Finally arrived here, the Son of Heaven did not reveal his identity, he was still in the name of the son of Shang Shuling, into this rare outsiders to come to the Jiedu Pavilion, in order to show respect for Emperor Xiaokang, the Son of Heaven did not get on the car, walking on foot in this countryside, the knights followed behind him, and the pavilion chief here, just in front of them to guide the way, seemed a little timid.

Just because this pavilion chief knows the true identity of this person, if they don't tell their identity, they can't rush to the former residence of Emperor Xiaokang, because there are still ritual trees in the house, ordinary people can't be disturbed, so the Son of Heaven still let this pavilion chief know his identity, of course, the pavilion chief didn't dare to leak out, but the pavilion chief who retired from the Northern Army couldn't calm down at the moment, bent over, and didn't dare to raise his head.

"This is the former residence of Emperor Xiaokang... Usually I will arrange people to watch here, and I will clean it on time every day...", the pavilion chief said, took out the pipe, opened the door, and stood aside respectfully, Liu Xi walked into the courtyard at this time, the courtyard is not big, and there is no difference between the courtyard where the wealthy families live in him along the way.

Zhong Changtong and the others stood outside the courtyard and did not go in with them.

They are naturally a little curious about the residence of Emperor Xiaokang, but they are not qualified to walk in, Liu Xi walked into the mansion alone, with a smile on his face, and seriously visited the mansion where his grandfather once lived, it looked very ordinary, but it was a little extraordinary, he entered every house, and then entered the study.

The study is smaller, and there is a small case, back then, maybe Emperor Xiaokang was sitting here, studying hard, Liu Xi knelt in front of the case, looked at the wooden case in front of him, stretched out his hand, gently stroked, closed his eyes, he seemed to be able to imagine that a gentle old man was smiling and teaching a studious young man, the child read the ram seriously, and the teacher was kind and filial.

Zhong Changtong and the others waited outside the door for a long time, waiting for more than half an hour, Liu Xi walked out of the mansion without hurrying, Liu Xi leaned his hands behind his back, standing in front of the courtyard door, smiling, exceptionally handsome, those few traces of gray hair color, added some vicissitudes to him, and there were more ravines on his face, but it did not destroy his handsomeness, but only gave him more stability.

"You can fish here, right?" , Liu Xi asked with a smile.

On a winding official road, a group of people and horses are moving forward slowly, this line of people is walking on the official road, in the front of the road are two knights, the rider is tall, the yellow horse under the crotch is not in a hurry to move forward, they are equipped with swords on the left, and a yellow crossbow is hung on the left side of the horse, in the Jiedu Pavilion, I have not seen such a person for a long time.

Those who know understand that this is the son of Shang Shuling today, and those who don't know think that it is a rich family who wants to move the house.

When the carriage arrived at a stream, the pavilion chief informed the elite knights that the destination had arrived, Liu Xi got off the carriage happily, looking at the not wide stream in front of him, there was no disappointment in his eyes, Zhong Changtong was a little puzzled, why did the Son of Heaven insist on coming here to fish? This creek is so small that if you want to fish, why not find a big river?

Someone had already prepared a fishing rod, and Liu Xi sat by the river, quietly waiting for the big fish to take the bait.

A group of people were guarding the surroundings and did not dare to make a sound.

Liu Xi sat here seriously, motionless, after a long time, the sky was gradually darkening, the scorching sun had already gone down, and the last trace of twilight fell on the face of the Son of Heaven, Liu Xi went from joy to frustration, the sky became more and more dark, Zhong Changtong still walked to the side of the Son of Heaven helplessly, and asked in a low voice: "Your Majesty, it is already dark, why don't you come again tomorrow?" ”

Liu Xi was stunned for a moment, stood up with a wry smile, handed the fishing rod to the pavilion chief on the side, and then shook his head and said, "Forget it... Let's go back. ”

Sure enough, Liu Xi didn't even spend the night here, and he didn't have the mood to enjoy the scenery of various places, everyone immediately set off and galloped towards Yuxian County, Zhong Changtong sat in the carriage, looking at the Son of Heaven in front of him, he couldn't understand this Holy Son of Heaven anymore, these days, the Son of Heaven's temperament is very eccentric, moody, and his heart has always been hiding things.

"Axiom...", Liu Xi suddenly shouted.

"Head of the house!"

"I've heard that you always tell others that the Han Dynasty belongs to the Son of Heaven or to the Han people?" , Liu Xi suddenly asked, Zhong Chang was stunned, sighed, shook his head, and said helplessly: "Embroidered messenger... Alas, in fact, when His Majesty asked me to go with me, I had already guessed in my heart that either His Majesty wanted to reuse me or he wanted to kill me..."

"It seems that Your Majesty is still preparing to kill me?"

"What, you're scared?" , Liu Xi asked.

Zhong Changtong shook his head, "Your Majesty, the minister is not even afraid of ghosts and gods, how can he be afraid of death?" I'm just unwilling, I haven't been able to fulfill my ambitions..."

"What are your ambitions?"

"If you want to make this Han Jiangshan become the people, the Son of Heaven is still the Son of Heaven, you can't act arbitrarily, no one can ban the position of the Son of Heaven, and all major matters will be handled by hundreds of officials in the court..."

"Oh, then who should appoint and dismiss these hundred officials in the court?"

"This...."

"And how can we prevent these officials from acting as arbitrarily as the Son of Heaven? What is the difference between the arbitrary behavior of one person and the arbitrary behavior of a group of people? ”

Liu Xi asked gently, Zhong Changtong frowned suddenly, he knew that his idea was very dangerous, his idea was already very similar to a person, that person was called Wang Mang, at that time, the ram was almost crazy, they were paranoid that there was no way to better manage the world just by relying on the high Son of Heaven, and it was necessary for a virtuous person like Wang Mang to manage the Han, and the next one would also be recommended by the Ram faction to serve as a virtuous person.

They want to break this lineage, they fanatically want to build a kingdom of the virtuous.

It can be seen that this practice of letting the virtuous people recommend is not reliable at all, as the Son of Heaven said, what is the difference between the rule of a group of people and the rule of one person?

After just a few words, Zhong Changtong was asked, and he frowned deeply, thinking about the question of the Son of Heaven.

Along the way, Zhong Changtong never talked to the Son of Heaven again, he was completely immersed in his own world, thinking about how to answer the questions of the Son of Heaven all day long, and finally, at the end of the twenty-fourth year of Yankang, when the carriage was about to enter Ruo County, Zhong Changtong woke up suddenly, looking at the Son of Heaven in front of him, he was ecstatic, and he shouted: "Your Majesty, I have a way!" ”

"Oh?" , Liu Xi, who was resting with his eyes closed, was woken up by him and looked at him seriously.

"Let the scholars of the whole world recommend candidates for the three orders, and the three orders supervise each other, and cannot be autocratic, and then the servants will be appointed and dismissed by the three orders, and the servants will appoint and dismiss the rest of the officials, including the local officials..."

"What about the military generals? How to prevent the three orders from privately planting people, controlling generals, and erecting temples by force? Liu Xi asked again.

Zhong Changtong was stunned for a moment, gritted his teeth, his hands almost pulled out his hair, he shook his head weakly, and said bitterly: "Your Majesty, the minister doesn't know... The minister has not thought that if it is possible, can Your Majesty not put me to death for the time being, and put me in the embroidered prison, and after the minister comes up with a solution, the minister is willing to die..."

"Heh...", Liu Xi snorted disdainfully, and said: "Do you think that the embroidery prison can be entered if you want to?" You stay in your place... Think about it, if you figure it out one day, don't forget to tell me...", Liu Xi said, closed his eyes again, and rested seriously.

Zhong Chang looked at the Son of Heaven in front of him with a blank face, speechless.

After the carriage entered the county, the Son of Heaven kicked the sluggish Zhong Changtong out of the carriage, and the carriage slowly drove towards the palace, Zhong Changtong finally got up from the ground, rubbed his jiri, and looked at the carriage in the distance, but there was no trace of anger in his eyes, that is, today, if he changed people, he would never survive.

Zhong Changtong patted the dust on his body, straightened his clothes, and then bowed to the carriage in the distance.

The carriage entered the palace, the Son of Heaven walked down from the carriage a little tired, Qi Yue was already waiting for him, everyone met the Son of Heaven, Liu Xi waved his hand, let everyone get up, pulled Qi Yue up, and asked, "Nothing serious?" ”

"The country... The queen was very angry and felt that the country would not say goodbye... The prince was sick a few days ago, but now he's getting better... His Royal Highness the Crown Prince made some trouble in September...."

"What did this shaft do??"

"When His Royal Highness the Crown Prince inspected the people's situation in the county, he saw a few businessmen bullying people and coaxing farmers, and in a fit of anger, he beat three businessmen to serious injuries, and later learned that behind these businessmen was Liu Chan, the son of the late Sikong, and then went to Juxian Building, and made a big fuss, Liu Chan hurriedly admitted his mistake, told himself that he did not know these circumstances, and compensated those farmers, and the prince was willing to give up..."

"What about the embroidered messenger? What do they say? ”

"Alas... Your Majesty, here's the problem, those bullying businessmen are the messengers of embroidered clothes... They originally wanted to blend in with a Hu caravan, so they deliberately pretended to be arrogant, and those farmers, who were also arranged by Yuan Jun, according to Yuan Jun, just wanted Hu Shang to know that they had a great background, and then get in touch with them and break into their interior... Outcome.. These people were almost killed by the crown prince..."

"Haha...", Liu Xi shook his head, but he couldn't say anything.

"Send someone to reward those injured embroidered clothes, as well as Liu Chan, by the way, is Yuan Shang back?"

"Yuan Jun and Zhuge Linggong came back a month ago..."

"Hmm... I know, what do the people say? ”

"Now in Luo County, the people are admiring the prince's benevolence and righteousness, jealousy and hatred, and the prince's prestige has soared... Even in the Juxian Building, they are also commenting on the story of the prince beating the bully profiteer..."