In "Langya Bang", Liu Cheng is a hidden old fox
King Yu sent troops to rebel and surrounded Jiu'an Mountain. At this time, Mei Changsu and King Jing agreed on a countermeasure: use the trail they found on the northern slope of Jiu'an Mountain when they were children to transfer troops from nearby Jicheng to relieve the siege.
In order to quell the rebellion, Emperor Liang originally planned to write an edict for King Jing to return to the capital to transfer the forbidden army, but after King Jing and Concubine Jing explained that the capital had fallen, Emperor Liang had to take out the military talisman and said meaningfully to King Jing: "Jing Yan, Jiangshan Sheji is tied to you alone, you must be cautious." ”
After speaking, he patted the talisman in King Jing's hand. When King Yu's rebels broke through the last protective gate, Lord Nihuang led his army to help, and King Jing also arrived in time with the Jicheng army and successfully captured King Yu alive.
King Jing entered the hunting palace and presented the talisman with both hands. Emperor Liang originally wanted to get it, but after seeing the injury on King Jing's hand, he stopped and instead picked up King Jing, who was kneeling on the ground, and asked him how his injury was.
Concubine Jing stepped forward to care about King Jing, while Emperor Liang took the talisman, smiled slightly, and then looked at it silently.
Emperor Liang's suspicion and scheming were revealed in the test of the military talisman, and it was this test that made the extremely suspicious Emperor Liang King Jingwang the crown prince. When Emperor Liang and King Ji discussed the position of prince, Emperor Liang was very surprised by King Jing's performance, he said: "This time, when he arrived, the forbidden army was almost useless, in fact, the hunting palace was already under his control, but what about him, without saying a word, he handed over the talisman." ”
After King Jing was promoted to the crown prince, Concubine Jing began to look for a concubine for him, and eventually, Emperor Liang and Concubine Jing chose Liu Cheng's granddaughter as the crown princess. Although the selection of Liu Cheng's granddaughter seems to be inevitable, Xia Jiang has long expected this, and he told Fan Chengxiang, the imperial history of Chengtai: "Xia Shouzun really understands Your Majesty, and in the end, he really chose Liu Cheng's granddaughter as Xiao Jingyan's future crown princess." ”
In "Langya Bang", although Liu Cheng did not appear much, his granddaughter became the crown princess, making the Liu family more noble from then on. This can't help but make people sigh at Liu Cheng's shrewdness and scheming, he is undoubtedly the big winner in the end.
In fact, Liu Cheng, as the secretary of the Chinese order, is in charge of confidential affairs and assists in political affairs, and is the head of civil officials and the head of hundreds of officials. In the treacherous court, although he is the first official, he never makes the first person.
In the two royal turmoil of Daliang, he really pursued the advantages and avoided the disadvantages, so that the Liufu survived. This shows the deep wisdom of his two ways of being an official.
After King Jing's Jiu'an Mountain successfully escorted and returned from capturing King Yu, his mood has been very dull. He recalled the situation when the King Qi case occurred, although they were all reverse cases, but they were different from the situation of King Yu, when the capital was almost full of blood.
King Qi's prestige is high, and almost half of the civil and military ministers of the dynasty were interceding for him at the time of the crime, but things are getting worse and worse, people have killed batch after batch, and several mansions have been killed.
King Jing couldn't help but reflect, didn't anyone dispute the truth 13 years ago? But the result is that they either demeaned out of Beijing, or fell to the ground, or kept silent.
At this time, Liu Cheng's Liufu also experienced an unwarranted "rebellion", but he chose to "keep silent". He knows very well that as a courtier, the most important thing is to be steady.
Stabilize your own mentality and actions, and "re-focus" on the core of the event, that is, see through the truth of the most fundamental matter, and decide what you should not say or do, which is the real stability.
King Qi did not rebel, but he was put on death row and given death with a glass of poisoned wine. King Yu really rebelled, but Emperor Liang never thought of killing him. All the people who stood up for King Qi actually invisibly accelerated King Qi's death.
And Liu Cheng's choice to "not stand up" is not only a kind of self-protection to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, but also a kind of wisdom and secret rescue that does not add fuel to the fire. In this officialdom, steadfastness is a kind of wisdom, a way to protect yourself, and a kind of respect for the truth.
After King Qi was given to die, the crown prince fell to Xiao Jingxuan, who was not a concubine, and Xiao Jinghuan, who was favored by Emperor Liang, was also named Prince Qizhu. Behind the two parties are Xie Yu, the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of War, as well as the support of the Ministry of Qingguogong, the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Criminal Affairs, and the Ministry of Industry.
However, Mei Changsu's intervention changed all that. With a series of cases, he almost uprooted all the forces behind the crown prince and King Yu, and the officialdom of Daliang also underwent a thorough purge.
As the head of the hundred officials, Liu Cheng, although he is aware of the struggle between the two sides and the cleanup of officialdom, he has always maintained a neutral attitude, because he knows that Emperor Liang is vigilant against party struggle, and neutrality without standing in line is the best way to save his life.
In contrast, those Xie Yu, Qingguo Gong, Lou Zhijing, Chen Yuanzhi, Qi Min and He Jingzhong, who expressed their stance early, seemed too impulsive.
In the case of King Qi, Liu Cheng insisted on neutrality, and his decision-making was entirely based on the wishes of Emperor Liang. Emperor Liang was hell-bent on King Qi's death, hoping that the crown prince and King Yu would fight each other, so Liu Cheng and his family survived the King of Qi case and Mei Changsu's officialdom reforms.
As the king of a country, Emperor Liang and Liu Cheng, as a courtier, their relationship reflects the way of the monarch and the minister. Liu Cheng helped King Jing compete for the throne, causing the crown prince and King Yu to fight each other, which eventually led to the defeat of both parties.
At the same time, Mei Changsu secretly helped King Jing, so that he gradually had the strength and influence to compete for the throne. Liu Cheng's actions, both overtly and covertly, helped King Jing and enabled him to go further on the road of competing for the throne.
In the case of the Orchid Garden's hidden body, the respect of the Hubu Shangshulou was dismissed because of his involvement. When Emperor Liang was choosing a candidate for Xinshangshu, the crown prince and King Yu had a dispute, and Liu Cheng remained silent.
When Emperor Liang told them that none of the candidates would be able to satisfy all parties, Liu Cheng seized the opportunity and recommended Shen Chai. Emperor Liang said that since Shen Chai had taken over the affairs of the household department, why did no one recommend him in Shangshu's selection?
Liu Cheng replied that it might be because everyone didn't think of him. Emperor Liang knew that Shen Chai did not belong to any faction on either side. At this time, Liu Cheng put forward the most critical point: Shen Chai was born noble, had a proud personality, and was not sociable, so he was not close to the two highnesses.
Liu Cheng's words reveal three characteristics of Shen Chai: he has the ability to deal with the complicated affairs of the household, he is noble but his character is flawed and easy to be controlled, and he focuses on his own work and does not participate in party struggles.
These words catered to Emperor Liang's intentions without angering anyone. Liu Cheng seized the crucial opportunity and successfully recommended Shen Chai, who shared the same philosophy and style as King Jing and became King Jing's most sincere and loyal follower.
Therefore, Liu Cheng helped Shen catch up with the throne, and actually helped King Jing.
King Jing was named the Prince of Wuzhu and began to compete with King Yu, entrusted by Shen Chai, King Jing participated in the fight for disaster relief. King Jing and King Yu have different views on the standard of disaster recovery, King Yu believes that "the disaster victims can be calmed down if they have money and food", while King Jing believes that "the governor should have an overall concept, integrate resources, and the ultimate goal is to reduce deaths, prevent **, and spend the winter safely, while ensuring that spring plowing is not famine, if the above goals cannot be achieved, the disaster can not be considered calm."
Emperor Liang praised King Jing's intentions, and Liu Cheng also praised King Jing's ability to govern affairs. This competition highlights the different patterns of King Jing and King Yu, as well as King Jing's overall vision and forward-looking thinking.
When King Jing accused King Yu of only pursuing personal interests and undermining the atmosphere of the court and officialdom, King Yu seized on the word "atmosphere" and directly refuted that King Jing was questioning Emperor Liang's leadership ability.
When Emperor Liang heard this, he was very angry, and at this time, Liu Cheng deliberately coughed and tried to change the topic. He told Emperor Liang that King Jing's straightforwardness was a virtue, and even if he sometimes made mistakes, his frankness was to be appreciated.
Liu Cheng's words and cough were obviously helping King Jing and helping him resolve the contradiction with Emperor Liang, and at the same time, he also expressed his support for King Jing. In fact, he did not participate in the dispute between the crown prince and King Yu for the position of the head of the household department, but when King Jing and King Yu were fighting for the right to take charge, he chose to support King Jing.
As King Jing's status improved, his attitude became more pronounced.
After learning that the prefect of Yuezhou had given a gift of 5,000 taels, King Yu lost the "fat difference" of disaster relief, and he became negative and began to drink heavily. Qin Ban weakly persuaded him to fight back, but he thought that no one was willing to obey him, and even Shen Chai, Cai Quan and others were working against him.
Liu Cheng was the head of the hundred officials, but he began to secretly defend and side with King Jing, which was forced by the situation, and it was also his thoughtful consideration for Liufu to make a long-term plan. Before his exile, in order to protect himself, Xie Yu wrote down the detailed process of the Red Flame Army's case, and this handwritten letter has been kept by the eldest princess of Liyang.
When Xie Yu was stoned to death in the penal colony, the opportunity to retry the case of the Red Flame Army finally came.
Mei Changsu and King Jing held the handwritten letter of the eldest princess Xie Liyang as the first to report, and Concubine Jing strictly guarded the harem to prevent Concubine Yue from passing the news to Emperor Liang without permission. At Emperor Liang's birthday banquet, they revealed the truth about the Red Flame case.
The eldest princess of Liyang knelt down in His Royal Highness, ready to report Xie Yu's crime to Emperor Liang, but Emperor Liang stopped her and let her go down. The eldest princess of Liyang insisted on stating that Xie Yu was involved in framing the Red Flame Army for the five major crimes, but Emperor Liang angrily told her to shut up.
Meng Zhi knelt down and begged Emperor Liang to listen patiently. After the eldest princess of Liyang finished her statement, the eldest princess of Nihuang retried the case of Chiyan as the widow of the Lin family. Then, Cai Quan, Liu Cheng, Shen Chai and other officials seconded the proposal.
Subsequently, King Ji, Mu Qing, Yan Que, King Jing and others knelt down one after another to ask for a retrial. In the court, only Emperor Liang said angrily: "Even you ......."Are you going to force me together......Rebellious ministers and thieves ......Emperor Liang was obviously ashamed and angry about this, because even though he knew the truth, he was publicly accused of making him unacceptable.
Although Emperor Liang knew his mistakes, he did not want to correct them. For him, the power and dignity of the emperor were more important than the truth.
In the court, the sentence "seconded by the minister" full of a sense of justice was said by Liu Cheng and stood up to support it. You know, the sooner you stand up, the more pressure you will bear.
After Cai Quan, who was in charge of the Criminal Department, put forward it, Liu Cheng was the first to clearly express his support, and one of his seconded the proposal, leading the ministers to second, showing Liu Cheng's weight and courage, and adding help to the retrial of the Red Flame Army case.
Liu Cheng is unequivocally in favor of a retrial for two reasons. First of all, the situation is like this. There are three details in the play that can be proven, one is that when King Jing was named Prince Qizhu, Liu Cheng was the one who presented the prince's seal, one is when King Jing was named the crown prince, Liu Cheng was the one who personally put on the crown crown for him, and the other is when Emperor Liang asked the eldest princess of Liyang to shut up and announced that the Imperial Forest Army dragged her down, the Imperial Forest Army outside the palace was surrounded by Mengzhi's forbidden army.
Since then, King Jing began to control the military power and supervise the country, when he gradually grasped the situation, Emperor Liang grew old, Mengzhi's forbidden army defected to the prince Jingyan, Shen Chai, Cai Quan and others all did their best for him, and the entire court situation has been completely controlled by King Jing.
As Emperor Liang said after walking out of the main hall: "Unconsciously, a prince of the prison country has been out of my control, the forbidden army and the patrol battalion are all under the orders of the East Palace, and the military department and the marching army outside Beijing are his people." ”
It is impossible for Liu Cheng not to know the power of King Jing, and his granddaughter has become the crown princess, and he belongs to the prince's camp. He was the first to stand up after Cai Quan, which was his responsibility as the head of the hundred officials, and it was also the most realistic choice he made to see through the situation and his position.
Liu Cheng, an old man with justice in his heart. After his granddaughter was crowned crown princess, he firmly chose to support King Jing. In the midst of this snow, he stood aside, his face full of disbelief, compassion, and anger.
His heart was no longer calm, but he quickly made a "minister's seconding" that conformed to his heart. Liu Cheng's several appearances were all secretly and openly helping King Jing. He has seen through the situation, not to mention the righteous heart that still exists in his heart.
Perhaps, the Red Flame Army and King Qi's Zhaoxue are also his wishes after thirteen years of forbearance. And based on this, the foundation of Liufu will be more stable and long-lasting.
In the early morning, the crown princess sat in front of the dresser, her expression empty, as if she was preoccupied. Her nurse came in and told her that the four girls who would enter the East Palace with her had been selected, and the crown princess immediately stood up, put on a smiling expression, and said softly: "Thank you nurse, I wonder if the nurse was so thoughtful when she also worked for Princess Xuanji and Xia Jiang before?" ”
Liu's subtle expression change, quiet warnings and scheming, made me deeply feel her wisdom and talent. With her identity and ability, she is worthy of King Jing, and the name of Liu Cheng is well deserved.