I will be the master of Xuande

Chapter 661 Prime Minister Liu

Reports of the battle in Bingzhou spread to the capital one after another, causing quite an earthquake in the capital.

The victory of Guo Jia, Zhao Yun and others in Bingzhou also made Liu Jian's position as prime minister in the capital more secure to a certain extent.

Abolition of the Three Dukes and establishment of a prime minister is a major move in the world. Although Liu Jian's current power and morale are unprecedentedly strong and he can enforce the policy of establishing a prime minister system, there are still many things involved in it. The interests of officials, powerful families and scholars.

The Three Gong system, like Chenwei, has lasted for many years in the Han Dynasty. Those who can become the Three Gongs have always been the ultimate goal of many families and scholars.

After becoming the San Gong, his personal and family influence on politics and the extension of interests in the Han Dynasty have become a deep-rooted state. Therefore, the San Gong system is just an official system on the surface, but in fact this system has become A fixed game mode in which the top family of the Han Dynasty takes over the country's highest interests and human resources.

Liu Jian abolished the three public prime ministers, which actually converted the political interests of these families into his own.

Because after all, he is the only one who can be the prime minister.

From then on, the entire personnel circle of officials in the Han Dynasty would also undergo earth-shaking changes.

As the prime minister, Liu Jian will control most of the personnel power and political resources in the entire Han Dynasty, and these personnel powers were originally scattered in the hands of various top officials.

But they did not dare to disobey Liu Jian.

Liu Jian is now unprecedentedly powerful. Who in the world is not afraid of his power?

He wants to abolish the system of three public ministers and prime ministers. Although some people will express opposition, they dare not go against him vigorously.

But are you saying that these people don’t engage in small tricks in private?They must also be doing some tricks.

But it was impossible for Liu Jian to kill or remove all those who opposed him, because there were too many people involved in the operation of this country.

For some families with inherent interests, the reason why they can have inherent interests is because they are still very important to the Han Dynasty.

They exercise the responsibility of each screw, and when these screws are interlocked, they will naturally become a huge gear that can run the country.

Therefore, although Liu Jian can rely on his prestige and strength to do whatever he wants, at the same time, he must always remind those people so that they do not dare to disobey him easily, so that they will indeed feel dissatisfied.

And the best way to remind them is to win one victory after another.

The execution of Wang Yun, Yang Biao and others, coupled with the victory in the Qing Dynasty war in Bingzhou, brought Liu Jian's prestige to an unprecedented height again.

Under this unprecedented prestige, even if the people below were dissatisfied, they did not dare to say anything more.

After all, being able to achieve such a great victory on the border of Bingzhou in such a short period of time was something that few people in the entire history of the founding of the Han Dynasty could achieve.

Who dares to object to Liu Jian becoming prime minister?

Therefore, in March of the first year of Jian'an, Huang Wan's memorial to abolish the three-gong system and establish the prime minister was officially approved by the court.

Liu Jian naturally became the prime minister of the empire, assisting Liu Xie in handling all matters of the Han Dynasty.

Be it political or military.

After Liu Jian became prime minister, he began to implement a new round of policy reforms in the Han Dynasty in his own name.

The first thing he did.That is to eliminate all objections and directly order the restoration of the New Deal.

And the intensity of the New Deal this time is unprecedented!

Whether it is farming, farming, printing, science and technology, or monetary policy, as well as taxation policy, and labor policy, all of them have been reformed, including the commune system that is now popular in rural areas of Hebei.

Almost every aspect is covered!
For a time, the entire court was in an unprecedented commotion.

Even those princes and kings who supported Liu Jian couldn't help but be shocked when they saw that Liu Jian immediately made so many reforms to the entire court policy when he came to power.

They seemed a little unsure about Liu Jian's movements.

Prime Minister Liu, is he a little too radical?

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Liu Jian is not radical. In fact, most of the policies he implemented have been implemented in Hebei for many years, but they have not been widely used in other states and counties.

Originally, his jurisdiction was limited to Hebei, and he could not control so much.

But now, his jurisdiction has changed from Hebei to the entire Han Dynasty, so it is natural to promote it comprehensively.

However, they say they want to be fully promoted, but these things are not that easy. After all, the New Deal reforms have experienced countless hardships and suffered countless setbacks in the past dynasties.

Reform itself is something that touches the interests of some people and balances the interests of everyone.

Groups whose interests are touched will naturally burst into great resistance.

Even if Liu Jian is very powerful, if he wants to implement the New Deal on a large scale throughout the country and touch the interests of powerful people and even some relatively powerful landowners, he will inevitably be hindered at all levels.

Even if no one in the court dares to express opposition to his policies, will everyone violate it in disguise?
During the Han Dynasty, there were tens of millions of people. Could Liu Jian take care of them one by one?
On the surface, the people below were respectful and fully accepted the imperial court's new policies.

But in fact, they did not implement the new policies downwards at all and set up obstacles at every level.

The top is busy, but the bottom is motionless. The final result is that the New Deal will be aborted, and everything will return to the way it was before.

Liu Jian deeply understood this truth, so he did not intend to implement the New Deal after stabilizing his position in the court.

Especially since the New Deal was just abolished by Liu Bian not long ago, Liu Jian is now implementing the focus of the New Deal, ensuring that there is almost no interruption in the middle and minimizing the impact of Liu Bian's repeal of the New Deal.

But once he delays it for too long, it won't be as easy as it is now to try to re-implement the New Deal.

Dong Zhuo also issued decrees to all states and counties in the Han Dynasty, requiring local governments to implement the New Deal. However, what he got was local compliance, and few places actually implemented it.

Looking at the entire Han Dynasty, except for Hebei, other places still implemented the old system.

Liu Jian knew very well that if he wanted to implement the New Deal smoothly, he must first get the support of the princes and relatives of the Liu family.

Therefore, after he became the prime minister, he held a banquet for all the princes, kings and celebrities in Chang'an.

On the surface, he was prepared to accept the congratulations from these Liu clan members, but in fact, he also reminded these princes and kings to let them know what he was going to do next, and also let these princes, kings and Liu clan members know. , what should they do in the future?
According to Liu Xie's wishes, he originally wanted to carry out large-scale construction and build a magnificent prime minister's palace for Liu Jian in Chang'an City, but this move was rejected by Liu Jian.

What Liu Jian means is that the people's livelihood in Guanzhong is declining and the people are living a precarious life. Now the court has a new emperor and the prime minister has just taken office. Through a series of food distribution and appeasement policies, the lives of the local people have become slightly stable. down, but many things will still require money.At this moment, if Liu Jian spent a lot of money on building his own mansion, Liu Jian would feel guilty, and the people in Guanzhong would not forgive him.

There were some old mansions in Chang'an City, and the owners of these mansions were either executed or forced to flee, so it was enough for him to choose the unowned mansions as his prime minister's mansion.

Liu Jian picked up a second-hand Prime Minister's Mansion, which in the eyes of many officials was simply an unreasonable thing.

The dignified prime minister of a country actually did not build his own mansion, but used second-hand ones... This would make the world laugh when word spread.

However, Liu Jian did not think this was a ridiculous thing. On the contrary, he ordered the school affairs office to spread the matter widely within the jurisdiction and let all the people know about it.

And things were just as Liu Jian expected. The new prime minister devoted himself to improving people's livelihood as soon as he came in. He spent all the money and food on policies and the people, but he didn't spend much money on himself, and even spent money on himself. The abandoned second-hand mansion in Chang'an City was used as the prime minister's residence, which was unanimously praised by the people of various counties in Guanzhong.

Everyone felt that Liu Jian was a person who cared wholeheartedly for the people. He was a man of noble morals and a selfless person. Such a prime minister is worthy of support.

All the people were proud that the Han Dynasty could have such a prime minister.

The newly established Prime Minister's Mansion was not very luxurious. Liu Jian simply rearranged all the decorations in the Prime Minister's Mansion, and finally held a banquet here to entertain all the Liu family members.

The standard of the banquet is not very high, they are all very ordinary dishes, not extravagant and wasteful.

Liu Jian decided to change the extravagant style of the Han Dynasty.

The table table for the banquet was placed from the main hall to the outside of the courtyard. After all, there were too many people from the Liu family and the princes and princes in the capital at the moment. If they were all brought together, the hall of the Prime Minister's Mansion would definitely not be able to seat them. .

Liu Jian was very happy today. He held the wine cup and exchanged glasses with the Liu family members, accepting their congratulations to him. However, Liu Jian also tried his best to control his drinking. After all, everyone respected him. He really couldn't drink that much.

That is to say, let every ten princes and kings pay him a toast of wine, and he will return one toast in return. In this way, he can maintain his state of not being drunk to some extent.

After three rounds of wine and five delicious dishes, Liu Jian suddenly brought the topic to the main topic.

"Now that I have come to Beijing to assist the government and resolve the crisis in the court, what do you think is the reason why the Han Dynasty experienced such a big change?"

As soon as this question was asked, the Liu family clan members and princes and kings present were stunned. Why did they suddenly ask such a question?

Most of the princes and kings are unaware of this, but there are not none who are truly sober.

Figures like Liu Yu, Liu Yao, and Zhao Wang Liu Yu knew from the beginning that Liu Jian came to them today to discuss something important.

King Hejian said: "Returning to what the Prime Minister said, in my opinion, the reason why the Han Dynasty has been in turmoil over the years is because the Han Dynasty did not get a wise emperor!"

"Although the late emperor had great ambitions, his abilities were really limited, and King Hongnong was even more of a frivolous and disrespectful boy. He was far behind in governing the country."

"How could the Han Dynasty get better without a wise ruler?"

"In the current Han Dynasty, there are generals who can assist the government. Although the emperor may not be a wise ruler today, but with the generals guiding and assisting, I believe that the country of the Han Dynasty will be more stable than before, and it will definitely be It's completely new, do you think what I said is right?"

Although what King Hejian said made some sense, it was also suspected of flattery. Everyone nodded, indicating that what he said was very correct.

After everyone had finished speaking, Liu Jian finally spoke: "The words of the King of Hejian are only one of them, but the other is not clear."

"The Han Dynasty has been quite unstable in recent years. Firstly, there is no wise king to govern the country. Secondly, there are no good ministers to assist. Thirdly, it is precisely because we, the Han clan clan members, are not united with each other, so outsiders take advantage of the loopholes."

"Since the founding of the Han Dynasty, imperial power has been almost unable to penetrate below the county level. Of course, this is also due to local politics and customs, but the main reason is that the local right-wing power is too strong, and the emperors of the past dynasties have always been controlled by powerful ministers and relatives. What kind of thunderous methods can be used? , no matter how clever or clever he is, he can’t display it.”

"Just like the new policy I just established in the court this time, although my starting point is good and I want to govern the Han Dynasty better, what's the use of relying on me alone?"

"Those officials in the imperial court are afraid of my strength and dare not confront me openly, but will their families be willing to do so in secret? To be honest, I really can't imagine it."

"No matter how powerful Mr. Liu is, even if he has three heads and six arms, he is afraid that he will not be able to take care of every county and every township. The court can issue decrees, but to what extent they are implemented in the local areas is unknown. No one can help I, like this, I am afraid that I, the Prime Minister, may not be able to be very obedient."

When Liu Jian said this, there were still many smart people present, and they could naturally understand Liu Jian's intention.

Liu Yu stood up, cupped his hands towards Liu Jian, and said: "The Prime Minister wants our Liu Center to assist the court in the local area, supervise the implementation of the local new policies, and report to the court at any time. At the same time, if the court If there are any specific local government orders, we, the Liu clan, must also cooperate with the court in the local area so that the court's government orders can be communicated from top to bottom."

Liu Jian stood up and gave a long salute to Liu Yu.

"Bo'an Gong's words are very true. Are the new policies of the imperial court for the sake of the Han Dynasty, or for my own selfish interests? Everyone present must know it in their hearts. I, Liu Jian, am doing it for the Liu family's empire. , the current Liu family is riddled with holes and is completely vulnerable. Only reform can make the country prosperous and strong, and make our country more stable. Everyone present is a relative of the Liu family. If our Liu family collapses, Now, can you clan members still have a good life?"

"Now that the New Deal has just begun, I don't expect others to be able to help me at the local level, but if none of us in the Liu family can help me at the local level, I'm afraid this New Deal will be meaningless if it continues to be implemented."

After Liu Jian finished speaking, he glanced back and forth at the crowd and said, "What do you think, gentlemen?"

The Liu family members all stood up and responded.

"Here."

Liu Jian held the wine cup and walked in the field, saying:
"I know that many of you actually have deep friendships with local powerful families. Over the years, our interests have been entangled with each other. The interests of many powerful families are also mixed with the interests of our Liu clan. I know all of this. We all understand.”

"But I want to tell you, especially the princes and kings, no matter how much you gain, it is only temporary. Once you no longer have the biggest backing of the Liu family, you will not count in the eyes of those prominent families and local tyrants. What? By then, I’m afraid you won’t even be able to use it anymore.”

"I don't object to the princes expanding their own interests locally, but they have to do so according to the time and situation."

"Now, the life and death of the Han Dynasty is at stake. If you can't distinguish the priorities, you will eventually perish. I'm afraid it won't be the Han Dynasty, but more likely your own!"

"Mr. Liu has always treated others with kindness and justice. The kindness you have shown me today will be returned to you tenfold and a hundredfold in the future."

"I hope you will keep this in mind!"

As soon as these words were said, all the Liu family members present were moved.

These words really hit the point.

I saw everyone shouting loudly: "Here!"

Seeing that all the clan members expressed their opinions like this, Liu Jian nodded with satisfaction.

At this moment, Liu Yao suddenly asked a key question.

"Prime Minister, how should Dong Zhuo be dealt with in Liangzhou?"

　I apologize. In yesterday's chapter, there was a bug in the plot about the Taiyuan Wang family. This was my negligence. Thank you to the attentive book friends for seeing that this is indeed my problem. I hereby apologize.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)