In the early morning of three days later, as soon as Liu Wei's carriage returned to Luoyang City, he received extremely bad news.

"Your Majesty, Da Sima is dying." Xu Yan was in a hurry, and he spoke even more urgently.

Liu Wei's face sank, he got out of the carriage, turned over on the horse, and said, "Go to the Huangfu Mansion." ”

Dian Wei and the others quickly followed, galloping along the way, without stopping.

Liu Wei fought desperately, the cold wind hit his face, and his eyes were dry and tearful.

He was still rushing, and his heart was unusually heavy.

Huangfu Song is not only an important help for his succession, but also the Optimus Prime of the Han Dynasty, once he dies, it will have a significant impact on the court.

When he came to the Huangfu Mansion, Liu Wei came to the backyard unimpeded.

One of Huangfu Song's concubines got up crying and gave way to Liu Wei.

Liu Wei sat on the edge of the bed, his face full of worry.

Huangfu Song's face was withered, without a trace of blood, and his eyes struggled for a long time before he slowly broke away.

He subconsciously struggled to get up and salute.

Liu Wei pressed him and said, "The Qing family is exempt, how do you feel?" ”

Huangfu Song looked towards the side of the bed, and said in a hurry: "You all go out." ”

Huangfu Song's concubines and servants hesitated, but still withdrew.

Liu Wei knew that Huangfu Song was going to explain the future, so he sighed lightly in his heart, and said to Pan Yin and the others: "Except for Dian Wei, everyone else should go out." ”

Pan Yin and the others responded and quietly retreated, and in Huangfu Song's ward, there were only Huangfu Song, Liu Wei and Dian Wei left.

"What do you want to say?" Liu Wei held Huangfu Song's hand and asked softly. Immediately looked down, only to see Huangfu Song's hands covered with skin and bones, as dry as wooden branches.

Huangfu Song's eyes were sunken and cloudy, he looked at Liu Wei, took a hard breath, and said, "Your Majesty, the minister is not worried about Shangshutai, the minister is worried about the Great Sima Mansion." ”

Liu Wei frowned slightly, and said, "The Qing family is talking about Liu Qing's family?" ”

Huangfu Song said: "It's not just him, some people are too belligerent, Your Majesty, you have to plan early." ”

Liu Wei looked at Huangfu Song, and Lu Zhi's appearance before his death appeared in front of him, and he was silent for a while, and said, "What does the Qing family think, what should I do?" ”

Huangfu Song seemed to want to hold Liu Wei's hand hard, but he didn't have much strength, his expression became a little serious, and he said, "Your Majesty, the power of the Great Sima Mansion is too great, and it should be limited." Cao Cao, it should be placed in the Great Sima Mansion. ”

Liu Wei understood a little.

Both Liu Yu and Cao Cao belonged to the 'militant faction', which was very conflicting with the 'stability' that the current imperial court was striving for.

Huangfu Song's meaning was to control the Great Sima Mansion and control Liu Yu and other militant factions, so as not to cause a catastrophe.

Liu Wei thought about it again and again, and said: "Okay, I will hand over the command of the army to Bing Cao, and the Great Sima Mansion will be responsible for the wartime deployment. ”

Huangfu Song instantly saw that this was to deprive Liu Yu of the leadership of the forbidden army camp and the leading generals in various places, as well as the state pastors, taishou, and county orders.

Huangfu Song seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, his cloudy eyes became more and more silent, and his voice was lowered a few degrees, and said: "Your Majesty, Yang Xiangyi should return to his hometown safely, for the 'Yingchuan Party', Your Majesty must pay equal attention to grace and power, and there will be no more generals......"

'Great General', the leader of the military and political power, the power far exceeds that of the prime minister!

Liu Wei nodded and said, "I know that the separation of powers is my established will, and it will not change. ”

Huangfu Song's lips squirmed, as if he was going to say something more, but his eyes kept fighting, and he slowly closed his eyes.

Liu Wei knew that this was not death, but he couldn't hold on and fell into a coma.

He looked at Huangfu Song's messy hair and withered face, his expression was complicated, and his heart was heavy.

Lu Zhi is gone, Huangfu Song is going to die, and Zhu Jun is also seriously ill.

These 'three masters' are about to end.

The successive deaths of the 'three masters' will mean the end of an era.

And the ascension of 'newcomers' such as Xun Yu also means the beginning of a new era.

After a long time, Liu Wei saw that Huangfu Song's breath was stable, and he left the ward silently.

Standing at the door, Liu Wei was in a heavy mood, with his hands behind his back, quietly looking at the sky.

Huangfu Song's illness is not a day or two, and Liu Wei, who should have prepared, has already made arrangements.

But watching this old minister leave one by one, he still felt bad in his heart.

"The sky is long, why is it better than a loyal person?"

Liu Wei couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

Pan Yin, Dian Wei and others could see that Liu Wei was in a bad mood, and none of them dared to speak.

After a long time, Liu Wei came back to his senses and said to Pan Yin: "Huangfu Jianshou was promoted to the rank of soldier Cao Shangshu. ”

"Yes." Pan Yin answered in a low voice.

Liu Wei didn't say anything more, and moved away from Huangfu Song's mansion.

He clearly felt that Huangfu Song had only been in the past two days.

Back in the palace, Liu Wei went straight to the apse of Chongde Hall and sat on a chair with a silent expression.

Huangfu Song's imminent death shocked Liu Wei far more than Lu Zhi.

Call~

I don't know how long it took, Liu Wei exhaled lightly, and subconsciously reached out to spread out the notebook on the table.

The first is Prime Minister Yang Biao's request for Zhishi's recital.

The content is the same, full of empty words, and the content is one thing: resign and return home.

Liu Wei examined the script, and his heart continued to groan.

For Yang Biao, although Liu Wei was disgusted, he did not have murderous intentions.

In recent years, the reason why the imperial court has been able to be brittle but not broken, Yang Biao still has a lot of credit.

Liu Wei slowly moved his gaze away from the notebook, looked at Pan Yin not far away, and said, "I heard that the Prime Minister's Mansion has been packed up and is ready to leave Beijing at any time?" ”

Pan Yin stepped forward cautiously, lowered his head and said, "Yes." ”

Liu Wei's brows furrowed, and his eyes gradually became firm.

"Your Majesty, Your Highness has come down." Suddenly, there was a small yellow doorway outside the door.

Liu argued, came back to his senses, and shouted loudly outside the door: "Let him in." ”

Immediately, Liu Shao, who was tightly wrapped, came in, wrapped like a zongzi, with a white and tender face, bright eyes, holding a bowl of hot soup, came to the front, and said, "Father, drink." ”

Liu Wei looked at him, his bored mood suddenly improved a lot, reached out to take it, and said with a smile: "Well, have you eaten it?" ”

The little guy nodded, his big eyes staring at Liu Wei all the time.

Liu Wei took a bite and said with some doubts: "What's wrong?" ”

The corners of the little guy's mouth moved, as if he was more puzzled, and said, "Grandmother, sister, when you eat soup, you will laugh." ”

The grandmother he said was Empress Dowager He, and his sister was Liu Jing.

Liu Bian's heart shook slightly, smiled more, and said, "Isn't my father laughing?" ”

The little guy seemed to be looking at Liu Bian's face more seriously, and shook his head gently.

Liu Wei sighed silently, hugged the little guy to his lap, and said, "An elder is about to pass away, and my father can't bear him." ”

The little one blinked, and suddenly wanted to jump off.

Liu Wei was afraid that he would fall, so he circled him hard and said, "What's wrong?" ”

The little guy said crisply: "Erchen will make another bowl of soup, and he will laugh after eating the soup." ”

Liu Wei was stunned, took the soup in his hand, and said, "This is what you did?" ”

The little guy nodded, and there was some eagerness on his immature little face.

Liu Wei's boredom dissipated most of it, reached out and rubbed his little head, and said, "He's asleep, let's not disturb him first." ”

Liu Shao raised his little face and said, "What about tomorrow?" ”

Liu Wei thought that Huangfu Song might not be able to survive tonight, so he was depressed, and there was more smile on his face, and said, "When my father asks clearly, you can do it for him." By the way, how about my brother? ”

"It's okay, I went to the private school yesterday." The little guy said with a calm face.

Liu Wei snorted, and then he had time to eat another bite of the soup made by the little guy himself, he didn't think about it before, and he didn't taste anything unusual, but now he realized that this soup was very difficult to drink, and his throat was itchy.

However, Liu Wei still drank it as usual, and then said to Liu Shao with a smile: "Yes, it's delicious." ”

The little guy's eyebrows immediately brightened a lot, and he said, "Father, I'll boil it for you every day." ”

"Okay." Liu Wei smiled quietly.

The little guy was happy, jumped down from Liu Wei's lap, and said, "Erchen go and make a bowl for my sister." ”

Liu Wei pulled him over and said, "Do it for my father first, and then do it for my sister later?" ”

The little guy was a little confused, but he still said, "Erchen knows." ”

Liu Wei let go of him with a smile and said, "Go play, give you a day off." ”

"Thank you, Father." The little guy was a little louder, and then he couldn't wait to step back and trot out the door.

Liu Wei looked at his back, couldn't help laughing, and said, "It's a child in the end." ”

Liu Wei saw the playbook on the table again, and suddenly his heart moved, and shouted at Liu Shao's back: "Shao'er, make another bowl of soup." ”

Liu Shao's was about to cross the threshold, and when he heard the words, he came back, and said expectantly with a small face: "Does my father still drink?" ”

Liu Wei smiled and said, "It's not my father." It's another person, you make a bowl, send it to him, and then if he goes, you can send it on behalf of your father. ”

"Is it the sick one?" The little guy asked, looking up at his little face.

Liu Wei stretched out his hand to pick up the pen, wrote the word 'Yun' on Yang Biao's notebook, then closed it, handed it to Pan Yin, and said to Liu Shao: "No. It's the prime minister. ”

When the little guy heard this, he seemed to be a lot more solemn, raised his hand and said, "Erchen, let's do it." ”

Liu Wei looked at his back and always felt that this little guy was a little excited.

smiled, this is the solution to Yang Biao's matter.

He is also too lazy to engage in those false three-and-nothing or anything, and a smooth transition to the DPRK is his goal.

With Liu Shao's little guy, Liu Shao's mood was relieved by half, and he reached out to pick up the notebook below.

These are classified by the Shangshutai and the palace order, and they are similar in content.

The following recitals are for Yang Biao to ask for credit, and Xun Yu is also recommended as prime minister.

After reading more than a dozen playbooks, Liu Wei said to Pan Yin: "Xun Yu is now what everyone expects?" ”

Pan Yin thought about the wind outside, and couldn't guess the meaning of Liu's question, so he said carefully: "Xun Shangshu's official voice has always been very good. ”

Liu Wei leaned back on the chair, looked in the direction of Shangshutai, pondered for a long time, and said: "Passing the decree, the official Cao Shangshu Xunyu, the criminal Cao Shangshu Sima Jun, Luoyang Mansion Yin Chen Palace, enter Shangshutai to participate in political affairs." ”

"Yes." Pan Yin responded, thinking quickly in his heart.

Xun You, Sima Jun, Chen Gong, plus the previous Zhong Xuan, plus the new Prime Minister Xun Yu, there are five people in Shangshutai at once.

Of these five people, three of them are the 'Yingchuan Party', and although Sima Jun is from Yingchuan, he holds the position of 'Zhongzheng' and is not counted as the Yingchuan Party.

And Chen Gong is a person who is not involved in these, and is a person who is 'outside the court'.

Although Luoyang Mansion has been upgraded repeatedly, it has only been three years since Chen Gong was promoted from Luoyang Order to Governor of Political Affairs, and the speed of promotion far exceeds Xun Yu!

Pan Yin quickly changed his mind, and suddenly said: "Your Majesty, if Xun Shangshu is the prime minister, Hu Cao Shangshu will be vacant." ”

"It's up to the prime minister."

Liu Wei said casually: "By the way, the promulgation of this decree will be delayed for a few days. You accompany Shao'er to the Prime Minister's Mansion first, and then send the Prime Minister out of the city today. ”

Pan Yin was stunned, and had the heart to remind him if he was too anxious, but thinking about the recent calm, he woke up and said, "Yes, the villain will go." ”

Liu Wei waited for his footsteps to disappear, rubbing the jade pendant with his right hand, thinking about the court situation in his heart.

Shang Shutai: Yang Biao left office and Xun Yu succeeded him.

Da Sima Mansion: Huangfu Song passed away and was succeeded by Liu Yu.

Yushitai: After being dismissed, Liu Xie took over.

Tingwei Mansion: Zhong Xuan entered Shangshutai, and Wang Lang took over.

The pattern of 'two Taiwans and two governments' has been basically formed.

Liu Wei thought about it for a certain time, and his eyes couldn't help but skip the palace and look south.

His eyes burned like fire.

……

Liu Shao walked on the way out of the palace, holding a tightly wrapped soup bowl in his hand, which was the soup he had just made.

Pan Yin, Lu Yu and others followed him, as well as a group of well-dressed forbidden army guards.

Cai Wenji stood in front of the Jiade Palace, looking at Liu Shao's back, her plump face was very strange.

Her son suddenly became obsessed with making soup and wouldn't let her help.

Now she is holding the soup out of the palace, which makes her feel full of doubts.

It's just that this son doesn't like to speak, although he explained a few words, Cai Wenji still didn't understand, and he didn't know who he was for.

Liu Shao left the palace, turned to the east of the city, and went straight to the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Because they didn't hide it, they were looked at by many people and couldn't help but be curious.

Inside and outside the Suzaku Gate, officials of all sizes kept coming and going, and when they saw Liu Shao, they all saluted.

In any case, Liu Shao is the eldest son of the emperor today, and many officials have consciously or unconsciously stood in line.

"Your Highness, where are you going?"

"It's going to Duke Cai's Mansion, I heard that His Royal Highness often goes to Duke Cai's Mansion."

"I also heard that Cai Gong went to Dongguan to study books, is this to be restarted?"

"No, no, you didn't see it, Da Changqiu personally followed, are you going to meet some important people?"

"Who is there who deserves to be seen by His Highness in person? I think it's going to Cai Gongfu. ”

"Isn't it, when I went to Chenliu Palace, I saw that His Royal Highness was still holding something in his hand, this is to send something to Uncle Wang?"

"Okay, don't talk too much, there are some words, be cautious."

"We didn't say anything, besides, we are above board, what is there not to say? It's not Wang Yun's conspiracy sneaky......"

"Okay, okay, the more you talk about it, the more outrageous it becomes, is it idle?"

A group of people are still talking, and they are all curious about Liu Shao's departure from the palace this time.

Liu Shao sat in the carriage and went straight to the Prime Minister's Mansion.

The Prime Minister's Mansion had already gotten the news, Prime Minister Yang Biao held his big belly, trotted out to greet him, and raised his hand with a smile and said, "Weichen Yang Biao has seen His Royal Highness." ”

Liu Shao looked at Yang Biao, blinked, held the soup bowl in his hand with both hands, and sent it directly to Yang Biao's face.

Yang Biao was stunned for a moment and said, "Your Highness, this is, Your Majesty's reward?" ”

Liu Shao didn't seem to know how to explain, and looked back at Pan Yin.

Pan Yin hurriedly stepped forward, bowed down and smiled: "Yang Gong, this is a soup made by His Royal Highness by His Majesty, and sent to the prime minister to taste." ”

(End of chapter)