Liu Xin saw Zhen Mi's indifferent look, so she had to shake her head helplessly, and was about to ask her about reading, when she suddenly heard a report from a guard outside the door: "Your Majesty, General Dian asks to see you." ”

It turned out that after Dian Wei escorted Cao Cao and others back to Chang'an, he was concerned about the battle situation in Yecheng, and led his troops to come in the starry night, but the battle in Yecheng had ended, and even Yuan Shao was captured alive. Dian Wei had no chance to fight, so he had to come to greet Liu Xin stupidly.

Liu Xin patted Dian Wei's shoulder and said with a smile: "Evil, whether it is Cao Cao or Yuan Shao, they are all Han." What's the point of your own people beating your own people? If you have the opportunity in the future, I will definitely let you perform well on the battlefield against foreign captives! ”

Dian Wei swept away the depression just now, patted his chest and said, "Your Majesty, you are not allowed to break your word!" ”

"You and my brother, when did I lie to you?" Liu Xin waved his hand and said, "Let's go, let's leave for Chang'an." ”

Hearing that he could leave, Zhen Mi's face showed a smile, and he bowed down and said, "Your Majesty, you are not allowed to break your promise to the people's daughter." ”

Dian Wei noticed that there was a delicate little beauty standing in the courtyard, and couldn't help but look up at Liu Xin, then at Zhen Mi, and grinned.

Liu Xin knew that he would be wrong, so he glared at him angrily, waved his hand and said, "Okay, pack up, and get ready to go!" ”

Two days later, the group finally arrived in Chang'an. After entering the capital, Zhen Mi was inconvenient to follow Liu Xin, so he and a few old servants went to the city to find a place to live and settle down.

Probably because he was an orphan since he was a child, his family was the most important in Liu Xin's mind, and the first thing he did when he returned to the capital was to come to the harem to visit his wife and children. The palace is very large, it will not be like in the past, everyone lives in a few adjacent courtyards, Ma Yun and Bian Yu have their own palace rooms.

Hearing that Liu Xin was back, Bian Yu and the others came out first, which saved Liu Xin from running around one by one. It's just that Liu Xin looked around, but she didn't see Ma Yun and Zhu Rong, and couldn't help but be surprised: "Queen, doesn't she know that I have returned?" ”

Bian Yu covered her mouth and smiled: "Your Majesty doesn't know, today is the day of the queen's mother's trial, and I went to Chang'an County with Sister Zhurong early this morning." ”

Liu Xin was stunned for a moment, and said: "What is Chang'an Ling for, why does the queen need to try the case in person?" And Zhu Rong, she doesn't understand anything, what's the fun? ”

"Your Majesty, the queen mother's reputation in Chang'an City is now loud, and several headless cases have been solved by the queen mother. Sister Zhurong went to be the queen's guard. Bian Yu's face suddenly darkened, and he said faintly, "It's just that the concubine is useless, but it can't help Your Majesty." ”

Chang'an, as the capital of the Han Dynasty, has a very special status, and Liu Xin couldn't choose a suitable county order for a while, so he handed it over to Cheng Yu to concurrently serve. It turned out that with the increasing population of Chang'an, there was a mixture of fish and dragons, and various cases gradually increased. Cheng Yu has no problem handling government affairs, but solving cases is not his forte, and he has accumulated many cases.

After Liu Xin left Chang'an, Fu Zhu, Tian Feng and others still habitually asked Ma Yun for instructions when they encountered important things, and Cheng Yu was no exception.

Seeing that the cases at hand were accumulating more and more, Cheng Yu was a little anxious, so he took the initiative to ask Ma Yun for punishment. Ma Yun knew that these people were all great contributors to helping Liu Xin win the world, and if it was decided today, these people still needed to continue to contribute, and he didn't want to be misunderstood by others Liu Xin was hiding all his strength, so naturally he would not give Cheng Yu a punishment. But so many cases always have to be dealt with, so Ma Yun asked Cheng Yu to send all the files to the palace, and she wanted to see them in person.

It doesn't matter if you look at it, Ma Yun couldn't help but recall the bits and pieces of the past, and couldn't help but give full play to her expertise and try the case. After all, he is a professionally trained person, and the case that is confused in Cheng Yu's eyes is always easy to solve in the hands of Ma Yun. Gradually, if there is any difficult case in Chang'an City, Cheng Yu will report to Ma Yun.

Solving the case inevitably requires going to the scene to investigate, but Ma Yun is the queen and cannot enter and leave the palace at any time, so she set a rule that the sixth, sixteenth, and twenty-sixth days of each month are the days when she leaves the palace to solve the case. Today happened to be twenty-six, so Ma Yun went out of the palace early in the morning. Zhu Rong is also an idle character, and he has been in the palace all day long, and he has long been stuffy. Hearing that Ma Yun was going to leave the palace to judge the case, Zhu Rong offered to be Ma Yun's bodyguard.

In fact, Bian Yu and the others are not pampered ladies, Liu Xin is usually busy with affairs, and she does not discipline her children much, and Bian Yu and the others are responsible for education. However, Liu Xin still heard a slight sourness in Bian Yu's words, and couldn't help laughing: "You, like the queen, are my closest people, as long as you are happy every day, it will be the greatest help to me." The first thing I have to do when I come back this time is to make your name settled. ”

As long as it is a woman, there will be a little vanity, even Zhu Qian, who has always been humble to her status, lowered her head and pinched the corners of her clothes, listening nervously to Liu Xin's words.

But I heard Liu Xin say: "The canonization should have been done a long time ago, but the name has to wait for the queen to come back to discuss, and in the past two days, you will wait for the good news." ”

At this time, the news of Liu Xin's return to Beijing also spread. Ma Yun and Zhu Rong, who got the news, stopped judging the case and hurried back.

In this era, without some advanced technical means, solving a case is a very nerve-wracking thing, otherwise the government will not use heavy punishment at every turn. Seeing Ma Yun's haggard face, Liu Xin couldn't help but complain: "Wife, just leave this kind of thing to the people below to do......

Although Ma Yun was tired, her spirit was still excited, interrupted Liu Xin's words, and said: "You don't know, now the people of Chang'an call me Bigfoot Ma Niangniang, saying that I judge cases like a god and race against the sky." ”

Liu Xin knew that being a policeman was originally Ma Yun's volunteer, and now that she finally had this opportunity, she would never let it go, so she didn't persuade anymore and said: "Then you don't have to work so hard in the future, if you can't do it, just go a few more times a month, and judge a few fewer cases each time." I would suggest you start a school. ”

Ma Yun stroked his palm and said: "This is a good idea, I will inform Cai Yong to make some preparations tomorrow." ”

Liu Xin said with a smile: "Don't be in such a hurry about running a school, I want to discuss with you the names of Bian Yu and them first." ”

Ma Yun said without thinking: "I have already thought about this matter, Bian Yu and Cai Yan are concubines. Zhu Qian has a gentle personality and can be named Concubine Shun. Cai Jue is weak on the surface, but in order to protect Yu'er back then, she really gave up her sex, and she was really strong, so I wanted to make her a martyr. Zhu Rong is the descendant of the god of fire and can be named Concubine Yan. Mink Chan is good at dancing, so she will be a dancing concubine. ”

Liu Xin smiled and said, "It's still my wife who thinks about it thoroughly, husband, I want to comfort you tonight." ”

Ma Yun rolled her eyes and said, "Hmph, think about beautiful things." Honestly, have you done anything bad these days. ”

Liu Xin smiled evilly: "You will know if you check it at night." ”

Xiao Biesheng is newly married, and the husband and wife have been upside down this night, needless to say. However, the next day, when Liu Xin walked into the main hall refreshed, told Fu Zhu and others about the canonization plan proposed by Ma Yun, and asked him to draft the decree, he was met with strong opposition. The opposition was mainly focused on Zhu Qian and Minchan. Zhu Qian married Liu Xin as a widow, and Diao Chan was just a maid in Wang Yun's mansion back then, and Cai Yan exchanged it for a box of porcelain, and her status was even more humble. Therefore, the ministers almost unanimously opposed the appointment of her as concubines.

Liu Xin suddenly said unhappily: "This is my family matter, can't I even do this?" ”

Chen Gong arched his hand and said: "Back to Your Majesty, the Emperor's House is selfless!" ”

Of course, Liu Xin couldn't have wronged his woman, so he couldn't help but slap the table fiercely and said, "No! I have made up my mind, and you don't need to say more. ”

Seeing Liu Xin angry, Tian Feng, Fu Zhu and the others stopped talking, only Chen Gong continued: "If Your Majesty insists on going your own way, the ministers will not dare to stop it. But the minister can supervise the household department, and he is not allowed to spend the expenses of the two of her! ”

Liu Xin appointed Chen Gong as the supervisor of the imperial history of the capital, because he valued him for not being afraid of the powerful and upright. However, Chen Gong is not pedantic, he has a good calculation. You Liu Xin is the emperor, and you can make the two of them concubines, but my Chen Palace can supervise the household department, not let them enjoy the treatment of imperial concubines, and let them be famous but not real.

Listening to Chen Gong's words, Liu Xin couldn't help laughing and said: "Gongtai, then it's up to you, in the future, not only will the expenses of the two of them not be paid by the household department, but even the expenses of me and other people in the palace will not be directly paid by the household department." ”

In Ma Yun's opinion, Liu Xin has enough women, but in the eyes of these ministers, Liu Xin's concubines are not too many, and they are not even as many as their wives and concubines. But even so, there are nearly a thousand servants and maids in the palace. For so many people, daily food, clothing, housing and transportation are a lot of expenses. Liu Xin actually took the initiative to propose that all expenses should not be directly paid from the household department, and everyone was surprised.

Seeing that Liu Xin made such a big concession for the sake of the two women's reputation, Chen Gong couldn't say anything more, so he had to give his hand and say: "Weichen dares to ask Your Majesty, so where does the palace use come from?" ”

In fact, Liu Xin had already thought about this matter. For the long-term peace and stability of the Han Dynasty, he must tie his hands and feet and weaken the imperial power. The first step in weakening the imperial power was to completely separate the emperor's inner treasury from the treasury of the household department and carry out independent accounting. In the future, after all taxes are paid into the state treasury, one percent of them will be used as the inner treasury of the palace. All expenses in the palace are to be paid by the treasury, and no further funds from the treasury are allowed to be misappropriated.

In the past, the whole world belonged to the emperor, and the money in the treasury naturally belonged to the emperor, and the emperor could use it however he wanted. And Liu Xin's policy is a restriction on the emperor, as long as it is really implemented, the emperor can no longer use the money of the treasury on himself.