Three Kingdoms

Xu County, perhaps should be called Xu Capital.

The current central political institution and administrative center of the Han Dynasty.

In name only.

Man Chong, the school captain and Xu Duling, publicly accused Fu Dian of abusing his power, taking bribes and perverting the law in the courtroom!

Fu Dian cried out that he was wronged, but Man Chong sneered and shook out his watch. One of the conditions was confirmed by witnesses and physical evidence, and there was a place of origin and a destination. Fu Dian himself was young, and Yemi was not prepared for anything. He was suddenly attacked by Man Chong and was caught off guard.

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty!" Fu Dian shouted, "I have spent all the money I got on military affairs! Your Majesty!"

Man Chong sneered, "So, Fuzhonglang admitted to corruption?"

"This..." Fu Dian didn't know how to respond.

Liu Xie looked at Fu Dian who was a little at a loss, and the hope in his heart gradually dropped, and finally announced that Fu Dian would be sent to Beisi Prison for trial.

Fu Dian comes from a well-known family. His ancestors can be traced back to Fu Sheng, who was the founder of oral scriptures in the early Han Dynasty. His family has also served as a number of high-ranking officials, but now...

Man Chong's reputation in the court was not good. Even he knew this, but he also knew that the source of all his power was not because of the emperor, nor could it be changed by the likes and dislikes of the emperor Liu Xie. He was loyal to The only target is Cao Cao.

A few days ago, Fu Dian was assigned the power to control some of the soldiers. But the problem is that the soldiers also need money and food. How can Fu Dian alone bear the amount consumed? As the emperor, Liu Xie was basically clean and incorruptible, so he was even less likely to give Fu Dian a lot of support. Then Fu Dian was naturally extremely embarrassed. When there was an opportunity to make a fortune in front of him, he naturally Couldn't bear it.

"Your Majesty..." Man Chong completed the task and retreated. Then Xiahou Dun stood up and said, "The Northern Army Colonel is now vacant. The army cannot be without generals for a day. I recommend one..."

"This matter is not urgent! The Northern Military Academy Captain is vacant for the time being!" Liu Xie said in a deep voice.

"Your Majesty..." Xiahou Dun was stunned, and then said, "How can there be no generals in the army? It will be chaos!"

Liu Xie said in a deep voice: "I said it! Don't rush!"

Xiahou Dun was silent for a moment, then raised his hands and said, "I obey your Majesty's holy will!"

In a court meeting, some people are happy, some are worried, some are looking away and others are sneering, it is a tragedy and comedy.

Liu Xie, who returned to the back hall after the court meeting, held back his anger and sat quietly for a long time. Then he gradually calmed down a little. He asked someone to take the piano, and then he started playing slowly.

"Your Majesty..." Xiao Huangmen at the door said in a low voice, "Taizhong doctor Liu Ziyang would like to see..."

Liu Ye is the descendant of Emperor Guangwu, the son of Liu Xiu, and the descendant of Fuling King Liu Yan. In addition, when Liu Xie summoned him in the palace at the beginning, he was good-looking, knowledgeable, and very pertinent in his conversation. , so he happily awarded Liu Ye an official position and was willing to get closer to Liu Ye.

Liu Ye stood outside the main hall and vaguely heard some piano music, which made him feel somewhat sad.

Today's people also like Ci Fu and Guqin.

These two hobbies of the emperor are exactly the same as those of the late emperor. Maybe they are in the same situation, maybe they are in the same state of mind. At this moment, Liu Xie's music sounded somewhat desolate and sad.

It has been almost a year since Liu Ye arrived in Xudu. During this period, he often met and talked with the emperor Liu Xie. His views on the emperor were slowly changing.

The emperor is not a dull person, and even his intelligence should be higher than that of ordinary people. If nothing else, his understanding of Fu and Qin is definitely derived from his own talent. After all, these years of traveling around, there is no time and no one to teach...

However, the emperor is still a little more than superficial, not calm and cautious enough, just like his father, also a little flashy. Liu Ye knew that on the one hand, this was because the emperor was young and had lived in the palace for a long time, so he did not have much experience and understanding of the joys and sorrows of life. On the other hand, he believed that the emperor lacked a good teacher, a loyal and loyal teacher. A teacher of integrity teaches. Because there is no such teacher to teach the emperor the sage's way of studying things, improving knowledge, cultivating oneself, regulating the family, governing the country, and bringing peace to the world, the emperor lacks the depth of personality.

As time went by, Liu Ye discovered that in politics, the emperor behaved the same way.

Emperor Liu Xie often understood the twists and turns and risks involved in government affairs. When talking to Liu Ye, he often lamented the difficulties of the world and had a more pertinent evaluation of general affairs. However, it is strange that Liu Xie did not He is unable to combine his understanding of worldly affairs with government affairs, and often still appears immature and shallow when doing some things, just like the Fu Dian incident this time.

Whether Fu Dian was corrupt, perverting the law, or taking bribes is not actually the important point. It is because Fu Dian had used Cao Cao's military power. Even if it was only a small share of the profits, Cao Cao could not accept it, so Fu Dian would naturally ask for it sooner or later. Tough luck.

In the past few years, after Luoyang was destroyed, princes from all over the country gathered together, and natural disasters occurred frequently. It can be said that the entire Han Dynasty was on the verge of collapse and was struggling. Under such difficult circumstances, the young emperor became alert and began to try He wanted to make up his own mind and make some decisions on his own. However, these decisions of the emperor made Liu Ye feel a little disappointed and worried.

The sound of the piano gradually slowed down and stopped.

Xiao Huangmen ran over with his head bowed and led Liu Ye into the palace.

The emperor's mood was very low and his expression was melancholy, and he didn't hide it much. He sat behind the piano table, waved his hand to indicate that Liu Ye didn't need to be polite, and came forward to sit down.

"My beloved..." Liu Xie put his hand on the strings of the piano and said after pondering for a moment, "My brother's widowed wife returned to Henan during the war...but now she is being forced to remarry someone else! Such a thing, I am very satisfied. None of the court ministers mentioned it, but Que watched Fu Zhonglang embezzling half a million yuan... Is the royal dignity so bad now!?"

Liu Ye was silent, not knowing how to answer.

The remarriage of widows, according to Han law, was even advocated for a certain period of time, but Tang Ji was not an ordinary widow, she was the concubine of the previous emperor!

Liu Xie felt very sad. Although he was the emperor, he should nominally hold the world in his hands and control all the people, but now he could not only protect himself, but also the people of the royal family. He could not even punish those who offended his majesty. Guy! He wants to take these things back because he is the emperor and he no longer wants to be a puppet.

"Ai Qing is also the blood of the clan..." Liu Xie stared at Liu Ye and said, "Do you also regard the glory of the Tian family as nothing?"

"Your Majesty..." Liu Ye said, "Maybe the ministers in the DPRK don't know about this..."

Liu Xie smiled, but his smile didn't have much warmth: "Even I know it, don't any ministers know it? Don't you, Aiqing, know it too?"

Liu Ye quickly fell to the ground and said: "Your Majesty, I went to Luoyang to survey and repair before. I was not in Yuzhou. I just returned recently. I really don't know about this..."

Liu Xie was silent for a moment, "Get up..."

"I came here today. I wonder if you have any advice from your beloved?" Liu Xie continued, "Are you also here for the post of captain of the Northern Army?"

Liu Ye paid his respects again and said, "Your Majesty, you should be trustworthy in employing people..."

The emperor looked at Liu Ye with complicated emotions. He can somewhat understand the psychology of courtiers like Liu Ye. These people believe that their loyalty can be sold, both to the emperor and the court. Only in front of their family can their loyalty be truly unreserved. of.

Although they often call His Majesty the Holy Might, they often feel that they are the "Sage". If they follow their wishes, they will naturally be the most "Sage". Dian is the best example.

Liu Xie doesn't have anyone he can absolutely trust at hand, like Liu Ye and Fudian, but Liu Xie still tries his best to win over people, but the effect is very little, because Liu Xie knows that these people also know that for the big man Loyalty, in fact, is valuable, it is indeed very valuable, and if it is not valuable, it is worthless. Without enough power, he is not the emperor at all, but an idiot who is called "Your Majesty".

"My love for you means that I am suspicious of someone?" Liu Xie asked, unwilling to admit it.

Since Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu, the Eastern Han Dynasty has also lasted for many years. During the handover process of these thrones, not all emperors were able to enjoy their old age, and not all emperors waited until they were mature to succeed to the throne. In this process, even There are also those who took the position of emperor more than a hundred days after they were born. Therefore, after these young emperors succeeded to the throne, they were often unable to manage politics, and their mothers usually took charge of the court. This was the fundamental reason why the relatives of the Han Dynasty were powerful.

When young emperors grew up, they often relied on the eunuchs around them to take back power from their relatives. They used these eunuchs to launch coups in the palace, eliminate their relatives, and seize the throne. This evolved into a eunuch dictatorship. In this situation, when the current emperor dies, his mother, queen, and court ministers will tacitly choose the young crown prince to be emperor, and then the relatives will seize power from the eunuchs again, and this cycle of reincarnation will continue. appeared until Dong Zhuo overturned the table.

Those who were at odds with each other between relatives and eunuchs, and who remained standing no matter how the court changed, were the aristocratic noble families. However, there is no absolute distinction between nobles from aristocratic families and eunuchs from their relatives, because in fact, relatives often come from aristocratic families, and eunuchs later also formed noble families. Therefore, in fact, the entire court of the Han Dynasty was basically in constant struggle, and every emperor Everyone has to go through such a process.

It is very similar now. Cao Cao obviously left as the biggest foreign relative in the dynasty, and naturally he had irreconcilable conflicts with his former "foreign relative" General Yuan Shao. What Liu Ye meant was that since Liu Xie chose Cao Cao, he should not go against Cao Cao at this time.

Liu Xie knew in his heart that he needed to borrow Cao Cao's power now, but Liu Xie was also afraid that he would die unknown one day, just like his predecessors and his brother, so he needed some strength, some He thought that he would have some power to protect himself if something happened, but Liu Xie forgot that once he had such power, it would be a great threat to Cao Cao.

During the period when he was held hostage by Dong Zhuo and bullied by Li Guo, Liu Xie gradually understood that power depends on strength and cannot be possessed by just a few words or a seal on an edict, so he You need a strong army and a general who is completely loyal to you...

Yuan Shao from the noble family obviously couldn't do this.

Fei Qian, who was born into a noble family, may not be able to guarantee his loyalty...

Liu Xie originally thought that Cao Cao, who came from a family of eunuchs, would be closer to him than someone from a noble family, and would be able to become a general who was completely loyal to him, but now...

Then checks and balances are needed, but Liu Xie found that when he started to check and balance, Cao Cao deviated more and more from Liu Xie's original vision, and became more authoritarian and domineering.

"Your Majesty..." Liu Ye persuaded again, "Now that the world is in turmoil and our country is restless, Your Majesty must put the overall situation first... You must not tie yourself up, isn't it... When the world is stable, it will not be too late to take other measures?" …”

Liu Xie was speechless, then shook his head and sighed: "Now the world...hehe, when will the world be settled?"

"In this case, Your Majesty needs to stabilize the court policy so that you can win externally..." Liu Ye said, "If you create chaos within yourself, wouldn't it be..."

Liu Xie was silent.

"Your Majesty..." Liu Ye glanced at Liu Xie, "Cao Sikong has a daughter who is virtuous and intelligent, and she can be a good man... If your Majesty is interested, I am willing to ask for her for your Majesty..."

Liu Xieteng suddenly stood up and pointed at Liu Ye, "You! You..." Cao Cao killed my woman and children some time ago, but now he asked me to go to Cao Cao to beg for a daughter!

"Your Majesty! You should give top priority to the great cause of the Han Dynasty!" Liu Ye kowtowed, "Your Majesty has great aspirations to revitalize the country, and you should also imitate the Holy Emperor's actions... Don't act out of emotion..." At that time, Emperor Guangwu also compromised for the sake of the great cause of the country. What? Guang Wu could tolerate it back then, but His Majesty can't tolerate it now? If you want to gain, you must know how to lose.

Liu Xie trembled with his fingers, then took them back after a while, sat down again, and took a deep breath: "Ai Qing, let's go back for now...I, I have to think about it..."

"I...resign..." Liu Ye didn't say much, so he kowtowed and said goodbye.

After leaving the main hall, Liu Ye's carriage and horse had just turned the long street when Cao Chun rode up from one side and made eye contact with Liu Ye.

Liu Ye nodded slightly, Cao Chun understood, immediately clasped his fists, and then rode away.

Autumn is coming, and after the autumn harvest, Cao Cao is going to seize the fruits of victory. On the one hand, he must go to the front line to take charge, and on the other hand, he is worried about what changes will happen in the rear, so he adopts a two-pronged approach to deal with hidden dangers like Fu Dian, and also to ease Liu Xie. The relationship between them, so getting married, allowing Cao Cao to truly take the position of a relative, is naturally a way that seems to be acceptable to both parties, and the relationship between them will be smoother.

Cao Cao killed Liu Xie's concubine, and now he has the intention of compensating his daughter to Liu Xie. This is more or less justified in terms of face, but as for the Cao family's daughter in exchange for identity, no one cares about it at this moment. What does she think, is she willing or not...

Some things may not be a good thing when you get them, but some things are only known to be lost when you lose them...