Chapter 633: The Sorrow of the Rabbit Dead and the Fox (I)
Touching the whole body, Liu Yu's inspection of the Ministry of Officials made some changes to the original customized appointment and dismissal system of officials in the six ministries. In this way, the power of the officials, as the head of the six ministries, was compressed, which was further equivalent to cutting the status of the officials in the imperial court. The chain reaction will be followed by fermentation.
First of all, the other five departments other than the Ministry of Officials, after learning of Liu Yu's will, they did not immediately express their position, but they all went to Shangshutai to inquire about the news. Liu Yu handed over the appointment and dismissal of some middle- and lower-level officials of the Sixth Ministry to the department itself, which is tantamount to continuing to expand the independence and autonomy of the Sixth Ministry, which is a good thing in itself, and they hope to get more information to confirm it. Only the officials intended to fight Liu Yu to the end, and proposed it again in the court in the form of a script.
The court of the Shun Dynasty was relatively enlightened, and even if the emperor made a decree, officials could raise their voices in the court meeting, which was established without damaging the emperor's prestige. Theoretically, whether anyone would dare to do so is another matter. However, Liu Yu was not the emperor, but the regent, and the orders he gave harmed the interests of the officials, and the people in the officials were naturally not angry.
When Han Sheng synthesized the opinions of the six departments and informed Liu Yu, Liu Yu did not react much. Liu Yu can be regarded as always prepared.
"Brother Liu, this matter ...... Are you in too much of a hurry? Han Sheng didn't understand Liu Yu's moves, Liu Yu said that he would cut power, and he didn't say hello to anyone beforehand, and in his opinion, it was natural for the people in the ministry to have such an excessive reaction.
"Brother Han, let me ask you, why do the people in the Ministry of Officials have opinions?"
"Because ......" Han Sheng was about to say "because it harms their interests", but the words came to his lips. He didn't say it.
Liu Yu said for Han Sheng: "Because the appointment and dismissal of the officials of the six ministries will be returned to the six ministries." It will damage the authority and interests of the officials. Then again. Why do they feel that this is a detriment? They are the officials of my Dashun Dynasty, they eat the money of my Dashun Dynasty, and they do things for the court, they should be easier without these jobs, how can they still feel that they have opinions? ”
Han Sheng smiled bitterly, in fact, what Liu Yudao said was right, and he knew it very well. If the officials of the Ministry really adhered to their duties so well, they would not have complained so much. The main reason is that there are too many greasy and oily water in the middle, and the six ministries have to send some oil and water to the officials in order to recommend officials, and those local officials who want to come to Chang'an City as officials naturally give a lot of money to the officials. Liu Yu's hand is equivalent to blocking the financial road of the original ministry, and it is strange that the people of the ministry are willing.
"Brother Han, don't worry about this matter for now, and it will be discussed tomorrow. Let's talk about it again. ”
Han Sheng nodded, this time after Liu Yu returned to Chang'an City. The management of the government is not as lax as before, Liu Yu always handed over big and small matters to him to deal with, and he is an old-fashioned moderate, he will not carry out major reforms and changes, and there are not too many disputes and contradictions between various ministries, as well as between the court and the local government in some taxes and other aspects. However, Liu Yu's assumption of power immediately showed his drastic reform when governing the army, which made the court immediately feel uncomfortable.
Han Sheng parted, Liu Yu explained a little, and said: "Now the imperial court, the balance of power is the first, and you can't be a monopoly on one family, including Shangshutai, which you are in charge of, Brother Han, and you can't be too autocratic." Only in this way can we ensure that some lawless people have any intentions against the government. ”
When Han Sheng heard this, he also understood that what Liu Yu was doing today was not to target the officials, but to fill the loose holes between the various departments of the imperial court to prevent the gap from being drilled by Su Zhe, the king of Chu who was in the dark.
Not long after Han Sheng left, Liu Yu was reading the playbook alone in the Yaqian Palace, when a guard came outside and handed Liu Yu an emergency playbook from the outer city. It was none other than Su Yan, the king of the south, who was in the official office in the outer city, waiting to leave Chang'an City and become a vassal.
Su Yan is a former emperor, and the book he wrote, whether it is important or not, must be handed over to Liu Yu in the palace in person, without going to Shangshutai. Liu Yu took the notebook, looked at it, and couldn't help frowning.
It was Su Yan's request to leave Chang'an City earlier, and in the script, he expressed his remorse for his past mistakes, and said that he would leave Chang'an City as soon as possible and live a happy life as a family. Liu Yu thought to himself, Su Yan really has a lot of "acquaintances", and he would actually take the period when he was the emperor before as his "mistake" to repent. Liu Yu thought to himself that he was wrong to be the emperor, and it was also forced out by him Liu Yue.
Originally, seeing this, Liu Yu didn't have an absolute opinion, but after seeing the end of the playbook, Su Yan asked Liu Yue to send more troops to protect him to the domain, and Liu Yue felt more and more that things were not simple.
The last time Su Yan was in the domain, he went to the south, and he was kidnapped when he encountered danger. Could it be that this is why he is afraid of the safety of his journey? Liu Yu felt unreasonable, the south was not stable at that time, and most of the roads were mountainous, so he encountered danger. This time, Su Yan went to the Bohai Sea, the road was smooth, and there was protection from both the court and the local government, so it was difficult for even thieves to start.
Liu Yu felt that Su Yan's attitude was a little abnormal, this should not be a statement to the vassal king, but it seemed to be ...... Liu Yu immediately thought of the "tainted witnesses" who came out to testify against the thieves, as if he was afraid that he would be killed by someone at any time.
Liu Yu picked up his pen and wrote an edict on it, asking Su Yan to prepare to set off immediately, and first calmed Su Yan's heart. Then after the edict was at its worst, he invited Su Yan to the palace, and Liu Yue said that he was going to hold a farewell banquet for him, so that he must attend. After writing it, Liu Yu handed the edict directly to Lian Husheng and asked him to bring someone to send it over in person.
Liu Yu did this just to see what the hell Su Yan was doing, when he was in Lang County, he couldn't wait to go back to Chang'an City, but after returning to Chang'an City, he timidly refused to enter the inner city, and he didn't even dare to go home. Liu Yu had already noticed that Su Yan was different from the usual, it may be that he has become less bold during the more than half a year he has been imprisoned, or it may be that he has something to hide and dare not reveal the truth.
Lian Husheng came back less than an hour later, and at the same time brought back a message from Su Yan, who said that he would accept the invitation and come over later that night to attend this banquet specially prepared for him.
Liu Yu thought about it, this kid is sick!
Secret trouble!
Just returned to Chang'an City a few days ago, what did Liu Yu say, Su Yan just refused to enter the city, and now Zhilu Dao wanted to send him away, but he dared to come. This time, not only did he dare to enter the city, but he also had to enter the palace. This is simply not to go to the banquet, but to the execution ground, he hopes to come to the execution ground as soon as possible to cut off his "head", so that he can leave Chang'an City as soon as possible. Obviously perfunctory.
Liu Yu originally Su Yan would have shirked all kinds of things, so this banquet was just a reason to try him, who wanted to try it and really tried something. Liu Yue wanted to know more, so he could only temporarily prepare such a farewell banquet to see what Su Yan was doing behind him.
Liu Yu immediately wrote the names of several people on the paper, and asked Lian Husheng to send guards to invite each other, all of which were some of Liu Yu's descendants in the capital, including Sui Yi and Sui Yu, two brothers and sisters, Li Mi, Han Sheng, and Huo Yuan, Liu Yu thought about it the most. After the last, Liu Yu added Wang Hu and Xu Caihua to it, pondered it again, and wrote down the names of Chai Jin and Xinzhu Jun Su Bi.
Liu Yue came to invite these people into the palace in the name of Su Yan's farewell, one was to test Su Yan, and the other was to take the opportunity to see what Su Bi was doing these days. Since Su Yan was forced to abdicate, Su Bi also disappeared from politics, and suddenly seemed to be a woman in a small family of Jasper at home. Liu Yue knew that this was not the case, because from Chai Jin's revelations, Liu Yue knew that since Chai Jin married the second room and entered the door, Su Bi never paid attention to him, this is the phase of the husband and wife's breakup.
I haven't seen him for a long time, and Liu Yu also wants to see if the down-and-out Su Bi is still so arrogant.
After the list of invitations to the meeting was listed, Liu Yu handed it over to Lian Husheng, and at the same time asked the female official to go to the inner court and call Xu Xuanzhu out. Since it is a family banquet, Liu Yu has to "bring his family to attend", Xu Xuanzhu is present, Su Yan will feel that Liu Yue sincerely invites him, and he will relax his vigilance a lot. In order to avoid embarrassment in the court, Liu Yu did not plan to let Qi'er attend. After all, Qi'er has a special identity now, and her presence will make Su Bi and Su Yan lose face.
When everything was arranged, Liu Yu still stayed in the Yaqian Hall to read the playbook, and at dusk, Lian Husheng came back from outside and told Liu Yu that everything was ready.
"The banquet is held in the Wu'an Palace, where the place is not big, and the place for holding a small banquet is spacious enough." The Wu'an Palace that Liu Yu said is a side hall in the outer hall of the palace, far away from the inner court, and usually there are opera troupes and jugglers performing in the palace, which will be held there, and the emperor will also take the concubines of the inner court to watch. But now, it's deserted. However, the places in the palace are not really deserted, even if they are not used in the palace, someone will clean them up on weekdays, unless it is a forbidden place in some palaces.
Lian Husheng found someone from the Yamen of the Inner Treasury Rite Division to arrange it, because things were in a hurry and it was a little troublesome to prepare, Liu Yu had very low requirements for the specifications of the banquet, and the emperor himself did not participate, so there was no need to prepare much pomp. When Lian Husheng came back, the first wave of guests had already arrived in the palace and were already waiting outside the Yaqian Palace.
Liu Yu came out, the Sui family brothers and sisters and Li Mi were the first to arrive, although it was a family banquet and there was no need to wear court clothes, but the dress of the three was still very formal, especially Sui Yu, who was a little restrained in court clothes on weekdays, and changed into women's clothes to show more grace.
"Let's go, go to the Wu'an Hall to talk."
Liu Yu greeted and went to Wu'an Hall with the three of them.
Because the three of them are all officials in the court, it is inevitable to talk about the decree issued by Liu Yu in the ministry today. Regarding this, Sui Yi and Li Mi, who were in the sixth department, naturally agreed, but Sui Yu reserved her opinion. In her opinion, all stability is the most important thing, and Liu Yu feels that she has some coincidences with Han Sheng in this political theory. (To be continued......)