I will be the master of Xuande

Chapter 659: Destroying the Three Young Masters

During this period of time, everyone has been discussing what kind of official position to arrange for Liu Jian. This matter has always been a big problem for the ministers of the DPRK and the Liu clan.

Although this time when they entered Chang'an to depose the emperor and help the government, the leader of the Liu clan on the surface was not Liu Jian, but that was only a nominal claim to the outside world. In fact, everyone knew what was going on.

Without Liu Jian, who would dare to enter Chang'an easily with these princes, kings and Liu clan members?
Who dares to accuse the emperor of his faults in the court?
Who dares to shout loudly about abolishing the establishment?
All of this was because of Liu Jian's support, and everyone handled these matters in accordance with Liu Jian's wishes.

After the new emperor ascends the throne, everyone will naturally return to their own territories and act in accordance with the imperial court's will. There is no doubt that Liu Jian will stay in the imperial court to assist the emperor in managing the country.

Today's emperor Liu Xie is obviously a dissolute person.

This boy came to Chang'an to deal with such a big matter. It is said that he also brought many singers and dancers with him. He secretly entertained himself in the tent every night, which shows that he is not a wise man at all.

Therefore, Liu Jian's official position and title are very important.

If the emperor doesn't care about things, then Liu Jian will naturally be in charge.

His official position must be measured accurately.

But it’s just because it’s hard to define and handle that it’s difficult to deal with it.

At first, some people suggested that it would be better to make Liu Jian the Great Sima General, just like Wei Qing in the early Han Dynasty, so as to highlight his achievements.

But this suggestion was quickly rejected by Xun Yu and Xun You's uncle and nephew.

Because no matter what kind of chief minister, or what kind of general, or what kind of chief minister, they are not suitable for the current Liu Jian... Although the general has the power to open a government, he is only the highest military officer in name. .

If all the affairs of a dynasty are handed over to the general, it would be a bit over-the-top.

In the future, Liu Jian will not only have to deal with a country's military affairs, but also have to fully control a country's political affairs.

Therefore, the simple name of a general is not enough to achieve Liu Jian's ambition, nor will it enable Liu Jian to have smooth access to the court in the future.

King Zhao Liu Yu suddenly came up with a way, and he also thought it was a good idea.

Liu Yu and others said: "The general's achievements have spread all over the world. It is better to treat him with the courtesy of princes and kings and order the court to confer the title of king on the general. What do you think?"

After hearing this, everyone nodded, saying that this was a very good idea.

Especially the group of princes and kings.

"Yes, among my Liu family members, the person who has made the greatest contribution to the Han Dynasty is the general."

"To confer a kingship on a general is the highest courtesy to a general!"

"Yes, this is also to acknowledge to the imperial court and to the people of the world the achievements that the general has made to our Han Dynasty in the past ten years, and let the people of the world praise the general."

All the princes and kings of the Liu family nodded, thinking that this was a very good thing, and they really wanted Liu Jian to be king.

Because in this way, Liu Jian would be just like them, and these princes and kings would be part of a team.

When they thought that Liu Jian would become one of their Liu clan princes and kings, these clan members were extremely happy.

Therefore, regardless of the objections of Xun Yu, Xun You, and some other courtiers, these Liu clan members began to submit petitions one after another, hoping that the new emperor Liu Xie would make Liu Jian the prince of the princes and grant him a fief.

But unfortunately, this is just the wishful thinking of these princes and kings.

On the night when these princes and kings presented their wishes to the emperor to make Liu Jian king, Xun Yu, his uncle and nephew Xun You met with Liu Biao and Ma Rixi and came to Liu Jian's temporary residence.

They wanted to advise Liu Jian not to blindly become king.

Especially Xun You was very anxious.

Because this time is a critical moment for Liu Jian and the Han Dynasty.

Once Liu Jian failed to do anything, it would have an immeasurable impact on the future of the Han Dynasty.

But in fact, Xun You really underestimated Liu Jian.

In other words, he still didn't know who Liu Jian was.

"I have seen the general."

When Liu Jian saw these four people appearing in front of him, he immediately guessed their intentions.

"The four of you visited me late at night. I think it must be because the Liu family members have submitted a memorial to the court to elect me as king, right?"

"You guys don't need to be so nervous. Although Mr. Liu is a dull person, he is not stupid and boundless. I still know very well whether I can be the king of the princes now."

When everyone heard what Liu Jian said, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

It seems that Liu Jian was not dazzled by victory just because he entered Chang'an and gained supreme power.

He still maintains a calm mind.

Xun Yu said to Xun You next to him: "Gongda, look at what I said, how can our general be compared to ordinary mediocre people? He will not lose his mind because of desire, nor will he lose his mind because of victory. You don’t have to worry so much about being proud and complacent and doing wrong things.”

At this moment, Xun You also saw Liu Jian's clarity of reason, and a big stone fell from his heart.

"What my uncle said is true. However, although my nephew had a close relationship with the general, he has never met him in person. He has heard many things from his ears, so he is not sure about this."

"Seeing the general's demeanor now makes Xun You feel more at ease."

"The general is my true lord!"

Liu Jian laughed loudly and said: "I am very touched by Gongda's loyalty. Don't worry, I will definitely not act rashly on some things."

"If I become the king of the vassals, where will I return to the fiefdom? Once I have a fiefdom, if I don't go to the fiefdom and take up my post, I will definitely be caught by others. After all, there are still many people who dislike me in the world. If I If I go to take up my post in the fiefdom, how can I supervise and direct the matters in the court from here?"

"So I am not worthy of being the king of vassals."

Xun You was very satisfied and admired Liu Jian even more.

"The general has great insight and far-sightedness!"

Liu Biao said: "The princes and kings are not suitable, and the Sima General is not suitable. In your opinion, how should the official position of the general be drawn up?"

"Could he be appointed as Taiwei or Situ?"

After this question was asked, everyone hesitated and didn't know how to answer.

Liu Jian said: "In fact, whether it is Situ, Sikong, or Taiwei, the court has been constantly changing over the years, and powerful ministers who hold the posts of three princes, or generals, will record the affairs of the minister. In the name of checking and balancing the emperor."

"Although this kind of thing is due to people's hearts, there are still some loopholes in the system. Therefore, the political system that uses the three official positions to record ministerial affairs is no longer suitable for the Han Dynasty, at least not in a short period of time."

When Xun Yu heard this, his eyelids jumped. He seemed to know what Liu Jian wanted to do.

However, Xun You, Liu Biao and others did not know him well.
Xun You said: "Does the general want to change the system of ministers?"

"No, what I mean is that we can discuss and change the three-gong system."

After hearing this, the four of them looked at each other in astonishment.

Obviously, this system of changing the three public affairs was something they did not expect.

"How does the general want to change the system of the Three Lords?"

"The position of the Three Officials has always been in name only but not real in the past years in our Han Dynasty. The candidates for the Three Officials have been changed many times but the government affairs cannot be handed down smoothly."

"According to Mr. Liu, Sangong's actions in recent years were only used to show off the nobility of local prominent families, or were used by the emperor to shirk responsibilities. However, as the leader of the ministers in the court, he did not express any concern for the court. What good promotion can the bureau have?”

"Actually, the system of the Three Dukes does not necessarily need to be changed. In a peaceful and prosperous age, it is enough to optimize the power in the hands of the Three Dukes. But at this time of emergency, the world is in chaos and the world is not peaceful. If Excessive decentralization of power will be detrimental to the situation of the court. When the world is settled in the future, the duties and powers of the three princes can be measured, but now we need to cut the knot quickly."

Xun Yu bowed his hands towards Liu Jian and said, "General, do you want to abolish the Three Dukes?"

Liu Jian smiled and said: "That's right." "I intend to abolish the system of three ministers and the prime minister. I wonder what you four think?"

After the four people heard this, huge waves rose in their hearts.

They looked at each other and began to speculate on Liu Jian's true intentions.

Among these people, Xun Yu has followed Liu Jian for the longest time, and he is naturally the clearest about Liu Jian's ambitions, and he also respects Liu Jian very much.

Therefore, Liu Jian's thoughts today did not surprise Xun Yu.

Xun You and others were quite surprised, because they were all old politicians, so what they didn't expect was naturally far-reaching.

Liu Jian now doesn't just want to find himself an official position suitable for governing.

When he abolished the three ministers and established the prime minister, he made it clear that he would put his own power above the imperial power.

The three princes or generals are all under the jurisdiction and control of the imperial power.

But once the three prime ministers are deposed, all power will be concentrated in the hands of the prime minister alone.

In a sense, the prime minister has become the spokesperson of the emperor during this special period, and Liu Jian, who has become the prime minister, has the identity of a clan member of the Han Dynasty. He will be detached from the imperial power and be alone in the court. Set up a system of his own.

This system cannot be penetrated by Liu Xie as the emperor, and he will eventually replace Liu Xie in running the country.

If someone other than a member of the Han clan were to do this, it would undoubtedly make people think that this was an attempt to seize the Han Dynasty and usurp the Han Dynasty to seize the Liu family.

But after Liu Jian did it, this matter didn't seem so bad.

Because Liu Jian's surname is Liu and he is also a clan member of the Han Dynasty, even if he did this, in the eyes of outsiders, it is at best a household matter within the Liu family and a matter of clan affairs management of the Liu clan itself.

This does not rise to the level of issues such as conspiracy to usurp the Han Dynasty. Who gave Liu Jian his surname Liu?
Xun You, Liu Biao and others did not speak, but they were thinking about this matter rapidly in their minds.

Eventually, they figured it out.

In this matter, they could not disobey Liu Jian.

And in terms of status, Liu Jian is indeed qualified to do this.

If someone other than the Liu clan does this, it is considered treason.

As a descendant of the Liu family, it was completely normal for Liu Jian to do this.

"If the general has decided, we should put the general first and try our best to facilitate this matter."

"it is good."

Facing the attitudes of these people, Liu Jian was very satisfied: "It's just that this matter concerns the world and the structure of the entire court. It cannot be changed at will just because of my words. Moreover, how should it be changed and what regulations should be followed? , I’ll leave this matter to you, I won’t get involved.”

Xun You, Xun Yu and others naturally understood what Liu Jian meant and nodded in agreement.

Liu Jian looked at Liu Biao again: "Brother Jingsheng."

Liu Biao was shocked when Liu Jian called him such a name.

"General...how can you call him that?"

"Brother Jingsheng is the same generation as the late emperor. The late emperor and I call him brother. If today's emperor respects me as the emperor's uncle, then brother Jingsheng and I are naturally of the same generation. Brother Jingsheng is older than me, so I call him brother. Why not?"

Liu Biao was very ashamed after hearing this.

However, what Liu Jian said does make sense.

He and Liu Jian are brothers of the same clan.

"Brother Jingsheng, the princes and kings of the Liu family have their own way of doing things, but most of my Liu family members and other celebrities are like a pile of scattered sand. But brother Jingsheng, as one of the eight nobles, has a reputation all over the world. "

"From now on, it's up to Brother Jingsheng to restrain the clan's celebrities."

Liu Biao said hurriedly: "The general has given you such an order, so Biao should do his best."

"If the general has any ideas about establishing the prime minister system, he can send someone to inform Liu Biao at any time. Although Biao is a man of few words, he will do his best to convey information back and forth in the clan, and report everyone's ideas to the general at any time."

"So good."

……

At the end of February of the first year of Jian'an, Wang Yun, Yang Biao, and more than [-] officials who had conspired with them, as well as their family members and relatives, were sentenced to execution by the court.

All of them were taken to the execution ground in Chang'an City. Under the gaze of the onlookers, their heads were chopped off one by one, and their bodies were exposed in the wilderness. From then on, they and their families will disappear between heaven and earth!

This execution affected nearly 5000 people. For a time, the entire city of Chang'an was filled with blood and blood was everywhere outside the city, which was frightening.

Such large-scale massacres can be said to be extremely rare in the capital in recent years.

Logically speaking, the people in Chang'an City should be talking about this. At least, such a bloody massacre should make many Chang'an people think that Liu Jian, who presided over this matter, was a tyrannical person.

But strangely enough, this didn't happen.

Because Liu Jian had made the crimes of Wang Yun, Yang Biao and others known to the world beforehand, and also printed the evidence and spread it to all counties, so that everyone in the world knew their guilt.

At the same time, after Liu Jian entered Chang'an, he had been devoted to opening warehouses to benefit the people, and treated ordinary people very favorably.

The people of Chang'an were already living a very painful life under the oppression of Liu Bian's petty money policy.

They cannot afford food, and many are on the verge of starving to death.

For them, life was hopeless before Liu Jian came.

But after Liu Jian arrived in Chang'an, he did not forget them. At least what Liu Jian did now was to feed them.

Those buckets of rice and grain, and those government decrees that are beneficial to people's livelihood, did not come out of thin air.

The people of Chang'an can distinguish between good and bad.

Liu Jian fed them with food, so in their eyes, Liu Jian killed 10 people, let alone thousands of people. In the eyes of the people in Chang'an, Liu Jian was also a good person.

Eat people with short mouths, and take people softly.

Who made the people in Guanzhong point to Liu Jian for support now?
The day before Wang Yun, Yang Biao and other people were executed, Liu Jian went to the prison to visit them in person.

Liu Jian wanted to have a chat with Wang Yun.
Let's talk to each other about the struggles over the years and make a summary of life.

Although Wang Yun lost, Liu Jian reluctantly regarded him as an opponent. He was eager to give him a ride before his opponent died.

Everyone said to each other to take care of each other.

But Wang Yun's performance was somewhat poor.

In prison, he pointed at Liu Jian's nose and cursed like crazy. At the same time, he told Liu Jian that he would not let him go even if he was a ghost. One day, he would turn into a evil ghost and come back to bite Liu Jian's flesh piece by piece. Come down.

Faced with Wang Yun's lack of grace, Liu Jian could only tell him helplessly.

"Rat people like you are no match for me in the world of heaven. In the future, you will be killed by me in the underworld."

"As a ghost, you are also a little dead ghost under me who has my head stepped on."

"You just go to the underworld and be a brat first. After I take care of everything in the underworld, I will go back to the underworld and repair you all again."

"Even if I reach the underworld, I will still be the king of hell."

(End of this chapter)