"He who knows others is wise, and he who knows himself is wise." [Laozi·Chapter 33]
"Why is Mr. Dong so angry?" Dong Feng walked into the room alone and saw Dong Cheng, who was still angry, standing in front of the window, frowning and concentrating. His heart trembled. He stepped forward and cupped his hands, pretending not to know, and said
: "But what trouble did Mr. Dong encounter in Qingliang Hall today? Although I am not talented, I am still willing to do my best to solve the problem for Mr. Dong."
Dong Feng can be regarded as an old man next to Dong Cheng. As early as when Dong Cheng was a general of chariots and cavalry, Dong Feng had been in and out of the shogunate as a member of his family. Although his talent was not as sharp as Hu Miao's, due to his many experiences, he was
There are many places where you can give useful advice to Dong Cheng. He is older, and Dong Cheng is sometimes very helpful to him, but at this time today, Dong Cheng didn't care about it for the moment. He only saw him turning around and looking at Dong Cheng.
Feng waited for a while, then suddenly said: "Does a big man have an emperor's father-in-law like me?"
"What kind of father-in-law?" Dong Feng lowered his head slightly, then raised his head to look at him again, pretending to be puzzled.
"What else can I do?" Dong Cheng stamped his feet heavily on the floor and listed the past figures one by one: "Look at Deng Zhi, Dou Xian, He Jin, and then look at me!"
Except for Deng Zhi, who has a pretty good reputation among these people, are the rest of them some kind of role models worth emulating? Dong Feng was full of comments, but did not say them out, only muttering a few words in his heart. What Dong Cheng wanted to express was that he
The treatment was different from the listed relatives, but Dong Feng didn't want to follow his words and complain that it was meaningless and would only make Dong Cheng more resentful.
He thought for a while, since Dong Cheng listed the later Han Dynasty, he should list the former Han Dynasty, so Dong Feng spread his hands and talked about each one, saying: "Why not? Emperor Xiaoxuan's father-in-law, Ping'enhou Xu Guanghan,
At that time, apart from Enrong, did he ever hold great power? Not only that, he was the one who ended up with the best outcome."
"Who wants to be a relative who has been castrated!" Dong Cheng spat, Xu Guanghan, as a powerless head of state, could not even protect his own queen daughter, who would care to learn from him? Dong Cheng was thinking wildly, and suddenly remembered
After hearing this, he felt a chill in his heart, and felt that Dong Feng's example was inappropriate. He stamped his feet and said angrily: "If you want to do it, then treat it as Huo's!"
"Yes, what Mr. Dong longs for is to be the Huo family." Dong Feng repeated it very seriously. It didn't seem to be aimless. He looked at Dong Cheng and said slowly: "But Mr. Dong should know that.
, no matter it is as powerful as the Huo family, or as domineering as Liang Ji, whose descendants will be wiped out and the family will be ruined after their death? Just like the day when a flower blooms, it is only beautiful for a moment, and after noon, it will wither. It is true that Dong Gong is the father-in-law of the Son of Heaven, and the Son of Heaven is
Dong Gong’s son-in-law, but he is the supreme one in the world.”
"You mean I shouldn't ask for anything else, but should be restrained?" Dong Cheng said dissatisfied. He deeply believed that the other party had misunderstood what he meant. The emperor originally regarded him as a balance between the forces in the DPRK and implemented the initial series of
He endured being a 'tool' for reform measures. Now that he has done so many things for the emperor, the emperor still does not pay attention to him and still allows Huang Wan and other ministers to exclude him. This is still
"Dong Gong!" Dong Feng suddenly stopped shouting, then knelt down on the ground and said in a solemn tone: "Between Mr. Dong and the emperor, there are monarchs and ministers first, and then sons-in-law!"
This sound was like a muffled thunder exploding in Dong Cheng's mind. He stood there blankly. He wanted to scold Dong Feng angrily, but now he fell into deep thought and said nothing.
Dong Feng secretly sighed. The emperor today was no more authoritative and arbitrary than the emperors in the past. How could a strong emperor tolerate having a strong relative next to him? If Dong Cheng still couldn't distinguish the stakes, he couldn't put his own
Location, based on today's situation, Shangshu Ling Wu Shuo may not even have an excuse not to come in the future. Not only him, but also himself will have to find a way out.
"In your opinion." After a long silence, Dong Cheng slowly exhaled and said softly: "What should we do now?"
After Dong Feng listened carefully to what Dong Cheng said in the court today, he looked at the other party again and found that there was still a hint of unwillingness in the other party's brows, but now he had suppressed it. In the future, if he works hard, he should make some changes.
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He nodded happily and said: "The most important thing in the country's heart is military affairs. Anyone who violates military laws will be killed without mercy. I sit back and watch the Dukes and Dong Gong argue today. I don't mean to treat them coldly, but I don't want Dong Gong to interfere in Guandong."
Military. Since the country has a plan, why bother to force it on its own? It is better to support Zhang and Xu to lead troops into Guandong. It should be noted that no matter what the country and the princes think, Dong Gong is the leader of the dynasty in the eyes of others.
Minister, with Dong Gong's support, how could Zhang and Xu not be grateful to them? This is the so-called 'achievement without war'."
"Good." Dong Cheng's eyes lit up and he raised his hands and said: "Fan Chou is still too attractive. Everyone knows that he has a special relationship with me. No matter how much I praise him, I can't escape the fault of favoritism. Instead of this,
You might as well secretly show your favor to Zhang Liao and Xu Huang... No, no." Dong Cheng suddenly changed his words and said: "They are all single-handedly promoted by the country. I don't ask them to join me, I just want them to be friendly and easy to talk to in the future... This matter
You still have to hide."
Dong Feng nodded and said: "Dong Gong Ruijian."
I saw that Dong Cheng gradually came out of his resentment. He looked at Dong Feng, his family member. He had been with him for a period of time, and was later promoted by him to become a supervisor under the supervision of Shuiheng Supervisor.
Zhong Guanling is in charge of coining money. Although his rank is only six hundred stones, it is a good job. In the past two years, Dong Fengming has made a lot of money for him secretly and secretly. Now he is solving problems for him...
Dong Cheng suddenly encouraged him and said: "Today Wu Ziju is on duty at the palace and cannot leave the palace; Hu Jingcai is in charge of the capital and has not received any news from me for a while. I thought that no one would be able to explain it to me today, but unexpectedly there is still Ziju.
Giving birth to you not only relieves my worries, but also makes plans with me. You and I are from the same clan, so I will definitely not treat you badly! In this way, Shuihengjian will issue Tongbao money in a fixed amount according to needs in the future, and you will not be able to take action from it.
From now on, I will report to the country and appoint you as the Chief of the Taiwei Palace, and work with the Ministry of War to discuss the affairs of weapons, food and grass!"
"Thank you Mr. Dong for your love!" Dong Feng was overjoyed. He was once just a 400-kilogram second-in-command. He thought he would have no chance of promotion and would be a disgrace to his family, but unexpectedly he climbed up the big tree of Dong Cheng and jumped
He became an official with a thousand stones. Although the foundation of this big tree was not strong and could not withstand strong winds and heavy rains, he had to hold on tightly, otherwise he would fall into the dust before the tree fell.
Soon, through Dong Cheng's sponsorship, the emperor approved Dong Feng's transfer and became Taiwei Chief Shi. Dong Feng was increasingly used in front of Dong Cheng, which made Jingzhao Yin Hu Miao, who claimed to be the mastermind around Dong Cheng,
He was very unhappy. He had been wary of Dong Fengduo in the past, but he didn't expect him to take advantage of him.
After learning about this, Hu Miao would be at the gate of Dong Cheng's mansion almost every evening to share his worries and relieve him. Wu Shuo, the minister with a keen sense of smell, discovered the subtle changes in Dong Cheng's recent attitude and took the initiative to approach him again.
Dong Cheng.
Dong Cheng temporarily put down the burden in his heart, and he also had a group of party members and subordinates, and he was very proud. However, as everyone knew, there was a pair of eyes in the palace that were always watching every move of the Dong Mansion.