My father is Emperor Wu of Han, how can I be different from him?

Chapter 178 Four Skills Tailor-Made for the Emperor
Weiyang Palace, Xuanshi Palace.

During the routine court meeting, all civil and military officials sat in silence.

Today's regular court meeting was slightly different from the past. There was an additional figure at the foot of His Majesty's royal steps and in front of the two Grand Marshals.

Crown Prince Liu Ju.

All officials know that the Crown Prince is in charge of government affairs, but in the past he was in charge of the inner court affairs. Today, looking at the situation, does Your Majesty want the Crown Prince to be in charge of the regular court affairs?
While sitting quietly in the hall, they glanced at each other with hidden eyes, one after another, and glanced at the motionless figure sitting in front of them.

Liu Ju could feel the hidden fluctuations. It was normal that the emperor's every word and action would arouse speculation, let alone letting the crown prince participate in regular court meetings.

This is a move that officially pushes the prince from behind the scenes to the front stage!

True.

This action is mostly formalism, but for the crown prince and even the monarch, this formality is necessary. As the saying goes, if the name is right, the words will be legitimate!
The significance is enormous, and it is understandable that it has attracted the attention of all officials.

Liu Ju remained indifferent to this.

The emperor father suddenly arranged for him to participate in the regular court. Although Lao Liu still liked the confusing way of playing and did not explain the reason, Xiao Liu more or less guessed it.

What major changes have taken place in Liu Ju recently?
perhaps.

From a boy to a man...

"Your Majesty has arrived~" The iconic duck voice sounded, and the ministers stood up and bowed to the emperor sitting on the dragon couch, saying in unison:

"See Your Majesty."

"May your majesty live forever and enjoy eternal happiness."

The emperor on the throne waved his sleeves and said, "Let's discuss the matter."

After the empty ceremony, they got straight to business. As the influence of the inner court expanded, the efficient and concise style gradually spread from the inner court to the outer court.

The ministers have become accustomed to reporting the matters that need to be reported after returning to their original seats.

The regular court is different from the inner court.

Even though they were capable, the government affairs that the regular court had to deal with were far more than those of the inner court. Small meetings were held for big matters and large meetings were held for small matters.

After all, there are not too many major events that need to be discussed within the court, but the small matters of a country are countless and involve all aspects.

This is not.

The general who rarely spoke in the inner court was the first to speak during the outer court meeting.

Wei Qing reported: "The internal fighting among the Xiongnu is fierce, and there is a risk of spreading to Youbeiping, Yuyang and other counties. Your Majesty, please order martial law at the border."

The emperor naturally agreed.

After Wei Qing, another Grand Marshal Huo Qubing spoke up, "The Yumen Pass has been completed, and we should build another pass outside Jiuquan County to completely control the Hexi Corridor."

Emperor: "Yes."

Wang Wenshu, the newly appointed court judge, followed suit, "To prevent the prefectures and states from still secretly minting coins, I suggest that officials be sent down to inspect the local areas and conduct strict investigations!"

If one considers his suggestion carefully, one will find that it is actually deepening the governance approach of the then Imperial Censor Zhang Tang.

This time the emperor did not give an immediate answer. He asked the ministers to discuss it. Finally, they decided to send someone to inspect, but did not give this task to the Chief Justice.

Instead, it was handed over to several doctors from the Imperial College.

The intention...

Liu Ju pondered secretly that there seemed to be some balance. Wang Wenshu, by taking the post of Chief Justice, had already inherited most of Zhang Tang's political legacy.

If we allow the other side to further deepen Zhang Tang's route, it will only create another behemoth like Zhang Tang.

After going through so much trouble to clean it up once, the emperor probably didn't want to make the same mistake again...

That's it.

Government affairs came one after another. Sometimes the emperor made decisions arbitrarily, and sometimes the ministers discussed and made decisions. Liu Ju listened carefully to the whole process.

If you can understand the intention, learn from it. If you don’t understand, take note of it and review it with teacher Zhuang Qingzhai later.

It was almost noon.

As the court meeting was about to end, the Imperial Censor Shi Qingcai brought up a rather difficult matter that had to be discussed in the outer court.

"Your Majesty, the governor of Dongjun reported a month ago that the river had flooded again, and requested to recruit labor from the four neighboring counties to build the river embankment."

Say it.

There was a buzz of voices in the hall, mostly saying things like "Alas, why is it flooding again?" and "It happens every year, what should we do?"

As soon as the commotion started, the emperor on the dragon couch spoke in a cold voice: "The corvée labor for building the embankment is imposed every year, and the river still floods every year."

“Is there no cure?” After the emperor said this, the groans in the hall stopped and there was dead silence. What good solution was there?
What's more, we need to cure it completely?

If there was a way, Shi Qing would not have mentioned this "big thing" at the outer court meeting. It was precisely because he was helpless that he brought it up in public.

If there is a crime, all officials should bear it together, instead of reporting it to the emperor, leaving him with only one headache...

Beside the imperial steps.

Liu Ju frowned when he heard this.

The flooding of the Yellow River was purely a natural disaster. During the feudal dynasty period when productivity was low, the only option was to repeat the process of water control and flooding.

The only difference is that the methods of flood control are different, and the duration of persistence is different. Human power is sometimes really insignificant in front of nature...

As Shi Qing expected, His Majesty agreed to the request of the Governor of Dongjun on the last topic, but his face turned cold.

Finally he left in anger.

In the past, when the Yellow River flooded, there were no special measures and people would just have to do what they had to do, which was to mobilize people and build dikes.

But nowadays, things are a little different.

What's the difference?
Hey, what a coincidence, the emperor just happens to have a recently promoted talent around him, and he says he can control floods!
That’s right, that person is General Wuli—Luan Da!
Since ancient times, when faced with raging rivers and nature that is beyond human control, people have often sought help from mysterious powers.

Offering sacrifices and praying for blessings, placing sacred beasts to suppress water, etc., are all products of this kind of concept.

Essentially.

This is the most primitive worship and awe of nature.

There were similar activities in the Han Dynasty, but when this awe was used by someone with ulterior motives, it would spark a different kind of spark...

When Liu Ju learned that Luan Da had such ability, he was shocked and quickly found Sima Qian to have a detailed chat with him.

As it turned out, Liu Ju misunderstood Luan Da.

He is not a water conservancy talent, but a complete charlatan.

Because Luan Da told the emperor that he had four great abilities, "One, I can make the elixir of immortality! Two, I can summon immortals to come!"

"Three, it can refine gold, four, it can tame rivers!"

His uncle's.

Liu Ju has to swear, look at these four, they are totally tailor-made for Lao Liu!

Luan Da said whatever the emperor needed.

There is no need to mention the first two things about immortality and immortals, as they are just old stuff and all the alchemists who are in front of the emperor talk about these things.

But the last two items perfectly meet the needs of today's emperor.

Refining gold - everyone in the world knows that the emperor is now so poor that he even doesn't spare his own brothers.

There is also the Nazhi River.

The flood is a recent event, and Shengun has undoubtedly accurately captured the pain points of customers.

So, did the emperor believe Luan Da’s exaggerated claims?
The answer to this question is not important.

The important thing is, even if the emperor has the slightest hesitation, he won’t lose anything by giving it a try, so why not do it?

Furthermore.

In today's environment of fear of ghosts and gods, it is not certain how much the emperor believed in it...

Just look at the current situation. Luan Da said that he could regulate the rushing river by offering sacrifices to the gods, so the emperor allowed him to perform the sacrifices.

After the order is given, just follow the steps.

Because among the Nine Ministers, there is a complete sacrificial team.

Under the command of Taichang Qing, the head of the Nine Ministers, there are six major officials: Taishi, Taiyue, Taizhu, Taizai, Taibu, and Taiyi.

Except for the last imperial physician who was in charge of medicine.

There are five left.

The Grand Historian was in charge of the weather and the calendar; the Grand Musical Instrument was in charge of the rituals and music for sacrifices; the Grand Cultist was in charge of chanting the blessing words during sacrifices and welcoming and seeing off the gods;
The Taizai Ling was in charge of sacrificial utensils; the Taibu Ling was in charge of divination.

It can almost be said that most of the official positions in Taichang, one of the Nine Ministers, were established for sacrificial matters.

The imperial court's official system is like this, so we can get a glimpse of their belief in ghosts and gods...

(End of this chapter)