Zhuge's resignation as prime minister caused a stir for a while, but in the end, it was settled due to the joint opposition of all forces.
This time Zhuge Liang really misjudged the political situation in the DPRK. The current Han Dynasty court has successively taken over the lands of Heluo and Hebei in the past five years, and these two places are famous for their aristocratic families. A gathering place for wealthy people.
The Heluo aristocratic family and the Hebei aristocratic family currently do not have a deep foundation within the Han Dynasty. Although the Yizhou, Yongliang, and Jingzhou aristocratic families are vested interest groups, their talent reserves are obviously not as good as those of the Heluo and Hebei aristocratic families who have a deeper foundation. .
Both sides have concerns, and if Zhuge Liang resigns as prime minister, they will have to face each other directly.
If it were in the peaceful and prosperous times, the aristocratic families on both sides would not mind having a fight. After all, each has its own advantages. But the problem is that now can only be regarded as the initial period of Ji Han's dynasty. Many shortcomings have not been solved, and the royal family However, if the big families who firmly control the military power fight among themselves at this time, the one who will gain the advantage in the end may still be Liu Chan as the emperor.
Therefore, from the perspective of aristocratic families, they hope that Zhuge Liang can stay and continue to serve as prime minister and reconcile the interest factions within the court. Moreover, only Zhuge Liang, and no one else, can do this to reconcile the various factions inside and outside the court. Take it heartily.
This was a consideration from the perspective of a wealthy family, and from the perspective of Emperor Liu Chan, he wanted Zhuge Liang to resign as prime minister more than anyone else.
For nearly twenty years, Liu Chan has been firmly on the throne with the assistance of Zhuge Liang. To be honest, Liu Chan is indeed a bit too hopeless. He has been in charge of the government for twenty years, but he still cannot completely control the government.
If it were an emperor with some pursuit, he would not be in this situation now.
But, Liu Chan also has an advantage, that is, Liu Chan really trusts Zhuge Liang wholeheartedly, giving power to power when he wants, and giving money to money when he wants. Seriously, would you try replacing Liu Chan with Emperor Xiaowu? !
No matter whether Zhuge Liang is loyal or not, Emperor Xiaowu can kill anyone who dares to take power! ! !
In a word, Liu Chan really couldn't understand that Zhuge Liang wanted to resign as prime minister. He couldn't think of all the things that were there and not at the first time. He only had one thought - the prime minister was leaving, what should I do? !
No, we must not let Xiangfu leave, otherwise this country will be finished! ! !
This is the truest portrayal of Liu Chan's heart. Therefore, for the first time, Liu Chan made a decision against Zhuge Liang - rejecting Zhuge Liang's resignation.
And Liu Chan rejected it so happily, with almost no hesitation. Zhuge Liang knew that Liu Chan didn't understand the real intention of his resignation.
Therefore, the next six months were not only the time for Zhuge Liang to take the opportunity to clarify the political forces within the court, but also the time for Zhuge Liang to do ideological work for Liu Chan and explain clearly why he resigned and why he would not reinstate the prime minister.
Actually, Zhuge Liang is still very satisfied with Liu Chan's performance over the years.
Since the Third Northern Expedition of the Han Dynasty, Zhuge Liang has actually consciously handed over his rights to Liu Chan. Even before and after the Third Northern Expedition, Zhuge Liang never returned to the capital to take charge after he led his troops to leave Chengdu. This in itself is Giving Liu Chan a chance to exercise.
Liu Chan was in Chengdu to stabilize the rear, while Zhuge Liang was in Chang'an to coordinate the Northern Expedition.
After Liu Chan moved the capital to Chang'an, Zhuge Liang also managed politics in Luoyang. After stabilizing Heluo and reaching the Sixth Expedition, Zhuge Liang even went to Yecheng, thousands of miles away from Chang'an, to work.
In fact, Zhuge Liang began to reduce his presence in the court very early and cooperated with Liu Chan to control the power in his hands.
In recent years, Liu Chan has actually been really good.
Although the people actually responsible for operating the various logistical grain and grass reserves for the Northern Expedition were Li Yan, Jiang Wan, Fei Yi, Chen Zhi and others, they sat in the capital to stabilize people's hearts, make decisions, and provide timely supplies to the Northern Expedition army. These are also Liu Chan's contributions.
The fact that the Northern Expedition went so smoothly was directly related to Liu Chan never holding back.
Therefore, in Zhuge Liang's view, today's emperor Liu Chan is no longer the young emperor who didn't even know what to do in court when he just ascended the throne. He has done a good job in these years and has gained enough power, at least in the With the assistance of Fei Yi, Li Yan, Jiang Wan and others, there will be no problem in balancing the government.
Liu Chan's biggest problem now may be his lack of self-confidence. He has always had himself in front to protect him from wind and rain. Suddenly, the emperor may not be used to it without him standing in front.
But these are also things that the emperor needs to face. After all, Zhuge Liang is now in his early sixties. Even Zhuge Liang himself doesn't know how long he can live. Sooner or later, such a day will come.
Therefore, Zhuge Liang felt that it would not be a bad thing to arrange these things in advance while he still had the energy to let the emperor get used to it early. If something went wrong, Zhuge Liang could still help tie it up.
These are Zhuge Liang's good intentions. However, Liu Chan does not accept them.
There is no way, Zhuge Liang thinks Liu Chan is good, but Liu Chan feels that he is really not good.
Although today's Han Dynasty seems to be prosperous, as the territory becomes larger and larger, the various interest relationships within the imperial court become more and more complicated.
The prime minister said that as long as we firmly grasp the military power, many things will become easy. But Liu Chan also knows how difficult those wealthy families and their courtiers and representatives are.
Especially now that the Central Plains and Hebei regions have been recovered, several of the aristocratic families in these areas are economical. If Liu Chan is left to make decisions on his own, Liu Chan really has no confidence that he can balance the forces of all parties well.
It's easy to be an emperor, but it's easy to be a weak king due to technical skills, but it's also quite difficult to be a conservative king.
With great difficulty, the great Han Dynasty finally achieved the Three Rejuvenations with the efforts of the late emperor, prime minister, and ministers. He couldn't die in the hands of Liu Chan, right? !
This is just a matter of balancing government affairs. When it comes to government affairs, in Liu Chan's opinion, there are still a lot of troubles and he doesn't know what to do.
Although the Han Dynasty now relies on its military power to forcibly implement the fish scale atlas system, this system only temporarily slows down the pace of land annexation by aristocratic families, but does not completely suppress land annexation.
How to reform these things must not only win over the aristocratic families and not fall out with them, but also restrain the aristocratic families and prevent them from becoming powerful. Liu Chan has no clue about it.
In addition to this biggest problem, there are also issues such as how to quickly restore people's livelihood so that people can live and work in peace and contentment while also increasing state treasury revenue, the rise and abolition of various national taxes, and how to increase talent selection channels to prevent children from poor families from losing their room for advancement. Leading to instability at the bottom and other things, some Liu Chan have ideas, but they don't know if they are right, and some Liu Chan don't know how to start at all.
Under such circumstances, how could Liu Chan allow Zhuge Liang to resign as prime minister and go back to Wollongong, Nanyang, to live his retirement life.
So, Liu Chan used all kinds of tricks.
He told Zhuge Liang the facts and reasoned, and in the end he acted like a rogue. He was almost forty years old and still pulled the corner of the Prime Minister's clothes to act coquettishly. Really, no one saw that scene. Otherwise, Zhuge Liang and Liu Chan would all Have a murderous intention.
In the end, Zhuge Liang relented and quietly withdrew his resignation, and the matter of continuing to serve as prime minister was finally settled.
In order to divert the attention of the courtiers and to better balance the internal conflicts of interests in the Han court, the minister ordered Li Yan to ask the emperor to send troops to attack Wu.
Li Yan also had good intentions.
On the one hand, Li Yan didn't want people to dwell on the incident of Zhuge Liang's resignation, so he shouldn't go back and get involved in the matter of writing a letter to Zhuge Liang and persuading Zhuge Liang to add "Nine Tins". Zhuge Liang has With prestige, great achievements, and the emperor's trust, he must be fine, but Li Yan is probably really doomed.
On the other hand, the courtiers in Chang'an, after experiencing the turmoil of Zhuge Liang's resignation as prime minister, all realized a problem-the post-Zhuge Liang era may be the best opportunity for everyone to gain power in the court.
Therefore, the major interest groups within the Han Dynasty must take advantage of Zhuge Liang's still existence and someone to mediate, and seize the rights of various ministries of the court as soon as possible. Therefore, an internal infighting was triggered.
Especially for the Central Plains family and the Hebei family, they entered the Han court too late. The senior officials of the court were either from Jingzhou or Yizhou. This was obviously very detrimental to the Central Plains family and the Hebei family.
It was not easy for the Central Plains family to produce Chen Tai, who was now removed from his central position by Zhuge Liang and sent to replace Deng Ai as the governor of Jizhou. The only person with the highest official position in the court from the Hebei family was Wang Chang, who was the governor of Bingzhou. .
Although, as the governor of a state, they can be regarded as high-ranking officials, but neither of them is in the center. If they are not in the center, they will not have much influence on the court's decision-making power. They cannot compete with Jingzhou, which controls three provinces and six ministries. State groups are on par.
As for Jingzhou, Yizhou, and even the Yongliang Group, although they now have the power of the imperial court, this is only a temporary talent reserve for victory. There is no way they can defeat the Central Plains and Hebei, which have hundreds of years of foundation. From an aristocratic family.
Therefore, the Jingzhou and Yizhou aristocratic families need to take advantage of the fact that they now occupy the central power to obtain enough benefits as much as possible to extend their ruling time, while the Zhongyuan and Hebei aristocratic families need an opportunity to gain access to the central center. .
And how can the overt and covert struggles between each other be as simple and direct as military merit? !
Therefore, when Li Yan noticed the internal conflict of interests, he decisively asked Shangshu to recruit Wu.
As soon as Li Yan's memorial was published, it was immediately unanimously recognized by the Han Dynasty.
(End of chapter)
