The afterglow of the sun gradually dissipated in the sky, and the sunset dyed most of the sky red.n∈
Liu Che sat facing north, sitting on the imperial couch in Zhangde Hall. The Emperor Gao's White Snake-Slaying Sword, which symbolized the legal authority of the emperor of the Han Dynasty, was tied around his waist. The miraculous national sword was passed down in later generations. The jade seal is now hanging on his waist together with Liu Bang's sword. The emperor's twelve pearls hang down from his forehead. The black emperor's uniform is solemn and solemn.
Under the imperial steps, Taichang Nanpi Marquis Dou Pengzu held a piece of silk book and read: "His Majesty Fuwei is Kun when he is doing things, and moves Yin and Yang together. The size of the ministers is not determined by the Changqiu Palace. He will abide by the rules and regulations. I still heard about it, and listened to it all the time. Yi Yun: I received this blessing, and the poem said: Thousands of riches and hundreds of blessings, descendants of thousands of billions. Now I am very fortunate. Your Majesty has ascended the throne, and the world is at peace. The seas are clear and the rivers are flowing. If you don’t get a long life, there is no one to host the sacrifice of Jamsil..."
Liu Che sat on the dragon throne and listened, but his heart was racing.
This Dou Pengzu is trying to force the palace!
Today's agenda was supposed to be to appoint Xia Yanzhi, who was married to the Xiongnu, as a concubine, but it did not include establishing a queen!
Come to think of it, no one but the Princess of Guantao could handle things in such a hasty manner and look so ugly!
Of course, the restless second and third generations within the Dou family may have contributed to this.
Originally, Liu Che had already reached an agreement with the Empress Dowager on the establishment of a queen. At the turn of next summer and autumn, Chen Ajiao would be officially named the queen.
However, it now seems that Mr. Dou cannot wait as long as one year.
They wanted to set the tone now, so they took advantage of today's opportunity to launch a surprise attack.
I have to admit, their timing was very good!
According to the political tradition of the Han Dynasty, the owner of Shufang Hall in Changqiu Palace is usually decided two to three months after the emperor ascends the throne, and then is registered.
This is because the Han Dynasty prides itself on governing the world with filial piety.
This sacrifice to ancestors and gods was an extremely important step in the politics of the Han Dynasty.
In the sacrificial activities of the Han Dynasty, the emperor led hundreds of civil and military officials, princes and ministers to offer gold to the ancestral temple, and the queen led the wives of the ministers to offer silkworms to the ancestral temple. These were all very important and indispensable political activities.
Theoretically, if there is no queen, then no one can lead the wives of the ministers and officials to donate to the ancestral temple.
In the Han Dynasty, this kind of sacrificial activity that must be held at the beginning of each year can be said to be as important a political activity as the Two Sessions held every year in later generations.
Through this activity, the emperor could once again reaffirm the sanctity of his kingship.
More importantly, this was a method used by the Han Dynasty to attack and weaken the power of the princes.
In later history, the excuse for Xiaozhu Chao's famous banquet incident was that the gold donated by the princes was not of sufficient quality. Therefore, Xiaozhu seized the excuse and stripped more than a hundred titles and titles of the princes in one fell swoop. country.
However, it is not Xiaozhu’s original idea to use money as an excuse to dismiss people and abolish the country.
In the history of the Han Dynasty, there were not just one or two unlucky people.
There were even princes who were caught by Emperor Taizong Xiaowen, had their feudal status abolished, and were demoted to common people just because the money they contributed to the ancestral temple was only four taels less than the prescribed amount.
In the Han Dynasty, which adheres to the principle of governing the world with filial piety.
If the amount of money given to the ancestors is insufficient or the quality is insufficient, it means being unfilial!
And being unfilial is a capital crime!
On the other hand, the princes were subjected to cruel methods because the gold they donated was of insufficient quality and quantity.
If this ceremony of offering silkworms to the ancestors in the ancestral temple cannot be held because there is no queen, what crime should the emperor be responsible for?
From this perspective, establishing a queen is indeed an urgent matter for Liu Che.
It is July now, and in three months it will be the beginning of the year.
And the process of setting up a post-employment will take no more than a month or two to complete.
In other words, if Liu Che does not decide to establish a queen immediately, then it is very likely that the queen will not be able to enter the Shufang Hall of Changqiu Palace before the New Year, and her mother will be in the world.
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Liu Che's peripheral vision glanced at Dou Pengzu's body.
Of course Liu Che knew that this was a test by the Dou family's relatives group.
The armed forces of Changle Palace and Weiyang Palace were firmly controlled by the emperor Liu Che.
The various local yamen in Guanzhong will also be firmly controlled by Liu Che after this examination.
If this continues, Liu Che's authority will become stronger and more stable day by day.
It is very likely that in half a year, Liu Che will be able to tear up the previous agreement with Guantao and choose the queen according to his own preferences.
Although, as long as the Empress Dowager is still there, as the emperor, Liu Che cannot disobey the Empress Dowager's opinions.
However, be careful in everything.
What if the Empress Dowager is the same as Empress Dowager Bo?
At that time, whether the emperor will keep his promise is another matter.
Regarding Dou's thoughts, Liu Che's heart was as open as a mirror.
He also knew that although the trick played by the Dou family was too ugly.
But he cannot show any dissatisfaction. On the contrary, he should fully agree to Dou's request.
Because, at present, Liu Che knows that his wings are not full yet, and for many problems, he also needs to rely on the power of Donggong and Dou's relatives to exert influence on other factions in the court.
More importantly, as the examinations progress, thousands of officials will enter the political arena through the examinations every year.
The power of these people will become stronger and stronger, and eventually they will replace all existing political forces, and they will inevitably dominate the political arena.
And this is what Liu Che doesn't want to see.
You can guess what kind of fucking things a purely civilian government will do!
If you look at the Song Dynasty, you will know that civilian officials are the mortal enemies of the army!
If civilian politics were allowed to dominate the politics of the Han Dynasty in the future, then Liu Che had no doubt that the harm these guys would do to the army would exceed the harm done to the Han Dynasty army by all enemies!
Isn’t there a joke in later generations?
The number of fighter planes and battleships shot down by the Imperial Senate was equal to the square of all the fighter planes and battleships lost by the American Empire in all wars.
Therefore, Liu Che must support a political force that can compete with the civil bureaucracy.
The tradition of the Han Dynasty has always been to use foreign relatives to contain the marquises and ministers, then use the marquises and ministers to contain the civil officials, and use the civil servants to deal with the foreign relatives.
But this fragile balance will be completely broken after the examination becomes popular and begins to occupy the main sources of officials.
As the emperor, Liu Che must take precautions and find an evenly matched opponent for the civil bureaucracy.
And this opponent must and can only be a violent machine that represents expansion, invasion, killing, and conquest—the army.
However, the army has been an unruly monster since ancient times.
If you're not careful, you may be bitten by it.
For example, the Tang Dynasty, at its most glorious moment, was bitten to the point of paralysis by the army and feudal lords.
Therefore, before supporting the military, Liu Che must first transform the current military system and command system.
And this matter requires Dou’s full cooperation! (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!
