"The imperial censor ordered Zhao Yu to collude with foreign powers and murder the three princes!" "The four Chehous involved in the incident expelled the country, and Zhao Yu abandoned the city!"
Wang Tianqi officially closed the case and gave them the due judgment. Zhao Yu must be executed. Even if Liu Chang could forgive him for using the Supreme Emperor as an excuse, he could not condone this behavior of colluding with Chehou to murder the three princes.
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Even murdering a small official of a big Han Dynasty is already a very serious crime, let alone murdering the three princes of the dynasty. This can punish his clan, and abandoning the city seems a bit too light.
Liu Chang squinted his eyes. Wang Tianqi's answer was obviously not the answer he wanted to hear. "Are there really only these five people?"
"It is true that there are only these five people. There is also Tian Zhong, a ranger from the Chu Kingdom. He has committed suicide, so he is not among them." Liu Chang laughed and just nodded, "Okay, I understand."
"The fact is that Zhao Yu fabricated the letter, and then asked the heroes to take the letter to Shen Tujia through Zhao Buhai, Shen Tujia submitted the letter, and Chao Cuo was imprisoned. To put it simply, that's what happened, right?"
"right."
"Then why isn't Shentujia punished?"
"It was Shen Tujia's responsibility to report the letter after reading it, and he cannot be regarded as an ally. He really did not know these things." "In the entire Yushi Mansion, there are three senior officials, forty-five officials, and more than a hundred officials.
Among the petty officials... Zhao Yu is the only one who broke the law?"
"Is such that."
Liu Chang waved his hand and asked Wang Tianqi to leave.
Seeing the disdain on Liu Chang's face, Lu Lu said with a smile: "Although Wang Tianqi can do things, he is still too timid. He does not dare to expand the scope of the attack and involve more people..."
"This is not called cowardice, this is called tact... He is willing to do things, but he is unwilling to offend too many people like Chao Cuo. These Chehous are intermarried with each other and are relatives. If you beat one, you will offend ten. Yu Shifu
The people inside are all young and promising people who dare to do things. They even dare to murder Chao Cuo. Wang Tianqi is worried about offending them. When they gain power in the future, they will come to retaliate against him... Anyway, he has already found out the matter.
, he would rather give up the reward than bear too many sins..."
"I don't understand. This power has been handed over to him. He is so old and the prince of the country, why should he shrink back?!"
Liu Chang scolded: "This guy is really a liar. When he gets a few years older, I will definitely not let him go!" "However, I have long seen that he will do this, so I never put my hope in him."
On the body."
As Liu Chang spoke, he raised his head and looked at the door. Soon, someone walked into the hall and paid homage to Liu Chang. Lu Lu saw him, got up and walked out the door. The person who came was none other than Liu Zhang.
"Father Zhong, we have investigated clearly. Sixteen officials of the Yushi Mansion, including Yushi Zhongcheng, know about this matter. There are also three marquises of the Lu family... City Gate School Captain Lu Chan also knows about this matter.
, it was through him that the hero secretly entered Chang'an... In addition, during the investigation, I also caught three assassins. These three people were waiting outside Tingwei's mansion, preparing to assassinate Chao Cuo. After investigation, these three people
They are all rangers from Qi State...probably appointed by King Liu Xiang of Qi State."
At that moment, Liu Chang's face suddenly turned dark.
He immediately understood why Wang Tianqi was so determined just now. It was not that he was timid, but that he really did not dare to investigate further.
He probably backed down when he found out that Yushi Zhongcheng was called Li Ji. He was the famous founding general of the Han Dynasty and the son of Li Shang, Jinghou of Quzhou, who ranked sixth among the founding heroes... His father's ranking was even higher than that of Xiahou Yingguan.
Ying and others are still high, because his father's relationship can be said to be extensive. If he touches him, it may arouse the hostility of Xia Houying and other living founding ministers. If the city gate captain Lu Chan is found, then Wang Tianqi will basically
He simply gave up, and if he touched this person, the consequences would be even more serious. Even Wang Tianqi once followed Lu Chan’s father, Lu Ze, who was the son of his own family leader, not to mention the powerful force of the Lu family now, Changle
The old woman in the palace...
No wonder it is so.
Seeing that the emperor was silent, Liu Zhang just asked: "Are we going to arrest these people?" "If Your Majesty finds it difficult, I have an idea..."
"you say."
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You can write this matter to Changle Palace."
Liu Chang was very dissatisfied, "My mother is already so old, why should she be asked to do these things? As a son, how can I leave difficult things to my mother? How unbecoming!
Don’t you know that I, a great man, governs the country with filial piety?!”
"Father Zhong, I didn't think carefully!"
Liu Zhang hurriedly saluted and confessed.
Liu Chang waved his hand, "Send the things you found to Liu An's mansion and let Liu An solve it by himself!" "Huh?"
"I am a great man who governs the country with filial piety, and I am also trying to find a way to give that Shuzi a chance to fulfill his filial piety!" "Your Majesty is wise!!!"
Of course, Liu An didn't know that Liu Chang had thrown the difficult problem directly to him. He was still busy managing the affairs of the governor of the state. The governor of the state was not Liu An's impromptu initiative. In fact, as early as Liu Ying's time in power, because
Due to the inaction of the Yushijian, some ministers proposed to strengthen local supervisory powers, which included many ideas. The state governor was just one of the ideas. After reading a lot of books, Liu An believed that this policy was quite suitable for today's situation.
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Liu An and Chao Cuo joined forces to restrict the foreign kings in various places. This can be seen as Liu An's another attack on the local areas.
After the local area is divided into different states, the state governors established have direct access to Tianting. They have no real power and cannot interfere in local affairs, but they can override the counties and counties, even the feudal states. Of course, the vassal states can also
Supervision... This is not simply to send someone to supervise local areas, but to connect the cumbersome and useless supervision system of the Han Dynasty. The trinity, first is the imperial censor's office, then the governor, and finally the supervisory departments in counties, counties and townships.
The three are combined to form a complete system of supervision.
Liu An has many clients under his command, and there are even more capable people. They have written all kinds of letters to Liu An. Most of them are young and dare to think and do. Liu An has accumulated a lot of administrative experience in the past.
As he became more mature and his prestige increased day by day, Zhang Shizhi did not dare to easily gain Liu An's reputation because Zhang Shizhi was released by Liu An, and Liu An also interfered with the laws of the Han Dynasty.
Legalist theory is also well studied. Liu An once held a meeting in Tingwei to discuss the current laws. At that meeting, he killed everyone and left many Legalist sages speechless.
Only Chao Cuo could compete with him. While talking about knowledge, Liu An said that the law of avoidance of the Han Dynasty should be improved. Chao Cuo was uncharacteristic and expressed his absolute support for the prince!
The avoidance method envisioned by Liu An is the prototype of the Three Mutual Laws of the Han Dynasty in the future. This is a kind of law aimed at today's officials and wealthy families. Specifically, it depends on the situation of birthplace, marriage, appointment, etc. For example, if you are from Zhao State,
Then you cannot hold an official position in the State of Zhao. If you marry someone from the State of Zhao, you cannot hold an official position in the State of Zhao. If you have been favored by the king of the State of Zhao, you cannot hold an official position in the State of Zhao. If a Chu State
If a person holds an official position in the State of Zhao, then a person from the State of Zhao cannot hold an official position in the State of Chu...
This is of course to prevent officials from colluding and allowing wealthy families to gain power and profit from each other.
This prince is not easy to fool. In terms of knowledge, all the brains of Liu Chang's lineage have grown up in him, which makes the other brothers not look very smart.
With the help of many retainers, Liu An completed the division of the states in the world. Liu An divided the world into Ji, You, Bing, Liang, Qing, Yan, Xu, Yu, Yang, Jing, Yi, Jiao, Xi, and Shuo.
, Japanese, Sili and other sixteen states, these states are still very large. For example, Shuozhou includes the Xia Kingdom and some northern frontier counties directly under the Han Dynasty, and Youzhou includes the Yan Kingdom and surrounding counties.
, Jiaozhou includes the Nanyue Kingdom and part of the Wu Kingdom, Yizhou includes Bashu and Dian Kingdom, Xizhou includes parts of Hexi and the Xiting Kingdom and the Beiting Kingdom, and Wozhou includes Japanese Island and surrounding islands.
It can be expected that all governors who take office have to bear very important responsibilities.
While Liu An was busy, Liu Zhang suddenly found him, threw the letter to him, and left in a hurry. Only Liu An was left looking at the document in his hand being messy in the wind...
You are cheating your son!!! "Chao Cuo!!"
When they heard someone standing at the door of the Censor's Mansion, calling the Censor by his name, the officials working here were startled. Some of them were shocked.
One person just touched the sword and stood up.
But after clearly seeing the people standing at the door, the officials did not dare to make any big moves.
Because the man's hair was all white and he looked very old. Of course the old man had privileges in the Han Dynasty and could not be dealt with at will. Not to mention going to the Yushi Mansion and shouting "Chao is wrong", even going to Weiyang Palace and shouting "Liu Chang"
No one can do anything to him. He is holding a longevity stick. Can he still kill him?
The censor Zhongcheng walked up to the old man displeased and looked at him. Seeing that he was dressed in white, he didn't dare to be too rude. He just reminded: "Old man, don't be rude to the three gentlemen."
"who are you?!"
The old man looked at the young man in front of him displeased, pointed at his nose and cursed: "It's okay for you to attempt to kill the Third Duke, but now you don't allow me to be rude to him?"
Li Ji's face turned red and he was speechless. "I don't know you, but I know your father!"
"Why did the famous general Qu Zhouhou give birth to a son like this? Don't you think you are embarrassed enough? I heard that you have been on the battlefield and won military honors, but you can't even tell the difference between right and wrong!"
The old man directly picked up the crutch and hit him hard on the shoulder. Li Ji groaned and took a few steps back. "This is for your father!"
At this moment, Li Ji naturally understood that the old man in front of him was unusual and did not dare to offend him. He lowered his head and stepped aside. "Oh, Marquis Jianxin is so majestic. He actually dared to fight in the imperial palace!"
Chao Cuo walked out at some point and said unhappily.
When Marquis Jianxin saw the real master coming out, he ignored Li Ji and walked directly to Chao Cuo, looking at him and saying, "Yes, it seems that he didn't suffer much in prison."
Li Ji was stunned, Jianxinhou Liu Jing?
Didn't he serve as the Prime Minister in Hexi? The old man had been away from the temple for so long that he even failed to recognize him. Liu Jing and Chao Cuo left here, and the officials became busy again.
The two sat facing each other, and Liu Jing said without any nonsense, "I have made preparations. The new mansion will be named Fengchang Mansion, and it will be called Lingyi Mansion. There will be an order and two prime ministers.
Sixty subordinate officials... are responsible for the construction, improvement and relocation of the mausoleum... You can no longer move on such a large scale. While the temple has great opinions on you, hurry up and ask them to write a letter of impeachment.
Then I will take over from you and make a thorough decision on this policy. As long as the government is officially established and customized, future generations will want to abolish it, but I’m afraid it won’t be that simple.”
Liu Jing came to Chao Cuo, of course, for the matter of Lingyi. Liu Jing did not want Lingyi to become a trump card that could be used occasionally. He wanted to normalize and customize it, making it one of the impossible residences of the Han Dynasty. He would transform from powerful to powerful day after night.
Cutting flesh from the body, not giving the powerful any chance to breathe or raise their heads, Chao Cuo's behavior is to kill with one knife, Liu Jing's policy is to boil the frogs in warm water, not killing them all, but not giving the opponent a chance to rise, I can only talk about the advantages and disadvantages
There are all of them, but institutionalization is very necessary. In this way, even if there is a king who feels sorry for those good families, he can only restrain the house, and it is impossible to directly abolish the law. After all, as soon as the house appears, entanglement will
The existing interests have appeared, and if someone can make a profit, then they will not let them disappear.
Although Liu Jing hates people making profits through this, for the long-term and fundamental reasons, he can only act this way.
Chao Cuo listened to Liu Jing's many thoughts and nodded, "You can do this. I will arrange for impeachment. Will you be the magistrate of Lingyi?"
"No, I am already very old. I can be responsible for this matter, but I cannot serve as an order. Therefore, I need you to recommend me an available person."
"You can make the decision on this matter?" "Your Majesty asked me to arrange it."
Chao Cuo was silent for a moment and then said: "I can recommend two people. You can choose for yourself. One of them you have already met is Qu Zhouhou Li Ji. Among the Chehous who have inherited the title now, he is considered to be courageous.
He is well-spoken, knowledgeable, and has been on the battlefield. The most important thing is that he can distinguish between public and private affairs. After taking up a position under my command, he first attacked powerful people who were related to him, and did not care about their relationship with him.
Intimacy means a lack of assertiveness. It would be appropriate for him to do things for you if you give orders."
"Next
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"Xuanpinghou Zhang Yan."
Chao Cuo said seriously: "He is currently working under my command. You also know his identity, right? He is the legitimate son of the eldest princess of the Han Dynasty, your majesty's son, and the grandson of the queen mother... If he serves as the commander of this department,
Absolutely no one dares to refute, and no one dares to stop him. His identity is the most useful, but he lacks courage and talent. But these are not important. After all, it is you who gives the order. If
If you can use his strength to do things, you will get twice the result with half the effort."
Liu Jing nodded, then narrowed his eyes. "I want to take these two people away."
"That won't work. One is Yu Shi Zhong Cheng and the other is Yu Shi Cheng. If you take them both away... then I will have no one to use under my command."
"No problem, I can recommend someone to be your deputy." "Who is it?"
"The original imperial censor of Beiting Kingdom, Kaifeng Hou Taoqing, was forced to resign because he had a direct conflict with Beiting King Liu Xuan and failed to persuade the king. Now he is studying in Chang'an, waiting to be appointed again.
, this person is quite talented, can listen to advice, and can do things... But, this person is against the reduction of vassalage. He often insults you in Beiting Kingdom. He is a good friend of Shen Tujia, exchanges letters, and many times.
The first time I said that I should kill you to restore the authority of the temple, it depends on whether you use it or not."
Liu Jing said with a smile: "He knew that I came to Chang'an to do important things, so he came to visit me, hoping to work under me. But this person is not as sharp as a young man, cunning and has too many ideas of his own. I don't need such a person."
Help me... On the contrary, you are here. Most of the people here are young people, so we need people like him. What do you think?"
Chao Cuo's face was very calm. Even though he knew that the other party was hostile to him, he didn't feel angry.
"Then let's use him. There are too many people who hate me in this world, so I don't want him as long as he can do things." "Okay, then it's settled."
"There is also the matter of King Yan. I have heard that King Yan has received many guests recently. Everyone in the world says that he is benevolent and righteous. Many ministers who originally supported the reduction of the vassal do not dare to accuse him now. He has saved you.
One life has proved your innocence, what are you going to do to him next?"
"If he saves me, it's his own business, and it won't affect my decision... I still have to continue to promote the reduction of vassals and limit the power of princes and kings. Anyway, I have a bad reputation. I just want to bear the reputation of being ungrateful again."
How about it?」
Liu Jing shook his head, "I knew you would say that, so you can deal with your princes and kings with peace of mind, and leave the powerful to me."
When the two reached a consensus, the Taiwei wrote a letter to the temple, which was a final summary of the matter of body poisoning.
Including imprisoning the original King of Hundreds of Vehicles, using his son as the new King of Hundreds of Vehicles, canonizing princes and kings from various places, canonizing officials, garrison matters, building ports, as well as trade, paying tribute, etc.
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The Shendu kings began to get up and come to Chang'an. They wanted to pay homage to Liu Chang and became the foreign kings of the Han Dynasty who were officially canonized by Liu Chang. From this year, the Han Dynasty officially began to control Shendu.
No one dared to refute the Taiwei's letter.
But there is something unusual in Taiwei's mansion today. Taiwei Han Xin is entertaining guests. This has been relatively rare since the death of Qu Nihou.
This guest was sitting on his knees with his head lowered, completely lacking the aura of a distinguished guest.
Han Xin was sitting in the upper seat, eating tea and asking about things in the temple. This guest was the servant of the Han Dynasty. The servant was also puzzled. He had almost no friendship with the captain, so why did he suddenly be called here?
What? This is asking about state affairs and family matters... It's really disturbing.
Although I felt uneasy, I still had to answer seriously when asked by the lieutenant.
"I don't dare bother the Lieutenant to care about it. The juniors are all fine. My unlearned son has entered the Right Prime Minister's Office, and even my unsatisfactory grandson has made a lot of contributions on the battlefield this time.