The official office of Menxia Province began in the Wei and Jin Dynasties, the original name was Shizhong Temple, which was the office of the palace attendant officials, the original intention was to limit the power of the important ministers of Zhongshu Province, and to restrain the imperial power.

That is to say, the emperor issued an edict, and the principle was that it needed to be signed by the officials of the subordinate provinces, so that it could be effective, and the Shangshu Province was responsible for its implementation.

If the edict is improper or violates the law of propriety, the ministry may exercise the right to refute it and oblige it to be reconsidered.

However, when Empress Dowager Wei was in power, Yuan Dezhi was appointed as the governor of the subordinate province, such as the subordinate squire, the Zuo Sanqi Chang attendant, the Zuo Counselor and other important officials, who obeyed the orders of the Empress Dowager Wei, and the subordinate province no longer had the actual effect of sarcasm, admonition, inspection and refuting, which is also the fundamental reason why many false policies were promulgated by edicts, and although Wang Huaizhun and other officials had objections, they could only be persuaded during the court discussion, and they could not prevent the promulgation of false policies at all.

He Ye ascended the throne, although he deposed Yuan Dezhi, but it is impossible to follow the Empress Dowager Wei to replace all the provincial officials under the door with close ministers, only flattering and flattering and without righteous backbone, if he really does this, it seems that he can immediately be able to make a decision, but in fact he puts himself on the same level as the Empress Dowager Wei, Kuang Fu Sheji, reform of the official system has become a joke, in fact, no matter how virtuous the monarch is, it is impossible to be perfect in all aspects, and it is impossible for the emperor to be aware of the suffering of the people. Therefore, there is no guarantee that all government decrees are impartial and truly benefit the country and the people. Imperial power also needs to be appropriately limited, if all the officials are servile and unassertive, the emperor will be able to do whatever he wants and become more and more arrogant, such an empire will not be able to prosper, and it is bound to be unable to achieve a clean sea.

For example, Lu Li, He Zhan and other former ministers of the hidden palace, although they can perceive the holy will, they are not sycophants who only value power, they are both close and loyal, they can be said to be the right-hand men of today, but there are not too many such arms, and it is difficult to maintain the smooth operation of the huge mechanism of the empire with only a limited number of people, and it takes a process to select more virtuous talents, which cannot be achieved overnight.

So even if He Ye ascends the throne, although heaven and earth have become a new situation, he can't immediately cut off the Queen Mother's party, and come to a big change of blood above the court - this group of people is too huge, not to mention that since Mingzong, the official system of the Great Zhou Dynasty has gradually collapsed, and officials who disregard the monarchy for their own power abound, and the factional party disputes are complicated, and there are even many people, who are loyal and upright on the surface, but greedy and treacherous in their bones, just removing officials can not solve the fundamental problem, the key is to complete the system reform, in the election, Be truly strict in the assessment and other links, and establish a fashion.

Then the emperor must lead by example, not to listen to and believe in the old ministers of the palace, to be close to the nobles, and not to be angry because of the objections of the courtiers and to dismiss them, but to convince people with reason.

Enfeng Yiyong left the orphan as the princess of Chang'an, which seems to be a private matter of the Son of Heaven's family, but the so-called king is selfless, and since it is planned to be issued to the world, then the province of the door thinks it is inappropriate, and has the right to refute it.

Therefore, one day the palace discussion, under the throne on this matter began a debate, the two sides of the war quoted scriptures and classics to express their opinions, not all of the people who agreed were the former ministers of the palace, and the opponents were also not all the remnants of the queen mother, and the quarrel was shouted for an hour, and the opponents finally gave up and lost the battle, His Majesty the Emperor was very cunning, taking advantage of the fact that his fighting spirit was high at this time, and the other party was depressed, but he was full of energy and energy, and once again proposed: "Today's palace meeting, about the matter of establishing the prince, I also want to listen to the opinions of the secretary of the people." ”

Xie Raoping and Wei Yuanping did not engage in the debate just now, but just instructed their cronies to face the battle, at this time they did not feel dry and irritable, unlike last time, they were no longer silent this time, Xie Raoping took the lead: "The relationship between the prince is very important, the eldest son of the emperor has not yet been enlightened, and the minister thinks that whether he is virtuous or not remains to be examined." ”

"The minister seconded the proposal." Wei Yuanping immediately raised his voice.

This is a cliché, and the rhetoric is not new, but the two important ministers of the political affairs hall came forward to advocate that the positions of Lu Li and He Zhan would be a little less powerful if they were refuted, but for the matter of establishing the prince, Shang Shuling Wang Huaizhun also unswervingly supported the Son of Heaven, and of course he had to fight at this time: "The way to be a king begins with determination." It is precisely because the eldest son of the emperor has not yet been enlightened and is to be established as the crown prince, he can choose a virtuous and virtuous scholar to teach him to be the knowledge of the king, different from the learning of the courtiers. ”

Xie Raoping was ordered by the Empress Dowager to just go through the motions on this matter, so he did not argue with Wang Huaizhun on the basis of reason, but only frowned to show that he did not agree.

Then there was another "cliché".

This person worships the Chinese scholar and squire Lang, and Lu Li is on an equal footing, he is the deceased son of heaven, Lu Gong's in-laws, surnamed Feng, the word Jizheng, the family Wang, Emperor Mu Zong's position at the time of the Ministry of Works, has long been hollowed out by many queen mothers, has not been reused, but he is a scholar and the first, the knowledge is very praised by the scholars, the eldest sister is the eldest daughter-in-law of Lu Gong - before He Ye ascended the throne, Lu Zhengming unfortunately died of illness, and the eldest son Lu Ruan needed to worry about Ding for three years, at this time he was still in the ancestral home system, so Lu Ruan's brother-in-law had to be reused, but it was this Feng Jizheng, There are disagreements on the matter of establishing a prince.

He raised his list: "The Holy Spring and Autumn Festival is prosperous, why do you need to rush to establish a reserve?" Whether the prince is wise or not is related to the rise and fall of the country, and he must not be hasty, so he earnestly advises, chooses carefully, and thinks in the long run. ”

Lu Li can refute it at this time: "The storage position is determined early, which is more conducive and stable, and it is intended to avoid disputes and civil strife, so it is not because the saint is prosperous in the Spring and Autumn Period, the storage position is vacant, and the eldest son of the emperor is the eldest son, and the storage position is in line with the etiquette system, although he is weak, the saint is determined to establish the prince because the eldest son of the emperor has the quality of wisdom." ”

In the dispute between the princesses of Chang'an just now, Feng Jizheng was refuted by Lu Li, and he was already depressed in his heart, and he couldn't bear it at this time: "Although the eldest prince is in line with the etiquette system, whether he is virtuous or not is more important, there is no direct correlation between the two, how can Xue Shilang guarantee that the eldest son of the emperor has the quality of wisdom?" ”

"Then dare to ask Feng Shilang, how can you guarantee that the eldest son of the emperor does not have the quality of wisdom? According to the lower officials, whether the virtuous or not is not directly related to the age, and what is the wisdom, the accuracy of the judgment is different from person to person, but the elder and the young, but it is clear and clear, so the establishment of the eldest is the prince, in order to avoid disputes, to stop the slander, is to the ancient custom, 'the establishment of the reserve is not to personal relatives, so the name', 'to establish the son to be noble not to long, to establish the long not to be virtuous'. ”

This is the system, but throughout the ages, of course, not all the eldest sons can succeed to the throne, there are many examples, such as Emperor Taizong of the Great Zhou, although he is a son but not the elder, and later launched a coup d'état, killing his brother and slaughtering his brother, so that he was able to inherit the unification, but the rule of Taizong also created the beginning of the great Zhou Dynasty, and the historians all flaunted it with "virtuous wisdom", advocating that Gaozu should have been virtuous, rather than the eldest son of mediocre and incompetent.

But Feng Jizheng didn't dare to give an example.

Because today's son is the eldest son of Dezong, and it is precisely because of his weakness that he lost his position, before the incident, who would believe that He Ye was virtuous? He Yan, the Emperor of Renzong, who was recognized as "virtuous", could not even be called the king of Shoucheng, if it were not for He Yan's cowardice and incompetence, how could there be a dictatorship of the Wei family that led to the almost demise of the country, as for Emperor Mu Zong, whom Feng Jizheng once followed, it has nothing to do with wisdom, Lu Li's implication is that Feng Shilang is not qualified to be the standard for judging "wisdom" at all.

Feng Jizheng was speechless, and the Empress Dowager's party did not want to do its best, for more officials, they were all waiting to see the emperor's attitude at this time, not that they were all rudder-watchers, since the Emperor Yingzong, the establishment of the prince mostly with personal relatives and disregard for his name, it really caused too many disputes and restlessness, when today's son intends to set things right, whether it is based on etiquette or national conditions, it is tenable, of course, the descendants see that the prestige is heavier, and the people below are indeed difficult to refute.

And there are indeed those who have desires, not without secret intentions - even if the eldest son of the emperor is established as the prince, the Spring and Autumn Period of the Son of Heaven is prosperous, and the succession of the prince is still far away, during this period of time, the princelings are gradually rich, and eight / nine out of ten will trigger the jealousy and suspicion of the Son of Heaven, once the conflict between father and son intensifies, the prince is not abolishable and cannot be abolished, and the eldest son can be the eldest son, nothing more than the queen, but if even the queen is replaced, or the prince is accused of rebellion, of course it will be abandoned.

If you stand early, you may not be able to stand, and it is likely to fall heavy when you climb high, so why bother with a momentary dispute.

He Ye saw that the battle between the prince and the prince was not fierce, of course he wanted to express his opinion: "Even if the eldest son of the emperor is the prince, he still has to accept all the loves, the three teachers and the six masters supervise and promote, I believe that the prince will not live up to the hopes, and can take on the weight of the society, but there are deviations in the future, all the secretaries can advise the governor, I think that the prince is the pillar of the country, and the great man is virtuous and respectful, and he can worship the prince and the prince, and the prince is willing to take on this great responsibility?" ”

Of course, Wang Zhun Zhun will not be humble at this time: "Minister, thanks to the grace of God, I dare not slack off, and I vow to do my best to live up to Your Majesty's expectations." ”

If the crown prince and prince are served by Lu Li, He Zhan and even Liu Xinyi and other courtiers of the descendants, Feng Jizheng still has an excuse to refute it, but although King Jingzhao is the in-law of the descendants, Wang Huaizhun's virtue cannot be questioned, and more importantly, once Wang Huaizhun becomes an auxiliary minister of the East Palace, sooner or later he will step down from the post of Shang Shuling and withdraw from the political hall to participate in politics.

Courtiers can have their own opinions, but there is no privilege for the majority to obey their own minority, and it is impossible to force the emperor to pay attention only to his own opinions, so there are often stubborn courtiers, when the advice cannot be recognized, they do not hesitate to die or hang the crown to resign, in order to show their character, but obviously Feng Jizheng does not have such courage, he is very aware of the current affairs and closes his mouth.

He Ye's gaze gently swept over the minister who had placed great hopes on him, and did not show more dissatisfaction, but he had already paid special attention to him.

He has begun to suspect Feng Jizheng's intentions, if this person is not so rugged on the surface, of course it is not enough to pay more attention, and even the role is not as good as Xu Xiuneng, Xu Xiuneng is at least a real villain, hypocrites have always been more sinister than real villains, and if they are not careful, they may be eaten by hypocrites.

Even though Master Lu treats him loyally and treats the Lu clan well, it is natural for him to be kind, but Feng Jizheng is not qualified to have nothing to fear, if he is just worried that the descendants will threaten the imperial power, it will be okay, if there is a desire to have another desire......

He Ye's index finger tapped lightly on his knee, and his gaze did not linger longer on Feng Jizheng's seemingly righteous face.