In the fifteenth year of Yankang, on the nineteenth day of January.

At this time, fifteen days have passed since Zhuge Liang presented the new Han law.

In these fifteen days, there was a surprising silence in the Houde Palace, because of the day's servant platform, the ministers gathered, and the things that happened between Xun Linggong and Zhuge Liang, the ministers also knew, they thought that the Son of Heaven, who had always been strong, must not be able to stand such opposition, and would definitely take action against Xun Linggong, of course, the Son of Heaven must not be able to do anything to this old minister, at most he will be dismissed.

Among this group of 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 Order, then who will be the most suitable person to serve as Shangshu Ling? Of course, he is still in Luoyang, as a confidant of the Son of Heaven, Sima Yi understands in his heart that the Son of Heaven is becoming more and more powerful, and Xun Linggong designs it like this, but he is afraid that it will completely anger the Son of Heaven.

Even Xun Yu thinks so.

Sitting in Shangshutai, the attitude of the ministers of Shangshutai towards Xun Yu has also changed, of course, not rude, but still a little estranged, they dare not get too close to Xun Yu, for fear of being implicated, they dare not provoke the Son of Heaven, Xun Xu, who stays by Xun Yu's side, is the most aware of these changes, he took his father, the two sat in Shangshutai, sat all day, no one dared to come up to say a word or two.

If it was in the past, these people would have gathered around my father, shushing and asking for warmth.

For the young and vigorous Xun Xu, the actions of these people are undoubtedly a betrayal of his father, sitting in the study, looking at the recitals handed by the various mansions, Xun Yu is very calm, read them one by one, nod his head with satisfaction from time to time, stroke his beard and smile, "Father!" Xun Shu finally couldn't help it, and said angrily: "Let's go back." ”

Xun Yu shook his head, and then said, "Xu'er... Don't blame them, they just want to save their lives, it's normal, the old man himself doesn't have the confidence to survive, and 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, his power is incomparable, no one has dared to disobey his edict for a long time, and now, I design it like this, he will definitely be furious, of course, you don't have to be afraid, Your Majesty is a Ming monarch, even if you remove me, I will definitely not get along with you... Don't worry. ”

"Father, I have never been afraid, if Father is deposed, I will go back together to take care of Father, and I will not hold any official positions again, but Your Majesty has not been in trouble for so long, how does Father think that Your Majesty will definitely order the removal of Father?" , Xun Xue said puzzled.

"Your Majesty is young and lonely, so sensitive and irritable, but also patient, will not attack easily, I think, soon, Your Majesty will convene a court meeting, although I designed to add a stroke in the Han law, but, on the court meeting, Your Majesty will find a way to continue to implement Juntian, the next thing, is the most important, the old man this time, even if he risked his life, he must succeed... However, no matter whether it succeeds or fails, I'm afraid that the position of this Shang Shuling will have to be replaced...", Xun Yu said with a smile.

"That's okay, when my father is done, I will accompany my father home, read and play chess, and it will be comfortable."

As the father and son were talking, suddenly an official walked into the study, bowed to the two, lowered his head, and said quickly: "Your Majesty and tomorrow will summon a court meeting!" After speaking, he didn't wait for Xun Yu to reply, and left the study as a general escape, but Xun Yu was not angry anymore, just don't turn his head, look at Xun Yu on the side, smile, and say: "Father is really a god." ”

Xun Yu didn't say anything, but he was thinking about all his preparations over the years, and tomorrow's court meeting was the time when his game of chess was all settled.

.....

The next day, early in the morning

In front of the palace, a lot of ministers had already gathered, greeting each other, but they never mentioned the recent political affairs, everyone tacitly understood why the Son of Heaven wanted to convene the ministers this time, however, no one dared to mention that in this game between the Son of Heaven and Shang Shuling, even if they recognized Shang Shuling in their hearts, they did not dare to participate.

Shang Shuling is old, and he is a close friend of Emperor Xiaoxian, even if he angrily reprimands the Son of Heaven face-to-face, at most he will be deposed, and the Son of Heaven does not dare to do anything to him, but they are different, they do not have Shang Shuling's qualifications, they do not have Shang Shuling's reputation, and they boldly follow him to oppose the Son of Heaven, and the end may be miserable, so they are silent about the law, especially the land.

Everyone was chatting, and Zhong Changtong came.

This is a muddy person, just got off the carriage, and walked towards everyone happily, the ministers looked at him with some fear, and they dispersed, Zhong Changtong looked at the people who hurriedly walked away, and he was also a little confused, when did I become so terrible? He was thinking about it when he heard someone calling him not far away, it turned out to be the two brothers of the Cao family.

Zhong Changtong hurriedly walked up and met with the two, the two people in the Cao family who were the most incompatible were rare to stand together, although Cao Chong and Zhong Changtong had friction before, but he still admired Zhong Changtong's behavior, Cao Chong was like him, he was also a ram alternative, and he did not advocate the doctrine of destiny very much, and Cao Chong had always been very disdainful of the ram's behavior of linking disasters with temples.

"Axiom, how did you come so early today?"

"Hahaha, I wanted to come earlier, so that I could talk about how to deal with His Majesty's accusations later..", Zhong Changtong said with a smile, his voice was not small, and several courtiers around heard it, and they hurriedly avoided it, just as if they didn't hear it, Cao Chong and Cao Zhi were not afraid, Cao Chong smiled and said: "I heard that Zhong Changjun is extraordinary, and when I saw it today, it was true." ”

"Don't talk about this, you are the champion of all four subjects, hurry up and help me think about it, how can I get His Majesty to agree to Xun Linggong's proposal, and how can I keep Xun Linggong?"

Zhong Changtong asked directly.

Cao Chong was stunned for a moment, and said with some hesitation: "I think, for these, Xun Linggong is only afraid that he has a plan, we had better not rush to make a move, so as not to spoil Xun Linggong's major affairs, if His Majesty wants to punish Shang Shuling, it is not too late for us to intercede for it... However, if you want to keep the Shang Shu Order, I'm afraid it will be difficult..."

They were chatting, and Zhuge Liang also arrived.

The ministers treated him much more respectfully, and they all gathered around him, chatting enthusiastically, but Zhong Changtong did not go, looked at Zhuge Liang coldly, and said: "If it weren't for him, Xun Linggong wouldn't be like this..", Cao Chong hurriedly interrupted him, "Zhong Changjun doesn't want to speak like this, Zhuge Gong is not a mediocre talent, it's just... Alas, it's hard to say. ”

The three of them waited for a long time, and then they waited for Xun Yu, although Xun Shangshu lost his position, everyone still respected him very much, and they bowed and greeted, but no one dared to surround him anymore, only Zhong Changtong and these people stepped forward and greeted Xun Linggong, Lu Bu was really the last to arrive, the eldest of him, he still didn't look the slightest change, and even felt ten years younger than Xun Yu.

Everyone just waited for a moment, and the gate of the palace opened, and Xun Linggong led the ministers and walked slowly towards the main hall.

Zhong Changtong and the others walked behind San Ling, and Xun Linggong was very calm, feeling that he had already taken a countermeasure, and it seemed that they didn't have to be too panicked, Ling Gongding had already planned.

When everyone entered the main hall, they found that the Son of Heaven had already sat on the top, waiting for everyone, this is not in harmony with the ceremony, it has always been after the ministers gathered, waiting for the Son of Heaven to enter the court, how can there be a Son of Heaven waiting for the ministers, everyone was shocked, and hurriedly bowed to see the Son of Heaven, and did not dare to sit down, Liu Xi sat on the top, looked at the frightened ministers below, smiled, and said: "The kings are seated." ”

Only then did the ministers sit in their places one by one, their heads bowed completely, still thinking about the intentions of the Son of Heaven in their hearts.

"Your Majesty... The court of the Han Dynasty has never had a precedent for the Son of Heaven to wait for the ministers, and the courtesy of the monarch and the minister cannot be abolished, Your Majesty should not do so in the future...", just when everyone just sat down, Xun Yu had already spoken, and when they heard Xun Yu's words, the temple was silent, and everyone even held their breath, so soon they were going to attack the Son of Heaven???

Liu Xi squinted his eyes, looked at Xun Yu below, nodded and said, "I know." ”

The atmosphere was a little tense for a while, no one dared to speak, Liu Xi just looked at the ministers below, and then said: "The ministers must also know the law, in the past, I thought that the Han law was not perfect enough, and could not adapt to today, so I ordered the servant to lead the people to compile a new law, until today, the law is finally completed, you can take a look." ”

Liu Xi said, and several small yellow doors walked out of the surroundings, and many printed documents were placed in front of the ministers.

"These are all relevant parts of the law, so take a look at them."

Everyone picked up the paperwork one after another, but there was only a small part of the Han law in front of them, and everyone got it differently, Zhong Changtong got the order of the tax law, but what Xun Yu was in front of was the law of the land, Xun Yu looked at the documents in his hand, thinking about the intentions of the Son of Heaven, Liu Xi was not in a hurry, watching everyone look at the documents in their hands seriously, and did not urge.

After a long time, seeing that everyone had almost finished reading, Liu Xi said: "This law contains a lot, but the most important thing is the law of the land, which is the most important and directly related to the future of the Han Dynasty... You can see it...", he said, and looked to the side again, the yellow door poured out again, and put the document in front of everyone again, obviously, this time it was the law of the land.

Xun Yu squinted his eyes, no wonder he would pick out a part of it separately for the ministers to watch, this is to put the land law out of the Han law, and then dismiss it? No, it seems that the old man is going to advance the deployment, he slowly looked at Zhong Changtong in the distance, and was ready to get up and refute.

And everyone looked at the law of the land in their hands, and they were also thinking in their hearts, is this the Son of Heaven asking us to play against?

Liu Xi looked at the ministers below, and then at the elderly Xun Yu.

"Dong Zhao and others said that Taizu should enter the Duke of the Kingdom, prepare things in nine tin, to show the special honor, and secretly consult Yu, Yu thought that Taizu Benxing Volunteer Soldiers to Kuang Dynasty Ningguo. This should not be the case. Taizu was unable to calm his heart, he would levy Sun Quan, the army would be wet, and he would stay alive and healthy when he was sick, and he was fifty years old. ”

"I was fifty years old."

Liu Xi's face was cloudy, and everyone couldn't see what the Son of Heaven was thinking, only to see the Son of Heaven looking at the elderly Shang Shuling, and said slowly:

"I think Xun Linggong's policy is feasible."