The murderous ceremony is over, and the gift is coming.

With the end of Emperor Xiaozhao's funeral, Liu He's enthronement ceremony naturally came.

The enthronement ceremony is much more solemn than the funeral ceremony, but the time and steps are much less.

On the tenth day of the sixth month, Emperor Xiaozhao was buried in Zhaoling.

On June 15, Liu He ascended the throne in the front hall of Weiyang Palace and accepted the worship of hundreds of officials and ministers.

At this point, Liu He officially became the master of Weiyang Palace and the master of the Han Empire.

Since the day he was canonized as the crown prince, Liu He has been living in Weiyang Palace.

The palace became more luxurious, but Liu He was very lonely.

Because Wang Ji, An Le, Gong Sui, Yu Wuwu and other Changyi officials, as well as the slaves and hired workers brought from the Changyi country, have not yet entered the palace, and are still temporarily living in the burned Changyi mansion.

They have not yet been given new appointments, so they do not have official titles.

Without a name, of course, it is impossible to stay and move around freely in the palace ban.

Compared with the hundred officials and ministers in the court, the subordinate officials of the Changyi State were outsiders, in other words, they may not be welcomed.

If Liu He was the emperor with real power, not a puppet, then he could immediately arrange these most trusted officials to different positions in the court.

Even if they all become the three princes and nine secretaries, then the others don't even dare to let out a fart.

However, Liu He now has the title of emperor, and without the real power of the emperor, it is impossible to appoint even a Lang official with 600 stones.

On his head, there was another mountain, a mountain that weighed him down so much that he couldn't even breathe - Huo Guang.

No matter how small the appointment is, it must be arranged through Huo Guang's hand.

If you say you can do it, you can do it, and if you can't do it, you can do it; If you say you can't do it, you can't do it, and you can't do it.

Then Liu He could only think of a way to bring these Changyi subordinate officials to the court.

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On the fifteenth day of June, outside the Xuanye room of Weiyang Palace, Liu He stood alone in the courtyard.

The moon above him was as round and as bright as I had seen it in the Fuyao Temple a month ago.

That night, Liu He was assassinated inexplicably.

To this day, the real culprit behind the scenes has still not been found out - I don't know if the imperial court is seriously investigating.

Liu He looked around, and the guards under the corridor were all neatly dressed Lang Wei, compared with those pavilion guards in Changyi Kingdom, they were much more elite, but Liu He still believed in the pavilion guards of Changyi Country more.

After Emperor Xiaowu, in order to reduce the possibility of generals holding the palace ban hostage, the army guarding Chang'an was divided into many parts.

Each army has its own responsibilities and is not subordinate to each other, so it is natural that they can restrain each other and restrain each other—roughly divided into four layers: outside the city, inside the city, inside the palace, and inside the palace.

Garrisoned on the periphery of Chang'an City was the Northern Army, which was under the direct jurisdiction of Da Sima, and was divided into eight captains, each of whom was in charge of an army of about 5,000 people.

In Chang'an City, the management of public security and the arrest of thieves are the pavilion guards under the jurisdiction of Sanfu, with a total number of more than 10,000 people; In addition, Zhi Jingo was also in charge of a single patrol pavilion guard, and there were more than 1,000 people.

The guards in the palace and the palace were in charge of the southern army, and they were led by Guangluxun and the palace guards respectively.

The Yulin Lang, the Yulin orphans, the period gate Lang and the Lang guards inside the palaces under the jurisdiction of Guangluxun are the most personal guards for the Son of Heaven to travel and daily life

The guards under the jurisdiction of the guards of each palace are responsible for guarding the areas from inside each palace to the outside of each palace.

From outside the city to inside the city, from inside the city to the palace, from the palace to the palace, these four types of armies combined with nearly 100,000 people, and they were the most elite troops of the Han Empire.

The soldiers of the Southern Army and the Northern Army also came from different sources, and the soldiers of the Southern Army who were closer to the Son of Heaven came from counties other than Sanfu; And the soldiers of the Northern Army on the periphery selected the children of good families in the Sanfu region.

In addition, at this time, the Han Dynasty was still dominated by conscription, but the conscription system also began to rise.

Therefore, whether it is the Southern Army or the Northern Army, there are both conscripts who have served for only one year and conscripts who have served for many years. In this way, the mobility of soldiers is ensured, and the combat effectiveness is not reduced.

The extremely complex deployment of troops inside and outside Chang'an was almost arranged by Emperor Xiaowu, which could not be described as bad intentions, just to avoid a certain army from doing bad things, which would endanger the life of the Son of Heaven.

And when the deposed prince rebelled, this system also proved to be effective.

However, Emperor Xiaowu, who was lying in the Maoling Tomb, probably would not have thought that the auxiliary ministers he personally selected could firmly control the southern and northern armies.

This system to prevent the rebellion of the powerful ministers and generals has instead become an iron net that binds the hands and feet of the Han Emperor - this almost determines the possibility that Liu He will directly transfer troops to eliminate Huo Guang.

Even though Liu He was able to control one or two of these troops by surprise, it could not play a decisive role in relation to the huge number of troops in the southern and northern armies.

Therefore, Liu He can only slowly figure it out.

Before becoming the emperor, Liu He wanted to take it slowly.

After becoming the emperor, Liu He still had to slowly figure it out.

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Thinking of the complications, Liu He took his gaze back from the moon and looked farther into the sky.

Because the moon was so bright, the stars in the sky were obscured.

As soon as the morning dawned, Liu He was about to discuss with hundreds of officials for the first time as the son of heaven of the Han Dynasty.

Because Gong Sui and others did not have enough rank and official position, they could not participate, so Liu He had to face this challenge alone.

Although he has ascended the throne, there are still a lot of problems to be solved in front of Liu He.

If this is a difficult and dangerous road, solving Huo Guang is only one of the highest peaks.

And before that, Liu He still had countless mountains to climb.

And in front of you, there are several mountains that must be climbed.

The first mountain is to arrange the subordinate officials brought by himself to the appropriate position in the court as much as possible, which is a sensitive matter, and it is also a necessary thing.

Liu He once thought that it was okay and waited for Huo Guang to die. But since that assassination at Changyi Palace, Liu He has realized that history may have been changed. Even though Huo Guang in history has never had the intention of rebellion, it is uncertain whether he will harm himself now.

Liu He can't sit still, so he naturally has to use a reasonable way to get some chips for himself.

But it's like pretending to be crazy and stupid to get Chang Yi Lang.

Liu He also has to use a reasonable way to install people he trusts in the court.

The second mountain is to deal with Liu's illness. In this matter, Liu He has always wavered, in fact, when he first arrived in Changyi Kingdom, Liu He had already thought of a way out for Liu Yi. But later, Wang Shi let himself kill him, which made Liu He waver, Liu He was reluctant to do that, but understood that it was the safest way.

Since ancient times, the emperor's family has been the most ruthless.

Perhaps after seeing more dangers, Liu He will be able to become a cold-faced emperor like Emperor Xiaowen and Emperor Xiaowu.

But at least for this moment, he's not that kind of person.

Liu He still decided to meet Liu Yi first before making a decision.

The third mountain is to worship the high temple. The failure to worship the high temple smoothly is one of the reasons why Liu He was abolished in history.

The accession of the Emperor of the Han Dynasty to the throne is not only to be the emperor, but also to be the Son of Heaven.

And worshipping the high temple represents the position of the Son of Heaven.

Judging from the experience of previous generations of emperors, that is, after the emperor's throne, about ten days or so, the high temple will be worshipped.

I don't know why, the Liu He in history didn't go to worship the Gao Temple for nearly a month.

In the end, when the emperor was abolished, Huo Guang said that he was not considered the Son of Heaven if he did not worship the high temple, and abolished it.

I don't know if Huo Guang deliberately delayed the time to worship the high temple.

These three mountains are what Liu He must climb over at the moment.

Otherwise, his throne will not sit securely and he will not be at peace.

Unless Huo Guang died violently at this time, Liu He still didn't have the slightest trust in him.

Who knows if Huo Guang will also find an opportunity to abolish himself in this month's time?

Tomorrow, it will be the first court meeting, and only Liu He will go alone.

This will be his first confrontation with Huo Guang and Baiguan.