In the next period of time, Liu Che either went to watch the research progress of the steam engine, or was thinking about how to solve the problems of the Western Regions.

In Liu Ponu's view, these two are indispensable.

It's not easy to go on a long trip, since he went, Liu Ponu certainly hopes to solve all the problems that should be solved at one time.

So this time, Liu Ponu's purpose was to directly take all the places in the Western Regions.

As for Wusun, this depends on the specific situation.

Historically, there was no joining of Wusun within the scope of the Western Regions Protectorate, and Wusun was still an independent country.

Of course, Liu Ponu does not expect to be able to take down all the forces, and the preferred target is, of course, close, small-scale, and suitable for development.

In addition, what Liu Ponu misses the most is the steam engine.

This is something he wanted to do from the beginning, but due to various problems, he had to give up for the time being, and temporarily made a Stirling engine.

Although the Stirling engine is well suited for vehicles with smaller carriers, such as trucks, the disadvantages are also obvious.

Liu Ponu has seen some videos of later generations, how awesome those early steam engine tractors were.

If it is according to the current standards, that tractor can turn over five or six acres of land in one trip, and the speed is still very fast, how much work can be done in this day?

Another great use of the steam engine was the train, and although the railroad was difficult to build, the benefits of that thing were known to everyone.

Once the railway is completed, the Han's control over various places will be even higher.

It's a pity that everyone understands the principle, but because some material problems cannot be solved, the current steam engine has never been put into use.

The experimental phase can still work, but it can only last for a few days at most, which is obviously not usable.

Liu Ponu was busy with his own plans, and Liu Che was also busy with the reform of the Seventh Ministry.

Jiuqing was changed to seven departments, and there must be two elders who will be dismissed.

Although the original prime minister was divided into three and two positions were added, the prime minister had already been restructured into a three-province system, and the personnel had been fixed, which had nothing to do with them.

Because of Liu Ponu's trust and the cracking of the eucalyptus that looted 3,000 new ploughs, he was recently promoted to the imperial doctor.

Coincidentally, as soon as the storm victory was promoted to the imperial historian, the imperial court received the funeral report of the Ni family, and the former imperial historian Ni Kuan died of illness, hoping to obtain the emperor's permission to return to the countryside for burial.

Ni Kuan was somewhat unjustifiable, but it was not completely wronged, so Liu Che happily agreed to Ni Kuan's request to return to the countryside for burial.

What Liu Che didn't expect was that within two days, the funeral report of the former Prime Minister Shi Qing also came.

In history, Shi Qing died of illness while serving as prime minister, but in this life he stepped down early because of his son Shi De's involvement, in essence, Shi Qing himself did not make any big mistakes, although he did not have any credit.

After receiving the news, Liu Che still gave Shi Qingzhen the title of Marquis Tian, just like in history.

Ni Kuan, Shi Qing, a royal doctor, a prime minister, these two belong to the backbone of the original prince's camp, with the abolition of the crown prince Liu Ju, these two also died one after another, which can't help but cause some people's grief and indignation.

In the city of Chang'an!

In the midst of an imposing mansion.

The house was brightly lit, and the eucalyptus in front of it was full of wine and meat.

Gongsun He drank the somewhat sour wine one after another, but the meat in front of him did not move, and the empty wine jars beside him were scattered everywhere, and there were as many as four or five jars.

Anyone who saw this scene had to shout a lot.

Although the degree of wine is not high this year, it does have a degree.

Even if it can be ignored, even if it is four or five jars of water, ordinary people can't drink it.

But Gongsun He has no intention of stopping now.

"The old man was in the seventh year of the first century (150 years ago), since the time when His Majesty was established as the prince, he was the prince of the prince, and in the third year of the later yuan (141 years ago), he was in the position of the servant, in charge of the carriage and horses of the Son of Heaven, during which he went out to conquer the Huns several times, although he did not make great achievements, but there were a lot of hard work, right?"

"Son, son is gone! The official position is gone! Gone! Nothing! ”

"I can't think of it! Unexpected! ”

"The old man has worked hard for decades, worked hard for decades, and now he has ended up like this!"

"Husband, you've drunk too much, go to sleep quickly, just get up after sleeping!" Listening to Gongsun He's complaints, his wife Wei Junru hurriedly interrupted in fright, and was about to help Gongsun He go back to his room to sleep.

"Nope! The old man didn't drink much! The old man was bitter in his heart...... "Although Gongsun He is old, he is a strong man after all, and he directly pushed Wei Junru away with a wave of his hand.

"The concubine knows that her husband is bitter in her heart, but those are over, so let's go to sleep quickly!" Wei Junru sighed in his heart, who is not bitter in his heart?

She also felt bitter, but so what?

Years of experience told her that she couldn't let Gongsun He talk nonsense anymore, otherwise something would happen!

"Passed?" Gongsun He snorted coldly, and then said sadly and angrily: "Forty-seven years, the old man has been with him for a full forty-seven years, from an ignorant boy to a gray-haired man now, what has the old man exchanged for these forty-seven years?" No bullshit! ”

Gongsun He is the prince of the team, Liu is true, as far as his identity is concerned, he has to stand if he doesn't stand.

Although the probability of letting himself join Liu Ponu in the future is not large, Gongsun He also knows some good things.

Now that the emperor is rare and Liu Ponu is tight, Gongsun He naturally will not take the risk of going against the emperor to make things difficult for Liu Ponu.

But what Gongsun He didn't expect was that Liu Ponu first took action against his son Gongsun Jingsheng, although that kid did do a lot of bad things, but if you Liu Ponu didn't do him, he wouldn't end up with his head.

Since then, Gongsun He has never given Liu Ponu a good look.

However, Liu Ponu never cared about it, nor did he express his dissatisfaction.

Even Gongsun He was once moved by Liu Ponu's posture, and he was almost about to show his attitude to support him.

As a result, Gongsun He didn't expect that some time ago, the imperial court suddenly came to the news that Jiuqing would be changed to seven departments, and with the example of the prime minister changing to three provinces, everyone was not too surprised by this.

The only thing that makes people nervous is the change of nine to seven, which means that two people will not be able to get new positions.

Later, a group of people kept inquiring about the news, and then summed it up.

After some understanding, I finally have some eyebrows.

Fengchang and Dianke correspond to the Ministry of Rites, Dasi Nong corresponds to the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of War is more like a combination of Taiwei and Weiwei, the Criminal Department corresponding to Tingwei, the Ministry of Officials is the power of the former Prime Minister, and the Shaofu is directly changed to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Industry is already too obvious, corresponding to the workshop, and the last Ministry of Commerce is even more obvious, the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Commerce are almost Liu Ponu's own land.

Then Gongsun He was stunned to find that after the restructuring, there seemed to be no suitable position for him.

The others are either chosen one of the two after the merger, or there is no competitor, no matter what, there is still hope, and Gongsun He is a little anxious at this time.

"The Great Age of Genes"

Then the emperor kept letting people let out the rumors, and everyone basically knew where to go, but Gongsun He was stunned and didn't receive the slightest news.

At this point, how could Gongsun He not see what the emperor meant?

This special mother is going to unload the mill and kill the donkey!

In order to pave the way for Liu Ponu, the emperor actually made a move on so many meritorious veterans in just one year, which was the most unacceptable point for Gongsun He.

In the past, he could still use the fact that the emperor didn't do anything to himself to make a fool of himself, and after a few setbacks, he could still make a posture that nothing to do with himself.

But now that the knife fell on his head, Gongsun He instantly felt very aggrieved, very cowardly, and didn't want to endure it anymore.

"Liu Ponu! It must be Liu Ponu who used trickery to confuse His Majesty, otherwise with His Majesty's shrewdness, it would be absolutely impossible to do anything to the old man and these old ministers, Liu Ponu, it is you who are unkind first......"