Chapter 734
After returning to the palace, I saw Empress Tang Wan with a group of concubines, the prince and others standing at the palace gate to welcome them.Liu Bian's heart warmed up, and he went forward to hold the Queen's hand, only feeling icy cold.

Looking at the girls, their faces were flushed from the cold, and the princes were still young, snorting their noses, and their pink and tender faces were flushed from the cold.Apparently it's been a while.

"I will be back sooner or later. You are weak and weak. What are you doing to greet him in the snow? Go back!" Liu Bian's expression darkened, pretending to be angry.

The palace had already prepared dinner, and after having a dinner with his family, Liu Bian entered the study and began to deal with important matters after warming up.

During Liu Bian's absence, nothing major happened in the court, but the other princes took action.

In the northeast direction, it is already a world of ice and snow. Before winter, the Jurchen soldiers and horses finally wiped out Goguryeo. The Goguryeo general Yuan Gai Suwen and An Dianbao are brave, but if they lose to the Jurchen who has unified the Northeast, they will be helpless before winter surrender.As for the Korean peninsula, because of the demise of Goguryeo, facing the mighty Jurchen, they were even less willing to resist. When they heard of Goguryeo's surrender, they also offered their surrender to Jurchen.

Since then, the Jurchen has completely occupied the land of Northeast China, and the land of Youzhou has been completely exposed to the Jurchen Bingfeng. I believe it will not be long before Liu Bei will face the powerful offensive of the Jurchen.

In the Jiangnan direction, after Sun Jian's death, Sun Ce inherited Yangzhou. After more than two years of recuperation, he has integrated Yangzhou forces.Although there are many factions among the Tuas in Yangzhou, fortunately, they are all headed by the Sun family.

The Jiangdong Tigers were naturally unwilling to be left behind. According to Jin Yiwei's report, Sun Ce gathered a large number of troops in the two counties of Lujiang and Yuzhang.The winter in the south of the Yangtze River is short, and the weather will warm up in less than half a month after a year.

In less than a month, Sun Ce's soldiers will point to Liu Biao in Jingzhou and attack Jiangxia, Changsha and other places.

In today's world, Liu Bian's family dominates, and the rest Zhao Kuangyin, Sun Ce, and Liu Bei are all heroes.Although Liu Zhang is cowardly, he is supported by a conspirator, Sima Yi, and Yizhou, a land of abundance that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, even if the princes want to attack him, they are powerless.

In comparison, Liu Biao, who occupies Jingzhou, is a piece of fat.

First of all, Liu Biao is the least capable, but occupies this land, Jingzhou, which has the most economically developed economy.Although Jingzhou has the natural danger of the Yellow River, it is not enough to face Soochow, which also has a capable navy.

Everyone is innocent, but pregnant is guilty.Liu Biao is incompetent, but occupies the wealthy Jingzhou, so he will inevitably be coveted by other princes.

Liu Bian shook his head and smiled. These news were all within his expectations. Liu Bian murmured, "Sun Ce is such an idiot. He thinks that he can be alone if he is in a corner? Now Zhao Kuangyin is probably the most embarrassing thing. Now he occupies Xuzhou , Yanzhou, and Yuzhou have no place for development. Although Jingzhou is rich, there is no water army to attack. If he wants to resist my Bingfeng, he can only unite with the princes in the south of the Yangtze River, but Sun Ce attacked Liu Biao at this time. What a bad move !
It's a pity, if the south can be monolithic and unite with Jingyang and other states, it might not be impossible to compete with me.But these few people can't work together, it can only make me accelerate the pace of unifying the world. "

For these two major events, Liu Bian naturally liked to hear about them.

The Jurchen ruled the Northeast, and Liu Bei was still resisting. Naturally, Liu Bei could not be the Jurchen's opponent.

Regarding Liu Bei's strategy, Liu Bian advocated doing nothing, neither attacking nor helping.Attacking Liu Bei, facing the threat of Jurchen, Liu Bian will only lose the popular support of the people in Youzhou, and help Liu Bei, Liu Bei's forces will become a trend that cannot be lost.

As long as the Jurchens hurt Liu Bei, Liu Bian will take advantage of the situation and send troops to take over Liu Bei's power, and it will be above the hearts of the people, and there will be no serious problems.At that time, relying on Youzhou and Jizhou's recovered strength, it will naturally not be a problem to resist Jurchen.

However, Jiangnan's strength does not carry out a continuous balance, and concentrates on accumulating strength, and faces Liu Bian's future attacks vigorously.Instead, attacking each other is what Liu Bian likes to see.

"It's rare for Mongolia to have a truce with the big Han. Now I have to rest and recuperate, so I will start from this reform!"

Liu Bian took out the rice paper and wrote down the names of the officials who are now in Luoyang on the paper.

Except for a group of veteran ministers who are mostly in empty positions, the rest are a group of his confidant ministers.

Xun Yu, Xun You, Guo Jia, Liu Bowen, Liu Ye, Hua Xin, Mi Zhu, Pang Ji, Tian Feng, and Di Renjie who is about to be transferred to Luoyang.In addition, there are outstanding political achievements in various places in recent years, as well as talents selected from various imperial examinations.

At the same time, Xun Yu also sent someone to send a memorial, which was the appointment of officials after he had discussed with Liu Bowen and Di Renjie for many days in Chang'an.

Comparing Liu Bian with him, with the confirmation of the two, Liu Bian also has a foundation in his heart.

Three days later, the court discussed matters.

On both sides of the court, civil and military officials are clearly separated.

However, in an imperial court, most of the civil servants are naturally there, while most of the generals are outside, and there are few.The ministers had already guessed that Liu Bian had something important to announce, so they invited Cai Yong and Lu Zhi who were recuperating at home.

Liu Bian came late, and before he was seated, he heard the officials on both sides shouting: "Your Majesty, I wait to see you!"

Liu Bian sat firmly on the dragon chair. Behind the Nine Dragons, a pair of wise eyes looked around at the ministers, and his hands were empty: "Everyone loves you!"

After the officials expressed their thanks, they got up from the ground and knelt down on both sides of the hall.Although Liu Bian invented the chair, kneeling is required for serious occasions such as court deliberations.

Liu Bian looked at Cai Yong and Lu Zhi, and said with a smile: "Er Gong is old, and now he is more sick, didn't I say that Er Gong doesn't have to go to court in the future, if there is a big event, I will naturally send someone to notify. "

"Your Majesty's trip to the Western Regions this time made the countries of the Western Regions surrender, merged into the Han Dynasty, and established the Western Province. In one fell swoop, the hundreds of years of disasters in the Western Regions were resolved, and Mongolia was forced to seek peace with the Han Dynasty, and even took advantage of the contract. , These two major events are enough to be recorded in the annals of history, comparable to Gaozu Guangwu, although I am sick, how can I not come to congratulate?" Lu Zhi laughed loudly.

"Your Majesty congratulates you on opening up the borders and expanding the territory, and showing off the prestige of our country!"

The ministers shouted in unison.

In later generations, it is natural to think that the Western Regions are considered the territory of the Han Dynasty, but now, Liu Bian merged the Western Regions into the Han Dynasty, and indeed completely controlled the Western Regions, and did the thing of expanding the territory.

There is also a contract with Mongolia, which takes advantage of everything. In the early Han Dynasty, the Han Dynasty made peace with the Xiongnu, and it took several years to recuperate.Now that Liu Bian is facing the powerful Mongolia, let Mongolia take the initiative to seek peace and take advantage of the contract. Naturally, he wants to sing praises.

Liu Bian nodded, looked at Lu Zhi, Cai Yong and the two said: "You two came just in time, I happen to have an important event to announce, I thought it would be a few days, but since you two are here, there is no need to make an extra trip , I’ll strike while the iron is hot, let’s talk now.”

"Please show your Majesty!" Cai Yong cupped his hands.

Liu Bian said in a deep voice: "I deeply feel the complexity of the current official system, and the Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Agriculture that I established overlap with many official positions. Therefore, after thinking for a long time, I decided to abolish the system of three officials and nine ministers, and replace it with a new one. system!"

Cai Yong and Lu Zhi looked at each other, but they didn't speak. They have also seen the magic of Liu Bian in these years.Facts have proved that Liu Bian is right. Although they are surprised that the system is going to be reformed now, they can bear it.

Before the two could speak, one of them came out and said loudly: "Your Majesty, no, the system of Sangong and Jiuqing is the ancestral etiquette. It has been used since the pre-Qin Dynasty, and it has been hundreds of years. This system has been perfect, how can it be done?" Change easily?"

"Tian Feng!" Liu Bian looked at Tian Feng and said coldly: "The times are changing with each passing day. Although the legal system is passed down from the ancestors, it can't keep up with the changes of the times. Many local officials even have overlapping positions. How can it be said to be perfect?

What's more, I haven't said what system I want to use, how do you know it's not good? "

"Your Majesty, please make it clear!" Tian Feng knew that he was abrupt, and cupped his hands.

"The system I want to use is the system of three provinces and six ministries! Three of the provinces are..."

After spending half an hour, Liu Bian finally explained the detailed structure of the three provinces and six ministries system to the officials.

Liu Bian looked at the officials and asked in a deep voice: "Now, what objections do you have?"

All the courtiers were relieved when they heard this. Liu Bian just changed the official position system, not cut down the officials. There were only a few changes, and it would not affect the whole body.So all the ministers said loudly: "I have no objection!"

"What about you?" Liu Bian looked at Tian Feng and asked.

"I suggest that Your Majesty should not change the ancestral legal system lightly. If you want to change it, you should do it step by step, and don't act too hastily!" Tian Feng said, cupping his hands.

"Hey, since you want to rectify, you should do it all at once. If you delay, when will you finish it?" Liu Bian shook his head and refused.

"Your Majesty, if you act too hastily, I'm afraid it will cause too much change. Please think twice, Your Majesty!"

Liu Bian naturally knew that there was a change, but if it was delayed for a long time, many officials would not be able to get the positions they expected by then, and they would definitely be obedient and obedient, deceive their superiors and conceal their subordinates, and try to smooth things out.In this way, the trend of corruption must not be suppressed.

However, Liu Bian knew the officials under his command like the back of his hand, so he carried out the restructuring in one go and appointed them directly, so he would not give the officials time to react. Whether the new position is good or bad, you can only stay and do it.It is basically impossible to unblock the operation.

But in this way, a sudden restructuring will cause a gap for a period of time, and officials will not be able to perform their duties, and unpredictable mistakes may occur.

Tian Feng was right, and Liu Bian was right.

But Tian Feng is a person who accepts death, he doesn't understand Liu Bian's intention, so he only agrees with his own point of view.

"Your Majesty, it's too hasty. I'm afraid the court will be in chaos. If your majesty insists on going his own way and doesn't accept Tian Feng's opinion, I will smash my head to death on this hall!" As soon as Tian Feng finished speaking, he threw his head on the big bronze pillar next to him. rush away.

(End of this chapter)

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