There has never been an impermeable wall in this world, dogs have dog holes, rats have mouse holes, Liu Hongqian stepped into the Suzaku Gate of Nangong not long ago, and the information about it was placed on the book case of the powerful people in the capital. Looking at the books or silk cloths in their hands, these people frowned in thought, laughed heartily, or narrowed their eyes contemptuously.

At the beginning of the lanterns, the night came, and the gong in his hand was sounded as scheduled, and the small people who had been busy for a day temporarily ended their livelihood and rushed to make a short rest, as in the past, or began to work hard for the increase of the empire's Dingkou.

However, beneath the seemingly ordinary surface of the imperial capital, an undercurrent is quietly surging.

The next day, when the sky was bright, Liu Hong put on his court clothes, wore a crown on his head, and sat in front of the desk, his expression was serious and his eyes were bright, although he had only returned from the Xuanshu Hall in Nangong more than an hour ago to the palace of the captain of Sili.

Liu You and Jia Wei both sat with Liu Honggan on the side, they looked a little tired, after all, the journey was not a joke, but after their Ming Gong came alive from the South Palace, he suddenly became extremely energetic, no matter how they persuaded them, they just didn't shout sleepy and didn't sleep.

As for what Liu Hong said, "Sasuke, Gonghiko, I'm not sleepy yet, you two go to sleep." This is what Liu You and Jia Wei do not do, not because they are unwilling, but because they can't.

Because Liu Hong was ordered by the Son of Heaven to go and return, Liu You and Jia Wei naturally easily came to the conclusion that "their Ming Gong and the Son of Heaven had a very happy conversation".

For Jia Wei and Liu You, who have formed a political affiliation with Liu Hong, this matter is not only Liu Hong's private matter, but also the official matter of the entire political group.

I don't know how long it was, until a waiter entered the hall, bowed, and said, "Duke Liu, the time has come." ”

Liu Hong was slightly moved, waved his hand to signal the waiter to step back, and then turned his head to Liu You and Jia Wei with a smile: "Sasuke, Gonghiko, let's go." ”

Liu You and Jia Wei were less tired after sitting for a long time at this time, they got up from the seats, followed behind Liu Hong, and went out of the house to get on the car and go to the Suzaku Gate in Nangong.

In front of the Suzaku Gate, an official in deep court clothes entered, and when he saw Liu Hong and his party, they all stopped and turned their heads and looked at them in surprise.

Liu Hong smiled and bowed back, and then took Liu You and Jia Wei straight into the Vermilion Bird Gate, and then passed through several halls and came to the long corridor in front of the Jiade Gate, and the officials who had arrived before were waiting here.

Taking advantage of the leisure before the start of this court meeting, most of the officials were chatting with their heads down, whispering, and some of them even came to greet Liu Hong and knock on the side, all of them were smiling, and their words were cordial and gentle, so that people could not see through their intentions and emotions at a glance, of course, this is the necessary quality of a qualified political figure.

Three moments later, three heavy and dull bells rang from the bell tower not far away, and then the crowd began to surge, passing through the Garter Gate, and then two rows of Jingo holding halberds with both hands diagonally crossed and lined up under the stone steps of the Garter Hall.

The officials were not surprised, stepped up the steps, and then under the supervision of the two small yellow doors standing outside the palace gate, they unsheathed their swords and took off their shoes, and arranged them in order according to the size of the official rank.

Liu Hong sat on the left hand side of the imperial case of the Son of Heaven, so the next court meeting was a five-day court meeting, and the nature of the discussion was far greater than the ceremonial nature, and his seat was above the imperial officials of Jiuqing, who were two thousand stones, and only below the three dukes.

As for Liu You and Jia Wei's seats, they are in the middle of the crowd, after all, in terms of official positions alone, they are only subordinate to the rafters of the lieutenant of Sili, and it is very good to be able to come to the court meeting.

At the top of Liu Hong's left hand, there is an old man with long hair with an elegant appearance, and this person is the Shangshu Ling with Liu Hong's name "Three Solo Sitting" - Qiao Xuan.

Qiao Xuan, the word Gongzu, Liang Guo Suiyang people's family, few ambitions, when he was appointed as the Gong Cao of Sui County, he once reported Chen Mingxiang Yangchang for corruption and perversion of the law, and therefore declared a big shock.

When Liang Ji was in power, Qiao Xuan had many sarcastic remarks, and abandoned his official position and returned to his hometown to show his integrity; After the first emperor took power, Qiao Xuan was reconquered and reused.

The first emperor collapsed, and now succeeded to the throne, Qiao Xuan entered the dynasty as Henan Yin, and then turned to Shaofu, Dahonghu, Jianning moved to Sikong in three years, and took over the post of Xu Xun Shangshuling in the fourth year of Jianning.

However, this Shangshu made him only serve for less than a year, and then he had a dispute with the Son of Heaven for reporting the corruption of Taizhong Doctor Gai Sheng, and then neither of the two refused to admit defeat, and then Qiao Xuan was once again "seriously ill" and resigned.

In the end, the Son of Heaven was re-recruited in the third year of Xiping, and only then did he transfer this stubborn old man back to Luoyang from Liang State, and in the following year, he resumed the post of "Shangshu Ling".

"Qiao Gong is loyal to the country and cares about the people, which is really a good face of the country, but it is too upright." After recalling the information of Qiao Xuan, the elder of the empire, Liu Hong sighed slightly in his heart, a little regretful, but then he smiled dumbly, in this world, everyone has their own rules for dealing with people, and he regrets Qiao Xuan, maybe he is also the object of pity in his eyes.

Throwing this senseless emotion out of his mind, Liu Hong looked at Qiao Xuan and wanted to say hello to him, after all, the two of them will be colleagues in the future, and in this imperial capital, if he wants to make a difference, he still can't avoid the "Shang Shuling" in the end, so if possible, it is best not to have any major conflicts with him.

However, at this moment, the joy of the majestic and noble village suddenly arose, and then a eunuch shouted: "The auspicious time has come, and Your Majesty is in court." ”

After that, the Son of Heaven appeared in the Jiade Hall surrounded by all the attendants and eunuchs, and sat next to the imperial case on the stage, and then the officials below got up and walked into the open space of the two rows of cases below, and bowed: "The ministers meet Your Majesty." ”

"Excuse me, take your seats."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

After saying this, the officials bowed and retreated, and each sat down in front of his case; And the Son of Heaven also cast his gaze at this time, scanned the surroundings of the main hall, and came to Liu Hong, paused for a few more seconds, and said after revealing an imperceptible smile at the corner of his lips: "I have something to say today. ”

After saying that, he nodded to Liu Hong, and Liu Hong immediately stood up, first saluted the Son of Heaven sitting on top of His Majesty, and then turned around and saluted his colleagues behind him.

After that, the ministers above the court, those above the two thousand stones, bowed their heads slightly to Liu Hong; Those who were under the two thousand stones stood up and waved their hands.

Unlike the feudal bureaucrats who were completely enslaved after being extracted from the backbone during the Manchu Qing Dynasty, in the Han Dynasty, although it was also a centralized monarchy, the emperor who stood at the top of the pyramid of power still maintained a certain degree of respect for the feudal bureaucrats who assisted his rule.

For example, when the official was generally in the court, the salute was to bow rather than kneel, and it was not to stand and listen to the emperor's reprimand, but to have its own seat, the so-called "sitting and talking"; Even like the appointment of important state officials, such as the three dukes, even the Son of Heaven has to bow down, bow down, and show respect.

And respect is always mutual, so although the bureaucrats of the Han Dynasty were as undisciplined as the bureaucrats of later generations, they still had a certain degree of integrity; If this were not the case, later generations of historians would not have admired the folk customs and morale of the two Han Dynasty.

After this set of etiquette is completed, the personnel changes of the lieutenant are completely completed, and the official agenda of the government begins: first, the Son of Heaven proposes topics and points, and there are officials who are in charge of their duties to answer, and other officials supplement them; Later, when the Son of Heaven had finished dealing with these backlogged matters, some ministers began to report to the Son of Heaven on the recent important events that had taken place in the seven counties and localities of Gyeonggi.

Among them, Shang Shuling held a pen and spoon, and concisely summarized the content of the discussion between the Son of Heaven and the ministers and wrote it down on the wat board; Liu Hong, on the other hand, did not say a word, but listened attentively, and occasionally glanced thoughtfully at the official who was talking to the Son of Heaven.

About an hour later, everything was done, the Jiade Hall was silent, and some officials who were closed in news were waiting to retreat from the court as usual, Liu Hong saw that the time had come, and raised his head slightly to the Son of Heaven to give an inquiring look, and the Son of Heaven responded affirmatively.

Liu Hong held the wat board, leaned slightly, faced the Son of Heaven, and said: "The minister has something to report." ”

"What?" The Son of Heaven said expressionlessly.

"Back to Your Majesty, when the minister was in Huiji, he had made a plow, called 'Quyuan Plow', light and simple, and could be extended, Ze was Li Shu, so that the Yuan Yuan Xiaomin knew His Majesty's heart of boxing and protection."

"Plough tools?" The Son of Heaven spat out two words lightly from his lips and teeth, and then frowned suspiciously, as if he had never heard anything like it before.

Liu Hong saluted and said, "What Your Majesty heard is correct, it is the plowing tool." ”

"Oh, what's so different about the plough that Qing made?" The Son of Heaven seemed to be a little interested.

"Returning to Your Majesty, the plough made by the minister, its wheel is curved, not only easier to turn around, but also can be driven by only one ox."

After Liu Hong finished speaking, the Son of Heaven had not yet reacted, and there was an uproar in the palace, which minister in this Jiade Hall was mostly from a noble background, even if there were a few so-called poor families, the family at least had a thousand acres of land, so they knew a little bit about the farmland, so they also knew the great significance of Liu Hong's simple words.

Not to mention anything else, if this new plough is really as good as the newly appointed lieutenant Sili said, how much will he save a cute five baht a year?

In addition to their own interests, the few upright men and doctors who did not admire luxury and worried about the country and the people saw at a glance the great benefits that this plough could bring to the livelihood of the small people and the stability of the empire.

Of course, there are also people who are good at scheming, and the gaze that looks at Liu Hong has become a little weird, because they understand that if this is true, how much political capital it will be.

"Hey, why is this?" The Son of Heaven, who was sitting high in the hall, let out a voice of surprise, as if he felt inexplicably incomprehensible about the sudden change in the hall.