Han family achievements

Chapter 166 Emulating Han Wu and setting up an inner court
Xun You, Zhong Yao and the others looked at Xun Yu's back as he walked away with different expressions.

He Yong suddenly said: "Should I suggest to Your Majesty that the canonization ceremony should be more grand?"

Xun You nodded and shook his head again, and said, "I don't know if he is the prince, it's not good to be too ostentatious."

Zhong Yao said with a serious face, "However, His Majesty told us that there must be other intentions."

Xun You nodded again, and then said: "Let's go, go back to Shangshutai first."

A few people were talking, and turned to the Shangshutai. As soon as they entered the door, they heard a loud noise from the prime minister Yang Biao's room, and many people stretched their heads to watch the play.

Xun You listened for a while, then turned cold and shouted, "Are you all idle?"

Everyone was silent and ran away in a hurry.

Xun You, Zhong Yao, and He Yong stepped forward and came to Yang Biao's house, and they saw Wang Yun standing in front of Yang Biao, accusing loudly.

"Dong Zhuo's rebellion is an unprecedented event! As a prime minister, you don't say a word, and you eat a vegetarian meal, can you be worthy of the word prime minister?"

Yang Biao was obviously sprayed for a long time. He blushed and had a thick neck. He glared at Wang Yun and said, "I am the prime minister. Do you know who is superior? Is this how you, as a subordinate official, speak to the prime minister?"

"The king has done it, but the ministers can still speak out, why can't the prime minister? Dong Zhuo has [-] elite soldiers in his hand, killing and looting in Peiguo. You are the prime minister, can you say something?"

Wang Yun turned his back to the three of them, and couldn't see his expression clearly, but his anger could be heard from his voice.

The three looked at each other, hesitating whether to go in or not.

They hesitated, but Wang Yun didn't hesitate. He waved his hand and said, "That Xun Yu is Xun You's nephew. Looking at the government and the public, more than half of them are Yingchuan party members, so you can't see it? nothing?"

Yang Biao was obviously outraged. He tugged at his collar and said loudly: "As Zuo Cheng, don't you only know advice? Dong Zhuo, you don't care about the truth at all. As long as you can raise money, Truth personally leads the troops to destroy him!"

Xun You, Zhong Yao, and He Yong saw that Yang Biao was confused and started talking nonsense. They looked at each other, didn't go in, turned and left.

Yang Biao and Wang Yun were still arguing, and the two who were already displeased with each other obviously touched the fuse, and the conflict became public.

Jingfu Hall, inside the study.

Liu Bian poured tea for Xun Yu on the opposite side, looked at Xun Yu calmly, and said with a smile: "The Qing family said earlier in the Jiade Hall that my state affairs are 'chaotic government affairs, repairing and repairing, and setting up according to the situation, there is nothing wrong with it. There is no long-term plan', can you elaborate?"

Xun Yu was also observing this young His Majesty. He had received the imperial edict last year, but he still failed to come to Beijing for various reasons. It may be that he did not have the purpose of examining the court.

With the decline of the great Han Dynasty, the view that the "Han Dynasty is about to perish" has been widely spread for more than ten years.

In recent years, the signs of the great Han's subjugation have become more and more obvious!

Xun Yu withdrew his gaze, bowed slightly, and said, "I oppose almost all the policies that the imperial court is currently implementing."

Liu Bian's teacup came to his lips, he frowned upon hearing this, stared at him, and said with a smile: "The Qing family continues."

Xun Yu clearly felt that Liu Bian's gaze was sharper, and there was no abnormality on his old face, and he said: "I think that the imperial court must strengthen its foundation and be strong, but the policy implemented by the imperial court is exactly the opposite, and all of them will cause trouble. Huge turmoil, people's hearts fluctuate, rebellious ups and downs, deeply damaging the country, will only make the court continue to wear down, and my great man will decline even more..."

Liu Bian remained motionless, and put the teacup gently into his mouth.

Xun Yu's words are actually correct. The imperial court should avoid turmoil as much as possible and accumulate strength to deal with the chaotic situation.

What Xun Yu didn't see was that the enemy of the Han court was not the Yellow Turban Army, but the land annexation, and the gentry clan who stood on top of the land annexation.

If it is a prosperous age, Liu Bian can use many methods to divide and attack the aristocratic families and curb land annexation without harming the country.

But now is the last year of the dynasty, and the aristocratic family has taken shape. The real threat to the great Han Guozuo will cause the great Han to fall apart, and what will make China sink, is precisely the greed of the aristocratic family!
In history, the subjugation of the great Han was attributed to Dong Zhuo's chaotic government. In fact, Dong Zhuo was just a knife polished by the family, but the ambition of this knife was greater than that of the family, and it turned against them!

'No break, no stand...'

Liu Bian whispered in his heart, still smiling on his face, and said, "What does the Qing family think is the most important thing in current state affairs?"

Xun Yu couldn't sense anything from Liu Bian's tone, pondered for a moment, and said: "I believe that the first thing is to sort out the state affairs, formulate a strategy, and put the people at ease, supplemented by taxation, strengthening the army, governing officials, opening up wasteland, and farming... Formulate detailed goals and policies, bring them together, and support each other, instead of doing things independently, being alone, or even conflicting with each other..."

Liu Bian listened, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he kept nodding in his heart.

The various policies he promoted, including the abolition of the Sangong Mansion, the re-establishment of the prime minister, the Qingzhang Tianmu, the census of households, etc., are actually forced by him under his "wishful thinking". Relatively chaotic, he needs to hit a stick to move forward.

Liu Bian no longer doubted Xun Yu's ability, and being able to point this out showed that Xun Yu had studied the court situation deeply.

'Ability cannot be judged by age. '

Liu Bian raised his voice inwardly, and suddenly asked, "What do the Qing family think of Yuan Shu's rebellion and Dong Zhuoping's rebellion?"

Just as Xun Yu was about to speak, a Zhonghuangmen came to the door in a hurry and said, "Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager has summoned Cai Taichang and Cai Xiaoniang into the palace."

Liu Bian frowned, so fast?

He waved his hands, and smiled with Xun Yu, "The Qing family will continue."

Xun Yu thought for a while, then said: "I believe that Your Majesty has the means to restrain Dong Zhuo and destroy Yuan Shu, and His Majesty is also confident."

Liu Bian looked at Xun Yu, smiled more and more, and said: "From now on, the Shizhonglu will discuss matters every three days, and the Qing family, Li Cao Shangshu, and Hu Cao Shangshu will always be seated."

Xun Yu raised his hand and said, "The minister receives the order."

His slightly aged face remained motionless, but he knew in his heart that he had passed the test.

Liu Bian glanced at him again, without saying any more, got up and went to Yongle Palace.

……

At the same time, the news of Cai Wenji's pregnancy quietly spread among some big figures inside and outside the palace.

In the huge turmoil caused by the "Edict of the First Emperor", the news that Liu Bian has an heir is undoubtedly crucial and can most stabilize people's hearts.

Because no matter what, when Liu Bian has no heirs, Liu Xie is the first heir, and there are still many people staring at Liu Xie.

But when Liu Bian has an heir, Liu Xie will no longer be important.

Even, some people secretly hope that Liu Xie will 'die of illness' as soon as possible.

Shou'an Palace.

Liu Xie heard the news and looked in the direction of Jingfu Palace. The ten-year-old precocious face was tense, slightly pale, and there was a trace of fear in his eyes.

Empress Dowager Dong has gray hair recently, she stretched out her arms to hug Liu Xie, with hatred and pity on her face, she said: "Don't be afraid, Xie Er, with grandma around, no one can hurt you."

Liu Xie forced a smile, turned around to appease the Queen Mother Dong, and said, "Grandma, have you forgotten? Brother Huang said that the royal family is the most harmonious, and it sets an example for the world. There will be no brother-in-law."

Empress Dowager Dong looked at her young and sensible grandson, and her heart ached even more.

A court lady came in, and she was taken aback when she saw the appearance of the two people, and said quickly: "My Majesty Qi, Your Highness, Ting Wei Mansion invites Your Highness to inspect it."

Empress Dowager Dong hugged Liu Xie tightly and shouted, "No!"

Liu Xie remained calm, patted Empress Dowager Dong's hand, turned her head, and said with a smile, "Grandmother, don't worry, this was decided a month ago, it's fine."

Empress Dowager Dong breathed a sigh of relief, then frowned and said, "I'll go and tell him that you'll call yourself sick from now on and don't come out of Shou'an Hall. I'll see what he can do to you!"

Liu Xie's smile remained unchanged, and said: "Grandmother, don't worry, you have to trust Brother Huang, grandson will come back as soon as he goes."

Empress Dowager Dong looked at Liu Xie's immature face, and felt so wronged that she wanted to cry.

Liu Xie spoke a few more words of comfort, and left the Shou'an Hall, escorted by the imperial guards, went straight out of the palace and headed for Tingwei's Mansion.

Not long ago, an unexpected visitor came to Tingwei Mansion.

In the back hall.

"You said, you are the concubine of the great general?" Chen Qun, who was in charge of the history of Ting Wei's mansion, looked at the young woman who was only sixteen or seventeen years old in surprise.

The young woman was holding a child, kneeling on the ground, with a look of fear on her face, and said: "Yes. Please help Ting Wei."

With a serious face, Zhong Yao whispered to Chen Qun, "Go and watch outside the door, and don't allow anyone to approach."

Chen Qun nodded, looked at the young woman again, went out, dismissed the others, stood quietly under the steps, still couldn't help being curious, and looked back at the closed door.

Zhong Yao's expression was unprecedentedly serious, his eyes flickered constantly, and his heart was more frightened than the young woman in front of him.

After a long while, he fixed his eyes and said, "You said earlier that someone was going to kill you. Who is it?"

The corner of the young woman's mouth twitched, she lowered her head, hugged the child tightly and did not speak.

Zhong Yao glanced at the child and said, "Is this the general's child?"

"Yeah." The young woman said.

Zhong Yao became more and more anxious, stepped forward to the young woman, looked down at her, stared sharply into her eyes, and said in a low voice, "I ask you, is there really an edict from the late emperor?"

The young woman shook her head again and again, and said: "I don't know about it, the master never said so."

A big stone fell to the ground in Zhong Yao's heart, and he subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief.

If there is a copy of the late emperor's edict in front of Zhong Yao, it will pose an unprecedented problem for him!

Fortunately not.

Zhong Yao stared at the young woman, and vaguely guessed who it was, he didn't want to pursue the grievances and enmities in it, the headache now was how to arrange the concubine of the general.

It is definitely not possible to hand it over, otherwise the mother and child will probably die unexpectedly; if you don't hand it over, hide it, and if found out, he will also be implicated.

Dong dong dong

Chen Qun knocked lightly on the door outside, and said in a low voice, "Tingwei, King Bohai is here."

Zhong Yao's expression changed slightly, and then he looked at the young woman with a serious expression, and said, "I will treat you as a maidservant of the Tingwei Mansion, you must not say anything!"

"Thank you Tingwei!" The young woman hugged the child excitedly and kowtowed.

Zhong Yao opened the door, calmly said to Chen Qun, "You arrange her to enter the mansion, and keep it a secret from everyone!"

Chen Qun knew the importance, nodded and said, "Okay."

Zhong Yao took a deep breath, straightened his clothes, and walked to the front hall to meet Liu Xie.

"Your Highness, please."

Zhong Yao received Liu Xie and motioned him to go inside.

Liu Xie nodded pretending to be calm, followed Zhong Yao, and inspected the duty rooms, listened to Zhong Yao's report on the restructuring and affairs of the Tingwei Mansion, and then inspected the dungeon.

Zhong Yao followed behind Liu Xie, and said unhurriedly: "The imperial court is reorganizing the prisons. The Tingwei Mansion must have a temporary detention place because it wants to judge the prisoners. It has been specially approved by Shangshutai to keep fifty temporary prisons. cell……"

Looking at these cells, Liu Xie's scalp felt inexplicably numb, the corners of his mouth moved, and he said suddenly, "Zhong Tingwei, I heard that Cai Xiaoniang is pregnant?"

This is already a tacit secret at the top.

Zhong Yao bowed and said, "I don't know, my subordinate."

Liu Xie looked back at him and said, "Tingwei really doesn't know?"

Zhong Yao and Liu Xie looked at each other, then waved the person behind him back, thought for a moment, and said: "As a court lieutenant, I would like to ask the King of Bohai whether the late emperor really left behind?"

Liu Xie frowned, his immature face turned pale, and said, "I haven't heard of it, nor have I seen it."

Zhong Yao remained motionless, and said, "Since there is no edict, why should His Highness worry?"

Liu Xie stared at Zhong Yao, hesitant to speak, and finally said: "I heard that Dong Zhuo is not effective in calming the chaos?"

Yuan Shu was not peaceful for a day, and Liu Xie was roasted on the fire all the time.

Zhong Yao said: "Your Highness should get closer to His Majesty."

Liu Xie heard Zhong Yao's pointing, raised his hand and said, "Thank you Tingwei."

Zhong Yao didn't say any more, thinking about sending Liu Xie away as soon as possible.

at the same time.

Empress Dowager He pulled Cai Wenji and was talking enthusiastically.

"Being outside the palace is outside the palace,"

Originally, Liu Bian was worried that Empress Dowager He would not agree, but he did not expect Empress Dowager He to directly say to Cai Yong and Cai Wenji's father and daughter: "It is not easy to support in the palace, Bian'er grew up outside the palace, and it will not be too late to enter the palace in a few years. In a while, I will choose some people to send to the Cai Mansion, they must rest assured to raise their babies, don't worry too much, everything is decided by the mother..."

Cai Wenji glanced at Liu Bian, and said softly: "The concubine listens to my mother."

The Empress Dowager He couldn't close her mouth happily when she heard the words, and said, "Okay, okay, let me tell you, this child..."

Having said that, seeing Liu Bian and Cai Yong present, he kept his mouth shut, and picked up the teacup to drink tea with no expression on his face.

Liu Bian immediately understood, smiled and said to Cai Yong: "Cai Qing's family, I have something to ask, let's go out and talk about it."

Cai Yong also had eyesight, got up quickly and said, "Yes."

"This child, you must be calm and don't be afraid..."

Before Liu Bian and Cai Yong went out, Empress Dowager He's excited laughter came out again.

Liu Bian shook his head. The relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law is a difficult problem in the world, and it cannot be characterized by short-term harmony.

After leaving Yongle Palace, Liu Bian said to Cai Yong with his hands behind his back, "Recently, some people say that the Qing family's participation in Shangshutai's affairs is unfair..."

Cai Yong's expression suddenly became tense, and his body bowed more and more.

Liu Bian walked on without noticing it, and said: "So, I'm thinking about setting up six more people under the left and right servants of the Shangshutai, to be in charge of political affairs, a total of nine people, governing six Cao and nine temples, Prime Minister of National Government."

Cai Yong breathed a sigh of relief, quickly raised his hand and said, "Your Majesty is wise."

Liu Bian pondered slowly in his mind, and said: "Qing's family, the official Cao Shangshu Xun You, the household Cao Shangshu He Yong, and the servant Xun Yu are all involved in political affairs."

This is the official admission to the Minister's Office!

Cai Yong was overjoyed, he hurriedly raised his hand and said: "I accept the decree, thank you!"

　Sorry, the state is very poor, and the writing is a bit short.

　　Change first and repair later. When your body is better, you can change it immediately.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)