Han Shizu

Chapter 1462 The blood is coming

Walking steadily under the veranda of the vertical arch, the smooth polished road surface clearly reflected Zhao Pu's shadow, his expression was not as sad as Wang Pu's, but a little serious and solemn.

Thoughts were flying, and what was still active in his mind was the stern and tough statement made by Emperor Liu in the Caicai Palace just now.It wasn't that he was worried about Emperor Liu's undisguised reprimand. Zhao Pu had some experience in knowing who and what Liu Emperor's reprimand was aimed at, and whether it was serious or not.

What makes Zhao Pu ponder is the final attitude and tone of Emperor Liu towards the court's turmoil.Originally, Zhao Pu thought that he knew something about Emperor Liu, but after seeing him this time, Zhao Pu felt that he still didn't know enough about the emperor, and his holy will was unpredictable. elusive.

As far as this political turmoil is concerned, so many dignitaries are involved, so many ministers are actively or passively involved in it, and the shock caused by it cannot be underestimated. Under Zhao Pu's calm surface, he is actually very cautious. Don't dare to take it lightly.

Emperor Liu has held back for a long time. Although some edicts have been issued, Zhao Pu has never realized that his attitude on this matter is so firm.Given Emperor Liu's character and methods, this may not be so unexpected, but it deviates from Zhao Pu's expectation after all.

The memorial in Zhao Pu's sleeve is a very important article, the main purpose is to restrict the powerful noble class in the court. The specific measures include the reduction of nobles' salaries, the reduction of various tax preferential treatments, and the The most core is to weaken those privileges that are not clearly stated in the text but actually exist.

Zhao Pu has been planning for this regulation for a long time.From a hazy concept in the early days of becoming Prime Minister to careful discussion after the position was stabilized, no matter how much it is now, a relatively complete set of regulations has been brewed. It can even be said that this has become the most important point in Zhao Pu's governing policy.After these years of exploration and testing, Zhao Pu was basically sure that this was also one of the purposes of Emperor Liu's use of him as Prime Minister.

This is not an easy task, and it is even more offensive. However, there are always some offensive tasks in the court that need to be done.Zhao Pu saw this very clearly. Emperor Liu gave him full respect and power, and gave him a stage where he could display his talents and realize his personal value, and he would do his best to repay it. view.

In the past, there has never been a suitable opportunity to make an announcement. Even if he made some moves, he only showed some wishes, and was beaten back by Emperor Liu.

Up to now, it has been suppressed for another year. During this year, although Zhao Pu's main energy has been on the restoration of the country and various financial reforms, he has never slack off in preparing for the policy of restricting and restricting honors.

Although Zhao Puchu was amazed at the boldness of those people when the Huazhou case happened, he didn't pay too much attention to it. He just treated it as an ordinary corruption case, but the circumstances were more serious.

However, as the investigation of the case deepened, nobles and officials were constantly involved, and he began to take care of it.It wasn't until Zhao Kuangmei started the upsurge of surrenders in the court, nobles of all ethnic groups scrambled to expose their shortcomings, the situation gradually expanded, and the impact became more and more far-reaching. From this increasingly restless situation, Zhao Pu finally saw a glimmer of opportunity. It is an opportunity to introduce a policy of restricting nobles.

Xungui, in terms of the Han court, is a group, a class, with many groups, huge influence, and deep influence. Even if there are some loopholes, it is difficult to talk about it.

Rash actions may achieve some results and hit some people, but it is difficult to hurt their fundamentals, and once their interests are violated, it will definitely lead to hostility and resistance from the entire class.

Therefore, Zhao Pu, who was well aware of the pros and cons, did not act rashly.However, this time, nearly [-]% of the nobles have been implicated in Zhang Jin's case one after another. This is to take the initiative to bring the flaws to the front. How could Zhao Pu have no idea and firmly grasp this rare opportunity.

Of course, with Zhao Pu's rationality, he would not try to take down all these nobles and abandon them all, that would be unrealistic.Moreover, most of the cases submitted by Xungui and his children are selective, and not all of them are as sincere as Zhao Kuangmei. It is difficult to rise to the level of ransacking the family and exterminating the family if it is judged by the national law.

Unless, it is deliberately expanded, and it is targeted at implicated people.However, this is not Zhao Pu's original intention, and it is beyond his ability. It needs the strong support of the imperial power. Whether Emperor Liu will do this can be seen from the attitude of Emperor Liu in the Chui Gong Palace just now. The emperor especially emphasized it. , the first priority is the law of the country.

Zhao Kuangyi was able to make a clear judgment on the actions of noble bureaucrats following suit, but Zhao Pu couldn't see it.Therefore, in Zhao Pu's eyes, this presents an opportunity for a transaction, a transaction between the imperial court or the imperial power and the nobles.

What the nobles are asking is that the law should not blame the public, the past should not be blamed, and the past should be refreshed. Then the imperial court can take advantage of this and introduce a policy of restriction. You can also open a new chapter.

What Zhao Pu was looking for from the beginning to the end was just a fulcrum, a fulcrum to leverage the noble class, and this turmoil gave him an extremely powerful fulcrum.

Taking this political tide as a guide, we will deal with a group of people, appease a group of people, realize the restrictions on the entire noble class, control the impact to a minimum, and reduce future troubles.

Although there is an element of compromise in it, for the imperial court, it is the safest choice.In fact, although Zhao Pu clearly rejected the proposal to join Wang Pu in the concert, from his heart, he agreed with Wang Pu's concerns and suggestions.

It's just that the way is different, the position of the butt is different, and he can't hold the same opinion.In the final analysis, Zhao Pu is still a scholar-bureaucrat born and bred in this era. Even if he has outstanding knowledge and ability, he is still a bureaucrat, and as the prime minister, conservatism is his instinct.

As far as Zhao Pu is concerned, maintaining the stability of the imperial court is beneficial and harmless.It's just that he, the prime minister, still has an emperor after all, and the most important thing to him is the attitude of the emperor.

Especially for a powerful founding monarch like Emperor Liu, if he can't keep up with him and follow his footsteps, then he won't be a prime minister for long.Zhao Pu's understanding of this aspect is very thorough.

According to Zhao Pu's thoughts on this turmoil, based on his observation and thinking about Emperor Liu's 20 years of administration, Emperor Liu would definitely not fail to think of these things, and it is entirely possible to accept the suggestion.

However, after this meeting, Zhao Pu suddenly felt that he was wrong, even a little outrageously wrong.Emperor Liu's attitude is so clear, all personnel involved will be punished, and there is no room for compromise, so it is a bit inappropriate for him to present his advice and advice, which is obviously compromising and ugly in the nature of political transactions It is not, or it is not in line with the holy will.

While walking, Zhao Pu was thinking, thinking about what went wrong, until he stopped in front of the Zhengshi Hall, his frowning brows relaxed.

Immediately afterwards, he revealed a bitterness similar to that of Wang Pu.Previously, in his thinking, he only saw the benefits of compromise and the difficulty of policy implementation, and he always looked at this matter from his own perspective.

However, what would he think if it were Emperor Liu?Zhao Pu often speculates on the holy will, but Zhao Pu seldom does it when thinking about problems from the perspective of Emperor Liu. There is always a kind of awe in his heart, and he is afraid of getting lost in it.

In the past, Emperor Liu did have a lot of compromises, but that was the past after all, but now, the times are different, and so is Emperor Liu.

How difficult it is for such an entrepreneurial king with a firm will and a heart like a stone to make him compromise.What's more, even in the past, compromises were divided.

Like this time, those short-sighted and superficial nobles followed suit, even stirred up public opinion, and created a general trend. To put it mildly, they forced the palace, forced Emperor Liu to make concessions, and forced Emperor Liu to forgive.

If you compromise on these matters, if you compromise this time, what about the next time?Did it give the nobles an illusion, a way to protect their own class interests, a way to fight against Emperor Liu, as long as they unite, they will be invincible, their power is so powerful, Emperor Liu will always compromise!
What's more, everyone who knows Emperor Liu's suspicion and suspicion knows it.After figuring this out, instead of feeling relieved, Zhao Pu looked even more dignified. Looking up at the sky, he seemed to see a layer of blood brewing in the clear white sky rendered by Dongyang and Dongxue.

This time, if there weren't so many people pretending to be smart to get involved, how many people could be involved with a mere Zhang Jin?How much impact can it really have?

However, without so many ifs, Zhao Pu can imagine that many people will die this time!
(End of this chapter)