Shixun was entrusted by Cao Hong, so he talked eloquently in the court, mainly wanting to explain two issues.

First, the law of clan punishment is a legacy of the Qin Dynasty, which greatly violates the Confucian principle of filial piety of "relatives and relatives", and should be removed from the criminal law. It is inconvenient for him to completely deny the principle of "joint sitting" in the feudal era, but he asks that if one person commits a crime, only one family sits, and that his relatives should be punished by one degree and not killed.

Second, Cao Kai is still young, Cao Miao and Cao Zhi are the same, they don't have a perfect mind, and they can't be treated the same as adults, at least you should leave them alive, which can show the benevolence of the Son of Heaven and the court - "Han rules the world with filial piety, so the word 'filial piety' is added to the Son of Heaven." However, filial piety is the body of benevolence, and treating relatives with benevolence is called filial piety; Benevolence is the extension of filial piety, and the so-called 'old and old, young and young'. I should rule the world with benevolence, promote love, and forgiveness, so that the natural Li Shu is happy and the society is eternal. ”

Cao Chao has a pure nature, and he can't help nodding when he hears the words, so he is to give grace outside the law to avoid the death of the three Caos, all of whom are reduced to commoners, and temporarily banned them.

Cao Zhi, the king of Juancheng, conspired against him, and although he died, he also cut his name from the sect and removed the feudal country. Cao Kai, the king of Rencheng, was still young, and because he remembered his father Cao Zhang's contribution to the country, he made Cao Yu, the son of Cao Ang, the king of Yuzhong, that is, Cao Chao's half-brother, succeed him as Zhangzi and still guarded the city state.

Shi Xun immediately asked: "This is all Your Majesty's kindness." However, the law was set up by Qin, and the Han Dynasty was not in line with the world, and when the first emperor was there, he wanted to delete and change it to become the ...... of "Wei Law"" Cao Chao nodded: "This is also a matter of the book." The public can do it himself, and I will promulgate it. "Then you can organize people to write new laws and regulations.

When Shi Xun heard this, he was slightly stunned, and hurriedly said that I have insufficient members of the Zhongshutai and few troubles, and asked His Majesty for permission. Expand the office and increase the number of staff.

He was originally a person who did not pay attention to details, and he went to two extremes completely with Zhuge Kongming. is called Zhongshu Ling, but in fact, he doesn't care much about the details of Zhongshutai, and basically scatters everything, and all of them are handed over to Liu Xian, the left servant of Zhongshu, and Zheng Hun to deal with; In fact, Se-hoon should be regarded as the executive chairman of the joint council of the prime minister, and only the responsibility of the prime minister.

However, Zhongshutai does have many things, and the yamen is small. There are only about 100 people in total - not like Shangshutai, who is in charge of 12 departments, directly directs the political affairs of various states and counties, and pulls more than 900 miscellaneous officials not counting the expatriate agencies - Liu Xian and Zheng Hun They are often too busy, and they have to often come to ask for instructions. Now, if another team is formed to formulate the "Wei Law", it is Xun who feels that his head is big when he thinks about it, so he asks for additional manpower.

Hearing this, Cao Chao's eyebrows frowned slightly. Silent and silent.

Why are you silent? It turned out that he remembered Cui Yan's words. Cui Jiqi and Shi Hongfu not only have an old feud, but also have fundamental opposition in political thought: first of all, in terms of scripture. Cui Yan has always felt that Xun distorted the theory of his teacher Zheng Xuan, and wanted to vulgarize and utilitarianize the original pure and unblemished Confucian doctrine; Secondly, in terms of governance, Cui Yan is a traditional scholar, and Shang Qing talks more than practice, and always feels that according to the law of the early establishment of the Eastern Han Dynasty, it can be applied to the present day. He was extremely dissatisfied with the national system and government structure. So when he saw Tian'er, he said bad things about Xun in front of Cao Chao.

In the end, even Cao Chao was a little annoyed when he heard it, and flicked his sleeves: "It was done by the prince, or something was wrong, but his loyalty to the country was also admired by the first emperor." I don't doubt it. ”

Cui Yan arched his hand and said: "The minister is not slandering the public because of personal grudges, but for the state affairs and His Majesty's ears." Xiyi Yin Zuoshang Tang became the king of the hegemony, isn't he loyal? And put Taijia Tong Palace; Huo Guangfu Zhaoxuan created a prosperous world, isn't he loyal? It is the waste of Changyi Weiyang. And Emperor Xuan was first established, accompanied by light, often feeling thorns in the back, now His Majesty sees that it is Linggong, and there is no such regret? ”

When Cao Chao heard this, he couldn't help but be silent, Cui Yan took the opportunity to go deeper and said: "In ancient times, the virtuous monarch was in place, the ministers were in their own positions, and the country was peaceful; If the monarch neglects the government, the ministers will each resign, the party will fight the same, and the society will be replaced. Qi Huan used the management of Zhong and hegemon, but Zhong Zhi Yaqinger, Gao, the country's ministers, can not be the Duke of Huan; Jin Wen ruled by the sages, and Jin Xiang was ordered to be six kings, and they were dumped with each other, and Jin was in decline. Jun is like a dry also, dry and strong and luxuriant, through autumn and winter and can not die; If the branches are strong and the branches are weak, they will definitely be defeated......"

If Xun is here, he will be stunned on the spot - you really don't understand history, so where is Hu Qin here, or do you deliberately distort the facts? Oh, as long as the monarchy is above the power of the subject, the country will naturally be safe, and once it is turned upside down, the country will perish? What about Yi Yin Fuyin and Huo Guang Fuhan? That is, in terms of Qi Huan's affairs, Guan Zhong's name is Yaqing, but in fact, he is also a minister, can Shangqing Gao and the country suppress him? Speaking of the Jin matter, the decline of the public office and the control of the state by the secretary and the doctor were the norm at that time, but it was the fault of the separation, and how much did it have to do with the size of the ruling power between the monarch and the minister?

In fact, Cui Yan is not ignorant, nor is he lying, as far as the scholars of this age are concerned, it is normal to be able to have this little knowledge, Meng is Xun can't be blind, and Meng Cao is a joke for nothing. Besides, Cao Chao's ass is sitting on the throne, Cui Yan said that only when the imperial power completely suppresses the power of vassals can the country be stabilized, Cao Chao must be able to listen to this.

Cui Jiqi took history as evidence and said step by step to the beginning of the Han Dynasty: "The Zhaojian of the Han Dynasty, Xiao, Zhang, Cao, Zhou and other heroes were powerful, but they had to govern with them. Arrest of the Han Dynasty, the initial establishment of the inner dynasty, the external system of the prime minister, with the power of the great monarch, then able to chase the Xiongnu in the north and the south to collect the Lingbiao, the prosperity of the Han Dynasty, Mo is comparable. In later generations, because of this, there is the rule of Zhaoxuan and the prosperity of Mingzhang. At the beginning of the Wei Dynasty, I also rewarded the meritorious heroes with the honorable, high-position, and real power, but it cannot be the law of eternity, and Your Majesty should gradually collect the authority, in order to live forever......

"However, it is to make the system for the first emperor, and the power of the ministers invades the monarchy, cuts the inner court and implements the outer court, and the chaos of the society is flattering to the heroes, and the ministers think it is impossible. People's hearts are unpredictable, but the gentleman sees what he does, does not recklessly save people's hearts, and the minister does not dare to make the public disloyal, but what he does is really disadvantaged, but he has the courage to admonish His Majesty. If the foreign dynasty is prosperous, then Han Hui is subject to Zhu Lu, Han Wen is responsible for Zhou, Chen, Han Wu is angry Dou, Tian, and his matter may be seen in Wu Wei, then His Majesty wants to inherit the cause of the first emperor, become a grand ambition, and be admired by all generations, it is difficult! ”

The highest political ideal of the traditional Confucian scholars was that the king ruled by the arch and the virtuous ministers were in charge of the country. In fact, the idea of the so-called "hypocrite" has been germinating very early. Because the king is mainly a symbol of the community, so it is passed down from generation to generation, the father dies and the son succeeds or the brother dies and the brother dies, you may not raise any strange things, if the monarch is too powerful, once a faint king. The scholars can't help if they want to save the country - the tyrant is even worse, and the scholars will be as precarious as the common people. Most of the ministers are non-hereditary, as long as the institution is stable and functioning normally, it will naturally be able to cleanse the turbidity and promote the pure, and arch the sages to high positions, so that the country can be peaceful.

Of course, when something goes wrong with the bureaucracy, the first thing the scholars and doctors often think about is not to nominate a sage. Instead, they asked the monarch to arbitrate, and based on such a little traditional inertia, they would not really be willing to engage in the "hypocrisy" style.

Therefore, it is said that Xun is as Cui Yan said, "the power of the great ministers invades the authority of the monarch, and the internal court is cut and the external court is realized", which has a broad mass base, so the new system, even the thorough conservatives like Chen Qun, only quarrel with him on trivial issues. There is no disagreement in the general direction. For the bureaucrats and doctors, those in the inner court are not officials. is not his own kind, but only the monarch's private person, and once the power of the inner court is heavy, the monarch uses his personal use, then any relatives and eunuchs will suddenly ascend to the high position, and the Eastern Han Dynasty will be defeated. Isn't that a lesson deep enough?

It's just that if everyone could know their ass position, and no one rebelled against their own class or strata, there wouldn't be so much strife and turmoil in the world. Cui Yan was also a scholar, but his views were very different from those of Shixun – in a sense, he was a rebel of his own class – because Confucianism valued the monarch and the minister, the father and the son. Natural order, then the high position should be in power, and the lower position should only obey the order, and it is logical. Co-authored can't be the main sacrifice of the father, superficially respectful, but in fact, the sons don't listen to him, can the family still be managed well? In the same way, if the monarch has no power and moves it downward, it means that there is no clear leader, and everyone speaks their own words, can the country still govern well?

Besides, Cui Yan is now in the inner court, and of course he hopes that he, the secretary and supervisor, will hold real power, not just a mouthpiece between the monarch and the Zhongshutai.

That's why he exhorted Cao Chao at length, saying that the system formulated by Xun was fundamentally wrong, and that it would not be beneficial to the country for a long time. Your Majesty, you are still young now, and you can only let your courtiers control the country, but you are going to be an adult after all, once you are in power, you find that the power in your hands has been divided into pieces, can you bear it then?

I don't dare to say that Xun is disloyal, but I don't think that his philosophy of governance is completely correct, and I hope that Your Majesty, you can see my loyalty, and open your eyes to see what Xun has done, so as to find an opportunity to "put things right" and make the state system truly embark on a broad road.

Cao Chao pondered for a long time and nodded slightly: "What Qing said seems to be reasonable, but what should I do?" That is, the right to receive the outer dynasty belongs to the inner court? "Cui Yan said that you must not be in a hurry, and you must change in a hurry-" Xihuo Guangzhi abolished Changyi, and Changyi lost his way? In his life, there are many suspicious people who are trapped by Huo Guang's dictatorship. The ministers did not dare to be disloyal, but Changyi was anxious, and he used his private before entering Weiyang, and he was afraid of political chaos, so he let it go. "If you govern a big country and cook a small fresh", if the system is changed suddenly, the people's hearts will be chaotic, and if the people's hearts are chaotic, the new deal will not work, and if the new deal does not work, the ministers will doubt the master, and the country will be governed? When looking for a good opportunity to slowly encroach on the power of foreign dynasties to return to His Majesty, naturally the ministers will not complain - is it to make the public want to be Huo Guang, and Ankedeye? ”

Speaking of this, he hurriedly added another sentence: "Huo Guangfei dared to act recklessly, but he was instigated by Tian Yannian." That is, the public has no sense of arbitrary power, and there is no one or two Tian Tian in the group to prolong the year? ”

According to historical records, Liu He, the king of Changyi, was in turmoil, and Huo Guang didn't take him, but he was just full of anger. Dasi Tiannon Yannian stood up and instigated Huo Guang, saying: "The general is the pillar of the country, and it is impossible to judge this person, why not build the White Empress Dowager and select the virtuous to stand up?" Then he took the precedent of Yi Yin putting Taijia in Tong Palace. Huo Guang convened hundreds of bureaucrats to discuss and proposed to depose Liu He, the big guys were all shocked, no one had expressed their position, Tian Yannian jumped out again, and "left the table to press the sword", deliberately blamed Huo Guang, saying that you are entrusted by the first emperor, do you just watch the emperor behave nonsense? "If the Han family is exterminated, although the general is dead, how can he see the first emperor underground?" And threatened: "Those who respond to the ministers, please cut them with a sword!" ”

Cui Yan added this sentence to show that he was by no means suspicious of Xun's intentions, and did not imply that he was like Huo Guang, who had both the power and the intention of abolishing the master. But if Your Majesty, you are really in a hurry, and if you fail to seize power and mess up the government, then all the ministers will be centrifuged, maybe someone will follow Tian Yannian's example and jump out, and then Xun will not be able to get it if he is not for Huo Guang!

Cui Jiqi is really smart, he knows that he must first correct his attitude, if Cao Chao suspects that he deliberately slandered Shixun because of personal grudges, then all the previous rhetoric will be turned into water, and the emperor will never believe himself again.

Sure enough, Cao Chao believed in Cui Yan's words, so today it was Xun Yi who mentioned that he wanted to expand the scale of Zhongshutai, and he couldn't help but be stunned - Cao Chao said in his heart I still want to gradually weaken the authority of the foreign dynasty, you are good, and you plan to expand your own team...... This can't be done, I can't agree to it! (To be continued.) )