I'm really not King Jing of Zhongshan

Chapter 228 "Children's Nonsense"

The clear and clear voice of the young man shocked all the aging figures in the hall.

The simple and heavy palace room was inexplicably softened by this rare vitality.

everyone;

Including courtiers, hundreds of officials, relatives of meritorious lords, and counties and counties who came from all over the world;

Liu She, Chao Cuo and other Jiuqing, Zhou Yafu and Tao Qing are two three gentlemen;
——even the Son of Heaven!

Everyone sat up straight with full concentration, and turned their examining eyes to the young man standing alone.

Young Master Sheng, what kind of person is he?

On an occasion like today, Young Master Sheng, what would he say?
What kind of starting point will I start my own...
"My son believes that it is not the fault of the clan princes that the disaster victims and refugees in the Kanto region have not been properly resettled;"

"—It's those officials who were appointed by the clan princes, but couldn't perform their duties, causing the princes and people to be hungry and displaced. They served as the two thousand stones of the prefecture and state with peace of mind, but their corpses were eaten without food. It was caused by flies and dogs!"

boom! ! !
As soon as Liu Sheng said a word, hundreds of nobles, relatives, officials, and even local counties and counties in the Xuanshi Hall were all stunned in place in shock!

Even the Emperor Qi on the imperial couch looked at Liu Sheng with some encouraging eyes, and he also flashed a flash of astonishment.

——Officials of the princes?
——After Liu Sheng decided to become the crown prince, the first political signal he sent out was to take the officials of the princes?

What do you mean by obedient words, or a high-ranking official at the level of two thousand stones? ? ?

"Young Master Sheng, what do you want to do?"

"The princes of Shi En's clan?!"

"—It's not impossible."

"—After all, the kings whom His Majesty entrusted to the Kanto are all the elder brothers of Young Master Sheng..."

Everyone guessed Liu Sheng's intentions with their own hearts, and everyone looked at Liu Sheng with more serious eyes.

Because of the keen sense of smell developed over the years of ups and downs, he told everyone present: This matter will never be so simple!
Liu Sheng used the officials of the feudal lords as the starting point, and it is absolutely impossible that he wanted to use this to excuse his brothers who were sealed off to the Kanto...

"Oh?"

"This view is quite novel."

"——There is a problem in the vassal state. It is not the fault of the vassal king, but the officials of the vassal state. They did not perform their duties well?"

"Well, where do we start?"

After a short period of absence, Tianzi Qi was the first to recover from the astonishment.

Looking at Liu Sheng's gaze, also from Liu Sheng's expectations and worries before Liu Sheng opened his mouth, to Liu Sheng's short-term astonishment after he opened his mouth;
By the time he uttered the phrase 'where to start', those deep eyes could no longer make people see what Tianzi Qi was thinking at this time.

And Liu Sheng's next answer, while solving the doubts in everyone's hearts, deeply imprinted an extremely vivid image of the quasi-crown prince in the hearts of everyone in the hall...

"Report to Father Emperor."

"My son once heard that if the people are not well governed, it is the official's dereliction of duty;"

"Sending such an official to govern the place will be the lack of investigation of the court."

"So in the past, whenever a local official made a mistake and caused misfortune to the people under his rule, the court would not only hold the official accountable, but also hold the recommender and reviewer accountable."

"It is precisely because of this practice that court officials with more than [-] shi will recommend officials very cautiously, and the court will also examine officials very carefully."

"The court's careful recommendation and the court's careful review ensure that these recommended officials will not do anything that hurts the people when they are sent to take up their duties in local counties."

"—Because of prudent recommendation and careful review, candidates who are not worthy of the name can be screened out;"

"These recommended officials will also manage the local people with all their heart in order not to disappoint or implicate their benefactors."

The calm tone of the words caused everyone in the hall to nod their heads slightly, and as if they were afraid of missing any details, they cast their more focused eyes on Liu Sheng's figure again.

Seeing Liu Sheng say something, he pondered for a while before continuing: "However, the officials of the clan vassal states in the Guandong are not included in this list."

"—The county and county local officials appointed by the Chang'an court need to be recommended by someone and be reviewed by the imperial historian;"

"If it's an important appointment, I will even be questioned face to face by my father."

"However, the officials of the Guandong County do not need to be recommended or recommended, nor will they accept any review or questioning;"

"As long as you can win the favor of the princes and kings, it is very likely that because of a word from the clan princes, you will become the princes and nine ministers of the two thousand stones, the real two thousand stones, and even the princes, kings, and grand masters!"

Speaking of this, Liu Sheng's peaceful tone only suddenly became serious, and his brows also showed a solemn expression that was completely incompatible with his age!
And everyone in the hall finally understood what Liu Sheng wanted to do...

"Officials of the vassal states do not need to be recommended, reviewed, or questioned, they only need to please the vassals and kings;"

"When the clan princes were crowned kings, most of them were young and ignorant, and they were easily deceived by others."

"—Last year, after the rebellion between Wu and Chu was put down, King Liang, who had made great contributions to the country, once praised the two thieves Yang Sheng and Gongsun for this reason."

"But in the end, under the bewitchment of these two thieves, King Liang sent out assassins and dead men to assassinate the current Jiuqing in the street at the foot of the imperial city in Chang'an Langlang Qiankun!"

As he said that, he saw Liu Sheng turn his body solemnly, and looked around at the people in the hall, even more inexplicably with a little sadness.

"My lords;"

"—King Liang, but a strong king who is over thirty years old?"

"Is it the late emperor's own flesh and blood, the son of the late emperor himself who guarded the gate of Guanzhong for our Han family?"

"Is it the brothers and feet of the father, the emperor and the mother, the humerus arm that is trusted in every way???"

···
"Even King Liang, who is trusted by the queen mother and his father, and who is over thirty years old, will be bewitched by thieves like Yang Sheng and Gongsun Gui to assassinate Jiuqing in the street;"

"What's more, those princes and vassals of the Qi and Huainan families who succeeded to the throne at a young age and never knew what it was to be and what it was to govern the country?"

"—The thieves who can bewitch even the king of Liang, can't they bewitch the young successors of the Qi and Huainan families, who have no father to teach them since they were young, and can only learn the 'way of governing the country' in the arms of a woman Is it the vassal king?"

"How many thieves like Gongsun Gui and Yang Sheng are there in the world?"

"How many vassal kings like the Qi and Huainan families who don't know right from wrong and are easily bewitched by others..."

With Liu Sheng's deeper and more mournful tone, the courtiers and officials in the palace couldn't help but fell into deep thought.

But obviously, these people's attention was not on whether Liu Sheng's words made sense or not.

Clan princes are easily bewitched by others?
At first glance, there is really nothing wrong with it.

But if you think about it carefully, this is a piece of nutritious nonsense.

——Looking at the world, whoever has money and leisure like princes and kings is not easy to be deceived by others?
Not to mention the clan princes and kings who sit on the land of a country but basically have no responsibilities or missions;

Even at this moment, among the hundreds of people gathered in the hall, there are always a few playboys in their respective families who are provoked by just a few words and cause trouble everywhere.

To put it bluntly, anyone who is so idle, has no troubles, and has to do something to bring comfort to his empty life can be broadly summarized as: people who are easily bewitched by others.

There are many such people.

There are clan relatives and princes, and there are meritorious princes;
There are relatives of Xunqing and children of officials and eunuchs.

It is simply inappropriate to define the entire group of clan princes as "easy to be deceived", and it is certainly not Liu Sheng's real purpose.

What everyone was thinking about was the political inclination revealed by Liu Sheng's words.

——Today, it was Liu Sheng, the 'quasi-prince prince', who expressed his views on state affairs for the first time in court meetings!
If there is no accident, Liu Sheng will be established as the crown prince in the future and will inherit the throne one day. Every word Liu Sheng utters today will become the focus of careful taste and research both inside and outside the court.

Because this is Liu Sheng's first "voice" in the political arena of the Han family;
Just like when the first emperor, the prince Liu Qi smashed the prince Liu Xian to death with a chessboard, and started his own road to cutting the vassal since then, the attitude shown by Liu Sheng today is likely to be the future. The core of Katsuichi's work.

Judging from the current situation: Liu Sheng, who is only 14 years old, has rapidly grown into a qualified political figure.

Because today, Liu Sheng has already told the monarchs and ministers of the Han family openly: cutting down the feudal clan is still the top priority of our Han family;
In order to continue cutting down the vassals, a hat of "bewitched" can still be put on the heads of the clan vassals...

"My lord, can you be more straightforward?"

"Uh, old man, I don't seem to understand what you mean..."

In the silence, a hoarse whisper sounded, only to provoke Liu Sheng to turn sideways slightly.

Grinning slightly at the old man who spoke, he finally turned around;
After solemnly tidying up her clothes, she kowtowed to the emperor Qi.

"My son wins, I respectfully worship!"

"My son believes that the clan princes, no matter whether they raised troops in the past or allowed the people under their rule to flee, it is because the clan princes do not have the ability to govern the country and distinguish right from wrong!"

"My Han family entrusted the clan princes, originally hoping that these clans could manage the Kanto region for the Chang'an court, so as to relieve the pressure on the court."

"—But the clan princes of the Qi line and the Huainan line, most of them lost their fathers when they were young, and they haven't been well educated;"

"And most of the sons that my father entrusted to pass to Guanzhong are all young, and they don't have much to do when they are young."

···
"Princes and vassals are easily deceived by others, and they are easy to make mistakes;"

"If you don't have the ability to govern the country, you can only hand over the affairs of the country to the officials of the vassal states."

"However, the power to appoint officials in the vassal states is in the hands of these vassal kings who are easily deceived and incapable of governing the country."

"—My son thinks that this is wrong."

"Since most of the princes and kings of our Han family do not have the ability to distinguish right from wrong and govern the country, we should not continue to allow the princes and kings to independently appoint two thousand stones from the county!"

"Instead, the court and the emperor should help these young and ignorant princes and kings and assign officials to them."

"These designated officials should go through the procedures of recommendation, review, and policy inquiry according to the standards of the court, and after they are officially appointed by the court, they will go to the vassal states to take up their duties."

"The salaries of these officials should be distributed by the court;"

"These officials should go to Chang'an every three years, just like local counties and counties, to participate in the grand plan."

"The review and verification of these officials should be consistent with the standards of local counties and court center officials."

···
"In this way, with the help of the court, the vassal states can obtain qualified officials;"

"These officials are appointed by the court, so they will no longer bewitch the young princes and kings."

"With these qualified officials, even if the princes and kings do not have the ability to govern the country, they can still maintain the operation of the princes."

"And with such qualified officials, no matter how stupid the princes and kings are, one day they will learn the real way of governing the country..."

It was inevitable that Liu Sheng's mouth would dry up when he uttered a long and eloquent speech with hundreds of words;
But after saying these words, there was no trace of fatigue on Liu Sheng's face.

hold your chest high, lift your head up;

His piercing eyes stared straight at the emperor Qi who had already squinted the corners of his eyes on the imperial couch;

The dry lips and itchy throat didn't make Liu Sheng's determination lessen.

But behind and beside Liu Sheng, hundreds of figures in different clothes fell into a long period of thought...
"Young master wins..."

"To seize the throne?"

"--Seems to be······"

"——What is seized is the right to appoint and dismiss officials..."

···
"Not only that!"

"The right to appoint and remove officials is equivalent to financial power and military power!"

"--Yes;"

"—Young Master wins, to seize power..."

"—to take away all the rights of the princes and vassals..."

Quiet.

long silence.

After Liu Sheng's long speech, the entire Xuanshi Hall fell into a long silence.

Everyone in the hall bowed their heads;
Almost everyone also frowned.

No one, continue to set their sights on Liu Sheng;
But what everyone thought was what Liu Sheng had just said.

Liu Sheng wants to seize power.

To be precise, it is to suggest that the emperor should be enlightened and that the Chang'an court should be deprived of the royal power of the princes.

Starting from the "incompetence of princes", starting from the right to appoint and dismiss officials, we will deprive all the power of princes and kings in one fell swoop!

——Unable to appoint and remove officials, the princes and kings will no longer be able to control the feudal country;

——Failure to appoint and dismiss the Shaofu and the Prime Minister means that the princes and kings lose their financial rights;
——Unable to appoint and remove lieutenants and guards means that the princes and kings will also lose their military power.

And these rights, according to Liu Sheng's statement that "the court appoints officials and directly distributes salaries", will all be taken back to the central center of the court...

hiss~~~~~~
Huh~~~~~~~~~
Realizing Liu Sheng's true purpose, everyone in the hall, without exception, took a deep breath;

Then spit it out with mixed flavors.

"Young master wins..."

"The picture is huge..."

"—I'm afraid, this is what His Majesty wants to do?"

"——It's just that Young Master Sheng has spoken out for His Majesty..."

He raised his head with various thoughts, and glanced at the solitary figure, the immature face that was still young;
In the end, everyone took a deep breath and sat up straight again.

At the same time, on the imperial couch, Qi, the son of heaven who recovered from his 'thoughts', finally got up from the couch.

Just opening his mouth led the gloomy atmosphere in the hall to an increasingly weird direction.

"Hey!"

"Silly boy!"

He shook his head with a sneer, then pointed his finger at Liu Sheng, and tapped lightly, and saw Tianzi Qiman turned sideways casually, and waved his hands to everyone in the hall with a smile.

"It's just a child's nonsense, gentlemen, just take it as a joke."

"—Governing a big country is like cooking small fish;"

"Such an important event cannot be easily drawn to conclusions like this~"

"Go down."

Saying so, Tianzi Qi waved his hand with a smile;

As for Liu Sheng, he also turned sideways without any change in expression, retreated to his seat, and then Shi Shiran sat down.

From the beginning to the end, Liu Sheng did not show the slightest expression of shame, indignation or depression;

There is no excuse for Tian Ziqi's words such as "children" and "nonsense".

Just kneeling in front of the desk, looking straight ahead without looking sideways, as if completely unaware that at this moment, there are hundreds of eyes looking at him from all directions.

There was nothing to be seen from Liu Sheng's body, and everyone naturally saw their eyes, casting their eyes on the emperor Qi who was in front of the imperial couch.

However, what Tianzi Qi said next made everyone in the hall feel a little hairy...
"This silly boy has been impatient since he was a child."

"—Look at today, let him say a few words, which will deprive the clan princes of their power to appoint and dismiss their own officials;"

"If this is the future, it's really his turn to decide these things, and I don't know what troubles will happen..."

Speaking jokingly, Tianzi Qi turned his head slightly and looked at Liu Sheng who was kneeling by the side of the hall.

"After you go back, read more books;"

"Ask Wei Qihou more for advice, don't just think about fighting and killing, cutting this and that all day long."

"—be patient~"

"I also need to listen to the suggestions of the court officials~~~"

Hearing this, Liu Sheng stood up sternly, and bowed to the emperor again.

"Father's teachings, sons and ministers, keep in mind."

Seeing the emperor Qi Wen nodding his head with a smile, watching Liu Sheng sit back again;

He looked at the crown prince Fu Douying on the other side, and said a few words like 'teach this kid well', the emperor Qi finally turned around again.

With a height of more than eight feet, standing between the imperial couch and the imperial case, the emperor Qi is extraordinarily tall;

The gentle and elegant smile hangs on that inexplicably palpitating face, and there is no disobedience at all.

The deep eyes make people unable to see any known emotions, but they feel that they will be seen through from the inside out.

The well-cut thick beard was finally separated horizontally by a gap, and a deep and powerful inquiry was transmitted to every corner of the hall...

"For this matter, gentlemen, do you have any suggestions?"

　Two more completed.

　　I will try my best to make three changes tomorrow, please continue to support me.

　　Good night, fathers.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)