At the beginning of the establishment of the Goryeo Kingdom, bloodline status was very important. Its government was hereditary rule by the civil and military nobles, and it was difficult for outsiders to integrate. The status of the two classes was also very different. The economic and political status of the military attachés was strongly suppressed by the civilian officials.
, the civilian officials even tried to control the military power and completely suppress the military officials.
About fifty years ago, a general named Li Shaoying failed in a martial arts contest. The civil servant Han Lai therefore slapped Li Shaoying in public. The King of Goryeo and the civil servants and attendants present all laughed and humiliated Li Shaoying.
Opportunities for many military minister positions.
Unexpectedly, this incident became the trigger for the rebellion of the military ministers. The furious military ministers first killed the king's close ministers, and then took the king hostage and rushed into the palace to show off their military power. All the civil servants and ministers, including officials and eunuchs, were killed in a short time.
, the royal capital piled up corpses like a mountain. Later, the military officials held several generations of kings hostage and changed their ways, and all the three capitals, four capitals, eight pastors, and all the posts in the counties and counties were all appointed by military personnel. The civil servants who were lucky enough to survive were reduced to a state of decline in the following decades.
The waiters who are just talking and talking have no real power.
After the external troubles were over, the ruling military officials began to fight among themselves again. Under the chaotic situation for more than twenty years, heroes took turns to appear, repeatedly setting up prisons and killing wantonly.
This situation did not come to an end until Cui Zhongxian came to power. Cui Zhongxian's stable power was not due to the means of reconciling Ding Nai, but because he was suspicious by nature. Whenever he found someone threatening his position, he would take the initiative to take advantage of him.
Therefore, during Cui Zhongxian's more than 20 years in power, almost all the military officials who seemed to be stable outside the court, but in fact had some ability, were eliminated by Cui Zhongxian in advance. Except for a few close associates around him, even his son Cui Yu wanted to
There was no one available to train the team, so a group of civil servants had to be recruited to barely maintain their power.
Cui Zi was such a person who came from a declining civil servant and aristocratic family. He was recommended by the famous scholar Li Kuibao to serve as a secretary. Later, he held several official positions. It is quite understandable that when the civil servant noble was in bad luck, he was shrinking all day long.
Live life head first.
After he arrived at Yeseong Port, he worked conscientiously and the general Cui Junwen, who actually controlled Yeseong Port, had great trust in him.
Cui Junwen passed the Gongsheng Examination in Xinghai County in his early years. He was not as vulgar as ordinary military ministers. He gradually became friends with Cui Zi, who had passed the examination of writing and poetry. Cui Zi also knew that he was just an assistant officer and lived in seclusion.
, and only occasionally gave Cui Junwen some advice.
The document sent to Yousi from Licheng Port proposing to bring Yin Chang's fleet directly into the port was Cui Zi's idea.
At that time, Cui Zi said to Cui Junwen that now that Duke Ling is seriously ill, all parties in the court are consolidating their strength to prepare for unexpected events. General, although you have allies like Chi Yunshen and Liu Songjie in Kaicheng, you cannot completely rely on them.
They should also prepare themselves in advance,
Cui Junwen asked in confusion, "I left the Longwu Army and took charge of maritime trade matters. The troops in my hands were slowly deprived by the Duke, and I became a short-term general... Where did I get the strength? Is it possible that I gathered in Licheng?"
Are there conscription among maritime merchants inside and outside Hong Kong?
Cui Zize said, The strength of the general is naturally due to your close relationship with the officials of the Great Zhou Kingdom. The strength of the above countries, even a young man in charge of merchants, is enough to have a huge impact in our country, not to mention the predecessor who stayed behind?
This left-behind man did not come to Goryeo alone. He brought many subordinates and disciples and former officials to follow him. He wanted to start a serious business in Goryeo!
At this time, this person is a strong support!
Cui Junwen was able to enjoy several years of wealth in Yecheng Port, which was inseparable from Li Yun's help. Among the officials of Goryeo, he was indeed the one closest to the Central Plains people. Before that, he was just in trouble.
, just confused for a moment.
When Cui Zi said this, he was overjoyed and immediately wrote a document and sent it out according to Cui Zi's suggestion to ensure that Yin Chang arrived at Licheng Port as soon as possible.
After the document was issued, Cui Zi returned home and couldn't help but smile.
Although Yin Chang came unexpectedly, Cui Zi was not appointed as the director for nothing. Since he got the news earlier, he had a way to let Cui Junwen, an ignorant idiot, write his own essay to remind the prince in Kaicheng to do something early.
Prepare.
The situation in Kaesong has reached a critical stage, and the truth will come to light within ten months. At this time, as many abnormal factors as possible must be eliminated!
The maritime trade of Goryeo has always been in the hands of Cui Junwen, and Cui Junwen is in the same den with the nobles of Kaesong. Recently, he seems to be trying to sideline Cui Linggong and threaten the crown prince. At this time, Cui Junwen must not be allowed to get extra
aid!
Although the Crown Prince does not command an army and is isolated from the private army of the Sixth Division of the Capital, he has been operating for many years and has specialized manpower. Cui Zi remembers that there is a particularly fierce Japanese pirate team among them, and he only needs to send it out to cause a shipwreck.
It's as easy as turning the palm of your hand, and you will definitely succeed.
Once this is done, when the crown prince ascends the throne and rewards for his merits, I will be indispensable!
Thinking of this, Cui Zi felt excited. He stood up and stretched his arms. He was about to recite a poem when he suddenly heard the door of the outer courtyard ringing. Someone pushed in without warning.
"Who!" Cui Zi shouted sharply.
"Shut up!" The person who jumped into the yard said in a much harsher tone than Cui Zi.
Cui Zi ran out to look around and saw that the person who came had an ordinary appearance and was wearing ordinary merchant clothes. At this time, he put his hand into his arms and took out a talisman.
Cui Zi recognized this talisman as it was used by Cui Yu, the eldest son of Cui Linggong, and it was specially used to secretly send messages to Cui Yu's party scattered throughout Goryeo.
Cui Zi's official rank is not high, but he occupies an important position in Li Chenggang, and his mentor is Li Kuibao, the most relied-upon schemer of the prince, so he has seen such talismans several times and acted accordingly.
He then bowed and saluted.
Then I heard the messenger say in a deep voice: "Your Majesty has an order, telling you to keep a close eye on the Yin Chang fleet that is about to arrive at Licheng Port, and report all relevant circumstances, no matter how big or small."
"..."
Cui Zi was stunned for a long time before asking: "Is this all the prince ordered? Just let me stare at it?"
The document issued by Cui Junwen was written by me personally, and it was written clearly enough! Even a fool can see that there is something wrong in it! What's more, at the back of the document, there is also a special judgment written by me as the clerk? Judgment
There are a few lines in the book, and I specifically used the secret words agreed upon in advance. Even if the prince neglected to pay attention to the secret words, how could the teacher not read them?
You must know that my mentor had been working as an admonisher in Kaicheng, and held important Qing official positions such as zhigao. Last year, he finally won the trust of Cui Linggong and was able to be transferred to Guiyang as the deputy envoy of the Guiyang Protectorate.
Real power. But his mentor resolutely gave up this opportunity and abandoned his official position at the beginning of the year to return, just to help the prince grasp the power.
The mentor is a scholar who has been famous for decades, and is the leader of the nobles of the literary class. His support for the prince who has always reused civil servants is equivalent to supporting the civil servants themselves... How important is this, how could the mentor make any omissions?
Naturally, it is not convenient to ask the messenger about this question. It is impossible for the messenger to know the secret. Cui Zi raised his voice and said: "You wait for me to write a letter, and you take it back to Kaicheng for me and give it to my mentor Mr. Zhixuan!"
That’s important!”
The messenger shook his head: "It doesn't have to be so troublesome."
"What?"
In the hand of the messenger, he was originally holding the talisman representing the crown prince. Now he stuffed the talisman back into his lapel and then took out another thing.
It is a collection of poems, written by Li Kuibao, the most famous contemporary poet in Goryeo Kingdom and the banished immortal of Haedong. It is specially produced by a famous printing shop in the Central Plains, and the quantity is very small. The one who holds this collection of poems is
The core figure among the literary class aristocracy, one of his own who was truly cited as a confidant by Li Kuibo.
"What do you mean, mentor?" Cui Zi took a few steps forward and suddenly held the messenger's arm.
"Mr. Zhixuan asked me to tell you that it is a good thing for us to have more parties involved in the current situation. Don't stop us, just watch. What should be reported should be reported as usual. Whatever can be seen by the prince, sir.
Be decisive."
"But...but among the powerful parties nowadays, only the Crown Prince values civil servants the most. Why do we instead..."
"In the past, the Crown Prince did make important use of civil servants, but didn't the civil servants repay the favor wholeheartedly? As for the future, as the current situation changes, we will have more choices."