Three Kingdoms: Ancestors of the Han Dynasty

Chapter 823 Decentralization
"Whose plan is this?"

Xiahou Hui said with a cold face, his chest heaving up and down.Obviously Xia Houhui was very angry at this time, she didn't expect that her carefully planned plan to ascend to the throne would be stifled like this.

When she entered Luoyang alone, she not only wanted to bring Liu Huxuan's elder brother Xia Houxuan as a helper to her relatives, but also wanted to take advantage of such great achievements to be named queen.After all, according to the previous concubine system, one of the three wives would be the empress, but now the third wives still have the position of Zhaoyi.

Xiahou Hui's tone was cold, and he said, "It's a sinister plan to enshrine me as Zhaoyi and rebuild the system of fifteen concubines. Do you know whose plan it is?"

The maid bowed her head in thought, and said: "Recently, only Liao Li, Guan Xing, Fei Yi and other ministers have visited His Majesty. As for who offered this strategy, I really don't know."

"Liao Li, Guan Xing!" Xiahou Hui muttered a few words thoughtfully.

While thinking, Xia Houhui paced slowly, and analyzed: "The crown prince has close contacts with Liao Li, Guan Xing and others. If I expected it to be correct, it should be Liao Li or Guan Xing's strategy to dissuade your majesty from resuming the plan." Set up Zhaoyi."

Feeling sulking, Xia Houhui also accepted the reality and asked, "What kind of official position is my brother granted?"

"Reporting to Madam, Madam's elder brother pays homage to the Shaofu." The maid replied.

Hearing this, Xia Houhui showed helplessness on his face. Although the Shaofu belongs to the Jiuqing, there were people in the Han Dynasty who held it in the past, but it was an official position in name only.

Xiahouhui thought pessimistically, was it because of His Majesty's true intentions not to confer herself the title of empress and to suppress the Xiahou family from gaining real power?
Compared with Xiahou Hui's pessimism, Xiahouxuan is much calmer.

Although he has not been in Dahan for a long time, he can see at a glance that Dahan's current structure is "power returns to the pavilion".Under the influence of Zhuge Liang's ruling, the Shangshutai of the Shu Han had greater power than the Shangshutai of Cao Wei. Except for the military, the supervision was in charge of the Yushitai, and almost all the officials and affairs of the Han Dynasty had to go through the hands of the Shangshutai. .

For example, a series of political affairs such as the government's financial budget, official selection, food and grass officials, military armor maintenance, water conservancy improvement, filial piety and honesty examinations, etc., were all in the hands of Jiang Wan, who recorded the affairs of the book, and his power was terrifying.Although he does not have the name of a prime minister, he is actually a prime minister.If he wants to install relatives and do evil, almost no one can stop him.

In particular, the great Han Dynasty was influenced by the political system of the Eastern Han Dynasty. After Liu Xiu ruled the world, in order to achieve everything by himself, the authority of the Shaofu was limited to only handling palace sundries.

Under such a background, Xia Houxuan certainly knew that his young mansion was just in name only.

As he expected, when he came to the Shaofu's mansion, there were only the imperial physician's order for the chief physician, the imperial official's order for the court meals, the imperial mansion order for the servants in charge of sewing clothes, and the material officer Xiaowei who was in charge of civil engineering work, etc. Officials in charge of court affairs.There is not even a Shanglin Yuanling, it is extremely shabby, and it does not have the courage of the Shaofu of the Western Han Dynasty at all.
Xia Houxuan, who came to the Shaofu, had a brief meeting with the chief of the fourth order, and asked his subordinate Fan Jin to take his talisman to the Shangshutai to ask for relevant data such as the output of Shu brocade in Shu County and the output of Nanzhong Copper Mine.Fan Jin, who had just expressed his intention to come, was coaxed away by the people in the Shangshutai, saying that the Shaofu had no right to intervene in these materials.

Xia Houxuan was not angry when he learned of such a result, but ordered people to prepare chariots and horses, and entered the palace to ask Liu Chan to see him.

On the terrace, Xia Houxuan saw Liu Chan who was dealing with government affairs.

"Chen Xiahouxuan pays homage to His Majesty."

Liu Chan put down the memorandum, pointed to the second seat, and said, "There is no need to be polite at the beginning of Taichu, and you should be seated first. I don't know why you came to the palace today?"

Xia Houxuan bowed and knelt on the couch, and said: "Your Majesty, the minister is in charge of the Shaofu, and the inside of the mansion is withered. In the mansion, there are only imperial mansions, imperial physicians, material officials, and eunuchs. Officials such as Canshi, Fuguan, etc. are all used by Shangshutai today, so this is not a joint system!"

"My minister thought that the spinning room in central Shu and the brocade sold in Nanzhong should all belong to the Shaofu. If your majesty trusts you, you should make more of the brocade and benefit the world. As for the smelting of coins, today Under the preliminary peace, it should belong to the Shaofu again, and should not be still under the control of the Shangshutai."

The purpose of Xia Houxuan's visit here is very simple, that is, to ask Liu Chan for the right to produce Shu brocade and mint coins.

Liu Chan pretended not to know the internal cause and effect, and asked: "Ling Xian, are the spinning room order and Shui Heng Duwei all under the Shangshutai?"

Spinning Order was the official who was in charge of weaving Shu brocade in the local Shangguan operation, and Captain Shui Heng was in charge of coinage and some water conservancy issues in the Han Dynasty.

But Zhengzheng replied with a serious face: "Qi Your Majesty, since His Majesty ascended the throne, the spinning room and the water balance were first under the control of the Inner Palace, and then the Inner Palace was abolished and returned to the Shangshutai. The officials of the Shaofu are like Xiahou Shao According to the government, it only cares about the sundries of the palace!"

Liu Chan nodded slightly, and said to Xia Houxuan seriously: "Taichu's words are quite reasonable. You will take the edict I issued and go to Shangshutai to split the spinning room and water balance with Shangshutai."

"promise!"

But he was writing with a pen, and handed it to Liu Chan for his seal, and then awarded it to Xia Houxuan.

Holding the imperial edict, Xia Houxuan bowed and replied: "The minister takes orders and should live up to His Majesty's expectations."

Looking at the back of Xia Houxuan in the distance, the corners of Liu Chan's mouth are raised, which is very in line with my heart!
Liu Chan didn't know that the Shaofu's current status was embarrassing. Apart from being in charge of the daily life of the court, he had almost no other rights.It was precisely because of this knowledge that Liu Chan made Xia Houxuan the young mansion.

Since Liu Xiu's centralization of power, the Han Dynasty has been continuously weakening the Sangong Jiuqing and expanding the power of Shangshutai.The six Shangshu in history were conceived from within the Shangshutai. For example, the Cao Wei Shangshutai has five Shangshu, namely, the Ministry of Officials, Zuomin, Kecao, Wubing, and Duzhi, and there are 25 Langs under the five.

Among them, Duzhi and Zuomin will be the Ministry of Households in the future, the Ministry of Officials will still be the Ministry of Officials, Ke Cao will be the Minister of Rites, and the Minister of Five Soldiers will be the Minister of the Ministry of War.

In the Han Dynasty, the administrative power was even more concentrated. Since Zhuge Liang came to power, the administrative power was concentrated in the inner government, and later the inner government was abandoned.Now Liu Chan appointed Xia Houxuan as the Shaofu to distribute the power of Shangshutai. After all, the centralization of power in Shangshutai is unreasonable and unhealthy.

As for whether you are worried that the Shaofu will expand again, it can only be said that the Shaofu today is not the same as the Shaofu in the past.In the past, the Shaofu under its rule not only managed the finances for the royal family, but also managed the handicraft issues run by local officials.In fact, the high-ranking Shangshu Ling and the Zhongshu Ling who are in charge of secrets, and the ministers of the Yantie official camp used to be officials of the Shaofu.

Now, these departments are all independent, and they are no longer under the jurisdiction of the Shaofu.Assigning the power of the spinning room and the water balance to the Shaofu is more like readjusting the departmental structure.

With Liu Chan's edict, Xia Houxuan led people to Shangshutai to meet Situ Jiangwan.

"Xiahou Shaofu doesn't live in the Shaofu, how can I come to my Shangshutai when I have time? Is there something wrong?" Jiang Wan asked, pretending not to know that he had sent someone to ask for the classics.

Xia Houxuan smiled gently, and said: "Hello Jiang Gongan! This time, Xuan Yu and Gong cut off the division of the spinning room and the second division of water and balance, and ordered him to return to the Shaofu's rule."

Jiang Wan frowned slightly, but his face remained unchanged.For Shang Shutai, the spinning room in charge of Shu brocade and the water balance for smelting coins are not ordinary government offices. This summer Hou Xuan came suddenly and asked to cut off the jurisdiction, which inevitably made him unhappy.

Jiang Wan coughed lightly, and asked, "The division of jurisdiction is a matter of great importance. I don't know if there is an order from the Xiahou Shaofu!"

Xiahou Xuancong presented the edict and said: "Mr. Jiang, please read the edict. Xuan dare not lie."

After careful checking, Jiang Wan saw that there was no deviation, so he had to let Xia Houxuan lead Xia Houxuan to meet with the chiefs of the Spinning Room and the Second Department of Water Balance to carry out the division.

After Xia Houxuan left, Shang Shulang Pang Hong showed displeasure, and said: "Situ, the spinning room and Shui Heng have been in charge of my Shangshutai for a long time, how can they be easily with the Shaofu. I will be your majesty, and I will send the spinning room , and the Second Department of Water Balance remain in the Shangshutai."

Jiang Wan reassured, "They all serve the country, so why should they be different from each other?"

Although Jiang Wan was also dissatisfied, he could understand the purpose of His Majesty choosing him to succeed Duke Zhuge, and it was just to ensure the normal transfer of power.

(There is another chapter tonight, it may be later)
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