The Son of Heaven faced the ambiguous behavior of the three imperial brothers at the Great Imperial Ceremony, and quickly attracted the attention of the 'hearted' ministers.

So, the next day, someone began to knock on the side of the beginning of the discussion: Your Majesty has been on the throne, the political achievements have been remarkable, the grace of the world is all over the world, even the grass, trees, birds and beasts are deeply blessed by His Majesty's rain and dew, but when the first emperor was there, only the eighth son was crowned as the king, and the emperor's ten younger brothers, eleven younger brothers, and the posthumous sons, because of his young age, he did not get the country.

Now, His Majesty reigns over the world, and he is blessed all over the world.

It's time to give such a long grace to the emperor's tenth brother.

These pieces were sent to Lantai, and Liu Che gave instructions and did not send them in the middle of the stay.

The attitude of the Son of Heaven immediately stimulated the government and the opposition to be extremely excited.

For the courtiers, it is best for the Liu Yu brothers and their old mother to get out of Chang'an City immediately and go there wherever they want! Just don't stay in Chang'an City anymore and be an eyesore!

The reason is very simple - because the eldest son is now thriving in the palace, and the rest of the concubines have also come to the throne, and it is likely that they will give birth to heirs for the Son of Heaven in the next few months.

Although they are not sisters-in-law.

But at the very least, the continuity of the state has been ensured.

In this way, the sons of the first emperor continued to stay in Chang'an and stay in Weiyang Palace.

What kind of system is this?

The most important thing is that if the sons of the first emperor continue to stay in Chang'an, then in order to show that they are indeed loyal ministers, the ministers will not even dare to go to the harem at will.

It is not convenient for everyone to secretly observe and hook up with the prince, and it is even more inconvenient to place bets.

Therefore, for most of the courtiers, the heirs and concubines of the first emperor or something. It's better to hurry up and roll as far as you can, don't stay in the palace and be an eyesore.

Thereupon. Zongzheng Liu Li, Taichang Dou Pengzu immediately followed up.

Liu Li even played directly. Pick out and say: The minister asked the historian to choose an auspicious day, with etiquette, and the imperial history played the map, and he was like the previous story.

Although he didn't say that he wanted to be crowned king directly, he actually said it very clearly.

Let the historian choose the date and the map of the imperial history, this is the posture of sealing the country and building the society.

And this time, Liu Che's answer is no longer ambiguous.

He replied in Liu Li's recital: The priest said: The ancients gave the costume to Yu Fajue. Yu tasted out of the field. Therefore, the left is rewarded in spring and summer. I should follow three generations! (Note)

Although there is no clear agreement, the signal is already very clear.

That is, the Son of Heaven agreed to canonize the three imperial brothers as kings, but not now, until the summer.

The reason is also very high.

Three generations of kings have played like this......

After getting this instruction, Taichang Dou Pengzu immediately asked for instructions: If the minister dies, please move the emperor's ten younger brothers, and the ten brothers are equal to the East Palace to recuperate.

If people who don't understand the traditions of the Han Dynasty see Dou Pengzu's request, they may think that Donggong wants to intervene.

But in fact, before the princes and kings were canonized, they all moved to the East Palace or the east gate of Weiyang Palace. Finding a house for them is a very normal and reasonable behavior.

Because the East belongs to gold, with gold as Mao, Mao and gold as Liu.

All princes and royal families must first live in the east.

Liu Bang was originally crowned as a son. It is outside the east gate of Luoyang.

At the end of the Western Han Dynasty, Wang Mang usurped the throne, and there was a proverb among the people that Liu Xiufa had no way to arrest him. Mao Jin Xiude is the Son of Heaven.

Of course, this is a very unscientific prophecy. In the end, it came true.

This can only show that Ah Xiu is indeed the son of the plane.

Liu Che is naturally aware of this tradition. So I replied: Yes!

From then on, in terms of legal principles and procedures, the status of Liu Yu and other three younger brothers as quasi-princes and kings was officially established.

Shaofu immediately began to make court clothes and crowns for the three would-be princes.

Then, the focus of the matter changed from the title of the three royal brothers to the title.

To be reasonable, the three imperial brothers are all younger brothers, and according to the Han tradition, the eldest son and younger brother are the two cheapest people.

For example, Liu Fei, the king of Qi, was the largest, most extensive and richest among the sons of Emperor Gao, while Liu Chang, the king of Huainan, was the most favored by Taizong.

But now China, in fact, the traditional anointed land and rich areas have already had owners.

In fact, there is not much room for the three imperial brothers to choose.

There are ready-made kingdoms to choose from, and there is only one Zhao Kingdom.

Of course, it really can't be done, and traditional kingdoms like Wu and Han can be restored.

However, in the hometown of Wu State, there is the younger brother Liu Yan in the town, and in the homeland of South Korea, the acting king Liu Deng has always been close to Jinshang, and it is impossible and will not place the new king to grab land with the two kings who are close to the Son of Heaven.

So, someone in the imperial court said: simply use the three imperial brothers to sit in Korea, Xinhua, and Liaodong, restore the past Liaodong Kingdom, the heavenly nobles, and guard the land for the Han family, which is very good, and it is also in line with the rule of Chengkang.

There are also people who say: The new land of the East China Sea can seal the emperor's brother and educate the barbarians.

But Liu Che didn't have time to pay attention to this matter anymore.

After the Great Dynasty ceremony, various national policies have been determined to be reformed.

The first to bear the brunt is Ma Zheng.

For three consecutive days, Liu Che summoned all the officials in charge of Ma Zheng to a meeting with all the officials in charge of Ma Zheng in the three yamens, Taifu, Shaofu and Danong, to assign tasks and discuss Ma Zheng reform.

Even he, with the dignity of the emperor, personally went down and forced all the heads and brains of the three bureaucracies together for meetings and discussions.

But the effect is not ideal.

Liu's horse policy has been implemented for 60 years.

Over the past 60 years, four generations of Sons of Heaven have patched up the system countless times.

Today, this system is like an old-fashioned computer that has been used for five or six years, piling up countless system garbage and all kinds of redundant programs, and every time it runs, it is a creaking sound.

So, if you want to download the latest Dota 2 game on this computer and have fun with your friends, it's definitely a difficult thing to do.

With this computer, you can choose to get a brand new Apple laptop.

But if it's a state system.

Then you can only slowly clean up and straighten out the drawbacks little by little, press a new power engine on it, and make it run well and fast.

However. Things in the world are always very beautiful. But in practice it is difficult.

That's what Ma Zheng is.

After being the king of the Han Dynasty, it has never changed due to changes in the situation and the situation. The system that receives the most resources and the most policy support.

Today, the Han family's horse system is full of parasites and vampires.

The entire chain of interests is covered with all kinds of mines, and if one is not careful, he will step on it and detonate.

Even Liu Che could only be cautious and tiptoe. To dismantle them one by one, those mines, to clean up the parasites that lie on the country.

For example, the main source of funds for Ma Zheng of the Han Dynasty is to calculate the endowment.

At that time, Liu Bang ordered Xiao He to formulate laws, and first stipulated the purpose of calculating the endowment: for the use of soldiers, chariots and horses for the national treasury.

In popular understanding, it is the national defense and military tax.

It is mainly used in the military and the horse political system.

To this day, even today after Liu Che promised to 'never add endowment'. The income of the Han family at the age of one is as high as nearly 200,000 yuan, which is almost half of the national fiscal revenue.

It is a well-deserved first source of finance, field tax and commercial tax. It doesn't add up to the amount of the endowment.

After this year, the income of salt and iron may catch up.

Such a large sum of money, all invested in the military field?

If that were the case. Then the Liu family can pat their chests and shout to Jin Sanfat: Is brother the first army good at politics?

So, in practice. This income has been quietly staying in Shaofu. As the emperor's private money existed.

Shaofu firmly grasped this financial source and did not give any opportunity for foreign countries to intervene.

The Son of Heaven in the past dynasties is still very clear about the use of this money.

Basically, at present, all the salaries of the staff of the horse garden, ranch and horse administration system of the Han family are paid from this money.

But the problem is that the Han family is in charge of Ma Zheng's Taifu Yamen......

This poses a problem.

How can the Taifu Yamen ask Shaofu for money?

This is undoubtedly a very difficult question, and all those who have seen the grand occasion of the Celestial Empire's running into Beijing in the later generations should not be in a similar situation - want to pry something from others to eat? It's not ordinary.

Therefore, in the past 60 years, all the Han Horse Gardens were ordered by the emperor and then built.

The Taifu Yamen is only responsible for the operation of these horse gardens, and the source of their funds is all approved by the emperor to go to the account of the Shaofu.

This avoided waste, but it also had another consequence: the slow pace of construction.

In history, the cavalry of the Han army almost stagnated before Liu Che's father came to power.

Great infantryism, bow and crossbow invincibility, flooded the military.

Of course, this is the role of conservatism, but it is not without the problem that the country has no horses at all.

It wasn't until Liu Che's father came to power that he vigorously built the horse garden.

According to history, during the reign of Emperor Jing, a total of 36 horse gardens were built, and hundreds of thousands of horses were raised by the state.

Before that, the war horses of the Han family had always been a big problem.

Now, Liu Che's father died early, and only four of his main political achievements, the 36 horse gardens, have been built, and the total number of horses raised is only 30,000 or 40,000.

In the three years since Liu Che took the throne, he has also accelerated the speed of horse breeding.

However, the number of horses in stock is only about 100,000, and it can only supply about 10,000 horses to the army every year.

This is undoubtedly a no-no.

Moreover, the bureaucratic system of the Shaofu is difficult to return to, and it is difficult to respond quickly, which has brought constraints to the development of Ma Zheng's career.

Therefore, Liu Che was determined to reform Ma Zheng and tilt more resources to the Tai Servant, so that he would have greater autonomy and flexibility.

But Shaofu will never give up his power, and Liu Che himself will not take the trouble to use the funds assigned to the outside dynasty from Shaofu to the foreign dynasty - an emperor without money is not as good as a puppet.

Therefore, Liu Che called the Shaofu and the Taifu Yamen together and asked them to organize a similar committee to review and approve Ma Zheng's funds and accept Liu Che's territory.

Liu Che, with the authority of the Son of Heaven, personally went down, and reluctantly agreed to this request according to the Shaofu and the servant.

But then things are not so simple.

The servant said, since we are responsible for the country's horse administration, then this institution should be our master, and you only need to pay for it.

Shaofu replied with four words: Ganru Niang.

And then the fight began.

The meeting was then suspended by force.

For three days, the meeting finally began with a ruffle. The fight ends.

The servant Yuan Ang and Shaofu Liu She were both beaten in the brawl, with blue noses and swollen faces, and disheveled clothes.

watched the play for three days. Liu Che can see it.

Neither the Shaofu nor the Taifu wanted reform.

Why?

Because reforms would disrupt the existing order. As a result, the interests of many people have been damaged, especially the huge, complex, and intertwined system of various interest groups such as the Ma political system.

There are no aristocratic bureaucrats who dare to use their own strength to confront the interest groups up and down the entire system.

Therefore, they simply dragged it out in this way, until it really couldn't drag it out anymore and people had nothing to say. They will go with the flow and reach a compromise.

In this way, they perfectly threw the pot to Liu Che, the emperor - it's not that we don't give it our strength, but Your Majesty is under too much pressure and has to do this.

Well, this is just the beginning, and it has not yet penetrated into the sensitive area and core issues of Ma Zheng!

This young mansion and the servant have already used this method to delay.

"If I want to move the 'Resurrection Order', you still have to jump?" Liu Che thought to himself.

At this pace, Liu Che thinks. If these bureaucrats are allowed to continue to talk about it, it may not be possible to discuss specific political measures and institutional reforms by this time next year.

So, Liu Che decided. Throw off these bureaucrats.

"Prepare the carriage and the guard of honor, tomorrow I will patrol the two stables of the horse and Chenghua, and pass the book to the prime minister, the imperial historian and the ruling Jinwu. Order them to accompany me tomorrow to investigate, Han family Ma Zheng! Liu Che ordered to the king: "The fate is equal." Don't divulge the Promised Land! ”

"No!" The king took the order to go down.

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The next day, Liu Che's Tianzi car drove. In the New Year of the third year of Yuande, he drove out of Weiyang Palace for the first time.

Subsequently, the prime minister, the imperial historian and the ruling Jinwu successively led their main officials and subordinate officials to accompany each subordinate official above Cao Qianshi.

The mighty guard of honor, since it appeared on the royal road, immediately attracted the attention of the whole city.

After the Son of Heaven's great court, the meaning of the first tour made everyone dare not relax.

And the Son of Heaven immediately went straight to the riding stable after leaving the royal street, which made countless people immediately smell a strange smell.

Since the Han family was established, the entire horse administration system has been divided into two parts.

The first is the inner stable dedicated to serving the emperor, the empress, the queen mother, the prince and the ministers.

The inner stable is in Chang'an City, and the horses raised in the inner stable are basically public horses or imperial horses for the emperor and ministers.

It has always received the most attention and the most inspections from superiors.

Historically, the famous allusions, clever words to explain crimes, happened in the Weiyang stable of the inner stable.

Weiyang ordered Shangguan Ji to perfectly use his wit and cunning to teach everyone a lesson, and the name of this course is 'How to Reverse the Leader's Unfavorable Impression of You'.

In contrast, poor Yizong, because of the same reason, 'you think I will not go back to this way' and the whole family was killed by the little pig, which can only show that Yizong is too honest......

In stark contrast to the inner stables, the outer stables.

According to tradition, the horses in the outer stables were mainly for the army's war horses.

Except for the military, few people pay attention.

Even if you want to pay attention, you need time and energy.

Because the outer stables are basically outside Chang'an City, the nearest riding stable is also half a day's journey from Chang'an City.

The prime minister and the imperial doctor, if they can think about it occasionally, it is already good to send an official or representative to check it.

As for the emperor?

Then it is even more rare to go on patrol.

For a long time, the three outer stables such as horseback riding, Chenghua and Lu have always been mastered by the servants, and there is a lack of supervision and many ills.

It took Liu Che three hours, and when he arrived at the riding stable, there was already a crowd of chickens and dogs jumping in the riding stable.

Obviously, the upper and lower stables did not expect that the Son of Heaven would carry out a sudden attack, and they also brought the three giants of the Prime Minister, the Imperial Doctor, and the Zhijingo to accompany the patrol.

This immediately made the riding stable Ling and Cheng and the stable supervisor below pee their pants in fright.

Almost all of them thought that what they had done secretly in the past had been discovered!

Fortunately, they were not stupid yet, and they immediately woke up, if that was the case, it would not be the honor guard of the Son of Heaven who came, but the errand officer of the court commander Si Cao.

Even so, these guys all crawled to both sides of the road in front of the horse stable with trembling trembling, and they all prayed in their hearts that the Son of Heaven and the Prime Minister would just come to take a casual look and would not examine it carefully.

It's just that they never expected it.

The Son of Heaven drove the royal car, just stopped, and immediately there was a group of Lantai Shangshu, holding an abacus and all kinds of pen and ink, and directly found the pastoral supervisor who was responsible for supervising the operation of the riding stable, and directly spoke: "According to the edict of the Son of Heaven, check the number of horses and entry and exit documents in the stable, please cooperate with the princes......"

Riding a stable order, he fainted on the spot and fell to the ground.

For nothing else, but because the number of horses registered in the riding stables was five thousand and seventy-one, but in reality, in the whole pasture, there were now only four thousand at most.

Liu Che saw this situation from the imperial court.

This was not surprising to him.

In fact, before coming, Liu Che had already investigated.

The spies of the embroidered guards and the files of Ma Zheng's situation reported below filled the entire room in the archives of Weiyang Palace.

Liu Che knows better, what is the purpose of his trip?

Following the wisdom of Taizong of the Heavenly Dynasty, the southern tour was discussed in order to calm the world.

If you don't puncture certain things and put things in front of the world, then the bureaucracy will definitely be able to drag it out and block it.

"The country raises horses, and tens of thousands of dollars of money and grain are consumed every year, and the world is rich, and the people are given one hundred and twenty dollars, and the people are used to raise horses for the community. Shiyun: I am worried and miserable, I am the abuse of the country, I am the parents of the people, I should ask for my people, the country's annual harvest is calculated, in hundreds of thousands, these money and weeds are used in Ma Zheng? Liu Che said to Zhou Yafu, Chao Cuo, and Zhi who accompanied the inspection, and then slowly walked off the car, straightened his crown, held the sword of the Son of Heaven, looked at the guys who were kneeling on both sides of the road, trembling, and then ordered: "Chuan Zhen's order, count all the horses on the books, and verify all the official documents!" ”

Liu Che turned his head and said to Zhijin Wuzhi: "Zhijinwu, I have authorized it to Qing, and after investigating it to the end, Shang Shuling will cooperate with him, and there can be no slackness or prevarication!" ”

"No!" Zhidu and Ji Di immediately bowed down.

And the Imperial Doctor was wrong, and at this moment, his eyebrows were about to fly with laughter.

In any case, this time the servant Yuan Ang is afraid that there will be trouble.

And Yuan Si is in trouble, which is the best news for Chao Wrong! (To be continued.) )

PS: Note: 禘, in ancient Chinese, is a term for large-scale national sacrifices, which are generally held in midsummer. The meaning of this sentence is that in ancient times, the court clothes were generally given to the lord during the spring and summer sacrifices, and the land was given in the autumn and winter.