Liu He, who temporarily controlled the situation in the front hall, looked at the courtiers condescendingly, and his thoughts were a little complicated.

What he wants to do today is not such a trivial matter as changing a few government offices, but a major matter that will hurt his muscles and bones -- the old interest groups will hand over power, and the new interest groups will take power.

From the Qin and Han dynasties to the Tatar Qing dynasty, all emperors were plagued by the same problem, or rather by the same paradox.

Any emperor who can do anything will want to wield as much power in the empire as possible, so they will find ways to crack down on the interests that rule with them.

But when he grasps all the power of the empire, he will immediately find that he is unable to deal with all the government on his own, and can only support new interest groups.

So, after the cycle, pressing the gourd to float the scoop, you sang and we took the stage, and the problem of the distribution of power in the empire was never truly solved.

The princes with different surnames in the early period of Emperor Gao, the meritorious heroes and nobles in the later period of Emperor Gao, the princes and new nobles in the Wenjing period, and the relatives and families of the Xiaowu Emperor period......

It was later the eunuch group, the gate lord clan, the scholar group, the Manchurian slaves, the Han landlord warlords, the Beiyang warlords, and the Jiangsu-Zhejiang consortium......

No matter what era it is, as long as the imperial system is still ruled by one person, then the emperor will inevitably choose a power group as his political ally.

Even in the end, when the imperial system is completely swept into the screen, when governing a country, it still has to rely on one interest group.

Only at this time the interest group had a new name - class.

Although Liu He is mentally different from all the emperors of the past and present, physically speaking, he is still an ordinary person, and he has no strange powers.

If you only talk about the degree of diligence, Liu He is not as good as many emperors, so it is impossible to really rule the world alone.

In the end, he could only die of exhaustion, leaving orphans and widows to be bullied by his ministers.

Therefore, whether Liu He wants to or not, he must choose a relatively reliable interest group to cooperate with him.

The only advantage Liu He has is the experience accumulated by hundreds of emperors with blood and tears.

He at least has a clearer understanding of the pros and cons of various interest groups: there are some interest groups that must not be trusted.

For example, the foreign relatives group, the eunuch group, the overly powerful clan group and the scholar clan gate valve group are all interest groups that have been verified by many emperors to be extremely risky.

In this way, Liu He can choose not many interest groups.

After a while, the Hanmen Shu clan, who were born from small and medium-sized landlords, and the civil and official groups of scholars and scholars born under the imperial examination system, became the least dangerous interest groups.

At the very least, the powerful ministers cultivated by the Hanmen Shu clan and the scholar and civil official groups are weaker and more dispersed, and may empty the imperial power, but they will not threaten the imperial power.

At this time, the Han Dynasty and the Hanmen Shu clan were not yet in the climate, and the scholar and civil official group was only budding.

In this way, supporting a relatively weak political ally will not at least not be immediately counterattacked.

And Liu He can also transform them: expand their advantages and reduce their risks.

The all-people revolution in Dahan had absolutely no possibility of success, and it was the limit of what Liu He could do to widen the ruling clique to the small and medium-sized landlords, and to try his best to preserve a passage for the lower yeoman peasants to lead to the upper classes.

Even if he wants to do this, Liu He still has to show full courage.

Fortunately, some preparations have been made in advance, and many things will go a little smoother.

Looking at the court at this time, the more closely related internal gate valve clan has not yet been formed, but the family and relatives have already had a trend of gate valve.

Liu He's support for the Hanmen Shu clan will definitely be hindered by their strong backlash and desperate obstruction.

But he had to do this, and let the current situation develop, and the big clans, relatives, and schools of scripture would converge, and in less than a hundred years, the clan would appear.

Once the Gate Lords descended on the Han Empire, it was impossible for the fate of the Han Dynasty to change.

Therefore, before the appearance of the gate lord clan, Liu He wanted to brave the disapproval of the world, support the Hanmen Shu clan, and suppress the family and relatives as much as possible.

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With a "snap", the pen in Fan Ke's hand fell to the ground for some reason, and he hurriedly bent down to pick it up, and the sound also pulled Liu He's thoughts back to the front hall.

Liu He, who came back to his senses, found that during the time he was thinking nonsense, the courtiers were all looking at him, and they were all waiting for his next sentence a little nervously.

Liu He coughed lightly, and then paced back and forth on the jade steps for a few steps, allowing the suppressed tense atmosphere in the front hall to ease a little before he finally spoke.

"The prime minister is the head of a hundred officials, but since Emperor Xiaowu, the post of prime minister has often been in office, and the government is all from the Shangshu Department."

"Although Jiuqing and Lieqing are under the jurisdiction of the Prime Minister, they are actually under the jurisdiction of the Shangshu Administration, so there is no need for them to exist."

"So the first new deal is to remove the prime minister!"

Liu He finished saying these words slowly, and when the last sentence sounded in the front hall, the thick beams seemed to tremble.

The expression on the face of the hundred officials and ministers changed from anxious to suspicious, then from suspicious to frightened, and then from frightened to frightened.

Prime Minister, this is the head of a hundred officials, how respectful is it, and he was actually dismissed by the Son of Heaven with this fluttering sentence?

After Emperor Xiaowu, the power and responsibility of the prime minister became smaller and smaller, and the prime minister's mansion became more and more dilapidated day by day, often a bleak picture of "the fox rabbit soars to my universe".

But in the past two hundred years, the prime minister has always been the ultimate ideal of the courtiers.

The Son of Heaven was unprepared to say that he would be abolished, how could the hundred officials and ministers accept it calmly?

Many people think of Cai Yi again, could this person be the last prime minister? Could it be that he is the last person to be crowned a marquis by virtue of serving as prime minister?

That luck was nothing short of good.

The hundred officials and ministers also gradually came back to their senses, and when the Son of Heaven asked Cai Yi to say goodbye to old age just now, he had already thought about abolishing the prime minister.

At this time, the most embarrassed and overwhelmed were naturally Zhang Anshi and Wei Xuancheng.

One of them is the Great Sima General, the other is the Imperial Historian, and Cheng is the same as the Three Princes, the Son of Heaven abolished the Prime Minister with a word, so is it still necessary for the Great Sima and the Imperial Historian to exist?

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, although the prime minister is often imaginary, but for hundreds of years, he has been the head of a hundred officials, and without the prime minister in charge of a hundred officials, I am afraid that the hearts of the hundred officials will fluctuate......" Zhang Anshi tried to admonish.

"Without the prime minister, I will come to the general command of the hundred officials, will the hundred officials be fluctuating?" Liu He said lightly.

"This ......" Zhang Anshi was stopped by this sentence, and he didn't know how to continue with his mouth half-open.

He really wanted to continue to admonish, but he didn't know where to start, the Son of Heaven was in charge of the hundred officials, and there was nothing wrong with it in the end, but it didn't seem to be in line with the system.

However, since the Son of Heaven wants to change the law and implement a new policy, he is originally going to change the established system, so how can he continue to use the established system?

When Zhang Anshi was still thinking about whirling with the Son of Heaven in the matter of prime minister, the Son of Heaven had already secretly Chen Cang and slashed the knife in his hand at him silently.

"In addition, since the prime minister has been dismissed, it is not appropriate for the Great Sima and the Imperial Doctor to be higher than Jiuqing, and they will ...... from today on."

"The Great Sima Mansion and the Imperial Historian's Mansion are the same as Jiuqing, and the rank of the Great Sima and the Imperial Historian has been reduced from 10,000 stones to 2,000 stones."

"In the future, Da Sima will only be in charge of raising soldiers, regardless of the use of soldiers, if there is a matter of conscription and use of troops, I will select people from among the generals to lead the troops."

Da Sima evolved from Taiwei, known as the commander of the world's military affairs, and his power and responsibility can be large or small, which is definitely a threat to the imperial power.

Military affairs are divided into raising troops, commanding troops, and transferring troops.

Raising soldiers is military politics, including military school selection and training, military recruitment, post passing, stable herding, ordnance, Fu survey, military registration, martial arts and other things.

In this way, Da Sima's power to take charge of military affairs was divided in black and white, and he changed from the chief general of the entire Han army to the housekeeper of the Han army.

The power to take charge of the army is actually divided into three.

The Son of Heaven is in charge of dispatching troops, the captain is in charge of commanding troops, and Da Sima is in charge of raising troops: In the event of conquest and war, the Son of Heaven will split the power of transferring troops to the generals.

Zhang Anshi, as the general of the Great Sima, was still protecting the "prime minister" one moment, but the next moment he found that his position as "Great Sima" had also been demoted?

"Doctor Yu Shi is still in charge of the supervision and assessment of hundreds of officials, and his rank is also the same as Jiuqing!"

"From today onwards, the Three Princes and Nine Mansions will be changed to the Nine Princes and the Second Mansion, do you have no opinions?"

Liu He slowly asked the courtiers in the hall for this last sentence, but his eyes moved back and forth on Zhang Anshi and Cai Yi.

The other ministers have no reason to object, and now it depends on the attitude of the two of them.

Zhang Anshi, who stood up, did not dare to object, and Wei Xuancheng, who was sitting, had no reason to object.

Just now, when the Son of Heaven gave them the title of marquis, they did not refuse; And now that they are about to take away their office, how can they oppose it?

Zhang Anshi and Wei Xian were not Huo Guang, and they did not dare to directly disobey the order of the Great Dynasty.

The three dukes of the two of them are too cost-effective, from Jiuqing to Sangong, in less than three months, they were reduced from Sangong to Jiuqing.

Although they didn't dare to raise objections, Zhang Anshi and Wei Xuancheng had some "color difficulties".

Although the Son of Heaven is implementing a new system, he is finally removing their officials, so how can they pull down their face?

The two of them are worthy of being people who have seen strong winds and rains, and they are not very obsessed with power, and the half of the displeasure was quickly withdrawn from their faces to their hearts.

Liu He observed their fleeting displeasure, but he did not exhort them, but deliberately asked: "Zhang Qing and Wei Qing, there will be no resentment, right?" ”

"Your Majesty is far-sighted, and the ministers dare not have resentment, and we will receive the order." Zhang Anshi and Wei Xuancheng hurriedly said calmly.

"Okay, the two Aiqing are well aware of righteousness, and they are worthy of being the pillars of the court, and I am very pleased." Liu He praised with a smile.

This is the beginning, and I hope that you will be able to maintain this respect and composure in the front hall today.

"In the past, when Emperor Xiaowu established the Chinese Dynasty, his original intention was to let the Chinese and Korean dynasties make decisions and the foreign dynasties to govern ......"

"However, the Huo clan has won the hearts of the people with Chinese and North Korean officials, and there are countless foreign court officials who have been promoted, and China and North Korea and foreign dynasties have long been confused."

"In order to avoid the abuse of power by the retainer and the power of the Chinese and foreign dynasties, I decided to implement the second new policy......"

"From today onwards, foreign officials are not allowed to serve as officials of the Chinese and Korean dynasties, and Chinese officials are not allowed to serve as officials of foreign dynasties......"

"All the existing Chinese and Korean officials will be dismissed, and all of them will be reappointed and dismissed......"

However, this second new policy does not stop there, and the words of the Son of Heaven made the hundreds of officials and ministers "buzz" lively.

In the front hall, there was an uproar, where is this still a change, it is simply a change!

Here is a note, the family in the text is in a broad sense, and at this time, there is actually no clear class like the gate lord clan.

(End of chapter)