The day after Shi Xun and the others left Beijing, the three deputy prime ministers were gathering to discuss the matter, when suddenly there was a noise outside the door, and a shrill voice shouted: "Your Majesty has arrived!" ”

The left servant of the Zhongshu shot Liu Xian, the left servant of the Shangshu shot Wei Qian, and the Cheng Xinbi in the imperial history all looked at each other when they heard the words - didn't the emperor fall ill and couldn't get up? He couldn't even go to the Gaoling Tomb to worship and sweep, why did he suddenly run to the library? Hurry up and straighten out your clothes and go out to greet each other.

Seeing Cao Chao's car coming, the little emperor jumped down - his face was still a little yellow, but looking at his agility, it seemed that there was nothing wrong with it. After entering the Zhongshu platform, Cao Chao sat on the top, first inquired about state affairs, and then said: "The prime minister went out of Beijing, and the three of them discussed it, and I am afraid it will not be easy to agree." When the phase is added, so that the republic governs. "If there is a meeting in the future, the secretary and the chief officer will also come.

The three of them were all discolored, and Xin Bi hurriedly played: "In this dynasty's system, the three Taiwan and six phases are in charge of political affairs together, and they don't do secretarial and subordinate affairs, and although the three phases go, they are not far from Beijing, and they will return in a few days, so why change the system?" Cao Chao glared: "The state system, the order of the Son of Heaven, I have a decree today, and George wants to disobey him?!" He immediately ordered the dismissal of Xinbi Yushi Zhongcheng and ordered Chen Qun and Chen Changwen to replace him.

According to the imperial court system formulated by Shi Xun, all major national affairs were discussed by the group, and then the Zhongshu was made, and the emperor held the veto power to a certain extent; At the same time, if the emperor has an edict, it will be drafted by the secretary, and the edict will be issued, and the Zhongshutai can also be refuted - in order to balance the monarch and the minister. However, the emperor is the emperor after all, in the feudal era, it was theoretically supreme and unrestrained, and it was Xun who could not get the real "hypocrisy" now, so some of the emperor's powers. There is no way to restrain the Zhongshutai or the group phase.

One of them is the affairs of the palace. Including Zongzheng, the secretary, the personnel appointment and specific affairs of the three provinces. It is necessary to record the Chinese book and the monk's book, but as long as it does not violate the law - for example, the appointment of prisoners as officials - it is the emperor's own business, and there is no refusal in the foreign court. The second is that the personnel power of the vast majority of officials is in the hands of the Ministry of Officials, but the personnel power of the chief and deputy chief officials of the three stations is in the hands of the emperor - one is that the Ministry of Officials is only a second-level department to which Shangshutai belongs after all, and it is impossible for him to control the appointment and dismissal of his own officials; Second, if the emperor can't even change the prime minister, isn't that a complete vassal power overwhelming the monarchy?

In particular, the main and secondary officials of Zhongshutai, they themselves have the right to refute the edict of the Son of Heaven, if the Son of Heaven wants to replace these three officials. But the three of them hold the big seal, if you come to an edict and I refute an edict, isn't it possible to stand in the position forever? So what other checks and balances are there?

Therefore, Cao Chao said that he wanted to expand the prime minister's team, which was related to the system, and the book could be refuted in this matter, but if he directly replaced the ruling party - for example, Chen Qun replaced Xin Bi - it was all up to the emperor to decide, and the prime minister had nothing to refuse. Besides, Chen Changwen used to be the secretary of the ministry, and he was only one step away from being the ruler, and now he is doing the Jizhou Assassin History. His qualifications are also good enough, and this is not against the system. Promoted by leapfrogging, the prime ministers actually have no reason to refute.

Cao Chao wiped Xin Bi first, in fact, this can be regarded as a chicken and monkey - who asked you to jump out against my opinion first - and then he turned his head and re-discussed it in advance, let the secretary and the second eunuch also participate in politics, and asked Liu Xian: "Is the book accurate?" Liu Shizong had cold sweat pouring down his head, and he was shimping for a long time, so he had to hit Taiping Fist first: "That is, please ask the secretary to draft an edict for Your Majesty, and write ...... in the text."

As soon as Cao Chao waved his hand, an attendant handed a volume of documents to Liu Xian - "The edict is here, and it can be approved immediately." ”

Liu Xianxin said that you have been prepared for a long time, this is not a temporary intention, this is a long-planned plan, to seize the power of my foreign court and return it to the inner court! This is clearly a plan to divert the tiger from the mountain!

If the emperor lacks sufficient authority and authority, the prime minister can try all kinds of ways to restrain him, but the premise must be within the scope of the system and regulations, otherwise the bureaucrats who covet you will be able to jointly impeach and force you to step down at any time if they catch a mistake. That's why Cao Chao wants to use thunder means to fight the three phases and be unguarded - these are all lacking in popularity, lack of resourcefulness, and relatively weak personalities, in a hurry, you can't stop me, as long as it creates a fait accompli, things will be easy to do in the future.

Sure enough, Liu Xian finally had to give in—I had narrow shoulders, and I really didn't dare to be right with the emperor—and was forced by Cao Chao to approve it on the spot. As soon as the seal of the Chinese book was dropped, Liu Fang, the supervisor of the door, and Cui Yan, the secretary of the door, walked in swaggeringly and found a place to sit down.

Cao Chao's eyes swept left and right: Xin George is out, and now the four are discussing each other. Cui Yan is a thorough self-friend; Although Liu Fang's will is not resolute enough, he finally sits in the inner court; Liu Xian and Wei Qi are both good old people with weak personalities, they are very qualified to be bureaucrats, are they politicians...... You're nowhere near enough! So Wan Er smiled: "That's okay." I immediately discussed state affairs with the secretary and others. ”

This is only the first step of Cui Jiju's plan for Cao Chao, and then the second step is to expand the scope of authority of the inner court, strike while the iron is hot, and transfer many of the authority that originally belonged to Zhongshu and Yushi to the secretary and the two provinces. Although the Chinese book system, but not the Chinese book can be grasped by all the big and small affairs, the relevant changes in the system and other things, but also have to be discussed together, now the four phase meeting, the emperor is supervising next to him, for the terms of the right to belong to the inner court, Cui Yan and Liu Fang directly raised their hands in favor, Wei Qian voted against it twice, and the remaining few times were also similar to Liu Xian, abstaining all the way, so they all had to pass smoothly.

Cao Chao doesn't need to make it in Chinese books, and the direct secretary drafts the edict, writes it on the spot, and asks the Chinese book to be printed.

For the time being, they didn't dare to stretch out their hands to Shangshutai. A large Shangshu organization involves too much sudden change of system, and the more personnel, the stronger the backlash will be; Second, whether it is Cao Chao or Cui Yan, they have no interest in practical affairs - those who are monarchs only grasp major policies, and their own officials handle minor affairs.

So in just a few days, Cao Wei's original bureaucratic system was dismantled. On the surface, it seems that the head of the Zhongshu and the group are still in charge, but in fact, although the power of the minister has not been weakened, it has been dispersed to a certain extent, and the Zhongshu has changed from a de facto legislative body to a joint legislative power with the secretary province representing the imperial power. The power of Menxia Province has also been improved, and according to Cui Yan's plan, Menxia will gradually encroach on part of the power of the imperial history and the power of the Shangshu. It is like the Shangshutai of the inner court in the Later Han Dynasty. Take charge of national government affairs.

Incidents provoked surprises. In addition, all the first-class important ministers went out of Beijing to worship and sweep Gaoling, Liu Xian and others had narrow shoulders and soft waists, and they were unable to resist at all, so they could only shrink their forces in an all-round way, so that Cao Chaoqi was victorious, and the confidence of the little emperor was doubled. By the time Shi Xun and the others finished their memorial to the mausoleum and returned to Luoyang, they were basically powerless to return to the sky.

I think that on that day, Shixun received Huan Fan's secret book outside Gaoling. The words "Tune the tiger away from the mountain" are written on it, and it is terrifying and shocked. Cui Yan instigated Cao Chao to seize the power of the foreign court to return to the inner court, but Xun had already noticed this, but he did not take actual precautions. Especially since the assassination, the abolition of the school institution, and Lu Hong's departure from Beijing, the level of supervision of the inner court has dropped significantly, which has caused a great misjudgment of the possibility of a crisis. In Shi Xun's view, the little emperor has not yet been in power, and it is impossible to actually make any moves - even if there are actions, with his own power and prestige. It can also nip the scourge in the bud.

He really didn't expect that Cao Chao would have such courage and courage. Came up with such a fancy job that could almost be called a "coup d'état".

When I first saw the words "Tune the Tiger from the Mountain", a noun immediately popped up in Xun's mind - "the change of Gao Pingling". In the original history, after the death of Emperor Cao Rong of Wei Ming, Cao Fang, the prince of Shaoling, succeeded to the throne and appointed the Taifu Sima Yi and the general Cao Shuang to assist the government, and then Cao Shuang immediately set aside Sima Yi and ruled the dynasty, so Sima Yi took advantage of the opportunity of Cao Fang and Cao Shuang to sacrifice Gao Pingling (Cao Rong's mausoleum) to launch a coup d'état, seize Luoyang, and then execute Cao Shuang's brothers and their henchmen. The usurpation of Wei by the Sima clan began with the "Gaopingling Incident".

How similar is the situation to Nell today? Then Cui Jiqi is like Sima Yi, and he is Cao Shuang...... Thinking of this, Shixun couldn't help but feel his knees tremble slightly. If he really got along with Cao Shuang in a different place, it is estimated that he would be so frightened that he would sit on the ground on the spot, but fortunately, he Hongfu was not Cao Zhaobo, a gentleman, after all, his knees were just trembling, and he finally stood firmly.

Because of the in-depth comparison between the original history and today's events, although there are similarities, in fact, the differences are even greater. The first is that Cao Shuang acted arbitrarily and unpopularly, so Sima Yi was helped by a large number of old ministers left over from the Cao Cao era - the most important is the Taiwei Jiang Ji, who became Sima Yi's first accomplice - and was also deeply supported by the second generation of important ministers (such as Chen Tai). Secondly, Sima Yi himself has a high status and a good reputation, even if there is no comparison between Cao Shuang and his party, he is also a figure who has returned to the heart of the government and the opposition. Third, Sima Shi was the middle protector of the army and actually held military power.

In comparison, he is actually closer to Sima Yi - of course, he is far from launching a coup d'état and completely putting the emperor in the air, there is no excuse and opportunity, and there is no enough armed force to use, and the only thing that can be done is prestige. Cui Yan is not so famous compared to Cao Shuang, but the bad guy Cao Zhaobo has the title of general, and his henchmen are all over the court, what is wrong with his secretary and supervisor Cui Jiqi?

The current situation is unknown, maybe Cui Yan still has hidden henchmen, but even if the ministers who are currently staying in Luoyang are tied together, it is not as huge as Cao Shuang's power in the original history. Can Cao Chao really use that guy to make a "Gaoling Change", cut off his head, or at least wipe himself to the end?

What is the use of carrying out a coup d'état and pinching a young emperor who has not yet been in power? Thinking that the eunuchs of the Later Han Dynasty carried out a coup d'état, they also had to summon Zhang Huan, who knew nothing about the actual situation, to lead the five battalions of soldiers in order to deal with the general Dou Wu. Let's talk about Cao Shuang, Huan Fan persuaded Cao Shuang to escort him to Xuchang and summon foreign soldiers to fight Sima, the premise is that he took the seal letter of the great Si Nong to facilitate the dispatch of materials, and Cao Shuang has the seal letter of the general in his hand and can mobilize troops and horses. The holy decree is not omnipotent, no matter how the little emperor seals the official and makes a wish, without the guarantee and endorsement of various central departments, he may not be able to mobilize a single soldier.

So, what can Cao Chao do when he plays this "turning the tiger away from the mountain"? Directly remove yourself from the phase? If there is no sufficient reason to explain to the government and the opposition, whether he is in Luoyang or not, the result will be the same - it can't be done. It is estimated that he took advantage of Liu Xian's irresponsible characteristics to forcibly pass some edicts that were beneficial to the inner court and quote some private individuals.

When I thought about it, I immediately relaxed. Yes, if it really happened to be a matter of life and death, either Huan Yuan would not be able to hand over the secret letter at all, or there would be more than just four words on the secret letter - he would at least have to remind himself whether he should run away or fight again......

However, when Huan Fan handed over the letter, it was only the first day that Cao Chao started, and what tricks they would play, Huan Yuan was not in the Chinese book, and he didn't understand it for the time being. It's just that Huan Fan's thoughts are similar to those of Shixun, and he feels that although this is a crisis, it is not yet to the point where the world is turned upside down and must be dealt with immediately. In particular, Xun was ordered to sacrifice and sweep the high tomb, and if he behaved misheavily because of this, and did something inappropriate, it would be in vain.

And neither he nor Shixun expected that Xin Gezhi had just taken the throne, so he left Luoyang on a single horse and went to Gaoling to cry for the tomb...... (To be continued.) )