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In Chen Jiao's mind, the name "Wei Zifu" is not only equal to "Empress Wei" and "Chen Ajiao out of favor", but also equal to "Wei Qing" and "Huo Qubing", and even equal to "Eternal Fame" and "Eternal Fame"!

Chen Jiao's current thoughts are indeed very complicated, but more of them are surprises - she was thinking about how to deal with the Huns, so she sent her a general and the mother of another general, which shows that God still treats her well !

It's a pity that this "general" is only three or four years old now, which is really too young, let alone Huo Qubing who has not even seen his shadow.

However, Chen Jiao still told her mother, Princess Guantao, to treat the three Wei Xu siblings kindly-these three people, one is Queen Wei who is known as "humble", one is the general Wei Qing, and the other is the biological mother of the champion Hou Huo Qubing , none of them are ordinary, and none of them can be neglected.

Chen Jiao thought for a while, and then added a sentence to the letter, asking her mother to adopt the three Wei brothers and sisters as adopted sons and daughters, and the reason she gave was also a deadly superstition: "This woman originally Your life is precious, and the fate of your younger siblings is also extraordinary. How about taking three of them as your mother's righteous children, my righteous siblings, when they grow up, the two sisters or sisters will enter the palace to help me with solid favor, or I will ask Your Majesty to give them two. It is appropriate to marry another person as the master. His younger brother may be cultivated as a general, and he will be the assistant of the future prince."

After saying that, he reminded Princess Guantao to treat the three of them kindly, never to neglect them.

After sealing the envelope and asking Aunt Wang to give it to Princess Guantao to someone she trusted, Chen Jiao just waited for her mother to reply to confirm that the matter was feasible.

Now Chen Jiao is discussing something with Liu Rong, which is to integrate the court and divide it into six departments.

Today's Han Dynasty still continues the Qin Dynasty's separation of powers between the military, government, and police. It is good, but once two of them collude, it will be troublesome.So Chen Jiao is discussing with Liu Rong to divide the political power and military power.

But if it is just the separation of powers, it is an individual who will be angry and resist, let alone the prime minister and the Taiwei who have been in the court for a long time and have a deep background.Therefore, what Chen Jiao and Liu Rong discussed was not to disperse the rights of the top officials of the court, but to "change their names" - of course, this is the official statement to the outside world.

In the entire court, among the "three princes" with the greatest power, the prime minister in charge is still retained, only renamed "chief minister", and his duties and rights are basically unchanged; In charge of the country's military governance, but if you want to send troops, you need to get the tiger talisman in the hands of the emperor-the tiger talisman existed as early as the Qin Dynasty, but now it is more systematic and more standardized, but it is expected that no one will dare to say "I won't look for you If you want a tiger talisman, you have to send troops to play" and so on; while the "Censor Doctor" was completely independent, and set up a senate hall in the court, which was above all officials, and could supervise and discuss government affairs over all officials in the country.

So what about the remaining five departments of officials, households, workers, criminals, and rites in addition to the Ministry of War?Chen Jiao already had an idea in her heart, and this idea could solve some of her worries before, but she still had to think about it carefully.

Liu Rong, one mother, and two younger brothers are for Liu De and Liu Queyu. Among them, Liu De has always been extremely rigid and unflexible, and takes the rules of etiquette above the sky; Liu Queyu is a typical playboy, playful It looks better than anyone else, but when it comes to business, it stops.However, these shortcomings that were criticized in the past have become advantages in the eyes of Chen Jiao today.

Chen Jiao found Liu Rong and explained her thoughts to him in detail:

She wanted the serious and rigid second child, Liu De, to manage the talent selection of the Ministry of Officials, who happened to be not easy to be bribed by anyone; the third child who loves to play, Liu Queyu, and the fourth child, Liu Yu, who liked to fight cocks and walk dogs, managed the Ministry of Industry, specializing in new research. Stuff; Liu Fei, who is extravagant and fond of antiques, and Liu Sheng, the eighth who indulges in sensuality and ostentation, manage the etiquette department. The etiquette department is usually not very luscious, but Liu Fei and Liu Sheng are experts in things related to etiquette scenes; violent and vicious Liu Duan, the sixth child, manages the Ministry of Criminal Affairs, and I believe he will be very happy; while Liu Fa, the ninth child who comes from a humble and cowardly background, and Peng Zu, the seventh child who always likes to curry favor with Liu Rong, manage the household department. It doesn't necessarily mean that they don't have ambitions, so putting Liu Pengzu, the seventh brother who Liu Rong can trust a little, by his side to check each other will save people trouble.

In this way, Jiuqing and other middle- and lower-level officials whose interests would have been damaged were dispersed into six departments, and their direct managers became princes, which also indirectly reduced the power of the prime minister.

And another benefit of doing so is that when these princes have errands, they will naturally not go to any fiefdoms.After all, no one wants to run away if they can stay in the bustling Chang'an!In this way, Liu Rong can justifiably make them kings, and keep them all in Chang'an, and then take advantage of the time when everyone is happy to give favors to the princes who have already been sealed off, further disintegrate their power, and then slow down in the future. to take back the fief.

Regarding Chen Jiao's considerations, Liu Rong bowed his head and pondered for a long time, and finally decided to go back and think carefully, and wait a few days before making a decision.

Chen Jiao expressed her understanding, and sent away Liu Rong with a complicated expression with a smile on her face.

The fact is that Chen Jiao has too much to do now. Apart from the six-part system and the unfettered kings, there is another crucial thing that has not yet started: the Silk Road.

In history, the connection of the Silk Road was due to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's "distanced diplomatic relations and short-term attack" policy implemented by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty in the face of the mighty Xiongnu. Its political significance is far greater than its commercial significance.But what Chen Jiao is thinking about now is to hope that the political rewards and commercial rewards of the Silk Road will be as generous.

For a modern person like Chen Jiao, the Xiongnu is probably equivalent to Mongolia in some dynasties in later generations?The two are as strong as soldiers and horses, and they both covet the prosperity of the Central Plains and try to replace it.

But there are differences between the two, at least when the two armies confront each other in later generations, thermal weapons have gradually begun to be used, but at this time, the only one who knows that there is such a thing as thermal weapons, Chen Jiao, can't use it, let alone make it. , As for other ancients who have never seen guns, there is no way to count on them.

So for a dynasty dominated by cold weapon wars, how can we find a way to completely get rid of the long-standing cancer of the "Huns"?Chen Jiao had no clue.

Chen Jiao has another thought: the whole of the west is still a barbaric place, not to mention how many resources are yet to be exploited in the European continent which is connected to Asia?Human beings' ability to adapt and reproduce is really strong. If we can gradually immigrate Chinese people to Europe after defeating the Huns and stabilizing the country, then at least for thousands of years, the Central Plains will not have to worry about overburdened land or poor resources. --It's a pity that this wish is too far away, maybe Chen Jiao will not be able to realize it in her whole life.So she can only let go of these unrealistic thoughts and solve the various crises in front of her first.

It was another ten days, when Chen Jiao was getting impatient, Liu Rong finally entered the Changle Palace with piles of written bamboo slips, and formally discussed with Chen Jiao the feasibility of the six-part system and no titles.

After spending the whole afternoon, Chen Jiao and Liu Rong finally imagined all kinds of possibilities. In the end, they decided that Liu Rong would communicate with the brothers first, check the lines, and then unanimously communicate with the outside world. They each break.

Chen Jiao was responsible for explaining the matter to Empress Dowager Dou and Empress Dowager Li. After all, there was no saying in the Han Dynasty that the harem should not interfere in politics. A queen mother, especially a chestnut queen mother with soft ears, is not very good.

Without further ado, on the same day, Chen Jiao found the two empress dowagers and explained in detail the "Emperor's meaning" and the reason why she found them, and explained all the pros and cons in detail.

Chen Jiao's eloquence is very good, especially in front of Empress Dowager Li, who is the most important to her son, and Empress Dowager Dou, who has always ignored the affairs of the previous court.

After Chen Jiao completed her task, the next step was to wait for Liu Rong's follow-up.Chen Jiao is more than [-]% sure that this matter will not disappoint her--the new official takes office three fires, the emperor has only ascended the throne, and officials can understand if they have any new ideas.Besides, what they can refute is nothing more than the word "ancestral system", and the way they can think of is to find the two queen mothers or other princes.It's a pity that they are destined to be disappointed this time, because this time, the entire royal family has been twisted into one rope, unshakable.

However, within a few days, there was a commotion in the court, and all kinds of officials who were not afraid of death tried to use connections or collusion to protest against the reform, and there were even bold ones who stopped the court or made a deadly remonstrance.

Some people came to Chen Jiao's place, trying to ask her to blow the pillow.Regarding this, Chen Jiao just smiled and ignored it, and was dismissed, and then closed the door again.

Sure enough, when the upper-level officials who were not affected or were only slightly affected pretended to be quail on the sidelines, those middle- and lower-level officials who made troubles all received the most severe counterattacks from the emperor-colluding with the protesters to demote their posts and fine their salaries. Dismissed from office for the crime of disobedience and disrespect, and even those who were admonished to the death were all convicted. People reported one crime after another, and they were convicted of "suicide in fear of crime".

And these vacated official positions were replaced by the officials of Liu Rong's direct line who were originally on duty in the Prince's East Palace. In an instant, half of the court was tightly controlled by Liu Rong.

In this regard, it is not that there are no upper-level officials to resist, but it is a pity that they can't find a chance if they want to do something. In the case of the royal family's unanimous hatred against the outside world, although these officials from the aristocratic families want to protest, but in this world, the aristocratic families always have one crop after another. However, once he and his family fall down, people from other families will naturally make up for it. If they are not forced into a dead end, no one is willing to part with the power they hold in their hands.Therefore, I can only close my ears and ignore it, as if I don't know all kinds of waves.

When the turmoil in the court gradually subsided, Chen Jiao shared with Liu Rong another idea of ​​hers - respecting the legalists alone.

It should be known that Legalism is the only ideological system among the pre-Qin thinkers who hope to rule the country by law, which coincides with Chen Jiao's idea of ​​hoping to govern the country in a more standardized way.

In addition, it is not impossible to "abolish a hundred schools of thought to only respect Confucianism" as in history, but it is a pity that Chen Jiao looked down on Confucius' descendants very much-you need to know that until the Qing Dynasty, Confucius' direct line still had titles.

A direct descendant has a title!

What does this mean?This shows that the direct branch of Confucianism, which has always paid the most attention to propriety, righteousness, integrity and shame, has never committed martyrdom during the dynasty changes. They even survived until the Qing Dynasty and still received awards from the emperor.

What about the fulfillment of righteousness?What is the good country if it is not at home?How come Confucianism has educated generations of Confucian students, while the descendants of Confucius have received generations of emperors of different dynasties?Don't these people feel sorry for being ashamed of their ancestors?

Chen Jiao does not encourage people to die for the country, because it is a cowardly and irresponsible behavior, and she does not have any opinion on Confucius's thoughts-of course, Cheng Zhu Neo Confucianism does not count, her opinion on this stuff It's getting bigger -- she just feels extremely disgusted by what the descendants of the Confucian family have done, and is so disgusted that every time she sees the word "Confucianism", she feels uncomfortable all over.

Therefore, while deciding to abandon Confucianism, the legalist thought, which is still not very perfect, came into her eyes.

The author has something to say:

The plot of Empress Dowager Dou intervening in politics first originated in the TV series "The Son of Man", and many dramas and articles have continued this way of writing since then, but in fact, the history books have not clearly pointed out that Empress Dowager Dou is intervening in politics, so the author treats Empress Dowager Dou as an inappropriate person. The kind old lady who manages things is fine.

ps It is also true that the Confucian lineage had titles in the Qing Dynasty. They were the only Han family that was not in the banner but received a title award in the early and middle Qing Dynasty (San Francisco is not counted), and it was a way for the Qing Dynasty to win over scholars.

pps reiterates again that all the ideas of the protagonist are for the better preparation of the plot for later use, and do not represent the author's own thoughts, please do not think wrongly.