Chapter 622 (1/2)
”Lin'er, what do you think of?” Yu Yuanpu knew that although her daughter was inexperienced in all aspects because of her age, she was born wise and could always see things that ordinary people could not see. She must have a point in saying that.
”My father, since ancient times, whether he is a loyal and virtuous minister or a sycophantic person, as long as he can become an important minister, he has the ambition far beyond ordinary people. If you say something disrespectful, even you, my father, have not escaped.” Speaking of this, Yu Qinglin has a guilty look at Yu Yuanpu.
Yu Yuanpu smiles at Yu Qinglin's words. Although Yu Qinglin's words are not pleasant to hear, it's a fact. Even if a person has great virtue and talent, he can't be in a high position without ambition. It's just that in ordinary times, people use soft words, such as ambition or the world. But no matter how to whitewash, its essence is still the same.
Take him as an example. Although he is a prince of the royal family, if he has no ambition in his heart, he will end up just a idle prince. If we had not ventured into the battlefield in those days, how could we have become one of the three phases of today's daqianwaige? Why is ambition not a kind of ambition.
Seeing her daughter's eyes flashing, she was obviously worried. Yu Yuanpu waved his hand with a smile and said, ”lin'er, go on.”
Seeing that his father was not angry, Yu Qinglin also said with a smile, ”father, as the ancients said, only fame and utensils, not dummies. Although this sentence refers to the princes and monarchs in the period of the imperial family, it is still applicable in today's court. It is just a change of form, that is, no matter what position you hold, you will take care of the power in your hand. For example, most of the important ministers in the imperial court are those who became officials during the reign of the emperor's grandfather, and then were promoted by the emperor's uncle and aunt. Most of these people are over 60 years old, but they still live in the center of the imperial court. We can see that they have never heard of giving up their talents. ”
Yu Yuanpu looked at his daughter in surprise. He didn't expect her to think so deeply. The ministers of the Hongxi Dynasty, except those who were in the era of the rise of the three heroes at that time, were all old ministers, as Yu Qinglin said.
Like Zhuge Xingzhi, he used to be a lecturer in palace studies and an enlightening teacher for his brothers and sisters. Now he is over the age of sixty years and is a real old minister. However, he has never heard of the idea of resigning from the imperial office to live a happy life. Yaxiang Liu budoubted that he was not much younger than Zhuge Xingzhi. Although he was not 70 years old, he was almost fast, and he didn't hear that he wanted to be an official.
Moreover, there are many such senior ministers in the cabinet and the ministries of the central government. In other words, the prime ministers in the cabinet and the ministers in the ministries are mostly senior ministers over the age of 60, while the young and powerful ministers like min Wensheng and Shen Wujiu are in the minority.
On the contrary, the important ministers of waige are relatively younger. Lu Chun, Gu Huairen and himself are all in their 40s, and Jing Wengong, the Minister of the Ministry of war, is not in his 50s. The former important ministers of waige, like Lei xuanjian, the commander-in-chief of Guimian army, have already retired from the military. They just have a casual job in waige.
So why are those old ministers, who are already 60 or 70 years old, still in office, thinking about their country and their country? Or power? In Yu Yuanpu's view, the two should be both, and the latter should have a larger proportion. After all, there are a lot of talents, and no one can replace them.
We should know that the rise of the three heroes brought a large number of capable officials, in addition to the three heroes and Gu Huairen, zhugeju, min Wensheng and others who were not far behind the three heroes. Nowadays, there are many people who are the head of a county or the chief officials of the Department. Whether they are competent or official, they can completely take over the position of the senior minister in the imperial court. However, the more they go up, the fewer positions they will have. The senior minister will not retire, and they can only stay in the offline positions.
”But what does this have to do with your brother Lu que?” After thinking for a while, Yu Yuanpu asked.
”After seeing my father, I admit what the child said.” Yu Qinglin asked with a smile, ”since all the important ministers in the court are concerned about their own power, cousin Lu que, one of the most powerful ministers today, why not? Can't cousin Lu que know that he and sister Tianxiang are both the future assistant officials identified by Uncle Huang? He couldn't have missed his cousin's talent and wisdom. In this case, why did he divide his power and let sister Tianxiang lead the army alone? You should know that the nature of Tianxiang's elder sister's leadership is absolutely different from that of other military commanders. ”
Yu Yuanpu's face changed and his eyes flashed. Not long ago, when the battle of beast tide ended, Yu Tianxiang, the eldest princess, was promoted to the commander of Fengxiang army, replacing Gu Jieyun, the temporary commander of Fengxiang army, as the first person of Fengxiang army. Although Gu Jieyun and Su Leyi knew that the Fengxiang army would be handed over to Yu Tianxiang sooner or later from the day when Yu Tianxiang entered the army, and they were well prepared for this, this day came too soon, and it became a reality before the end of the battle in southern Xinjiang.
Yu Yuanpu's psychology is very clear. The reason why Yu Tianxiang became commander-in-chief of Fengxiang army so quickly is not because the Emperor didn't trust them, nor because his brother wanted to control Lu Que's power in southern Xinjiang. On the one hand, the purpose was to stop the officials who were worried about Lu's excessive power; on the other hand, it was to give Yu Tianxiang a chance to establish his prestige.
In other words, the emperor wanted to unify Southern Xinjiang and support a new generation of courtiers headed by Lu Que and Yu Tianxiang, who were the heartfelt courtiers left by the emperor to the crown prince Yu Minghao. Then the eldest princess Yu Tianxiang must have a matching achievement, which is not only the cultural achievement of pacifying and governing the hometown of Tianxing, We should also have the military and military achievements of opening up Xinjiang and destroying the country.
It's just that his brother's meaning is obscure. Now Lu que, the first person in southern Xinjiang, even if he ignores it or pretends to be confused, he doesn't believe that his brother will say anything. After all, not everyone of the assistant princesses of Da Qian's dynasties has the same prestige as his elder sister.
Moreover, as far as the general situation is concerned, it is far more appropriate for Yu Tianxiang to stay in the hometown of Tianxing than for her to lead the army to fight for military achievements. She is Princess Daqian. It's more secure for her to appease the families of Tianxing and promote the political leaders of Daqian. Because Yu Tianxiang represents not only a commander-in-chief of Daqian army, but also a minister in charge of local government. She also represents the attitude of Daqian royal family towards Tianxing. She can pacify the families of Tianxing.
However, Lu que attracted the attention of Nanli's King Li Yongxian with his own army, and then sent a partial division to attack Nanli's hinterland from tianxinggujun. It's hard to say if it was Wei Jiu's badminton army, but Fengxiang's army was useless. Lu que had not returned to the imperial palace to report on Gu Jieyun, and Su Leyi, who was about to become the head of Qixia academy, was useless, It's just Yu Tianxiang, a new soldier in the battlefield.
Seeing that his father fell into thinking, Yu Qinglin said, ”father, on the surface, it's cousin Lu que who understands the unspoken meaning of Uncle Huang's edict. But on the deeper side, cousin Lu que doesn't care about Yu Tianxiang's power. So why doesn't he care? ”