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Chapter 174: The Powerless Emperor

In the Taiyuan Hall of the Canglong City Imperial Palace, the Taiwei of the six divisions of the Great Jin court heard that Empress Dowager Zhou was about to promote Liu Ji to a guerrilla general, and he couldn't help but make a look of his eyes.

To be honest, the promotion to a small guerrilla general would not take it seriously to the six powerful generals of the court and the country at all. However, the six special forces were very interested in Liu Ji who suddenly appeared, and they all had the desire to win over them.

After all, he was able to defeat the 30,000 cavalry of the Wuheng clan and the 90,000 cavalry of the Loufan clan in succession, and also destroyed the Cangxiong tribe, one of the five major tribes of the Loufan clan. There is no doubt that Liu Ji, a general, can lead troops. Moreover, according to the information, Liu Ji also created more than 100,000 troops. No matter which Taiwei could win Liu Ji over to his own command, it would be a great help.

Therefore, the six Taiweis were not prepared to reward Liu Ji too generously. This time the reward was in the name of the court, and there was no contribution from the six Taiweis. It was not the turn of the six Taiweis to thank Liu Ji.

Zheng Kai, the Grand Marshal of the Ministry of Revenue, said that he had promoted Liu Ji to a guerrilla general and rewarded him with a hundred taels of gold. Compared with the contributions he had obtained by Liu Ji, the reward was already very, very low.

However, Yang Zhong, the Grand Marshal of the Ministry of Personnel, believed that these rewards were still a lot, and directly removed the promotion of the guerrilla general, leaving only a hundred taels of gold. Even Empress Dowager Zhou, who usually obeyed the six Grand Marshals, couldn't help but feel that the reward of only one hundred taels of gold was a bit unreasonable, and added the promotion of Liu Ji to the guerrilla general.

The Grand Marshal Dou Yan nodded slightly and said, "The Empress Dowager is more thorough in thinking. I think it's just as the Empress Dowager said!"

Yang Zhong, the Grand Marshal of the Ministry of Personnel, Wang Zhihuan, the Grand Marshal of the Ministry of Rites, Zhao Boran, the Grand Marshal of the Ministry of Punishment, Sun Mingtao, and Zheng Kai, the Grand Marshal of the Ministry of Revenue, also expressed their agreement with the suggestions of Empress Dowager Zhou after Dou Yan made a statement.

Among the six Taiweis in the Great Jin court, Dou Yan, the Taiwei of the Ministry of War, can be said to be the leader. Since Dou Yan made his statement, the other five Taiweis did not continue to worry about such a little reward.

After resigning from the court, Liu Heng, the current emperor of the Great Jin Dynasty, followed Empress Dowager Zhou to return to the Ci'en Palace where Empress Dowager Zhou lived. As soon as Liu Heng entered the Ci'en Palace, he ordered the eunuchs and palace maids to withdraw first, and then carefully checked the house and confirmed that there were no other people. He said to Empress Dowager Zhou in a frustrated manner: "Mother, these people are getting more and more excessive. The general named Liu Ji made such a great contribution this time. It can be said that the greatest victory of our Great Jin against the Hu people in the Grassland in decades, and he got such a little reward. How do we think of the soldiers of the border army treat the court! How do we treat me, the emperor!"

Empress Dowager Zhou smiled bitterly and said, "Your Majesty, you must be patient. Now almost all the military power in the entire capital is in the hands of the six Grand Marshals, and these six Grand Marshals are ministers appointed by the late emperor. Although you are the emperor, they have the right and strength to directly abolish you, the emperor, and then establish other people ascend the throne to the emperor."

"Mother, how long do I have to endure these treacherous ministers? If we let these treacherous ministers continue to do this, our entire Jin Dynasty will have to make the generals unrest!"

"Oh--Your Majesty, you have to endure for another three years. When the emperor takes power at the age of 18, he will find a way to slowly gather military power. As long as he has mastered the military power, the emperor will have a day to control the court. If there is no military power, the emperor can only continue to endure it."

Liu Heng smiled helplessly, "Mother, according to the current situation, even if I take power, I will not take back the military power. Those six Grand Marshals will not hand over the military power of the 800,000 imperial guards in the capital."

"Alas--Ai family can't help the emperor with military power. When your father ascended the throne, the military power of the 800,000 imperial guards in the capital had already fallen into the hands of those powerful ministers. During your ten years in power, your father tried his best to recover the military power of the 800,000 imperial guards in the capital, but unfortunately he has not succeeded. In the end... Emperor, you must keep calm!" As he said that, Empress Dowager Zhou couldn't help but feel sad, and tears were already gushing out of his eyes.

Liu Heng quickly comforted Empress Dowager Zhou and said, "Mother, don't worry, I will not act recklessly, and those traitors will not catch any handles of me."

While Liu Heng comforted Empress Dowager Zhou, a chill came out of his eyes. Liu Heng's father Liu Bian was just in his early thirties when he died. Liu Bian was always in good health and even had good martial arts skills. However, he suddenly became an emergency and died of a very strange death.

What is even more suspicious is that shortly after Liu Bian died, the several imperial physicians who diagnosed the cause of Liu Bian's death disappeared. Liu Heng always suspected that his father was assassinated, and that the people who assassinated his father were 100% unrelated to the six Grand Marshals.

Liu Heng accompanied Queen Mother Zhou for a while and then returned to his bedroom, Yangxin Palace.

Then, Liu Heng sent someone to summon Zhou Qingyao, the Minister of Rites who taught him to study, to the palace in the study of Yangxin Palace.

Among the six divisions of the Great Jin court, the Taiwei was the highest official in each division, the Taiwei was the Shangshu below, and the Shangshu below was the Minister of State, which means that the Minister was the third in charge of each division, the Taiwei was the top leader, and the Shangshu was the second in charge.

Zhou Qingyao, the Minister of Rites, came to the study of Yangxin Palace, bent down and bowed to Liu Heng and said, "My minister Zhou Qingyao has seen the emperor, long live the emperor!"

The monarch and ministers of the Great Jin Dynasty did not perform the ritual of kneeling and bowing, but the ritual of bowing. However, when the common people of the Great Jin Dynasty met officials, although there was no forced regulation, they basically performed the ritual of kneeling and bowing.

"Uncle, you are here, alas--you have seen it when you go to court today. The six Grand Marshals are getting more and more excessive. Where is the Great Jin in their eyes? Where is the emperor of me?"

It turned out that Zhou Qingyao, the Minister of Rites, was the younger brother of Empress Dowager Zhou, so Zhou Qingyao was not only the imperial teacher, but also the uncle of Emperor Liu Heng.

When Zhou Qingyao heard Liu Heng's words, his face suddenly changed. He quickly turned his head to check if there were anyone else in the study.

"Uncle, don't worry, I have already sent off the eunuchs and palace maids, there is no one else here."

"Your Majesty, the situation is getting more and more dangerous now. Be careful of the walls! If we take a wrong step, then what awaits us is the abyss!"

"Uncle, don't worry, I have already arranged it, no one can eavesdrop on us."

"Oh, the arrogance of the six Grand Marshals has been in the past one day or two. As early as the late emperor was in power, the six of them had controlled the government with their military power. Over the years, they have done too much too much, and the emperor has not experienced it. I advise the emperor to continue to endure it!"

"But uncle, when will I endure it? These traitors and traitors control the military power of the 800,000 imperial guards in the capital. Even if I take power, it is rare that they can hand over the military power?"
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