I'm really not King Jing of Zhongshan

Chapter 57 The minister!Begging for bones!
"minister!"

"Beg for bones!!!"

Returning to the Xuanshi Hall of Weiyang Palace again, and bluntly beckoning the emperor Liu Qiping to retreat from others, Shen Tujia said something decisively and handed over the begging form.

——This is the last decency that Shentujia left for herself;
It is also for myself and Liu Qi, the last trace of the friendship between the monarch and his ministers...

Unexpectedly, when Liu Qi heard the words, he looked at Shentu Jia with a complex expression for a long time, then slowly walked down the imperial steps, and gently lifted Shentu Jia who was kneeling on the ground;

He led Shentu Jia to the side of the hall to sit down, and then Liu Qi sat down in front of Shentu Jia with a serious expression.

"What does the prime minister mean by saying this?"

"Could it be that what happened last night made the Prime Minister still unable to dispel his anger and still feel dissatisfied with me?"

Hearing this, Shentu Jia shook his head without hesitation, and a sense of relief immediately appeared on his face.

"I once heard people say: If you get along well with your friends, you should communicate more; if you don't get along well, you should communicate less."

"Because there is less communication, there will be fewer disputes;"

"Combined with missing each other, it will overshadow the disputes that once occurred, and the friendship can be deepened again."

Said full of sentimentality, Shen Tujia couldn't help but shook his head with a smile, and looked at Liu Qi with a sense of relief.

"I dare to compare the friendship between you and your majesty to the friendship between friends;"

"In my opinion, the relationship between me and His Majesty may have reached the point of 'less contact, more miss'..."

After saying that, Shentujia shook his head and sighed again, then lowered his head, and took out a blood-stained beige handkerchief from his bosom;
When the handkerchief was handed to Liu Qi, Shentujia grinned miserably, revealing a gap that should have been occupied by teeth.

"—Chen, getting old..."

"I'm too old to bite the flesh and can't speak clearly..."

"Your Majesty is so talented, I only regret that I was not born at the right time, and was not born a few years later;"

"I only hate that I can't be Your Majesty, Emperor Taizong Xiaowen, and take care of the ancestral temple and the country for a few more years;"

"But now, Chen is over 70 years old."

"If I don't go back to my hometown, old minister, I'm afraid I won't be able to see my hometown again..."

Saying this in a tone full of sincerity, Shentu Jia finally bowed to Liu Qi again, and handed the begging watch to him again;

However, Shen Tujia's actions made Liu Qi quite unexpected, and for a while, he was a little at a loss...
What happened to the outer wall of the Taimiao?

——Under the whole world, only Liu Qi and Chao Cuo know about it!
To be precise, only these two living people know.

But Liu Qi was very sure: he never thought of kicking Shen Tujia from the position of prime minister by any means!

At first, Liu Qi wanted to persuade;
Persuade Shentu Jia to change his mind and support himself in cutting down the vassal.

Later, after discovering that Shen Tujia would not be swayed at all, Liu Qi only thought of 'coercion'.

But even if it was coercion, what Liu Qi wanted was to make Shentujia shut up, to keep silent on the matter of "Strategy to Cut Fans", and to stop fighting against himself.

But at this moment, when Shen Tujia came to him in person, and Hao Hao said the sound of "begging for bones", Liu Qi, who was supposed to be happy, frowned involuntarily... ··
"It is indeed what I should do when Xu Gongqing becomes an official and resigns from his old age to return to his hometown;"

"But let the prime minister retire in his later years, except for the Marquis of Beiping, there is no precedent."

"The prime minister wants to sue, I'm afraid I can't agree."

Said in a deep voice, Liu Qi looked hesitant, but his eyes were quietly fixed on Shentu Jia's face, as if he didn't want to miss any subtle expression changes on Shentu Jia's face.

Shen Tujia didn't notice Liu Qi's gaze, but sighed leisurely, then raised her head with a smile.

"Since Emperor Taizu Gao, the Han family has had the practice of first serving as the Jiuqing, then leveling the internal history, then serving as the censor doctor, and finally worshiping the prime minister;"

"After the minister retires, His Majesty should naturally worship the imperial censor—Marquis Tao Qing of Kaifeng as the prime minister."

"As for Chao Cuo, since His Majesty has appointed him as an internal historian, it must be His Majesty's intention to make Chao Cuo the prime minister in the future;"

"This time, Tao Qing became the prime minister, so Chao Cuo can fill in the vacancy of the censor doctor, implement the "Plan to Cut Fans" more smoothly, and prepare for the promotion from the censor doctor to the prime minister in the future."

Saying this without hesitation, Shen Tujia thought for a while, and finally added: "If your majesty is not satisfied with Tao Qing and wants someone else to be the prime minister, you can also tell the minister directly."

"——My Han family has always had the tradition of the previous prime minister appointing the next prime minister;"

"If the person His Majesty prefers is capable enough to take on the responsibilities of the prime minister, then the minister will personally submit a memorial to request His Majesty to worship the person he prefers as the minister's successor..."

Hearing this, especially hearing that Shentu Jia had already begun to think about his successor, Liu Qi was finally sure: Shentu Jia's begging for the bones was probably not 'advancement in order to retreat', but really wanted to resign and retire.

Realizing this, Liu Qi felt an inexplicable boredom, so he stood up and took several deep breaths irritably.

"Prime Minister, why do you have to have trouble with Chao Cuo and the "Strategy to Cut Fans"?"

"In order to get the Prime Minister's support, I have tried my best to give the Prime Minister enough respect!"

"Why can't the prime minister help me to cut down the vassal and pacify the Kanto?!"

When it came to the end, Liu Qi's tone already contained a little resentment.

But at this moment, Shen Tujia has long been ashamed of Liu Qi...

Seeing Shentu Jia hearing the words, he shook his head with a helpless smile, then he also stood up, panting heavily, and bowed to Liu Qi.

"Your Majesty has already been informed of the possible consequences of the "Strategy to Cut the Feudal Territory", my minister."

"—and more than once, or even more than ten times, or even dozens of times."

"Your Majesty knows that His Majesty is ambitious and wants to solve the problem of the Huns invading the border and invading the border residents as soon as possible. That's why he is so eager to stabilize the interior and stabilize the Kanto."

"But even so, I still think that Chao Cuo's "Strategy for Cutting Fans" is too eager for success, and the scope of attack is too great;"

"The target of cutting the vassals is even more than a dozen clans and princes of the Kanto, covering almost all of them!"

"Once the "Strategy for Reducing Fans" is implemented, then the next step, His Majesty may have to prepare to deal with the largest princely rebellion since the Han Dynasty..."

Speaking of the disastrous consequences that may be caused by the "Strategy to Reduce Fans", Shen Tujia's gloomy eyes flashed a little;
But soon, that light disappeared like Liu Qi's 'kindness'...

"Your Majesty wants to cut down the feudal clan, and I understand His Majesty's intentions, and I don't object to it;"

"But Chao Cuo's "Strategy for Cutting Fans", I really can't agree with it."

"Since His Majesty has made up his mind to carry out the "Policy for Reducing Fans", and there is absolutely no possibility for the minister to agree with the "Policy for Reducing Fans", it is better to let the minister retire."

"It's His Majesty's kindness to save the last bit of decency for the minister;"

"It can be regarded as the minister's final concession on the matter of "Cutting down the Feudal Domain"..."

　The next chapter is also an important plot, and needs to be coded in detail. Fortunately, the outline is relatively complete and the thinking is relatively clear. It won't take too long, but yesterday's Chapter 2 really took a lot of effort, and now I can't sleep... ··
　　So Chapter 2 will be released tomorrow morning, and the normal update will resume the day after tomorrow.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)