Chapter 334 Countercurrent
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Through the eaves of the palace, through the carved window lattices, the bright sunlight in the morning shines onto the floor of the hall, adding a bit of brightness to the hall. When the new hall was built, it seemed like yesterday, but now there was a little more gloomy atmosphere in the hall, just like an old emperor, always having a bit of dusk. In Yang Jian's eyes, when the country was established and moved to the capital to take over the hall, too many civil and military officials and generals who followed him now betrayed him.
He sat high on the noble and wide dragon chaise that was gilded. It was a golden chair, made of brass, and then a layer of gold was plastered outside, and nine hovering golden dragons were engraved on the back of the chair. Originally, the chair where the emperor of the Yuwen family of Northern Zhou was a wooden chair, with gold paint on it, and was carved with mighty dragon trench. The golden lacquer dragon chaise and the imperial jade seal were both symbols of imperial power. After Yang Jian usurped the throne of Northern Zhou, he obtained seven seals from the Northern Zhou Palace and sat on the Golden Dragon chaise.
Yang Jian only retained one imperial seal, which was made by Li Si, the prime minister of the Qin Dynasty, and was called the seal of the order. In fact, this jade seal was the longest-lasting and most precious, but emperors of all dynasties did not use this jade seal. This jade seal was stored in the palace and was just a seal for the country. Usually the emperor...≠long...≠wind...≠wen...≠learning, w⊥↗↘t used another six seals, three gold seals, and three jade seals. Three jade seals, the emperor's seal was used to enfeoff the orders of princes and three divisions, three dukes, and the emperor's seal was used to grant the princes three divisions,
The Three Dukes. The Emperor's Seal was used to recruit soldiers from all over the world. Three golden seals, the Emperor's Seal was used to entrust the kings of the vassal states. The Emperor's Seal was used to grant the kings of the vassal states, and the Emperor's Seal was used to recruit soldiers from all over the country. This system was directly in the Western Han Dynasty and was inherited by the Jin Dynasty and the Southern and Northern Dynasties. By the Zhou Dynasty, in fact, the national system changed a lot, but the emperor's six seals were still used. The seal of the country was almost used in normal times, but it was the most important credit when inheriting the throne. The new emperor inherited the jade seal and sat on the golden dragon throne, which was a symbol of the righteousness.
After Yang Jian founded the country and became emperor, he solemnly kept the jade seals in the palace and abolished the other six Zhou Seal seals. Another famous craftsman carved the seals of the emperors of the Six-Term Sui Dynasty. Then, after moving to the palace of Daxing, Xindu, Yang Jian did not bring the golden dragon chaise, but used craftsmen to recreate the new dragon chaise, use brass to make the chair body, and then plastered gold to make the real golden dragon chaise.
The golden dragon chaise is more majestic than the wooden dragon chaise, but it is not comfortable to sit. For many years, Yang Jian has sat on the golden dragon chaise almost every day, and only he knows the most about the discomfort. The golden dragon chaise is cold, hard and wide. Although the dragon chaise also has a back, there is no place to rely on when sitting on this wide chair, just like sitting on a hard stone slab. But the reason why Yang Jian abandoned the smaller and more comfortable wooden dragon chaise. To cast the wide golden dragon chaise was to remind himself that when he was in a wrong position and let himself sit on this dragon chaise. He could remember this point at all times. He warned himself to be careful. Although sitting on the dragon chaise represents supreme authority, this position is not stable, and it is not good. He may be lifted off the dragon chaise.
Now that Yang Jian is getting older, he feels more and more uncomfortable when sitting on this chair. He wants to rely on it, but the dragon chaise is too far away and cannot rely on it at all. This makes him feel that being an emperor is like sitting on this chair. He seems to have a strong support, but in fact he cannot rely on nothing. The only one who can rely on is himself. Wang Shiji deserves to die, Yang Jian thought gloomyly, Gao Bing deserves to die. None of these meritorious officials in the court can truly believe in relying on it.
"Can you be sure that Huangfu Xiaoxie was not a false accusation?" Liu Shu, the Minister of War, sitting under the steps under the dragon chaise, raised a question. The Left Pushe Gao Yang, who was sitting in front of him, knelt on the mat and was a little uncomfortable, while Yang Su, the right Pushe, was calm and motionless as a mountain, sat upright there holding a jade tablet in his hand.
Just today, the Censor of the Censorate reported to the emperor that Wang Shiji, the chief supervisor of Liangzhou of the Shangzhu Kingdom, wanted to rebel, and the emperor ordered Dali Temple to investigate. Yang Yue, the young minister of Dali Temple, presided over the case and jointly handled the case with the Censorate, soon found many evidences of Wang Shiji's rebellion. Later, Wang Shiji was arrested and imprisoned in the capital's own mansion. The Dali Temple tried the case quickly and quickly produced many pieces of evidence. The most critical witness was naturally Huangfu Xiaoxie, who first reported Wang Shiji.
The case broke out quickly and there was no sign of precedent in advance. Until he was summoned to Liangyi Hall, Gao Jin, Liu Shu and others did not get any news at all. After seeing the emperor, they heard the case proclaiming in the palace of the provincial officials. Gao Jin felt beaten and felt very confused. He had wanted to attack the Jin Wang Party with the Jizhou military and horse smuggling case, but he did not expect that the case was stopped by the emperor, and the memorial for the election of the general manager of Youzhou Prefecture was almost rejected. Now this time, Wang Shiji was silently convicted and imprisoned again. Gao Jin felt a sense of powerlessness, and he felt more and more of the feeling of being forced to the edge of the cliff.
Gao Jin immediately thought that this matter was probably not that simple, maybe it was another Yu Qingze case. Yes, now it seems that this case is very similar to the Yu Qingze case two years ago. At that time, the emperor was dissatisfied with Yu Qingze and the rebellion of the barbarians in Lingnan. It was just a small rebellion. The emperor scolded his right servant Yu Qingze for not taking the initiative to ask for battle. After forcing Yu Qingze to go out to fight in Lingnan, the emperor quickly cleaned up Yu Qingze's forces. When Yu Qingze had just quelled the rebellion, he was still halfway, but his wife and brother reported to the emperor that Yu Qingze wanted to rebel. Then the dignified Deputy Prime Minister Yu Qingze was arrested and imprisoned, and was soon tried and executed.
Now the Wang Shiji case is almost exactly the same as the Yu case. Wang Shiji's cronies are reporting the rebellion of his superiors and have also put forward so much evidence. This is to kill Wang Shiji. Gao Bing has immediately guessed the emperor's intention. What makes him even more heartbroken is that Wang Shiji has a good relationship with him, and even Wang Shiji is a member of the core of the princeling party. In the case of Wang Shiji, is it because His Majesty is just dissatisfied with Wang Shiji and wants to get rid of him, or should he use this case to implicate more widely?
"False accusation? Shangshu Liu." Yang Yue, the young minister of Dali Temple, said contemptuously, "Hmph, the evidence is accurate. It is all clear that the fact is there. Do you say that we want to say that the case handled by Dali Temple is unfair or that we are just accused of being blamed and weave a crime?"
Yang Jian felt a tense atmosphere in the hall. At this time, it was not the daily court, but the important officials he summoned in Beijing, the ministers of the chief officials of the three provinces and the princes Shangzhuguo, etc. The hall was clearly divided into three major sects, one was the prince party headed by Gao Yang Shu and others, the other was the prince party headed by Jin Yang Su and others, and many other sects that were obviously neutral, such as the King of Han, Shu, Qin, and Zhao. Yang Jian had already expected this situation. Since he wanted to change the prince, the struggle in the court has escalated, and the struggle between the prince party and the prince party was more intense and the Ming Dynasty
Obviously, the Yan Rong case was attacked by the princelings. Now he can be sure that the case of Wang Shiji is definitely the revenge of the princelings behind the Jin Dynasty. Although Yang Jian could guess these, he still would not let Wang Shiji go, just like he did not let Yan Rong go. He dared to betray and threaten him, and he would not let anyone go. However, there is one thing he needs to consider, that is, how much control these cases will eventually occur after the outbreak. Sometimes, Yang Jian even felt happy to see the fierce competition between the two major forces in the court. With this competition, he took the lead. He pulled one to beat another at a time.
As long as his idea of changing reserves for a day is not dispelled, this struggle will continue until it finally reaches a time when he must make a decision. The prince and the king of Jin will eventually be abandoned by him. When one of the princes is out, there will be a huge cleaning, and the side who stands in the wrong team will be cleaned, and then the court will be calm and stable. But it is not yet that time. So he hopes that this kind of struggle can be controlled within the smallest range.
Yang Jian looked at Yang Yong, "Prince. What do you think should be dealt with in this matter?"
The Crown Prince Yang Yong has been in a state of panic since he heard of Wang Shiji's rebellion. Wang Shiji has been very supportive of him over the years. Every year, he not only receives a large amount of money that Wang Shiji secretly pays to him, but even the secret black iron guards he trusts most are secretly searched by Wang Shiji and then provided to him after preliminary training. One of the evidences of Wang Shiji's rebellion was that Wang Shiji has been secretly recruiting exiles and training dead soldiers over the years. Yang Yong didn't know if the emperor already knew what Wang Shiji did for him, nor what the emperor meant now. The emperor asked him, but he was still immersed in his panic. After Yang Jian called him three times, he finally came to his senses.
Yang Jian frowned and looked disappointed. Of course, he knew that Wang Shiji was the prince's person, and of course he knew that Wang Shiji was recruiting exile as the prince to train the Black Iron Guard for him. This was not a secret matter in his eyes. After all, the prince was the crown prince of the country, and he paid great attention to him. Yang Jian didn't care much about the prince's secret training of a group of dead soldiers. After all, the prince was the crown prince, and some private secret forces were allowed, as long as he did not cross that line. At present, he asked the prince about his attitude towards the case, but actually wanted to see the prince's ability to deal with things. If the prince was smart enough, he should decisively abandon Wang Shiji instead of being distracted in front of the important officials in this hall.
"I think that this may be misunderstood. The general of Wang Shiji's country said that he was treason, but I don't believe it. The so-called asking Taoist to meet him, saying that he was the order of the king, and his wife was the queen, was just a fool's talk. As for his subordinates who told him that there were elite troops in Liangzhou, it could only be considered as a guilty man. In Erchen's opinion, Wang Shiji was guilty, but he had no intention of rebellion. He just didn't understand the people. After encountering evil Taoist nonsense and subordinates' rhetoric, he did not say that he had no intention of rebellion.
Report to the court in time, this is just a common sense. My son thinks that Wang Shiji can be demoted and demoted, and then punished for his salary as a warning." (My novel "Return to the Sui Dynasty" will have more fresh content on the official WeChat platform, and there is also a 100% lottery gift for everyone! Open WeChat now, click the "+" sign in the upper right to "Add Friends", search for the official account "qdread" and follow it, hurry up!) (To be continued...)
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