I am not a deposed emperor of Han Dynasty

Chapter 301 Is it because I kill too few people to gain power? (seeking subscription)
After returning to the greenhouse hall, Liu He fell into a deep sleep.

After more than an hour, he woke up from his nap.

Compared with the hours of half-dream and half-awake last night, Liu He slept more soundly at this hour.

Going to sleep and waking up were almost at the same moment, and Liu He hardly felt any passage of time.

When I first woke up from the dream, the sun had already set in the west.

The purple-red sunset shines in from the windows on the west side, covering the back room of the conservatory hall in a warm color.

It is now mid-October, and the weather is much colder than the day when the bloody edict was written.

Therefore, the heating walls in the conservatory hall are always burning, which makes the conservatory hall as warm as mid-spring.

If you hadn't gone outside the hall, you wouldn't have felt the biting chill at all.

Liu He looked at the gilded window lattice, and in his drowsiness, he thought of many people who were going to run around in the cold wind outside the hall.

I don't know if the slaves in the violent room will put their hands in the cold water.

I don't know if the soldiers and guards on duty inside and outside the palace can wear warm clothes.

I don't know if the soldiers of the Han army who are away on the expedition have sores on their hands and feet.

I don't know if Zhongfu's wind and cold have improved.

……

It's not that Liu He is sentimental, but just emotional.

In the past few months, Liu He has tried his best to get closer to a political machine, but it seems that he hasn't cultivated well yet.

After coming to Chang'an for a long time, Liu He has never ordered anyone to be killed.

Strictly speaking, there was only one person who died because of Liu He, and that was Yang Chang, and he was still mad at himself.

As for the unlucky Army Sima Wang Xian and his poor family members, they have nothing to do with Liu He.

That's the fault of the Huo family.

At the critical moment of reforming the old and reforming the old, only one person died, and he was really a benevolent monarch worthy of the name.

Should I kill more people so that I can establish my prestige faster?

Thinking in his heart, Liu He looked at the sunset outside the window, and it seemed that there was a trace of blood.

Liu He lifted the quilt, stood up, put on a robe, tied up his hair casually, and walked towards the front room of the greenhouse hall.

Along the way, it was very quiet.

Only Liu He's footsteps could be heard.

The footsteps echoed in the greenhouse hall, making Liu He suddenly feel lonely.

This feeling of loneliness was also felt by Liu He when he was in the main hall of Menxia Temple an hour ago.

When I was in Changyi Kingdom, there were always a group of Lang officials by my side.

What's more, Yu Wuyou is always "in front of the saddle and behind the horse".

But now, the Lang officials have gone to different government offices.

Yu Wuyou stayed longer at Menxia Temple and Changle Palace.

And that old Confucian Wangshi who used to bore him has been busy adjudicating the scriptures this month, and rarely enters the palace, so it is difficult for the two of them to meet each other.

When he came to Weiyang Palace, apart from Fan Ke, the little internal official left to him by Emperor Xiaozhao, Huo Guang was the closest to him.

However, since yesterday, Huo Guang will gradually drift away from himself.

If Zhongfu can turn his back on the wrong way, live until next winter, and then become a veritable auxiliary minister, it may not be a bad thing.

It's just that I don't know if Huo Guang has this blessing.

Liu He had just sat down on the couch in the front room, and before he had time to speak to the outside of the hall, Fan Ke carefully pushed open the door of the hall and poked his head in.

The cold autumn wind took advantage of the void and blew into Liu He's nasal cavity, causing him to sneez loudly.

"Damn the lowly minister, you have frightened His Majesty!"

Fan Ke hurriedly closed the door of the hall, walked in quickly, bowed down, and pleaded guilty to the emperor.

In the past, Liu He would make him flat, but this is not the case today.

If you want to talk about the merits of supporting the establishment, this small internal official should also have a share.

Huo Guang and the others had received rewards a long time ago, but apart from allowing Fan Ke to use his original surname and releasing his old grandmother, he had never given him any rewards.

Don't talk about the past, just look at the present.

It is not a small risk to try food for yourself every day.

"Fan Ke, take it easy, I want to know what rank you are now?"

Fan Ke got up cautiously, and said: "The lowly minister has no official position, thanks to His Majesty, what the humble minister eats is the envoy's money and food."

Internal officials are also officials, so naturally they should have a rank.

Zuoshi is the lowest rank among the officials of the Han Dynasty. He is paid seven hu of millet a month, which is similar to the money and food paid by ordinary people's hired workers. At most, he can support himself.

"Can you read?" Liu He asked.

"Recognize, get to know a little bit more." Fan Ke didn't know why the emperor asked this matter.

"Who taught you?"

"The big mother taught me a word every three days, and taught me for three years."

Even though she is in prison, she still does not forget to teach her grandson to read and write. Fan Ke's eldest mother should also have some insight when she was young.

It's a pity that Fan Ke is an internal official, destined to have no heirs - this family is considered extinct.

"Fan Ke, I think you have made great contributions in supporting me, so I promoted you to the position of Zhongshu, and I will learn to draft edicts for me in the future. I hope that after three years, you will be the one to draft edicts for me."

The Zhongshu is a subordinate official of the Shaofu, and has the same responsibilities as the Shangshu in the Shangshu Office-the scholars are appointed as the Shangshu, and the internal officials are appointed as the Zhongshu.

The rank is not high, but it is better than four hundred stones.

In Weiyang Palace, there are simply too many officials of this rank.

But for Fan Ke, this is already a huge opportunity, and he walked from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain in almost one step.

For a while, he stayed where he was, and even forgot about Xie En.

"Why, are you unwilling to accept the order?"

Fan Ke just woke up like a dream, and hastily bowed down to accept the order, his voice full of excitement and nervousness.

He didn't raise his head until the emperor let him flatten his body.

"The rank is more than four hundred stones, you can settle a home outside the palace, and then take your eldest mother outside the palace."

"No!" The word Fan Ke contained so many emotions that he couldn't even tell what he was feeling at this moment.

He only knew that the Son of Heaven's kindness to him was higher than the sky, and he might have to die to repay him.

After Fan Ke wiped away the tears streaming down from the corner of his eyes, Liu He, who was still in a trance because of his nap, finally woke up completely.

"At this time, who is waiting to see me outside the palace?"

"It's Guang Luxun, Zhang Anshi, and Shaofu Bingji, the two governors."

"How long have you two been here?"

"Soon, about a quarter of an hour, at the moment they are waiting in the side hall."

Judging by the magistrate, the things that Liu He asked them to investigate in the morning should have come to light.

Then let's see how courageous Father Zhong is and how many officials and courtiers he can incite to strike together.

"Show them in, I'm going to see them now."

"promise!"

……

The side hall of the greenhouse hall is not big, and it is specially used for the rest of the courtiers who are waiting to be summoned.

When Emperor Xiaozhao was in power, there was almost no chance to summon his courtiers in the greenhouse hall, so this side hall has been locked, and it was only cleaned up this month.

In the hall, there were two people waiting for the emperor to summon them.

It was Guang Luxun Zhang Anshi and Shaofu Bingji.

Before Emperor Xiaozhao's visit, they had very little contact in front of people, and it seemed that they were just acquaintances who nodded.

But in private, their relationship was extraordinary.

And those who connect the two of them are Zhang He, Zhang Anshi's elder brother, and Liu Bingji, the grandson of the deposed prince.

Zhang He used to be a guest of the abolished prince, and had a very close relationship with him.

Later, he was implicated and imprisoned because of the rebellion of the abolished prince, and was eventually sentenced to corruption, sent to Yeting, and became a Yeting order along the way.

It was the then Tingwei Supervisor Bingji and Zhang He who planned together to keep Liu Bingji's comprehensiveness in the next ten years.

Like Xu Guanghan, this Zhang He regarded Liu Bing as his own, and even once wanted to marry his daughter to him, but was finally blocked by Zhang Anshi, so he gave up resentfully.

Both Bingji and Zhang Anshi are cautious people. Although they respected each other in the past, they rarely interacted with each other.Now that they are all the confidantes of the emperor, they can naturally have a happy conversation.

Today, after they received the edict at Menxia Temple, they went to different government offices and traveled for several hours before arriving at the side hall.

There was no one else here, and the two people with similar temperaments naturally exchanged pleasantries.

However, no matter what they talked about, they tacitly avoided talking about one person. This person was Liu Bingji, the grandson of the abolished prince.

Others may not know that Liu Bingji's identity is sensitive, but the two of them must know it.

Since it is sensitive, it is better not to talk about it.

After the pleasantries, Bingji, who was a little older, cut the topic to the core first.

"Ziru, this morning, I went to the prime minister's mansion. I searched in the dark, and at least [-]% of the officials have taken leave. How about the two mansions you went to?" Bingji asked.

"The situation is roughly the same. I see that there are more than a dozen chief historians and subordinate officials from various counties waiting outside the Dasinong Temple." Zhang Anshi said worriedly.

A steady stream of rents and taxes are being transported to Chang'an City, if they cannot be warehoused in time, there will be big problems soon.

Why does the emperor seem to be indifferent to such obvious disadvantages?
"Mr. Bing, what do you think the magistrate wants to do with this matter?"

Bingji shook his head with a wry smile, and said, "The county magistrate's thoughts are different from ordinary people's, so I can't guess."

Yes, the county magistrate is a wise king, but the city is very deep.

Difficult to guess at many things.

The two of them were silent when they thought about the past few days.

They couldn't guess what the emperor would do next.

"Mr. Bing, the current situation is complicated and confusing. When I see the magistrate later, how should we speak to the magistrate?" Zhang Anshi said.

"Does Ziru have a good strategy in mind?" Bingji asked rhetorically.

"That day in the Greenhouse Palace, the county magistrate made it very clear that he wanted to cut Huo. Since it was cut, he had to do it step by step..."

"Nowadays it has been decided that the subjects of the world should submit letters to the county magistrate, and the county magistrate can actually be subdued, in exchange for those government offices to resume their duties first..."

"When the time is right, we will make the next move."

"Although this may damage the face of the county magistrate, it is also an expedient measure taken as a last resort."

Zhang Anshi has always been cautious, and it is quite normal to make such an opinion.

In his opinion, since the current strength is not enough to dig out all of Huo Guang at once, it is better to take a step back.

So this method is indeed in line with his practical approach.

But Bingji didn't speak immediately. Although he became Jiuqing much later than Zhang Anshi, he had served as a court captain, so he naturally knew the cruelty of the court struggle.

Sometimes, if you don't want to retreat, you can retreat.

Otherwise, Bingji would not have done the assassination of the emperor before.

But he didn't think of a good solution at the moment, and it seemed that it was the only way to appease Huo Guang first—suppressing Huo Guang while appeasing him was a kingly way.

Bingji nodded, thinking in his heart, and finally said: "Ziru, after the county magistrate subdues, the general wants the county magistrate to take back the edict, will the county magistrate take it back or not?"

"The general values ​​the court's face the most. I don't think he will act like this. This is equivalent to making the court renege..."

"However, I'm afraid the general will ask the county magistrate for something else."

Huo Yu was made a Marquis, and Huo Chengjun immediately entered the palace, and even executed Cai Yi, the first person to attack.

There are actually a lot of things the general can ask for, and if he agrees, he can indeed stabilize Huo Guang, but the emperor may not agree.

"Ziru, you would like to go with me, but I'm afraid the county magistrate's temper is not willing to do so."

The emperor seems to be gentle and elegant, but in fact he has his own opinions, and he is not a person who blindly backs down.

"That's why you and I have to persuade His Majesty not to act rashly." Zhang Anshi said, "Your Majesty doesn't seem to have seen the danger of this matter yet."

Bingji shook his head and said, "Ziru, your majesty has been walking all the way, do you really think that your majesty is a young man who doesn't know much about the world?"

This sentence really caught Zhang Anshi's attention.

To say that the Son of Heaven is not a young man, but his usual words are full of childishness and innocence; to say that the Son of Heaven is a young man, but he is quite sophisticated in manipulating people's hearts.

Looking back, Zhang Anshi was also a little uncertain.

"Ziru, although the magistrate is the heir of Emperor Xiaozhao, he is not like Emperor Xiaozhao, but more like Emperor Xiaowu."

Of course, in terms of blood, Emperor Xiaozhao was the county magistrate's uncle, and Emperor Xiaowu was the county magistrate's grandfather.

Isn't it natural to be more like a grandfather?

"Ziru can think again, if Emperor Xiaowu faced the current situation, what choice would he make?"

Zhang Anshi couldn't figure it out, so naturally he was not qualified to write a letter to the emperor to remonstrate - the emperor stood taller than them, so he naturally saw farther.

However, as a courtier, I always feel that it is my duty to submit admonitions, so there is always some unwillingness.

Xu saw Zhang Anshi's little reluctance, Bingji could only continue to persuade and said: "The county magistrate will one day become an emperor through the ages. At this critical juncture, I don't need to write a letter, I just need to listen to the county magistrate. The officer's dispatch will do."

"Don't have the slightest doubt about the county magistrate's edict. What the county magistrate says, I will do as I wait. This is our duty as a courtier."

"If the county magistrate wants to consult us, we can just report what we have seen and do not need to trouble ourselves."

Hearing this, Zhang Anshi half-understands, he understands a little bit, but not fully.

Seeing this loyal but cautious and persistent Guang Luxun, Bingji, who was a few years older, planned to persuade him again, so that he would not do anything against the emperor without knowing it.

"The county magistrate came to Chang'an alone and created the current situation in a few months. Without the ability to see thousands of miles, it is absolutely impossible to do it."

"That day, when the county magistrate called me to the greenhouse hall to write the blood edict, I'm afraid he had already guessed all the possibilities behind."

"So, I won't bother you when I wait."

Bingji's words were calm, which made Zhang Anshi somewhat suspicious.

The two of them seem to have become the emperor's confidantes at the same time. After all, they haven't been with the emperor for a long time. Why is Bingji so determined.

"Mr. Bing, why are you so sure?"

Zhang Anshi asked very cleverly, and didn't say "Why do you trust the emperor so much", because this is a bit too rebellious.

Of course Bingji couldn't say "I once sent someone to assassinate the county magistrate, but the county magistrate ignored the past, and his mind and courage were different from ordinary people."

However, Bingji can use another matter to convince Zhang Anshi to completely dispel his doubts.

This matter has something to do with the person they have been avoiding.

"I have one thing. After I say it, Ziru can have no doubts. But this matter is a little dark and dangerous. Do you dare to listen?"

If Bingji didn't say that, Zhang Anshi wouldn't be suspicious, but now that he said that, he wanted to know even more.

"Why don't you dare? Saying the wrong words may lead to death. How can you be imprisoned if you hear the wrong words?"

"Okay, then I will take the risk of beheading and talk to you about it."

Seeing Bingji's seriousness, Zhang Anshi immediately sat up straighter.

"Do you still remember that boy who almost became your brother's son-in-law?" Bingji asked.

Of course Zhang Anshi would never forget that if his elder brother hadn't come to ask him, then that young man would very likely become the good son-in-law of the Zhang family—or even a scourge of the Zhang family.

"Is Mr. Bing talking about the boy named Liu Bingji?" Zhang Anshi asked again in order to confirm.

"Exactly."

"What does this boy have to do with this matter?" Zhang Anshi asked puzzled.

"Then let me ask Ziru first, what is the relationship between this young man and the county magistrate?" Bingji asked with a smile.

"If we want to talk about it, he should be the county magistrate's nephew, right?" Zhang Anshi slowed down his speech, and seemed to be able to taste some of the deep meaning.

"Then let me ask again, if..."

Bingji looked outside the side hall again, and after confirming that those Changyi men were far away, he continued.

"If there is no county magistrate, Huo Guang wants to establish a new king, which clan is the most suitable?"

After blurting out this sensitive question, Zhang Anshi was puzzled at first, and then his pupils shrank suddenly.

"Mr. Bing is saying that Liu Bing is the most suitable candidate? This is too..."

What Zhang Anshi wanted to say was to shock the world, but seeing Bingji's mysterious smile, he swallowed his words back and thought about it carefully.

Soon, he discovered that this matter was actually somewhat reasonable.

Liu Bing is by no means the best candidate to succeed the Great Reign.

But it is the best candidate other than the county magistrate.

It is true that Prince Abandoned, Yan assassinated Wang Dan, and Guangling Wang Xu all committed serious crimes of treason.

But at least Emperor Xiaowu once expressed regret for the death of the abolished prince.

And Emperor Xiaowu returned Liu Bingji's innocence through the method of amnesty from all over the world-at least much cleaner than the descendants of Yan Sang Wang Dan and Guangling Wang Xu.

If there were no magistrate, Liu Bingji would really be the only suitable candidate among Emperor Xiaowu's few heirs.

Zhang Anshi asked hesitantly: "Why did Mr. Bing mention this matter?"

"Do you know where this sickness is?"

"I heard that he has been working in the violence room."

"Actually, the county magistrate has already seen him." Bingji didn't make things difficult for Zhang Anshi any more, and directly threw out these words.

"Did the county magistrate take him..."

Bingji shook his head, remembering that day, he also misunderstood the emperor in such a panic, and immediately felt that he was a little ridiculous at that time.

"The county magistrate and Liu Bing have already recognized each other. They are now considered uncles and nephews. Liu Bing already trusts and respects the county magistrate. He is currently in the mission of Su Wu and Fu Jiezi."

"Liu Bing will not be a fetter and constraint for the county magistrate at this moment, but may be a help."

After Bingji finished speaking, he talked about the emperor and Liu Bingji one by one.

As the listener, Zhang Anshi had no other expressions other than shock and admiration.

The Son of Heaven is planning to come to this field ahead of a rainy day. What else should they worry about when they are courtiers?

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