Since Shixun was entrusted by Cao Hong, he talked freely in the court, mainly trying to explain two issues.

First, the law of clan punishment is a legacy of the Qin Dynasty, which violates the Confucian principle of filial piety of "living relatives and hiding each other" and should be removed from the criminal law. He was not convenient to completely deny the principle of "collective position" in the feudal era, but requested that one person commit a crime and only sit in one family, and that his relatives should be reduced to one level and should not be killed.

Secondly, Cao Kai is still young, Cao Miao and Cao Zhi are the same. They do not have a perfect mind and cannot be treated equally with adults. At least you should keep them alive, so that the benevolence of the emperor and the court can be demonstrated. "The Han Dynasty governs the world with filial piety, so the emperor's posthumous name is always added to the word "filial piety". However, filial piety is the body of benevolence, and treats relatives with kindness, which is called filial piety; benevolence is the extension of filial piety, which is the so-called 'respect for our elderly and the elderly of others, and the young of our young and the young of others'. Our dynasty should govern the world with benevolence, promote love, and forgiveness, so that the people will naturally be peaceful and the country will be forever."

Cao Mao was innocent by nature and nodded when he heard this. So he used the king's orders to do good deeds, and exempted the deaths of the three Caos from being demoted to common people. He temporarily banned them. As for the wives and concubines of the two kings, those with sons lived with their sons, and those without sons were not appointed as official slaves and were punished for hard labor in the court, but the officials were not allowed to humiliate them for no reason.

Cao Zhi, the king of Juancheng, planned to rebel. Although he died, he also slashed his name from his clan's letter and eliminated his country. Cao Kai, the king of Rencheng, was still young. Because he remembered that his father Cao Zhang had made contributions to the country, he ordered Cao Yu, the concubine's son of Cao Ang, who was Cao Mao's half-brother, to succeed as Zhangzi, and still guarded Rencheng Kingdom.

This Xun immediately asked to report: "This is all the kindness of Your Majesty. However, the law was established by Qin and the Han Dynasty was not in line with the current world. When the late emperor was still there, he wanted to delete and modify it to form the Wei law." Cao Mao nodded: "This is the matter, let the public do it and report it to me for promulgation." Then you organize people to write new laws and regulations.

When Shixun heard this, he was a little stunned and quickly said that I was short of staff at the Middle Taiwan. There were few annoying things, so he asked His Majesty to allow him to expand the service organization and add staff.

He was originally a person who was not careful in meticulous affairs. He went completely to two extremes with Zhuge Kongming. He was named Zhong Ling, but in fact he didn't care much about the meticulous affairs of Zhong Tai. He basically gave all of them to Zhong Zuo Pushe Liu Xian and Right Pushe Zheng Hun. In fact, Shi Xun should be regarded as the executive chairman of the joint meeting of the Prime Minister. He saw that he was only responsible for the minister.

However, there are many things in the middle office. The yamen is small, and there are only a hundred people in total. They are not like Shangtai. They are in charge of the twelve departments and directly command the affairs of states and counties. They are more than 900 officials, Liu Xian, and Zheng Hun and others are often too busy to come and ask for instructions. Now if they form a team to formulate Wei Lu, Shi Xun feels a big deal when they think about it, so they ask for more manpower.

When Cao Mao heard this, his eyebrows frowned slightly and pondered silently.

Why did he ponder? It turned out that he remembered Cui Yan's words. Cui Jigui and Shi Hongfu were just old enemies. The two also had fundamental political and ideological contradictions: First, in terms of Confucianism, Cui Yan always felt that Shi Xun had misunderstood theories of his teacher Zheng Xuan, and wanted to vulgarize and utilitarian Confucianism, which was originally pure and impeccable, and never easy for generations. Secondly, in terms of governance, Cui Yan was a traditional scholar and Shang Qing talked about practice. He always felt that it could be applied to the present day by slightly modifying the laws of the early Eastern Han Dynasty. He was extremely dissatisfied with Shi Xun's national system and government structure. So when he saw Tian'er, he said bad things about Shi Xun in front of Cao Mao.

In the end, even Cao Mao was a little annoyed and shook his sleeves: "It was what the Lord did. Maybe it was not correct, but his loyalty to the country was praised by the late emperor, and I do not doubt it."

Cui Yan bowed and said, "I am not slandering Ling Gong because of personal grievances. Is it a national affairs and your Majesty. Isn't it loyal to Yi Yin and Shang Tang Cheng's hegemony? He released Taijia Tong Palace; Huo Guang assisted Zhaoxuan to create a prosperous era, isn't it loyal? He abolished Changyi Weiyang. Moreover, Emperor Xuan was first established and accompanied him with light, and he always felt a thorn on his back. Now Your Majesty sees Ling Gong, but he has no regrets?"

Cao Mao heard this and couldn't help but ponder. Cui Yan took the opportunity to say more in-depth: "In ancient times, wise kings were in charge of their duties, and the country was peaceful; if the king was lazy, the ministers would have their own decisions, and the party would have their own differences, and the country would have been replaced by the country. Qi Huan used Guan Zhong to be overlord, but Zhong stopped Yaqing, a high minister, and the country could not be defeated by Duke Huan; Jin Wenzheng ruled all the virtuous and ruled, and when Jin Xiang came to Jin Xiang, he ordered the six ministers to fight against each other, and Jin was declining. The king was like a trunk, with strong trunks and lush branches and leaves, and he could not die in autumn and winter; if the branches were strong and weak, he would definitely be defeated."

If Xun was here, you would have spitted on the spot. You really don’t understand history, so you are here with Hu Qin, or deliberately distorting the facts? Oh, as long as the power of the monarch is above the power of the ministers, the country will naturally be peaceful. Once it is reversed, the country will perish? Then how can Yi Yin Fuyin and Huo Guang Fuhan explain? In other words, Guan Zhong is named Yaqing, but in fact, the prime minister is high. Can the country suppress him? Besides, the affairs of Jin, the office is declining, and the officials are in control of the country. At that time, it was normal, and it was a mistake to divide the feudal power. How much does it have to do with the ruling power between the monarch and the ministers?

In fact, Cui Yan is not ignorant, nor is he lying. As for the scholars and officials of this year, it is normal to have such knowledge. Meng Shixun cannot be missed, and Meng Cao Mao is just a waste of time. Besides, Cao Mao is sitting on the throne. Cui Yan said that only when the imperial power completely suppresses the power of ministers can the country be stabilized. Cao Mao must be able to listen to this.

Cui Jigui used history as evidence and talked about the beginning of the Han Dynasty step by step: "The heroic officials of the Han Dynasty were very powerful, so they had to govern with them. In the Han Dynasty, the Wu of Han Dynasty, the first established an internal dynasty and the external prime minister, and the power of the great king, he was able to expel the Xiongnu in the north and collect the ridges in the south. The prosperity of the Han Dynasty was no match for it. Later generations followed it, and there was Zhaoxuan's rule and Mingzhang's prosperity. Now that my Wei was first established, I also used the title and high position to repay the heroic officials. However, it cannot be used as a law for all generations. Your Majesty should gradually acquire power in order to achieve eternal years.

"However, I ordered the Duke to make a system for the late emperor, and to overthrow the power of the ministers and invade the king's responsibilities, cut off the inner court and actually expose the external court, and confusing the country to be charming the meritorious officials. I think it is impossible. People's hearts are unpredictable. A gentleman only sees what he does and does not save people's hearts. I dare not say that the Duke is unfaithful. However, what he does is actually a loss, so I dare to advise Your Majesty. If the external court is strong, then Han Hui will be controlled by the Lü, Han Wen Commission for Political Affairs, Zhou, Chen, and Han Wu were angry with Dou and Tian. The matter may be seen in our Wei, and then Your Majesty wants to inherit the cause of the late emperor, achieve great ambitions, and be respected by all generations, it is difficult!"

The highest political ideal of traditional Confucian scholars is to rule the king and rule the country. In fact, the so-called "empty king" idea has sprouted a long time ago. Because kings are mainly symbols of the country, they have been passed down from generation to generation. If the father dies and the son, or the brothers die, you may not be able to raise any strange things. If the monarch has too great power, once a foolish monarch is produced, the tyrants will not be able to get the tyrants even if they want to save the country, and the literati will be in danger of being protected like ordinary people. Most ministers are hereditary. As long as the organization is stable and normal, they can naturally cleanse the turbid and promote the good and put the wise into a high position, so that the country can be safe.

Of course. Once there is something wrong with the bureaucracy, the literati often thinks of not recommending wise men, but asking the monarch to arbitrate. Based on such a little traditional laziness, they will not really be willing to do the "virtual king" style.

Therefore, it is said that the honor, as Cui Yan said, "The great ministers are powerful and invade the monarch's handle, and the internal court is cut off and the external court is actually the external court." It has a broad mass base, so the new system is established. Even the thorough conservatives like Chen Qun only have conflicts with him on the issue of details. There is no distortion in the general direction. For bureaucrats and scholars, those in the inner court are not officials, not their own kind, but only the private people of the monarch. Once the inner court is in power, the monarch will use his private hands, then the relatives and eunuchs will suddenly ascend to the high ranks, and the Eastern Han Dynasty will be defeated. Isn't this lesson profound enough?

But if everyone can clearly define their position and no one rebelled against their own class or class, there would be no so many disputes and turmoil in the world. Cui Yan is also a scholar-official, but his views are completely different from Shixun. In a sense, he is a rebel of his own class because Confucianism emphasizes the ruler, minister, father and son, and is naturally orderly. Then those who hold high positions should be in power, and those who hold low positions should only follow orders, which is natural. In combination, the father cannot be the only one who is priested and respected on the surface, but in fact, the sons do not listen to him. Can the family still be managed well? Similarly, if the monarch has no power and is transferred to the lower level, then there is no clear leader, and everyone speaks his own words, can the country still be governed well?

Besides, Cui Yan is now in the inner court, of course he hopes that his secret prison will have real power, not just a melody between the monarch and the middle platform.

That's why I advised Cao Mao in a long way, saying that the system formulated by Xun was fundamentally wrong, and long-term operation would be of no benefit to the country. Your Majesty, you are still young this year and can only allow your ministers to control the country, but you will eventually become an adult. Once you take power, you will find that your power at hand has been divided into pieces. Can you bear it then?

I dare not say that Shi Xun is unfaithful, but I don’t think his governance philosophy is completely correct. I hope that Your Majesty, you can see my loyalty clearly and open your eyes to see what Shi Xun has done so as to find opportunities to "remedy the trouble" and make the national system truly embark on a smooth road.

Cao Mao pondered for a long time and nodded slightly: "What you said seems reasonable, but what should you do? That is, should you take over the power of the foreign court and return it to the inner court?" Cui Yan said you must not be impatient, and it will change in an emergency. "In the past, Huo Guang abolished Changyi, and Changyi lost his power? In this world, there were many people who suspected that Huo Guang was the tyrant of power and trapped the master. I dare not say that Huo Guang was unfaithful, but Changyi was impatient and used his personal power in Weiyang. Guang was afraid that the government would be in chaos, so he let it go. 'Governance of a big country is like cooking small fresh food'. If the system is changed suddenly, people's hearts will be in chaos. If the new policy is not implemented, the ministers will doubt the master. How can the country be governed? We should find a good opportunity to slowly invade the power of the foreign court to return to the government Your Majesty. Naturally, the ministers do not complain, so they will let it go. If the ministers do not complain, they will be in a state of mind. How can they get it?"

Speaking of this, he hurriedly added: "Huo Guang did not dare to act rashly, but was actually encouraged by Tian Yannian. That is, he made the public unwilling to abuse power, and did he have no one or two of the staff members?"

According to historical records, King Liu He of Changyi was in chaos, and Huo Guang also had no tricks to him, but was full of worries and anger. The Grand Secretary Tian Yannian stood up and instigated Huo Guang, saying, "The general is the pillar of the country. You must judge this person. Why not to Jian Bai, and choose the virtuous ones to establish him?" Then he used the example of Yi Yin putting Taijia in Tong Palace to illustrate the matter. Huo Guang then summoned all the officials to discuss and proposed to depose Liu He. Everyone was shocked. No one had expressed their opinion yet. Tian Yannian jumped out again, and "left the seat and pressed the sword", deliberately criticizing Huo Guang, saying that you were trusted by the late emperor, would you just watch the emperor do whatever he wanted? "If you ordered the Han family to die, even if the general died, how could you see the late emperor underground?" and threatened: "If all the ministers respond, I will ask for a sword to kill him!"

Cui Yan added this sentence to show that he was not suspicious but Xun's intention. He did not imply that he was like Huo Guang, both of which had the power to abolish the master and the intention to abolish the master. But if your Majesty really did not seize power because of his rush, he would chaotic the government. At that time, all the ministers were distracted, and someone would jump out like Tian Yannian. At that time, Xun would not be able to get it for Huo Guang!

Cui Jigui is indeed smart. He knew that he must first correct his attitude. If Cao Mao suspected that he was slandering him because of his personal grudges, then all the previous statements would turn into a flow of water, and the emperor would never believe him again.

Sure enough, Cao Mao believed in Cui Yan's words, so today, Xun said that when he wanted to expand the scale of the middle office, he couldn't help but be stunned. Cao Mao thought to himself that I still want to gradually weaken the authority of the foreign government. You are fine, but you plan to expand your own team. I will definitely not agree! (To be continued.)

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