Traveling through Chenghan Xiandi, fortunately I have a simulator

Chapter 118
This time, Zhang Ming slept very comfortably. He slept for three hours, and even missed the time for lunch. After all, he was really tired after being at the city gate for the past few days.

After Zhang Ming went to the city gate, he would stay in the turret to watch the battle between the two sides except when the Allied forces were attacking the city. During the rest of the time, he would be accompanied by Huangfusong's subordinates to inspect the barracks and watch the training of the soldiers. .

Even during the two days when the enemy retreated, Zhang Ming was not idle. He went to the wounded barracks to condolence to the wounded soldiers, to the logistics area to condolence to the logistics soldiers, to the horse breeding place, to condolence to the soldiers who raised horses. In the entire barracks, he walked everywhere he could go.

For Zhang Ming, the past six days have been really overloaded with work, so the first meal back to the palace is naturally richer. When he was in the barracks, in order to impress the soldiers, Meals with the soldiers are the most common officer meals, one meat and two vegetables, simple and tasteless.

Under the service of the two maids, Zhang Ming finished washing soon. There are two eunuchs and two maids waiting in his bedroom at any time.The two court ladies are Tinger and Rouer, and the two eunuchs are Guizi and Lizi.

When Zhang Ming was eating his first meal after returning to the palace, Cui Ming walked in and said, "Your Majesty, outside the Gaomen Hall, Li Shizhong is asking to see you."

"I'll go right away and let him rest there for a while." Zhang Ming wiped his mouth with silk and said.

Soon, Zhang Ming finished his lunch, and with the help of the chariot in the palace, he finally arrived at the Gaomen Hall. Now he is more and more used to driving in the palace.

Seeing His Majesty coming, Li Ru showed joy. Although he had been waiting outside the hall for half an hour, he was not in a hurry. After entering the Gaomen Hall with His Majesty, he talked about the matter.

"Your Majesty, it's really a good idea. In the current Chang'an City, the people are all praising His Majesty's sageness, but he is able to handle the enemy forces outside the city with ease. With a little trick, he successfully escaped the crisis in Chang'an City." Li Ru bowed. flattery.

Li Ru has his gossip network in the city, so he naturally knows what happened in the market.

"Li Shizhong, this is all thanks to the generals. I just went to the battlefield to watch for a few days." Zhang Ming said without concealing it. Now he will not be proud of such a trivial matter.

Li Ru was very surprised in his heart, he did not expect His Majesty to be so praised by the people but still be able to see himself clearly, it is really rare, throughout history, such emperors are very rare.

"Your Majesty, I came here this time to discuss with Your Majesty the rewards of the three armies." Li Ru stopped flattering and started talking about business.

"The person who contributed the most to this victory is none other than General Huangfu, followed by General Lu, then Captain Yan Zhong, Captain Zhang Meng, etc."

"General Huangfu can naturally be commended as General Hussars. He has the most seniority and great military talent. He is also the person who has contributed the most to this war. Presumably no one will object."

"It's just that General Lu, when His Majesty recruited him, had already appointed him General Chariot and Cavalry. In this battle, he returned to Beijing overnight to defend the west city gate, and then defeated Hu Zhen's troops. Now it is estimated that he will destroy Niu Fu's troops again. But why did Your Majesty want to trap Lu Bu and die before?"

Li Ru has been thinking about this question for two or three days, but he is still a little confused. Back then, Lu Bu personally sent Li Su to Ding Yuan to win him over. It stands to reason that Lu Bu won successively and was loyal to the court, but why did His Majesty Don't wait to see Lu Bu.

"Today's Lu Bu is very loyal to the imperial court, but because he has a handle in my hands, he has to bow his knees to me. However, Lu Bu has repeatedly betrayed his master and begged for glory. First, he killed the old master Ding Yuan for the red rabbit horse. , and later killed Dong Zhuo for a beautiful woman, such a person, if one day, I lose his handle, will this person really be loyal to me?" Zhang Ming asked back, he concealed the matter of the simulator, Use handles as excuses.

The reason why Zhang Ming reused Lu Bu was only to get through the difficulties in Chang'an. Now that the crisis in Chang'an has been resolved, Lu Bu has lost his greatest role. Although he valued the general's talent, as an emperor, he valued loyalty more.

As a subject, Li Ru and His Majesty as the emperor seem to have the same interest relationship, but in fact the perspectives of the two are completely different. The subject hopes that the superior will absolutely trust him, but the superior has doubts about the subject. Whether it is Dong Zhuo, Yuan Shao in history, or Cao Cao, they are all very suspicious people, because the superiors cannot see the loyalty of their subordinates, so they would rather choose not to believe one.

If Zhang Ming was not the emperor, he might have the same opinion as Li Ru. When he was reading history books, he also thought why many emperors were so suspicious, including the founding emperor of the Han Dynasty, Han Gaozu. Wang with a different surname, all previous promises are a bunch of bullshit.

After Zhang Ming took control of the emperor's power, he realized that the trust of his subordinates is invisible. The only thing he can do is to establish a system to divide the power of his subordinates, and then concentrate it in the hands of the emperor. People can use it, but it is best not to use it too much.

Li Ru was silent. He could understand what His Majesty meant. He didn't care whether Lu Bu was loyal or not. After all, Lu Bu was not his subordinate, but this issue was a completely different concept for His Majesty. Obviously, His Majesty was unwilling. Repeat the situation of Ding Yuan and Dong Zhuo.

"Your Majesty, I understand."

"Although Your Majesty does not intend to reuse Lu Bu, after all, Lu Bu has made great contributions in this war. If he is not rewarded, it will be difficult to convince the soldiers of the three armies, right?"

"Of course I will reward you. Now is not the time to deal with Lu Bu, and you will need to use Lu Bu next."

Zhang Ming has no plans to deal with Lu Bu for the time being. After all, without the help of the war, he can't find a reason to deal with it.

Now Lu Bu's status and official position are really too high, especially after this reward, once Lu Bu's loyalty returns to normal, I am afraid it will become extremely difficult to find a reason to deal with it. The soldier's general also holds a high position at the same time, which can only be a huge threat to the court.

"In the next five days, I need you to come up with a way for me to divide Lu Bu's army. No matter which way you use, as long as you can achieve your goal."

Zhang Ming reused Li Ru because he liked that this person was unscrupulous and ruthless enough. There were some things that the emperor couldn't do on the surface, and someone needed to do it for the emperor.

"Yes, Your Majesty, I must share your worries for Your Majesty."

Afterwards, Li Ru and His Majesty continued to discuss the rewards of the rest of the generals. They discussed this topic for about two quarters of an hour. Of course, this kind of discussion is not counted. It is just a plan for His Majesty. The specific situation It has to be resolved tomorrow morning.

"I have one more matter that needs to be dealt with by Your Majesty."

"Say"

"Three days ago, Jia Xu, the Niufu Supervisor, came to Chang'an. He entered Chang'an City only because of his relationship with Chen. If he hadn't used the tactics of alienation among the enemy troops, this war would not have ended so quickly. This time he Tochen's relationship, I want to meet His Majesty alone."

Li Ru concealed Jia Xu's contribution, but he still praised Jia Xu. After all, Jia Xu did a lot of things for the victory of Chang'an City defenders, and Jia Xu explained all these things to Li Ru in detail.

Zhang Ming already knew about Jia Xu's entry into Chang'an City. After all, Wu Qiong, the school captain of the city gate, sent someone to inform him of this matter.

"Then tell him when you go back, let him come to the palace tomorrow afternoon, and I will send eunuchs to meet him." Zhang Ming said lightly.

Since Jia Xu intends to go to the palace to meet him, Zhang Ming will naturally not refuse, but he will not be in a hurry. Although he is eager for talents, he is not without everything now. He is the emperor of the Han Dynasty and has an army of [-]. So naturally it is necessary to take out the emperor's airs.

Half a year ago, Zhang Ming had sent Yang Biao to contact Jia Xu, trying to win Jia Xu over, but he was unsuccessful. Now, Jia Xu, as the enemy's supervisor, alienates the allies just to pave the way for himself, which is indeed enough. ruthless.

What Zhang Ming needs most now is the kind of counselor who can govern the country, similar to Xun Yu and Zhuge Liang. After all, the war is over, and no one will think about Chang'an City in the short term.

Therefore, Zhang Ming is in urgent need of talents who can govern the country. Wang Yun, Yang Biao and others are over half a century old, and they are all veterans. It is okay for them to maintain the banner of the Han Dynasty, but if they want to reform and revitalize the Han Dynasty, What is needed is by no means a bunch of old people.

Li Ru looked at His Majesty who was frowning, and he didn't know what to say.

"Your Majesty, I will take my leave."

Li Ru left Gaomen Hall soon, but Zhang Ming didn't intend to leave yet.

Since Zhang Ming went to the East Gate, the number of memorials handed over by the bus commander has piled up like a mountain. Although the number of these memorials is only one-tenth of the total number of Shangshutai, after all, they have not been processed for seven or eight days, so the number is still large terrible.

Zhang Ming casually picked up a memorial, which was the memorial of the Chang'an Order, saying that the salaries of the officials in Chang'an City had not been paid for a long time, and the imperial court needed funds, and this was already a memorial ten days ago.Shangshutai's reply was to grant funding.

There are quite a lot of words on the memorial. Zhang Ming only saw two words between the densely packed words, asking for money, but Shang Shutai's reply was extremely simple. It can be summed up in two words, agree.

Then Zhang Ming picked up a few more memorials. These memorials were nothing more than asking for money, food, and people. Of course, not every memorial was approved by Shang Shutai. For example, Chang'an Taishi Ling asked for a group of soldiers. It is somewhat speechless to say that divination needs to maintain order.Of course, this memorial was rejected by Shangshutai.

Zhang Ming looked at these memorials, and the more he looked at them, the more angry he became. Many memorials were full of nonsense and had no content. Even so, they were submitted.

It took Zhang Ming the whole afternoon to finish reading these memorials. In fact, he was more annoyed by the words of the memorials than the content of the memorials.

During the Han Dynasty, official script was still widely used. Zhang Ming looked at it for a while, but after reading it for a long time, he felt a headache. Many characters in the official script format were too complicated, and he didn’t know them. Not only that, The most important thing is that it is troublesome to write, especially the writing brushes of the Eastern Han Dynasty. It is very troublesome to write a few words.

Zhang Ming wanted to reform the font, but with his own strength, it was somewhat difficult, so he wondered who could help him complete this task.

Soon, Zhang Ming thought of someone, and that was Cai Yong.He secretly rejoiced that when Dong Zhuo died, he saved Cai Yong, otherwise he really didn't know who to appoint now.

Cai Yong was a famous writer and calligrapher in this period, and he was also the father of the famous talented Cai Wenji. He was erudite, liked literature, mathematics, astronomy, and was good at music. Unfortunately, he was framed for an official position, and finally fled for his life in Jianghai, where he stayed in Wu for 12 years.

Later, when Dong Zhuo was in power, he forced Cai Yong to be recruited. After Cai Yong became an official in the court, he was highly valued by Dong Zhuo. He repeatedly advised Dong Zhuo and prevented many cruel acts.However, after Dong Zhuo was killed, Cai Yong shed tears for the dead Dong Zhuo. Under the pressure of the officials, Zhang Ming saved Cai Yong's life, but he had no choice but to depose Cai Yong from his official position and expelled from Chang'an.

Now that Zhang Ming is in power, he doesn't need to worry about the pressure from the officials. After all, he can even force Li Ru to survive, let alone Cai Yong, who once cried for Dong Zhuo.

"come"

"Your Majesty, I'm here." Cui Ming replied.

"I need you to inquire about a person, Cai Yong, who once served in the palace as a censor, censor, minister, and minister. He is good at literature and music, and he is a great talent." Zhang Ming explained .

"Your Majesty, is that person you mentioned Cai Bojie?" Cui Ming asked in a low voice.

"You know him?" Zhang Ming was a little surprised.

"Your Majesty, I know that Cai Bojie is extremely valued by Dong Zhuo, so he often comes to the palace. At that time, although I was only a small yellow family, I still knew about it." Cui Ming explained.

"That's good, you send someone to inquire about Cai Bojie's whereabouts. Once you find out Cai Bojie's whereabouts, you will inform me immediately."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Cui Ming silently walked out of the high gate hall. Now he maintains a close relationship with the commander of the Southern Army, the Northern Army, and the President of the Forbidden Army. If he wants to inquire about news in the city, relying on the power of the Forbidden Army, it is simply a piece of cake.

Although Cai Yong is not in Chang'an City, he is a master of literature after all, and he still maintains a close relationship with Wang Can of Chang'an City. During this period, because of the siege of Chang'an City, the correspondence between Cai Yong and Wang Can was difficult. without interruption.

So through Wang Can, it was easy to find out Cai Yong's whereabouts.
Although Wang Can was young, he was extremely valued by Cai Yong, and even Cai Yong did not hesitate to greet him, and formed a long-term friendship with Wang Can. The two often studied together and encouraged each other.

Of course, this is all something for later, how does Zhang Ming know the story of Cai Yong and Wang Can now, if he wants to know earlier, he can just go to Wang Can.

(End of this chapter)