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Tangyi waited for Chen Wu to carefully invite Liu Che to the main seat at the top.

Liu Che shirked it for a while, and finally sat down.

Today is different from the past, now, except for Liu Che who needs to be hypocritical in front of the Son of Heaven, the Queen and the Queen Mother, he has enough qualifications and confidence to be at the top everywhere.

When Chen Ajiao saw Liu Che sitting down, she immediately jumped to Liu Che's side and climbed into his arms.

Liu Che was naturally full of love and doting on Chen Ajiao.

This situation made Liu Yan look at it in her eyes, and some of the original worries in her heart disappeared.

So, this meal, the guests and hosts enjoyed themselves.

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Three days later, Liu Che was finally able to take off his filial piety clothes.

The period of filial piety of the royal family in the Han Dynasty was not as perverted as it was after the prosperity of etiquette in later generations.

According to the system prescribed by the first emperor Emperor Taizong.

When the Son of Heaven died, the prince and grandson only needed to serve Dahong for 15 days, Xiaohong for 14 days, and Xian for 7 days.

Liu Che mourned his mother for fifteen days, which was already over-specified.

It's just that everyone turns a blind eye, and no one dares to talk about it.

However, if you want to go beyond the fifteen-day filial piety period......

That's the Passover!

After removing the filial piety clothes, Liu Che put on the crown prince clothes, and then, under the guidance of the royal road, sat in the newly allocated prince's car from Shaofu, and took advantage of the morning dawn to go towards Weiyang Palace.

According to the system, he, the crown prince, must enter the palace on time every five days to greet the Son of Heaven and the Queen Mother.

At other times, the prince's servant replaces the greetings.

Today is Liu Che's first time as a prince. Greetings to the palace.

Therefore, a qiē ceremony is as grand as possible.

The thirteen horse washers transferred from the Shaofu opened the way with the honor guard flag in front. Middle. Dozens of cavalrymen rode all tall horses, and the prince lived in a chariot, followed by guards and eunuch maids.

Now, Liu Che's imperial womb initially has a rudimentary system.

For example, about three or four hundred stone horses and housekeepers have been fully equipped.

Coupled with the eunuchs and maids transferred from the palace, as well as Liu Che's original team, the blood circulation system of the entire imperial palace has been initially established. Able to begin to act with the will of Liu Che, the crown prince.

Of course, just like this, it is far from the complete form of a normal Han prince.

The prince of the Han family. Under normal circumstances, the three ministers and nine ministers performed their duties, and there were as many as three or four hundred civil and military officials under them, and they also had a complete number of princes' guards.

Besides. In order to facilitate the prince to intersect with the world's heroes. According to the system, a separate activity area will be established for the prince in the upper forest garden.

All in all, the Han family's idea of building a reserve is aimed at cultivating the prince's ability and skill in all aspects.

It is to ensure that in the event of an accident with the Son of Heaven, the crown prince will immediately be able to take over the power.

Especially after the tragedy of the Lu family's rebellion, in order not to repeat the mistakes of the past, Emperor Taizong Xiaowen. The crown prince was allowed to train his own military team.

Later, Xiaozhu's crown prince Liu was able to mobilize tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians in Chang'an in the Wu Gu Rebellion, not for no reason.

It's just that. This qiē has little to do with the current Liu Che.

According to the system, he had to wait until the three ministers of the crown prince were determined before he could make his palace function normally, and then he would be allowed to establish a guard and have his own force.

It's just that now the court is in chaos.

In order to compete for the position of vacant prime minister.

Zhang Ou, the court lieutenant supported by the imperial historian, and Taohou Liu She, supported by the imperial servant Yuan An, argued endlessly.

And Liu Che's father did not say anything about it today.

This complicates the situation even more.

At this time, Liu Che's palace was first built.

In order to compete for the three positions of the crown prince, the young prince and the prince Zhan Shi, the various factions are constantly conspiring with each other and intriguing with each other, which undoubtedly makes the situation more complicated.

Liu Che entered the palace this time, in addition to greeting him as usual, the most important task was to determine the candidates for his ministers.

The current Liu Che doesn't want to be involved in the battle of the court at all.

He is the crown prince, unless it involves issues related to his own vital interests, and if he can remain neutral and stay out of the situation, he must remain neutral and stay out of the situation.

Liu Che's guard of honor carriage slowly drove into the city tower of Beique, and under the escort of the palace guards, he came to the front of Bei Sima Gate.

Then, Liu Che got off at the North Sima Gate.

In the past, he lived in Weiyang Palace, so there was no need to get off the bus when passing by the North Sima Gate.

Now, he is the crown prince, but he must get off in front of the North Sima Gate.

This may be the only privilege he lost after becoming the crown prince.

"The slave and maid knocked to see His Royal Highness the Prince......" Liu Che got out of the carriage, there was already a eunuch waiting for him under the North Sima Gate, this eunuch saw Liu Che, immediately greeted him, kowtowed, and said: "Your Majesty is waiting for His Highness in the Xuanshu Hall at this moment......"

"Please lead the way...... Liu Che straightened his clothes, and under the leadership of the eunuch, he walked into Sima Gate, from the front hall of the Yang Palace, to the Xuanshu Palace.

The eunuch led Liu Che to the door of the Xuanshu Palace, and Liu Che lifted his ribbon and walked up the high steps in front of the Xuanshu Palace.

Step by step, Liu Che walked up the steps.

At this time, it was the hour of the hour, the autumn sun shone down from the east side of the Xuanshu Palace, the breeze was blowing, blowing Liu Che's wide sleeved robe, making a slight whirring sound, the clogs stepped on the steps, rattling, and the five-colored beads on his head shook in front of Liu Che's eyes.

With each step he took up, the guards on both sides of the steps bowed down with halberds in salute.

The black dragon flag fluttering high is waving in the wind on both sides.

"Son-in-law Liu Che asks his father Huang'an!" Walking up the last step, Liu Che bowed down and knelt down, kowtowing.

"The prince respectfully asks His Majesty!" A confessor stood behind Liu Che and shouted loudly.

"The prince respectfully asks His Majesty!"

"The prince respectfully asks His Majesty!" One after another, the attendant officers passed the news of Liu Che's arrival to the Xuanshu Hall like a solitaire.

A moment later. A man dressed as a civil official on the Son of Heaven walked up to Liu Che and said, "Your Majesty answers the prince's greetings: I bow down!" ”

This is probably another inconvenience after Liu Che became the prince.

Unless summoned by Daddy. Or there is something urgent, otherwise, it is almost impossible to run directly to Daddy with the same grin as in the past!

As soon as the crown prince is established, he is the foundation of the country, and the country and the son of heaven are father and son. He is also a monarch.

This complex relationship makes it not so simple even for the crown prince to want to see the emperor.

Therefore, the prince of Little Pig, Liu Ju, ended up with that tragic end. Liu Che's father was walking on thin ice when he was the prince, and this is the reason for this.

After becoming the crown prince, all the conversations and meeting remarks between Liu Che and his father on official occasions will be recorded by historians. Then file.

Any statement by Liu Che will be interpreted as his political opinion.

Such as. In the previous life, the crown prince of Little Piggy, Liu Ju, repeatedly suggested that he wanted peace, bread, not war, which annoyed Little Pig, not to mention, but also annoyed the emerging military aristocratic interest groups by the way. During the Wu Gu Rebellion, the generals of the Northern and Southern armies refused to obey the festival and accepted Liu Ju's orders.

After that, Emperor Xuan's crown prince Emperor Yuan's remarks of respect for Confucianism made Emperor Xuan furious and almost wanted to abolish the reserve. The fault is not that Emperor Xuan remembered the sword when he was little, and Emperor Yuan ascended the throne under the protection of his mother.

Thinking about these. Liu Che followed the etiquette that he had practiced hundreds of times in the imperial womb, bowed down and said, "Erchen Che, please meet your father and the emperor ......."

"Your Majesty: Yes!" The official held the Son of Heaven Festival and said loudly.

Then, he faced Liu Che, put down the yak, and said, "Home, please, Your Majesty has been waiting for you for a long time......"

Liu Che got up, looked at this person, and found that it was Lang Zhongling Zhou Ren, and hurriedly arched his hand and said: "It's Lang Zhongling's personal welcome, I dare not be ashamed!" ”

Zhou Ren smiled slightly, didn't answer, just bowed down and said, "Your Highness, hurry up and go in, Your Majesty is waiting!" ”

For Zhou Ren, he didn't need to deliberately get close to Liu Che like other courtiers.

Because, his son is Liu Che's courtier.

In this relationship, he is destined to be Liu Che's person, at least, he is also a member of the prince who favors Liu Che.

This position, if nothing else, is largely unmisinterpreted and misunderstood.

Liu Che also nodded knowingly, followed Zhou Ren, and walked into the Xuanshu Palace.

After entering the hall, Liu Che walked to the middle, bowed his head and bowed down and said, "Erchen Che greets his father!" ”

"Flat!" The voice of the father Liu Qi came from above: "Give the prince a seat!" ”

So, a eunuch led Liu Che to a seat next to his father's throne and sat down on his knees.

Liu Che only realized at this time that he was not alone in this hall.

The seats on both sides of the hall were full of dozens of noble officials kneeling.

Many people Liu Che didn't know.

There are only a few acquaintances such as Zhou Yafu, Liu She, Chao Cuo, and Yuan An.

Beside Zhou Yafu, kneeling sat a man in his fifties and sixties, wearing a two-thousand-stone court robe. It seems that this person and Zhou Yafu have known each other for a long time, and it can be seen from the close proximity of the two that this person has an in-law relationship with Zhou Yafu.

Chao Cuo also sat beside an older two-thousand-stone official.

Yuan Ang was no exception, with an old man with a white beard, sitting in his seat.

In addition, in front of these giants, there was also a drooping old man who looked very ordinary.

However, the sword on the old man's body made Liu Che take a second look, it was a sword from Shaofu, and it was a sword for the emperor.

Moreover, Liu Che can recognize at a glance that this standard of palace sword is a style that his father loves, simple and easy, this person has a lot to do with his father, otherwise, he has no qualifications and no guts, and he has no ability to dare to sit in front of the Son of Heaven with the sword given by the Son of Heaven!

"The prince came just in time!" I only heard my father's voice say, "Prince, get up, I will introduce you to ......"

Liu Che hurriedly stood up and bowed down to listen.

I saw Liu Qi, the Son of Heaven, stand up from the throne, take Liu Che's hand, and walk down the hall, and the ministers immediately prostrate on the ground to show respect.

Only the four of them just left their seats and bowed.

Well, according to the calendar, these four people are old enough and official positions enough that they do not need to kneel on any occasion other than to worship Emperor Xian and Emperor Gao.

Liu Qi, the Son of Heaven, took Liu Che and walked to the old man who was sitting alone. introduced: "This duke, the old doctor Shi Gong of the past, the elder of me. The pillar of the country! ”

When Liu Che heard this, he hurriedly bowed down and asked, "The boy has seen the old lady!" ”

Don't look at Shi Fenwen's martial arts, and his official position is not high.

But when it comes to the name of Wan Shijun, who doesn't know?

In his previous life, Shi Fen's four sons, all of whom were 2,000 stones, were known as the Wanshi family. The world's first official family.

This record was not broken until the period of Emperor Cheng, and the relatives of the Wang family were five candidates.

Now that the Han court can severely crack down on the powerful forces, the Shi family can have such a strong situation. It is no exaggeration to say that it all depends on Shi Fen's work alone!

Although Shi Fen does not have much talent and cultural level, he has one word, loyalty.

The kind of die-hard one, starting from serving Liu Bang at the age of fifteen. Shi Fen's life. It fully interprets the private sentence of the princes of Chang'an: fully support the Holy Son of Heaven, who is the Son of Heaven!

Emperor Gao reigned, he was loyal to Emperor Gao, Empress Lu held great power, he was full of liver and brain, the first emperor inherited the unification from his generation, he was the first to bow three times and bow nine times, and he was loyal wholeheartedly.

Thereupon. Naturally, official positions have soared like a roller coaster.

From a mere 100 stone squire, all the way soaring. became a doctor of 2,000 stones.

Originally, it was nothing.

But at the beginning, Liu Che's father's first Taifu Dong'an waited for Zhang Xiangru to have a very unpleasant quarrel with Liu Che's father, so he was dismissed.

To put it simply, the crown prince at that time, and the current son of heaven, was a huge pit in the eyes of the ministers who was crumbling and could fall and be abolished at any time.

No one wants to jump into it.

As a result, the originally hot prince and concubine became a hot potato that no one was willing to take over.

Everyone, you push me, I push you.

In the end, everyone all recommended Shi Fen, who had no popularity and no status.

After Shi Fen took over the position of the crown prince and the prince, he didn't think about anything, just a word of loyalty, so he was considered by Liu Che's father to be a great loyal minister and elder, and treated him with great respect and respect.

But no one expected that soon, the prince's position would be stabilized, and the forces loyal to the prince launched a counterattack, coupled with King Liang Huai's sudden fall from his horse and his death, in just a few years, the originally shaky prince's position was immediately indestructible.

As a result, Shi Fen changed from an elder to a blessed general in the eyes of Liu Che's father......

As soon as the new monarch ascended the throne, he immediately became a real senator, and his status was no less than that of the prime minister.

Shi Fen is already very old, and when he saw Liu Che, he smiled and bowed down to reply: "The old minister doesn't dare to be a gift to the family, don't be so ...... in the family."

Liu Che bowed down and said: "Yes, the kid is grown up by the old lady, the master is the master of the emperor's father, the prince of heaven and earth, respects the teacher, and the kid ...... what he wants."

Liu Qi, the Son of Heaven, listened beside him and was quite satisfied with Liu Che's words and deeds.

For him, Shi Fen is one of the archways he erected.

Therefore, although I know that the talents of the Shi family are not good, I still reuse and promote!

Liu Qi, the son of heaven, led him to the minister in front of Chao Cuo, and introduced: "This prince is the minister of the first emperor, respected by the government and the opposition, and has served as the internal history and Lang Zhongling. ”

Liu Che hurriedly bowed down and said, "I've seen the general......"

The eyebrows were quietly raised, when did Chao Cuo become so hungry?

In order to gain contacts and establish power, even Zhang Wu was wooed.

Ay! If you don't die, you won't die!

Who is Zhang Wu?

The reputation is about to stink on the street, okay!

Although, Liu Che admitted, Zhang Wu had countless old troops and disciples in the northern and southern armies.

However, in that year, Zhang Wu's corruption was exposed, and the first emperor Taizong Xiaowen Emperor not only did not punish, but rewarded hundreds of gold, which was called "ashamed of his heart".

Well, this is even stricter than killing Zhang Wu!

This matter was issued by a clear edict......

Therefore, Zhang Wu not only had to be grateful to the first emperor for his kindness, but at the same time, quietly, his reputation quickly stinked.

Think about it, when the emperor finds out that you are corrupt, not only does not punish you, but rewards you with money, what role do you play in this script? Harlequin!

However, Liu Che thought about it and felt that he could understand Chao's mistake.

After all, this life is different from the previous life, as soon as Tao Qing dies in Kaifeng, Chao Cuo will become a lame duck.

Whether it is Zhang Ou or anyone else, it is difficult to fill the void left by Tao Qing.

So. If Chao Cuo wanted to pursue his policies, he had to form a broad alliance with others.

It can only be said that the butterfly effect is too great!

Past. Zhang Wu completely disappeared after Xinjun ascended the throne, but he still has a chance to make a comeback in this life......

However, Zhang Wu's reputation is notorious, but he is one of the few cronies and generals who have followed the first emperor to Chang'an from the dynasty to this day.

The status and power have not completely subsided, so they can be regarded as chess pieces!

Zhang Wu also bowed his head slightly when he heard this: "The family is polite, and the ministers dare not be it!" ”

Liu Qi, the Son of Heaven, took Liu Che to the minister in front of Zhou Yafu again. Liu Che found that the corners of his father's mouth twitched slightly when he came to the man. Reluctantly: "This duke is also an important minister of the first emperor, so the court captain Zhang Gong is relieved...... I have also been taught by him...... Hasn't the prince always admired Zhang Tingwei very much? Now I see a real person......"

Liu Che could hear when his father said these words. It's obvious. The teeth rattled for a moment.

After all, in the past ten years, Zhang Shizhi can be said to have really annoyed him!

But what......

Liu Che raised his head and looked at Zhou Yafu who was kneeling in front of him.

This Zhang Shizhi and Zhou Yafu are brothers-in-law.

Zhang Shizhi's wife and Zhou Yafu's wife are sisters, not only that, Zhang Shizhi's eldest daughter married Zhou Yafu's second son.

With this relationship, Zhang Shizhi was able to successfully apologize back then, otherwise...... Hehe......

"The kid has seen Zhang Gong......" Liu Che bowed deeply and saluted Zhang Shizhi. Liu Che is indeed very respectful.

This person can be said to have established the road of the rule of law in the Han Dynasty, and it was in his office. For the first time in China, there have been voices of 'commuting the punishment and respecting the law', and you must know that before Zhang Shizhi, there was no bottom line for local officials to punish the people.

You must know that the Han Dynasty inherited the Qin system, and the Han law was built on the basis of the Qin law, and many punishments were simply copied from the laws of the Qin Dynasty.

Through the efforts of Zhang Shizhi and the first emperor, many laws and punishments that could lead to the killing and maiming of the people were gradually abolished, and the ideological foundation of 'light punishment and light punishment' was established.

"The old minister has seen the ...... of the family" Zhang Shizhi immediately bowed down and saluted back when he heard this, he probably suffered a loss, and he no longer dared to stab in front of the prince of the Han family.

Liu Qi, the Son of Heaven, then took Liu Che and came to the old minister in front of Yuan An, and introduced: "This duke is also a minister of the first emperor, and he has been appointed as the commander of the chariot and cavalry, Chu Xiang, and Feng Gong is also Tang Ye!" ”

When Liu Che heard this, he couldn't help but look up and look carefully at the old minister in front of him.

Li Guang is difficult to seal, Feng Tang is easy to be old, who doesn't know in the future, who doesn't know?

However, like Li Guang, Liu Cheshen thought that Feng Tang was also a typical example of not dying if he didn't die!

Li Guang's tragedy is that he always stands on the wrong side, so a good cavalry general finally becomes an infantry boss, and later generations think that the Li family relies on crossbowmen!

In fact, no matter whether it is Li Guang or Li Ling, what he brings is always a genuine cavalry group!

And the tragedy of Feng Tang is that he is too smart!

As smart as Yang Xiu!

What happened to Yang Xiu, a sentence of chicken ribs, Cao A concealed murder.

And Feng Tang was lucky, and he encountered a rare good-tempered Emperor Taizong Xiaowen, the first emperor of the Son of Heaven, who did not think he was angry, but reused it and worshiped him as a lieutenant of the chariot.

It's just that if you want to climb up, Feng Tang's character is doomed to be impossible.

So he was transferred to the prime minister of Chu.

Unfortunately, I was unlucky, I ran into Liu Wu, the second goods, and resigned after three years!

Naturally, Liu Che bowed down as usual and said, "The kid has seen Feng Gong!" ”

In this way, the four strange ministers, Liu Che can be regarded as knowing each other.

Liu Qi, the Son of Heaven, then pulled him and asked: "These four princes are all the elders of the first emperor, among them, the old lady recommended his eldest son Jian, and the remaining three are all recommended by the ministers, and they want to be the three auxiliary ministers of the prince, you are the prince, what do you think?" ”

The corners of Liu Che's mouth twitched.

Daddy is clearly handing over this offending job to him!

And there's a test in it.

Liu Che screamed bitterly in his heart, but he couldn't shirk it.

If he shirks it at this moment, he will leave an impression of indecisiveness and cowering in front of the ministers and his father, and the image he has built up with great difficulty will be completely ruined!

What's even stricter is that if he doesn't speak at the moment, then he doesn't have the right to speak about this matter.

Originally, this was nothing, but Liu Che agreed to Liu Xuan!

Thinking about the promised Liu prostitution, Liu Che's head was big

There are only three of the prince's three auxiliary ministers.

But there were five people who grabbed the seats.

It's not easy to distribute!

Behind Wei Juan stood Empress Dowager Dou and Concubine Liu.

Behind Shi Jian is Shi Fen, who doesn't know Shi Fen's backstage is Dad!

As for Zhang Shizhi, Liu Che himself appreciates and respects it, not to mention the great god Zhou Yafu standing behind him.

Feng Tang's words, even if you don't consider Yuan An's face, you have to think about the evaluation in the history books!

In the future, Taishi Gong will write history, this Feng Tang Yi Lao pot, Liu Che doesn't want to carry it!

As for Zhang Wu, it looks like a soft persimmon, but there is Chao Wrong standing behind him, and the ghost knows if there is a daddy's acquiescence!

After all, without his father's acquiescence, Chao Cuo didn't dare to recommend Zhang Wu at all!

Liu Che didn't know what to do for a while! (To be continued......)

PS: Sorry, today is Kavin~ so it's late~

And then, last week's debt, so let's not be hypocritical, I won't forget it, I admit that I owed 25 chapters last week, a total of 10,000 words~

Pay it off this week and next week!