Three Kingdoms New Emperor

Chapter 662 I want to fly higher
"Your Majesty, you didn't see it. After you left, Doctor Kong's face was innocent and angry. It seemed that he had spent a lot of effort but hit a ball of cotton. Your Majesty took it lightly. It's really wonderful." Chen Gong entered Xuan Shi Hall with Xun You, Lu Su, Zhong Yao and others with a smile, and saw Liu Xie waiting for them.

But after Liu Xiewen heard this, he was not as happy as usual. Instead, he waved his hands and said, "Doctor Kong is also dedicated to me, but he is new here and knows the style of the Han Dynasty."

Chen Gong immediately looked down, he understood that Liu Xie's words had a hint of beating him: Although some of them are undoubtedly Liu Xie's confidantes, the whole Han Dynasty is not just a Shangshutai after all.In the mansion in the palace, Liu Xie still wants a bowl of water to be flat.

Moreover, from the perspective of personal cultivation, Chen Gong was a little rude to talk about Kong Rong afterwards.After thinking about this, he immediately restrained his face and said: "Your Majesty's words, I have written them down."

There was no need for a heavy hammer to beat the drum, and Liu Xie was naturally very satisfied with Chen Gong's apology.However, he was not worried about these things, and he didn't want Chen Gong to think too much about it.After all, Kong Rong ridiculed Chen Gong for burning Tai'an, and an honest gentleman like Chen Gong actually cared about it in his heart.

So he smiled slightly, and then said again: "However, Gongtai's predictions are not bad. Kong Rong is amiable but unusable. There is no doubt about his sincerity to the people of the world, but it is a pity that he is self-willed and does not know how to use power. Presumably Cao Mengde has taken a fancy to this At this point, send him to the Han Dynasty to take revenge on me."

As soon as the topic mentioned Cao Cao, everyone knew that today's topic had entered the topic.Xun You walked to the huge sand table simulation table and saw that the flags and terracotta warriors on it had been neatly arranged, so he said, "Your Majesty returned from Shouchun and made a drastic move to sort out the power of the Han Dynasty. Now the chess game of the Han Dynasty can be attacked or retreated." It can be guarded, but after Cao Cao and Liu Bei are turned upside down by His Majesty, they will have no power to make progress within two years; Yuan Shao's soldiers are exhausted and unable to make ends meet, and they are even more powerless. From this point of view, the Han Dynasty should have no internal and external worries. .”

"Not only that, but we are the ones who benefit the most from the conquest of Yuan Shu. Yuan Shu is extremely extravagant, and after a large amount of money and food was released by His Majesty to help the people, more than half of it was transported back to Chang'an. This situation is unavoidable. , retreat and defend, but the Han Dynasty has sufficient combat preparations, and the pace of Han Dynasty unification can be moved faster." Lu Su, who was in charge of collecting statistics this time, was busy for half a month. Big surprise.And after having money and food in hand, this confidence is naturally a lot stronger.

But Zhong Yao disagreed with Lu Su's point of view, and said: "No, the Han Dynasty has sent troops frequently in recent years. Although most of the battles were ingeniously planned by His Majesty, the revenue exceeded the expenditure, and the reform of the military system also made it difficult for soldiers to hear the battle. Hi. But after years of fighting, after all, it is a waste of people and money, and the soldiers of the Han Dynasty are also tired. If we don't take this opportunity to recuperate, we can make the strength of the Han Dynasty to a higher level."

Hearing Zhong Yao's words, Lu Su nodded thoughtfully: Now that the world has finally entered a smooth transition period, it is all right for the Han Dynasty to start a war.But the problem is, looking around the world, the opponents of the Han Dynasty have disappeared.

Although Cao Cao is an enemy well known to everyone, he is still a vassal of the Han Dynasty at present, and attacking without reason will greatly lose his prestige.

Although Yuan Shao in the north is exhausted, he is the most powerful enemy in the north with the three prefectures of Qing, Hebei, and You.If once the war starts, it will be delayed for a long time, but it will drag the Han Dynasty into an endless quagmire.

Although Liu Biao in Jingzhou was rich and wealthy, he did not follow the edict of the Han Dynasty in the crusade against Yuan Shu.But after all, Liu Biao has the name of the clan of the Han Dynasty, and he can be regarded as a meritorious minister for stabilizing Jingzhou.If the Han Dynasty attacked him, I am afraid that he would also be stigmatized as a brother-in-law.

The remaining Han Sui, Zhang Lu and others were all frightened by the Han Dynasty.Those who are good fighters will subdue others without fighting. If the Han Dynasty starts to attack them, they will be inferior.Once the military affairs are not going well and the world changes, the Han Dynasty may be in a dilemma.

But the unification of the Han Dynasty is like sailing against the current, if you don’t advance, you will retreat.As Zhong Yao said, it would be the worst policy to let the Han Dynasty stay in a static environment to recuperate.After all, although the prosperity and strength of the Han Dynasty is far greater than that of other princes, if those princes are slowed down, the situation will be even more unpredictable.

Liu Xie quietly listened to Xun You, Zhong Yao, Lu Su and others pointing out the country and talking about the world.At this time, no one thought that Liu Xie's internal reforms of the Han court had already taken shape in a subtle way.

According to Liu Xie's vision, he wanted to take the political system of the Han Dynasty a step forward.From the perspective of the entire long history, the Han Dynasty has not yet gotten rid of the dispute between the monarchy and the power of the prime minister.The rise of Dong Zhuo in the early years is a clear proof, and the reason why Cao Cao was able to serve as prime minister later was also because there were loopholes in the system that could be exploited.

Therefore, he needs to strengthen the monarchy, but he never wants to turn the centralization into a deformed and barbaric monster like the Ming Dynasty and the two dynasties.As for the Tang and Song dynasties in the middle, their systems are obviously much better.The system of three provinces and six ministries in the Tang Dynasty undoubtedly strengthened the imperial power, and the prevalence of the imperial examination system in the Song Dynasty made the political system of the Song Dynasty a bit like a professional manager.

But in the troubled times Liu Xie lived in, it was obviously impossible to implement such political reforms mechanically.And allowing those veteran ministers of foreign courts to move out the ancient system and restore the three metric system will undoubtedly cause the imperial power to fall aside.Therefore, what Liu Xie wants to create is a political system that is stable in imperial power and extremely efficient in court affairs, which can not only adapt to conquests in troubled times, but also help the world and the country.

At present, Xun You is advocating military affairs, but because he has no real military power, he only has the authority to mobilize troops when Liu Xie is away, which makes Xun You's government have specific responsibilities of the Privy Council of the Song Dynasty.To put it simply, it's such a thing as 'the staff doesn't have a leader, and they don't fart loudly'.

Zhong Yao's Shangshutai is undoubtedly the administrative center of the entire Han Dynasty. It consists of the Ministry of Officials, Zuomin, Kecao, Wubing, and Duzhi, a total of five Cao Shangshu.The Ministry of Officials, also known as the Ministry of Selection, is in charge of the selection of officials; Zuo Min is in charge of repairing works and Yanchi gardens; Hakka is in charge of ethnic minorities and foreign affairs; Wubing is in charge of military training and mobilization; Du Zhi is in charge of proposals and reviews of military expenditures .

This team is directly responsible to Liu Xie, it is Liu Xie's secretary department, most of the confidants, Liu Xie wants to be stuffed into this team.Because this is a sharp sword for him to compete with foreign courts for power, it must be reliable and capable.

The rest of Lu Su is in charge of the money and food of the Han Dynasty.Its functions overlap somewhat with Duzhicao, but never repeat.He is in charge of taxation, money, grain, salt and iron, and national financial revenue and expenditure. Duzhicao's proposal is handed over to Lu Su for implementation, and the review of the implementation belongs to Duzhicao.

This intention is obviously to prevent officials from colluding and embezzling Liu Xie's money bag.In addition, the whole process has to be supervised by Yushitai, and even the ministers of the foreign court sometimes questioned and impeached the expenditure of money and food—this is why Zhong Yao was unwilling to exchange positions with Lu Su. Because Liu Xie is indeed a stingy emperor who fell into the eyes of money.

As a result, the military, political, and financial powers of the imperial court were separated and restricted from each other.After that, with the implementation of the imperial examination system, the path to the rise of powerful officials was basically cut off to the greatest extent.The remaining foreign ministers who were neglected will still vigorously exercise their supervisory power, staring at Liu Xie and his confidantes like wolves, so as to avoid the unscrupulous imperial power.

It is also because of this that Liu Xie can gather these people together today to analyze the current problem from their own perspectives, and try to be as exhaustive as possible.And following the discussions among the people, these resourceful people soon discovered that Liu Xie's layout definitely had a conspiracy.

Such a strategy of guarding the inside and strengthening the outside is most suitable for the Han Dynasty to play some intrigues and tricks on those princes unscrupulously.And for a sinister and active person like Tianzi, if he can be quiet, unless the sun rises from the west.

At this moment, Yang Xiu, who was oppressed by all the bosses, stared at the sand table simulation map boredly, and suddenly his eyes lit up, and his slender fingers circled around Bingzhou and said: "Your Majesty, Bingzhou But it's a piece of fat. The black bandit Zhang Yan is sandwiched between the Han family and Yuan Shao, and he is already in a state of being alone, if he doesn't take it now, when will it be?"

At this time, Liu Xie finally revealed the secret, staring at the beautiful land of Bingzhou and said: "This is indeed a piece of fat. However, it is fatter than it, and there may be a place where you don't need to use weapons rashly. Don't you have any?" Can you see it?"

Everyone focused their eyes on the sand table simulation map for a moment, and they looked closely as if they were all nearsighted.However, most of the fertile land on the sand table is already filled with flags, making it difficult for the Han Dynasty to see every stitch.In desperation, their eyes continued to patrol, and finally moved away from Kanto, and saw the peaceful corner of Yizhou...

Ever since, all the ministers changed their expressions in unison, and exclaimed: "Your Majesty, the road to Shu is so difficult that it is difficult to go to the blue sky."

"That's why I want to fly higher!" Liu Xie laughed, he naturally had a plan in his heart, and it was a big move that he had accumulated for many years...

(End of this chapter)