After Cao Zhang invited Shifu and others to go to the forest to hunt, about half a month later, he sent an invitation card again and invited Shifu to go to the banquet. Most of the people invited this time were martial artists, and there were no scribes such as Qin Lang and Tian Pengzu, but there were still Cao Zhen and Xiahou Wei, in addition to Xiahou Wei's second brother Xiahou Ba, Xiahou Chong, Xiahou Chong, Cao Ren's eldest son, Cao Tai, Cao Chun's son, Cao Yan, and so on......

To put it bluntly, all the young people who liked martial arts and were more than good at literature were basically all invited—of course, Cao Zhang's brothers were not among them.

When the invitation came, it happened to be in time for Shixun's period of rest, and he stayed in the courtyard outside the city, so he took care of Shifu, and what the big guys said at the banquet, you should report to me one by one when you come back, and as for yourself: "Don't say much, don't drink much." "It's the only way to go.

After his son left, Shi Xun made up his mind and planned to study his son's marriage issue carefully - because Guan Si was about to urge him almost as soon as they met recently-what kind of wife is suitable for him? Cao Cao had already hinted that he wanted to marry a daughter, but Xun was still hesitant and did not talk on the spot, so he diverted the topic as if nothing happened. Originally, the relationship between the two families was closer, and it was a good strategy to protect the son and the family, and the problem was undecided, so I was afraid that the more relatives of the country, the easier it was to be involved in the political whirlpool......

was thinking in the study, but before he got the essentials, he suddenly came to the door to report: "The Son of Heaven has an edict, and Xuan Taiwei has come to pay homage." "Shixun looked up and looked at the sky, it was already afternoon. Why did Cao Cao suddenly remember to summon him? It's not that he doesn't know that he's resting today. Eighty percent will come outside the city. When you enter Luoyang City and then go to the palace, it is estimated that the sunset will be full...... What's so in such a hurry?

After all, he didn't dare to slack off, so he quickly dressed up, and did not take a car, but rode directly into the west gate of Luoyang, and then ran to the palace. He was greeted by an old acquaintance, the eunuch Ren Shuji, who played a big role in the rebellion of Geng Ji and Wei Huang. See as a permanent attendant. After Ren Shuji's report, he invited Shixun to enter the Jianshi Palace, so Hongfu took off his sword and rushed in, raised his eyes to look up, and saw Cao Cao once again wrapping his head in a white cloth, lying on his back on the couch and humming.

Shi Xun hurriedly asked, when did Your Majesty commit another headache? Is there any extended medical treatment? I couldn't have come at the right time...... was about to retire, but Cao Cao waved his hand and said don't you leave yet? "Sick ears. It doesn't hurt either. ”

I've been sick for decades, and I'm used to it-if Hua Tuo was really willing to give me the root of the disease. Maybe I'll feel a little lonely...... casually joked, and then said, it is estimated that it is because of the recent wind, the head suddenly hurts, fortunately, there is a massage method and prescription handed down by Hua Tuo in the past, massage, taking medicine has been completed, and now it is about to ease up. Kosuke, don't go, stay for dinner.

In fact, Cao Cao's headache was really not caused by the wind, so it would recur, but it was the same as most of his previous conditions, which came out of anger. It is said that before noon that day, the emperor of Great Wei had finished meeting with his officials and returned to the inner court, and suddenly received a secret recital from the assassin, and he was furious, so he immediately issued an order to summon Hongfu to come and meet him.

But then there was a headache, and even if he had a headache, he couldn't help but think about it, and finally decided to let this matter go for a while...... Ah, it's Xun here, Na Cheng, let's talk about something else for the time being.

Moreover, Cao Wei's bureaucratic structure was mainly led by Shi Xun and jointly formulated with Chen Qun and other important ministers, but Cao Cao did not take it all right, but made some minor adjustments. That is, in terms of the system of three Taiwans, three provinces and twelve ministries, Chen Changwen and others originally advocated the complete elimination of the inner court and the complete restoration of the situation of the dominance of the foreign dynasty before Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, but they were stopped by Shi Xun: "How can the system of hundreds of years be abolished once it is abandoned?" ”

As far as political ideas are concerned, he himself is disgusted with the inner court, but he knows that the pace of reform cannot be too large, otherwise he will inevitably stumble, and Cao Cao categorically refuses to agree. If Cao Cao fundamentally disobeys Cao Cao's intentions because of this incident, and then Cao Cao shows distrust of the entire new bureaucratic system, I am afraid that he will not be able to pick up sesame seeds, let alone lose watermelons.

To put it bluntly, the inner court is the main tool used by the lord to expand his authority and restrain the outer court, and you can find a way to suppress it, but it is unlikely to be completely eliminated overnight. Cao Cao, as a powerful monarch, was used to the grass platform team of the shogunate, and it was impossible for him not to have a small meeting with his cronies and attendants. Therefore, the final design is to divide the inner court into three provinces, reduce and split its powers, and the rank of the ministers of the inner court is far lower than that of the outer court.

This kind of system is formed first, and then when a less powerful monarch comes to power, the influence of the inner court can be gradually limited to a minimum.

There is only one point that Xun and Chen Qun and others all insist on, that is, the inner court uses scholars, and will never be eunuchs. This point is easy to pass, because although Cao Cao was born in a eunuch family, his way to start a family was to draw a clear line with the eunuch group, so that he could be cited by the scholars and doctors as the same, and the disaster of the Eastern Han Dynasty was still fresh in the memory of all scholars over forty years old. Therefore, such a system has been set up, at least to ensure that within the three generations of Cao Wei, there will not be eunuchs interfering in government affairs.

Sure enough, their design was reported to Cao Cao, who agreed in principle, but actually made some minor adjustments and slightly expanded the power of the inner court. In this regard, the secretary and supervisor Yang Xiu and the subordinate supervisor Liu Fang were above the various ministries, and only under the three chiefs.

Shi Xun sometimes sighs secretly: "Sun Yanlong, I am mistaken." If you follow the original historical trajectory, you should be in ...... with Liu Fang and the others."

The second is the assassination and school affairs, which were originally planned by Se-hoon to completely separate this secret service from the monarch and return it to the Imperial Historical Observatory, which holds the power of supervision. However, with a stroke of his pen, Cao Cao assigned them to the prison - I use this institution easily, and I don't plan to give up.

Since Xun You and below, including Chen Qun, Liu Ye, Mao Yu and other ministers, Xun, Chen and others have been tactful. Mao Jue's words were very difficult to hear: "You don't believe in the ministers." Why do you want to make your subordinates die? But after all, Cao Cao had his own ideas. also has its own bottom line, and treats all the advice as a deaf ear.

So the ministers had no choice but to push out the great "hero" who had overthrown Zhao Da back then, and it was Xun who had no choice but to come to Cao Cao, the king of Wei, step by step. Cao Cao knew his intention, so he said: "Willlessness, that is, Hongfu's tongue, I am afraid that it will not be able to shake it." Shixun nodded, saying that it was because of that. That's why I hesitated, I didn't know how to speak...... But the big guy pushes me, and I can't help but bite the bullet to talk to you casually.

When Cao Cao heard this, he couldn't help laughing, and said Okay, then you can speak, and listen to you. It was Xun who considered the words and sentences, and first asked: "The king knows why all the ministers are evil about school affairs?" Cao Cao sneered: "It's because they are selfish, and they don't want to be lonely - if Hongfu is selfless, then they don't persuade lonely to go to school." ”

Yes Xun said that you exalted me too much: "People are not sages. Who can be selfless, who can be blameless? If you are afraid of his own mistakes, the king will know. Why don't you play the Imperial Shiye? "It's also an institution that supervises the government and the people, so why do the big guys just oppose school affairs and not the Yushitai?" For the imperial history, all have a book, and the school affairs have no roots, only the desire of the owner...... "The imperial history station conducts investigations, and there are clear laws and regulations as the criterion, but the school affairs are investigated, but they do whatever they want, only thinking about what words the monarch likes to listen to, and what he wants to inquire about."

"The system of imperial history began with Emperor Hui of the former Han Dynasty and issued the "Nine Articles of the Imperial History", that is, lawsuits, thieves, counterfeit money, prison is not straight, forced labor is uneven, officials are not honest, officials are harsh, extravagant, and crossbow power is more than ten stones. The imperial history follows this, and the people also have their roots. Xunzi Youyun: 'If you don't teach and punish, the punishment will be complicated and the evil will not prevail. 'Today, the school has nothing to do, and the officials are terrified, and they are afraid of being ......punished for having nothing to teach."

Cao Cao said that it is easy to do, and I will also limit the scope of investigation for school affairs - in other words, the former Han Dynasty's "Nine Articles of the Prison History" covers a very wide range of areas, and the language is very vague, I still issued such a decree, how much difference is it from no decree? If I can stop the mouths of the people because of this, I have nothing to displeasure about.

However, Shi Xun then said that this is not enough - "The imperial history observes, or enlightens the division, or plays the monarch, so that the law department will judge it." Now that the school has been inspected, even if there is no evidence, you can also send people to prison first, get the results, and then enlighten people. However, under Miki, why not recruit? Those who are feared by the crowd are here. The king is discerning, and it is difficult to dazzle and be false, and Wu Chang (Wu Qian) is still under his punishment, if it is not for the matter, I am afraid that the injustice will not be punished. And the king of the future generations, I am afraid that it is difficult to hope that the king will carry the ......"

When Yu Shitai found out about the cheats, he first filed a case and then arrested and tried it, but the school often arrested people first, and then reported the case after the trial result, which is too easy to get out of prison. Even if you are so wise, if it weren't for the fact that the matter involved me, I was forced to stand up and testify myself, Wu Zhen would have been framed to death by Zhao Da, and your descendants would definitely not be as wise as you, so aren't there endless injustices? “…… Even the crowd is in danger, which is not the way of the king and the minister. ”

Cao Cao pondered for a long time, and finally said that your words also make sense, I originally set up a school affair and used it in the army, because military operations are changing rapidly, and we must buy time...... Later, it was used to supervise hundreds of officials, only as a supplement to the Sizhi or the imperial history, which was more efficient and easier to use - I really didn't think about it that much. "But what can I do to make up for it?" I'm not going to give up on school affairs, you can give up, but you can be a little more restrained about what you do - what do you say?

Shi Xun said that the easiest way is that the school only has the authority to investigate, but does not have the power to arrest people, and if you want to arrest people, you must first report to the king, you know, you order, and the judicial department will handle it; Secondly, the assassination can interrogate the relevant case, but it is not directly connected with the school affairs, and you must first get the order of the king, and you must be directly responsible for it - the general case is still handed over to the Si Zhi and the imperial history, and if you think it is necessary to interrogate secretly, then hand it over to the assassin.

To put it mildly, Cao Cao finally agreed. After Shixun came out, the group of officials rushed up and asked around, Shixun pretended to smile bitterly and said: "The monarch's will has been decided, it is difficult to shake it, but Ranxun said it, or it can be suppressed a little." "That's all I can do.

So until the Wei Dynasty and the Han Dynasty, Cao Cao became the emperor, and the spy agencies of assassination and school affairs were still not completely eliminated, but they were slightly more restrained than when Zhao Da was in power - of course, there were also factors such as Lu Hong's lack of Zhao Da's dominance - Cao Cao still used it as his eyes and ears to secretly investigate the privacy of the military and civilians. This time, it was because of a secret performance of the assassination of Ding Yi that directly made Cao Cao half angry. If Xun is in the city, it will be a short time, and it is estimated that he will have to talk to Shixun about it.

However, it happened to be Xiu Mu and lived outside the city, and he came late, Cao Cao finally calmed down, and pondered in his heart that the army was marching towards Jiao and Guang Erzhou, and the current military affairs were the heaviest, and the political situation in the DPRK and China was still based on stability...... Forget it, I'm not going to find out about it for the time being, and I'll wait and see what happens...... Hongsuke, you're here, so let's talk about military issues. (To be continued......)