The days when I pretended to be a cat in the Forbidden City[Comprehensive]

About how to coax a lover who is younger than herself, Xia Anran didn't want to mention it too much, it would hurt her self-esteem.

He never imagined that Dou Wan usually looks mature, but when he falls in love, he will become childish. The helpless Xia Anran had to make a lot of promises to make the little lover happy.

As soon as this one was coaxed, something happened over there.

Many things happened in the seventh year of Emperor Jing's Yuan Dynasty, that is, last year.Apart from the most sensational abolition of the prince, there is actually a change quietly hidden in the middle.It's just because the prince's matter is too eye-catching that most people ignore this message.

——Emperor Liu Qi of the Han Dynasty, in order to rectify the case of the Li family, dug up a group of capable officials to form an investigation team, and made it clear at the time: Do not avoid your relatives if you practice the law.

And this group of people did not disband after the overthrow of the Li family, but directly entered the judiciary of the Han Kingdom.

This is actually a warning and a hint. To put it bluntly, the emperor said "I am going to liquidate the nobles, aristocratic families, and relatives."

But at that time, almost everyone thought that this was just a protective umbrella given by the emperor to the law enforcement agencies so that they could deal with the former crown prince's mother's family without pressure, so they didn't take it seriously.

But Xia Anran knew that this was not a protective umbrella, but that the old father really planned to rectify the chaos in the officialdom.

It has been 50 years since the founding of the Han Dynasty. This time point is very sensitive in most dynasties, because at this time, most of the first-generation courtiers who founded the country have passed away. I can't work anymore.

The death of the founding courtiers also means that the power they occupy will be redistributed. Whether it is the talents cultivated by the new emperor or the new aristocratic class in the country, they will all want to get a share of the pie, and the operation of the dynasty has reached this time. It is basically possible to get rid of poverty. After years of recuperation, the people are relatively rich. At the same time, it is time for new problems to erupt.

At the beginning of the establishment of each dynasty, because of the setting of its fundamental system, there must be hidden dangers. Generally, this hidden danger will not break out in the hands of Emperor Taizu, because Emperor Taizu can basically rely on his personal charm and strong military strength. Repression.

It will not explode in the second generation, because at this time, the military and political power and the hearts of the people are still facing the emperor.

But in the third and fourth generations, as more and more young people were born in peaceful times, they did not experience the hardships and hardships of the previous dynasty, so they did not have much gratitude for the dynasty that created the current situation of life, plus At this time, the gap between the rich and the poor basically begins to widen, and the people's yearning for a better life does not match what they actually have. In this way, it is easy to lose the emotions of understanding and waiting, and what comes out is dissatisfaction and hatred of the rich.

And if this kind of dissatisfaction cannot be channeled and adjusted, it will develop in an extreme direction.

For the Han Dynasty, the bottleneck was the contradiction between the prefecture and county system and the prefecture-state system.

Looking at this feudal imperial country with the longest history, it has been worrying about the princes and kings since its establishment.At the beginning of Liu Bang’s founding of the country, the most fertile land was basically distributed to kings with different surnames. At that time, the counties under the jurisdiction of the central government accounted for less than two-thirds of the country, and most of them were in the Guanzhong area where the population productivity withered due to long-term fighting. .

This brought some troubles to Gaozu after he became emperor at the beginning.Therefore, until the death of Emperor Gaozu, he was fighting with these princes and kings of different surnames who he personally entrusted.

This situation has never stopped. The main task of Emperor Hui and Emperor Wen was to deal with the Huns in the north, so they adopted a defensive and win-win attitude towards the princes and kings.The central government's indulgent attitude towards the princes fattened these princes and kings, and also raised their ambitions. Therefore, when Emperor Jing planned to gather this part of the power, it directly led to the outbreak of the Seven Kingdoms Rebellion.

But the good thing is that Emperor Jing, as the fourth emperor of the Great Han Kingdom, still has his old book to chew on. He also has Zhou Yafu, the son of Zhou Bo, the founding hero, and his younger brother Liu Wu, the king of Liang, who stands firmly by his side. Dou's relative Dou Ying.

In addition, there are also many generals who showed their prowess in this battle, such as Li Guang, Guan Fu, etc. In short, Liu Qi rescued this downturn.

The princes and kings were defeated.But even if they were defeated, generally speaking, Liu Qi still made a great deal of compromise, using the policy of softness, only punishing the chief culprit, and letting go of the rest, which was not as everyone expected Similarly, the state of "bleeding and drifting oars" appeared.

But at that time, he had to let go. For the stability of the situation and to prevent the remaining princes from jumping over the wall, he had to make a gesture.

But now...Emperor Jing has a powerful army, abundant military rations, and sons who can become his arms. The current situation is completely different from five years ago.

Liu Che was still too young, Emperor Jing was not in good health, he did not dare and did not want to leave the powerful princes and kings to his young sons to deal with, but to cut down the princes and kings, the first step was to cut off the connections of these people in Beijing, and cut off their connections. Their arms have cleared their eyes and ears, so that they can slowly figure it out.

Therefore, Liu Qi re-established a judicial team based on the Li Ji case, and he quietly inserted many people who were only loyal to him.These people all have one thing in common—they were all known for being harsh and ruthless when they were basic civil servants.These people are Liu Qi's knives. Wherever he wants to stab, these people will immediately drill hideous wounds on the opponent's body, and the bleeding will not stop.

Originally, Zhidu should be the leading figure among them, but now that Zhi Cangying is doing well in Zhongshan, Liu Qi naturally lost a strong general.

But for Xia Anran, who knows the history, he realized this at the time, and later interviewed Han Ying, saying that Zhongshan must closely follow the perspective of his old father, and the law enforcement will be tightened in the future.

For this reason, he also barely squeezed out the number of civil servants, and assigned a few more people under the name of Doctor Yushi to deal with the expected surge in workload.

And now, these people are dealing with Guan Fu.

The little king of Zhongshan said that Guan Fu's servants were "innocent", but he was only exonerated from the charge of "disrespect", and other things were indispensable.In short, after thinking for a long time, the fine that Guan Fu had to pay was not a small sum.

But the most troublesome point is that although Guan Fu committed a crime in Zhongshan, his household registration is not in Zhongshan.

Although according to the law, where he breaks the law, he will be judged and served his sentence, but this matter still needs to be discussed with the people in the place where his household registration is located. After all, this is actually robbing labor.

Xia Anran sent someone to notify the county magistrate of Guan Fu's hometown as usual, but unexpectedly something unexpected happened.

Zhongshan is not close to Yingchuan, and it is the New Year's Eve. Although even civil servants don't have holidays, their work efficiency must be reduced.Unexpectedly, not long after the letter from Zhongshan Kingdom was delivered, the governor of Yingchuan County sent someone, and they kept saying that they wanted to extradite him back, and hinted to the person in charge that if Guan Fu could be lured back, You can give them a hundred gold.

The low-level cadres in Zhongshan State are young and young, and the domestic atmosphere is good. Young and young people basically don't like corruption and bribery.This incident was reported immediately and caught Han Ying's attention.

"At first, I thought Yingchuan County's move was a fine." Han Ying said to Xia Anran, "But Yingchuan County actually wanted to offer a hundred gold as a thank you gift. If it was the crime of Guan Fu, the punishment would be nothing more than that. I thought , there is another secret in it."

"Han Yushi means..." Xia Anran heard the strings and understood the elegance, his brows were tightly frowned, and the little violent temper who was in a bad mood because of sending Dou Wan away just exploded immediately, "Ying Was Chuan County Sheriff bought by the Guan family?"

Han Ying shook her head when she heard the words, "Your Highness, it is still impossible to make a conclusion next time, it is also possible that the person who came to interrogate was bribed, and I have a doubt..."

"Let me tell you."

"Hundred gold is not a small amount..." Han Ying said, "I checked the situation of Guan's husband's family when I made the case file. His real surname is Zhang, and his father is a servant of Yihou. Because he is bold and brave, he was given the surname Guan. The official amount is two thousand shi. However, I heard that the Guan family has a lot of money and is very powerful in the area of ​​Yingchuan.

"The actions of the governor of Yingchuan may also be entrusted by the Marquis of Yingyin."

The current Yingyinhou is inherited by the grandson of Guan Ying, the founding hero, which is the so-called Kaisandai.

This person is very low-key, and he lives in the fief for many years. Xia Anran doesn't know much about him, but anyway, the marquis only enjoys the tax of the land he entrusted as pocket money, and has no ruling power. If Han Ying's guess is correct It means that something is wrong with the local bureaucracy in Yingchuan.

As an administrative agency, the imperial court required them not only to govern the local area, but also to monitor the marquis within its jurisdiction.

This is why many marquises would rather stay in Chang'an than return to the fiefdom.There is money and freedom in Chang'an, and Chang'an is prosperous enough. If you go to the local area, you have money and nothing else, and there are people watching you every day to see if you have violated the rules. Don't mention how annoying it is.

After pondering for a moment, Xia Anran said: "People can't hand it back, Han Qing, you delay it first. I'll write to His Majesty immediately, if the governor of Yingchuan and the Guan family are really involved, this matter... will become a big problem. "

This problem is no less than self-stealing, and there is also the possibility that the central government has lost control of the local area.For a dynasty, losing control of the local area, or being deceived by others is a fatal problem.If the facts are true, it is estimated that there will be a storm among the grassroots cadres of the Han Dynasty.

The expansion of the territory and the control of local areas will always be the biggest problems of a dynasty. The Han Dynasty inherited the Qin system. But personally.

Since ancient times, all systems in China have been established based on the principle of "human beings are inherently good". This is different from the West. Western law-making first thinks of you as a person who can do all kinds of evil, and then formulates rules to restrict you.In the East, the system is usually patched after the occurrence of "I didn't expect people to be so bad".

Such a law will inevitably cause some people to use their small brains to exploit loopholes under the imperfect system.

Xia Anran was about to finish writing the letter to Liu Qi, and then deliberated and wrote another one, the subject of which was: how to strengthen local control.

Then, he sent this letter to the group again!

When the elder brother received a letter from his younger brother in the midst of his busy schedule, the older brothers who originally thought that his younger brother had discovered his conscience this time and came to congratulate him on his soon-to-be newlyweds turned dark as soon as he opened the letter.

A few of them immediately threw the brother's letter aside without hesitation.I am busy getting married, who is interested in doing this kind of topic, whoever loves to do it!

But there were also a few people who fell into deep thought when they saw the question written by the younger brother. The nearest Hejian King and King Zhao even sent envoys to ask the younger brother what happened.

Although Liu Sheng is a brat, he is not a person who will aim at the target indiscriminately. If he did not encounter something, he would not ask such a question out of nowhere.Could it be that there are grassroots bureaucrats in Zhongshan who deceived Shangfeng?

Now that the matter is not yet settled, Xia Anran is naturally difficult to explain, so she sent the envoys back with the excuse that she was puzzled when she saw Qin Shihuang parading around while reading a book.

After seeing off the person, Xia Anran sighed contentedly, that only her own brother is good in the world!

Brother Zhao Wang sneered back a note with his mother: My stupid brother, did you send this group message...to the prince?

Xia Anran is very confident: Of course it is!The prince has grown up now, and he has reached the age where he can share his worries with his brother!

Little brother, what's the matter with you, little brother?You actually asked the prince to answer questions for you?Does your father know that you are so promiscuous?

Zhao Wang was speechless when he saw his brother's reply letter. He looked up to the sky and sighed, put his brother's letter aside first, and wrote a letter to his mother first, nothing else, just asked what mother ate when she was pregnant with her brother .He planned to not give his daughter-in-law any of the things his mother had eaten, so as not to give birth to a second bad boy and cause headaches.

That's right, at the beginning of the first year of Emperor Jing's Zhongyuan, taking advantage of the good fortune of the New Year, Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty Liu Qi pointed out his sons to his sons.But only the ninth son was skipped, because the ninth son was still young, but the eighth son, who was slightly older than him, was married.

There was a lot of discussion in Chang'an City about this, but everyone considered that there was a Mrs. Chen Jiao in the Zhongshan Kingdom, so the discussion inevitably turned pink, which caused Princess Guantao who heard the news to enter the palace and had trouble with her younger brother several times. They all returned in vain.

Princess Guantao, who returned to her princess mansion, couldn't help wiping away her tears.She also talked about this with Queen Mother Dou, but Queen Mother Dou also said that she could do nothing, the old lady is blind but not blind, she knows her daughter's little plan better than anyone else.

She doesn't approve of it.

The Dou family is rich enough.What is the difference between what Guantao wants to do and what Bo's did back then?It's just that Chen Jiao's surname is Chen but not Dou's.Its purpose is well known to everyone.

It would be fine if the former prince Liu Rong was the prince, but the current prince is Liu Che. Che'er is smart and sensible. The key is that he can bear it.

Empress Dowager Dou saw the shadow of Emperor Gao in him.

Emperor Gao couldn't tolerate a capable Empress Lu and a capable Lu family back then, could the future Crown Prince Che be able to tolerate it?If one is not good, their Dou family will become the prince's whetstone!What's more, in the eyes of Empress Dowager Dou, not only the prince, but even the queen is definitely not a good person.

Guantao's dan could not beat her, let alone Jiaojiao.She was fine one day, but when she closed her eyes, Guantao and Jiaojiao would have to be tricked into paving the way for the Wang family.

Thinking of what Queen Wang said in front of her a few days ago, Empress Dowager Dou closed her eyes wearily amid her daughter's repeated pleadings, "Guantao!"

"Mum~" Thinking that Empress Dowager Dou was soft-hearted, Princess Guantao hurriedly stepped forward to hold her mother's hand.Empress Dowager Dou squeezed her hand and said: "You said you were worried about Jiaojiao...but Jiaojiao stayed in Zhongshan Kingdom for three years is your majesty's golden words, and I can't call her back."

The corner of the old lady's lips raised a smile, and she "looked" at her daughter, "But my mother has a good idea. Both your fiefdom Guantao and your husband's fiefdom Tangyi are not far from Zhongshan Kingdom. If you really If you are worried, my mother will tell His Majesty that you are allowed to go to the upper eunuch to have a look."

Empress Dowager Dou ignored her daughter's sudden stiff hands and breath-holding reaction, she patted the back of her daughter's hand very lovingly, as if saying the most gentle words in the world, "At any rate, you also have a princess mansion there, and you should go back and stay there occasionally. Wait. You don’t have to worry about the old lady here. You have your brother here. You can go and live in peace for a few months. It is also your own fief. .”

"Mother!" Guan Tao was so frightened that her whole body was trembling, but she didn't dare to show it.She suppressed her fear, pinched Empress Dowager Dou's hand and said softly: "Mother, no matter how caring your Majesty is, he is still a man. He is busy, and he is always incomparable with his daughter. Besides, winter is coming soon, mother. You live in an uncomfortable winter every year, how can your daughter leave with peace of mind at this time."

"I thought about it again. Our nephew couldn't be more capable. Jiaojiao will be taken care of very well there, and Bo Ji will be there. I will write to her to take care of Jiaojiao at that time. year, it doesn't matter."

"Hmm... have you made up your mind?" Empress Dowager Dou raised her lips, "If you've made up your mind, don't mention this matter to me again in the future."

"Think it over." Guan Tao smiled, she knew that the palace was full of mother's people, as soon as she left, she would describe her appearance and behavior to Queen Dowager Dou.So even though Empress Dowager Dou couldn't see it, she didn't dare to show any dissatisfaction.She didn't even care about the delicate makeup on her face, she slumped into her mother's arms like a [-]-year-old girl and said, "I'm not as useful as Jiaojiao. She can leave me as a mother, but I can't do without you."

"That's enough!" Empress Dowager Dou patted her daughter's head and said softly, "Compared to my daughter, it's really improved."

But after a while, Changxin Palace resumed laughter and laughter again.

And that day, after Princess Guantao left with her makeup on, the news was immediately delivered to Liu Qi.

Liu Qi was busy dealing with the Huns' envoys at this time, and he couldn't take care of his mother and sister for a while. He didn't have time to turn his head to pay attention to this matter until all the Huns' envoys were thrown to his son.When he heard that the old mother stopped Liu whoring with a few words, Liu Qi just laughed and said nothing.

Liu Xing is a smart person, and smart people are always delayed by their own ingenuity.

"The so-called desire is hard to fill..." Liu Qi said to Chuntuo who was beside Zhenghou, "People always feel dissatisfied after getting something and want more, but how can there be so many in this world?" Something that they can get?"

"So it started to rob, cheat, swindle, and all kinds of methods were used." Liu Qi tapped himself on the shoulder while talking.

Chuntuo immediately handed the things in his hands to the servant beside him, stepped forward to squeeze Liu Qi's shoulders, and said while pinching, "Your Majesty, I am stupid, but I feel that people also start to work hard because they are not satisfied. Yeah. This is not a bad thing at all, you see, don’t the farmers work hard on the fields because they are not satisfied with only one bowl of rice a day, and then they can eat two bowls of rice?”

"Hmm! What you said makes sense. So in the end it depends on the person. There is a fine line between greed and hard work." Liu Qi nodded, and reached out to wave to the servant, "Bring the things here, I'll finish this after reading this." Go to the Prince's place for a walk..."

Chuntuo was stunned for a moment, and just about to say something, the servant had already delivered the brocade box, and the Zhongshan seal on it was so muddy that it hadn't been opened.Liu Qi laughed when he saw it, "Sheng'er sent it? You haven't read it yet?"

"Return to Your Majesty, His Royal Highness King Zhongshan said to hurry up earlier, and I rushed to deliver it as soon as I got it." Chun Tuo hurriedly took the knife raised by Liu Qi and cut open the mud, and then put the mud seal with the seal of Zhongshan on it. side.According to regulations, such a mud print will be compared with the Zhongshan State Seal left in the archives in the end to ensure that this document was indeed sent by it.

Such steps are usually completed before the performance, but because the Zhongshan Guoyi entered Beijing late today, Chuntuo was afraid of delaying things, so he sent them in first.

"Well, it's okay. After you get the letter written by Xiaojiu, you can send it directly, and you don't need to press it." Liu Qi took the bamboo slips presented by Chuntuo in both hands and said, "Oh, this kid has changed? He actually used Did the bamboo slip write to me?"

Until he said these words, Liu Qi's mood was relatively relaxed, but this kind of relaxation came to an end when he unfolded the bamboo scroll.After a while, Chuntuo heard Liu Qi's laughter, but there was no joy in that laughter, "Chuntuo, the world is really big and full of wonders, and I really don't know much about it."

The cold sweat on Chun Tuo's back was about to come down, "Your Majesty, if you say that you have little knowledge, isn't that slave just a frog at the bottom of the well?"

"Tsk tsk tsk, Chuntuo, you don't know." Liu Qi raised his head with a smile, but his eyes were cold and sharp like a weapon, "My son came to tell me a joke, you can never imagine what kind of joke it is."

"The previous prime minister went to Zhongshan to cause trouble and was caught. According to the law, Zhongshan went to find people from Yingchuan County to deal with the matter together. Then... the people sent by the governor of Yingchuan took gold Smashing Victory."

Liu Qi gently placed the bamboo scroll on the table and repeated, "Yingchuan Governor, let someone take gold to smash my son. Is there any funnier joke in this world than this?"

"Your Majesty, please calm down!" Chun Tuo was frightened by Liu Qi's unusual reaction.He hurried forward two steps to give Liu Qishun the back, but he was secretly blaming Zhongshan King in his heart, His Highness is really, this New Year's Eve is not over yet, why did he bring this up, it's not that he forcibly refused to let His Majesty pass Is it a good year?

But he was gently pushed away by Liu Qi. "I'm fine, I'm not angry." Liu Qi said with a smile on his lips, "Princes, princes, prefects, what's next? Hmm?"

"It doesn't matter, it's alright to stand out, now I'll smash the rafters of these early ones first, so that they won't peck the prince in the future."

Years later, after the envoys of the Huns left Chang'an City with the gift from the great man, the emperor issued three orders in a row, the most important of which was to re-activate the prime minister's assassination system.

In the early Han Dynasty, there was no monitoring of the localities. Gaozu and the kings of different surnames and kings of the same surname at that time were close friends and trusted each other. At that time, the economy was in decline, and too much intervention in the localities was not conducive to economic recovery.

In the period of Emperor Hui, Emperor Hui...or Empress Lu behind him didn't have such deep feelings for the princes and kings, so he re-appointed the censor to monitor various places.In the period of Emperor Wen, Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty discovered that there were omissions in the censor system. These censors had served in localities for a long time, and their relationships were intricate, and they even had marriage relationships with local clans and officials.

Therefore, he implemented the "assassination" system.To stab means to attack suddenly, that is to say, they are different from the censors sent to various places, they are directly dispatched by the central government, and things happen suddenly, and the local government cannot know who has been sent by the central government and where they have gone.

But such a system cannot exist for a long time, because it is easy to cause panic among officials, and it is contrary to the policy of the great man to govern the country by inaction, so after the goal was achieved, Emperor Wen put it on hold.

But now that it has suddenly restarted, it is really hard not to panic people's hearts. Everyone speculates that His Majesty is not pleasing to the eye. As the city with the most advanced information, Chang'an City has an endless stream of private exchanges and information transmissions.

And the strangest thing is that the Princess's Mansion, which used to be an information center, has completely closed its doors this time to thank guests.The strange reaction of the eldest princess caused a lot of discussion among the crowd. Some people speculated that the person the emperor was going to send to this time was Guantao, the eldest princess's territory, but those who said so were immediately laughed at.

What can Princess Guantao do?Her younger brother is the present, her mother is the queen mother, and the other brother is the king of Liang. What can she do to send the governor to the present?Could it be that he rebelled against his own brother?

Then she must be so overwhelmed.

Liu whoring's reaction became a huge smoke bomb, perfectly covering up Liu Qi's real intentions.It was not until the incident in Yingchuan County broke out in January that the answer was revealed to everyone.