The Huanghuang masterpiece "History of the Han Empire" is very brief in the late autumn of this year, with only a few short lines. But it seems to be in line with that sentence, the simpler the more important!

“…… Under the order of Tui'en, all the princes of the world were ordered to obey it. The prime minister of the striker, with Gongsun Hong as the prime minister, worships the Marquis of Pingjin. Since then, the division of Shangshutai is the inner dynasty, and the prime minister Zhuqing is the outer dynasty, and the affairs of the inner dynasty are not known to the prime minister and ....... ”

This year's autumn in Chang'an has finally come to an end. The yellow flowers are gone, the solitary leaves are withering, the wind is gradually rising, and the heavens and the earth are slaughtered.

A big drama also came to an end with the remnant of autumn. Whether it is sorrow or joy, withering or glory, how many people's fates have changed, flying and down, growing and falling, all have been swept by the hunting west wind, and everything is a foregone conclusion.

The "Tui En Order", which had been postponed for more than two months due to the floods in the world, was officially promulgated and put into effect. A large number of Qin messengers from Chang'an rushed to the fiefs of the princes and kings, spreading the blessings from the Son of Heaven to all the children of the Liu clan in the kingdoms.

The former princes who held the holy decree in their hands looked at the irrepressible joy and excitement of the rest of the princes except for the prince, and felt sad and helpless in their hearts. At the moment of interest, who would give up their low-hanging fruit for the sake of the so-called big picture?

The vast trend is unstoppable. This is a dignified and upright plan, the princes obviously watched the noose thrown from the Yang Palace slowly tightened around their necks, but they couldn't get rid of it, they could only gradually suffocate ......!

This is a soldier who surrenders without a fight! Think about the scene when Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty made a lot of fire in order to cut the feudal domain, and then look at the current princes and kings are only left praying and lamenting. When everyone looked at the tall figure in the court again, they were all impressed!

After the implementation of the Tui'en Decree is completed, the land, mountain and forest resources of all vassal states will be collected and allocated to the Chang'an Imperial Court for unified allocation, and the support of the large and small princes will be maintained by the central treasury and fiefdoms. In other words, from now on, the fiefdom princes can only be rich and noble, but not authoritarian!

Unlike the princes, who were in constant fear, most of the people in the court supported this. Who wouldn't want to be a justice of the peace? Previously, these princes would pop up a few rebels and die every once in a while, and many people were killed. Now it's honest, and the big guys are worry-free.

What the? Are there those who are unwilling and want to make trouble? Will that end well? The Xifengwei sent by the emperor was staring at this matter, and within a month, five or six princes who had always been unruly, including King Hengshan, King Yan, King Zhao, and King Qi, were all reported to have bad intentions and signs of rebellion, and were sent to prison and escorted to Chang'an. These princes, without exception, were secretly reported by the princes in the palace, and this is the power driven by interests!

Emperor Liu Che put down the case file investigated by the Tingwei Mansion in his hand, praised the new Han Tingwei who had just taken office, and unceremoniously issued an order that all these princes who had the intention of rebellion should be deprived of the prince and demoted to commoners. Its fief was divided among the princes.

At this point, the scourge of the princes who had plagued the Weiyang Palace for nearly forty or fifty years was finally lifted, and the largest of the small princes in the subdivided areas was only a few county fiefdoms, and they were no longer able to confront the central court.

Another major event that shook the government and the opposition was the fall of Wu'an Hou Tianjue. The emperor's will said that because Tian Jue has been bedridden all the year round, it is difficult to shoulder the heavy responsibility of the prime minister, so he is specially given a decree to go home and retire!

But the hidden secret has long been known to everyone in the world, and Prime Minister Tian Jue lost in the court battle. was defeated in the hands of Changle Hou Shangshu Ling Yuanzhao, so he was forced to withdraw from the court.

This is something that is known to those who know it by heart, and only a few people know what the actual situation is. In fact, in this matter, Emperor Liu Che fully demonstrated the courage, courage and ruthlessness that a great emperor should have!

There is a good saying, "When you come out to mix, you always have to pay it back!" Although Wu'an Hou Tianjun was born in the market, he shouldn't have heard this sentence, but he still has the consciousness that he will be punished if he loses. Therefore, after hearing His Majesty the Emperor announce that he would be deposed from the post of prime minister, be appointed as the Marquis of Wu'an, and be punished with confiscation of the greedy Mo family's property, he carried it down without saying a word.

At the same time, Tian Shaozhong, the commander of the patrol martial arts, was relieved of his position, and he was replaced by Gongsun Ao, the Yulin Rider. The three thousand soldiers of Chang'an's patrol guards were also firmly in the hands of the emperor.

The Tian family is completely defeated. Tian Jue did not survive the ensuing winter, and died in endless hatred and injustice. What is left behind is the seeds of hatred, hibernating in the cold winter soil, accumulating strength, waiting for the day when the ground will be broken and re-irrigated with blood!

For the emperor, this is really the best ending. The ambitious Liu Che has been eyeing the power in the hands of the prime minister since a long time ago. If you want to display your ambitions, how can you tolerate being bound by courtiers!

Han inherited the Qin system, and the only thing that could compete with the monarchy was Xiangquan. The power of the emperor can not only effectively curb the abuse of imperial power, but also a direct threat to the imperial power. Liu Che, I want to take power for a long time!

The emperor sat on the dragon chair, and sometimes when he thought about it, he had a very strange feeling. Yuan Zhao, the person who has been in front of him for four or five years, always hands over what he needs most when he needs it most. Just in time, just in time! Is this a coincidence? Or is it a kind of wisdom? If it's a coincidence, then he's a real lucky star. If it's wisdom...... Liu Che smiled bitterly and shook his head, he was so wise and demonic, he didn't believe that there was such a person in the world.

The court has been reshuffled, and the so-called ups and downs of the sea are just whether they are right or not at a critical time. A large number of officials who had been eager to flock to Tian Jue before were ruthlessly liquidated, which was an inevitable elimination.

Many important positions were vacant, and they were quickly occupied by new forces, and the court was a cruel battlefield, there was no right or wrong, good or evil, and the only criterion for measuring was whether it had the ability to be reused by the emperor, display its talents, and be recognized by history.

Tian Jue is a thing of the past. As for the reaction of the queen mother in the palace, and what happened in a battle that was not weaker than the sword and sword, the palace was very serious, and the outside world knew nothing. The only thing the courtiers understood was that the queen mother was powerless to watch her younger brother dismiss and confiscate, which could already explain a lot of problems.

To everyone's surprise, the candidate for the new prime minister is Gongsun Hong, the imperial historian. The reason for the surprise is that this appointment does not conform to the old practice that the Han Dynasty has always followed.

Only Yuan Zhao was not surprised that Gongsun Hong took over as prime minister, and when he talked about it on a private occasion, he revealed a little bit of the inside story in the face of the doubts of the people around him.

Since Xiao He, the founding prime minister, the prime ministers of all dynasties have had a court or a princely background, and it can be said that they are all powerful and well-known. Their most striking feature is that they have both the political and power background of the meritorious forces and their own strong economic strength as the foundation. It is precisely because of this reason that the phenomenon of excessive power in the early Han Dynasty appeared.

Dou Ying resigned, and Tian Jue succeeded him, and the emperor began to plan to take power. That's why he grabbed the handle of the knife handed by Yuan Zhao this time and killed the killer, even if there was the queen mother's bitter pleading, he never relented.

The biggest reason for the reappointment of Gongsun Hong as the prime minister is because Gongsun Hong rose to prominence in the life of a commoner Confucian. He has no background in the court and nobles, and his own merits and deeds are held by the emperor, and he will not have any noble aristocratic mentality. There will not be the heroic spirit of Cao Shen in the early Han Dynasty who told people to promote action and said "I will enter the phase".

Maybe it's because he drank a little too much, maybe it's because they are all close to him, when Yuan Zhao said this, he jokingly seemed to make a prediction, "Xiangquan is here to rest!" In the future, the prime minister of the Han Dynasty will just be an ornament. ”

Many later events proved that what Yuan Zhao said was not wrong at all. After Gongsun Hong became the prime minister, because he already thought that he was inferior and low in his heart, he first bowed to the imperial power, so he could only obey the emperor's will and receive thanksgiving, and he could not talk about fighting against the imperial power at all. The only thing he can do is to obey the emperor's will, use poems, books, rituals and music to decorate political affairs, and it is inevitable that he will not dare to compete with the emperor for power.

Gongsun Hong first worshiped the prime minister and then became a marquis, which was a precedent set by Emperor Liu Che. The prime minister system changed from the system of princes worshipping the prime minister to worshipping the prime minister first, and then sealing the marquis. Since then, this has become a paradigm.

The final result of this is the ultimate goal that Liu Che wants to achieve. The power of the prime minister has been greatly reduced, the imperial power has been greatly increased, and the relationship between the monarch and the minister has since begun to transform into the relationship between the monarch and the slave. The prime minister's power must be absolutely subordinated to the imperial power, and there must not be the slightest transgression, and finally a pattern of admiration for the monarch and subordinates, and the monarch is strong and the minister is weak.

There was a sentence that Yuan Zhao didn't say, but he was already silently mourning in his heart for the prime minister who would take office in the future. Because, from now on, at least during the term of office of the ambitious emperor of today, the prime minister of the Han Dynasty is not only just a decoration and a puppet, but also the best candidate for His Majesty the Emperor's best punching bag and the best person to carry the black pot.

Therefore, Yuan Zhao's aphorism for himself is: No matter under any circumstances, he must not agree to the position of prime minister of the Han Dynasty!

However, there is one thing that is not good news for him. The old rival Zhang Tang was promoted to the imperial historian and ranked as the third duke, and the new court lieutenant was Shi Duzhou, the former head of the court governor. This guy is said to be a cool official, and his methods are more ruthless than Zhang Tang.

After hearing the news, Yuan Zhao smashed his mouth, hehe! drove away a tiger and two wolves came, and I am afraid that the court will not be peaceful in the future. His Majesty the Emperor is really very good at controlling the ministers!

The waves in the court are calm for the time being, and maybe the big waves will sweep in soon. Yuan Zhao didn't have time to think about these things now, because there were more important things waiting for him to do.

The Chang'an College located on the Changle Plateau is finally about to be built. Moreover, Sima Xiangru, who pacified the southwestern states thousands of miles away, is about to return.

Looking back on the course of the past few years, Yuan Zhao suddenly found that he should have a good party with the people closest to him. Because, this is a rare free time, perhaps, after this coming winter, he will never be able to stop again.

He is no longer the ordinary teenager. He is now the Han Dynasty Shangshu Ling, the world-famous Changle Hou Yuanzhao, with authority in his hands, and his majesty's minister!