Summoning the world to be one

Chapter 655 The end of the era
Chapter 656: The End of the Era
In June of the fifth year of Tiantong, Deng Jun conquered Chang'an and destroyed Qin State. Deng Sheng divided the six counties of Guanzhong and the eight counties of Xiliang into Guanzhong Road and Xiliang Road. Among them, there were only five counties under the jurisdiction of Guanzhong Road, and Henan County was vacated. As the governor of Guzang, he established the Governor's Mansion of Guzang, and supervised the military forces of the eight counties of Xiliang. His subordinate Qianniuwei was renamed Xiliangwei, and then guarded the eight counties of Xiliang.

The place where the prince sits is a very sensitive topic, and immediately caused an uproar in the court, with voices of support and opposition. In the end, Deng Sheng forced it through with his supreme prestige.

After Deng Hao, who was in the East Palace, got the news, although the subjects of the East Palace spoke up one after another, Deng Hao seemed very calm, because Deng Hao knew very well that as long as it was decided by Deng Sheng, it would not change, so why should he bother? Are you making fun of yourself?Moreover, Deng Hao knew very well that although his current position could not be said to be as stable as Mount Tai, it could not be shaken casually. After more than ten years of being the crown prince, even if Deng Sheng wanted to abolish the crown prince, it would not be so easy. Besides, Deng Hao I also know that Deng Sheng doesn't have any idea of ​​easy storage.

But not speaking, does not mean that Deng Hao has no idea. When the prince sits in the place, there will be no problem when Deng Sheng is there, but once he succeeds, will these younger brothers with heavy soldiers in their hands listen to him? Woolen cloth?If you don't listen, then these people are the biggest trouble.

In the fifth year of Tiantong, on July [-]th, Qi Wang Deng Zun led a group of officials from the Guanzhong Xuanfu Mission to leave Wancheng and headed for Chang'an. At the same time, Xue Rengui also led the army back to the court.

In the welcoming pavilion ten miles outside Wancheng, Prince Deng Hao personally led all the civil and military officials to welcome the victorious and returning army here.

"I will pay my respects to His Highness the Crown Prince! Your Highness Qianqiu!" Xue Rengui took the lead, and all the generals who defeated Qin got off their horses and saluted one after another.

Deng Hao stepped forward with a smile on his face, helped Xue Rengui up, and said: "You generals, you don't need to be polite, please get up quickly, you will wait for the bloody battle on the battlefield to stabilize Guanzhong and Xiliang for the great Deng. Salute to you."

"Your Highness is serious. You are the ministers of Great Deng, and you should devote yourself to the future foundation of Great Deng. Today's class teacher, it is an honor for you to be welcomed by Your Highness." Xue Rengui said.

"My palace is ordered by His Majesty to come here to welcome the generals to return to court after victory. Tonight, His Majesty will hold a banquet in the Jingtai Hall to celebrate the achievements of the generals. As for the rewards of the generals, the imperial court has already made plans. Your Majesty will declare it to the world!" Deng Hao said.

"Thank you, Your Majesty Ron!" Everyone said in unison upon hearing this.

That night, Deng Sheng held a banquet in the Jingtai Hall to celebrate the civil and military achievements of the soldiers who had returned from the war.

After the banquet, Deng Sheng summoned Deng Han alone.

In Qianyang Palace, Deng Sheng looked at Deng Han, who was somewhat cautious in front of him, and said, "Han'er, I have summoned you tonight for something, and you must have heard that I have decided to set up the Guzang Governor's Mansion in Guzang. The commander-in-chief of the eight counties of Xiliang, Qianniuwei was renamed Xiliangwei, stationed in the eight counties of Xiliang, and you are the first governor of Guzang."

"My son will definitely live up to my father's high expectations, and guard the border for Deng Han and defend the center!" Deng Han said. Although he had just returned to Wancheng, the news that Deng Sheng established the Guzang Dudu Mansion and the place where the prince would sit has long been spread. All over the world, people of insight from all walks of life have mixed opinions on this decision, and Deng Han has also heard about it.

Deng Sheng nodded, then led Deng Han to Yutu, pointed to the eight counties of Xiliang, and said: "The eight counties of Xiliang were established by the Qin people, and the Qin people are deeply rooted here. Some of the Qin people moved to Guanzhong, and they call it the fallen leaves returning to their roots, but the Qin people have taken root in Xiliang for hundreds of years, and they have already regarded Xiliang as their own roots. I am afraid that Deng also has hatred in his heart. In the future, there will be turmoil in Xiliang. Your task is very heavy. In addition, Xiliang has been the habitat of Qiang people since ancient times. After Qin took root in Xiliang, After fighting with them for hundreds of years, Peng couldn't make them completely surrender, so you must be cautious when dealing with the Qiang people in the future."

The Qiang people have occupied Xiliang for generations, and their history in Xiliang is much longer than that of the Qin people. After the Qin people moved westward, they started a long-term struggle with the Qiang people. The Qiang people sometimes surrendered and sometimes rebelled. The biggest factor restricting the development of the Qin State, and for hundreds of years, the Qin people have been suppressing the Qiang people, but they can't kill them all, they can only appease and suppress them from time to time.

"My son understands, please rest assured, father, I know what to do." Deng Han said with a serious expression.

Deng Sheng looked at Deng Han's serious expression, smiled, and said: "You don't have to be nervous. Since I let you guard Xiliang, I will naturally give you some bargaining chips. The Ma clan in Xiliang and the Sima family in Lintao used to They are all important ministers of the Qin State, and now they have surrendered to my Great Deng. The two of them have lived in Xiliang for a long time and have a good relationship with the Qiang people. In the future, they will obey orders under your command. You can use them to win over the Qiang people. In addition, I It will also let Shen Zhi join your army to win over the Qin people who love me, Deng Deng, and achieve the purpose of dividing the Qin people."

Of course, it was impossible for Deng Sheng to let Deng Han go to Xiliang alone. In addition to changing the name of the [-] Niuwei to Xiliangwei and stationing in Xiliang, he also included the Ma clan and the Lintao Sima family under Deng Han's command. Arrange Shen Zhi, the surrendered general of Qin State, to Deng Han's army and listen to his orders.

"Thank you, Father!" Deng Han was overjoyed when he heard the words. Shen knew that he had met him before. Han didn't know much about it, but he had met one or two children of the Ma family and the Sima family, but I heard that these two families had rooted in Xiliang for generations, and the Sima family in Lintao was also the southern captain established by Qin State, governing Jincheng County, The Qiang people in Longxi County and Wudu County, and the Ma family were even appointed by Qin State to guard Xiliang after Qin State took control of Guanzhong. Presumably, the prestige in the eight counties of Xiliang must not be low.

Deng Sheng pointed to the west again, and said: "The map of my Great Deng can only go to Dunhuang County, but I have heard that there are many small countries to the west of Dunhuang County, and the people of Qin called the places where these small countries are located. In the Western Regions, it is said that Qin State has always been in contact with the small countries in the Western Regions, so this time you guard Xiliang, in addition to stabilizing the eight counties in Xiliang, you also need to help me find out about the situation in the Western Regions."

The Western Regions, this is a land that the people of the Central Plains have never set foot on. Back then when the Qin people opened up Xiliang, they also got in touch with the countries in the Western Regions. However, the Qin State back then was all about recapturing Guanzhong, so it didn’t have too much regard for the Western Regions. Pay attention, but Deng Sheng is different. Coming from later generations, Deng Sheng is more aware of the preciousness of the Western Regions. However, in this era, transportation is quite backward. If you want to permanently control the Western Regions, it is difficult to rely solely on the power of the central government. , so Deng Sheng asked Deng Han to go to Xiliang. In addition to stabilizing Xiliang, the most important thing was to let Deng Han manage the Western Regions.

Deng Han looked at the map to the west of Dunhuang County and found it was blank. That is to say, Deng Guo knew nothing about the Western Regions. If he could manage the Western Regions successfully, his contribution would be no less than that of opening up territories. This is an honor that will go down in history. Yes, thinking of this, Deng Han's heart was full of pride.

"Father, please don't worry, my son is determined to be Great Deng to surrender these countries in the Western Regions, so that they will always submit to my Great Deng!" Deng Han said solemnly.

"I am very happy that you have such ambition!" Deng Sheng said, "However, you must know how to measure. Do you know that many ministers in the court are against the place where the prince sits?"

Deng Han nodded. Ever since Deng Sheng proposed the system that the prince sits in the local area, discussions on this topic inside and outside the government and the public have never stopped. Deng Han is also very clear about what these ministers are worried about. In the future, when the army is strong and the horse is strong, he will fight for the throne with his elder brother Deng Hao, but Deng Han doesn't care about this, he thinks he has a clear conscience, if he really wants to seize the heir, he won't wait until today.

"Since you know everything, there are some things I still need to tell you. This time you are sitting in Xiliang as the governor of Guzang, which means that Xiliang is not your fiefdom, and the governor of Guzang is an official of the court. Every Mid-Autumn Festival, you need to go to Beijing to report on your duties. You can only bring your guards to Beijing. The soldiers and horses under your command have no imperial edicts and cannot cross Longguan. In addition, the Guzang Dudufu only controls military power. Regarding local government affairs, It is up to Xiliang Dao Governor's Mansion to deal with it, so you must not interfere!" Deng Sheng said.

Longguan is the west gate of Guanzhong. It was because of the loss of Longguan that the Han Kingdom was eventually annihilated by Qin. And the west of Longguan is Tianshui County. That is to say, the place Deng Han guarded is Longguan. West of Guan.

"My son understands!" Deng Han knew that this was the restraint Deng Sheng gave him, but Deng Han didn't care too much, it didn't matter if soldiers and horses couldn't enter Longguan, he was guarding Xiliang, not Guanzhong. Why do you enter Longguan?As for not being able to interfere in the government affairs of Xiliang Road, Deng Han said that was nothing to do, since he was not interested in government affairs in the first place.

"It's good to understand, it's late, and tomorrow is early, you should go back to rest early, stay in Wancheng for a few days, say goodbye to your mother and concubine, and then leave for Guzang early." Deng Sheng said.

"Here! Your servant will leave!" After saying that, Deng Han left Qianyang Palace.

The next day, at the court meeting in the Jingyang Palace, Deng Sheng rewarded the generals who conquered Qin, but most of them were for promotion of military rank and rank. As for the title, Deng Sheng only conferred Murong Ke. When Deng Sheng became the emperor, Murong Ke was awarded He was granted the title of Lord of Jiujiang County and entered the Lingxiao Pavilion, but now Murong Ke is already the General of the Governor's Mansion, and he is one of Deng Guoxin's three giants in the military. It was Tang Guogong, and Murong Ke was just a county prince, which was not suitable no matter how you looked at it. In addition, Murong Ke made a lot of contributions to the attack on Qin this time, so Deng Sheng named Murong Ke as Liang Guogong.

As for the others, they are only improving their military ranks and grades. At most, they will increase the rewards of gold, silver, and silk. Hurry up, secondly, if it is true that rewards are based on merit, a large number of people in the Deng country are eligible to be promoted to Duke, and now there is still a Zhao country that has not been destroyed. If you are promoted to Duke now, after Zhao is destroyed in the future, what should you do What is the reward?Could it be that all of them are King Xun?This is of course impossible. Although Deng Sheng has the title of honorary king for ministers with outstanding merits, Deng Sheng does not want to indiscriminately confer titles and give a bad head to future generations, so even if someone is qualified to be promoted King Xun, Deng Sheng will also limit the number, never many.

After the court meeting, two papers appeared on Deng Sheng's imperial case, which caused Deng Sheng a lot of headaches. These were the resignations of Cui Hao and Zhang Bin.

Both Cui Hao and Zhang Bin were the first characters summoned by Deng Sheng. They were both summoned in the first year of Deng Wangsheng. It has been 35 years. When they were first summoned, Cui Hao and Zhang Bin were young people in their twenties. Time is already over the age of sixty, it is true that time is not forgiving.

Cui Hao, Zhang Bin, Jiang Wan, Su Hong, and Cheng Yu are all ministers Deng Sheng relied on and trusted the most. Now decades have passed, Cheng Yu and Su Hong have long since passed away, and Jiang Wan retired a few years ago Later, because Hu Weiyong was too arrogant, Deng Sheng invited Jiang Wan out again, and now Jiang Wan is almost seventy years old.

Holding the two resignations, Deng Sheng could not speak for a long time. To be honest, he was reluctant. Since Deng Sheng ascended the throne, in the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, the civil servants were headed by Cui Hao, Zhang Bin, Jiang Wan, Su Hong, and Cheng Yu. Headed by Yue Fei, Chang Yuchun, and Yang Yanzhao, the passing of these people and their retirement seems to symbolize the past of an era. Thinking of this, Deng Sheng couldn't help but sigh for himself. When Deng Sheng ascended the throne, only 16 years old, now 35 years have passed, Deng Sheng is now over fifty years old.

"Come here, Chuanzhong ordered Cui Hao, and the sect ordered Zhang Bin to meet!" Deng Sheng said.

Soon, someone went to summon Cui Hao and Zhang Bin, and after a while, the two came to Qianyang Palace, bowed to Deng Sheng tremblingly and said: "I pay homage to Your Majesty!"

Looking at the old faces of the two, Deng Sheng couldn't help but sigh in his heart, they are really old, in this era, it is already considered a long life to live to fifty, and like Cui Hao and Zhang Bin, they lived a lifetime of wealth and prosperity. Yes, the life expectancy is longer than that of ordinary people, but years of hard work have also overwhelmed their bodies.

"Cui Qing, Zhang Qing please stand up!" Deng Sheng said.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" The two replied.

After the two got up, Deng Sheng picked up their resignations and said: "I have seen your resignations, so can't you wait? Now that the Qin State is destroyed and Guanzhong is pacified, it will take a few years for me, Deng Xiongshi, to settle down." If I can march into Jinyang and rule the world, I still want to climb to the top of Mount Tai with the two Qing families."

The two smiled when they heard the words, and Zhang Bin, who was older, said: "Your Majesty, the two of you are already in their sixties. It stands to reason that we should have retired a few years ago, but we still have a lot in our hearts." I can't let go of my obsession, so it has been delayed for a few years. It is only a matter of time before the Great Deng dominates the world. Today, the Great Deng is full of talents and no longer needs us. "

"Yes, Your Majesty." Cui Hao also said: "In recent years, my body has not been as good as before. To put it bluntly, I don't know how much time I have. If I still stay in the court, I will face the heavy burden every day. Regarding government affairs, I'm afraid that I really won't see the day when Deng Deng will rule the world. Instead of reluctantly greedy for power, it's better to retreat bravely, so that in the future, the family will be full of grandchildren, and it will not be a good taste."

Cui Hao and Zhang Bin had already talked about this, and Deng Sheng knew that they had made up their minds, but Deng Sheng still wanted to keep one or two, saying: "Since the two Qings don't want to stay in Zhongshu Province and Menxia Province How about going to the East Palace and teaching the prince with Jiang Qing?"

After Jiang Wan retired, Deng Sheng invited him out again to join the East Palace as the crown prince and tutor. So Deng Sheng thought, since Cui Hao and Zhang Bin were unwilling to stay in Zhongshu Province and Menxia Province, they might as well be like Jiang Wan. , to work in the East Palace. In addition to the Prince Taifu, the East Palace also has the Prince Taishi and the Prince Taibao. With the abilities of Cui Hao and Zhang Bin, it is more than enough to hold these two positions.

But Cui Hao and Zhang Bin didn't think so. Cui Hao said with a smile: "Your Majesty, I know why brother Jiang returned to the East Palace. Now the East Palace is full of talents, and the crown prince has already become a talent. Let me go now." Donggong can't teach the prince anything, if that's the case, why bother?"

"Alas..." Hearing the words, Deng Sheng knew that the two of them had decided to leave and could no longer stay, so he sighed and said: "Since the two Qing families do not want to stay in the court, then neither will I." Dare to force it, but Zhongshu Sheng and Menxia Sheng are too important, and the two Qings left suddenly, and I don't know who can do it."

"Your Majesty, there are many talented people in the court, and there are many qualified people, so why bother? If Your Majesty really has no candidates, the ministers can recommend one or two. The Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment, Fan Zhongyan, and the Minister of Officials, Kou Zhun, are all veterans of the court, regardless of their seniority. Either ability is the best choice, and with the two of them in charge of Zhongshu Province and Menxia Province, Hu Weiyong's arrogance can be further curbed." Zhang Bin said.

Zhang Bin and Cui Hao knew very well that over the past few years, Deng Sheng's biggest heart trouble was Hu Weiyong. In order to suppress Hu Weiyong's arrogance, Deng Sheng even invited out Jiang Wan, who was still an official at home, and Kou Zhun and Fan Zhongyan were the only ones in the court. There are not many people who can wrestle with Hu Weiyong. In fact, a long time ago, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty knew very well that once Cui Hao and Zhang Bin retired, Fan Zhongyan and Kou Zhun would be their replacements.

Deng Sheng nodded and said: "I still need to consider one or two things about the candidates for Zhongshu Province and Menxia Province. The two Qing families will stay in the palace today and have a good talk with me. In the future, such opportunities I'm afraid not many."

"Here!" Cui Hao and Zhang Bin responded.

On the same day, Deng Sheng, Cui Hao, and Zhang Bin had a banquet in the imperial garden. The three talked about the past and reviewed the progress of Deng Guo in the past few decades. In the end, the three of them all got drunk.

The next day, Deng Sheng issued an imperial edict to approve the resignations of Cui Hao and Zhang Bin. At the same time, he appointed Fan Zhongyan, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, as the order of the Zhongshu Ling, and Kou Zhun, the Shangshu of the Ministry of Officials, as the order of the sect. , As for the Minister of the Ministry of punishment, he can choose another one.

(End of this chapter)