Picked up a copy of Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 968 On the Dragon Chair
Zhuge Liang soon went to Houde Hall. He still had some government affairs to attend to. In Tai Hall, only Liu Qu and Liu Yi were left. The two sat facing each other. Liu Yi frowned, not knowing what was going on in his heart. , Liu Qu thought for a long time before he said: "Perhaps what Zhong Changtong said is feasible."

"What??", Liu Yi was shocked. When Liu Qu left him just now, he already had some bad premonitions in his heart. Unexpectedly, this bastard was really going to listen to that Zhong Changtong. , Liu Yi widened his eyes and stared at Liu Qu in front of him, "I don't agree! Absolutely not!" Liu Qu said with a smile, "Don't worry, Uncle. Don't I know what Zhong Changtong thinks?"

"He wants to put the power of government affairs in the Shizhongtai and the power of governing the Shizhongtai in the hands of the officials. He wants me to completely let go." Liu Qu squinted his eyes and smiled Said.

Liu Yi was taken aback, "Since your Majesty knows everything, why do you still agree with him? Your Majesty, you must put the Liu family first!!" Liu Qu suddenly laughed, and said, "Uncle, don't worry! Since he wants the court council to be responsible for the promotion of ministers serving Zhongtai, then I promise him, but let me make a rule that the court council will be held by the Zhongshuling, and only the emperor can appoint and dismiss the Zhongshuling. , no one can interfere"

"In this way, every generation of Zhongshu Ling is a close relative of the emperor, hahaha, no matter how powerful the officials are, Zhongshu Ling can be dismissed by a court council."

Hearing Liu Qu's words, Liu Yi looked very surprised. After thinking for a moment, he said again: "But if you are an ambitious person who serves as the secretary of the Central Committee, you can insert your closeness into the servant's platform."

"Hahaha, so what? The Taiwei was abolished, and the military government was only in charge of ordnance and the general was abolished. Today's big Han, the northern and southern armies, or the border guards everywhere are all directly led by the emperor. Anyone in the temple You can't even intervene, the emperor holds the most elite army in the country, so what if you control the temple, in the palace, there are still [-] guards and many feather forests!"

"In Luoyang, there are [-] southern soldiers responsible for guarding!"

"In the whole world, nearly 20 soldiers obey my orders!!"

"So what if we control the temple?! With my order, killing them is like slaughtering chickens!"

"As long as the army is in the hands of the emperor, the emperor will always be the lord of the world. On the contrary, no matter how much power the emperor has in the temple, if he doesn't have military power in his hands, hehe." Liu Qu raised his head high, full of domineering, which Liu Yi has never seen Seeing the appearance of the Son of Heaven, Liu Yi looked at Liu Qu in surprise, "Your Majesty, did you think of these yourself or someone else taught you?"

Liu Qu grinned and said, "Uncle, I'm just having fun, it's not stupid."

Zhong Changtong sat in the prison of the Xingfu, and the prison was extremely calm. Since the establishment of the monitoring platform, the monitoring platform has often competed with the Xingfu for business, which made the Xingfu here a little deserted and not popular. Zhong Changtong, the officials of the Xingfu were very happy. They took turns to try Zhong Changtong. Zhong Changtong almost died in the hands of these lunatics. Fortunately, the servant of the Xingfu, She Manchong, was an upright person and ordered that no further trial be allowed. , just let Zhong Changtong save his life.

In the prison, Zhong Changtong looked around seriously. In the prison of Nuo Da, only two people were detained. Guan Zhinian was sobbing not far away. For several days, he was crying here, which made Zhong Changtong a little upset.

"Hey, young man, you are also a man, why do you cry all day long?" Zhong Changtong finally said.

The young man raised his head, gave Zhong Chang a unified look, and continued to sob while holding his head.

"Don't cry. Is the crime you committed serious? I am closer to She Manchong, the servant of the Xingfu. When I go out, give him a few words. Even if I can't let you out, it will save you from suffering." Don’t cry any more.” Just after Zhong Changtong finished speaking, the young man cried even harder, Zhong Changtong shook his head helplessly, young people nowadays really can’t stand the pain , Crying and crying all day long, what a shame.

Feeling deeply about today's young people, Zhong Changtong suddenly felt something was wrong, no, I am still very young!
Another day passed, and at noon the next day, the prison door was opened, and a person walked in, but it was Man Chong. Man Chong frowned, walked to his side, looked at Zhong Changtong in front of him, and said: "Zhong Changtong, Your Majesty values ​​you and ordered you to be released. Don't talk nonsense in the future, otherwise... Your Majesty will not be able to keep you. This is what I Man Chong said, you have to remember it."

Zhong Changtong raised his head and smiled lightly, "I have been with Duke Man for so long, how could Duke Man treat me like that?"

Man Chong snorted coldly, "You think it's that easy, according to the laws of the Han Dynasty, discussing the king, cursing the country, and swearing at thirty."

Only then did Zhong Changtong's expression change, and he was about to beg Man Chong for mercy, when the young man next door woke up, looked at Man Chong in front of him, cried and shouted: "Yeah!! Help me! I know I was wrong!! Yay!! I am your eldest grandson!!", Zhong Changtong looked at the young man in disbelief, and then at Man Chong, mom? ?Is this human? !Don't even spare your own grandson? !

Man Chong gritted his teeth, and said with an unchanged expression: "Forcing a civilian girl is a capital crime and cannot be pardoned."

"But I didn't grab it!! She is with me voluntarily!"

"What is the truth? Find out at the trial!" Man Chong said coldly, and then looked at Zhong Changtong, "What else do you want to say?"

"No. I'd rather be without it. No, I'd rather be punished."

Zhong Changtong got out of the carriage and limped into the mansion. When he walked into the study with difficulty, Xu Shu was drinking tea calmly. Seeing Xu Shu's appearance, Zhong Changtong was a little angry. He shouted: "Okay, Xu Yuanzhi, I thought I'd entered the Xingfu, and you must have trouble sleeping and eating. I didn't expect that, if you don't come to Xingfu to see me, it's all right, you don't even have the slightest worry!!"

Xu Shu glanced at him, and said just now: "Your Majesty wants to kill you or let you go, no matter how hard I feel, it's useless." Even so, Zhong Changtong was still very angry. He sat in front of Xu Shu, helpless. He said: "We failed, and His Majesty will definitely not want to listen to me. It seems that we have to find another way." Xu Shu was stunned for a moment, then turned his head and asked: "No, Your Majesty ordered it yesterday. The appointment and dismissal of ministers shall be decided through the court council."

"What did you say?? Your Majesty agreed? How is this possible?" Zhong Changtong stood up suddenly, but the pain made him cry out.

"Yes, Your Majesty has agreed, and I'm still thinking about throwing a banquet to celebrate."

"Hahaha, that's great, that's great, I didn't suffer this crime in vain, Man Pu shot is really too cruel, these thirty lashes are really merciless. The Xingfu lay in bed for three full days, and he almost died. You don't know, he even locked up his own eldest grandson, and the younger generation, he was so afraid of death, that Man Gong didn't look like a human being. "

Zhong Changtong said, and asked again: "By the way, what do the officials think?"

"All the officials are very happy. Now everyone is praising the Son of Heaven, thinking that the world will be more prosperous if the Son of Heaven is ruled by hand. However, Pang Linggong doesn't seem very happy. I wrote him a few letters, but he didn't reply. ", Xu Shu said seriously, Zhong Changtong shook his head disdainfully, "They don't understand what is handed over, the times are changing, and the things they think will only go backwards in the Han Dynasty"

"Now that the decision of the court meeting is completed, is the next step to find a way to restrict the ministers?" Xu Shu asked.

"Anyway, it is unreliable to rely on the virtue of one person to determine the prosperity of the world. Now it is determined by the virtue of a hundred people. However, even if there are stupid or incompetent among these hundred people, at least a few are capable. Yes, be virtuous." Zhong Changtong said, frowning, "The problem is, how to limit their ambitions, I am afraid that these thieves will set their sights on the dragon chair in the process of governing the big man. go up."

Xu Shu was taken aback, and asked with a smile, "I thought you wouldn't care about that dragon chair, but I didn't expect you, Zhong Changtong, to be a loyal minister?"

Zhong Changtong grinned, "I don't care, but the problem is, someone cares, as long as it is replaced, it is meaningless internal fighting, internal friction, with this energy, to conquer outside the Great Wall, to expand the territory, to trade with all countries, is this not more important?" Okay? What I care about is not a certain person, nor a certain surname, I just care about the land that gave birth to me, and my compatriots like me."

Xu Shu didn't speak anymore. This was also the biggest contradiction between the two. Xu Shu supported Zhong Changtong's theory of people-oriented and prospering business, but he didn't care about the emperor. Xu Shu couldn't accept it. The first time we talked about this topic, there would be a big fight. Xu Shu even threatened Zhong Changtong to report his words to the Xingfu, but Zhong Changtong still did the same, saying some scary words. Ghosts and gods, he doesn't believe in the so-called fate.

According to his words, whoever is powerful is the emperor, and there is no destiny at all.

The two broke up again, and Zhong Changtong was resting in the mansion, when a servant came in and said: "Patriarch, please shoot the servant of Zheng Gong to see him."

"Zheng Yi?? What is he doing here?" Zhong Changtong suddenly remembered that day when Zheng Yi asked him to go find him. When he came in, he lay down on the bed, intending to get angry with Zheng Yi. Sure enough, when Zheng Yi walked in under the leadership of his servants, he saw that Zhong Changtong not only didn't get up to meet him, but was lying on the bed instead, without any hesitation. For etiquette, he subconsciously wanted to yell.

Thinking that he needed Zhong Changtong's help for what he was going to do, he held back the resentment.

"Mr. Zhongchang? Why are you still on the bed at this time? It seems that the bed at home should be comfortable for the Xingfu."

(End of this chapter)