A thousand-year-old family that began with the Battle of Makino

Chapter 473: The imperial edict of the Yan-Han Dynasty was opened, and the dispute between the two palaces was discussed.
March 24
Empress Dowager Zhen and Empress Dowager Zhang lived behind the throne of Emperor Liu Shen and listened to politics behind the curtain. People at the time called it "two palaces listening to politics".

Under the steps, Taifu Bai Kang and Taishi Sima Yi faced each other across the steps, sitting firmly on both sides.

Further outside are the four auxiliary ministers, sitting from right to left are Liu Chen, the general who protects the country and the king of the north, Fei Yi, the prime minister and the Marquis of Fulian County, Sima Shi, the Taiwei and the Marquis of Wenxian County, the General of Fuguo, Wangdu Hou Zhenqian.

All four of them sat facing south, facing the civil and military ministers of the court.

The rest of the ministers are divided into civil and military officials, who sit across the passage from the palace gate to the imperial court and sit opposite each other according to their salary and official rank.

A small yellow gate stood in the middle of the steps, reading out the edict issued yesterday to the ministers:
"In response to Tianshun's timing, he was ordered to do so. On March 24, the sixth year of Jianping, the late emperor Liu Xu... After the court's deliberation, he was given the posthumous title of 'Zhuang'... and the temple was built with the name of 'Ying', which was for the Han Dynasty. Emperor Yingzong Xiaozhuang.

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Zhongshu Order XXX.

Assistant Minister:

Prime Minister Hou Yi of Fu County [Seal]

Taiwei Wenxian Houshi [Seal]

General Protector of the Country, King Chen of the North [Seal]

General Wangdu Houqian of Fu State [Seal]

Seal of the Empress Dowager
The Empress Dowager's Seal

Destined to live long and prosperous life
Shangshu Ling XXX
Announce it to the world and send envoys to hear it."

After the imperial edict was copied and prepared for release to the world, Xiaohuangmen then began to read out the edict of Emperor Liu Shen's succession and the edict of establishing the temple title of Emperor Yi Liu Chan.

Because it was impossible for all edicts in the world to be stamped with talisman seals, the transcriber responsible for copying the edicts would only copy the text without the talisman seal.

Therefore, in addition to the first edition of the edict which contained the talisman of officials at all levels and the seal of the imperial seal, the edicts posted in various places only had the talisman of the local government responsible for copying them to show their effectiveness.

As a transcriber who specializes in transcribing edicts, making books, and edicts, he needs to include his own name after the transcribed text.

Li Lulang belongs to the Guanglu Mansion, and they are all officials in the imperial court with a salary of one hundred shi. There are more than 20 officials in the capital.

The transcriber must be seen in person to transcribe the transcripts. Anyone who violates the rules may be imprisoned or executed.

However, generally no Zhilulang would dare to violate the Transcript edict, unless there was a coup, and the coup d'etat did not get the talisman and forced the Zhilulang to transcribe it with a sword.

However, if this is the case, it is good that the coup makers succeed, and they can still draft the edict, and Zhi Lulang can also rise rapidly.

If it fails, Zhi Lulang will be shattered to pieces along with the coup-makers, and his family will be ransacked.

After the three edicts were read out, the officials began to discuss what needed to be done after the new emperor succeeded to the throne.

The first thing is to form a funeral meeting. Those who can be selected are all powerful people.

Then it depends on whether the emperor needs to issue a general amnesty order, and then discuss next year's reign name. Of course, there are also direct changes to this year's reign name.

Finally, discuss personnel issues.

The court meeting lasted for six hours. When it was time for dinner, all the ministers finished their meals in the palace and then returned to the main hall to discuss.

After the court meeting, many resolutions were passed, and many edicts, edicts, and documents were issued.

Next year's era name is designated as "Xingtai", and next year is the first year of Xingtai.

Several resolutions were passed to promote the heroes of the Southern Expedition, as well as to confer royal titles on relatives.

Promoted Nan Zhonglang General Jiang Wei to the position of general on the right, leader of the external army, commander of all military forces in Yangzhou, and garrisoned in Hefei;
He promoted Wen Qin, the general of Che Zhonglang, to the post of Zhennan General and Yangzhou Governor, and stationed in Shouchun;

He moved Yang Hu, the lieutenant general of the army, to the post of general of chariots and cavalry, leader of foreign troops, and commander of all military affairs in Jingzhou. He was stationed in Jiangling;
Wang Shen, the general of the Lang family in the Fu army, was moved to the post of general and the governor of Yuzhou. As a later general, he acted as the governor of Yuzhou and Fuzhen Yuzhou;

He promoted Deng Ai, the general of Dong Zhonglang, to the post of General Zhennan and Central Protector, and transferred him back to the capital.

In addition, the Empress Dowager Zhang had meritorious service in raising the emperor, so she promoted Zhang Shao to the rank of Hussar General.

Empress Dowager Zhang, the granddaughter of Zhang Fei, was the queen specifically chosen for Emperor Zhuang when Emperor Yi was still alive.

Liu Chan loves two women most in his life, one is Zhen Mi, and the other is his childhood sweetheart Zhang.

However, Zhang died young, and Liu Chan missed her very much, and always believed that he owed Zhang the title of queen.

Therefore, Prince Liu Xuan married Zhang's niece and made her the crown prince.

Therefore, the Empress Dowager Zhen has always had objections to the Empress Dowager Zhang, which also caused a dispute between the two palaces.

The first year of Xingtai
March
At this time, Liu Xuan's mourning period has ended, and the queen mothers of the two palaces can exercise their rights to govern.

Because opinions were often inconsistent, many things were often hindered when it came time to add the emperor's seal and the seals of the two empress dowagers.

It is often the case that the Queen Mother disagrees with a resolution passed by the Queen Mother, or the Queen Mother has objections to a resolution passed by the Queen Mother and requests that it be withdrawn and re-drafted.

The workload of Zhongshutai has skyrocketed, and the problem of workload is a trivial matter. The most important thing is that this has led to a matter that cannot be decided for many days.

Even some major issues remain unresolved.

This aroused dissatisfaction among the four auxiliary ministers. The four elected Zhen Qian as their representative, who went to the palace to explain the pros and cons to the Empress Dowager. They also recommended Fei Yi to express the dissatisfaction of the courtiers to the Empress Dowager. "Auntie, now the fight between you and the Empress Dowager has become known to both the government and the public, and it has hindered the normal operation of the government. Several other auxiliary ministers are very dissatisfied.

I also hope that my aunt will put state affairs first and put aside some personal grudges. If the country is corrupted, even if you succeed in persuading the Queen Mother, what good will it do to you? "

Zhen also knew this truth, but she was still a little unhappy:
"You are a member of my Zhen family, how can you speak for outsiders? I also know that national affairs are important, but you have also seen it.

As soon as Zhang became the Queen Mother, she began to seek benefits for her family. If I didn't stop her, the Zhang family would not be allowed to have the final say in this court.

This world belongs to my emperor, and we cannot allow the Zhang family to do whatever they want, even if they are the descendants of Duke Zhongyong. "

Zhen Qian smiled bitterly and said:
“But now your behavior has made the courtiers very dissatisfied, if it really causes any problems.

I am afraid that the other three will use this as an excuse to deprive you and the Empress Dowager of their right to govern, and may even affect their nephew and take advantage of the situation to depose him. "

Mrs. Zhen frowned:

"Then what should we do? We can't just let Mr. Zhang mess around."

Zhen Qian suggested:
"How about this? You and Zhang jointly issue an edict, declaring that your power to listen to the government will be abolished and all of it will be exercised by the Auxiliary Council."

Seeing that Mrs. Zhen was still hesitant, Zhen Qian advised:
"My aunt has become a prime minister. Anyway, my nephew is still an auxiliary minister, and he, the Zhang family, does not. You are worthy of your abolition of a useless right and completely cut off the Zhang family's path to the court."

And even if you lose the right to listen to politics, you will not lose the right to speak in the court. Do you think the Taifu and the Grand Master do not have the right to participate in politics given by the late emperor?
Not only do we still have great authority in the government and the opposition, even our four auxiliary ministers dare not ignore their opinions.

At that time, if you have any ideas, your nephew can put them forward at the Auxiliary Council, but Zhang does not have this channel. What do you think? "

Madam Zhen stretched her eyebrows and said with a smile, "Okay, I'll do as you say."

On the other side, Fei Yi was also explaining the pros and cons to Mr. Zhang, but his attitude was not as kind as Zhen Qian's, and his tone was in a consultative tone. Instead, he was very stiff:
"Empress Dowager, some of your and the Empress Dowager's actions have greatly disrupted the basic operation of the government. If this continues, the Han Dynasty will fall apart before His Majesty comes to take charge.

In any case, Your Majesty is the biological son of the Queen Mother. Is it possible that the distance is further than that of the Queen Mother? Why must we compete for immediate benefits?

After His Majesty takes charge, won't everything the Queen Mother wants be realized through His Majesty?
Furthermore, everyone in the world has a good heart. If the Queen Mother acts arbitrarily, it will definitely affect the smoothness of Her Majesty's future administration.

Even if I wholeheartedly support Your Majesty, I did not say anything in the auxiliary meeting. If because of the Queen Mother, I offended the other three ministers, especially the General Fuguo, and affected Your Majesty.

Will it be beneficial to the Queen Mother at that time? Or is it a big disadvantage? "

Zhang was frightened by what Fei Yi said. She was afraid that because of herself, Liu Shen would not be able to take charge of the government in the future, or even end up like the Hunhou Hou, so she quickly sought advice from him.

Fei Yi said respectfully:
"I am planning on the Queen Mother. Why don't you and the Queen Mother declare to the world that you will voluntarily abolish the right to listen to the government given by the late emperor.

In this way, not only will everyone in the world praise your virtue, thinking that with a mother like you to teach you, your majesty must be a benevolent king. When he is crowned king in the future, he will surely win the hearts of the people and go very smoothly. "

Zhang still hesitated. You must know that the edict issued and the water poured out can be easily revoked, but it is impossible to obtain this kind of power again.

Fei Yi knew that Zhang was worried about Zhen Qian's right to speak at the auxiliary political meeting, which caused the auxiliary political meeting to pass a resolution that was unfavorable to Zhang.

In order to completely reassure Zhang, Fei Yi added:
"The Queen Mother can rest assured that I promise you here that as long as the Zhang family does not do anything harmful to the country and the country, even if the General Fuguo wants to pass any resolution that is unfavorable to the Zhang family, I will block it.

Furthermore, His Majesty is now eleven years old and has five years left to take charge. Zhen Qian is fully prepared and can only exercise the power of assisting the government for five years, and that is only to assist the government.

But as the lord of the world, Your Majesty can exercise the power of governing for a hundred years. In this case, what else do you have to worry about? "

Zhang finally relented:
"Thank you, Prime Minister, for thinking about the Ai family. I almost brought trouble to the emperor, so just follow the Prime Minister's opinion."

Second day

When the two empress dowagers met in the side hall of the Chaohui Hall, there was naturally a lot of overt and covert sarcasm, overt and covert sarcasm.

Zhen was the first to speak:

"You and I are both close relatives of the emperor, but after all, we live in the palace all year round, and we are often not as knowledgeable as the ministers in the court.

If you do something detrimental to the country because you hold the power granted by the late emperor, I am afraid that you will not be able to see the late emperor in a hundred years.

It's better to completely hand over the power of government. As the saying goes, there are dedicated people for the job. You and I should stop dictating government affairs in places we don't understand. What do you think? "

Zhen is saying that Zhang uses power for personal gain.

Zhang smiled and said:

"My mother is very right, you and I are both women, and we are not just here for our children. If our children's future or even their lives are harmed because of some unnecessary trivial things, then it is absolutely worthless.

As the Queen Mother said, matters that are deep in the palace should not be brought to the court, causing outsiders to laugh. Those who don't know, think that the emperor's mother is a rude person who does not know the importance of things. "

Zhang is saying that Zhen has no son, no support, and no future.

The two said a few more words, and went to the court together with faces and hearts at odds.

"The Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager, on March 23rd of the first year of Xingtai, made a statement: Ai Jia Wen...
I hereby give up the right to listen to the government, and leave all the power of national affairs to the Auxiliary Council until the emperor takes charge...

Announce it to the world and send envoys to hear it. "

"The Empress Dowager is sage, the Empress Dowager is sage!"

(End of this chapter)