After a pause, Liu Xin continued: "Two years ago, the Xiongnu tribe once attacked a small village on the border of Liangzhou. The tribe is brutal and aggressive. In the past, it used to attack my border county, kill my border people, plunder my property, and rape my women, and I did nothing wrong. Yuan Shao and Cao Cao actually led wolves into the house. Can you agree?"
"No, no, no," the soldiers waved the swords and guns in their hands again, their voices already filled with incomparable anger.
Liu Xin waved his hand and said, "Yes, we can't promise. As a soldier of the big man, it is our responsibility to defend our home and the country. I, Liu Xin, swear to God that we will never let those aliens bully our compatriots. For this reason , Even if I'm a dishonest person, Liu Xin will not hesitate."
As soon as I said that, there were obviously some gangsters in the team up and down the city, but there was still no one to speak.
"Some of you may remember that Liu Mou said five years ago that he must wait for the peace of the world to establish another Mingjun, so that the people of the big man can live a happy and peaceful life," Liu Xin said, turning the front of the conversation, "but , Forced by the situation, Liu Mou will not keep his promises. Yuan Shao and Cao Cao each support the pseudo-emperor, falsely spread the edict and ruin the world. Liu Xin firmly refuses to recognize the two pseudo-emperors, but the country cannot be accepted for one day. There is no emperor, Liu Xin is not talented, and I can only conform to the times, that is, throne, rejuvenate the king, and beg for rebellion."
Jushou and Zhang Xi on the front of the city were all taken aback. They were always worried that Liu Xin would not ascend to the throne and proclaim emperor for a promise made at the time. He would have to wait until the world reunified. But now, they will face Cao Cao and Yuan Shao. There is an emperor. If both sides use force, they will face the question of who is orthodox and who is rebellious. Therefore, they have to find ways to make Liu Xin ascend to the throne of God, just to be famous in the future, but Liu Xin unexpectedly declared that The emperor, this caught both Jushou and Zhang Xi a little off guard.
Dian Wei and Gan Ning, who were also standing on the top of the city, were very excited. Qi Hu Long live, Ju Shou and Zhang Xi only reacted. It was Shan Hu Long live. At this time, the soldiers above and below the city had already uttered earth-shattering roars. "Long live, long live," the cry resounded over the city of Chang'an,
Tian Feng, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Guan Yu, Guo Jia, Cheng Yu and others in Chang'an City are desperately rushing to the east gate, and the streets in the city have been controlled by soldiers stationed in Chang'an City. They were allowed to walk around at will. On the tower of the East City Gate, what Liu Xin said and the shouts of the soldiers had clearly reached their ears. Many people could not help but yell "Long live". In fact, in these areas under Liu Xin's rule , The military and civilians have long regarded Liu Xin as their monarch,
Tian Feng and the others could also hear clearly. Liu Xin declared himself emperor on the East Gate Tower of Chang'an City. The careful arrangements and various rituals they had done before became useless, but they did not regret it at all. Everyone They are all very excited. On this day, they have been waiting for a long time, and now they have finally realized it.
Not everyone is happy. There are also some former officials and literati and celebrities who are angry. They all support Liu Xie. After all, Liu Xie is the son of the first emperor Liu Hong. In their opinion, as long as Liu Xie is alive, this The throne should belong to Liu Xie. These people used to be the generals and princes of the dynasty, headed by the imperial physician Ji Ping. Even though they have no power, they also gathered more than fifty people. They wanted to give Liu Xie at the ceremony prepared by Tian Feng and the others. Xin Tian chaos,
They can only add chaos, and it is absolutely impossible for them to want to do anything else. Among the fifty-odd people, more than 30 have obtained the qualifications for the ceremony, and they can just get into the scene, but they will make a comeback. The inspection is extremely strict. It is impossible for them to enter with weapons. With their skills, even if they have the opportunity to approach Liu Xin, it is impossible to cause any harm to Liu Xin with bare hands. Therefore, assassination is impossible.
However, no one can prevent them from taking their own swords. If at the ceremony of Liu Xin's enthronement, someone killed Liu Xin by touching the pillar in order to oppose Liu Xin, and if he did so, not one or two, but dozens of people, it would be done to the world. What signal is revealed by a person, that is, telling the world that Liu Xin’s claim to be an emperor is unpopular.
However, Liu Xin suddenly declared himself emperor on the city’s head, which made Jushou and Tian Feng’s careful planning useless, but also made Wang Zifu and Ji Ping’s plan to die and clearly fail. Of course, Liu Xin's actions also saved their lives inadvertently.
Liu Xin was surrounded by everyone to the imperial palace located in the very center of Chang'an City. The imperial palace was magnificent, but the decoration inside was extremely simple.
The sixteen bronze pillars on the main hall do not have any decorations or patterns, let alone painted with gold powder. Liu Xin’s emperor throne is just an ordinary wooden chair, but it is a little wider than the usual wooden chair. There are three tables and chairs on each side, which are for the ministers of the upper court.
In the past, ministers did not have a seat in front of the emperor. Only some ministers who were respected, old and infirm could be granted seats by the emperor. That would be considered an extreme honor, but Liu Xin felt that he should treat the ministers. To be more humane, above the court is a place to discuss military affairs. The ministers often stop there for a morning. Many of these ministers are weak scholars, and many of them are no longer young if they achieve this position. Said that one morning, half an hour to stand up, some people have backaches and backaches, where can they concentrate on discussing national affairs, so Liu Xin not only prepared chairs for them, but also prepared tables for them. Liu Xin arranged like this There is another purpose, and that is to let the emperor step down the altar,
In the Han Dynasty, courtiers did not need to worship the emperor three times and nine knocks when they saw the emperor. However, in order to maintain his superior image, the emperor had taken many measures. For example, the courtiers had no seats in front of the emperor. Running at a small pace, a row of bead curtains hung in front of the emperor’s hat, so that the emperor could see his subjects clearly, but the subjects could not see the expressions on the emperor’s face. All of these were to keep the emperor’s mystery in front of his subjects and to protect him Authority,
What Liu Xin has to do is to break this kind of authority and restrict imperial power. In Liu Xin’s view, why do princes fight for the throne? They don’t even care about brothers and sisters. Why do people who are a little ambitious when the world is in chaos? Jumping out and wanting to be the emperor, it’s all because the emperor’s power is too great and he is almost free from any restrictions
A word of the emperor can make people live, a word can make people die, and he can do whatever he wants. If the emperor is a bright emperor, if he is a faint emperor, the world is in danger. Hong’s two great Han emperors are the best example. It was their arbitrary actions that led to the chaos in the world. Without Liu Xin’s sudden appearance, the Han dynasty would not have the surname Liu.
Therefore, Liu Xin has been considering setting up a system to restrict the power of the emperor, so that the Han Dynasty can go as far as possible. The best way is of course to implement a constitutional monarchy, but it is obviously not feasible at this stage, so Liu Xin wanted to adopt a cabinet system to reasonably divide the power of the emperor, the cabinet, and the six ministries, so that the three can achieve a balance, and at the same time give the cabinet and the six ministries the power to reject the emperor’s will, and stipulate the emperor’s term of office.
There are many emperors in history who were very wise when they were young. When they were old, they often fainted. Liu Xin wanted to avoid these situations as much as possible, so that the emperor always stayed in a strong and young state.
However, for thousands of years, the idea of "Is it the king's land in the world, and the court of the land is the king's court" has always been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Although Liu Xin came up with these things to weaken his own power, they have to let other people. Able to accept it, but it takes a lot of Zhou Zhang. Therefore, the first thing Liu Xin has to do is to change the emperor’s unattainable image in everyone’s mind and let the emperor step down from the altar.
Providing tables and chairs for the courtiers was the first step in Liu Xin's entire plan. For this step, it was strongly opposed by Jushou, Tian Feng, Guo Jia and others. Finally, Liu Xin also made a little concession to regain the emperor’s throne. I raised it by three points, but the matter that the courtiers could wear shoes was settled, and they didn't need to run in small steps. The only insistence was that no courtier was allowed to go to court with a sword.
Although Miyagi is simple, it is too big and requires a lot of manpower. The servants and servants in the Mufu Mansion of Xiangyang Prefecture are all accompanied by Liu Xin. Although they are still outside the city, it is estimated that they will not arrive until noon. They are all placed in Miyagi, and the manpower is still not enough. What's more, among these people, the maids can be slightly trained to be palace maids, but those domestic slaves cannot stay in Miyagi unless they all become eunuchs.
Liu Xin originally planned to abolish the eunuch system. He felt that the system was too destructive to human nature. But again, it met with unanimous opposition from everyone. Moreover, Jushou had prepared a group of eunuchs in advance. These eunuchs were led by Li Ming and Zhang Gou'er, and some others. Everyone was the son of a prisoner and was sentenced to imperial punishment. In addition to these eunuchs, he also added a group of court ladies. It is estimated that in the future, the court ladies and eunuchs will have to be called up year by year. Liu Xin suddenly regretted it. It was designed by the Forbidden City in his memory for later generations, but now he realized that it was too big. To make it full of people, it seemed that three thousand beauties had to be made.
However, Liu Xin does not have time to discuss these institutional issues with them now. His top priority is to discuss the war between Cao Cao and Yuan Shao with everyone, that is, to continue what he said on the city’s head to revive the king and seek rebellion.