Chapter 254: Chu Ge's New Attempt (8000 words)(1/3)
At this time, in the historical slice where Chu Ge lives, three years have passed in the blink of an eye.
During these three years, the white mist in front of his eyes separated and closed, and scenes flashed in front of him like a revolving lantern.
He saw that the ministers in the court changed one after another, and the current emperor Qi Gaozong was also in the vortex of various political struggles, gradually becoming more and more mature and smooth, or in other words, less and less shameless.
The life trajectory of Qi Gaozong, the ninth prince of Qi Huizong, was basically full of ups and downs.
At first he was just an ordinary playboy, and the only thing he was famous for was that he played with his own maid to death in the palace.
After that, his life, and even the entire history of the Qi Dynasty, were changed because of the Jingping Incident.
The ninth prince first went to the Jin camp to negotiate peace, but because he performed so bravely, the Jin people suspected that he was not the real prince, and asked the Qi Dynasty to replace him.
Then, on his way to the Jin Camp to negotiate peace for the second time, he was intercepted by several respected veterans, leaving an undisputed successor for the Qi Dynasty.
It can be said that God could not be more favored to him.
He didn't need to do anything. Just relying on the fact that he was "not in the capital during the Jingping Revolution" was enough to influence the history of hundreds of years after that.
However, this kind of favor made the ninth prince lose even his initial bravery in the Jin camp, and turned him into an emperor who was even more contemptible than Qi Huizong and Qi Yingzong.
The reason is simply that the Ninth Prince had nothing at that time and was not afraid of wearing shoes when he was barefoot, so he could show such bravery; but once he became the emperor, he found that he could live a life of fine clothing and fine food as long as he stayed in a corner.
, he began to hate all risks, and his IQ plummeted.
But no matter what, he was the emperor of the Qi Dynasty at this time, and it was impossible for Li Hao to see a new emperor in his lifetime.
After all, judging from the current body of the emperor, although he was frightened by the Jin people's search for mountains and seas and lost his fertility, he attached great importance to health preservation and would probably have no problem living to seventy or eighty years old.
For Li Hao, played by Chu Ge, these three years of wasted time have also made him think about a lot of things.
The current environment of the entire court is like this.
It is extremely difficult for a mere Li Hao to change.
Because the legitimacy of Qi Gaozong's rule is unquestionable, it is unlikely that he will abdicate and replace someone in the next few decades. Then Qi Gaozong's preferences directly determine the environment of the entire court.
The future will be as chaotic as the present.
And look at Li Hao's talents...
For him, there was almost only one option left.
That is to jump into this cesspit, swim in it, ovulate in the cesspit, and change the cesspool into its own shape.
Chu Ge sighed silently: "I see. Now I fully understand what Qin Huizhi thinks.
"I think it must have been these three years of wasted time that made him completely abandon all morals and bottom lines and make up his mind to become a traitor whose reputation will last forever."
Chu Ge plays Li Hao, not Qin Huizhi.
But it is precisely because of this difference in identity that Li Hao, played by Chu Ge, stepped down step by step, but in the end it seemed that he had embarked on the same old path of Qin Huizhi.
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Originally, Chu Ge's understanding of the character Qin Huizhi was relatively superficial.
It seems that he became a big traitor after returning from the Jin camp, but how the change in his heart came about has never been fully understood.
This is normal. Who has nothing to do but empathize with a traitor and traitor?
But now, Chu Ge could understand why Qin Huizhi had such a change.
After Li Hao, played by Chu Ge, became prime minister, although he worked hard and did some practical things, he was still dismissed from the prime minister three years later.
Moreover, it will never be used.
Historically, Qin Huizhi also resigned as prime minister three years after being worshiped as prime minister for the first time and never used him again.
The two men did different things when they were prime ministers, but the reasons for their dismissal were exactly the same.
——Failed to reach a peace agreement with the Jin people.
Chu Ge has the ability to govern the country, but Qin Huizhi has no ability to govern the country.
But regardless of whether he had the ability to govern the country or not, Qi Gaozong didn't care. Because he reused Qin Huizhi as prime minister for one goal, to reach a peace agreement with the Jin people.
If he cannot do this, then no matter how capable Qin Huizhi is, he will be dismissed as prime minister.
After all, does Qi Gaozong lack capable ministers?
There is no shortage.
Wasn't Li Boxi, who was so capable, driven away after working hard to help Qi Gaozong build a court team?
Therefore, Li Hao, played by Chu Ge, was dismissed from the prime minister, not because he lacked talent, nor because he failed to balance the relationships between all parties, but simply because he was unable to reach a peace agreement with the Jin people at that time.
This is inevitable, because although Wan Yanchang also has a certain amount of power within the Jin people, it is not at all a monopoly of power.
Not to mention Jin Taizong's attitude, Wan Yansheng, the main war faction, suppressed him to death.
Therefore, when the peace agreement could not be reached, Qi Gaozong naturally felt that he had been deceived and immediately dismissed Li Hao as prime minister and said he would never use him again.
For Chu Ge, these three years were just a white mist that kept opening and closing before his eyes, and time flew by. But for Qin Huizhi, it was more than a thousand days of suffering.
Because he has no way of knowing the future, no way of knowing whether he can make a comeback, he can only see that he will be like an ordinary old man next door, wasting his life.
Those powers will eventually stay away from him like a passing cloud.
Perhaps during this period of time, Qin Huizhi's original thoughts of serving the country and the people that he might have had by reading the books of sages completely disappeared.
He instantly fell towards power and began to understand that only power is everything, and the so-called political ideals, national plots, fighting against the Jin Dynasty and restoring the country... are all nonsense.
In the end, he changed from a censor Zhongcheng who was good at figuring out the emperor's intentions, catered to the emperor, and occasionally had some scholarly enthusiasm, to a capitulating prime minister who deceived the superiors and deceived the inferiors for his own power, and betrayed the country for glory.
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In the blink of an eye, three years passed.
Three years later, Li Hao, played by Chu Ge, returned again.
As expected, Emperor Gaozong of Qi accepted the decision to "never use it again" and once again worshiped Li Hao as Prime Minister.
And such a script is indeed exactly the same as the Qin Huizhi in history.
This resurgence naturally has nothing to do with Chu Ge or Qin Huizhi's own efforts, but is simply due to changes in the political situation of the Jin Kingdom.
Jin Taizong died.
As soon as he died, the Jin people immediately fell into division. Various military nobles fought against each other and fought among themselves, and the fighting was extremely fierce.
Any faction that failed in the political struggle basically did not have a happy ending like the Qi Dynasty, and the entire family was killed.
During this period of time, the Jin people naturally had no time to invade the south. As Wanyan Sheng was the leader of the peace faction, his ideas naturally prevailed.
And to get on the line with Wan Yanchang, it was Qin Huizhi.
Li Hao, played by Chu Ge, relied on this common style to become the prime minister again, and together with Wan Yansheng, he brokered a simple peace negotiation.
Of course, this peace negotiation also had some humiliating conditions for the Qi Dynasty, but considering that the Qi Dynasty had been pressed to the ground and rubbed by the Jin people for several consecutive years, the peace negotiation at that time could only be like this.
However, the situation suddenly changed, and this peace negotiation did not bring about long-term peace.
Just one year later, the Jin soldiers went south again.
Because of the internal political struggle in the Jin Kingdom, it finally came to an end.
Wan Yanchang of the peace faction was ultimately defeated and died in the struggle, while Wan Yansheng of the war faction would naturally no longer abide by the so-called peace agreement and immediately raised his troops to go south, hoping to destroy the Qi Dynasty in one fell swoop.
General Han Fuyue, who had been immersed in military training, finally waited for the opportunity to fight to the death with the Jin people.
In the next few years, General Han Fuyue, who has mastered the art of war, will use practical actions to tell Wanyan Sheng what it means to be a famous general throughout the ages.
The situation at this time was absolutely something Qin Huizhi did not want to see in history.
Because he originally signed a peace agreement with Wan Yansheng, and if the Jin people can really abide by the peace agreement, he can naturally rely on this merit to stay in the position of Prime Minister.
But now, the golden man is coming again.
This will make the peace agreement he signed before look like a joke and have no meaning at all. Secondly, it will also make his status in the court and in the heart of the emperor drop sharply.
As a Qin Huizhi who has no talent except for his relationship with the Jin people, what can he do at this time?
Support General Han Fuyue's Northern Expedition?
So after the Northern Expedition, it will be a foregone conclusion that General Han Fuyue will become a general and become a prime minister. Can he retain his position as prime minister of Qin Huizhi?
You must know that Qin Huizhi has completely sunk in power at this time, and he has made up his mind to seize power by any means. What he wants is to monopolize power, and even usurping the throne one day is not completely unconsidered.
And if General Han Fuyue can become a general and become a prime minister, it means that not only does he no longer have the capital to monopolize the government and act arbitrarily, but he will probably not be able to retain his current position as prime minister.
What's more, the success of General Han Fuyue's Northern Expedition will wipe out all Qin Huizhi's political capital.
Qin Huizhi was able to gain a foothold in the court simply because he was able to curry favor with the Jin people.
The Jin's military force was invincible, and only Qin Huizhi, a man who could speak up, could maximize his effect. The more the Jin won, the more important his voice in the court would be.
But if the Jin man was beaten away, cowed, and never dared to invade again, who would Qin Huizhi be?
Not only will they no longer have any power, they may even be liquidated by the angry militant faction and the people.
Therefore, in history, Qin Huizhi killed General Han Fuyue directly and unjustly. He betrayed not only the soldiers and people of the Qi Dynasty, but also the entire nation from ancient times to the present and the entire history and culture of this nation.
After killing General Han Fuyue, Qin Huizhi obtained a peace clause from the Jin people: "You are not allowed to be prime minister for being innocent." With the support of the Jin people, he became independent for seventeen years and controlled the government until his death.
To be continued...