Devil’s Advent

If you want to divide people into two categories, there are many ways to divide them. There are men and women, good people and bad people, and, more directly and superficially, good-looking people and bad-looking people...

But for the people inside the palace walls, there is only one kind of division of the world left:

People in the palace, people outside the palace.

The eunuchs and court ladies actually have their own lives, not as jittery as people outside the palace imagine, but they are more cautious than people outside the palace.

There are many rules in the palace, and if there are too many rules, people will easily become captive quails.

Sometimes speaking loudly and running around is a sin.

But there are exceptions to everything, that is, when the news of Wangjiang's great victory came to the palace, the eunuchs and maids all began to cheer and pass on the exciting news.

They are actually dogs raised by the Tian family, but dogs always know how to understand the owner's mind, and know when it is appropriate to act like a baby. At that time, the owner will not think you are noisy, but will also think you are cute.

In fact, the prince felt that he, like them, lived here, seemingly well-clothed and well-fed, but he was nothing more than a dog under his father's feet.

have to,

Look at the performance.

His Highness the Crown Prince walked directly to the imperial study with his entourage. Since the news had already been known by the eunuchs and maids in the palace, it was obvious that his father must have known it too.

Naturally, he didn't report it, and he didn't need to report the good news on purpose, but as the prince of a country, when such a big event happened, he should be present as a matter of course.

Being the prince of one's own father is much easier than most princes in history.

Because my father often does not have any human touch that belongs to his father. The human touch here actually includes jealousy and warning all kinds of dark emotions that the emperor should have towards his heirs.

But his father is so great, so in front of him, the prince always feels the pressure of rolling down like a mountain.

Obviously, he has entered the Eastern Palace, but he still feels that it is only the glow of the firefly.

Yo, Your Royal Highness, you are here.

Eunuch Wei.

Your Majesty is discussing matters with several ministers. Your Highness, please.

At this time, it is normal for the crown prince to enter. Wei Zhonghe can become the number one eunuch, and he has good eyesight. If you need to ask the master for instructions on everything, the master will definitely be annoyed.

The prince walked into the imperial study, and a group of ministers headed by Zhao Jiulang saluted the prince.

The prince took half a step back and bowed in return.

Emperor Yan nodded and said:

A seat.

Thank you, father.

After everyone sat down again, Zhao Jiulang looked at the prince, then got up and continued:

Your Majesty, now that Wangjiang has won a great victory, the next battle should be fast.

At this time, Xu Guanghuai, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, asked, Aren't there still people from Chu?

Hearing this, Zhao Jiulang didn't rush to answer, but looked at Mao Mingcai, the new minister of the Ministry of War who was present.

Mao Mingcai said:

Mr. Xu doesn't know that the savages are outside while the savages are outside, and the Chu army is firmly guarding Yupan City inside. It is because the two sides are still and move, and they are fighting each other, that they have been able to resist my Heavenly Master Dayan for so long.

Now that the savages have been broken, the momentum of Wangjiang's corner is obviously also broken. Even if the tens of thousands of Qingluan troops can continue to guard Yupan City, it will be difficult to make any waves.

Xu Guanghuai immediately nodded and said, I understand, thank you for your guidance.

Mao Mingcai responded immediately: Old Xu is serious.

The atmosphere in the court hall of Yan State is still very good, because His Majesty leads by example and will not point fingers at the frontline generals, so these ministers under him will not all think that they are know-it-alls, and they still know how to specialize in art Reasonable.

Emperor Yan said:

Using troops without mirrors is always done when you don't move, and when you move, you use thunder to sweep away fallen leaves. Since the main force of the savages in the battle of Wangjiang was defeated, the next battle in the land of the Three Jins should be soon.

As soon as the voice fell,

All the ministers stood up with the prince:

The ministers (children) congratulate the Great Yan, and congratulate His Majesty (father)!

Let's all sit down. Now, it's almost time to discuss how to properly deal with the land of the Three Jin Dynasty. Since it is the territory that has been conquered, it must be in your own hands.

Your Majesty, the old minister doesn't understand military affairs, but the old minister still feels that after the battle of Jindi, he should rest with the people's livelihood.

The Household Minister is in charge of the direction of Dayan's money and food, so he naturally knows that after several wars in the past few years, the imperial treasury is already a bit stretched.

Not to mention the war, it is the transfer of troops on weekdays. If the scale is tens of thousands, the money and rations allocated for the deployment are not a small number.

In the past few years, Dayan has mobilized 100,000, 200,000, or even more than 300,000 soldiers and horses, which is already quite a lot.

Even if the horse stepped on the door and filled the treasury all of a sudden, the country's money and food were not created in this way.

People who are in charge of finances have always disliked sitting and eating, but prefer a long flow of water.

Although the Zhenbei Marquis Mansion voluntarily handed over half of the Zhenbei Army, the imperial court also moved the imperial army to the past. At the same time, the money and food that need to be supplied to the Zhenbei Marquis Mansion every year is still a lot of money.

The taxation and development of the Jin land are still being laid out. The three Jin lands have experienced too many wars in the past few years. If they want to get enough supplies and supplements from them to support the country, for the time being, it is not yet possible. too realistic.

Of course Xu Guanghuai knew that it would definitely be a very unpleasant job to say rest and recuperation to His Majesty, but there was nothing he could do. As the Secretary of the Household Department, this was something he must and should do.

Emperor Yan was not angry about this, but just left Xu Guangcai there, turned sideways, and looked at Zhao Jiulang. Zhao Jiulang touched his nose, deliberately ignoring Yan Huang's intentions.

Emperor Yan shook his head, looked at the prince sitting there with his back straight, and said:

The prince thinks how to gather the land of the Three Jins.

This is not considered an exam, because since you are the crown prince of a country, you must have your own drafts on such matters, whether you are asked or not, you must have your own ideas.

The prince got up immediately, pondered for a while,

road:

Father, the land of the Three Jins has experienced many wars in the past few years. My son feels that what Xu Lao said is indeed reasonable, and he should rest with the people.

Yan Huang was patient, leaned back slightly on the chair, raised his hand,

road:

Be specific.

Yes, Royal Father, governing a region, herdsmen and herdsmen, in terms of the court, it is nothing more than two words.

Which two words?

Xu Guanghuai started to laugh.

People recognized you before, and now you naturally have to respond back.

Dayan's court is certainly iron-blooded, and His Majesty is not the kind of person who can't punish scholar-bureaucrats, but on the other hand, the messy strife in Dayan's court is much smaller than that of other countries.

For example, His Majesty doesn't care about princelings who are not too much, and even this year's imperial examinations are handed over to the prince.

Therefore, it is not a taboo thing for the minister and the prince to get closer.

Only the words civil and military.

The prince then walked to the map of the Three Jin Dynasties hanging on the wall on the west side of the imperial study.

These days, because there is a war over there, there is a map of the Three Jins hanging in the imperial study.

Of course, Emperor Yan would not dictate to Marquis Jingnan on the front line, but as an emperor, it was impossible not to care about the situation on the front line.

The prince pointed to the locations of Litian City and Quhe City,

road:

Father, according to what my son saw, the real hub of the Three Jins lies in the Three Cities and Three Passes.

The three cities refer to Quhe City, Litian City and Yingdu City, and the three passes refer to Nanmen Pass, Zhennan Pass and Xuehai Pass.

Nanmen Pass is the pass where Zhenbei Marquis Jingnan Hou led his army into Jin and Jinhuang opened his house. Outside Nanmen Pass, there are a group of small countries at the junction of the three kingdoms of Qian, Chu and Jin.

Zhennan Pass was originally built by the Situ family to deal with the Chu state. It cannot be called a grand pass, because the Situ family and the Chu state did not border each other. Then, in recent years, there have been frequent small frictions and small wars on the border between the two sides, so the town of Nanguan has been given a deeper meaning.

Let's not talk about the three cities, let's talk about the three passes first. Father, there are many small countries outside the Nanmen Pass. The former Zhenbei Marquis and Jingnan Marquis led the army to pass through here, but there is no news from them. It is enough to see the complexity of the situation among these small countries. .

This place should be guarded by thoughtful generals, one is to guard the southern gate of Jindi, and the other is to divide and disintegrate these small countries.

The precedent of the Yu family is first, and Prince Cheng is the second. My Dayan is already full of sincerity to these noble relatives in the country.

Zhennan Pass should now be in the hands of the Chu people. My son suggested that when the war ends, the Zhennan Pass should be taken back without leaving any tails, and a stable general should be ordered to guard against the Chu people.

And this Snow Pass is the first of the three passes, and the relationship is very important. After this battle, the Xueyuan savages will definitely be seriously injured. However, the Xueyuan is bitterly cold and vast, and the savages will never give up their ambition to travel southward again.

Therefore, at Xuehaiguan, a brave general who is good at fighting will be ordered to guard. If I, Dayan, have dealt with the barbarians these years, I should use this as an example to reduce the barbarians.

Having said that, the prince paused, and continued:

With the three gates in hand, the gate of the Jin land is in my hands, and next, these three cities are the key to the governance of the Jin land.

Quhe City, Litian City, and the prefectures and counties under these two cities should change from the previous custom and adopt the stereotype of combining civil and military aid.

Hearing this, many ministers present nodded slightly, obviously agreeing.

It was a helpless move to hand over the various places to the army chiefs to guard them. After all, for the newly occupied new land, the main focus should be on maintaining stability, and there is also a need to worry about Helian's family's repeated poisoning, and the army chiefs are also in charge of the place. It can also relieve the pressure on the imperial court to escort money and food.

But now that we want to manage it well and include the newly promoted land in the territory of Dayan, we need to have civil servants.

Some words are not so convenient for these ministers, because Yan State is different from Qian State, civil officials do not have the upper hand over military generals.

Governing both civil and military affairs is equivalent to dividing the power of generals. This is only suitable for the prince.

Immediately afterwards,

The prince turned his face to Emperor Yan again,

road:

I still have another idea about how to govern both civil and military affairs, and I ask my father to rectify it.

explain.

My son believes that if you want to realize the rule of Jin as soon as possible, you should use new methods in terms of civil and military affairs, especially literary affairs.

From the top to the county guard and down to the county magistrate's chief book, they should be paired, with an official from Yandi as the main one, and an official from Jindi as the auxiliary.

Absorbing Jin people as officials can make Jin land quickly and stable, and starting next year, the imperial examinations at all levels in Jin land should be consistent with Dayan.

In the spring of next year, Jindi scholars can be recommended by local clan elders, and they will be given a background to participate in Chunwei. The list will be divided into two lists to ensure that the number of Jin scholars will be recorded.

If General Zheng was in the imperial study at this time, he would probably be extremely shocked by His Royal Highness Chen Lue, and even couldn't help applauding.

Because of these measures, General Zheng is familiar with them, and, in the history he is familiar with, they have all been verified.

The former is the policy after the Qing Dynasty entered the customs, and the latter is the north-south list of the Ming Dynasty.

To put it bluntly, it is to divide the cake, absorb talents, rich families, and aristocratic families from Jin to enter the ruling system of Yan State, and give these people a channel to rise.

As long as they are comfortable, they will help you make the ordinary people below comfortable, and then everyone will be comfortable.

In history, there is another extremely critical reason for the death of Qin II, that is, Qin's rule over the six countries is still too superficial. A group of local officials are from Qin, and if a Qin army is stationed nearby, even if it is After occupying and ruling, in fact, the officials and so on below are still descendants of the Six Kingdoms.

It's just that Qin was the first unified dynasty, and because of its shortcomings, later dynasties were able to learn lessons and improve.

But I have to say that it is really impressive for the prince to have such insight;

The Ji family's species are really excellent.

At the same time, as for the generals, when the auxiliary army of the Jin Dynasty is established, the auxiliary army of the Helian family can go to Xueguan, and the soldiers and horses under the Prince Cheng's mansion can be moved to Nanmenguan, and even Beifeng County, if the three Jin can be quickly restored Knight of...

Yanhuang said at this time:

The matter of the military generals will be discussed after Jingnan Hou's papers come up.

Yes, royal father, my son is being abrupt.

The prince leaned over.

No, what you just said was very good. Emperor Yan paused, and continued: But in terms of military affairs, it is very involved, and it should be the mainstay.

If there is something wrong with the garrison, no matter how beautifully everything was done before, it will be a dream in the mirror.

The most important thing is that after a big battle, when it's time to divide the cake, the court needs its own cake, so the general who won the battle also needs to get a share for his subordinates.

Even if Jingnanhou himself doesn't want it, he also needs to fight for a promotion space for his generals.

If you chill the hearts of literati, they will at most write acid poems or small notes to cheer you up.

But for these soldiers who were born and died, if one of them is not properly arranged, it will really cause big problems.

Emperor Yan is a monarch with lofty ambitions. He naturally knows that if he wants the generals of Dayan to continue to maintain their enthusiasm for foreign development, they must truly enjoy the dividends of foreign development.

The most important thing is that the Jingnan Army is already a bit alienated from the imperial court. If there are any mistakes in rewards, then the problem will be really big.

In a word, the placement of generals must be based on Tian Wujing's requirements.

Prince, you should discuss with the prime minister about the appointment of civil servants in Quhe City in Litian City. After the discussion is complete, you can jointly write a report to me.

Zhao Jiulang got up immediately, and bent down with the prince to promise.

at last,

Emperor Yan waved his palm,

road:

As for the residence of the Marquis of Jingnan, move to Yingdu from the right.

This is also what it should mean. In the land of the Three Jin Dynasties, only the east of Wangjiang has not been calmed down. The threats from the savages and Chu people are still going on. Only with the Marquis of Jingnan sitting in Yingdu can the court really feel at ease.

The most important thing is, what if something goes wrong one day, if Tian Wujing is far away, and then send someone to announce the decree and the person refuses to agree?

The face of the imperial court has already been thrown once, so there is no reason to dig a hole for himself again.

Today, the pattern of Dayan is that the Marquis of Zhenbei guards the west, and the Marquis of Jingnan guards the east.

The barbarians have been peaceful these years, but no one dares to take it lightly. Once the barbarians break out and really rush in, the damage they will cause is by no means comparable to that of the savages.

At this time, Zhao Jiulang got up again and said:

Your Majesty, I feel that it is inappropriate for Lord Jingnan to move to Yingdu.

oh?

Emperor Yan was slightly surprised.

The rest of the ministers, including the prince, all looked solemn.

In fact, everyone knew in their hearts that it seemed that Zaifu was refuting and questioning His Majesty's meaning, but in fact, it might be two people singing a double reed.

Zhao Jiulang can be ranked as the leader of the courtiers, on the one hand because he really has the talent for governing the country, and on the other hand, he will follow any orders from His Majesty.

But now that Dayan's country is growing, no one will spread bitter words that Zhao Jiulang is a paper prime minister.

Zhao Jiulang said:

Your Majesty, Yingdu is the fiefdom of Prince Cheng. The Marquis of Jingnan settled in Yingdu. In terms of regulations...

That means, the Marquis of Jingnan is in Yingdu, do you want to salute Situ Yu, Prince Cheng?

salute?

joke.

Everyone here understood it in their hearts.

Will the Marquis of Jingnan salute to Situ Yu? In reality, Situ Yu kneels down to the Marquis of Jingnan. In fact, Situ Yu, who became a prince, did kneel to the Marquis of Jingnan.

But why bring it up?

Xu Guanghuai turned his attention to the prince.

The prince hesitated slightly.

Xu Guanghuai's eyes did not move.

Zhao Jiulang also remained silent.

The prince just stood up,

Actively kneel down,

Sincerely said:

Father, the sons and ministers do not avoid relatives, purely from the heart of public opinion;

The Hou Ye of Jingnan has made meritorious service for the country many times, destroyed the Jin Dynasty and expelled the wilderness, and opened up the territory for the Great Yan!

The Marquis of Zhenbei has guarded Beifeng County for generations, defending the Great Yan and guarding the barbarians. His achievements for a hundred years are towering!

My son is daring,

For the Marquis of Zhenbei and the Marquis of Jingnan, please confer the title of prince!

One is his future father-in-law, and the other is his biological uncle, it's really true that you can't avoid relatives.

Yanhuang calmly looked around at everyone in the imperial study,

for a while,

All the ministers stood up and knelt down,

Said in unison:

The ministers are so bold that, for the Marquis of Zhenbei and Jingnan, please confer the title of prince!

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