On the fifth day of the ninth month of the fifth year of Yuanfeng, Ren Hongren had not yet entered Chang'an, and a battle related to him had started outside the east gate of Weiyang Palace.Weiyang Palace is located in the southwest of Chang'an City, and the two tall Han Que at the east gate of Weiyang Palace are called "Canglong Que", because Canglong is the general name of the Seven Houses of the East, and there are countless reliefs of dragons entwined on the Que.This is the main gate of Weiyang, and the princes of the inner court all enter from this gate.Outside the Weiyang Palace, facing Canglongque, is a mansion comparable to the palace, which is the Prime Minister's Mansion.Although in the later period of the Emperor Wu Dynasty, the power was controlled by the monk Shutai of the Inner Dynasty, but after all, the prime minister was the theoretical head of the hundred officials, and in the event of a major event in the court, the emperor and the general Huo Guang would still order the Prime Minister's Mansion to organize generals, ministers, doctors, doctors, and councillors to assemble.At the west gate of the Prime Minister's Mansion, there is a Prime Minister Changshi with ten officials holding halberds to guard, changing shifts every hour, and not allowing them to move during the period.And not far from them, there was a young man with sharp-beaked monkey cheeks and a slightly convex forehead, who was eating a peach outside as if nothing had happened, eating very boldly, and the juice flowed from the corners of his mouth, and he wiped it directly with his wide sleeves, which caused the guards to look at him frequently.They know this person, it is the "Chang Shi Rider" Yang Yun yùn, in addition to Lang Guan, he also has an identity, that is, the second son of Yang Chang, the imperial historian, young and talented, well-read and knowledgeable, but arrogant and informal.After Yang Yun finished chewing on the peach pit, he didn't throw it away, but walked to the outer wall of the Prime Minister's Mansion and buried it, and then wiped his hands with a towel, and then walked into the Prime Minister's Mansion as if nothing happened.The Xiangfu adopts the "four doors", similar to the layout of the palace room, and its interior and exterior are divided into three areas by the palace gate, the middle gate, the cabinet and the wall to which it belongs, the palace gate has a que, the office, and the official office that allows the waiters to rest has been full of people, there are as many as forty or fifty.One of them, who was over fifty years old, was surrounded by the ministers, and he smiled politely at everyone who spoke, and he was very respectful.But when he saw Yang Yun who had just walked into the Prime Minister's Mansion, his smile suddenly disappeared, and he confessed to everyone on the left and right, hurriedly walked to Yang Yun, lowered his voice and asked, "Why are you here!"
”Yang Yun smiled and said, "My lord, I am a six-hundred-stone horseman, and I am also qualified to participate in the assembly.I asked the Son of Heaven, and the Son of Heaven also gave permission, let me listen to how the ministers are deliberating, you see this is the charm for me to enter the Prime Minister's Mansion. ”Imperial Doctor Yang Chang suppressed his anger: "The regular servant Zhulang beside the Son of Heaven, there are people who are older and have a longer resume than you, why are you here!""
They have eaten a few years longer than me, but they are not as smart and courageous as me."
Yang Yun spread his hands casually."
What's more, what I want to discuss today is whether the confessor Ren Hong is a marquis, and the adults have forgotten their mother's entrustment?"
At the mention of his wife, Yang Chang's arrogance suddenly subsided.The imperial historian Yang Chang is afraid of the inside, this is a well-known thing, his wife is the daughter of Ma Qian of the Taishi Company, Sima Qian's Taishi Gongshu was not passed on to his son, but to this daughter.It can be said that Yang Chang's ability to get to today's position is almost entirely due to Mrs.
Yang's credit: Twenty years ago, in the late period of the Emperor Wu Dynasty, the witch Gu incident occurred, the situation was unclear, and one wrong step could lead to ruin, but she strongly suggested that her husband follow someone.That was Huo Guang, who was still inconspicuous at that time.So Yang Chang started from the small officials around Huo Guang, and with his ascension to heaven, he gradually served as the general army Sima, the shogunate chief Shi, the big Si Nong and other officials, specializing in the national warehouse and persuading the farmers to teach agriculture.Because he was cautious in his words and deeds, and with the guidance of his wife at home, his career went smoothly.But a few years ago, when Mrs.
Yang took Yang Yun back to Sima's hometown in Longmen to worship, there was chaos in the court.At that time, the rice field envoy who belonged to Dasi Nong went to Yan and came back, and learned that General Zuo Shangguan Ji and King Yan wanted to launch a coup d'état, which was unfavorable to the general Huo Guang, and immediately reported to Yang Chang.It stands to reason that Yang Chang, as the general's confidant for many years, should immediately inform the general of this matter and let the entire Huo group deal with it.But Yang Chang didn't have his wife's help to get the idea, so he didn't dare to take responsibility, so instead of reporting it, he pretended to be sick and bedridden at home, and he didn't know about it.Thanks to the rice field messenger, he informed Huo Guang's other henchman Du Yannian about this matter, so that Huo could successfully survive the danger and serve Shangguan Ji, Yan Wang, Gai Zhu, Sang Hongyang and so on.Du Yannian was rewarded heavily, but Yang Chang almost lost his official position, and Huo Guangnian followed him for many years, and finally let Yang Chang go.And when Yang Yun learned about this after he came back with his mother, he was scared and funny.In Yang Yun's opinion, his father is no longer cowardly, but stupid, there are no eggs under the nest, the Yang family has followed the Huo family for more than ten years, if the general falls, can their family survive?"
He just killed Yan Cang in turn, and immediately took refuge in Shangguan Ji and Sang Hongyang, which is better than sitting with his head covered and watching success or failure!"
So Yang Yun looked down on his father very much, when Che Qianqiu was the prime minister, he was ridiculed by the Huns as a "vain man", but Che Cheng also decisively killed Tian Ren, and wrote a book of filial piety to avenge Prince Wei, and also took responsibility, the real "vain man" is Yang Chang!'
s mother was a well-known talented girl in Jingzhao back then, but she fell in love with such a person, which was something that Yang Yun couldn't understand as a son."
Why did my grandfather agree to this marriage back then?""
It can't be that my father told the story of my great-grandfather, Chiquan Marquis Yang Xi, who beheaded Xiang Ji and deceived my grandfather, right?"
Other people's children's enlightenment books are the Analects of Filial Piety, but Yang Yun is different, the books he read when he was young were Taishi Gongshu with hundreds of thousands of words.With such a son-in-law, it is no wonder that the battle of the grandfather Xiang Yu in this era is written in such detail.Probably stimulated by his father's character, Yang Yun likes to go against him in everything, Yang Chang is timid and afraid, Yang Yun is bold and good things, and likes to mix in everything.Yang Yun approached Yang Chang: "Are you going to help Ren Hong today?"
”Yang Chang immediately straightened his face: "I and the prime minister presided over the meeting, we should be impartial, how can we be biased because of the old friendship of the foreign family?"
”"When you go home, you dare to reply to your mother like this?"
Yang Yun said with a smile: "Mother said that my grandfather was kind to Ren An back then, and even helped the Ren family avoid being wiped out, and now his grandson has made great contributions in the Western Regions. ”"In this way, the friendship between the two families can be continued, and there is one more military merit marquis as a friend, and it will not hurt my family" Yang Chang did not answer, but smiled again: "The middle door has been opened, you can listen to it later, don't say anything!"
”The elderly prime minister Wang qí walked out of the middle gate, this Wang prime minister is also a local official, this is the filial piety of the embroidered messenger of the violent victory of the person, and then the right auxiliary captain, guarding the right to support the wind.Unlike Yang Chang, he made the right choice when the Yan Party rebelled a few years ago, and won the love of the general, so that he could be the prime minister, and according to the rules of the Han family, the person who was the prime minister was directly crowned marquis.But in fact, this prime minister, even his predecessor Che Qianqiu, is unable to make decisions on any major matters, but is just a tool for uploading and disseminating.The ministers and officials all bowed to him, and the prime minister also returned the courtesy, and everyone led by him and Yang Chang, the imperial historian, entered the middle gate one after another and left the sword outside, which was to prevent someone from drawing the sword in anger if there was a quarrel, it would be too ugly.The prime minister's house in the door is the house, with the main hall, the court, the back garden and the Cao officials' house, today's assembly, will be held in the main hall.After entering the spacious hall, everyone took their seats one after another under the arrangement of the prime minister.Yang Yun glanced around, but saw that the ministers headed by Prime Minister Wang Cheng and his father Yang Chang were sitting in the west, facing the east, Prime Minister Wang Cheng was old, and someone had to help wipe his saliva next to him, and the smile on Yang Chang's face did not change.The captains of the Northern Army, who were five big and three thick, sat in the north and faced the south, and their voices were a little loud, and they were only lowered after being said a few times by the ceremonial officer, but occasionally they still burst into laughter.Gao Guanguang and wide sleeves, subordinate to the Great Honglu Lang Lang and Doctor sit in the east and west, most of them are from virtuous and virtuous schools, they look solemn, as if this is not a meeting, but a war A few years ago, this group of people did their best to win the vicious battle called "Salt and Iron Discussion" for the general.Well, it was they who thought they had won, and on the other side was basically Sang Hongyang fighting a group of Confucians.The lowest rank under the hall is naturally Yang Yun and their attendants, Lang officials, and doctors from Weiyang Palace, because there are too many people, they can't sit in a row, and they line up in several rows, and they are re-lined in the position of the south wall by the door, and they rarely speak in the assembly when they sit in the north, and they basically watch the excitement.With the ringing of a bell, Hu Cao Lingshi, who wore the crown of virtuous people, walked to the center and read out the edict: "The messenger Ren Honghu Wusun envoy, relieve the siege of Luntai, behead the king of Qiuzi and the king of Yuli, and return to Chang'an."
His Majesty and General Sima went to the Prime Minister's Mansion to discuss this matter, and asked the minister, the doctor, the doctor, and the councilor, to consider the ancient and modern, and to understand their merits, and then to add the land.Today, you can speak freely!
”Yang Yun knew that the emperor, even if he was in power, would not personally participate in the assembly.Of course, Emperor Xiaowu was an exception, not only did he like to participate in the meetings in person, but he also often blatantly defended his favorite side.In fact, it is only necessary to let the prime minister and the imperial historian lead the results in writing to the great confessor, and the great confessor will play, if the emperor approves, he will give instructions to "make it possible", if he does not agree, he will call back the recital and reconsider.And the courtiers found that their proposal made the emperor unhappy, and when they saw the wind and steered, they could just accept their wishes.Of course, there are also iron-headed babies who insist on their own opinions and fight to the end.Now that the emperor is just a puppet, the final decision-making power is in the hands of the general Huo Guang.So it seems that the assembly is not necessary?
Otherwise, every meeting is a good opportunity to see clearly the views and tendencies of the ministers.In the absence of the emperor and the generals, they dared to speak their minds freely, and their positions and tendencies were clear at a glance.Yang Yun sat in the back row, scanning the east, west, north and south of the hall, with an interesting smile on the corner of his mouth."
Then who will approve and who will oppose Ren Hong's marquis today?"
PS: The second chapter is in the evening.The book of the Continuation of the Han Dynasty quoted Cai Yongji: "On March 9, the Hundred Officials will be in the Mansion.His Royal Highness is to the east, the captain is to the south, the waiter, the Lang general, the doctor, the thousand stones, and the six hundred stones are to the north, and the Lang and the doctor are to the west.Hu Cao ordered Shi to sit in the middle and read the edict, and the public discussed.Cai Yongqian sat in the northwest of the country, close to the minister, and it was difficult to ask right and wrong with light and Huang. ”