"Master, I really don't understand."

"Oh? What don't you understand?"

"You rejected His Majesty's goodwill many times, just for your own ambitions, but now you are so active in agreeing to His Majesty's request... Why is this? Is Your Majesty not as good as His Majesty?"

"What do you know?! Now that His Majesty is away, state affairs have fallen to His Highness. Your Highness is young and diligent in governing. Now His Highness has a place where I can be useful. How would it be unworthy for me to refuse just for some false reputation?!"

When the disciple heard the teacher's words, he respected the master even more and hurriedly saluted and said he had been taught.

Seeing that his disciple understood, Xia Wuqie nodded happily.

Immediately, he raised his head and looked at Chang'an City in front of him.

It’s not easy, I can finally go back to Chang’an!!

Xia Wuji looked excitedly at the majestic city in front of him, his eyes were a little red... He thought he had to die outside, but he didn't expect that His Majesty actually... Ahem, His Highness actually asked me for help!

His Highness summoned him, so of course he had to go. His Highness was young and needed his support.

However, this seems not very safe.

He said to the disciples on the side: "Liang... you will go to Longxi later to inspect the local medical clinic. By the way, also pay attention to His Majesty's movements and ask about His Majesty's situation... Long time no see, I

I also miss His Majesty very much. If you know that Your Majesty is coming back, remember to send someone to notify me in time without delay!"

After making arrangements for the outing, Xia Wuqi came to the city gate with peace of mind.

“Isn’t this Mr. Xia??”

At the gate of the city, Lu Chan looked at the old man in front of him with a smile, and bowed casually as a greeting.

His contempt made several disciples particularly dissatisfied, but Xia Wuji returned the favor seriously.

Although the Lu family does not have ministers listed among the three ministers, they are already considered part of the royal family and have won the trust of His Majesty. There are two brothers in charge of the Lu family in this generation. The Lu family now has two houses. One is left by Lu Ze.

The Luhou Mansion of Zhou Dynasty, and the other was the Jianchou Mansion left by Lu Shizhi. The heads of the two houses were respectively responsible for the defense of Chang'an and the safety of the palace... This is such a trust, so although their official positions are not high, they are

No one dares to provoke them.

"Please come in."

Lu Chan did not embarrass them and turned around to let them go.

Chang'an is still the same lively Chang'an as before. The departure of Shengtianzi does not seem to cause any turmoil here, everything is calm.

Xia Wuji did not rush to see His Highness, but instead wandered around Chang'an. He had not returned here for a long time.

At this moment, in the Hall of Houde, Liu An was sitting on his knees, listening to the report of a certain minister.

"Brother...can you find out where these remarks come from?"

The minister who came to report was Liu An's elder brother, Liu Zhang, King of Chengyang.

Liu Zhang also has another identity, the chief official of Xiuyi Mansion.

Liu Zhang looked at the young prince in front of him. His Majesty had been gone for some time. During these days, the prince had done a lot of things. First of all, the prince was different from his Majesty when it came to matters with the ministers.

, he treated the ministers with courtesy, and even if there was a conflict of opinion, he never beat, scolded or humiliated him. He was completely opposite to His Majesty. His kind character made the ministers very fond of him. He had been trampled by Liu Chang for so long.

His dignity has now been recovered, and the emperor has begun to respect himself. This is only right!

Although the temple was extremely harmonious and the emperor and his ministers were enjoying themselves harmoniously, in fact, in Liu Zhang's eyes, the conflict between the emperor and his ministers skyrocketed in an instant. The situation became dozens of times more intense than before... In the first month,

, the ministers could still restrain themselves and not act rashly, but after they got familiar with the current His Highness, the fight quickly escalated to a higher level. They were constantly testing Liu An's bottom line. As a novice ruler,

Liu An has a big shortcoming, he has never killed anyone.

The ministers once again used the Rites sect as their breakthrough point, trying to bring the academic dispute into the temple and intensify the attack on Confucianism as a whole. They seemed to have expected that the new emperor who loved Huang Lao would definitely agree to them.

They're done!

But Liu An saw through their thoughts at a glance. What they wanted to deal with was not Confucianism, but the important officials of the former emperor who occupied important positions... If the attack on Confucianism as a whole was intensified, what about Zhang Cang? What about Jia Yi? Luan Bu

?Lu Jia? Father’s new etiquette? They are digging a hole for themselves, and they want to drag the person above them down and climb up themselves.

Liu An's way of coping was very strange. He simply called in Confucian scholars from Taixue to ask questions.

No matter what the enemy wants to do, just lead the battle to the area you are best at!

Through this policy inquiry, Liu An stabilized the new rituals and appeased the seriously injured Confucianism.

Under Feng Tang's advice, he imprisoned the two ministers who impeached Confucianism and handed them over to Chao Cuo for interrogation.

This made up for the shortcomings in his prestige.

However, the fluctuations in the situation are getting stronger and stronger. The ministers are impeaching each other, or opposing the decrees of the temple. To put it bluntly, they do not take this young king very seriously, far less than Liu Changzai.

So honest at the time.

But whether it was Empress Lu, the Empress, or Lu Lu, they all chose to remain silent and let Liu An deal with this on his own.

"His Highness ordered the examinations to be conducted widely, focusing on civilians. So far, 457 examinations have been conducted in various parts of the Han Dynasty, and more than 1,600 officials have been recruited... The ministers originally

I'm a little dissatisfied. His Highness's assessment requirements are strict and only common people can pass, which affects the interests of their tribesmen to serve as officials... You have now ordered that the current officials be assessed, and those who fail twice will be dismissed.

...How could those who relied on their family and so-called filial name to serve as officials in the past pass such an assessment? They did not want to lose their official positions, so they became active..."

"The recent rumors about you did not appear in Chang'an. They first appeared in the local area and then spread to Chang'an. Those in Chang'an did not leave any clues."

Liu Zhang squinted his eyes and felt a little angry.

Because of Liu An's drastic reforms to the official system, rumors appeared in many places that the prince was preparing to rebel.

They said that the prince wanted to replace the officials arranged by Liu Chang and replace them with his own confidants in order to completely control the big man. He was definitely unwilling to return the power and was preparing to rebel!

Such rumors quickly spread throughout the country and caused a certain impact.

Liu Zhang was so angry that he thought I would not dare to kill anyone without His Majesty, right?

Xiu Yi went out on a large scale to suppress those who spread rumors, and even directly executed a few for slandering the prince. But the most terrifying thing about the rumors was that it was difficult to kill him completely.

Liu An looked very calm, and he grinned. The smile looked familiar, and Liu Zhang was stunned for a moment.

"Brother, don't worry... They started to use such dirty methods, which shows that they are getting anxious and they are getting scared... My policy is correct... that is to recruit talented officials.

And conduct repeated assessments of today's officials...The quality of officials often determines the implementation of policies. It is benevolent for those people to enjoy wealth and wealth, and I will not leave them to harm the place."

"But...this rumor is extremely harmful to you..."

"Why, brother is worried that my father will kill me later when he hears about it?"

Liu Zhang added: "I'm just worried that it will affect His Highness's reputation..."

"It can't affect...but it can be used by me...spreading rumors and driving a wedge between His Majesty and the Crown Prince. What a big crime this is...I'm worried that I don't have any excuse...They did send one, brother.

, when you take someone away again in the future, do you know what reason you should use?"

"Haha, why bother? The prince has a Jia, and he has made great achievements. For his merits, he can be granted a title..."

The two brothers talked for a long time, and Liu Zhang finally left the Hall of Houde. After he left, Lu Lu just walked in. Whether in the Liu Chang period or the Liu An period, Lu Lu maintained an estranged relationship with foreign ministers.

, even with the sages, Lu Lu rarely took the initiative to contact... He would even avoid such confidential conversations. This was not because he was afraid of arousing His Majesty's fear, but mainly for the sake of his own family. The Lu family

It is already strong enough, there is no need...it would not be a good thing to continue to strengthen the Lu family's authority.

"uncle...."

"Oh, are you talking about those rumors?"

"When His Majesty was still here, this guy was so accurate that he made the roads of Chang'an difficult to see. Why has he lost his courage now?"

Lu Lu was somewhat dissatisfied with Liu Zhang's powerlessness.

Liu An explained: "I told him not to act rashly... I didn't want the temple to waste its energy on fighting. I wanted to be surprised by the big man's change when my father came back...

.”

Lu Lu laughed.

"You have done well enough... The Queen Mother is very satisfied with you. As soon as you took office, you changed the qualification assessment of officials and formulated a performance assessment. You expelled those who failed to pass, and the quality of officials has been greatly improved.

.. And that newspaper, you are almost crazy about it, the poetry newspaper, the novel newspaper, the business newspaper... and even the Cuju newspaper?? Tsk, you young people should still dare to think and do it, newspapers from all over the country

The business is booming, and when I go out on the street, the street is full of young people selling newspapers..."

Liu An was very concerned about the problems of officials, and made innovations in the promotion, assessment, qualifications and other issues of officials, and achieved certain results.

And his greatest achievement was in newspapers. He promoted the process of privatizing newspapers, causing private newspapers to spring up like mushrooms after a rain. He also provided certain subsidies to these newspaper industries. The circulation of private newspapers increased sharply, and people everywhere

The understanding of the world is also increasing.

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"I would like to thank you for your help... If it weren't for my uncle's help, how could it be so fast?"

"Not to mention these, when His Majesty comes back, these will be enough to surprise him."

"No...Uncle, newspapers are just a way. What I want to do is not to simply develop the newspaper industry...Do you know Han Ying's loyal monarch Zhang?"

"Of course I know, are you ready to..."

"Yes, I plan to use these channels to promote the idea of ​​unification and loyalty to the country, to create national consciousness and national consciousness for the Han people... to increase the recognition of the Han people and their self-understanding among the people in various parts of the Han Dynasty... I have already begun to let the disciples

Write relevant content, and soon, these things will appear in all enlightenment schools and newspapers... I am planning to start a literary craze, and I am also planning to set up six awards in Fengchang Mansion..."
To be continued...