In the fifteenth year of Yankang, it was the nineteenth day of the first lunar month.
At this time, fifteen days had passed since Zhuge Liang presented the New Han Code.
During these fifteen days, the Hall of Houde was surprisingly quiet, because on that day, all the ministers gathered at the Shizhongtai, and all the ministers were aware of what happened between Xun Linggong and Zhuge Liang.
I thought that the emperor, who had always been strong, would definitely not be able to stand such opposition and would definitely take action against Xun Linggong. Of course, the emperor would not be able to do anything to this veteran minister, and at most he would remove him.
Among these ministers, the happier one is probably Sima Yi, who is now white. Sima Yi is very happy. As long as His Majesty takes away Xun Linggong's Shangshu Ling, who will be the most suitable person to serve as Shangshu Ling? Of course.
Even now that he was still in Luoyang, as a close confidant of the emperor, Sima Yi knew in his heart that the emperor was becoming more and more powerful, and Xun Linggong's design would probably completely anger the emperor.
Even Xun Yu thought so.
Sitting in the Shangshutai, the attitude of the officials in the Shangshutai towards Xun Yu has also changed somewhat. Of course, they are not rude, but they are still a little distant. They do not dare to get too close to Xun Yu for fear of being implicated.
He didn't dare to provoke the emperor. Xun Shen, who stayed by Xun Yu's side, was the most aware of these changes. He took his father and the two of them sat in the minister's desk. They sat there for a whole day, but no one dared to come up and exchange greetings.
Two sentences.
If it had been in the past, these people would have gathered around my father and asked him about his welfare.
For the young and vigorous Xun Shen, the actions of these people were undoubtedly a betrayal of his father. Sitting in the study, looking at the memorials handed over by various governments, Xun Yu was very calm and read each article one by one.
After reading the article, he nodded happily from time to time, stroking his beard and smiling, "Father!" Xun Shen finally couldn't help it anymore and said angrily: "We'd better go back."
Xun Yu shook his head and then said: "Xun'er... don't blame them. They just want to save their lives. This is normal. I don't have the confidence to survive it. It's normal for them to be afraid...
."
"Father? Will Your Majesty really punish us severely?"
"Your Majesty is different from the past. He has been in power for more than ten years and has unparalleled power. No one has dared to disobey his edict for a long time. Now, with my design like this, he will definitely be furious. Of course, you don't have to be afraid. Your Majesty is
Mingjun, even if you remove me, I will never have trouble with you... Don't worry."
"Father, I have never been afraid. If my father is dismissed, I will go back to take care of him and will not hold any official position. However, your majesty has not raised any objections for so long. Why do you think your majesty will definitely give the order?"
What about deposing my father?" Xun Shen said in confusion.
"Your Majesty is young and lonely, so he is sensitive and irritable, but he is also patient and will not get angry easily. I think your Majesty will hold a court meeting soon. Although I have designed to add something to the Han Code,
However, at the court meeting, His Majesty will definitely find a way to continue to implement land equalization. The next thing is the most important. This time, I will succeed even if I risk my life... However, regardless of success or failure, I am afraid
The position of Shangshu Ling has to be replaced..." Xun Yu said with a smile.
"That's fine. After my father is done with his work, I will go home with him and read and play chess. It will be quite pleasant."
While the father and son were talking, an official suddenly walked into the study, bowed to them, lowered his head, and said quickly: "Your Majesty will convene a court meeting tomorrow!" After saying that, Xun Yu did not wait for a reply.
, left the study room as if running away, but Xun Shen was no longer angry. He just turned away, looked at Xun Yu aside, smiled, and said: "My father is really a god."
Xun Yu was speechless, but in his heart he was thinking about all the preparations he had made over the years. Tomorrow's court meeting would be the time to settle all his plans.
.....
Next day, early morning
Many ministers had already gathered in front of the palace, chatting with each other, but none of them mentioned the recent political affairs. Everyone was tacitly aware of why the emperor wanted to summon the ministers this time, but no one dared to mention it.
Moreover, in this game between the emperor and Shangshu Ling, even if they recognized Shangshu Ling in their hearts, they did not dare to participate.
Shangshu Ling was old and a close friend of Emperor Xiaoxian. Even if he rebuked the emperor face to face, at most he would be dismissed. The emperor would not dare to do anything to him. But they were different. They did not have Shangshu Ling's qualifications or reputation.
If they rashly follow him to oppose the emperor, the consequences may be disastrous. Therefore, they keep silent about legal matters, especially the land.
While everyone was chatting, Zhong Changtong came over.
This is a fool. He just got off the carriage and walked towards the crowd happily. The officials looked at him with a little fear in their eyes and dispersed one after another. Zhong Changtong looked at the people who walked away quickly, and felt a little bit in his heart.
Confused, when did I become so scary? As he was thinking, he heard someone calling him not far away. It turned out to be two brothers from the Cao family.
Zhong Changtong hurried up and met with the two of them. It was rare for the two people who couldn't get along with each other to stand together in the Cao family. Although Cao Chong and Zhong Changtong had had friction before, he still admired Zhong Changtong's behavior. Cao Chong
Like him, Cao Chong was also a different kind of Gongyang, and did not much admire the theory of destiny. Cao Chong had always despised Gongyang's behavior of linking disasters with temples.
"Zheng Zheng, why are you here so early today?"
"Hahaha, I wanted to come earlier so that I could talk about how to deal with His Majesty's accusation later..." Zhong Changtong said with a smile, his voice was not quiet, and several courtiers around him heard this and hurriedly avoided it.
, just pretended not to hear, Cao Chong and Cao Zhi were not afraid at all. Cao Chong smiled and said: "I have heard that Lord Zhong Chang is very courageous. When I saw him today, he was really like this."
"Not to mention these, you are a master of all four subjects. Please help me quickly think about how to get His Majesty to agree to Xun Linggong's proposal and how to keep Xun Linggong?"
Zhong Changtong asked directly.
Cao Chong was stunned for a moment, and said hesitantly: "I think, for this, Xun Linggong has already planned this. We'd better not rush to take action, so as not to ruin Xun Linggong's important affairs. If your majesty wants to punish Shangshu Ling,
, it’s not too late for us to plead for mercy... However, it will be difficult to keep the Order of Secretariat..."
While they were chatting, Zhuge Liang also arrived.
The ministers treated him much more respectfully and gathered around him, chatting enthusiastically. However, Zhong Changtong did not go there. He looked at Zhuge Liang coldly and said, "If it weren't for him, Duke Xunling would also be here."
It's not like that..." Cao Chong interrupted him hastily, "Zhong Changjun, please don't talk like that. Mr. Zhuge is not mediocre, but... well, it's hard to say."
The three of them waited for a long time before Xun Yu arrived. Although Xun Shangshu had lost power, everyone still respected him very much and paid homage to him. However, no one dared to surround him anymore. Only Zhong Changtong and the others came.
Before, I greeted Xun Linggong. As expected, Lu Bu was the last one to arrive. He was the oldest, and he still looked unchanged. He even felt ten years younger than Xun Yu.
Everyone only waited for a moment before the palace gate opened. Xun Linggong led his ministers and walked slowly towards the main hall.
Zhong Changtong and others were walking behind San Ling. Just now Xun Linggong was very calm, feeling that he had already had a countermeasure. It seemed that they did not need to panic too much. Ling Gong must have planned it in advance.
When everyone entered the hall, they found that the emperor was already sitting on the throne, waiting for everyone. This was inconsistent with etiquette. The ministers always gathered and waited for the emperor to enter the court. How could the emperor wait for his ministers?
Shocked, he hurriedly bowed to see the emperor, but did not dare to take his seat. Liu Xi sat on the upper seat, looked at the frightened ministers below, smiled, and then said: "Everyone, please take your seat."
The ministers then sat down in their seats one by one, with their heads lowered, still thinking about the emperor's intentions.
"Your Majesty... There has never been a precedent for the emperor to wait for his ministers in court meetings of the Han Dynasty. The etiquette between monarch and ministers cannot be abolished. Your Majesty must not do this in the future..." Just when everyone had just sat down, Xun Yu
He had already spoken. After hearing Xun Yu's words, the temple fell into silence. Everyone even held their breath. Are they going to attack the emperor so soon???
Liu Xi squinted his eyes, looked at Xun Yu below, nodded, and said, "I understand."
The atmosphere was tense for a while, and no one dared to speak. Liu Xi just looked at the ministers below, and then said: "The ministers must also know about the law. In the past, I used the Han law to be imperfect.
It cannot adapt to today, so I ordered the servants to lead people to compile a new law. As of today, the law has finally been completed. You can take a look."
As Liu Xi spoke, several small yellow doors walked out of the surrounding area and placed many printed documents in front of the ministers.
"These are all relevant parts of the law, please take a look at them first."
Everyone picked up the documents one after another, but there was only a small part of the Han Code placed in front of them, and what everyone got was different. What Zhong Changtong got was the tax law order, but what Xun Yu had in front of him was the tax code.
Regarding the law of the land, Xun Yu looked at the document in his hand and thought about the emperor's intention. Liu Xi was not in a hurry. He watched everyone look at the document in their hands seriously and did not rush.
After a long time, seeing that everyone had almost finished reading, Liu Xi finally said: "This law contains many things, but the most important one is the law of the land. This is the most important and directly related to the laws of the Han Dynasty.
The future...you guys can see...", he said, and looked aside. Huangmen came out again and placed the document in front of everyone again. Obviously, this time it was the law of the land.
Already.
Xun Yu narrowed his eyes. No wonder he would single out a part for the officials to watch. Is this to remove the land law from the Han laws and then reject it? No, it seems that I want to advance the deployment. He slowly looked at it
He looked towards Zhong Changtong in the distance, ready to stand up and retort.
And everyone looked at the law of the land in their hands, and they were thinking in their hearts, does the emperor want us to report our objections?
Liu Xi looked at the ministers below and then at the elderly Xun Yu.
"Dong Zhao and others said that Taizu should be promoted to the Duke of the country, and nine tins should be prepared to show his special merits, and to consult with Yu. Yu thought that Taizu wanted to raise a righteous army to help the Ning Kingdom. It was not appropriate to do this. Taizu couldn't do it because of his heart. At the end of the war, Sun Quan was attacked, and when the army reached Ruxu, Yu's illness left him in the spring of his life, and he died of sorrow, and he was fifty years old."
"I died of sorrow at the age of fifty."
Liu Xi's expression was gloomy and uncertain, and no one could tell what the emperor was thinking about. They saw the emperor looking at the elderly Shangshu Ling and saying slowly: