When Huo Guang went to invite the Empress Dowager Shangguan, he asked Yu Wuwu to kill the Empress Dowager Shangguan, which was an arrangement only made by the king.

In this way, you can naturally sit back and relax.

However, Liu He still doesn't think it's a good practice.

Putting aside the patriarchal relationship between the two, Liu He and the Empress Dowager Shangguan were political allies.

It is never a good decision to betray one's allies so easily.

"If Huo Guang really sends someone to ask Empress Shangguan to deal with me, I believe that Empress Dowager Shangguan can deal with it, you can help from the side, and you can't make claims."

"No." Yu Wuwu also seemed to breathe a sigh of relief.

"The hour is coming, go ahead." Liu He said

"No!"

Yu Wuwu has always been resolute, and he turned around and was about to leave.

But at this time, Liu He stopped the courtier he trusted the most.

"Yu Qing, can you say goodbye today, I'm afraid it's just two words, if something happens to me, don't die, take what I gave you, and live."

Liu He gave Yu Wuwu a lot of things, all of which could turn the Han upside down.

Yu Wuwu paused, and saluted again: "No! ”

After that, without waiting for the Son of Heaven to speak again, Yu Wuwu strode out of the greenhouse hall.

Liu He smiled with satisfaction and relief, and shouted loudly to the door: "Fan Ke, I want to go to the front hall and participate in the Great Imperial Conference!" ”

Outside the front hall, on the Dan Pier.

The courtiers of the Han Dynasty were gathering in groups.

Today is a big court, so there are a lot of courtiers entering the palace.

In addition to the courtiers with a rank of more than 2,000 koku, the second official with a rank of 1,000 koku in charge of practice, the miscellaneous doctor and the doctor of Taixue who were in charge of the practice were also eligible to participate.

At this time, although the great court meeting had not yet begun, nearly a hundred courtiers had gathered outside the front hall.

These courtiers gathered together in twos and threes, whispering, and in the whirring wind, it was not easy to hear what they were saying to each other.

On weekdays, the imperial historian Cai Yi always gets together with the doctors and officials of Taixue, and takes advantage of this free time to discuss the Confucian scriptures.

But today's situation is a little different from the past, and I am standing with a few miscellaneous doctors, not knowing what to say.

At this time, the autumn wind was very cold, and the courtiers were all wearing thick robes, but they still shrunk their heads and necks, without any official authority.

No matter how high the rank is, it is impossible to put a score in the front hall of Weiyang Palace.

For no matter how high your position is, you will not be higher than the roof of the front hall.

The palace people of Weiyang Palace are nervously serving the red-hot carbon basin into the front hall.

The red-colored carbon fire emitted an alluring heat.

The courtiers only had to look at it to guess that the front hall must be warm as spring at this moment—and they were all eager to enter.

However, no one dared to trespass, and they could only look into the hall with a longing look in their eyes.

Everyone didn't dare to move, not because they weren't afraid of the cold.

Instead, he was waiting for the man named Huo Guang.

……

There was still a quarter of an hour to go, and Huo Guang, who had been late, finally came to the front of the stairs under the single pier.

Standing here, looking up, hundreds of stairs stretch towards the sky.

As far as the eye can see, you can only see the black and red tile at the top of the front hall.

Huo Guang suddenly remembered that a few months ago, it was also in this front hall that he stood in front of Emperor Xiaozhao's Zi Palace, and decided to inherit the unification by King Changyi.

Unexpectedly, so much time has passed in this moment.

Emperor Xiaozhao's flesh and bones may have begun to rot - even if he is the Son of Heaven, he can't escape this providential arrangement.

Although Emperor Xiaozhao is dead, if he has a spirit in the sky, he should be satisfied with today's son, right?

In other words, Emperor Xiaowu before this and the emperors of the Han Dynasty were quite satisfied with today's sons, right?

No matter what they thought, at least Huo Guang himself was very satisfied.

He has great respect for Huo Guang, has great trust in the Huo family, is very filial to the Empress Dowager Shangguan, and also respects Emperor Xiaozhao and Emperor Xiaowu......

Virtually invulnerable.

Of course, it would be nice to be able to settle down a little more.

In the past few months, the Son of Heaven has made a lot of small moves, and after Huo Chengjun entered the palace, he had to help make the Son of Heaven's heart more calm.

"General, the hour is not early, and the courtiers have arrived at this moment."

Huo Guang unconsciously stopped at the bottom of the stairs, perhaps because he had stopped for too long, so the person who came to pick him up cautiously reminded him.

This voice made Huo Guang feel a little familiar, and after distinguishing it, he found that it was the same person as the confessor who came to greet him a few months ago.

Huo Guang was in a trance, and today, there seemed to be some providential coincidences in the dark.

"General?" The young confessor asked again.

"Hmm." Huo Guang replied to this word, then held the sword at his waist and walked up the stairs.

Step by step, Huo Guang, who was a little thin because he had just recovered from his illness, walked very steadily, but he also felt a little anxious, which was a small problem left by the wind chill last month.

Halfway through, Huo Guang wanted to stop and rest for a while, but the confessor didn't notice that today's general was a little different, and walked straight up.

Huo Guang was naturally unwilling to lag behind, and followed up with some difficulty.

Finally, half an hour later, Huo Guang reached the top.

At this time, his chest was burning with pain, and his eyes were a little dizzy.

It wasn't until a gust of autumn wind blew that he sobered up a little.

Huo Guang looked back, and half of Chang'an City was in full view, and it seemed that he could still see the cornices of the main hall of the General's Mansion.

It took Huo Guang more than 20 years to come here from Qili.

It took the Huo family decades to get here from Pingyang County.

If the champion Hou is still there, where will Huo Guang be?

Can he stand as tall as he does now?

So, maybe it's a good thing that my brother is gone.

didn't allow Huo Guang to think too much, and among the courtiers who had been waiting on the Danqi for a long time, many people hurriedly surrounded them.

"The lower official asked the Great Sima General An."

More than 20 people bowed down in unison, and human heads of different colors dangled in front of Huo Guang's eyes.

Black, gray, all-white......

The weight of each of these heads is very large.

There are Prime Minister Ren Gong, Taichang Lecheng, Dasi Farmland Yannian, Tingwei Li Guang, and Zhijin Wu Su Chang......

If you add it up, it weighs at least tens of thousands of stones.

Compared with the previous great court discussions, there were fewer people who came to greet him, because Fan Mingyou and others were in the land of the Huns at the moment, making contributions to the Han Dynasty.

Huo Guang's gaze passed over the heads of these lowered people, and saw that there were still many people scattered in the distance who did not come.

I don't know if I didn't seize the opportunity, or if I have a dislike for Huo Guang, or if I boast of being high.

It's just that for the old man, it doesn't matter, it's all stragglers, so there's nothing to worry about.

At this moment, Huo Guangzhi was complacent.

"Colleagues, excuse me, let's go to the court together, don't let the county officials wait for a long time."

"No." The people answered.

As he spoke, a way was made in the crowd and Huo Guang walked over.

Immediately followed by Prime Minister Ren Palace, a little later standing on the left side of Huo Guang.

The two took the lead and walked forward, and the rest of the courtiers were ranked next to the civil and military generals, and they were ranked in order.

Even the courtiers who did not come to see the salute were very orderly and lined up in the line.

It's okay if you don't flatter Huo Guang, but you can't ignore the rules of the Han Dynasty.

……

When he came to the front of the palace, Huo Guang went straight in, but the rest of the courtiers also had to take off their shoes and untie their swords.

At this time, Huo Guang's afterglow suddenly saw a strange place.

On weekdays, only he can go to the temple with a sword.

But today, Cai Yi, the imperial historian who stood in the second place in the queue on the left, did not even take off his shoes - and this old man who never wore a sword actually wore a long sword at his waist today.

Cai Yimian did not change his color, and followed the Prime Minister Ren Palace and went straight in.

There was a hint of pride and complacency on the old man's face.

Huo Guang glanced at the other party sideways, but Cai Yi didn't respond this time.

The courtiers naturally saw this scene, and their footsteps did not stop, and they were puzzled.

Huo Guang was followed by Su Chang, who was in charge of Jinwu, and saw the general's doubts.

So he took a quick step and whispered behind Huo Guang: "A few days ago, the county official gave the imperial historian Cai Yi a sword to go to the palace, and he praised and worshipped him. ”

Huo Guang was a little surprised, but he still nodded calmly and didn't say anything more.

As long as it is not a marquis, many of the rewards of the Son of Heaven do not need to go through the Shangshu Department. During this time, Huo Guang was busy with military affairs, so he naturally didn't notice this trivial matter.

may be because Cai Yi failed to become the prime minister, and there are still some grievances, and the Son of Heaven is using "sword shoes to the palace" and "praise and worship without a name" to appease him.

This is a trivial matter, the Son of Heaven has done a good job, and Huo Guang is still very pleased.

Soon, the courtiers stood in a row in the hall and waited solemnly.

At this moment, they finally saw the Son of Heaven dressed up on the jade steps, and they couldn't help but be a little surprised.

But soon, this surprise also disappeared, and it was normal for the court to be more solemn.

"The ministers ask His Majesty the Emperor."

Under the leadership of Prime Minister Ren Gong, all the courtiers, including Huo Guang, bowed to the Son of Heaven.

"The ministers ask His Majesty the Emperor."

The Son of Heaven was silent for a moment.

The moment seemed to be a little longer than ever.

Just when everyone looked up to see why the Son of Heaven was silent, the calm voice of the Son of Heaven floated down like Onozawa in late autumn.

"All the ministers are calm down and start discussing politics."

"No!"

Since Liu He ascended the throne, the most important court meeting began.

According to common sense, it should be the Prime Minister Ren Gong who should take the lead.

But in the past ten years, the prime minister has been a decoration, and Huo Guang is the first in the court.

Huo Guang stood up, shook off the dust that didn't exist on his robe, and was about to go to military affairs.

An old man standing on the left side took the lead and stepped forward.

Huo Guang frowned, Ren Gong was displeased, and Huo Dang looked sideways.

It was none other than Cai Yi, the imperial historian with a sword, who stood up.

Many courtiers had puzzled expressions on their faces, wondering what this old man was going to do.

"Old Minister Imperial Doctor Cai Yi, there is something to play!"

Huo Guang first broke the rules that the prime minister took the lead in playing, and now that there are no rules, Cai Yi's move is understandable.

"Oh, Cai Qing can play."

"The old minister thinks that His Majesty will not be long in the morning, and he should open the Holy Hearing to glorify the emperor's legacy."

Therefore, the old minister played, and begged His Majesty to issue an edict to allow the subjects of the world to write directly to His Majesty, and restore the authority and responsibility of the assistant of the Imperial Historian's Mansion to organize the chapters, and walk with the Shangshu Department to "play the chapters"! ”

Cai Yi said, bow to the end.

And these few words are like a pebble thrown into the water, and in the calm water of the front hall, there are many splashes and sounds.

The few words that Cai Yi said in one breath, in the end, were actually very simple, and he said a total of three things.

The first is to allow the subjects of the world to directly write to the Son of Heaven and say things, so as to open up the way of speech and investigate the government.

The second is to restore the authority and responsibility of the imperial historian to assist the Son of Heaven in handling the book.

The third is to retain the power and responsibility of the Shangshu Department to deal with the edicts of court officials.

In short, the power of the court was divided into two parts, the administrative power was vested in the Shangshu Administration, and the supervisory power was vested in the Son of Heaven and the Imperial Historian.

Increasing the power of the Son of Heaven and the Imperial Historian is tantamount to weakening the power of the Shangshu Department in disguise.

It can form a counterbalance to Huo Guang.

These seemingly simple three things not only disrupted the original power structure of the Han court, but also redistributed the power of the Han court.

It was the Son of Heaven and the Imperial Historian who benefited, and the Shang Shu Department and the General who were damaged.

This is naturally a big deal.

Fortunately, the front hall was large enough, otherwise the roof would have been torn open by the chatter of the courtiers.

With a gloomy face, Huo Guang reached out and held the sword at his waist, squinted his eyes, and looked around the hall - he was not in a hurry to see Cai Yi kneeling on the ground.

After looking around slowly, there was nothing unusual, but he also seemed to smell something different.

Someone wants to touch me Huo Guang?

There is a shift a little later today, about six o'clock!

(End of chapter)