Time soon arrived in the middle of the month, and it was the day of the Great Dynasty again.
This is also the last grand ceremony before the New Year. After this grand ceremony, you basically have to seal it, take a break, and then wait for the new year to come. Usually, you will start working again after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.
For the grand dynasty meeting, those who are closer to the palace can set off later, but if someone like Xi Lu is not qualified to live near the palace, they naturally need to set off before dawn.
There are also some small towns around Xu County similar to Chang'an, or manors, around the Han Dynasty. Anyway, there are not as many people as Chang'an Lingyi, and there are no high walls. There are only about two or three feet of earth walls on the periphery, which cannot resist any soldiers at all. At most, they can block some bandits and other things to masturbate.
Xi Lu was a little nervous.
At dawn, on the way to Xuxian Royal Palace to attend the court meeting, there were few pedestrians and the quietness was so silence that it was frustrating.
Turning down from the small path, I went up to the official road, and a huge storm of the word "Xi" written on it was swaying in front of me, which also marked Xi Lu's identity, but Xi Lu felt like this lantern could be blown at any time in the night wind, shaking.
Entering the West Street of Xuxian from Guangdemen, you can see some guarded imperial guards standing on both sides of the road.
Seeing the spears, axes, golden gourds and long halberds held by the imperial guards, although Xi Lu knew that these were all ceremonial weapons, he couldn't help but think of the officials who had been killed before the palace.
The heads bounced on the ground like blood-colored balls.
The spreading blood color seemed to still stick to a corner where light and fire could not shine.
And those dark places were even more vaguely roaring and crying, as if they were peeping and cursing in another world, trying to rush out of the corner and bit his neck when Xi Lu was not paying attention...
People are scary, often scary.
Until before I arrived at Yu Street, there were many people and began to chatter and there were some people. The firelight gathered in one place, which became much brighter. Xi Lu felt as if he had returned to the world from a ghost. He knew that there was no problem with the roads he had taken before, but he couldn't help but breathe a long sigh, feeling a little cold sweat on the back of his neck, and a little icy under the cold wind.
In front of the palace gate, the ministers waiting for the dynasty meeting greeted each other. Of course, those taboo topics would not be mentioned in public, and they seemed to have forgotten that this was once a blood-soaked area.
Xi Lu came, but not many people greeted him.
Xi Lu, the censor, almost clearly wanted to be assigned to the Prime Minister's position. After Cao Cao had just established his authority, which official would be brave enough to hook up with Xi Lu?
Although most officials knew that Xi Lu, the censor, was a blank stylist, in the current subtle situation, unless there were any special needs or any particularly close relationship, they generally kept a distance from Xi Lu.
The ranking of officials is naturally arranged according to the size of the official position.
There are many gaps in these rankings.
During this period, the positions of officials changed very frequently. Some of the previous court meetings were still there, but now they have disappeared, while some strange faces that have never been seen before appear at the end of the queue.
Most of these strange faces are children of poor families.
From this perspective, it is not difficult to see that Cao Cao wanted to imitate Fei Qian, make some adjustments to officials, increase the proportion of poor families and middle and lower classes, and reduce the weight of the noble family and the right side of the aristocratic families, so as to strengthen the confrontation with Guanzhong. Otherwise, more and more poor families will move to Guanzhong, and what is the use of those rich families left?
However, such actions will inevitably arouse dissatisfaction among Shandong's aristocratic families and local heroes.
Maybe this is your own opportunity?
Of course, this is just Xi Lu's own thoughts. What Cao Cao thought and what will happen in the future is still unknown.
Generally speaking, there are no major issues like this grand ceremony before the New Year. Most of them are just praises. Then they say that this year is very good and the CPI is very low... Well, don't care what it is, that's probably what it means, and then look forward to the New Year, which means that the New Year will be better...
This is usually the case in the court.
But in the court, all officials discussed privately and made another statement. They usually said that this year was bad, and then next year might be worse...
Then the people of Shandong gathered together and said that those officials said that what they said were not reliable! The officials said before that the four years of Taixing were a painful year, and then the five years of Taixing would be better. What was the result? The five years of Taixing were still very painful! Then they said that the five years of Taixing were very painful, and six years would be better. But this year, they were still saying that the six years of Taixing were a painful year, and the seven years of Taixing would be better. The relationship was painful every year? But how do you see that the belly of these officials became bigger and bigger and fatter? Is it because the more we were, the fatter and fatter the officials were?
Of course, as the court, these officials who were preparing to attend the court meeting could not hear the voices of the people, or pretended not to hear them.
But no one expected that at this grand dynasty meeting, Liu Xie expressed his intention to establish the Censorate!
As soon as Liu Xie said something, Xi Lu heard a rumbling sound in the hall.
Everyone turned their attention to Cao Cao and Xi Lu.
Xi Lu glanced at Cao Cao slightly. He didn't dare to look at him anymore, but just by just one glance, it seemed that Cao Cao didn't seem to have any gloomy expressions or displeased faces, which made Xi Lu feel a little at ease, but he actually had no idea whether he could succeed.
Of course, Emperor Liu Xie also took advantage of the previous turmoil in Xu County and said that it was precisely because of the lack of supervision methods that mutual suspicion, inability to communicate effectively, etc., and the Censorate itself has been under the supervision agency since the founding of the Han Dynasty, and indeed it is impossible to be idle for a long time, making the court like a lame and difficult to get into formality.
Xi Lu's original idea was not that he had the courage to really face Cao Cao head-on, but that he wanted to take this opportunity to get rid of Liu Xie's endless "entanglement". Of course, the process of becoming an official was very enjoyable, but he had to be responsible after becoming an official, which made Xi Lu feel very troublesome.
So Xi Lu believes that as long as Liu Xie proposes to restore the Censorate, Cao Cao will inevitably object, and then Xi Lu will not have anything to do. After all, it is Cao Cao who opposes. Xi Lu only needs to spread his hands and say to Liu Xie in a very regretful and helpless tone, "There is nothing to do, Dad Cao doesn't agree, I don't think about it either. If you have any objection to go to Dad Cao, then he will not have to bear any responsibility. If you continue to enjoy it, it's all done."
But what Xi Lu didn't expect was that Cao Cao had no expression, and Cao Cao did not make any statement. Naturally, some of the officials under Cao Cao's command stood up, and the court meeting suddenly fell into a slightly awkward atmosphere.
『Ahem... Well, Prime Minister,』 Although Liu Xie's hands were still shaking slightly, he still held on, making his eyes look more firm.『I wonder what the Prime Minister wants to do about rebuilding the Censorate?』
Cao Cao raised his head.
The eyes of the king and his subjects intersect and collided.
Cao Cao suddenly smiled and bowed and said, "Your Majesty is wise, I will discuss it."
In the hall, all the officials were suddenly in an uproar, and the voices of discussion were even louder than when Liu Xie said he wanted to rebuild the Censorate...
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Some changes have occurred in Xu County.
But within the Western Regions, it is still a similar scene as before.
The Western Regions, this vast and vast area, carried some desolate land, did not make any mistakes for such a long time, especially under the rule of a military general, which is also amazing.
It’s not that Lu Bu evolved into a versatile player all at once, but that Li Ru left a lot of legacy for Lu Bu.
Lu Bu did not understand what Li Ru's constitution was for, but because he did not understand at all, Lu Bu had no idea of ​​correcting and changing it. For a long time after Li Ru's death, those under Lu Bu's command followed the original division of labor, in charge of civil affairs, in charge of civil affairs, and in training soldiers. Even the construction of Xihai City did not stop. In addition, in the trade between the Western Regions and Chang'an, the prosperous caravans also made economic gains.
On the other hand, although these small countries in the Western Regions surrendered to the Han Dynasty in name, they did not actually change to the shape of the Han Dynasty immediately. Most of the countries that surrendered to the Western Regions were still managed by the original people, but the objects of their tribute changed from the Kushan to the Han Dynasty. Therefore, for these countries, there was no special purpose, Lu Bu, who did not mess around, but was the best ruler.
Therefore, a very interesting situation was formed in the Western Regions.
It seems that it belongs to the great man, but it seems that nothing has changed.
Lu Bu is often said to have no big mole on his chest, but it is hard to say whether he has a mole on his chest. However, Lu Bu's ear roots are really soft. The reason why his ear roots are soft is actually because he has no opinion.
Because there is no opinion, it is because others say whatever they say. They don’t think and explore more, let alone have any long-term plans. In this case, Lu Bu is often more casual. He thinks about it and comes out every time, and unexpectedly, he doesn’t expect that when Li Ru was still there, it’s better. As Li Ru went west, many problems in the Western Regions were slowly exposed.
In the camp where Lu Bu was stationed, in the past few days, all kinds of people came, mostly from the powerful people from all over the Western Regions. Some had high noses and deep eyes, some had black hair, and some had flat noses similar to high forehead bones, with different appearances and different languages.
Among these people, the most obvious one is the Kushan people.
Among the Kushan people, the one with outstanding status was not a general or a warrior holding a knife and a gun, but a monk who was ordained...
That's right, the Kushan master and the Buddhist monk.
Is there a big discussion about Qinglong Temple in Chang'an? Lu Bu thought about what kind of discussion he wanted to make. As a result, a Kushan monk came and built a camp like a sky-like place on the west coast. He invited people from the Western Regions to go to the West coast to attend the conference together.
Buddhism began in the Han Dynasty when Emperor Ming of Han, but in fact Buddhism came during the reign of Emperor Qin Shihuang.
At that time, King Ashoka formally sent eighteen people including the monk Kashi Lifang to Xianyang to preach with Buddhist scriptures. At that time, Qin Shihuang saw that his appearance was very different and his words and deeds were strange, so he imprisoned Shi Lifang and others. However, Qin Shihuang did not kill these people, but "the king blamed him for his behavior, arrested him and exiled him abroad."
Now on the banks of the West Sea, the one who is on the altar is the Buddhist monk. The story told is also the story of Ashoka's black and white. Under the description of the Buddhist monk, Ashoka killed ninety-nine competitors before ascending the throne, or after ascending the throne, he spread to the poisonous continent, defeated ninety-nine tribes, and conquered everything, he can be said to be "drawing his sword to become a king", and then under the inspiration of Buddhism, he suddenly realized and converted to monks, broke the karma of killing with great compassion, and it can be said to be "abandoning his sword to become a Buddha" and so on...
The monk spoke vividly, and everyone was shaking their heads when they heard it.
Lu Bu is obviously very interested in this story...
Don’t worry about language issues, because the Western Regions are a hodgepodge.
Originally, the Western Regions were indigenous. Because the Western Regions have been in the center of the Silk Road, a major channel for economic, trade and cultural exchanges between the East and the West for a long time, the population in this region showed a mixed characteristics between East Asia and Europe in anthropology. However, no relics from the Paleolithic Age were found in Western Regions archaeology, indicating that the Western Regions may not have human activities in the Paleolithic Age, but rather in the late Neolithic or the Bronze Age, and there were signs of human activities in the Western Regions.
Because the human tribal alliance began to go too far into the prototype of the country, the general direction of the process from disarray to unification was irreversible, making the Western Regions gradually become a place for defeaters from all over the country.
Ancient Europa race.
Ancient Afghanistan, ancient Indian race.
Ancient Mediterranean race.
Ancient Mongolian race.
The ancient tombs of different races, revealed in the Western Regions with archaeological excavation, also proves that the Western Regions are indeed a region that has long existed in chaos and disorder, without a unified race, and relatively unstable.
Because of the unstable nature of the race, the regime in the Western Regions was difficult to stabilize.
In fact, this kind of instability has also occurred in China.
Fortunately, there is a Cangjie in China.
It can be said that Cangjie personally laid a very solid foundation for the Unification of China, which is the text. Because it is pictographic and ideology, even if people from all over the world have different pronunciations of the same character, as long as they can write it down, they can communicate without any obstacles.
Among all the large pieces of texts around, based on the pronunciation of characters, only the Chinese characters are used to pictographic characters and have embarked on a completely different path.
The ancient Egyptian, Indian, Babylonian, and the Dongba people also had their own hieroglyphs, but either the transmission process was interrupted or the scope was too small to form influence. Only the hieroglyphic and cognitive texts of China became the mainstream of the dynasty and were passed down from generation to generation.
Therefore, in the present of the Han Dynasty, in the Western Regions, pictographic esoteric characters and the Kushan characters left before the Western Regions overlapped with each other...
To be continued...