Lu Pheasant, who came in all directions, was not too surprised to see Liu Fei outside the corridor of the inner hall of the Forbidden City.
Some people resigned and returned to their hometowns, while others rushed to the examination hall at starry night. Everyone who visits the forbidden area late at night has a small calculation that is not common to outsiders.
However, as the two gradually approached, the relaxation and comfort on Liu Fei's face was unprecedented.
"Seeing that you are radiant and smiling so much that you can't close your mouth, could there be some big happy event?"
Lu Fei tilted his head, looked at Liu Fei's face carefully, and asked.
Liu Fei touched his cheek, looked up at the moon, and smiled,
"It's nothing. I just remembered that when I was in my hometown, every time there was slack in the farming season, my mother would always ask me and my brother what we wanted to do in the future."
Obviously he came here because of important matters, but Lu Zhi couldn't help but stop and stand still, his expression was rare, and the corners of his mouth raised from the bottom of his heart.
"Yes, I remember at that time, Ying'er always said that she wanted to be a majestic general, but you just wanted to be a county magistrate, preferably the magistrate of Pei County, closer to home."
"It's natural. I hadn't seen any big scenes at that time. I felt that the most majestic person in the world was Magistrate Chen of our county.
He has a rank of six hundred stones, and he is usually majestic and majestic, making others envious. "
Liu Fei deliberately shook his head repeatedly and put on a sad face, pretending to be remorseful.
"If I had known that I would be able to live in Luoyang Palace one day, I should have done a bigger job when I first dreamed of it. At least I dreamed of being a county guard."
At this moment, he felt relaxed and happy, and he even spoke loudly and freely. When the palace attendants on both sides heard this, they couldn't help but laugh. They only hindered the Queen's majesty and did not dare to laugh out loud.
***
"Is a mere county guard enough?" Lu Pheasant also smiled, but the scrutiny in his eyes was deeper.
Liu Fei blinked, but the heat on his face had not yet dissipated.
“At first I felt it was not enough, and I wanted to pick off the moon in Luoyang City before I stopped.
But now I feel that it is enough for my useless material. "
Lu Pheasant raised his eyebrows.
"Have you seriously thought about it? Tomorrow your father will really send you to Longxi to be a county guard, and you will continue to eat the sand every day."
"My son has finally figured it out now, and it couldn't be more clear."
He suppressed his smile slightly, said this sentence with great care and cynicism.
Hearing this, Lu Pheasant looked at him carefully under the dim moonlight and lantern light, and saw the relaxed smile on Liu Fei's brows and eyes, but it was true.
She felt relieved, and she had a rough idea of where the point of this endless conversation was. She knew that Liu Fei's sudden enlightenment must be attributed to Zhang Liang, but she only said,
“You smell like alcohol and are talking drunken words, so go take a shower.
The night is cool and windy, don't catch the windchill again. "
Coincidentally, she came here for this purpose tonight, but she met Liu Fei Ci Feng. Now that the matter has come to this, I believe that Liu Fei's move will greatly shock Liu Ji and will also prompt him to find another good strategy for the deployment of power.
Lu Zhi was thinking as she walked. The moment she stepped into the inner hall, she already had a plan in mind.
***
It was very hot in the hall, and Liu Ji fell on the couch with his back stretched out, his body paralyzed into a "big" shape, as if he had suffered a devastating blow.
Lu Fei felt a tightness in his chest, and hurriedly ordered the palace servants to open the windows wider, and walked leisurely in the palace, waiting for Liu Ji to speak.
After a long, long time, Liu Ji remained motionless and spoke in a hoarse voice what was in his heart,
"Going back ten years, even if I were beaten to death, I would never have imagined that being an emperor would be so laborious.
Have you ever thought about it?
I told you earlier that I couldn’t do it, I couldn’t do it, and they insisted on pushing me to do it. Now it’s okay, I can only bear this heavy burden alone——"
Lu Pheasant sneered at these words and thought, of course I know. Not counting those useless sons, I have seen two real emperors in my previous life, and you have a total of three. I also became an emperor for once. , I am probably the best person in the world to know how difficult it is to sit on this dragon chair.
"No matter how hard it is, no matter how tired it is, won't the people in the world break their heads and rush to become emperor?"
She glanced sideways at Liu Ji and couldn't help it any longer. She curled the corners of her mouth downwards and teased uncontrollably,
"If Your Majesty really feels that the burden is too heavy, then you might as well abdicate and return to Peixian County as the head of a pavilion, ensuring that you can sleep well until the sun rises every day."
"you--"
Liu Ji choked with anger at these words, climbed up and sat on the couch, his expression still depressed.
"I originally thought that kings with different surnames cannot be trusted, and heroes are unreliable, but the blood relatives of my old Liu family can always be relied on to confer several kings with the same surname.
Could it be that I thought wrong again? "
“On the way here just now, I met Fatty.
I don’t know what your Majesty said to him, but just talking about what your Majesty said is completely wrong.”
When he was studying history in his previous life, Lu Pheasant was very puzzled by the move of Han Emperor Gaozu to enfeoff many kings with the same surname. This was a foolish move that could never be recovered. It was comparable to drinking poison to quench thirst or seeking the skin of a tiger.
"Speaking of disloyalty and fighting among the same roommates, it is justifiable to change the name.
When the country is really in danger, the kings with the same surname will say "Kill the treacherous ministers and clear the emperor's side" on the left and "Anti the Liu family and the world" on the right. Who can stop them?
Humph, are my sons and brothers so worthy of being entrusted to me? "
***
She said coldly, Liu Jiwu was so preoccupied that he did not hear the deep regret and self-mockery in the queen's words.
This heartfelt question is asking Liu Ji, the founding emperor of the Han Dynasty, as well as himself in the previous life, asking the Emperor Wu who was forced to abdicate by his own son, and asking the person who was under house arrest in the Shangxian Palace and did not die well. Old woman.
Liu Ji hesitated for a moment. There was really no one to complain to, so he had no choice but to express his feelings.
"Wouldn't it be great to give several sons and relatives the title of land and establish a country, and let them each defend the Han Dynasty?
Nowadays, the authority of the imperial court is not strong enough. With their help, peace can be achieved at home and abroad.
But just now I was chatting with Fatty, and now, I hesitated again. "
“If you don’t have immediate worries, you must have long-term worries.
I also believe that Fatty will not have second thoughts in this life, but what about his descendants? What about three generations later?
After waiting for you for a hundred years, who will recognize you as the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, and who will willingly defend the Han Dynasty for you?
Each kingdom has money, people, land, and soldiers, but they always have to live under others. If this continues, how can we not rebel? "
Lu Pheasant snorted from his nose. This was simply condoning their rebellion step by step.
Liu Ji sighed,
"But right now, except for a few relatively honest clansmen, I really don't believe that all the county governors in the world can serve the public administration——"
Lu Zhi pursed his lips tightly, "It's not that I won't let His Majesty reuse the clan, but we have to use it in a different way."
***
"Oh? Do you have any good ideas?"
"I have something to ask your Majesty. At the beginning, the Qin Dynasty divided the country into thirty-six counties. Each county had a censor, headed by a censor.
But in the end, why did these censors become useless? "
"Yes, I also asked Xiao He about this matter."
Liu Ji crossed his legs and rolled his eyes thinking back,
“During the Qin Dynasty, a county had a county governor, a county lieutenant, and a county supervisor. The county governor was in charge of administration, the county lieutenant was in charge of military affairs, and the county supervisor was in charge of supervision.
However, the county supervisor's office is stationary all year round, and his status is one level lower than that of the county guard. It is inappropriate to condescend to someone.
Besides, we are all old acquaintances, colluding with each other, and feeding the common people together, how can we supervise them?
Therefore, since the founding of the Han Dynasty, the post of county supervisor in each county has been abolished. "
Lu Pheasant smiled,
"What your Majesty said is absolutely true. A supervisor who is on duty all year round is equivalent to no supervision.
Since Your Majesty has so many trusted confidants, why not send them to visit various counties to inspect and govern the situation? "
Liu Ji frowned and thought,
"You mean to change the king with the same surname who has a fiefdom, to one who has no fiefdom and patrols the bureaucrats everywhere, uh, appointed censor?"
"If you make me a king, you will make me a king. It's just a title. It's up to your Majesty's will."
As long as the soil is not broken and the people are not governed, it is okay to call him the King of Heaven. He thought to himself,
"Since they were sent by me and entrusted by the emperor, they should be called 'envoys'.
In addition, he went around to assassinate lawbreakers and supervise local officials. He also had the word "thorn", so why not just call him the governor? "
