Liu He stood with his hands behind his back, his eyebrows frowning slightly, and he didn't say a word, as if he was thoughtful, but also as if he was not very satisfied.

After a moment of silence, he threw the question back to the courtiers from the top of the jade steps.

"Which era name do you think is better, I want to hear your opinion first."

The hearts of all the courtiers were slightly cold, and they all looked at the Son of Heaven with strange and embarrassed expressions.

Is the Son of Heaven asking them to speculate? It's not difficult to guess, but it's not beautiful to guess wrong.

This era name is related to the government and the official career, but it is not a cockfight in the cockfighting squatter, just choose one casually.

So, for a moment, the court fell into silence.

Whether it is Zhang Anshi or Bingji, or Wei Xiang and Huang Ba, without exception, they are all secretly observing others, and they have no intention of standing up and speaking.

Liu He stood on the high jade steps, and naturally saw their hesitant expressions very clearly.

In the past, there was Huo Guang, a strongman in the court, who was dictatorial and overseeing the courtiers, and many things were decided in advance by him in the Shangshu Administration.

When it comes to the big court meeting and the small court meeting, it's just a formality.

Therefore, Zhang Anshi's courtiers of their generation are still a little uncomfortable with directly publishing "high opinions" in the court.

Not only did I not fit in, but I was also a little scared.

After all, if he said the wrong thing in front of Huo Guang, the other party would only be displeased, there was always room for reversal, and Huo Guang didn't dare to face the courtiers in person.

But it's different if you say the wrong thing in front of the Son of Heaven, and it is very likely that you will be dismissed and imprisoned directly by the swordsmen on the spot.

In this first great court meeting, the monarchs and ministers are still testing each other.

Liu He saw that no one was willing to stand up, and he was both satisfied and displeased: everyone was pretending to be obedient, and they didn't want to be this budding bird, so I could only name them.

"Since all of you Aiqing want to be humble gentlemen, then I have to have some ...... in the future" After Liu He finished speaking, he first looked at Zhang Anshi.

Zhang Anshi is the general of the Great Sima, the secretary of Lingshangshi, the Marquis of Fuping, and Huo Guang, who is the most powerful, is only one "general" word.

Take the current situation as an example, the couch he sat on used to be Huo Guang's couch, the closest to Liu He, and he was the "chief" of the court.

Liu He had read the secret report submitted by the embroidered guard, Zhang Anshi was still very cautious, but there were already courtiers who wanted to go through his back door.

In the Han Empire, people who want to be opportunistic are like carp crossing the river, and they can't be solved by killing 10,000 people.

Liu He wants to use this question to try how much prestige Zhang Anshi has, and then try to see if there are any friends in the court.

"Zhang Qing, I want to hear your opinion on the Great General Sima." Liu He deliberately said, "In the future, the court should be pragmatic in its deliberations, and all false courtesies can be waived." ”

Although Liu He had already spoken, Zhang Anshi still bowed respectfully before he spoke carefully.

"Weichen thinks that the four era names proposed by Dr. Taixue are all in line with the established system, and there are not too many advantages and disadvantages......

"But Weichen feels that Ning Yu has the intention of stabilizing the country, and he can best make the people of the world feel His Majesty's benevolence and love for the country and the people."

"After the chaos, we need to be governed, so Weichen thinks that Ning Yu is slightly better."

After Zhang Anshi finished saying his opinion, seven or eight courtiers echoed and agreed with him, including Bingji and Liu De.

Liu He remembered that he heard that Liu De and Zhang Anshi had become a family of sons and daughters, which was a happy event, and Zhang and Liu were close to each other.

Although Liu He nodded, he still didn't say anything, and then he asked the new imperial historian Wei Xiandao: "Wei Qing, you are a great Confucian, what do you think about this?" ”

"Weichen belongs to the word Mingde, which can show that His Majesty attaches great importance to Confucianism, and can also make Confucian students all over the world feel His Majesty's holy virtue, and can also let the people understand the great virtue of the sages."

As soon as Wei Xuancheng's voice fell, he also won the approval of many courtiers, most of these courtiers were famous Confucian scholars, gentlemen and gentlemen, but they could also form their own party.

Liu He still nodded uncertainly, without making a clear statement, in his heart, the current Confucianism is not the goal of rule, but the means of rule.

In the future, he doesn't need to please them, he just needs to control them.

"Old General Zhao, you have been on an expedition to the north for several months, and I haven't heard your voice in the court for a long time, so you can also talk about it."

"The old minister has been in the military camp for a long time, he is a rough man, no more knowledgeable than Zhang Gong and Wei Gong, the old minister thinks that the dragon is a symbol of the Son of Heaven, and the Yellow Dragon is even more auspicious, and the year name is set as the Yellow Dragon is the most imposing."

After Zhao Chongguo finished speaking, there were few responders.

The reason is very simple, after the turmoil, the military generals have been punished a lot, and the number of ministers in the court is far more than the military generals, and the name of Huanglong is still too straightforward, and it is rare for the ministers to love it.

In the end, only Zhijin Wu Anle stood up and agreed, not because he was also a rough person, but because the name of Huanglong could make him profit.

When Huanglong appeared in Onozawa, the Son of Heaven was still the king of Changyi, and he happened to be the minister of Changyi.

Once Huanglong is set as the name of the era, every time the Son of Heaven and the people mention this era name, they can't help but think of Ohnozawa, think of Changyi country, and then think of Changyi Xiang, and then think of Anle.

This can be regarded as Jane in the emperor's heart.

For Anle's future career, it will be more or less helpful.

Three of the four era names have already come out to stand in line, and there is only one one left.

Liu He's gaze crossed the entire front hall and saw Prime Minister Wei of the Imperial History sitting at the end of the front row, and asked eloquently: "Xiang Wei, your thoughts have always been different from others, and I also want to hear from you." ”

"Wechen thinks Yuan is the best." Wei Xiang said decisively.

"Haha, Wei Qing, didn't you mention Yuan Shu so that the rain and dew of these four era names were evenly wet, right?" Liu He said with a smile.

The Son of Heaven finally laughed, and the courtiers who were originally a little nervous also laughed, and the atmosphere in the court was relaxed.

"Your Majesty Shengming, it refers to the capture of Da Cai, which is auspicious, and Yuan is similar to Emperor Xiaowu's year name Yuan Hunt."

"And Your Majesty has mentioned it many times in ordinary times, and it is better than chasing Emperor Xiaowu's merits, so using Yuan as the name of the year can be used as a beginning."

After Wei Xiang finished speaking, many courtiers had some strange expressions on their faces, they had experienced the last years of Emperor Xiaowu's reign.

Compared to the current peaceful days, it is not an era worth remembering.

Many people's memories of that era are even unbearable: such as the Dawan Battle that returned several times in vain, such as the Witch Gu Rebellion with hundreds of thousands of people implicated, and the tragedy of seizing the heir.

Take Zhang Anshi as an example, his father Zhang Tang was executed by Emperor Xiaowu, and his brother Zhang He was also sentenced to palace punishment by Emperor Xiaowu.

In addition to Zhang Anshi, there were many courtiers in the front hall at this moment, who also experienced twists and turns at that time.

Huang Ba was impeached and removed from office because of his brother's crime; Bingji was implicated in the crime and was demoted to his hometown to serve as a ...... These are the reasons why everyone's expressions are strange.

A few months ago, when Jinzi gave Emperor Xiaowu the temple name Sejong, affirming Emperor Xiaowu's merits and raising Emperor Xiaowu's reputation, they were both expecting and worried.

They expected the Han Dynasty to restore the enterprising spirit of that time, but they were also worried that the Son of Heaven would use too many troops like Emperor Xiaowu, work the people and lose money, kill too much, the law was too strict, and the suspicion was heavy.

That's why the name of Yuan Hou was deliberately ignored.

Now, in order to be different, Wei Xiang proposed to imitate the era name of Emperor Xiaowu in the era name, which naturally aroused the panic and imagination of the courtiers.

In addition, Wei Xiang always sings against Zhang Anshi and others on weekdays, and he is very strict with his peers, so many courtiers look at Wei Xiang with some anger in their eyes.

However, the thin Wei didn't care about this, he freely brushed his sleeves and saluted the Son of Heaven, and then sat back on his couch with a big grin.

The expressions of the courtiers were all under Liu He's eyes, and he couldn't help but sneer in his heart.

When a whale dies, everything lives.

That's not true at all.

Huo Guang has indeed fallen, and the Huo Party has disappeared, but the court will not really be peaceful, but will be more lively than before.

Will Zhang Anshi and Wei Xiang carry out Liu He's will without hesitation? Will you do something for Liu He that offends the group? Will you swing a knife and slash at yourself?

There is still a question mark over all of this.

Monarchs and ministers have been with each other for a long time, and there are opportunities.

It's not that Liu He has to learn to get along with them, but they have to learn to get along with the Son of Heaven.

"Okay, well, all of you Aiqing have said it very well, it is really a blessing to have a pillar of the court like you." Liu He was thinking about a lot of things in his heart, but he had a warm smile on his face.

"I also have some thoughts about this year name, but I haven't thought it through, and now I will say it, so I will let everyone know about it."

Liu He said very sincerely, but who dared to really laugh, the expressions on the faces of the courtiers were more solemn and serious than just now.

As you know, the cutscenes are over, and it is up to the Son of Heaven to decide which of the four era names is better or worse.

""Zhou Yi Miscellaneous Hexagrams" has clouds: leather, go to the past; Ding, take the new also. ”

"I think that although the Han Dynasty is prosperous today, there are still drawbacks, and if you want to enrich the people and strengthen the Han and make the Han bigger, the only way to reform the old and make the new is to make the new!"

"And the tripod is the weight of the country, is the symbol of the temple of the society, the king of Chuzhuang once asked the king of Zhou by the Luoshui to win the weight, and the emperor Xiaowu also has the year name Yuan Ding."

"I think that the four era names taken by Dr. Taixue Zhu are all good, but it is better to take the word 'Dingxin' as the era name!"

"I'm done, who is against it, who agrees?" Liu He asked with a smile.

The last sentence will be repeated in the front hall in the future, and the courtiers will be tortured repeatedly.

After the words of the Son of Heaven were finished, the courtiers were a little stunned.

Isn't it up to you to choose one of the four? Why would the Son of Heaven raise another era name without any recruitment? Doesn't that mean that everyone is wrong?

This is still a trivial matter, in the short silence, everyone remembered some rumors that they have heard repeatedly in the past half a month - the Son of Heaven will change the law and implement a new policy in the coming year!

At that time, it was not certain, but now from the point of view of this year, it is a sure thing.

Changing the law may indeed enrich the people and strengthen the people, but if someone gains, someone will suffer, and it may not be a good thing.

If the Son of Heaven directly said that he wanted to change the law and implement a new policy, then the courtiers could still advise, but today, the Son of Heaven coerced Huo Zhijiwei and suddenly raised the matter, and no one dared to stop him.

The Son of Heaven is to set an era name, and you have to oppose it, isn't that a great rebellion?

The silence lasted for a moment, and finally someone stood up, not against, but in favor.

"Weichen thinks that Dingxin is stronger than the other four years, and Weichen seconded His Majesty!" Huang Ba, who knew a little about the change of law, was the first to stand up.

"Weichen also thinks that Dingxin is the best, and seconded Your Majesty!" An Le, the loyal dog of the Son of Heaven, also stood up.

"Your Majesty, Weichen seconded it!" Wei Xiang was already interested in changing the new law, and he also got up and bowed down to second.

"Wechen Wang Ji ......"

"Weichen Gong Sui ......"

"Wechen Xue is timid......"

"Weichen Wang Shi thinks that His Majesty is knowledgeable, stronger than us, and the word Dingxin is the best!" Taixue Ling Wang Shi never objected.

A few years ago, the old officials of Changyi, who knew that the Son of Heaven intended to change the old appearance of the Han Dynasty, all stood up in unison and seconded the Son of Heaven.

After that, there were Zhang Anshi, Bingji, Liu De, Wei and his sons, and other courtiers.

Finally, within a moment, all the courtiers bowed at the feet of the Son of Heaven and supported the adoption of "Ding Xin" as the new year name.

Liu He nodded with satisfaction, this is a small thing, but also a new beginning, it can be completed easily, which is a good sign.

"Okay, my first year name is Dingxin, and the Shangshu Department will draft an edict to spread the Han Dynasty immediately!"

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

You will know what kind of Son of Heaven I am. (End of chapter)