Su Yan left Chang'an City, where he had lived for twenty-one years, no one went to see him off, and Liu Yu did not go, his trip to the south took nearly two months, but this is nothing, he still has a long way to go, and the rest of the road has no Liu Yu to escort him.

The day Su Yan left Chang'an City was also the day when Liu Yu's father, Liu Zhao, and eldest brother, Liu He, entered Beijing. The two originally came to attend the ceremony of the new emperor's accession to the throne, but who knew that the road from Hanzhong to Guanzhong was blocked because of the heavy snow, and the two delayed for some time until the twenty-second day of the first month. It was only after they arrived in Chang'an City that they learned that the new emperor's enthronement ceremony had not been held smoothly.

Liu Zhao and Liu He temporarily lived in the original Dingguo Marquis' Mansion, and Liu Yu had actually begun to prepare everything in the mansion for them a long time ago, because Liu Yu also knew that now that he had been crowned king, and Qi'er was the emperor, it was logical for the Dingguo Marquis family to return to Chang'an City. On the day of their return, Liu Zhao and Liu He entered the palace to face the saint, but the emperor didn't see him, but he only saw Liu Yu. Liu Zhao still wanted to be angry when he saw Liu Yu's temper, but now it was different from the past, Liu Zhao also knew that the way was restrained, and the father and son didn't say much, they just asked each other about the current situation. It was only after Liu Zhao said goodbye and left the Yaqian Hall first that Liu He added: "Father is angry that you didn't go back to attend your second brother's funeral. ”

Liu Yue smiled bitterly, Liu Yu is not a person who does not know etiquette, but when he returns to Chang'an City, he really can't leave here, because Chang'an City is the center of political power.

Liu Zhao and Liu He returned to Chang'an City first, and the Liu family then moved back to Chang'an City, leaving Chang'an City for a year. The family had just returned. The decree of the imperial court was immediately promulgated. Not only the reward of the farmland. Liu Zhao was also reinstated as a general and walked in the military department. As for the second generation of the Liu family, Liu He was directly promoted to the head of the household, and the other children of the Liu family, whether they were officials or soldiers, were also reinstated officials, and they had improved their ranks compared to the past.

Liu Yu's cronyism in the DPRK at this time was already very obvious. But no one dared to raise objections, although Liu Yu did not carry out large-scale killings. The trial of the three divisions has not ended, the verdict of the leader Lan family came down first, Lan He was pardoned by the whole family for capital crimes because of "meritorious reporting", and Lan He and his two sons Lan Fu and Lan Jing were dismissed, but only dismissed. This made the other officials who committed the crime very frightened, because Lan He was still dismissed for meritorious service, and it seemed that other officials who did not make meritorious service only had a dead end.

At the end of the first month, the trial of the three divisions was coming to an end, and the Criminal Department, Dali Temple, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate submitted the list of persons involved to the emperor. Liu Yu didn't dare to make a decision at first glance. According to the advice given by the three divisions, this rebellion will at least kill more than 10,000 people in Chang'an City. Again, this is not the result of a large-scale strain. If the matter is expanded, it is entirely possible to kill 30,000 or 40,000 people because of this incident.

"The principal is exiled, and the others ...... Raid your home and go to jail! ”

Liu Yu also made this relatively gentle decision after thinking about it for ten days, and Liu Yu was originally going to go into the countryside to do a violent massacre and serve the family in Chang'an City. Not enough, even if it is the verdict of "Huairou", it will divide the official eunuch family in Chang'an City by three at once, and it will take a long time for the official eunuch alliance in Chang'an City to ease up.

Going to prison and raiding the house is already a very severe punishment, and for many official families, it is more uncomfortable than killing them. This not only means that they have no chance with officialdom, but even their children and grandchildren will be branded as "after committing official crimes", and they will never have a chance to participate in the imperial examination.

A few families are happy and a few are sad, and others who have chosen the right team are rejoicing that there are fewer families in Chang'an City, which means that their families can develop and grow, and they can be deeply rooted in the court. However, the next series of measures taken by the imperial court were all to restrict the development of the eunuch family, not only made strict requirements for the children of the eunuchs to enter the Taixue, but also conducted many assessments for the children of the eunuchs, and the assessment content was stricter than that of other ordinary officials. Liu Yu is gradually dismantling the collusion of connections in the officialdom and eliminating the influence of political parties on the governance of the imperial court.

But unconsciously, the largest party in the court has been formed, which is the "Linwang Party", which is actually Liu Yu's own party.

At the beginning of February, on the third day after the Lan family was pardoned, the marriage between Sui Yi and Miss Lan was held in a hurry, because this marriage was relatively low-key, and not many people in the court knew about it, and even if they did, they didn't dare to participate easily. After all, the Lan family is now on the cusp, and Sui Yi has just been dismissed, and Liu Yu's attitude towards the Sui family is still unclear.

However, Liu Yu still secretly attended the wedding banquet that day. Liu Yu did not show up in public, but only saw Sui Yi and his wife in the main hall, Sui Yi was still very happy when he got married, and gave Liu Yu a toast, and Li Mi on the side also gave a wedding gift, Liu Yu also saw Hu Xuan, who had not been seen for many days, and the four old friends were reunited.

After drinking Sui Yi's wine, Liu Yu didn't stay long before going back to the palace, there were still many things waiting for him, and he didn't want to delay for a moment. Liu Yu was about to go out to leave, Hu Xuan came up from behind, Liu Yu saw that he seemed to have something to say, Liu Yu said: "Peace of mind advanced Taixue study, and I will go back to you." ”

Hu Xuan nodded and didn't say anything more.

At this time, among Liu Yu's three old friends, Hu Xuan was the worst, mainly because he was young and had no courage. When he accompanied Su Yan with the army, it was Hu Xuan's best chance to make a career, but he missed it. Now that he wants to stand in the court, he is still young, and he has no connections and experience, which is not enough to serve the public. This time, Taixue expanded its recruitment, and Hu Xuan was selected into the interior, which can be regarded as a channel for Liu Yu to give him promotion.

After February, Liu Yu had more things on hand.

Seeing that the spring flowers are blooming, the snow disaster in Guanzhong has become history, the post-disaster reconstruction has taken a small scale, and the monetary tension of the imperial court has become a big problem. Chai Jin was incompetent, and Sui Yu was a little too busy to take care of both sides of the Commerce and Trade Department and the Academy, and it was only later that Liu Yu realized how tired he was to be an auxiliary prime minister, and he almost couldn't stop from morning to night, and he almost needed him to do everything himself.

Qi'er also wanted to help Liu Yu, but unfortunately she didn't understand anything, Liu Yu took the hand and taught him again, and after a few days, she really slept and her mind was full of various playbooks.

Liu Yu not only has to manage the government, but also the army. He is also responsible for all aspects of the imperial court. Even the reception of foreign guests has to be coordinated by Liu Yu.

Envoys from various countries have been in Chang'an City for more than two months. It's also time to send them back. Liu Yu summoned envoys from various countries to prepare to sign the credentials. As a result, there was a situation, and all countries wanted to establish the only friendly relationship with the Great Shun Dynasty, and did not want others to take a piece of the pie. This is obviously contrary to Liu Yu's intentions, Liu Yu's meaning, all countries come to the dynasty, and your small countries are all vassals of my Dashun Dynasty. It is a pity that they are not countries conquered by force, and they are "very ignorant".

At the end of the year, only the Turks signed the letter of state with the Shun Dynasty.

Of course, this was based on the fact that the Turkic envoy Timur had come here to do just that. If you were a Turkic person, you might not know each other like this.

"I knew that Lao Tzu should have sent troops to destroy all of your countries. Bring the whole world to my Chinese territory. ”

The conquest of China, and then the conquest of the world realm, Liu Yu felt that this road was a heavy task and a long way to go, and it was more appropriate to leave it to future generations.

By mid-February, Liu Yu was finally tired and a little broken, which was not the life he wanted. The mechanical life of day by day made him feel like he was in prison, and he didn't even have time to calm down and sleep for a while, which was simply an ordeal.

Liu Yu thought about it. For the sake of a stable life in the future, he could only go to Han Sheng's mansion with a shy face.

Make peace with Han Sheng. Let Han Sheng re-share his business for the right minister. In this way, he can easily come down and no longer have to worry about the court day and night.

Han Sheng's mansion was the same as ever, and it was even a little dilapidated. When Han Sheng was in charge of the secret service of the Great Shun Dynasty, he belonged to the kind of person who was very leisurely, and he basically didn't need to bother to investigate anything, and the people below sorted it out and handed it over to him to present the emperor, so he could also take care of his "side-industries" with peace of mind, that is, commerce and land taxes. But after Su Yan ascended the throne, Han Sheng was very busy since he started to take care of the Commerce and Trade Department, and he had reached the point where he couldn't take a break, so that he rarely even went home, and he came back alone, which meant that he was a little alone.

Originally, Liu Yu thought that Han Sheng needed an old companion, but in fact, Aunt Xuan of the singing and dancing workshop was a good choice, and Liu Yu had also mentioned it to Han Sheng, but Han Sheng obviously had no intention of starting a family again.

But this time, Liu Yu saw Aunt Xuan coming out of the house, and the two took a look at the door.

When Aunt Xuan saw Liu Yuelai, there was obviously a panic on her face, and she hurriedly saluted, Liu Yu also returned the salute, and Aunt Xuan hurriedly said goodbye and left. Liu Yu saw Aunt Xuan's back and muttered in his heart, could it be that Han Sheng wanted to open it and was going to find a stepgrandmother for the Han sisters?

When Liu Yu arrived at the door, even the original acquaintance was gone, and Liu Yuxin said that Han Sheng should save money and prepare to dismiss all the people in the house. walked a little way inside, which basically confirmed Liu Yu's thoughts, and no one saw it. When he arrived at the main courtyard, he found Han Sheng fiddling with a few potted plants there, looking very leisurely.

"Oops, what kind of wind is blowing you boy here?"

Han Sheng held scissors in one hand and a potted plant in the other. Seeing Liu Yu, he was not annoyed, and said in a half-joking tone.

"East wind." Liu Yu said solemnly.

"Is it windy today? I really didn't realize it. Han Sheng smiled and put down the potted plant, went to the stone table, picked up the teacup and poured a cup of tea for Liu Yu. The tea is as if it has been prepared for a long time, and it is still hot.

Liu Yu sat on the cushioned stone bench and asked, "What about the people in the house, why haven't you seen any of them?" ”

"I sent them back to my hometown, if you don't come, I'll leave in a few days."

"Are you going to bring the ...... you just now? That one? ”

Liu Yu's smile was a little narrow, and Han Sheng scolded: "You stinky boy, don't talk nonsense. Miss Xuan came to help me boil water and make tea, these days, if it weren't for helping my old bones, maybe I would have starved to death and no one would know. ”

Han Sheng also sat down, and both of them took a sip of tea, and Han Sheng seemed to be savoring the aftertaste of this cup of tea. Liu Yu looked at Han Sheng's peach blossom face, and knew that Han Sheng's second spring had arrived, and Aunt Xuan was very interesting to Han Sheng. Aunt Xuan came to Han Sheng's mansion as soon as she had the opportunity, and there should be a story about the two lonely men and widows.

However, Liu Yu doesn't care about other people's stories now, he cares more about his peaceful and leisurely days in the future.

"Brother Han, I can't hide it, I came this time for one purpose, I want to persuade you to return to the court, without you, I can't be busy alone."

Han Sheng smiled faintly and said, "You kid finally knows that it is easy to be a family and a country?" ”

"I did as you said, and I didn't go on a killing spree. Although Chang'an City will not be peaceful recently. But after a while. The gate valve family in Chang'an City can also be relieved, and the imperial court is still thriving, isn't it? ”

Han Sheng sighed, and seemed to be a little angry again: "That's not how things are. Now you are a thief anyway, in history, a thief of the country, but there is a good end? Why should I fight for the tiger? ”

If someone else said such things, Liu Yu would definitely be angry on the spot, but for Han Sheng. Liu Yu couldn't get angry.

What Han Sheng said was all ugly truths, and if he were someone else, he wouldn't be so kind to say it.

"Who is not a thief of the world?"

"Huh?"

Originally, Han Sheng was reasonable, and what he said was very pertinent, but when Liu Yu asked this question, even Han Sheng looked at Liu Yu in surprise, not knowing how to answer.

Liu Yu continued: "This person in charge of the country is all usurping the country of the people of the world. Governing the country, to put it bluntly. That is, to satisfy their selfish desires without wanting to be ruined their right to enjoy this privilege for generations. So he comforted the people and gave them a little favor and made them thankful for it. If there was no such emperor in the world, would the people's lives be better? ”

"There is no emperor in the world?" Han Sheng thought about it, and immediately shook his head and said, "That country is still a country?" ”

Liu Yu sighed in his heart, and said in his heart that this should be the difference in the concept of the times. In this era, even with Han Sheng's open-mindedness, he can't imagine what the country would be like without an emperor, but if it is advanced by a few hundred years, the country will still be controlled by the people after all.

"What if the people elect the emperor? If it is not done well, the people have the right to remove the emperor and change the emperor to power. At this time, Brother Han, think about it, those emperors still dare to blatantly satisfy their selfish desires? ”

"You don't know what you say? Bah, bah, when I didn't hear it. ”

"I didn't say this kind of thing before, because it was really a great rebellion, and it didn't matter if I said it now. Maybe Brother Han, you think all this is too unrealistic, but I want to tell you that in a few hundred years, such a regime will indeed appear, and it will become the mainstream of the world. Don't think that this is unachievable, it is actually very simple to achieve, if Brother Han you say, I will depose the emperor now, let the people of the world choose one, no matter who I choose, I will support it, and I will choose it again in a few years, doesn't it sound very reasonable? ”

"The country is not in chaos, not ...... You have to die! ”

Liu Yu said with a smile: "The army is in my hands, how can the country die?" The people choose capable people to govern the country, and since they can be elected, it proves that this person can govern the country well, even if he does not govern well, it doesn't matter, the people can remove him and elect him again. When the time comes, the military and the government will be separated, he will run his country, and I will manage my army, and it will not be good not to interfere with each other? ”

Han Sheng hesitated for a long time, also thinking about how to refute Liu Yu's theory.

Liu Yu's theory sounds absurd to him, and it can be said to be a strange theory, but there seems to be some truth in preferring Liu Yu's strange theory.

"Then why did you give the power to elect the emperor to the people?"

"Quite simply, since ancient times, Confucianism has been saying that the people are important and the monarch is light, and the state belongs to the people and not to the monarch. I'm just returning the government to the people. ”

"You...... You ......" Han Sheng pointed at Liu Yu, as if he was a little angry, and said, "Then even if you, the person in charge of the army, can not interfere in politics, how can you ensure that your successor does not care?" ”

"It's very simple, make a law, and if anyone in the military interferes in politics, they will be punished by law."

Han Sheng sneered, "The law works? ”

"I don't know if it works, but I can make a law, as long as the one in charge of the army does not appear dominant. If there were two Liu Wenyan in the Great Shun Dynasty, they were also elected by the army. Will they check and balance each other, and they will have less of this trouble? ”

"Absurd! Absurd! Even if the army is not chaotic, who has the final say in the event of an invasion by foreign enemies? ”

"The elected emperor can hold military power hostage, but he does not have jurisdiction, and if he encounters a foreign enemy, there is actually not so much to do. At that time, people will already be very enlightened, even if they are in power, they will know that they will be blamed by the people of the world when they become a dictator, and they will know that the people of the world have the power of supervision, and the people can go to the streets to overthrow this regime, and when the time comes, no one will dare to do things against the will of the people, and then the world will be truly peaceful. ”

Han Shengqi stood up with a sigh of relief, glared at Liu Yu and said, "You kid, you don't really want to pick a child, are you going to do this?" ”

Liu Yue smiled evilly: "I think, you see that I have been tired like something these days." If I'm tired of doing it, maybe I'll really put it into action and let the world choose an emperor to come out, and then I can live a leisurely and leisurely life. ”

"You...... You ......" Han Sheng pointed at Liu Yu for the second time and was speechless.

"Brother Han, come back. With you helping me share my worries, I can save a little lighter, I won't move some crooked thoughts, and the foundation of the Dashun Dynasty can be preserved, right? With you, you can also monitor me, so that I will not be a thief of the country, and I will be an auxiliary government that has been passed down through the ages, rather than a minister who has been stinking for thousands of years. You and I work together, and the Great Shun Dynasty will be thriving. ”

Han Sheng suddenly laughed and said, "You stinky boy, you came to break this chase with me, just to let me go back to the court, right?" ”

Liu Yu said with a treacherous smile: "Then Brother Han will have to figure it out by himself, if Brother Han dares to gamble, then try if I am too tired to hold on, will I do this." (To be continued......)