During the imperial ceremony, the emperor faced the ambiguous behavior of the three imperial brothers, which quickly attracted the attention of the "careful" ministers.

So, the next day, someone started to make a circumstantial report: Since your Majesty came to the throne, you have made outstanding achievements and shown kindness to all over the world. Even the plants, birds and animals have been deeply blessed by your Majesty's rain and dew. However, when the late emperor was still alive, he only made eight sons king.

However, the emperor's tenth brother was Zhi, and his eleventh brother was Yue. They also left behind his son Ji. Because they were young, they were not granted a title.

Now, Your Majesty reigns over the world and is blessed everywhere.

It's time to bestow such a great favor on the emperor's tenth brother, Zeng.

These memorials were sent to Lantai, where Liu Che gave instructions and kept them without publishing them.

The emperor's attitude immediately excited everyone in the government and the public.

For the courtiers, the Liu She brothers and their mother had better get out of Chang'an City immediately and go wherever they want! Just don't stay in Chang'an City anymore and be an eyesore!

The reason is simple because the emperor's eldest son is now thriving in the palace, and the remaining concubines have also arrived one after another, and it is very likely that they will give birth to heirs for the emperor in the next few months.

Although they are not legitimate sons.

But at least the continuity of the country has been guaranteed.

In this way, the sons of the late emperor continued to stay in Chang'an and Weiyang Palace.

How unbecoming is this!

The most important thing is that if the sons of the late emperor continue to stay in Chang'an, then in order to show that they are indeed loyal ministers, the officials will not even dare to go to the harem at will.

It is not at all convenient for everyone to secretly observe and seduce the prince, and it is even more inconvenient for people to place bets.

Therefore, for most of the courtiers, the late emperor's heirs and concubines should get away as far as possible and don't stay in the palace and become an eyesore.

So Zong Zheng, Liu Li, and Taichang Dou Pengzu immediately followed suit.

Liu Li even went so far as to directly submit a report and clearly stated: I asked the historian to choose an auspicious day and follow the etiquette, and the censor reported the map of Kanyu. He told the story as before.

Although he didn't clearly and directly say that he wanted to be crowned king, it was actually made very clear.

Let the historian choose the date and the censor choose the map. This is the posture of feuding the country and establishing the state.

But this time, Liu Che's answer was no longer ambiguous.

He replied in Liu Li's memorial: The sacrificial system said: In ancient times, Yu was granted the title of a nobility, and Yu tasted the fields. Therefore, Zuo Chuan rewarded spring and summer. I will follow the three generations! (Note)

Although there is no explicit consent, the signal is very clear.

That is, the emperor agreed to canonize the three imperial brothers as kings, but it cannot be done now, until summer.

The reason is also very noble.

This is how the three generations of ancestors played...

After receiving this instruction, Taichang Dou Pengzu immediately asked for instructions: If I die, please move the emperor's tenth brother's pig to the East Palace for rest.

If someone who doesn't understand the traditions of the Han Dynasty sees Dou Pengzu's request, he might think that the East Palace wants to intervene.

But in fact, before the princes and kings were canonized, they all moved to the East Palace or the east gate of Weiyang Palace. Finding a house for them was a very normal and reasonable behavior.

Because the east belongs to gold, gold is Mao, and Mao and gold combine to form Liu.

Any prince who is granted the title of king by the royal family must first live in the East.

Liu Bang first granted the title to his disciples outside the east gate of Luoyang.

At the end of the Western Han Dynasty, Wang Mang usurped the throne, and there were prophecies among the people that said: Liu Xiu sent troops to arrest Wu Dao, and he became the emperor by cultivating gold and cultivating virtue.

Of course, this very unscientific prophecy actually came true in the end.

This can only show that Axiu is indeed a son of the plane.

Liu Che was naturally aware of this tradition, so he replied: Yes!

From then on, the status of quasi-vassal kings of Liu She and other three younger brothers was officially established in terms of legal principles and procedures.

The Shaofu immediately began to make court uniforms and crowns for the three quasi-vassal kings.

Then, the focus of the matter changed from the title of king to the title of the three emperor brothers.

To be honest, the three imperial brothers are all younger brothers. According to the Han family tradition, the eldest son and the younger brother are the two types of people who get the most advantage.

For example, the King of Qi, Liu Fei, had the largest, most extensive and richest kingdom among the Gaodi disciples, while the King of Huainan, Liu Chang, was the most favored by Taizong.

But now in China, in fact, all the traditional sacred lands and wealthy areas are already owned.

In fact, there is not much room for choice among the three emperor brothers.

There is only one Kingdom of Zhao available for selection.

Of course, if that doesn't work, we can still restore traditional kingdoms like Wu and Han.

However, in the homeland of Wu, Jinshang’s younger brother Liu Yan was in charge, and in the homeland of Korea, the acting king Liu Deng had always been close to Jinshang. In these two places, it was impossible and would not be possible for the new king to follow the two followers.

The king, who was close to the emperor, was fighting for territory.

So, someone in the imperial court said: Let's just use the three emperor brothers to take charge of North Korea, Xinhua, and Liaodong, restore the past Liaodong Kingdom, and the nobles of the Tian family to guard the territory of the Han family. This is very good, and it is also in line with the rule of Chengkang.

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Others say: The new land of the East China Sea can be used to seal the emperor's brother and educate the barbarians.

But Liu Che had no time to pay attention to this matter anymore.

After the Imperial Ceremony, various national policies have been determined to be reformed.

The first person to bear the brunt is Ma Zheng.

For three consecutive days, Liu Che called all the officials in charge of horse administration from the three yamen, Taipu, Shaofu and Da Nong, to a meeting to assign tasks and discuss the reform of horse administration.

Even if he, with the dignity of the emperor, personally went to the scene and forced all the heads of the three bureaucratic groups to have a meeting and discuss it.

But the effect is not ideal either.

Liu's Ma Zheng policy has been implemented for sixty years.

In the past sixty years, four generations of emperors have made countless patches on this system.

Today, this system is like an old computer that has been used for five or six years, with countless system junk and various redundant programs accumulated. Every time it is run, it makes a creaking sound.

Therefore, if you want to download the latest Dota2 game on this computer and play happily with your friends, this is undoubtedly a difficult thing to do.

If your computer is like this, you can choose to replace it with a brand new Apple laptop.

However, if it is a national system.

Then we can only slowly clean up and straighten out the shortcomings bit by bit, and give it a brand new power engine to make it run better and faster.

However, things in the world are always beautiful to think about, but they are very difficult to implement in practice.

This is what Ma Zheng is like.

As a system that has received the most resources and the most policy support since the establishment of the Han Dynasty, it has never been affected by changes in the dynasty and the situation.

As of today, the Han family's horse administration system is full of parasites and vampires.

The entire profit chain is covered with all kinds of landmines. If you are not careful, you will step on them and detonate them.

Even Liu Che can only be careful and tiptoe to dismantle those landmines one by one and clean up the parasites that are lying on the country.

For example, the main source of funds for the Han Dynasty's horse administration was suanfu.

When Liu Bang ordered Xiao He to formulate laws, he first stipulated the purpose of calculating taxes: for the purpose of managing the country's treasury, troops, chariots and horses.

The popular understanding is the national defense military tax.

Mainly used in military and horse administration systems.

To this day, even after Liu Che promised to "never increase taxes", the Han Dynasty's annual tax income is as high as nearly 200,000 yuan, which is almost half of the national fiscal revenue.

It is undoubtedly the largest source of wealth, including land tax and commercial tax. The total amount is not as good as the amount of tax.

After this year, salt and iron revenue may catch up.

Such a large amount of money is all invested in the military field?

If this is really the case, then the Liu family can pat their chests and shout to Kim Sam Pang: I am the one who pioneered military politics, okay?

Therefore, in fact, this income has always been kept quietly in the Shaofu. It exists as the emperor's private money.

The Shaofu firmly grasped this financial source and did not give any chance to outsiders to interfere.

The emperors of the past dynasties were very clear about the use of this money.

Basically, the current wages of all horse gardens, ranches and horse administration system personnel in the Han Dynasty come from this money.

But the problem is that the person in charge of horse administration in the Han Dynasty is the Taipu Yamen...

This brings up a problem.

Why does Taipu Yamen ask for money from the young master?

This is undoubtedly a very difficult question. Anyone who has witnessed the grand event of the Celestial Dynasty’s running team entering Beijing in later generations should not be in a similar situation and want to pry food from others? This is not an ordinary difficulty.

Therefore, in the past sixty years, all Han Dynasty horse gardens were built after the emperor ordered them.

The Taipu Yamen is only responsible for the operation of these horse gardens, and the sources of funds are all taken from the account of the Shaofu after special approval by the emperor.
To be continued...