Throughout December of the second year of Yuande, Chang'an was like a theater.
One script after another is constantly being staged.
The craze about body poisoning has just subsided a bit.
Both the government and the public began to hype up the affairs of the Yantie government camp.
But it is not whether the Salt and Iron Department should be established.
But, who should be in charge of this Salt and Iron Department?
On this matter, the Prime Minister's Mansion and the Young Master's Mansion broke the rules and brought the lawsuit all the way to Liu Che.
In today's world, the benefits of salt and iron are so great that anyone who is not blind can see them.
In the face of interests, the ruling and opposition factions quickly took sides and clearly distinguished themselves.
It seems that Zhou Yafu's victory in defeating Wu and Chu has made him the undisputed leader of the group of heroes, and he seems to have a greater chance of winning.
But it's a pity that the final result made people drop their glasses all over the floor if they had any.
The young master succeeded in having the last laugh and brought the Salt and Iron Company under his control.
The final result of this matter also made Liu Che feel scared.
Although it is said that the Salt and Iron Division is under the control of the Shaofu, this is expected.
But the group of heroes was defeated too quickly!
Before Liu Che even came forward to mediate, they were completely defeated. Many people even raised the white flag and surrendered to the Shaofu.
On the surface, the defeat of the Liehou Group headed by Zhou Yafu seemed to be due to the fact that the two empress dowagers of the East Palace summoned the ministers headed by Zhou Yafu to give lectures, laying out ancestral rules and traditional righteousness, forcing the Liehou Group to admit defeat.
but……
How can anything be so simple in politics?
The empress dowager gave a lecture, and the civil servant group of the princes surrendered obediently?
Obviously, many people, even the vast majority of nobles and ministers, do not want the Prime Minister's Office to stretch its hands too far and the Prime Minister's power to be too great.
You must know that Zhou Yafu's great contribution in quelling the rebellion of Wu and Chu has become the undisputed banner of the princes group and has high popularity in the army.
If such a person can control the financial power, he can govern as he pleases.
Then others are still playing tricks, Zhou Yafu can immediately become Yi Yin and Duke of Zhou of the Han Dynasty, with power above all else.
Not to mention noble ministers, Liu Che would also stumble secretly.
It's just that politics is so ridiculous.
After Zhou Yafu failed in his fight for control of the Salt and Iron Division, Liu Che felt that the Salt and Iron Division was placed in the Shaofu and surrounded by wolves. If there was no supervision, God knows in the future the Salt and Iron Division would be the royal purse.
, or the small treasury of the relatives and princes?
Therefore, Liu Che had no moral integrity and sold out the interest group of his relatives and the Shaofu.
In the winter of December of the second year of Yuande, Liu Che issued an edict to change the position of Su Nei Shi to Da Si Nong. He was in charge of agriculture, water conservancy, people's livelihood and other matters. He was also responsible for supervising and supervising the grain price protection policy and matters related to the Salt and Iron Department.
Although, Zhi Su Neishi, who was renamed Da Sima, cannot control the daily operations of the Salt and Iron Division for the time being, and only has the power to supervise and supervise.
But Liu Che believed that with the ability and tenacity of the civil servant group, they would definitely eject the Salt and Iron Department in the future and take charge of the salt and iron affairs themselves.
This is the nature of the civil service group.
Zhou Yafu, who took advantage of the emperor's power to win the game, seemed to accept the situation and made no further moves.
But Liu Che knew that this stubborn donkey was no less vindictive than others.
Moreover, the Han people have always been particular about repaying kindness with kindness and repaying evil with straightness.
Some people may be in trouble soon.
Sure enough, after the lunar New Year meeting in December, the government and the public were as lively as if they were going to a market.
On the ninth day of December, the Prime Minister's Office and Tingwei Yamen launched a heavy attack.
Fan Hou Cai Ke was impeached and failed to obtain the imperial edict. He and his slaves entered Shanglin Garden without authorization and illegally sold land and houses privately. He also bribed officials and other crimes.
None of these crimes are actually that big of a deal.
In the Han Dynasty, there were no princes who did not illegally buy and sell land and houses. As for bringing slaves into Shanglin Garden without permission, although this was illegal, it was not very serious.
This is probably the same as in later generations when the central government of the Chinese dynasty repeatedly issued orders that officials were not allowed to eat or drink with public funds, but officials still ate and drank with public funds. This is the norm.
But Cai Ke was unlucky because he looked so ugly.
Who told him to be the first to surrender in Lehouli?
So if he doesn't die, there will be no justice.
What is even more tragic is that the Fanhou family is actually a marginal figure in the Liehou Group. Even Cai Ke and his father Cai Jian are not actually the old brothers who followed Liu Bang to conquer the world, but came to invest after Liu Bang's foundation was initially established.
The leader of the force, and he surrendered under the order of Suiyang of the State of Qin.
Therefore, the evidence of Cai Ke's crime was conclusive, so he was undoubtedly stripped of his title and demoted to a commoner.
This is the reason why Zhou Yafu kept his hand.
Originally, according to the principle of taking the lead in the political struggle of the Han Dynasty, if Cai Ke had not been carried out as a private soldier and had evil intentions, he would have been burned in high incense.
But the other two unlucky guys were not so lucky.
Wu Houyang went to Jizu to murder Ji's father and was sentenced to abandon the market.
Zhongmohou Shanzhonggen, sitting for murder, rape, capital crime, and country removal.
A large number of Qianshi officials were implicated in these cases and were driven home to farm.
Zhou Yafu shocked the entire government and the public with his thunderous methods. At the same time, he also told others that if they want to be a second or fifth son, do they have that destiny?
As a result, the princes who came to their senses woke up one after another and went to the Changping Marquis Mansion overnight to apologize.
Zhou Yafu also knew that this matter could only end here. If he continued to play with it, he would be angry and resentful, so he just gave up.
Liu Che was quite sorry.
There are too many princes. These guys have as few as a thousand households and as many as ten thousand households. They are not engaged in production. Except for a few elites, most of them only know how to fight cocks and lackeys and play with women.
Therefore, when Zhou Yafu killed these princes, he was actually treating the Han Dynasty and pulling out the cancerous tumors.
However, Wuhou is such a pity!
Yang Quji's father, Yang Chengyan, was the strongest craftsman in the Han Dynasty at that time, and he was also the number one civil engineer in the world.
This person was the actual builder of Weiyang Palace, Changle Palace, and even Chang'an City.
And the title of Wuhou also came from this.
However, Liu Che couldn't save him!
Murdering Ji's father, even the King of Heaven and I can't save him!
Liu Che had no choice but to send Wang Dao to the Tingwei Prison, and Wang Dao brought back more than thirty volumes of Yang Chengyan's experiences and notes when he built Weiyang Palace, Changle Palace, and Chang'an City.
After obtaining these classics, Liu Che issued an edict and pardoned Yang Quji's two concubines, thus leaving some blood and incense to the Yang family.
Zhou Yafu's side had just calmed down, but Chao Cuo, the censor's side, was in a commotion again.
For three days in a row, Chao Cuo's imperial censor Yamen kept writing letters to impeach Liang Wang Liu Wu. He couldn't let go, which was not what a human minister would do!
Liang Wang Liu Wu immediately thanked him, apologized, and resigned at the same time.
Although Dong Gong was angry, it was of no use.
Under the Han Dynasty system, the princes and dynasties invited the emperor to stay in Beijing for a maximum of two months.
At that time, Huainan Li Wang Liu Chang stayed in Chang'an City for three or four months, and there was a lot of discussion between the government and the public.
Liu Wu stayed in Chang'an for more than half a year, and the imperial censor's Yamen still delayed in expressing his position, which was already a great deal of face.
Regarding this issue, even the Empress Dowager of the Eastern Palace cannot be blamed. (To be continued...) i1292
