When the Jibei Minister Chen Jue's written plea and the joint signature of the county and state bureau were sent to Kyoto along the Jishui, the government and the opposition set off a huge turmoil.

No one expected that such a ferocious thief would gather quietly within the empire. By now, three of the 2,000 stone masters had died, and you must know that the total number of counties in the empire was only one hundred and six.

Originally, Zhang Rang and others also regarded this gang of thieves as ringworm, and thought that as long as the Taishou coalition soldiers in several counties near Mount Tai could be exterminated, but now they can no longer regard the Taishan thieves as ordinary thieves.

To be honest, this is not to blame Zhang Rang, because there are not a few ministers who think like Zhang Rang. It is not once or twice that the people of this dynasty have swarmed up with thieves, and there are also some bandits, sea bandits, and barbarians who have troubled several counties, but as long as the imperial court sends a member who can be a guard, then it will be easily exterminated.

It just doesn't work now. If the old approach doesn't work, then the new approach will have to be discussed. Therefore, Liu Hong called several important ministers into the palace to discuss the strategy of suppressing thieves.

This kind of big suspicion is basically to discuss with the three dukes and Shang Shuling, so when Xiaohuangmen passed the decree, Taiwei Yang Ci, Sikong Zhang Ji, Situ Yuan Kui and Shangshu Ling Cao Ding entered the palace.

The reason why the three princes are called is not because they have any power, but simply because military affairs need to reach a consensus with the head of a hundred bureaucrats like the three princes, and it is Shang Shuling who really makes the order.

In fact, the three dukes of this dynasty have the power to deliberate, and compared with their former Han dynasty, one heaven and one earth. The prime minister of the former Han Dynasty was really the head of the foreign dynasty, one person under ten thousand people, but it was precisely because of such great power that there was the dictatorship of Huo Guang when Emperor Zhao and Wang Feng when Emperor Cheng, and finally evolved into a usurper like Wang Mang.

Therefore, after Guangwu won the world, the loss of power for several generations, and the stealing of the lives of the angry ministers, although the three princes were placed in office, the government was not in office, and the matter was returned to the Taiwan Cabinet, and the position of the three princes was just a reserve.

In fact, from the background of the three princes who entered the palace, it can also be seen that the three princes are empty. The above Taiwei Yang Ci, Sikong Zhang Ji, and Situ Yuan Kui were all Confucian scholars, and the prime ministers of the former Han Dynasty were all meritorious princes before Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. The former is just a piece of paper to retreat, while the latter can balance the emperor.

But there is one thing to say, preventing the emergence of powerful ministers like Wang Mang is indeed the starting reason for the division of the three dukes, but it can be maintained for more than a hundred years, and the reason is not this.

It is often said that history is a mirror, as if people can really make changes from history.

But in fact, this kind of role of taking history as a mirror is only felt by Guangwu and Emperor Ming, who have directly experienced it, and later emperors can only rely on books and oral memories to know indirectly, and often do not care.

For example, Guangwu also opposes the dictatorship of his relatives, and thinks that Wang Mang can represent the Han is Wang Feng's dictatorship of his relatives, but in fact? Emperor Ming can also guard against his uncle's family and not let him be in the position of cardinal. And when it came to Emperor Zhang, even if there were ministers who used the lessons of Tian's usurpation of Qi, Liuqing's division of Jin, and Wang Mang's usurpation of Han to warn his relatives, the emperor still favored his relatives Dou Xian, and allowed him to take charge of secrets, which also opened the wind of dictatorship of foreign relatives in this dynasty.

So, if people can really learn from history, it won't make history a cycle. ….

The reason behind it is because it is more reasonable for three people to do things than one person. In the past, the prime minister was alone, and things were complicated, and there was no responsibility. And now the three public and one person supervise part of the matter, and if there is a division of labor, there is responsibility.

For example, Yang Ci, the captain of the most advanced palace, is in charge of the military affairs of the Quartet, and then rewards and punishes him every year according to the assessment. As for the military affairs of the four sides here, it is mainly to inspect and supervise the governors of the border counties. In addition to supervising the border county of 2,000 stones, Taiwei also supervised the work of Taichangqing, Guangluqing and Weiweiqing.

But the above are actually all false, the most valued thing about the three dukes is that they can recruit subordinate officials, which can make people become officials and further powers, often as long as they do one term of three dukes, they can cultivate more than a dozen protégés and old officials, so ah, if you want to become a leader of the soldiers, you must have three dukes in the family, so that there will be enough followers, even if the three dukes have to take the blame for the emperor every time, and even in Liu Hong's generation, when the three dukes have to spend another sum of money, there are still so many people who rush to it, and the root behind it is here.

Yang Ci was appointed as a lieutenant in October last year, and this is the fourth time he has been a third duke

Situ, after the resurrection, became Situ again, and finally became a captain, which can be described as three ups and three downs.

This time, he took over the class of his predecessor Taiwei Xu Fang, who was also a Confucian student, but unlike Yang Ci's anti-eunuchs, Xu Fang was pro-eunuch and a party, but later he was dismissed due to floods and droughts and the mistakes and omissions of the recruiting officials, and the eunuch group lost a city.

As an old minister who has been active since the Liang Ji era, Yang Ci is old enough, and at this moment he was helped into the hall by the trembling Xiaohuangmen, and he was panting there, but compared with Zhang Ji, the Sikong next to him, Yang Ci was already energetic enough.

Sikong Zhang Ji is a native of Xiyang, Runan, and is also a family of the Gong family, and his family is the old family of the Han Court after Zhang Er, the king of Zhao in the early years of the Han Dynasty. Like the former Taiwei Xu Fang, he also flattered the eunuchs and the party, plus Yuan Kui, who has been in the position of Situ for two years, is also close to the eunuchs, so it can be said that the team of the last three princes is simply the echo of the eunuchs.

But with Yang Ci replacing Xu Ji as a lieutenant in October last year, the power of the eunuchs has been weakened, in addition to Yang Ci's own high morality and respect, and Liu Hong's imperial teacher, his own prestige, another reason is that Zhang Ji is old and faint.

Let's just say now, Zhang Ji was helped to the mat, and in that daze, the saliva overflowing from the corners of his mouth, it can already be seen how old and faint this person is.

Although Zhang Ji and Taiwei Yang Ci belong to different camps, the relationship between the two is still very good, so seeing that the old friend has reached this level, Yang Ci is also very sad, he called a small yellow door with his attendants, and asked him to drape his shoulders on the shoulders of the old Sikong.

When Yang Ci was sad, Situ Yuan Kui entered the palace. Compared with Zhang Ji and Yang Ci Chunqiu, Yuan Kui is in good spirits, since his brother died of illness four years ago, the Yuan family in Runan is only dominated by Yuan Kui, these years with the expansion of family power and between the scholars and eunuchs, Yuan Kui's career is getting smoother and smoother.

The so-called power is a man's second life, and with this blessing, Yuan Kui will naturally grow stronger and stronger. He came with Shang Shuling Cao Ding, who was a member of the late Cao Teng clan, and it can be said that he was also an authentic eunuch. ….

It can be seen from here that the teams of the last Three Princes and Shang Shuling were all eunuchs of the party, and we can get a taste of how powerful the eunuchs really are.

The three dukes sat together, Shang Shuling sat alone, and not long after the four of them sat down, Liu Hong came.

At this time, Liu Hong's face was already a little pale, and his steps were a little vain. The three princes who are doing have served the country for several generations, and Liu Hong's state is exactly the same as the previous short-lived emperors, and they can't help but show their sorrows.

But Liu Hong didn't know what the old men below thought, so he asked resolutely:

"The Zhongqing family has read Chen Qing's letter, how about the thief letter he wrote?"

After all, this matter is related to the military, so Yang Ci was the first to say his opinion:

"This strategy is old and begs for the country, Chen Qing is worthy of being the pillar of my Han family, I regret it, the sky will not leave his year, so that he will die early. It's a loss to the world."

Liu Hong, who was at the top, nodded, and then looked at Situ Yuan Kui.

Yuan Kui received a look and said unhurriedly:

"Chen Qing's strategy is good, but it's not practical. Among them, the cost of building walls and connecting roads is not only hundreds of millions, but also to charge each wall with troops, during which the cost is too huge. And it is not uncommon to say that this policy is not unusual, in the previous generation of Pingqiang, in order to prevent the Qiang people from merging into Hebei, at that time they built a barrier between Changshan and Zhao State. But that was for the Qiang people, and now it's just for a thief who wants to survive on Mount Tai, so he used this tactic, and it's over."

In fact, Yuan Kui's meaning is very simple, that is, this strategy is not unusable, but once it is used, I don't know how much it will cost, if it is to deal with the Qiang people, the money is spent, but now it is just a thief to use this method, isn't it a boulder to fight mosquitoes and flies? It's too exciting.

Listening to Yuan Kui's words, Liu Hong grinned at the corners of his mouth, secretly satisfied, the money Yuan Kui said was exactly what he cared about, although the Shaofu who was in charge of the money did not come, and he didn't know how much it would cost to really follow Chen Qi's strategy, but Liu Hong knew that no matter how little he was, he would cut meat from him.

But Yuan Kui's words aroused Yang Ci's opposition, and he said to Liu Hong:

"Situ's words are really absurd, the so-called rebellion that subverted the society is not from the outside but from the inside. Since the Qin Dynasty, the world has been unified and has not been overthrown by foreign races, whether it is the Xiongnu, the Qiang or the Xian

Inferiority is the cause of ringworm and scabies. On the contrary, those who subvert the community are in Chen Sheng and Wu Guang, and in the red eyebrows and green forests. And now this group of swarming Taishan thieves has a bit of momentum to disturb the world. From Chen Qi's guilty form, it can be seen that this gang of thieves is fierce and difficult to fight, and several major battles have been victorious, and the living forces of several nearby counties have been exhausted, and they are no longer capable of attacking. Therefore, don't wait for this powerful situation to be solved, and the wise man must see it before it sprouts."

Although Liu Hong was disgusted with Yang Ci's preaching, he had to admit that what Lao Yang Tou said made some sense. In his hesitation, he looked inquiringly at Sikong Zhang Ji in the middle.

But Zhang Ji was still in a daze and didn't respond, but Liu Hong said it a few times, and the old man reacted:

"What does the state say?"

"What does Zhang Qing think about this?"

"What's the matter?"

"Flat thief."

"What thief?"

Liu Hong sighed, and directly ordered Cao Ding, the Shangshu Ling on the side:

"Old Sikong is old, let him go down to recuperate. Don't let the foreign court say that I have treated the old ministers harshly."

Cao Ding received the order and immediately wrote an edict and sealed the mud.

Yang Ci saw that his old friend was still unconscious, and sighed secretly, but he also thought that Zhang Ji was too old to do anything, and he cared more about state affairs than personal feelings, so he continued to advise:

"Have you forgotten that in addition to this Taishan thief, there is also a Taiping Dao......

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Liu Hong:

"How did Qing know that Taiping Dao wanted to fight against evil?"

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