Liu Che took his officials and walked into the riding stable to check.

On this tour, Liu Che's order was that officials from the Prime Minister's Office, who were above Qian Shi, should be accompanied by officials above six hundred Shi from the Imperial Censor's Yamen, and generals and assistants who were above Captain Jinwu.

Therefore, the entire team accompanying the inspection was very large.

There are more than a hundred officials who are qualified to surround the emperor Liu Che and listen to the holy teachings. There are countless officials who are bowing their bodies and lowering their heads, waiting for the opportunity to brush their faces on the outside, and there are countless officials who the Liu family has always liked.

If you have anything to do, just ask middle- and lower-level officials.

For example, there is the famous story Feng Tang Jin Yan during the reign of Emperor Taizong.

What position did Feng Tang hold at that time?

The answer is: Director Zhonglang.

This is the subordinate officer below the general with the middle facial features.

His status is roughly equivalent to the head of a reserve regiment of the Shenjing Garrison Command of the Chinese Empire.

In addition, in the story of Zhang Shizhi's remonstrance in the tiger enclosure, there is even a dialogue between Emperor Taizong and Liu Fu, who is responsible for the maintenance of the tiger enclosure.

The husband in this story is even lower level.

In history, after Chao Cuo died, Liu Che's father went to Sima who had returned from the front line to ask about the war situation ahead and what the people of the world thought about the killing of Chao Cuo.

During Xiaozhu's reign, Xiaozhu had more than one conversation with middle- and lower-level officials.

Even his sinner edict in his later years was prompted by a letter to an old man who guarded Liu Bang's mausoleum.

Therefore, countless people are gearing up and waiting for the opportunity. Many people are secretly preparing to answer the emperor's possible sudden questions at any time.

Liu Che could feel that every time he looked back, every time he turned around, every time he walked, there were countless pairs of "loyal ministers" who were full of enthusiasm and ardent hope of helping "the emperor and father solve the crisis", eager to seize the opportunity.

Faced with this situation, Liu Che nodded in his heart.

This is exactly what he wanted to see.

Are the bureaucracies of Taipu, Shaofu, and the two yamen strong?

Of course powerful!

But compared to the entire country's bureaucracy, he is undoubtedly as weak as a child.

Isn’t the Ministry of Railways of China awesome in future generations?

Fucked up.

Throughout the ages, countless facts have proven one truth: Bureaucrats will always only dare to hide in the shadows and play the tricks they are good at. But once they are put in the spotlight, even if they are all Sun Wukong, they will all kneel in the palm of the Buddha.

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With this in mind, Liu Che took his officials and looked around the riding stables.

The more he looked at it, the more Liu Che's brows furrowed.

Even a layman like Liu Che had already figured out the problem with the riding stables.

There was chaos everywhere in the stable.

The health status of many horses is obvious at a glance and is not very good.

More importantly, there are too few qualified war horses!

In the Han Dynasty, there were standards for what kind of horses could become war horses.

For example, Han law stipulates that horses with a height of more than five feet and nine inches are prohibited. If the teeth are not flat, they are not allowed to leave the pass.

Why?

Because horses over five feet nine inches are considered war horses.

In addition, the imperial court would also purchase high-quality mares from the private sector at a premium.

The Book of Han Dynasty. The Records of Emperor Wu records an order issued during the reign of Xiaozhu: In the fifth year of Yuan Shou, there will be few horses in the world...two hundred thousand flat stallions.

The so-called Ping means Ping Jia, which means ordering Ping Jia to purchase 200,000 mares at a high price in the market to encourage private horse breeding.

As one of the six stables in the country, the riding stable was one of the largest horse farms in the Han Dynasty before Liu Che came to the throne.

Although its status has declined now, it is still one of the top five national ranches after Liu Che's horse garden in Shanglin Garden.

The horses here are still mainly supplied to the army.

However, in this large state-owned military ranch of the Han Dynasty, what Liu Che saw were very few war horses that met the standards of the Han Dynasty army, that is, five feet nine inches tall, strong in physique, and good at riding.

Horses are kept in the riding stables. Only about one-third at most meet the standards.

Although Liu Che had already learned about the chaos in the outer stables from the report of Xiu Yiwei.

But Liu Che never thought that the outer stables had turned into such a field.

You must know that six years ago, the Six Stables of the Han Dynasty was the country's largest horse breeding base, supplying half of the world's war horses and various official horses.

But in just six years, it was so bad.

In this regard, Liu Che could only say: Yuan An, you are really good!

"Shocking!" Liu Che walked to a dilapidated stable in the riding stable and looked inside the stable. The two ponies were chirping hungry, obviously due to poor management. They suddenly had a fit and kicked them over.

The railings of the stable made the two poor foals hide in a corner of the stable and tremble.

"The state allocates tens of thousands of dollars every year. From the top officials to the head of Guizhou, every male contributes one hundred and twenty dollars, and all land is used to produce cud! My emperor, Emperor Taizong, wanted to build a pavilion in the past.

When people asked the officials, they said: We need hundreds of gold, so we sighed. The country's horse administration consumes more than a hundred gold every year? Ten times! A hundred times! A thousand times or even ten thousand times, it's not enough, right? Too much

Is this how you, your servants, repay your kindness and express your gratitude to the common people?" Liu Che stood on the moral high ground, his verbal skills were instantaneous, and the ammunition was tilted out crazily. As he spoke, Liu Che's eyes even turned red.

Seeing this scene, all the attendants and civil and military officials immediately knelt down, kowtowed and said: "Your Majesty, please calm down. This is the fault of all the ministers!"

Prime Minister Zhou Yafu even said: "As Prime Minister, I should assist Your Majesty in governing the Yuan and Yuan Dynasties and serving the emperors Yao and Shun. I don't expect that I have committed such a serious crime before I have achieved even an inch of merit. I really have no face to see Your Majesty again and rule all the officials in the world. Please

Your Majesty accepts the official seal and ribbon and punishes the official for his crimes!"

After saying that, Zhou Yafu took off his hat and kowtowed.

Liu Che was shocked when he saw it. He quickly bent forward, helped Zhou Yafu up, picked up his hat, put it on for him, and encouraged him: "This matter has nothing to do with the Prime Minister!"

What a joke!

Zhou Yafu must really take off his hat today.

After returning home, he was 100% determined to commit suicide.

Zhou Yafu moved his lips and sighed.

She said in her heart: Yuan Si, Yuan Si, why are you so confused!

Chao Cuo, the imperial censor, was as happy as the Chinese New Year. If it wasn't in front of the emperor and the ministers, he would have wanted to strip and dance to celebrate!

The so-called failure to retaliate is not a gentleman!

Chao Cuo immediately bowed and said: "Your Majesty, I thought that the servant would not know about such a situation in the riding stable. Please call the servant to come and question him immediately!"

Although Chao Cuo didn't say it explicitly: What happened here must have been done by that guy Yuan Ang.

But even a fool can understand the state of sharpening a knife.

Liu Che lowered his head and glanced at this guy.

Chao Cuo himself cannot absolve himself of the blame for the situation that the outer stables have fallen into.

The reason is very simple. Chao Cuo dares to pat his chest and say that he has no idea about the situation in the outer stable today?

The imperial censors, style collectors, and poetry collectors he had under his command were traveling around the country all the year round, going in and out of their homes.

Chao Cuo may not know about the local affairs in remote small counties.

But what is going on in the Six Stables of the Han family? Does Chao Cuo know?

This is a lie!

Why didn't he report it?

I'm afraid Chao Cuo has been waiting for a big news. Liu Che never believed that politicians have the so-called integrity! And with the embroidered guards, Liu Che was very familiar with the situation of Taipu Yamen, especially the outer stables.

The details are clearly understood.

Therefore, Liu Che did not answer Chao Cuo's words, but turned his attention elsewhere.

After about a quarter of an hour, Zhijin Wu Zhidu and his minister Ling Ji An came back to report.

Also arriving with these two people was the servant Yuan Ang.

As soon as Yuan An arrived at the scene, he immediately knelt down, took off his hat and kowtowed, saying: "The guilty minister An An pays homage to your majesty and begs your majesty to punish him..."

"You are guilty? Where is the crime?" Liu Che said with his eyes closed.

"Guilty minister... Guilty minister..." Yuan Ang just kowtowed.

"Ha..." Liu Che waved his hand, opened his eyes, and said to Yuan Ang with some hatred for the iron.

The power is overwhelming. As the ninth minister, you are in charge of the country's famous weapons. You should not have too close contact with them. Why don't you listen?"

"The sinful minister has violated His Majesty's teachings. It is impossible to atone for my sins even if I die!" Yuan Ang kowtowed heavily and said.

Seeing this scene, Liu Che shook his head.

Yuan Ang is a gentleman and a talented person.

Make friends all over the world and have close friends all over the world.

And he is indeed a loyal minister, loyal to the country and loyal to the Liu family.
To be continued...