The clan officially decided to make Gao Wei their emperor.
Gao Jun was the prime minister on the left, and Gao Rui was the prime minister on the right.
Duan Shao was in charge of Jinyang as Grand Sima, Lou Rui was promoted to General and was in Yecheng, Gao Xiaoyu was promoted to the Qing capital Yin, Hu Luguang was promoted to be the governor of Bingzhou, and the clans respectively served as the generals of the central army and the surrounding governorships.
The nobles have not been left behind, almost all have been promoted and given the opportunity to take charge of one side.
Liu Taozi did not see the angel who read the edict, but he also became one of the beneficiaries and officially became the Duke of the County, the General of Wei, the Governor of the Six States, and the Governor of Hengshuo.
It was said to be a support meeting, but in fact, it was more like a spoils-sharing meeting.
Gao Zhan took office and promoted a group of officials. Now, Gao Wei is about to take office, and the officials have another chance to be promoted.
During the discussion, every time Gao Jun spoke, someone took the initiative to look at Liu Taozi. Liu Taozi kept a straight face and said nothing, and many people did not dare to say anything.
His silence is indeed more effective than his words.
In the eyes of the important ministers, he was probably just like Dugu Yongye and others, they were all fierce generals who did not know etiquette and were brutal and brutal. They could be coaxed if they could, and they should not be allowed to participate in anything.
Gao Changgong came to Liu Taozi's side and looked at the happy faces of the ministers, but he was worried.
"broken."
"The prime minister should be in charge of the affairs of the world, with the rest of the people assisting him."
"But now it has become the case that the two kings are jointly assisting the government, and the nobles are once again united. If two people cannot take charge of one thing, how can this situation last long?"
The development of the situation was completely different from what Gao Changgong thought. Even though he reminded Gao Jun several times, nothing could be changed.
Liu Taozi, however, looked calm.
"The worries of Daqi cannot be solved by replacing just one person."
"Even if King Pengcheng is in power alone, it will be of no use. His orders will not reach anywhere, and may not even leave the Chancellor's desk."
"The current situation can be regarded as barely surviving."
Gao Changgong clenched his fists, not knowing what to say. How could he barely maintain it?
When he saw Liu Taozi getting up and walking out, he couldn't help but follow him again. The meeting was finally over, and all that was left were the false congratulations and wooing.
"I know. We have to find a way."
Gao Changgong quickly followed Liu Taozi, "We can't just survive, we have to find ways to solve the disaster."
"The king of Pengcheng is wise, the king of Zhaojun is not a villain, and the great Sima is even more heroic. These people in the current court have bad personal ethics, but they are also people who care about the country!"
"Now that there are no villains like He Shikai to cause trouble, we should work together to solve the domestic crisis step by step and make Daqi strong again!"
"We shouldn't just let it go with the mentality that it won't be a problem for the time being."
Liu Taozi stopped suddenly, Gao Changgong stumbled and almost hit him.
Liu Taozi turned around and looked at Prince Lanling in front of her.
Gao Changgong lost his usual calmness, composure, and demeanor.
Perhaps in his opinion, after killing villains like He Shikai and ousting kings like Gao Zhan, as long as a few wise ministers work together and follow King Pengcheng, the world will become stronger from now on.
Liu Taozi was silent for a moment, then looked at the bustling palace in the distance, "Your Majesty. Even if King Pengcheng becomes the emperor, what will happen?"
"The rich families only care about annexing land, and the nobles only care about wealth and beauty."
"These are the people who are in power. Whoever takes over will be restrained by them."
"The King of Pengcheng can successfully ascend to power now only because he gave in. If he insists on putting himself first, deposing those greedy and evil people, thoroughly investigating the culprits of the defeat, and catching the thieves who corrupted the border defense, then he
Can I still continue to give orders here?"
"If your Majesty wants to save the country, don't be so naive and think that just changing a few people can solve all problems. When I was in Jinyang, many generals met with me in private and said they wanted to join me and become
My general."
"I told them that under my rule, those who withhold food and grass, take corruption and bribes, and kill people for fun will all be punished. I will never show mercy and let them think about it again."
"They immediately started making excuses to leave, and most of them left."
"In the end, there were a few people left who said they sincerely followed and were willing to abide by it."
"I don't know how many of these people are sincere. I promised them that they can come to me as generals, but I still have to see if they change in the future."
"I have this choice, but does King Pengcheng have it?"
Gao Changgong also looked at the noisy palace. At this moment, he was a little silent.
"If your Majesty is interested in saving Sheji, why not follow me to the frontier, where generals and talents are needed most."
Liu Taozi left here.
Gao Changgong stayed where he was and said nothing.
Liu Taozi walked down the steps, turned and walked in front of a soldier.
The soldier was stunned and said, "Greetings to Mr. Liu!"
"Where will your Lord be? Let him come to me quickly."
The soldier was quite shocked, but he turned around and left.
After a while, the soldier walked slowly up here. His face was red, his eyes were evasive, and he was a little frightened. He said tremblingly: "Mr. Liu, my general is guarding outside Zhu Hua's gate. He said he said
Let you go over there and see him."
Liu Taozi immediately asked the soldier to lead the way.
The soldier was very scared at the moment.
He lowered his head and walked on the road, not daring to say a word.
When they arrived at Zhu Hua's gate, they saw a group of soldiers surrounding a general. The general looked at Liu Taozi, pushed away the soldiers in front of him, and walked over quickly.
The soldiers who came with Liu Taozi stopped immediately and did not dare to go any further.
Liu Taozhi quickly walked to Liu Taozi.
His whole body was shaking with anger.
The two stood facing each other, and Liu Taozhi's voice was trembling.
"How fucking dare you ask me to visit you???"
"Come with me."
Liu Taozi spoke, and Liu Taozhi's anger suddenly relaxed.
"Where to go?"
"Wuchuan."
"You just need to stay at home with your mother and leave with me. No one will dare to leave you behind."
Liu Taozhi slowly took off the mask on his face, and looked at his son with complicated eyes.
He usually used the name Liu Gong to tease his son, but he didn't expect that this guy actually became Liu Gong.
The founding Duke's status was a head above him.
He was a little stunned and didn't know what to say.
"Right now, there is no emperor who needs your assistance anymore. The new emperor is less than ten years old. You don't have to do anything anymore. Just follow me."
"Can't leave."
Liu Taozhi said calmly.
"I am not reduced to the point where I have to rely on others and rely on you for my survival."
"Don't try to show off your strength."
Liu Taozhi grinned, "You want to take your mother away, right?"
"Now that you have occupied the border fortress and are preparing to rebel, you are reluctant to let your mother suffer with me here, and you are also afraid that I will be held hostage after you raise an army, and you will be accused of being unfilial."
"Not really."
Liu Taozi looked around and said calmly: "I went to both Jinyang and Yecheng."
“Really not a nice place”
"I was just chatting with the old general Hulujin. He said that a few years ago, Gao Yang went crazy and called him to the palace, stabbed him with a spear and wanted to kill him for fun. He survived by luck."
"It shouldn't be easy to follow a mad emperor, dare not say a wrong word or do a wrong thing, and still protect your family, right?"
"Grandpa, come with me."
Liu Taozhi trembled suddenly, put on his mask, and waved towards Liu Taozi.
"Go talk to your mother."
After he finished speaking, he turned and left.
He returned to the soldiers again and looked around. From time to time, sergeants came to report important events to him.
Liu Taozi looked at him for a long time and then left.
The soldiers looked at Liu Taozi who was leaving, and then looked at their general again.
"General Wei is indeed your son. He is really strong. He defeated Yang Zhong twice and is invincible."
Liu Taozhi ignored these people and said nothing.
Everyone stopped talking.
The cold wind blew, and Liu Taozhi stood outside Zhu Hua's door, his hand pressed on the hilt of his sword, motionless.
"Oh"
When Liu Taozi walked out of the palace gate, Zu Jue was already waiting here.
He hurriedly walked forward, and a soldier came leading a green lion. Zu Jue made a move to help Liu Taozi get on the horse, but before he could get close, Liu Taozi had already climbed onto the horse.
"You get on your horse too."
"only!!"
Zu Jue quickly got on the horse and followed Liu Taozi, "Lord, is it as I said?"
"It's almost the same."
Zu Jue shook his head disdainfully, "These idiots. Master, don't pay attention to them. We still have to focus on running the local area. Lou Rui must have agreed to the deal, right?"
"Um."
Zu Jue said aggrievedly: "I originally contacted the merchants just for these big deals, but Tian Zili and others despised me and actually framed me to harm the merchants and wanted to smuggle trade. It's really hateful."
Liu Taozi glanced at him and said nothing.
Zu Jue continued: "Yang Zhong will come over next year, and Yongfeng must be the Zhou people's first target!"
"Lord, we have to go all out. Next year, we will open the eyes of the people of Zhou! Let them know what it means to be invincible!"
"When you come to Yecheng this time, you have to take away enough things, otherwise it will be a waste of time."
"I have thought about it. The first thing is to negotiate a good deal, and then the talent!"
"There are many capable generals in the court, such as King Lanling, King Ande, Hulvxian, Baoxian and other good generals. We must take away a few of them, as well as those scribes, Lord, and many ministers who were close to you before.
They have all been exiled to the south, if you can get them to come back and serve you, that would be a great good thing!"
"You are most in need of local officials now. I think the Liyang Prefect is also a good talent and can come under our rule. There are also Lu Yao, Cui Jishu, Wang Xi, Xian'an and others. They are all very talented.
These people can’t be let go either!”
Zu Jue rubbed his hands, his eyes were greedy, and he looked like a profiteer.
The two prime ministers of the Northern Qi Dynasty, Yang Min and Zu Jue, could be said to be completely opposite in terms of their appearance, stature, character, and political ideas. Apart from the fact that they were both from wealthy families, they had almost nothing in common.
"Master, please come back to your home with me first."
"Mansion?"
"This is Liu Mansion, your home"
"I have found a few friends, and they are all waiting for you."
Zu Jue led the way and took Liu Taozi back to his 'home'. This was the second time Liu Taozi came to this home.
There was a soldier guarding the door. When he saw Liu Taozi arriving, his expression was very strange and he hurriedly bowed to see her.
Liu Taozi and Zu Jue's behavior felt a bit like they were seizing someone else's mansion, but since he was the general's son, there didn't seem to be any preemption. Anyway, it was very strange.
There were originally no servants in the mansion, but at this moment, there were many people running around. These were the servants brought by Zu Jue to enrich the mansion.
When Zu Jue took Liu Taozi to the inner room, he saw a group of people sitting here.
They have different expressions, and it can be seen that they are all 'wise men' from wealthy families.
Seeing Liu Taozi come in, several people slowly stood up.
The atmosphere was a little weird, Zu Jue hurriedly walked forward with a smile, "Lord, these are the friends I usually talk to you about!"
"This is the former right servant shooting Wei Gong, and Wei is closing in"
Wei Shou is not young, has a relatively reserved temperament, and looks like an ordinary little old man. He bowed to Liu Taozi with a smile, but his face was not very good-looking.
Wei Shou was so famous that he didn't need much explanation from Zu Jue.
He is known as the number one person in the literary world, he is talented, and he is very powerful in all aspects. Among the officials, he may not be the best in terms of talent, but he is one of the best in terms of reputation.
The little old man took the initiative to pray and see Liu Taozi, but he had no character at all.
Liu Taozi nodded in return.
Zu Jue said with a smile: "Wei Gong has now been dismissed from his official position. He was originally deceived by Gao Yuanhai, He Shikai and others, and mistakenly thought they were good people.
They were deceived and mistakenly thought they were good people. Then they were dismissed."
Liu Taozi's brows twitched.
Wei Shou's face turned red and he was speechless immediately.
He was also in bad luck. First, he bowed to Gao Yuanhai, He Shikai and others, causing his reputation to be damaged. Later, he sent someone to secretly contact Chen Ren to do business, and then he was beaten and dismissed. Finally, he was involved in Gao Guiyan's matter.
inside.
The most talented man in the world in the past is now infamous. Especially after He Shikai was killed, Gao Yuanhai was left out, and Gao Hong and others came to power, his situation became even more embarrassing.
"This is the former Taichang Shaoqing Yuan Yuxiu, Mr. Yuan."
Zu Jue introduced.
The man was dressed simply and saluted Liu Taozi, his brows looking a little lonely.
Zu Jue smiled and introduced: "My lord, I don't know. Mr. Yuan is called Qinglang. He has been at the Shangshutai for ten years. He is one of the rare people who does not accept bribes and is honest and frugal. He was originally ordered to inspect various government offices in Henan.
He is very outstanding, but this official position was recommended to His Majesty by me. Later, because of me, he was dismissed and almost killed."
Yuan Yuxiu glanced at Zu Jue and stopped talking.
This means he was tricked.
Zu Jue introduced several other people in succession, and as expected they were all Zu Jue's friends.
Some were deceived by Gao Guiyan, some were defrauded of money, and some were defrauded of farmland.
Anyway, none of them are very clean. Except for Yuan Yuxiu who was deceived by Zu Jue, the others have some problems.
Liu Taozi sat in the upper seat, and everyone sat around.
Among them was a scribe who frowned and was not very respectful when facing Liu Taozi. His name was Chen Shanzang.
Liu Taozi couldn't help but look at him a few more times, and then listened to the other scribes showing off their knowledge.
Zu Jue secretly sat next to Chen Shanzang and pushed him with his elbow, "Don't be rude to the general."
Chen Shanzang's face turned red, "I have no relationship with the general. It was you who sent someone to capture me because you were rude first!!"
"Your father and I are old friends, and I am here to help you. With your character, you will inevitably be harmed by others. Follow the general to the border fortress. That is a good place for you. You can be mediocre, but people are not bad, and there is nothing evil.
Okay, being an auxiliary officer in the frontier fortress is more than enough. If you don’t follow the lord now, it will be too late later. Listen to me, follow the general, go to the frontier fortress, and do your job well. It will only be good for you."
Chen Shanzang was very angry.
"You still dare to mention my father? Before my father passed away, he told us that he had an IOU and told us not to forget it. You refused to recognize the IOU, and finally asked us to report it to the official to solve the problem. In the end, you stole thousands of volumes of my father's books."
Zu Jue said with a smile: "What can you do with the collection of books left to you? You don't have that talent, and it would be a waste to hold it. Why not let me use it. Don't talk too much about the past. Among everyone here,
As far as your talents are concerned, I only asked you to come here for the sake of your father, so don't say anything more and just listen to me."
Liu Taozi was still doing the same thing. He talked seriously about the situation under his rule.
"You are all famous people. I don't want to be humiliated. However, everyone under my rule is honest. In Yecheng, if I was accidentally deceived, I was dismissed and beaten. But under my rule, such a thing will be punished.
Put to death."
Wei Shou's face was red and he was hesitating. He did not expect that his great reputation would end up being ruined.
The other people all said that they absolutely wanted to follow Liu Taozi wholeheartedly.
Everyone talked for a while, but the sky turned a little dark.
They didn't want to continue the discussion, so they just took it as acquaintance with Liu Taozi today. Everyone stood up and bowed and said goodbye one by one.
Zu Jue sent them to the door.
Soon, Zu Jue returned to Liu Taozi, "My lord, these people are not good people, but they are really talented. They are all people who cannot gain a foothold in Yecheng at the moment. If my lord can use them, they can
If we take them to the frontier, they will definitely be able to play a great role. If they feel unavailable, it doesn't matter, I can continue to look for my lord!"
Zu Jue said, secretly shaking his sleeves.
The next moment, Liu Taozi made a sudden move and grabbed Zu Jue's arm.
Zu Jue was stunned, and Liu Taozi calmly pulled Zu Jue over, took out a small wine cup from his sleeve with one hand, and then threw it in front of him.
Zu Jue was a little embarrassed, "How did this wine cup get into my sleeve?"
Liu Taozi held Zu Jue's hand and looked at the soldier beside him.
"There is a package on Qingshi's body, please get it for me."
Zu Jue was a little frightened, "Lord, it's not that I know I was wrong."
The soldier quickly brought the heavy package to Liu Taozi.
Liu Taozi picked up the package, put it on Zu Jue's hand, and released his grip on him.
Zu Jue slowly unwrapped the package, only to see the golden light inside.
"My grandfather is talented and has made many meritorious deeds."
"If you want money, I will give it to you. I will give you as much as I have."
"Just don't let this bad behavior ruin your talent."
Chapter completed!