It takes twenty or thirty days to get from Chengdu to Chang'an. My father asked Zhuge Qiao to come to Chang'an. It should be that Zhang Fei received the letter from Chang'an. So, my father had already made a conclusion about my affairs.

Zhuge Qiao looked much more mature than before. The first thing he said to me was: "Your Highness is very happy. The battle of Quegu and the alliance of Jincheng are enough to make the ministers return and the king calm down."

I shook my head and handed the yellow box into his hands.

Zhuge Qiao opened his doubts and was stunned: "How could this happen? Your Highness, I kept my mouth shut and never said anything. Even if the king doubts, there is no evidence."

"A father wants to cure a person's sin, and a doubt is enough, so why do you need evidence?"

Zhuge Qiao was in the same circle: "Then we have to think of a way to treat us, so we can't sit still and wait for death."

It seems that although Zhuge Qiao was smart, he was almost as nervous as me when he first encountered this.

"Don't worry, the father will not pursue you when he sees the face of the gentleman. Do you think the father will let me go?"

Zhuge Qiao realized my unhappiness and regained his calmness. Then he asked his father in detail about his actions these days and sighed: "It's unreasonable, why would the king let you go like this? If I were the king, I would definitely cut off your power first and then lock you up. It would be impossible that as I am now, not only will I not punish you, but I will send me to your side - does he want to lead you to make a mistake again, and then with one blow, you will not be able to turn over? Could it be that the king also has family affection?"

I don't speak because there is basically no explanation except family affection.

But Zhuge Qiao said, "Your Highness, it should be like this. Your contribution is too great and your prestige is getting higher. Many officials in the court support them. The king is afraid that he cannot move you for a while, so he came up with this plan. Now, the fourth general has saved you twice and regarded you as a son. My father Kongming is your husband. Ma Mengqi is willing to use it for you. The third general will become your father-in-law. It is not that the king does not want to do it, but that he cannot bear to do it, and cannot do it. Even if he has many ideas, he cannot ignore the court's proposal. With the current plan, the prince should get married quickly and hold the third general, and his status will be as stable as Mount Tai."

This is so cold that it so cold that it soaks into the cracks of human bones. I seemed to have touched my family affection and was pulled back again.

I suddenly felt that Zhuge Qiao seemed to have embarked on the evil path. Every time I was with my husband, I talked about the national economy and people's livelihood, but why did Zhuge Qiao talk about the conspiracy and tricks every time? If this continues, could he still become a talent like the master? No, I want to let him escape from the center of power and start from the grassroots level. Otherwise, the world will become a chess piece in his hands to balance power. I want him to grow into a gentleman, not Jia Xu.

In November, due to the death of Emperor Xian, my father was overly sad and became ill and unable to take charge of the affairs of the government. He entrusted Kong Ming with government affairs, but I was still studying government affairs.

I know that my father's illness began with sadness, but not only because of Emperor Xian who was far away in the sky, but also because of me.

I once again settled in the Hanzhong Palace and personally served the soup and medicine. I tasted every bowl of medicine in my own mouth before I gently fed it to my father. My father didn't even look at it and drank it.

These days, my father and I have been acting very harmoniously, completely like a father-son couple. Due to the pacification of Liangzhou, the ministers who came to visit me often praised me in front of him. The third uncle patted my shoulder and laughed loudly as his uncle and father-in-law. Every time at this time, my father would smile kindly and look at me gently. That kind of gentleness is something I have never experienced before. However, I always felt a little cramped. The box and Zhuge Qiao's words were always heavily pressed on my heart.

If he did not really forgive me, how will I deal with myself in the future? If he really forgave me, how will my heart be at peace in the future?

Since then, no matter how close I am between me and my father, there is an invisible crack between us.

However, the dual relationship between father and son and monarch and minister, the strangeness between the old monarch and the powerful crown prince, the confrontation between his power and my tricks, was finally balanced at one point - I am the only person who can replace him, and he is the soul and pillar of our team, and no one can replace it for the time being.

It was also from this time that my father began to teach us the art of governing the country and controlling the country.

His mind was still confused, sometimes he even ignored people, and he patted his side and called out to Uncle San: "Chang Yun, come, come and sit next to me." Or he was furious at me: "Whose child are you? What are you doing when you run to my mansion?"

I initially thought he was lying to me, but later I realized that he was really old-but even an old lion made me dare not touch his majesty again.

My father's knowledge is not very good. Although he had studied under Lu Zhi, a great scholar who had been famous all over the world, he didn't learn much. His skills were all from the battle with one blow, washed out from the surging blood. The things he taught me were sometimes very direct, so they were also very vivid. Every day Kong Ming reported the government affairs he handled to him, and he sometimes became drowsy and nodded, but sometimes he could make judgments and deal with them very quickly.

He didn't know where I heard that I hated the Han idea of ​​"governing by doing nothing", so he told me what is "governing by doing nothing" and what is the three realm of "inaction - having action - everything" in Lao Tzu's thoughts.

"As a monarch, you don't need to be too much. If you manage too much, you will make too many mistakes and will cause complaints. In fact, a good monarch just needs to choose the right path and the person you want to use." He touched his nose and smiled like a child, "Look, I often leave everything to Kongming and others, and they do better than me, right?"

"As a monarch, if he is not responsible for specific administrative matters, he is inaction. If the monarch does nothing, he will never make mistakes. Therefore, on the one hand, he represents the great and solemnity of the country; on the other hand, the people will never catch him making mistakes, and it will always be greater than the hope in the minds of the people.

"But who will do things? The Prime Minister "supports the Emperor", the real thing is the Prime Minister. Because he has practical responsibilities in legislation, administration and judicial affairs, and if he is proactive, he will inevitably make mistakes. The Prime Minister is trained among the ministers. If he makes a mistake, he can be replaced, but it will not affect the stability of the national political situation. It is different to replace the monarch. It will cause bleeding, and it will cause a lot of blood.

"So how to ensure that the prime minister does his best and does not do anything wrong? So there was a censor who supervised him, which was to impeach and find faults. Therefore, it was called the Censor."

"But how can we ensure that the Censor does not collude with the Prime Minister? When the two colludes, the emperor will lose nothing." I can't believe my father's words. In this era of imperial power supremacy, since Emperor Wu, he began to deprive the Prime Minister of his power and belong to the emperor. How could he delegate power at this time?

"Is this? Of course, you have to use people. If you don't have the eyesight, you will be blind. On the one hand, of course you have to choose appropriate talents to be the prime minister and the censor; on the other hand, the system stipulates that the censor has always been the candidates for the prime minister. However, his salary is several times less. As long as he impeached the prime minister of the current dynasty, he will immediately become the prime minister. On the contrary, if the prime minister is unwilling to lose his honor and wealth, he will have to do good deeds desperately. The government must be a clean and capable government.

"Therefore, the Prime Minister and the Censor are the two poles of yin and yang, which are 'right' and 'reverse', which are combined into one, and are 'union' for the monarch. In short, the administrative function of the Prime Minister and the Censor is 'action', and the monarch is 'inaction', and the two are unified in the country, and the state is 'every-doing'."

I listened, nodded gently, and tried my best to digest the system that was originally established in the Qin and Han dynasties, but later gradually declined.

In the early Western Han Dynasty, the main ones who assisted the emperor in governing the country were the prime minister and the censor. There was also the highest military chief, Taiwei, but it was not often appointed. Since the reign of Emperor Wu, because of the influence of Confucianism, the prime minister, the censor and the Taiwei were also called the Three Dukes. In order to strengthen the centralized system, Emperor Wu of Han weakened the power of the prime minister. During the reign of Emperor Zhao, Huo Guang served as the position of General of the Grand Sima, and later the important officials were in power. Therefore, the Grand Sima Quanyue was above Prime Minister. In the first year of Suihe in Emperor Cheng (8 BC), He Wu's suggestion was adopted.

The Censor-in-Chief was changed to the Grand Sikong, and the Grand Sikong's salary was increased to equal to the Prime Minister, and the three metric system was established in which the Grand Sikong, the Grand Sikong and the Prime Minister were established. In the second year of Yuanshou (1 BC), Emperor Ai changed the prime minister's name to the Grand Siktu, which was exactly the same as the three dukes mentioned in the modern scriptures. The original Taifu and the newly added Taishi, Taibao, were placed above the three dukes, with high titles but no real power. Although the three dukes were in the late Western Han Dynasty, the Grand Sikong still had the greatest power, such as Dong Xian and Wang Mang, both of which were in charge of the government.

Due to the Wang Mang Rebellion, Emperor Guangwu promoted more extreme imperial power, and did not allow power to be given to ministers. In name, the three noble officials were still appointed, but the real power gradually belonged to the Shangshutai. Emperor He and Emperor An began, and the foreign relatives and eunuchs changed their autocracy. The foreign relatives Dou Xian, Liang Ji and others were all appointed as generals. The general opened the government to establish officials and placed them in the Three Dukes. The three Dukes were not only controlled by the Shangshu, but also had to obey the orders of the foreign relatives and eunuchs, and some even their followers and confidants. According to the scholars,

Law, the Prime Minister assisted the emperor in regulating yin and yang and following the four seasons. If there were various disasters and strange situations, the emperor and the prime minister would blame themselves. During the Eastern Han Dynasty, the emperor pushed the blame to the Three Dukes, so every time there were floods and droughts, the Three Dukes were often dismissed. At this time, the three Dukes were famous but not real, but just prepared personnel. In the late Eastern Han Dynasty, Dong Zhuo was the prime minister and was above the Three Dukes. In the 13th year of Jian'an, Cao Cao abandoned the Three Dukes and appointed the Prime Minister, the Censorate, and Cao became the Prime Minister himself. History changed a circle and returned to the starting point.

However, my father smiled: "I just tell you, don't underestimate the wisdom of our ancestors, and don't think that hundreds of years of knowledge will definitely be better than them. Although I admire the art of Emperor Gaozu and the generals, and I also like the life of the world during the reign of Wen and Jing, I still reluctant to give up the power at hand."

"Father, I have been thinking that whether it is the Jingtian of Zhou or the three-metric system of Qin and Han dynasties, or until the nine-rank Zhongzheng system proposed by Cao Wei, there is a good system that can be preserved forever?"

"No. There is only a system in the world that can adapt to the situation at that time, but no perfect system. When Tang Yao was a man, no one was willing to be an official because he was hard to become an official. Later generations turned aside and wanted to be an official because it was beneficial to be an official. At this time, we have a good prime minister who could rely on him everything, but can this still be the case after decades?"

"But," said the father, "son, you can try to make the system more perfect and last longer."

I nodded vigorously and suddenly felt a kind of warmth. The family affection at this moment was really warm.

The ministers began to discuss the matter of his father's inheritance of the throne again. Qiao Zhou came to report: "Recently, there are auspicious winds and clouds. There are yellow air dozens of feet in the northwest corner of Chang'an, rising into the sky, just as the King of Hanzhong was the throne to succeed the throne." I don't believe in these things. Cao Pi received Zen, even Qilin, Phoenix, Yellow Dragon, and Jiahe, let alone a little bit of storm. Moreover, I don't feel very good about Qiao Zhou, who urged me to surrender in the future, although his reputation is extremely high.

However, putting aside these illusory things, my father's succession also has a realistic meaning. Emperor Xian died (actually a misrepresentation), and the Han Dynasty should not end. At this time, the Sun and Cao families had a good relationship. In addition to the defeat of our army in Jingzhou, there was a slightest momentum of scattering. Although it was covered by the halo of Yongliang's victory, it was difficult to hide the emptiness inside. When there was internal and external troubles, how could there be more legitimate things than my father ascending the throne and enthroning the ministers?

Of course, the disadvantages of his father being the emperor are also obvious. If today's third-pointer, Cao Pi is the emperor and his father is the emperor again, then Sun Quan will be in a very embarrassing situation. The sign of Emperor Xian is taken off. Even if his father hangs the sign of a great man, will anyone still think that this is still a great man?

The situation of the Three Kingdoms has actually been formed.

Winter has arrived like this. In Chang'an, the north wind is howling, yellow sand is everywhere, and people are in the room, burning hardwood braziers. I began to miss the winter in Jingzhou and Yizhou. However, according to my father, my hometown, Zhuo County, is also so cold in winter.

After the cold winter, his father's illness improved a little, so he became the best.

The country was named Ji Han, and he established his capital in Chang'an, and appointed Wu as the Empress, and I was crowned the Crown Prince, and Liu Yong and Liu Li were each named Prince.

He appointed Xu Jing as the Grand Tutor and Situ; appointed Zhuge Liang as the Prime Minister, recorded the Minister of the Shangshu, and led the governor of Yongzhou; appointed Ma Chao as the General of the Cavalry and the Governor of Liangzhou; appointed Zhang Fei as the General of the Cheqi and Cavalry, led the Si Lijian and the Governor of Yizhou; appointed Zhao Yun as the General of Jianwei; appointed Wei Yan as the General of Zhenbei and the Governor of Yongzhou: He appointed Huang Quan as the General of Zhengbei and the Governor of Liangzhou; appointed Lai Gong as the General of Zhenyuan, and later promoted Taichang; appointed Pang De as the General of Zhendong; appointed Li Yan as the General of Xingye; appointed Mengda as the General of Xinghan; appointed Ma Liang as the General of Annan and the Governor of Yizhou; appointed Liu Ba as the General of Shangshu, and appointed Liao as the General of Shizhong...

What is interesting is that although my father was the emperor of the Han Dynasty and was granted official positions in the Han Dynasty, he never followed the laws of the Han Dynasty. Instead, he added different meanings to each official position as he wished. For example, the state governor who could appoint officials on his own became a false position in his father, and became his assistant to him and the prime minister for handling the affairs of the state. This assistant could propose the development plan of the state, propose personnel appointments and policies, but no longer directly be responsible for the affairs of the state. I don’t know if this is a fraud, but my father did begin to reform government affairs in a planned manner. Although his government reform was affected by his physical condition, he had a good prime minister. Even if the prime minister had only a grain of sand in his hand, he could turn it into a mountain.
Chapter completed!