Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

It's a pity that things have two sides, because Liu Jun is old and in poor health, and there are no young and beautiful concubines in the harem, and he has no heirs at all, so there are no young and beautiful princesses, which is really a pity.

For Guo Wanchao, the commander of the northern Han horse infantry who took the lead in surrendering, Shi Congyun appointed him a high-ranking official, but did not send him with real power.

At that time, Zhao Huari, the steadfast Zuo servant, was furious, but it was not him, but Liu Jun.

That old man was still willing to die that day, wanting to swear death to repay the king's kindness, but when he turned around, he found that his emperor knelt down and surrendered first. He couldn't help but think of a sentence, "Your majesty surrendered first when I was about to fight to the death."

After that, he fainted from anger, and when he woke up, he was seriously ill.

Shi Congyun thought, it would be embarrassing for him not to faint, and it would not be easy for such an old man to die in front of so many people.

Out of sympathy, he was ordered not to worry about him. Zhao Huari was sent home to recover from his illness. Although he resisted to the end, his family did not need to be copied, and his children were exonerated.

As for the rest of the resistance, it is a death penalty.

In the next few days, 27 generals and officials who refused to surrender and who were against the Qin army were beheaded for public display, and their heads were hung on the head of Taiyuan city. One of them surrendered and was still killed. Make Li Guan.

Before killing him, Shi Congyun personally called him to the emperor's palace and told him the reason for killing him.

At first Li Guan was overjoyed that the emperor personally summoned him, but when he heard that he was going to be killed, he immediately complained anxiously, because the other generals who surrendered were not killed.

Shi Congyun looked at him, afraid that he could not hear clearly before he died, and said slowly, "Listen well, and remember well, I have promised to kill you with a man. He is from Guangfu, Mingzhou. Eight years ago, you killed his parents, occupied his house and fields, and occupied his younger sister, and you will pay in blood."

Li Guan was shocked, his eyes were in a trance, and he seemed to be thinking hard.

Shi Congyun waved his hand: "Pull him out and kill him."

The soldiers immediately attacked, Li Guan wanted to struggle, but was restrained and taken away several times.

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That night, Shi Congyun hosted a banquet for Wenwu in the Taiyuan Mansion of the Great Qin State, including the accompanying Wenwu of the Qin State and the Wenwu of the Northern Han Dynasty who surrendered. yellow flower.

Holding a glass of wine, he said to Liu Jun who was sitting down, "Yes, although you are guilty, you have done a good job. You have done a good job in repairing my palace in Taiyuan Mansion, Great Qin Kingdom!"

All the generals burst out laughing, and then the dinner began, Shi Congyun said a few words, probably that in the future, everyone will be officials of the same dynasty, and they should help each other and live in harmony. Category.

After that, they let go of eating and drinking. After fighting and marching for so long, the generals and civil servants couldn't hold back anymore and went straight to work.

The literati still have to be polite and decorate the noodles, but soon they all gobble it up.

In such an atmosphere, the banquet was naturally very violent.

Shi Congyun was also very happy to relax. Taiyuan was won, and the situation was a foregone conclusion. He didn't withdraw his troops now, but just wanted to see again, in case the Khitans in the north would do something wrong.

Just when he was in high spirits and enjoying Xiao Huanghua's considerate care, eunuch Wei Min came in quietly and told him that Daliang was here, sent by Luqiu Zhongqing, and wanted to see him.

Shi Congyun was taken aback for a moment, and then his heart skipped a beat. The secret letter sent by Luqiu Zhongqing must be something important. What can Daliang do at this juncture...

Chapter 344, Game

Shi Congyun came out of the side hall, and the wind outside was a bit strong.

"It's almost summer..." Looking at the night and lights outside, although Taiyuan City is big, it is far less prosperous than cities in the south.

"Officials, let's go back before autumn," said the soldier beside him.

"That's for sure, otherwise you want to celebrate the New Year here." Shi Congyun said and took the letter from Wei Min.

The wind in the late spring was blowing, and the owl kissed through the roof, making a whimpering sound, like a woman or a child crying, "Damn stuff, someone will dismantle it tomorrow." Shi Congyun said unhappily .

"Official, that's the son of Lord Dragon, who can spit water to put out fire."

"I'm still the Dragon King, I don't recognize this son."

Everyone laughed, and then said: "Your Majesty, I will ask someone to dismantle it tomorrow."

Shi Congyun beckoned, and the stars in the distance were dotted. Wei Min carefully held the lamp and came over to illuminate him. After so many years in this world, he finally got used to the darkness, which was extremely uncomfortable at first.

Shi Congyun was in a good mood at first, the joy of being successful soon, the pride of his majesty, the joy of setting the world in chaos, and the comfort of being accompanied by beautiful women. He originally felt that he had reached the pinnacle of his life and was extremely inflated.

As a result, when I saw this secret letter now, I immediately shrank back when I swelled up, and my heart quickly cooled down.

Everyone saw that his expression was not right, so they didn't ask any questions, but many soldiers subconsciously put their hands on the handle of the knife, "Officials..."

Shi Congyun shook his head, "Back off and call out the little yellow flower."

Everyone retreated one after another, and after a while, Xiao Huanghua came out, holding a beautiful snow-white sable fur cloak and draping it over him, "Ah Lang."

Shi Congyun held her little hand, and his heart became more peaceful.

"Ah Lang, are you troubled?" The little girl tilted her head and asked. Others would not dare to ask the emperor like that.

Shi Congyun hugged her, laughed and said: "Well, but it's annoying if you accompany me."

"Then I will always be with you and never go away."

Shi Congyun reached out and tapped her nose lightly, "If everyone in the world was as innocent as you, I wouldn't be bothered."

The little girl nodded half understanding.

"But that's not good, you are not my unique treasure."

Shi Congyun said with a sigh: "Actually, I thought about it a long time ago. The so-called Qin Huang Han Wu is not so easy to do."

The little girl had never heard of Emperor Qin and Han Wu, so she just listened to him quietly.

In fact, people have a lot of misunderstandings about imperial power, especially due to the influence of film and television dramas. For thousands of years in China, there have been eight hundred people who have been emperors or leaders of princes.

But it is very difficult to centralize power to the level of Emperor Qin, Han and Wu. It is not an exaggeration to say that they are the same emperor through the ages, because few people do it.

It is different to say that Qin Shihuang destroyed the six kingdoms, and although Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was called Emperor Wu, few people knew about his martial arts. They only knew that he defeated the Xiongnu, and there was no royal court in Mobei.

In fact, many of China's core territories were brought under the rule of the Han Dynasty during Emperor Wu's period, Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, northern Vietnam, Yunnan, and Guizhou in the south and southwest; Gansu, Ningxia, northern Shaanxi, Inner Mongolia, and the north-central part of the Korean Peninsula. Wait.

Compared with Qin Shihuang's period, Emperor Wu opened up a new territory that surpassed the state of Qin. It is precisely because of the complementarity of these martial arts and political skills that he has achieved his power, his prestige, and his centralization.

In history, ninety-nine percent of leaders, emperors, etc., were unable to do so. Once a feudal dynasty expanded to a certain level, it would inevitably encounter a big problem and bottleneck, that is, the conflict between imperial power and prime ministership.

The conflict is inappropriate. It should be said that a balance point has been reached, and the two sides check and balance each other.

And if you want to go deeper, it is not accurate to say that the prime ministers are just representatives. It is more accurate to say that the bureaucratic group and the imperial power have reached a balance.

In the age of empires, when the power of the imperial power and the bureaucracy reached a balance, the country was almost at its peak.

Only a very small number of emperors can break this shackle. Emperor Wu of the Han relied on his huge martial arts achievements to gain the right to speak, and finally suppressed the bureaucratic group, broke the shackles of the bureaucratic group, and became the Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty who did whatever he wanted.

Such emperors are rare in the thousands of years of history. Most of them either compromised or struggled to maintain a balance, and some ended up like Li Cunxu.

With the expansion of the Qin State and the growth of the bureaucratic group, Shi Congyun felt this pressure more and more.

In other words, he had already had some premonitions, and after reading too much history, many of the logics became clear.

In the case of Daliang, the officials seemed to be targeting the queen, but they were actually targeting him, the emperor, or the imperial power.

Shi Congyun himself only watched for a while, and quickly understood the essence of this matter, why did Luqiu Zhongqing send him a secret letter.

The bureaucratic group wanted to fight for more power and interests from the imperial power, which led to the dispute between Li Gu and Luqiu Zhongqing. It was just an excuse to ignite the firewood.

The reason why they made such a commotion at this time is very simple, because the emperor himself is not in the capital.

The bureaucrats thought they were going to fight Taiyuan, Taiyuan was so difficult to fight, and they would not be able to take it for a while, and they would not be able to go back in a short time. Such a great opportunity, if the court can force the queen to compromise, many things will come when the emperor returns to court.

The vast majority of emperors can't fight against most bureaucrats. There are so many things in the world and so many people. It is impossible for all the royal family to manage. The emperor must rely on a huge bureaucratic group.

Shi Congyun sighed. In fact, he understood the truth. After all, he is a talent with modern higher education. When he was studying, the teacher praised him as a pillar of the country, although he didn't become a pillar of the country later.

But he has always felt that he is the pillar of the country.

There is often an unpleasant gap between understanding the problem and solving it.

He thought about it rationally.

The bureaucrats do not expect him to die at all, but generally hope that he will live a better life, but under this premise, they want to intercept greater benefits for themselves.

As for how to prevent the empress from becoming Wu Zetian, what to prevent officials from indulging in beauty, for the sake of the country, for the sake of the country, and so on, they are all high-sounding bullshit.

Why didn't anyone come out to speak when he robbed Zhou Xian and the stamen?It's all for the sake of profit, and it has to be put on a layer of loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness, which is influenced by Confucianism.

As a young man who has received a scientific education, he naturally would not condemn the bureaucracy morally, denounce the ugliness of human nature and the like, that is no different from those bureaucrats who can only open their mouths to sound loyal, filial, benevolent and righteous. They pull down.

He thought about it seriously, and it was logical and could be explained by a mathematical game.

Simulate a simple board game:

Assume first that there are three types of people in society, a, b, and c, and they share 100 wealth together.

The three kinds of people put forward their own proposals. In terms of the right to speak, a proposes first, b second, and c last.

And when one of the proposals does not get more than half of the consent, it will be killed; if more than half of the consent is obtained, the money will be divided according to this rule.

The three kinds of people all follow the two conditions of absolute reason and human nature being evil.

Under such rules of the game, many people feel that a, who has the priority to speak, is very dangerous, because a is the first to propose, and once b and c etc. open their mouths to oppose it, wouldn't it be a dead end?

In fact, otherwise, as long as b is rational, he will understand that a must not be allowed to die.

If both b and c disagree, causing the first a to speak to be killed, then the second b to speak will die anyway.

Because as long as c opposes whatever b says, b will not be able to get more than half of the consent, and because human nature is evil, c will not let b go, the result will definitely be that b will be killed, and c will get all the 100 wealth.

This result is very clear to b, who has the right to speak in the second place, so he dare not let a die no matter what, and he will not survive if a dies.

So no matter what a says, b will fully agree, and he can only live if he supports a.

A also understands this matter, so a will definitely keep all the wealth for himself, because b will support him, and his own approval rate is more than half, there is no suspense, and what c says is completely unimportant.

The allocation result is a:b:c=100:0:0

When the number of people increases, it becomes s, a, b, and c to distribute wealth, or to speak in turn, then s has the highest priority to speak.

He only needs to assign according to s:a:b:c=98:0:1:1 to pass.

Because b and c understand that if s dies, the situation will return to the situation where a, b, and c share 100 wealth, and they are all 0 and have nothing.

While s is alive, giving each of them 1 is at least better than having nothing, so as long as s gives any wealth and b, c, they will agree, and a in the middle will have nothing.

Under the imperial system, s is similar to the royal family, b and c are the people at the bottom, and a in the middle is the bureaucratic group.

This is a mathematical game.Of course, this is just a game based on an ideal model. In reality, the situation is more complicated. The emperor relied on bureaucrats and guarded against them.

Therefore, rational emperors understand that the ultimate secret of imperial power is to win over the people at the bottom and prevent and use the bureaucrats in the middle.

Shi Congyun has his own understanding of the emperor's power tactics, a scientific understanding.

The incident in Daliang City was caused by the bureaucrats who wanted to fight for their own interests. His mind was spinning quickly, and he stood quietly in the night, trying to think about how to deal with this matter.

It's not a good thing to do....

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To the north of Xinzhou, smoke and dust billowed on the avenue, the brigade of troops formed a long line, horses neighed, and figures scattered here and there.

The column of cavalry was heading south along the level of the valley, and there was no end of the column in sight.

After walking for a while, the big man in the lead stopped his horse. He was wearing a Han official robe, without armor. He pointed to the village to the west from a distance, and said in Khitan: "Send someone to ask, where is this place? Li Xin How far is the mouth, go and come back quickly!"

Soon the person who took the order went to hit the horse.

The person who gave the order was Yelusha, the prime minister of the Nanfu of the Liao Kingdom.

The urgent distress letter from Taiyuan was sent to Shangjing of the Liao Kingdom about ten days ago. At that time, there was a quarrel between the court and the middle.

Some people think that after losing Taiyuan, they will no longer be able to confront the South, and they must protect the Northern Han no matter what.

Both sides had their own reasons, and after a long time of quarreling, there was still no result. In the end, the faction that dispatched troops gained the upper hand.

Although the psychological shadow of the defeat two years ago is still there, and although the mention of Shi Congyun's name still makes many people shudder, if the Northern Han Dynasty is not saved and Taiyuan is lost, they will be blocked outside Yanmen Pass and lose The control of Hedong also greatly reduces the threat to Hezhong, Hebei, and the Central Plains. No matter how difficult it is to threaten Qin, there is no chance to go south to plunder the hinterland of the Central Plains.

Such a situation is unacceptable to the Liao Kingdom.

So in the end, the voice of the court to send troops to rescue Taiyuan prevailed.

Many people also said in the court that the rescue of Taiyuan does not necessarily require a war with Shi Congyun. After all, the son of the Northern Han Dynasty, the Emperor, clearly wrote in the letter of help. reason.

Therefore, some people comforted that Qin Jun could retreat only by sending troops across Xinkou and approaching Xinzhou.

Taiyuan was originally Jincheng Tangchi. When the Taiyuan defenders were inside and their reinforcements were outside, the Qin army would be flanked by two sides if they were not careful. Seeing that the situation was unfavorable, they should withdraw their troops.

This statement convinced many people, but when the candidates for the leader were discussed, the court fell silent.

If it had been in the past, such an important task would have fallen to Yelu Talie, the great king of the Southern Academy, two years ago, but he had been captured by Qin Emperor Shi Congyun two years ago. His Majesty sent envoys to Daliang to request gold and beautiful women Substitution, but Qin did not agree.

In the end, this disturbing job fell on Yelusha, the Prime Minister of the South Court.

Yelusha didn't refuse or fear this. Although Shi Congyun was praised by Xiao Siwen and others, in his opinion, he was just a junior who was lucky enough to win a battle.