Today's Han Prime Minister Bing Ji has gone through four emperors, and in his heart, Liu Xun, who he has seen since he was a child, is a very diligent and good emperor.

The children of poor families are in charge of the family early, and the tempered people have relatively strong personalities, and they have more insights into life.

Since the emperor made himself prime minister because of his gratitude, and the emperor was very diligent in political affairs, Bing Ji was happy to only do the things that the emperor had given him.

After the death of Xiao He, the first prime minister of the Han Dynasty, Cao Shen took over as prime minister, but Cao Shen did nothing after taking office, as if he had no opinion, that is, he managed the country in accordance with the regulations originally formulated by Xiao He, and as a result, the Han State was governed in an orderly manner, and the country was peaceful and peaceful.

Everyone said that Cao Shen was quite good, but Cao Shen said that his ability was not as good as Xiao He's, but what Xiao He did, he followed what he did, and painted the scoop according to the gourd.

As a result, Cao Shen was praised as "Xiao Gui Cao Sui" in those years when he was prime minister.

Since he felt that he was not capable, Bing Ji subconsciously learned Cao Shen, and the same governance of the Han Dynasty was unanimously recognized by everyone.

Now, Bing Ji is seriously ill, and all the officials of the Han Kingdom are thinking about the same question: after the death of the old prime minister Bing Ji, who will replace him as prime minister?

Originally, according to the usual practice, the successor to the post of prime minister should be Xiao Wangzhi, the imperial historian, but Xiao Wangzhi was sent by the emperor to assist the crown prince Liu Zheng.

So far, the position of Imperial Doctor is also idle, so who will be the future successor of the two positions of Prime Minister and Imperial Doctor?

So, everyone is watching, speculating, and expecting......

Gou Shen quickly received the second edict from Emperor Liu Xun in reply, which contained only three words: "I know the way." ”

Gou Shen didn't have anything, but this time, Chen Tang, who was full of hope that the emperor would give a commendation, was a little disappointed, and he himself felt that what Gou Shen said in the second book was very insightful, and since he could praise last time, he could also be encouraged this time.

But this time the emperor did not say anything.

Why is this so?

Chen Tang didn't understand a little, and could only understand that the providence of heaven was never difficult to ask.

Along with this edict of "knowing the way", there are other directives.

First, Xiao Wangzhi, the former imperial historian, was promoted to the crown prince.

Second, the edict decreed that all peasant households in the Han Kingdom should distribute the seeds sown in the next spring by the local officials in proportion to the area of land owned by the actual sower.

Third, Prime Minister Bing Ji was seriously ill, and the emperor prayed for Bing Ji and put an end to extravagance, and the sacrificial activities held by people in various places this year on the day of the lunar month were not allowed to be held again.

The tradition of the Lap Day sacrifice began in the Xia Dynasty, when the Lap Day was called Jiaping, to the Shang Dynasty called the Lap Day the Qing Ceremony, and the Zhou Dynasty was called the Great Wax, which was a day to thank the gods for blessing peace and blessings.

Because it is held in December, it is called the month of Wax.

The first article of the edict is very easy to understand, and the second article is a good thing for the farmers, the seeds sown in the field in the spring do not have to be sown by themselves, and the government will take out the seeds from the government treasury to distribute them to everyone, so that they will save some food for everyone, which is a good deed of the emperor.

As for the third article, it can only show that the emperor is indeed a grateful son of heaven, and he wants the people of the Han Dynasty not to be extravagant and wasteful, so as to pray for the blessing and longevity of the old prime minister Bingji.

Thus, the good governance of Article 2 is a disguised reparation for the disturbance of civil decree in Article 3.

The moon was dark and the wind was high, Gou Shen went out of the back door of the county office, and after a while, he came to the place where he met Ye Weiguang, at this time, Ye Weiguang was already waiting, to see if there was no abnormality, Ye Weiguang came over to report to Gou Shen what happened in Yingshui County today.

Ye Weiguang said: "The county order, the people are not allowed to sacrifice on the day of La, but pray for the prime minister, they all express their understanding, and some people complain, but there are very few. ”

"As for the government's distribution of seeds, everyone welcomes it, and they all say that the emperor's grace is great."

Ye Weiguang is now reporting to Gou Shen, and he can also pick up those things that everyone talks about a lot and Gou Shen pays more attention to, and has a focus.

"The villain met Yuan Er today, but Yuan Er still said that Yuan Er had nothing to report in the Yuan Mansion."

At the beginning, Gou Shen asked Yuan Er to collect what happened in the original family and report it to himself, of course Gou Shen couldn't go to see Yuan Er, so he asked Ye Weiguang to meet him, but Ye Weiguang contacted Yuan Er several times, but Yuan Er didn't say anything to Ye Weiguang, and his emotions were still a little resistant.

Gou Shen knew that Yuan Er might feel that he had returned to the original mansion safely, and he couldn't take him as a county magistrate.

Next, Ye Weiguang told Gou Shen some things he had heard about the fields in Yingshui County, and Gou Shen listened patiently to the details, and then said: "If you want to see Yuan Er tomorrow, tell him a word, and say that it was said by the official: But if mortals don't believe in their words, they don't know what they can do, and God will punish them!" The emperor represents God, and the county order represents the emperor, and trying to kill you is as simple as pinching an ant to death. ”

Because it is approaching the New Year's Day, the original family has to purchase a lot of items needed for the New Year's Day, so the original family's family often goes out of the house to do errands during this period, so it is still very convenient to bring a sentence to the original two.

Gou Shen has never said anything cruel in front of Ye Weiguang, nor has he shown any majesty of his county order, but tonight he said cruel things to a subordinate of the original family.

Ye Weiguang knew that Yuan Er was also the same as himself, he was a person who was placed in the original family to collect information, and he had reason to believe that Yuan Er would soon be unlucky.

Separated from Ye Weiguang, Gou Shen still chose a remote and desolate path as usual, and ran all the way to the junction of Yingshui County and Hexi County, pranayama activities, and then turned back to the county government to wash and rest.

On the afternoon of the second day, Gou Shen estimated that Ye Weiguang had already seen Yuan Er, so he asked someone to invite the county Cheng Kou Dehai over, and met, and when Kou Dehai finished saluting him, Gou Shen said a few gossips to him, and then said with a calm face: "County Cheng, the official was worried that the incident would not end well, and now, as expected." ”

Kou Dehai was confused, and he didn't know what the original incident that Lu Dao Gou Shen was referring to, so he asked: "Please make it clear by the county order?" ”

Gou Shen frowned and said: "Oh, the official was in a hurry, but he forgot to explain to the county, if you care, you will be chaotic, and if you care, you will be chaotic." ”

"What the official said is that when the Chang'an Guards ordered him to escort the official to his post, he was hit by the original family."

As soon as Kou Dehai heard that what Gou Shen said was related to the original family, he cheered up, but Gou Shen was silent, and his eyes glanced at Kou Dehai, which made Kou Dehai feel inexplicable.

"This matter, originally the official didn't want to tell you about the county, but we all took up positions together, and recently I had some contact with the county, and I felt that the county was actually a warm-hearted person, and the official couldn't bear to hide it from you......"

Kou Dehai became more and more confused in his heart, thinking that you asked me to talk about the affairs of the original family, why did this pull me again? I have a better relationship with the original family, but I didn't instruct the original family to disturb the guard order!

What does this have to do with me?

[Note: In ancient times, ordinary people did not have surnames, and only those who had fields and officials had surnames, before the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the common people referred to the nobles, and the word common people was a common name for the nobles. It was only after the Spring and Autumn Period that "common people" gradually became synonymous with the common people. 】