Emperor Liu Qi was so happy that night that he even ate an extra bowl of rice, but other than that, he did not make too much noise. He also asked Liu De not to spread the matter, and even ordered the eunuchs in the palace who knew about it to "dare to leak it"
Whoever dies!'.
Obviously, the emperor wanted to trick the princes.
Since King Youxian of the Xiongnu died and Zhongxing said he was demoted to Beihai, it is obvious that the Xiongnu will not have any thoughts about the Han Dynasty in the short term.
In this way, the emperor was truly relieved.
Without the intervention of the Xiongnu, the chances of success in reducing the vassal state would be greatly increased!
So that night Chao Cuo entered the palace according to the imperial edict and had a secret discussion with the emperor Liu Qi until midnight.
The next day, during the court meeting, Chao Cuo once again brought up the past and demanded that Jiaoxi King Liu Xian be punished for secretly buying and selling national titles. Although Prime Minister Shen Tujia firmly opposed it, this time the emperor forcefully suppressed Shen Tujia's request.
In the face of opposition, an edict was forcibly passed to punish Jiaoxi King Liu Xian. For the crime of privately selling the country's title, he was deprived of six counties.
Unfortunately, the Jiaoxi Kingdom only had one county, and six counties were cut off at once, equivalent to one-third of the feudal kingdom.
As a result, the conflict between Prime Minister Shen Tujia and Chao Cuo intensified to the extreme.
Prime Minister Shen Tujia even said privately to his chief minister: "I wish I could punish the wrongdoer to clear the sea!"
Shen Tujia knew that cutting down the vassal vassal would inevitably lead to rebellion among the princes. Furthermore, a year ago, Chao Cuo had already cut down the Hejian County of King Zhao and Liu Sui. With the addition of the six counties in Jiaoxi this time, the princes and kings of the Qi and Zhao dynasties would inevitably rebel against the imperial court.
There is resentment in the heart, and big changes are already underway.
If that's all, then that's it.
Even if the combined military strength of Zhu Qi and Zhao is not equal to one-third of the imperial court, if they dare to rebel, the imperial court can crush them to death with one finger.
However, Chao Cuo had written many times during the reign of the late Emperor to request the reduction of King Wu's feudal state, but was suppressed by the late Emperor.
It is conceivable that Chao Cuo's next step is Wu Chu.
King Liu Bi of Wu has been feudal in the land of Wu for forty-two years. He has been operating for a long time and has a solid foundation. Wu has a hundred thousand soldiers, and his armor is advantageous to the south.
What Shen Tujia was most worried about was not that Wu Wang Liu Bi would raise troops to go north, but that Wu Wang Bi would simply separat one territory, refused to obey the imperial call, and united with Chu State, various Qi princes, and even South Vietnam, East Vietnam and other foreign vassals to fight against the central government.
It would be really troublesome to control the river by crossing the river!
At that time, the Qin Dynasty collapsed, and the Qin captain Zhao Tuo took the opportunity to separate South Vietnam. As a result, after the Han Dynasty was established, because South Vietnam was remote and the cost of attacking was too high, we could only sit back and watch the fact of its independence. To this day, who doesn't sigh with regret?
If this causes Wu, Chu, Qi and Zhao to confront the imperial court again, or even cross the river to rule, then Shen Tujia will be dead, and he will not be able to see the late emperor and Emperor Gao after he is under Jiuquan!
So, Shen Tujia secretly began to collect various omissions and evidence of Chao Cuo's crimes, thinking that as long as Chao Cuo was killed, there would be no one to preside over the reduction of the vassal, and this disaster would be avoided!
Liu De naturally also heard that Shen Tujia was planning to eliminate Chao Cuo, and also heard about Shen Tujia's concerns.
Liu De sighed: "Old Prime Minister, great disaster is coming!"
Although Shen Tujia is an experienced minister seeking the country, his worries are not unreasonable. If Wu King Liu Bi really becomes ruthless and declares independence regardless of everything, and then does not march north, with his army and the income of the kingdom, he might be able to separate the kingdom.
Successfully split China into two.
However, since all these things have reached Liu De's ears, can they still hide it from Chao Cuo?
The king will lose his country if he doesn't keep it secret, and the minister won't keep it secret. Such an important matter has been spread all over Chang'an. With Chao Cuo's temperament, he must have prepared a big hole for Shen Tujia, waiting for Shen Tujia to jump into it!
While Liu De was paying attention to the movements of Shen Tujia and Chao Cuo, he was busy arranging the examination matters.
Because the cheap daddy asked him not to make the examination more popular, Liu De didn't do much publicity. He just asked Ju Meng to lead people to spread some news about the examination at several crowded intersections in Chang'an, and then
Just do nothing.
However, Liu De still underestimated the literati's desire to become an official at this time. However, in just three days, the entire city of Chang'an knew about the examination, although most of the officials were not sure what the examination was.
No matter what the test method is, the full twelve hundred-stone official quota still stimulates the rapid secretion of adrenaline in many people.
In a few days, even Nanling, Changling, Yangling and even the Sanfu area around Chang'an were known.
But the rumors became exaggerated in the end.
Changpiao in Chang'an was quite honest and didn't exaggerate much. They just changed the number of places from twelve to twenty.
But what some remote and powerful disciples in the Sanfu Land heard was that this examination would recruit dozens of officials at the six hundred stone level...
Suddenly, the children of these powerful landowners and big businessmen became excited.
Officials at the six hundred stone level...
Although he is just a small shrimp in Chang'an, in fact, the county magistrates of some small counties only have 600 shi, and the county captains of medium-sized counties only have 800 shi.
As a result, these powerful people told their friends, fellow students and even distant relatives one after another the huge news, telling them to come to Chang'an as soon as possible. If they missed it, it would be too late to cry!
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Yan State, Jicheng.
The father of the Linzi people has lived here for half a year. Although he is not very adapted to the water, soil and food of this Yan land, he is doing well, at least better than in Linzi.
His hometown, Linzi, the capital of Qi, is the stronghold of Confucianism. Confucianism ranks first in power and is desperately suppressing and squeezing the living space of other schools. As a disciple of a strategist, especially a young man who has learned the art of short-term strategism, he is naturally prepared.
Being excluded and suppressed, Confucian scholars often deliberately provoked insults and provocations against him.
Although his eloquence was first-rate and his debating skills were dozens of steps ahead of those Confucian scholars, those people never debated directly with him.
When he reasoned with the Confucian scholars, the Confucian scholars talked about human relations. When he talked about human relations with the Confucian scholars, the Confucian scholars talked about morality with him. When he talked about morality, the Confucian scholars turned to the rule of law...
What's more important is that almost all officials in the entire Qi State are controlled by Confucian scholars, and other Legalists, Politicians, and Huang-Lao School are all excluded.
Therefore, if you want to be an official in Qi State, there is no way!
As a last resort, Zhu Fuyan could only travel to other places when he was eighteen years old to look for opportunities to become an official.
First he came to the State of Zhao, but King Liu Sui of Zhao liked the art of war, loved fighting, and wanted to rebel. Therefore, Master Yan immediately escaped from the big trap of the State of Zhao and traveled to the land of Yan, where his talents were greatly improved.
There is room for development, but it can only barely make ends meet.
On this day, the master's father Yan returned to his rented house from outside. When the landlord saw him coming back, he said to him: "Someone came to see you today and left this letter!"
"Thank you very much, father-in-law!" Master Fuyan said quickly. He took the letter and opened it. He found that it was a letter written by his fellow disciple in Guanzhong. Upon reading it, Master Fuyan was overjoyed: "Chang'an is actually here.
There is an examination to be held, regardless of identity, school, or status. The title only depends on knowledge and ability. If you pass the examination, you will be awarded an official position of 600 dan, and you can also stay with His Highness?"
"God help me!" Master Yan immediately went back to his room to pack his luggage. He couldn't wait for a moment now: "I don't know when this kind of good opportunity will come again. I must seize it!"
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