After coming out of the Houde Palace, Xing Ziang returned to his original calm appearance, in fact, Emperor Xiaokang never talked to him about reforming Shangshutai at all, at that time, the monarchs and ministers were busy, and they were not able to relax for a while, how could they have the opportunity to do any Shangshu innovation? He said this, of course, so that the Son of Heaven could make a decision faster and not delay any longer.

The disadvantages of Shangshutai have existed for a long time, the Son of Heaven wants to innovate Shangshutai, but he is still a little hesitant in his heart, because today's Shangshutai is the most reassuring to the Son of Heaven, any decree in the temple, Shangshutai can be perfectly implemented, so that the Son of Heaven has nothing to worry about, you know, in the period of Emperor Xiaokang, that is, the years when Wang Fu was in Luoyang, Emperor Xiaokang only relaxed for a moment, and the rest of the time, all these decrees were ordered by the Son of Heaven himself.

The supervision, the process, all have the participation of the Son of Heaven, Shang Shutai at that time did not have the same power as now, that is, Wang Fu, when he drafted the edict and implemented the policy, he also had to negotiate with the Son of Heaven in the Hall of Virtue for a long time, to persuade the Son of Heaven, before it could be implemented, as for the officials of Shangshutai at that time, they still obeyed the orders of the Son of Heaven, and revised the decree that the Son of Heaven was not satisfied with, and only after the examination of the Son of Heaven did it be issued.

Why did Zhongshuling fall so quickly?

It was not Shang Shutai who took away their authority, it was the Son of Heaven who took their authority.

When today's son is a lot more leisurely, the decree is discussed by the temple, and there is a Shangshutai to be implemented, the Son of Heaven only needs to sit in the Houde Palace, waiting for success, and even the superintendent has many officials to do, he is a little reluctant to do today's Shangshutai, it is normal, however, this matter can not be postponed any longer, if such a huge Shangshutai becomes a practice, there will be chaos in the future, not every generation of Shangshuling will be a sage.

When he returned to Shangshutai, Xun You was busy, and Guo Jia was missing, Xing Ziang did not disturb Xun You, and walked directly into the backyard, sure enough, Guo Jia was sitting in the shade of a tree, and some wine was put on the case, he had a bitter face, and was eating, Xing Ziang sat in front of him, looked at him, and said: "It is forbidden to drink in Shangshutai.... Punish you for three months..."

Guo Jia smiled and said: "It's okay to exchange these fortunes for a day of peace....", he picked up the wine cup and took another sip, Xing Ziang sighed helplessly, and said: "You know, Shang Shutai can't always be like this, it always needs to be innovated, as the proud protégé of the prince, how can you not understand this??" Guo Jia shook his head and said, "I naturally understand, but can't it be delayed for a while?" ”

"I can't."

"Fengxiao, Shangshutai innovation, not only for the benefit of the family and country, but also for us, you are a great talent with the top of the four subjects, you can't be barren here, give me such a time to be a deputy... Otherwise, I have no way to substitute for the king.... Your Majesty wants to set up a middle desk and a service platform... Zhongshutai drafted an edict... Shang Shutai executes, waits in the desk to review.... I'll give you this Shangshutai..."

Guo Jia was startled, raised his head, and looked at Xing Ziang, he naturally knew how many years Xing Ziang had paid for Shangshutai and how much he valued Shangshutai, but what he meant, was he going to let himself be in charge of Shangshutai? ? Guo Jia asked suspiciously, "What about you?" You're leaving Shangshutai?? ”

"I'm going to Zhongshutai to serve as Zhongshu Ling, as for Wen Ruo, I also asked him for an official who served Zhongling.,..." Xing Ziang said with a smile, and before Guo Jia could speak, someone at the door said: "No!" ”

The person who opened his mouth was Xun You, Xun You frowned, staring at Xing Ziang in front of him, after the establishment of the three stations, there are naturally advantages and disadvantages, and the Shangshutai, who is responsible for the implementation, is the most important, because this is the core of the real administrative order, and at the same time, it has the highest status in name, and the service Zhongtai, not to mention, is to stay by the side of the Son of Heaven all day long and help

The Son of Heaven goes to review the decrees, which is the greatest power, and he can follow the Son of Heaven all day long.

As for the Zhongshu Order, they could only listen to the recital of the temple ministers and then draw up the corresponding decree.

Xing Ziang was going to give them the two best positions, Xun You also walked over, sat in front of Guo Jia, took the wine cup from the case, and took a sip of it, suddenly, he coughed, and almost squirted out the wine, Guo Jia couldn't help laughing, he knew that this guy would never drink, Xun You wiped the corners of his mouth, a little embarrassed, looked at Xing Ziang, and said seriously: "In Shangshutai, there can't be no Xing Gong..."

"Fengxiao can go to the Zhongtai, I'll go to the Zhongshutai...."

Guo Jia shook his head and said: "That's impossible, I don't want to go to Shizhongtai, or I stay in Shangshutai, Xing Gong goes to Shizhongtai, as for Wen Ruo, you can go there wherever you want, anyway, his family has a big business, and he won't starve to death..."

Xing Ziang looked at the two in front of him and was about to pinch each other again, and said: "I have my own ideas, Wen Ruo is the most clever, good at words, knows right and wrong, and serving Zhongtai is the most suitable for him, not to mention, he has a very close relationship with the Son of Heaven, following the side of the Son of Heaven, reviewing government decrees, what is the most important thing, as for Fengxiao, your temperament, you can't stand being idle in Zhongshutai, and you can't go to serve Zhongtai, if you eat and drink like this in the palace, full of favor will cut you..."

"As for me, since the twentieth year of Jianning, I have been bent on building roads throughout the country, so that the whole country, the government decrees are all passed, and the temples can effectively manage all places, which is also very beneficial to the local development, but unfortunately, these years, I have always been busy with Shangshutai, it has been 20 years, but I have no results, there are not many things in Zhongshutai, and it is not difficult to hand over to a few officials to draw up government decrees.... I'll be able to build roads..."

Xing Ziang said this, neither of them spoke, and nodded helplessly.

Xiping 19th year, April

Shangshutai innovation, the temple set up a Zhongshutai, serving the two houses of Zhongtai, respectively, with Xing Ziang as the Zhongshu Order, Xun You as the Zhongshu Order, and Guo Jia as the Shangshu Order, the hundred officials are a little incomprehensible, why is it not the highly respected and qualified Xing Gong to do the Shangshutai, but it has to be handed over to Guo Jia?? Guo Jia's age, is he still a little young to serve as Shang Shuling? ?

The ministers are quite opposed, of course, the so-called lack of qualifications, in fact, is just an excuse, the main thing is Guo Jia's identity, this guy is a disciple of Wang Fu, I heard that he is also arrogant and powerless on weekdays, and his behavior is debauched. Therefore, the ministers opposed, of course, it is useless for them to oppose it, and the Son of Heaven has made a decision, and it cannot be changed.

At the end of the month, the three of them went to three places respectively, which announced that the era of Wang Fu in charge of Shang Shutai was officially lonely, although some people are no longer there, he can continue to live in a special way, in the more than ten years since Wang Fu's death, Shang Shutai is still moving forward according to the path he has formulated, of course, the innovation of Shang Shutai still does not mean that Wang Fu has passed away.

As long as the assessment is ongoing, he will be alive.

As long as the Yellow Gate will appear at the gatherings of the ministers and record their words and deeds, he will be alive.

As long as there are still great sages cursing the king talisman in their hearts, he will live.

He lives in the pride of the students who have passed the assessment, in the laughter of the people in Yangzhou, in the fear of corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and in the curses of lawlessness and tyranny.

Before dawn, Xing Ziang had already gotten up, the slave had already prepared the frame, finished eating, got on the carriage and horses, and the car slowly drove to the city gate, Xing Ziang was very happy, yesterday, he played to the Son of Heaven, asked to build a road, the Son of Heaven did not say much, directly agreed to his play, Xing Ziang already knew in his heart that the Son of Heaven would not object, why, because Emperor Xiaokang had built a large-scale gallop road in the country.

If he could build more roads, the Son of Heaven would only be happy, not opposed.

Xing Ziang slowly rushed to the city gate, but the slave stopped the carriage and horses, Xing Ziang thought it was the city gate soldiers to investigate, but heard the slave say: "Xing Gong, someone is blocking the way, saying that he is going to send the father...", Xing Ziang was stunned, he was leaving, even Xun You and Guo Jia didn't know, he didn't tell anyone, who was blocking the road, Xing Ziang got out of the car, looked over, and there was a group of people standing in front of him.

The leader is none other than Liu Mastiff, the prince of the Han Dynasty.

Seeing Xing Ziang get out of the car, Liu Mastiff hurriedly bowed and said, "Meet Xing Gong!" ”

Everyone saluted, Xing Ziang said: "Don't dare to be a big gift to His Royal Highness...", Liu Mastiff came over, took his hand, and introduced many officials in the East Palace to him, and then said: "I heard that Xing Gong is about to leave Luoyang and go to the construction of the matter, these days, I have always wanted to visit Gong, but I don't have any time, I can only send Xing Gong today..."

Xing Ziang nodded, and simply didn't get into the car, talked with the prince, and slowly walked towards the city gate, the captain of the city gate did not dare to stop him, and quickly opened the city gate, and the group walked out of the county town, the prince asked: "Xing Gong, where are you going this time?" ”

"The minister is going to go to Ningzhou first, then to Xizhou, and finally to Jiaozhou..."Xing Ziang said this, Liu Mastiff was a little puzzled, and asked: "To build a road, why don't you build it from the rich and prosperous Central Plains first, but go to the border place?" ”

"Your Royal Highness, the construction of roads, not only for the development of the local area, Ningzhou, Xizhou, Jiaozhou and other places, and the temple is far away, the government decree is not passed, it is inevitable that there will be chaos, therefore, I go to these three places, build the Chi Road, can connect these three places with the Si Li, in this way, it is of great benefit to the temple to control the border of the place, in addition, if these three major Chi roads are built, in the future, you can build various roads along the Chi Road, so that the roads between the counties of the Central Plains can be built..."

Xing Ziang explained very seriously, Liu Mastiff nodded, understood, he said with some embarrassment: "Xing Gong, I have something to ask for, can't I agree?" ”

"Your Highness commands..."

"There is a person under my command, called Lu Yu... Hearing about Xing Gong's feat, he had the heart to follow, but he didn't know that Xing Gong might take him? ”

"Without His Majesty's order, I can't take away the subordinate officials of the East Palace without permission..."

"It's okay to do this, my father agreed..."Liu Mastiff said, Xing Ziang had no objection, and agreed to take Lu Yu, Liu Mastiff was overjoyed, and gave a lot of instructions to Lu Yu, so he sent Xing Ziang away, why did the Son of Heaven let him bring a subordinate official of the East Palace, Xing Ziang also understood in his heart, Liu Mastiff still wanted to send him a few more miles, Xing Ziang hurriedly excused himself, and then he was ready to leave.

"Gong Xing... There is one more thing that makes me wonder...."

"I don't know what?"

"Why is Xing Gong so obsessed with building a galloping road?? Can this gallop really play such a huge role? ”

"I promised Emperor Xiaokang that in my lifetime, in the entire Han world, I will pave the road...."