Within a few days, the rest of the clan princes also arrived in Chang'an one after another after Liu Fei, the king of Qi, and Liu Jiao, the king of Chu.

Acting King Liu Heng and Wu King Liu Bi are two 'honest people' okay, they have been to Changling in a proper manner, and have mourned the former Emperor Gao, so they honestly locked themselves in the mansion of Shangguanli, and quietly waited for the summons of Liu Ying, the son of heaven, and the queen mother Lu Pheasant.

However, Liu Ruyi, the king of Zhao who arrived at the end, staged a drama of 'filial piety and mourning' in front of the entire Chang'an and even the whole world.

- Liu Ruyi, the third son of the emperor who had just turned ten, knelt for three days and three nights in the high temple under the Changling Tomb, and was stunned and didn't get up!!

For a time, the whole Chang'an was discussing, and all serious people said that King Zhao was 'filial piety and kindness', and he was worthy of being the son of Emperor Taizu Gao.

After this incident, the Chang'an court only fell into silence uncharacteristically, as if this incident had never happened.

Even Hou Yongya, who has always regarded 'adding blockage to the Son of Heaven' as his professional skill, rarely chose to shut up and did not express his opinion on this matter.

In the Changle Palace, an inexplicable anger is slowly accumulating in the Changxin Hall where the Empress Dowager Lu Pheasant lives, and I don't know when someone will be swallowed.

And after learning of this, Liu Ying only hurriedly ordered 800 miles to expedite the message: summon Zhao Xiangfen Yin Marquis Zhou Chang to Beijing!

After making such an explanation, Liu Ying couldn't care about the life or death of this stupid brother for the time being.

Because of another thing, the attention of the entire Chang'an court, including the Son of Heaven Liu Ying and the Empress Dowager Lu Pheasant, has attracted all of them······

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In the summer of the twelfth year of the Han Dynasty, Jiazi in June.

Changle Palace, Changxin Palace.

Since the death of the former emperor Liu Bang, the Changxin Hall has finally ushered in a large-scale court meeting for the first time, where the Empress Dowager Lu Pheasant and the Son of Heaven Liu Ying arrived together, and hundreds of officials gathered.

- Shuowang Dynasty.

Shuowang Dynasty, as the name suggests, is held on the first day of each month, that is, the first and fifteenth days of the new year, for the courtiers and hundreds of officials to perform the ceremony of Shuowang pilgrimage.

In the past, Liu Bang, the Son of Heaven, was not in Chang'an all the year round, and the affairs of the court were all in the hands of Marquis Xiao He, and the Shuowang Dynasty was used by courtiers and officials to perform the Shuowang pilgrimage ceremony, which was replaced indefinitely by the five-day Chang Dynasty.

After Liu Ying ascended the throne, although the courtiers and officials theoretically had the need to 'look forward to the pilgrimage and worship the Son of Heaven', firstly, the funeral of the former emperor Liu Bang was not completed, and secondly, the Son of Heaven Liu Ying was young and had not yet taken charge.

Therefore, the two times in the past month, that is, on the first and fifteenth days of the fifth lunar month, continued the previous situation and continued to proceed as usual.

And today, although the Empress Dowager Lu Pheasant and the Son of Heaven Liu Ying did not clearly order the 'Shuowang Dynasty', it is not difficult to see from the lineup of participants alone: Today's court, even if it is not the Shuowang Dynasty, is by no means an ordinary ordinary dynasty!

The reason is very simple: theoretically, the Chang Dynasty, which is held every five days, is a political meeting that is purely used by the court to discuss politics, and the participants are all courtiers.

For example, the three princes and nine secretaries of the court, as well as the division of thousands of stones and two thousand stones of their respective departments, will appear above the Chang Dynasty.

And today, in addition to these courtiers who have a job, the rest of the meritorious nobles and nobles who are idle at home, enjoy thousands of food estates, and have no official positions, are also all present.

From this, it is not difficult to see how different today's 'Chang Dynasty held on New Year's Day' is.

After all, the last time the top part of the Han power pyramid gathered like this was when the former emperor Liu Bang died, and the princes and ministers of the court entered the palace to pay homage to the new monarch Liu Ying······

"In the middle of summer and May, Taiwei and Qu Shunhou came to report: Lu Xuan, the rebel king who had been defeated and went north and stayed on the north wall for a long time, heard that the emperor had died, so he had lost his loyalty to the Han and led his troops to the north to enter the south of the curtain."

"At this moment, the traitorous king Lu Juan should have arrived at the court of the Xiongnu and be loyal to the tent of Chief Di Maodun······"

Sitting down in an extremely cold tone to make an opening remarks, Lu Pheasant, who was sitting on the royal couch, looked at the hall for a while.

"Zhongqing thinks that Yu rebelled against the king Lu Juan, my Han family, what should I think is right?"

As soon as Lu Pheasant said this, some Qianshi officials who didn't know why only subconsciously wanted to be born, but they were all stared at coldly by their respective superiors, and they dispelled the idea of playing the right role in the class with a little confusion.

It was Liu Ying, who was sitting beside Lu Pheasant and posing as a clay statue, and he couldn't help but bow his head with a calm face, as if he was thinking about something entangled.

I don't know how long it took, seeing that no one in the hall was born and answered correctly, Lu Pheasant's face was only a little more cold.

"Pingyang Hou."

With a cold snort, he raised his head slightly and looked at Cao Shen, who was kneeling next to Xiao He and sitting in the second seat.

"Lu Xuan, the Yuan of Emperor Taizu Gao."

"The Marquis of Pingyang, which also rose from abundance, was used by Emperor Taizu Gao."

"Then the Marquis of Pingyang said: How should I respond to the traitor King Lu Xuan, my Han family?"

As soon as these words came out, the eyes of everyone in the hall involuntarily converged on Cao Shen, and only on everyone's faces, there was a trace of concern and jealousy.

But seeing that Cao Shen heard this, he only muttered a wording, then got up and stepped forward, and bowed to Lu Pheasant and Liu Ying on the royal steps.

Then, it was Cao Shen's words, which set off a storm in the Changxin Palace······

"Empress Dowager."

"Lu Xuan, the king of Yan, was favored by Emperor Taizu Gao earlier, first made Emperor Taizu Gao a marquis, and even took Chang'an, the capital of the Han Dynasty, as a fiefdom;"

"Later, Zang Tubing was defeated, and Lu Juan got Wang Yanji with a different surname."

"Such a long en, it can be said that my Han family is unique, Emperor Taizu Gao Yu Lu Xuan, it can also be said that benevolence and righteousness are ······"

said this sentence lightly, and Cao Shen turned his head coldly.

"Last year, Chen Feng rebelled, Zhao, and King Han believed in the order of Chief Di Mao Dun to lead his troops south, thinking that Chen Feng was a foreign aid, and finally became the general Thorn Puhou, and the flying fox captain Chai Wu was cut in front of the battle!"

"If you lose the traitor Han Xin, the Huns are in my Han family, and there is no one who is familiar with and understands them."

"At the beginning of the year, the ministers also had to report from the side wall: Han Wangxin was beheaded by the Marquis of Thorn Pu, and Chief Di was furious, and he regarded Han Wangxin's department as useless, and drove his subordinates to the barren place in the north of the curtain."

"Therefore, Lu Xuan, Chief Di Maoton, should be regarded as the most important!"

said this informative sentence without changing his face, and saw that Cao Shen would straighten his upper body, and immediately bowed solemnly.

"The traitor King Lu Xuan, who was favored by Emperor Taizu Gao and did not know how to repay it, had a different surname to get Wang Yanji and was not loyal, and now he is a lackey of the Northern Barbarians, and the story of Han Wangxin!"

"The minister thinks that according to the Han law, the crime of Lu Juan is to rebel, and the whole sect of Lu Juan is used to serve the world!"

Just this sentence provoked everyone in the hall to turn around in horror, and they all looked at Cao Shen, who stood alone, like a selfless figure.

It was Liu Ying on Lu Pheasant's side, looking at Cao Shen's gaze, and couldn't help but bring a little scrutiny and doubt······

How Lu Juan should be disposed of, or how it should be characterized, is not the crux of the problem at all.

——As early as when Lu Juan made up his mind to join forces with Chen Xuan, who had rebelled, the hat of a 'traitor' had already been buckled to death on Lu Juan's head!

What really surprised everyone in the hall, and even Liu Ying, was Cao Shen's extremely inconspicuous words.

- The minister has to report to the side wall!

For those who are not familiar with the political system of the Han Dynasty, it seems that it is not unusual for Cao Shen to be able to get military information transmitted back from the side wall.

But in the eyes of those who know the Han court, Cao Shen's words are enough to make people pay 100,000 attention to the burden on the shoulders of Xiao He, who is about to end up, and become the father of the Han Dynasty!

Today's political system of the Han dynasty originated from the end of the Warring States Period, especially the Qin court after the unification of the world.

Among them, the three dukes are the prime minister, the captain, and the imperial doctor;

Jiuqing, for the internal history, Shaofu, and pawns; Fengchang, Tingwei, Zongzheng; as well as the Guard, the Servant, and the Lang Zhongling.

In the eyes of most people in later generations, the system of three princes and nine secretaries seems to be a top-down trunk-type political system headed by the prime minister and the rest with their own special responsibilities;

But in fact, anyone who has an understanding of the history of the Qin and Han dynasties will inevitably find that the nine Qings of the Qin and Han dynasties can be divided into three parts according to the type of responsibility.

-- the internal history, the Shaofu, and the pawn who are in charge of internal affairs; Fengchang, Tingwei, and Zongzheng, who are in charge of judicial supervision; as well as the lieutenants, servants, and lieutenants in charge of military affairs.

And these three types of responsibilities are highly similar to the main responsibilities of the three dukes: the prime minister is in charge of internal affairs, the imperial lieutenant is in charge of military affairs, and the imperial historian is in charge of supervision.

In fact, this is also the side of the Three Princes and Nine Secretaries system, which is least known to later generations.

——The prime minister, who is the first person responsible for internal affairs, although he is regarded as the 'head of a hundred officials' by habitual people, but in fact, the prime minister's theoretical direct subordinates are only Shaofu, Neishi, and Dianke!

Among them, the internal history manages the agricultural affairs of Guanzhong and the world, the Dianke is responsible for the communication between the central government and the princes and vassal kings, and the Shaofu is in charge of construction, savings, as well as construction and water conservancy;

The same goes for the Tai Lieutenant: although he nominally has the authority to 'call the world's soldiers and horses', the theoretical direct subordinates are only Wei Wei, Tai Fu, and Lang Zhongling.

The responsibilities of these three people do not need to be repeated: the guard is in charge of the palace guard, the servant is in charge of the world's horse politics, and Lang Zhongling is dedicated to protecting the safety of the Son of Heaven.

This is also the reason why the position of 'Tai Lieutenant' has always been regarded as a high-risk profession in history, and most of them have been suspicious of the emperor and have not died well.

And Cao Shen's current official position is the imperial historian who theoretically has the responsibility of supervising the world, and the theoretical direct subordinates are Fengchang, Tingwei, and Zongzheng.

The responsibilities of these three people are also clear at a glance.

Feng Chang is responsible for judging whether someone or something is wrong from the perspective of etiquette;

From the perspective of the law, the court judge whether someone or something is lawful or not;

Zongzheng is also responsible for supervising the royal family, taking the law and law as a reference, and supervising and punishing the royal family!

In this way, the core content of the Three Princes and Nine Secretaries system is clear at a glance.

- The prime minister, who is in charge of internal affairs, has three deputies with their own division of labor;

Taiwei is the commander-in-chief in charge of the troops and horses, and there are also three subordinates with different responsibilities: the guard lieutenant, the servant, and the lieutenant commander of Lang;

The Imperial Historian is similar to the Records Inspection and Supervision Department, and there are also three full-time adjutants: Fengchang, Tingwei, and Zongzheng.

Today's Han Dynasty, although it is still in the construction period of 'a hundred wastes waiting to be rebuilt', and the political system has not yet fully established a framework, the daily operation of the court is basically still in accordance with this system.

After understanding this, and looking back, it is not difficult to see how incredible it is that Cao Shen 'has to report to the side wall'.

-- The head of the editorial committee in charge of supervision actually claimed that he had received military intelligence from the border guards!

- Especially earlier than the court, and even earlier than the Son of Heaven Liu Ying and the Empress Dowager Lu Pheasant received!!

Such a thing is appalling enough to happen in any civilization and in any form of government in any era!!!!!

Just imagine, under the system of separation of powers in internal affairs, military, and supervision, the number one supervisor is actually the first person to receive internal intelligence from a hostile country!

What does this mean?

It means that there are only two possibilities for this to happen.

The first is that Cao Shen, the imperial historian who is the number one supervisor, already has military power that is comparable to the number one military leader, that is, Taiwei Zhou Bo!

If this is the case, then Liu Ying no longer needs to think about 'how to clean up ignorant relatives' and 'how to build a Han family that attracts attention from the world', and only needs to spend his whole life to eradicate the powerful 'Cao Shen rebel party', which is enough to be regarded as a merit in the present and a benefit for the future.

But fortunately, the experience of her previous life made Liu Ying very sure: this possibility is infinitely close to zero, or even directly zero.

The second possibility is the one with the greatest probability of occurrence and the one that makes Liu Ying feel the most upset······

"What Pingyang Hou said is not unreasonable."

"The so-called national law is ruthless, and it is even more ruthless, but it is just a thief of the Han Dynasty?"

When everyone lowered their heads and thought about it, they saw that on the imperial couch, Lu Pheasant only nodded slightly to Cao Shen, and slowly got up from the imperial couch.

The scene that happened after that completely surprised everyone in the hall, including Liu Ying······

"However, in the past, Han Wangxin of the Northern Barbarian Huns was a lackey, and he knew everything on the north wall of my Han family."

"Now that Han Wangxin is dead, if Lu Xuan, the king of Yan, succeeds Han Xin, I am afraid that there will be no harm in my Han family."

"What's more, Lu Xuan is the sibling of Emperor Taizu Gao, but he went astray, and he got today's fruit ······"

The tone was so flat that it seemed to be chatting about family life, and when he said these words that were seriously inconsistent with his own personality, Lu Pheasant nodded slowly.

"Hmmm······"

"That's it."

"Order Shaofu: Renovate the Chang'an Marquis Mansion in Shangguanli, and send slaves to sweep from time to time; All furnishings should be the same. ”

"In addition, the treasury of the Prime Minister's Mansion is used to collect 100,000 households of food and tax, and the Chang'an Marquis eats taxes, and 100 gold is hidden in the Chang'an Hou Mansion."

"In the coming days, the Marquis of Chang'an will return to serve my Han family, and then take it from the Hou Mansion."

After speaking, Lu Pheasant seemed to have said something ordinary, and raised his head indifferently.

"Zhongqing, do you have another important matter?"

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