Han Shizu

Chapter 1544 Removing the Two Honorable Men

"What do these people want to do? They come to me for trivial matters, do you think I'm too free?" In the Chongzheng Palace, Emperor Liu looked sullen and pushed down the two stacks of memorials piled up on the imperial case, because With too much force, some memorials even fell to the ground, and the white inner pages were densely filled with words.

These memorials were all sorted out by Lu Yin and submitted to Emperor Liu for review, and from these chapters from various departments, it can be seen how busy Emperor Liu has been recently and what the trend in the court is.

Seeing that Emperor Liu was a little irritable, Lu Yin lowered his head slightly and kept silent. He just picked up the memorials scattered on the ground himself. Yan Tuo, who was next to him, also took the initiative to help.

After tidying up and restoring the arrangement of the memorial, Lu Yin just cupped his hands calmly and said: "Your Majesty, although state affairs are cumbersome, there are no ordinary affairs. This chapter is an important matter for the court, which is related to the national economy and people's livelihood. I hope His Majesty will learn from it!"

Upon hearing this, Emperor Liu immediately wanted to turn back, but noticed Lu Yin's neither humble nor overbearing attitude, and forcibly held back.

How should I put it, Lu Yin's current position as a cabinet scholar was not rewarded by Emperor Liu, but recruited by him on his own initiative.Originally, according to Lu Yin's thinking, he did not intend to accept the post, and even the prefect of Kaifeng planned to resign.

It's not because he's afraid of suspicion or anything, but because he feels old and weak. It's just that Emperor Liu insisted on asking him to talk to him many times, so Lu Yin reluctantly succeeded Li Fang.

The so-called austerity without desire, under such circumstances, Lu Yin naturally adhered to his own principles and followed the imperial court's system no matter what he said or did.

Emperor Liu also understood this, so naturally it was not good to vent this nameless anger on Lu Yin, lest the old guy quit.Although it is impossible for Emperor Liu to be controlled by a mere minister, even an important minister, Emperor Liu has to give some respect to a minister like Lu Yin, in order to avoid unnecessary troubles.

After calming down, Emperor Liu pointed to the memorial on the imperial case, and said, "It's not that I underestimate these state affairs, but I have to think a little more about the intentions behind these ministers' memorials!

Everything is put on my case, so what are Zhao Pu and the others doing?Is the political hall just a decoration?How embarrassing are the prime ministers?Behind these positive activities, how many people really put their minds on these matters! "

Lu Yin is not an ordinary person, of course he understands what Emperor Liu said, but he is not good at expressing any opinions on this matter rashly.In the past many years, he has been working in the local area, and he has no in-depth understanding of the disputes in the central court, but even some rumors are enough to make him take a cautious attitude.

On the one hand, there are the gentry bureaucratic group represented by Zhao Pu, and on the other hand, those nobles who occupy a large number of important positions in the military and government. Although the two are only a general distinction between the internal factions of the imperial court, the internal struggles have been going on for a long time. It does revolve around the collision between these two parties.

And recently, it is obvious that the nobles have begun to exert their strength, and the target is undoubtedly Zhao Pu.As for Emperor Liu's "diligence", it was just an introduction.

Picking up a memorial on the face, Emperor Liu flipped through it for a while, quickly shook it in his hand, and threw it directly on the table, saying: "Why is this Pan Mei here to join in the fun? The payment of salaries for officers and soldiers, the replacement of autumn clothes , I also want to ask you? He has been the Minister of the Ministry of War for so long, and he can't even do this well, so he needs to ask for instructions?
Why hasn't he been so active in the past few years?Is Zhao Pu not approving?Is it because the Financial Secretary does not allocate funds?Or is it that he is unable to command the staff of the Ministry of War? "

No one could give an answer to Emperor Liu's series of almost heartbreaking questions, but obviously, Emperor Liu was very dissatisfied with the recent undercurrents and strange atmosphere in the court.

His eyes were indifferent, and he shifted from the memorial to Lu Yin. Emperor Liu pointed up and said: "You personally draw up an edict to remove Pan Mei from the position of secretary of the Ministry of War and transfer him to be the inspector of Yunqian."

Hearing this edict, Lu Yin was subconsciously startled. He really didn't expect that because of such a trivial matter, Emperor Liu would actually have the idea of ​​replacing Pan Mei.

Who is Pan Mei? Fan Yanggong, Minister of the Ministry of War, a noble with real power in the court, her current status has been achieved with a single blow, and more importantly, in the past, she has always been deeply trusted by Emperor Liu of.

In the past, among the many young generals of the Han Dynasty, probably only Yang Ye could surpass Pan Mei in terms of favorability.But that's it, Emperor Liu said that masturbation is about to be masturbated, and as soon as he thought about it, he asked Lu Yin to draw up an edict.

In this regard, while Lu Yin's heart was shaken, he couldn't help guessing a little more. Is this an emotional decision made by the emperor in his anger, or did he plan it long ago?

If it is the former, then the current emperor is too capricious, and Pan Mei is too unlucky to offend the emperor.If it is the latter, then it is not unreasonable. Pan Mei has been in the position of minister of the Ministry of War for a long time, and it is normal to move around. However, for Pan Mei, she is sent to the southwest all at once. But it was quite a blow.

A little hesitant, Lu Yin still took the initiative and said: "Your Majesty, is it too hasty to be transferred like this? After all, Pan Shangshu is a national meritorious official. He is an important minister of the court. If he hastily dismissed him, this will affect him."

Glancing at Lu Yin, Emperor Liu was no longer polite, and asked instead: "Why, in the current imperial court, I can't make the decision to replace a minister?"

"The old minister didn't mean that!" Facing Emperor Liu's eyes, Lu Yin was startled, and hurriedly said.

Emperor Liu continued: "Tell Pan Mei that the southwestern region has been unstable recently. Since he can't handle the affairs of the Ministry of War, let him go to Jing'an Suiyuan! It won't happen that his ability to lead troops will deteriorate! "

"Yes!" Lu Yin sighed silently in his heart.

Emperor Liu did not give up, and continued to instruct: "Also, draw up another imperial edict to transfer Shi Shouxin to the northwest, succeed Guo Jin, and suppress the local government.

These years, he has been too comfortable as a privy envoy. Cao Bin has to worry about everything and is tired.

As for Shi Shouxin, at such a young age, how could he spend his retirement in Beijing and go out to lead troops for me? "

It's another big move, another imperial court prince, a illustrious general, and Shi Shouxin, who is still in charge of the military affairs of the Privy Council.With Pan Mei in front, Lu Yin did not express any objections, and at the same time he was sure that such an adjustment was definitely not a decision made by Emperor Liu's whim, but had been planned for a long time.

However, taking the real power of the two county princes at once and excluding them from the power center, such a move is enough to cause the court to shake.In the general environment where the duke of the state is withering day by day or hiding behind the scenes, the duke of the county is already the pillar of the nobles in the court.

Although Pan Mei and Shi Shouxin cannot fully represent the Xungui Group, in terms of status and class, many people will subconsciously distinguish between them.

And Emperor Liu's move to dismiss the two undoubtedly released a message to the outside world that Emperor Liu was dissatisfied with the recent actions of the nobles.

As for how this matter will affect the imperial court, Lu Yin does not know for the time being, and it is difficult to predict, but one thing is certain. The recent rumors that Zhao Pu's phase is unstable are just rumors, and Zhao Pu's career as a prime minister will continue .

And Emperor Liu's next words seemed to support this point.I saw that Emperor Liu pointed to the pile of memorials on the imperial case, and ordered: "Transfer these memorials to the Political Affairs Hall and let Zhao Pu deal with them! In addition, regarding the candidate for the Minister of War, let him discuss with the crown prince and the ministers!"

"Yes!"

It is obviously impossible to say that Emperor Liu has no suspicion of Zhao Pu. In the past few years, he has been somewhat affected by various criticisms against Zhao Pu.

In particular, Emperor Liu was also concerned about Zhao Pu's seizure of power and cultivation of private parties, and once deliberately suppressed Zhao Pu's power.

Among the previous prime ministers, Zhao Pu held the greatest real power. This was not only due to Zhao Pu's ability to govern, but more importantly, it was due to Emperor Liu's decentralization of power.

However, although Emperor Liu had delegated power, the challenge Zhao Pu faced was not small at all.In the political affairs hall, there are princes who supervise the country and participate in politics, and there are several princes and princes and relatives in various departments. Among the bureaucratic officials, there is Song Qi in the front and Wang Pu in the back. These are all a kind of restraint.

As for, either out of his own ruling policy, or under the persecution and guidance of Emperor Liu, the restrictions on nobles caused Zhao Pu to lose the hearts of most nobles.

Combining the above factors, Zhao Pu's aspect cannot be said to be very stable. It only needs Emperor Liu to reveal a little bit, and some people will rush to move him.

In terms of real power, Zhao Pu is indeed quite a lot, but if he wants to monopolize the power, it is obviously unfair to him. There are too many obstacles up and down, and there is not much room for arrogating power.

Originally, Emperor Liu felt that after these years, coupled with the restrictions on Xungui after the Huazhou River Workers corruption case, the influence and strength of the Xungui Group had shrunk, and the bureaucratic group headed by Zhao Pu had been able to do to suppress.

But judging from the turmoil caused by Emperor Fanliu's sudden intervention in the government, it is obvious that the influence of the heroes of the Han Dynasty on the court is not so easy to clear.In the past, it was just dormant for a while, and when there was a little wind, it could ride the wind and rise.

In view of this, Zhao Pu, the prime minister, had to continue to be in front of him.

As for Pan Mei and Shi Shouxin, they were just expressing a political attitude.After the two are released to the outside world, how many nobles with real power are left in the imperial court?
Needless to say, the middle class, as far as the noble children are concerned, there are countless, but the upper class, especially the positions close to the power center, can be counted on the fingers, and most of them are like Yang Ye, Gao Huaide, Wang Quanbin, Murong Cheng, etc. Tai, Zhao Yanjin, An Shouzhong, etc. have great influence, but most of them are limited to the army, and their identities are also complicated.

The only ones who really still hold the real power and exert influence in the government are Cao Bin who supported the righteousness and Zhao Kuangzan who was in charge of the Fanyuan.

(End of this chapter)