Today, the authority of the emperor of the Han Dynasty is increasing day by day, whether it is the bold mind of the people or the superb means of dealing with the contradictions between powers, they have shown the courage of a generation of heroes.

Although the Sacred Heart is unpredictable, ordinary ministers do not dare to speculate indiscriminately. But as long as there is a heart, there will always be people who can spy on many clues from the subtleties.

In the past few years, as the most trusted person around the emperor, Li Yannian can still guess a few points of his deep thoughts. To talk about the current situation in the whole world, the market is prosperous, the people live in peace, and the soldiers are in full bloom and expand the territory...... Naturally, the emperor didn't need to worry about all this. In his heart, those who have never relaxed their vigilance should still be those princes and kings scattered all over the world.

The "Tui En Order", the killer weapon of this warm vein, has been implemented for more than five years. Under the majesty of the emperor and absolute military pressure, none of the princes dared to openly resist. Even with great reluctance, they had no choice but to give the land to their children, watching as the kingdom's direct territory gradually shrank, and there was nothing they could think of.

This measure was nominally a favor from the emperor, but in fact it deprived the princes of their political and military power in disguise, and gradually reduced the territory of the princes and kings. Since then, there are only more than ten cities in the big country, and only dozens of miles in the small marquis. According to the Tui'en Order, the small marquis state could only rely on the fiefdom of food, clothing, rent and tax, and no longer enjoyed political privileges. It can be said that the huge power of the princes who have been sealed since the founding of the country has existed in name only in the territory of the Han Dynasty.

However, even so, for the emperor, there was still some dissatisfaction in his heart. After all, it takes time for the Tui En Order to achieve the desired effect, which may take more than ten years, decades, or even generations. This is a little too far away for the emperor who is so happy and eager for quick success. What he needs is to hold all the power in the world in his own light, and this goal, he very much hopes to achieve in his lifetime.

Therefore, in the past five years or so, various means and excuses have been used to attack the princes and kings without stopping. Xifengwei and Tingweifu were ordered to secretly and closely monitor, as long as there was a slight mistake, they would be severely punished, the small one cut the land, the big one was deprived of his title, and the fief was returned to the central government, completely eliminating future troubles.

The most famous of these is that in the autumn of the previous year, during the Double Ninth Festival, the princes of the world came to Chang'an to worship the temple. The Emperor has made a ruthless move!

According to the system of the Han Dynasty, the emperor had to preside over the temple festival in August every year. Such an activity is called "drinking." This is actually a kind of wine exclusively offered by the royal family, which is brewed in the first month of the year and served and drunk during the festival in August.

This kind of wine, after the great sacrifice, is to be distributed to all the princes and kings who come to participate in the sacrifice. However, according to the rules of the ancestors, when drinking this wine, the princes had to contribute the gold of the sacrifice, which was called "drunken gold". Of course, the name is to honor the emperors and ancestors in the immortal world.

This gold had a certain quantity and fineness, and each prince paid differently. The number is calculated according to the population of the people in the feudal country, four taels of gold per thousand mouths, and the more the population, the more gold needs to be pulled to Chang'an.

There are hundreds of princes and kings in the world, and not every prince is so rich. What's more, no one in their hearts is willing to give their money to Weiyang Palace for free. Therefore, there have been many unspoken rules over the years. That is, the officials of the Shaofu who presided over this matter are bribed, cutting corners, shoddy, and risking more with less, and this kind of thing has been common for many years. Anyway, this property will eventually fall into the treasury, and it will be impossible to tell who contributed it at that time, everyone is used to it, and they don't care. Even if the emperors and ancestors have gods, will the dead still crawl out and ask for their crimes?

Of course, dead people will not crawl out of the mausoleum, whether it is Emperor Gaozu Liu Bang, or Emperor Wen and Emperor Jing...... None of them seem to have that much ability. However, the living have the ability to do this! The current emperor has been waiting for this opportunity for a long time, how can he miss such a good handle!

Just after the great sacrifice of that year was held and the gold offered by the princes had just been put into storage, the emperor immediately mobilized a large number of officials from the Shaofu to measure the fineness and weight of the gold offered by the princes one by one, and investigated them one by one.

The emperor seized the real evidence, and immediately announced that he would take away the title of prince and marquis who "offered gold and sacrifices is not as good as the law", and this time a total of one hundred and six princes became commoners, accounting for nearly half of the princes in the world. The government and the opposition were shaken.

These unlucky bastards, when they came, still referred to the high-spirited princes and kings, and after leaving Chang'an, they became down-and-out ordinary people. There's nowhere to shout injustice! I don't have the face to cry in front of the high temple. In this era of ruling the world with filial piety, being deprived of the title of great disrespect to the ancestors is a bright and high-sounding excuse, and no one can say anything.

The emperor's behavior made many shrewd courtiers see the mystery from it. So in order to invite merit and reward, he began to frequently report and expose the mistakes and bad deeds of the princes and kings. There is no need to find faults, and if you want to put them to death as soon as possible, they even develop to torture the princes and vassals who came to Chang'an, so that they expose the master and make false accusations. It can be said that in the past few years, the remaining princes and kings have not had a good time, restless, miserable, and complaining.

After the emperor received their cry, although on the surface he ordered the competent authorities to be courteous to the princes, and not to be rude and deliberately find fault, but in fact, what he thought in his heart was already clear in the eyes of some courtiers.

As one of the most feared places in the Han Dynasty, the Tingwei Mansion wants to attack the princes in other places, and those who have nothing to do with themselves will definitely stand by and just watch the excitement. However, not long after the court commander Du Zhou stood on the Hanyuan Hall today and began his harshly worded recital, everyone noticed that something was wrong. Some tension began to spread among the civil and military officials.

Lord Tingwei's recital is very long, he has deliberately eaten a full meal today, and he is full of confidence, and everyone with a loud voice can hear it clearly. Even the guards of the Yulin Army who were guarding outside the palace gate could faintly hear it. Not long after, the captain of the Yulin Army, who was in charge of leading the team on duty here today, quietly glanced at a certain subordinate, and after a while, the ordinary Yulin Army guard quietly walked ......away with the change of guard and went to patrol elsewhere.

Under the Nine Dragon Steps of Hanyuan Palace, Prime Minister Sun Hong sat in his place, although he bowed his head and was speechless, his face was already changing and uncertain. Today's situation was greatly beyond his expectations, as the head of the hundred officials, he did not even notice the news in advance, he already had a premonition that a huge storm might be coming soon. For myself, whether it will be a blessing or a curse is difficult to predict now.

Any turmoil in the court was definitely not what he wanted to see. Who doesn't want to be a peaceful prime minister! Although Gongsun Hong's power as prime minister has been greatly restricted, he is staying in this position after all. The status quo of having a name but no reality makes him feel very painful and entangled all the time, but there is no choice.

If there is any unexpected mistake, you may be guilty of the black pot or be a scapegoat! Thinking of the other side of the emperor's ruthlessness in handling things, Gongsun Hong already shuddered in his heart. He peeked up at the emperor's face, but he couldn't see anything for the time being. When he lowered his head again, he had already cursed in his heart several times in his heart for the two people who jumped out today, the ancestors of Dazong Zheng Liu Xuan and Tingwei Du Zhou!

Everyone who stood on the Hanyuan Hall with a little bit of brains had already understood that today's sudden attack on that young marquis was definitely not an isolated incident. To say that these two things are not involved, and there is no pre-planned plan behind them, no one will believe it. However, they jumped out openly like this, and blatantly attacked a Hou Ye who was about to step into the court to hold an important position, if this is not a madness, then it must be a certainty of victory, and they are confident that they can defeat Yuan Zhao in one fell swoop in the game of power!

Han Yuan Hall seemed very quiet, only the sonorous and powerful voice of the Great Han Tingwei echoed around, this person's expression was passionate and righteous, as if he was the embodiment of justice, and at this moment he was cleansing the evil in the world, and did not allow the other party to have the slightest resistance. Although the object of his accusation is not in front of him.

The expression on Emperor Liu Che's face was a little incomprehensible. From half an hour ago, when Liu Xuan, the great sectarian, first stood up and quoted scriptures to refute the eldest princess's disagreement with the rules of the ancestors, he began to listen with this kind of unclear attitude, and until now, he has not shown any inclination. Such an attitude was very unusual, and many ministers secretly raised their vigilance. Some people who have a good relationship on weekdays secretly gesture with their eyes and remind each other not to express their stance easily, so as not to stand on the wrong team before the situation is unclear, which will be a big deal.

Dazong Zheng Liu Xuan's recital was left by the emperor. This recital, signed by more than a dozen members of the royal family, is very heavy, although this is a family matter, but it is also a state matter. The emperor didn't give any reply, he just said lightly, "I know", and then ordered the attendant to help Liu Xuan, who he should call the emperor's uncle in private, to sit down in the class. The old man said so many words in one breath with anger, he was already tired and panting, if he couldn't get up in one breath, the rod fart was on this Hanyuan Palace, it would be too unlucky! This marriage is really going to be yellow.

The old fellow was not impatient, and slowly went to sit down. He believed that the emperor would never dare to take the common opinion of the clan elders lightly, and he would definitely treat this matter carefully. Don't forget, the Han Dynasty rules the world with filial piety, if you dare to change the family law passed down from your ancestors without permission, isn't it the emperor slapping himself in the face? No matter how high his prestige is, he will never dare to do it openly!

Compared with the Da Zongzheng movement, the matter that Tingwei Du Zhou is stating is even more tricky. This is a matter of rebellion, and the emperor's attitude must be seen in court!