The great ceremony of the fourth year of the Son of Heaven is over.

Through the morning ceremony, the Han family also set the focus of the Han family's governance in the coming year, and even during the entire reign of Tianzi Qi.

-- On the basis of the pacification of the Wuchu Rebellion, we will advance the "Policy for Cutting the Domain" and the "Public Security Policy" step by step, and steadily expand the fruits of victory in quelling the Wuchu Rebellion;

It will take ten to twenty years to completely solve the threat and hidden dangers caused by the clan relatives and princes to the center of the Chang'an court.

At the same time, the social production order destroyed by the Wuchu Rebellion should be restored as soon as possible, and the main policy of 'recuperation, low-key saving money, and long-term preparations for the decisive battle against the Xiongnu' should be restored as soon as possible.

As for Liu Sheng's proposal to 'reduce the power of the princes and kings to appoint officials independently', although Tianzi Qi laughed it off, he did not forget to mention it: the princes and princes and Taifu should have been appointed by the court;

It was only in the past few years that the benevolent emperor connived at Liu Bi, the king of Wu, Liu Wu, the king of Chu, and Liu Jianglu, the king of Qi, that this rule was broken.

Just mentioned it shallowly, and the courtiers and officials were blessed with their hearts, and they vied with each other to play.

In the end, the courtiers and officials jointly decided: the appointment power of the princes, the prime minister, and the prince and the prince will be returned to the center of the court.

Everyone knows that this is just the beginning.

After the princes, Wang Xiang, and Wang Taifu, the appointment power of the princes' lieutenants, internal history, and even officials at the level of 2,000 stone will definitely be taken over by the central government.

Of course, in addition to recovering the appointment rights of the princes and princes, Tianziqi did not forget to take this opportunity to make a few changes that were not painful or painful, but enough to play inside and outside the government and the opposition.

- Change the princes and princes to the princes;

-- Change the princes and kings to 'prime ministers', instead of the past 'prime ministers' and 'state ministers';

- Change the princes and princes to 'Fu';

-- Change the princes, kings, and servants to 'servants';

- Change the lieutenant of the princes and kings to 'lieutenant';

——Change the princes' and kings' mansions to 'mansions'.

A long list of titles that seem to have no practical significance, but are no longer so forced, but they show the ambition of the Son of Heaven in front of the people of the world without concealment.

The cutting of the feudal domain is not over.

The Wu Chu Rebellion was just the beginning······

After the morning court meeting, the officials who came to Chang'an from all over the world withdrew from Weiyang Palace in an orderly manner.

In the next two months, these officials will stay in Chang'an, ready to be called by the prime minister to verify the data' at any time;

In the afternoon, the hundred officials followed the Son of Heaven to worship the Sheji in the southern suburbs of Chang'an City, as well as the Tai and Gao Ermiao in the south city gate.

By the time everything was done, it was dusk.

Farewell to the Son of Heaven in the Xuanshu Palace, walking on the palace road in piles and twos, the ministers and officials who had worked hard all day, but they still did not forget to talk about what they saw and heard today.

As for the core of the discussion, it is naturally the quasi-prince who 'appeared' above the court for the first time: Liu Sheng is undoubtedly ······

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"In the past, I only heard that the son was loyal and filial, and the maid was extremely filial;"

"But I didn't expect such a pure and filial person to treat his clan relatives so ruthlessly?"

"-yes~"

"——The opening is the right to appoint and dismiss officials······"

"-This is to cut the roots of the clan princes?"

"Isn't it······"

Walking in the crowd, listening to the sound of conversation in his ears, the servant Liu She, the court captain Zhang Ou, and the Shaofu Xiao Sheng lowered their heads thoughtfully, without the slightest intention of speaking.

Seeing the secretive posture of the three of them, everyone quickly stopped talking, and they all cast their tentative eyes on the three of them, who were two thousand stones.

A moment later, an old man of the Thousand Stone level walked two steps quickly and followed Xiao Sheng's side.

"I heard that Gongzi Sheng was ordered by His Majesty to preside over the grain price stabilization in Guanzhong today and next year;"

"Since it is to stabilize food prices, then Gongzi Sheng has been going around with Hou a lot recently?"

The old man's meaningful question caused Xiao Sheng to turn sideways slightly;

When he saw the old man and the eyes that were cast at him, all with the intention of asking 'what kind of person do you think Gongzi Sheng is', Xiao Sheng couldn't help but take a breath and slowly exhaled it.

"Childe wins ······"

"Uh-huh·······"

"——After the matter of stabilizing grain prices was handed over to Gongzi Sheng by His Majesty, Gongzi Sheng did visit me once."

"Judging from the matter of stabilizing food prices alone, Gongzi Sheng should be said to be a 'precocious' person?"

With a slight hesitation, 'Maybe it's a precocious person', Xiao Sheng didn't forget to laugh and shake his head.

"I've only seen Childe Katsu once;"

"Whether this is the case or not, I don't dare to make up my mind·······"

As he spoke, Xiao Sheng turned sideways again and cast his eyes for help to Liu She and Zhang Ou on his side.

When everyone followed Xiao Sheng's gaze and looked at Liu Sheng and Zhang Ou, they saw an embarrassing stiff smile on their faces at the same time.

"Well, the two of us are not familiar with Gongzisheng······"

"After all·······"

"Ahem, Childe wins, it's just 'Childe wins'·······"

A reminder full of deep meaning caused everyone's faces to stiffen suddenly, and then they turned their heads away and hurriedly ended the topic.

It is true that today's Liu Sheng is already a sure prince.

- More certain than Liu Rong in the past!

But after all, Liu Sheng is only a 'quasi-prince' and has not yet been officially entitled;

To put it more simply, Liu Sheng is theoretically still a mediocre 'son' and 'quasi-prince' for the time being.

And such an identity means that all the officials who are qualified to appear in the Weiyang Palace today cannot have too close contact with Liu Sheng.

This is not only to avoid suspicion, but also in the past, the quasi-prince Liu Rong, the eldest son of the emperor, who was considered a 'certainty' by both the government and the opposition, sounded the alarm for the Han court·······

"I don't know what's going on with the food?"

"-I heard that Taicang was opened, and the cheap grain was sold out."

"-I don't know what Childe Katsu thinks·······"

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"Since the crown prince has not yet been crowned, then Gongzisheng's side should not have any subordinate officials, right?"

"There are no think tanks around to give advice······

"The matter of grain, and today, the matter of cutting the appointment and dismissal power of princes and kings and officials, are all Gongzisheng's own ideas?"

"—as it should be."

"-I heard that Gongzi Sheng is around, only the seventh son of the emperor, and a few relatives of the Dou family and the Jia family······"

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"The Dou family is helping Gongzi win?"

"Hiss~"

"I heard that the Queen Mother has always loved Gongzi Sheng?"

"—isn't it······"

"-I heard that the princess of the pavilion Tao also plans to marry her daughter to Gongzi Sheng·······"

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"Princess Guantao's daughter?"

"Isn't it only five years old······

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As the crowd slowly walked towards the direction of the palace gate, and chatted about these two sentences from time to time, the three words 'Gongzi Sheng' became more and more mysterious in everyone's hearts.

Everyone's face is full of thoughts.

Tonight, Chang'an is destined to have a lot of people who suffer from insomnia because of such a problem;

- Childe Sheng, what kind of person is he?

But what is obvious is that the Son of Heaven is not among them.

To be precise, even if Tianziqi has insomnia, it will never be because of this problem·········

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"Tell me, what do you think;"

"How detailed it is."

The apse of the Xuanmur Palace, the sleeping palace.

Standing in front of the servant girl holding the basin of water, she rubbed her face with a wet cloth, and turned her neck tiredly, wiping the area around her neck by the way;

On his lips, Tianziqi did not forget to ask Liu Sheng, who was kneeling in front of the couch not far away.

Hearing this, Liu Sheng's face was full of relaxation, and he shrugged his shoulders without thinking.

"The sons and daughters couldn't say what their father wanted to say, but the officials couldn't understand their father's hints;"

"I thought about it secretly, and felt that if this was said by Erchen, there would be no bad results."

"So the son said."

The attitude of not caring made Tianzi Qi frown subconsciously;

Throwing the wet cloth in his hand back into the basin, he slowly turned around and looked at Liu Sheng with compassion.

"I'm asking you, what do you think about the affairs of the clan princes?!"

"-Hang Erlang, there is no shape all day long!"

was inexplicably annoyed, which only caused Liu Sheng to be slightly startled, and subconsciously sat up straight;

When Tianzi Qiye walked back to the imperial couch with a gloomy face, he sat down and looked at himself with a serious face, and Liu Sheng had to look a little pale.

With a little wording, he put his opinion in front of Tianzi Qi without reservation.

"Cutting the feudal domain is a national policy that my Han family has been promoting since the establishment of the country."

"Since Emperor Taizu Gao destroyed the princes with different surnames and suppressed the Kanto region with the princes of the clan, the internal vassals of the princes have always been the focus of my Han family."

"——The teacher once said: It is essentially right for the King of Qin to abolish the feudal division and the county line;

"But Qin Wangzheng was too anxious and didn't make a plan for it, which caused Qin to lose the hearts of the people because of the abolition of the separation."

"Emperor Taizu Gao learned the lesson of King Qin's politics of being anxious for quick success and quick profit, and decided to take it slowly."

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"At the beginning, Emperor Taizu Gao divided the feud and made the other surname the king, so as to win the hearts of the people in the world and destroy Xiang Yu;"

"After the unification of the world, Emperor Taizu Gao banned the princes with different surnames in order, and suppressed the local areas with the princes of the clan, thinking that they were wings."

"By the time of the first emperor, the shortcomings of the clan princes also began to appear, so the first emperor began to plan to cut the domain;"

"Then to the father, a rebellion of Wu and Chu completely knocked out the ambitions of the clan princes and created conditions for the banning of the clan princes."

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"But unlike the princes with different surnames, the princes of the clan, after all, they are still my Liu clan relatives, and they can't be dealt with with by too violent means like the extermination of the princes with different surnames."

"Therefore, the best way to ban the clan princes is to use Jia Yi's method of 'pushing the sons of grace' to slowly dismember the clan princes;"

"And by virtue of quelling the rebellion of Wu Chu, my father has already gained the authority to take and ask for the princes of the clan, and Jia Yi's 'Tuien Sons' has taken too long."

"Therefore, in addition to Jia Yi's method of 'pushing the sons of grace', my father and emperor must also seize the power of the princes of the clan in order from now on to prepare for the future."

"——In the future, when this generation of clan princes dies and the court can push the princes, it is best that the clan princes do not have the slightest ability to resist."

"Only in this way can our Han family dismember a large country of several counties into a small country of one county or half a county through such a gentle means as 'Tui'en', and finally, dismember it into a marquis state the size of one county and one township."

"When the vassal states of the Kwantung clan are dismembered into princely states, and my Han family is constrained by the princes' internal vassals and cannot concentrate on dealing with the hidden dangers of the Huns, it can be regarded as completely eliminating ······"

Expressing his thoughts and the order of his teachings that the old prime minister Shen Tujia had once said, Liu Sheng raised his head a little uneasily and looked at the uncertain face of Tianzi Qi.

- The anger of the Son of Heaven is too bizarre!

provoked Liu Shengdu to beat a drum in his heart, and began to reflect on his recent history, did he do something wrong?

Liu Sheng's anxious expression did not attract the attention of Tianzi Qi.

After recalling Liu Sheng's words a little, and pondering for a while, the Son of Heaven Qicai raised his head with 'residual anger'.

"When talking about state affairs, don't have a hippie smile!"

"- Know that every decision you make is related to the livelihood of millions of people!"

"If you just laugh and talk, thousands of people may die because of your stupidity!"

"Your indifferent attitude is likely to make the ancestors' decades of hard work burn because you are not a descendant!"

Another sudden burst of anger finally provoked Liu Sheng to bow his head in shame, and his body, which was already kneeling, also bowed down.

"Son, ······ guilty"

"Father's teachings, sons, keep them in mind·······"

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In front of the royal couch, Liu Sheng kowtowed to the ground, ashamed and confessed;

On the royal couch, the Son of Heaven was sitting in danger, his face was angry.

After a long while, the Son of Heaven finally calmed down, only with a strained face, he said, "Get up." ”

"Remember what you said today."

"—When it comes to state affairs, there are no small things."

"As long as it is not a trivial matter, it must be treated solemnly, and it must be considered and considered;"

"Always remember: what you hold in your hands is the life and death of the people of the world!"

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"What you are holding in your hands are tens of millions of people and Li Shu in the world."

"—hold it a little tighter, and you'll pinch thousands of people to death;"

"—if you hold it a little looser, you will fall and kill thousands of people."

"How to hold this hand is a science;"

"I will teach you this knowledge."

"But before you learn how to hold your hand, you must first understand: what is it that you are holding in your hand·······"

After another lecture, the anger in Tianzi Qi's tone has obviously weakened a lot.

But instead, there is an inexplicable bitter heart that makes people feel guilty, and the words are serious.

"Son, remember ·······"

With another 'remember', coupled with the attitude of sincere confession, Liu Shengcai finally dispelled the inexplicable anger in Tianziqi's heart.

Seeing that the Son of Heaven heard this, he nodded his head slightly with a watery face, and took a deep breath;

After taking several deep breaths repeatedly, and finally calming down completely, Tianzi Qicai raised his head again with a tense face.

"Why do you think of cutting the power of the princes and kings to appoint and dismiss officials today?"

"Don't you know what the power to appoint and dismiss officials means?"

"Don't you know that the princes and kings have lost the right to appoint and dismiss officials, and will directly become the marquis of the big one?"

"-And: Didn't you say before that today, you want to mention the matter of banning people from minting money privately?"

"Why did you suddenly change your mind and mention the matter of cutting the appointment and dismissal power of princes and kings?"

The low tone of the series of questions only provoked Liu Sheng to raise his eyelids cautiously and take a look at the uncertain face of the Son of Heaven.

Sure that Tianziqi was asking, not questioning, Liu Sheng calmed down a little.

After thinking for a moment, he took a deep breath and straightened his body again.

"The sons know what the right to appoint and dismiss officials means to the princes of the clan."

"I also know that the princes of the clan have lost the right to appoint and dismiss officials, and they will completely lose control of the feudal country."

"But Erchen thinks that this is more beneficial than disadvantageous for my Han family;"

"Now is the perfect time to do so."

Speaking firmly, Liu Sheng did not forget to continue to raise his head, looking at the change in Tianziqi's expression.

It wasn't until Tianzi Qi gave a lukewarm 'um' that he continued: "The princes of the clan have advantages and disadvantages for my Han family. ”

"The advantage lies in the fact that these clan princes can defend the Son of Heaven of Chang'an when necessary."

"——Just like back then, when the Lu family was in trouble for Chang'an, the existence of the Kwantung princes ensured the continuation of the temple."

"At that time, if it weren't for the existence of the princes of each clan, Chen Ping, Zhou Bo and others would not have set up the first emperor, but would have tried to stand on their own."

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"But compared to this 'pros', the 'disadvantages' of the clan relatives and princes are more than 100 times greater."

"—When necessary, the princes of the clan can defend the Son of Heaven, there is no doubt about it;"

"But on the other hand: the clan princes who have the ability to defend the Son of Heaven in Chang'an also have the ability to challenge Chang'an and raise troops in the eastern part of the country."

"Just like back then, the Lu family brought disaster to Chang'an, and although Liu Xiang, the king of Qi, raised troops to punish Lu, it was for himself to sit on the throne, not to defend the Son of Heaven in Chang'an."

"Just like last year, Liu Bi, Liu Wu and other thieves rose up to rebel and pulled most of the Kanto region into the abyss of war."

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"The most important thing is: back then, the first emperor wanted to fight a decisive battle with the Xiongnu, and everything was ready, but because Liu Xingju, the king of Jibei, raised an army to make a rebellion, all the preparations were burned."

"It was this incident that made the first emperor understand: If we don't sweep away the clan relatives and princes, my Han family will never be able to go north with peace of mind and drive out Hu Lu."

"Combined with all this, the existence of the clan princes is obviously doing more harm than good;"

"And now, it is a good opportunity for my father to seize the power of the princes and kings, lay the foundation for the future banning of the princes of the clan and remove obstacles."

said solemnly, Liu Sheng did not forget to emphasize one side at the end: "As for why Erchen temporarily changed his mind, it was because of his father's hint and did not get feedback from the officials; ”

"Erchen thought that if Erchen said this for his father, he would help his father·······"

With a calm face, he sat quietly on the edge of the couch, and patiently listened to what Liu Sheng said, and the Son of Heaven finally let go of his frowning brows.

It's just that Tianziqi's next words made Liu Sheng confused and completely confused·······

"I see."

"Let's go down."

"Next time there is something like this, remember to tell me in advance."

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"And;"

"I already have a plan for money."

"When the food is done, I'll leave it to you."

"Go ahead."

"In the recent days, remember to hide from the prime minister·········"

(End of chapter)