Within a few days, the folds flew like snowflakes, but Liu Zhi stayed in the middle of the whole thing, and let those scholars and doctors be emotional, but they were indifferent.

Huang Qiong repeatedly entered the palace to ask to see her, but Liu Zhi avoided it under the pretext of being unwell.

Cao Teng also closed his door to greet guests, and shrank in the mansion in a low-key manner, but his heart was extremely bitter, although he was a veteran of the Four Dynasties, he was usually cautious and never offended people easily.

Those scholars and doctors, when they saw him in the past, greeted him with a smile, but once it rose to the issue of position, they immediately turned their faces.

The reason is that he still looks down on him as a "eunuch" from the bottom of his bones.

In the past few days, Liu Zhi has not been idle, and summoned Yang Jian and Shan Chao respectively to guide Long Linwei's work.

He decided not to set up General Long Linwei, and let him personally serve as the general, while Yang Jian and Shan Chao were the left and right Zhonglang generals respectively, which were directly under his command.

Now is an eventful time, and he must have a living force in his hands to have a sense of security.

In addition, in addition to the Yulin Army, there are also imperial guards in the palace, and the number is not large, only 200 people in total.

The ingredients in it are complicated, there are the Green Forest high-rollers that Lu Feng helped him recruit, there are Duan Xi's old department, and the group of people trained by Fan Chao.

Originally, he intended Lu Fenglai to serve as the commander of the imperial guards, but he was not interested in this, and would rather follow Dong Ban to Wuling County to suppress bandits.

Regarding the story between him and Dong Ban, I later learned through Su Xiaoshou that it turned out that a certain brother of Lu Feng was also the leader of the bandits.

Li Gu was too punctual in Ruyang, he refused to recruit An, and after being caught, he was sentenced to be executed, Lu Feng wanted to rob the prison to save people, but he missed.

It was Dong Ban who remembered that he was an upright and chivalrous person on weekdays, and pleaded with Li Gu to save him from death, and even his brother was only sentenced to confiscation in the end.

Since then, Lu Feng swore to follow Dong Ban and protect his safety, and later with Li Gu being demoted, Dong Ban was also dismissed, but Lu Feng never gave up, following him in life and death.

Grateful for the friendship between them, Liu Zhi had to give up his plan to keep Lu Feng by his side, and finally changed to Duan Xi's life and death brother Tian Yan.

This person, like Duan Xi, was also a ranger, and later rushed to the border pass to join the army, and after Duan Xi's accident, he resolutely accompanied him to exile the border pass.

Tian Yan has strong martial arts, an upright personality, and is quite righteous, and his performance in Long Linwei was also outstanding before.

After several considerations, Liu Zhi finally decided to use him, and I don't know if it was because he watched too many court dramas in later generations, he always felt that being an emperor was also a high-risk industry.

And Fan Chao was appointed by him as the personal guard of the imperial guard, as long as it was within the outer court, the imperial guard would personally guard his safety.

These days, what he thinks about the most is the administrative framework of the imperial court, and the bureaucratic structure of the Han Dynasty does not seem reasonable to him.

The powers of the three dukes overlap with Shangshutai and conflict with each other, such as Cao Peng, a subordinate of Taiwei.

In addition to Xicao was responsible for the appointment and dismissal of officials in the Taiwei Mansion, Dongcao was responsible for the transfer of officials in Erqianshi, and Hucao was responsible for household registration, sacrifices, and agricultural mulberry affairs throughout the country.

There is also a recital of Cao, who is responsible for hearing cases and accepting appeals; Facao was in charge of post affairs; Wei Cao was responsible for the recruitment and transportation of non-commissioned officers and prisoners.

There is also the thief Cao who is responsible for arresting the thief; Jucao is responsible for adjudicating criminal law; Bingcao was in charge of military affairs; Jin Cao was in charge of currency and salt and iron affairs; Kura Cao is in charge of the affairs of the state warehouse.

In this way, the jurisdiction of the Taiwei is very wide, and the matters involved cover almost all the responsibilities of the six Shangshu in later generations.

Fortunately, Taiwei Zhucao is subject to Shangshutai and has no right to deny it, and Taiwei has no actual power to control the affairs of Zhucao in his own government.

And the Shangshutai under the jurisdiction of the Shaofu also has six Shangshu, who are divided into six Caos other than the three princes.

As a result, Liucao nominally belonged to the Taiwei Mansion, but in fact it was under the management of Shang Shutai, with unclear powers and a chaotic power structure.

After the reform of Emperor Guangwu, the bureaucratic system of the Eastern Han Dynasty already had the rudiments of the system of three provinces and six ministries.

However, the form is not clear enough, and the division of power is somewhat rough, resulting in a large and cumbersome bureaucracy.

After the Sui and Tang dynasties, the system of three provinces and six ministries was established, and the level was much clearer, but the establishment of the three provinces and the left and right prime ministers greatly weakened the centralization of imperial power.

Liu Zhi felt that it was not advisable, but the Ming Dynasty abolished the three-province system, and it was much happier for the six ministries to be directly responsible to the emperor.

However, if he wants to reform, it will not be possible to achieve it overnight, so he can only find a way to improve the status of Shangshutai and separate him from the subordinate institutions of the Shaofu.

The improvement of Shang Shutai's status can further weaken the rights of the three dukes, so that most of the rights are concentrated in their own hands.

But this reform must be moved to at least two of the three dukes, the sixth Cao officially separated from the Taiwei Mansion, and Shangshutai also stripped off Sikong's subordinates.

For this reason, Liu Zhi secretly summoned Yuan Xuan and explained his plans and plans.

Although Shang Shutai's position was very important in the actual affairs of the imperial court, it was still necessary to control the three dukes, and he had real power but no name.

Once detached, Shang Shuling Chao became a powerful minister alongside the Three Dukes, and surpassed the other party in real power.

"Your Majesty's idea is really a clever move, it will be much more convenient for Liucao affairs in the future, and Shang Shutai only needs to be responsible to Your Majesty, and there will be no more muddy handling of things."

Yuan Xu's eyes naturally lit up when he heard this, and he still had a long way to go to climb to the position of the third prince in terms of qualifications.

But in this way, he immediately became a close minister of the emperor's side, although his reputation was inferior, but he went further in terms of benefits.

"There are ideas, but I'm afraid the three guilds won't agree, and it will be difficult to implement them when the time comes."

Liu Zhi pretended to sigh for a long time, looking powerless.

Yuan Xuan knew that Liu Zhi had given him a bait, but in the face of huge interests, he had to swallow it in one bite.

"Situ Yin Xun has always been loyal to the emperor in the Three Princes, and he should not object, Sikong Yuan Tang has worked with me for many years, and I am confident to convince him.

will resolutely oppose it, I'm afraid there is only one Taiwei, if most of the Jiuqing are in favor, plus Taifu, it shouldn't be a problem to pass. ”

He swore by it, and seemed to be very sure, but the actual situation was that this matter had nothing to do with Situ in the first place, and it was brought up by the emperor, so Yin Xun naturally wouldn't have much to do.

As for Sikong Yuan Tang's side, nominally Shangshutai is under his control, but in actual operation, it has long been out of his control, and at this time it is just a favor.

The relationship between Jiuqing is complicated and there are many factions, as long as they can win two-thirds, it is enough to achieve an overwhelming victory.

"In that case, then I'll leave this matter to you, and the next court will try to finalize it."

Liu Zhi's lips showed a slick smile, he didn't bother to hide it, he didn't plan to play conspiracy, but if you don't take it, you have to accept it.

He is looking forward to the next court meeting, it will definitely be very lively, how will the old lady Huang Qiong choose in the face of two major problems?

Haha, he can't wait to see the wonderful performances of these old foxes.