Zhuge Liang soon went to the Houde Palace, he still had some government affairs to be busy, in the Tai Palace, only Liu Qu and Liu Yi were left, the two sat facing each other, Liu Yi frowned, I don't know what he was thinking, Liu Qu thought for a long time, and then said: "Perhaps, what Zhong Changtong said is feasible." ”

"What??" , Liu Yi was shocked, when Liu Qu left him, he already had some bad premonitions in his heart, but he didn't expect that this bastard thing was really ready to listen to that Zhong Changtong, Liu Yi stared at Liu Qu in front of him, "I don't agree!" Absolutely not! Liu Qu said with a smile: "Uncle, don't worry... Don't I know what Zhong Changtong thinks? ”

"He wants to put the power of government affairs in the middle of the service, and put the power to govern the middle of the service in the hands of hundreds of officials, this is to let me let go completely...", Liu Qu squinted his eyes and said with a smile.

Liu Yi was stunned, "You... Since His Majesty knows everything, why do you still agree with his statement? Your Majesty, you must take the Liu family first!! Liu Qu suddenly laughed, and he said: "Uncle, don't worry, since he wants the court council to be responsible for the promotion of the ministers of Zhongtai, then I will agree to him, but I have made a rule, and the court council will be held by the Zhongshu Order... And the Zhongshu Order, only the Son of Heaven can appoint and dismiss, and no one can interfere..."

"In this way, each generation of Zhongshu Ling is a close relative of the Son of Heaven, hahaha, no matter how strong the hundred officials are, the Zhongshu Order can be removed with a court."

Hearing Liu Qu's words, Liu Yi was very surprised, thought seriously for a moment, and then said: "But if you are an ambitious person who serves as the secretary of the Zhongshu and inserts his closeness into the service platform..."

"Hahaha, so what? The lieutenant was abolished, and the military government was only responsible for ordnance... The great generals were abolished, and now the Han Dynasty, the Northern and Southern Army or the border armies in various places are all directly led by the Son of Heaven, and no one in the temple can interfere, the emperor holds the most elite army in the country, that is, what can you do if you control the temple, in the palace, there are still 20,000 guards, many feather forests! ”

"In Luoyang, there are still 30,000 southern troops responsible for guarding!"

"In the whole world, there are nearly 200,000 soldiers who listen to my orders!!"

"What about controlling the temple?! When I give an order, killing them is like slaughtering a chicken! ”

"As long as the army is in the hands of the emperor, the emperor will always be the lord of the world, on the contrary, even if the emperor has more power in the temple, if there is no military power in his hands, hehe...", Liu Qu raised his head high, full of domineering, Liu Yi had never seen the appearance of the Son of Heaven, Liu Yi looked at Liu Qu in front of him in disbelief, "Your Majesty... These are what you think of yourself... Or was it taught by someone else? ”

Liu Qu grinned and said, "Uncle... I'm just having fun... It's not stupid. ”

..........

Zhong Changtong sat in the prison of the criminal house, the prison was exceptionally calm, since the establishment of the monitoring station, the monitoring station has not been less than the criminal government to grab business, so that the criminal house here is a little deserted, there is no popularity, finally came a Zhong Changtong, the officials of the criminal house are particularly happy, take turns to judge the Zhong Changtong, Zhong Changtong almost died in the hands of these crazy people, fortunately, the servant of the criminal palace is full of favors is an upright person, ordered not to be retried, so that Zhong Changtong saved his life.

In the prison, Zhong Changtong looked around carefully, in the big prison of Nuoda, there were only two people detained, not far away, there was also a young man, the young man looked very young, he was not yet the age of the crown, he was sobbing not far away, for several days in a row, he was crying here, which made Zhong Changtong a little upset.

"Hey, Housheng, you are also a man, why do you cry all day long?" , Zhong Changtong finally spoke.

The young man raised his head, looked at Zhong Chang's eyes, and continued to hold his head and sob.

"Don't cry, what did you do? I'm close to the servant of the penal house, and when I go out, give him a few words, even if I can't let you out, it will make you suffer less, and you won't have to cry anymore. As soon as Zhong Changtong finished speaking, this young man cried even more, Zhong Changtong shook his head helplessly, the young people nowadays really can't stand the suffering, crying and crying all day long, what kind of system.

Feeling the young people of today, Zhong Changtong suddenly felt that something was wrong, no, I am still very young!

Another day passed, and at noon the next day, the prison door was opened, and a person walked in, but it was Man Chong, who frowned, walked to his side, looked at Zhong Changtong in front of him, and said: "Zhong Changtong, Your Majesty values you and orders you to be released, you don't have to talk nonsense in the future, otherwise... Your Majesty can't protect you, this is what I said with full favor, you have to remember it. ”

Zhong Changtong raised his head and chuckled, "I have been friends with the Manchu Duke for so long, how could the Manchu Duke treat me like that?" ”

Man Chong snorted coldly, "You think it's so easy, according to the Han law, the king is discussed, the society is cursed, and the tart is thirty." ”

Zhong Changtong's face changed, and he was about to beg for mercy with Man Pet, but he saw the young man next door wake up, looked at Man Pet in front of him, and cried and shouted, "yes yes!" Help me!! I know it's wrong!! Yay!! I'm your eldest grandson!! Zhong Changtong looked at the descendant in disbelief, and then looked at the full pet, Mom?? Is this human?! Don't even let go of your own grandchildren?!

Man Chong gritted his teeth, and said with an unchanged face: "Robbing people's daughters, capital crimes, no forgiveness." ”

"But I didn't rob it!! She was with me of her own free will! ”

"What is the truth, find out at the time of trial!" , Man Pet said coldly, and then looked at Zhong Changtong, "What else do you have to say?" ”

"It's gone... It's gone... I'm willing, no, I'm willing to be punished. ”

.......

Zhong Changtong got out of the carriage and limped into the mansion, when he walked into the study with difficulty, Xu Shu was eating tea indifferently, seeing Xu Shu's appearance, Zhong Changtong was a little angry, he shouted: "Okay, you Xu Yuanzhi, I thought I entered the criminal mansion, you must be restless, I didn't expect it, you don't come to the criminal mansion to see me, and you don't even have the slightest worry!" ”

Xu Shu glanced at him, and then said, "Your Majesty wants to kill you, or let you go, no matter how uncomfortable I am, it's useless." Having said that, Zhong Changtong was still very annoyed, he sat in front of Xu Shu, and said helplessly: "If we fail, Your Majesty will definitely not want to listen to me, it seems that we have to change the way." Xu Shu was stunned for a moment, turned his head sideways and asked: "No, Your Majesty ordered yesterday that the appointment and dismissal of ministers in the future will be decided through the court." ”

"What did you say?? Your Majesty agreed? How is this possible? Zhong Changtong stood up suddenly, but the pain made him cry out.

"Yes, Your Majesty agreed, and I'm still thinking about a banquet to celebrate."

"Hahaha, great, great, I didn't suffer this crime in vain, the full servant shot is really too ruthless, these thirty whips, it's really merciless, after the whipping, I lay in the punishment house for three whole days, and almost died, you don't know, he even locked up his eldest grandson, then the next life, I'm afraid to die, Mangong is not like a person...."

Zhong Changtong said, and asked again: "By the way, what kind of opinion do the hundred officials have?" ”

"All the officials are very happy, now everyone is praising the Son of Heaven, thinking that the Son of Heaven will rule by hand, and the world will definitely be more prosperous, however, Pang Linggong doesn't look very happy, I wrote him a few letters, and he didn't reply...", Xu Shu said seriously, Zhong Changtong shook his head disdainfully, "What is the rule of hand, they don't understand, the times are changing, and the things they think about will only go backwards in the Han Dynasty..."

"Now that the decision of the court is complete, is the next step to find a way to restrain the minister?" asked Xu Shu.

"Anyway, the prosperous world that is determined by the virtue of one person is unreliable, and now it is decided by the virtue of a hundred people, but even if there are mediocre and incompetent people among these hundred people, at least there will be a few capable and virtuous ones...", Zhong Changtong said, frowning, "The problem is, how to limit their ambitions, I am afraid that these dog thieves will set their eyes on the dragon chair in the process of governing the big man." ”

Xu Shu was stunned for a moment, and asked with a smile: "I thought you wouldn't care about that dragon chair, but I didn't expect that you Zhong Changtong is still a loyal minister?" ”

Zhong Changtong grinned, "I don't care, but the problem is, someone cares, as long as it is replaced, it is meaningless infighting, internal friction, and it is better to have this energy to conquer the outside world, to expand the territory, and to trade with all countries?" I don't care about a certain person, I don't care about a certain surname, I just care about this land that gave birth to me, my compatriots like me. ”

Xu Shu didn't speak again, this is also the biggest contradiction between the two, Xu Shu supports Zhong Changtong's people-oriented theory, the theory of business, but he doesn't care about the Son of Heaven, Xu Shu is unacceptable, every time the two talk about this topic, they will quarrel, Xu Shu even threatened Zhong Changtong, to report his words to the criminal government, but Zhong Changtong is still like this, saying some frightening words, for ghosts and gods, for the so-called destiny, he doesn't believe at all.

According to his words, whoever is powerful is the Son of Heaven, and there is no destiny at all.

The two parted unhappily again, and Zhong Changtong was resting in the mansion, when a servant walked in and said, "Master of the house, the servant of the courteous mansion shoots Zheng Gong and asks to see him." ”

"Zheng Yi?? What is he here for? Zhong Changtong suddenly remembered that day, Zheng Yi let himself go to him, although Zhong Changtong didn't like this person in his heart, but he still didn't refuse, let the slave invite Zheng Yi in, and he lay on the bed, intending to be angry Zheng Yi, sure enough, when Zheng Yi walked in under the leadership of the slave, he saw that Zhong Changtong not only did not get up to greet him, but was lying on the bed, no rudeness, he subconsciously wanted to scold.

Thinking that what he had to do still needed Zhong Changtong's help, he held back the resentment.

"Zhong Changjun? Why are you still on the bed at this time? It seems that this own bed is the one of the criminal house, so it should be comfortable. ”