Jinyang.
Gao Yan sat on the throne, wearing a royal robe, and the ministers were divided on both sides, bowing before him.
Mr. Li first read out several edicts from the emperor.
"In the past, King Wu conquered the Yin Dynasty and first enfeoffed two dynasties, Han, Wei, and Jin Dynasty, without abolishing the original code. When the Yuan family unified the calendar, it did not follow the old chapter. I have compiled to inherit the great cause and promote the classics, but the two kings and the three Kes have different old sayings.
You can decide what is right and wrong, and list the rules and regulations. The etiquette and form of it can also be recommended."
"The Guozi Temple can prepare official officials, but still appoint students, invite students to study classics, and take exams every year. The stone scriptures transported by Emperor Wenxiang should be placed in the academy immediately. Universities outside the state also look to the Dian Si to diligently supervise the classes."
"In the temple of Emperor Taizu Xianwu, it is appropriate to play the music of "Wude" and the dance of "Zhaolie". In the temple of Emperor Sejong Wenxiang, it is appropriate to play the music of "Wende" and the dance of "Xuanzheng". It is appropriate to play the music of "Xuanzheng" in the temple of Emperor Xianzu Wenxuan.
Play the music of "Wenzheng" and the dance of "Guangda"."
The Han ministers were quite happy to hear the many edicts, and their eyes looked at each other with light.
But those nobles, with straight faces at this moment, listened helplessly to the edict, holding back their words.
Engage in etiquette, engage in classics, and engage in Han family sacrifices
The nobles really don't have much interest. At this moment, they are more concerned about the frontier fortress.
They finally waited until the edict was read out, and just as they were about to speak, another important minister jumped out, thinking that since the emperor had conferred the title of prince, he should reward all fathers in the world with a title.
After this matter was approved by the emperor, Liu Honghui finally stood up.
He knelt in front of the emperor and said, "Your Majesty! I have something to say!"
Gao Yan looked at this confidant who had made great contributions to his rise to power.
"What's the matter with Liu Qing?"
Liu Honghui then said loudly: "Your Majesty! I want to impeach General Liu Taozi."
"Liu Taozi threatened the meritorious generals and humiliated the people. Previously, the general led the soldiers from the frontiers to go to war. Liu Taozi used the excuse of not being rewarded in the temple to instigate the soldiers and ordered the generals to donate their property. If they refused, he threatened them with the residence of their ancestors.
, several generals were forced by their lustful power and did not dare to disobey, so all the carriages and servants they sent were detained, and the envoys were flogged by them. The people of the country were horrified, and the common people were frightened."
"I hope your Majesty will send ministers to supervise this matter and make decisions for the generals!"
After Liu Honghui finished speaking, more than a dozen important ministers came out neatly, and they all knelt down and saluted Gao Yan.
Looking at the ministers kneeling before him, Gao Yan slightly looked at the important ministers standing on the left.
Most of these people were important ministers of Han origin.
But at this moment, facing such an obvious hint from the emperor, all the ministers lowered their heads, looked away, and did not dare to speak.
When Yang Min was still there, these ministers could fight each other if they contacted each other. However, Yang Min's incident wiped out all the senior Han ministers who dared to step forward and were qualified to step forward. There were many people involved, and the situation in the world was immediately unbalanced.
At this moment, Zhao Yanshen, who was the leader of the Han ministers, Zhongshu Ling and Zuo Prime Minister, looked blankly ahead, with an old look, as if he didn't see anything.
Just as Cui Jishu said, this old man looks old-fashioned, as if he is harmless to humans and animals and does not know the world.
But he didn't speak, and the other Han officials were unwilling to speak at this moment.
Cui Jishu and Lu Yao looked at each other.
Cui Jishu slowly closed her eyes. Lu Yao hesitated for a moment and walked out quickly.
He bowed to Gao Yan, "Your Majesty!!"
"In wartime, generals lead frontier soldiers to go on expeditions, and those with military merits are rewarded. This was a rule in the past. But now, generals are ordered to return after fighting without rewards. This is really inappropriate. The frontier soldiers have dropped sharply.
It's amazing. Let's take the example of the soldiers outside Hengshuo. Military households exist in name only. In the seventh year of Tianbao, there were still more than 23,000 military households. Now there are only more than 10,000 households left! Half of the damage was sent to civilians, but it was far from being able to replace them.
"its use"
"General Zhen asks for rewards for the border soldiers. This is his duty. How can it be called extortion and intimidation?!"
After hearing these words, everyone in the audience slowly raised their heads and looked at him.
Liu Honghui shouted: "What does Lu Gong mean?! Are you accusing us of misappropriating military achievements?! Why have we never given rewards? The border troops have dropped sharply. Can we still be blamed on us?!"
A few more people scolded loudly.
Within a moment, Lu Yao became the target of everyone's fire. Several people lowered their bodies slightly in his direction, as if they were about to rush forward and beat him at the next moment.
Han Chen, on the other hand, just pretended that nothing had happened. He either lowered his head or looked aside. Cui Jishu frowned, but did not come forward to speak.
Lu Yao raised his head and refuted them loudly, "If the general gives the reward in time, does the general need to come forward?!"
"I have never insulted the general. This is a temple. Your Majesty just said that you should pay attention to etiquette. What do you want to do?!"
"Don't spit on anyone!!"
Lu Yao spoke to the people in front of him, and while everyone was staring at him, he became more and more impassioned. In the end, he pointed his finger at Liu Honghui in front of him and cursed.
"What Mr. Lu said makes sense!!"
The next moment, a man came out from Han Chen's place and glared at the officials.
This person is Su Zhenzhi, the Minister of Finance.
He sat directly next to Lu Yao and also looked at the many ministers in front of him.
After a while, four or five more people came out and sat around Lu Yao.
Lu Yao was finally no longer alone.
Gao Yan looked at this situation and gently clasped his hands, seemingly excited but not involved.
Seeing the increasingly chaotic situation, Taibao He Baren slowly walked out. He stopped many generals with his eyes, then looked at the few people who came forward, and finally bowed to Gao Yan.
"Your Majesty, Han officials should not be involved in this military expedition."
Lu Yao was stunned and suddenly laughed.
Gao Yan suddenly let go of his hand and looked aside.
"What the Taibao said was wrong."
Someone walked out slowly and looked at He Baren displeasedly, "How can ministers of the same dynasty be distinguished from each other?!"
He Baren was startled when he looked at the person who suddenly appeared. The person in front of him was tall and handsome, and his appearance was very similar to Gao Zhan. They both had good looks that could make people shine.
He walked out slowly and walked towards He Baren. As he walked, he said: "When Emperor Shenwu was alive, he never said such things. When my two brothers were alive, they never said this. Taibao."
He had already reached the opposite side of He Baren. The two of them were facing each other, but he had a straight face.
"In the temple, don't make mistakes."
He Baren took a few steps back and saluted him, "Wei"
This man is none other than Gao Yan's elder brother, Pengcheng King Gao Yun, who ranks fifth among Gao's prince's descendants.
He is famous for his courage, bravery, love for the people, and integrity, and has an excellent reputation.
Now, he serves as the Grand Sima in the court.
After him, another person came out, walked in front of the ministers, and saluted Gao Yan, "Your Majesty, the rewards for the frontier soldiers should not be careless. They should be replaced in full. Envoys can be sent to monitor military merits and rewards, and punish those who
Those who swallow up military achievements will take back the rewards given to them."
The officials were shocked again.
And this man had a long beard, a dignified appearance, and the air of an elder and generosity that no one dared to look down upon.
He is Gao Yan's other brother, Gao Yan, King of Pingyang, the fourth eldest.
He is famous for his cautiousness and generosity, but he is a generous and kind person even though he has no great talents.
And now, he serves as the Grand Tutor in the court.
The two men spoke back and forth, and the whole temple fell into silence. Liu Honghui and others looked at each other for a few times, with obvious anger in their eyes, but they hesitated to speak.
At this moment, Gao Yan opened his mouth.
"General, what do you think?"
At this moment, a man standing at the front of the group of ministers, squinting his eyes slightly as if he was taking a nap, suddenly woke up. He seemed to have just woken up. He looked around in surprise. His eyes were bright and he looked very likeable.
, he looked at the ministers behind him, then at the emperor, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, it's just that I don't know if I can participate in this army matter."
This person is Duan Shao, King of Pingyuan. He is not Duan Xianbei. His ancestors are descendants of Duan Jiming, the famous later Han general of the Wuwei Duan clan in Xiliang.
He also has another identity, his mother's surname is Lou.
Hearing Duan Shao's words, He Baren's face turned red and he didn't know how to refute.
Zhao Shenyan suddenly opened his eyes. As if he had just discovered the chaos in the temple, he walked out tremblingly and saluted Gao Yan, "Your Majesty, I thought that the reward for the border soldiers was delayed because of the reward from the temple.
Failure to issue it in time is a disadvantage for the veteran minister."
"This has nothing to do with the generals. Your Majesty, please punish the old minister and don't blame the generals for this!"
The meeting then dispersed.
Everyone had their own secrets and left separately.
Liu Honghui's expression was extremely ugly. He walked around Gao Guiyan and He Baren. None of them spoke, they just had straight faces.
It wasn't until they walked out of the palace that Liu Honghui said: "Your Majesty! Your Majesty is determined to favor Liu Taozi!"
"How can this be condoned?"
Gao Guiyan glanced at him, "What do you want, general?"
"Several kings have stepped forward. Could it be that they want to fight against them?"
“How can this be so!!”
Liu Honghui jumped up angrily, "I will go to the generals later. They should support us. How can we favor outsiders?"
Gao Guiyan narrowed his eyes and said nothing.
For those few of them, it's hard to tell who is an outsider.
"Don't be anxious yet. King Changguang is in Ye now. He doesn't know these things yet. I will send someone to inform him and then make a decision."
You Xungui was furious and complained: "That's not what the King of Jinan said when he asked him to come down!"
"What else is there to say about Jinan Wang Wude who I don't know now?"
"shut up!"
Gao Guiyan scolded him and then led the people away in a hurry.
And inside the palace.
Gao Yan was sitting and chatting cordially with several important officials of his family at the moment.
"Your Majesty, this is the right thing to do and there is no reason for them to object."
Gao Jun said solemnly and with a straight face: "Many bad policies in the past have now reached a point where they must be changed."
"Since it needs to be changed, it should be changed fundamentally."
"Juntian, now, is not worthy of its name. It should be re-issued. On the basis of Juntian, the rule that Han people cannot serve as soldiers should be completely relaxed. In the Juntian family, people should serve at the age of twenty and be exempted from military service at sixty. Regardless of whether they are Chinese or
Han people use this to enrich their national strength."
Gao Yan pursed his lips and said, "Well, I can consider it."
Gao Yan just looked at his two brothers calmly and did not speak.
At this moment, Duan Shao suddenly said: "Your Majesty, I am a little curious about something."
"oh?"
Duan Shao said: "Your Majesty, in the past, these people acted vigorously and resolutely. They killed people first and reported the report if they could not be killed. Now they actually know how to give gifts to the generals together and then jointly report the report. The current ministers are really much more capable.
"
Duan Shao smiled, but there was clearly something hidden behind his words.
Gao Yan's face was solemn, "I understand."
Everyone chatted for a long time before Gao Yan sent them out. After they left, several soldiers hurriedly came to Gao Yan's side and bowed to see them.
"Your Majesty, they were talking outside the palace just now, saying that they were going to send someone to Prince Changguang to discuss. And"
"what else?"
"They talked about the King of Jinan."
Gao Yan was silent for a moment, "I understand."
Cui Jishu and Lu Yao were sitting in the car. The carriage was shaking and heading towards the mansion. Cui Jishu looked helpless.
"Actually Mr. Lu doesn't need to come forward."
"Your Majesty dared to convene a court meeting, so he must have made preparations. If he didn't inform you in advance, why would you bother to join in? What should you do if it ruins your Majesty's important event?"
Lu Yao smiled bitterly, "His Majesty needs us the most when he needs us, how could we ruin his important event?"
"This time you have offended everyone."
"I have been offended for a long time. There are only a few people in the government who have not been offended."
Lu Yao even looked away.
Thanks to a good disciple he recommended, it only took more than a year for him to go from having friends all over the world to everyone shouting about him.
Anyway, he didn't care anymore, his family was not a small family.
"Oh, I've been called a Han official. These people, why do they care about the Han people? Those who are good for them are Chinese people. Those who are bad for them are like me. It's no use having my ancestors as a Xianbei chief. Then
They are Han Chinese!”
Lu Yao said a few words mockingly to himself and couldn't help laughing.
Cui Jishu stroked his beard and said, "It seems that His Majesty is quite determined this time and is determined to complete what neither emperor has accomplished."
Lu Yao's eyes became brighter.
"Indeed, in the past, every time His Majesty encountered them, he would beat them to scare the rest of the crowd and ignore them. However, this did not solve the problem. But it is different today. Your Majesty did not attack them, but
We actually repelled them in the temple, and did not evade them. Instead, those people left in a hurry, for fear that His Majesty would punish them with rewards!"
"There are also wise ministers and wise rulers in the court."
Lu Yao laughed, "Why worry about the big thing failing?"
Cui Jishu nodded, "Maybe so."
Today's events have indeed inspired many ministers and made them full of confidence in the future again.
Yecheng, Imperial Palace.
Queen Mother Lou was sitting in the upper seat, looking at Gao Zhan in front of her with a blank look on her face.
None of the female officials dared to approach.
In the huge palace, there were only two of them, mother and son.
"blackmail??"
“Hazing??”
Queen Mother Lou looked disdainful, "Do these people think I'm old?"
"I still don't know what kind of virtue they have? Can they bow their heads to Liu Taozi and admit their mistakes? Can they send people to give him gifts? It's obviously nonsense!"
Gao Zhan smiled and nodded, "It's true, I don't believe it when I hear it."
"My son, don't be deceived by these people. These people are very thieves, and they don't say a word of truth in their mouths. They are jealous and jealous when they see Liu Taozi promoted to general with military exploits, and want to murder him.
It’s just a family.”
"Nowadays, there are not many truly talented people among the nobles. The rest are just pretenders relying on their father's family background."
"Well, it doesn't mean that they are disloyal. They are loyal to Daqi. It doesn't mean that they are incompetent. Many of them still dare to fight and kill people. It's just that they don't dare to lose their current wealth and accept anything.
have changed.”
Listening to the Queen Mother's words, Gao Zhan just smiled and did not answer.
After the Queen Mother finished speaking, Gao Zhan said: "Mother, this Liu Taozi has achieved military exploits and been promoted to the general of the town, but he has never officially come to Jinyang or Yecheng."
"I think the generals are resistant to him, firstly because they don't know his origins, and secondly because they don't know him well enough."
"Mother, I think you might as well issue an edict to summon Liu Taozi to Yecheng."
"Let everyone know first that Liu Taozi is a follower of my family, not an outsider. In addition, I heard that this man is brave and courageous. My mother can find a girl from the clan to arrange with her.
If he gets married, the generals will naturally not dare to go against him."
After hearing Gao Zhan's words, Queen Mother Lou's eyes lit up.
"He hasn't gotten married yet??"
"Mom, it's true that I never got married."
"Oh, why didn't Sixth Son tell you earlier? If he doesn't get married, wouldn't it be great to just pick a clan daughter and marry him?"
Empress Dowager Lou was very partial to her own family. At the same time, she also liked to turn those capable people into her own.
Just like Yang Min, she thought the other person was talented, so she made him her son-in-law.
However, between her son-in-law and her son, she is obviously more partial to her son.
Empress Dowager Lou suddenly asked: "Wuchuan is quite far away from Yecheng. It's freezing cold right now, so it won't take too long to go back and forth, right?"
"Mom, don't worry. Liu Taozi is strong, so how can she be afraid of the cold?"
"Besides, in this cold winter, there is no war or political affairs everywhere. It is safest for him to return to Yecheng at this moment."
Queen Mother Lou nodded, "Okay, okay, that's it."
Gao Zhan was very happy, "I have heard about this person a long time ago, and this time, thanks to my mother, I can also see him."
Empress Dowager Lou still loved her son very much. She took him to eat a lot, but she felt tired, so she let him go back.
Gao Zhan walked out of the palace, the smile on his face gradually solidified.
He Shikai hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty."
Gao Zhan's face was indifferent and he slowly said: "Gao Yan, Gao Jun"
He Shikai hurriedly lowered his head and said, "Your Majesty, the wizard said that you will not be suitable for doing big things within half a year."
"Oh, I understand. In this case, you first send people to the surrounding areas, such as Cheng'an, Linzhang and other places, to secretly summon some bold and rebellious bandits. Don't use my name or have anything to do with me. Use whatever name you want.
It doesn’t take too many names, just a few dozen. Support them first and prepare them for later use.”
"only!!"
"As for Liu Taozi here"
Gao Zhan laughed slowly and said, "Send someone to tell Liu Honghui that the person he wants will soon lead more than ten riders from Wuchuan to Yecheng. There is no need to say anything else."
"There are countless checkpoints, cities, and fortresses along the way. There must be one that can bury him, right?"
Chapter completed!