At that time, he was completely stunned, and he only thought about breaking the situation and getting rid of Liang Ji to save his life.

But later, after Liang Ji died, the reason why he chose to leave evidence that he poisoned Emperor Han was very simple, mainly to prevent Empress Dowager Liang.

To say that at that time, he was really 108,000 miles away from his foresight, and he was purely walking step by step, looking at each step, and crossing the river by feeling the stones.

In the past, he always felt that he was not lucky enough, but now in retrospect, he was really a son of luck.

The original cautious move has now inadvertently solved a big problem for him.

The news of Han Yan's confession soon spread to every corner of the Jingshi, and then came the shocking news that Liang Ji had poisoned the first emperor.

Before, although everyone unanimously agreed that Liang Ji was innocent of his death, there were still many people who criticized Liu Zhi behind his back.

Even if Liang Ji is arrogant and domineering, there is no place for him to be today, after all, he is holding a knife and forcing the ministers in the main hall to promise Liu Zhi to take the throne.

Otherwise, Liu Zhidu is just an inconspicuous little county marquis until now, and he may not be hiding in a pimple and corner to live silently.

Although Liu Zhi at that time was not grateful to Liang Ji for putting him on the throne, who would believe this?

So in the minds of other nobles, Liang Ji is Liu Zhi's great benefactor, and collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country is indeed a heinous crime, but the emperor finally killed them all, no matter how you say it, there is a bit of ungratitude in it.

Although no one dares to say this, there will be some muttering in their hearts.

But now that the little emperor's matter spread, things are completely different, and everyone suddenly realizes, no wonder Liu Zhi must cut the grass and eradicate the roots under the anger of the Empress Dowager Liang.

Dare to love Liang Ji has always had the heart to kill the king, who can bear this?

In an instant, Liu Zhi's various behaviors were reasonably explained, and Liang Ji was no longer kind to him, but had hatred.

If there is revenge, it is not a gentleman.

The young emperor in the Zhongde Hall has resolute eyes, although he has taken revenge, he is not a gentleman, but ......

He is the emperor and the supreme lord of this world, and the gentleman is only the product of regulating and suppressing those who read.

So, as long as he achieves his goal, everything else is a floating cloud.

In front of him was an edict, announcing the edict of the three clans of Han Yanyi.

Since he ascended the throne, this is not the first time such an edict has been issued, and his first time has been given to the rebellious Zhao Jie.

Hijacking the queen mother and killing the emperor, such a crime is enough to punish the ten clans in later generations, although he also gritted his teeth with hatred, and almost didn't hold it back, and pulled out the nine clans in advance.

But in the end, reason still prevailed over anger, after all, the purpose of heavy punishment is still to deter, as long as the established effect can be achieved, there is no need to increase the killing.

In this era, although human life is as cheap as a dog and worthless, no one can do it, seeing that the population is getting smaller and smaller, and the decline is serious, there is still no need to do anything to punish the nine clans.

Gently blowing the ink that had not dried, Liu Zhi rarely drafted the edict by himself, which shows that he attaches great importance to this matter.

"Bo Yuan, Yun He, this time to rectify the rule of the world, clean up the atmosphere of the court, there is a long way to go, I rely on the two."

Yin Xun, the chief lieutenant of the hall, and Yuan Xuan were all awe-inspiring, and solemnly raised their hands to salute.

Killing corrupt officials in the world, punishing the three clans of the family, few people are willing to do such things with their own hands, so the pressure on Yin Xun and Yuan Xuan is not small.

"Your Majesty, the Han family's killing order, let the ministers carry it out, Yun He presides over the six departments, the personnel is complicated, and it needs to be gentle and benevolent to be able to govern."

Yin Xun took a step forward and looked at Liu Zhi with a calm expression, Yuan Xuan was slightly moved, although he and Yin Xun were both His Majesty's confidants, the relationship was not very good.

After all, they are both important ministers of the imperial court and belong to different interest groups, so there is no need to get too close, it is easy to arouse suspicion.

Liu Zhiwei groaned, then nodded in agreement, "It's okay, you are a captain, and you can shock those people more than Yun He." ”

Yin Xun's background is not worse than Yuan Xu, and the Yin family of Gongxian County is also a first-class family, and his uncle Yin Mu was once one of the three princes.

And his brother Yin Song was a lieutenant when Emperor Shun of the Han Dynasty, and many members of the Yin family were in important positions.

He is resolute and straight, holds up the first office, has moved to Handan three times, has extraordinary political achievements, and has also served as Shangshu Ling.

On the same day, Liu Zhi killed the general Liang Ji, Yin Xun actively participated in the plot, and was later named the marquis of the capital, and since then he has gained his trust.

has been promoted all the way, and now he has reached the peak of his career, becoming the captain of the head of the three princes in the prime of life.

In the history of the Han Dynasty, there have also been prime ministers, princes and other heroic positions, and now they have become a cloud.

Although the position of Tai Lieutenant is gradually declining, it is still a dazzling existence above 10,000 people under one person.

Within two generations of the Yin family, there are three princes in one family, this glory is very rare, but it is extremely prosperous and declining, and Yin Xun does not understand the truth of being prepared for danger in times of peace.

Since His Majesty came to power, the powers of the Three Princes and the Nine Secretaries have been repeatedly weakened, and some positions have even been marginalized and no longer have real power.

After Huang Qiong was deposed this time, Liu Zhi did not even supplement the position of Situ, and with the rise of Shangshu Mansion and Yushitai, the power of the Hanlin Academy and Zhongshu Province was also constantly expanding.

He had a hunch that the system of three princes and nine kings had reached the end of the road, and sooner or later, His Majesty would cut it down drastically.

Instead, there will be a newer and more complete system, and he Yin Xun will probably be the last lieutenant of this dynasty.

Whether you can get out of it or become infamous in the end depends on your own choice.

Now that Han Yan's experience is in front of him, Yin Xun thought about it again and again, and finally decided to take the initiative to complete the system reform for Liu Zhi.

This was not just a strategy for self-preservation, he had carefully studied His Majesty's arrangements.

After thinking deeply along his train of thought, he finally had to admire that His Majesty's choice was indeed right.

The system of three public officials and nine secretaries, the various functions and powers are mixed and unclear, the system is huge, not to mention the low efficiency in handling affairs, and it is particularly easy to hide dirt and dirt, which is the soil that breeds corruption.

Especially after the rise of Shangshufu, many of today's three princes and nine kings are purely eating idle meals and vegetarian meals.

After this purge, the emperor's centralized power operation came to a perfect end, and he had reason to believe that His Majesty would never raise so many idlers again.

Rather than letting His Majesty bear the notoriety for everything, it is better to let the courtiers bear this notoriety.

In the future, if the emperor can achieve the Ming Dynasty through the ages and go down in history, then his concession today will be worth it.

Liu Zhi was also a little surprised by Yin Xun's resoluteness, although he admired the other party's talent, but who in the world could not love power.

He set up the behavior of the three dukes, I believe that all the bigwigs in the court have a little bit of understanding in their hearts, but they think that this matter can still be slowly figured out, and there is still room for redemption.

Second, with their power, they can also join forces to put pressure on His Majesty to adopt a compromise approach and not to use such radical methods to reform.

Huang Qiong had such an idea at the beginning, but he happened to encounter a natural disaster and was used by Liu Zhi to force him to retire.

However, his fate was not bad, after all, Huang Qiong was relatively upright, and helped Liu Zhi carry out the reform of the imperial examination system.

And he once served as one of Liu Zhi's lecturers, and there are some masters and apprentices between the two.

After a while, Liu Zhi even planned to rehire him as the crown prince and concubine, and he could also assist him in the future as the imperial heir.

For meritorious people, even if the two sides have different philosophies, he will not treat them badly.

He is now thirsty for talent, even if he really cuts off the Three Princes and Nine Secretaries system, as long as Yin Xun himself is still willing to give in, he will not be driven out of the court.

When the time comes, I'm afraid that he won't be able to get off the shelf, after all, he is the head of the Three Princes.

Seeing Yin Xun take the order and leave, Yuan Xuan also had a complicated expression.

"Yun He, the five departments of Shangshu Mansion will also carry out self-correction and self-examination to sweep away poisonous insects, and I will have to rely on you in the future."

So far, the last of the six Shangshu is still missing, the Ministry of Rites. At present, the functions and powers of the Ministry of Rites are scattered and in the hands of Taichang, Taifu and Dahonglu.

Among them, the Great Honglu is also equivalent to the Honglu Temple in later generations, but the division of functions and powers is more simple, and it is only responsible for receiving foreign envoys.

The original team of Taichang will be directly changed to the Ministry of Rites in the future, and the duties of the servants will be divided into the palace and court, which can be regarded as a complete extinction.

"No, Your Majesty, the minister will immediately start a comprehensive investigation, and he will definitely investigate it to the end, and there will be no flaws."

Yuan Xuan said too resolutely, leaving no room for it, Liu Zhi laughed angrily at him, this guy deliberately used words to trap his words.

"Okay, when the water is clear, there are no fish, it's almost enough, as long as you get rid of the first evil, don't put everyone in danger."

This instruction also clearly gave the boundaries of this investigation, so that Yuan Xu's hanging heart finally relaxed.

Since the beginning of martial law in Beijing, people's hearts have fluctuated, from the capital to the locality, there is a war and chaos, and there are undercurrents surging in private, and chaos is numerous.

According to the latest news, there have been families in Yanzhou who have rebelled, but the information is not smooth this year, and the court intends to conceal it.

Therefore, the general public did not know about this matter, but fortunately, Tuntian school captains were set up in various places this spring, and all states and counties were able to extinguish the resistance at the first time and prevent it from causing a catastrophe.

And the six counties of Sili Xiaowei, because there are elite soldiers stationed, there is no chaos, this is the benefit of the concentration of military power.

Only a few days have passed, and if the crackdown continues, there may be more commotion in the future.

Yuan Xuan has been frowning for the past few days, and he has been anxious all day long, and at this time, he finally won Liu Zhi's will, and he couldn't be happy in his heart.

His Majesty's determination to rectify the rule of officials, he saw it clearly, and he was afraid that he would be young and vigorous, and he would refuse to stop, forcing those families to have no way out and unite to rebel.

When the time comes, the situation will be chaotic, and even if there is military power in hand, it will be difficult to clean it up.

"Your Majesty is wise, but the minister is confused."

Yuan Xuan took advantage of the situation and slapped a sycophant, this is a wonderful person, honest and selfless but a combination of rigidity and softness, capable and means.

Liu Zhi likes such people, they are comfortable to get along with, unlike Li Gu and Du Qiao, although they are worthy of admiration, they are too rigid and easy to break, and they are not suitable for standing at the top of power.

To be honest, if these two old ministers are still here, I am afraid that the end will be similar to Huang Qiong, after all, they are too stubborn and do not know how to be flexible.

Unlike Yuan Xuan and others, they are flexible in their thinking and know how to follow the trend.

"Yun He, I won't embarrass you this time, next time you will be duty-bound."

Liu Zhi's words made Yuan Xu's heart tighten, and before he had time to analyze, he heard the emperor say meaningfully:

"You remember, as long as you are loyal to the country and do not care about the second king, I will never treat you badly."

He only said this once, and it was also his special reward for Yuan Xu, of course, this was also a warning, the focus was not on loyalty to the country, but on not caring about the two monarchs.

The country is the Great Han, although he is the Son of Heaven of the Great Han, he can't represent the whole country, so what he wants is a non-second minister.

First of all, he must be loyal to the king, and then he will be the Han world, as for whether Yuan Xuan listens to it or not, it is his own business.

"No, Your Majesty's teachings, the ministers should keep them in mind and dare not forget them."

Yuan Xu's eyes were solemn, he knelt down, and swore his loyalty to him with the most upright posture.

Sure enough, he is a smart person, and he understands it at one point.

Liu Zhi smiled, walked down in person, helped him up with both hands, and patted him on the shoulder again.

"Okay, I believe in you, you and I will work together to create a prosperous and glorious era."

At this moment, Yuan Xuan was also excited, and Liu Zhi's words and deeds today had clearly shown him an attitude of trust.

It is a great honor for a man to be recognized by the king, and it is also his lifelong goal.

Of course, he will not be proud of this favor, because trust is mutual, and there can be no grace in the world without a reason.

Moreover, this favor cannot be eternal, and it needs to be exchanged for his sincerity.

"Go ahead, get through this difficulty, and I believe that the situation will be completely clear."

Having said that, it is enough, it is too straightforward but also false, Liu Zhi has gradually realized that the word "proportion" is too much, it is the eternal truth.

………

Before Liu Zhi's birthday, the Han family was beheaded all over the door, and the blood flowed like a river at the gate of Jingshi Xia, and hundreds of heads fell to the ground.

From the white-haired old man to the baby waiting to be fed, none of them were spared, so Liu Zhi was merciful, and only killed three generations of the clan, not involving his mother and wife.

Because the Han family is a big family, and its in-laws are also big families, if this is killed, the number of people involved will be too wide.

The people helped the old and the young to come to see the excitement, surrounded by three layers inside and three layers outside, in the face of such a tragic scene, but no one sympathized, but desperately spit.

Now it is a feudal society, and the monarchy is bestowed, and in the hearts of the people, it is like a god. So the accomplice who poisoned the emperor, who didn't hate it and gritted his teeth.

This is only the population of the Jingshi Han clan, and in his hometown of Wuyang, there are still as many as a thousand people to be killed.

He was beheaded at the same time, as well as Zhang Yun, Liu Guang, Sun Gan and others who had testified in court, and they were all of the Yi three clans.

It's just that they are all from poor backgrounds, and their families are small, so they are not so eye-catching.

On the towering Suzaku Gate, Liu Zhi stood with his hands in his hands, looking at the lively Xia Gate in the distance, and fell into deep thought.

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