Chao Cuo bowed before Liu Chang, his voice trembling.
"How can we allow the clan to be the third prince? When the Duke of Zhou assisted the dynasty, it was because the emperor was young. Now that you are strong, why do you let a foreign king assist the dynasty? Do you want him to come to the world and return home?!"
Chao Cuo felt extremely regretful at this moment. He was careless and his home was stolen by the princes.
A few days ago, I was still feeling proud about the affairs of the princes and kings, but today I was hit hard.
You are such a cunning villain, no wonder you insist on asking me to resign. It turns out that you want to directly control the temple?!
Chao Cuo's heart was so cold that when he dreamed at night, he would dream of Liu Heng raising his head and laughing wildly, saying that he wanted to control the temple, while Liu Chang was shivering beside him.
Liu Chang stroked his chin, "I have heard of Jiu Qing's opposition to the appointment and removal of the Three Dukes, but I have never heard of the County Magistrate's opposition to the Three Dukes."
"Why do you think King Wu controls the temple?"
"The Taiwei is worthy of being a famous official. I hit the nail on the head. Marquis Huaiyin is your Majesty's master. Naturally, there will be nothing. But the position of the Taiwei has too many powers and responsibilities. If someone else were to serve as the Taiwei, I would be the first one."
I can't sit still, and if there are other Taiwei in office and I want to weaken the Taiwei, I am afraid that it will cause chaos. Only when someone close to Huaiyin Hou serves as Taiwei can we start to restrict it. This is a good opportunity.
"
"If you can't find it, just shut up and go on your way!"
After walking out of the palace door, someone suddenly pulled him.
Chao Cuo was speechless and speechless.
Is this thrift? This is a long-term disaster!
"I have little talent and knowledge, and I don't know. In fact, even if the Taiwei didn't summon me, I would definitely come to visit. Please teach me."
After saying this, he turned and left.
"According to your words, Your Majesty has many relatives, so why do you want to let you enter the temple?"
"Today's court meeting was organized by the imperial censor, and the ministers made decisions on many of yesterday's proposals."
Logically speaking, since the death of Zhou Chang, this rare direct minister has often refuted the emperor, so he should have a huge reputation. However, the ministers are not fools, and they have also figured out that something is wrong. His Majesty's mind,
Those who opposed him either went to the Xia Kingdom or the Northwest Liangting Kingdom. Why are you, Lu Jia, so special? You opposed him every time, and you were not punished every time. But all the people who opposed him were unlucky. You ended up
You even joined the family and joined the nobility. Are you a fishhook set by the emperor?
"For your outstanding service, I will be rewarded with a thousand households, a salary, and a hundred gold!"
Although Zhang Buyi was not in the temple, everyone knew his thoughts very well, and the emperor's thoughts were his thoughts.
On the contrary, Zhang Cang was very positive at the moment.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!!!"
Liu Chang shook his head and asked again: "Do you know why I asked you to go to the county instead of the county?"
Wang Tianqi seriously talked about his handling of the case, as well as the final verdict, and also presented evidence, which was the evidence of their rebellion.
After thinking for a moment, I gave up.
Liu Chang was delighted and began the first court meeting among this luxurious team.
During this period of time in Chang'an, apart from Chao Cuo and Liu Heng's affairs, the most influential thing was Wang Tianqi's heavy blow. He arrested a group of powerful people headed by the Jiyin County Sheriff, and many people searched their homes.
The appearance of Jia proved that they did have the idea of rebellion. Three Chehous and eight Guanneihous were arrested in a row. It was considered a big case. It was just covered up because of the replacement of the three princes. Wang Tianqi was still very fast in doing things.
Basically, within three months, all the Queen Mother's instructions were completed and all the people involved in the case were investigated.
"The King of Wu is cunning, vicious and cruel, but he is good at pretending, being hypocritical and virtuous, to win over people's hearts and gain a great reputation. People in the court can easily be deceived by him. When the time comes, they will only obey the orders of the King of Wu.
Obey Your Majesty!"
Chao Cuo frowned, "I don't need to worry about it, I know it myself!"
Liu Chang was so angry that he was about to attack Chao Cuo on the spot.
"With all due respect, I'm afraid that among all the courtiers, no one has more trust from His Majesty than you. I heard that Chao Cuo was dismissed, and the Taiwei directly called Your Majesty by his name. Most of his words were rude. If others behave like this, I will only
Afraid of being punished by the clan, someone informed the Queen Mother about this, and the Queen Mother said: "My son is unworthy, it is the fault of his teacher."
Chao Cuo sat next to Liu Chang. The person who could get this honor was either Liu Chang's brother or his confidant. Liu Chang asked seriously: "After rectifying the place, where should we rectify next?"
"Hmm?? So fast??"
During the first court meeting, Liu Heng didn't say much. He just looked at the ministers calmly, listened to their reports, and looked open-minded and eager to learn.
Liu Heng just listened to the court meeting calmly and ended his first court meeting in silence.
Beating him was of no use except to vent his anger, so he decided to sit down and reason.
The next visitor is Wang Tianqi.
Liu An was originally a spectator. After Lu Jia objected, he hurriedly stood up and expressed his support. At the same time, he refuted Lu Jia, making Lu Jia "sad and angry and speechless". He blocked the way of the ministers in advance.
The ministers started discussing, and the temple was extremely lively.
Liu Chang waved his hand, and the person entering the hall was Liu Zhang.
Zhang Cang couldn't wait to agree.
"The county is too big. If you go to the county, you will still make plans as you do now, and then wait for the people under your command to implement them. You will not get any benefits. On the contrary, in the county, there are not many officials. They do everything personally. The Han County Governor
, there is no one who does not serve as a county magistrate, this is the reason. You must change your shortcomings, be down-to-earth, century-old policies, century-old policies must be carried out step by step, how can there be any reason to ignore the present because of the future? A hundred years later
The big man and the big man today, I think the big man today is more important. Just go ahead."
Liu Heng looked at Han Xin's inner room for a long time and said with approval: "I really admire the Taiwei's diligence and frugality. There has never been a minister as frugal as the Taiwei. No wonder they all say Taiwei is so thrifty."
Wei is a famous official in the world."
"Temple."
Wang Tianqi cleared his throat and said, "The Queen Mother's instructions."
"Lieutenant."
Chao Cuo turned around and saw that the person pulling him was Lu Lu.
Liu Chang's face twitched, "My lord, it's been so many years and the reason is still the same."
Prince Liu An.
Liu Chang held a court meeting the next day to formally discuss Liu Henglai's appointment as Prime Minister.
I wouldn’t even dare to dream about it.
"Fart! It's about changing the official position, not taking action against someone. First of all, the King of Wu has such talent. Secondly, he is in the temple, and the ministers will not make troubles because of the restructuring. The most important thing is that he can fight with him at any time.
The Queen Mother got in touch, and with the Queen Mother's support, even my master would not embarrass him too much. If a courtier were to come to this position, he would inevitably be misled because of his own interests. But the foreign king is different. The officials and nobles in this court
As far as the foreign king is concerned, there is no fundamental interest at all. If you can find someone more suitable for me to serve as the imperial censor now, I will prepare a carriage to send King Wu back in the evening!"
"Yes, the temple. The temple is going to be restructured. Which official position do you most want to reorganize?"
"Maybe it's because others don't look like me."
Naturally, Liu Heng became the new imperial censor of the Han Dynasty.
He could probably guess that this was the old lady's warning to those people, telling them not to underestimate the Lu family and not to think that they could easily play tricks on the Lu family. The ancestor of the Lu family has not yet fallen.
After leaving the Taiwei's mansion, Liu Heng calmed down. The Taiwei would not embarrass himself anymore.
Chao Cuo shook his head.
"I don't have any talents. I only sit in this position because I am a relative of His Majesty and have won His Majesty's trust."
Han Xin's posture was crooked, his head tilted, and he looked at Liu Heng in front of him rudely.
Liu Chang sat in the Hall of Houde, rubbed his forehead, and shouted: "Lu!! Let the prince come in!"
Hu Wusheng agreed to select scholars through assessment, but objected to selecting too many scholars at once.
Liu Chang did not interfere in this matter and let the old lady handle it.
Most of the ministers still chose to remain silent, neither supporting nor opposing. Only Feng Chang and Lu Jia were fiercely opposed.
Liu Chang raised his head and said, "Didn't the meeting just happen yesterday?"
"Then what are you going to do after you take office as the imperial censor?"
"It can be seen that both your Majesty and the Queen Mother have great trust in the Taiwei."
As Liu Chang said, in fact, the resistance from the officials is no longer that great. In the entire temple, Liu Chang's loyalists account for the majority. When things happen, even if they do not support Liu Chang, they will not oppose him.
Liu Chang has already proven his ability. The ministers just don't understand and will not rush to object. Even Chao Cuo was appointed as the third prince. What's more, Liu Heng himself has a good reputation and got the old woman.
With the support, the ministers basically had no room for opposition.
Liu Chang was a little tired.
Liu Chang sat in the upper position and looked at his third official position.
If he wants to be appointed as the Third Duke, Sankilun only needs to convince one Taiwei and the other two Prime Ministers, so that is not a problem at all.
And there was an unexpected person who actually spoke up to support him.
Zhang Cang is aware of this guy's ability to do things. If he becomes the censor, he will be able to rest peacefully by leaving the government affairs to him, right?
Following closely behind, the Taiwei also chose to support.
Liu Heng knew what Han Xin cared about. He didn't care much about interests, but he valued other people's attitudes towards him, especially trust. As long as he didn't feel that he was being looked down upon, he felt that he was trusted, reused and respected.
Only when people rely on him will he be happy. Therefore, Liu Heng placed himself in a very low position from the beginning, and his words were full of the intention of relying on the Taiwei to reorganize the temple.
After hearing this compliment, Han Xin was not only unhappy, but his face turned dark instantly.
The corners of Liu Chang's mouth almost reached to his ears. What a luxurious configuration this is.
Liu Chang was stunned, looked at Wang Tianqi in front of him, and said in surprise: "You are not even eighty years old, but you are still so young, why do you retire and return to your hometown?"
"You have a great reputation, but based on my past experience, the greater the reputation, the less capable you are."
Before Lu Lu could explain, someone stood at the door asking to see him.
"Why should he?"
What does this mean to you kid?
Han Xin laughed and said, "Is it because you don't have the courage? When you took office as censor, did you want to divide the power of the temple? You will be the first to attack me, the Taiwei?"
"You get up first and sit over here!"
Liu Chang was still a little reluctant to give up. Even though this old man was low-key and didn't show much attention on weekdays, at critical moments, this person was really useful. However, looking at his gray hair color, Liu Chang didn't say much.
What, even though he is reluctant to leave, he takes the initiative to resign, and Liu Chang cannot stop him. Not to mention Wang Tianqi, even Zhang Cang, if he retires one day, Liu Chang will agree. Although they are all very capable, they have worked too hard.
It would be unfair to them to not let them die of illness in their positions for half their lives.
This is not a lie. In the past few days, Liu Chang first reviewed the list of letters submitted by Zhang Cang, and then dealt with several major cases involving powerful people. He was really tired.
Chao Cuo was immediately shocked, "The Queen Mother wants to take action against the Marquis of Huaiyin?"
Chao Cuo looked disdainful, "Does King Wu still dare to take action against the Taiwei? As long as the Marquis of Huaiyin is still there, it is simply wishful thinking to weaken the Taiwei."
Han Xin nodded and asked again: "What abilities do you have that can serve as a censor?"
"Well, I know, then let's do it. No wonder the King of Nanyue wants to give his bastard a throne so much, but he is frightened by your behavior. Marquis Che is indeed not very safe among my big men. You can handle it yourself.
Let’s do this!”
"I heard that you wanted to join the court and work with me. I asked the commander to call you in just to see if you have the qualifications."
"My lord, are you a marquis during the reign of Xiaoren?"
"When you have finished this matter, you can go back to your hometown to rest. You can also go back to your country or stay in Chang'an."
"Yes."
This dear friend has always opposed the emperor's edicts, not once or twice.
Taiwei Mansion.
Han Xin waved his hand and drove Liu Heng out without any courtesy.
"What are your orders, Your Majesty?"
However, Lu Jia was opposed to Luan Bu's idea. Once the new canal was opened, it would affect the harvests of the five counties in Hebei. The sooner it was completed, the better. It was carried out when there were no disasters in Hebei, so that it would not be easy to move forward.
procrastination.
"Hey, King Wu has the courage to do this."
Nowadays, the ministers no longer dare to blindly follow Lu Jia to refute the emperor, and are somewhat wary of Lu Jia.
"Okay, I agree."
Liu Heng looked at Han Xin and said with a smile: "It really makes me feel like I'm home."
The ministers all had different ideas. Luan Bu firmly opposed the construction of several canals in the near future. Farmers had made great achievements in the experimental fields. Now it is time to promote new agricultural technologies. Agriculture is the most important. Cao canals
Although it is important, we must follow a certain order. Do this year's farming and mulberry work first, and then leave it to next year.
Zhang Cang, Liu Heng, Han Xin.
Sure enough, the Taiwei was already in a state of high spirits.
If I could let my father act as a gatekeeper for me again, that would be... ahem, forget it.
Chao Cuo didn't say anything more, sighed, turned around and left.
"Why should my mother let him do it?"
Chao Cuo was not afraid at all, "If your majesty wants to kill you, I will never complain at all. It's just that the King of Wu cannot be the censor! I am dedicated to your majesty!!"
But Lu Jia didn't care about this. He still went his own way and raised the banner of resisting the "tyrant".
"I have been feeling quite unwell recently. I really cannot continue to work for Your Majesty."
"So, you cut the captain because you trust me?"
Han Xin glanced at him, glanced at his obviously mended clothes, and his expression became more magnanimous, "Luxury is not what a gentleman does."
Wang Tianqi thought that he would have to spend a lot of time, but unexpectedly, the emperor agreed immediately. He was overjoyed and thanked him hurriedly.
"She looks pretty good, she can serve as the Third Master."
"Your Majesty, I have something to report. Last night, Dr. Wu Yushi went to visit thirteen ministers. He held a pen and ink and discussed the government decrees with them in detail. Early this morning, he even sent people privately to summon the ministers for a court meeting. He directly
Make a decision. I failed to report this matter to Your Majesty in time. Please punish me!"
Liu Chang slammed the case and shouted angrily: "Chao Cuo! If you just alienate the brothers, it will be enough to punish your three clans!!"
"Court meeting??"
Liu Chang was very surprised. In the past, it would take at least more than a month to decide on these policies. How could it be proposed today and decided on the next day.
The pride on Han Xin's face was not hidden at all, "What you said makes sense."
Lu Lu shook his head, "It's not really an order, I just want to tell Mr. Chao that Mr. Chao is your majesty's descendant. Your majesty asked you to go to the county, so you will inevitably bear a ruthless criticism, but in order to let you have a good life, your majesty
Director Jin did not care about this. On the contrary, you are still unhappy. It is really puzzling to me. At first I heard you say that there is no difference between local officials and temple ministers, but now you look down on the county officials so much. It is in vain.
Your Majesty’s kindness. It’s not like sacrificing others like this.”
"Oh, I've never been a censor, what can I teach you? Just listen to the emperor's words!"
The next day, Liu Chang just woke up from his sleep and was eating meat when Lu Lu hurriedly came to report.
He threw out all the things that had accumulated during these days, including this year's twenty-eight assessments, official vacancies, promotion lists, canal projects, maintenance of several roads, the foreign Qiang issue in Hexi Kingdom, and Huainan's
Flood. Of course Liu Chang also knows why he is so active, because the old man is going on vacation, and it is not his responsibility to propose these things. He just wants the ministers to do more things while he is on vacation, and to let him do less when he comes back.
trouble.
At this moment, Liu Zhang's face was pale and he knelt in front of Liu Chang in fear.
Han Xin could be considered a naked humiliation, but Liu Heng didn't care. He stood up suddenly, waved his sleeves generously, and asked, "What do you think of me, then?"
Liu Chang personally paid homage to Liu Heng as the Third Duke, bestowed upon him a military uniform, a royal uniform, and the rank of attendant. He also granted him special privileges such as paying homage to an unknown person and going to court with a sword. He was extremely favored.
"Your Majesty, I would like to resign and go home after this matter is settled."
"That's right. Then tell me, who in the court is more suitable than King Wu to rectify these official positions?"