In the court.

The Son of Heaven pondered for a long time, and then slowly sat up from the bed, coughing softly, his face still looked very pale, obviously the wounds left on the execution ground a few days ago were still there, so that his soul was always in fear, which led to the current lack of energy.

But after this fright, although he lost some qi and blood, his thoughts were much calmer.

"Cao Mengde, this person, once held it with a sword, forced Xu Shao's words, has the name of governing the world, and also has the meaning of a hero in troubled times, his talent and courage are all superior, he can assassinate Mushan in public, and he is more loyal and courageous, I believe that he can escape, and I also believe that he can summon the soldiers and horses of King Qin!"

The Son of Heaven said calmly: "But the Mushan Mountain is unstable, and my position will be unstable!" ”

"How does Your Majesty want to appease the Lady Mu?" The old eunuch asked in a low voice.

"Zhao Banban, do you know why Mu Shan suddenly changed his mind when he took the handle I left behind that night, and obviously had the ability to change the heavens and the earth, leaving my life behind and keeping my throne?" The face of the Son of Heaven became a little hideous.

"This ......" the old eunuch smiled bitterly, and he didn't dare to say some things.

"It's because of the Queen Mother!"

The Son of Heaven's fists were clenched very tightly, even the green tendons were concave and protruding, his pupils were wide, bloodshot climbing, and his voice seemed to come from hellish resentment: "His ambition in Mu Yuan has been revealed, he wants to be Lu Buwei!" ”

Lü Buwei, a legendary figure.

He played an incomparably important role in the growth of the Great Qin Shi Huangdi.

He had ambitions, but his ambition was never to be emperor.

He wanted to be the emperor's father.

"Ahem!!"

The voice of the Son of Heaven pulled the qi and blood in his body, and a trace of blood overflowed from the corner of his mouth in the cough.

"Your Majesty, take care of the dragon body, it's not worth it to hurt the dragon body because of this rebel fanatic!" The old eunuch hurriedly stepped forward, supported the Son of Heaven, performed his exercises with both hands, and pushed the palace blood for him, so as to calm the churning of qi and blood in his body.

"Zhao Banban, I've thought about it!" The Son of Heaven calmed down, his voice became cold again, and he said in a low voice: "I'm afraid that I can't even get out of this palace gate now, and if I want to fight with Mu Yuanzhong, it's impossible, I can only show weakness to have a chance!" ”

"So ......"

He paused, and a decisive light burst out in the eyes of the gloomy owl: "Since he wants to be my father, I will fulfill him!" ”

"Your Majesty, by all means!" The old eunuch was in a hurry.

"Zhao Banban, don't worry, what I gave him today, he should get it back little by little!" The Son of Heaven is very calm, he has been calm to a cold point, and he often thinks of the scene in the execution ground in his mind, this scene is constantly spurring him, to endure, forbearance has a knife on his head, this knife hangs on his neck, so that he has to grow up.

……

……

August 17th.

Today, there are a lot fewer officials in the last court, those who were beheaded before, those who were later imprisoned, and some of them returned to their hometowns, and the officials in this court have been counted as nearly a quarter less than a quarter since the August 8 mutiny.

Among them, the most valuable position is naturally vacant, which needs to be filled, Yang Biao, the ruling Jin Wuqing, resigned, and he also had to be absent, and Luo Yang ordered Sima Fang to return to his hometown with illness, and the position was to be vacant, and even there were two missing in the official position of Jiuqing.

A radish and a pit, if the court wants to maintain operation, it must make up for most of the positions, of course, it is the first demon king of the court now, Mu Taifu, but even if Mushan now has the backing of the Seeking Talent Pavilion, it will take a long time to fill these official positions.

However, in this great change, the pastoral party can be regarded as a lot of gains for the time being.

Jiang Lu has filled the vacancy of Dasi Nong's position and ranks in Jiuqing.

Xi Zhicai directly ascended to the Luoyang Order, held the people's livelihood in Luoyang, and the young man was ambitious

Cheng Luo and Li Yan, these descendants of the pastoral party are now also officials of the Qianshi rank, become a member of the palace, and have also become the impression of the pastoral party in the court and politics.

In the court, the Son of Heaven is like a puppet, sitting cross-legged peacefully, his face is a lot better, but his spirit is still a little sluggish, silent, as if he has accepted his fate, ignoring the affairs of the court at all, only the hundred officials are discussing, and the discussion is naturally the problem of filling the gaps.

The first seat to fill the vacancy is Sikong.

The three dukes are in charge of the government, which is an unwritten rule of all dynasties.

And among the three dukes of the dynasty, Sikong, Situ, and Taiwei.

Situ Wang Yun, Taiwei Lu Zhi, only the vacant position.

As far as civil officials are concerned, Sikong is the leader.

Now that there is a shortage of vacant positions, many people are fiery.

The herdsman's family naturally has to make inches of progress, and directly proposes to let Mushan fill the vacant position.

Mushan interferes in politics with the position of Taifu, if it is discussed, it is a little inappropriate, the position of Taifu is the responsibility of the emperor, he has the power to impeach the emperor, has the power to discipline the emperor, has the right to know the emperor, but has no right to interfere in politics.

If the vacancy is filled, it is the right to be in charge of the government.

However, this proposal was met with a lot of resistance, and most of the officials in the court and officials were scholars, and the scholars were in power, and although the parties were different, they had the same thoughts, and they could not see the clay legs on the top.

Mushan is a clay leg, not a scholar, so if he wants to become the head of the civil office, he will naturally be blocked, even if the family of in-laws, Shangshu Cai Yong, is a vote against it.

However, Mu Shan doesn't care too much, for him, the position of the commonplace, you can get it, you can't do it, you don't need to care, what he cares more about is when he can go to Changqiu Palace for a walk, taste the taste once, eat the marrow and know the taste, and he can't stop.

The quarrel continued, but it was of little significance, the pastoral party was strong, but the scholars and officials were the general trend, and it was destined to be fruitless.

When the court was about to disperse, the Son of Heaven spoke.

Although the Son of Heaven is now like a puppet and does not leave the palace, after all, he is the Son of Heaven, the supreme of the world, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, and the only justifiable master of the entire Han Dynasty.

"You love the meaning of Qingqing, I know it in my heart!"

The Son of Heaven stood up and looked indifferently at the ministers, today, he gave the impression of the ministers that some teenagers were angry, he said very bluntly: "I have succeeded to the throne for many days, the age of the youth, the talent is insufficient, almost let the rebel ministers mess up the government, very ashamed, above the government, thanks to the support of the Taifu, there is today's prosperity, the empty position is not enough to show the ability of the Taifu, therefore, I decided, the Taifu Lord is the prime minister, coordinate the ministers, and take charge of the court order!" ”

"Sangkook?"

"Phase?"

"How many years has my big man not had a prime minister!"

"How can Your Majesty be so willful!"

"Never!"

When the ministers heard this, they looked at each other, and their eyes could see the disbelief on the faces of their colleagues on the left and right, and soon they spoke out in bursts of opposition.

Since Liu Xiuding made the capital of Luoyang, and opened up the Eastern Han Dynasty, he basically used the Western Han Dynasty official system, but the biggest feature was that he did not set up a prime minister, which greatly split the prime minister's power and strengthened the imperial power.

To say that the prime minister system has actually existed in name only in the Western Han Dynasty.

There is a saying that after Xiao He Cao Shen, the Han family has no phase.

For example, today the son actually wants to set the phase.

Or the position of Xiangguo.

Xiangguo means the same as Xiangbang, the position inherited from the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period is basically gone to Qin, even if the Qin Dynasty is the prime minister of the left and right, not the position of the Xiangguo, if there is the name of the Xiangguo, it is nothing more than Lu Buwei who can respect the phase alone in the world.

"Sangkook?"

When Mushan heard this, he was shocked.

He slowly raised his head, his eyes crossed a glint of essence, and he glanced at the Son of Heaven carefully, his own son was demonic, and he didn't dare to underestimate the young hero, this young man who must be a year older than his own son was also a young man who thought about the city and the government in his heart, and he didn't dare to underestimate it, because the price of underestimation was now a penetrating sword wound on his left shoulder, which had not yet healed.

The Son of Heaven has always been wary of himself, and he knows it.

Therefore, his killing of Yuan's Mansion is enough to teach the young Son of Heaven a lesson, and he must be able to stop the Son of Heaven for a while.

But he didn't think that the Son of Heaven would be frightened and surrender to him.

There must be something to be done with this intention.

It's just that he can't figure it out, he shook his head and didn't think about it anymore, and after waiting for the next dynasty, the intention of the Son of Heaven is to let Hu Zhao and Jiang Lu have a headache.

"Your Majesty, please think twice!" Wang Yun stood up and shouted: "The position of Xiangguo cannot be established!" ”

"I've made up my mind!"

Since the turmoil of that night, the Son of Heaven has rarely shown his strength, and he shouted in a low voice: "Where is Cai Shangshu!" ”

"In!"

"Draw up a decree at once, and announce it to the world!"

"Your Majesty?"

"Do you ministers think that my words are not holy enough?"

"Don't dare!" Cai Yong hurriedly bowed his head, he still respected the Son of Heaven, which originated from his loyalty to the Han family, so he obeyed the order: "The minister immediately drafts the order!" ”

"Retreat!"

The Son of Heaven waved his hand and turned to leave.

"Retreat!"

"Retreat!"

Several eunuchs shouted, and sharp voices echoed in the court.

After the courtiers looked at each other, they walked out of the court hall with their heads down, and they were talking in small voices.

"How can Your Majesty be like this?"

"Hey, now that the Mu clan is powerful, how do you know if it was coerced by Mu Taifu!"

"Mu Taifu beheaded the Yuan family, the power leaned towards the government and the opposition, what is the difference between getting the phase and not having the phase!"

"Thinking about my Han family, how could I fall into such a situation!"

The voices of the ministers were very small, but in the midst of the stealing, the surrounding officials could hear a lot of each other.

"Brother Zi, let's go to the North Palace, we must meet Your Majesty face to face, and let Your Majesty take back your order, this holy decree will never be given!" Wang Yun walked out in a hurry, his steps were fast, and he said to Lu Zhi beside him as he walked.

"Senior Brother Zi, how do you know that this is not Your Majesty's strategy?"

Lu Zhi suddenly whispered.

"Strategy?" Wang Yun stopped and stared at Lu Zhi: "What is the strategy?" ”

"Your Majesty, this is to keep your eyes on the light!" Lu Zhidao.

"Your Majesty has such a calm heart?"

"Senior Brother Zi, don't underestimate Your Majesty, Your Majesty is forbearing, he is no longer a teenager, Mu Yuanzhong's first blow is enough for him to grow up!" Lu Zhi said meaningfully.

"......"

Wang Yun hesitated: "The position of Xiangguo, how important, you can rule the world with this, set this precedent, does my Han family still have the authority of imperial power?" ”

"You and I think about the peace of eternity, the Son of Heaven thinks about the present, the Son of Heaven thinks better than you and me, the current situation, who can care about the future, the phase, will make the Mu family prosperous for a while, but after the heyday, whether it is extremely Tailai, or prosperous and declining, it is unknown!"

Lu Zhi shook his head: "You and I don't care about this matter, let him go, I'll still keep an eye on some official positions, above the court, the three princes and nine secretaries, one-third of them have fallen into the control of the pastoral party, I don't make a move, I'm afraid the court will become a word of his pastoral party!" ”

……

On August 20, the imperial court issued a holy decree, announcing the world, promoting Taifu Mushan to the prime minister of the Han Dynasty, ruling the government of the world, and ordering the officials of the world.

The Guangxi Dynasty began to enter the era of the pastoral kingdom.