Great Han Arrow God

Chapter 388 Marquis of a Thousand Households

For several days, the emperor called Liang Xiao and other close officials to discuss.After the basic strategic framework was negotiated, the emperor called Tian Fu, the prime minister, and Han Anguo, the censor, into the palace for discussion.

After receiving the edict, Tian Fu did not rush directly to Weiyang Palace, but first found Han Anguo, the imperial historian.As soon as he saw Tian Fu, Han Anguo understood what he meant, and suddenly felt a heavy weight on his shoulders.The prime minister is the head of all the officials. When encountering such a big event, Tian Fu should take the initiative to express his opinions. When he came to see him, his shoulders were probably round again, and he wanted to let himself take the lead.

This prime minister is really incompetent.

Although he was unhappy, Han Anguo was still very polite.After so many years in the official career, he knows who can be offended and who can't be offended.What's more, he can use Tianfu again if he can use it again.With this level of friendship, he has no way out.

"Does the Prime Minister know what His Majesty called us?"

Tian Fu smiled wryly: "Brother Han, what else can happen? You don't know that the palace has been very lively these two days. A group of young people are clamoring every day to refuse marriage and start a war against the Huns. .Although I am the prime minister, I can't enter the palace casually. On the contrary, it is not as convenient as those people. I have no choice but to ask you, brother Han, to help."

Han Anguo wiped his beard, frowning. "Didn't the benefits and benefits be made clear at the last court meeting?"

Tian Fu pulled Han Anguo into the car and motioned for the driver to drive. "Do you know Liang Xiao?"

Han Anguo nodded. "I know, I just came back from my mission to the Western Regions. It is said that I have made great achievements in the Western Regions and brought back many good Dawan horses."

"What kind of merit?" Tian Fu snorted, dismissive. "He killed some Huns, but what does that have to do with me? Those Huns attacked the Western Regions, not me."

Han Anguo remained silent.He knew that Tian Fu had a problem with Liang Xiao, but it was inconvenient for him to intervene.He gets right to the point. "Could it be that this summoning is related to Liang Xiao?"

"It should be. Liang Xiao has been in the palace for the past two days, and I don't know what he said in His Majesty's ear. These young people just don't know the heights of heaven and earth. So, to guard the border, you have to be like Brother Han." If you leave it to these frivolous youngsters, can you do well? Brother Han, see you later, you have to show some prestige and let these young people see what a real famous general is."

"Liang Xiao..." Han Anguo hesitated to speak, full of worry.

He is not as careless as Tian Fu.This is not Liang Xiao's problem at all, but the emperor's problem.The emperor discussed this matter twice and three times, and the intention of refusing to marry is already obvious, how long can they stop it?Tian Fu is honored as an uncle of the country, and the emperor will not do anything to him, but he is different. He is an old minister of Liang Guo, and he is appreciated by the empress dowager.Now that King Liang is dead, and the Empress Dowager is also dead, how long can he last?

When the two came to the palace, the emperor greeted them with a smile.Although the discussion for many days was tiring, it made his blood boil.Now he is full of confidence and will never be easily shaken again.

"Uncle, Duke Han." The emperor stood up and politely invited them to sit down.

Liang Xiao, Wei Qing and others stood aside, looking at the emperor who greeted Tian Fu and Han Anguo with courtesy, the corners of their mouths inadvertently twitched.At this time, although the inner court had already taken shape, the status of the outer court had not declined substantially.The three princes sat and discussed Taoism, and saw that the emperor could not kneel down and salute. When saluting, the emperor wanted to return the salute, which showed that the majesty of the prime minister was still there.

Who would have thought that in a few years, the prime minister would become a position that everyone feared. When Gongsun He paid homage to the prime minister, he was so frightened that he wept bitterly.

I am standing at a turning point in history.

Tian Fu took his seat, glanced at Liang Xiao and the others who were seated opposite him, his gaze stayed on Liang Xiao's face for a moment, and he hummed softly.Before Liang Xiao paid attention, Wei Qing gently touched Liang Xiao with his hand to remind him to pay attention to Tian Fu.Liang Xiao glanced at Tian Fu, saw two dissatisfied and even hostile eyes, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart: This is a fucking rival in love.

Thinking of Liu Ling, Liang Xiao couldn't help but feel a little headache.

"Your Majesty, I haven't seen you for a few days. There is a newcomer in this palace. I don't know where he came from." Tian Fu said solemnly: "It is the responsibility of the prime minister's mansion to select people. If there are new people in the palace, how come the prime minister's mansion doesn't like it?" I don’t know anything about it.” He turned his face and gave Han Anguo a wink. "Mr. Han, has the official document been received by the imperial censor's mansion?"

Han Anguo shook his head in embarrassment.He knew that Tian Fu was deliberately making things difficult, but he couldn't point it out.

The emperor looked at Tian Fu, then at Liang Xiao. "Liang Xiao, I haven't met the prime minister yet."

Liang Xiao was speechless.This is really crushing people at the top of the official rank, not to mention Tian Fu has the status of the uncle of the country.Captain Qi is a military officer, and should have been in charge of the Taiwei Mansion.The last time Tian Fu was dismissed from the position of Taiwei, the emperor did not appoint another Taiwei, and the right to choose a man belonged to the Prime Minister's Mansion.No matter what, he couldn't escape the bad luck of being made things difficult by Tian Fu.

Liang Xiao got up, cupped his hands and saluted Tian Fu. "Lieutenant Liang Xiao, the riding captain, pay my respects to the prime minister."

"You are the captain of the cavalry?" Tian Fu snorted, "Why don't I know."

"The prime minister forgets things too much." The emperor was very unhappy.Tian Fu made things difficult for Liang Xiao, but he didn't mention the serious matter, and he couldn't tell the difference.More importantly, Tian Fu said that he didn't know that Liang Xiao was a riding captain. Didn't he mean that he, the emperor, didn't follow the rules and used people indiscriminately? "Yueshi's proton entered Beijing, and Liang Xiao made meritorious service in the Western Regions. I proposed to promote him to be a captain of cavalry. The documents are all there. How could the prime minister not know?"

Tian Fu was choked by the emperor, and only then realized that the emperor was in a bad mood, suddenly short of breath, and his face turned red.He was ugly in the first place, but now his face was ugly, and he was even more unpopular.Seeing this situation, the emperor became even more displeased, and felt a little more disgusted inexplicably.

"Now, after two years, Liang Xiao not only brought back Dawan's proton, but also brought back more than 300 good horses from Dawan to serve as envoys. Today, the Prime Minister and Doctor Yushi are invited to discuss what to do. Reward Liang Xiao."

When Han Anguo heard this, he couldn't help crying secretly.When they first entered the door, the emperor was very polite, not only stood up to greet them, but also specially used honorific titles, showing a bit of intimacy.Because Tian Fu's words were extravagant, which made the emperor displeased. Not only did he choke on Tian Fu's words, he used an official name, and forced him to discuss his merits face to face.

It seems that Tian Fu has gone too far recently, and the emperor is very angry with him.

"This..." Tian Fu was also aware of the emperor's displeasure, and was even more embarrassed.He turned his eyes to Han Anguo for help.Han Anguo kept complaining, this is the prime minister's business, what use do you think I am?Even though he thought so in his heart, he still said: "Your Majesty, when Liang Xiao returns from his mission, the Taihang Temple should issue a document and then be reviewed by the Prime Minister's Office. If he has meritorious service, he will naturally be rewarded."

"A document from Daxing Temple?" The emperor turned around and waved, and an eunuch brought a roll of bamboo slips and brought it to Tian Fu.The emperor said coldly: "The documents are ready, the prime minister will read them now. Although it is a trivial matter, it should not be delayed for too long, lest the prime minister will forget it when he turns around."

Tian Fu was so angry that his face turned purple, so he had to open the official document and browse it with a bit of anger.

Liang Xiao and the others looked at each other.The purpose of inviting the prime minister and the imperial censor to discuss the major policy of conquering the Huns, why did it suddenly become a reward for meritorious deeds?And judging by the emperor's expression, his attitude towards his uncle is not very polite.

Thinking of Tian Fu's actions in history, Liang Xiao suddenly realized that this incident had nothing to do with him, the emperor was making use of the topic to deliberately make Tian Fu look bad.

Tian Fu, the prime minister, was not earned by ability, but by nepotism just like his Marquis of Wu'an.The Son of Heaven was suppressed by the Empress Dowager for several years. Now the Empress Dowager is dead, but the Queen Dowager is still alive, and has the intention of taking over the power of the Empress Dowager. Tian Fu has become her spokesperson in the court, the Son of Heaven How can we tolerate him.

It's just... I'm so wronged.Tian Fu didn't dare to do anything to the emperor, this grudge must be on my head.

After Tian Fu read the official document, he didn't speak for a long time.He was extremely depressed. It was embarrassing enough for an imposing prime minister and an uncle of the country to fail in a wife fight with a young man.Now he is still being reprimanded by his nephew emperor face to face, it is a shame to throw him at home.

Seeing that Tian Fu didn't speak, the emperor looked at Yan Zhu again. "Yan Zhu, the prime minister has no plans at the moment, you might as well give the prime minister an idea to see if Liang Xiao has meritorious service and how to reward him."

Yan Zhu was taken aback, his face turned red.Not only Tian Fu and Liang Xiao are at odds, but he and Liang Xiao are also at odds, and the reason is still the same.The emperor asked him to give Liang Xiao a meritorious service. Isn't that embarrassing him?Why didn't Tian Fu speak?Da Xing Ling Wang Hui was Liang Xiao's recommender. In his official documents, Liang Xiao must have made outstanding achievements, and Tian Fu had no room to cover up, but Tian Fu refused to admit defeat like this, so he had to keep silent.

However, Yan Zhu is not Tian Fu after all, he does not have the strength to resist softly.He is also smarter than Tian Fu, knowing that the emperor is forcing him to express his opinion.Both he and Liang Xiao were close ministers of the emperor, so Tian Fu couldn't let Tian Fu feel that they were at odds.

It's just... this is really a bit of an internal injury.Resisting the urge to vomit blood, Yan Zhu still said in a straight voice: "Your Majesty, Liang Xiao went to serve as an envoy, Dawan and Yueshi came to court, Tianma came to the west, and he made great contributions to the country and killed King Hunxie and his son. , Repel Youxian King, according to the law, it should be measured by military merit."

The emperor nodded in satisfaction, and turned his gaze to Han Anguo. "Doctor Yushi, how many levels should be beheaded when beheading King Hunxie and his son?"

Han Anguo was silent for a moment. "The throne of Hunxie is the 24th king of the Xiongnu, who is a great chieftain. You can't simply count your merits by beheading. If you can barely count it, you can behead a thousand ranks in front of the battle."

"Prime Minister, what merit should Liang Xiao deserve for beheading a thousand ranks?" Without waiting for Tian Fu to answer, the emperor asked again: "Is the head of King Hunxie worthy of a thousand households?"

Tian Fu was taken aback and quickly refuted. "Your Majesty, Liang Xiao deserves to be rewarded for his meritorious service, but isn't there too many thousands of households?"

"How many thousands of households?" The emperor sneered, "Compared to the prime minister, what is this?"
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