I'm really not King Jing of Zhongshan

Chapter 229 Your heart is unpredictable~
The emperor's four-year grand court ceremony is over.

Through the court ceremony in the morning, the Han family can be considered to have set the focus of governance for the next year, and even the entire period of Emperor Qi's reign.

——Based on the pacification of the Wu-Chu Rebellion, the "Policies for Reducing Fans" and "Policies for Public Security" will be promoted step by step to steadily expand the fruits of victory in quelling the Wu-Chu Rebellion;
It will take ten to 20 years to completely solve the threats and hidden dangers to the center of the Chang'an court that the clan princes can't lose their tails and separate their territories.

At the same time, restore the social production order destroyed by the Wu-Chu Rebellion as soon as possible, and return to the main policy of "rest and recuperate, save money in a low-key manner, and make long-term preparations for the decisive battle against the Huns".

As for Liu Sheng's proposal of "severing the power of princes and kings to independently appoint officials", although Tianzi Qi laughed it off, he did not forget to mention: princes, kings, and Taifu should have been appointed by the court. ;

It was only in the past few years that the benevolent late emperor indulged King Liu Bi of Wu, King Liu Wu of Chu, and King Liu Jianglu of Qi, so that this rule was broken.

With just such a shallow mouth, the courtiers and officials were so happy that they all rushed to ask for their birth.

In the end, the courtiers and officials jointly concluded that the appointment power of princes, ministers, and Wang Taifu should be returned to the center of the court.

Everyone knows: this is just the beginning.

After princes, kings, princes, and Wang Taifu, the power to appoint princes' lieutenants, internal historians, and even officials at the level of two thousand stones will definitely be brought back to the central government in order.

Of course, in addition to withdrawing the appointment rights of princes, kings, and Wang Taifu, Tianzi Qi did not forget to take this opportunity to make a few changes that are not painful, but enough for the court and the field to play with.

——Change princes and crown princes to princes;

——Change princes and kings to "Prime Minister" instead of "Prime Minister" and "Prime Minister" in the past;
——Change princes and kings Taifu to "Fu";
——Change princes and kings' servants to 'servants';
——Changed the princes Wang Zhongwei to 'Wei';
- Changed princes and kings Shaofu to 'fu'.

A long list of titles that seem to have no practical meaning, but are no longer so compelling, but reveal the ambition of Emperor Qi to the people of the world without any concealment.

The cutting of feudal clans is not over.

The Wu-Chu Rebellion is just the beginning...

After the court meeting in the morning, the officials from all over the world who came to Chang'an left Weiyang Palace in an orderly manner.

For the next two months or so, these planners will stay in Chang'an, ready to be called by the Prime Minister's Office to verify the data at any time;

In the afternoon, all the officials followed Tian Ziqi to worship the Sheji in the southern suburbs of Chang'an City, and the Tai and Gao Temples in the south gate of the city.

By the time everything was done, it was dusk.

Bid farewell to Emperor Qi in Xuanshi Hall, walking in groups of threes and twos on the palace road, officials and officials who had been working all day, still did not forget to whisper to each other, talking about what they saw and heard today.

As for the core of the discussion, it is naturally the prospective prince who 'appeared' above the court for the first time: Liu Sheng is undoubtedly...

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"In the past, I only heard that the young master was unparalleled in loyalty and filial piety, and his servant mother was extremely filial;"

"But I didn't expect such a pure and filial person to treat the clan relatives so cruelly?"

"—Yeah~"

"—Speaking is the right to appoint and dismiss officials..."

"—This, is to dig the roots of the clan princes?"

"you do not say······"

Walking in the crowd, listening to the conversation coming from their ears, the eunuch Liu She, Tingwei Zhang Ou, and Shaofu Xiao Sheng lowered their heads thoughtfully, without any intention of opening their mouths.

Seeing the secretive posture of the three of them, everyone quickly stopped talking, and cast their probing eyes on the current Jiuqing who was two thousand stones among the three.

After a while, an old man at the level of a thousand stones quickly walked two steps and followed Xiao Sheng.

"I heard that Young Master Sheng is following the order of His Majesty to preside over the stabilization of grain prices in Guanzhong for this and next two years;"

"Since it is to stabilize food prices, then Young Master Sheng should have been walking around with Marquis Feng a lot recently?"

The old man asked a meaningful question, causing Xiao Sheng to turn sideways;
When he saw the old man and the gazes cast on him, all with the intention of asking 'what kind of person do you think Mr. Sheng is', Xiao Sheng couldn't help taking a breath, and then slowly exhaled it.

"Young master wins..."

"Um·······"

"—After the matter of stabilizing food prices was handed over to Young Master Sheng by His Majesty, Young Master Sheng did pay me a visit once."

"Judging from the matter of stabilizing food prices alone, Young Master Sheng can be said to be a 'precocious' person?"

With a little hesitation, he said "maybe he is a precocious person", and Xiao Sheng did not forget to laugh and shook his head.

"I've only seen Young Master win one side;"

"Whether this is the case or not, I don't dare to make a conclusion..."

As he spoke, Xiao Sheng turned sideways again, and turned his eyes for help to Liu She and Zhang Ou who were beside him.

When everyone followed Xiao Sheng's gaze and looked at Liu Sheng and Zhang Ou, they saw awkward smiles on their faces at the same time.

"Uh, the two of us are not familiar with Young Master Sheng..."

"after all·······"

"Ahem, Young Master wins, it's just 'Young Master wins'..."

A reminder full of deep meaning made everyone's faces stiffen, and then they turned their heads away and hurriedly ended the topic.

It is true that today's Liu Sheng is already the crown prince and heir.

——Compared to Liu Rong before, the kind that is even more certain!

But after all, Liu Sheng is still only a 'Quasi-Heir', and has not yet been formally appointed;
To put it more simply, Liu Sheng is theoretically still an ordinary "son" and "quasi-vassal" for the time being.

And such an identity means that all officials who are qualified to appear in Weiyang Palace today cannot have too close contacts with Liu Sheng.

This is to avoid suspicion, and at the same time, in the past, Liu Rong, the eldest son of the emperor, who was once regarded as a "certain" by the court and the public, had sounded the alarm for the Han court...

"I don't know what happened to the food?"

"——I heard that Taicang was opened to sell cheap food."

"—I don't know what Young Master Sheng thinks..."

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"Since the crown prince has not yet been conferred, there should be no officials around Young Master Sheng, right?"

"There is no brains around me to make suggestions..."

"The matter of food, and today's deprivation of the appointment and dismissal of princes and kings, are all the son's own ideas?"

"--should be."

"—I heard that young master Sheng is surrounded by only the seventh son of the emperor, and a few relatives of the Dou family and the Jia family..."

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"The Dou clan helped the young master win?"

"Sigh~"

"I heard that the Queen Mother has always loved Young Master Sheng?"

"--you do not say······"

"—I heard that Princess Guantao also plans to marry her daughter to Young Master Sheng..."

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"Princess Guantao's daughter?"

"Aren't you only five years old..."

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As the crowd slowly walked towards the palace gate, chatting with each other from time to time, the word "Gongzi Sheng" became more and more mysterious in the hearts of everyone.

Concern was written on everyone's face.

Tonight, there are bound to be many people in Chang'an who will suffer from insomnia because of such a problem;
——Young Master Sheng, what kind of person is he?

But it is obvious: Tianzi Qi is not among them.

To be precise, even if Tian Ziqi suffered from insomnia, it would never be because of this problem...
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"Tell me, what do you think;"

"As detailed as you can."

The apse of the Xuanshi Palace, the sleeping palace.

Standing in front of the maid holding the water basin, she wiped her face carelessly with a wet cloth, and turned her neck in unconcealed exhaustion, wiping around her neck by the way;
On the lips, Tianzi Qi did not forget to ask Liu Sheng who was kneeling in front of the couch not far away.

Hearing this question, Liu Sheng looked relaxed and shrugged without thinking.

"The son sees that the father wants to say something but can't say it, and the officials can't understand the father's hint;"

"Thinking about it in secret, I feel that there will be no bad results if the minister says this."

"That's why my son said it."

His nonchalant attitude made Tianzi Qi frown subconsciously;

Throwing the wet cloth in his hand back into the basin, he turned around slowly, and looked at Liu Sheng sympathetically.

"I'm asking you, what do you think about the matter of the clan princes?!"

"——I'm just playing around, I'm not in shape all day long!"

The inexplicable annoyance only made Liu Sheng slightly startled, and subconsciously sat up straight;
When Tianzi Qiye walked back to the imperial couch with a gloomy expression, sat down and looked at him seriously, Liu Sheng had no choice but to turn his expression slightly serious.

After a few words in secret, he unreservedly put his own opinion in front of Tianzi Qi.

"Cutting down the vassals is a national policy that my Han family has been promoting since the establishment of the country."

"Since Emperor Taizu Gao defeated the princes with different surnames and changed the clan princes to suppress the Guandong, the feudal vassals have always been the focus of my Han family."

"——The teacher once said: Qin Wang's abolition of government and enfeoffment, and the administration of prefectures and counties are essentially correct;"

"But Qin Wangzheng was too impatient and didn't plan it slowly, which caused Qin to lose the hearts of the people because of the abolition of the enfeoffment."

"Emperor Gao, the great ancestor, learned the lesson of Qin Wangzheng's eagerness for quick success and quick abolition of enfeoffments, and decided to take it easy."

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"At the very beginning, Emperor Taizu Gao divided the feudal titles, allowing different surnames to be crowned kings, so as to win the hearts of the world and destroy Xiang Yu;"

"After the unification of the world, Emperor Taizu Gao banned the princes with different surnames in order, and changed the clan princes to suppress the local areas, thinking of them as wings."

"When the first emperor arrived, the disadvantages of the clan princes also began to appear, so the first emperor began to plan to cut down the vassals;"

"Furthermore, the rebellion between Wu and Chu completely destroyed the ambitions of the clan princes and created the conditions for the banning of the clan princes."

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"But it's different from princes with different surnames—family princes, after all, they are still my Liu clan's clan, and we can't use too violent means to deal with them like the extermination of princes with different surnames."

"Therefore, the best way to ban the clan princes is to slowly dismember the clan princes with Jia Yi's method of 'tweening the princes';"

"By quelling the rebellion between Wu and Chu, the father has already gained the authority to ask for whatever he wants from his clan and princes. Jia Yi's 'tweeting the princes' took too long."

"So, in addition to Jia Yi's method of 'tweeting the princes', the emperor must start from now on to deprive the power of the clan princes in order to prepare for the future."

"——In the future, when the clan princes of this generation die and the court can extend favor to the princes, it is best for the clan princes not to have the slightest ability to resist."

"Only in this way can our Han family dismember a large country with several counties into a small country of one county or half a county through a gentle means like 'tweeting', and finally, dismember it into a marquis country the size of a county and a township."

"When the clan vassal states in the Kanto region are all dismembered into individual vassal states, the hidden danger that our Han family is constrained by the feudal vassals and unable to concentrate on dealing with the Huns will be completely eliminated..."

After telling his own thoughts and the sequence of teachings given to him by the old prime minister Shen Tujia, Liu Sheng raised his head a little uneasy, and looked at the cloudy face of the emperor Qi.

——Tianzi Qi's anger just now is really too bizarre!
This provoked Liu Sheng a little bit, and he began to reflect on himself recently, did he do something wrong?

Liu Sheng's uneasy expression did not attract Tianzi Qi's attention.

After recollecting Liu Shengcai's words for a while, and pondering for a while, the emperor Qicai raised his head with "the lingering anger still lingering".

"When talking about state affairs, you are not allowed to smile!"

"—Know that every decision you make is related to the livelihood of tens of millions of people!"

"Your random joke may cause thousands of people to die because of your stupidity!"

"Your nonchalant attitude is likely to make decades of hard work of the ancestors go to waste because of you, an unworthy descendant!"

Another burst of sudden anger finally caused Liu Sheng to bow his head in shame, and his body, which was already kneeling, also took advantage of the situation and kowtowed.

"Son, guilty..."

"My father's teachings, sons, keep them in mind..."

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In front of the imperial couch, Liu Sheng kowtowed to the ground, ashamed and guilty;
On the imperial couch, the emperor Qi sat upright, with an angry look on his face.

After a long while like this, Tianzi Qicai finally calmed down, but with a sullen face, he called out: "Get up."

"Remember what you said today."

"—There is no small matter in any state affairs."

"As long as it's not a trivial matter, it must be treated seriously, thought over and over again;"

"Always remember: What you hold in your hand is the life and death of the people in the world!"

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"What you are holding in your hands are tens of millions of common people and Li Shu in the world."

"—If you hold it a little tighter, it will crush thousands of people to death;"

"—If you hold it a little looser, thousands of people will fall to death."

"How to hold this hand is a science;"

"I will teach you this knowledge."

"But before you learn how to hold this hand, you must first understand: what is it that you hold in your hand..."

After preaching again, the anger in Tianzi Qi's tone has obviously weakened a lot.

But what replaced it was an inexplicable and guilt-ridden earnestness and sincerity.

"My son, remember..."

Another 'remember', coupled with his sincere attitude of confession, Liu Shengcai finally dispelled the inexplicable anger in Tian Ziqi's heart.

Seeing the emperor Qi heard the words, his face was like water and he nodded slightly, and took another deep breath;

After taking several deep breaths repeatedly, and finally calmed down completely, Tian Zi Qi raised his head again sullenly.

"Why do you think of depriving princes and kings of their power to appoint and dismiss officials today?"

"Don't you know what the right to appoint and dismiss officials means?"

"I don't know if the princes and kings lose the right to appoint and remove officials, they will directly become a large Chehou?"

"——Also: Didn't you say that today, you will mention the prohibition of people's private casting of money?"

"Why did you suddenly change your mind and bring up the matter of depriving the princes and kings of their power to appoint and dismiss officials?"

The repeated questions in a low tone only provoked Liu Sheng to raise his eyelids cautiously, and take a look at Tianzi Qi's uncertain face.

After confirming that Tianzi Qi was asking, not questioning, Liu Sheng felt relieved.

After thinking for a moment, he took a deep breath and straightened his body again.

"My ministers know what the right to appoint and dismiss officials means to the clan and princes."

"I also know that the clan princes will completely lose control of the feudal country if they lose the right to appoint and dismiss officials."

"But I think that for my Han family, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages;"

"Now is a good time to do that."

Speaking firmly, Liu Sheng did not forget to continue to raise his head to observe the changes in Tianzi Qi's expression.

It wasn't until Tianzi Qi gave a nonchalant 'hmm' that he continued to say: "Clan princes, there are advantages and disadvantages for our Han family."

"The advantage lies in the fact that these clan princes can defend the emperor of Chang'an when necessary."

"—Just like back then, when the Lu family was in trouble for Chang'an, the existence of the Guandong princes ensured the continuation of the ancestral temple."

"At that time, if it weren't for the existence of the princes of various clans, Chen Ping, Zhou Bo and others would not welcome the late emperor, but would try to stand on their own."

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"But compared to this 'advantage', the 'disadvantage' of clan princes is more than a hundred times greater."

"—When necessary, the clan princes can defend the Emperor Chang'an, this is beyond doubt;"

"But the other way around: the clan princes who have the ability to defend the emperor of Chang'an also have the ability to challenge Chang'an and raise troops in the Kanto."

"Just like back then, the Lu family was a disaster for Chang'an. Although Qi Wang Liu Xiang sent troops to kill Lu, he did so because he sat on the throne himself, not the emperor who defended Chang'an."

"It's also like last year when Liu Bi, Liu Wu and other thieves rebelled and dragged most of Kanto into the abyss of war."

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"The most important thing is: back then, the first emperor wanted to fight the Xiongnu, and everything was ready, but because of the rebellion of Jibei King Liu Xingju, all the preparations were wasted."

"It was this incident that made the first emperor understand: If the clan and princes are not wiped out, our Han family will never be able to go north with peace of mind and drive out the Hulu."

"Combining all these things, the existence of clan princes obviously does more harm than good;"

"And right now, it is a good opportunity for the father to seize the power of the princes and kings, lay the foundation for the future ban on the clan princes, and remove obstacles."

Said in a serious manner, Liu Sheng did not forget to emphasize one more point at the end: "As for why the minister changed his mind temporarily, it was because of the hint from the father, and he did not get any feedback from the officials;"

"I'm thinking that if I say these things on behalf of my father, my son will help my father..."

With a sullen face, he sat quietly on the edge of the couch, and patiently listened to Liu Sheng's words. The emperor Qicai finally let go of his frown.

It’s just that Tian Ziqi’s next words made Liu Sheng confused and completely confused...
"I, I know."

"Go down."

"Next time something like this happens, remember to tell me in advance."

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"and also;"

"I've already made up my mind about money."

"When the food business is done, I will leave it to you."

"Go."

"Recently, remember to hide from the prime minister..."

(End of this chapter)