As for the gambling contract between Wang Meiren and her younger brother Tian Wei, no one inside and outside the Chang'an court knows about it.

But if anyone knows, they will definitely give Wang Meiren a thumbs up and praise from the bottom of their hearts: Although Mrs. is a daughter, she is also a woman who does not let her eyebrows go!

Of course, this is not because of the next day, Zhou Yafu really fell from the position of prime minister without warning, as Wang Meiren said.

It's because of the Chang Dynasty on this day, as early as before dawn and the hundred officials and ministers were still waiting outside the palace gate, it was strange from the inside out.

Especially before the palace gate opened, the two figures that appeared next to Zhou Yafu made the entire Chang'an court smell an inexplicable palpitation······

·

The Son of Heaven enlightened the fourth year of the New Year, and the summer was June 25.

There is still half an hour before the official start of the court meeting (five o'clock in the morning);

Even if the palace door is opened to welcome hundreds of officials inside, there are still a few pillars of incense.

Although it was a scorching summer, fortunately, the sky was not yet dawn, and the ministers and officials who rushed to wait outside the palace in advance could rarely enjoy this moment of coolness.

On the palace gate, the soldiers of the forbidden army were stubborn, holding their heads high, silently waiting for the Weiyang Palace behind them, and the order of 'Xuan Baiguan entering the palace' was issued;

Outside the palace gate, hundreds of officials and ministers gathered together in twos and threes, chatting and talking, and then bowing to acquaintances from time to time, and greeting each other.

Compared to every Asahi in the past, it seems that today is not much different.

——At least before those two figures, under the gaze of everyone, walked towards Zhou Yafu, who was closest to the palace gate, everything today was the same as in the past······

"The prime minister is well."

With a low and powerful whisper, the eyes of all the people waiting outside the palace gate converged around Prime Minister Zhou Yafu;

Hearing the call from behind him, Zhou Yafu, who was standing outside the palace gate with a belly and facing the palace gate to 'close his eyes and recuperate', also turned around according to the sound.

When he saw the person who spoke out and the other person next to him, Zhou Yafu's already tense face only instantly added a trace of alienation.

"The History of Chao Nei;"

"Doctor Tao."

Before meeting, Chao Cuo and Tao Qing bowed to themselves, and Zhou Yafu had to reluctantly raise his hand and salute the two perfunctorily;

He was about to turn around and face the palace gate again to make a 'peerless master contemplation' shape, but when he saw Chao Cuo, he laughed inexplicably, and raised his hand to point to Tao Qing beside him.

"If it weren't for Dr. Tao's request, I wouldn't have come to talk to the prime minister before the court meeting."

"After all, everyone inside and outside the government and the opposition knows that Prime Minister Zhou is selfless, and all the ministers and officials of the DPRK and the Central People's Republic of China, as long as they do not go to the Prime Minister's Mansion, it will be difficult to see Cheng Cheng's face."

"It is reasonable and reasonable, you should go to the Prime Minister's Mansion to find the Prime Minister, not outside this palace gate, in front of the ministers and officials;"

"It's just that in the past period, Dr. Tao has come to the door repeatedly, but he has not been able to see the prime minister in the prime minister's mansion."

"——According to the porter, the last time the prime minister went to the prime minister's office seemed to be more than two months ago?"

"Huh······"

"The prime minister was busy with state affairs, and he was busy for more than two months, but he couldn't find time to go to the prime minister's mansion;"

"There are some things that the prime minister has to know, but Dr. Tao can't see the prime minister at all, and I really don't know what to do;"

"That's why I, a brazen person, asked Cheng quite face-to-face······"

With a gentle smile, saying these words that no one can find a mistake, Chao Cuo did not forget to smile shyly again, and looked at Zhou Yafu's gaze, which was also a little embarrassed.

And not far from Zhou Yafu, Tao Qing, and Chao Cuo, all the officials and people who were not far away pricked up their ears one after another, pretending to bow their heads and think, but carefully moved a few steps in the direction of the three of them.

——As early as when Emperor Taizu Gao established the Han Dynasty, the position of Taiwei was not permanent, and was only temporarily appointed when necessary, which had become the consensus of the Han monarchs and ministers;

Under this premise, the 'three dukes' of the Han family often refer to only the other two permanent positions, namely the prime minister and the imperial historian.

As for the internal history, although he is Jiuqing, he has the monstrous authority of 'taking full charge of Guanzhong affairs', and is even nicknamed 'Guanzhong Minister' in private!

Although the head of the Han Jiuqing is still theoretically still in charge of rituals and sacrifices, in terms of authority and actual status, the head of the Jiuqing in the true sense of the Han family is undoubtedly the internal history.

And now, in the crowd waiting outside the palace gate, the most advanced position, the only two three princes of the Han family - Prime Minister Zhou Yafu and Imperial Historian Tao Qing, and the actual 'head of the Nine Qings' - Nei Shi Chao Cuo, it seems that there is something to discuss?

It is no exaggeration to say that these three people get together, not to mention the courtiers and officials, even if the Son of Heaven sees it, I am afraid that they have to prick up their ears and listen: what are these people talking about.

Zhou Yafu didn't care much about the hundred officials who were slowly gathering towards him;

Hearing that Chao Cuo was carrying a gun and a stick, faintly accusing himself of 'not working in the Prime Minister's Mansion', Zhou Yafu only raised his head indifferently and looked at Chao Cuo with a low heart.

"I'm a martial artist, and I've never been used to those red tapes;"

"For official affairs that need to be decided by the Prime Minister's Office, Chao Neishi and Doctor Tao can go directly to the Prime Minister."

"I really need to handle it myself, or I can send it to the house, and I will see it at my leisure."

"-I have already told Your Majesty about these things, and Your Majesty has agreed."

"If you two have any opinions, you can directly mention them to Your Majesty."

Ignoring the face of the hundred officials and ministers, Zhou Yafu turned around and turned his back to the hundred officials and ministers, including Chao Cuo and Tao Qing, and continued to 'close his eyes and recuperate' in the direction of the north gate of Weiyang Palace-Sima Gate.

Behind Zhou Yafu, Chao Cuo only looked at Tao Qing for a moment, then lowered his head with a smile and said no more.

"Chao Gong ······"

"-No hurry~"

"-The court discussion, it hasn't started yet······"

·

"Your Majesty;

Prepare for the thieves to play: At the beginning of last year, after the rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms of Wu and Chu, there were rogues in the eastern counties of Hongnong County;

By the beginning of spring this year, half of the counties and townships in Hongnong County had played a rebellion with rogues and asked the court to send the thieves to clear it up.

Since the middle of spring and March, Hongnong County has presented 17 songs, and even the local county orders, lieutenants, and even the three elders of the township have had similar performances.

It's just that the Prime Minister's Mansion has not been delivered so far, and the thieves are all willing to clean up the rogues, and they can only stand by so far······"

When the time is right, the court discussion begins normally;

The Son of Heaven appeared in the Xuanshu Hall as usual, sat upright on the royal couch, and listened to the reports of the ministers on state affairs.

The crown prince Liu Sheng is also the same as in the past, every time he is in the Chang Dynasty and the Shuowang Dynasty, he sits at the top of the minister's train in a proper manner, like a clay statue, without saying a word.

The content of the court discussion, starting from the first topic was raised, almost all the questions were directed at the prime minister who had been close to a year: Zhou Yafu, the Marquis of Tiao······

"The Rogue of Hongnong~"

"Huh;"

"——Last autumn, when King Liang entered the dynasty, he talked about it by the side of the Queen Mother;"

"Even King Liang's carriage was almost robbed and killed by this gang of rogues on the way to Chang'an."

"It's been almost a year, but I didn't expect this gang of rogues to be still wandering around Hongnong······"

After the first topic was revealed by a six-hundred-stone collector, Tianzi Qi only shook his head and got up with a wry smile, and turned his head sideways intentionally or unintentionally, looking at the head of the courtier class.

Seeing that Zhou Yafu was unmoved, and seeing Tianzi Qi shaking his head and smiling again, he immediately raised his head and looked at the middle of the courtier's class with a light smile.

"This matter is wrong to prepare the thief captain."

"——The Prime Minister entered the Prime Minister's Mansion, and it was only a short year ago;"

"As for the official affairs that the Prime Minister's Office should handle, I'm afraid the Prime Minister hasn't had time to familiarize himself with it."

"Since the prime minister can't give an answer, why don't you ask me directly, or go to the queen mother?"

"Allowing the rogue of Hongnong County to wreak havoc so far, crippling the people and harming the people, isn't it a dereliction of duty to prepare the thieves?"

As the Son of Heaven seemed to be accusing and asking for guilt, but in fact, he couldn't hear the slightest harsh words, and among the courtiers, a middle-aged man with a silver seal on his waist had already walked out, kneeling down in the center of the hall with shame.

And at the moment when this man stood up, the crown prince Liu Sheng, who was kneeling at the head of the east seat and trying to complete his task of 'observing and learning', actually saw a strange light faintly flashing in the eyes of Tianziqi······

"Huh?"

"Captain ······ Thieves"

"Old man, this is what you want to ······"

Without waiting for Liu Sheng to understand the stakes, Tianzi Qi said indifferently, and it could be regarded as a final decision on this matter.

"Read: Prepare the thief captain, immediately mobilize the thieves under his command to clear out the Hongnong Liukou."

"——Before the first day of the eighth month of autumn, we must exterminate all bandits and thieves in Hongnong!"

"For the previous mistakes, I will first punish the thief captain for half a year, as a warning, and then use the matter of exterminating the thief to make meritorious service for the thief."

"If it is unfavorable to clear out the Hongnong thieves, the two crimes will be punished concurrently, and they will be severely punished."

The low voice of words provoked everyone in the hall to sit up straight involuntarily, and after a little reflection of the words of the Son of Heaven Qi Fangcai, they each breathed a sigh of relief.

Preparing for thieves is a position that Emperor Taizu Gao set up before the establishment of the country, Xiao He Xiao Xiangguo specially asked Emperor Taizu Liu Bang to establish a position in order to improve the security situation in Guanzhong.

At that time, Emperor Gao, who was still the king of Han, had just come from Hanzhong to 'return the three Qins';

In Guanzhong, he didn't even sit on his buttocks, so he went out of Hangu non-stop, gathered all the princes' soldiers and horses, and played the 'Chu and Han hegemony' with the overlord Xiang Yu.

Guanzhong, which was left behind by Liu Bang and handed over to the governance of Xiao He, Xiangguo, faced extremely serious security hazards because of the three Qin and three kings that once existed, namely Yongwang Zhanghan, Saiwang Sima Xin, and Zhai Wang Dong Peng.

- Emperor Taizu Gao also set the Three Qins, but only defeated the main force of the three kings, but did not bother to purge the remnants of the three kings;

Therefore, Xiao Xiangguo asked Emperor Taizu Gao to set up the post of 'Captain of Thieves', which was specifically responsible for clearing the remnants of the three kings who were wandering around Guanzhong, as well as the grass and thieves who occupied the mountains as kings.

After several years of high-pressure crackdowns, the public security situation in Guanzhong has improved significantly, most of the grass bandits and bandits have been eliminated, and Guanzhong has finally restored normal production order;

The thief commander who completed the historical mission, since the time of Emperor Taizu Gao, from the beginning of the establishment of the position of 'the same Jiuqing-Zhong 2,000 stones', the order was lowered to the position of Jiuqing-Zhen 2,000 stones, and the position was higher than the county guard - 2,000 stones;

Up to now, the once high-ranking and powerful Captain of the Thieves has been reduced to a small yamen with the same lieutenant - more than 2,000 stones, which is under the jurisdiction of the lieutenant and is at the same level as the lieutenant general.

It's not hard to see why: when the mice are gone, the tanuki can rest.

But rats don't disappear forever, so tanuki still have to be kept at home, but they don't have to be fed meat as they used to.

Speaking back to now, it has been nearly 50 years since the founding of the Han family, and no matter what happens in the eastern part of the country, at least in Guanzhong, there are few bandits and thieves;

Under such circumstances, it was not difficult at all for Tianzi Qi to order the thieves to come out of the nest and clear out the hundred or so rabble in Hongnong County.

But the result of Tianziqi's handling of this matter made hundreds of officials and ministers lose their minds.

"Your Majesty actually doesn't even say a word of admonition to the prime minister?"

"In the final analysis, this matter is the prime minister's fault?!"

···

"Your Majesty, don't you want to be too strict with the prime minister?"

"Or ······"

Compared with the ministers and officials who were still a little confused, Liu Sheng, who was 'watching coldly' on the side of the hall, was already vaguely aware of something at this moment.

And the next development of the situation also confirmed Liu Sheng's speculation.

- Tianzi Qi, he is really a very qualified 'Son of Heaven';

Especially the extremely qualified son of the Liu family······

"In addition to preparing the thief captain, is there anything else that needs to be discussed by the hundred officials?"

"If you have any, say it."

"If not, then the princes will go to the Queen Mother to ask for peace, and then they will go back to their subordinate offices."

There was the previous imperial history, which took the lead in preparing the thief captain, and there was the 'encouragement' of the Son of Heaven, and among the courtiers, only several figures stood up in response.

"The order of the left is played!"

"The craftsman is the right of the Shaofu and the order is played!!"

"The Servant's Stable Order Has !!"

···

"Imperial Captain Supervisor ······"

"Pawn ······"

"Zongzheng Cheng ······"

···

"Captain ······"

"Lang Zhongling ······"

"Bongchang ·········"

···

···

······

With one figure after another, from Zhou Yafu's courtier train, that is, the various positions in the west seat, the courtiers and officials in the hall were quite indifferent, but they couldn't help but feel a little surprised.

Even the crown prince Liu Sheng, who knelt at the head of the east seat, had not spoken for six or seven consecutive court discussions, and always remembered the teachings of the Son of Heaven to 'see more and listen more, talk less and move less', looked at the dozen figures in the hall who stood up one after another, and his face rarely showed a little surprise.

"Huo~~~!"

"Such a big amount of money?!"

"Jiuqing has a division, is this all the yards?"

···

"That's all there is to it;"

"Zongzheng and Fengchang, what are you mixing in?"

It was under the encouragement of Liu Sheng's puzzled and incomprehensible eyes of the Son of Heaven, as well as the suspicious gaze of the ministers and hundreds of officials, that the dozen or so people who stood up from the court class in order began to talk about the tricks of the Prime Minister's Mansion in the past period of time.

Neishi said that Guanzhong was supposed to clean up the canals in various places in the summer, and the prime minister's approval was needed to allocate funds from the state treasury;

Shaofu said that there is still a lot of follow-up work to be done on the matter of food, and the cooperation of the prime minister is needed;

The servant said again: This year's Ma Zheng's funds are almost exhausted, and the Prime Minister's Office needs to allocate next year's Ma Zheng's funds from the state treasury one or two months in advance.

···

Tingwei is a death row prisoner, who was pardoned because the Son of Heaven opened the amnesty of the world, and needs to be reviewed by the prime minister;

The pawn wanted to apply for an extra fund to cultivate the protons that Nanyue, Minyue and other countries in distress had sent to Chang'an;

Zong Zhengze wants to recruit a group of officials, and he needs the approval of the prime minister.

···

Wei Wei wanted to apply for updating weapons and equipment, Lang Zhongling wanted to apply for a few personnel transfers, and Feng Chang wanted to apply for funds to add a few sacrificial vessels to the Taimiao and Gao Temple······

Speaking of which, everyone has their own opinions, each has their own rhetoric, Jiuqing has a secretary, and they all have their own things to be delayed;

But if these words are distilled together, in fact, it is a sentence······

"Hmm······"

"There are so many things, all of which have been delayed because of the Prime Minister's Mansion······"

After the dozen or so people each revealed the 'incriminating evidence' of the Prime Minister's Mansion, especially Prime Minister Zhou Yafu himself, the Xuanshu Hall was quiet and had half a pillar of incense.

Almost everyone's eyes fell on the prime minister of the dynasty, who was kneeling at the head of the west seat and still couldn't see the slightest embarrassment: Zhou Yafu, the Marquis.

However, Tianzi Qi turned around a little reluctantly after a long period of "thinking" and "entanglement".

For a moment, the Son of Heaven on the royal couch, and the crown prince Liu Sheng, who was seated in the first place in the east seat, the father and son looked at Zhou Yafu with the same fierce light!

But soon, that fierce light was like a meteor, and it was like the guilt of the father and son towards Zhou Yafu, and it disappeared in a flash······

"If that's the case, then the prime minister, it's really hard for me to do······"

"If it's just one or two things, then I can still understand it;"

"-After all, the prime minister has every opportunity, and he even has to take the time to go to Beiying to take a look at the children of my Han family for me."

"It's understandable that one or two official duties are occasionally overlooked."

"But now it seems that the prime minister has been prime minister for more than a year, and it seems to be ······"

"Huh;"

"It seems that you haven't been able to familiarize yourself with the Prime Minister's Mansion and your responsibilities?"

With a somewhat 'embarrassed' face, he said a word, seeing that Zhou Yafu was about to get up, Tianziqi only hurriedly said: "If you are really busy, Prime Minister, you can go to Beiying a few times~"

"Huh?"

"——I see, the soldiers of the Northern Army are still loyal to my Liu family and my Han family;"

"Even if there is no prince surnamed 'Zhou' to inspect and supervise for me, the captains of the eight divisions of the Northern Army and more than 16,000 soldiers will never rush into this Weiyang Palace and take me captive because of anyone's demagoguery.

···

"What does the prime minister think?"

"The prime minister thinks that what I said is not reasonable???

Hmmm...

Two days ago, they boasted that they wanted two watches in Haikou, but they were persuaded by their benevolent fathers to go to sleep

I did try it, and I couldn't write much after staying up late, and I continued to burn it the next day.

Therefore, I still listen to the admonition of the great fathers and change it before turning yin.

I'm done writing today, and I'm going to go to bed.

Wake up early tomorrow.,If you don't have a fever or backache, your eyes can be opened.,You can start writing early.,One chapter in the morning and one in the afternoon.,It should be able to 2 more.。

Today's chapter took four and a half hours, mainly because of back pain, and I have to lie down and rest for a while after writing it.

Thank you for your understanding.

Good night, good night~~~~

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