Gong Sui didn't ask again, but asked slowly: "If the old man didn't guess wrong, Wang Xian is dead, then I'm afraid that the person with whom he is involved is also dead, and Your Majesty should not be able to find any evidence." ”

"Since Your Majesty can't find evidence, then what Zhang Fujun just said is not empty words, can Your Majesty directly issue an edict and go to the General's Mansion to arrest Huo Yu?"

"When the time comes, will you send Yu Lin Lang, or send Qi Menlang, or send Chang Yi Lang?"

Gong Sui had a serious face and the demeanor of an old minister.

He is Zhang Anshi's subordinate, and he has never relied on the old to sell the old, but at this moment, he "reprimanded" the other party as if he were teaching his juniors.

Although Zhang Anshi is a cautious and kind person, he is still a little unhappy and wants to stand up and refute it loudly.

However, Zhang Anshi saw that the Son of Heaven looked as usual.

Suddenly, he reacted - in the greenhouse hall, Gong Sui and Wang Ji and other Changyi officials were the most trusted people by the Son of Heaven.

And now he is the one who is most estranged from the Son of Heaven.

Thinking of this joint, Zhang Anshi immediately straightened his position and sat firmly on the couch in an orderly manner.

"No matter which team of men and horses is sent to arrest Huo Yu, even if Zhang Fujun personally brings it, I am afraid that as soon as the general Huo Guang comes forward, he will defect on the spot."

Gong Sui did not continue to finish his words, and looked at the others meaningfully.

At that time, the Son of Heaven can obediently stay in Weiyang Palace, waiting for Huo Guang to bring someone to abolish himself.

"So, in the old man's opinion, the words of the princes just now are heroic, but they are all useless words, in a vulgar phrase of the people, useless words are called."

Although the words are vulgar, Zhang Anshi and others cannot refute it.

"The old man thinks the same as Gong Gong, if he wants to take down Huo Yu, without evidence, it will not work by relying on the righteous and bright Yang scheme, unless he ......"

Wang Shi's words are endless and the meaning is endless, and the words omitted have already been said just now.

Unless, Huo Guang is knocked down - but, if you don't check Huo Yu, how can you trip Huo Guang?

It seems to have become a dead knot.

Liu He didn't say a word, he had already thought it through.

Today's disclosure of this secret letter is not to let Zhang Anshi and them take the letter to work hard.

Fighting with Huo Guang face to face, even if he tied the Empress Dowager Shangguan and Liu He together, plus all the courtiers present, he couldn't compare to Huo Guang.

Now, Liu He wants to show an attitude.

After leaving a moment for Zhang Anshi and the others to fully consider Wang Ji and Gong Sui's words, Liu He finally stood up in the flickering lights.

This move immediately attracted everyone's attention.

"Among the secretaries, there are the old ministers I brought from Changyi State, the humerus stocks I selected from the court, and the talents I personally promoted."

"No matter what way you come from, I believe that you are loyal to the Great Han."

"What is the situation in the court now, I think you must be able to see it clearly."

When Liu He said this, he stopped again, leaving it to the imagination of others.

"There is no doubt that the middle father has meritorious service."

"However, the ministers of the auxiliary government are still ministers, and the prince is guilty of the same crime as the common people, not to mention Huo Yuhu?"

"If it were someone else, I would immediately let the general send him to the edict, and the reason why I threw myself into the rat trap today is because the middle father is so powerful that he already has a great tail, and there is no one to check and balance him."

"When I was in Changyi Kingdom, I often heard others say that the Huo Party was powerful, but I was young and ignorant at that time, and I didn't believe it."

"Now that I have been in Chang'an for a few months, I have also seen the entrenched power of the Huo Party."

"The Huo Party has blocked the way of speech, the expropriation is impassable, and the law has been destroyed."

"I believe that the middle father has no dissenting intentions at this time, but the Huo Party must have a heart of disobedience."

"For the sake of the Han Dynasty not to be in danger, for the Han people not to suffer, for the Han officials not to complain, for the middle father and the champion Hou's reputation not to be ruined."

"I've decided to cut Huo!"

To cut Huo is to take away the power of the Huo Party with one knife, let the Huo Party be disposed of one by one, make Huo Guang a lonely man, and finally kill him with one blow.

The Huo Party is very powerful, and whether there is real evidence or not, Liu He must weaken it little by little, otherwise it may cause turmoil.

In fact, before this, the things Liu He did in private were also weakening Huo Guang's power.

But the speed and progress are too slow after all, Liu He will put the matter of cutting Huo on the table from today onwards, no longer avoid the matter of being an enemy of Huo Guang, and even more so as to treat this matter as a top priority.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I hope that from today onwards, whether it is a conspiracy or a conspiracy, all the secretaries will be able to show great loyalty, join forces with me, advance and retreat together, and go all out."

These few words should have been said very heroically, but Liu He said them slowly.

He wanted everyone to understand what it meant.

"Advance and retreat together, go all out" is what Liu He wants.

"Within half a year, I will be pro-government and become a real son of heaven!"

The white-haired Gong Sui and Wang Ji took the lead in standing up and bowing down to the Son of Heaven.

"The ministers let His Majesty drive away, there is no second heart, and there is no regret in nine deaths!"

Then, Liu De, Bingji, Zhang Anshi, Wei Xuancheng and others bowed down again one after another.

"The ministers let His Majesty drive away, there is no second heart, and there is no regret in nine deaths!"

From this moment on, there was finally an imperial party above the court.

After Liu He clarified his attitude, not only the courtiers present would be loyal to him, but also the groups and forces represented by these courtiers would also be loyal to him.

Clansmen, Lang officials, and doctoral disciples finally have objects to rely on.

And those "anti-Huo parties" in the Han Empire who dare not speak out against Huo Guang will gradually move closer to the Son of Heaven.

Liu He waved his hand at Dai Zong beside him, and the latter immediately ran to the back room of the greenhouse hall.

When he came back, he had an extra ring-headed knife in his hand.

Liu He pulled out the ring head knife from its sheath, cut his fingers in the eyes of everyone, and then wrote on a plain silk despite their obstruction.

"Huo's auxiliary government has meritorious, but for several years, he has formed a party for personal gain, usurped his power, hindered the fortune of the country, and there are even unscrupulous people who want to do bad things, if there is such a thing, the people of the world can fight it together! If you break your oath, you will be punished with the same crime! ”

It is not an easy thing to write a blood book, and Liu He endured several painful cuts before he finished writing these few dozens of words.

Ten fingers connected to the heart, and the severe pain made Liu He feel a little flustered, but there was still no trace of evasion in his eyes.

"This is a bloody edict, you Aiqing, do you want to obey the edict?" Liu He asked as he grabbed the edict with his still bleeding hand.

"Ministers and edicts."

Then, starting from Guangluxun Zhang Anshi, the courtiers in this hall took the ring-headed knife one after another, cut off their fingers one after another, and wrote their names on the blood edict.

When the blood edict was returned to Liu He's hands again, everyone had already signed it.

In addition to this, there are many empty places on the blood-smelling plain silk.

I'll leave it to future generations to sign it.

can't bring down Huo Guang, this is the list of Huo Guang's killings.

knocked down Huo Guang, this is the order of Liu He's marquis.

If you become a king or lose a villain, there is no room for reversal.

Now that the Imperial Party has taken shape, it is time to do the royal thing and gather more "potential Imperial Party" around you.

Liu He pondered in his mind and finally found a weapon that could be used.

This matter seems to have little impact, but if it can be done, it can not only make Liu He and Huo Guang's strength disappear, but also show the people's back.

Before the army returned to the dynasty, Liu He could do this.

"The Han army is out at the moment, and rashly interfering in military power may shake the morale of the army, and the power of the middle father is in the General's Mansion and the second is in the Shangshu Administration."

"Among the many functions and powers of the Shangshu Department, the most important is the power to deal with the letters submitted by the subjects of the world, and I have decided to start from here."

"I have decided to restore the ancestral system in which the officials and the people directly report to me!"

……

The Shangshu Administration, which was headed by Huo Guang as the secretary of the Shangshu Department, became the center of power in the Han Empire, which was not a process that was completed overnight.

Originally, the Shangshu Department could only directly pass the recital for the Son of Heaven, which was called "Tongzhang Song" at this time.

Subsequently, the Shangshu Department will select important books for the Son of Heaven to deal with, which is called "dismantling and reading chapters" at this time.

In the future, the Shangshu Department had to handle some political affairs for the Son of Heaven, which was also called "decision-making chapter" at this time.

Finally, the Shangshu Department can directly decide political affairs without going through the Son of Heaven, which is called "issuing chapters".

For more than ten years, when Huo Guang eliminated the hostile forces in the imperial court, the power of the "decision-making chapters" and "issuing chapters" of the Shangshu Department reached its peak.

Emperor Xiaozhao reigned for more than ten years, and he had almost no opportunity to directly contact the chapters of his courtiers and people, let alone participate in the decision-making of the court.

After Liu He ascended the throne, although he won Huo Guang's sympathy with his excellent acting skills, he obtained the opportunity to read the chapter under the pretext of learning to govern the government.

Now, every half a month, the Shangshu Department will send a copy of the "all" chapter music records to the Xuanmu Hall for the Son of Heaven to see.

However, this is only a superficial effort, and it is not much different from a meaningless formality.

Not to mention that the chapter was sent half a month late, whether it was all the edicts is also open to discussion - maybe those edicts that were unfavorable to the Huo Party were secretly kept by the Shangshu Department and Huo Guang.

In this way, even if there are many people of insight in the Han world, they dare not show their hearts, so they can only swallow their anger.

What's even more terrifying is that there may be many people of insight who have been suppressed by Huo Guang.

When the subjects of the world can directly write to the Son of Heaven, this is the real way of speech, and the Son of Heaven can bypass the Shangshu Department and bypass Huo Guang, and have real contact with his subjects.

If you make as many friends as you have and as few enemies as you have, victory will be within reach.

In addition, in this court struggle to "restore the ancestral system", if he wins, he can also further establish the prestige of the Son of Heaven and suppress Huo Guang's prestige.

If the wall falls and everyone pushes it, this will become the root of the fall of the Huo Party.

Liu He unabashedly said his idea, and the courtiers who had already sat back on the couch did not show excitement, but looked a little dignified.

The authority left by Huo Guang in the court was too strong, and allowing the subjects of the world to write directly to the Son of Heaven was a direct and clear weakening of Huo Guang's power, which would definitely attract strong opposition from Huo Guang.

At that moment, the shell of the Son of Heaven Taoguang will all be broken, and there will be no room for turnaround.

Even Liu He himself was a little uneasy.

But Huo Yu's incident reminded him that it is a very dangerous thing to wait blindly with luck.

Take your fate into your own hands, not wait for others to make mistakes.

"What, do you Aiqing think that I shouldn't take away my middle father's power?" Liu He asked.

"Weichen believes that the general Huo Guang is suspected of abusing power, and it is the right to cut off Huo Guang's power." Liu De stood up and expressed his approval.

"Weichen seconded Zongzheng." Bingji also stepped forward.

Wechen also agreed with Zongzheng's proposal. Zhang Anshi didn't run away, but immediately, he said: "But the Shang Shu Department is the general's backscale, and if he touches it, the general will probably be dissatisfied." ”

Dissatisfied will naturally be dissatisfied, but Liu He doesn't want to wait.

"In the past few months, I have been cautious everywhere like a boat in the middle of the river, but today I have reached a dangerous place in the river, and I don't go to see the mountains, but the mountains come to see me."

"There is a chance of three or four percent, I have to try, if the general thinks I am offended, he can abolish me, and I will go back to Changyi country."

These last few words, Liu He said very freely, but in the ears of Zhang Anshi and others, they revealed infinite sadness and absurdity.

They had already heard the helplessness of the Son of Heaven, and even heard the fate of the great general Huo.

It seems that this seizure of power is already going to have a "you live or die" ending.

"In this case, the ministers must advance and retreat together with Your Majesty." Zhang Anshi said.

"Good!" Liu He patted the case and said: "What I want is this common advance and retreat, I believe that the destiny of the Han Dynasty has not changed, and the monarch and the minister are united and invincible!" ”

"The brave wins when we meet on the narrow road, as long as we are braver than the Huo Party and fiercer than the Huo Party, we will definitely be able to win!"

The Son of Heaven has already set the direction, so the courtiers will either give advice or move forward bravely...... Anyway, there is no possibility of retreating.

This night, the palace lights in the greenhouse hall were lit until late at night. After the time passed, some lonely figures came out one after another.

Under the thick cover of night, they were taken out of Weiyang Palace by the palace people who had already been arranged, and scattered into different corners of Chang'an City.

The night was already deeper, and the harsh autumn wind was naturally worse than when it came, and there was more of a biting chill.

Come quietly, go quietly, leaving no trace.

Guangluxun Zhang Anshi left the slowest not because the Son of Heaven wanted to keep him for a deeper talk, but just to stagger the time so that people could hide their eyes and ears and not be discovered.

His carriage came in from the south gate of the Yang Palace, and at this moment it went out from the south gate of the Yang Palace.

However, the carriage had just stopped a short distance from the palace.

"Huh? Why stop? Zhang Anshi, who was preoccupied, asked in a deep voice to the driver outside.

"Back to the palace, there is a carriage in front of you, blocking the road." The rider replied.

Zhang Anshi's heart tightened, so he poked his head out.

The south wall of Weiyang Palace and the south wall of Chang'an City are very close to each other, so the official road formed is less than one zhang wide.

This width is actually enough for the two carriages to go side by side, but the other party's carriage is parked very far in the middle, although it does not block the road, but it is clear that he doesn't want Zhang Anshi to pass like this.

At this time, few people will pass by here, then the other party is waiting for themselves.

There was a lamp hanging on the carriage opposite, and the dim light swayed in the wind, adding a touch of gloom and mystery.

"It's okay, drive slower, it's not in the way."

"Yui!"

The carriage drove slowly, and a moment later, the two carriages were side by side.

"Ziru go slowly, I have a few words to say."

At the same time as this voice came, a person's head poked out from the opposite car, it was none other than Zongzheng Liu De, who had just been separated.

"It turned out to be Uncle Lu, it's late at night now, why don't you go back to the house, aren't you afraid that it will be late tomorrow?" Zhang Anshi did not show his face, and Liu De could not hear the emotion from the voice of his store.

Just now, in fact, Zhang Anshi guessed the identity of the person in the car, but he didn't break it immediately.

"If something like this happens tonight, I won't be able to sleep even if I go home, can Ziru fall asleep?"

Zhang Anshi did not answer, which actually represents a kind of acquiescence.

"You go to the front and wait for me, and then come back to drive in a quarter of an hour, Liu Fujun has some business to discuss with me."

"No."

Zhang Anshi's words were said to his driver, and then, Liu De also sent his driver away.

At this time, on this official road hundreds of feet long, only these two carriages remained.

The autumn wind was still blowing, and the two well-trained horses were a little restless, as if they wanted to return to the warm stables as soon as possible.

"Uncle Lu, this is the outlet, it's very cold, if you have anything to say, just say it now, don't worry about the twists and turns."

"Listening to Ziru's tone, it seems that he has a grudge against me, in the past, you and I couldn't go all the way, but we could still talk and laugh, but now we are walking all the way together, why are you so indifferent?" Liu De asked.

Zhang Anshi did not deny it, of course he had a grudge against Liu De, and the complaint was naturally that Liu De did not discuss with him, so he chose his sister Zhang Anjun as Jieyu of the Son of Heaven.

Liu De's move is worthy of the big man, but a discerning person can immediately see that the two of them are going to use Zhang Anshi to compete with Huo Guang.

Although both of them are the humerus of the Son of Heaven at this moment, they are not happy to be tried by others as a knife, and no one is happy.

"Ziru hates me for recommending my sister to the palace as Jieyu?" Liu De asked again.

After a moment of silence, Zhang Anshi said, "Exactly. ”

As soon as the words fell, Zhang Anshi heard Liu De seem to get out of the car, so he was also a little curious, so he also opened the door curtain.

Zhang Anshi saw Liu De standing in front of his carriage, his square face was angular under the lights, showing a resolute and simple expression.

Before Zhang Anshi could ask, Liu De made a move that he didn't expect.

It's a little faster today, see if you can add more!

(End of chapter)