When Ji Han and his men traveled to the Three Kingdoms crew

Chapter 604: Liu Bei: Huh? Become a king? I'm in charge of three provinces? This is different from what we agreed!

Liu Bei knew nothing about what happened in Xiangyang.

After returning to the Han Dynasty from the fairyland, he has been busy with the reform.

According to the original idea, Liu Bei intended to bring up the matter himself at the court meeting.

Just the day before the court meeting, a visit from Fa Zheng and Jia Xu disrupted his plans.

"It's Wenhe and Xiaozhi. Please sit down."

In the guest house, Liu Bei invited the two to sit down. After a few pleasantries, Liu Bei got straight to the point, "Wenhe, Xiaozhi, what exactly is going on?"

Fa Zheng did not keep the secret, he said frankly: "My lord, I heard that you want to change the system?"

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Liu Bei nodded. He was not surprised that Fa Zheng knew about this. After returning from the fairyland, he went to the palace to tell Liu Xie about the idea of ​​reform. Fa Zheng and Liu Xie had a sincere relationship. As long as Liu Xie knew about this, Fa Zheng would know it soon.

However, Liu Bei did not expect that Fa Zheng and Jia Xu would come to visit him at the right time. Could it be that there were some mistakes that he did not notice?
Liu Bei sat upright, looking as if he was humbly seeking advice.

"Wenhe, Xiaozhi, is there anything wrong with this reform? Tell us!"

"My lord, this time the reform will not only take away your power, but also take away the power from the nine ministers. This is bound to cause dissatisfaction among the court officials."

"Dissatisfied?" Liu Bei had considered this question before. He pondered and said, "Xiaozhi, I have accumulated a lot of prestige over the years. Even if some people are dissatisfied, there shouldn't be any problem in carrying it out, right?"

"That's natural, but..." As he spoke, Fa Zheng looked at Jia Xu, and Liu Bei's gaze fell on Jia Xu.

Jia Xu waved his feather fan and chuckled, "My lord, why do you want to go far away instead of near?"

"This..." Liu Bei was slightly startled. Having worked together for many years, he could easily understand Jia Xu's words. "Wenhe, could it be that you mean..."

"Yes, I was the one who proposed this matter." Jia Xu's voice was calm, as if he was just talking about a trivial matter like eating and drinking.

"Wenhe, won't you be attacked by everyone if you do this?"

"Haha, my lord, my reputation is already awful. Even if I don't get involved in this matter, won't I still be criticized?"

Liu Bei fell silent. Jia Xu's words were true. He didn't know when Jia Xu's reputation became worse and worse. Whenever the word "poisonous scholar" was mentioned, the first person people thought of was Jia Xu and Jia Wenhe.

Jia Xu advised: "My Lord, you know me well. I don't care about reputation, as long as I can do good for the Han Dynasty. What use is reputation to me?"

Fa Zheng also persuaded, "My lord, this is not only Wenhe's idea, but also my idea."

After constant persuasion from Jia Xu and Fa Zheng, Liu Bei finally changed his mind and said, "Since Wen and Xiao Zhi are both sincere in their advice, then let's follow their advice."

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Liu Xie, the emperor, paced back and forth, and the usher shouted, "The Shangshu Ling requests to see you."

The anxiety on Liu Xie's face receded like a tide, "Quick, quick, quick, let the Shangshu Ling come in!"

Seeing Fa Zheng coming quickly, Liu Xie hurried forward and held Fa Zheng's arm with his backhand, "Minister, I think it's done?"

"Fortunately, the mission has been fulfilled!"

"Good!" The last trace of worry in Liu Xie's heart turned into laughter with Fa Zheng's answer.

He pulled Fa Zheng aside and racked his brains to praise his uncle Fa.

Liu Bei had found him before and said that the new system was more suitable for the Han Dynasty.

Liu Xie waved his hand and said, "If the emperor uncle thinks it's good, then it's good. Let's do it according to the emperor uncle's wishes!"

Compared to the new system, he would rather try the new Zhuge Crossbow.

However, under Liu Bei's insistence, Liu Xie had to take the new system and take a look at it.

Well, aren't the six ministries the evolution of the six departments of the Shangshutai? This is a strengthening of their functions.

Hmm? The Nine Ministers were changed to Nine Temples, which were responsible for specific affairs in a certain area and no longer executed the orders of the court?
For example, the Dali Temple, one of the Nine Temples, was responsible for the punishment of officials, and the Ministry of Justice, one of the Six Ministries, was responsible for the punishment of ordinary people.
This is good as it can help the six parts to work together and check and balance each other.

However, when Liu Xie saw the three provinces, he immediately felt something was wrong.

One was responsible for drafting the emperor's edict, one was responsible for reviewing it, and one was responsible for execution.

Isn't this reducing the power of the emperor's uncle? !
In this way, the real prime minister will be divided into three!

Liu Xie wanted to ask, "Uncle, are you drunk and confused? Why did you cut off one arm? No, you cut off both arms!"
Confused, confused!

Considering Liu Bei's shoes, I decided not to talk to him about this for the time being.

Agree first, and then let Uncle Fa act as a lobbyist.

Liu Xie could naturally see that this new system greatly strengthened the power of the emperor. During the operation of the three provinces, the imperial edicts of the three provincial heads were bound to conflict. In this way, the emperor's intervention became easier, and it could also cause internal strife among the three provinces, also known as checks and balances.

The problem is that he has no interest in checks and balances! To be precise, being the emperor is just like that. Whether you open your eyes or close your eyes, you are still in the palace, attending court meetings all day long, and having to deal with more and more government affairs.

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If he had not promised Liu Bian, he really wanted to give the throne to Liu Bian's son. This idea had already appeared before he ascended the throne, and in fact he had intended to do so. It was a pity that none of Liu Bian's descendants inherited Liu Bian's character and talents. If he really gave the throne to Liu Bian's son, I am afraid that the Han Dynasty would become a mess.

Liu Xie originally planned to wait, after all, he was still young, and perhaps a talented person would emerge from among Liu Bian's many descendants? As a result, on the day Liu Bian died, Liu Bei's son happened to be born.

In excitement, Liu Xie appointed Liu Bei's son "Adou" as his successor.
Liu Xie felt that his younger brother would definitely become a benevolent king like Liu Bian in the future.

As for Liu Bian's descendants, Liu Xie could only say sorry. He made all of Liu Bian's descendants kings, allowing them to live a life of wealth and glory for the rest of their lives.

In short, dividing the power of the prime minister into three parts increased the imperial power while also increasing the emperor's workload.

This was something Liu Xie did not want to see. His daily government affairs already made him complain a lot, let alone managing three provinces?

Doesn't that mean there's no time to even play with the crossbow?!
In this way, wouldn't his martial arts skills be wasted?! Wouldn't his title of the mighty general be forever forgotten?!
After much thought, Liu Xie finally came up with a good idea.

Since I won't get involved in the affairs of the three provinces, why don't I just hand this matter over to my uncle? !

It just so happened that he was conferred the title of king this time, otherwise I would not have found another opportunity in the future.

When Liu Xie decided to do this, he discovered a problem. If Liu Bei proposed the reform, would he still be able to force the power on Liu Bei?

So Liu Xie found Fa Zheng.

Fa Zheng could naturally guess what Liu Xie was thinking, but he still agreed.

The next day, at the court meeting.

When Jia Xu proposed the "Three Departments and Six Ministries", to change the Nine Ministers into Nine Temples, and to upgrade the Six Ministries into Six Ministries with four departments each, totaling twenty-four departments, and even recommended himself as the Minister of the Central Secretariat, he immediately aroused criticism from the officials.

The criticism quickly turned from dissatisfaction with the promotion of the functions of the Six Caos to criticism of Jia Xu.

Jia Wenhe actually wants to draft an imperial edict? !
Wolf ambition! Wolf ambition!

The opposition led by Cao Cao attacked Jia Xu crazily, while the supporters led by Fa Zheng fought back fiercely.

Seeing that the Weiyang Palace was about to become a scene of verbal fight, Liu Bei stood up. According to the original plan, he should have been in charge of the Secretariat and thus put an end to the verbal fight.

However, something unexpected happened. Liu Xie quickly said, "Since you cannot trust the Minister of Rites to serve as the Minister of the Secretariat, how about this? I will appoint the general as the regent and let him take charge of the affairs of the three provinces. What do you think?"

Cao Cao and Fa Zheng, who were cursing each other fiercely, instantly reached a consensus, "Your Majesty is wise!"

Only Liu Bei was stunned. No, I was made a king? I am in charge of the affairs of three provinces?
I. I. Your Majesty Xiao Zhiwen and you are playing me!
(End of this chapter)