I, Liu Bian, Sanxing Han Dynasty

Chapter 111 Temper

It's just that Liu Bian had a good idea, but he only got Emperor Ling's consent, and he encountered problems in the next step.

Liu Bian called Ma Rixi, Ding Gong, Fan Ling and Lu Zhi to discuss it, but unexpectedly they received unanimous opposition.

They immediately mentioned the direct embroidery messenger established by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

Lu Zhi admonished: "The messengers in embroidered clothes uphold integrity, take life and death, and act on behalf of the emperor. Once they are entrusted to someone other than a human being, no one can often rule them. In the past, when Emperor Wu used the messengers in embroidered clothes, there were unjust cases of cruelty to the prince. Your Highness wants to investigate the officials. To deal with corruption, in the court, you can use the Censor's Office, and in the prefectures, you can have the Governor's Office. If there are doubts in the local area, you can also send the Censor and others to inspect the prefectures and counties, just like last year."

Ma Rixi and Ding Gong also expressed their objections from different perspectives.

Even Fan Ling, who had never opposed Liu Bian's decision before, did not even help each other this time, but also expressed his opposition.

Even if Liu Bian explained that he would never give this newly established government station the power to observe discipline like the Embroidered Clothes Envoy, he would only give it the power to explore and collect information from all directions, even abandoning arrests and interrogations.

But a few people seemed to have preconceived ideas and never let go.

Liu Bian didn't understand why they were so determined for a while, especially Lu Zhi, who he thought would definitely support him.

He was a little angry and a little aggrieved. He had obviously given in to get consent, but he got this result... So he said: "Judging from various events in the past two years, there are countless big rats in the court and the local government. The supervisory work I set up last year did not play the role I wanted. Now I just want to know the news outside the palace, and the princes are not allowed to do it. Do they want me to ignore it? "

When Lu Zhi heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and then realized that the prince was only thirteen or fourteen years old.

Faced with the little prince's obviously angry words, he calmly said in a gentle tone: "Your Highness is wise and courageous, and is the hope of the country. How can I block His Highness's ears and eyes?"

Lu Zhi further gave advice from the perspective of the young prince: "In recent years, especially the case of Bao Hong, the Yushitai has not done anything, and it has been derelict in its duties. If His Highness is interested, he can re-elect an upright person like Tian Yuanhao. A strong person is to serve the Censor and supervise the courtiers. The current staff of the Censor Station is insufficient, and we can also add more officials to the Censor Station to detect news from all directions for His Highness."

All the three princes agreed with Lu Zhi's compromise plan to appease the prince.

He also made suggestions on the spot, thinking that he could raise the censor Zhongcheng to two thousand stones or the equivalent of Jiuqing to win two thousand stones, and then set up deputies and so on.

In fact, Liu Bian realized that he shouldn't have said that when he said it, but judging from the subsequent results, it seems that being a little angry occasionally is not a bad thing.

He said: "Since Ma Gong, Ding Gong, and Fan Gong all think that what Master Lu said is reasonable, how about setting a charter?"

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In fact, Liu Bian did not consider that in the past, Emperor Ling would often arrange for eunuchs to be present during house raids. Even earlier, when Emperor Ling had not noticed the eunuchs' private corruption, the eunuchs simply took the lead in all this, and the courtiers had no way to get involved.

As soon as Liu Bian said that he would build a new mansion, both Lu Zhi, Ma Rixi and Ding Gong and Fan Ling all thought of this. Although they didn't know about Dongchang Jinyiwei, they were not stupid. Such an independently operated new government station set up to rectify the administration of officials sounded like it was very suitable for eunuchs to intervene.

Lu Zhi was not only worried about the embroidered messenger, he was even more afraid that the power of the eunuchs would expand again.

Although Lu Zhi was willing to believe Liu Bian's promise to him regarding the eunuch issue, he wanted to believe it was one thing, but in fact it was another.

In his opinion, Liu Bian would never abandon eunuchs.

For Lu Zhi, as long as eunuchs such as Shi Changshi are still there, it is absolutely necessary to prevent the slightest change.

Even if Liu Bian can prevent eunuchs from affecting this new palace, what about the successors? Faced with changes without knowing the consequences, Lu Zhi instinctively opposed it.

It's just that for Lu Zhi, it was difficult to express these concerns to Liu Bian. Even Ding Gong and Fan Ling, who were close to the eunuchs, did not want the eunuchs to have the opportunity to control hundreds of officials.

Eunuchs are already banned. If they can still rely on the newly established palace to check and balance the courtiers, wouldn't their importance be greatly reduced?

The two of them knew that they had a bad reputation, but there was a difference between a bad reputation and a lot of criticism.

"I was careless." Afterwards, Liu Bian quietly reflected on himself. Now he seemed a little complacent.

The road to reform is long and difficult.

Now that the road to directly establishing a secret intelligence supervision agency is temporarily blocked, Liu Bian can only consider overtaking in a corner.

It is impossible to give up.

If that doesn't work, Liu Bian thinks, don't blame him for taking the lead in using the eunuch, a powerful weapon, to set up a dong factory before the Jin Yiwei.

Shi Changshi is definitely very happy.

But before that, he planned to implement Lu Zhi's suggestion to Yushitai first.

Although increasing the supervisory power of the Yushitai is not as good as reinventing the wheel, it is not a loss as long as it can be effective.

It’s just that Liu Bian was worried that the additional officials would be assimilated by the locals without playing much of a role like supervisors. Although this was something he had originally expected, unless he could immediately cultivate or influence a group of people who were truly loyal to the Han Dynasty. People held this position, but they were assimilated too quickly, and their role was smaller than Liu Bian expected.

Considering that the Yushitai is centrally located after all, it should last longer.

However, if more manpower is added to Yushitai, even if Han Fu, who carries the Yuan family label, is not replaced, at least he must be assigned a deputy.

Han Fu, the censor Zhongcheng who didn't know Liu Bian had set his sights on him, wrote again, saying that now that the prince was in power, he should set up a secretariat to assist the prince in handling government affairs just like when he was in charge of the country.

This obviously means something.

Nowadays, among the courtiers, when it comes to identity, reputation and status, the leader is General He Jin, who was the one who took He Jin away when Emperor Ling went on tour last time.

Nowadays, whether it is setting up ordinary affairs or recording affairs, there must be no skip.

For Liu Bian, although he experienced a small setback when he was rejected by Sangong Monk Shuling, he was still relatively satisfied with the current situation.

If he has a problem, he can call the relevant ministers to inquire, and if he has any decision, he can even make his own decisions and send a document directly to the Chancellor.

If possible, Liu Bian still hopes to maintain this model, rather than having another general in Yuntai Palace who needs his constant attention.

Han Fu's memorial was nominally addressed to Emperor Ling, but it was actually Liu Bian who read it.

Looking at this memorial, Liu Bian suddenly realized that if he put the matter aside and only listed this memorial among the items sent to Emperor Ling, then Emperor Ling would most likely not know about it. thing.

(End of this chapter)