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The Wind Rises in Chang'an Chapter 318 Wait and See

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    Chen He sat down angrily, and the noise of the young lieutenants suddenly dropped a few notches. Usually the old lieutenants have their own circles and don't like to talk to young people, but once the old men get angry, the young people really can't stand it. Fortunately,  The old guys don't look very good, and they don't have time to teach the young people how to behave.  The old princes have endured all their lives and don't care about the changes in three to five years. It stands to reason that the old men should calm down and wait and see, but the premise is that the princes group has no leader, and the princes who have no master will naturally listen to the words of the old people.  They old bones can show their old face and ask for a favor. Maybe the emperor will allow all the princes to return to their hometowns and become local rich people.  However, the princes group is not the one who has the final say. Cao Shi is not only the spiritual leader but also the actual controller. His standing up means completely different things. The princes must respond to the emperor's attitude, but what exactly should they do?  No one except Cao Shi himself knows the response.  "In other words, when Marquis Pingyang goes to Weiyang Palace, His Majesty gives Marquis Pingyang a way to retreat and protect himself. Marquis Pingyang responds after careful consideration." Li Ji stared at him with eyes like a hawk, and said without blinking, "Then  , what is your response?" Cao Shi did not intend to give him an answer.  "We have feudal states and feudal households, countless properties and houses, stores and stores purchased with huge sums of money, and savings that are as rich as the rest of the country. We are surrounded by more than a thousand servants when we travel, and we spend money like water in Chang'an City to bring about luxury.  How many scholars who advocate Han style and simplicity are dissatisfied with our existence, and how many talented people from Guandong who are wandering in Chang'an without a trace are angry with us. The resentment is quietly accumulating and slowly expanding, and we still don't know that we are sitting here.  Enjoying a luxurious aristocratic life. In addition, we have a complex network of relationships. There are three million households with military meritorious positions. They control the formulation of court policies, influence the appointment of officials, disrupt the emperor's will to govern, and interfere with the queen's affairs.  The above behaviors have made many bureaucrats who are not from military nobles think that we are the borers on the towering tree of the Han Empire. It is obvious that the emperor also recognizes this. " Zhou Zuoche asked doubtfully: "Is it because of this?  Our income is legal and has been forged by generations of swords and guns. According to the twenty-level military merit system, anyone who accumulates merit can be granted a title. If you have the ability to fight for your own future on the battlefield, it doesn't matter if you hate us.  "You're right, they don't hate the princes originally, but our presence has greatly squeezed out the proportion of high-ranking officials in the court. The court has two thousand stones of filial piety and virtuous and upright people.  There are four channels for recommending talents through the recommendation of high-ranking officials, but 80% of the high-ranking officials in Erqianshi come from military meritorious officials, including our marquises and the second-level Guannai marquises, which makes young scholars lose precious opportunities to advance. They  Unable to be promoted, they can only be circulated among the middle and low-level bureaucracy, and the newly added talents will only be squeezed further down, layer by layer, until the passage to the upper echelons of the imperial court is closed, it is strange that they do not hate the princes. "  Cao Shi realized this trend long ago.  Reason told him that the solution was to break the tradition of military merit, especially the monopoly of the feudal bureaucracy, so that more talents could be promoted and appointed by the emperor, and to alleviate conflicts and frictions between various classes. However, as a prince, he  The leader must not do this, and can only watch the conflicts accumulate and explode.  The influence of relatives represented by Tian Fu, Tian Sheng and Wang Xin rose.  As well as the rapid rise of new ministers such as Zhao Zhou, Shi Jian, Shi Qing, Gongsun He and others who were favored by the emperor, they were in line with the trend of breaking the monopoly of military merit.  The emperor's conscious efforts to suppress, weaken and even kill the princes were indeed due to the instigation and influence of these two groups.  The deeper contradiction is the imperial power's purge of the rigid aristocratic group.  After breaking through this insurmountable contradiction, the princes suddenly realized that they had unknowingly reached the edge of the cliff, and what awaited them was an eternal hell that was waiting for them if they took a step forward.  The princes were panicked, including the old prince, who had always been very calm.  Just imagine, the bureaucracy is filled with disgust from top to bottom, and the emperor is sharpening his sword to attack the pigs and sheep. The princes are the lambs waiting to be slaughtered. As a person in the game, each prince feels deeply  The sense of powerlessness, once they cannot stop the emperor's will, what awaits them will be a shattered home, the collapse of the noble glory and endless darkness.  No one knows how to deal with it. A coup deposed the emperor?  Without military power, you are seeking death!  Lieutenant Xue Ze followed Wei Qing to the Northern Expedition against the Huns. There were fully 200,000 soldiers from the Northern and Southern armies staying in Chang'an. The proportion of military merit among these soldiers was less than one-tenth, and they were mid-to-high-level officers at the level of captain or colonel.  There was no one at all. The princes had no tiger talisman and no familiar officers. They didn't even have the chance to imitate Zhou Bo and run to the Northern Army and shout that the right party was loyal to the Lu family and the left party was loyal to the Liu family.  What's more, from the time of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty to the present, the three generations of emperors have been very wary of generals who have military power, and have deliberatelyThe tiger talisman is subdivided into several types, such as the tiger talisman for protecting the king of Qin, the tiger talisman for suppressing bandits and pacifying chaos, and the tiger talisman for guarding the enemy at the frontier. The Shaofu specially set up the talisman to be in charge of issuing the tiger talisman in the imperial court. The Northern Army captain usually only had the talisman for training.  There is no tiger talisman that can mobilize troops to Chang'an to besiege Weiyang Palace.  Neither the left nor the right can do it, and the princes are really panicking.  Fan Taguang said anxiously: "Marquis Pingyang, just say whatever you have to say. As long as your method is good, everyone will listen to you." "I said we would give up our official positions and donate our land. Yihou Yi (  Can you understand and support the move to the distant border to resist the Huns? " "What are you talking about?" The princes jumped up in shock. Asking them to give up their official positions is equivalent to giving up their resistance, and donating their land is equivalent to cutting off the source of wealth.  , Yihouyi went to the front line of fighting against the Xiongnu without shit, which is equivalent to self-exile. The three of them are superimposed to self-exile. The princes are thinking about how to live better, which has the opposite meaning.  "Don't be nervous." Cao Shi waved his hand for them to sit down and said with a smile: "You may have heard the news. A few days ago, in the name of General Chariot and Cavalry, I issued an order in Guanzhong, saying that the imperial court wanted to establish a military base in Hexi.  Setting up four new counties would require about two million people to move there. Of course, this edict was not the emperor's intention, nor was it stamped by the imperial court. It was just my personal order, which was a false edict in a sense.  " The princes took a breath. They had indeed heard about this rumor. At that time, they thought it was the emperor who nodded his approval. Otherwise, they would not dare to say that four new counties would be built in Hexi. They did not expect this.  The words were simply his own judgment and did not have the permission of the emperor or the court.  "Marquis Pingyang, are you crazy?" "Don't give up on yourself. We still have a chance. Marquis Pingyang is young after all. It's wrong for you to do this." "The emperor didn't pursue your behavior, so what did the emperor say to you?  ?" Cao Shi smiled slightly: "Don't be nervous, doesn't it mean that I am standing here? The emperor did not pursue my false behavior, and of course he did not let me go so easily. Your Majesty meant the construction of Jiangxia County and Shaxian City.  It's very good, so I plan to use 2 million people in exchange for the 20 billion assets I invested in Jiangxia County." The princes exclaimed again.  Everyone says that the Marquis of Pingyang's mansion is as rich as any other country. It is rumored that Cao Shi has tens of billions of assets. It is not known for a day or two. No one can tell clearly how much Pingyang Marquis has. Some people think it is 20 billion in assets, while others  It is believed that there are assets of 30 billion, and there are many different opinions, but there is no positive answer.  An astonishing figure came out from him today. The Pingyang Marquis Mansion invested 20 billion yuan in Jiangxia County. Counting that a few years ago, news of the large-scale construction projects in Jiangxia County, thousands of miles away, reached the capital, at least  It shows that the annual profit of Pingyang Houfu will not be less than 3 billion yuan, monopolizes high-end steel manufacturing, monopolizes high-end papermaking, monopolizes high-end textiles, controls the main racecourses in the Hehuang Valley of the Longxi Plateau, and participates in and controls the Chang'an horse racing industry, polo industry, and Cuju.  The business and the horse market's good horses flowed in and out, and the sum of various businesses reached such an astonishing figure. The princes exclaimed that they had underestimated Pingyang Hou.  Cao Shi explained in a relaxed tone: "Do you think I am at a loss? I lost Shaxian City, which costs 2 billion yuan a year, and will grow to 3 billion yuan in the future, only to get a population of 2 million that is not necessarily controllable. It seems that  I was at a loss, but my own calculation was not a loss. Not only was I not at a loss, I was able to take the rare initiative. I could finally get rid of the shackles of political struggle in the court and expand the territory for the Han Dynasty. " Li Scai was angry: "  If you want to be King Han Xin of Qi, have you forgotten the story of your great-grandfather Cao Shen who refused to be crowned king? "This was the time when the Marquis of Huaiyin was forced to be crowned king despite his own ability, and he automatically classified himself as a prince with a different surname.  The camp of Pingyang is worthy of death. Even if Pingyang Hou opens up the territory for the Han Dynasty, why should he not be crowned king? Didn¡¯t you see that when Tiao Hou Zhou Yafu died, a nursery rhyme spread in Chang¡¯an said that a good man should be crowned king? " Qu Nihou Chen!  He jumped out again, this time his speech was sonorous and powerful, and his attitude was more resolute. He was a die-hard supporter of Cao Shi. The future of the Yulin Cavalry was closely related to the generals of the Cavalry. Once Cao Shi died, they would die as a dog.  ending.  The old princes stood up one after another and reprimanded them firmly. They were all second-generation princes. In their childhood and youth, they had experienced the trend of purging princes and kings with different surnames in the early Han Dynasty. Even powerful kings like Liang Wang Peng Yue and Jiujiang Wang Yingbu could not escape death.  , they firmly disagreed with the idea of ??splitting the earth and becoming a king.  Cao Shi shook his head and smiled: "I didn't say that I wanted to split the soil and become a king. It is my ambition to attack the Xiongnu and destroy the Han family's life and death enemy. It is my ideal to go west and continue to expand the territory. At that time, the imperial court sent Zhang Qian and his envoys  We have traveled tens of thousands of miles to the west and seen hundreds of kingdoms, large and small, and countless people. Such a huge territory is waiting for us.Why should the Han family struggle so hard for the land they already have?  " "But you have to have a reason that you can tell. Otherwise, why would the emperor let you go to the west instead of letting others?  " Cao Shi smiled and said: "Of course I have a way, you guys will wait and see!  "(To be continued)
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