Chapter VIII, Strategies to Settle Chaos
After scolding Cao Mao, Shixun felt his mind relaxed, and he was relieved, so he returned home proudly. Cao Miao led his children to greet him. After half a year of separation, the couple could not help but burst into tears. Tan was almost four years old (Xu Sui), running around the ground, and he couldn't be quiet for a moment. However, Xun still pointed at the naughty child and said to Shifu: "Your brother is much more respectful when you were younger than you."
Then why was it taught by Cao Miao, the young lady, and why was it also grown up in Luoyang City. It was younger than his mother, and she grew up in the suburbs of the city. It was like a semi-wild person like herding sheep, and it was impossible to talk about it.
Shi Fu smiled slightly and did not go to pick up the father's fault. He just reported respectfully: "I still have a happy time, so I will tell the elder princess that she has already gotten alive."
Princess Shanyang was just checked out a few days ago and was three months pregnant. She was very happy about this matter. She waited for the master to come back and had a banquet to celebrate. She heard the news and smiled at the princess: "Can you report to the Empress Dowager?" Princess Shanyang's cheeks were slightly red, and she lowered her head and said, "It's not yet. I'll report to the grandpa first."
Shixun agreed that since I already know, then you should send someone to report this matter to Empress Dowager Bian so that she can also be happy. As for the banquet to celebrate, "The late emperor has not passed away for a long time, so you can't hold a banquet, but I'll inform my relatives and friends, so I'll accept congratulations."
He was very happy on the surface, but in fact he thought to himself: I am not yet fifty, but I am going to be my grandfather... This mentality is really unchanging for a while!
Then he closed the door, and the family gathered together first, and drank and celebrated. Huan Fan and other close friends were summoned to the banquet. During the meal, Cao Miao reminded Shixun: "Ayun is about to be hungry, so we should choose a good man to get married." Shixun blushed and ran away on the spot. Shixun calculated with his fingers, ah, the young girl who was around the knee in front of him is now fifteen years old. Why do you think the children grow so fast? Where has the time gone?!
After Xue married Xiahou Wei, she would not return home to take care of her parents unless during the holidays. Cao Miao often sighed when she remembered it, and Xun couldn't help but feel sad. At this time, the defense between men and women was far inferior to that of the Ming and Qing dynasties. However, in theory, if a daughter married, she would be considered other family members. There was no reason to run to her parents' home. Even if Xiahou Wei followed Shixun's expedition this time, Xue was alone in the empty bedroom, and the Xiahou family would not let her go back to her parents' home for a long time.
Seeing that Shi Yun was about to stay away from his parents, Shi Xun couldn't help but sigh in secret.
It is said that this expedition to Western Shu was many famous generals, so Shixun brought his two disciples Xiahou Wei, and Tian Pengzu basically had no chance to make meritorious contributions. For this reason, he left the two in Shu and entrusted Xiahou Wei to Cao Zhen. Tian Pengzu entrusted Sima Yi to continue his training and brought back Ziyi, who was weak. Shixun couldn't help thinking at this moment. If Xiahou Wei returned to Luoyang, he would incite him to "dividend" and leave that big family and live alone with his daughter and couple. Perhaps it would be that Xue would have a little more chance to visit her relatives.
He lowered his head and thought about something. Cao Miao couldn't help asking: "What do you think about your husband? Can Yun'er have some entrusting?" Are you considering who should you marry your daughter to? Shixun then reacted and smiled faintly: "I'm still young, let's discuss it again."
Finally, the banquet ended and left. Shixun brought Shifu. Huan Fan came to the study and told them what you saw today. Shifu was overjoyed: "Congratulations to Lord, congratulations to Lord, if so, then the Secretariat will be in control." Huan Yuanze frowned slightly and asked Shixun: "Lord Hu, don't let the emperor stay away from Cui Yan?" Why don't you take the opportunity to get rid of Cui Jigui, a villain?
Shixun smiled and said, "How can a villain succeed? It shows that my narrow-mindedness is revealed." First, Cui Yan encouraged Cao Mao to continue Cao Cao's old life and seize my rank of Taiwei. This is just your guess and there is no real evidence. Second, I have scolded the emperor hard enough and will stop him when he sees it. I can't stop it. It's not endless. Hongfu was dancing to a little secretary, but it made others think that I was narrow-minded and would revenge.
Huan Fan's eyebrows were still uncomfortable: "A thousand-mile dike is destroyed by an ant hole. If a villain is not removed, it will eventually cause trouble..." Shi Xun waved his hand and said ok. I understand what you mean, and I will be wary of Cui Jigui, but now is not the best time to get rid of him. And wait for a while, when I completely control the government affairs, everyone is almost forgetting about what happened. At that time, you can just find an excuse to bombard him home.
The little emperor Cao Mao's movements were quite fast, perhaps including the cooperation between the ministers. On the night when Shixun returned to Luoyang, Wang Lang handed over the third resignation, and then passed it early the next morning. Cao Mao immediately issued an order to call Shixun, Duke of Jieyang County, as the Minister of the Central Secretariat, and immediately went to the Central Secretariat to discuss politics.
The three provinces and three Taiwans of the Wei Dynasty were different from the three provinces in the Sui and Tang dynasties in history, and were different from the time when the Duke of Wei was first established. The core of the regime was the Secretariat. The Secretariat was actually the prime minister, "in charge of the government orders of the military and national affairs, and the imperial edicts were issued, and the records of Emperor Xi were recorded in harmony with the heavens and man." To be simple, it had the prototype of the legislative body of later generations. The Secretariat's legislation, the twelve departments of the Secretariat's administration, and the censor's supervision were actually a bit like the separation of the three powers of legislation, administration and judicial powers in later generations.
Of course, these three powers were separated under the jurisdiction of the emperor, a strange individual who transcends national laws and regulations. This is a hurdle that cannot be avoided in the feudal era. It is when the honors formulate the official system, and it is impossible to escape from the limitations of the times.
These three provinces belong to the outer court, Zongzheng Temple, secretary-general, and subordinate supervisor, but the power of the inner court was much shrinking than that in the Eastern Han Dynasty, barely comparable to when Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty first established the inner court. Zongzheng was responsible for the royal affairs; as the name implies, the secretary was the private secretary and consultant of the emperor; the affairs of the presidential court of the subordinate president also included the ministers who manage the attendants. The connection between the internal and external courts was mainly accomplished through the secretary and the Central Secretariat: the emperor had an order, the secretary drafted, and the Central Secretariat reviewed, which could be passed or refuted; the Central Secretariat had an order, and the secretary had to go through the emperor first to seek the emperor's opinions. This is not only a mutual restraint between the internal and external courts, but also a mutual check and balance between the imperial power and the bureaucratic system.
In fact, according to the original intention of Shi Xun, the latter item cannot be set at all, but it is really similar to the later generations of Xu Jun Lixian. Even if Cao Cao is not a hero or a saint, he will definitely not agree...
Speaking of which, the reason why Cao Mao ordered Xun to take office was that he blocked the advice of the ministers, and the other was that he would come up with a plan to deal with the chaos in Kanto as soon as possible. Xun also knew that this matter should not be delayed, so after receiving the imperial edict, he hurriedly took a car to the Zhongshutai.
When I got to a place, I saw that there were only three or two kittens, all of them tugged their necks and waited for the people who could take charge of the matter to come.
In his old age, Cao Cao may have replaced the old ministers of the Santai for several rounds in order to suppress the power of the prime minister or to cultivate new people. Before Shixun took over as the Central Secretariat, the six prime ministers were: Wang Lang, Ling Huaxin, the Censor of the Censorate Hua Jie, the Secretary of the Censor of the Central Secretariat Liu Xian, the Secretary of the Secretary of the Left Pushe, Wei Ji, and the Censor of the Censor of the Central Secretariat Xin Pi. These are all mature bureaucrats, who are familiar with the operation of institutions and the implementation of government orders, but if they encounter major events, they may not be able to bear it. Moreover, Hua Ziyu is still in charge of Cao Cao's funeral, and is not in the capital... the rest are all waiting for Shixun to come over to make an idea.
Shixun couldn't help but smile bitterly, and ordered the minor official: "Qiu Jia Guanglu, Liu Zizheng will come and discuss together." The so-called "Jia Guanglu" refers to the Guanglu official Jia Xu, and "Liu Zizheng" refers to the Zizheng official Liu Ye. They are all like Xun, just holding a senior official position as an adviser. Now discussing military and national affairs, Shixun feels that there is no need to talk to Liu Xian and the others at all, and that is only qualified for Huan Jie, so it's better to find those two resourceful guys to come and plan.
Taking advantage of the time before the two came, the five priests studied some minor problems in their daily work. It was roughly because Shi Xun left Jing for a long time, so he would familiarize him with the situation first. At the same time, the latest information about reporting the chaos in Kanto to Shixun was actually not more detailed than that obtained by Shijia Intelligence Network.
When Jia and Liu arrived, Shixun invited him to sit in the queue and then talked about quelling the rebellion. Jia Xu said that many counties had changed, and King Liyang's rebellion was no longer suspicious, but whether the other three kings had participated in the rebellion was unknown. Because the distance was far away, the news was delayed. The situation was very unclear, and it is probably difficult to come up with any way to deal with it.
Liu Ye also said: "We must send envoys to see the real and the real, and order them to block the way to disturb the west."
After repeated discussions, the final decision was made to send Chen Jiao, the Minister of the Secretariat, to Luzhou, supervise the censor Gao Rou, to Yanzhou, to investigate the situation, and at the same time, the left general Le Jin led his army to Zhongmu. Later, the general Yu Jin led his army to Yingyin to lead the way to Yan and Lu.
Some of the famous generals of Cao Wei followed Xun to attack Shu, and the others were divided into various parties. Now the generals who could be taken out of the capital were happy. Soon after Li Dianshi, Xu Chu wanted to protect the ban, and he should not be moved lightly. Both of them led their troops out of the capital. When they arrived at the garrison, they summoned troops from the surrounding counties and counties. One was to prevent the rioters from advancing towards Luoyang, and the other was to prepare for the future gathering of troops to attack and suppress the enemy.
Shixun himself felt that Cao Chong and others could not cause much trouble. The original "Seven Kingdoms Rebellion" was so large that the vassal states were at that time. Now they only owned one county, and four kings and four counties. Even if they all started to make trouble, the ratio between the one or two hundred counties in China was absolutely obvious. Besides, the "Jingnan" and Zhu Di and others were originally the "King of the Pass" who controlled the border. They had strong soldiers and horses, and they encountered difficulties and were almost wiped out by the imperial army. How could Cao Chong and others compare?
However, because of this, Cao Chong is not a fool. Since he dares to raise an army, he will definitely have a backup plan. In addition, Yi Ji is resourceful, who knows if there are any responses elsewhere? If there are his followers in the capital, and the army is invincible and the center is blooming, then the trouble will be great. Therefore, the imperial guards in the capital will not be mobilized for the time being.
After determining the basic strategy, we have to wait for more accurate information to pass on before we can kill the generals. The meeting lasted until the afternoon and everyone left. Then Xun had been working for a long time on the mansion. When he returned to the mansion, it was already dark.
Chapter completed!