When Murong Xue heard what Li Bing said, she immediately screamed in her heart: His Royal Highness is young and energetic, and he is eager to make achievements in the governance of the country. Therefore, it is easy for Xie Guanglao Jianhua and the others to talk about the topic of "making contributions". Bewitch.
Once Li Bing approves the memorial to the governor of Yuzhou, even the imperial capital may not be able to block it. After all, the emperor Li Chengwu had previously decreed that the East Palace should govern and supervise the country. Except for major military affairs, all other matters were basically left to the prince to decide.
Now it seems that the so-called strategy of pursuing the country with caution does not work well with Li Bing. Young people are bold and enterprising, and have a spirit of adventure in everything they do. Lao Jianhua also recognized this, and with a little encouragement, it was far easier for Li Bing to accept it than Murong Xue's "acting cautiously".
Seeing Li Bing gradually being led away by Xie Guanglao Jianhua, Murong Xue had no choice but to make a temporary decision and change her strategy. He knew in his heart that if he continued to babble in front of Li Bing, he would not only fail to convince the young prince, but would also cause him displeasure and completely exclude him from the discussion circle.
Therefore, Murong Xue's thoughts changed sharply and she took retreat as a way forward: "Your Highness, Lord Lao's analysis just now is a little far-fetched, but I can understand his original intention and painstaking efforts. If the gold medal can be successfully completed, The management of the main river channel is indeed a good thing for the court and the people that will benefit the present and the future. However, the river management project is of great importance after all. The memorial to the governor of Yuzhou only asked for imperial approval for this proposal. , but there are many omissions in the detailed river management strategy. For example, the progress of the project, the raising and allocation of funds, the deployment of labor and labor, etc., are beyond the overall planning of a local state government. Therefore, I believe that, Can we first order the Minister of Finance to arrange for the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Household Affairs to study an effective plan, and then submit it to His Highness for consideration and approval before all is approved?"
His suggestion was reasonable and reasonable. Even though Xie Guang and Lao Jianhua were worried that it would cause complications, they could not find any strong reasons to refute it for a while.
Seeing that everyone was speechless, Li Bing nodded and agreed: "That's very good. Then I will draft an edict to Shangshu Province and instruct them to plan a specific implementation strategy based on the suggestions of the Yuzhou governor. It will be completed within one month and submitted to the palace for review. If you have any good ideas, you can write them in and discuss them with the Imperial Capital."
When the ministers heard this, they quickly raised their hands and said, "I obey the decree."
Li Bing happily patted the desk and took a long breath: "Okay, let's stop the management of the main road of Jinhe. Next, let's talk about the Long Sword Legion."
As soon as the prince mentioned the matter of the Long Sword Army, everyone in Xie Guang's group couldn't help but feel secretly worried.
Previously, regarding the issue of Feng Yiwei, the commander of the Long Sword Army, the imperial capital's attitude was very clear and its intentions were also very clear.
The reason why the court reported the matter to Li Bing for decision was not only because it was necessary to follow the rules of governing the government and supervising the country and asking the prince to intervene in personnel matters, but also to test the current relationship between Li Bing and Xie Guang.
If the prince approves Feng Yiwei's promotion to lieutenant and hands over the military power of the Long Sword Legion, not only can Xie Guang's party members be successfully eliminated, but it can also be confirmed that Li Bing has not become a puppet of the powerful minister Xie Guang.
On the contrary, if the East Palace has been swayed by Xie Guang and directly rejected Feng Yiwei's new appointment, it will not matter much. At that time, Emperor Li Chengwu only needs to issue a special order to replace Feng Yiwei.
The official system of Shengtang can be said to be very strict. Usually, the appointment and dismissal of officials from the fifth rank and above are all proposed by the Ministry of Officials of the Shangshu Province, reviewed and approved by the Menxia Province and the Zhongshu Province, and finally submitted to the emperor for imperial approval before they can be implemented. The final approval power has always been firmly in the hands of the emperor.
Because now the Prince of the East Palace is ordered to supervise the country and carry out the emperor's orders on his behalf. Therefore, formally speaking, Li Bing needs to make the final decision on Feng Yiwei's appointment.
However, there is another relatively rare channel for the selection of court officials, which is an edict directly issued by the emperor. At certain special times, the Emperor of the Holy Tang Dynasty could also directly appoint officials without the recommendation and approval of the three provinces and six ministries, bypassing the court's personnel and administrative approval system. This method was the famous "Mo Chi" in history. Oblique seal".
However, for those officials who are deeply influenced by the ideas of the Holy Religion, they often prefer to take legitimate channels to gain recognition from the court and colleagues in order to maintain their official reputation and reputation. On the contrary, they are not willing to accept it. Direct appointment by the emperor "Mo Chi Xie Feng".
The so-called "Zhengfeng Qingzheng, Xianfeng flattery".
But regardless of whether it is a formal seal or an oblique seal, it is not difficult to see that even if Li Bing disagrees with the appointment document requested by the Ministry of Personnel, Feng Yiwei's fate has already been decided.
In response to this thorny problem, Xie Guang and Lao Jianhua finally came up with a solution after repeated discussions: Donggong stayed in the middle and did not send anything.
So what is "staying in but not sending out"? To put it simply, the emperor kept the ministers' memorials in the palace, without discussing or criticizing them.
If the prince can temporarily stabilize Feng Yiwei's matter and express neither agreement nor objection, then the emperor Li Chengwu may not be able to use the edict easily out of concern for the court's dignity. In this way, the military power of the Long Sword Legion can be preserved.
The key question is, will Prince Li Bing adopt the method of "staying in China but not sending out" as they wish?
According to Lao Jianhua's observation, it is difficult.
The young Crown Prince may seem gentle and gentle on the surface, but in fact, he has a very annoying stubbornness in his heart. Sometimes, once he gets into trouble, his stubbornness will become very aggressive and tough.
Not just any prince had the courage to follow Xie Guang in the last "imperial capital mutiny", nor did just any prince have the courage to point at Murong Xue and shout "give way".
Later, when he came to Luoyi, the eastern capital, Li Bing had a quarrel with Xie Guang for a while because of the supervision of the country and his political affairs. Even though he was surrounded by people from the Taifu Palace, he was very rude to Xie Guang.
This fully reflects that the prince is a very independent and even stubborn person.
For a person like this, it may not be easy to get him to do exactly what you want, especially to remain silent about a major decision.
Moreover, at this time, Li Bing was accompanied by Murong Xue, who came from the imperial capital. How could it be possible for Xie Guang and the others to easily take advantage of this loophole?
In view of this, how to control Li Bing skillfully and without leaving any trace will test the level of resourcefulness.
If something was not said well enough, Li Bing would most likely directly approve Feng Yiwei's promotion with Murong Xue's full encouragement, and then everything would be over; but if something was said too well, once Li Bing was right Bing got excited and might have vetoed the official's memorial on the spot, which would then trigger the emperor to use the "inclined seal", and then all would be over.
It is really difficult for Xie Guang and Lao Jianhua to control the fatal lawsuit of "promoting Feng Yiwei" to the most delicate level.
After much thought, Lao Jianhua figured out a trick: He suggested that the two of them sing a double act.
The so-called double act is to have Xie Guang pretend to agree with Feng Yiwei's promotion and hand over his military power; while Lao Jianhua himself expressed firm opposition and argued with reason. The two of them had a big argument in front of the prince and the ministers. Xie Guang tried his best to make his words ambiguous and full of flaws to interfere with Murong Xue's suggestions from the side; Lao Jianhua only said half of what he said, which seemed incomplete and specious.
As long as they can grasp the rhythm well, Li Bing will probably feel in a dilemma and be unable to make an immediate decision.
Taking advantage of this moment, Xie Guang saw the opportunity again and suggested to the prince: Since everyone's opinions are reasonable, it is better to leave the matter aside for the time being and wait for His Highness to consider it properly before making a decision.
In this way, the Long Sword Legion can be protected temporarily.
According to this strategy, when Li Bing finally mentioned Feng Yiwei, Xie Lao and Xie Lao immediately winked at each other and started the pre-planned drama.
In the main hall, two guys who originally wanted to breathe out from the same nostril suddenly became different. They talked to each other and started a heated debate on the issue of the commander of the Long Sword Legion. The more they talked, the more excited they became. The more noisy, the more excited.
Such a weird situation not only confused Li Bing, but also Murong Xue could not help but be stunned.
This Xie Guang... I'm afraid he took the wrong medicine today, right?
On the way to the palace for discussion, Murong Xue had already prepared a bunch of rhetoric and planned to start a verbal war with Xie Guang and the others over Feng Yiwei's departure from the Long Sword Army.
But he never expected that Xie Guang, uncharacteristically, actively advocated for Feng Yiwei's promotion. Before Murong Xue could speak, Taifu Xie had a heated argument with Lao Jianhua.
In this way, Murong Xue felt like a hero with no place to play.
Of course, Murong Xue was not a naive novice. He knew in his heart that Xie Guanglao Jianhua and his ilk would never give up the military power of the Long Sword Army easily, so naturally there was no reason to support the idea of an imperial capital. Even if Xie Guang was forced by the situation and had no choice but to finally accept the reality that the imperial court would take back military power, he would not be like now, quarreling with his staff in front of outsiders in a hurry.
So, the two of them must be playing a trick.
Murong Xue secretly put her guard up, watching with a cold eye while thinking about the plan behind the other party, and chose to stay put for the time being.
Unlike Murong Xue, Prince Li Bing did not focus entirely on guessing the intentions of Xie Lao and the others. Although Taifu's attitude was indeed a bit unexpected and even very weird, Li Bing was more concerned about the debate itself - whether Feng Yiwei should be promoted.
When Lao Jianhua met Li Bing for the first time, he once said that the stability of imperial power must be guaranteed by military power.
Of course, Li Bing strongly agrees with this statement. However, the young prince also knew very well that the Long Sword Legion might not be loyal to him.
As a general in charge of the army, Xie Guang had the courage to fight against the emperor and the court because of three conditions: the prince, the holy covenant and the army in his hands.
And those armies include Feng Yiwei and his long sword army.
If the Crown Prince and the Tutor now have a cooperative relationship of interest, then Xie Guang's bargaining chip for cooperation is both a help and a threat to Li Bing.
From this point of view, Li Bing had to consider his own plans.
While Xie Guang and Lao Jianhua were arguing, the prince, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly asked lightly: "If Commander Feng goes to Beijing to take up a post, who can take over the position of the Long Sword Legion?"
This question was asked carelessly, which immediately made all the ministers, including Xie Guang and Lao Jianhua, feel slightly stunned. Murong Xue responded quickly from the side: "Your Highness, the candidate drafted by the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of War is the commander of the Imperial Army. General Wang Huan. The new commander of the Forbidden Army has been appointed separately."
"Wang Huan, Wang Huan," the prince muttered twice, and said leisurely: "Feng Yiwei has outstanding achievements and hard work. It is time for him to return to the imperial capital and enjoy peace and happiness. However, I feel that Wang Huan who succeeded him is not too good. suitable……"
Murong Xue was also a little surprised: "According to Your Highness's wishes, which general should take over the sword?"
Li Bing showed a sly smile: "Well, I really haven't thought about this carefully... Taifu Xie is a leader in the Shengtang military, and no one is more familiar with military affairs than him. Since Taifu also thinks that Feng Yiwei can be promoted and transferred, It must be reasonable, so I agree with this proposal."
Hearing what the prince suddenly said, Xie Guang and Lao Jianhua turned green on the spot, and were about to defend themselves when they heard Li Bing continue: "However, the Long Sword Army guards the western border and guards against the Turks, and has a heavy responsibility on their shoulders, so , the candidate to succeed Feng Yiwei should not be appointed hastily. Although Wang Huan has good qualifications, he is responsible for the safety of the emperor, and in my opinion, he is not the best candidate. Murong, you draft an edict for me and order the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of War to re-draw the list. , list a few more candidates, and I will select them at my discretion. Only by deciding on the new leader of the Long Sword Army as soon as possible can Feng Yiwei return to the capital."
