On the first day of the sixth month of summer, Shuowang Dynasty.

After more than half a year, the courtiers of the Han Dynasty basically straightened their attitudes, and the Shuowang Dynasty no longer returned to the atmosphere of the 'mouth cannon conference' of the past, but changed to a similar work summary meeting and a major decision-making voting meeting.

For today's Han family, or since April, when the sons of King Hui rebelled, the content of the Shuowang Dynasty was basically used for the discussion and decision-making of counterinsurgency matters.

On April 15, the court voted to pass: the general Guan Ying led the army to the battle, and the lieutenant Zhou Bo stayed in Guanzhong to deal with the unexpected.

On the first day of the fifth month, Liu Hong reached a consensus with the court on the matter of being close to the Xiongnu: Princess Liu of Guantao married outside, and the Han and Huns regained a period of peaceful development of two to three years.

On 15 May, the court drew up an emergency remedial plan for the impact of the rebellion on farming: local counties and counties sent officials to the counties and townships to help the women and children left at home, and the lonely and widowed elderly people completed the spring plowing work as much as possible.

According to the original speculation of the court, today's Shuowang Dynasty should have been used to discuss the specific arrangements for the Suiyang Campaign, as well as the preparations for the follow-up grain and grass baggage.

However, the fact that Liu Heng, the acting king, raised troops outside Xiaoguan completely disrupted the rhythm of the Han Central Committee's suppression of the rebellion.

At this delicate point in time, Prime Minister Chen Ping attended the Shuowang Dynasty in a high-profile manner, and with Liu Jie, the internal history behind him, and the Diankeqing, who has always maintained a neutral position and acted as a transparent person, made the courtiers and officials smell a strange atmosphere.

And in the case of the general Guan Ying leading the troops to the battle, the Tai Lieutenant Zhou Bo was dismissed from his post and thought about it behind closed doors at home, the general Chai Wu was stationed on the north wall, and the general Zhou Zao was stationed in abundance.

Worm Da looked like he was about to run out of oil, which made the courtiers and officials more sure in their hearts: the one who led the army out of Xiaoguan to suppress the rebellion of the king of Dai was probably none other than Zhou Bo.

Combined with the court, the tomb of the Marquis of Anguo, who had not appeared for a long time, reappeared, and the face that seemed to be Gujing Wubo was faintly worried; Imperial Doctor Zhang Cang, Shaofu Tian Shu, Fengchang Liu Budo, Tingwei Wu Gong, Lang Zhong Ling Ling Mian and other members of the imperial party were even more frowned, full of worried looks.

On the other hand, on Prime Minister Chen Ping's side - Chen Ping's slightly sluggish figure still can't hide the confidence that the victory is in hand; Liu Jie, the internal history, is even more joyful, which is in extremely sharp contrast with some time ago.

Looking at the reaction of the imperial party and the prime minister, some smart people gradually came back to their senses, and they had a new understanding of the fact that the princes and kings of the two places rebelled together and entered the pass from two directions.

After probably deducing the cause and effect, the smart people all gasped and looked at the front of the court with horrified eyes, the old and upright back at this time.

After the shock, these smart people did not have the slightest doubt, and hurriedly considered their future after this incident.

As for those who have not come back to taste, they only think that this oppressive atmosphere is caused by the major crisis encountered by the central government, so they have lowered their heads and chose to paddle at the highest meeting of the central center of the Han Empire.

When the courtiers and officials were looking forward to it, waiting for Liu Hong to come up with a plan for dealing with the rebels on behalf of the land, Liu Hong was waiting for the arrival of a carriage outside the Xuanshu Palace.

The carriage was not too extravagant to say that it was special, and it was made of plain wooden planks, which could be described as unadorned except for the decorations in the realm of etiquette.

But to say simple, the carriage pulled by eight horses of the same color, the third can no longer be found in the world—as for the second one, it is now stopping at the Weiyang stable, which is hundreds of steps south of the Xuanshu Palace.

Imperial chariot, also known as law driving.

The so-called Son of Heaven drives six, the princes drive five, the secretary drives four, the doctor three, the scholar two, and the Shuren one; It belongs to the Warring States period, and the number of horses in the cars for various identities specified by the Zhou rites is equipped with horses.

Qin Shi Huang, the first in the history of China to complete the great unification and lay a unified gene for the land of Shenzhou in later generations, Rao is still strictly abiding by the regulations of the Zhou rites on chariots and horses after becoming the first emperor.

At the time of reunification, Qin Shi Huang did not even dare to sit in a six-chariot, but strictly abided by the Zhou rite 'princes drove five', and used five horses to pull the chariot.

The Son of Heaven is held by six horses, which belongs to the earliest provisions of the Chinese ritual system; Logically speaking, the Han family, which claimed to have inherited its law from the Zhou royal family, should strictly abide by the Zhou rites.

But as the first old hooligan in Chinese history, Han Gaozu can slap his head and fabricate a god out of thin air...

As for Zhou Li, although Liu Bang kept saying that the Han family was the inheritance of the Zhou royal family, Liu Bang could be said to have sneered at Zhou Li-especially after Confucian uncle Sun Tong went to Ludi to consult Confucian in order to formulate Han rites and was humiliated, Liu Bang hated Wu and Wu; The natural dislike for Confucianism also spread to the point of disgust for Zhou Li.

Therefore, in the Han Dynasty, the rules of the Son of Heaven driving six have also failed to escape the magic reform of the old hooligan Liu Bang - Zhou Tianzi driving six, which is impossible to rule the world; Qin Shi Huang drove six, that was tyrannical and empty-hearted!

The righteousness of the country is far better than the Zhou room, so the Son of Heaven is eight!

In this way, the Han family, which inherited the establishment of the Zhou royal family, officially filled in the lost Son of Heaven ceremony of Zhou Li - the Son of Heaven drove eight.

Although the day after shouting this extremely sassy sentence, Liu Bang faced the embarrassing situation of not being able to make up eight horses of the same color, but this did not affect the eight royal chariots at all, and became the custom of the imperial chariot of the Han Emperor.

As the Empress Dowager of the Han Dynasty, whose political status is slightly higher than that of the Son of Heaven and whose actual status is equal to that of the Son of Heaven, in most cases, she enjoys the same treatment as the Son of Heaven, as well as etiquette standards.

For example, the Empress Dowager of the Han Dynasty called herself I, and the death was called the collapse, and the system of the upright dynasty when the Son of Heaven was not yet weak, all belong to the distinctive characteristics of the Empress Dowager of the Han Dynasty.

As for the specific treatment specifications, it is the Empress Dowager of the Han Dynasty who travels, and also takes the imperial chariot of eight drivers, and is called the police in and out, and the text is used.

Although the Empress Dowager of the Han Dynasty actually enjoys the treatment of the Son of Heaven, and her theoretical status is even slightly higher than that of the Son of Heaven, the Empress Dowager's participation in the Shuowang Dynasty is a relatively special situation.

It's not that it didn't happen - when Emperor Xiaohui was not crowned, most of the affairs of the court were in the hands of the Empress Dowager Lü, whether it was the Shuowang Dynasty or the Chang Dynasty, the Empress Dowager Lü would attend with the Emperor Xiaohui Liu Ying.

In a sense, Liu Ying's participation in the court meeting at that time could even be said to be just showing her face; For state affairs, it can be said that there is no interference at all, only the power to nod.

After the death of Emperor Xiaohui and the succession of the first emperor Liu Gong, the Empress Dowager Lu directly listened to the government on the grounds that the Son of Heaven was young, and personally presided over the Shuowang Dynasty and the Chang Dynasty.

And now, Zhang Yan, as the second queen mother of the Han family, appeared outside the Xuanshu Palace, preparing to attend the upcoming Shuowang Dynasty, and the political signal revealed by this move made the courtiers and officials fall into contemplation.

Today's situation can be said to be the first time in the Han Dynasty - when Emperor Xiaohui was the emperor, Empress Lu listened to the government, and it was the power of the Eight Classics; Emperor Xian, and in the first two years after Liu Hong ascended the throne, Empress Lu was also in charge of state affairs as a plenipotenary.

But the current situation seems to have fallen: although the Son of Heaven has not reached the weak crown, the power in his hands has become stronger and stronger, and although he has not yet fully taken power, he has basically stabilized the situation.

And the situation of the Queen Mother Zhang Yan at this time is surprisingly similar to that of Emperor Xiaohui when he was strong - except for the identity of the Queen Mother, Zhang Yan can be said to have nothing!

In this case, Zhang Yan appeared in the Shuowang Dynasty and put pressure on Liu Hong as the queen mother, and even forced Liu Hong to make some kind of decision, which seemed somewhat unlikely; On the contrary, it was Emperor Liu Hong who borrowed Zhang Yan's mouth...

Thinking of this, the courtiers and officials hurriedly bowed their heads and waited for Zhang Yan to walk into the hall with Liu Hong's support.

"The ministers welcome the Queen Mother, and I wish the Queen Mother a long and happy future~"

After a neat salute, the courtiers and officials bowed their heads slightly, and after Liu Hong helped Zhang Yan to sit on the imperial couch, he bowed to the royal stairs again: "The ministers bow to Your Majesty, my emperor has no borders~"

The simple order of worship showed the political order of the Han family directly in front of Liu Hong: the Queen Mother is greater than the Son of Heaven!

In this regard, Liu Hong did not have the slightest dissatisfaction, because whether it was out of the national policy of the Han family to rule the world with filial piety, or because of the stability of the regime transition, the transcendent political status of the Empress Dowager of the Han Dynasty had the necessity of its existence.

As the parent of the Queen Mother, the possibility of the Son of Han being deliberately targeted by the Queen Mother is close to zero - it is more likely that the Empress Dowager of the Han Dynasty persuaded the Son of Heaven to take the right path out of the overall situation, and put forward good suggestions out of love for her son.

Coupled with the fact that the Queen Mother is inevitably older than the Son of Heaven, and the rich political experience brought by it, the court situation in the transition period of the regime can be more stable under the conservative ruling thinking of the Queen Mother.

All in all, Liu Hong did not feel the slightest discomfort about the old lady pressing herself, but raised her hands and feet in agreement.

Liu Hong's behavior today is also to continue the tradition of the Han family.

-- The policies followed by three generations of emperors will inevitably form a huge historical inertia in the feudal era and become the 'ancestral system' that later emperors must abide by!

The tradition of the Empress Dowager of the Han Dynasty intervening in politics was passed down to Liu Hong's generation after the continuation of filial piety to Liu Ying and the first emperor Liu Gong.

In the original history, due to the fact that the princes and ministers jointly punished Zhu Lu, Lu Hou became a forbidden word that could not be mentioned in the Han political arena; The tradition of the Empress Dowager of the Han Dynasty intervening in politics is still called the political tradition of the Han dynasty under the use of Emperor Wen Liu Heng and Emperor Jing Liu Qi.

If it weren't for Emperor Wu killing his mother and surviving his son, the harem would inevitably become the 'ancestral system' of the Han family after experiencing the three generations of emperors of Wen, Jing and Wu.

In that way, in the second half of the Western Han Dynasty, and even in the Eastern Han Dynasty, there will be a lot less of a clay statue when the emperor's power falls.

Now, the power to decide whether this tradition should become the political rule of the Han dynasty is in Liu Hong's hands.

As for Liu Hong's final decision, it can be seen from the fact that the Empress Dowager Zhang Yan was sitting on the imperial couch at this time, and Liu Hong, as the emperor, could only be respectfully guarded.

If nothing else, when Liu Hong dies, the Empress Dowager's intervention in politics will officially become the unwritten political unspoken rule of the Han Dynasty, and the future emperors can only continue this tradition from generation to generation unless they make such great achievements as Emperor Wu and leave their old faces to kill their mothers and children.

After several months of adaptation, Zhang Yan has basically become accustomed to the identity of the queen mother, coupled with the aristocratic temperament cultivated since childhood, which makes Zhang Yan easily enter the state.

Looking at Zhang Yan, who was more than twenty years old but exuded full grace, the courtiers and officials suddenly felt that the palace was filled with a trace of invisible pressure.

Even Chen Ping, who originally prepared the draft and decided that as soon as Liu Hong appeared, he would go out according to the tradition, propose to reinstate Zhou Bo as prime minister, and lead the army to suppress the rebellion of the king, he didn't know how to speak for a while.

It was in such a slightly depressing atmosphere that Liu Hong, who was standing on the side of the imperial couch, bowed to Zhang Yan slightly, and said loudly in the hall: "Today's Shuowang Dynasty, all the princes can speak freely, and I should accept all the beneficial strategies with the temple society." ”

According to the process, he said this very official opening sentence, Liu Hong cleared his throat slightly, and said naturally: "At the time when the temple was in trouble, I was deeply afraid that I would mess up the country's plans in this young age, so I welcomed the queen mother to listen to the government and regulate the dynasty. ”

After saying that, Liu Hong turned around again and made a posture of 'listening', as if he had completely handed over Chaoyi to the hands of the Empress Dowager Zhang Yan.

It was precisely this inconspicuous action that awakened the unforgettable fear in the hearts of the courtiers and officials...

- The Queen Mother is in the court!

After only half a year, the Han family once again returned to the political pattern of the two palaces jointly in charge.

"Mourning Hui Wang Fei, is the filial piety Emperor Kunzhong, the eldest son of Emperor Taizu Gao; When he was still alive, he was especially famous for the benevolence of the elderly. ”

In the ninth year of the Han Dynasty, on the first day of summer and June, Zhang Yan, the second empress dowager of the Han family, issued the first political voice of her own.

After such a major milestone moment, the courtiers and officials, including the emperor Liu Hong, pricked up their ears and listened carefully to the speech of the Empress Dowager Zhang in the first court meeting.

"Mourning for Wang Xu, when Zixiang succeeded to the throne, the mourning family was still the queen."

As she spoke, Zhang Yan fell into a burst of memories.

"Emperor Shi Xiaohui almost wanted to be blessed, but in the end, the Empress Dowager tried hard to persuade her, so she put the country first and did not make the trip."

"The mourning king succeeded the Qizong Temple, and the filial piety emperor often summoned him to the court, which was to ask the mourning king about his situation and relieve the sorrow of the mourning king."

Briefly mentioning the history of the King of Qi, Zhang Yan's originally graceful and gentle face suddenly became solemn: "My Han family is mourning the King of Hui's lineage, and the grace is not very good, and the dependents are not heavy!" ”

"The mourning family lives in the deep palace, and they have no way to look at the government, and they have never expected to mourn the heir of King Hui, and there are such disloyal, unfilial, and unrighteous rebels and thieves as Zhu Xu!"

Speaking righteously, Zhang Yan was resentful, but did not forget to slap her little hand on the imperial case, and her face revealed a trace of anger that was very familiar to the courtiers.

Among the court class, only the Marquis of Anguo, Prime Minister Chen Ping, and a few people recognized the angry look on Zhang Yan's face.

——Slightly furrowed eyebrows, quietly pursed lips, and the gorgeous state that still does not forget to maintain even if you are angry...

When Zhang Yan was full of resentment and coquettishly uttered the word 'thief', Wang Ling almost thought that it was still Emperor Liu Ying of filial piety who was sitting in front of the imperial case!

The same handsome and flawless face, and the warmth that can't be concealed in the temperament no matter what, makes Wang Ling almost unable to tell the difference between the Empress Dowager Zhang in his eyes and the Emperor Xiaohui in his memory.

After carefully examining it for a long time, Wang Ling was awakened by the softness of Zhang Yan's face, and his attention returned to the words in Zhang Yan's mouth.

"At the time of the great disaster of this temple, there should have been experienced ministers from each other's backgrounds to help the emperor clarify internal affairs and restore the stability of Emperor Taizu Gao's country."

"However, every time the mourning family thinks of this, they will be heartbroken, mourning the early death of the filial piety emperor, the sudden collapse of the empress dowager, leaving the emperor alone to be young, and when this vain minister is in chaos!"

After that, Zhang Yan was already sobbing quietly, and after Liu Hong stepped forward to appease her, her slightly uncontrollable emotions returned to stability.

"First there was the Marquis of Jiang, ignoring the kindness of Emperor Taizu, and repeatedly made crazy words, damaging the majesty of the Han officials..."

"Later, there are two or three thieves, secretly storing dead soldiers, and sending them to assassinate the crown prince!"

Speaking of this, Zhang Yan's tearful eyes were unabashedly locked on Prime Minister Chen Ping, as if Zhang Yan knew everything well.

After a full dozen breaths, Zhang Yan withdrew her cannibalistic gaze: "Today, the rebellion of the sons of King Hui has not been settled, and the acting king is clamoring in Guanbei, but he wants to enter the customs to ask the emperor, why did he stay in the deep palace on behalf of the crown prince, and the prince died." ”

"Emperor Xiaohui abandoned the mourning family and returned to the west for ten years, and then the empress dowager went with Emperor Gao, leaving the mourning family alone in the emperor's world Yuan Yuan, mother and son leaned on each other..."

After that, Zhang Yan wiped away the tears on her cheeks aggrievedly, raised her head slightly, and looked at Liu Hong on the side.

"The mourning family still remembers the last year, the emperor is still good-looking, and every time the empress dowager summons her, the emperor is gentle."

"It has only been half a year since the advent of the dynasty, and the emperor seems to be more than thirty years old; When the mourning family saw it, they only felt the pain of the emperor and could not speak, and finally wept and complained to the palace wall, and the wall of fear also mourned the emperor's hardship...

The silk cloth in her hand kept wiping, but Zhang Yan's tears were quite like wiping more and more, and she couldn't stop it.

"Dare to ask the left minister to teach me!"

After a terrible wail, Zhang Yan stared closely at Chen Ping on the left side of the court, but her eyes were full of pleading.

"The only emperor of the mourning family is a son, but can he still wait for the year of the mourning family, the emperor mourns the old of the family, and sends the mourning family to the end?"

When the sound fell, the entire Xuanshu Hall was quiet, only the wind chimes fluttering in the wind outside the hall door made a crisp sound, but it became more and more sad under Zhang Yan's painful pleading.

And Liu Hong, who was sitting on the wall next to Zhang Yan, couldn't help but be shaken by the pleading in Zhang Yan's tone.

- In the original plan, there was absolutely no Zhang Yan begging Chen Ping to let him go!

But when it really happened, Liu Hong obviously felt that Zhang Yan was not lying.

may beg Chen Ping's drama to fight Chen Ping, a means that Zhang Yan came up with to fight Chen Ping; But the concern and worry in Zhang Yan's tone were not deliberate at all, and they were full of true feelings.

was questioned by Zhang Yan in front of the Manchu Dynasty, Chen Ping's chest suddenly slammed, and it took a lot of energy to suppress the surging heat.

I saw Zhang Yan turn her head sadly, and looked at Liu Hong with love: "The emperor should know that the rivers and mountains of my Han family are all high emperors standing on horses, and they are obtained by Baisheng Xiongshi." ”

"The country of my Han family is won by force; The emperor is here today, and he should use all his strength! ”

After saying that, Zhang Yan got up with determination, took Liu Hong's hand and faced the hall, and gave the final order domineeringly.

"Those who raise troops in the north on behalf of the king are confused by the death of the acting prince; Although his actions were not done by the ministers, the elders of the royal clan should be persuaded to do so. ”

"With the sound of the Northern Army's shooting, the lieutenant of the middle base, the captain of the southern military material officer and the lieutenant are waiting for the edict, and the internal history calls for the brave people of Guanzhong Township; Shaofu quickly prepared the grain and grass of the army! ”

"On the day of Wuxu in summer and June, the emperor should be the emperor to personally conquer and solve the confusion of the king in person!"

After that, Zhang Yan turned her head with a strong face, and explained to Liu Hong in a 'whisper': "My son should know, if you don't listen to the advice of the king, you don't have to stay in the family face..."

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