and they also took it seriously. Whether it was Du Kui who was playing the piano or Yin Qi who was singing Yuefu poems, they were all working very hard: "Criminal law is not without credit, and softness is correct."
Random names..."
When he sang this, the emperor suddenly raised his eyebrows from the scroll and glanced at Yin Qi vaguely.
The sound of Du Kui's zither suddenly stopped, and he looked at Yin Qi with some fear, and then quickly glanced past the emperor's calm face, which showed no emotion.
When Yin Qi realized what had happened, he immediately understood what had happened. He broke into a cold sweat and turned pale.
The Yuefu poem "Cockcrow" he just sang was good in both its conception and melody, but there was one fatal point that he overlooked... He forgot to avoid taboos!
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty..." Yin Qi knelt down on the ground at some point, and his originally clear voice had already trembled and became hoarse. He violated the royal name and was an unforgivable sin. He came to the imperial court from Jingzhou to serve as an official only a few months ago.
Are you now going to jail for this?
Du Kui on the side saw that something was not going well, so he also left the piano platform and knelt down silently on the side.
The emperor raised his head from the scroll, with a calm expression on his face. Just as he was about to say something, a voice as clear as a silver bell came from behind him: "Your Majesty, this singer is good at singing and playing the piano well.
, why did you stop?”
After hearing the brisk footsteps, the emperor turned his head and smiled at the other party. The spots of sunlight fell from the gaps in the leaves and danced on the girl's face, making the smile at the corner of the other party's mouth even more lively.
The visitors were none other than Song Du, Guo Cainv and others. After the emperor and others arrived at Fuli Palace, he first gathered with his concubines to enjoy the ginkgo biloba, and then left the female family members to enjoy the fuli palace under the service of the palace maids and eunuchs.
Ligong planted begonias, pomegranates and other fine trees. He and a group of scribes went to the shade of the trees to enjoy the coolness and listen to music, enjoying the rare good time in the afternoon.
Song Du walked over slowly. Her belly had swelled slightly. Although she was not inconvenient to walk yet, Guo Cainnv was helping her every move as if facing a formidable enemy.
The emperor looked at the other party, waved her over, and nodded to Du Kui and others: "That's it, everyone, please step aside."
So Du Kui, Yin Qi and others all breathed a sigh of relief. They were sincerely glad that Song Du came to the rescue by chance, but they did not dare to neglect their actions. They even followed Chen Lin and other scribes to retreat to the designated place to avoid suspicion.
The capital of Song Dynasty still didn't understand its meaning and still asked why.
The emperor simply said: "They will be playing nearby."
Song Du then responded with a smile and immediately put the matter behind her. She carefully sat next to the emperor and proudly showed the emperor a few leaves she had just picked.