Long live the general

As for the construction of the imperial mausoleum, the general emperor would start preparations after he ascended the throne?

Dai Viet people value their residence after death, especially when the emperor wants to be ostentatious, so it is a long process to build the emperor's mausoleum.Building a palace underground is no less complicated than the construction of Ziwei Palace.According to the general speed, if you don't start building from the top, it will be very embarrassing if you don't finish it when you die.

Zhou Zhenxie has not planned to build the imperial mausoleum until now. One reason is that he is still young. For a 20-year-old emperor, death is still a very distant thing.Second, the construction of the imperial mausoleum requires the recruitment of civilian laborers and increased corvee service. Since he ascended the throne, he has performed various activities very frequently, which consumes a lot of people's manpower.When the official in charge of this matter asked him for his opinion, Zhou Zhenxie put the matter on hold temporarily.

He brought it up now, naturally not because he suddenly took this matter to heart? It's because Da Viet has a rule since ancient times.

If the emperor plans to build the imperial mausoleum, a group of people will be moved to the place where the mausoleum is located to enrich the place.This population is not randomly selected, it is usually powerful and influential people in the local area. In fact, this is also a means for the central government to control the local area.Problems like "Guo Xie" existed in the Warring States period, and they went through the dynasties until Dai Viet.Naturally, the court will try every means to weaken or even eradicate these forces, but these forces are also growing vigorously, and the existence of "Guo Xie" is tenacious and full of vitality.

Their existence is one of the ways of human existence, which is in line with human nature. The so-called wild fire is endless, and the imperial court can only suppress it as much as possible.

Therefore, Zhou Zhenyan wanted to use the matter of repairing the imperial tomb to deal with the problem of "Guo Jie".

Huo Lingyue actually mentioned this idea before, but it was just a rough idea, and Zhou Zhenzhen decided to perfect it.

This matter needs a long-term plan. Doesn’t the construction of the imperial mausoleum start at the beginning? Did Zhou Zhen meet? Several ministers, after many discussions, temporarily set the imperial mausoleum in the north of Chang’an City. Da Mao's place.

Huo Yi probably also looked at the location. It's quite far from Chang'an City. It's very remote and deserted. The mausoleum is set on a high mountain and covers a very large area. After it's repaired, it should be about the same size as Ziwei Palace.

According to Zhou Zhenyan's thinking, he hoped that after his death, he could be on that mountain with his back against Chang'an City in the center of Dayue, looking at the boundless north.

It is a big event for the emperor to build the imperial mausoleum, and preparations will be made soon.Huo Yi went to the school grounds for training every day as usual, and saw that the horses were all put on horseshoes.He rode Hei Fu? A trip to the barracks, everyone's eyes were on Hei Fu, and Hei Fu also looked arrogant.Qiu Hongguang wanted to try, but Heifu didn't give him face, so he kicked him with his legs pouted.

Qiu Hongguang went crazy, insisting on taming Heifu, one man and one horse competed for a long time, so Huo Yi was lucky enough to see the strange scene of man and horse scolding each other.

Huo Yi stayed in the barracks for a long time, and did not delay the affairs of the court.Everything is the same as before, His Majesty probably figured it out? Instead of being hot and cold like before, he has more trust and intimacy with him.

This kind of performance is very dazzling in the eyes of some people.

Dayue's current prime minister is still Prime Minister Murong, relying on his silent qi training skills, he forcibly sits in this prime minister's position. Although he has done nothing, he has not made any mistakes.Zhou Zhenyan saw that he was well-informed, and never touched him.

Da Viet's current royal envoy is surnamed Chang, and his first name is Chang Tang. He used to be an internal historian, a doctor of Taizhong, and also served as a county magistrate for several years in the local area. He is an old minister with rich qualifications in both the local and central government. , after Murong An served as the prime minister, he was promoted to the imperial envoy doctor.

The imperial envoy is the senior minister and the deputy prime minister.There are two Cheng below, rank Qianshi.One of them, Zhongcheng, was the secretary in charge of the books, and consulted the documents submitted by the ministers, using them as evidence to impeach court officials.

Chang Tang's Zhong Cheng is called Zhu Jiumai.He has no skills himself, and the position of Zhongcheng has been mixed all the way. The only advantage is that he is good at guessing his boss's mind, and he is good at digging out the secrets of court officials, and he is always ready to use it to get the bottom line.

Changtang sighed in front of Zhu Jiumai that day.

Zhu Jiumai has been working under Chang Tang for a long time? Naturally, he knows the expression of his immediate boss has changed. He earnestly asked Mr. Yu Shi why he sighed, and Chang Tang told him.

As a royal envoy, his duty is to supervise the court ministers, but General Huo, relying on His Majesty's favor, behaves shamelessly. His Majesty protects this person so much, which makes him very worried.There are many people in the court who have opinions on General Huo's arbitrariness, and His Majesty should let him know.

After finishing speaking, Chang Tang looked at Zhu Jiumai.

Zhu Jiumai understood, and patted his chest to assure that he would definitely find evidence of General Huo's guilt.

Chang Tang left contentedly?

In fact, he and Huo Yi have no conflicts at all, at most they are slightly disliked?However, the post of imperial envoy and doctor is mostly not named in the history books, unless a major event is accomplished and the person with the name in the history books is pulled down.

What Chang Tang thinks is, if you want to touch it, you can touch a big one.

He also talked about this with Prime Minister Murong An, and probed into Murong An's attitude, but the old man became more and more timid, and he was not ready to get involved.Chang Tang didn't intend to give up, his job as a censor was to pick up troubles, his life was endless, and he couldn't stop picking up troubles.

Zhu Jiumai's thinking is also relatively simple.

When he is going to apply a set of harsh standards to others, he will always find that the other party must have shortcomings, exaggerate one level of mistakes into ten levels, and then elevate a certain behavior to quality and personality. No one is perfect.

Especially for Huo Yi, who is very prestigious, respected by the people, and regarded as the God of War, no matter whether the real or fake scapegoat is put on his head, the strong contrast will lead to more serious results-people are happy Seeing that the prodigal son has changed his ways and turned his back on the shore, but he is extremely harsh on the hero who made mistakes, and he can't wait to smash him to ashes immediately.

For example, a person like Guo Xie, even though he killed people, robbed people, threw people’s graves, and committed all kinds of crimes when he was young, but when he changed his mind one day, people were always very tolerant to him, and even trusted and obeyed him.

As for General Huo, who was already admired, if he made a mistake, he would be pushed down by the wall and never get up again.

Full of confidence, Zhu Jiumai began to look through the memorials among the officials for things related to Huo Yi. The focus was on his neutral and dissatisfied views on Huo Yi. He also went to the subordinates of the Ting Wei Department to find out the past related to Huo Yi. case.

In addition, he also sent two servants to follow Huo Yi secretly, recording all his actions and conversations from morning to night, including his demeanor, etc. In short, he must find out the problem.

About half a month later, Zhu Jiumai still found no strong evidence in the memorial, not even a guesswork.He was depressed, but the two censors reported that General Huo got up every day to practice swords, then went to court, went to the barracks to practice, discussed with His Majesty in the afternoon, and continued to practice swords and deal with official duties when he returned home at night, until he went to sleep with the lights off. .

He only slept for two hours a day, and otherwise he was working. The two censors took turns to stare at him for half a month, and found that this man had no personal activities.He doesn't drink, doesn't gamble, doesn't go to flower houses, doesn't go to parties, and doesn't have any hobbies except archery and sword practice. He starts working when he gets up in the morning and goes to sleep at night.The house is empty, there are no patrons, no private property is purchased, and there is no fault in every move.

Can't even bear the two censors? This kind of boring life, they take turns to follow, it's not as long as Huo Yi's working hours.At the same time, the two of them also had a heart of admiration for General Huo. They had been in this industry for so long, and they had never seen such a person who was so busy working day and night.

"Did he say anything disrespectful to any minister behind his back?" Zhu Jiumai asked.

"No." Shi Yushi gave Zhu Jiumai the words and deeds he recorded.

Zhu Jiumai flipped through it roughly, and asked with a frown, "Is there no conflict with anyone? Where are his soldiers? What about his colleagues?"

Shi Yushi sincerely said: "No, General Huo has a very high reputation in the army, and the soldiers trust him very much. He is very humble and tolerant towards everyone on weekdays, and he treats the soldiers with great kindness. He often drinks water after every soldier has drunk water, and all the gold and silver rewards from His Majesty have been distributed to his subordinates. Those soldiers are willing to serve him."

Another censor said: "General Huo has a very good relationship with the ministers of the court, especially those trusted by His Majesty, such as doctors, Da Sinong, Tingwei, etc..."

Zhu Jiumai crossed his legs and meditated? After a long time, he said slowly: "He wins people's hearts so much, does he have other plans?"

Shi Yushi was stunned, he really didn't expect to find fault from this angle, and he admired Zhu Jiumai very much.

There is really no reason to add a crime. Zhu Jiumai thought about accusing Huo Yi. The words and deeds recorded by Shi Yushi were useless. He still wanted to think about it from the army.

Just as Chang Tang thought, if you want to touch it, you can touch a big one.

For example, if Huo Yi wins the hearts of the army so much, isn't he going to turn the Northern Army of Dayue into the Huo Family Army? He remembers that the Northern Army used the name of the Huo Family Army at the beginning of its establishment.

The fact is not important? What is important is to spread this idea and bury it in the hearts of everyone. There will always be a few people who are willing to believe it.

Zhu Jiumai slowly sorted out a train of thought. He recorded his thoughts overnight, mainly writing? Two points, one is that the soldiers of the Northern Army are willing to go through life and death for General Huo Yi, and the other is that General Huo Yi has a close relationship with the ministers of the DPRK and China. , suspected of forming a party for personal gain...

He is not ready to take out this memorial yet, but keeps it in his home, and is going to find some more strong evidence.

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