CHAPTER XXVII

At the beginning, I would like to explain to you a story. A friend in Hanxiong Bar said that soy milk cannot be drunk raw, and it was confirmed by many inquiries by the Dragon King that raw soy milk cannot be drunk. Please do not verify it in person, so as not to cause unnecessary danger.

The Dragon King solemnly declares here that uncooked soy milk cannot be drunk.

The Xuan Room of Weiyang Palace.

"The Emperor has arrived"

Qiandu's shrill voice can actually shout these four words with a majestic taste.

"Long live my emperor, long live my emperor"

Ministers dressed in various official uniforms knelt on both sides of the huge propaganda room, and shouted like a tsunami, as if the loud voice was directly proportional to their loyalty to the emperor.

Liu Qi strode into the door of the Xuan room, thinking about the seat in the center that belonged to him. Qiandu followed behind him with the sword of the Son of Heaven, and the six attendants followed behind him with the seal of the Son of Heaven and other things.

"Let's be flat."

After Liu Qi sat down, he waved his hand casually.

"Long live thanks."

After thanking the emperor, the ministers returned to their seats and sat down.

The flames in the eighty-one oil lamps in front of Liu Qi flickered and flickered, showing that the air flow in the Xuan Room was very chaotic, just like the mood of the ministers now. Last night, a blockbuster news circulated in Chang'an City, and the court lieutenant arrested the king of Chu on the charge of the queen mother's state funeral, during which the king of Chu and the singer of the Chu Pavilion were in turmoil.

Liu Qi looked kind and smiling, and his expression was very ordinary.

"Tell me what's going on."

"Qi Yu Your Majesty, there is the Imperial History Bureau's participation in the Chu King Liu Wu, the transcript of the private Yindang case, and the impeachment of Zhao Wang Liu Sui......"

Before Yu Shi Zhongcheng finished speaking, the ministers on both sides were already buzzing into a discussion. I didn't expect that as soon as the imperial history came up, he would take these high-ranking princes to attack. Liu Biao couldn't sit still, on the public he was Zong Zhengqing, and he was the clan that was managed, and the people who participated in the private imperial history were his uncles, brothers, and nephews. Anyway, he's going to have an attitude for a while.

Liu Qi's face was not shocked, and he still looked at ease.

"What else?"

"There is also a misreport from the Imperial Historian, please give it to the court to discuss the cutting strategy."

Chidu presented a tapestry scroll on a tray. The ministers below are already buzzing, and the matter of cutting the feudal domain has finally been mentioned, and the feudal kings will let the court just cut the land in their hands and the soldiers in their hands? If you don't get it, it's the rhythm of chaos in the bloody world.

Liu Qi picked up the brocade scroll and looked at it in his hand.

"I've already read this strategy. The court called everyone here this morning just to hear your opinions, this matter is very important, and it is related to the imperial court's plan for a hundred years and a thousand years. ”

Liu Qi paused, thought for a while, and continued with a somewhat solemn face.

"So today you can talk freely, ah...... Let's talk about it. ”

The ministers who had just been in the round all shut their mouths, as if they had lost their language function for a moment.

Liu Qi looked at the underground ministers, and after waiting for a long time, there was not a single bird.

"Don't speak, then I'll be named."

The ministers all shrank their necks, which were already about to shrink into their cavities, for fear that His Majesty the Emperor would call their names.

"Doctor Yu Shi is wrong."

Liu Qi's words were sonorous and powerful, which made the ministers in the Xuan room tremble in their hearts.

Chao Cuo straightened his big belly, and came to Dan Majesty with a wat board to give a deep salute. He was the emperor's teacher, and he didn't have to kneel down according to the rites.

Liu Qi looked up at the cutting strategy in his hand, and said to Chao Cuo: "You can make an explanation first." I would also like to hear from all of you. ”

"Minister, obey the order."

Chao Cuo bowed deeply and cleared his throat.

"Ministers, princes, grandmasters and ministers. The reason why the minister is now proposing a policy of cutting the feudal domain is not a new proposition. It's just the implementation of the last wish of the emperor......"

"Doctor Chao." A voice interrupted Chao Cuo, who turned his obese body and looked behind him, and it was the Empress Dowager's nephew, Wei Qihou Dou Ying, who spoke.

"Doctor Chao, your own proposition is your own. If you pretend to be in the name of the first emperor, you should be considered disrespectful. ”

"Lord Dou doesn't have to worry too much."

Chao replied in a good time: "Because this is indeed the proposition of the first emperor, the eleventh year before Emperor Xiaowen. At that time, the old man was the first assistant of the prince, and the first emperor summoned the old man to Weiyang Palace. He read a scroll and transcribed it to the crown prince. ”

"What book?" Liu Biao asked.

This letter is written on a secret letter from Jia Yi, the doctoral official who was the prince of Liang at that time. The title of the chapter is "On Public Security Policy". Jia Yi said that when today's shape is like dry firewood everywhere. The Han world is lying on dry firewood. ”

"Jia Yi, isn't it just the market boy who was born in Luoyang? Always alarmist, bad reputation. ”

Liu Biao interrupted Chao Cuo's words again, and some ministers next to him nodded yes.

Chao Cuo shook his head and swallowed, showing the anger in his suppressed heart.

"The "On Public Security Policy" was indeed written by Jia Yi at the behest of the first emperor. There are three fundamental issues raised in the "Policy". They are the problem of the displaced people, the problem of cutting the feudal domain, and the problem of fighting the Xiongnu.

For example, in order to prevent the princes, the fiefdom of the Liang State was expanded. The king of Liang guarded the Liang State to guard Guanzhong, and changed the Great Qi State to six small countries. Dividing Huainan into three kingdoms were all solid plans for the first emperor to prepare for the reduction of the feudal domain in the future. ”

"Doctor Chao, Jia Yi's discussion of public security policies back then. You can transcribe several copies from the scribe and send them to everyone present to read. ”

Liu Qi glanced at the ministers and commanded.

"Minister, obey the order."

After a pause, he said again.

"The world of the Han Dynasty has been divided into many counties, and there are fifty-four counties in the world. The kings with the same surname have thirty-nine counties under the world, and there are only fifteen counties under the rule of His Majesty. In terms of the population of the Han Dynasty alone, the princes and kings accounted for two-thirds.

The feudal system of the princes of my Han family was originally intended to be centered on the Son of Heaven. Let the kings be the vassals and assistants of the Son of Heaven. But what about the princes and kings? should have been the servants of the Son of Heaven like the court officials, but some kings of all sizes. Go on the horse to govern the army, and get off the horse to govern the people. Arbitrarily killing, taking and taking things without permission. No matter what happens, they never report it to the court, and some people even have no eyes on it. For decades, he did not enter the court to worship, and even the queen mother did not come to worship. The ban of the Han family has long been unable to pass through the vassal countries. If this continues, I am afraid that sooner or later these vassal states will become a state within a state. So much so that the chaos of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States period was repeated. ”

"Your Majesty, the minister said."

Lieutenant Chen Jia stepped forward with a wat board and bowed deeply.

"Say"

"His Majesty has just ascended to the throne not long ago, and the government should be based on stability and peace. Today, the four seas are a family in the world, and the kings and princes are related to His Majesty. It is more advisable to value peace, and these wrong remarks are alarmist. There is a suspicion of fanning and provoking. ”

"Excuse me, Lieutenant. Han Liguo has never really been stable for decades. ”

"Doctor Chao, what do you mean?"

Chen Jiaji asked.

"During the ten years of Gaozu's life, there were nine rebellions among the princes of the opposite sex. Emperor Wen reigned for 20 years, and Liu Xingju, the king of Jibei, rebelled. After three years, Liu Chang, the king of Huainan, made a rebellion. ”

"And who do you think will rebel today?"

The ministers began to talk, and the buzz was loud.

"For example, today's Wu King Liu Bi."

As soon as Chao Cuo's words came out, the huge propaganda room suddenly fell silent. The ministers all looked at Chao Cuo in surprise, not knowing which of the old gentleman's tendons had a problem, and publicly blamed the first feudal king of the day.

"Your Majesty, the Imperial Doctor reprimanded the reigning vassal king in court, and committed the following crimes against the royal family. Please decree the punishment. ”

"Your Majesty, it's peaceful today. Liu Bi, the king of Wu, was the nephew of Emperor Gao, and was both the cousin of Emperor Xiaowen and the cousin of His Majesty. After Emperor Gao set the world, King Yingbu of Jiujiang rebelled. Liu Bi, the king of Wu, was in the field and made military exploits. The fifty cities of the county where he was fiefdom were sealed by Emperor Gao himself. King Wu did not enter the court for many years because the first emperor was sympathetic to his old age and allowed him not to go to court.

If His Majesty summons him, he can issue a decree to summon him, how can he allow his ministers to discuss His Majesty's family affairs and separate the emperor's flesh and blood. ”

Liu Qi glanced at the big order Li Ben who played it.

"Today is the council, that is, the council is not guilty. I think everyone should calm down first and listen to what others have to say. Think about it more, and if you talk too much, you will listen to it in vain. ”

Li Ben had no choice but to bow down and retreat.

"When Emperor Gao was crowned King of Wu, he once said that fifty years after the death of the Qi Seeker, there will be a rebellion in the southeast, it won't be you.

For many years, King Wu not only did not enter the Hajj, but also violated the courtesy of the monarch and ministers. ”

Chao Cuochong took out a brocade scroll from his sleeve and unfolded it.

"This department has received a secret report that King Wu has a lot of wealth on his own. has been recruiting rangers, and there are indeed bad intentions in the whole military training. King Wu also secretly conspired with several other vassal kings, at his instigation. The king of Jiaoxi, the king of Chu, and the king of Qi are also arrogant and lascivious, and do not respect the Han law.

Erosion of the land and encroachment on the land of no one. As a result, he openly expelled the court guards and whipped the court officials.

The reason why Weichen amended the 30th article of the Han chapter is to legislate and correct the impeachment, and all the princes and kings break the law. Not only should they be guilty of the same crime as the common people, but they should also be stripped of their fiefs according to the course of their faults. This is the main purpose of the feudal policy. ”

"This policy of cutting the feudal domain, I think his actual meaning is eight words, respect the monarch and strengthen the country, and punish the lawless. Doctor Chao's policy of cutting the feudal domain is still reasonable, and this great policy of cutting the feudal domain is related to the foundation of the Han Empire, and it seems that it has to be implemented. ”

"The ministers obey."