Taohou Liu She, who applied for retirement due to old age and illness, resigned from the post of prime minister, which was approved by Liu Qi. There is a vacancy in the position of prime minister, and the next prime minister, Liu Qi is optimistic about Wei Juan.

Without waiting for Liu Qi to sign the personnel appointment and dismissal documents, the Empress Dowager Dou spoke, "Wei Qihou Dou Ying has both ability and political integrity, and his qualifications are also deep, so he is suitable to be a prime minister." ”

'The Queen Mother, her old man, has to meddle in everything! Liu Qi was very depressed.

Dou Ying is not bad, but he is a little off the standard of prime minister in Liu Qi's mind. Liu Qi was very embarrassed, and the queen mother spoke, but it was not good for him to refuse directly, it would be too embarrassing for the queen mother. However, the position of the prime minister is too important, and he can't install an inappropriate person because of filial piety to the queen mother.

Slow things down. Let's drag it out for now, things will always work out. Liu Qi plans to postpone the appointment of the new prime minister, euphemistically reject the queen mother, and let the old lady understand it herself.

Empress Dowager Dou, as always, ignored Liu Qi's intentions, and urged Liu Qi to promote Dou Ying to prime minister several times.

On this day, Liu Qi came to Changle Palace to greet the Empress Dowager Dou according to the rules.

After a few words of greetings, the Empress Dowager Dou repeated the old tune and persuaded Liu Qi to let Dou Ying be the prime minister. What is the emperor not satisfied with? ”

Not again! Liu Qi couldn't stand the noise and couldn't help but lose his temper. "Does the Queen Mother think that I am reluctant to take the position of prime minister? Dou Ying has a little achievement, so he is complacent, impetuous, and not suitable to be the prime minister at all. After saying a few words, his face was already red.

Liu Qi rarely disobeys his mother in person, and he often holds back his unhappiness in his heart, and he is really anxious today.

Seeing her son contradicting herself like this, Empress Dowager Dou was taken aback.

"......" There was an embarrassing silence in the hall. The eunuchs and maids serving on the side lowered their eyebrows one by one, and they didn't dare to come out.

"Who does the emperor think is suitable?" After a while, Empress Dowager Dou broke the silence and asked slowly.

Liu Qichang took a long breath and replied in a deep voice: "The imperial historian Wei Juan is old and serious, and he is suitable to be the prime minister. ”

Empress Dowager Dou was silent. Wei Juan is first-class among the ministers in terms of qualifications and talents, and he is only better than Dou Ying.

The new prime minister was thus decided.

Leaving Changle Palace, Liu Qi felt indescribably relaxed. It's a great feeling to have something to say in your heart.

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Wei Juan's style is steady, which is suitable for the main tone set by Liu Qi for the government: stability.

As a qualified emperor, Liu Qi was very aware of his historical mission. During the reign of the first emperor Liu Heng, he advocated frugality, quiet and inaction, and the social economy continued to recover and develop, and the life of the common people was much better. It's just that the country is still not rich, and in the event of a famine, the people still don't have enough to eat. For this reason, the first emperor was worried and issued many edicts to talk about this matter. Since he took over the country, he has not changed his style of frugality and continued to recuperate.

Agriculture is the foundation of the world. Farmers in Dahan generally used iron farming tools, and installed plough walls on the plough to turn over the soil and improve the efficiency of farming.

The imperial court issued a special edict requiring local officials to pay attention to mulberry farming and tree planting. "Gold and jade, hunger and cold, no clothing", if there are officials who requisition the people's power to mine gold and jade, they will be punished as the crime of corruption; Officials at the level of 2,000 stones, who fail to supervise and manage, shall be punished with the same crime.

In the last disaster year, it was forbidden for the inland counties to feed horses with grain, and it was forbidden to use grain to make wine; Farmers living in poor-soil areas were allowed to migrate to areas with fertile land and abundant water sources to cultivate and cultivate.

The tax rate of land rent is fixed at "30 tax 1"; The law was amended to postpone the age at which men could begin to serve in conscription from 17 to 20 years.

It has been nearly 60 years since the founding of the Han Dynasty, and the population is thriving, and there is surplus wealth in the treasury of the imperial court, and the granaries of all sizes are full of grain.

The economy is booming, and extravagance is growing. The imperial court discovered this sign and issued a special edict emphasizing frugality. "The engraving is carved and carved, and the farmer is also injured; The splendid compilation group, the female red is also harmed. "Engraving patterns on utensils consumes manpower and harms farming; Embroidery on clothes, weaving ribbons, wasting female workers, affecting textile production. All localities should attach importance to agriculture and accumulate grain and silk to prepare for disasters and famines. Officials at all levels should perform their duties with due diligence, and those who neglect their duties or derelict their duties and harm the people will be handed over to the Prime Minister's Office for investigation and punishment.

In order to encourage mulberry farming, Liu Qi personally cultivated, and the queen personally picked mulberry and raised silkworms, setting an example for the people of the world.