Zhuge Liang quickly went to the Houde Hall. He still had some government affairs to be busy with. In the Tai Hall, only Liu Qu and Liu Yi were left. They sat facing each other. Liu Yi frowned, not knowing what he was thinking about. , Liu Qu thought for a long time, and then said: "Perhaps what Zhong Changtong said is feasible."
"What??" Liu Yi was shocked. When Liu Qu just left him, he already had some bad premonitions in his heart. He didn't expect that this bastard was really prepared to listen to that Zhong Changtong. , Liu Yi's eyes widened and he stared at Liu Qu in front of him, "I don't agree! Absolutely not!" Liu Qu said with a smile: "Uncle, don't worry... Don't I still know Zhong Changtong's thoughts? ?”
"He wants to put the power of government affairs in the Shizhongtai and the power of governing the Shizhongtai in the hands of the officials. He wants me to completely let go..." Liu Qu squinted his eyes. , said with a smile.
Liu Yi was stunned, "You... Your Majesty knows everything, so why do you still agree with his statement? Your Majesty, you must put the Liu family first!!" Liu Qu suddenly laughed and said: " Don't worry, uncle. Since he wants to let the imperial meeting be responsible for the promotion of the ministers in Zhongtai, then I just agree to him. However, I will set a rule. The imperial meeting will be convened by Zhongshu Ling... and Zhongshu Order, only the emperor can appoint and dismiss, no one can interfere..."
"In this way, every generation of Zhongshu Ling is a close relative of the emperor. Hahaha, no matter how powerful the officials are, Zhongshu Ling can be dismissed at a court meeting."
Hearing Liu Qu's words, Liu Yi seemed very surprised. He thought seriously for a moment and then said: "But if someone is ambitious and serves as the Secretary of the Central Committee, he inserts his closeness into the palace of serving the Central Committee..."
"Hahaha, what can we do? Abolition of the Taiwei, the military government is only responsible for ordnance...Abolition of the generals, today's Han Dynasty, the Northern and Southern armies or the border guards in various places are all directly led by the emperor, the temple No one can interfere. The emperor holds the most elite army in the country, so what if you control the temple? In the palace, there are 20,000 guards and many feather forests!"
"In Luoyang, there are still 30,000 Confederate troops responsible for guarding!"
"There are nearly 200,000 soldiers in the whole world who listen to my orders!!"
"What if we control the temple? With my order, killing them is like killing chickens!"
"As long as the military is in the hands of the emperor, the emperor will always be the master of the world. On the contrary, even if the emperor has more power in the temple, if he does not have military power in his hands, haha..." Liu Qu raised his head high and was full of domineering. Yi had never seen the emperor like this before. Liu Yi looked at Liu Qu in front of him in surprise, "Your Majesty...are these your own ideas...or were they taught by others?"
Liu Qu grinned and said, "Uncle... I'm just having fun... This is not stupid."
...........
Zhong Changtong was sitting in the prison of the Xingfu. The prison was extremely calm. Since the establishment of the supervisory station, the supervisory office had been competing with the Xingfu for business. As a result, the place in the Xingfu was a bit deserted and not very popular. It took a lot of effort to come here. Zhong Changtong, the officials of the Xingfu were particularly happy, and they took turns to interrogate Zhong Changtong. Zhong Changtong almost died in the hands of these madmen. Fortunately, the servant of the Xingfu Man Chong was an upright man and ordered no further trial. , just now Zhong Changtong saved his life.
In the prison, Zhong Changtong looked around carefully. There were only two people detained in Nuo Da's prison. Not far away, there was a young man. The young man looked very young and was not even older than that.
Guan Zhinian was sobbing not far away. He had been crying here for several days in a row, which made Zhong Changtong a little upset.
"Hey, young man, you are also a man, why do you have to cry all day long?" Zhong Changtong finally said.
The young man raised his head, glanced at Zhong Changyi, and continued to hold his head and sob.
"Don't cry. Is the crime you committed a big deal? I am relatively close to the servant Sheman Chong of the Xingfu. When I go out, give him a few words. Even if I can't let you out, I can make you suffer less.
There is some suffering, so don't cry anymore." As soon as Zhong Changtong finished speaking, the young man started crying even harder. Zhong Changtong shook his head helplessly. Today's young people really can't stand the suffering.
, How unbecoming is it to cry and cry all day long?
Feeling sorry for today's young people, Zhong Changtong suddenly felt that something was wrong, "It's not right, I'm still very young too!"
Another day passed, and at noon the next day, the prison door was opened, and a person walked in, but it was Man Chong. Man Chong frowned, walked to his side, looked at Zhong Changtong in front of him, and then said:
"Zhong Changtong, Your Majesty values you and has ordered your release. Don't talk nonsense in the future, otherwise... Your Majesty will not be able to protect you. This is what I, Man Chong, said. You must remember it firmly."
Zhong Changtong raised his head and chuckled, "I have been friends with Duke Man for such a long time, how could Duke Man treat me like that?"
Man Chong snorted coldly, "You think it's that easy. According to Han law, you can criticize the king and curse the country for thirty years."
Zhong Changtong's expression changed and he was about to beg Man Chong for mercy when he saw the young man next door waking up, looking at Man Chong in front of him, crying and shouting: "Yeah! Save me!"
! I know I was wrong!! Yeah! I am your eldest grandson!!" Zhong Changtong looked at the young man in disbelief, and then looked at Man Chong, "Oh my god? Is this a human being?!"
Not even sparing his own grandson?!
Man Chong gritted his teeth and said with an unchanging expression: "Robbing a civilian girl is a capital crime and will not be pardoned."
"But I didn't rob her!! She was with me voluntarily!"
"What is the truth? We will find out during the trial!" Man Chong said coldly, then looked at Zhong Changtong, "What else do you have to say?"
"No...no more...I am willing, no, I am willing to be punished."
.......
Zhong Changtong got off the carriage and limped into the mansion. When he walked into the study with difficulty, Xu Shu was eating tea calmly. Seeing Xu Shu's appearance, Zhong Changtong was a little angry. He was afraid
He shouted: "Hey Xu Yuanzhi, I thought you would have trouble sleeping and eating when I entered the Xingfu. I didn't expect that it would be fine if you didn't come to the Xingfu to see me. You don't even have the slightest worry!!"
Xu Shu glanced at him and then said: "Your Majesty wants to kill you or let you go. It's useless no matter how hard I feel." Even so, Zhong Changtong was still very angry. He sat in front of Xu Shu, helpless.
He said: "We have failed. Your Majesty will definitely not want to listen to me. It seems that we have to find another way."
The appointment and dismissal of ministers must be decided through court meetings."
"What did you say? Your Majesty agreed? How is this possible?" Zhong Changtong stood up suddenly, but the pain made him scream out.
"Yes, His Majesty agreed. I'm still thinking of holding a banquet to celebrate."
"Hahaha, great, great, I didn't suffer this in vain. Man Pushe was really too cruel. These thirty lashes were really merciless. After I was whipped, I was
He lay in prison for three whole days and almost died. You don't know, he even locked up his eldest grandson. The descendants were scared to death. Man Gong didn't look like a human being.
..."
Zhong Changtong said, and then asked: "By the way, what do the officials think?"
"All the officials are very happy. Now everyone is praising the emperor, thinking that the emperor will rule the country and the world will be more prosperous. However, Pang Linggong doesn't seem very happy. I wrote several letters to him, but he didn't reply.
.." Xu Shu said seriously, Zhong Changtong shook his head disdainfully, "They don't understand that the times are changing, and what they think will only lead to the Han Dynasty moving backward...
.”
"Now that the decision of the court meeting has been completed, is the next step to find a way to restrict the ministers..." Xu Shu asked.
"Anyway, it is unreliable to rely entirely on the virtue of one person to determine the prosperous times. Now it is determined by the virtue of a hundred people. However, even if there are stupid and incompetent among these hundreds of people, at least there will be a few capable ones.
Those who are virtuous..." Zhong Changtong said, frowning, "The problem is, how to limit their ambitions, lest these thieves set their sights on that in the process of governing the Han Dynasty.
On the dragon throne."
Xu Shu was stunned and asked with a smile: "I thought you wouldn't care about the dragon chair, but I didn't expect that you, Zhong Changtong, are still a loyal minister?"
Zhong Changtong grinned, "I don't care, but the problem is, there are people who care. As long as it is replaced, it will be meaningless internal fighting and internal friction. With this energy, to conquer beyond the Great Wall, to expand the territory, to trade with all countries, isn't this more important?
Okay? What I care about is not a certain person or a certain surname, I just care about the land that gave birth to me and my compatriots like me."
Xu Shu didn't speak anymore. This was also the biggest conflict between the two. Xu Shu supported Zhong Changtong's theory of putting people first and promoting commerce. However, he couldn't accept his lack of concern for the emperor.
The first time he talked about this topic, he would have a big quarrel. Xu Shu even threatened Zhong Changtong to report his words to the Xingfu, but Zhong Changtong still did the same, saying some scary words, and he was
Ghosts and gods have no faith in the so-called destiny.
According to his words, whoever is more powerful is the emperor, and there is no destiny at all.
The two broke up unhappy again. Zhong Changtong was resting in the palace when a servant came in and said, "Master, I have the courtesy to ask for an audience with Duke Zheng."
"Zheng Yi? What is he here for?" Zhong Changtong suddenly remembered that day when Zheng Yi asked him to go find him. Although Zhong Changtong didn't like this person in his heart, he still didn't refuse to see him and asked his servant to invite Zheng Yi.
When Zheng Yi came in, he lay down on the bed, with the intention of making Zheng Yi angry. Sure enough, when Zheng Yi walked in under the leadership of his servants, he saw that Zhong Changtong not only did not get up to pay respects, but was lying on the bed without any emotion.
Due to politeness, he would subconsciously curse.
Thinking that he still needed Zhong Changtong's help for what he wanted to do, he held back his resentment.
"Zhong Changjun? Why are you still on the bed at this time? It seems that this bed belongs to the Xingfu Palace and is more comfortable."