12th year of Yankang, February

The servant ordered Guo Jia to settle in the Loyal Martyrs' Hall, and more than half of the criminals involved in the greedy ink, after being executed, were sent to the Traitorous Hall, facing the Loyal Martyrs, kneeling for a long time, and there was no defense, the people could enter and exit at will, many people would come here and spit on the sculptures of these traitors, as for the Loyal Martyrs' Hall, under the advice of Shang Shuling, it was also opened.

The people and scholars can come here to worship these loyal martyrs, but there are many soldiers standing around to take precautions, for fear that there are foolish people who will do things that insult the loyal martyrs.

After this turmoil gradually stopped, Liu Xi made two edicts, the first is to call Zhuge Liang, who is far away in Yanzhou, to come over, and people with a discerning eye understand that the position in this service is only to be given to Zhuge Liang, however, Zhuge Liang is a confidant of the Son of Heaven, and there is no problem with his qualifications, political achievements, and serving as the three orders over the years, and no one is dissatisfied with this, except for Yanzhou Mu.

The second thing is that the Son of Heaven urgently called Man Favor to the Hall of Houde.

Many ministers who paid attention to the Houde Hall panicked, which is not a good thing.

And Liu Xi obviously summoned not only one person, but also called a lot of people, in addition to full favor, there are Liu Hui, Zhong Gou, Ding Yi, Wang Cang, Zhuge Liang, Fa Zheng, Wei Qi, Wang Xiang, Liu Shao and other nine people, Man Chong because he was in Luoyang, so he was the first to arrive at the Houde Palace, however, after he arrived at the Houde Palace, Liu Xi did not say anything to him, just asked him to hand over the legal documents he had prepared over the years, and let him stay in Luoyang, not allowed to go out.

The rest of the people also arrived one by one, and when Zhuge Liang arrived, the rest of the people were waiting in the post station.

The Son of Heaven ordered, Man Pet took the rest of the nine people and rushed to the palace, Man Pet frowned, his expression was solemn, only when he chatted with Fa Zheng and Zhuge Liang, he would show a slight smile on his face, although this smile was also a little crazy, but after all, it still represented his attitude, after all, these two were his old friends, born in the East Palace, and the three of them got together and didn't know what to talk about.

After Zhuge Liang arrived in Luoyang, he learned that there were other people who also rushed to Luoyang, and he was even more surprised, especially when he learned that Fa Zheng had arrived, and he had only accompanied Princess Raoyang for two or three days, so he hurriedly went to visit Fa Zheng.

Both sides are very happy, Fa Zheng talked about overseas things, Zhuge Liang listened very carefully, Fa Zheng and Zhou Yu, over the years, have done a lot of things, the ships of the Han have been all over the known sea areas, and the wealth brought to the Han every year is not even lower than that of Xizhou, these things made Zhuge Liang particularly shocked, before this, he had never paid so much attention to the institution of the overseas government.

And Zhuge Liang talked about his governance in Yuzhou, Fa Zheng couldn't help but admire, Zhuge Liang's behavior in Yuzhou, many are worth learning from Fazheng, Fa Zheng has been developing Yizhou in recent years, migrating the people, reclamation, etc., he wants to turn Yizhou into an important port outside the Han Sea, Zhuge Liang has a lot of governance methods in Yuzhou, are worthy of his emulation.

The two chatted like this for three days, and the full pet arrived.

The three of them held it together, that is, Zhuge Liang and Fa were talking, and Man Zhong just listened carefully.

"Do you know why His Majesty summoned us?" , Fa Zheng asked with some doubts, Zhuge Liang shook his head and said, "I don't know, Manjun may know." The two looked at Man Zhong at the same time, Man Zhong frowned, and said: "The death of the servant Zhongling, if I think it is not bad, Zhuge Jun came to serve as the waiter." ”

Zhuge Liang didn't speak, but Fa Zheng laughed, and bowed his hand and said: "At the moment of the order, I haven't paid homage, it's rude, it's rude!" Zhuge Liang smiled helplessly and said: "Don't laugh at the Fajun, don't say that I am not a servant now, or I have already served as a servant, so don't you want to be like this... You and I are still friends. ”

Fa Zheng looked at Man Zhong and asked, "What about us people?" Didn't you come to serve as an official in the middle of the stage? If that's the case, the position of Changshi, I hope Zhuge Jun can keep it for me! ”

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"Hey, don't you want to laugh...", Zhuge Liang said helplessly, only then did he look at Man Zhong and asked, "Didn't Your Majesty say anything to Man Jun beforehand?" ”

Man Pet shook his head, just looked at those people, and he had some vague guesses in his heart.

Zhuge Liang and Fa Zheng also followed their gaze to look at a few people in the distance, Zhuge Liang only recognized Wang Cang, but the rest didn't recognize it, and said in a low voice: "These people, that young and handsome descendant, called Ding Yi, the word is Zhengli, Pei Guoren, his father has a good relationship with Cao Situ, he has grown up with the five tigers of the Cao family since he was a child, and he has some talents..."

Hearing his words, Zhuge Liang thought for a moment, and then said: "Then I remember, this person once wrote a "Treatise on Criminal Rites", which is still good, I have read his book, I didn't expect that this person is so young..."

Fa Zheng thoughtfully, Man Chong continued: "That one is called Liu Xuan, the word Gong Hei, a native of Nanyang, is the son of King Shading, An Zhong Kang Hou Dan, a member of the Han family, this person has great talents... It's a disciple of Mr. Water Mirror..."

"I also know this person, he once wrote the book "Punishment Before Etiquette"... But he? Zhuge Liang asked again.

Full Pet nodded.

Fa Zheng and Zhuge Liang immediately understood, laughed, and Fa Zheng said: "The other two, one is called Zhong Gou, and he is the author of "Treatise on Criminal Measures"... There are also Wei Qi and Wang Cang, who also studied the law together.... Then, Your Majesty called us people over...", Fa Zheng didn't continue, just laughed, Zhuge Liang and Man Zhong also understood in their hearts, and nodded.

They waited at the gate of the palace for a few moments before the yellow gate came out and welcomed everyone in.

Many of them are still entering the palace for the first time, some of them are curious to look at the surrounding situation, and they are full of favors and lead everyone all the way to the Houde Palace, among these people, there are also a few who know each other, and they gather together, but there are also people who don't know anyone, such as Ding Yi, however, he soon became acquainted with Zhong Gou, and the two walked together.

When they walked to the Houde Palace, the Yellow Gate did not ask, and directly shouted their names, everyone faded, lowered their heads, and ran straight into the Houde Palace, Liu Xi sat in the Houde Palace, dressed in formal clothes, with a solemn expression, after everyone walked in, it was a big bow to see the Son of Heaven, Liu Xi returned the salute, and cordially let them sit down.

I have to say that for this meeting, the Son of Heaven is fully prepared, for these people, the Son of Heaven is not the slightest rusty, can accurately call out everyone's words, even their actions, and even their opinions, writings, are very clear, just took a seat, he said: "Berning, you have worked, I am about to finish reading your work, fortunately, the princes have also arrived." ”

"Kong Ming, don't come unharmed, I haven't seen you for a long time."

"Zhengli, don't be restrained, although I have never met you, but I have seen your father..."

After talking for a while, a group of people who don't know each other sat together, but there was no embarrassment, Liu Xi was very kind to them, as if he and everyone were old friends who had known each other for a long time, and they were all about everything, without snubbing anyone, and they were not too enthusiastic about anyone, and soon, driven by the Son of Heaven, everyone also knew each other, laughing and talking.

Qi Yue sent some tea, everyone drank tea, from the local politics, talked about the Han Dynasty's external strategy, Zhuge Liang looked at these people seriously, obviously, these people are erudite people, and they are very insightful about the law, but they are weak in terms of governance, Liu Xi chatted with them gently, and asked about the situation at home.

This made everyone who came very moved, especially some young people, who couldn't hide the excitement and joy in their hearts when they learned that the Son of Heaven attached so much importance to themselves.

After talking for a long time, Liu Xi entered the topic, he said a little lonely: "I called the princes to come this time, but there is an important matter, the princes may also have learned about the recent tomb robbery case, the Han is getting stronger and stronger, and the people are even richer, but the hidden dangers in the Han are gradually appearing, many people who have never enjoyed such a rich life, indulged in this, they actually forgot morality, for a little money, do something against the law!" ”

Everyone hurriedly bowed again, "The ministers are incompetent!" ”

Liu Xi let everyone get up and continued: "All the monarchs are all talents in the law, they have studied the ancient law, and they have also written the idea of the new law, and now, I have invited the kings to write a new law for the Han Dynasty, and the matter of the new law has been busy for six years, but it has not been decided, and what is happening now makes me understand that this matter cannot be delayed any longer..."

"All the gentlemen are capable people, if they can work together to compile a Chinese law, it must be a blessing for the Han Dynasty." , The Son of Heaven said, looking at everyone, full of favors, Zhuge Liang and the others were full of confidence, obviously thinking that they could do it, however, there were also a few people, their faces were a little sad, Liu Xi also knew what they were worried about, among these people, even if they had never met, there were still some conflicts and contradictions.

The source of the conflict is the relationship between the rites and the law.

Among them, some people firmly believe that all kinds of rituals should be set first, and then the law should be formulated, but there are also those who think that punishment should be followed by rituals, and there are even a few who think that rituals and laws are separated, or that rituals and laws are united, and it is not easy to let these people who have completely opposite views write laws together, especially for those whose opinions are not recognized by everyone, it is not easy to change their opinions.

Liu Xi also knew that this was a little difficult, but he had a way in his heart.

The solution is...

Liu Xi turned his head and looked at Zhuge Liang.