On the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, Tai Chi Palace, early dynasty.

Liu Wei, who had changed into a brand-new dragon robe, was surrounded by the palace maid's palm fan, followed by the eunuchs of the Three Treasures, and walked up to the Taiji Hall in a hurry, ready to discuss the future affairs with the ministers.

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!" Under the leadership of Liu Ji and Xun Yu, the ministers held the wat board together to give salutes, and the mountains shouted long live.

The ministers took the lead and dealt with the major events that had been pressed in the past few days of the New Year, and finally Liu Wei put forward the most important thing in today's court discussion: "After everything is dealt with, then let's discuss the matters after the establishment, right?" After yesterday's election of Aiqing and the harem concubines, the Zhen family narrowly defeated the Wu family by one vote, which was the auspicious omen of the double star sky. Sikong Kongrong is preparing for the post-establishment matters, and the post-establishment ceremony will be held on an auspicious day! ”

Kong Rong immediately went out to receive the order: "The minister obeys the order!" ”

As soon as Kong Rong retreated, Xun Yu, the melancholy Prime Minister of Zuo, stepped out of the ranks: "Your Majesty, the minister Xun Yu has a book!" ”

Liu Wei smelled a bad breath from Xun Yu's face, after the results of yesterday's vote, he saw Xun Yu's face was pale, this time he suddenly came out of the ranks, I am afraid that it will be inseparable from the matter after the establishment.

"What's going on with Xun Aiqing? It doesn't hurt to be straight! ”

Xun Yu did not answer positively, but sighed and recalled: "The minister still remembers that ten years ago, His Majesty personally drove to conquer the Tiger Prison and conquer the traitor Dong Zhuo. On the way back, I went to Yingchuan to visit Weichen, and I couldn't help but make Yu grateful, so I allowed Your Majesty to drive ......"

"Xun Yu doesn't talk about things positively, but he plays the emotional card!" Liu Wei stroked his beard and thought to himself in his heart, cleared his throat, straightened his body, and tried to make himself look more domineering.

"Yes, what Xun Qing said is still vivid, when I personally conquered the Tiger Prison, the territory was only two places in Jianye and Wu County; There were only Qin Qiong, Yue Fei, Gan Ning, Xu Huang and others, with only 20,000 soldiers and horses, and they were attacked by Lu Bu at night on a single horse, almost killing me. In the blink of an eye, ten years have passed, and now I have a huge mountain and river, with thousands of people and 1.5 million armor. Thanks to Xun Qing's strategizing in the capital and deciding on national policies, I was able to conquer the south and the north without any worries and expand my territory. In terms of merit, Xun Qing does not lose to anyone! ”

Xun Yu's face looked a little better, and he sighed: "In the past ten years, the ministers have been sleeping at night, and it is difficult to sleep and eat, for fear of living up to Your Majesty's trust." In the blink of an eye, the bloody young man of the year was no longer confused, and quietly unconsciously, his temples had gray hair, and he suddenly felt powerless. In the past ten years, the minister has never slept a peaceful night, never taken a day off, and now that my grandson is eight years old, I, as a grandfather, have never taken the time to hold him......"

"Xun Yu doesn't talk about things positively, is this preparing to threaten me with resignation?" Liu Bian's heart sank, and he groaned secretly in his heart.

In all fairness, over the years, Liu Wei fought in the south and the north, and the affairs in the court were thanks to Xun Yu's presiding, especially in the early stage of the lack of internal affairs talents, Xun Yu's addition greatly enhanced the strength of Liu Wei's group. It can be said that compared with Liu Jilai, who is stronger than the military and short of internal affairs, Xun Yu has a greater role in the entire Eastern Han Dynasty. This is also the reason why Liu Wei attaches great importance to Xun Yu and makes him the first prime minister.

"How can this be, can the boat between the kings and ministers be overturned?"

Liu Wei sighed slightly in his heart, you Xun Yu did your best for the Han Dynasty, but I didn't treat you badly, just after the death of Huang Wan and Lu Zhi, reformed the court system, changed it into a three-public and nine-ministry system, and made you the prime minister, and led the Manchu Dynasty civil and military with Lu Kang and Kong Rong, which can be regarded as a mountain, right? But you actually made a fuss about a Wu Ruyi, which really disappointed me!

But Liu Wei also understands Xun Yu's personality and personality, belonging to the same type of people as Wei Zheng, Di Renjie, and Bao Zheng. Xun Yu in history was killed by Cao Cao because he opposed Cao Cao's usurpation of the Han Dynasty and was tough on the front, and Liu Wei believed that since Xun Yu stood up, he was by no means scaring himself.

"What does Xun Qing mean by this? Could it be that he is dissatisfied with what happened after I was established? Liu Wei stroked his thick beard and frowned and asked.

Xun Yu shook his head to the ground: "Your Majesty has done a good enough job, and can fully solicit the opinions of the courtiers, there is no arbitrariness, the ministers are already grateful, how dare they criticize again." ”

"Do you think it's unfair for me and the Queen Mother to have five votes for one person?" Liu Wei continued to ask with the attitude of breaking the casserole and asking to the end, "Let's not say that I am a dignified Ninety-Five Emperor, and the canonization of the queen is my family affair, so it is not too much for me and the queen mother to enjoy a little privilege, right?" ”

"How dare the minister judge His Majesty, just because he is a little tired and feels exhausted, so he plans to ask His Majesty for three months off and go home to recuperate for a while." Xun Yu hugged the wat board in his arms, insisting that he planned to take leave because he was tired, not because of the aftermath.

Although Xun Yu didn't admit it, everyone in the hall knew that this was a dissatisfaction with Liu Bian's words and not believing in his words, and Liu Bian naturally knew it. If Xun Yu threatened Liu Wei with his resignation and return to his hometown, maybe Liu Wei would still be afraid, but he used three months of leave to scare himself, Liu Wei was really not afraid.

With a "snap", Liu Wei stretched out his hand and patted it on the armrest of the dragon chair: "Since Xun Aiqing has not taken a vacation for ten years, then I will allow you to take a half-year vacation and go home to recuperate!" ”

Xun Yu's hands holding the wat board trembled slightly, and his heart was cold: "Minister...... Follow...... Purpose! ”

When the words fell, Xun Yu slowly retreated, and in the midst of the civil and military discussions of the Manchu Dynasty, he retreated step by step to the door of the Taiji Hall before turning around and leaving. He staggered down the white jade steps of the Taiji Palace, and under the gaze of the rows of royal forest soldiers, he left the Qianyang Palace alone, and his figure gradually disappeared.

Xun Yu and Liu Ji are tied for the left and right prime ministers, compared to Liu Ji, who is longer than the military, Xun Yu's role in the court is greater, and it is by his decision-making that he ensures the orderly operation of the Han court when Liu Wei drives the expedition, which can be described as the mainstay of the Han Dynasty, and its weight is naturally not comparable to Wei Zheng, the imperial historian.

Seeing Xun Yu leave on leave, the civil and military officials couldn't help but talk a lot, and they exchanged heads. But Xun Yu didn't say a word about what happened after the confrontation, only said that he was on leave to recuperate, and it was not the Son of Heaven who expelled him, and he wanted to intercede, but there was no way to talk about it.

Liu Wei snorted coldly in his heart: "I have enough patience with you courtiers, and I have repeatedly discussed with you about setting up a queen, and even let you vote for the election, what else?" Could it be that if the butcher Zhang dies, he will eat the pig with hair? ”

Liu Wei also knew that there was no emperor who was not constrained by his courtiers in history, otherwise what would the court do, no matter how strong the emperor was, he would have to ask for the opinions of his courtiers. But in this matter, he has tried his best to respect the minister, but Xun Yu and Wei Zheng still have to be tough with themselves, so they can only kill chickens and monkeys and give them some color!

Liu Wei swept the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, and said loudly: "Since Xun Wen wants to ask for leave, I can't force him, I'm not so domineering!" However, the country cannot be without a picture for a day, and Liu Ji alone can't cope with it, so I decided to transfer Wang Jingluo, the assassin of Qingzhou, to the position of acting prime minister of the court, and Xiao He went to Qingzhou to replace Wang Meng as the acting assassin of the history. ”

In Liu Wei's heart, he wanted to slowly support Xiao He into a prime minister of the Han Dynasty, but after all, Xiao He had only been in office for less than a year, and even if he performed well, he did not have the qualifications to rise to the post of prime minister. If Liu Wei dared to do this, the Manchu Dynasty civil and military forces were afraid that half of them would take leave or even go into the wilderness, so Liu Wei adopted a compromise method, transferred Wang Meng into the court as the prime minister, and let Xiao He go to Qingzhou to replace Wang Meng.

Wang Meng's qualifications are not shallow, he has been out of office for seven or eight years, has been serving as a assassin in Qingzhou, and is the earliest feudal official of the entire Han Dynasty. Moreover, Wang Meng performed well in military and political affairs, and it was precisely by relying on his dispatch of grain and grass, as well as the dispatch of troops, that Li Jing continued to use troops in Hebei without any worries, blocking the Tang soldiers north of the Yellow River. In terms of qualifications, there are few people in the entire court above Wang Meng, and Liu Wei decided to transfer Wang Meng into the court to temporarily act as the minister, but no one dared to raise objections.

"Your Majesty, Zhen Niangniang asks to see you!" The Yellow Gate Squire hugged the dust and turned out of the back door and said.

"Hmm......" Liu Wei frowned, "Didn't I say that people from the harem are not allowed to enter the court?" ”

The Huangmen squire said tremblingly: "Back to Your Majesty's words, Zhen Niangniang told the slave maid that she also knew about this matter, but this matter is very important, and she must ask for your majesty's life in front of hundreds of officials." ”

"Let her in!" Liu Wei stroked his beard lightly and agreed to Zhen Mi's request, Zhen Mi will be the queen in the future, not an ordinary concubine, she can open the net.

After a while, Zhen Mi, who had just given birth, gently shook the jade steps to the Taiji Hall and knelt on the ground: "Your Majesty, the concubines also know the rules of the Han Dynasty not allowing the harem to step into the court, but when the concubines heard that Prime Minister Xun Cheng had returned to his hometown on leave, she couldn't help but feel terrified in her heart, and she couldn't help but be scared. His Majesty's love for the concubines, the concubines are grateful, but the concubines also know that in terms of seniority, prestige, and talent, they are far below the concubine's sister......"

"Early this morning, I heard the two sisters of the foot trainer and Ren Hongsleeve say that it was Concubine De's sister who implored them to vote for the concubine, which made the concubine even more ashamed. If it weren't for Concubine De's sister taking the initiative to give in, and His Majesty calling for the concubine, how could the concubine dare to look at her sister's back? Now because His Majesty wants to set up a concubine as the queen, he has provoked Prime Minister Xun Cheng to take leave, and Wei Yushi has been demoted, if His Majesty insists on establishing a concubine as the queen, ignoring the previous agreement with the ministers, the crime of the concubine is unforgivable, so please ask Your Majesty to withdraw the order and change the sister of Concubine De to the queen! ”

Liu Wei's nose twitched slightly, and he glanced at the ministers coldly: "Don't I even have the power to appoint anyone as the queen?" I am going to make Zhen the queen today, do you all have to resign and return to your hometown? ”

The hall was silent, and everyone bowed their heads and remained silent.

At the critical moment, it was the right prime minister Liu Bowen who stood up, held the wat board in his hand and said: "Your Majesty, the minister has a way to get the best of both worlds." Not only can your majesty obey the heavens, but you don't have to be untrustworthy! (To be continued.) )